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is the 24th meeting of the 146th Council
of the Corporation of the City of St.

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Thomas and I'm hoping everybody's
already enjoying a great start to summer

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and uh we will start off with there any
disclosures of interest from any of the

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members. Seeing none minutes.
>> Thank you your worship. First item that

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the minutes of the meeting held on June
15, 2026 be confirmed. Moved by

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councelor Riml, seconded by councelor
Gibson. questions or comments on the

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minutes? Seeing none, all those in
favor? Are there any opposed? That's

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carried.
>> Thank you, worship. Council will now

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resolve itself into the committee of the
whole to deal with matters from four

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committees tonight. First one is
strategic direction and development.

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First item under new business, an item
relating to housing accelerator fund

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affordable housing grant program
recommended recipients. Motion that

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reads that report CMO 5226 relating to
housing accelerator fund affordable

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housing grant program recommended
recipients be received for information

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and further that the 2026 housing
accelerator fund affordable housing

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grants be provided to recipients as
follows. One w YWCA St. Thomas Elgen in

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the amount of $25,000 stream one,
$350,000 stream two and $350,000

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new funding towards the construction of
40 new affordable units and support

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services aimed primarily at lowincome
seniors. Number two, Eastwood Housing

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Corporation in the amount of $25,000
stream one and $50,000 stream two

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towards the construction of two new
affordable units through renovation.

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Number three, the trustees of the
central congregation of the United

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Church of Canada in the amount of
$25,000 stream one towards pre-conult uh

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pre-construction costs for preliminary
work on proposals for 35 potential new

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affordable units and further that the
YWCA St. Thomas Elgen receive an

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additional allocation of 1,975,000
from the housing accelerator fund over

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2026 through 2028 as a part of the
municipal contribution via federal

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funding towards the Hayawa affordable
homes project subject to an agreement

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and further that council direct that
bylaws be prepared to enter into

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municipal contribution agreements for
each of the housing accelerator fund and

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affordable housing grant recipients.
Moved by councelor Baldwin Sans,

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seconded by councel Clark.
>> Questions or comments? Councelor Baldwin

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Sans, then councelor Herbert.
>> I am pleased to support this initiative.

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Number one, it strengthens the
relationship we've already have with the

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YW.CA CA and with Eastwood Baptist and
I'm glad to see that that continue but

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to see someone new coming to the table
with Central United and being able to

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provide that that was something that we
discussed at AMO last year how we can

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expand that program and also that we
have been seeing especially through our

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child care program with expanding that
through the churches as well with First

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United Church and the new program that
we've created there. I was wondering if

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you would like to make some comments
your worship in regards to the new

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partnership that we're creating with
central.

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» I mean I have can do nothing but shout
like you did that the um we said a while

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ago and I think really on our trip to
AMO last year or some place that we

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talked about maybe we need to involve
some more of the churches. There's

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available land for us and look at what's
coming to fruition if we can use the um

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the accelerated fund to to make it
happen. Um, we continue to move forward

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on now not just supportive housing, but
also affordable housing and affordable

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seniors housing. So, um, I'm I'm going
to vote surely in favor of all of this.

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Council Herbert, thank you, Worship. So,
Brandon, that that's a great report that

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you sent to us. Uh, when I read it, I'm
thinking, my goodness, Lindy Rice should

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be so excited to get the money that
she's getting in High Water Street is

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getting the extra $2 million. Uh I don't
know how uh Eastwood we'd really be

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excited to and I I I fully support the
the bylaws for this to be done because

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uh it's a step in the right direction. I
mean Lindsay's group and her and her and

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her team just got done with tiny homes.
I mean how how good is that? Tiny homes

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over there a few times. Unbelievable.
And it looks like Haywatha Street's

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going to be the same way. So thank
goodness to the the YWCA to get on board

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with all this. So, I I I fully support
the uh the doing the bylaws and thanks

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very much for your report.
>> Thank you, Councelor Kohler.

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» Thanks, your worship. I certainly will
be supporting this too. I uh you know

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what's made us successful in the past
and continue to make successful is these

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partnerships that we continue to enter.
And this is a well-rounded way to

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continue to expand our housing stock and
diversify it. And so excited to see the

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component with the uh low-income seniors
as well. and that's uh how we need to

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continue to move forward. But just great
news.

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» Councilor Raml, did I see a hand from
you? Yes, you're next. And then

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councelor Clark,
>> um I have some questions. Mainly it's

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fully supportive. It's it's wonderful.
Uh mainly so it said that this program

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um was new more in uh October 2025
and we had a program similar did we in

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before this?
>> Brandon, did you want to answer that?

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We've had a number of programs that have
all been either federal or provincial in

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this one.
>> Yeah. Through your worship. So this was

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created as one of our HIF action plan
initiatives that we had to do last year.

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And so we created the overall program
framework and then we were launching it

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this year once we received our HAF
funding and the intent is to do it for

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three years. So we've kind of have a
commitment for the next three years to

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do this program. So this is the first
year for it. just have a couple

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questions. So, um, so what I think is
great with this program is there's no

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tax, no municipal tax dollars involved.
This is straight, uh, federal funding

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» through your worship. That's correct.
That's where we're leveraging and using

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that and that helps us with our
contribution without having to use

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municipal tax uh, amount.
And um so when the houses are we have 20

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20 years where we have the affordable
beds do you have to monitor that like to

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keep on top of that or you know you
don't want things to be too ownorous as

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far as because you have to monitor
timelines for the project and thing and

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but what happens to the beds after 20
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» through your worship that is a good
question. So that is one of the

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requirements of this program is not only
to be affordable but at 80% or below for

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average market rent. Each grant
recipient would have to enter into an

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agreement and so that there would be
stipulations and clauses within the

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agreement and there would be generally
there's annual reporting so that we know

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that that is still the case throughout
that time period. uh most of the

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particularly these recipients most of
these ones uh look to beyond that time

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frame. So we know for example Eastwood
housing is continued beyond that time

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frame. Uh that's kind of our minimum
requirement is to get there. So after

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that I guess at the end of the 20 years
we would be looking at it and seeing if

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it can continue.
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» Okay. You let me know when you're done.
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becomes over budget during the
construction um and it it exceeds the

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amount of funds that we have? Is that
our concern

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» through your worship? So that's another
good question. So we do have uh template

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agreements for these and that there are
some clauses within the agreement and

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and those agreements will come to
council uh probably in August for the

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bylaw. So you can look at them at that
point for sure. But there would be some

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clauses about the construction costs and
anything if anything escalates it would

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not have an impact or be anything on
this municipal contribution.

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If the project in the end does not
happen then this amount would then come

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back to us. What we're setting up in the
agreements are different milestones for

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when the funds would be released. So
once the project is committed hopefully

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on on budget, once there's building
permits, once there's some completion of

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some of it, that's when we would start
to release some of the funding. There

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would be a little bit upfront,
especially for the pre-construction ones

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where they need some design work money,
but there would be some safeties in

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agreement for that.
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in place for uh requests that come
outside of the affordable housing?

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someone has a project they want and
they're looking for city funds. Do we

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have a policy or procedure for those
kind of applications?

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» Well, certainly we have our own
community improvement fund money and

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we'll vote on a few more of those
tonight, too. And that's where for that

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builder who's maybe not doing a deeply
affordable piece, but is simply creating

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new beds, creating new rooms, um, and
andor fixing fascia or some other

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things. Our community improvement uh
committee has been quite busy at keeping

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all of these things up to date and and
making sure we can honor all of the

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requests that have come to us. It's July
and we've already spent a great deal of

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community improvement fund this year.
So, but that's that's the municipal

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contribution that that this council
really gets to decide on.

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» Just one more.
>> Do any of these units become uh city

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stock and part of our stock
>> through your worship? uh these units

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would not be part of the directly
citymanaged social housing stock. So

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they would be managed and operated by
these non-forprofit uh partners

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organizations. So then there's
essentially there wouldn't be

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necessarily the direct obligation for
the municipality to then maintain or

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operate them.

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» Really Joan, you're finished
for now there. This was just the first

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topic item for tonight. So, we're okay.
Councelor Clark, you're next.

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» Thanks, your worship. I've just got one
comment. Um, they're all worthy

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projects, but I'm especially excited
about the Hayawa Street project because

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most of the uh the project is built on
surplus city land. It's in the core and

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it's uh affordable senior housing and uh
with no real tax implications for the

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city. So, I think it's they're all
great, but that's one uh I think really

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stands out for me.
>> Thank you, Council Clark. Further

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questions or comments?
Seeing none, all those in favor? Are

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there any opposed? That's carried.
Thanks.

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» Thank you, worship. Next item relates to
proposed official plan and zoning bylaw

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amendments and deeming bylaw application
for 358 Elm Street, for Morrison Drive.

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Follow-up report. Motion that reads that
report PD 4026 relating to proposed

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official plan and zoning bylaw
amendments and deeming bylaw application

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follow-up report be received for
information and further that council

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authorize staff to prepare a sight
specific sight sight specific draft

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amendments to the city of St. Thomas
official plan and zoning bylaw 5088 to

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permit clinic and business office uses
at 358 Elm Street and 4 Morrison Drive

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which can be described as part one on
registered plan 11R 448 and part lot 73

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plan 270 and lot 10 plan 11M138
and further that council authorize staff

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to prepare a deeming bylaw for lot 10
plan 11M138

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being for Morrison Drive moved I
councelor Gibson, seconded by councelor

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Taylor.
>> Questions or comments?

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Councelor Herbert.
>> Thank you, Worship. Well, they're pretty

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specific on what they want their
application for. And uh just to clarify,

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it says to to permit a clinic, business
office, single detached dwelling. But

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what is accessory uses? What would that
what does that come under? could be

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anything because you're you're specific
on the on the what the what it's the

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bylaw is going to be what the permits
for. I just curious what could accessory

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uses be.
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sorry. So
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» Been a couple weeks. Um so through your
worship um accessory uses would need to

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meet our definition of accessory in the
zoning bylaw which are generally um uh

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uh assoc affiliate like um subordinate
to and serve the purposes of the primary

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uses that are on the site. So often
times I know for example um we'll often

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see accessory uses um if you have a
clinic would be a pharmacy but that

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pharmacy would have to have the same
operating hours and only be accessed

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directly through the clinic. So that's
the sort of thing that we see in terms

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of accessory uses. So it would have to
be tied to those primary uses.

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» Just to follow up to where Sure. So
you're saying Michelle that if you you

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could put anything in there or just
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Is that what you're looking at here?
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um it would be uses that are they would
have to be accessory to those identified

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uses. Um, so they'd have to be uh sort
of subordinate to those uses. And um I

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would also note that in our zoning bylaw
in pretty much all the almost all the

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zones, it does allow for accessory uses
in these instances. So yes, perfect. No

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problem.
>> Further questions or comments?

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Seeing none, all those in favor? Any
opposed? Carried.

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» Worship. Next item relates to community
improvement plan project Michelle and

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Carol Sylvester 35shire Avenue. Motion
that reads that report PD 4326 relating

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to a community improvement project by
Michelle and Carol Sylvester 35

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Airshshire Avenue a Avenue be received
for information and further that council

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approve a residential grant and a
planning and building fees grant for

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application 2026-163
as submitted by Michelle and Carol

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Sylvester for 35 Airshshire Avenue moved
by councelor Herbert seconded by

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councelor Riml
>> questions or comments

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seeing none all Those in favor? Any
opposed? Carried.

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» Worship. The next item deals with a uh
community improvement plan project for

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Holy Angels Parish, 502 Talbet Street.
Motion that reads that report PD4226

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relating to a community improvement
project by Holy Angels's Parish for 502

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Talbet Street be received for
information. and further that council

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approve a heritage design grant and a
heritage facade and building improvement

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grant for the church located at 502
Talbet Street as recommended by the

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community improvement program evaluation
committee and further that council

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approve an additional heritage facade
and building improvement grant for the

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rectory building also located at 502
Talbet Street moved by councelor Kohler

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seconded by councelor Gibson
>> questions or comments

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seeing none all those in favor any
opposed carry

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Next item deals with a community
improvement plan project YW.CA St.

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Thomas Elgen 51 to 53 Hayawata Street
and 105 Scott Street. Motion that reads

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that report PD 4426 relating to a
community improvement project by YW.CA

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St. Thomas Elegen for 51 to 53 Hayawa
Street and 105 Scott Street be received

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for information and further that council
approve a residential grant and a

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planning and building fees grant for
application 2026-16

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as submitted by the YWCA St. Thomas
Elegen for 51 to 53 Hayawatha Street and

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105 Scott Street. Moved by councelor
Baldwin Sands, seconded by councelor

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Clark.
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Seeing none. All those in favor? Any
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» Worship. The next item is a community
improvement plan project for 100095949

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Ontario Incorporated, 242 Elma Street.
Motion that reads the report PD4126

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relating to a community improvement
project by 100095949

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Ontario, Inc. for 242 Alma Street be
received for information. And further

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that council approve a residential grant
and loan development charge grant, tax

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increment grant, parkland dedication
grant, and planning and building fees

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grant for application
2026-162

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as submitted by 10009-5949

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Interior Incorporated for 242 Elma
Street. and further that council

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authorize a bylaw be prepared to enter
into a residential loan agreement with

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1000905949
Ontario Inc. relating to a CIP project

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at 242 Elma Street. Moved by Councelor
Gibson, seconded by Councelor Herbert.

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» Questions or comments? Councelor Taylor.
>> Thank you, your worship. Just one quick

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question. This lot um has a lovely
little red brick house on it right now.

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I just wanted to confirm that the red
brick house is being removed and a new

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building constructed. Just a question.
Thank you.

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» Great. Michelle, is it you?
>> I can through your wish. I can try to

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answer that. No.
>> Sure. Our guest speaker, Mr. Pompilly.

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Yes.
>> Um through the report and my

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understanding it is for a new um a new
fourunit building on the place.

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» Further questions or comments? Seeing
none. All those in favor? Any opposed?

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Carried.
Next item relates to heritage property

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tax relief. That report PD uh 3926
relating to heritage property tax relief

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be received for information. Moved by
councelor Riml, seconded by councelor

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clerk,
>> questions or comments?

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Seeing none. All those in favor? Any
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» Next item as a notice committee of
adjustment minor variance 85 Benjamin

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Parkway. Notice of a public meeting to
take place by Zoom on July 23rd, 2026 at

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10 a.m. has been received from the
committee of adjustment regarding an

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application for a minor variance by Ed
and Donna Ellis to permit lot coverage

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of 37.4%
whereas the maximum is 35% and to permit

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a threeseason sun room 5.76 m from the
rear lot line whereas the minimum rear

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yard depth is 7 m at 85 Benjamin
Parkway.

