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NON-AGENDA MAIL January 18, 2018 Page ITEM 3 1. January 18, 2018, Clerk's Department - Presentation to Aamjiwnaang Council re: UNDRIP Working Group 4 2. January 18, 2018, Clerk's Department - Web Streaming – Council Meetings 5 - 7 3. January 18, 2018, Engineering Department - St. Clair Regional Conservation Authority and the City of Sarnia - Bright’s Grove, Kenwick Street to Helen Avenue Shoreline Improvements Phase 1 8 4. January 18, 2018, Engineering Department - Waterworks Sanitary Pumping Station Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Public Meeting 9 - 10 5. January 18, 2018, Office of the Chief Administrative Officer - Assignment of Corporate Services Responsibilities 11 6. January 18, 2018, Engineering Department - Rapids Parkway Extension Public Meeting 12 7. January 18, 2018, Office of the Chief Administrative Officer - Update on Boat Ramp Construction 13 - 17 8. January 18, 2018, City Solicitor - MLS Listing – Sale of Murphy Road Vacant Lot 18 - 20 9. January 18, 2018, AMO - Watch File 21 - 22 10. January 18, 2018, Sarnia Environmental Advisory Committee - Minutes of December 6, 2018 23 - 33 11. January 18, 2018, Bioindustrial Innovation Canada - 2017 Year in Review Page 1 of 74 Page 34 - 35 12. January 17, 2018, AMO - Today's Provincial Cabinet Shuffle 36 13. January 17, 2018, AMO - Local Share Video and Resources 37 - 39 14. December 29, 2017, Making Cities Livable Conference 40 15. January 10, 2018, Sarnia-Lambton Chamber of Commerce - Book Project 41 - 65 16. January 18, 2018, AMCTO - Local Government Priorities for the 2018 Ontario Budget 66 17. January 12, 2018, Lambton Rural Game Protective Association - Executive Meeting 67 18. November 8, 2017, Union Gas - 2018 Project 68 - 74 19. January 18, 2018, Planning and Building Department - Update on Council’s decision to re-zone the Kinsmen Centre property, 656 Lakeshore Road Page 2 of 74 THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SARNIA People Serving People CITY CLERK’S DEPARTMENT NON-AGENDA REPORT TO: Members of Sarnia City Council FROM: Dianne Gould-Brown DATE: January 18, 2018 SUBJECT: Presentation to Aamjiwnaang Council re: UNDRIP Working Group At its January 10 meeting, the UNDRIP Working Group identified that in order to promote cultural awareness and respect, the Working Group should involve indigenous knowledge in its process. The Working Group recommended seeking external support for elder appreciation and the promotion of educational materials with regards to indigenous reconciliation. Staff contacted Aamjiwnaang First Nation, and Chief Rogers invited City staff to address Aamjiwnaang Council at their January 22 meeting. James Jenkins, Deputy Clerk, has prepared a 10 minute presentation to update Aamjiwnaang Councillors on the history and direction of the UNDRIP Working Group. The intent of attending this meeting is to determine whether Aamjiwnaang First Nation may be interested in collaborating with the City of Sarnia on fundraising for Working Group initiatives. Page 3 of 74 THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SARNIA People Serving People CITY CLERK’S DEPARTMENT NON-AGENDA REPORT TO: Members of Sarnia City Council FROM: Dianne Gould-Brown, City Clerk DATE: January 18, 2018 SUBJECT: Web Streaming – Council Meetings In response to a question from the December 11, 2017 Council Meeting regarding the editing of web streamed Council Meetings, and particularly the November 20th meeting the following response is provided. The live streaming broadcast by YourTV (Cogeco) often shows Council members leaving chambers without audio for a brief period following the meeting. On November 20, the duration of this recording was approximately 2 minutes. The objective of the web stream by City Staff is to capture Council meeting proceedings for regular and special meetings. The live broadcast begins at 4:00 pm and is manually stopped when the meeting is adjourned. There are times the web stream may be trimmed to align with the actual start and end of the meeting. However, the additional footage viewed was likely from YourTV live streaming and not from the City’s web streaming. It is not our practice to retain footage of the proceedings before or after the actual Meeting of Council. Page 4 of 74 THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SARNIA People Serving People ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT NON-AGENDA REPORT TO: Members of Sarnia City Council FROM: Mike Berkvens, Director of Engineering DATE: January 18, 2018 SUBJECT: St. Clair Regional Conservation Authority and the City of Sarnia - Bright’s Grove, Kenwick Street to Helen Avenue Shoreline Improvements Phase 1 The St. Clair Regional Conservation Authority (SCRCA), together with the City of Sarnia, is continuing with shoreline improvements and groyne replacement in the Bright’s Grove area. The current project is an armour stone groyne and armour stone revetment located at Kenwick Street on the shore of Lake Huron (a drawing is attached). The stone groyne will replace an existing deteriorated