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2018-02-26_Agenda Packet--Dossier de l'ordre du jourCity of Saint John Common Council Meeting AGENDA Monday, February 26, 2018 6:00 pm Council Chamber Please use Chipman Hill entrance S'il vous plait utiliser I'entree Chipman Hill Si vous avez besoin des services en francais pour une reunion de Conseil communal, veuillez contacter le bureau du greffier communal au 658-2862. Pages 1. Call to Order 1.1 Saint John Heritage Awards 2017 1-24 2. Approval of Minutes 2.1 Minutes of February 12, 2018 25-29 3. Approval of Agenda 4. Disclosures of Conflict of Interest 5. Consent Agenda 5.1 Province of New Brunswick - Response to Letter regarding Amalgamation of 30-30 Greater Saint John area (Recommendation: Receive for Information) 5.2 Town of Rothesay - Greater Saint John Region Amalgamation 31-36 (Recommendation: Receive for Information) 5.3 Lieutenant Govemor of NB - Nominations for the 2018 Order of New Brunswick 37-38 (Recommendation: Receive for Information) 5.4 WorkSafe NB - Waste Wise Initiative and Bylaw Changes for Curbside Garbage 39-39 Collection (Recommendation: Receive for Information) 5.5 Proposed Public Hearing Date - 74 Loch Lomond Road, 155 St. John Street, 55 40-42 Lansdowne Avenue and 10-40 High Ridge Road (Recommendation in Report) 5.6 Proposed Zoning By -Law Amendments - Cannabis Businesses 43-74 1 Poeta Sy: (L (Recommendation in Report) 5.7 Project Update: Fundy Heights SCADA Tower (Recommendation: Receive for 75-77 Information) 5.8 Contract No. 2017-25: Sanitary Sewer System - CSO-SSO Controls Phase 11 78-80 (Recommendation in Report) 2019 Canadian Tire National Figure Skating Championships Presentation 5.9 Moma Heights Wastewater Treatment Facility Outfall - Interim Licence of 81 -90 Occupation and Easement (Recommendation in Report) 5.10 Musquash Water Pumping Station and Electrical Substation - Interim Licence of 91 - 101 Occupation and Lease (Recommendation in Report) 5.11 Harbour Passage Easement Agreement with Saint John Port Authority 102-118 (Recommendation in Report) 5.12 Renewal of Easements with Saint John Port Authority (Recommendation in 119-130 Report) 5.13 City of Saint John - Population Growth Framework (Recommendation in Report) 131 - 190 6. Members Comments 7. Proclamation 7.1 Freedom to Read Week - February 25th to March 3rd, 2018 191 - 191 8. Delegations / Presentations 8.1 Red Knights Motorcycle Club 192-196 8.2 2019 Canadian Tire National Figure Skating Championships Presentation 197-199 9. Public Hearings - 6:30 p.m. 10. Consideration of By-laws 10.1 First and Second Reading of Noise By -Law Amendment 200-212 11. Submissions by Council Members 12. Business Matters - Municipal Officers 12.1 West Side Splash Pad Revised Procurement and Funding Plan 213-216 12.2 Electronic Meetings 217-240 13. Committee Reports 13.1 2018 Community Grant Recommendations 241 -243 K 14. Consideration of Issues Separated from Consent Agenda 15. General Correspondence 15.1 Amazeatorium - Request for Support 15.2 Saint John Canada Day Committee - Request for Support 15.3 Rotary Club Gala 2018 - Sponsorship Opportunities 15.4 St. Joseph's Hospital Foundation - Request for Sponsorship for 2018 Dragon Boat Festival 15.5 New Brunswick Non Profit Housing Association - Sponsorship Opportunities 16. Supplemental Agenda 17. Committee of the Whole 17.1 Option to Purchase Agreement - New Brunswick Museum 17.2 Lease of Building at 450 Fallsview Drive 17.3 Recommended Appointments to Committees 18. Adjournment K3 244-245 246-248 249-250 251 -254 255-257 258-266 267-281 282-283 City of Saint John Common Council Meeting Monday, February 26, 2018 Committee of the Whole 1. Call to Order Si vous avez besoin des services en fran�ais pour une r6union de Conseil communal, veuillez contacter le bureau du greffier communal au 658-2862. Each of the following items, either in whole or in part, is able to be discussed in private pursuant to the provisions of subsection 10.(2)(4) of the Municipalities Act and Council / Committee will make a decision(s) in that respect in Open Session: 5:00 p.m., 8th Floor Boardroom, City Hall 1.1 Approval of Minutes 68(1) 1.2 Land Matter 68(1)(d) 1.3 Nominating Committee 68(1)(b) C! Ville de Saint John Seance du conseil communal Lundi 26 fevrier 2018 18 h, salle du conseil Comite plenier 1. Ouverture de la seance Chacun des points suivants, en totalit& ou en partie, peut faire 1'objet d'une discussion en priv& en vertu des dispositions pr&vues a Particle 10 de la Loi sur les municipalites. Le conseil/comit& prendra une ou des decisions a cet &gard au cours de la seance publique 17 h — Salle de conference, 8e etage, hotel de ville 1.1 Approbation duproc&s-verbal 68(1) 1.2 Question relative aux biens-fonds — alin&a 68(1)d) 1.3 Comite de candidatures — alinea 68(1)b) Seance ordinaire 1. Ouverture de la seance 1.1 Prix du patrimoine 2017 de Saint John 2. Approbation du proces-verbal 2.1 Proc&s-verbal du 12 fevrier 2018 3. Adoption de l'ordre du jour 4. Divulgations de conflits d'interets 5. Questions soumises a 1'approbation du Bureau 5.1 Province du Nouveau -Brunswick — Reponse a la lettre concernant la fusion de la region du Grand Saint John (recommandation : accept& a titre informatif) 5.2 Ville de Rothesay — Fusion du Grand Saint John (recommandation accept& a titre informatif) 61 5.3 Lieutenant-gouverneur du Nouveau -Brunswick — Nominations pour 1'Ordre du Nouveau -Brunswick de 2018 (recommandation : accept& a titre informatif) 5.4 Travail s6curitaire NB — Initiative Eco-logique (Waste Wise) et modifications a Farret& concernant la collecte des ordures en bordure de trottoir (recommandation : accept& a titre informatif) 5.5 Date propos&e pour les audiences publiques — 74, chemin Loch Lomond, 155, rue St. John, 55, avenue Lansdowne et 10-40, chemin High Ridge (recommandation figurant au rapport) 5.6 Modifications propos&es de 1'Arret& de zonage — Entreprises de cannabis (recommandation figurant au rapport) 5.7 Mise a jour du projet : Fundy Heights — Tour SCADA (recommandation accept& a titre informatif) 5.8 Contrat ri 2017-25 : Phase II relative au r6seau d' &gout sanitaire — Chambres des d6versoirs d'orage et des d6versoirs de 1'&gout sanitaire (recommandation figurant au rapport) 5.9 Permis provisoire d'occupation et de servitude au point de rejet des installations de traitement des eaux us&es de Morna Heights (recommandation figurant au rapport) 5.10 Permis provisoire d' occupation et de servitude pour la sous -station &lectrique du poste de pompage de 1' eau de Musquash (recommandation figurant au rapport) 5.11 Entente de servitude visant le passage du port avec 1'Administration portuaire de Saint John (recommandation figurant au rapport) 5.12 Renouvellement des servitudes avec 1'Administration portuaire de Saint John (recommandation figurant au rapport) 5.13 Ville de Saint John — Cadre de croissance d6mographique (recommandation figurant au rapport) 6. Commentaires pr6sent6s par les membres 7. Proclamation 7.1 Semaine de lecture en toute libert& — du 25 f&wrier au 3 mars 2018 8. D616gations et pr6sentations 8.1 Club de motos Red Knights 8.2 Pr6sentation des Championnats nationaux de patinage Canadian Tire 2019 9. Audiences publiques — 18 h 30 C.1 10. Etude des arretes municipaux 10.1 Premiere et deuxieme lecture de la modification de 1'Arrete concernant la prevention du bruit excessif 11. Interventions des membres du conseil 12. Affaires municipales evoquees par les fonctionnaires municipaux 12.1 Plan d'approvisionnement et de financement revise de faire de jeux d'eaux du quartier West Side 12.2 Reunions electroniques 13. Rapports deposes par les comites 13.1 Recommandations relatives aux subventions communautaires de 2018 14. Etude des sujets ecartes des questions soumises a 1'approbation du conseil 15. Correspondance generale 15.1 Amazeatorium — Demande de soutien 15.2 Comite d'organisation de la fete du Canada a Saint John — Demande de soutien 15.3 Gala du club Rotary 2018 — Possibilites de commandites 15.4 Fondation de 1'H6pital St. Joseph — Demande de commandite pour la Regate de Barques -dragons 2018 15.5 Association de logement sans but lucratif du Nouveau -Brunswick — Possibilites de commandites 16. Ordre du jour supplementaire 17. Comite plenier 17.1 Convention d'option d'achat - Musee du Nouveau -Brunswick 17.2 Bail du batiment au 450 Conduire Fallsview 17.3 Nominations aux comites 18. Levee de la seance M MINUTES—REGULAR MEETING COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT JOHN FEBRUARY 12, 2018 AT 6:00 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER Present: Mayor D. Darling Deputy Mayor S. McAlary Councillor -at -Large Gary Sullivan Councillor Ward 1 Blake Armstrong Councillor Ward 1 Greg Norton Councillor Ward 2 John MacKenzie Councillor Ward 2 Sean Casey Councillor Ward 3 Gerry Lowe Councillor Ward 3 Donna Reardon Councillor Ward 4 David Merrithew Absent: Councillor Ward 4 Ray Strowbridge Also Present: City Manager J. Trail Deputy City Manager N. Jacobsen City Solicitor J. Nugent Commissioner of Finance and Treasurer K. Fudge Commissioner of Growth and Community Development J. Hamilton Commissioner Transportation and Environment M. Hugenholtz Commissioner Saint John Water B. McGovern Divisional Chief -Fire Prevention M. Wilson Common Clerk J. Taylor Deputy Common Clerk P. Anglin 1. Call to Order Mayor Darling called the meeting to order. 2. Approval of Minutes 2.1 Minutes of January 29, 2018 Moved by Deputy Mayor McAlary, seconded by Councillor Sullivan: RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of Common Council, held on January 29, 2018, be approved. MOTION CARRIED. .----------1 -I ------1 following items: 17.1 Funding Agreement between the Province of NB and City of Saint John 17.2 Career Transition Funding 17.3 2018 Management/Professional Employee Annual Economic Increase 17.4 Illegal Widening Henderson Lake Road 17.5 District Education Council Letter of Support 17.6 Develop Saint John Secondment 1► 100000114Y1:k]k1119a 4. Disclosures of Conflict of Interest Disclosures of conflict of interest were declared by Councillors Sullivan and Norton on item 17.5 District Education Council Letter of Support. S. Consent Agenda 5.1 That the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to execute the Letter from Province of New Brunswick—Approval of Financial Assistance on the City's behalf. 5.2 That the Letter from Province of New Brunswick - Former Seawood School located at 859 Sand Cove Road (PID 00394809) be referred to the City Manager. 5.3 That the Letter from Province of New Brunswick - Property located at 31 Whitebone Way (PID 55161350) be referred to the City Manager. 5.4 That the Red Knights MotorCycle Club - Request to Present be referred to the Clerk to Schedule. Moved by Deputy Mayor McAlary, seconded by Councillor Sullivan: RESOLVED that the recommendation set out for each consent agenda item be adopted. MOTION CARRIED. 6. Members Comments Council members commented on various community events. 7. Proclamation 7.1 Heritage Week - February 12t" -19t" , 2018 The Mayor declared February 12t"- 19t", 2018 as Heritage Week in the City of Saint John. 8. Delegations/Presentations 9. Public Hearings 6:30 PM 10. Consideration of By-laws 11. Submissions by Council Members 11.1 Early Adopter Program and Local Innovation Presentation (Councillor Norton) 1► IQI[Q0K4YT1aa111•a 11.2 Plumbing Permit for West -Side Residential and Commercial Customers (Councillor Norton) Moved by Councillor Norton, seconded by Councillor Armstrong: RESOLVED that agenda item 11.2 Plumbing Permit for West -Side Residential and Commercial Customers be referred to the City Manager to provide recommendations with regard to alleviating the plumbing permit fee as it relates to the installation of water softeners for residential and commercial customers on the west side. MOTION CARRIED with Councillor Reardon voting nay. 12. Business Matters - Municipal Officers 12.1 City of Saint John - Population Growth Framework Referring to the submitted report entitled City of Saint John - Population Growth Framework, D. Dobbelsteyn outlined the reason for the framework, including the decline in population since the 2016 census, the growth vision, objectives, targets and action highlights 2018-2021. Moved by Deputy Mayor McAlary, seconded by Councillor MacKenzie: RESOLVED that the report entitled Population Growth Framework be received for information. MOTION CARRIED. Councillor Armstrong withdrew from the meeting. 12.2 Performance Reporting and Work Planning Referring to the submitted report entitled Performance Reporting and Work Planning, the City Manager outlined the 2 parts of the report: • 2017 Work Plan - progress and results 2018 Work Plan - agenda, including the impact of the Funding Agreement between the Province and the City. Moved by Deputy Mayor McAlary, seconded by Councillor Sullivan: RESOLVED that the Performance Reporting and Work Planning presentation be received for information. MOTION CARRIED. Councillor Armstrong re-entered the meeting. 13. Committee Reports 14. Consideration of Issues Separated from Consent Agenda 15. General Correspondence The City Manager outlined the impact of the Funding Agreement during the next three years to cover the City's budget shortfall, particularly on front line service levels. Responding to questions, the City Manager commented on the Agreement's commitment to fixing the structural deficit in the long run; this may address the tax rate and tax mechanism. Moved by Councillor Reardon, seconded by Councillor Lowe: RESOLVED that as recommended by the Committee of the Whole, having met on Thursday February 8t", 2018, Council approve the Funding Agreement between the Province of New Brunswick and the City of Saint John as submitted to Common Council at the open session meeting of February 12t", 2018; and further, that the Mayor and Common Clerk be authorized to execute the agreement. MOTION CARRIED. Moved by Councillor Sullivan, seconded by Councillor Merrithew: RESOLVED that the Funding Agreement be referred to the Finance Committee to come back to Council on the implementation of the Agreement. MOTION CARRIED with Deputy Mayor McAlary and Councillors Reardon, MacKenzie, and Lowe voting nay. 17.2 Career Transition Funding Moved by Deputy Mayor McAlary, seconded by Councillor Sullivan: RESOLVED that as recommended by the Committee of the Whole having met on February 12t", 2018, Common Council authorize the Commissioner of Finance to make payment of Career Transition Funding to the "Employee" in an amount equal to one month's pay per year of service or part thereof based on that individual's current salary, together with applicable benefits, less applicable statutory and other deductions, with such payment being conditional upon the receipt of a fully executed Full and Final Release that is satisfactory to the City Manager by a date to be specified by the City Manager. MOTION CARRIED. 17.3 2018 Management/Professional Emglovee Annual Economic Increase Moved by Deputy Mayor McAlary, seconded by Councillor Sullivan: RESOLVED that as recommended by the Committee of the Whole having met on February 12t", 2018, Common Council approve a 2.0% annual adjustment to the City's Management / Professional Pay Scale, retroactive to January 1, 2018. MOTION CARRIED. 17.4 Illegal Widening Henderson Lake Road Moved by Deputy Mayor McAlary, seconded by Councillor Armstrong: RESOLVED that as recommended by the Committee of the Whole having met on February 12t", 2018 Common Council approve the following: RESOLVED that the Citv Solicitor or his designate be authorized to commence and work carried out on Henderson Lake Road, an undeveloped street not open for public use located on the south side of New Brunswick Highway No. 177 in the City of Saint John. 1► [�)f�[�7►[�L1:�:�I��a Councillors Norton and Sullivan withdrew from the meeting. 17.5 District Education Council Letter of Support Moved by Deputy Mayor McAlary, seconded by Councillor MacKenzie: RESOLVED that as recommended by the Committee of the Whole having met on February 12t", 2018 Common Council authorize the submission of the submitted letter of support for the District Education Council recommendation to the Province for the development of a new school in the South End. 1► [0000114L1:k]k1119a Councillors Norton and Sullivan re-entered the meeting. 17.6 Develop Saint John Secondment Moved by Deputy Mayor McAlary, seconded by Councillor Sullivan: RESOLVED that as recommended by the Committee of the Whole having met on February 12t", 2018 Common Council approve the Secondment Agreement respecting Jeffrey Cyr from the City of Saint John to Develop Saint John Inc. and that the Mayor and Common Clerk be authorized to execute same. 1► [0000114L1:k]k1119a 18. Adjournment Moved by Councillor Armstrong, seconded by Councillor MacKenzie: RESOLVED that the meeting of Common Council held on February 12, 2018, be adjourned. MOTION CARRIED. The Mayor declared the meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m. Mayor / maire Common Clerk / greffier communal 71?Nouveau Bruhr" c (:° A N A D Jeff Trail,,+" g City of Saint P.O. Box 1971 Saint"; . resolutionOn behalf of Premier Brian Gallant, thank you for your letter dated January 24, 2018, sharing your Council's encourageamalgamation of the greater Saint John area into one single Saint John regional In regards to amalgamation, our government will support voluntary and community -I restructuring initiatives. I would therefore to its communities neighbouring4 discuss the possibilities around restructuring g a nd pursue further avenuescooperation. underWith regards to the specific financial situation facing the city, our government certainly recognizes that the city is pressure and ficanrecent announcements are aimedyour at helpingaddress some of its challenges. We are hoping that our support will better position Saint John to ensure long-term growth and sustainability. l � i � r I ✓ r .. Serge Rousselle, Q.C. Minister C. Hon. Brian Gallant, P iiuu°miiisteiii"d`tl" iauian Lure lmnaaiiaauaruu-nuuuut:and III ocuall'Gvaau°uwunewut/Il''.umviuuauiraanuauaaaMuauet Goinerneimi2inilsIlocaau R0.Box/Cl 611000 lued'irilooiii Na^ l'auuuiim waaii llat"IIS unga :nun 1311,4uuiawillick VAI, A I 0111114da aa� g1r iia ROTHESAY 12 February 2018 Common Council, City of Saint John 15 Market Square PO Box 1971 Saint John, NB E2L 4L1 Attention: City Clerk Dear Mayor Darling and Common Councillors: Re: Greater Saint John Region - Amalgamation We have read with great interest City Manager Jeff Trail's letter to Premier Gallant requesting a study of amalgamation in the Greater Saint John Region. We note that the issue was not discussed beforehand with the Fundy region towns, nor was the letter copied to the towns. Nevertheless we believe it is most appropriate to respond to the origin of the letter. We wish to make it clear that Rothesay Council does not favour amalgamation, or indeed another study on this issue. Firstly, we do not believe that amalgamation would solve Saint John's problems; and historically, amalgamation does not save money. The real problem is New Brunswick's broken property tax system, and that is where we believe the energies should be focused. Ideally, the City and the Towns should be able to strengthen the case for tax reform by working together in our approach to the Province. Secondly, as I have indicated on several occasions to the media, Rothesay indeed does pay its fair share of Saint John expenses; in the four years 2014-2017, Rothesay contributed $2,746,592 to the regional facilities, and through donations, to other Saint John -based causes. Also, there are a good number of Rothesay residents who, in addition to paying residential taxes to Rothesay, pay non-residential taxes to Saint John, on their business and rental properties. E.acpbre our past. r' Expl irez na tre pa ssd Discover your futuire Dd.c. »uvrez ^ otre p:uvc nir Grand Bay. - Westfield eld & f uuis uzru„ sis . Jhesay St. Martins m a'unt john Kvnptori &loam Rothesay, NH3 d trzadH d EE �5 Ra iles a, "pry„k° 0 y,a l u,rrr+wr thesaraa Saint John Common Council 2 Regional Cooperation Thirdly, we believe that our residents are happy with the level and cost of services they receive. These services are less expensive than those in Saint John; historically, with amalgamation, service costs rise to the highest level in the mix- in this case, they would rise to Saint John levels. Rothesay residents, while they enjoy low tax rates, have very high tax burdens because of their high assessments; further tax increases would simply be untenable We suggest that, if the City is in fact looking to `foster a culture of cooperation rather than competition' with the surrounding municipalities, perhaps a local discussion is the place to start. Rothesay shares Common Council's concerns with the New Brunswick property tax system. We agree that property tax reform should be very high on the provincial agenda: the double taxation and equalization system that exists is unfair. The Town receives no equalization funds from the Province and the average single-family homeowner in Rothesay paid a tax bill more than $400 higher than the average single family homeowner in Saint John last year (a tax bill that was the 2nd highest in the province). With the residential component of the tax base making up more than 90% in Rothesay, our residents are paying directly for the services they receive in a system which is not progressive i.e. a function of income. There are other aspects of Mr. Trail's letter with which we could take issue including some considerations which are omitted. However we do not wish to simply perpetuate and accentuate our disagreements. Rather we invite you to suggest constructive measures for cooperation in the Region to which we would be pleased to respond. Enclosed is an article from Municipal World discussing the concept of amalgamation in Saint John with which some may be familiar. Perhaps the findings are still relevant. In Rothesay we believe that a key task for the current and future provincial governments is reform of the property tax system. We would welcome an opportunity to discuss how Rothesay could work with the City toward this objective. W 12/02/18 Saint John Common Council 3 12/02/18 Regional Cooperation We look forward to your response. Yours truly, Dr. Nancy Grant Mayor Enc. Amalgamation & Its Altematives, September 2016, Municipal World Mayor Clark, Quispamsis Mayor Losier, Grand Bay/Westfie Rothesay Council I 091 Amalgamation & Its Alternatives Case Stud of Saint John, NB Greater Saint John isone ofthe smaller Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs) in Canada. The city has a pop- uiutionof7O.O63and the meinopo|itau region has apopulation nfl27,76l (as per the 2O|| Canadian census). It is an industrial and port city iusouthern New Brunswick, Greater Saint John iaumetropolitan region characterized hyMunicipal frag- mentation, with suburban municipali- ties (Quisparnsis, og-mcnta6mn,a'i1haubudhunmuniripe|i- 6eo((}uiypammia, Rothesay, and Grand Buy'WesUOc|d)guarding their indcpcu- deuce,citing better public ndmiuia1ra- 1ion,qou|i1yofmcrvioem,aod low taxes as reasons for remaining autmnmmoua 6nmthe City o[Saint John. Where the suburban municipalities are relatively affluent, the industrial city iatied with Toronto for the highest rate ofchild poverty in Canada (um per ucoalition of community groups basing their analy- sis oil the Statistics Canada After -Tax Lovv'[ncomemeaaure). This debate — over onno|gumutioo versus municipal independence, over the public adminimtm600pressures o[ auburbonizodoo—were the subject of myPh.