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The final item under this committee your
worship committee of adjustment. This is

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a notice for consent 57 and 65 Walnut
Street. Notice of a public meeting to

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take place by Zoom on July 23rd, 2026 at
10 a.m. has been received from the

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committee of adjustment regarding an
application for consent by Walnut Park

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Incorporated to sever two lots for the
purpose of facilitating separate

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mortgage financing for threetory and
five-story apartment dwellings at 57 and

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65 Walnut Street.
Next committee tonight, your worship is

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community engagement and services. First
item under new business, 2026 Downtown

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Octoberfest road closure request and a
motion that reads that report ES 3826

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relating to the 2026 Downtown
Octoberfest road closure request be

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received for information and further
that council approve the temporary

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closure of Talbat Street from Ros Street
to Horton Street and Ros Street from

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Talbet Street to Center Street from 8:00
a.m. to 11:00 p.m. on Saturday,

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September 19th, 2026 to allow for
downtown October Fest. Moved by

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councelor Gibson, seconded by councelor
Riml.

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» Questions or comments?
Seeing none, all those in favor? Any

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opposed? Carried.
>> Sorry. Did you have a question,

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Councelor Herbert? The road closure is
where we don't let the cars go there.

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No,
>> no. Just a clarification. It's a new

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location this year.
>> Yes. Moving further to the where the

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murals were, but it's at the other in
the big empty lot. So

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» So people will know where it is.
>> Too big of a crowd to handle in the old

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spot. We got to move to a bigger one.
Yeah. Okay. Next.

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» Next item. Your worship. Uh item that
deals with ice allocation policy review.

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Motion that reads that report PR 2026
relating to the ice allocation policy

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review be received for information. And
further that council approve the sole

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source retention of healthy placemaking
solutions led by Dr. Troy Glover to

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undertake a comprehensive review of the
ICE uh the city's ice allocation policy

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and further that the results of the
review, including recommended policy

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updates, be presented to council for
consideration prior to implementation

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for the 2027 2028 ice season. Moved by
councelor Rho, seconded by councelor

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Clark.
>> Questions or comments?

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Councelor Clark,
>> I think it's a great idea to get an

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outside voice and especially somebody
far away so that people that don't like

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the results, uh, you know, they got to
got to go fair ways to tar and feather

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them and it won't be us that'll be t
taking the heat because it's always a

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sensitive subject and, uh, it's good to
get an outside voice who is neutral and

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and can review this. And it's it it
really does need uh looking at since we

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have so many new people applying and
it's it's tough to keep everyone happy.

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» I and I agree, Councelor Clark, and I
thought about it right away. You're just

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trying to protect us, aren't you?
Excellent. Further questions or

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comments? Seeing none, all those in
favor? Any opposed? Carried.

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» Next item relates to 2026 declaration of
compliance adult day program. Motion

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that reads that report VV0326
relating to the 2026 declaration of

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compliance adult day program be received
for information. And further that

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council approve the compliance
declaration for Valley View Home Adult

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Day Program and authorized staff to
forward it to Ontario Health. And

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further that council direct a bylaw be
prepared to authorize the Marin clerk to

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sign the declaration of compliance.
Moved by councelor Baldwin Sands,

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seconded by councelor Taylor.
>> Questions or comments? Councelor Riml,

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» just want to say this is a it's
fantastic for Valley View and day

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program is wonderful and we were there a
couple of weeks ago for some extra

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funding and I just want to mention a bit
about the day program. A lot of people I

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don't think are aware that the day
program operates two groups per day,

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Monday to Friday, and it's only $15 per
4hour session and that includes a meal.

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Uh if you want transportation, it's an
extra $15. And they also can accommodate

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one person on an overnight stay for two
nights uh during the week, and that's a

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$46 uh per night. But um they also have
a tub. And I don't think a lot of people

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realize you you don't have to go to the
day program to book a a tub bath.

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Anybody that's had knee surgery or hip
surgery and you get your stitches out,

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all you'd love to do is just soak in a
tub. But at your own home, who's going

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to get you out? So, um you can go to the
day program and have a lovely bath and

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uh so there's so many options available
at the day program and kudos for uh for

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doing this and they uh you know they
would like to expand the current area

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and we would also like to expand on a
second site and I'm just wondering at

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what point do we need to look at because
uh they're they're actually um okay kind

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of at this point with looking at
Memorial Arena and I know with the

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master parks and wreck uh survey that
that arena will be staying. You know,

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it's still going to be in the system.
So, we've got this big open space. At

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what point do we kind of have a serious
look and see is this somewhere where we

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we could really uh start to put some,
you know, wheels in motion to apply for

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a day program because uh Minister Flack
when he was there said, you know, apply

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often, apply big. So, I think we should
we should do that. And I have no doubt

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that you're absolutely right and I want
to thank all of council. I wasn't able

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to attend that day and 100% of the rest
of the council showed up to to to help

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with this announcement on the on
addition to the day program. The um the

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declaration of compliance that we're
that is on here is something that's kind

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of mandatory from the ministry that we
have to say yes to each year. So, but

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all the great things we've been doing
with the day program, I'd love to see us

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expand and double. I'll take Minister
Flack up on his extra money when he uh

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tells us to ask for it. Um he should say
yes when we do.

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Further questions or comments? Seeing
that all those in favor? Any opposed?

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Carried.
Next item. 2026 Declaration of

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Compliance Valley View Home. Motion that
reads that report VV0226

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relating to the 2026 declaration of
compliance Valley View Home be received

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for information. And further that
council approve the compliance

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declaration for Valley View Home and
authorize staff to forward it to Ontario

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Health. And further that council direct
a bylaw be prepared to authorize the

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mayor and clerk to sign the declaration
of compliance. Moved by councelor Clark,

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seconded by councelor Taylor.
>> Questions or comments on this

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declaration? Councelor Rhiml. I just
want to say that, you know, having

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worked in long-term care myself, this is
it's really a challenge to be in

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compliance with the Ministry of Health
and long-term care. So, kudos for the

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staff. It's also, you know, when you're
advertising spots um you know, people

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looking at homes to to uh enter into
that this is, you know, they can declare

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that they're compliant and and it's a
really big deal and um congratulations

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to them. Thank you.
>> Well, thank you, Councelor Raml, for

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bringing that up. And I see Michael
Carol is on here tonight online with us.

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So pass our kudos on Michael to you and
all the staff on the compliance on both

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the day program and on the valley view
program. Thank you for for all you do

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for um further questions or comments?
Seeing none, all those in favor? Are

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there any opposed? Carried.
>> Worship. The next committee is

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infrastructure and civic operations.
First matter under new business relates

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to 2026 drinking water quality
management system DWQM management

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review. Motion that reads that report ES
3726 relating to the 2026 drinking water

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quality management system DWQMS
management review be received for

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information. Moved by councelor Riml
seconded by councelor Taylor.

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» Questions or comments? Councelor Taylor.
>> Thank you your worship. I appreciate

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that. I've got a question in regards to
great report holy mackerel. I read

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through this report there's a lot of
good stuff in here but one thing that

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confused me is that we are stating that
we are losing 16.4% of the water that we

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bring into the city I guess or 800
almost 800,000

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cubic meters of water is being lost. yet
the report that came out from

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whoever sent the report in says that
there are no leaks detected. So, I'm

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just trying to figure out um in
preparation for another item coming up

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under 15C
where we are going to be contributing

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7.5 or $7.5 million to the replacement
of our water meter system. And one of

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the reasons that we're talking about
leakage is that some of it is being not

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calculated in the current water meter
system. So, I'm just trying to in my own

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mind trying to figure out where did
800,000 cubic meters of water go um

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when no leaks are detected and that
we're going to spend $7

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5 million to replace water meters that
are a contributing factor to water loss.

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Somebody could answer that question, I'd
appreciate it.

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Okay. Who wants it?

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What' you do with all the water? No.
Uh through your worship. Uh

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we don't find any leaks. We do the
testing. We bring someone in to do the

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uh testing. A lot of this goes to um
construction sites. Overland and stuff

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is not metered. Um it's metered through
the homes, but we also flush through the

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metering. uh we monitor our flushing but
through construction through other

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aspects like that we do use what we call
lose a lot of water. Um that next

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program coming up will capture a lot of
that. We're also doing metering now on

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construction projects. So we're metering
our testing because we flush for the

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entire week. So that's basically a
two-inch main running for the entire

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week. So, we'll start capturing that as
part of this.

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» You okay, a followup?
>> Yes, thank you very much. That is the

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answer I was looking for because I
didn't really see that in the report.

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When you when the public reads this, um,
they they will notice that 16.4% of our

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water disappears. It's not due to
evaporation, but I can understand that.

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I think it's even when we are flushing
water manes for fire hydrants, maybe

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that kind of stuff is just water that
>> understandable. So was the report able

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to find are we losing water because of
poor water meters? Did was that

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examined? Thank you.
>> Uh through your worship, yes, we lose

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accuracy in meters. Um it kind of drops
off every 5 years. Uh so after 15 years,

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you start to lose 5%. So if we take 5%
times the 17,000 meters we have in the

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city, it does add up.

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» Okay. You all right? Councelor Gibson,
then councelor Herbert.

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» Uh, just one question. So, I'm assuming
because we don't moderate moderate the

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water when we're flushing, I'm assuming
when we have we've had many large fires

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this past year. So, I'm just wondering
if that's also accountable not being

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measured uh with with so many fires. I'm
assuming that we're not measuring that

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water loss even in that area.
through your worship. Uh, yes, we

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estimate that. Um, the trucks don't have
any kind of flow measuring, so it's just

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an estimate we do based on how long we
figure they were flushing for.

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Okay.
>> Did I see councelor Herbert, you're

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next?
>> Yes. Thank you, worship. Well, thank you

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for the report. It's an excellent
report. It's a good read. The ones that

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I always catch my eye eye is is the one
that when there's a possible presence of

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bacteria in the water. So in here there
was one July 10th. So when you get that

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result,
how fast is the information sent over to

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the public health? And how if it was an
afternoon on a Saturday, is there a

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process a new a process where you find
it? How's it sent? How's it responded?

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How does the public health say gee to
450 homes there's possible presence of

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bacteria? How does all that take place?
because you did have one on July 10th

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00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:19,440
that could be a very big concern, but
just how does it relayed on and how

410
00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:24,159
quick is it happen?
>> Uh through your worship, we have an SOP

411
00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:29,120
in place uh that lays out exactly who
calls who um and how quickly it happens.

412
00:31:27,039 --> 00:31:33,919
Uh I am the first call from the
laboratory and then it goes from me to

413
00:31:31,919 --> 00:31:39,039
the health unit to spills action and
that way and then two staff to go out

414
00:31:36,159 --> 00:31:42,480
and start flushing and sampling.
just to follow up your words. So the

415
00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:45,519
assumption is they can get a hold of
you. What if they can't get a hold of

416
00:31:43,679 --> 00:31:49,679
you? What's what's the process then? Is
there a follow because that's it goes

417
00:31:47,679 --> 00:31:54,960
way back to Walker. All this stuff all
changed because of all this stuff here.

418
00:31:51,760 --> 00:32:00,080
And uh I just concerned there could be a
delay. Is there a big danger to the 450

419
00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:04,240
homes if they don't find out for 24
hours

420
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:08,399
» uh through your worship?
um we have in place where they call if

421
00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:11,600
they can't get a hold of me, they
immediately call the next person in

422
00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:17,440
line. They have a call list to follow
the same as as we do. Um

423
00:32:15,519 --> 00:32:22,159
they would they have a right to notify
us within the hour of them finding out

424
00:32:20,159 --> 00:32:28,240
um and they just keep calling until they
find someone. So it uh we sample on

425
00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:32,880
Mondays and Wednesdays uh to make sure
that that call should be coming in at

426
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:35,919
the latest to us on Thursday at 4:00. So
we're still staff are still around and

427
00:32:34,559 --> 00:32:40,960
staff are still available. So we should
never get that call on a Saturday.

428
00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:43,200
» So So should you have it set up with
public health who to call?

429
00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:47,519
» Yes.
>> They're on call 247 for that information

430
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:51,840
and they would send I just want to make
sure the process is clear and there's

431
00:32:49,919 --> 00:32:59,519
not a real danger when you're talking
E.coli. That's all. So okay, thank you

432
00:32:55,600 --> 00:33:04,640
» councelor Riml. just um I'm on the water
board and just that when we talk about

433
00:33:02,399 --> 00:33:10,159
um Valley View and compliance, the
compliance for the water uh board, the

434
00:33:07,679 --> 00:33:14,799
water system is I don't know if you it's
fair to say a hundred times more, but

435
00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:19,600
the amount of regulations and the
testing and the reporting they do is

436
00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:25,600
phenomenal. So, I think people can rest
assured that, you know, um the city is

437
00:33:23,039 --> 00:33:29,760
certainly on on top of things. It's it's
just amazing the amount of reporting

438
00:33:27,519 --> 00:33:34,799
that's done. Anyway, thank you.
>> Thank you. Very detailed report. Further

439
00:33:32,559 --> 00:33:39,120
questions or comments?
Seeing none, all those in favor? Any

440
00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:44,799
oppose? Carried. Thank you.
>> Next item, your worship relates to

441
00:33:41,039 --> 00:33:50,240
front-end loader tender 2026 058 award.
Motion that reads that report ES4126

442
00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:53,240
relating to the front end loader tender
2026-058

443
00:33:53,279 --> 00:33:58,880
award be received for information and
further that council accept a tender

444
00:33:57,279 --> 00:34:04,159
submitted by Brandt Tractor in the
amount of $252,500

445
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:09,520
excluding HST for the purchase of a new
front-end loader as specified in their

446
00:34:06,399 --> 00:34:14,560
submission to tender 202658.
Moved by councelor Riml seconded by

447
00:34:12,240 --> 00:34:19,440
councelor Herbert. questions or comments
on the loader. Councelor Gibson,

448
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:25,440
» thank you. Worship, just one question.
Um, so there's a there's good to be um I

449
00:34:22,879 --> 00:34:29,359
I realize it's just for the uh the
machinery itself, but not for the

450
00:34:27,119 --> 00:34:32,879
attachments. So there's going to be uh
$93,56

451
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:36,320
remaining. Is that going to be enough
for any attachments that you need? And

452
00:34:35,119 --> 00:34:41,440
you if you're going to be coming back to
council in the next budget for

453
00:34:38,159 --> 00:34:46,760
attachments required
>> uh through your worship. No, they won't

454
00:34:42,879 --> 00:34:46,760
be coming back for any more money.

455
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:54,240
» Great answer,
Councelor Clark.

456
00:34:51,679 --> 00:34:59,920
» The the old is this an additional load
lo loader or will we be uh replacing one

457
00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:03,040
or will the will the old one continue in
operation for some time? Uh

458
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:06,000
» through your worship, this will be a
replacement.

459
00:35:06,240 --> 00:35:13,280
So, we'll declare it surplus and the old
one will be sold for asset.

460
00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:18,800
» Yes. Great.
Further questions or comments?

461
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:26,400
Jing. All in favor? Any opposed?
Carried. Thanks. Next item relates to

462
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:30,079
AMI water meter system RFP 2026 023
award. Motion that reads that report

463
00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:34,400
ES4326
relating to the AMI water meter system

464
00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:40,240
RFP 202623
award be received for information and

465
00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:46,359
further that council award RFP 2026
023 to Meter Core Incorporated in the

466
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:46,359
amount of $7,518,21169

467
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:56,640
excluding HST. Moved by Councelor Gibson
seconded by councelor Riml.

