Good afternoon and welcome to the
council meeting of Tuesday, July 22nd,
2025. We will begin with our land
acknowledgement statement. We would like
to acknowledge the land on which we meet
today. For thousands of years, it has
been the traditional land of the
Alangquin nation. Today, this meeting
place is still the home to many
indigenous people, and we are grateful
to have the opportunity to live and work
on this land. Thank you, Chair
Bullerton.
» Uh, thank you. Um, his worship, U Mayor
Ren, is on vacation this week, so I'm um
uh taking his uh his place, his chair,
his chair duties tonight. Um we hope
he's having a wonderful time and
understood that uh was a very uh happy
family occasion for the wedding of his
daughter on the weekend. So um uh he has
all of our good wishes for that. Um uh
tonight I wanted to uh extend council's
uh condolences to uh the family of Mayor
Jim Pickard who um who passed away and
um just to say that uh Jim Pickard was a
colleague of all of ours. So I think we
all knew him well and knew his his ready
smile. Um uh Jim uh as I say was the
mayor of um Elizabeth Town Kitley. Uh he
was a lifelong volunteer. When you look
at the the resume, it's amazing. Uh
involved with the theater guild with
numerous service clubs, um coaching um
ball, just doing so many things. He was
a former uh citizen of the year in the
village of uh Lynn where he was very
very active. Uh he was a pilot, he was a
boater. um he just lived a very full uh
life and he'll be missed by all those
who um who knew him and we extend our
condolences not just to his family and
to his three children uh and and the
grandchildren but to the community
because we know that um when you uh lose
someone like who has been active like
Jim um they're really sorely missed. So,
our condolences. The arrangements are
entrusted with Iran and there is um a
visitation on Thursday. So, for those
that are um interested in in attending
um so residents will not have been able
to miss the construction going on at the
water tower. And something that, you
know, we don't often worry too much
about in Brockville because of the large
water source that we have in the St.
Lawrence River is conservation. but we
still have to put it through our
distribution center system. So, um we're
certainly calling on residents during
the time where the water uh towers out
of commission to exercise water
conservation. So, in everything that you
do, that means turning the tap off when
you're brushing the teeth. It means um
delaying uh uh lawn watering and pool
filling certainly until um off uh peak
hours. and um you know things like
running the dishwasher and that uh if
you would do that in the evening when
there's less demand for water that will
help us get through and make sure that
there's a stable source of water um
during this during this time that the um
tower is being worked on. We heard um at
our uh general committee about the
brothel art center being in need of
volunteers uh in the last week. So, I
just wanted to make that appeal from the
chair to say that um you know, it's fun
to be involved at the Brockville Arts
Center and they're um they are actively
in need of um of new new volunteers and
there's lots of different roles there.
So, please contact them if you have an
interest.
It is uh construction season. And I've
certainly um you know had some calls
about the disruption to um traffic on
Hartley Street because of the work going
on the west end of uh King Street. Uh
there's not a lot that we can do about
that. I mean people have to get where
they're going and they have to get there
in one way or another. If you're going
downtown, that's probably the natural
route. But um uh just wanted to say that
the work is scheduled to be completed um
uh in by the end of September. And
that's uh good news. Other good news on
the construction front is that the work
on the William Street overpass is um
ahead of schedule and that uh we
anticipate that that bridge may be open
for traffic by Labor Day weekend. So
fingers crossed that things keep going
well, but um that's uh that's
considerably ahead of what they thought
it would be and I think we're all
looking forward to when we can start um
using that bridge again. So, um, thank
you for that. Um, adoption of council or
I'm sorry, uh, disclosure of interest.
Anybody got anything?
» Seeing none,
» Madam chair.
» Yes,
» Sir. I just wanted to just mention one
thing. I know this is a little off the
offline, but this past weekend there was
also the DEFA festival that took place
at the Rotary Park. It was the 8th
annual um festival for do it for Aaron
and the funding for that went towards
the musical institute and lending
library that provides musical
instruments and lessons for children in
the community and uh it was the eighth
event. They had four great local bands
and I it was a good event. I just didn't
want to let this go by without you know
congratulating them again for the
efforts that are put in and for the
services that they provide in the in the
city as well. So, I just wanted to uh I
wanted to thank the Stevenson family for
continuing on with this event. It's a
great part of our community.
» Absolutely. Um that's I really
appreciate you u raising that, councelor
Derry. Um you know, these festivals that
start with grassroots um uh groups are
so important to the vibrancy of our
community during the summer. So, yes,
congratulations to Willie and his
family. And um again, thank you for
bringing it up. And while we're on the
uh the subject, then we should also
mention that we don't think we have a
council meeting before um Ribfest and
that's coming up the weekend after the
civic holiday. So mark your um mark your
calendars. It's a three-day event um
this year in Hardy Park. Always uh a
wonderful time and you'll be able to
smell that it's uh that it's here in
town and uh it's a great event for a
great cause. So, um please uh mark your
calendars for that as well. And again,
councelor Deiri, thanks for um thanks
for jumping in there.
» Um
adoption of uh council minutes.
Councelor Calivas, uh would you move
those and councelor Hobbs, would you
second? Thank you.
» Thank you. Uh it's moved that the
minutes of the council meeting of June
24th, 2025 be adopted and circulated as
read. And by a show of hands, all those
in favor?
Thank you. That's carried. Um
correspondence. Councelor Earl, will you
move the appointments to boards and
committees? And councelor Deiri, would
you second?
» Yes, I will. Yes.
» Thank you.
» Okay. Do you want me to read them or you
just Okay.
» Yes. the appointments of boards and
committees which would be the heritage
committee that Lucas Michaels
resignation from the municipal heritage
committee be accepted and the necessary
bylaw be enacted.
» Thank you. All those in favor
and that's carried. Thank you. Um
delegations uh we have with us um uh
this evening guests from uh our
neighboring municipality of Prescott and
uh they're representing the St. Lawrence
Shakespeare Festival. We have uh Jay
Wallace and we have uh um Jay Nish
Lepedus uh with us tonight to talk about
the Shakespeare Festival and welcome to
our chambers.
