Barrie councillors will be pulling double duty this week with two scheduled meetings Wednesday — affordability committee at 6 p.m. and city council itself at 7 p.m.
Both take place in the Council Chamber at Barrie City Hall, and are available on-line as well.
First is a public meeting on a rezoning application for 515 Big Bay Point Rd., needed to permit the redevelopment and expansion of the existing Petro Canada gas station at 623 Yonge St.
City council first features comments by outgoing student mayor Krista Marie Potestio Sina, of St. Peter’s Catholic Secondary School in Barrie.
Council will then recognize Renee Foessel, Canadian Paralympic athlete in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, a member of Team Canada in F38 discus.
Also being recognized is the Boys Barrie Soccer Club for winning the 2024 Target USA Cup, and the Barrie Baycats baseball team for winning the 2024 Dominico Cup, the Intercounty Baseball League championship.
Council will then consider final approval for motions passed at its Oct. 9 general committee meeting.
This includes a motion that a budget of as much as $125,000 be approved for the community safety and well-being advisory committee to hire a consultant to review and consider any revisions to the city’s community safety and well-being plan.
Council will also consider approving pedestrian crossovers on the west legs of Blake and Huron streets, and Blake and Rodney streets, in the 2025 capital plan, budgeted at $150,000 each and funded 60 per cent from development charges reserves and 40 per cent from the tax capital reserve.
Also endorsing, in principle, the federally funded sport tourism strategy, and establishing a sport tourism working group, in partnership with Tourism Barrie.
The parks, horticulture and forestry operations branch service level review could be approved to assist council with the prioritization of services provided by the branch, to allow staff to develop budgets in line with council’s priorities and desired service levels, to prepare for anticipated growth or expansion of parks, trails, sport fields and courts, and to estimate operational costs as part of staff reports for new parks and park assets..
Council will also consider a motion that Yasemin Balaban, Natalie Shammas and Tyneisha Thomas be appointed to the Communities in Bloom committee until Nov. 14, 2026.