468
00:35:54,720 --> 00:36:01,280
» Questions or comments? I thought we'd go
to councelor Taylor on this one.

469
00:35:59,119 --> 00:36:04,720
» No, the they the answers on the last
question were fabulous. I just wanted to

470
00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:09,760
put it out there as just in case the
public was asking questions. Um my

471
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:14,640
question involves uh maybe just a quick
overview of the schedule. How long will

472
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:18,640
it take? Um you to take my house off the
list. I had to get a new water meter

473
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:22,400
replaced in my house uh over the last
week. So take me off the list.

474
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:26,720
» Yeah. You have to quit disconnecting
your own water meter. Councelor Taylor.

475
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:30,880
Yeah, it and and you know, the guys that
came to fix my water meter to replace it

476
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:34,240
were did a phenomenal job. So, thumbs up
to that. But just looking for a schedule

477
00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:38,960
because I understand it's going to take
a few years. Correct.

478
00:36:37,119 --> 00:36:45,119
» For your worship, we plan to be done the
whole program in the end of 2027.

479
00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:49,599
» Good.
>> Further questions or comments?

480
00:36:47,839 --> 00:36:54,400
» Seeing none, all those in favor? Any
opposed? Carried.

481
00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:58,079
» Worship. Next item relates to major line
rail corridor infrastructure crossing

482
00:36:56,160 --> 00:37:03,040
agreements. Motion that reads that
report ES4426 relating to major line

483
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:06,880
rail corridor infrastructure crossing
agreements be received for information.

484
00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:11,200
And further that council direct bylaws
be drafted to authorize the marin clerk

485
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:15,680
to execute the crossing agreements with
the Canadian National Railway for the

486
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:19,680
water man and sanitary sewer crossings
of the rail corridor on major line to

487
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:24,880
service development within northwest
area 1. Moved by councelor Riml,

488
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:29,359
seconded by councelor Herbert.
>> Questions or comments?

489
00:37:27,599 --> 00:37:33,599
Seeing none, all those in favor? Any
opposed? Carried.

490
00:37:31,599 --> 00:37:38,000
» Next item relates to Heepburn Parket
revitalization build community strong

491
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:43,359
fund application. Motion that reads that
report PR 2126 relating to Hepern Parket

492
00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:47,119
revitalization build community strong
fund application be received for

493
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:51,200
information. And further that council
endorse the Hepern Parkquette

494
00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:55,200
revitalization project for submission to
the build community strong fund local

495
00:37:53,440 --> 00:38:00,000
impact stream and direct staff to
prepare an application for a 2027 start.

496
00:37:58,079 --> 00:38:05,599
Moved by councelor Baldwin Sands,
seconded by councelor Taylor.

497
00:38:02,240 --> 00:38:09,680
» Questions or comments? Councelor Gibson.
>> Thank you worship. Uh, this is

498
00:38:07,119 --> 00:38:13,200
fantastic. I know a lot of people are
wanting to keep it looking at the

499
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:17,680
looking the way it has been for the past
few years that was first put in, but I

500
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:21,440
like the new innovation in it. I just
have one uh real quick question. The

501
00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:28,240
vendor kiosk, is that going to be a
seasonal kiosk or is it going to be like

502
00:38:24,720 --> 00:38:34,240
a uh open all year? And if the vendor
kiosk is going to be there, is it be

503
00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:37,839
specifically for food or other ventures
of entrepreneurships there?

504
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:43,119
Adrian, I think it's you.
>> Yep. Through your worship to councelor

505
00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:48,720
Gibson. Thank you for the question. Uh
the kiosk would be a provisional in the

506
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:53,119
project um so that we can get a cost on
what it would be to install that. Uh we

507
00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:56,480
would look at both options having it
open seasonally and need and the need

508
00:38:54,880 --> 00:39:00,320
for the infrastructure to keep it open
year round. Um and then I I would

509
00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:04,800
believe we would put out an expression
of interest to see who would be

510
00:39:02,079 --> 00:39:10,800
interested in, you know, being in that
space. I do imagine it's selling food,

511
00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:14,880
creating um you know a hub for lunchtime
visitors to the park, but I guess it all

512
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:19,200
depends on on who we get that are
interested.

513
00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:24,880
» Further questions or comments? Okay,
I'll go Taylor Baldwin Sands Clark.

514
00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:28,720
» Thank you, your worship. Um, I do want
to say that during Nostalgian Nights

515
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:34,400
last Saturday, the upper and parket was
used very, very well. And, uh, thank

516
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:37,680
goodness we have this product, this, uh,
project in our downtown. It's

517
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:41,839
unfortunate it didn't happen last year,
but man, I'm fingers crossed that we can

518
00:39:39,599 --> 00:39:47,200
get the funding for this to go through
next year. Uh, and I do want to say, uh,

519
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:50,720
in the gallery tonight is Andrew Gun,
who has accumulated, from what I

520
00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:55,520
understand, $100,000 worth of private
funding to assist in our downtown. I

521
00:39:53,119 --> 00:39:59,839
want to say kudos for that kind of money
and just to put it out there, we are

522
00:39:57,359 --> 00:40:01,760
open for other funding sources. I
understand.

523
00:40:00,240 --> 00:40:04,960
» No, please just throw it over the edge.
We're okay.

524
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:08,320
» Thank you.
>> Um I think councelor Baldwin Sand you

525
00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:10,800
were next, right?
>> Okay.

526
00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:15,839
» Thank you very much. I am very pleased
to see this project as well. And this

527
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:21,200
morning we did receive something from um
very community activist who presented to

528
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:26,640
us something that the Fanial College
students did in a previous council which

529
00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:31,280
could visualize what the project could
become. And I think it's a testament to

530
00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:36,720
a former premier of the province of
Ontario that hailed from the area of St.

531
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:40,240
Thomas that this park has gone to a
state of disrepair for an extended

532
00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:45,359
period of time and to see the life that
can bring back to it. not just for the

533
00:40:43,359 --> 00:40:50,240
Talbet Street landscape, but for the
entire community. I think it will be a

534
00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:55,200
great asset to our downtown and to the
entire community and to the legacy of

535
00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:58,800
Mitchell Hepper. Thank you.
>> Yep. Great,

536
00:40:57,040 --> 00:41:03,760
Mr. Clark.
>> Thanks, your worship. Yeah, I I just

537
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:10,400
want to echo counselor uh Baldwin Sans's
comments about uh Russell and his uh his

538
00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:16,079
students work and the idea of uh however
we I I love the idea of it being

539
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:20,560
rejuvenated and I would I hope that we
would keep in mind the the idea of a

540
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:24,240
phase two where we could push push the
park all the way through to Center

541
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:29,839
Street and uh make use of the parking
lot. And so I'm hoping that as we design

542
00:41:27,599 --> 00:41:35,040
phase one that we keep that in mind so
that it doesn't become a problematic if

543
00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:39,119
if we wanted to expand it and go into a
phase two.

544
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:44,720
» Further questions? Councelor Herbert.
Thank you. Worship. I I'm sure I missed

545
00:41:41,359 --> 00:41:48,720
it, but as we said on Saturday, there
was four or five bands in there. Is

546
00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:54,319
there a place in this thing for bands in
the park, Andrew? Is there a spot in

547
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:58,880
here for music and spies? Okay. I was I
wasn't sure when I looked at the the

548
00:41:56,079 --> 00:42:01,760
agenda that you wrote down. Anyway,
you're telling me there's spot. That's

549
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:04,640
all I need to know. Thank you very much.
Support it.

550
00:42:03,119 --> 00:42:07,920
» You and Rita were out dancing on
Saturday night, were you?

551
00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:11,200
» Yes.
>> Further questions or comments? Councelor

552
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:15,680
Riml.
>> Thank you. I I also um think it would be

553
00:42:14,079 --> 00:42:20,640
great to look at a phase two where we
could perhaps extend the park to the

554
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:25,359
trail system. So the so then there'd be
a connection from the trail to Talbot

555
00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:29,760
Street which would be awesome. And um
also I think Andrew's here for the mural

556
00:42:27,839 --> 00:42:34,720
part that's in part of a heritage report
further down. But anyway, thank you.

557
00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:40,480
» He's multitasking. He can I've seen him.
He can do more than one thing at once.

558
00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:45,119
Further questions or comments? Seeing
none. All those in favor?

559
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:49,599
Any opposed? That's carried.
Next item relates to tender award piano

560
00:42:47,119 --> 00:42:54,560
enclosure Westlake Evans Park. Motion
that reads that report PR226 relating to

561
00:42:52,880 --> 00:42:58,000
the tender award piano enclosure
Westlake Evans Park be received for

562
00:42:56,240 --> 00:43:02,960
information and further that council
award tender 2026 056 for the

563
00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:07,680
construction of the Westlake Evans Civic
Park piano enclosure to Acuratus Design

564
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:13,440
and Build Incorporated in the amount of
$855,500

565
00:43:10,079 --> 00:43:18,000
excluding HST. Moved by Councelor
Taylor. seconded by councelor Gibson.

566
00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:23,040
» Questions or comments?
If I if I can just add, we've been

567
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:27,280
waiting so long for this. Um I had a
Facebook memory come up today of of the

568
00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:30,960
first announcement or one of the first
announcements of the provincial funding

569
00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:35,040
for West Lake Evans Park and we're
standing there in just a nice green lawn

570
00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:39,440
where the police station used to be. And
so just a couple years ago, that's what

571
00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:43,839
we've gone to to where we are to a uh
street party already taken place this

572
00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:48,800
year and and very well used for West
Lake Evans Park and and Curtis Street.

573
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:54,560
So um thank you for finally getting to
the to the piano enclosure. Um we all

574
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:58,319
know that that means we can take down
the signs. Uh the mayor has only been

575
00:43:56,640 --> 00:44:02,560
lobbying that for a little while, but
we'll get the uh the the tender done and

576
00:44:00,720 --> 00:44:06,880
then we can move forward. But, uh, it's
a great addition to our downtown to have

577
00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:10,880
a downtown park like that in an area
where we can actually do street parties

578
00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:14,640
and such. And to see the number of
people certainly from our library, but

579
00:44:12,720 --> 00:44:19,920
from the whole neighborhood using that
park every day is uh, tells us we did

580
00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:23,200
the right thing and in instead of uh,
turning that land back into something

581
00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:28,319
else.
No other questions or comments then. Oh,

582
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:32,880
councelor Gibson, I'm sorry.
Um, as you were saying, your worship,

583
00:44:30,640 --> 00:44:36,960
it's this is phenomenal. I I'm I'm
really pleased uh that we're moving

584
00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:40,880
forward on this, being a board member on
the library board, um, it's very

585
00:44:39,359 --> 00:44:45,119
exciting. We've had we just did the
Neely Garden, and now we're doing having

586
00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:48,160
this being in place, it's it's going to
be phenomenal. And you're right, the

587
00:44:46,560 --> 00:44:52,720
block party that was there, that was
really fantastic. And what a great asset

588
00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:55,520
this little piece here would be for the
entertainment when we have our next one.

589
00:44:54,720 --> 00:44:59,440
Yeah. Thank you.
>> You're coming to play piano. Great.

590
00:44:57,119 --> 00:45:03,520
Excellent to hear.
>> Further questions or comments? Seeing

591
00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:07,440
that, all those in favor? Are there any
opposed? That's carried.

592
00:45:06,079 --> 00:45:10,960
Your worship, we're going to move on to
the corporate governance administration

593
00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:15,440
committee. Uh, first item under new
business relates to the annual treasurer

594
00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:19,839
statement of development charges 2025.
Motion that reads that report TR526

595
00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:23,760
relating to annual treasurer statement
of development charges 2025 be received

596
00:45:21,839 --> 00:45:27,040
for information. and further that
council authorize staff to send a copy

597
00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:31,280
of the annual treasur statement of
development charges to the minister of

598
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:33,839
municipal affairs and housing. Moved by
councelor Riml, seconded by councelor

599
00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:39,280
Gibson.
>> Questions or comments? Councelor Riml.

600
00:45:37,119 --> 00:45:45,839
» Thanks. I just have a question about the
um deserve development charge reserve

601
00:45:42,720 --> 00:45:50,960
funds and I see the library um with a
reserve fund and my understanding and I

602
00:45:48,720 --> 00:45:57,280
might be wrong is in the new development
charges libraries can't be can't access

603
00:45:54,560 --> 00:46:01,280
development charges for construction
things like that is that true

604
00:45:59,839 --> 00:46:04,960
» Mr. Treasurer.
>> Thank you, your worship. I'm pleased to

605
00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:08,640
report that's not true. Uh we are
working on a new development charge

606
00:46:06,319 --> 00:46:12,880
background study that incorporates uh
future future library space expansion

607
00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:15,520
into our DC rates.
>> Okay, great. Thank you very much. Thank

608
00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:19,920
you.
>> Further questions or comments on this

609
00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:22,720
report,
Mr. Treasur? Is there anything in

610
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:26,319
general you'd like to say about the
report or we we could take it as we've

611
00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:29,920
read it?
>> Sure, take it as you read it. I'd say

612
00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:33,359
like overall it was a good year. Uh we
collected 9.1 million in development

613
00:46:31,599 --> 00:46:37,200
charges. Our baseline I'd say is around
5 to six. So development still strong in

614
00:46:35,839 --> 00:46:41,440
the city of St. Thomas.
>> Great. Thank you. Seeing no further

615
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:46,319
questions, all those in favor? Any
opposed? Carried.

616
00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:52,400
» Next item relates to 2026 midyear budget
monitoring. Motion that reads that

617
00:46:48,079 --> 00:46:55,680
report TR1826 relating to 2026 mid-year
budget monitoring be received for

618
00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:59,359
information and further that council
approve the capital funding adjustments

619
00:46:57,680 --> 00:47:04,000
identified in recommendation one of
report TR1826

620
00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:07,920
as summarized in schedule C and further
that council direct staff to prepare a

621
00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:13,520
borrowing bylaw authorizing the issuance
of $7.4 4 million in long-term debt to

622
00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:17,119
finance the city's affordable housing
initiatives and further that the

623
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:21,200
proceeds of debt be used to replenish
the infrastructure reserve. Moved by

624
00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:27,280
councelor Riml, seconded by councelor
Herbert.

625
00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:31,520
» Questions or comments? Councelor Clark.
>> Thank you, worship. I'm just I'm just

626
00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:37,440
puzzled by why we would take out
long-term debt when we have um small

627
00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:43,599
amount when we have amounts of reserves
in in in the budget or we've seen for

628
00:47:39,839 --> 00:47:48,800
example uh some of our uh tender awards
come back under and you know there's a

629
00:47:45,359 --> 00:47:53,440
million here and 500,000 there and why
would we pay interest on long-term debt

630
00:47:51,280 --> 00:47:59,200
when when we still have some reserves
and why wouldn't we kind of pay as we go

631
00:47:56,319 --> 00:48:03,920
and Um, so I'm just wondering if if
we're going to get a deal on 7.4 million

632
00:48:01,839 --> 00:48:09,119
in terms of the interest rate or whether
we would whether it's cheaper to, you

633
00:48:07,359 --> 00:48:14,079
know, divide it off. You know, if you
need 2 million one year, you pay for,

634
00:48:12,640 --> 00:48:18,319
you know, you you take out the loan for
the 2 million rather than taking it all

635
00:48:16,240 --> 00:48:22,480
out at one time when we still have
reserves.