[).dissertation, recently com' p|r1edatthc University oFNew Bruns- wick, Upon invitation of Saint John ruoa'wiok,OponiovkmtimnofSuintJmhn mayor Mel Norton and city council, I had the opportunity 0opresent this re- search to the Saint John city council. This article focuses oil two impnr- 1ant1bemcmcomingnotofdbenrmearoh: the debate over local government and anua|gamadon iuGreater Saint Jobo� and its implications more broadly across Canada. The dbemeofgreater municipal control is touched oil as well. In all this, the importooceafmnnd|crcity regions will be central to the analysis. Reports From Goldenberg to Cormier .. The 1950s and lg6Oasaw the ad- vent of suburbanization in Greater d-vcotnfsoborbunizationioGreuter Saint John, with the growth of adjacent municipalities, Lancaster and Simondy. Lancaster was incorporated as o city� and, ioSimonds, there were widespread demands for similar incorporation. This raised concerns about abag- mcu1edre8ioo`vitbpoteo1ioUythrec competing cities inusmall metropoli- tan urea. lnlight ofufailure ofthe munici' po81ica in the region 1nagree uoapath going forward, the province stepped in, commissioning ureport chaired by lawyer H. Carl Goldenberg that recorn- mended arnalgarnation. This recorn- mendation was implemented by the province in |Q67with the City oCSaint John, the City o[Lancaster, and apor- tion of3imondabeinginoorporutcdintm the City o{Saint John. The following decades, however, saw population growth outside the boundup iemof,heamolgomotedcity,cmpecioDy inthe KenncbecumiaValley, renewing concerns about ufragmented mciropo|i' {an region. This highlighted the growing policy importance ofurban and suburban regions loGreater Saint John — and |n New Brunswick oeawhole. While impoverished rural county governments were mprimary focus oflocal government reform inNew Brunswick (the Equal Opportunity rcfonnm centralized power with the provincial govemment),this continued uuburbonizgion in Greater Saint John and the pressures faced bythe city highlighted the growing attention need - ad for urban and suburban areas. /\ series ofprovincial government reports - concerning the province and Saint John —inthe |0DOeand 2OUOm highlighted the growing policy impor- tooccofucbunundaubucbuuregioom. Particularly noteworthy iutile \A97 Cormier Report ouGreater Saint John, which recommcndcdomo|gumuhnnfor the Greater Saint John region. This re- port was stiffly resisted inthe Suburban municipo|6iea— leading the provincial government 0uback off full regional amalgamation. This was oturning point, aamnu- gamationwas essentially taken off the 1u6|c in Greater Saint John. This imucontrast Uo l967`when regional umulgumohunwas carried out with (comparatively) less controversy. The 2OO8Finn Report did not nccommzod regional amo|gamuhnn for Greater Saint John. In addition 10the issue ofomul- Aumatiuo'the issue oflocal control is also worth raising, especially io light of the radical centralization ofauthority brought oil bythe Equal Opportunity HASSAmARIF recently com- pleted huphDinsocmbg at the University oyNew Brunswick in Fredericton. Hehas previous degrees mlaw and political science. Hassan has worked as anewspaper columnist and pol- icy mnsv|tam.mucanfoUow h|monTwitter: @naaanw8 reforms in the 1960s. Another report frow the 1990s worth noting is the Mu- nicipalities Aci KUM- MUVMM7� mittee (MARAQ. This report recom- mended reforming the AlInnicipalities for municipalities to act. This was not acted on by the province. On many issues of obvious local authority for example, dernolishing dilapidated buildings I New Bruns- sion of the province, creating a layer of bureaucracy that makes it difficult for local governments to fulfill their mandates. With cities - including Saint John - as economic engines in the 21 st century, the shortcomings of this structure become obviOLISWhere the Equal Opportunity reforms were based on a distrust of local govern- ments, because of the corruption and ineffectiveness of many local govern- ments in the 1960s, this bureaucratic structure is inadequate for cities and city regions in the 21 st century. As part of the dissertation research, 1 conducted interviews with policy lead- ers in Greater Saint John (elected of- ficials and community activists). The in terviews revealed a city -suburban divid on amalgamation with widespread Support in the city, and strong (though not unanimous) opposition in the sub- urbs. However, there was agreement on the existence of a common regional interest: that the City of Saint John was the employment hub of the region. Academics such as Richard Florida have written on the appeal of dense and mixed -zoned urban centresSaint John has a dense and mixed -Use urban "A0X0**jnj&jn) with a distinctly urba feel. Such a neighbourhood is a draw for younger people who increasingly prefer urban centres, for baby boom- ers looking to downsize to condos an( apartments, and for start-ups, where tl urban loft is gaining popularity over t suburban office park. I it is noteworthy that, in the last Canadian census, the City of Saint John grew after decades Of Population decline. Furthermore, a healthy city centre with good infrastructure and services is good for the image of the region overall, serving as an attraction to new residents and investment, and benefit- ing the region as a whole (city and Suburbs). Could this common regional interest be the basis of regional governance? Regionalist thought is illustrative in giving context to the amalgamation debate; in particular, it highlights that, while amalgamation is one Solution, it is by no means the only Solution to the issue of metropolitan fragmentation. Old regionalists favour the province or state stepping in to consolidate a met- ropolitan region. I . - _. - . . ® I I- - C U F, 7' r& A 118 B. 117 ') n 16 TRENDS, cont'd from p. 18 The severe Cuts to public libraries in Newfoundland and Labrador that were announced in the 2016 provincial budget are the most striking recent example of a restraint measure with major local Cultural impacts. Accord- ino, to the Newfoundland and Labrador Library Board, over half of the prov- ince's libraries will be forced to close unless the municipalities can take over responsibility for them.' The president of the Municipalities of" N eWfOUnd land and Labrador deplored the move, say- ing that many small communities do not have the resources to take over librar- ies and that often in these communities the library is the only place where poor people can get access to the internet.9 In addition, the 2016 budget raised ticket prices and hourly rental fees at arts and Culture centres and introduced a provin- cial sales tax on books. All told, these measures are expected to limit access to Cultural products and services for low income groups in C01111111.111ities across the province. The cultural sector must compete with health care, education, housing, and transportation for limited mu- nicipal dollars, even though the total amount it receives from the public purse is usually Much less. Most Of the sector operates close to the line so that even minor expenditure reductions or freezes by provincial and territo- rial governments can rnean the differ- ence between a full season of concerts or exhibitions and a series of "dark" nights or closed doors. Municipalities have both economic and social reasons to maintain vibrant and accessible Cultural scenes; but, in the face of fis- cal downloading from other orders of government, they may need to be more assertive about these benefits. MW 8 CBC News, "More than half of'N.L. librar- ies closing in wake of budget cuts," April 27, 2016 <www. c be . ca/novs/canada/n ew found- land-labrador/ne%%,roundland-labrador-library- closures- 1 3555133>. 9 Peter Cowan, "Downloading libraries to towns `unfair,' says head of MNL," CBC News, May 12, 2016 «%,N%,%%�.cbc.ca/ne%%,s/canada/ ne%%,I'oiindland-labrador/inni-library-cuts- unfair- 1.357897 1>. WIM An advocate of this approach is for- mer Albuquerque mayor David Rusk, who called for "elastic cities," where municipal boundaries grew with subUr- banization. The 1967 amalgamation of Saint John with Lancaster and a portion of Simonds is an example of this. New regionalists, by contrast, advo- cate bringing together local stakeholders to seek a common forum for rnetropoli- tan cooperation, usually falling short of full regional amalgamation. This could be a potential approach for Greater Saint John in the aftermath of the reac- tion to the 1997 Cormier Report. It is important to consider the range of solutions to the concern of fragrnen- tation of metropolitan regions and to acknowledge that amalgamation is not the Only Solution (and may not even be the best Solution). Saint John is illustrative of the de- bates over amalgamation, especially where there is strong Suburban resis- tance. It is also a case study for local control, given the provincially central- izing nature of the Equal Opportunity reforms. Furthermore, on both issues — local control and amalgamation as well as the broader spectrum Of urban policy, Saint John illustrates that "urban issues" are not just the territory of large cities. Issues of sprawl and subUrbanization, of walkable and dense downtowns, of transit and public administration, are important for smaller and medium-size cities as well. New Brunswick is a prov- ince that is considered "rural," but it is urbanizing and suburbanizing (as seen by the Population growth in both Saint John and suburban QUisparnsis in the last census). In the broader spectrum of the arnal- garnation debate, Saint John illustrates a case where amalgamation is highly contentious, where it could be worth considering other solutions — includ- ing new regionalist -inspired solutions, where a forum for greater cooperation and coordination is considered. In Brit- ish Columbia, regional districts facili- tate a common forum for municipalities 44 MUNICIPAL WORLD SEPTEMBER 2016 36 districts do not constitute another tier of government and offer a means of arnalgarnation. Maybe something similar could work in Saint John? Currently, there a Regional Service Commissions; but, Regional Service Commission covers a broad swath of southern New Bruns wick beyond metropolitan Saint John. Maybe a "regional district" approa as well. It would still be old regional- ist, in the sense it would be a "forced cooperation," but new regionalist in th it offers avenues other than full amaIg mation. On the issue of local control, Saint John (and New Brunswick as a whole dernonstrates the need to recognize th economic and social role of cities. Thi involves an appropriate level of local control. The province's centralizing Equal Opportunity reforms were a hu accomplishment in combating rural equalization benefiting poorer rriunici- vices in areas Such as education. There is a benefit to provincial ove sight, in forcing change where munici palities cannot agree and in centraliza tion of some services. fit the America state of Michigan, the problems of excessive decentralization (with a lac of equalization) are seen in the City o Detroit, which faces higher taxes, poo quality services, and bankruptcy, Whil existing alongside affluent suburban Municipalities. Nonetheless, areas of appropriate local control need to be considered. The benefits and shortcomings of Ne% Brunswick's systern of local govern- ment illustrate this. Overall, examin- ing the debates over amalgamation and local control in Greater Saint Job provides an illustration of the public administration pressures of urbaniza- smaller city regions are important to consider in the urbanist discussion in Canada. IVW February 6, 2018 Your Worship: As the 2018 Order of New Brunswick campaign begins, in my capacity as Chancellor of the Order, I encourage you to advise your colleagues about the existence of the Order and to encourage them to submit nominations for individuals they believe to be qualified for this important honour. The deadline date for nominations is April 15, 2018. As the highest honour awarded in our province, the Order of New Brunswick recognizes individuals who have demonstrated excellence and who have made outstanding contributions to the province's social, cultural or economic fabric. Those who are nominated for the Order of New Brunswick must be Canadian citizens who are present or former long- term residents of New Brunswick and they must have contributed significantly to the social, cultural and/or economic well-being of the province and its residents by demonstrating excellence and achievement in a given area. Representatives presently serving in the House of Commons, the Senate, the Provincial Legislature and judges of any court are not eligible for nomination. You will find information pertaining to the Order of New Brunswick and the nominating process on our website at c on If you have any questions, please contact Lana Tingley Lacroix, our Chief of Protocol and Secretary to the Order of New Brunswick Advisory Council at 506-238-4702. Sincerel The Honourable Jocelyne Roy Vienneau, O.N.B. Lieutenant -Governor of New Brunswick Kul Le 6 f6vrier 2018 Madame la Mairesse, Monsieur le Maire, Puisque nous en sommes au debut de la campagne 2018 de 1'Ordre du Nouveau -Brunswick, en ma qualit6 de Chanceliere de 1'Ordre, je vous invite it porter Pinitiative d la connaissance de vos coll6gues ainsi que les membres de votre collectivitd, et A les encourager a soumettre la candidature de personnes qui, selon eux, meritent de recevoir ce grand honneur. La date limite pour pr6senter des candidatures est le 15 avril 2018. Plus haute distinction honorifique ddcerade par la province, 1'Ordre du Nouveau -Brunswick est remis a des citoyens qui ont fait preuve d'excellence et qui ont contribu6 d'une fagon exceptionnelle a la vie sociale, culturelle ou dconomique de la province. Les personnes dont la candidature est prdsentde en vue d'etre investies de 1'Ordre du Nouveau -Brunswick doivent etre des citoyens canadiens qui sont pr6sentement des residents du Nouveau -Brunswick ou avoir d6je 6th des residents de longue date de notre province et avoir contribud de fagon importante au mieux-6tre de la province et de sa population sur le plan social, culturel ou economique en ayant fait preuve d'excellence et en ayant accompli des realisations peu communes dans un secteur d'activites donne. Les representants illus si6geant pr6sentement a 1'Assemblee legislative du Nouveau -Brunswick, a la Chambre des communes ou au S6nat et les juges de toes les tribunaux ne sont pas admissibles. Pour obtenir d'autres renseignements concernant le processus de mise en candidature it 1'Ordre du Nouveau -Brunswick, veuillez consulter le site web .gn.ca/onb. Si vous avez des questions, veuillez communiquer avec M' Lana Tingley Lacroix, chef du protocole et secrdtaire du Conseil consultatif de 1'Ordre du Nouveau -Brunswick, au 506-238-4702. Je vous prie d'agr6er, Madame la Mairesse, Monsieur le Maire 1'expression de ma consideration respectueuse. La Lieutenante-gouverneure du Nouveau -Brunswick, L'honorable Jocelyne Roy Vienneau, O.N.-B M-11 Work5afe Services Division Division des services de travail skoritaire I Portland Street, PO Box 160 1, rue Portland, (ase postale 160 Saint John, NB ER 3X9 SaintJohn,N3 E2L3X9 Toll-free 1800 222-9775 Sans frals 1800 222-9775 "I Fax 506 738-4050 T&copieur 506 738-4050 NB Web wwwmorksafenb.ca Web mmtravadsecuritairenb.ca February 16'b, 2018 Mayor Don Darling, City of Saint John 15 Market Square PO Box 1971 Saint John, NB E21, 4L Mayor Don Darling: Congratulations to you and the City of Saint John on the recent launch of the Waste Wise initiative and bylaw changes regarding curbside garbage collection. Residents play an important role in the health and safety of waste collectors. Their actions are critical, and education is key to understanding expectations. In New Brunswick, waste collection workers are more than twice as likely to be hurt while on the job and we commend your efforts to help reduce their many risks. We appreciate seeing municipalities, like the City of Saint John, take a proactive role in the safety of their employees. It demonstrates safety leadership and compassion. Please let us know if we can support your efforts with resources or other information by contacting Lynne Duplessis, WorkSafeNB occupational health and safety program analyst, at 506 867-0636 (lynne.duplessis@ws-ts.nb.ca). We wish you the greatest success with your safety endeavours. Once again, thank you for demonstrating that there is a safety leader in each of Lis. Yours truly, Dino Scichilone Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region WorkSafeNB cc: Mr. Jeff Trail, City Manager Ms. Katherine Shannon, Operations Manager, Transportation and Environment Services Ms. Lisa Caissie, Acting Communications Manager 061 COUNCIL REPORT M&C No. 2018-60 Report Date February 21, 2018 Meeting Date February 26, 2018 Service Area Growth and Community Development Services His Worship Mayor Don Darling and Members of Common Council SUBJECT. Proposed Public Hearing Date — 74 Loch Lomond Road, 155 St. John Street, 55 Lansdowne Avenue and 10-40 High Ridge Road OPEN OR CLOSED SESSION This matter is to be discussed in open session of Common Council. AUTHORIZATION Primary Author Commissioner/Dept. HeadL4 City Manager Mark Reade Jacqueline Hamilton m I Jeff Trail RECOMMENDATION That Common Council schedule the public hearing for the rezoning application of Hughes Surveys and Consultants on behalf of Residential Investors and Developers Ltd. (10-40 High Ridge Road) and the Section 59 Amendment applications of Kim Winters and Sherry Garnet (74 Loch Lomond Road), Karl M. Rideout (155 St. John Street), and Plazacorp Property Holdings Inc. (55 Lansdowne Avenue) for Monday April 9, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber, and refer the application to the Planning Advisory Committee for a report and recommendation. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this report is to advise Common Council of the rezoning and Section 59 amendment (formerly Section 39) applications received and to recommend an appropriate public hearing date. The next available public hearing date is Monday April 9, 2018. PREVIOUS RESOLUTION At its meeting of August 3, 2004, Common Council resolved that: 1. the Commissioner of Planning and Development receive all applications for amendments to the Zoning By-law and Section 39 resolutions/agreements and proceed to prepare the required advertisements; and 2. when applications are received a report will be prepared recommending the appropriate resolution setting the time and place for public hearings and be -2 - referred to the Planning Advisory Committee as required by the Community Planning Act. REPORT As provided in Common Council's resolution of August 3, 2004, this report indicates the rezoning and Section 59 amendment applications received and recommends an appropriate public hearing date. Details of the applications are available in the Common Clerk's office and will form part of the documentation at the public hearings. The following applications have been received: Name of Applicant Location Existing Zone Proposed Zone Reason Kim Winters and 74 Loch Lomond General Section 59 To rescind the Sherry Garnett Road Commercial Amendment existing Section 59 Develollers Ltd. (CG) condition relating to the use of the property to permit a retail use Karl M. Rideout 155 St. John General Section 59 To rescind the Street Commercial Amendment existing Section 59 (CG) condition relating to the use of the property to permit a single unit dwelling and supportive Plazacorp 55 Lansdowne General Section 59 To rescind the Property Avenue Commercial Amendment existing Section 59 Holdings Inc. (CG) conditions relating to the use of the STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT While the holding of public hearings for proposed rezoning and Section 59 amendments is a legislative requirement of the Community Planning Act, it is also a key component of a clear and consistent land development processes envisioned in the One Stop Development Shop Program. These processes provide transparency and predictability for the development community and City residents. On a broader note, the development approvals process works towards fulfilling key Council priorities including: !II property to pernut future commercial development Hughes Surveys 10-40 High Future One -Unit To allow for the and Consultants Ridge Road Development Residential development of Inc. on behalf of (FD) (RI) single -unit Residential dwellings Investors and Develollers Ltd. STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT While the holding of public hearings for proposed rezoning and Section 59 amendments is a legislative requirement of the Community Planning Act, it is also a key component of a clear and consistent land development processes envisioned in the One Stop Development Shop Program. These processes provide transparency and predictability for the development community and City residents. On a broader note, the development approvals process works towards fulfilling key Council priorities including: !II -3- • ensuring Saint John has a competitive business environment for investment, • supporting business retention and attraction; and • driving development in accordance with PlanSJ which creates the density required for efficient infrastructure and services. SERVICE AND FINANCIAL OUTCOMES The scheduling of the public hearing and referral to the Planning Advisory Committee satisfies the legislative and service requirements as mandated by the Community Planning Service. INPUT FROM OTHER SERVICE AREAS AND STAKEHOLDERS Not Applicable ATTACHMENTS None :1 PA, COUNCIL REPORT M&C No. 2018-59 Report Date February 16, 2018 Meeting Date February 26, 2018 Service Area Growth and Community Development Services His Worship Mayor Don Darling and Members of Common Council SUBJECT: Proposed Zoning By-law Amendments —Cannabis Businesses OPEN OR CLOSED SESSION This matter is to be discussed in open session of Common Council. AUTHORIZATION Primary Author Commissioner/Dept. HeadL4 City Manager Mark Reade Jacqueline Hamilton m I Jeff Trail RECOMMENDATION That Common Council refer the proposed text amendment to the Zoning By-law relating to cannabis businesses to the Planning Advisory Committee for a report and recommendation and set a Public Hearing date of April 9, 2018. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this report is to advise Common Council of the upcoming legislation, the New Brunswick approach to the retail sale of recreational cannabis and suggested amendments to the City's Zoning By-law related to the establishment of cannabis related businesses. PREVIOUS RESOLUTION At its meeting of April 3, 2017, Common Council resolved to: Direct Growth and Community Development Staff to report back to Common Council regarding the proposed Federal Legislation and its implications for the Zoning By-law following the introduction of the legislation in the House of Commons. REPORT As provided in Common Council's resolution of April 3, 2017, this report outlines the proposed approach to the retail sale of recreational cannabis in New Brunswick and implications for the City's Zoning By-law. !191 -2 - The federal government's Cannabis Act, which has received first reading in the Senate, sets out federal areas of responsibility and delegates some areas of responsibility to the provinces. Federal jurisdiction includes the licensing and oversight of commercial producers for recreation and medical cannabis with Provincial jurisdiction of the retailing and distribution of recreational cannabis within a framework set by the Federal Government. New Brunswick's Retail Model The Province of New Brunswick has adopted a retail model that will establish a Crown Corporation, as a subsidiary of the New Brunswick Liquor Corporation, to sell recreational cannabis in New Brunswick. A tender was issued by the New Brunswick Liquor Corporation (ANBL) in late -2017 for leased space for cannabis retail outlets in various locations in the Province. Two sites have been awarded for cannabis retail outlets in Saint John: • 168 Rothesay Avenue (Atlantic Superstore) • 55 Lansdowne Avenue (Lansdowne Plaza). Site selection criteria provided in the tender document require the following separation distances and location constraints: 300 metre separation distance from schools; 300 metre separation distance from playgrounds with play equipment intended for children to use; and obscured line of sight from licensed daycares. Both of the sites in Saint John meet the separation requirements contained in the ANBL tender. The sale of cannabis is currently illegal until Federal Legislation comes into effect which is expected to occur in June. This timeline for Federal legislation provides for sales to begin in August or September. In order to allow for the retail outlets to be constructed prior to the legalization date, major New Brunswick municipalities have considered the proposed ANBL outlets as a retail use for the purpose of issuing building permits. Proposed Zoning By -Law Amendments Municipal Approaches to Cannabis Businesses Growth and Community Development Staff have reviewed best practices across Canada and the United States with respect to regulating the cannabis industry from a land use perspective. Planning staff have also participated in presentations and submissions to the Provincial Select Committee on Cannabis through the New Brunswick Planning Directors and consulted with planning staff in Moncton and Fredericton regarding their approach to regulating cannabis -related land uses including production, processing and retail sales. !ElI -3 - This is an evolving area of land use planning as many municipalities in Canada are currently developing standards and regulations around land uses associated with recreational cannabis and have yet to enact them given the pending legalization. The Province of Manitoba has recently produced a guide for municipalities (attached) which provides guidance regarding the approach to zoning for cannabis retail uses including location and buffering considerations, hours or operation, signage and parking. On the basis of the research undertaken by staff, a range of approaches are considered for municipalities to regulate cannabis related businesses: 1. A permissive approach which involves interpreting cannabis related businesses as uses that are currently permitted by a municipality's zoning by-law. For example cannabis retail would be interpreted as a commercial use such as general retail, with processing and large-scale production being interpreted as a permitted industrial use such as a laboratory in the case of cannabis processing and manufacturing in the case of cannabis production. Some municipalities in New Brunswick are taking this approach. 