» Thank you. Um uh yes, hi everybody. Um
uh thank you for having me. My name is
James Wallace. I'm one of the co-artic
directors of the St. Lawrence
Shakespeare Festival in Prescott,
Ontario. I'm here representing the
festival, although there are great many
of people who make the festival happen,
including um my partner and co-artic
director, Julia Nishlapus, who is not
here tonight because she's currently
taking care of our three-year-old
daughter. Um so, uh also our general
manager, Ingred Borgensson, our
volunteers, including our wonderful
board of directors. There is a wonderful
board of director uh here, Peter Martin,
former board of director, Judy Martin.
Wonderful supporters. Uh, and finally,
the world-class artists who come to the
festival every summer who are currently
ready to preview Sherlock Holmes and The
Vanishing Hour tonight at the
amphitheater. The final group that is
essential to the sustainability and
longevity of our company is our patrons
uh, who come for the festival every year
to see plays in our majestic
amphitheater right on the St. Lawrence
River. Our patrons come from all across
Eastern Ontario, including Ottawa,
Kingston, and the surrounding area,
including many from Brockville. The St.
Staint Lauren Shakespeare Festival is
entering its 23rd season and we see this
as an opportunity to reach out to new
patrons with an exciting chance to
discover our wonderful festival as well
as to continue to serve our existing
audience base. This is why I'm here
today to represent the company to
introduce myself on behalf of the
artistic team uh with Julia as well and
to implore you to lend your voice to
support the festival as a regional
tourist destination. I want to be clear
that the support we are looking for
today is not monetary. Our hope is to
have the region take at large take
ownership of this festival as we work to
shift the perspective of it from a
Prescott festival to a regional tourist
attraction. Uh we believe we have a
mutually beneficial opportunity between
Brockville and our festival to support
enhance and maintain both of our growths
as we weather everchanging landscape of
tourist trends, funding and audience
interest. And this is going to be fun to
do. Here we go. Nice.
The St. Lawren Shakespeare Festival is a
leader in culture and an ongoing source
of pride within Eastern Ontario. We, as
a cultural institution, are a beacon of
professional performing arts, community
engagement, and a driver of economic
development and tourism in the region.
We endeavor for excellence in all areas
of impact, striving to bring joy,
enrichment, and thoughtprovoking
experiences to patrons, volunteers, and
participants from all across the region,
province, and beyond. Last year,
approximately 49% of our audience were
from Brockville and the surrounding
area. We hope to beginning a new
partnership between our festival in this
town in this town will continue to grow
that number and inspire new visitors
from all over this region.
As an evening at theater, uh an evening
at the theater, pardon me, is one of
possibility. It's an opportunity to let
your imagination explore new ideas,
worlds, and situations and learn
something about yourself or the world
around you. When people talk about what
they value most in their lives, the arts
is always at the top of the list. Music,
literature, film, TV, and theater. Yet,
the arts are severely underfunded and
often only accessible for a people of
certain means. It is imperative that the
patrons of the theater and and the
surrounding community feel welcome and
encouraged to engage with this festival
and to know the arts are for everyone.
We do this through a variety of
programs, including our TD Kidsgree
program, which allows youth aged 14 and
under to attend the productions at no
cost, making it accessible for families
who may be not otherwise be able to
expose their children to the theater. We
also offer a pay what you can
performances and in general, no one is
turned away. If someone wants to join us
and experience what we have to offer,
they are invited to the fold.
All of these programs geared to bringing
more families of all kinds to our
theater are available to people within
the region, including those who are
located in Brockville.
The St. Lauren Shakespeare Festival is a
place where the highest possible
standards of artistic excellence are
achieved by producing professional
productions in magnificent natural
surroundings while encouraging the
greatest possible level of in community
involvement. Our mission is to inspire
Eastern Ontario communities through
unforgettable and uplifting professional
theatrical experiences. We are one of
the only classical theaters in the
region. Therefore, it is upon us to
build exciting worlds with old plays,
especially through the work of
Shakespeare, but we are always thinking
beyond the bard, finding other
electrifying words to worlds to explore
through the themes and ideas that his
work brought to the fold. We have a
vision to be the foremost outdoor
theater destination in Eastern Ontario,
known for artistic excellence,
educational outreach, and commitment to
inclusivity. We aspire to create a
cultural landmark that attracts
audiences from near and far, fostering a
deep appreciation of the performing arts
and enriching the cultural and economic
fabric of our region.
We have recently completed a strategic
planning session working to specify our
goals and structures in planning for the
present and future. We created some
concrete strategies going forward as
well as compete uh completing our
mission vision values for our festival.
I wanted to share the core values we
identified during this session so that
you have a clear understanding of the
values guiding our work. Artistic
excellence to deliver highquality
captivating productions to ensure each
performance is a testament to the
enduring power of theater. Community
engagement to actively involve and
connect our community to foster strong
lasting relationships and shared
experiences. Collaboration to work with
local artists, organizations, and
businesses to create a vibrant creative
force. Education to provide educational
opportunities that deepen the
understanding of our theater through
public programs. Inclusivity to welcome
to create a welcoming environment for
all ensuring diverse voices and
perspectives are represented and
celebrated both on stage and off.
Innovation to embrace fresh ideas and
approaches to push the boundaries of
what theater can be. Sustainability to
ensure the long-term viability of the
festival by managing resources
effectively and responsibly.
As artists, we are always striving for
an ideal, something that people can
connect to and motivate them to per to
find purpose, passion, and joy within
their day-to-day world. Our ideal for
our ideal is for an enjoyable,
stimulating, and surprising adventure,
one that can only be experienced with
live theater. As Shakespeare wrote, we
ask our patrons and audience to awake
their faith. By which we mean, we
encourage you to unleash your
imagination to its fullest reach. We
know that your a partnership between
Brockville and the festival will help
make us the valued and ubiquitous
component of summer that we need to be
in this region. We know that we can all
benefit from the permanence and
amplification of a healthy, openhearted
and vigorous artistic institution like
the St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival.
I'm very excited uh to be here to let
you know as well what we're doing this
summer. Uh, our 2025 mainstay season
begins actually on Saturday and we'll
open another show on tomorrow. Uh, with
Much to Do About Nothing by William
Shakespeare. This hilarious story of
gossip, love, betrayal, and mistakes
will be set in the 1980s. It's a really,
really great soundtrack. Uh, and it's
set in a small town like many in this
region with lots of fun to keep the
audiences laughing all night. And
repertoire with much ado is Sherlock
Holmes and the Vanishing Hour, a new
play based on the classic Sherlock
Holmes character set along the St.