636
00:48:19,920 --> 00:48:26,720
» Mr. Treasure, thank you, worship. It's a
it's a good question. Uh, there are

637
00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:31,280
other reserves uh that the city has. The
problem is we don't have the right kinds

638
00:48:28,559 --> 00:48:35,440
of reserves. Most of of our reserve
funding is restricted for various

639
00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:39,760
purposes. And so what we're finding is
um we're hurting in the areas of taxf

640
00:48:38,240 --> 00:48:43,280
funded capital and we're hurting in the
areas of contingency funding for the

641
00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:46,880
budget. So kind of tying into the
purpose of the report, we're forecasting

642
00:48:44,640 --> 00:48:50,640
a deficit. The infrastructure reserve is
actually uh serves a dual purpose. It

643
00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:55,200
funds the city's capital program and it
offsets things like uh when winter

644
00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:59,680
control goes over budget or um there's
HR issues relating to uh employees on

645
00:48:58,000 --> 00:49:03,680
leave. Those funds in that
infrastructure reserve that taxf funded

646
00:49:01,440 --> 00:49:07,920
reserve can offset those things whereas
you can't use DCS to to apply against

647
00:49:06,319 --> 00:49:11,920
those kinds of costs. You can't use
water uh user fees to apply against

648
00:49:10,160 --> 00:49:17,760
those kinds of costs and some of these
other um uh reserves also not eligible.

649
00:49:15,599 --> 00:49:25,520
So we have had a good tendering year. uh
most of the uh tendering um surpluses do

650
00:49:22,559 --> 00:49:28,880
not pertain to taxf funded portions of
projects and so that's the difficulty

651
00:49:28,240 --> 00:49:33,359
here.
>> Go ahead councelor Clay.

652
00:49:30,640 --> 00:49:40,760
» So what what amount of reserves would be
eligible like what what have we got that

653
00:49:36,079 --> 00:49:40,760
we could be using against the 7.5?

654
00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:47,040
So right now I've if you look at
schedule B of the report um that top

655
00:49:44,960 --> 00:49:51,839
section called reserves is council's
flexible reserves. It you could do

656
00:49:49,520 --> 00:49:55,680
whatever you want with it. You could uh
create a 20 addition reserves for this

657
00:49:54,240 --> 00:50:00,160
and splice it up however you want. It's
completely at council's discretion how

658
00:49:57,440 --> 00:50:03,599
that money is used. Um the categories
below that like utility related

659
00:50:01,920 --> 00:50:07,520
industrial development obligatory
reserve funds. Council cannot choose how

660
00:50:05,920 --> 00:50:12,640
to use those reserves. There's there's
prescribed purposes for those reserves.

661
00:50:09,920 --> 00:50:17,119
So right now we're ending uh 2026 with a
5.1 million in those those flexible

662
00:50:15,359 --> 00:50:20,960
reserve funding. Right now that's a lot
of money it's it would seem uh but you

663
00:50:19,599 --> 00:50:24,079
have to remember that city has to
operate as well.

664
00:50:22,160 --> 00:50:29,280
» And so generally what we like to have is
about 3 months operating um in this uh

665
00:50:27,359 --> 00:50:34,480
in the working fund reserve which is our
kind of our cash flow is what we use to

666
00:50:31,119 --> 00:50:37,760
pay the bills um uh during the year. We
need we need that reserve fund

667
00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:42,960
established for cash flow purposes. a
three-month balance would be about 6.7

668
00:50:40,559 --> 00:50:46,079
million. So that your totality is
actually below what I would set as a

669
00:50:44,559 --> 00:50:50,400
working fund for the city. And what that
leads to is actually the city borrowing

670
00:50:48,400 --> 00:50:54,559
from restricted funds temporarily and
repaying them with interest. And so we

671
00:50:52,960 --> 00:51:00,400
have this effect where we're going to
have to pay interest anyway towards our

672
00:50:57,119 --> 00:51:05,200
um our restricted funds. uh so we might
as well pay interest on external debt

673
00:51:02,640 --> 00:51:08,640
which was really the purpose of it's
it's how the budget was designed for

674
00:51:06,800 --> 00:51:13,119
those housing projects. It was actually
asked through council as a debtf funded

675
00:51:11,440 --> 00:51:16,000
uh project. The debt was just never
drawn. It was drawn from your

676
00:51:14,240 --> 00:51:19,440
infrastructure reserve and that's why
every quarter when I report on the

677
00:51:17,440 --> 00:51:22,960
finances I'm saying your infrastructure
reserve is in a bit of trouble. And so

678
00:51:21,200 --> 00:51:28,119
we're looking to fix that through this
resolution.

679
00:51:24,079 --> 00:51:28,119
» Go ahead councelor Clark.

680
00:51:31,040 --> 00:51:36,800
Is this something that we could do? I
guess part of it is timing. We're

681
00:51:35,119 --> 00:51:42,079
halfway through the budget. Is this
something where we could take a smaller

682
00:51:39,760 --> 00:51:46,240
amount and then align it so that we're
doing

683
00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:51,200
um making this type of decision at
budget time so that we would know um

684
00:51:49,599 --> 00:51:56,880
that we could tie it to each year's
budget in terms of what we would need.

685
00:51:54,000 --> 00:52:02,880
And and I guess the other question is is
that the 7.5 is

686
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:10,920
um I know you said we're tight there.
How when would we need to take out this

687
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:10,920
type of loan again?

688
00:52:11,359 --> 00:52:17,200
Ideally, you manage these reserves
through your operating budget. So you're

689
00:52:15,040 --> 00:52:21,119
making contributions annually uh to make
sure that the reserves don't fall beyond

690
00:52:19,200 --> 00:52:24,240
a certain point. then your reserves
wouldn't have fallen be beyond a certain

691
00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:29,359
point if those housing projects were
funded through debt as designed through

692
00:52:26,400 --> 00:52:32,960
the the budget. Um, one of the things
that the city needs to do is develop a

693
00:52:30,800 --> 00:52:38,960
reserve policy with target balances to
know when we're kind of falling below

694
00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:42,800
what uh the treasur and city council
determines to be a sufficient reserve

695
00:52:40,720 --> 00:52:47,040
balance in lie of having an actual
policy in place. I I'm just giving you

696
00:52:45,040 --> 00:52:52,000
my advice that that that your reserves
are quite low for taxf funded flexible

697
00:52:49,520 --> 00:52:55,440
kinds of reserves. Um to answer your
first question, it could wait till the

698
00:52:53,680 --> 00:52:59,200
new council is in place. It's just we're
already having cash flow issues, so

699
00:52:56,960 --> 00:53:02,319
we're already leaning into the borrowing
against restricted funds, but it is

700
00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:07,079
completely at council's discretion
whether we decide to issue this debt or

701
00:53:04,079 --> 00:53:07,079
not.

702
00:53:07,119 --> 00:53:12,160
» Do I have another any other comments or
questions? Councelor Herbert,

703
00:53:10,480 --> 00:53:17,359
» I was in the same direction as councelor
Clark about the reserves and I mean your

704
00:53:14,480 --> 00:53:22,079
operating deficit is projected 500 but
what happens if it turned into a million

705
00:53:19,680 --> 00:53:26,880
by the end of the year? We could but
anyway so that can be discussed later.

706
00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:32,319
So anyway, thanks Adam.
Councelor Ry,

707
00:53:28,800 --> 00:53:38,000
» thank you. I understand the need for the
um additional funds even though it's

708
00:53:35,280 --> 00:53:45,839
it's unfortunate. My my concern is kind
of how we got there. And um when I look

709
00:53:42,160 --> 00:53:52,319
at the affordable housing projects, the
tiny hope, it was initially um presented

710
00:53:49,119 --> 00:54:00,720
to council at $3 million and currently
the cost is 5.5. So how did we get 2.2

711
00:53:56,960 --> 00:54:06,079
2.5 million over that? And was this are
these projects like are they as the

712
00:54:03,839 --> 00:54:10,240
housing and the affordable housing that
we talked about right off the bat? Those

713
00:54:08,559 --> 00:54:15,520
are federally funded. They didn't come
with any tax dollars uh implication to

714
00:54:12,960 --> 00:54:20,240
the to the city at all. Yet we still,
you know, added some affordable housing.

715
00:54:17,680 --> 00:54:24,720
These projects was there, you know,
applications were there we monitoring

716
00:54:22,640 --> 00:54:31,440
the amounts? Do we have an application
where it says um uh this developer

717
00:54:28,640 --> 00:54:36,319
project is such and we want to we can
contribute x amount of dollars without

718
00:54:34,079 --> 00:54:42,480
going in debt. Like do we do we keep an
eye on these because this is 14,400

719
00:54:39,920 --> 00:54:46,640
um,000 dollars worth of debt for these
three projects. I don't know if these

720
00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:53,920
three projects had applications to the
city, if they were um monitored, that

721
00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:57,839
kind of thing. So, um, it just like as I
say the tiny hope because on the website

722
00:54:55,680 --> 00:55:02,000
for the Y they they say that the city
contributed three million. That's what

723
00:54:59,280 --> 00:55:07,839
it says right there, but it's 5.5.
That's 2.5 million is a lot of extra

724
00:55:04,720 --> 00:55:12,079
money. So, my concern is um you know
when we in future going forward we don't

725
00:55:10,160 --> 00:55:16,079
have a lot of extra money. So, we need
to make sure we have some kind of policy

726
00:55:13,920 --> 00:55:21,359
or guideline for projects that come to
us like this. Do we have some a

727
00:55:18,640 --> 00:55:25,760
percentage amount that we would give for
a a private developer that wants to do

728
00:55:23,920 --> 00:55:31,520
some project and we need to have
monitoring tools similar to the uh

729
00:55:28,640 --> 00:55:36,880
affordable housing program?
>> Mr. Treasure, comments on that?

730
00:55:35,359 --> 00:55:41,440
» Looking through my notes here. I wasn't
here obviously at the time, but I recall

731
00:55:38,720 --> 00:55:46,079
seeing that those projects were a mix of
of um municipal tax support and grants

732
00:55:44,319 --> 00:55:52,000
that we had cobbled together. So, it's
conceivable that that 5.5 million is a

733
00:55:49,440 --> 00:55:55,599
mix. Uh, I do believe that the municipal
contribution was 3 million, but I I

734
00:55:53,760 --> 00:56:00,000
could check those numbers for you. I I
don't think that the city went that far

735
00:55:57,119 --> 00:56:04,160
over budget on these projects.
>> Go ahead. Just do we have a policy in

736
00:56:02,079 --> 00:56:08,240
place for projects like this that come
to us that we have some kind of an

737
00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:12,079
application process where we you know
look at percentages of you know the

738
00:56:10,720 --> 00:56:17,839
builder's going to give us this much
money we can afford to give this much

739
00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:23,720
money some kind of um application and
some kind of guideline so that we're not

740
00:56:19,839 --> 00:56:23,720
overextending ourselves.

741
00:56:24,319 --> 00:56:30,240
» Mr. Treasurer go ahead.
>> So this is how the Hayawatha project

742
00:56:28,559 --> 00:56:33,920
worked from earlier. We established a
committee and part of that process was

743
00:56:31,599 --> 00:56:39,119
vetting the financial feasibility of
projects submitted. Um that was assessed

744
00:56:37,040 --> 00:56:43,359
to make sure that these are credible
proposals that can stand on the funding

745
00:56:41,680 --> 00:56:48,240
uh mixes that were being proposed for
the projects. So I imagine that it took

746
00:56:45,599 --> 00:56:53,119
place in the past as well for tiny hope
and and high high view hideway and

747
00:56:50,880 --> 00:56:56,319
balaclava. I can't say that for sure
because I wasn't here but that's how we

748
00:56:54,559 --> 00:57:00,559
did Hayawa. So there is kind of a
process in place whether we create a

749
00:56:58,240 --> 00:57:05,280
formal formal policy that could be
something that's considered

750
00:57:03,040 --> 00:57:10,640
» if I can
only

751
00:57:07,520 --> 00:57:14,720
share with you some of these happen so
so quickly or it's a brand new grow

752
00:57:13,280 --> 00:57:17,839
grant process from the federal
government or provincial government that

753
00:57:16,240 --> 00:57:22,319
has to be lined up with something else
we're always doing. So the I I tend to

754
00:57:20,640 --> 00:57:26,319
agree with what the treasurer said. I
don't think we're we're any anywhere

755
00:57:24,079 --> 00:57:31,440
over budget on a project. It's just that
some of it is somebody else's money that

756
00:57:28,880 --> 00:57:36,240
we got to funnel. So, it looks like we
spent 5 million when in fact we

757
00:57:34,000 --> 00:57:41,680
committed 3 million of municipal funds
towards a project. I I I'll look forward

758
00:57:39,839 --> 00:57:45,040
to having that further conversation with
the treasur. But I feel pretty

759
00:57:43,040 --> 00:57:49,920
comfortable in each of the projects that
we've done, larger projects like that.

760
00:57:47,280 --> 00:57:56,000
That's exactly it's a hybrid amount of
money federal, provincial and ours.

761
00:57:53,839 --> 00:58:00,720
» But sir, as I guess as long as going
forward we have some practices and

762
00:57:58,240 --> 00:58:05,520
guidelines in place that we're you know
looking at uh uh the the cost and then

763
00:58:03,920 --> 00:58:09,520
looking at how much money we have in the
bank because until you know in the next

764
00:58:07,760 --> 00:58:13,760
two three years until we start to get
some money in from uh the Volkswagen

765
00:58:11,920 --> 00:58:18,480
plant you know things are are tight
>> tight. Yeah. Councelor Clark on that or

766
00:58:16,880 --> 00:58:22,160
or on anything else you'd like us to be
on.

767
00:58:19,280 --> 00:58:27,520
» Thanks, Worship. Well, it it it kind of
dovetales with what councelor Riml is

768
00:58:24,160 --> 00:58:33,520
saying that the the last the second last
part of the um of this the description

769
00:58:31,119 --> 00:58:38,400
says that we're
we're seeking the 7.4 million long-term

770
00:58:36,240 --> 00:58:43,119
debt to finance the city's affordable
housing initiatives.

771
00:58:40,960 --> 00:58:47,359
So, I guess the question is if if we
can't afford to do them, why are we

772
00:58:44,799 --> 00:58:53,119
doing them? Like, we're hearing that
it's it's through grants and it and and

773
00:58:50,559 --> 00:59:00,960
yet the comment here is that we're
borrowing the 7.4 to finance affordable

774
00:58:56,640 --> 00:59:05,680
housing. So, I'm I'm just puzzled by by
that state.