2. An intermediate proactive approach which involves providing a clear, definitive framework for land use regulation that permits these uses in appropriate zones with defined standards. This approach involves defining the specific uses such as cannabis production, cannabis processing and cannabis retail and outlining associated standards for these uses such as designating where these uses can be located in the community as a permitted use subject to specific standards in the zoning by-law. 3. A controlled approach which requires a public approval process for each business location. This is accomplished through a conditional use approval by a municipality's Planning Advisory Committee or through a rezoning process to a specialized zone which requires the approval of Common Council. Growth and Community Development Staff are recommending the City pursue a proactive, intermediate approach to these emerging land uses. This approach will provide a clear, predictable framework for investors while ensuring a degree of control at the local level to minimize the impact on adjacent land uses and align with the overall regulatory framework of controlling the sale and distribution to limit the broader risks of youth exposure and health and safety impacts. This approach will involve amendments to the Zoning By-law to recognize the retail sale of cannabis as a land use given the pending legalization framework established by the Federal and Provincial Governments. The proposed by-law amendments involve the following: • Defining cannabis retail as a specific use and permitting it in select commercial zones subject to spacing requirements which require a separation distance -4 - between cannabis retail outlets and K-12 schools and other cannabis retail outlets. The guidance document prepared by Manitoba notes typical separation distances of 150 metres to 300 metres between cannabis related facilities and schools and other cannabis related facilities. Staff are recommending a separation distance of 300 metres between schools and cannabis retail facilities based on regulations in Colorado, Washington State and Vancouver. In addition, staff are recommending that a spacing of 1000 metres be required between a cannabis retail store and another cannabis retail store to control the number of these uses. Staff note that the 1000 metre distance is a reasonable distance between the major retail areas within the City. • Defining cannabis -related processing and production as a specific use and permitting these activities in select commercial and industrial zones. Proposed Definitions The proposed by-law amendment also introduces definitions for Cannabis, Cannabis Retail, Cannabis Processing Facility, and Cannabis Production Facility. With respect to cannabis production, staff recommend the current definition of a Medical Marijuana Production Facility be amended to a Cannabis Production Facility that would cover the production of cannabis for both medical and recreational consumption. The proposed definitions are provided below: "Cannabis means cannabis as defined by the Government of Canada, pursuant to the Cannabis Act." "Cannabis Processing Facility" means any use of land, building, or structure involving: (a) the processing of raw Cannabis materials; (b) the making, testing, manufacturing, assembling or in any way altering the chemical or physical properties of semi -finished or finished goods and products involving cannabis; or (c) the storage or transhipping of materials, goods and products; A cannabis processing facility includes, but is not limited to the laboratory testing, extraction and purification of cannabinoids; research and development and the production of pharmaceutical -like products. "Cannabis Production Facility" means a facility and premises authorized by a license issued by the Government of Canada, pursuant to the Cannabis Act for growing, producing, testing, destroying, storing, or distribution of cannabis but does not include the retail sale of cannabis or cannabis related products." "Cannabis Retail" means the sale of cannabis or cannabis related products to the general public." -5 - Staff also recommend the review and amendment of other definitions in the Zoning By- law so that retail, processing and production facilities for cannabis cannot be interpreted as other commercial, industrial or agricultural uses. A similar approach was taken with the previous amendments for Medical Marijuana Production Facilities. Proposed Locations and Spacing Considerations Cannabis Retail Staff are proposing that Cannabis Retail be permitted use in the following commercial zones: • Uptown Commercial (CU), • Corridor Commercial (CC), • Regional Commercial (CR), • Campus Research Commercial (CRC),and • General Commercial (CG). These zones are proposed for cannabis retail as the intent of these zones is to provide for medium to large-scale commercial developments, particularly retail uses. Staff are recommending that the use not be permitted in the following zones: • Business Park Commercial (CBP), • Waterfront Commercial (CW), • Mixed Commercial (CM), • Local Commercial (CL), and • Rural General Commercial (CRG). The recommendation of not allowing cannabis retail as a permitted use in the Business Park Commercial (CBP) zone is based on intent of this zone being primarily for larger - scale employment uses including post -secondary education and health-care and not retail uses. The cannabis retail use is also not recommended to be permitted in the Mixed Commercial (CM), Local Commercial (CL), and Rural General Commercial (CRG) zones as these zones are intended for commercial uses they serve the daily needs of surrounding residential neighbourhoods. Given this intent for a smaller -scale retail use and their proximity to predominantly residential areas, Staff are not recommending cannabis retail as a permitted use in these zones. Staff are also proposing that cannabis retail uses be subject to a separation distance from schools and from other cannabis retail outlets. Staff note providing a separation distance from schools is common in other areas where cannabis has been legalized and has been a consideration in other Canadian jurisdictions. In addition, the recent tendering process conducted by ANBL required these locations be located 300 metres from schools. Given this, staff recommend that a provision be added to the zoning by- law that will require cannabis retail stores to be located a minimum distance of 300 metres away from of a lot containing a school (K -12) and that this requirement be measured between the property lines of the two sites. -6 - Staff also recommend that a provision be added to the zoning by-law requiring a cannabis retail store to be located a minimum distance of 1000 metres away from another cannabis retail store. This requirement, measured between the property lines of the two properties, is intended to prevent a proliferation of these uses in a general area. While the retail outlets are currently proposed to be established and controlled through a subsidiary of the New Brunswick Liquor Corporation, adoption of the proposed approach will provide a regulatory framework to provide defined locations for retail outlets within designated commercial areas should privatization of the market occur. The approach of regulating these uses through the zoning by-law will provide for these retail outlets to be located in commercial areas, consistent with best practices from other areas in North America where cannabis has been legalized. This approach seeks to minimize their impacts such as traffic and potentially odour on adjacent land uses by locating these facilities in commercial areas. The proposed separation distance from schools is consistent with the intent of proposed Federal and Provincial legislation to reduce accessibility and visibility of the products to youth. Cannabis Processing Facility Cannabis production and processing have been identified as a key sector where the Province, through Opportunities New Brunswick, is focusing economic development efforts. This sector also presents an economic development opportunity for Saint John as shown by the recent application by Nuvera to establish a cannabis processing facility in the city. Staff are proposing that Cannabis Processing facilities, as defined by the proposed amendment, be permitted use in the following commercial and industrial zones: • Uptown Commercial (CU), • Regional Commercial (CR), • Campus Research Commercial (CRC), • Business Park Commercial (CBP), • Light Industrial (IL), and • Medium Industrial (IM). This approach is recommended as these zones permit the similar use of a research and development facility. Cannabis Production Facilities In 2017, The City's Zoning By-law was amended to allow for Medical Marijuana Production Facilities in the Medium Industrial (IM) and Heavy Industrial (IH) zones. Given this Staff are recommending the Zoning By-law be amended to replace the reference to "Medical Marijuana Production Facility" to "Cannabis Production Facility" in the zoning by-law. This will allow for large-scale production facilities for both medical !E:3 and recreational cannabis as a permitted use in the Medium Industrial (IM) and Heavy Industrial (IH) zones. The current spacing and site design requirements for the medical marijuana production facilities will apply to the cannabis production facilities. These requirements: (a) limit all functions associated with the use to be conducted within a completely enclosed building; (b) prohibit outdoor storage associated with the facility; and (c) require a separation distance of 150 metres between a production facility and any residential zone or a lot containing an existing public or private school measured to the property line. Next Steps The proposed regulatory approach for cannabis business is a balanced approach to attract investment, while ensuring these land uses are located in appropriate locations.. It will provide clarity to investors and align with Provincial economic development efforts. Importantly, the proposed framework will also provide locations for these facilities which will minimize impacts on adjacent land uses and ensure land use compatibility. Should Common Council choose to proceed with the amendments, the matter could be referred to the Planning Advisory Committee's (PAC) meeting of March 20. This would provide the following timeline for by-law adoption: • February 26 Common Council Refers the matter to PAC and sets a Public Hearing date of April 9, 2018. • March 20 PAC Meeting • April 9 Public Hearing • April 23 Third Reading The Zoning By -Law amendment process will include advertisements on the City's website in accordance with the requirements of the Community Planning Act notifying the Public of the proposed amendment and Public Hearing date. STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT This approach works towards fulfilling key Council priorities including: • ensuring Saint John has a competitive business environment for investment, • supporting business retention and attraction; and • driving development in accordance with PlanSJ which creates the density reuired for efficient infrastructure and services. SERVICE AND FINANCIAL OUTCOMES The proposed by-law amendments would allow for these emerging land uses to be located so that impacts on surrounding and sensitive land uses are managed. INPUT FROM OTHER SERVICE AREAS AND STAKEHOLDERS The City Solicitor's Office reviewed this report. ATTACHMENTS Zoning for Cannabis: A Guide for Manitoba Municipalities 6119] 51 61 All levels of government are working together in order for the legalization of cannabis to be successful. Municipalities have a unique perspective to offer on the legal and regulatory framework for cannabis use. Manitoba Municipal Relations has prepared this resource guide to assist Manitoba municipalities with proposed cannabis facilities to amend their existing zoning bylaw to regulate the siting and operation of cannabis production and retail within their communities. The government will not dictate the approach but rather outline options available to planning authorities to be more or less permissive of cannabis -related facilities. We also encourage municipalities to contact their local Community and Regional Planning office for assistance in amending their bylaws. 6•"51! Table of Contents Preface Page i Introduction Page 1 Areas of Responsibility Page 2 Legislative Framework Federal Page 3 Provincial Page 5 Municipal Considerations Page 7 Zoning for Retail Cannabis Stores Page 9 Appendices Appendix A: Provincial Retail Models Page 13 Appendix B: FAQs Page 14 Appendix C: Jurisdictional Review Page 15 Appendix D: Community and Regional Planning Page 17 Contact Information Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information within this guide. In the event of a discrepancy between this guide and governing legislation or local bylaws, the legislation and bylaws will take precedence. 6V Introduction The federal government has committed to legalize cannabis. The Cannabis Act, if passed, would make it legal to produce, use and sell cannabis across Canada by July 2018. The Government of Canada's goal for legalizing, strictly regulating and restricting access to cannabis is to keep cannabis out of the hands of Canadian youth, and to prevent organized crime form continuing to profit from the illegal cannabis market. Each level of government will have various responsibilities, as well as have some shared areas of responsibility (Table 1). The federal government will continue to provide oversight of the medical cannabis regime, as well as set the rules around possession limits, advertising, trafficking, advertising, the tracking of seed to sale, establishing minimum age limits and personal cultivation. The provincial and territorial governments will govern many aspects of the legalization framework, including wholesale and retail distribution, and selection of a retail model. Provinces will also have the ability to set more restrictive age or possession limits. Municipal regulations will stem from the federal and provincial frameworks. Although the legal framework for cannabis has not been finalized, municipal governments will play an important role in local implementation. This document summarizes current planning approaches for cannabis -related facilities and provides zoning options for municipalities. 67� Areas of Responsibility Each level of government will have various responsibilities, as well as have some shared areas of responsibility (Table 1). The federal government will continue to provide oversight of the medical cannabis regime, as well as set the rules around possession limits, advertising, trafficking, advertising, the tracking of seed to sale, establishing minimum age limits and personal cultivation. The provincial and territorial governments will govern many aspects of the legalization framework, including wholesale and retail distribution, and selection of a retail model. Provinces will also have the ability to set more restrictive age or possession limits. Municipal governments will play a key role in land use planning and zoning for cannabis -related facilities. Table 1. Jurisidicitional responsibilities for the different levels of government. 2 57 -•-ral Provincial Municipal Possession limits Trafficking Advertisement and packaging V Impaired driving Medical cannabis V Seed -to -sale tracking system N/ Production (cultivation and processing) V Age limit (federal minimum) Public health V V Education N/ N/ Taxation V V Home cultivation (growing plants at home) Workplace safety V Distribution and wholesaling Retail model V Retail location and rules N/ N/ Regulatory compliance V Public consumption Land use planning and zoning V 2 57 Legislative Framework Federal Legislation Bill C-45 The Cannabis Act Medical cannabis was first legalized in Canada in 1999 under the Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulation (ACMPR). It is available only with a medical prescription and currently 70,000 Canadians have prescriptions. Medical cannabis can only be purchased through mail order. The medical cannabis regime will continue to operate in parallel to the recreational cannabis sector. The Cannabis Act will decriminalize recreational cannabis and provide for the federal government to continue licensing producers, just as it licenses producers for the medical market. The sale of recreational cannabis and related public health and safety responsibilities are delegated to the provinces and territories. Bill C-45 will legislate the following: 1. Possession and use of cannabis: The minimum age is 18 years or older to possess cannabis and adults may possess up to 30 grams of dried legal cannabis in a public place and may grow up to four plants per household to a maximum height of 100 cm. Provinces will have the ability to introduce more stringent rules, such as increasing the minimum age, setting lower limits for the amount that can be possessed in a public place, and a reduction in the amount of permitted plants. 3 2. Illegal activities: There will be strict criminal penalties for anyone operating outside of the legal system. Minor offences (such as carrying more than 30 grams but less than 50 grams) will carry a $200 fine. 3. Restrictions on advertising, promotions and packaging: The advertising, packaging and labelling cannot be appealing to youth and cannot contain false or misleading promotion. The display of cannabis and accessories at the point of sale will also be restricted. 4. Commercial production: Health Canada will continue to license the commercial production, import, export and sale of cannabis. Licensed producers can grow and sell product for both the medical and recreational markets. 5. Retail of recreational cannabis: Provinces and territories will be given the authority for the sale of recreational cannabis which will allow them to determine their own regime for distribution and retail, as well as the regulation and inspection of those outlets. 6. Protection of public health and safety: The Non- smokers' Health Act will be amended to prohibit the smoking and vaping of cannabis in regulated places, similar to the restrictions in place for tobacco smoking. 6'1:3 7. Edible cannabis products: Bill C-45 does not address edible and drinkable cannabis products although the federal government has indicated its intent to introduce legislation around edibles soon after Bill C-45 is proclaimed. Edible products will not be legal for retail sale. 4. Cannabis products: Rules and standards will be established for the production of cannabis products to enable retailers to provide products with known potency, reduce the appeal to the youth market, and to prevent the accidental consumption of cannabis by young persons. Proposed Federal Cannabis Regulations To support the implementation of the proposed Act, 5 regulations would need to be enacted in a number of areas. The federal government is proposing to build upon the established regulatory requirements that are currently in place for medical producers. The proposed regulations will address: 1. Licences, permits and authorizations: Cultivation, processing, sale(federal level), analytical testing, import/export and research will require federal licensing. 2. Security clearances: Personnel associated with licences issued by Health Canada will be required to hold a valid security clearance. 3. Cannabis tracking system: Cannabis will be tracked throughout the supply chain to prevent the diversion of cannabis into, and out of, the legal market. Packaging and labelling: Packaging and labelling requirements would promote informed consumer choice and allow for the safe handling and transportation of cannabis. Strict limits on the use of colours, graphics, and other special characteristics to reduce the appeal to youth are also proposed. 6. Cannabis for medical purposes: A distinct system for medical cannabis will be maintained to continue to provide patients with reasonable access to cannabis for medical purposes. 7. Health products and cosmetics containing cannabis: The use of cannabis -derived ingredients in cosmetics is currently prohibited but the regulations propose that cosmetics containing cannabis -derived ingredients would be subject to the provisions of the proposed Cannabis Act. 6'1%] G! Legislative Framework Provincial Legislation On November 7, 2017 the Province announced that it will adopt a hybrid retail and distribution model. The Liquor and Gaming Authority and the Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corporation will play key roles in the sale and distribution of cannabis. Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Authority The role and mandate of the Liquor and Gaming Authority (LGA) will be expanded to include cannabis. All retail cannabis stores will be required to apply to the LGA for a licence. As part of this licensing requirement, the LGA will ensure that the retail stores comply with all applicable municipal bylaws and zoning requirements, and that the applicant has obtained all required licences, permits and approvals. They will be responsible for licensing cannabis stores and distributors, and its inspectors would be responsible for compliance enforcement. The licence terms and conditions may include requirements pertaining to sales areas, storage facilities and security requirements. Licencing will also include criminal background checks of the applicant. Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corporation (MBLL) MBLL will be responsible for acquiring all cannabis for retail sale, and only cannabis sourced through them may be sold. To do so, they will: 1. work closely with licensed producers to coordinate production and delivery cycles consistent with demand; 2. offer secure, safe onsite storage and shipment of cannabis products: 3. be authorized to enter into agreements with licensed cannabis distributors; 4. assume responsibility for the administration of retail orders and procurement of supply; and ensure suppliers provide product in retail ready packaging. iI Bill 25: The Cannabis Harm Prevention Act Bill 25 amended several Acts to address health or safety concerns arising from the legalization of cannabis. The amended Acts included: 1. Part 1—The Child Sexual Exploitation and Human Trafficking Act: Cannabis is expressly stated to be a controlled substance. 2. Part 2 —The Drivers and Vehicles Act: Permits the registrar of motor vehicles to suspend the licence of a driver if the person receives a 24-hour roadside suspension for being under the influence of a drug. 3. Part 3 —The Highway Traffic Act: Creates restrictions on the transportation of cannabis in motorized vehicles and prohibits the consumption of cannabis in motorized vehicles. Also permits an officer to implement a 24-hour roadside suspension when the officer believes on reasonable grounds that the person is under the influence of a drug. 4. Part 4 —The Mental Health Act: Cannabis is expressly listed as an intoxicant and a prohibition on providing intoxicants to residents in a mental health facility still applies when cannabis is legalized. 5. Part 5 —The Non -Smokers Health Protection Act: Prohibits people from smoking cannabis in enclosed public places. 6. Part 6 —The Off -Road Vehicles Act: Creates similar transportation and consumption prohibitions for off-road vehicles. 7. Part 7 —The Public Schools Act: Cannabis is added to the list of prohibited products. Bill 25 received royal assent in June 2017. Parts 2, 3, 5, and 6 of the Act will come into force on a day to be fixed by proclamation. C0i] Bi/111: The Safe and Responsible Retailing of Cannabis Act Bill 11 amends The Liquor and Gaming Control Act and The Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corporation Act to authorize and regulate the retail sale of cannabis in Manitoba. This Bill sets the framework for Manitoba's private retail model by legislating: 1. The Liquor and Gaming Authority of Manitoba to be renamed the Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Authority of Manitoba which will now be responsible for licensing cannabis stores and cannabis distributors. sell cannabis that has been grown by federally authorized producers. 3. The Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corporation (MLCC) will acquire cannabis for resale. All cannabis sold in cannabis retail stores must been purchased from MLCC. 4. A municipality may hold a plebiscite to prohibit the sale of cannabis from a cannabis store in the municipality. The plebiscite may be held before January 1, 2022 on a date specified by council. 2. Cannabis may only be sold by a person who holds Bill 11 was given First Reading December 5, 2017 a retail licence. The holder of a retail license must and will come into force on a day to be fixed by ensure that the operation does not contravene proclamation. a municipal by-law. Cannabis stores may only 6 61 Municipal Considerations Municipalities have the authority to regulate land use and businesses through their zoning bylaws. The following is a checklist of planning and siting criteria for proponents and municipalities to consider when determining the siting of a cannabis -related facility. item. A public hearing is required to consider a zoning bylaw amendment or conditional use application. However, given that retail outlets in 15 to 20 of the 137 municipalities could service 90 per cent of the provincial population, municipalities may want to wait until they get an actual retail proposal before On the following pages, zoning bylaw options are determining how they choose to amend their zoning provided for cannabis retail stores each checklist bylaw. Municipal Considerations Municipal zoning bylaws should include definitions that are synonymous with the proposed federal and provincial legislation. Not all of the following terms will be necessary for a zoning bylaw but explain common terms for the various types of cannabis - related facilities. Zoning For Retail Cannabis Stores The following are some options for municipalities to consider when for zoning for retail cannabis stores. While it is difficult to predict the number of indoor like any other industrial uses in the local zoning bylaw. Security considerations and the like for such uses will be considered as part of the federal licensing process cultivation of cannabis and cannabis warehousing and for cannabis cultivation operations and as part of the distribution facilities establishing in Manitoba, the Department recommends that these uses be treated Siting provincial licensing process for cannabis warehousing facilities. 9 64 Buffering Hours of Operation Zoning For Retail Cannabis Stores ARI 10 Zoning For Retail Cannabis Stores Signs and lighting Parking 66 Appendices Cil Appendix A: Provincial Retail Models The provinces and territories are required to implement a cannabis retail and distribution model by July 1, 2018. There are essentially two retail model options including: 1. Public model: A public model would involve government operated stores analogous to the way alcohol is currently sold and distributed in most provinces. Cannabis products would be sold in stand-alone retail outlets apart from current liquor outlets. 