That was fast.
Just a week after a public meeting on a rezoning application required to redevelop and expand a Yonge Street gas station operation, Barrie councillors will consider the change tonight (Oct. 30).
Sitting as general committee, councillors will consider a motion approving Suncor Energy’s application for its existing Petro-Canada at 623 Yonge St., to be stretched into 515 Big Bay Point Rd., including a new commercial building proposed to contain a restaurant, convenience store and car wash in addition to the existing gas station.
The Big Bay Point Road property, almost a quarter acre in size, would be rezoned from residential single-detached dwelling, first density, to general commercial to facilitate the redevelopment of the land to expand the existing gas station.
Irregular in shape, this land is located on the south side of Big Bay Point Road, east of the intersection of Yonge Street and Big Bay Point Road, and 623 Yonge St. is immediately west.
And 515 Big Bay Point Rd. is located within what the city calls a strategic growth area and along the Yonge Street intensification corridor.
If the rezoning is approved by general committee, it could receive final approval by city council at its meeting scheduled for later tonight.
Barrie’s community safety committee is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m., followed by general committee at 7 p.m and then council at 8 p.m.
At community safety committee, councillors will hear a presentation from Barrie Police Service on its key performance indicators. Commonly called KPI, they can be described as metrics to quantify performance and measure progress during a period of time such as a year, for example.
At general committee, councillors will consider receiving, and taking no action on, a report about installing a pedestrian crossing at the intersection of Toronto Street and Park Street.
City staff say the pedestrian volume at this location doesn’t meet the minimum number to warrant a pedestrian crossing.
The installation in low-pedestrian traffic situations often leads to poor compliance rates, according to staff. Specifically, the low volume of pedestrians means that the crossing is unlikely to be used frequently, which can result in minimal adherence to its presence and function, staff say.
But councillors will consider a motion for a pedestrian crossing at Livingstone Street West and Longman Drive, based on vehicle volume, the posted speed limit, pedestrian habits and the roadway cross-section.
The average annual traffic in this area of Livingstone Street West and Longman Drive is approximately 6,210 vehicles daily.
If approved, the pedestrian crossing would be included in council’s 2025 capital plan, which will be considered later this year.
The cost is $150,000, to be funded 60 per cent from development charges reserves and 40 per cent from the tax capital reserve.
Wednesday’s community safety, general committee and city council meeting are all scheduled to take place in the Council Chamber, and online.