775
00:59:02,880 --> 00:59:09,760
» Mr. Treasurer, bring that around.
It's not unusual that a municipality

776
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:14,480
would choose to debt finance something
like this. It's actually um we use this

777
00:59:11,920 --> 00:59:19,200
$10 word word called intergenerational
equity where um you don't typically want

778
00:59:17,359 --> 00:59:22,799
to use a stack of the money the money
that we've saved from past residents for

779
00:59:21,040 --> 00:59:27,040
an asset that's going to be benefiting
future residents. And so a new asset

780
00:59:24,960 --> 00:59:32,079
like this, it is kind of equitable to
charge it through debt against the the

781
00:59:30,319 --> 00:59:35,599
uh residents of the municipality who are
going to benefit from it as opposed to

782
00:59:33,839 --> 00:59:39,200
like reconstruction of a road. People
driving the roads right now should be

783
00:59:36,960 --> 00:59:43,520
paying towards its eventual replacement.
This was a new set of housing

784
00:59:40,559 --> 00:59:47,440
initiatives that I think um the the
treasur had designed through the budget

785
00:59:45,119 --> 00:59:51,359
to to be funded through the debt and
that never occurred. But I think that

786
00:59:49,040 --> 00:59:54,359
was the correct uh budget design at the
time.

787
00:59:55,119 --> 01:00:01,839
Further questions or comments?
Mr. Treasurer, it's always great to see

788
00:59:59,839 --> 01:00:09,000
a report. I know and I thank you for
doing them quarterly now and so we're

789
01:00:03,680 --> 01:00:09,000
we're getting more constant up to-date.

790
01:00:09,359 --> 01:00:12,839
Are we okay?

791
01:00:13,200 --> 01:00:22,000
We we are okay. Uh we've taken on a lot
with the Yarmouth Yards project as you

792
01:00:19,200 --> 01:00:25,599
stated. Um,
so there there, yeah, there's a lot of

793
01:00:23,680 --> 01:00:28,799
investment going on right now. I think
we're somewhat committed to to seeing

794
01:00:27,440 --> 01:00:34,079
that through, but we are we are
certainly okay. Um, we would be more

795
01:00:31,040 --> 01:00:37,920
okay if we took on this debt.
Well, then then thank you for doing

796
01:00:35,440 --> 01:00:43,200
that. But I'll also add that uh many of
the citizens that speak with us think

797
01:00:40,480 --> 01:00:47,359
we're in a an incredible better better
space because because of Power Co coming

798
01:00:45,520 --> 01:00:51,920
to our community and Viennode coming to
our community and and the great other

799
01:00:50,079 --> 01:00:56,160
businesses we have out there like
Element 5 and a number of others. And we

800
01:00:54,720 --> 01:01:01,359
have to remind them from time to time
that we haven't made a dime yet on some

801
01:00:58,400 --> 01:01:05,280
of those investments. We we see them. We
know that we're going to be okay because

802
01:01:03,280 --> 01:01:09,760
of that. But there some of them are two
years out if I mean I don't see charging

803
01:01:07,359 --> 01:01:13,520
taxes to Power Co until such time as
they get to make batteries and sell them

804
01:01:11,280 --> 01:01:18,319
in our community. And so that's what
we're waiting for. A lot of construction

805
01:01:14,960 --> 01:01:22,799
going on and as we see um our industrial
development people here today too. A lot

806
01:01:20,079 --> 01:01:27,760
of expenses we've had to do to get that
future revenue to come in. And so

807
01:01:25,280 --> 01:01:32,400
sometimes reminding the folks that that
actually have to pay our tax bills that

808
01:01:30,559 --> 01:01:36,079
um we're not benefiting from those great
things we've done yet. But boy, will we

809
01:01:34,480 --> 01:01:40,480
ever be able to in the future. And
that's that's what it's about. So, thank

810
01:01:38,079 --> 01:01:44,400
you for you you're you're at least using
my same words that we're okay, right?

811
01:01:42,799 --> 01:01:47,680
We're doing all right. We're doing and
as you already said, some of our

812
01:01:45,760 --> 01:01:51,760
revenues are already higher this year,
certainly from a DC point of view. Um,

813
01:01:50,319 --> 01:01:55,359
and that's showing that we're still
showing the same type of development

814
01:01:53,280 --> 01:01:59,520
growth that we need to as a regular
corporation, but with a lot of expenses

815
01:01:57,839 --> 01:02:02,880
out there to build Yarmouth yards and
and attract new industries. Councelor

816
01:02:02,000 --> 01:02:06,559
Ry,
>> just just one more thing. In the next

817
01:02:04,640 --> 01:02:10,240
quarter report, would it be possible to
have a line as to how we're doing with

818
01:02:08,720 --> 01:02:17,200
the rental properties? You know, are
they paying their their rent?

819
01:02:14,000 --> 01:02:20,160
» Okay, certainly. Y
>> councelor Clark,

820
01:02:18,480 --> 01:02:23,920
» just one last one. I I may have missed
it, but long-term debt means how long

821
01:02:22,240 --> 01:02:26,920
how how long is this being spread out
over?

822
01:02:27,599 --> 01:02:32,720
In the report, we had quoted uh 25-y
year debenture, which would roughly

823
01:02:31,280 --> 01:02:37,720
coincide with the life of the assets
that we're borrowing against. So, I

824
01:02:33,920 --> 01:02:37,720
think that's the proper recommendation.

825
01:02:38,160 --> 01:02:43,760
» Okay, further questions or comments on
the treasures report? And thank you for

826
01:02:41,599 --> 01:02:47,520
having it with us. Sometimes we don't
get the detail like this, we're really

827
01:02:45,440 --> 01:02:52,240
pleased to have it.
Seeing no other comments, question uh

828
01:02:49,520 --> 01:02:56,319
all those in favor. Any oppose? That's
carried. Thank you.

829
01:02:54,000 --> 01:03:00,880
» Thank you, worship. Next item relates to
late penalties and interest July 31st,

830
01:02:58,319 --> 01:03:05,760
2026 tax due date. Motion that reads
that report TR1926 relating to extension

831
01:03:03,680 --> 01:03:10,000
of tax installment due date be received
for information. Further that council

832
01:03:07,920 --> 01:03:14,079
approve an amendment to the 2026 tax
levby to delay the application of late

833
01:03:12,160 --> 01:03:19,680
penalties and interest for the July
31st, 2026 due date for a period of one

834
01:03:16,640 --> 01:03:26,839
week commencing August 8th, 2026. Moved
by councelor Riml, seconded by councelor

835
01:03:22,720 --> 01:03:26,839
Taylor. questions or comments?

836
01:03:27,039 --> 01:03:32,559
Seeing none, all those in favor? Any
opposed? Carrie.

837
01:03:30,559 --> 01:03:36,799
» Thank you, worship. We'll now report
back into the com uh back into council.

838
01:03:34,640 --> 01:03:39,520
Uh so motion would read that uh the
recommendations, directions, and actions

839
01:03:38,319 --> 01:03:42,880
of council and the committee of the
whole as recorded in the minutes of this

840
01:03:41,280 --> 01:03:47,119
date be confirmed, ratified, and
adopted. Moved by councelor Baldwin

841
01:03:45,280 --> 01:03:53,119
Sand, seconded by councelor Gibson.
>> Questions or comments? Seeing none, all

842
01:03:49,520 --> 01:03:56,480
those in favor? Any opposed? Carried.
your worship for reports of committees.

843
01:03:54,720 --> 01:04:00,559
We have six heritage alteration permits
tonight. The first relates to 327 Talbet

844
01:03:58,960 --> 01:04:06,160
Street. Motion that reads that report
MHC 1026 relating to the heritage

845
01:04:03,359 --> 01:04:09,839
alteration permit 327 Talbet Street be
received for information. And further

846
01:04:08,000 --> 01:04:15,520
that council issue a heritage alteration
permit for the property at 327 Talbot

847
01:04:12,000 --> 01:04:19,359
Street relating to application HAP 1226
subject to including enhanced

848
01:04:17,119 --> 01:04:24,079
architectural detail to the front front
facade. Moved by councelor Taylor,

849
01:04:22,319 --> 01:04:30,000
seconded by councelor Gibson.
>> Questions or comments? Seeing none, all

850
01:04:26,720 --> 01:04:35,280
those in favor? Any opposed? Carried.
>> Worship the second heritage alteration

851
01:04:31,680 --> 01:04:40,079
permit relates to two uh 429 Talbet
Street. Motion that reads that report

852
01:04:37,200 --> 01:04:44,319
MHC 1126 relating to heritage alteration
permit 429 Talbet Street be received for

853
01:04:42,319 --> 01:04:48,400
information. and further that council
issue a heritage alteration permit for

854
01:04:46,240 --> 01:04:53,359
the property at 429 Talbat Street
relating to application HAP 1326. Moved

855
01:04:51,680 --> 01:04:58,799
by councelor Herbert, seconded by
councelor Riml.

856
01:04:56,160 --> 01:05:05,440
» Questions or comments? Seeing none, all
those in favor? Any opposed? Carried.

857
01:05:02,160 --> 01:05:10,079
» The third relates to 431 Talbet Street.
Uh motion that reads that report MHC

858
01:05:07,760 --> 01:05:14,319
1526 relating to the heritage alteration
permit 431 Talbet Street be received for

859
01:05:12,400 --> 01:05:17,760
information and further that council
issue a heritage alteration permit for

860
01:05:16,000 --> 01:05:22,640
the property at 431 Talbet Street
relating to application HAP1 1826 moved

861
01:05:20,880 --> 01:05:24,720
by
councelor Kohler seconded by councelor

862
01:05:24,160 --> 01:05:30,720
Gibson.
>> Questions or comments? Seeing none, all

863
01:05:27,440 --> 01:05:35,520
those in favor? Any opposed? Carried.
The fourth relates to a heritage

864
01:05:32,079 --> 01:05:40,480
alteration permit for 725 Talbet Street.
Motion that reads that report MHC 1226

865
01:05:38,640 --> 01:05:44,319
relating to heritage alteration permit
725 Talbot Street be received for

866
01:05:42,480 --> 01:05:47,920
information and further that council
issue a heritage alteration permit for

867
01:05:46,000 --> 01:05:53,520
the property at 725 Talbot Street
relating to application HAP 1526 subject

868
01:05:51,520 --> 01:06:00,960
to the new signs being installed uh
being installed not being internally

869
01:05:56,240 --> 01:06:05,039
illuminated. Moved by Councelor
Riml, seconded by councelor Herbert.

870
01:06:02,799 --> 01:06:10,880
» Questions or comments? Seeing none, all
those in favor? Any opposed? Carried.

871
01:06:08,799 --> 01:06:15,520
» The fifth relates to the property at 519
Talbot Street. Motion that reads that

872
01:06:12,720 --> 01:06:19,760
report MHC1 1326 relating to heritage
alteration permit 519 Talbet Street be

873
01:06:18,000 --> 01:06:23,599
received for information and further
that council issue a heritage alteration

874
01:06:21,599 --> 01:06:29,440
permit for the property at 519 Talbot
Street relating to application HAP1626

875
01:06:26,960 --> 01:06:36,240
subject to stucco not being used as an
exterior cladding. Moved by

876
01:06:33,119 --> 01:06:40,720
councelor Gibson. Seconded by councelor
Raml.

877
01:06:39,039 --> 01:06:43,720
» Further questions or comments? Councelor
Clark,

878
01:06:44,079 --> 01:06:49,359
» is that stuckle going to be at the front
of the was it going to be at the front

879
01:06:48,160 --> 01:06:52,240
of the building or the back of the
building?

880
01:06:50,480 --> 01:06:56,720
» Back.
>> Mr. Pilly.

881
01:06:54,559 --> 01:07:02,079
» Yeah. Through your worship, the uh
proposal was um for covering the second

882
01:07:00,160 --> 01:07:06,400
and third levels of the rear elevation
with stuckle, including a door that's

883
01:07:04,640 --> 01:07:09,680
going to be replaced
>> at the rear. Right.

884
01:07:07,200 --> 01:07:16,960
» At the rear. Correct.
So why why would we care whether it's

885
01:07:13,920 --> 01:07:21,119
stuckle or or brick at the back of a
building? I I think we've had other

886
01:07:18,799 --> 01:07:26,000
repairs done on Tala Street where
stuckle has been used and it's been

887
01:07:23,599 --> 01:07:31,680
approved.
to my to my knowledge um through your

888
01:07:29,359 --> 01:07:36,000
worship to my knowledge um stuckle has
generally been a type of material that

889
01:07:33,680 --> 01:07:40,799
the committee has not supported in the
past particularly at the front but even

890
01:07:38,160 --> 01:07:45,760
at the back um it's not one that's often
re uh even suggested but and I believe

891
01:07:44,160 --> 01:07:50,000
the committee has been fairly consistent
in terms of not supporting it as a as a

892
01:07:48,160 --> 01:07:54,400
preferred material type it's not doesn't
seem to be consistent with um with the

893
01:07:51,920 --> 01:07:59,920
policies of the uh heritage conservation
district which is why They um I believe

894
01:07:57,760 --> 01:08:03,240
made the exception of excluding that
type of material.

895
01:08:03,359 --> 01:08:12,960
» Counter Gibson.
>> However, when it came to Lockwood Books

896
01:08:10,160 --> 01:08:18,480
um back entrance, they'd have the
stuckco. So, they're able to do that on

897
01:08:16,000 --> 01:08:22,960
their building, but we can't allow it on
this building. And my concern is is that

898
01:08:21,520 --> 01:08:26,960
they're having to look for heritage
bricking. it's going to delay and

899
01:08:24,960 --> 01:08:32,719
construction season is almost done even
if they even found the bricking. So, I'm

900
01:08:29,600 --> 01:08:36,960
just I I I
yeah I just I just uh I just cannot

901
01:08:35,040 --> 01:08:40,960
agree to uh their decision here.
Unfortunately, I am going to for one

902
01:08:38,880 --> 01:08:45,279
time I'm going to actually say I'm not
agreeing to this at all. I I would like

903
01:08:43,199 --> 01:08:49,839
to change or make a motion or something
that cladding that they can do the

904
01:08:47,199 --> 01:08:57,040
stuckle exterior because uh I just don't
want the this to be delayed anymore. And

905
01:08:53,199 --> 01:09:01,279
I just feel if one property owner can do
it on their building and I think it was

906
01:08:58,960 --> 01:09:05,120
just done like two years ago maybe last
year or the year before. Why is it all

907
01:09:03,600 --> 01:09:07,679
of a sudden it's not allowed on this
building?

908
01:09:06,080 --> 01:09:11,120
» Uh Mr. Clerk, I know you're going to
help us who has to have move the motion

909
01:09:09,520 --> 01:09:13,520
or amend the motion please.
>> That's correct. back to your worship. We

910
01:09:12,239 --> 01:09:18,239
do have a main motion on the floor right
now. So, if there is a member that wants

911
01:09:15,279 --> 01:09:21,359
to move an amending motion um and it
sounds like councelor Gibson may be

912
01:09:19,759 --> 01:09:27,359
amendable to that. Then it would be an
amending motion to strike the language

913
01:09:24,719 --> 01:09:31,520
um subject to stucco not being used and
as an exterior cladding and that would

914
01:09:29,600 --> 01:09:37,679
then open things up for the applicant.
So, councelor Gibson, would you be

915
01:09:33,199 --> 01:09:42,719
willing to move? Do we have a seconder?
Council clerk,

916
01:09:41,040 --> 01:09:45,719
we take discussion on the amended
motion.