Lawrence River. Holmes comes to Canada
to solve a case where he meets a nurse
named Joan Watson. The two go on an
adventure that is both thrilling that is
thrilling, surprising, and entertaining.
Our mainstage season runs currently is
currently running from July 18th to
August 9th. Finally, our summer festival
ends with a remount of our hugely
successful production of PlayOn, a
Shakespeare inspired mixtape originally
created for and receiving a soldout run
at the Stratford Festival of Canada.
This cabaret charts Shakespeare's
influence on pop music through history.
This fun and exciting evening of music
features songs by Elton John, Taylor
Swift, the Beatles, and many more.
PlayOn runs one week from August 12th to
the 16th. And at the end of this summer,
we will be doing our annual community
show, which I think some people know
many participants in today, uh, which
this year is a musical comedy called
Songs on the River, which will use songs
and a heartwarming story to celebrate
the vitality, fun, and joy of living on
the mighty St. Lawrence. Uh this year we
have over 40 participants from age 6 to
70 from all over the region including
Brockville. Our community show runs for
three shows August 22nd and 23rd. All
tickets for our shows can be purchased
online at the St. Lawren Shakespeare
festival.ca or pardon me I should say
staint lord Shakespeare shape
lordshakespeare.ca.
We hope that you will join us this
summer in order to see firsthand what
we're talking about in regards to the
magnetic thrill of the amphitheater, the
artists and the community coming
together to support.
In closing, I would like to thank you
for having me again here tonight. Julie
and I both cherish the opportunities to
get to know people of this region. We
are from Toronto. Uh so coming here
every summer with our daughter is a huge
lift and we are always uh incredibly
glad to do that by meeting people in
this gorgeous settings and amazing
stories that happen here. We feel very
lucky to produce theater in this region.
We hope that you will join us in our
continued work to enrich the lives of
wonderful residents in our region and
take ownership of this festival as a
truly regional beacon of tourism
opportunities and cultural distinction.
We can't wait to see you at the theater.
Thank you very much.
» Well, thank you so much for coming uh
this evening. I think that you know uh
we've been talking about tourism uh in
in the city for you know ever
» And we've been talking about campus
approach and certainly Prescott is part
of our campus. When you succeed, we
succeed. So I I think you know uh it's
it's a great idea for you to be here
tonight to talk to us and uh and
hopefully uh garner some um publicity
for what you're doing and also some
support from uh those of us that are
here to hear you. um to hear you speak
about it. Um your presentation certainly
reminds me of my days attending G
University and we got to go to um
Stratford and the a number of
productions and uh it's a wonderful
experience, but I can't think of any
nicer stage than what you have in
Prescott with the river as your
backdrop. It's just uh absolutely
gorgeous.
» It's by far the most beautiful place to
watch theater in the country. So when we
got the job last year, that was one of
our pitches like we just want to be here
to do theater here. So yeah, it's yeah,
it's it's so pretty and I can just
imagine even on the warmest uh summer
night uh with the breeze off the river,
I'm sure that it's very comfortable and
uh it it looks like a it will be a very
wonderful experience. Um have we got uh
questions, comments? Yes, Councelor
Hobbes. Thanks, Madam Chair. Um and
thanks so much uh Mr. Wallace for being
here. That's fantastic. I'm just
wondering if you have been interfacing
with our tourism team in the city or if
that's planned.
» Uh I would love to. I've had certain
talks with some within the Thousand
Islands region about that. Um on our
board is Diana Clark who worked um
within many different facets of of of
this city and many other ones. Um her
husband Steve Clark is very supportive
of our uh of our festival. Um, I would
like to have as many opportunities as I
can um to speak to anybody because I
think this is what we're hoping to do is
push into the idea that tourism is for
us all. That Prescott will benefit just
as much as Brockville will. Uh, so my
hope is to talk to more people. We're a
small team. It's basically me, Jules,
and uh our our our general manager
Ingred. So there's opportunities to talk
in the offseason, too, because we are
kind of going this year, but this to me
is a great opportunity thinking forward
to next year and beyond. Um, as of 2027,
it's our 25th anniversary, which is I I
can't tell you enough, like for a
theater to last 25 years is pretty
amazing. So, uh, the fact that we're
getting here, getting through a
pandemic, coming out of that, and being
able to, uh, to still put on the best
professional theater in my opinion, in
the region is a very big thing. But yes,
more more talking with those people
would be lovely because they're much
more bigger experts at this than I am. I
can tell you a lot about Shakespeare,
but not so much in tourism development.
So,
» Thanks. That's great. and
congratulations on the number of years
you've been operating.
» Thank you very much. Sorry, it looked
like somebody that was weird. Thank you
very much, Councelor Hobs. I apologize.
Oh, that was just I got a little
» Weird. Did
» I just Thank you very much uh for the um
for the presentation tonight. I've uh
enjoyed going to the Shakespeare
Festival uh for as long as I've been a a
theatergoer. And uh it's neat to have
such high quality highc caliber theater
uh in the region. and people from Ottawa
talk about it as well because that's
that's very common. Like I've been in
Shakespeare festival audiences before
where you'll be sitting next to someone,
oh yeah, we drove down from from Ottawa
uh for for the night. So um it's uh it's
known and I I hope that it'll only
become more known and you're taking the
right approach by uh by trying to go
with the the regional uh regional campus
uh efforts to to draw more people to the
area.
» Absolutely. And just uh be careful
because sometimes people who visit from
Toronto stick around.
» Well, yeah. I mean it's it's beautiful.
Like we don't got anything like this in
Toronto. So uh I always go down the two
and it's like everybody's like, "Oh,
it's so slow in the two." And I'm like,
"But it takes 25 minutes to get anywhere
in Toronto." So like it's all good. But
yeah, like we have audiences from
Ottawa, Kingston, from Ogdensburg, the
United States all the time. We have lots
of audiences from Toronto, um throughout
the province. what we're trying to do is
guide that towards telling the region
that that benefits them as well. Um and
not just make it a Prescott thing. So
yeah, I agree and um the Ottawa
connection is fantastic. So yeah.
» Yeah. Councelor Lebert,
» Thank you so much. Uh, Chair Bullerton,
um, it it really speaks that you're
someone from like coming out from
theater because you're one of the person
that has doing a presentation that could
not use a microphone. It would be
perfect. You know, you have like the
vocal for it. So, thank you so much. Um,
just an idea and a thought, maybe
contacting the downtown BIA as well. Um,
they have uh some shop the street event.
