September 8, 2020 Special Council Agenda
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Corporation of the City of Cambridge Special Council Meeting No. 25-20 Tuesday, September 8, 2020 Virtual Meeting 4:00 p.m. AGENDA Due to COVID-19 and recommendations by Waterloo Region Public Health to exercise social distancing, members of the public are invited to submit written comments or requests to delegate via telephone related to items on the agenda. The public wishing to speak at Council may complete an online Delegation Request form no later than 12:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting for Special Council Meetings occurring at 4:00 p.m. and no later than 12:00 p.m. the day before the meeting for Special Council – Public Meetings occurring at 10:00 a.m. All written delegation submissions will be provided to the Mayor and Council prior to the meeting, and will form part of the public record. Meeting Called to Order Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest Consideration of Matters in Closed Session Recommendation In accordance with Section s.239 (2) (b) of the Municipal Act, 2001, Council to convene in Closed Session to consider the following subject matters: Personal matters about an identifiable individual, including municipal employees (Confidential HR Matter); Council to Rise from Closed Session Recommendation THAT Council rise from closed session and reconvene in open session. Consent Procedure THAT all items listed under the heading of Consent Procedure for Tuesday, September 8, 2020, Council Agenda be adopted as recommended. Items # 1. Special Council Minutes – August 25, 2020 2. Committee of Adjustment Minutes- July 22, 2020 3. Council Information Package (CIP) – August 7, 2020 7. Riverside Dam - Resuming Detailed Design 8. 2020 Implementation Plan for the Regional Transit Supportive Strategy - Cambridge 9. Approval of the Amended Grand River Source Protection Plan Note: Council Members, if you wish an item to be pulled from the Consent Procedure, please notify the City Clerk so the item can be listed on the Other Business Memo for tonight’s meeting to be dealt with separately by Council. You will also have the opportunity to pull an item at the Meeting. Minutes of Previous Meetings 1. Special Council Minutes – August 25, 2020 PP. 8-33 Recommendation THAT the minutes from the Special Council meeting held on August 25, 2020 be approved. 2. Committee of Adjustment Minutes- July 22, 2020 PP. 34-61 Recommendation THAT the minutes from the Committee of Adjustment meeting held on July 22, 2020 be approved. Consideration of Reports 3. Council Information Package (CIP) – August 7, 2020 PP. 62-115 Recommendation THAT the Council Information Package (CIP)- August 7, 2020 be received for information. 4. Strategic Plan 2020-2023 Phase 2 Council Workshop PP. 116-121 Recommendation THAT Report 20-211(CRE) re: Strategic Plan 2020-2023 Phase 2 Council Workshop be received; and AND THAT Council direct the City Clerk to schedule a Council Workshop for Phase 2, to be held virtually, between the dates of September 28th and October 2nd, 2020. 5. Core Areas Transformation Fund (CATF) Community Improvement Plan PP. 122-135 Recommendation THAT Report 20-083 (CRE), Core Areas Transformation Fund (CATF) Community Improvement Plan regarding the process for implementing a Community Improvement Plan for Financial Incentives be received; AND THAT Council pass the attached By-law designating the identified Core Areas as community improvement project areas; AND THAT City staff prepare a draft community improvement plan for public consultation and input; AND THAT the current Core Area incentives continue until the implementation of the new Core Area incentives arising out of this community improvement plan process; AND FURTHER THAT City staff prepare a future report to Council about the recommended community improvement plan and public input received. 6. Request to Amend Development Covenants and Restrictions for the Time for Development – Boxwood Business Campus PP. 136-141 Recommendation THAT report 20-192(CRE), re: Request to Amend Development Covenants and Restrictions for the Time for Development - Boxwood Business Campus be received; AND THAT Council authorize the Mayor and Clerk to execute documentation to amend the Development Covenants and Restrictions to allow for a one (1) year extension to the construction start date AND a one (1) year extension to the substantial completion date, without penalties, to be granted to businesses/developers noted in Attachment 1 to this report, subject to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor. Community Development 7. Riverside Dam - Resuming Detailed Design PP. 142-149 Recommendation THAT Report 20-200(CD), Riverside Dam – Resuming Detailed Design, be received; AND THAT Capital Project A/00024-20 Riverside Dam Detailed Design be approved to resume. 8. 2020 Implementation Plan for the Regional Transit Supportive PP. 150-179 Strategy - Cambridge Recommendation THAT Report 20-170 (CD), 2020 Implementation Plan for the Regional Transit Supportive Strategy - Cambridge, be received for information. 