917
01:09:46,560 --> 01:09:54,239
Look, I'm I'm going to point out that
this building is being repaired because

918
01:09:51,920 --> 01:09:58,159
of a fire in the building beside it, and
I'd like them not to go much longer

919
01:09:55,920 --> 01:10:02,080
without having their business operating.
I'm not here to always overrule the

920
01:10:00,239 --> 01:10:06,560
heritage committee, and we seldom have
done it. But I think in this case, while

921
01:10:04,560 --> 01:10:11,440
there's still another whole lot beside
that has to be rebuilt, we can make this

922
01:10:08,800 --> 01:10:16,560
amendment to this one project and this
one report so that um a great business

923
01:10:14,640 --> 01:10:19,920
in the downtown of St. Thomas can get
back open and get running again. This is

924
01:10:18,239 --> 01:10:24,320
the URI building that we're talking
about. So, I'm going to I'm going to

925
01:10:22,239 --> 01:10:28,080
vote for with the amended motion.
Councelor Taylor,

926
01:10:26,480 --> 01:10:32,560
» I'm just trying to understand and I I
agree with what has been said here about

927
01:10:29,679 --> 01:10:37,199
the um
cladding that's here, but the brick work

928
01:10:34,880 --> 01:10:42,400
doesn't look that bad. Yeah, it's dirty.
Yeah, it's yellow brick, but I'm I'm

929
01:10:39,199 --> 01:10:45,280
confused as to what
what the problem is. Is they want to

930
01:10:44,080 --> 01:10:50,480
close in a window or something like
that, so it has to be

931
01:10:48,640 --> 01:10:54,640
a special heritage brick that's brought
brought in. I mean, I think that the

932
01:10:52,400 --> 01:10:59,679
brick could probably be sand blasted or
clean, but I I'm looking at the photos

933
01:10:56,640 --> 01:11:05,360
here and I don't understand the brick is
not falling down. The brick doesn't seem

934
01:11:01,280 --> 01:11:10,320
to be deteriorating. So, what what is
the concern with the municipal heritage

935
01:11:07,920 --> 01:11:17,520
committee as to the fact that it needs
to be fixed to such an extent of

936
01:11:15,440 --> 01:11:21,440
» some sort of a covering. So, anyway, I I
don't understand what's wrong with it. I

937
01:11:19,280 --> 01:11:27,440
I may ask clue, but my my understanding
of it is because I've had had some

938
01:11:23,120 --> 01:11:30,960
discussions is is that it's more
expedience. We'd like to get they'd like

939
01:11:29,600 --> 01:11:34,640
to get the project done. They've
suggested a certain way to do it. The

940
01:11:32,560 --> 01:11:39,120
heritage committee has said no, we no
longer allow that to happen. I guess all

941
01:11:37,199 --> 01:11:45,040
I'm asking for is an exception in this
one case so that we can um you know as

942
01:11:42,400 --> 01:11:48,239
you will let's let's get this project on
the road and going instead of waiting

943
01:11:46,800 --> 01:11:54,640
another month for another heritage
committee meeting Lou am I far off with

944
01:11:51,120 --> 01:11:58,640
what I've just said
>> through your worship no I I haven't had

945
01:11:56,880 --> 01:12:02,960
direct conversations with the in this
case so right to you but

946
01:12:00,400 --> 01:12:06,640
» I have
so further discussion on the amended

947
01:12:05,440 --> 01:12:10,719
motion
Seeing none, all those in favor of the

948
01:12:08,400 --> 01:12:16,080
amended motion. Are there any opposed to
the amended motion? Noted. Um, so we

949
01:12:14,560 --> 01:12:21,679
will let the heritage committee know
that on this one report, we've overruled

950
01:12:18,159 --> 01:12:24,640
them. Next,
through your worship, just to clarify

951
01:12:23,040 --> 01:12:27,199
that we voted on the amendment amended
motion, but we still have the main

952
01:12:25,760 --> 01:12:33,920
motion on the floor that would strike
the language to you to um

953
01:12:31,040 --> 01:12:36,560
not require stucco. So we'll have to
have a a final vote on the

954
01:12:36,159 --> 01:12:39,840
» great
>> main motion.

955
01:12:37,360 --> 01:12:43,920
» Okay. So on the main motion, further
discussion, seeing none, all those in

956
01:12:41,760 --> 01:12:48,400
favor. So we want to pass that main
motion. Am I correct, Mr. Clerk? Or

957
01:12:46,480 --> 01:12:52,080
» that's correct. So if council does vote
to vote all in favor or to carry this by

958
01:12:50,560 --> 01:12:55,280
majority, then the main motion would
pass and then we'd be able to advise the

959
01:12:53,679 --> 01:13:00,320
heritage committee and the applicant.
>> Thank you. Okay. With that knowing, all

960
01:12:57,840 --> 01:13:04,159
those in favor? Are there any opposed?
Carried.

961
01:13:02,719 --> 01:13:09,360
Thank you. Your worship. Final heritage
alteration permit deals with uh 452 to

962
01:13:06,800 --> 01:13:14,640
456 Talbet Street. Motion that reads the
report MHC1 1426 relating to heritage

963
01:13:12,000 --> 01:13:18,080
alteration permit 452 to 456 Talba
Street be received for information and

964
01:13:16,560 --> 01:13:22,480
further that council issue a heritage
alteration permit for the property at

965
01:13:19,600 --> 01:13:26,960
452 to 456 Talbot Street relating to
application HAP 1726 with the

966
01:13:25,440 --> 01:13:32,000
understanding that consideration be
given to an interpretive display of the

967
01:13:28,960 --> 01:13:37,520
existing mural. Moved by councelor
Gibson, seconded by councelor Riml.

968
01:13:34,400 --> 01:13:42,080
» Questions or comments on this report?
Seeing none, all those in favor. Are

969
01:13:39,120 --> 01:13:46,960
there any opposed? That's carried.
>> Worship. Few items of communication

970
01:13:43,679 --> 01:13:51,040
tonight. Uh the first item relates to uh
National Disability Employment Awareness

971
01:13:48,800 --> 01:13:54,719
Month. request has been received from
Michael Cibba, Ontario Disability

972
01:13:53,440 --> 01:13:59,120
Employment Network, that council
proclaim October 2026 as National

973
01:13:57,440 --> 01:14:02,960
Disability Employment Awareness Month in
the city of St. Thomas, and that the

974
01:14:00,880 --> 01:14:09,520
jumbo monument be lit in purple and blue
on October 15, 2026. Motion that reads

975
01:14:06,400 --> 01:14:13,280
that council proclaim October 2026 as
National Disability Employment Awareness

976
01:14:11,360 --> 01:14:17,600
Month in the city of St. Thomas. and
further that the jumbo monument be lit

977
01:14:14,960 --> 01:14:22,239
in purple and blue on October 15, 2026
for light it up for national disability

978
01:14:19,920 --> 01:14:27,679
employment awareness. Moved by councelor
Taylor, seconded by councelor Gibson.

979
01:14:25,600 --> 01:14:33,840
» Questions or comments? Seeing none, all
those in favor? Any opposed? Carried.

980
01:14:31,199 --> 01:14:37,520
» Thank you. Worship. The next item, uh,
the a joint statement has been received

981
01:14:35,520 --> 01:14:41,760
from Morgan Griffin, chair, Catfish
Creek Conservation Authority, John

982
01:14:39,520 --> 01:14:45,600
Cheliner II, chair Grand River
Conservation Authority, Todd Noble,

983
01:14:44,080 --> 01:14:49,760
chair Kettle Creek Conservation
Authority, and Doug Bruntton, chair

984
01:14:47,360 --> 01:14:53,520
Longpoint Region Conservation Authority,
regarding the work of the transition

985
01:14:51,440 --> 01:14:58,280
committee for the Amalgamated Eastern
Lake Erie Regional Conservation

986
01:14:55,280 --> 01:14:58,280
Authority.

987
01:14:59,360 --> 01:15:04,640
The next item relates to the Kettle
Creek Conservation Authority draft

988
01:15:02,880 --> 01:15:08,719
budget. A letter has been received from
Todd Noble, chair, Kettle Creek

989
01:15:06,400 --> 01:15:15,159
Conservation Authority, regarding the
authorities's 2027 draft budget and

990
01:15:11,280 --> 01:15:15,159
municipal levy aortionment.

991
01:15:17,360 --> 01:15:24,640
Last item comm of communication uh your
worship uh relates to Taco House Company

992
01:15:21,760 --> 01:15:28,159
at 546 Talbot Street. An application has
been made to the Alcohol and Gaming

993
01:15:26,000 --> 01:15:32,640
Commission of Ontario by the Taco House
Company for a liquor license for its

994
01:15:30,080 --> 01:15:37,120
indoor area at 546 Talbet Street, St.
Thomas. At this time, council may make

995
01:15:35,199 --> 01:15:41,320
recommend uh representation to the
commission concerning this application.

996
01:15:43,760 --> 01:15:51,840
Moving on to items of unfinished
business tonight. Any items?

997
01:15:48,159 --> 01:15:55,280
» Any items of unfinished business?
Any items of new business?

998
01:15:53,679 --> 01:15:59,040
» I've got a bunch. Great. Councelor
Baldwin Sans. Councelor Herbert. I've

999
01:15:57,280 --> 01:16:04,239
got one.
>> Thank you very very much. There is an

1000
01:16:01,199 --> 01:16:08,960
item that is one of my passion projects.
The Elvin St. Thomas drowning prevention

1001
01:16:06,320 --> 01:16:15,920
coalition speak um teaching swimming in
this community for over 40 plus years on

1002
01:16:11,600 --> 01:16:20,320
how to keep young people, old people,
everyone how to be safe around the

1003
01:16:18,400 --> 01:16:25,920
water. There is an event that will be
happening this Saturday at JC Pool and

1004
01:16:23,520 --> 01:16:30,159
it's about prevention, education, and
awareness. And I was hoping hoping that

1005
01:16:28,400 --> 01:16:34,960
uh Adrian would be able to give us a few
more details. Thank you.

1006
01:16:32,400 --> 01:16:39,120
» You're up. uh through your worship to
council. Uh as Lori me or as councelor

1007
01:16:37,679 --> 01:16:43,920
Baldman Sans mentioned, the National
Drowning Prevention Week is coming up

1008
01:16:40,800 --> 01:16:47,280
running July 19th to 25th. And the Elgen
County Drowning Prevention Coalition is

1009
01:16:45,600 --> 01:16:52,800
inviting the community to join them for
a free public swim on Saturday, July

1010
01:16:49,679 --> 01:16:57,679
18th from 1:30 p.m. to 400 p.m. at JC's
Pool located at 93 Increment Street to

1011
01:16:55,520 --> 01:17:01,199
promote water safety. Uh this event is
aimed at raising awareness through

1012
01:16:59,199 --> 01:17:04,880
community education and outdoor water
smart tips. This is a great opportunity

1013
01:17:03,040 --> 01:17:08,400
to enjoy the pool while promoting the
importance of water safety in our

1014
01:17:06,400 --> 01:17:14,640
community.
>> Great. Thank you. Any any others from

1015
01:17:11,520 --> 01:17:18,320
yours from you, Lori? Councelor Herbert.
>> Thank you, worship. I actually have

1016
01:17:16,159 --> 01:17:22,480
three uh I would bring up the the first
one I bring up. I think most of us got

1017
01:17:20,080 --> 01:17:28,400
the letter about uh creating a memorial
tree or small memorial within Waterworks

1018
01:17:24,800 --> 01:17:31,840
Parks. And um I I thought it was a good
idea, but I don't know the rules or

1019
01:17:30,159 --> 01:17:36,640
bylaws for it. So I forwarded it on to
Adrian and if Adrian if you could make a

1020
01:17:33,520 --> 01:17:39,920
comment on it please.
>> Through your worship to council. At this

1021
01:17:38,159 --> 01:17:44,080
point staff haven't had an opportunity
to fully evaluate the proposal. We need

1022
01:17:42,320 --> 01:17:47,760
to look at the capital costs ongoing
maintenance requirements partnership

1023
01:17:45,840 --> 01:17:52,400
expectations and potential funding
sources before providing a

1024
01:17:49,840 --> 01:17:57,760
recommendation. Um if council is
interested in pursuing the concept, we

1025
01:17:54,320 --> 01:18:02,159
can bring a report back um that would
provide the information to consider. Can

1026
01:17:59,920 --> 01:18:04,719
we add that to unfinished business, city
manager?

1027
01:18:03,360 --> 01:18:09,600
» Okay, great.
>> Thank you. I'll second uh through to

1028
01:18:06,640 --> 01:18:13,440
through the worship. Uh I've had quite a
number of people ask me about are the

1029
01:18:11,280 --> 01:18:18,719
signs returning to Pinfor Park that used
to be there and uh we've got new ones

1030
01:18:16,400 --> 01:18:22,159
there. So I gave a quick comment to
Adrian and she's going to comment on

1031
01:18:20,080 --> 01:18:26,000
that too tonight about what happening to
the signs if it's in discussion or not

1032
01:18:24,000 --> 01:18:30,080
in discussion about returning. So I'll
turn over to Adrien. Thank you.

1033
01:18:28,640 --> 01:18:33,600
Now, through your worship to council,
this topic has come up a few times in

1034
01:18:31,840 --> 01:18:38,880
the last couple of years. So, the uh
wooden sign that the public's referring

1035
01:18:35,440 --> 01:18:43,920
to um was essentially rotten and so we
have preserved it within our parks

1036
01:18:40,960 --> 01:18:49,280
buildings uh to keep it for for um
history reasons but or historical

1037
01:18:46,080 --> 01:18:53,840
reasons, but um that sign can't be uh
reinstalled due to the state that it's

1038
01:18:51,360 --> 01:18:57,600
in. Uh so the current sign is just a
placeholder to show the address because

1039
01:18:56,000 --> 01:19:05,760
a lot of people struggle with finding
Pennor Park. Um so I have brought to

1040
01:19:02,320 --> 01:19:11,360
council um at least once through capital
budget planning uh an idea for a new

1041
01:19:08,640 --> 01:19:16,960
sign. Um but uh unfortunately the
funding was not approved. Um I've since

1042
01:19:14,159 --> 01:19:21,280
gotten um additional sign quotes that
were cheaper than what I had originally

1043
01:19:19,520 --> 01:19:25,760
uh requested through capital. So that
can certainly come back at budget time.

1044
01:19:23,440 --> 01:19:30,400
Um and I mean I would love to pursue
that project. So uh it will definitely

1045
01:19:27,760 --> 01:19:34,159
be part of the the request for budget
this coming year.