» Yes,
» People are welcome. groups are welcome
to set up a tent and do some promotion.
So maybe there's people in Brockville
that don't know about the festival and
it could be a good opportunity for you
and some volunteers to be there. I know
that their next event is August 12th.
» Okay.
» And from a promoter to another promoter,
I'm also hosting the Twilight Tuesday
Makers Market. It's going to be at the
end of your season because it's uh
August 19.
» Okay. But if it's a Tuesday night, if
you wants to come between in between
like 4 and 7 PM and maybe distribute
flyers,
» I would love that. Yes.
» Well, you're more than welcome.
» Thank you very much. I I'll find out
contact for that. That's great. Yeah,
these are all great things going
forward, right? Like we're talking about
this season and beyond. Uh we have been
at markets uh the farmers market a
number of times last summer. We were at
the Tall Ships Festival with a booth
this year speaking to people from
Brockville. Um, yeah, and we did find a
lot of people go, "Yeah, I know all
about this." And some people are like,
"I've been here for 20 years and I don't
know what you're talking about." So, uh,
letting people know and that's always a
good thing. So, absolutely, we'll take
you up on that that night night,
» Not the nightmare on Christmas.
» Oh, no, no, it's okay.
» Twilight Tuesday.
» Twilight Tuesdays. That was close,
right? So, absolutely. That's great.
Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much.
» Well, that's wonderful. Uh, yes, Cathol.
Well, actually last Tuesday night or was
that Tuesday night? Saturday night I
under false pretenses I thought I was
going to a political meeting called
bunch of do about nothing and and I
ended up at your your your theater.
» Yeah, it's great.
» Where at uh and uh everything people
have said is it's a lovely venue on the
St. Lawrence. They uh is uh always a
nice cool breeze off of there and
there's always somebody like your board
of director Peter selling losing 5050
tickets. Uh but uh the the the time was
lovely down there and the uh the the
play was most interesting. Shakespeare
always is.
Whether you're in the uh Shakespeare
part of the of the Stratford or whether
you're in Prescott or whether you're in
the the Shakespeare Theater at the
National Arts Center.
» Absolutely.
» And uh um I certainly enjoyed it and uh
I obviously can't make your performance
tonight.
» That's okay.
» But uh I will try and catch uh catch up
to that at some point in time here. And
uh and you know, it's not just your
theater. It's theater all over Eastern
Ontario. The um the uh Playhouse in
Morrisburg, the for Canada Playhouse,
and the the uh again Playhouse are, you
know, there there's, you know, if you're
a theatergoer in this area, there's an
immense number of opportunities to to go
to catch good theater and good
entertainment and and usually good
dining out before or after. So quite
enjoyable and and thank you for what you
do putting that that uh those those
plays on down there. They were most
entertaining.
» Thank you for being with us. Yeah. And
to speak to the theater thing, not only
Thousand Islands Playhouse, which is not
far in Ganon, Morrisburg, but also
there's an immense amount of community
theater that goes on in this in this
region and not only the Brockville
Operatic Society, which we now have
connections with many times, but it's uh
the theater is is ubiquitous in
communities like this and that's what's
very important to us. uh whether it be
outside at the amphitheater doing
Shakespeare or doing Matilda, it doesn't
matter. Like I I'll take anybody going
to the theater. That's great. Um because
it is a collaboration. It's a community
collaboration between the people on
stage and the patrons who are watching
the show. So thanks for being there.
Yeah, theater can be political
sometimes. Much to do is you could take
it to be political, but yeah,
absolutely.
» Yeah, exactly. Well, that's what it is,
right? Absolutely. Absolutely.
Well, thank you so much for coming uh
this evening and we hope that you get
some some spin from absolutely from from
uh being here. You know, I certainly
noticed uh we were driving down Highway
2 on the weekend and we noticed uh uh
how full uh the the uh motel just
outside of town was. And um you know,
we've always sort of talked about this
is that we have to publicize what there
is for people to do once we get them
here. And um you know the uh certainly
the Shakespeare festival is part of what
um is is what make is going to um make
people come back and absolutely it's
great if we work together.
» Yeah. Thank you very much. Yeah. It's
it's all just for us about not only the
practical like whatever whatever support
comes in that practical way but also
about the philosophical approach of that
this is all of our festival. It's not
just Prescott's festival. It's
everyone's festival to do just that.
It's like go to stay at that hotel, go
to that restaurant, see the play. So, I
think we're all on the same page with
that. Absolutely.
» Absolutely. Well, thank you and we wish
you uh the best of luck with your season
and we hope it's um it's very uh
successful and that your um your troop
uh continues. 25 years, that's a lot. I
know it's a it's a great great uh
landmark. Yeah.
» Thank you for having me. I am going to
jet out because I've got to get to the
show at 7, but thank you so much for
having me everybody. I very much
appreciate it. Nice meeting you all.
» Good night.
We have um a uh consent agenda and we
have a regular agenda for the um um
planning uh committee. Councelor
Calivas, would you take the uh consent
agenda and councelor Leverne, would you
um uh second, please?
» Yes. Thank you.
» Uh thank you. Um so we've got two items
on the uh consent. Uh so all matters
listed under consent agenda are
considered to be routine and will be
enacted by one motion should a council
member wished an alternative action. The
proposed recommendation the council
member should Relle request that it be
removed. So is there any councelor
wishing the first and second items to be
removed? Not hearing or seeing.
» None. Um it's that the uh report uh
2025119
King Street West water main
reconstruction phase 2 be received for
information and that the um main pumping
station designed that the increase of
$132,863.96
including HSD to the engineering
services contract with consultant JL JL
Richards for the main pumping station
design due to changes in project scope
and requirements as outlined below be
approved.
» I think that's it.
» Okay. So, uh we'll call the question.
» Thank you, Madam Chair. On the matter
before you, Councelor Deiri, how do you
vote?
» Yes.
» Councelor Earl?
» Yes.
» Councelor Hobbs?
» Yes.
» Councelor Calvas?
» Yes.
» Councelor Leverne?
Oh,
yes. Thank you. Councelor
Wales.
» Yes.
» And Chair Person.
» Yes.
» That's carried. Thank you.
» Um moving on to the regular um agenda.