9. Approval of the Amended Grand River Source Protection Plan PP. 180-191 Recommendation THAT Report No. 20-194(CD) re: Approval of the Amended Grand River Source Protection Plan be received as information. Corporate Services 10. Resolution of the Council of the City of Cambridge Supporting Local PP. 192-195 Journalism Recommendation WHEREAS a healthy, professional news media is essential for the proper functioning of civil society and democracy at the local, regional, federal and international levels; WHEREAS the Public Policy Forum declares — on its website for the 2017 report The Shattered Mirror: News, Democracy and Trust in the Digital Age (commissioned by the federal government) — that “real news is in crisis” in this country; WHEREAS the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) cited eight “critical information needs” the media help to provide including emergencies; other public risks to health; education; the environment; economic opportunities; civic and political knowledge of policy initiatives; and the conduct of public officials, and candidates for office (The Shattered Mirror p.4); WHEREAS Canadians have lost the essential services provided by roughly 2,000 media workers in 100 communities across Canada due to layoffs in only six weeks from the time the COVID-19 pandemic began — a time it became clearer to the public how important it is for Canadians to receive accurate information — and advertising revenues have plunged, prompting an emergency $30-million advertising-buy by the federal government; WHEREAS residents of 190 Canadian communities — including residents of Kitchener, Elmira and Guelph – lost 250 established news outlets due to closings or mergers between 2008 and 2018; WHEREAS nearly two thirds of Canadians agree or somewhat agree that because of the Coronavirus/Covid-19 outbreak the federal government should treat widespread media bankruptcies and lay-offs as an emergency, according to a Nanos Research poll of April 2020; WHEREAS the federal government allocated nearly $600 million in aid for Canadian media over five years in its 2019 budget, including a 25-per-cent tax credit for newsroom salaries; a 15-per-cent tax credit for digital media subscribers; and charitable tax status for non-profit news outlets; WHEREAS Canada’s federal government acknowledged in its 2019 budget (p. 173) that “A strong and independent news media is crucial to a well-functioning democracy.”; WHEREAS the news media in Waterloo Region have been instrumental during the COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring local citizens have accurate local information. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Cambridge Council 1. recognizes that a healthy, professional news media is essential to the proper functioning of democracy in our city; 2. urges nearby municipal councils and across Canada to recognize that a robust news media is essential to the proper functioning of democracy in their jurisdictions; 3. endorses legislation and regulations to support and rejuvenate news outlets across Canada; 4. urges the federal government to move quickly to pass legislation to ensure an ecosystem for a healthy news media to serve all Canadians; and, 5. that the resolution be forwarded to the area municipalities, local M.P.s and M.P.P.s and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and Association of Municipalities of Ontario. Unfinished Business Notice of Motion Introduction and Consideration of By-laws 20-82 Being a by-law of the City of Cambridge to dedicate certain lands as public highway [Allendale Road]. Confirmatory By-law 20-83 Being a by-law of the City of Cambridge to confirm the proceedings of the Council of the Corporation of the City of Cambridge at its meeting held on the 8th day of September, 2020. PASSED AND ENACTED this 8th day of September, 2020. Close of Meeting Item #1 MINUTES Corporation of the City of Cambridge Special Council Meeting No. 24-20 Tuesday, August 25, 2020 Virtual Meeting Council Members in Attendance: Councillors Adshade (Ward 6); Devine (Ward 2); Ermeta (Ward 8); Liggett (Ward 4) (Arrived 4:05); Mann (Ward 3); Reid (Ward 1); and Wolf (Ward 5) with Mayor McGarry in the Chair. Staff Members in Attendance: David Calder, City Manager; Dave Bush, Deputy City Manager Corporate Services; Cheryl Zahnleiter, Deputy City Manager – Corporate Enterprise; Hardy Bromberg, Deputy City Manager – Community Development; Lisa Shields, City Solicitor; James Goodram, Director of Economic Development; Sheryl Ayres, Chief Financial Officer; Yogesh Shah, Director of Asset Management and PMO; Sarah Austin, Acting Director of Engineering; Elaine Brunn Shaw, Chief Planner; Deanne Friess, Manager of Development Planning; Bryan Cooper, Senior Planner; Matthew Blevins, Senior Planner; Colin Westerhof, Planning Technician; Vanessa Lopak, Supervisor of Accessibility and Diversity; Danielle Manton, City Clerk; James Hutson, Deputy City Clerk. Others in Attendance: Members of the general public are participating via Live Stream. Meeting Called to Order The meeting of the Council of the Corporation of the City of Cambridge is held virtually via Microsoft Zoom and live streamed to the City of Cambridge website. Mayor McGarry welcomes everyone present and calls the meeting to order at 10:04 a.m.