1046
01:19:31,920 --> 01:19:38,719
» Super. Yep. Thank you. And my third
comment is uh most of us are just

1047
01:19:36,719 --> 01:19:44,159
finishing our transportation study with
the consultant and he's asked a lot of

1048
01:19:41,760 --> 01:19:51,600
questions and for sure it's in our
master plan where we know we have to re

1049
01:19:46,960 --> 01:19:56,400
do some revision on it and um uh he in
informed us we're probably our budget's

1050
01:19:53,760 --> 01:19:59,360
half of what anybody else's and my
comment was well maybe they're working

1051
01:19:57,840 --> 01:20:03,520
longer hours maybe they have a bigger
capital budget operational etc. But I

1052
01:20:01,840 --> 01:20:07,600
did ask him, and this is the question
I'm asking. I said, 'When would it be

1053
01:20:05,679 --> 01:20:10,560
ready for us to do something with maybe
this year? And he said, "No, it's

1054
01:20:09,199 --> 01:20:14,880
probably not going to happen till next
January or next January with a new

1055
01:20:12,719 --> 01:20:19,199
council." I mean, that's five months
from now. Is there not something we

1056
01:20:16,880 --> 01:20:22,719
could do now or do we have to wait till
the final report comes in to us and

1057
01:20:21,440 --> 01:20:27,199
council in January?
>> Well, thank you. I'll I'll ask staff,

1058
01:20:24,719 --> 01:20:30,880
but I would think that we that's why we
bring in a consultant to talk to us

1059
01:20:29,040 --> 01:20:34,640
through the transportation master plan
or transit master plan so that when we

1060
01:20:33,120 --> 01:20:38,719
make the decision, we're making it with
great knowledge and great forward

1061
01:20:36,239 --> 01:20:41,280
thinking instead of just making one and
then saying, "Let's change it five

1062
01:20:40,159 --> 01:20:45,360
months from now." But he said it would
be up to probably the new council to

1063
01:20:43,040 --> 01:20:49,280
make it. Well, hypothetically, if you
had eight new counselors and they say,

1064
01:20:47,360 --> 01:20:53,040
"Hey, we don't want to re we don't want
to we want to review it." God, it goes

1065
01:20:51,360 --> 01:20:56,719
on another six months. Anyway, I just
wondered if something would be done this

1066
01:20:55,120 --> 01:20:58,960
year
and the assumption is it's next year.

1067
01:20:58,480 --> 01:21:02,000
So,
>> well, that was my question.

1068
01:20:59,920 --> 01:21:06,159
» We continue to do things on transit. As
a matter of fact, the Middle Sex

1069
01:21:03,360 --> 01:21:11,120
Connects has just added a a great deal
more access to St. Thomas using that

1070
01:21:09,360 --> 01:21:16,719
transit system. But when you're looking
at something as big as our transit

1071
01:21:12,800 --> 01:21:20,080
system, um I I I learned years ago, Jim,
I can't answer hypothetical questions.

1072
01:21:18,800 --> 01:21:25,280
eight other people might make a
different decision, but um let's we

1073
01:21:23,679 --> 01:21:29,840
brought an expert in to give us this
type of guidance as to what the transit

1074
01:21:27,360 --> 01:21:34,880
system should look like. Um if you'd
like why are we doing it if we're not

1075
01:21:31,920 --> 01:21:38,239
going to use the process? Um city
manager, help with me with that one.

1076
01:21:36,480 --> 01:21:42,800
» Sure. Uh thank you your worship. Um
staff can uh inquire with the consultant

1077
01:21:41,040 --> 01:21:45,920
to uh check on the timelines on the
transit master plan and ensure that

1078
01:21:44,320 --> 01:21:49,360
they're meeting their contractual
obligations and also just make sure that

1079
01:21:47,520 --> 01:21:54,000
we bring some update reports to council
as we learn more

1080
01:21:52,320 --> 01:21:57,360
» further new business. Councelor Clark
and councelor Rhimo. G we're all full of

1081
01:21:56,400 --> 01:22:02,000
new business tonight.
>> Thanks worship. I I would like to

1082
01:21:59,520 --> 01:22:05,600
nominate uh Annette Barry for a civic
award. Maybe we could do that in in

1083
01:22:03,760 --> 01:22:11,520
September when school starts again.
Annette is a teacher at St. Joe's and

1084
01:22:08,000 --> 01:22:14,880
she was just recently in the spring uh
declared the Canadian champion for Hier

1085
01:22:13,679 --> 01:22:20,480
Rocks. Saw they
>> and Hier Rocks is a new competition

1086
01:22:17,199 --> 01:22:26,400
where you um similar to biaons or
triathlons but this one is you you run a

1087
01:22:23,840 --> 01:22:31,920
kilometer, do a number of exercises, run
another kilometer and and it's seven

1088
01:22:28,960 --> 01:22:37,040
different cycles of that. and um she
just came back from Sweden in the worlds

1089
01:22:34,159 --> 01:22:43,040
and came in second for women between 60
and 64 years old. So congratulations to

1090
01:22:40,080 --> 01:22:47,520
Annette and I hope we can uh award her
that award in September.

1091
01:22:44,480 --> 01:22:52,000
» Move that forward.
Councelor Riml,

1092
01:22:49,600 --> 01:22:58,239
» just u one comment just about the uh
transit. I also um you heard the review,

1093
01:22:55,360 --> 01:23:02,560
but when we're talking about reports um
one of the issues that they did bring up

1094
01:23:00,239 --> 01:23:07,600
was that the ondemand service in the
evening is wildly popular, just really

1095
01:23:05,520 --> 01:23:11,120
popular, but there's only one bus
driving around the city, you know, to

1096
01:23:09,760 --> 01:23:15,440
try to pick up everybody and take them
from A to B, which is, you know, a lot.

1097
01:23:13,440 --> 01:23:19,920
So in the report, if we could get a
report even like what would it cost to

1098
01:23:17,199 --> 01:23:24,400
put even one one more bus on for a few
hours because it's great that you know

1099
01:23:22,000 --> 01:23:28,159
people are using this service um you
know could we enhance it just a little

1100
01:23:26,159 --> 01:23:32,560
bit. I know we don't have lots of money
but you know

1101
01:23:30,080 --> 01:23:36,560
» it's part of the reason for the study
>> right so it shows it's needed we'll

1102
01:23:34,960 --> 01:23:40,159
certainly be able to vote as a council
to do so.

1103
01:23:37,440 --> 01:23:46,320
» Yeah. Um, so just a couple other things.
Just um just kudos to the uh police for

1104
01:23:43,840 --> 01:23:50,560
their fishing uh tournament they had at
Pinnhapor Park for the kids. That was

1105
01:23:48,239 --> 01:23:54,400
great. And also to the fire for their
water sprays that you have for the kids,

1106
01:23:52,480 --> 01:23:57,360
you know, in this heat. We all should be
standing under the the

1107
01:23:55,679 --> 01:24:00,080
» But apparently we're wasting water doing
it. So councelor Taylor.

1108
01:23:58,719 --> 01:24:01,920
» Oh yeah.
>> Get your bucket out and capture some of

1109
01:24:01,679 --> 01:24:05,679
that.
>> There's that 800,000

1110
01:24:04,000 --> 01:24:09,440
whatever. Yeah. But anyway, but the kids
appreciate it, especially when it's so

1111
01:24:07,280 --> 01:24:14,719
hot. And I just had one other question
with the council calendar that we

1112
01:24:11,520 --> 01:24:19,040
received. Is it possible to have flag
raisings, proclamations, open houses,

1113
01:24:17,360 --> 01:24:21,040
some more information on there given
that, you know,

1114
01:24:19,600 --> 01:24:25,520
» once they've been voted on? Yeah.
>> Well, yeah, but not but you know, when

1115
01:24:23,280 --> 01:24:28,880
we get an invite to do a flag racing or
all those kind of things, even though I

1116
01:24:27,199 --> 01:24:33,920
know it, you know, you wouldn't be able
to capture everything, but just to add

1117
01:24:30,880 --> 01:24:38,239
some more information to that calendar.
I like that thought. City man, you help

1118
01:24:36,239 --> 01:24:40,560
us with or Mr. Clerk, you'll help us
with that.

1119
01:24:38,960 --> 01:24:45,040
» Uh, yes, your worship, we can definitely
look into that.

1120
01:24:41,679 --> 01:24:49,679
» Thank you. Any other new business? I
want to say way to go to the U to

1121
01:24:47,760 --> 01:24:54,800
nostalgia nights on Saturday. I mean,
nostalgia days. It's no longer nights.

1122
01:24:51,760 --> 01:24:57,920
It used to be, M. Councelor Taylor,
remember, supposed to start at four in

1123
01:24:56,080 --> 01:25:03,520
the afternoon. It's now starting at 8 in
the morning on on on the day of

1124
01:24:59,920 --> 01:25:08,400
nostalgia nights, right? um and and some
car drivers even earlier. But the crowds

1125
01:25:06,320 --> 01:25:13,440
on the street and the comments that we
were getting about the looks of the

1126
01:25:10,239 --> 01:25:18,080
committee and the of the city itself and
um the great work of the uh EDC, the

1127
01:25:16,639 --> 01:25:23,120
tourism people and the downtown
development board on running a

1128
01:25:20,000 --> 01:25:28,159
incredible program on Saturday in some
pretty oppressive heat. Um, I know

1129
01:25:25,360 --> 01:25:31,440
Council Herbert and I walked the length
of Talbert Street back and forth and he

1130
01:25:29,920 --> 01:25:36,880
wouldn't walk on the sun side of the
road because of the heat. Um, but but

1131
01:25:34,560 --> 01:25:40,400
uh, you know, way to go. We looked great
and those from out of town and a lot of

1132
01:25:38,800 --> 01:25:44,000
people from out of town at Nostalgia
Nights because the people who own

1133
01:25:42,400 --> 01:25:48,560
classic cars come from just about
anywhere. So, um, thank you all. I know

1134
01:25:46,719 --> 01:25:55,040
that a couple of optimists are in the
room who who worked at that at the uh at

1135
01:25:51,920 --> 01:25:59,440
the the food booth for the optimist and
could not have been a cool spot to work.

1136
01:25:57,679 --> 01:26:03,120
So, way to go. Thank you very much for
doing that. And for all of the

1137
01:26:00,880 --> 01:26:08,800
counselors, everybody who I saw there,
um incredible making our city look good.

1138
01:26:06,639 --> 01:26:13,360
So, we're talking about downtown events.
This is another one that's in the books

1139
01:26:10,800 --> 01:26:16,000
and went just about as good as it can.
So, thank you to everyone. Councelor

1140
01:26:14,960 --> 01:26:19,679
Taylor,
>> now that you brought up the Optimist, um

1141
01:26:18,000 --> 01:26:23,040
don't forget about the fact that we did
have the Optimus Father's Day car show

1142
01:26:21,760 --> 01:26:26,719
in Pinter Park.
>> You did.

1143
01:26:23,600 --> 01:26:30,000
» And we uh expanded that tremendously
this year because of the weather. I was

1144
01:26:28,639 --> 01:26:33,920
just talking to Adrian just a few
minutes ago. How can we expand or double

1145
01:26:32,080 --> 01:26:36,480
the size of Pinter Park because uh
people actually had to leave the park

1146
01:26:35,360 --> 01:26:39,520
because there was no place
>> to park.

1147
01:26:36,960 --> 01:26:44,159
» Well, I couldn't get into the park.
Maybe we are secondarily known as the

1148
01:26:42,159 --> 01:26:50,560
classic car capital of Canada.
>> Working on it, aren't we? Excellent.

1149
01:26:46,560 --> 01:26:53,679
Further new business. Seeing none.
>> Thank you, your worship. We have no

1150
01:26:51,760 --> 01:26:57,280
public notices tonight. We do have one
notice of motion. Notice of motion has

1151
01:26:55,679 --> 01:27:01,520
been received from councelor Baldwin
Sans regarding community and aquatic

1152
01:26:59,440 --> 01:27:06,080
center alternatives. This will return as
a business item on August the 10th.

1153
01:27:04,639 --> 01:27:10,320
It's all the matters of open business
tonight. Your worship will now move into

1154
01:27:07,600 --> 01:27:13,600
a closed session. Motion that reads this
meeting be closed to deal with three

1155
01:27:11,840 --> 01:27:17,760
matters of a proposed or pending
disposition of land. Chestnut Street and

1156
01:27:15,920 --> 01:27:22,800
Third Avenue properties land lease
Yarmouth Yards Burwell Road. Two matters

1157
01:27:20,639 --> 01:27:28,000
of a proposed or pending acquisition of
land. South Edgeware Road Reconstruction

1158
01:27:25,360 --> 01:27:31,040
Project. Southwestern Public Health. A
matter of information explicitly

1159
01:27:29,679 --> 01:27:35,840
supplied in confidence of the
municipality by the province of Ontario,

1160
01:27:33,520 --> 01:27:40,880
utility crossing agreement, two labor
relations matters, staff overtime

1161
01:27:37,840 --> 01:27:44,639
strategies and staffing strategies, two
matters of a position, plan, procedure,

1162
01:27:42,800 --> 01:27:48,560
criteria or instruction to be applied to
any negotiations carried on to or to be

1163
01:27:46,960 --> 01:27:53,120
carried on by or on behalf of the
municipality, municipal facilities

1164
01:27:50,800 --> 01:27:56,159
planning and St. Thomas Cemetery Board
and a personal matter about an

1165
01:27:54,400 --> 01:28:01,199
identifiable individual committee
appointment at 6:27 p.m. Moved by

1166
01:27:59,520 --> 01:28:04,960
councelor Baldwin Sans seconded by
councelor Gibson.

1167
01:28:03,280 --> 01:28:07,920
» Wow. We had a short meeting going till
we had to read off all the stuff that

1168
01:28:06,480 --> 01:28:12,320
went is going to happen in close
session. But thank you very much, Mr.

1169
01:28:10,000 --> 01:28:16,719
Clerk. As I'll normally state before we
vote on going into close session, those

1170
01:28:14,639 --> 01:28:21,199
of us are watching at home or the huge
crowd in the gallery tonight, um please

1171
01:28:19,360 --> 01:28:25,760
uh we'll be going into close session
now. We'll only rise from close session

1172
01:28:23,440 --> 01:28:30,400
to vote on uh those are the things that
we we we covered in close session that

1173
01:28:28,000 --> 01:28:34,480
can come into open session and then to
pass our bylaws afterwards and then

1174
01:28:32,560 --> 01:28:40,239
adjourn the night from there. So, thank
you for joining us tonight. Uh on close

1175
01:28:38,000 --> 01:28:45,960
session discussion seeing none. All
those in favor? Any opposed? We are in

1176
01:28:42,639 --> 01:28:45,960
close session.