Uh
» I'll Yeah. So um we can u Madam Chair,
we're just going to switch the names a
little bit and I'll have um it does it
does say consent agenda, but we're
obviously just going to call it what it
is and just uh read it off. Uh but I
will have councelor Wales move it and I
will second it. U as there is a a minor
amendment that's going to be put on by
councelor Wales as well and so and so
forth. So very good with that I'll
second it.
» Okay. Thank you.
» Thanks. All right everybody settle in.
Uh so this is 2025-127
proposed amendments to the official plan
and zoning bylaw for 107 to19 King
Street West. that official plan
amendment number 35 respecting lands
described as lots 87 to 89 90 part of
lots 82 to 84 86 and 91 to 93 together
with an unnumbered lot 30 plan 67 being
parts 1 2 and part of lot 3 on 28R 5445
together with part three on 28R13791
city of Rockville known municipally as
107 to19 King Street West be amended to
redesate the property from downtown and
central waterfront area within the
mixeduse node. Subject to main street
area policies, continuous street
frontage policies, and source water
protection considerations to downtown
and central waterfront sight specific
policy area within the mixeduse node
subject to main street area policies,
potential intensification site policies,
and source water protection
considerations. Identify a maximum of
six stories within the skyline
development area and permit a maximum
angular plane of 59 degrees on Home
Street. that zoning bylaw 050 2014 be
amended to reszone lands described as
lots 87 to 89 90 part of lots 82 to 84
86 and 91 to 93 together with an
unnumbered lot 30 plan 67 being parts 1
2 and part of lot 3 on 28R5445
together with part three on 28R13791
city of Brockville known municipally as
107 to19 King Street West from mixed uh
MD mixeduse downtown zone in part and MW
mixeduse waterfront zone in part subject
to minimum twostory building height at
street edge policies maximum building
height six-story policies in part
maximum building height four-story
policies in part continuous street
frontage policies minimum ground floor
height policies for King Street
intermittent street frontage policies at
home street and source water protection
considerations to H6 MD mixeduse
downtown special exception zone subject
to minimum two-story building height at
street edge policies
continuous street frontage policies,
intermittent street frontage policies,
and source water protection
considerations to allow development of
the property for a mixeduse building
containing 128 apartment dwellings and
to establish sight specific development
standards. That the mayor and clerk be
authorized to enter into a cash in lie
of parking agreement with the owner to
require cash in lee of parking for 39
parking spaces in the amount of $6,000
per space for a total of $234,000.
that a vacant land appraisal be
submitted for the property prepared by
an accredited appraiser and that 2% cash
in lie of parkland be paid to the city
based on the appraised value provided
prior to the execution of a site plan
control agreement and that the chief
planning officer be authorized to remove
the H6 holding zone provision upon
execution and receipt of any funds
required under the cash in le of parking
agreement and that the necessary bylaws
be enacted. So I wonder if before the
amendment we could just get a very brief
overview of what this is. I know not
everybody uh can make it to the the
planning meetings and be good just to
get a brief overview of the project.
» Yes.
» Yeah. Good.
» Uh through you, Madam Chair. So um about
a month and a half ago, we had a public
meeting concerning proposed amendment to
zoning bylaw and the official plan for
107 to 119 King Street West for a new
mixeduse
proposal. Um the original proposal did
receive amendments between the public
meeting and the recommendation meeting.
So what I'll do is I'll go through what
was originally requested and then what
was proposed at the recommendation
meeting and then ultimately accepted by
planning and development to move forward
to this floor. Um we won't go through
the official plan itself because it it
remained the same except for the angular
plane um which the details itself
I'll get into with the zoning part. So,
the original zoning request that did go
through to the public meeting uh was to
reszone the property to allow a
six-story building containing
approximately 140 residential units with
commercial on the ground floor. Uh the
reason why we required a zoning
amendment is we don't allow residential
on the main floor. Uh that was one of
the amendments specific. Uh there was
parking, angular plane requirements,
um children's play area reductions that
were being being requested. Uh so
specifically the special exceptions
requested at the public meeting was to
increase the continuous street frontage
setback from 0ero to 1.2. So what that
is is we require all the buildings,
sorry, our official plan and zoning
require all the buildings along King
Street to be built at a zero setback.
They actually requested to increase that
to 1.2
to match the building next door. So two
for one and manpower
uh which actually increases the public
realm. We'll deal with the applicant. I
explained it last week at uh planning
and development that we deal with the
applicant on who would maintain that
portion because it's actually going to
increase the size of the sidewalk, who's
going to look after that, etc. But we'll
deal with the applicant or the owner at
that time regarding that. Uh increase to
the maximum intermittent street
frontage. So this is along home street.
They're looking to increase it from 1.2
to three to set the building back a
little more which did provide
more height allowance in the angular
plane even though they still came
forward for a request
uh reduction of the minimum rear yard.
The original request was from 6 mters to
1.8. I explained that that was a staff
error last week. Uh it should have been
6 m or 50% of the height of the building
which was 10.5. So it should have
originally been 10.5 down to 1.8.
Through negotiations, however, um with
the applicant,
we actually uh the applicant agreed to
remove the last two units and associated
underground parking off of each floor
and increase the reard setback to 9.8
mters. So, the request is actually 9.8
from 10.8 or 10.2, sorry, rather than
down to 1.8. So, the increase to the
rear yard is from Water Street.
Uh the increase to the angular plane was
45 degrees to 53 degrees at Home Street.
Uh as explained last week and through
the report under the recommendation, it
was actually taken at the wrong spot. So
our angular plane requirement is the
entire facade of the building. The
angular plane number was taken at King
and Home and should have been taken at
the south end of home. the number
changed from 53 to 59 degrees.
Um staff did explain though that we
don't believe a recirculation's
required. The concept that was seen at
the public meeting did not change other
than actually increasing the rear yard.
So the angular plane actually is a
little less than 59. Uh we didn't
require a new number to be supplied
though because of that
increase to the rear yard.
uh they're looking for a reduction in
the minimum loading space required from
one to zero. Uh that's just due to our
requirements based on size. We require a
minimum of 3.5 m wide by 9 m deep with a
vertical clearance of 4.5 and they're
not sure if they can accommodate that
within the building. They will be
supplying or looking to supply, sorry,
not saying will, looking to supply
loading, just not at our size
requirements. So, they won't be putting
transports in there. They'll be using
more cube bands or things that won't
meet our size. So, they asked for that
reduction.