2. Private model: A private model would permit businesses licensed by the provincial government to operate as cannabis retail stores. The provincial government would establish a licensing, compliance, inspection and enforcement program. All provinces and territories have undertaken public consultations. As shown in Table 2, some jurisdictions are proceeding with a public retail model (including Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and the Yukon), some with the private retail model (including Alberta, Manitoba and Newfoundland Labrador), and the remaining provinces and territories are unknown at this time. Table 2. Provincial cannabis retail models. Location Retail Model Public—T—p—rivate I Unknown British Columbia V Alberta Saskatchewan � V Manitoba Ontario V Quebec N/ New Brunswick ! V Nova Scotia N/ Prince Edward Island V Newfoundland Labrador N/ Yukon V Northwest Territories N/ Nunavu# V 13 68 1' Will Provincial Planning be providing advice to planning districts and municipalities regarding how to interpret their zoning bylaws? Yes. Municipal Relations Community and Regional Planning Branch iaalways available to provide municipalities with zoning bylaw assistance. The branch iacurrently developing guidelines for municipalities with respect tocannabis zoning that will circulated tomunicipalities through the AMM in the coming weeks. 2' Is there a local say inwhether production, in federally licenced facilities, is subject bolocal approval processes? 4 Health Canada licences producers. Producers must comply with provincial and municipal bylaws aapart ofHC's licencing process, aothere is opportunity for local input via bylaws, zoning, and permitting processes. Information about HC's process iafound online here: 3' 0ofederally licenced facilities need bobe constructed under local building permit, ex: local building bylaw and Manitoba Building Code or are they inspected by some other authority? It may be the MBOAnni|| bp/is discussing this with the CIFC? Licensed facilities are subject to local building permit requirements, including inspections. HC's Appendix w FA �~ requirements can befound here: . Details ofwhat toexpect federally can befound here: gc.caldhp-mps/marihuana/info/licenced producer and also here: Will retail facilities include only sales, or will they provide facilities for consumption inarestaurant style setting? The current Request for Proposals addresses storefront and online sales only. Consumption cafes, if considered in the future, would be handled through a separate process and ata later date when demand iamore fully understood or begins tomature. |tiaexpected that municipalities will play role in this process. S. How should indoor and outdoor cannabis cultivation be addressed inthe municipal zoning |twill benecessary todifferentiate between indoor and outdoor cannabis cultivation. Outdoor cultivation may betreated aaanagricultural use. The provisions ofthe agricultural zone would apply. Specialized agricultural operations, such aa greenhouses, may include cannabis cultivation. However, the Manitoba climate may make a greenhouse cannabis operation cost prohibitive. Indoor cultivation may betreated aaanindustrial use. Indoor cultivation may be a permitted or conditional inone, some orall industrial zones. 14 Appendix C: Jurisdictional Review Canada Some Canadian municipalities have updated their best for their municipality: cannabis -related uses zoning bylaws in anticipation of the legalization of cannabis, as well as to accommodate legal medical cannabis operations. The various municipalities have taken different approaches to achieve the result 15 permitted within existing zones; as a new defined use with specific provisions; or as a site-specific zoning bylaw amendment. 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Piney ou Caltwirighl, Slail anklin Roblin A lcrm E, mom 72 Appendix D: Community and Regional Planning (CRP) Offices Beausejour Portage Box 50, L01-20 First Street 1-2210 Saskatchewan Ave W Beausejour MB ROE OCO Portage la Prairie MB R1N 0X1 Phone: 204-268-6058 Phone: 204-239-3348 Brandon Selkirk (Interlake) 1B-2010 Currie Boulevard 103-235 Eaton Avenue Brandon MB R7B 4E7 Selkirk MB R1A OW7 Phone : 204-726-6267 Phone: 204-785-5090 Dauphin Steinbach 27 -2nd Avenue S.W. 240-323 Main Street Dauphin MB R7N 3E5 Steinbach MB R5G 1Z2 Phone: 204-622-2115 Phone: 204-346-6240 Morden Thompson Box 50075 604-800 Portage Avenue 536 Stephen St, Unit A Winnipeg MB R3G ON4 Morden MB R6M 1T7 Phone: 204-945-4988 Phone: 204-822-2840 rm rX Manitoba Municipal Relations Community and Regional Planning manitoba.ca January 2o18 COUNCIL REPORT M&C No. 2018-46 Report Date February 20, 2018 Meeting Date February 26, 2018 Service Area Saint John Water His Worship Mayor Don Darling and Members of Common Council SUBJECT: Project Update: Fundy Heights SCADA Tower OPEN OR CLOSED SESSION This matter is to be discussed in open session of Common Council. AUTHORIZATION Primary Author Commissioner/Dept. HeadCity Manager Jodi Stringer -Webb Brent McGovern /Brian Keenan Jeff Trail RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that this report be received and filed. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this report is to inform Council on the status of the Fundy Heights SCADA Tower project. PREVIOUS RESOLUTION November 14, 2016; 2017 Water & Sewerage Utility Fund Capital Program Approved. March 6, 2017; 2017 Water & Sewerage Utility Fund Capital and General Fund (Transportation & Storm Categories) Capital Program Adjustments Approved. September 5, 2017; Public Information Session: Fundy Heights SCADA Tower Received and Filed. November 14th, 2017; 2017-544501P — Fundy Heights SCADA Tower design, supply and installation contract approved. STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT This report aligns with Council's Priority for Valued Service Delivery, specifically as it relates to investing in sustainable City services and municipal infrastructure. 01 -2 - REPORT Monitoring of the City's Water and Sewer facilities relies on a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system. This SCADA system monitors the City's water and sewer facilities 24 hours a day. The approved Water & Sewerage Utility Fund Capital Program includes a project for upgrades to the City's SCADA system. As part of these upgrades, a new 45 metre tall tower is required. This new tower will be located at the site of the existing Lancaster water tank located at Civic # 685 Fundy Drive. Along with upgrading the City's SCADA system, the tower will also allow the City to continue to receive the benefit of leasing tower space to cellular providers. The tower has additional cellular capacity accounted for in the structural design to allow for future leasing opportunities. Staff held a Public Information Session on September 7t", 2017 to allow local residents an opportunity to view the project drawings, ask questions and give their feedback. The Public Information Session notice was hand delivered door to door in the project area as well as advertised and a copy is attached. Construction began on January 22, 2018 with ground work and foundation preparation. Steel sections for the tower are expected to arrive onsite February t 26" with the erection by crane beginning on the 27t". The 45 metre lattice style self supported tower is expected to be fully erect by March 23rd, 2018 weather dependent. SERVICE AND FINANCIAL OUTCOMES This tower will result in improved connectivity for the City's SCADA system. The approved 2017 Water & Sewerage Utility Fund Capital program includes funding for the design, construction and construction management components of the project. Partial funding for this project will come from the Clean Water Wastewater Fund. INPUT FROM OTHER SERVICE AREAS AND STAKEHOLDERS N/a ATTACHMENTS Public Information Session Notice NQ PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION FUNDY HEIGHTS — SCADA TOWER Monitoring of the City's water and sewer facilities relies on a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system. This SCADA system monitors the City's water and sewer facilities 24 hours a day. As part of planned upgrades to the City's SCADA system, a new telecommunications tower is being constructed. This will be a lattice style tower with a height of 45 metres. The new tower will be located at the site of the existing Lancaster water tank located at Civic # 685 Fundy Drive. The project is anticipated to begin in the Fall of 2017 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2017. This project is part of the City's ongoing commitment to continually improve its infrastructure and is included in the 2017 City of Saint John Water & Sewerage Utility Fund Capital Program. Representatives from the City of Saint John and the project design team from Varcon Inc. — Consulting Engineers will be available to answer questions related to the project. The public is invited to attend an information session on this project on the following date and times: Date: Thursday, September 7t", 2017 Place: Hillcrest Baptist Church, 476 Lancaster Avenue Time: 2:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. — 8:00 p.m. For further information about this project, contact the City of Saint John at (506) 658- 4455. NO COUNCIL REPORT M&C No. 2018-45 Report Date February 14, 2018 Meeting Date February 26, 2018 Service Area Saint John Water His Worship Mayor Don Darling and Members of Common Council SUBJECT. Contract No. 2017-25: Sanitary Sewer System — CSO-SSO Controls Phase 11 OPEN OR CLOSED SESSION This matter is to be discussed in open session of Common Council. AUTHORIZATION Primary Author Commissioner/Dept. Head City Manager Joel Landers Brent McGovern/Brian Keenan Jeff Trail RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that Contract No. 2017-25: Sanitary Sewer System — CSO-SSO Controls Phase II be awarded to the low Tenderer, Fairville Construction Ltd., at the tendered price of $187,239.55 (including HST) as calculated based upon estimated quantities, and further that the Mayor and Common Clerk be authorized to execute the necessary contract documents. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this report is to recommend that Council award Contract 2017- 25: Sanitary Sewer System — CSO-SSO Controls Phase II to the low Tenderer. PREVIOUS RESOLUTION November 14, 2016; 2017 Water & Sewerage Utility Fund Capital Program Approved. March 6, 2017; 2017 Water & Sewerage Utility Fund and General Fund Capital Program Adjustments Approved. STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT This report aligns with Council's Priority for Valued Service Delivery, specifically as it relates to investing in sustainable City services and municipal infrastructure. N-11 -2 - REPORT BACKGROUND The approved 2017 Water and Sewerage Utility Fund Capital Program includes funding for the installation of CSO-SSO Controls at various locations to meet requirements set out in the approval to operate granted by NBDELG. TENDER RESULTS Tenders closed on February 13, 2018 with the following results, including HST: 1. Fairville Construction Ltd., Saint John, NB $ 187,239.55 2. Galbraith Construction Ltd., Saint John, NB $ 241,431.00 3. TerraEx Inc, Saint John, NB $ 945,645.00 The Engineer's estimate for the work was $ 231,394.38, including HST. ANALYSIS The tenders were reviewed by staff and found to be formal in all respects. Staff is of the opinion that the low tenderer has the necessary resources and expertise to perform the work, and recommend acceptance of their tender. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS The Contract includes work that is charged against the 2017 Water and Sewerage Utility Fund Capital Program. This project is partially funded by the Clean Water Wastewater Fund. Assuming award of the Contract to the low tenderer, an analysis has been completed which includes the estimated amount of work that will be performed by the Contractor and Others. The analysis is as follows: Budget $ 625,225.00 Project net cost $ 273,440.00 Variance (Surplus) $ 351,785.00 Staff intends to investigate the possibility of CSO-SSO Control installations at additional locations to utilize the remaining project funding. 0611 -3- POLICY—TENDERING OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS The recommendation in this report is made in accordance with the provisions of Council's policy for the tendering of construction contracts, the City's General Specifications and the specific project specifications. SERVICE AND FINANCIAL OUTCOMES This project will allow for the installation of CSO-SSO Controls in chambers at Market Place and Spar Cove Road. This project will be completed within the original approved financial budget. INPUT FROM OTHER SERVICE AREAS AND STAKEHOLDERS N/a ATTACHMENTS N/a E:ii] COUNCIL REPORT M&C No. 2018-56 Report Date February 20, 2018 Meeting Date February 26, 2018 Service Area Saint John Water His Worship Mayor Don Darling and Members of Common Council SUBJECT: Morna Heights Wastewater Treatment Facility Outfall — Interim Licence of Occupation and Easement OPEN OR CLOSED SESSION This matter is to be discussed in open session of Common Council. AUTHORIZATION Primary Author Commissioner/Dept. HeadtJeffTrail Manager Kevin O'Brien Brent McGovern /Brian Keenan RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City of Saint John enter into an Interim Licence of Occupation with the Province of New Brunswick (Energy and Resource Development) subject to the terms and conditions in the licence agreement attached to M&C 2018-56, for the purposes of facilitating the outfall installation as part of the Morna Heights Wastewater Treatment Facility Upgrade Project and that the Mayor and Common Clerk execute all necessary documents. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this report is to recommend that Council enter into an Interim Licence of Occupation with the Province of New Brunswick (Energy and Resource Development) to facilitate the installation of a new outfall as part of the Morna Heights Wastewater Treatment Facility Upgrade project. PREVIOUS RESOLUTION November 14, 2016; 2017 Water & Sewerage Utility Fund Capital Program Approved. March 6, 2017; 2017 Water & Sewerage Utility Fund and General Fund Capital Program Adjustments Approved. E:1iI -2 - REPORT The 2017 Water and Sewerage Utility Fund Capital Program includes funding for the replacement of the existing Morna Heights Wastewater Treatment Facility. As part of this replacement project, a new 200mm diameter outfall pipe will be extended approximately 30 metres out into the bed of the Saint John River. The outfall will be included in the tender for the replacement of the existing wastewater treatment facility. The outfall installation will require an easement from the Province of New Brunswick (Energy and Resource Development) as the location of the outfall is on submerged Crown lands. The Province of New Brunswick has provided an offer of an Interim Licence of Occupation until the outfall installation is completed at which time an easement will be provided based on the as built location of the outfall pipe. STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT This report aligns with Council's Priority for Valued Service Delivery, specifically as it relates to investing in sustainable City services and municipal infrastructure. SERVICE AND FINANCIAL OUTCOMES The existing Morna Heights Wastewater Treatment Facility is an older, trickling filter type facility. This facility has experienced issues with the mechanical systems in the past and is in need of replacement. The approved 2017 Water & Sewerage Utility Fund Capital program includes funding for the design, construction and construction management components of the project. Partial funding for the project will come from the Clean Water Wastewater Fund. INPUT FROM OTHER SERVICE AREAS AND STAKEHOLDERS This report as well as the attached Interim Licence of Occupation and Easement offer and schedules from the Province of New Brunswick (Energy and Resource Development) have been reviewed with the Legal Department. ATTACHMENTS Easement and Interim Licence of Occupation offer letter Easement and Interim Licence of Occupation offer - Schedule "C" Easement and Interim Licence of Occupation offer - Schedule "C-1" E:3► _Q B New,',,'� ,7 Nouveau runswi& C A N A D A Kevin O'Brien City of Saint John P.O. Box 1971 Saint John, NB E2L 41_1 Via e-mail: Kevin. O'Brien@saintjoh n.ca Dear Mr. O'Brien: Re: Easement and Interim Licence of Occupation The Crown Lands Branch has completed its evaluation of your easement application to upgrade an existing waste water treatment outfall at the Morna Heights waste water treatment facility in Morna Heights, Saint John County (see attached plan). I am prepared to recommend to the Minister that he issue an easement, pursuant to subsection 25(1) of the Crown Lands and Forests Act, over the subject Crown land as shown on the attached plan, subject to your written acceptance of this offer, the terms and conditions outlined in the attached Schedule "C" and the terms and conditions listed below: The approval of the Minister is required. 2. Easement Area The easement measuring 10 metres wide by 30 metres long shall contain 0.03 hectares, more or less (see attached plan). The actual easement area will be confirmed once the final survey has been accepted and filed at this office. ...f2 Energy and Resource Development I D6veloppement de 1'6nergie et des ressources vvvvvvgnb.ca P.O. Box 60001 C. P. 6000 Fredericton New Brunswick / Nouveau -Brunswick E313 51-11 A3 City of Saint John February 12, 201 Page 2 The Easement must be surveyed, at your expense, by a N.B. Land Surveyor of your choice. The Land Surveyor you have chosen must submit a coordinated Plan of Survey on which co-ordinates shown were derived from ties, to adjusted NB Monuments or HPN Monuments, along with an electronic version of a description (Schedule "A") of the surveyed area. It is recommended that the surveyor contact Mr. Travis Pilgrim, Project Manager, for additional details and for information on submitting a preliminary plan for evaluation. Please note that the survey must be completed within three months after the scheduled work is finalized. Interim Licence of Occugation- You have indicated that the City of Saint John would like to upgrade a waste water treatment outfall line from the Morna Heights waste water treatment facility. Therefore, pursuant to subsection 26(1) of the Crown lands and Forests Act, I hereby provide the City of Saint John with a licence to occupy the land identified on the attached map for the purpose of installing\upgrading a treatment outfall line. This licence will be effective June 1, 2018, and shall expire on November 30, 2018 or the date on which the easement is issued, whichever comes first. The issuance fee for this licence is $200.00 (plus HST, Code 1782). Please forward a cheque in the amount of $230.00 payable to the Minister of Finance to the attention of Mr. Pilgrim, at the address on the first page. This licence shall be subject to the terms and conditions outlined in the attached Schedule "C-1". If you wish to proceed with the proposed interim licence of occupation and easement offer, subject to the terms and conditions outlined in this letter and in the attached Schedule "C" and "C-1", please sign where indicated and return to Mr. Pilgrim, at the address on page one by March 5, 2018. If there is no response from you by that date, it will be assumed that you are no longer interested in proceeding with an easement and this offer shall become null and void. Please note that should you wish to pursue this application in the future, you will be required to submit a new application through the Land Use Application Service Centre (telephone 1-888-312-5600 or website at www.gnb.ca/naturairesources and pay the appropriate fees. A City of Saint John February 12, 2018 Page 3 If you have any questions on this matter, please contact Travis Pilgrim at 506-444- 3532. Yours truly, <1z . . . ......... .......... . . . ... /Bernie Doucet Approvals Section Manager Crown Lands Branch ME MIM ACCEPTANCE: The City of Saint John accepts the terms and conditions in this letter this day of )2018 The City of Saint John Per and Common Council Resolution: 2018. (File NO. 411 U1 UbMS) 1) The following terms and conditions apply to this Easement issued to the City of Saint John for the installation and maintenance of a sanitary line (outfall pipe) located on submerged Crown lands, subject to the Crown Lands & Forests Act, without restricting the generality of the foregoing. This Easement is subject to the terms specified in Lands Administration Regulation — Crown Lands and Forests Act, as the same may be amended from time to time. In this schedule, Minister means the Minister of Energy and Resource Development and includes any person designated by the Minister to act on the Minister's behalf. 2) The Easement will comprise an area of Crown land containing 0.03 ha, hereinafter collectively called the subject lands. 3) The subject lands shall be used for the purpose of installing, maintaining or repairing a sanitary outfall pipe on submerged Crown land. 4) The Grantee, its servants, agents and employees may enter upon and place upon the same lands all materials and equipment and machinery necessary for the operation, repairing and maintenance of the sanitary outfall pipe. 5) All maintenance, operations, and repairs shall be at the Grantee's expense. There will be no claim made for compensation against the Grantor. 6) The Grantee acknowledges that this Easement is not transferrable and does not confer exclusive use of the subject lands upon the Grantee. The grantee will consult with the Grantor prior to approving any other use of the subject lands. 7) After conducting any onsite activities, the Grantee shall rehabilitate the affected lands occupied under this Easement, to the satisfaction of the Grantor, failing which, the Minister may do so at the expense of the Grantee. 8) Measures shall be taken to prevent soil erosion by installing sediment control structures or other methods on areas affected as a result of the Grantee's activities to stabilize any disturbed soil in a manner satisfactory to the Grantor. 9) The Grantee shall take all necessary precautions to prevent the release of any contaminant onto, over or under the Easement lands. 10) In the event that the Grantee creates any environmental or other nuisance on or adjacent to the lands occupied under this Easement, the Grantee shall remedy the problem to the satisfaction of the Minister. 11) The Grantee shall comply with all applicable Federal and Provincial laws and obtain such permits or authorizations as may be required from time to time by those authorities, a copy of which is to be duly forwarded to Crown Lands Branch upon request. 12) The Grantee shall save harmless the Grantor from any damages or legal action associated with litigation arising from this occupation. However, the holder of the Easement must inform the Minister of any claims, suit or proceeding against the Grantee immediately. Pane 1 of 9 (File NO. 411 U1 Ub&S) 13) The Minister reserves the right to amend or withdraw this authorization at any time should it be in the public interest to do so for reasons of public safety, environmental protection, an Act of the New Brunswick Legislature, and/or a directive from the Lieutenant -Governor in Council. The Minister is not responsible for compensating the Grantee. 14) The Grantee shall forever indemnify and save harmless the Grantor from and against all liabilities, damages, claims, suits and actions whatsoever resulting in any way from the development use or maintenance of the Easement by the Grantee or of the employees, agents, contractors or subcontractors of the Grantee, other than liabilities, damages, claims, suits and actions resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Grantor, Her officers and employees. 15) All structures and works should not obstruct public access on or use of, the subject lands; or alternate, safe access is provided by the holder of the Easement over or around the structure at all times. 16) The Grantee for themselves, their heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, covenant(s) with the grantor that the Grantee will at their own expense, forever keep the easement in good repair. 17) This grant of easement shall terminate: if the easement is not used for its intended purpose for three continuous years; and if the Grantee should otherwise fail to observe, perform or keep in effect any condition, covenant or commitment on their part hereunder. Page 1 of 2 The following terms and conditions apply to this licence of occupation (hereinafter called disposition) issued to the City of Saint John (hereinafter called disposition holder). In this schedule, Minister means the Minister of Energy and Resource Development. 1. This disposition is subject to the Crown Lands and Forests Act, its Regulations and any amendments thereto, and in particular, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, is subject to the terms and conditions specified in the Lands Administration Regulation - Crown Lands and Forests Act as the same may be amended from time to time. 2. This disposition includes an area of Crown land located at the Morna Heights waste water treatment facility encompassing approximately 0.03 hectares as shown on the attached map hereinafter called the "subject lands". 