1177
01:28:52,000 --> 01:28:58,239
Your worship. We can now reconvene at
open session. Motion that reads that

1178
01:28:55,600 --> 01:29:02,960
council now rise from close session at
8:10 PM and further that staff proceed

1179
01:29:00,960 --> 01:29:06,719
as directed on closed item closed
session items dealing with Chestnut

1180
01:29:04,639 --> 01:29:11,520
Street and Third Avenue properties,
South Edgeware Road Reconstruction

1181
01:29:08,400 --> 01:29:16,560
Project, Burwell Road utility crossing
agreement, land lease Yarmouth Yards,

1182
01:29:14,320 --> 01:29:21,679
Municipal Facilities Planning, Staff
Overtime Strategies, Staffing

1183
01:29:18,639 --> 01:29:27,040
Strategies, St. Thomas Cemetery Board
and Southwest Southwestern Public Health

1184
01:29:24,480 --> 01:29:32,560
and further that the close session item
dealing with committee appointment be

1185
01:29:28,880 --> 01:29:35,760
considered an open session. Moved by
Councelor Gibson, seconded by councelor

1186
01:29:34,480 --> 01:29:40,960
Baldwin Sans.
>> Questions or comments? Seeing none, all

1187
01:29:38,400 --> 01:29:44,400
those in favor? Any opposed? Carried.
>> Your worship in regards to the uh

1188
01:29:42,639 --> 01:29:50,639
municipal heritage committee appointment
and a motion that reads that council now

1189
01:29:46,400 --> 01:29:54,000
appoint Nick Eanic to the St. Thomas
Municipal Heritage Committee for the

1190
01:29:52,080 --> 01:29:58,639
remainder of the council term subject to
policy HR0229

1191
01:29:56,159 --> 01:30:00,880
and required training. Moved by
councelor Raml seconded by councelor

1192
01:30:00,320 --> 01:30:06,560
Taylor.
>> Questions or comments? Seeing none, all

1193
01:30:03,199 --> 01:30:10,719
those in favor? Any opposed? Carried.
>> Worship. We now have the bylaws. First

1194
01:30:08,880 --> 01:30:16,239
motion that Lee be granted to bring in
the bylaws. Moved by councelor Herbert.

1195
01:30:13,280 --> 01:30:20,960
Seconded by councelor Baldwin Sans.
>> Excellent. Questions or comments? Seeing

1196
01:30:19,040 --> 01:30:24,960
none, all those in favor? Any opposed?
Carried.

1197
01:30:23,360 --> 01:30:29,679
» Your worship. We have a motion moved by
councelor Herbert, seconded by councelor

1198
01:30:26,719 --> 01:30:32,560
Baldwin Sans at the bylaws be now read a
first time, referred to council in the

1199
01:30:31,199 --> 01:30:36,320
committee of the whole and read a second
time.

1200
01:30:34,159 --> 01:30:41,360
» Questions or comments? Seeing none, all
those in favor? Any opposed? Carried.

1201
01:30:38,960 --> 01:30:44,400
» First bylaw, please.
>> First bylaw tonight is a bylaw to

1202
01:30:43,040 --> 01:30:48,880
confirm the proceedings of the meeting
held on the 13th day of July, 2026.

1203
01:30:47,199 --> 01:30:51,440
» Questions or comments? Seeing none, all
those in favor? That's carried. Next

1204
01:30:50,480 --> 01:30:55,120
bylaw, please.
>> Second bylaw is a bylaw to delegate

1205
01:30:53,360 --> 01:30:58,080
certain authority during a restricted
acts period.

1206
01:30:56,239 --> 01:31:01,360
» Questions or comments? Seeing none, all
those in favor? That's carried. Next

1207
01:31:00,000 --> 01:31:05,199
bylaw, please.
>> Third bylaw is a bylaw regarding the

1208
01:31:03,199 --> 01:31:08,880
maintenance, repair, or replacement of
structures and to provide for the

1209
01:31:07,040 --> 01:31:11,679
recovery of costs by the city of St.
Thomas.

1210
01:31:09,760 --> 01:31:15,840
» Questions or comments? Seeing none, all
those in favor? That's carried. Next

1211
01:31:13,760 --> 01:31:21,520
bylaw, please. Fourth bylaw is a bylaw
to amend bylaw 4589 being a bylaw to

1212
01:31:18,960 --> 01:31:26,239
revise and consolidate certain bylaws
regulating traffic and the parking of

1213
01:31:23,760 --> 01:31:29,760
motor vehicles. No parking zones Bonnie
Place and Harvest Court. Questions or

1214
01:31:28,159 --> 01:31:33,760
comments? Seeing none, all those in
favor? That's carried. Next bylaw.

1215
01:31:31,840 --> 01:31:37,199
» Fifth bylaw is a bylaw to authorize the
marin clerk to execute and affix the

1216
01:31:35,440 --> 01:31:41,360
seal of the corporation to a certain
agreement between the corporation of the

1217
01:31:38,719 --> 01:31:45,440
city of St. Thomas and his majesty the
king in right of the province of Ontario

1218
01:31:43,600 --> 01:31:49,840
as represented by the Minister of
Transportation Compensation Agreement

1219
01:31:47,520 --> 01:31:53,120
Woodworth Avenue. Questions or comments?
Seeing none, all those in favor? That's

1220
01:31:51,679 --> 01:31:56,880
car. Next bylaw, please.
>> Six bylaw is a bylaw to authorize the

1221
01:31:55,199 --> 01:32:01,280
mayor and clerk to execute and affix the
seal of the corporation to a declaration

1222
01:31:58,800 --> 01:32:03,360
of compliance long-term care service
accountability agreement, Valley View

1223
01:32:02,800 --> 01:32:06,480
Home.
>> Questions or comments? Seeing none, all

1224
01:32:05,040 --> 01:32:10,560
those in favor? That's carried. Next
bylaw, please. Seventh bylaw is a bylaw

1225
01:32:09,040 --> 01:32:13,760
to authorize the mar and clerk to
execute and affix the seal of the

1226
01:32:12,000 --> 01:32:18,560
corporation to a declaration of
compliance adult day program View home.

1227
01:32:16,719 --> 01:32:22,639
Questions or comments? Seeing none, all
those in favor? That's carried. Next

1228
01:32:20,159 --> 01:32:26,239
bylaw. The eth bylaw is a bylaw to
authorize the marin clerk to execute and

1229
01:32:24,320 --> 01:32:28,800
affix the seal of the corporation to a
certain agreement between the

1230
01:32:27,280 --> 01:32:32,400
corporation of the city of St. Thomas
and his majesty the king in right of

1231
01:32:30,719 --> 01:32:35,679
Ontario as represented by the minister
of transportation highway 3 utility

1232
01:32:34,880 --> 01:32:38,960
crossing.
>> Questions or comments? Seeing none. All

1233
01:32:37,440 --> 01:32:41,679
those in favor? That's carried. Next
bylaw, please.

1234
01:32:39,760 --> 01:32:45,280
» Ninth bylaw is a bylaw to authorize the
Marin clerk to affix the execute and

1235
01:32:43,520 --> 01:32:48,159
affix the seal of the corporation to a
certain agreement between the

1236
01:32:46,320 --> 01:32:52,159
corporation of the city of St. Thomas
and Canadian National Railway Company

1237
01:32:50,000 --> 01:32:56,080
Sanitary Sewer Crossing Major Line.
>> Questions or comments? Seeing none, all

1238
01:32:53,920 --> 01:32:58,800
those in favor? That's carried. Next one
bylaw, please.

1239
01:32:56,960 --> 01:33:02,000
» 10th bylaw is a bylaw to authorize the
Marin clerk to execute and affix the

1240
01:33:00,400 --> 01:33:04,960
seal of the corporation to a certain
agreement between the corporation of the

1241
01:33:03,440 --> 01:33:08,000
city of St. Thomas and the Canadian
National Railway Company water main

1242
01:33:06,639 --> 01:33:11,120
crossing major line.
>> Questions or comments? Seeing none, all

1243
01:33:09,760 --> 01:33:13,920
those in favor? That's carried. Next
bylaw, please.

1244
01:33:12,080 --> 01:33:17,040
» 11th bylaw is a bylaw to authorize the
marin clerk to execute and affix the

1245
01:33:15,520 --> 01:33:20,000
seal of the corporation to a certain
agreement between the corporation of the

1246
01:33:18,400 --> 01:33:23,520
city of St. Thomas and his majesty the
king and right of Ontario as represented

1247
01:33:21,760 --> 01:33:27,120
by the minister of transportation
compensation agreement Burwell Road.

1248
01:33:25,520 --> 01:33:30,880
» Questions or comments? Seeing none, all
those in favor? That's carried. Next

1249
01:33:28,639 --> 01:33:36,239
bylaw, please. 12th bylaw is a bylaw to
deem part of lot 73 registered plan

1250
01:33:33,280 --> 01:33:40,560
number 270 former township of Yarmouth
to not be a registered plan of

1251
01:33:37,920 --> 01:33:44,159
subdivision lot 10 for Morrison Drive
Kate Robinson counseling file number

1252
01:33:42,480 --> 01:33:47,840
50126
>> questions or comments seeing none all

1253
01:33:46,000 --> 01:33:50,239
those in favor that's carried next bylaw
please

1254
01:33:48,320 --> 01:33:53,360
» 13th bylaw is a bylaw to authorize the
mayor and clerk to execute and fix the

1255
01:33:51,760 --> 01:33:56,480
seal of the corporation to a certain
agreement between the corporation of the

1256
01:33:54,639 --> 01:34:02,320
city of St. Thomas and Walnut Park
Incorporated, file number SPC0326,

1257
01:34:00,080 --> 01:34:05,520
57 Walnut Street.
>> Questions or comments? Seeing none, all

1258
01:34:04,080 --> 01:34:09,920
those in favor? That's carry. Next
bylaw, please. 14th bylaw is a bylaw to

1259
01:34:08,400 --> 01:34:13,440
authorize the mayor and clerk to execute
and affix the seal of the corporation to

1260
01:34:11,760 --> 01:34:16,880
a certain agreement between the
corporation of the city of St. Thomas

1261
01:34:14,960 --> 01:34:20,320
and Drew Holdings Incorporated. File
number SPC0426

1262
01:34:18,960 --> 01:34:24,159
8 Hammond Street.
>> Questions or comments? Seeing none, all

1263
01:34:22,159 --> 01:34:27,440
those in favor? That's carry. Next by
please. 15th bylaw is a bylaw to

1264
01:34:26,000 --> 01:34:30,400
authorize the mar and clerk to execute
and aff fix the seal of the corporation

1265
01:34:29,120 --> 01:34:34,560
to assert an agreement between the
corporation of the city of St. Thomas

1266
01:34:32,000 --> 01:34:39,679
and Faith Faith Baptist Church of St.
Thomas file number SPC0626

1267
01:34:37,600 --> 01:34:42,719
345 Fair View Avenue.
>> Questions or comments? Seeing none, all

1268
01:34:41,440 --> 01:34:45,440
those in favor? That's carried. Next
bylaw, please.

1269
01:34:43,520 --> 01:34:48,400
» 16th bylaw is a bylaw to authorize the
mar and clerk to execute and affix the

1270
01:34:46,960 --> 01:34:51,679
seal of the corporation to a certain
agreement between the corporation of the

1271
01:34:49,679 --> 01:34:57,679
city of St. Thomas and Heiho Rentals
Limited. File number SPC 1625 43954

1272
01:34:56,080 --> 01:35:00,719
Southdale line.
>> Questions or comments? Seeing none, all

1273
01:34:59,360 --> 01:35:03,440
those in favor? That's carried. Next
bylaw, please.

1274
01:35:01,600 --> 01:35:06,320
» 17th bylaw is a bylaw to authorize the
mayor and clerk to execute and affix a

1275
01:35:04,880 --> 01:35:11,520
seal of the corporation to assert anert
agreement between the corporation of the

1276
01:35:07,520 --> 01:35:14,320
city of St. Thomas and Dr. Sei Olampon.
Uh, health recruitment partnership

1277
01:35:13,040 --> 01:35:17,520
incentive funding.
>> Questions or comments? Seeing none, all

1278
01:35:16,080 --> 01:35:21,199
those in favor? That's carried. Next
bylaw, please. 18th bylaw is a bylaw to

1279
01:35:19,840 --> 01:35:23,920
authorize the mayor and clerk to execute
and fix a seal of the corporation to a

1280
01:35:22,960 --> 01:35:28,159
certain agreement between the
corporation of the city of St. Thomas

1281
01:35:25,440 --> 01:35:30,159
and Dr. Shabuki Eggwim uh health
recruitment partnership incentive

1282
01:35:29,440 --> 01:35:33,199
funding.
>> Questions or comments? Seeing none, all

1283
01:35:31,760 --> 01:35:35,840
those in favor? That's carried. Next
bylaw, please.

1284
01:35:34,080 --> 01:35:39,040
» 19th bylaw is a bylaw to authorize the
marin clerk to execute and fix a seal of

1285
01:35:37,600 --> 01:35:43,440
the corporation to a certain agreement
between the corporation of the city of

1286
01:35:40,239 --> 01:35:45,520
St. Thomas and Dr. Zean Chataroo health
recruitment partnership incentive

1287
01:35:44,719 --> 01:35:48,719
funding.
>> Questions or comments? Seeing none, all

1288
01:35:47,280 --> 01:35:51,360
those in favor. That's carry. Next
bylaw, please.

1289
01:35:49,600 --> 01:35:54,159
» 20th bylaw is a bylaw to authorize the
mayor and clerk to execute and affix a

1290
01:35:52,800 --> 01:35:58,000
seal of the corporation to a certain
agreement between the corporation of the

1291
01:35:55,440 --> 01:36:00,159
city of St. Thomas and Dr. Ahmed Osman.
Health recruitment partnership incentive

1292
01:35:59,520 --> 01:36:03,280
funding.
>> Questions or comments? Seeing none, all

1293
01:36:01,760 --> 01:36:06,480
those in favor? That's carried. Next
bylaw, please.

1294
01:36:04,239 --> 01:36:09,600
» 21st and final bylaw of the evening. A
bylaw to revise provisions for the

1295
01:36:08,239 --> 01:36:13,520
application of late penalties and
interest to property taxes in the 2026

1296
01:36:12,080 --> 01:36:19,280
taxation year.
>> Questions or comments?

1297
01:36:16,080 --> 01:36:23,440
All those in favor? It's carried. Your
worship I rise and report the successful

1298
01:36:21,040 --> 01:36:26,920
passing of the 21 bylaws.
>> All from today.

1299
01:36:27,679 --> 01:36:34,159
» Your worship. We have a motion moved by
councelor Herbert, seconded by uh

1300
01:36:31,760 --> 01:36:37,600
councelor Baldwin Sans that the report
of council in the committee of the whole

1301
01:36:35,840 --> 01:36:41,440
on the bylaws be received and adopted.
The same be read a third time engrossed

1302
01:36:39,760 --> 01:36:46,960
signed by the mayor and clerk, sealed
and numbered.

1303
01:36:44,639 --> 01:36:50,880
Questions or comments? Seeing none, all
those in favor? Any opposed? Carried.

1304
01:36:49,520 --> 01:36:55,760
» Thank you. Worship. Final item tonight
is adjournment. That we do now adjourn

1305
01:36:53,040 --> 01:36:59,119
at 8:18 p.m. Moved by councelor Baldwin
Sand, seconded by councelor Gibson.

1306
01:36:57,760 --> 01:37:05,920
» Questions or comments? Councelor
Herbert? Seeing none. All in favor? Any

1307
01:37:02,880 --> 01:37:05,920
opposed? carried.