Uh they're looking the original request
was for a reduction in parking from 153
to 113
due to the loss of units or reduction in
units. Uh the minimum parking required
is now 142. They're looking at supplying
103.
They're also looking to decrease the
minimum ground floor height from 4.5 m
to 3.35.
permission to locate residential on the
ground floor as I had mentioned and
relief to not require the children's
play area due to the proximity to Hardy
Park. Uh staff however did put forward a
recommendation for both the parking cash
andloo and also cash inlark land uh to
maybe look at other locations for
parkland space or increasing what's
available at Hardy Park and also
increasing our funds to look for parking
elsewhere. Um, we know that parking is
in demand downtown and a lot of places
are asking for reductions, but uh, we
need to build that fund to look for
parking elsewhere.
» And I understand through discussions
that some neighbors on Apple Street were
concerned with the sideyard setback. Um,
the sideyard setback itself. So that's
I'll I'll explain the yards. So I'll
start with King and home because that's
where the confusion lies under
definitions. When you have two street uh
two street frontages that have bought a
property, the shortest frontage of the
two becomes your front yard.
The opposite is the exterior sideyard
and then based on definition, the
opposite of your front yard is your rear
yard. The other on this property would
be an interior sideyard.
So when the amendment did come forward,
I understand some residents were cons or
were confused. They believed that that
was the rear yard increase from 1.8 to
9.8
when actually the interior sideyard
remained the same. It was proposed at
1.8. It remains at 1.8. Yes, it abuts
their rear yards,
but based on our definition, it's an
interior sideyard, which our requirement
is actually zero. We want all the
buildings along King to abut each other.
Um the applicant is actually proposing
1.8 eight all along the property line.
So even at King um to gain access to
interior courtyard that they have so
people could come off King or residents
of the building could come off King to
access that interior courtyard.
Um if anyone has questions about the
specific amendments, I'd be happy to
answer them.
» Any anyone questions?
I understand councelor
um Wales that you have a small
amendment.
» I do. So thanks very much uh Mr.
McInness for the for the overview. Um I
had also heard uh some some of those
concerns from uh from residents and
obviously were uh were limited with um
uh the the exceptions that um uh sorry
not the exceptions uh but with the the
requirements uh that we can impose on a
on a developer. um there's not much that
we can impose that's beyond uh what's
already on the property. However, uh in
the zoning for the property, however,
what's been proposed in the project uh
maintains that um minimum setback of 1.8
m for the interior sideyard. Uh as of
right now, it's only 0 m uh in the
zoning bylaw. So my proposed amendment
uh would read that uh uh there be an
increase to the minimum interior
sideyard setback from 0.0 meters to 1.8
m which is what's called for in the
plan. This is just about making sure
that what's proposed is matching what's
going to be included uh in the the
zoning bylaw. Uh so I hope I would have
the support of uh of council on that
amendment. I'll write it up and bring it
over to the clerk. Uh, but if there's
any questions, um, uh, Mr. McInness
might be able to type.
» Um, I'm sorry.
» Yes. Can we have a seconder on the
amendment?
» Got councelor Hobbs.
» Councelor Hobbs. Yeah.
Um, Councelor Earl, did you comment?
» Yeah. Um, I was speaking with councelor
Wales uh prior to the meeting and
although I don't have any specific
um objections to making the the sideyard
wider, but I understand that it's a on
the side that would abut the rear of the
houses on on Apple Street.
So my question is is is not an aesthetic
or a political question
at 1.8 8 m is about 6 feet give or take
a little bit for some of the metric and
some of us are not the so in a sixft
thing down there and if it's a sidewalk
that means there's going to be an old
foundation of the building
to the rear of it on Apple Street
and a new foundation of the new building
on that encompasses the rest of the
block
and so it doesn't come down to an to a
aesthetic question or a political
question. I I guess what I was wondering
was is when I'm starting to put two
foundations 6 feet apart and having to
drain the water out of that because uh
you know even city council can't make
water flow uphill.
um
you know uh just what that meant
engineering wise to to the project as
opposed to you know the setbacks and
stuff because that would you know if we
look at King Street all the buildings
are right up against each other so
there's you know they don't erode each
other's foundation the building the of
some many of the buildings that are
along
uh home street or or Apple street are
they're not new buildings. They're old,
old buildings. And I just want to make
sure that, you know, when we're
opening up sideyards and we're opening
up access for moisture to go in those,
that we aren't indeed eroding some of
the old foundations, you know, we think
we're doing a good thing making space in
there, but would we be doing a bad thing
eroding their foundations and and then
leaving only six feet for someone to go
in and try and put a new foundation in?
So, so it's not a it's not an aesthetic
question. I don't have a problem with
having the six feet in there, but I I I
think before we pass this, we should ask
an engineering question whether it's a
good idea, have six feet of open space
in there and where the water from that's
going to go and it won't go in the
foundations of the the buildings on
Apple Street and stuff. So, I I think
there, you know, aesthetic wise, I don't
have any issues with it, but I' I'd like
to make sure I'm not building in an
engineering problem.
Mr. McGinness, do you have
» Uh three, Madam Chair, I'm not an
engineer, so I can't specifically
address that. Um I believe what
councelor Wales is looking to propose is
a minimum setback. That may increase
once the final design does come forward.
Um,
one thing they could do, there's
swailes, there's drainage they could run
along that. They could possibly go
through the foundation and tie into
their existing system in the parking
lot. Um, I can't answer. I'm not an
engineer.
» Yeah.
» Um,
» We're not there yet.
» There's It'll be done at the site plan
design stage where our engineers will
look at it. Um, but in today's age, you
can engineer anything.
» Yeah. Yeah. So
» I I mentioned it because I know of at
least one problem on King Street where
new building an old building a butt and
water going into the old building's
basement and and you know the the person
going to gain the biggest advantage over
that it's going to be the lawyers to
settle it. So um I was hoping that
getting the engineering before we do
this would prevent the uh legal action
in the future. So that that that's the
that's the intent of of the question and
and why I would like not to, you know,
» Run off willy-nilly without uh without
» You'll bring it up again when we're at
site plan approval.
» Yeah. Well, I think it, you know, if
there's six feet in between, I think it
might might be a good thing for building
maintenance, but if it causes the water
to to stay in there and go into
somebody's basement, then well, that
could be a bad thing.