steel groyne and the revetment will extend east approximately 40 linear metres. The entire shoreline between Kenwick Street and Helen Avenue are in various states of disrepair and in need of improvement and this location was identified by SCRCA and Shoreplan staff as a priority. This project has been prepared and tendered by SCRCA and Shoreplan Engineering. City engineering staff will assist with inspection and notification of local residents. This is phase 1 of Kenwick Street to Helen Avenue Shoreline Improvements project that was designed and prepared by Shoreplan Engineering in 2012 on behalf of the SCRCA and the City of Sarnia. The project includes cut stone steps complete with handrail to allow for pedestrian access to Lake Huron. A groyne is an ideal location for stairs as groynes promote beach development. A groyne complete with developed beach offer increased protection to stair access and railings along Lake Huron from potential wave and ice damage. Over the past several years, Sarnia City Council has budgeted funding towards the shoreline protection maintenance with the knowledge that Page 5 of 74 SCRCA will attempt to provide a matching grant where funding initiatives are available. This particular groyne and revetment project will have a total cost of approximately $600,000 including engineering and inspection costs. The SCRCA has secured funding from MNR through the Water Erosion Control Infrastructure (WECI) program in the amount of $300,000. This leaves the matching $300,000.00 cost to be borne by the City of Sarnia. Sufficient budget is currently available through the 2017 Shoreline Protection account. The project is expected to start the week of January 22, 2018, however may be slightly delayed pending final authorization from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The contractor is Atlantis Marine Construction Canada Inc. from Collingwood, Ontario. Staff is providing this report to Council for information purposes should they be contacted by the media or members of the public and as an update to this project. Attachment: Location Map - Kenwick Street and Old Lakeshore Road Page 6 of 74 BRIGHT'S GROVE - KENWICK STREET TO HELEN AVENUE SHORELINE IMPROVEMENTS, PHASE 1 ´ d re Roa kesho Old La Wildwood Park t e e Bright's Grove Elementary School r t S k c i w n e K e v i r D Hamilton e Road v t o e r e g r t t s S e k W c i e v w i r n e D K d o o w d l i W Prepared by the Engineering Department, City of Sarnia - Dated January 18, 2018. 0 15 30 60 Meters Page 7 of 74 THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SARNIA People Serving People ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT NON-AGENDA REPORT TO: Members of Sarnia City Council FROM: Mike Berkvens, Director of Engineering DATE: January 18, 2018 SUBJECT: Waterworks Sanitary Pumping Station Municipal Class Environmental Assessment Public Meeting An information report was submitted on the “Sarnia Sewer Upgrade Project- Update” at the Council meeting on November 20, 2017. In this report, it was noted that the class environmental assessment process was being extended for the new sanitary pumping station in Bright’s Grove to include the new location of the proposed Pumping Station on City owned land adjacent to the Howard Nature Trail at the south-east corner of the intersection of Lakeshore Road and Waterworks Road. To fulfil requirements of the Class EA, a public meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, 23rd January 2018 between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. in the gymnasium of St. Michael’s School, 1930 Wildwood Road, Bright’s Grove. Preliminary designs for this preferred option for the replacement pump station site complete with gravity trunk sewer and sanitary forcemain have now been developed by MIG Engineering through the Municipal Class EA study process. Neighbouring residents, community members, members of the First Nations community and other interested parties are invited to attend this Public Information Session to review and discuss issues related to the EA Study carried out for the new pumping station and associated works. Notice letters have been sent to property owners in the immediate vicinity of the project and notification has been provided to the general public in the newspaper and on the City website. Page 8 of 74 THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SARNIA People Serving People OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER NON-AGENDA REPORT TO: Members of Sarnia City Council FROM: Margaret Misek-Evans, Chief Administrative Officer DATE: January 18, 2018 SUBJECT: Assignment of Corporate Services Responsibilities With the retirement of the Director of Economic Development and Corporate Planning in June, the responsibilities of this position have been under review and were being temporarily assigned to staff to ensure coverage. As noted in the November 20, 2017 Council Report, 2018 is expected to be a transition year for economic development and corporate services, with permanent re-allocations of the responsibilities proposed throughout the year.