3. This disposition is for the purpose of upgrading a sanitary pipe on submerged Crown lands and the disposition holder agrees that the subject lands shall be used solely for this purpose. This disposition does not grant exclusive use. 4. The Minister reserves the right to amend or cancel this disposition at any time during its' term should it be in the best interests of the public to do so for reasons of public safety, environmental protection, an Act of the New Brunswick Legislature, and/or a directive from the Lieutenant -Governor in Council; the Minister is not responsible for compensating the disposition holder. 5. Unless otherwise required by the Minister, the disposition holder shall deliver vacant possession upon termination or cancellation of the disposition. 6. The subject lands remains vested with the Crown and the Minister reserves the right to have the holder of this disposition cease activities and/or remove that portion of any structure situated on the subject lands and rehabilitate the site should it be in the public interest to do so. 7. If the disposition holder is required to deliver vacant possession on termination or cancellation of the disposition and fails to deliver vacant possession, all fixtures and personal property placed on the lands referred to in the disposition may, at the discretion of the Minister, be deemed abandoned, and in such case the fixtures and personal property may be disposed of by the Minister and at the disposition holder's expense. 8. The disposition holder shall, before the termination or cancellation of the disposition, rehabilitate the subject lands to such extent as is reasonable under the circumstances and to the satisfaction of the Minister and, where the rehabilitation is not carried out, the Minister may rehabilitate the lands at the holder's expense. 9. The disposition holder shall comply with all laws, whether federal, provincial, municipal or rural community, respecting the use and occupation of the lands referred to in the disposition. 10. The disposition holder agrees that should remains of archaeological significance be found on the subject lands during maintenance or repair activities, all activities in the area must cease and the disposition holder shall immediately contact the Archaeological Services Unit of the Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture. 11. If removal or use of any aggregate material from Crown lands is required, the disposition holder shall contact the Department of Energy and Resource Development, (506) 444-5806. 12. Unless otherwise authorized by the Minister, the disposition holder shall not remove from the subject lands referred to in the disposition any quarriable substances, minerals or trees and if the Minister authorizes the removal of quarriable substances, minerals or trees, that person shall comply with all applicable laws, including but not restricted to the Quarriable Substances Act and the Mining Act. 13. Prior to undertaking any work within 30 meters of a watercourse or wetland, you must contact the Department of Environment and Local Government (506-457- 4850) to determine if any authorizations are required. 14. The disposition holder shall maintain the subject lands in good repair, including any improvements and infrastructure on the subject lands. 15. The disposition holder covenants and agrees to make no alterations, additions, replacements or changes to the subject lands or to erect any buildings whatsoever on the subject lands unless the disposition holder has obtained prior written consent from the Minister. 16. The Minister does not warrant the fitness of the subject lands for the disposition holder's purposes. The disposition holder's use or occupation of the subject lands is solely at the disposition holder's risk. The disposition holder assumes all responsibility and liability for any damages to the subject lands and to adjoining property occurring as a result of the disposition holder's use and occupation of the subject lands and occupation of the subject lands shall be entirely at the disposition holder's own risk. Any such damage must be addressed and remedied in a timely fashion by the disposition holder. 17. The disposition holder shall indemnify and save harmless the Minister from any damages or legal action associated with litigation arising from this occupation. However, the disposition holder must inform the Minister of any claim, suit or proceeding against the disposition holder immediately. 18. If the total storage capacity of petroleum products stored on the subject lands is 2,000 litres or more, the disposition holder must obtain a permit from the Department of Environment. A copy of the permit must be provided upon request. 19. If more than 1,000 litres of petroleum products are stored on the subject lands, the disposition holder will be required to carry $250,000.00 environmental impairment insurance naming Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of New Brunswick as an "additional insured" in the policy. A copy of the policy must be provided upon request. 20. The disposition holder shall obtain permission from the Minister to change the petroleum storage carrying capacity and shall inform the Minister of all petroleum products stored on the subject lands. 21. The disposition holder agrees that the Minister shall have free and unlimited access to the work site to perform official duties. 22. This disposition does not give the disposition holder any right to restrict, obstruct or interfere with public passage, or the right to access any adjoining Crown lands, other than for safety purposes. COUNCIL REPORT M&C No. 2018-54 Report Date February 15, 2018 Meeting Date February 26, 2018 Service Area Saint John Water His Worship Mayor Don Darling and Members of Common Council SUBJECT: Musquash Water Pumping Station and Electrical Substation - Interim Licence of Occupation and Lease OPEN OR CLOSED SESSION This matter is to be discussed in open session of Common Council. AUTHORIZATION Primary Author Commissioner/Dept. HeadCity Manager Susan Steven -Power Brent McGovern / Brian Keenan Jeff Trail RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City of Saint John enter into an Interim Licence of Occupation with the Province of New Brunswick (Energy and Resource Development) subject to the terms and conditions attached to M&C No. 2018- 54, the licence being for the purposes of facilitating the upgrades to the Electrical Substation as part of the Musquash Water Pumping Station — Electrical Substation project and that the Mayor and Common Clerk execute all necessary documents. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this report is to recommend that Council enter into an Interim Licence of Occupation with the Province of New Brunswick (Energy and Resource Development) to facilitate the upgrades to the Electrical Substation as part of the Musquash Water Pumping Station — Electrical Substation project. PREVIOUS RESOLUTION November 14, 2016; 2017 Water & Sewerage Utility Fund Capital Program Approved. March 6, 2017; 2017 Water & Sewerage Utility Fund and General Fund Capital Program Adjustments Approved. October 2, 2017; 2018 Water & Sewerage Utility Fund Program approved. 021 -2 - REPORT The approved 2017 and 2018 Water & Sewerage Utility Fund Programs include a project for the relocation and upgrades to the Musquash Electrical Substation. The Electrical Substation and Water Pumping Station have existed in their current location on the shoreline of the East Branch Musquash Reservoir since the early 1970s however the City of Saint John has no property rights for this land. The City is preparing to tender the Musquash Water Pumping Station — Electrical Substation Upgrades project in the coming weeks. The relocation and upgrades to the Electrical Substation will require a lease from the Province of New Brunswick (Energy and Resource Development) as the Musquash Water Pumping Station and Electrical Substation are on Crown Land. The Province of New Brunswick (Energy and Resource Development) has provided an offer of an Interim Licence of Occupation which shall expire upon execution of the Lease or August 15, 2018 (whichever comes first). The Interim Licence of Occupation will allow the City to proceed to tender the Electrical Substation project while working towards completing the appropriate survey work and stipulations for the lease agreement. STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT This report aligns with Council's Priority for Valued Service Delivery, specifically as it relates to investing in sustainable City services and municipal infrastructure. SERVICE AND FINANCIAL OUTCOMES The Musquash Electrical Substation currently floods on a regular basis. Also, the transformer has been in place since the early 1970s and has exceeded its expected life span. The Electrical Substation requires upgrades and also needs to be relocated outside of the flood zone. The approved 2017 and 2018 Water & Sewerage Utility Fund Capital programs include funding for the design, construction and construction management components of the project. INPUT FROM OTHER SERVICE AREAS AND STAKEHOLDERS This report, as well as the attached Interim Licence of Occupation and Lease offer and attached schedules from the Province of New Brunswick (Energy and Resource Development), have been reviewed with the Legal Department and the Risk Management Department. ATTACHMENTS Lease and Interim Licence of Occupation offer letter ON -3 - Lease and Interim Licence of Occupation offer — Schedule "A" Lease and Interim Licence of Occupation offer — Schedule "C" Lease and Interim Licence of Occupation offer — Schedule "C-1" 0191 low e Nouyeau February 2, 2018 File No. 415 08 0066 Brent McGovern City of Saint John P.O. Box 1971 Saint John, NB E2L 4LI Via e-mail: brent.mcgoverngsaintiohn.ca Dear Mr. McGovern: Re. Municipal Services Lease, water pumping station and electrical substation, Musquash watershed Your request for a Municipal Services Lease for the purpose of rebuilding, operating and maintaining an existing water pumping station and electrical substation on Crown land (PID 00419481 — see attached map) has been evaluated. I am pleased to advise you that upon written acceptance of this offer, I will recommend to the Minister that a 20 -year Municipal Services Lease be issued to the City of Saint John. Additionally, pursuant to subsection 26(1) of the Crown Lands and T-brests Act, I hereby provide you with an interim Licence of Occupation (LOO) for the above noted purpose, which shall expire upon execution of the lease or August 15, 2018 (whichever comes first). This offer is subject to the following terms and conditions: 1. Lease Area Your lease and interim LOO will contain approximately 0.85 ha, as indicated on the attached plan. 2. Survey Prior to executing the lease the lot must be surveyed, at your expense, by a N. B. Land Surveyor of your choice, The Land Surveyor chosen must submit a co-ordinated Subdivision Plan on which co-ordinates shown were derived from ties to adjusted NB Monuments or HPN Monuments, along with an electronic version of a description (Schedule "A") of the surveyed area. An electronic version of the Schedule "A" must be submitted by e-mail to Jim Dickic at James.dickie@gpb.c . It is recommended that the surveyor contact Mr. Dickie, Crown Lands ... /2 Energy and Resource Development I Mveloppement de 1'6nergle et des ressources P.O. Box 6000 / C. P. 6000 Fredericton New Brunswfick / Nouveau -Brunswick E3B 5H1 vvvvvv.gnb.ca X44 City of Saint John February 2, 2018 Page 2 Branch, for additional details and for information on submitting a preliminary plan for evaluation. The survey is to be submitted within three months from the date of your acceptance of this offer. If there is no response from you by that date, it will be assumed that you are not interested in proceeding with a grant and this offer shall become null and void and your file will be closed. 3. Rental/Fees The Lease will be subject to annual rental fees, set by the Lands Administration Regulation — Crown Lands and Forests Act. Based on the proposed area of 0.85 ha, the annual rental will be $100 plus HST (the minimum). Please note that rental fees are subject to change from time to time. In addition, at the time the Lease is executed, you will be required to pay an issuance fee in the amount of $230.00 ($200.00 plus HST — fee code 1794). There are no additional fees or rental associated with the interim LOO. 4. Regulated Terms and Conditions The Municipal Services Lease and interim LOO will be subject to the terms and conditions outlined in the attached Schedules "C" and "C -l", respectively, and those outlined in the Lands Administration Regulation — Crown Lands and Forests Act. 5. Site Development Plan The Site Development Plan (SDP) submitted with your application details all activities associated with the proposed new electrical substation. Attached is a copy of the final page of this document, which must be signed, dated and returned prior to the commencement of any activity on site. This SDP will be considered part of the Municipal Services Lease, and must be updated and approved prior to commencing any work other than what is currently being proposed (i.e. decommissioning of the existing electrical substation and/or future upgrades to the pumping station). If you agree to the terms and conditions outlined above, please sign where indicated on the following page and return a copy of this letter, along with the associated fees to Mr. Dickic no later than February 23, 2018. If there is no response from you by that date, it will be assumed that you are no longer interested in proceeding and this offer shall became null and void and the file will be closed. .../3 OR City of Saint John February 2, 2018 Page 3 In order to reactivate your request, you will be required to submit an application through the Land Use Application Service Centre (telephone 1-888-312-5600 or visit the website at www...gnb..,ca/0263/) and pay the appropriate fees. Please contact Mr. Dickie at (506) 444-3645 orjqmcsjickie;Lvgynb,ca if you have any questions. Yours truly, Approvals Section Manager BD/jad =I C.C.: Fr6d&ric Paillard, Regional Programs Manager, Region 3 The City of Saint John hereby accept the terms and conditions of this offer and those contained in the attached Schedules "C" (lease) and "C -l" (interim LOO) this _ day of 2018. Per and Common Council Resolution: c c Q Q t v The following conditions and restrictions apply to this Municipal Services Lease (hereinafter called disposition) issued to the City of Saint John (hereinafter called disposition holder) for the prescribed purpose of constructing and operating an electrical substation and pumping station on the subject Crown land, both above and below the ordinary high water mark subject to the Crown Lands and Forests Act, its Regulations and any amendments thereto, and in particular, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, is subject to the terms specified in the Lands Administration Regulation Crown Lands and Forests Act, as the same may be amended from time to time. 1. The disposition will include an area of Crown land containing 0.85 hectares, more or less. 2. The disposition holder shall use the subject Crown land for the approved use and purposes only; any additional use is subject to the approval of the Minister; 3. The disposition holder's use or occupation of the subject Crown land is solely at the disposition holder's risk; therefore, the disposition holder shall indemnify the Minister against all claims for damage and injury and is solely responsible for making good any damage to the subject Crown land below the ordinary high water mark or to adjacent properties caused by the disposition holder or by persons or agents acting on their behalf, 4. A work permit as authorized under the Forest Fires Act (this applied during the fire season as declared by the Minister) will be required from the Department of Energy and Resource Development (ERD) District Office, prior to work commencing. At least one week prior to undertaking any work during the fire season, please contact the District Resource Supervisor at (506) 755-4040; 5. A cutting permit will be required from the ERD District Office, prior to any tree harvesting. At least one week prior to undertaking any work, please contact the District Resource Supervisor at (506) 755-4040; 6. Prior to undertaking any work within 30 metres of any watercourse or wetland, the manager of the Surface Water Protection section must be contacted at (506) 457-4850 to ensure the project meets the requirements of the Watercourse and Wetland Alteration (WAWA) Regulation. 7. Other than the activities approved in the authorization, the holder of this disposition shall not remove any quarriable substances, minerals or trees from the subject lands without prior written consent of the Minister or Minister's designate. Please contact Wayne Osborne at (506) 444-5806 if aggregate material are required; 8. The disposition holder shall comply with all other laws respecting the use and occupation of the subject land whether federal, municipal or provincial. 9. The Minister reserves the right to amend or withdraw this authorization at any time should it be in the public interest to do so; 10. The subject Crown land remains vested with the Crown and the Minister reserves the right to have the disposition holder cease activities and/or remove that portion of any structure situated on the subject Crown land and rehabilitate the site should it be in the public interest to do so. Should the disposition holder fail to deliver vacant possession, the site may be rehabilitated to the Minister's satisfaction at the disposition holder's expense; 11. The disposition holder shall maintain the subject lands, equipment, and/or any temporary improvements in good repair for the duration of this disposition. 12. The disposition holder agrees that should remains of archaeological significance be found on the demised land during maintenance or repair activities, all activities in the area must cease and the disposition holder shall immediately contact the Archaeological Services Unit of the Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture. 13. The disposition holder shall indemnify and save harmless the Minister from any damages or legal action associated with litigation arising from this occupation. However, the disposition holder must inform the Minister of any claim, suit or proceeding against the disposition holder immediately. 14. The disposition holder shall at all times during the continuance of the disposition, maintain a liability insurance policy in the amount of $2,000,000.00 per occurrence, naming Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of New Brunswick as an "additional -insured" to protect against any and all claims by users and the public. A copy of the policy must be provided upon request. 15. The disposition holder shall increase the amount of insurance immediately upon receiving written direction from the Minister in accordance with said written direction. 16. The holder of the disposition shall permit the Minister and any other Provincial or Federal agency to inspect the subject Crown lands at reasonable times to ensure that the provisions of the disposition are being complied with; 17. The Minister does not warrant the fitness of the subject Crown lands for the holder of the disposition's purposes and is under no duty to repair or provide or maintain access; 18. This disposition is subject to a Site Development Plan (SDP) entered into by the parties bearing date to be determined pending receipt of signed SDP) and any amendments thereto, and identified as being incorporated in this Lease. 19. If the Lessee wishes to deviate from the approved Site Development Plan, a written request shall be submitted to the Director of the Crown lands branch for review. The approval shall be obtained by the Lessee, in writing, before any amendment to the Site Development Plan comes into effect. 20. No construction shall commence without final site development plan approval. The following conditions and restrictions apply to this interim Licence of Occupation (hereinafter called disposition) issued to the City of Saint John (hereinafter called disposition holder) for the prescribed purpose of constructing and operating an electrical substation and pumping station on the subject Crown land, both above and below the ordinary high water mark subject to the Crown Lands and Forests Act, its Regulations and any amendments thereto, and in particular, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, is subject to the terms specified in the Lands Administration Regulation Crown Lands and Forests Act, as the same may be amended from time to time. 1. The disposition will include an area of Crown land containing 0.85 hectares, more or less. 2. The disposition holder shall use the subject Crown land for the approved use and purposes only; any additional use is subject to the approval of the Minister; 3. The disposition holder's use or occupation of the subject Crown land is solely at the disposition holder's risk; therefore, the disposition holder shall indemnify the Minister against all claims for damage and injury and is solely responsible for making good any damage to the subject Crown land below the ordinary high water mark or to adjacent properties caused by the disposition holder or by persons or agents acting on their behalf, 4. A work permit as authorized under the Forest Fires Act (this applied during the fire season as declared by the Minister) will be required from the Department of Energy and Resource Development (ERD) District Office, prior to work commencing. At least one week prior to undertaking any work during the fire season, please contact the District Resource Supervisor at (506) 755-4040; 5. A cutting permit will be required from the ERD District Office, prior to any tree harvesting. At least one week prior to undertaking any work, please contact the District Resource Supervisor at (506) 755-4040; 6. Prior to undertaking any work within 30 metres of any watercourse or wetland, the manager of the Surface Water Protection section must be contacted at (506) 457-4850 to ensure the project meets the requirements of the Watercourse and Wetland Alteration (WAWA) Regulation. 7. Other than the activities approved in the authorization, the holder of this disposition shall not remove any quarriable substances, minerals or trees from the subject lands without prior written consent of the Minister or Minister's designate. Please contact Wayne Osborne at (506) 444-5806 if aggregate material are required; 8. The disposition holder shall comply with all other laws respecting the use and occupation of the subject land whether federal, municipal or provincial. 9. The Minister reserves the right to amend or withdraw this authorization at any time should it be in the public interest to do so; 10. The subject Crown land remains vested with the Crown and the Minister reserves the right to have the disposition holder cease activities and/or remove that portion of any structure situated on the subject Crown land and rehabilitate the site should it be in the public interest to do so. Should the disposition holder fail to deliver vacant possession, the site may be rehabilitated to the Minister's satisfaction at the disposition holder's expense; 11. This disposition does not give the disposition holder any right to restrict, obstruct or interfere with public passage across the foreshore, or the right to access any adjoining Crown land; 12. This disposition does not grant exclusive use of the subject Crown land; 13. The disposition holder shall maintain the subject lands, equipment, and/or any temporary improvements in good repair for the duration of this disposition. 14. The disposition holder agrees that should remains of archaeological significance be found on the demised land during maintenance or repair activities, all activities in the area must cease and the disposition holder shall immediately contact the Archaeological Services Unit of the Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture. 15. The disposition holder shall indemnify and save harmless the Minister from any damages or legal action associated with litigation arising from this occupation. However, the disposition holder must inform the Minister of any claim, suit or proceeding against the disposition holder immediately. 16. The disposition holder shall at all times during the continuance of the disposition, maintain a liability insurance policy in the amount of $2,000,000.00 per occurrence, naming Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of New Brunswick as an "additional -insured" to protect against any and all claims by users and the public. A copy of the policy must be provided upon request. 17. The disposition holder shall increase the amount of insurance immediately upon receiving written direction from the Minister in accordance with said written direction. 18. The holder of the disposition shall permit the Minister and any other Provincial or Federal agency to inspect the subject Crown lands at reasonable times to ensure that the provisions of the Licence are being complied with; 19. The Minister does not warrant the fitness of the subject Crown lands for the holder of the disposition's purposes and is under no duty to repair or provide or maintain access; COUNCIL REPORT M&C No. 2018-6 Report Date January 08, 2018 Meeting Date February 26, 2018 Service Area Finance and Administrative Services His Worship Mayor Don Darling and Members of Common Council SUBJECT: Harbour Passage Easement Agreement with Saint John Port Authority OPEN OR CLOSED SESSION This matter is to be discussed in open session of Common Council. AUTHORIZATION Primary Author Commissioner/Dept. HeadL4 City Manager Curtis Langille LFogan/K.Fudge m I Jeff Trail RECOMMENDATION That Common Council adopt the following resolution: 1. That The City of Saint John acquire from the Saint John Port Authority, easements for portions of Harbour Passage upon the terms and conditions set out in Easement #388 document attached; and 2. That the Mayor and Common Clerk be authorized to execute any document(s) necessary to finalize this transaction. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The easement document attached to this report is intended to incorporate three separate portions of Harbour Passage into one legal document contained on lands owned by the Federal Government and managed by the Saint John Port Authority. The three parcels of land include: Schedule "A" York Point Area (existing), Schedule "B" Long Wharf Area (constructed last year) and Schedule "C" Lower Cove Loop Area (to be constructed this year) (see attached). If adopted by Council, this agreement will allow the City to construct, operate and maintain the above specified portions of Harbour Passage until November 30, 2027. `[oya -2 - PREVIOUS RESOLUTION On October 31, 2016, Common Council authorized City staff to secure funding for an extension of Harbour Passage (Lower Cove Loop) through the Public Transit Infrastructure Fund (M & C #2016-263). This funding has been approved. STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT The recent development of the Long Wharf extension of Harbour Passage along with the proposed Lower Cove Loop extension will add to the vibrancy of the Uptown and South -End Peninsula by providing a quality pedestrian extension that will support a vibrant and safe city, which has been adopted by Council as one of its priorities. SERVICE AND FINANCIAL OUTCOMES Funding through the Public Transit Infrastructure Fund for this project has been approved for the development of the Lower Cove portion of Harbour Passage. Ongoing maintenance of Harbour Passage will be the responsibility of the City. INPUT FROM OTHER SERVICE AREAS AND STAKEHOLDERS The City Solicitor's Office in consultation with Real Estate Services and Transportation and Environment Services has prepared the attached legal document. The Saint John Port Authority has signed the attached agreement. ATTACHMENT Easement document #388 `NQ 0 Schedule "A" — York Point Area Schedule "B" — Long Wharf Area Schedule "C" - Lower Cove Loop Area Schedule "D" — TAC 52-26 om THIS INDENTURE made as of the 1" day of December, 2012 SAINT JOHN PORT AUTHORITY a corporation having its registered office at Saint John, New Brunswick, as agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada, (the "Authority") THE CITY OF SAINT JOHN, having its City Hall at 15 Market Square, Saint John, New Brunswick, a body corporate by Royal Charter, confirmed and amended by Acts of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of New Brunswick, (the "Grantee"), WHEREAS the Authority was incorporated by Letters Patent dated May I, 1999, under the Canada Marine Act (the "Act"), AND WHEREAS the land and premises described in Schedules "A", "B" and "C" are federal real property under the management of the Authority pursuant to its Letters Patent and the Act, AND WHEREAS the Authority is authorized to grant easements with respect to the premises as agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada as contemplated' hereby, AND WHEREAS the Grantee has constructed and currently maintains and operates a recreational parkland and pedestrian trail and walkway and associated structures and facilities "Harbour Passage Du Port" (York Point to Strait Shore) over, along and adjacent to the said lands described in Schedule "A' (Easement Lands) for use by the general public; AND WHEREAS by instrument made as of the Vt day of December 2002 and registered in the Saint John County Registry Office on September 14, 2004 as No, 19093096, the Authority granted to the Grantee an easement and right of way in respect of the premises in Schedule "A" for the purposes of 'Harbour Passage Du Port" (York Point to Strait Shore) on the terms therein set out; AND WHEREAS the Grantee has constructed and currently maintains and operates a recreationalparkland and pedestrian trail and walkway and associated structures and facilities 'Harbour Passage du Port" (Long Wharf) over, along and adjacent to the said lands described in Schedule "B" ("Easement Lands") for use b the general public; y AND WHEREAS the Grantee intends to construct, maintain and operate a recreational parkland and pedestrian trail or walkway and associated structures and facilities "Harbour Passage Du Port" (Lower Cove Loop) over, along and adjacent to the said lands described in Schedule "C" (Easement Lands) for use by the general public, AND WHEREAS the Authority has agreed to grant to the Grantee easements and rights of way in respect of the premises in Schedules "A, ':B" and "C' for the purposes of the "Harbour Passage Du Port" on the terms set forth herein. Final: December 1, 2017 1191-1 1,(I) In consideration of the sum Of $1.00 of lawful money of Canada payable by the Grantee to the Authority, and other good and valuable consideration, the Authority hereby grants to the Grantee, its successors and assigns, an easement and right of way on and over the lands and promises described in Schedules "A", "B" and ""C„ 1.(2) The easement and right of way herein granted shall be effective for the period from December 1, 2012 to November 30, 2027. 1,(3) The Grantee shall use the Easement Lands only for the purposes of the "Harbour Passage Du Port", namely, for the purpose of a public walking trail and entering upon, laying down, constructing, installing, operating, maintaining, inspecting, patrolling, altering, removing, replacing, reconstructing and repairing the "Harbour Passage Du Port" and to have the right of ingress and egress across and' upon the Easement Lands at the specific points shown an plan G -I1-593 dated Aug. 7, 2002 attached to Schedule "A" and on plan Dwg. No. 17240 dated Oct. 10, 2017 attached as Schedule "F, and on plan Dwg. No. 517187 dated Aug. 4, 2017 attached as Schedule "C" 1.(4) The Grantee may enter upon and cross the Easement Lands and lands of the Authority adjacent to the Easement Lands for the purpose of gaining access to and egress to and from the Easement Lands whether in cases of emergency, or for the purpose of construction, operation, maintenance, repair and replacement of "Harbour Passage Cu Port", always however, making good or repairing promptly thereafter, all' damage to lands occasioned by such use, 1.(5) The grant herein is subject to existing easements and rights of way and the Authority reserves the right to grant easements or rights of way over the Easement Lands to other parties provided that such easements and rights of way do not materially affect the use of the easement herein by the Grantee. COVENANTS 2. The Grantee covenants and warrants that: (a) it wiil clear the Easement Lands and keep them cleared of any trees or other natural growth, buildings, structures or obstructions which in the reasonable opinion of the Grantee may interfere with the exercise of any rights granted herein; (b) all installations, developments or modifications to the Easement Lands shall be approved by the Authority prior to the commencement of any work, will be, subject to review and if necessary reverting back to its original state at the cost of the Grantee if the such installations, developments or modifications contravenes any applicable federal or provincial statutes, rules, orders, and regulations that may affect the Easement Lands-, (c) notwithstanding clause 5(c) at the point where Harbour Passage Du Port crosses the roadway established by the Grantor for the purpose of vehicle access to and from Long Wharf, the Grantee shall install and maintain a crosswalk posted with signage in accordance with standards established by the Transportation Association of Canada: 'Pedestrian Crossing Control Guide" December 2012 S2-26 figures RA -4L and RA -4R as shown on Schedule "'D"; installation of crosswalk with signage to be completed no Inter than June 30, 2018; (d) it will install, maintain and use gates and fences which now or hereafter shall cross the Easement Lands; (a) it will install and maintain all its signage on the Easement Lands in both official languages, English and French; and Final: December 1, 2017 �f) generally, it may do on the Easement Lands all' acts necessary or ncidental to the use as a public walking traiL RAUME=6 7 3,(1) In the event the Grantee shall not have commenced construction or operations on the Easement Lands described in Schedule "C" for the laying out of the "Harbour Passage Du Port'' by December 31, 2018, the Authority may, at its option thereafter terminate the easement and right of way hereby granted by giving to the Grantee one (1) month's prior written notice stating the day on which the grant herein shall terminate, and all rights of the Grantee hereunder shall thereupon cease and expire, and the Grantee agrees to execute and file in the appropriate public offices such documents as the Authority reasonably requires to give effect to such termination. 3.(2) If the Grantee abandons the Easement Lands or ceases to use the said lands for the purposes of the "'Harbour Passage Du Port" in whole or in part, the Authority may, at its option, terminate the easement and right of way hereby granted by giving to the Grantee one (1) month's prior written notice, stating the day on, which the, grant herein shall terminate, and all rights of the Grantee hereunder shall thereupon cease and expire, and the Grantee agrees to execute and file in the appropriate public offices such documents as the Authority reasonably requires to give effect to such termination. 3,(3) On termination of the easement and right of way granted herein, the Grantee shall forthwith restore the Easement Lands, so far as is practicable, to the same condition as it was prior to the entry and use of the Grantee. 4• Where the Authority has required the Grantee, as a condition of approving the abandonment, maintenance, remediation or other measures with respect to the "Harbour Passage Du Port", notwithstanding the termination of this Easement, the Grantee shall have full right and license at any time where, necessary thereafter, to enter upon the Easement Lands with persons, machinery and material, for the purpose of carrying out such obligations, but always restoring or repairing however, any damage to the lands of the Authority thereby occasioned, and where required, paying compensation for damages to the Authority arising from such entry, a Grantee covenants and agrees with the Authority: (a) to promptly pay compensation to the Authority for all damages suffered by the Authority as a, result of the "Harbour Passage Du Port':', other than damages resulting from the gross: negligence or willful misconduct of the Authority, including but not limited to damages to the lands adjacent to the Easement Lands; (b) to Indemnify and save harmless the Authority, its officer, directors, employees, workmen, agents and contractors from all loss, damage or injury, of any nature, kind or description whatsoever, or otherwise by reason of the activities of the Grantee, its employees, servants or agents, or those permitted by the Grantee to use the Easement Lands, on or about the Easement Lands, whether caused by the negligence of the Grantee, its employees, workmen or agents, or otherwise, and from all damages, claims, demands, actions, suits or other proceedings by whomsoever made, brought or prosecuted in any manner, based upon or arising out of or connected with this easement and right of way or anything done or maintained or purported to be done or maintained in any manner thereon; (c) where "Harbour Passage Du Port" as depicted on Schedules "All, dV and "C" crosses any of the Authority's points of access to Long Wharf Terminal and Lower Cove Terminal, these points of access being the Authority's roadways to working port operations and as such, have heavy truck and vehicle traffic, the Grantee will ensure that the necessary signage, in both French and English, is erected to clearly alert any and all users to exercise caution when crossing the Authority's points of access or continue as originally set out, or the Grantee may install pedestrian traffic control lights in Neu of the above mentioned signage, and the Grantee Finail: December 1, 2017 hereby expressly agrees that any use of the "Harbour Passage Du Port", specifically any roadways or areas immediately adjacent to any roadways, is subject always to paragraph 11 herein; (d) that the Grantee shall not extend' Harbour Passage Du Port along Charlotte Street southward of the intersection with Broad Street, (e) not to carry out any installation or operation on that portion the Easement Lands where Maritime and Northeast Pipeline has installed an underground natural gas Pipeline, without receiving prior written approval from Maritime and Northeast Pipeline for any proposed! installation or operation, and a COPY of such written approval shall be provided to the Authority in advance of such installation or operation commencing; and (f) to ensure that the Authority has full access at all times to the, electrical and telephone utility pits located on the Easement Lands and that any landscaping on or near these utility Pits is the sole responsibility of the Grantee. 6, The amount of any compensation for damages payable to the Authority under this grant shall be as mutually agreed between the Authority and the Grantee, but failing such agreement shall be determined pursuant to the paragraph 26 herein, 7.(1) The Grantee shall pay all taxes, charges, rates and assessments of any description whatsoever which are assessed or levied against the Grantee's interest in the Easement Lands and all other improvements which are placed or constructed over, across, under, or along the land pursuant to this indenture, and indemnify and save harmless the Authority from all rates, taxes, liens, assessments and levies of any description whatsoever that may be imposed, charged, claimed or levied by any authority, body, workman, contractor or supplier by reason of the construction or presence of the said "Harbour Passage Du POW and appurtenances thereto on the Easement Lands or of the privileges granted hereunder, 7•(2) The Grantee will comply with all applicable federal and provincial statutes, rules, orders and regulations and municipal bylaws applicable thereto in which the Easement Lands are located, including but not limited to the National Energy Board Act with regard to the natural gas pipeline located in the immediate vicinity of the Easement Lands. 8. In performing and observing the covenants and conditions on its part to be kept, performed and observed, the Grantee shall and may peaceably hold the easement and rights hereby granted without hindrance by the Authority, its, officers and employees. 9• No covenant, condition, warranty or other requirement contained in these easements and rights of way can be waived except by the, written consent of the Authority,, and forbearance or indulgence by the Authority in any regard whatsoever shall not constitute a waiver of any covenants, conditions, warranties or any other requirement to be performed by the Grantee to which the same may apply and until, complete performance by the Grantee of said covenant, condition, warranty or other requirement, the Authority shall be entitled to invoke any remedy available to the Authority under this instrument, or by law or otherwise, despite said forbearance or indulgence. 10. The Grantee shall not have any claim against the Authority for loss or damage to the said 'Harbour Passage Du Port' or other prop" of the Grantee, its employees, workmen or agents, save to the extent that the Authority is negligent; and in no event shall the Authority's employees, workmen, agents and contractors or any of its affiliated companies or persons be liable for any special, incidental or Consequential loss or damage. 11, The Grantee hereby waives any claim or demand whatsoever and howsoever arising against the Authority at any time as a result of the Grantee's activities and/or operations carried out upon or involving the use of "Harbour Passage Du Port" or other property of the Authority and further covenants and agrees to indemnify and save harmless the Authority from and with respect to any claims or demands of third parties whatsoever, whether for injuries to persons, loss of life or damage to property, including: Pollution, arising out of the use of the Easement Lands for "Harbour Passage Du POW, Rnal: December 1, 2.017 and other property of the Authority, Wn relation to use of the aforementioned areas by the general public, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, including any and all claims that may arise in connection with the installation, operation, maintenance and or use of the Easement Lands howsoever occurring, including any claim based on public or private! nuisance. 12.(1) The Grantee will advise the Authority in writing prior to doing work of any nature upon the Easement Lands excepting work carried out in the ordinary course of business and emergency situations, as required by the relevant statutes, codes and regulations; including but not limited' to the National Energy Board Act, and only after approval in writing of such work will the Grantee proceed and then only on the terms and conditions approved by the Authority, 12,(2) The Grantee shalt as soon as is reasonably possible advise the Authority of entry on the land made necessary by anyernergency situation, 13. The Authority makes, no warranty as to its title to the land or to its right to grant the rights herein conveyed and all warranties that are or might be implied by law are specifically excluded, and in addition, this grant conveys no riparian rights to the Grantee, 14. The, Grantee may not sell, assign or grant any interest in, or right to these easements and rights of way without the expressed written consent of the Authority. 15. The Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the Authority, either itself or through lits officers or agents, has not made, and that the Grantee has not relied upon, any representations from the Authority, its officers or agents as to: (a) the suitability of the Easement Lands for use by the Grantee; (b) the existence, absence or nature or extent of any pollution on or of the Easement Lands; or (c) the need to take any remedial action in relation to any pollution on or of the Easement Lands. 16, The Grantee acknowledges and agrees that it has been afforded all: reasonable opportunity to inspect the Easement Lands and all relevant documentation in respect thereof and to carry out such audits, investigations, tests and surveys as it considers reasonably necessary to ascertain: (a) the suitability of the Easement Lands for use by the Grantee: (b) the existence, nature and extent Of any pollution on the Easement Lands; and (c) the need to take any remedial action in relation to any pollution on the Easement Lands: and the Grantee has independently made all such inspections, audits, investigations, tests and surveys as it regards as being necessary for the above purposes, 17. It is understood and agreed that the Easement Lands are available to the Grantee on an "as is" basis. 18. The Grantee hereby assumes any and! all duties, obligations or Habilities under any relevant law in respect of the Easement Lands, including, but not limited to, any costs, expenses or liabilities for any remedialaction for any pollution of the Easement Lands as caused by the Grantee or those for which it is responsible in law including its employees, agents and contractors, 19, The Grantee hereby releases and holds harmless the Authority in respect of all and any costs, expenses, damages, losses or liabilities that may be incurred or suffered by the Grantee by reason of or resulting from or in connection with or arising in any manner whatsoever out of: (a) the Easement Lands not being suitable for use by the Grantee; Final: December 1, 2017 isK (b,) the Easement Lands, being, or being found to be at any time, Polluted or contaminated; or (c) the need to take any reirnedial action and the taking of such action as a result of such pollution or contamination on or of the Easement Lands, 20•(1) The Grantee covenants and agrees not to cause anything to be done on or about the Easement Lands resulting in pollution, contamination or environmental damage to the Easement Lands or adjoining lands of the Authority, 20,(2) The Grantee covenants and agrees, except to the extent otherwise provided, to promptly report to the Authority all spills and or leaks of any substance which may be, capable of damaging or contaminating the premises and to property and thoroughly remove all such spills or leaks for which the Grantee is responsible. 20.(3,) The Grantee further covenants and agrees to be responsible for and bear the cost of any clean-up, removal and disposal of contaminated materials, including soil and water, toxic or otherwise, and restoration of damaged environment or habitat, where the same arises during andlor after the existence of this easement and results from the activities of the Grantee, or those for whom it is responsible in law including its employees, agents and contractors, such clean-up, removal andlor disposal will be to the satisfaction of the Authority. 20,(4) If the Grantee fails to clean up Pollution, environmental or habitat restoration, the Authority may do so without notice to the Grantee and the Grantee shall reimburse the Authority for all costs, charges and expenses in connection therewith upon demand. 20.(5) The determination of whether or not materials are contaminated!, or environmental or habitat damage has occurred or may occur shall be pursuant to current applicable environmental laws and regulations and it is expressly agreed that this paragraph 20 survives the term of the easement. 21. The Grantee shall facilitate the Authority in carrying out pre -occupancy, Post -occupancy and periodical environmental audits of the Easement Lands and the operations of the Grantee in accordance with Authority policy as amended from time to time, AUTHO. RITY'S COVENANTS 22. The Authority covenants and agrees with the Grantee not to storeor use any inflammable substance or to burn or permit the burning of anything on the sement Lands, INSURANCE 21 The Grantee will obtain comprehensive general liability insurance (the "'Liability Insurance") as follows: (a) the Liability Insurance should total an amount of not less than $10 million inclusive limits (or such greater amount as the Authority may reasonably require) and subject to a deductible of not more than $5,000, payable by the Grantee, for any one loss or occurrence for bodily, injury, death or damage to property (including loss of use or occupation); (b) the Liability Insurance will cover all claims and demands for injury to or death of persons or damage to property which may be claimed to have occurred and will include, but not limited to, broad' form property damage, occurrence property, owner's protective, products, completed operations, personalinjury, contingent employer's, inon-owne,d automobile, blanket contractual liability, and all risk tenants legal liability coverage, owners' and! contractors protective liability and punitive damage and without any exclusion for sudden and accidental pollution howsoever caused or arising, subject to 120 hours discovery by the Grantee and, following discovery, 120 hours' notice to the Grantee's insurers; Final: December 1, 2.017 111 (c) the Liability Insurance will provide cross liability coverage for each named insured for liability to every other named insured as if each named insured were insured under a separate policy, 24.(1) The Grantee will obtain such other insurance as the Authority, from time to time, may reasonably require in such form, amount, and for insurance risks, as a prudent tenant would insure, 24,(2) All the insurance: (a) will name, as additional named insured, the Authority and the Authority as agent for Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada and the Authority"s directors, officers and employees with regard to the operations of the Grantee and for those whom in law R is responsible; (b) will not be subject to invalidation (as regards the interest of the Authority, its directors, officers and employees), by reason of any breach, or violation of any warranties, representations, declarations or conditions; (c) will be at the Grantee's expense and will be primary, non-contributing with, and not excess of, any other insurance available to the Authority; (d) will be placed with underwriters authorized to do business at the demised premises and acceptable to the Authority, acting reasonably; (e) will be an endorsement issued by the underwriters of the Insurance, in a form acceptable to the Authority, acting reasonably; and (f) will provide for sixty (60) days" prior notice to the Authority by mail (prepaid, registered, and return receipt requested) in the event of cancellation or material change that reduces or restricts the Insurance. 25. The Grantee: (a) will maintain the Insurance in full force and effect at all times during the term of this Lease and at all! other times during which the Grantee is in occupation of the demised premises; and (b) when requested by the Authority from time to time to do so, will provide the Authority with copies of the endorsement issued by the underwriters of the Insurance, providing evidence of the Insurance and in form satisfactory to the Authority. 26.