» Yeah. Understood. Yes.
» May I? So, just the um the uh I just
wanted to note the applicant is in the
gallery. Uh and I wonder if we could
hear from them because my intent here is
just to recognize what's called for in
the plan that's been proposed in the
zoning bile. There's no change. Uh so, I
just wonder if if with the consent of of
council, we could hear confirmation uh
from from the applicant that you know
what's uh what's being proposed that 1.8
back is okay.
No. Yeah, please.
» Thank you. I'm I am an engineer. Uh so
this will be dealt with at site plan
control. Uh this is just a storm water
management issue for uh any water that
uh isn't uh captured already inside the
building. Uh so all the rain runoff is
what your your concern is. Uh those six
feet uh will likely have storm water
management control systems that will
direct the water instead of down. it'll
go around and into a uh either the
municipal, you know, already storm water
system or our systems and then pump it
back out. Uh this will be dealt with uh
at that point. We don't want to erode
our own foundation
» Uh and uh and andor our underground
parking
» Uh which will likely already have some
type of way to control water runoff. So
the act the space actually allows us to
better deal with it quite frankly.
» Yeah.
» Thank you. Perfect. Then yeah, it's just
again it's residents said, you know,
they've got walls, they've got rears of
their own buildings. I think it would
provide some some comfort that, you
know, this is in the zoning bylaw moving
forward.
» Yes. Yes.
» Yes. So, um I I wonder if we can get Mr.
um McGinness to comment on the
amendment.
» Sure. Through you, Madam Chair. Um
increasing the sideyard setback
no concern from us. Um the only
thing that I can see is
by imposing that it takes away the
applicant's ability if they wanted to
to build it directly abuing the manpower
building at the front. So you will see a
gap along King Street if you do impose
that.
» Yes. And in in terms of our city
aesthetics, we just assume not have
alleyways if we had our DRS.
» That that is why we do have a zero
minimum sideyard. We don't we don't make
them build it at zero. Otherwise, it
would be maximum of zero.
» Yeah,
» We have a minimum of zero. So, it would
still be meeting it.
» But if the applicant did decide at the
design stage to move it over, that's no
longer a possibility.
» Yeah. So if the
So if we get down the road and it's site
plan like we'd have to come back here
and change the rules if the applicant
decided
whereas the way it's written right now
we wouldn't have to do anything. It's at
his option because it's just simply says
um uh minimum and we wouldn't have to
there'd be no hurdles.
Yes, please.
» Uh, three, Madam Chair. I do know that
the applicant though does want a
staircase, which we already see there go
leading into the parking lot
» Um for their residents to access the
courtyard to get into their units rather
than using the front of the building.
» Yeah.
» If they wish to.
» Yes. You're you're pretty sure they're
going to want it.
» Yes.
» Yes. Yes. All right.
» Any Yes, please. Just I'll ask if if
that is a concern, is there a way to
word the amendment that we're just
talking about the properties at the
back? Because again, that is where the
concern comes from, right? That there
are stone walls in the lower half of of
of Apple Street. Although again, I
haven't specifically heard from uh the
the owner of the building at the front
of King Street. Maybe they don't want
their buildings touching either. I'm not
sure. So, I think this is just about
codifying in the zoning bylaw. are we
going to see built what we're getting uh
in the proposal that we're seeing during
the zoning uh review process which I
think is important. I think a building
of this size probably shouldn't move
over um you know 2.4 meters and um again
1.8 is minimum right it is larger in
some places and at the alley I think it
is called to be larger it's 2 point uh
people
» So from your perspective your your
amendment gives some comfort to some of
the concerns that the residents have as
well that there were residents that are
concerned that they're going to have
this new structure abuing their um their
own property
» That's been my reading of it and again
it's just about making sure that what we
have had proposed is what we're going to
that if there were a new property owner
down the road, somebody wanted to change
that that they would have to come back.
» Yeah. Thank you.
» Okay. Okay. Any other uh questions or
comments? Um yes, councelor Earl.
» Yeah, I I just wanted to thank uh you
for your for your answer because we
already have one acquitarium in
Brockful. I didn't want to start a new
one. So
So thank you for your answer.
» Okay.
Uh any other questions or comments
related to the amendment?
Okay, seeing none, we'll call the
question on the amendment.
» Thank you, Madam Chair. On the amendment
before you, councelor Deiri, how do you
vote?
» Yes.
» Councelor Earl,
» Yes.
» Councelor Hops,
» Yes.
» Councelor Calvas,
» Yes.
» Councelor Leverne,
» Yes.
» Councelor Wales,
» Yes.
» And Chair Fullerton,
» Yes.
» That's carried. Thank you.
» Okay. Thank you. So then moving on to
the um uh to the motion. Uh questions or
comments related to the motion as
amended?
Seeing none. Oh yes, councelor.
Not another amendment. Uh but just to to
thank uh all the residents who
participated in the process. Again, uh I
know that it's uh uh sometimes
intimidating to come to council and uh
speak your your voice and and put
forward your concerns. Um, I hope that
uh um you know, obviously uh some
residents uh didn't get everything that
they were looking for from the amended
proposal, but I did appreciate that
there was an amendment to the rear uh uh
sideyard to make the building footprint
a little bit smaller. Uh so, it's a
potential compromise for for the
neighborhood, but I'm excited about the
project and I hope that it will go
forward. Yeah, I think there's a quote
to that effect that, you know, you got a
good deal when, uh, everybody had to
give a little bit, nobody's 100% happy.
I will say though, um, in terms of the
city, um, we're happy. That's a that's
been a property that's been
underutilized
um for you know and it always was uh
commercial and uh a vibrant corner and
uh and then suddenly uh because of that
catastrophic fire um empty and empty for
decades and decades uh you know since
since ' 65. So, um, this is an exciting,
uh, project for us. 128, uh, living
units for the city of Brockville. Very,
very important. We need them. Um, you
know, so, you know, we just wish we wish
the applicant every success with getting
it built and getting it built quickly
because, um, I think it's going to be
very good for our downtown uh, core to
have that many people um, uh, additional
people living there. That's great for
business. That's that's really good for
everything uh in Brockville. So, um uh I
think it's a very exciting project and
uh you know, thanks for um investing in
Brockville. It's a great thing for us.
Yeah. Um are there any other questions
or comments before we call the question?
Seeing none, we'll call them.
» Thank you, Madam Chair. On the matter
before you, Councelor Deir, how do you
vote?
» Yes.
» Councelor Earl?
» Yes.
» Councelor Hobbs? Yes.
» Councelor Calvac.
» Yes.
» Councelor Leverne.
» Yes.
» Councelor Wales.
» Yes.
» Chair Fullerton.
» Yes.
» That's carried. Thank you.
» Thank you. Um uh moving on. And u please
don't feel don't feel that you're being
rude if you leave the if you leave the
the uh the meeting. We're not offended
by that at all.
» Thank you very much. Appreciate the
support.
» Thank you. Um, so moving on to the
general committee. Uh, councelor Deiri,
would you move the motion and councelor
uh, Hops, would you second? Yes. Thank
you.
» Uh, thank you, Madam Chair. The general
consent uh, sorry, general meeting
consent agenda, all matters listed under
consent agenda are considered to be
routine, will be enacted by one motion.
Should a council member wish to an
alternative action from the proposed
recommendation, the council member shall
request that this matter be moved.
separated the item uh that the following
items as listed on the general committee
are recommended by the committee to be
passed by consent agenda. Was anything
needed to be removed?
» Seeing none.
» Um I'm sorry, Madam Chair. Which ones
did you want me to read through?
» Um uh one through five, please.
» 1 through five. 2025-124
budgetary control policy amendments at
policy PF uh20.181
budgetary control policy be updated and
outlined in report 2025-124.
Number two is 2025125
procurement policy amendment. The
procurement policy uh PLF20139
be updated as outlined in report
2025-125.
2025-132
July 2025 variance report that report
2025132 July 2025 variance report be
received. Item 2025133
is the airport terminal design that
additional project expenses in the
amount of 4511 be approved and funded by
reserves to complete the airport
terminal engineering design capital
project in accordance with the results
of public tender 250054.
And lastly number five information item
2025130 which is the Reynolds Park
Pavilion tender update. This report is
for information purposes only.
bill and we'll call a question.
» Thank you. On the matters before you,
Councelor Jerry, how do you vote?
» Yes.
» Councelor Earl,
» Yes.
» Councelor Hobs,
» Yes.
» Councelor Calabas,
» Yes.
» Councelor Leverne,
» Yes.
» Councelor Wales,
» Yes.
» Chair Fullerton,
» Yes.
» Carrie, thank you.
» Moving on to uh new business. Um th this
is the part of the agenda where those um
committee those council members that sit
on committees have an opportunity to
bring a report and if there's nothing
new since our our last meeting that's
completely fine. So we have um the BMAC.
So uh councelor Hobbs anything new?
» No nothing new on that.
» No thank you. Uh uh Katarok Way
Conservation Authority.
The next meeting is in August. So, yeah.
» Okay. Very good. Uh St. Lawrence Lodge,
uh Councelor Calabas,
» Nothing to report at this time.
» Yep. Thank you. Uh the the library, I I
can say that there's nothing um new
since the last report, unless you want
to highlight some more summer programs.
Councelor Wales,
» Everybody should get a library card and
go take advantage of the summer
programs. And uh we're meeting next
week, so we might have something uh at
the next council meeting. Thank you.
» Oh, we should mention that now they do
have their schedule out for renting of
meeting rooms. So I think that's
important if you're looking for meeting
space. It's still a good deal.
» Good catch. Thank you. Yes. Yes. I
» I would add that there are other
information sources than Facebook.
» Absolutely. Um the uh the um DBIA
councelor Derry, is there anything?
» Just the u update again. I think it was
mentioned earlier that Saturday, August
16th from 10 to 4 is the next shop the
street event. It's called a fairy tale
fantasy. So I hope that we can get a
good turnout. We had a really good
turnout at our last one in July. So hope
for uh another one of those great great
days and hopefully the weather will
cooperate.
» Thank you. Um, so moving on, there's no
unfinished business. The bylaws are um
are in the agenda and can be uh read
there. So for the reading of the bylaws,
councelor Calivas, um would you read
them and read the motion and councelor
Leverne, would you second?
» Yes. Thank you.
» Thank you. uh that bylaws numbered 058
uh 2025 to 063 2025 be introduced and
the same now be read a first second
third time signed by the mayor and clerk
sealed with the seal of the corporation
and be recorded.
» So uh all those in favor
that's carried. Thank you. Media
question period.
» Uh thank you and through you madam
chair. I just had one question about the
next steps for the dailies lot. I was
just wondering what's what's kind of
coming next for um for that project.
Great. Could you take that one?
» Certainly. Through you, Madam Chair, to
uh the press. Um, so now there's a 20 or
sorry, after Friday, there will be a
20-day appeal period uh where specified
persons, municipality, ourselves, the
applicant could appeal to the Ontario
Land Tribunal if they wish. Uh if
there's no appeal after 20 days, then uh
the applicant could apply for site plan
control, which can take anywhere from 14
days to
however long because once they submit
drawings, we may send them back for
amendments. Then it's in their hands. So
timing on that, we never know. um after
site plans executed and cash and move
parking, cash and move park land are
executed, they could apply for a permit.
So hopefully next spring, I'm sure they
wouldn't start this fall. That's
probably not not enough time for them,
but next spring probably hopefully we'll
see something.
» Great. Councelor Wales,
» I just wonder if Mr. Lawless could
identify himself uh for the for all the
folks at home and
» Oh, yes, please. Oh yes, my first
Brockville Council meeting. Uh, I'm
filling in for Ron Zjac, who's on
vacation. My name is John Lawless and
I'm a reporter with the Recorder in
Times.
» Nice to meet you in person. We have
spoken.
Welcome.
Um, confirmatory bylaw. Councelor Earl,
would you read that? And councelor
Wales, would you second?
» I will.
» Thank you.
That bylaw number 064-2025
to confirm the proceedings of council at
its meeting held July 22nd 2025 be read
a first a second and a third time signed
by the mayor the clerk and seal will bal
the corporation and be recordings.
» All those in favor that's carried uh
motion to adjurnn. Councelor Calivas
will you move that and councelor Deiri
would you second? I will.
» Thank you.
» Thank you. It's uh moved that council
adjourn his proceedings until the next
regular meeting scheduled for August
19th, 2025.
» All those in favor?
That's carried. Thank you everyone.