(1) Any dispute between the parties to this, agreement concerning the interpretation of any provision of this easement, or concerning any matter or thing done or emitted to be done hereunder by a party hereto, shall be settled by arbitration, 26.(2) Either party may notify the other party in writing of its desire to submit a dispute to an arbitiral tribunal and shalt on such notice name its arbitrator to the tribunal. 26.(3) Within ten clear days of receipt of such notice, the other party shall in writing notify the party giving the notice of the name of its arbitrator to the tribunal. 26.(4) The two arbitrators chosen shall forthwith elect a third who shall be chairman of the tribunal and the award of the tribunal, or the majority of them, shall be made within thirty days of the appointment of the chairman. 26.(5) A party may appeal an award to the court on a quesfion of fact or on a question of mixed fact and law. 26.(16) If either party shall neglect or refuse to name its arbitrator within the time herein limited, or if the two appointed arbitrators fail to agree upon a chairman within ten days of the appointment of the last of them, an application may be made to the Court of Queen' s Bench of New Brunswick for the appointment of such arbitrator or chairman, as the case may be, 26.(7) Each party shall pay the fees and disbursements of its arbitrator and the Fiinat: December 1, 2017 MN 26.(8) The provisions of the Arbitration Act, Chapter A-10.1, R.S.N,&1973 as amended, shall apply to any arbitration under this agreement, 26.(9) Except where a matter is reserved to the sole right, discretion or opinion of one of the parties hereto, the parties may by mutual agreement submit any matter arising hereunder to arbitration in accordance with this paragraph 26 and the notice and fliming requirements described in this paragraph shall apply. 27, Ali notices to be given pursuant to this Easement may be given by personal service or by delivery courier, or by mail postage prepaid by registered mail to the following addresses, in the case of the Authority to: SAINT JOHN PORT AUTHORITY 111 Water Street Saint John, NE E2L 061 Attention: President and Chief Executive Officer and iin the case of the Grantee to: THE CITY OF SAINT JOHN P,O. Box 1971 Saint John, NB E21- 4LI Attention: The Common Clerk 28. This Indenture shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused these presents to be duty executed as of the day and year first above written, SIGNED SEALED AND DELIVERED in the presence of Final: December 1, 2017 M191 SAINT JOHN PORT AUTHORITY By: And. 0 '11 Mayor AV those certain lands in the City of Saint John, County of Saint John and Province of New Brunswick shown on a "Plan of Survey (Parcei 'A") Easement Requirements For Harbour Passage York Paint to Strait Share Crossing Saint John Port Authority City of Saint Mahn County of Saint John Province of New Brunswick" dated Aug. i, 2002 Saint John Part Authority Plan No. G-11-593 attached to an Indenture made as of the I" day of December, 2002 between the Saint John (Port Authority and The City of Saint John exempted by the Development Officer on September 10, 2002 pursuant to Section 48(1)(e) of the Community Planning Act and registered in the Saint John County Registry Office on September 13, 2014 as No. 19093098, ME1 - —11. M.M t� ou— 1, R14ht m "'. , '. 0# N.. Hr "n wh Nwt—m of "auppig and SB,A— MR Jhn N.. mm, 114 1 + 71—an-07 —Su—rvey'--- Area to be Leased by the Saint John Port Authority SBYnt J.M Pipit Ath"y to the City a? Saint John, ro -M Long Wharf, City of Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick MF— C avry a. MR `m1.1 RA -41. (2) RA -4R,) W -2R (where Vie Nlity is limited) Sign placement should be in advance of pave markings where practical LaYout shows recommended components, Ensure provision of: • Adequate sight distance • Artificial lighting • Curb cuts and ramps • Sidewalks and crosswalk Desirable compononts, (not shown)., • Zebra Crosswalk marMngs • No stopping 30 m prior to crossing and 15 m following the crossing Optional components (not shown). a Crossing guards MM. PedesWan Crossing Control Guide Figure 7: GM1 GENERAL CASE - Crosswalk with side -mounted signs 2 -lane, 2 -way, MIN PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK A-FEl DA-VEDE.Q0 R MRATE-ENMEMN f, Jim Quinn, of the City of Saint John, in the County of Saint John, and Province of New Brunswick, MAKE OATH AND SAY AS FOLLOWS: 1. That I am the President and Chief Executl've Officer of Saint John Port Authority, a Port Authority incorporated by Letters Patent dated May 1, 1999 issued pursuant to the Canada Marine Act, a party to the foreg�oing Indenture (the "Authority"). 2. That the President and Chief Executive Officer and the Corporate Secretary of the Authority are authorized to execute documents in the name and on behalf of the Authority, S. That the seal affixed to the said indenture is the corporate seal of the said Authority and was so affixed by authority of the Directors thereof. 4. That the signature "Paula Small" to the foireg6ng indenture is the signature of Paula Small, the Corporate Secretary of the Authority and the signature "Jim Quinn" is In the proper handwriting of me, this deponent, S. The signatures were subscribed to the foregoing indenture and the corporate seal affixed thereto for the purpose of execution on behalf of the Authority. SWORN TO BEFORE ME at the of City of Saint John, in the County of Saint John and Province of New Brunswick this 2%day Ofd-�, 20 J7, `§F:3 NJii Quinninn'��� COUNCIL REPORT M&C No. 2018-47 Report Date February 20, 2018 Meeting Date February 26, 2018 Service Area Finance and Administrative Services His Worship Mayor Don Darling and Members of Common Council SUBJECT: Renewal of Easements with Saint John Port Authority OPEN OR CLOSED SESSION This matter is to be discussed in open session of Common Council. AUTHORIZATION Primary Author Commissioner/Dept. HeadL4 City Manager Curtis Langille L Fogan/K.Fudge m I Jeff Trail RECOMMENDATION 1. That The City of Saint John renew the seven easements with corresponding annual rents for 2017, identified in the attached letter from the Saint John Port Authority, dated February 2, 2018; and 2. That the Major and Common Clerk be authorized to execute the renewals. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The City is working with the Saint John Port Authority (SJPA) to create new easement agreements for various City infrastructures (roads, pipes and recreation areas) that are situated upon or within Port Authority lands. These new documents are intended to replace the "old" leases between the two authorities. It is expected the new legal documents will reduce the administrative time involved in managing/maintaining each easement agreement. These documents will be brought to Council for their consideration once completed by SJPA and vetted through the City's Legal Department. The purpose of this report is to bring up to date the over holding agreements which are currently in place and to have Council authorize payment for the invoices for each of these agreements as noted in the letter from the Port Authority (see attached). PREVIOUS RESOLUTION N/A flfl�7 -2 - REPORT The Saint John Port Authority leases a number of parcels of land to the City for a variety of uses, including sewer piping, portions of streets and playgrounds. The attached letter from SJPA has identified seven (7) leases/easements which are considered "over holding" that are due for renewal to the end of 2017. A brief explanation for each of the leases/easements is as follows: Easement #57 is a 536 square metre parcel of land used to connect Minette Street and St. John Street in West Saint John. Easement #169 is a 4,083 square metre portion of a ballfield and parking area off Market Place in West Saint John. Easement #188 is a 60 -inch sewer interceptor located at the eastern end of Courtenay Bay Causeway. This easement was required/obligated to retain in 2017 but has been identified to no longer be required on a go forward basis. Easement #192 is a 42 -inch sewer line outfall situated at the western end of Courtenay Bay Causeway. Easement #222 is a 4,462 square metre parcel connecting Water Street to Broad Street at the intersection of Charlotte Street, known as the Lower Cove Loop. Easement #238 is a 60 square metre parcel of land located at the extreme north end of Main Street which is used as a sewer outfall. Easement #401 is a sewer outfall located in West Saint John near the Ferry Terminal. The various City departments responsible for these easements have indicated they are still required for City purposes. The corresponding annual rents identified in the attached letter from SJPA are comparable to 2016 and are supported by staff. STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT Saint John invests in sustainable City services and municipal infrastructure. SERVICE AND FINANCIAL OUTCOME The cost for these seven (7) easements for 2017, which include four sewer outfalls, two portions of streets and a portion of a playground is $3,832.00. `Wel -3 - INPUT FROM OTHER SERVICE AREAS AND STAKEHOLDERS Saint John Water, Parks and Recreation, Transportation and Infrastructure along with the City's Legal Department have reviewed and provided their input into this report. ATTACHMENTS 1. Letter from the Saint John Port Authority dated February 2, 2018; 2. Maps showing the areas impacted by the easements/leases. 121 j,).(; ��1'1 a i n t John February 2, 2018 City of Saint John Real Estate Services, Asset Management P.O. Box 1971, Saint John, N, B. E21- 41-1 Attention: Mr. Curtis Langille Dear Curtis:, RE: Easement Agreements between City of Saint John and Saint John Port Authority Please be advised that the Saint John Port Authority has agreed to extend the below listed easement agreements, which are currently on overholding, until December 31, 201T Easement # 57 ................... .................. ..... . . ... . .. ...... St. John Street/M'innette Street West .. .. . ........ $335.00 per annum ------------ Easement # 169 Playground/Parldng Market Place West $30.00 per annUM Easement # 188 ...... ...... . ........................ Courtenay Bay — 60 inch Interceptor $325.00 per annum Easement # 192 Courtenay Bay —42 inch Sewer Line Outfall $2,167.0,0 per annum Easement #.222 Lower Cove Loop Road Easement $325.00per annulm Easement# 238 Indiantown Sewer Outfall $325.00 per annum Easement # 401 Germain Street west..., Sewer Line Outfall . ........ . $325,00 per annum These agreements will be incorporated into the newly accepted easement format for 2018. Please review this matter and if you agree, sign and return this, letter as confirmation at your earliest convenience. Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me by phone at 636-4982 or by e-mail at louell ette&jELLggnI. 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M. It 480 �+� CHO ay DATE Owr s 19$0 01.0 040. 13A !1 ) 'eF m ■):3eN `[till COMMON COUNCIL REPORT M&C No. 2018-61 Report Date February 22, 2017 Meeting Date February 26, 2017 Service Area Growth and Community Development Services His Worship Mayor Don Darling and Members of Common Council SUBJECT: City of Saint John — Population Growth Framework OPEN OR CLOSED SESSION This matter is to be discussed in open session of Common Council. AUTHORIZATION Primary Author Commissioner/Dept. HeadCity Manager David Dobbelsteyn Jacqueline Hamilton/Phil Ouellette Jeff Trail RECOMMENDATION Growth Committee recommends for Common Council to review the draft Saint John Population Growth Framework, receive a presentation at the February 12th 2018 Council meeting and recommend Council adoption of the following resolution: 1. Direct the City Manager to coordinate a public roll-out of the Population Growth Framework with the media, key partners and stakeholders upon adoption. Growth Committee recommends that Common Council adopt the following resolutions at the February 26th, 2018 Council meeting: 1. Adopt the Saint John Population Growth Framework and direct that it serve as our community's work plan for Population Growth between now and the next Census in 2021; 2. Approve $35,000 from the Growth Reserve Fund to support City -led project deliverables under the Population Growth Framework in 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Saint John Population Growth Framework is the City's new strategy for population growth as requested by the Roadmap for Smart Growth. The Framework assembles a variety of new or enhanced initiatives, which seeks 131 to achieve three primary objectives: 1) Attract new people to Saint John; 2) Enhance the newcomer experience in Saint John; 3) Retain our Population in Saint John. PREVIOUS RESOLUTION In March 2017, Common Council adopted the Roadmap for Smart Growth, which included the creation of a population growth manager as well as the initiation of a population growth strategy for Saint John. On February 6t", Growth Committee received the draft Saint John Population Growth Framework and recommended that it be forwarded to Common Council for adoption. STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT The Population Growth Framework aligns with Council's priorities of: Growth and Prosperity: • We grow in a smart way and attract talent, innovation and opportunities so all people can thrive • Promote Saint John as a community to live, work and play to grow the residential tax base Valued Service Delivery: • Explore service improvements through innovation, technology and developing partnerships with other organizations. The Roadmap for Smart Growth: • Adoption of the Framework will fulfill action # 15 REPORT The Population Growth Framework is our City's new strategy on growing our population. The Vision of the Framework is that Saint John will become the most welcoming community in New Brunswick. In doing so, we hope to have even more people move here, and call Saint John home. The strategies outlined in the Framework are new or enhanced actions to curb our community's trend of population decline. Built on the existing work that is occurring in the City to grow the population, the Framework identifies 30 new actions that our community will accomplish over the next three years with a focus on three pillars: `19% -3- 1) Attract new people to Saint John; 2) Enhance the newcomer experience in Saint John; and 3) Retain our population in Saint John. Many of the actions will require coordinated work plans, and leveraged funding. Each action will be coordinated by a lead organization, and they will be supported by partnering organizations. The Framework is a living document, and Council can add new actions as existing ones are completed. The Framework is also unique among recent City strategies and reports in that, the Community has primary ownership of the strategy, and it is not simply driven by the City of Saint John (i.e. more than 50% of the actions in the Framework will be led by other stakeholders). As a result of extensive consultation, City staff believes that there is a very high level of consensus among stakeholders on the Framework and the initial set of actions. SERVICE AND FINANCIAL OUTCOMES As a result of population decline the City of Saint John will lose an estimated $15 million in unconditional grant funding over five years between 2018 and 2022. The Growth Committee recommends the use of $35,000 from the Growth Reserve Fund to support City -led project deliverables under the Population Growth Framework in 2018 such as: A New Resident Guide, A Recruitment Mission, Newcomer Success Stories, Love Your City Social Media Campaign, etc. Other partnership opportunities are also being sought with the Population Growth Division (Government of New Brunswick) as well as Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (Government of Canada). The ability to point to direct in- house Council supported budget allocation towards Framework projects will enhance the City's ability to successful identify leverage funding opportunities with other levels of government. INPUT FROM OTHER SERVICE AREAS AND STAKEHOLDERS The Framework was developed over one year by: • Multiple engagements with the Growth Committee. • Feedback from almost every City Department, the Senior Leadership Team and the contribution of dozens of City staff. • Engagement with various departments of both the Provincial and Federal Government. • Consultation with two dozen external agencies and organizations, and over 50 interviews. • Research on best practices in other municipalities in Canada and the USA. • Statistical analysis of population growth data, trends, and population and economic projection data for Saint John. `Bic] -4- • Progressively larger and larger vetting and validation sessions with newcomers, community leaders, stakeholders, and experts on matters of immigration, economics, job growth, education, marketing etc. ATTACHMENTS Saint John Population Growth Framework ME POPULATION TABLE OF CONTENTS 1N'lR0I1(--:," IIC)N 00 vlSf()N 0 MANDJUE 0 o1q,'K.'rm's 00 Wl IYA R)PULAHM GROW11 I 1,'RAMF`W'()RK? 00 S11GNS 011,'GROW111: WV IM Fd QIAVF�T() 011FIFF'R 00 SAIN]'J01 IN: NEW BRUNSWIC10 .0 MOSIMEL(30MING lY SUMMARY 011FAC110N PLAN 00 OBJECTIVE 1: ATTRACT new people to Saint John 49 OBJECTIVE 2: ENHANCE the newcomer experience in Saint John 0 OBJECTIVE 3: RETAIN our population in Saint John 0 (;()I S1DF'.RM'K)NS 0 APPF'.N D X A - G1,0SSARY 0 APPFMAX 13-G )VF'.RI Al (;a?, ROLF�SAND APPF�N DIX C', - N F`W'(-',(),M F'R F0CA ISF'D SFRVICT?S APPFM)IIX D - MAIM,] 10H)FAZ a�NGAGFMFNT INTRODUCTION A rising tide lifts all boats. This phrase has pairticulairimea in ing to SainitJohn as we are the city wit. 11 L. he world's highest ddes.Recenit trendsshow that our population is falfing; the 2016 Census indicated that SaintJohin was the oiMy Census Metiropolk Lain Area (CMA) with a deckning Ipopullatuoin ( 2.2%). 1 his ebbing of girowth ii-ripacts all of us:: industry has a smaller Ilalbour Ipooll, smaH businesses have fewer custorneirs, and the City has a Iloweir tax base to Ipirovide essential services to all its iresidents. SaintJohin is Canada's oiriginM cityaind the cultural and economic eingine of New Biruinswick.We have a rich histoiryand a hong standing tradition ofwelcorning wave after wave of newcorneirs to our shores. Despite our challengeswe are hopeful because we Ikinow first hand the awesorne �poweir of the chainging tide, and how quickly things caro change when we woirk togetheir. Our tides acre so Ipowweirful that twice daily they push back against the outwairdnowofthe i SaintJohin River and cause it to completely change direction. Our community is iready to change diii-ection.We aire committed to stopping thenowofoutirnigira Lion, a turacting inew people to ouirCitywith open airims,aind growing our population. VISION SaiintJohin will Ibe a City whose pc: puladoin is girowiing (because inew iresidents frorri airouind the world, across Cainada wind New Brunswick choose ouir corrirriuinity as their inew horrie. SaiintJohin will Ibe growling (because irrioire Ibusiinesses locate Iheire, irrioire young people Rind work Iheire, irrioire farriHies irriove (back Iheire, wind irrioire iresiden ts mwm� We aspire to be the most welcoming community in New Brunswick. MANDATE Aligned closely to the Council Priorities of Growth wind Prosperity, aind Plain&l, the Population Growth Firarriework is a key Ipilllair of SaiintJohin's girowth Iplain: The Roadmap for, Smart Growth. I his Firarriework's actioin (plain will serve as ouir corrirriunity's work Iplain on populadoin girowth wind will Ibe enhainced Iby the irelease of a inew lirrirriigiratioin Strategy iin conjunction with the SaiintJohin Local lirrirriigiratioin Partnership. OBJECTIVES ATTRACTnew people to Saint John *+*+4 ENHANCE the newcomer experience in Saint John RETAIN our population in Saint Joh'R n*+** WHY A POPULATION GROWTH FRAMEWORK? Over the (last 45 years„ Saint John has seen a IhistoricM decline i in population of Mnnosl:25%. In 197 1, our population was 89,039. By 2016,our Ips: pulation Ihad faHen to 67,575.'The 2016 Census indicated that our community now has the distinction of being the only Census MeitropoHitan Area (CMA) in Canada to shrinkduring that Ipeiriod. (Hpirel) Our community cain no Iloingeir watch our population decline.WV� meed to have a focused and coordinated approach to growing our population. I his Framework vviH Iheilp our community to Ibuilld on our existing efft)irts and will spur action around the things we FIGURE 1 caro influence. CENSUS METROPOLITAN AREA GROWTH A look at the population growth rates for Canada's census metropolitan areas (CMAs) in 2016: CMA % GROWTH CMA % GROWTH 'Tax -base growth and employment growth are Calgary 14.6 St. John's, N.L. 4.6 key piiiairs of the City's new Ro(.7dmap for'Smart Edmonton 13.9 Montr6al 4.2 Saskatoon 12.5 London 4.1 Growth, and they go haind in haind with Regina 11.8 Quebec* 4.0 population growth and retention.We cannot Lethbridge 10.8 Moncton 4.0 sirnply hiring in thousands of new people and Kelowna 8.4 Brantford* 3.8 Guelph 7.7 Hamilton 33 hope that they stay.Ouir community needs L(::) Victoria 6.7 St. Catharines -Niagara 3.5 Ilk[ becorne Irr16 ire effective at connecting job seekers Oshawa 6.6 Halifax 33 with employers, promoting our safe. and vibiraint Winnipeg 6.6 Windsor 3.1 Vancouver 6.5 Trois-Rivieres 2.8 ineighbouirinoods, Ihiliing people Ibuilld IlcHcall Toronto Q Peterborough 2.3UUU inetwoirks,aind Ihiglhlliglhting the inciredible quality Abbotsford 6.1 Belleville 1.8 of Ilife that our City offers. Kitchener 5.5 Saguenay 1,5 Ottawa -Gatineau 5.5 Kingston 1.0 Barrie 5.4 Greater Sudbury 1.0 Id Canada 5.0 Thunder Bay 0.0 Sherbrooke 4.9 Saint John, N.B. -2.2 anllwflm vvlclm,f�ts lo(VM (MM ,1(rr rnkulodr jvia 1/rA rNv One of the significant challenges facing SaintJohin is outrnigiration.We need to give our youth a vision for their future in SaintJohin. I hey need the tools and qppoirtuini ties to build their woirk networks and find good jobs otherwise they �leave for greener Ipastuires. We. also need to welcorne the world to Saiint..Johin.With one of the fastest aging pqpulatioins in the country, current econornic forecasts for New Brunswick indicate that our(labs: uir pool will not he sufficient to rneet dernainds created with the IretllrennenU of the baby boorneirs. FIGURE 2 We. need to ensure that our Ilocall Components of Saint John's Population Change (CMA) iresidentsaire filling thesejobsaind we also need to start recruiting n Net international migration newcorneirs to fill thejobs that are n Net intraprovincial migration (other NB cities) not being filled so that our im Net interprovincial migration Natural Increase (B -D) businesses can stay cornpetiflve in our world econorny. Whein exarnining the SaintJohin CMAjin 2016, the population rose entirely due to international 40 irnigira Lion. Firorn 2011 to2015,the CMAIps: pulatioin decline would 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 have (been Irnuch worse if there were no international irnigiration Source: Stotistics Conada Table 051-0057- Components of population growth by census metropokon creo (Figure 2). Even with the availability of affordable housing and attractive ineighbouirinoods, a significant challenge facing the City is tha t while over 85% of the regional jobs are within the City, over 37% of 1peope who work in SaintJohin do not live in the City and instead commute to work. (Statistics Canada, 2016 National HousehoH Survey)Jam"I"', ag, This daily iinfluxof inoin residents Iputs a significant strain oin the City's " IN, infrastructure and seirvices.Aind whHe they make ain ii-ripoirtaint. coin tri bu doin . ...... to the Ilocall econorny by working, purchasing goods and services, and supporting Ilocall businesses within the City, commuters do next contribute piropeirty taxes to the City; SaintJohin residents alone subsidize the cost of the vast majority of the infrastructure and services that commuters Mg use.'This is a significant factor in SaintJohin's Inigh tax irate that contributes to a cyclic Ipatteirin of uirbain spirawl k:)uind in Irrwany cities NO, across North Arneirica. Population decline also has a direct and ii-nirnediate ii-ripact oin the City's finances. Because the City lost 2,488 people in the 2016 Census, the aininual unconditional grant frorn the Province of New Biruinswickwill be reduced by an esdirnated $3M aininually until the next Census in 2021. Sirnply Iput,we need to grow our population. lin order to be effective at population girowth,we will need every level of Government, Ilocall businesses, stakeholdeirs,aind ouirwhole cornmunitywoirlding together to achieve growth. SIGNS OF GROWTH: WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFEI I heire is a inewvibiraincy a ind opHimism Illi SaintJoh in. Despite geneiral popula Lion deckne in some pairts of the Cityouir uptown coire witnessed a significant incirease i in the 2016Census (15.1%). New irestauira in ts a in d shops acre opening,businesses a ire Irelocadung theire, the City is woirlding on a in ew in eighbouirilood Ipla in, a ind people acre Imovling in. I he Central Peninsula has a Euiropeanmilt, with veiry high walkability, and quick access to the waterfront. (JintilrecentlySaiintJoh in was witnessing the hollowing out of our uirbain coin. I his doughnut effect is now showing sigins of reversing as young professionals and redirees looking to downsize acre Imovling in to our uptown in diroves. For Ireslidends who Ipirefelr a little moire space, SaintJohin has beautiful ineighbouirinoods spiread throughout the Citywith access to schools, (including the inewest school in the pirovince), shopping, pairks, and otheir amenities essential in an uirbain Illifesdylle. SaintJohin is surrounded by water. As the only city oin the Bay of Fundy, our beautiful beaches and waterways offer inuirneirous oppoir tumonies k:)ir swii-niming, kayaking, fishing, boating, and even skading in the winter. We. have over M 90 hectaires of IpuIblic Ipairlldaind,which is moire Keir capita thain alimost any other city in North America. Rockwood Pairk rivals NewY(:)irk's Central Pairk in its size, Ibeaudy,alnd Ipiroxulrnlidy to our uirbain coin. I he breathtaking Irving Nature Pairkdraws nu rneirous of visitoirs daily. I he City Ihas made ii-riprovemenits to H a rbouir Passage, which wiraps around our waterfront and is used heavily by our Iresidents.We have inew playgrounds, dog parks,and spa ash Dads in Ikey locations, as well as Ihliglh quality recreation facilities such as: Emera HeK the Canada Games Aquatic Ceintire, iJNBSJ, the new state of the airt YMCA of Greater Saint John, and the Iplalnlned Gireateir Saint-Johin Field House. SainitJohin is the culkinairy Ihulb of New Brunswick.With Inurnerous Ihliglh quality and awaird winining irestauiraints,and a hip and uirbain inightlife,you don't have to lookveiry fair to experience an incredible inight oin the town. Sain LJohin is steelped in history and cu kure.We aire a cultural capital of Canada and we have inciredible heritage buildings across our City. We. Aso have ain active airts and culture scene with a dozen airt galleries, the New Brunswick Museuirn, and nurneirous coinceirts, Illive peirk:)irrnainces and festivals throughout the yeairWe Ihad over 1.6 IrrIIIIIIkon visitoirs come to SaintJohin in 2016. Our tourism industry is thiriving, and is Ipoised to see continued girowth. I he City is currently engaged in Marge scale pir(:)jects which collectively are worth over $1 Ibllllllion,alnd aire employing Ihu indireds of residents, such as: Sa fe. Clean Drinking Water Pir(:)ject; Port SaintJohin Modernization; i.)pgrades at the Pullp and Palpeir Will; A (brand new Seaside Pairk School; I he lirving Oil Horne Office lower; and the irecently announced NB Museurn. Our quality of life is veiry Ihliglh and our unemployment irate is low (6.1 %). I he ratio of the average Thorne Ipirice to salary is only 251.Cornpaired to (larger cities such as Ibirointo wheire that ratio is over 9:1, it's no wonder that our Citywas recently narned one of Canada's Best Cities k:)irJobs and Aff(:)irdable Homes (#3), Huffingtoin Post (2017). If we waint to girow, we (need to Ilead Ibyexample.SaintJohin Imusd Ibecs:me New Brunswick's Most We. lcoming Commu in ity. I Ihlis will Imean adapting and enhainding our welcoming culture k:)ir inew Saint Johineirs coming from a vairiety of backgrounds. I he culture shift encompasses all sectoirs.Chainge requires everyone from individuals to Vocal businesses agencies,and Goveirinrrientderrionstiratiing our inclusive community and woirlding to support integrating our inewest iresidents. Id Imeans Niding inew SaintJohineirs, providing accessible ink:)irimation,aind Imalking incremental changes to Ibecome even moire welcoming than we already acre. Wc Imusd ensuire that IpuIbBlic services aire accessible to newcorneirs and while the City must leach lb example, the irest of our community has a irole to play.Employeirs aire integral and Imay ineed additional tools and supports to adapt to woirlding with diverse woirld(:)irces. Strategic focus oin attraction, iintegiratioin,aind retention of all SaintJohineirs is pp ineeded in the communityaind our inew Local limmigiration Partnership will he essential in developing a Iloingeir teirim strategy k:)ir our community. In oirdeir to ensuire that our iresidents Iremaoln heire,we ineed a much stiroingeir understanding of our cunrent and future Ilabouir mairket needs to equip ourselves w i t h t h e i in k:) rim a t I o in we in eed k:) ir ed u ca t I in g o u ir wo dkf(:) irce, a in d k:) ir fu t u ire I a in in i in g and attraction eff(:)irts. SaintJohin is already Ikinowin as one of the friendliest cities in the friendliest country in the woirld; Iby celebrating diversity, piromoding inclusion, and collaborating k:)ir chainge,we can also he Ikinowin as the most welcoming community in Canada. SUMMARY OF ACTION PLAN I his firarnewark is a living document. The strategies ouffined bdow are inew or enhanced actions that we will talke as a community to grow our population. Many of the following actions will require coordinated wark Iplains and leveraged funding. Each action will be coordinated by a lead organization, and they will be supported by Ipalrtnelrliing organizations. We. wiH build on our existing Ipirograrrns and leverage our strengths. Our community will continue to deploy new initiatives as we build capacity, and start to see Iresu ks. Increase and support the annual amount x ivl-101 residents (PRs) to Saint John CMA 571 in population by 2019 See Glossary for Abbreviations M - - Class of Immigrants I HIM lwmry # Action Lead Partners Timeline Measurement I Launch Population Growth CSJ February 2018 Launch of Framework in Firarnework February 2018 2. Establish a streamlined local S.WNRC (-SJ,0NB,ESJ, April 2018 Launch and Ipiresent new process and presentation fc)ir BlMPPWJDE stirearnfined presentation Provincial INornunee IPrograrn and support frarnework to (RNP) Exploratory Visits Growth Committee in April 2018 3. Assemble a dollars -and -cents CSJ July 2018 Present Ike cart to Growth case rear why corwirnuters Committee along with should allso consider lliving recommended marketing in flhe Cky jproposA # Action Lead Partners Timeline Measurement 4. Identify a research based SJ UP N [.3, CSJ September 2018 Presentation of findings pirofile of which types of to Growth Committee newcorneir stirearns is Irnost in Octobeir 2018 likely to successfully integrate and stay in SaintJohin S. Promote the Atlantic PE FL YMCA, S..JMNR(-, Decernbeir 2018 10% Increase in employers Irnrnigira Lion Pilot Pirogirarn ONB, CSJ using AIPP in 2018 (AIPP) to local businesses Chamber, 6. Workwith cultural ESJ ONB, ACOA, 2018,2019,2020 # of I eads cornrnun i ties of critical rnass PE FL, SJUP # of Cornpanies & that are interested in Ernployees IRelocated pirornoting i rn rn igira Lion arnong their rnernbeirship, and work with thern to support business relocation with their employees to Saint John 7. Conduct recruitment PE FL ONB, 2018,2019 201& Ci ty o f Sai n t Joh n missions to attract talent Eirriployeirs, participate in at least I to Saint John based on local CSJ, ESJ recruitment mission for labour market dernands the benefit of Saint Jahn 2019: City of Saint John participate in at least 2 recruitment mission for the benefit of Saint John 8. Develop onboarding toolkit YMCA (JNB, PE FL, March 2019 Launch of toolkit in for ernployers that hire PIRL)DE March 2019 newcorners that includes S..JMNRC recornmenda Lions, leading practices,and service providers 9. Depoy a marketing strategy CSJ May 2019 Strategy wiII be targeting expatriates, presented to the commuters, and residents of Growth Committee Cities with high costs of living and housing, and encourage flhem Lo move Lo SainL John 10. Advocate for Saint Johns CSJ & IRCC, GNB, 2019 2019: 10%. Increase in parficipadon in flhe Express S..JMNRC ARC.f Francophone nominadons Envy and Francophone Provincial Norninee Prograirn 2020: 10%. Increase in Svearns Francophone norninadons OBJECTIVE 2: 74, ENHANCE THE NEWCOMER EXPERIENCE IN SAINT JOHN **** IFG::alr the Ipu irlposes of the Framework, the definition of newcornelr IIS someone who has (recently (moved to Salint.Jolhn flrorn somewhere eVse _. either from ellsewhelre in New Brunswick, Canada,or internationally. OVERARCHING GOAL: TARGET: Our community will release a longer term The new Saint John Local Immigration settlement strategy to enhance the Partnership will release this strategy by newcomer experience to our City the end of 2018 # Action Lead Partners Timeline Measurement 11. Develop alnd Lau ncfw a CS.J S..VdV NR(.m, S..JUP June 2018 Launch and IpIresent guide Newcomer Guide to Common Council Iby June 2018 12. Coordinate a "Love your CS.J Partners August 2018 I (rack the Inurnlbelr City"socralllrnedlia Ipilot of engagements on pir(:)ject social Irnedlla 13. Host welcome celrernoinoes CS.J & ISA's, l.JNB, 2018, 2019 2018:i IDeiovelr 1 welcome at City Hall for newcorners I.JS..11 NB(-(.- cerernony in uptown and &rnigirants 2019 (Deliver 2 welcome ceremonies uptown 14. Host an annu M residential) I.JS..VI CS.J 2018 2018 - 250 IPegAe will tour of apartirnentsdcondos participate in a tour on the Central) Peninsula 15. Our Cornrnuanutywill S.JdV61NRC IDS.J,CS.J, 2018 The festival will take (host a new mualticu kuaral YMCA, PE FL place, and the organizing festival in Saint.Jolhn - cornrniaee will develop Cu kuare l=est Vey metrics for determining a suaccessffU outcome 16. Conduct Research with CS.J S.JUP September 2018 Present findings to residents, non-residems, and Growth Committee newcomers on why Lhey We / don't We in Saint John # Action Lead Partners Timeline Measurement 17. Conduct a review of existing CSJ SJUP Decernbeir 2019 Present findings and 21. Regulairly communicate CSJ & City services through a newcorneir success stories YMCA corresponding action plan to the public newcomer's lens build essential work networks by Decernbeir 2019 18. Offer cultural sensitivity CSJ ISA's August 2019 95% of selected staff training to City of Saint will complete training John front line municipal employees and management 19. Re -Vision the City's websi te (-.S..j Decernbeir 2019 Launch and present new www.sainLjohn.ca webske to Coirnirnon Council by the End of 2019 20. Encourage neighborhoods, SJUP Partners 2018, 2019 2018: Encourage and cultural groups, and support 8 welcoming community centres to hold events regular social events so that residents can meet their 2019: Encourage and neighbours support 8 additional welcoming events OBJECTIVE 3: RETAIN OUR POPULATION IN SAINT JOHN OVERARCHING GOAL: TARGET: Saint John will take a coordinated By the 2021 Census, we will see a approach to stem out -migration to reduction in interprovincial migration other parts of Canada compared to the 2016 Census # Action Lead Partners Timeline Measurement 21. Regulairly communicate CSJ & ES..l,S..lMNR(- Decernbeir 2018 Piresent one new success newcorneir success stories YMCA story to the public to the public each month 22. 13uild a labour market PE FL ONB,SJUP Decernbeir 2018 Present ILabour Market information database to EMPLOYERS, Report to Growth capture and analyze workforce Committee issues in Saint John 23. Acdvely proirnote flhe use I he Partners Decernbeir 2018 The Charnber will facilitate of irnixers so suidenLs,young Charnbeir I network rnixer per rnonffi grads, and newcorners can build essential work networks # Action Lead Partners Timeline Measurement 24. Form a Youth Retention YMCA farmers 2018 Identify ways to educate ladle Force youth about opportunities here in SaintJohin and engage there with Ikey netwoir1G, so they are encouraged to stay in the city 25. Organize Ihlilrliing fairs for PFFL ON B, CSJ, 2018 2018::Oirganize 2 Job Fairs students, graduates, ES..1,SJUP newcorneirs, and international students 26. NewcorneirY(:)uth On Ramp YMCA Partners 2018,2019,2020 The pilot pirogirarn will Program connect an average of >50youLh peiryear with additional leadership and community supports 27. Deploy ONB Connects ONB CSJ, ESJ, January 2019 Saint John will have Initiative to promote local PE FIL 50 Connectors and nemorking opportunities 50 ConnecLees by the end forjob ready graduates ofyear l and Inewcornelrs 28. Expaind inteirinship and ASID S CSJ, October 2019 Our community will co op Ipiroglrarn placernents (D IF S, I he Chamber, champion opportunities for to provide professional (JNB, Employers experiential learning for experience for high school NBCC our students with the target students and post secondary of an overall increase of students to gain work co-op and internship experience placernents of 10%n by Fall of 2019 29. The Gly will lead by example CSJ Education October 2019 City Departments will and increase the amount of Institutions increase the arnount of co op students placed in co-op spots by 25% for the City departments Fall of 2019 30. Forrn a ILanguaageTask Force: SJUP YMCA, ASID S, September 2019 Identify current community Focus on ensuring that new DSF S, PIRL)DE, resources and gaps. IPresent irnnnigrants have enough S..IMNR(- 'a llid s� of evidence base language comprehension to CRVC, (JNB, recommenda Lions pursue their educational and NBCC. career aspirations in Saint John, and flhat our community can iineeL flhe language needs of our growing irrurnigranL population I his document is not the he all and end all of growing ouir City; Ira heir, the framework IrelplresenUs a new seiries of steps that we will take on ouir iroad to population growth. Each action in the Framework has Ibeein assigned a Ileac, �pairtneir, Himeline, and Imeasu irements that acre Ibased on data, consultation, and feedback from ouir stakeholders. I lhlrouglhoud the development of the document, multiple government Ipairtneirs have indicated the availability of funding for future strategy development, retention initiatives,aind k:)ir population growth Iplllot pir(:)jects. limplementation of this Iplain depends on all stakeholders working togetheir on these strategies and integrating thern into cunrent work Iplains. By collaborating, we can hiring about new syneirgies wheire the whole is gireateir than the sirriple surn of ouir Ipairts. It goes without. saying that ouir community needs to continue to Irrake strategic investments in Airts, Culture, Recreation, and otheir quality of life infrastructure in oirdeir to attract people to live in SaintJohin. Hinally,we also need to irecoginize that theire acre significant vairiables at Flay that have a direct impact on growing oir shirinking ouir population,such as: Iwo] We. need a stiroing economy, both Ilocallly, Ipirovlincuallllyaind inationallyaind with that we need good Ilocaljobs in oirdeir for people to thirive heire. TAX BURDEN SaintJohin needs a competitive tax (rade so thatwe can continue to Ipirovide quality civic services at an affordable Ipirice. I lhat is why the City is actively Ipu irsuing recommended actions to hiring about fair taxation for taxpayers. IMMIGRATION POLICIES The Government of Canada and the Province of New Brunswick have direct oversight and control over the arnount and type of irnirnigiraint stirearns that are permitted to come to SainitJohn.And whHe our community is setting sorne hold LargeLs,we do so coginizaint of the fact that our local sphere of influence is moderated Iby national and Iprovincuall irnmigradoin policies. TIME Dernogiraph ics is a hong term ga rne, and there are very few shoirtcu ts thepa.xess ofirrioviing,oiriirrirriigiratiingLoSainLJolIiincan ofi.entaIlaeyeairs.illieireacre irriainy variables that can speed up or decrease the dirne it takes k:)ir a inew resident to carne to SainitJohn.'The actions we talke now will start hearing fruit over the next few years. People are unique and have vastly different(preferences that will iinf(:)irrn their decisions on where to 116ve:: they may Ipirefeir a ceirtain cHirnate; they may have family elsewhere; they irnight �puirsue education in a different city; they may(prefer a -noire rural setting, or a lairgeir uirbain centire; they irnight he offered a job in a different location; they rn6 .. he Ipuairsuing very specific careers that are only offered in ceirtain Places in the woirld; and too mainy other vairiables to list. The best time toplanto tree was 20years ago. The second best time is now (Chinese Proverb) 0 APPENDIX A - GLOSSARY ACOA Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency ARCIF Association Regionale de la ommunaute. Francophone de Saint.Jean linc. ASD S Anglophone School District South BIMP Business limmigiraint Mentoirship Program CSJ City of SaintJohin DSF S District Scolaire Francophone Sud DSJ Discover SaintJohin ESJ Enterprise SaintJohin GAC. Global Affairs Canada GNB Government of New Brunswick HDC. Hurnain Development Council I RCC limmigira tion, Refugees, and Citizenslhlip Canada ISA's limmigiraintSeirviing Agencies inSaintJohin NBCC New Biruinswicl�(-orrirriuinity(-olege NBMC. New Brunswick Multicultural Council ONB Oppoirtu ini ties New Brunswick PE FL Post Secondary Education, 1lraiiniing,aind Labouir PRL)DE linc Piride of Race, (Jinity and Dignity thirough Education, lincoirpoirated SJ U P SaintJohin Local limmigiration Partnership SJMNRC. SaintJohin Multicultural and Newcomers Resource Centire SNB Service New Brunswick iJNBSJ (Jiniveirsity of New Brunswick, SaintJohin i..)S..Il (.Jptowin Saiint..Io" Iiin,lincoiroirated YMCA YMCA of Gireateir SaintJohin Newcomer Connections APPENDIX B - GOVERNANCE, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES I he f:)1lowing table 6 udines The stakeholdelrs,their roIes,al1d responsibilities as they Irelate to population glrowth lin SaIII1t..Y6 hin. CITY OF SAINT JOHN • Common Council • Growth Committee • City Departments • Growth and Community Planning • Saint John Police Commission • Saint John Transit • P.R.O. Kids • Local Political leadership • Provision of Municipal Services to all residents with special focus on ensuring the needs of newcomers are met • Population Growth Framework • Liaise with senior levels of government and participate in efforts to match population recruitment efforts with labour market needs in the region • Identify and leverage marketing efforts to meet Saint John's growth population targets • Ensure that attraction, settlement and retention efforts are aligned locally, in conjunction with the provincial and federal government • Promote and support the Local Immigration Partnership (SJLIP) • Work closely with economic development agencies, employers, and post -secondary institutions to develop programs and increase opportunities for young people to stay in Saint John PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT • Post -Secondary Education,Training and Labour, Population Growth (PETL) • Department of Social Development (DSD) • Opportunities New Brunswick (ONB) • Local MLAs • Market New Brunswick to potential immigrants • Major Funding for settlement sector • Utilize PNP program to attract and fast-track immigrants who fit labour market shortages, entrepreneur opportunities, and business expansion goals • Workforce analysis and planning • Conduct recruitment missions • Strategic immigration planning, policies, and programs • Link provincial recruitment activities to community-based strategies • Provide resources and other supports to grow population growth at the local level • Support labour market training • Legislation governing regulated professions FEDERAL GOVERNMENT • Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) • Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISEDC) • Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), • Global Affairs Canada (GAC) • Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) • Statistics Canada • MP —Saint John -Rothesay • Immigration regulatory framework • Major funding for settlement sector • Multiculturalism, settlement, and integration supports • Statistics • International recruitment support • Policies, selection, and regulatory processes • Integration of national and provincial strategy and activities • Policies, selection, and regulatory processes • Integration of national and provincial strategy and activities IMMIGRANT SERVING AGENCIES (ISKS) • Y Newcomer Connections • Saint John Multicultural & Newcomers Resource Centre (SJMNRC) • PRUDE Inc. • Community Centres • Cultural Communities & Associations • Programs and settlement services • Cultural Competency and Language Training • Local coordination of Atlantic Immigration Pilot (AIP) and Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) • Family immigration recruitment • Support and advocate for diversity • Contribute attraction, retention, and integration knowledge, skills, and expertise • Collaborate and share resources,where appropriate • Work to survey clients, families, friends on understanding why new Saint Johners stay and why they go to improve promotion efforts • Grow our cultural community • Volunteer mentorship, hosting, and orientation • Contribute knowledge, skills, expertise, and networks ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES & LOCAL BUSINESS • Enterprise Saint John • Discover Saint John • Develop Saint John • Atlantic Human Services •The Chamber of Greater SaintJohn • Employers • Contribute and support population growth efforts • Identify current and projected workforce needs • Recruit, hire, and support new SaintJohners • Organize Job Fairs and assist local residents with networking opportunities • Contribute business development and human resource requirements for strategic workforce planning • Link employment options and opportunities to population growth activities • Participate in mentoring, networking, training, and education activities • Support promotion of Saint John across New Brunswick Canada, and around the world EDUCATION • University of New Brunswick, Saint John Campus • New Brunswick Community College • Anglophone School District South (ASD -S) • District Scolaire francophone Sud (DSF-S) • Ensure faculty, staff, and students are well-educated to welcome new SaintJohners • Recruit, select, counsel, and provide supports for international students • Contribute subject matter expertise on population growth in Saint John • Ensure an inclusive school experience where all cultures are embraced and celebrated and to supporting schools as they develop cultural competence and celebrate cultural diversity • Collaborate to link students to the community and employment experience • Champion international exchanges and programs for students • Promote Saint John as a community of choice APPENDIX C - NEWCOMER FOCUSED SERVICES There is a tremendous amount of good work that is already being done to assist newcomers to SaintJohin. A primary goal of the Firarriework and a key outcome of the anew Saint.. ohin Local lirrimigiration Partnership is that our cornrnu ini Ly's current efforts will be even better aligned and coordinated to grow our population. This framework seeks to identify anew actions, above and beyond the current woirk our community is doing to enhance our efforts to grow our City. I lie following table illustira Les just a fraction of the inciredible woirk that is currently being done in Saint John: AHS Adaraic I lurnan Services ASID S Anglophone School District- South isvicL-SouLh ID IF S District Scolaire Francophone -- Sud BUM Business Irnmigram Ment.orship Prograrn CVIRC Crescent Valley Resource Centre 11 DC Hurnan DeveloprnenL Council 1141BCC New Brunswick CornniuniLy College 114 IB 1W C New Brunswick Multicultural Council IF. Kids (City of SaintJohin) Positive Recreation Opportunities for Kids PRUDE 11114C Pride of RaceL.JniLy and Dignity through education SJIW1141RC SainL.John Multicultural & Newcorners Resource Centre U114IBsi University of New Brunswick SainL.John WCA YMCA of Greater SainL.John — Newcorner Connections Settlement Language Youth Employment Public Awareness/ Services Support Support Support Advocacy V V I V V V M APPENDIX D - STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT Organization Contact Anglophone School District South Lyinin MacDonald, Elizabeth Hoirgain ARCf Joinathain Poirier Atlantic Hu. rnain Services Rahima Kouiraich-loff ire I heiriault, Abdel Baoud Coininexion M.:)irks, Business Jimmigiraint Ainarnika..Jaiin_layine layloir Mentoirship Program City of SaintJohin Growth Committee,Siginificaint Numbeirs of City Staff Crescent Valley Resource Centire Anne Driscoll, Nadhiirn Mainsooir Discover SaintJohin Alliain MacKinnon District Scolaire Francophone Sud Rodirigue Hebert Develop SJ Steve Carson, Brian Irving Enterprise SaintJohin Join Gaudet-lainet Scott, Eleanor MacLean Hu rnain Development Council Randy Hatfield, Duyen Nguyen, Abiola Dairamola limmigiration, Refugees & Citizenship Canada Molly Fall New Brunswick Community College Ryan Sullivan, Lucas Liu New Brunswick Multicultural Council Alex LeBlanc Office ofWayine Loing, MR, SaintJohin Rothesay Noira Robiinsoin,Giraharn Savage Oppoirtuin i ties New Brunswick I heiresa Phillips, Rahul Chaku, Niki Shaw, Monica Gaudet..Iustasoin, Kiim Webb Post Secondary Education, IIraiiniing,aind Labouir (PE FL) Hoin.&Iles LePage, Chairles Ayles, Rob Kelly, Paul Graham, Brian Fends, Natalie I hornsoin PWJDE INC. SaintJohinJewish Community Growth Initiative SaintJohin Multicultural and Newcomer Resource Centire I he Chambeir (Jiniveirsity of New BiruinswickSaiint..Johin (.Jptowin SaintJohin YMCA Newcomer Connections Jocelyin Stevens Dain Elliman Mohamed Bagha,Wilfiarn lairr, U Song David Du. plisea Rob Mo ir, Ch iris toph eir Beardsworth, Kevin Boinineir Lindsay layloir Doiiroin,Sairah Ciraig,Mikael Hellstirom; Samah El Maghlawy Nancy I issingtoin Aingelique Siimpsoin,Shilo BoucheirJazirnine Belyea NOTES NOTES `I-q mmff��rm 20-18MIM CADRE DE 1A CROISSANCE DtMOGRAPHIQUE TABLE DES ATI FRES INTROD I 1(--,'II()N 00 VISfON 0 MANDNE -0 0 POURQ11011 [IN SlIGNF.S DFX.'ROISSANCT'�: CFI Q11F. NOUSAVO NSA 011, 1U 00 SAIINTJOI IN: LA LA PHIS 00 A(.',(.',[ HLLANFF� 1)1.11 () I IV F�A 1113 R I I N SW'11 C, IK SOMMAIRF, DU PLAN IYACTION -0 OBJECTIF 1: ATTIRER de nouveaux r6sidents ASaint John 49 OBJECFIF2: AMLIORERVexp6rience des nouveaux arrivants ASaint John 0 Objectif 3: RETENIR noire population A Saint John 0 (,',()NSII D FRA HONS RF] �Al VF.S A I ,A,M IS F� FN (I', I IVRF� 0 AN N FIX I," A - GI ,OYSAI RF, 0 APPFM)IIX V1- G()1IVF'.RNAN(.,F., ROLF�S APPFMAX C, - SF'.RV11(.,F.S A.XF"S SUR I.F.S NOUVF.AUX ARIUVAMS 0 APPFM)IIX D -MO131111SAHON DF.S 1NTF'.RVF.NAN]S 0 INTRODUCTION Une marde montante fait mont tous les bateaux. Cees expression revkurine siginificadoin parkuhbre � SaintJohin, Ipuisque noun Ale offre Ves pus hauLes rnar6es au monde. Les dernibires t.endainces rnointirent que noLre populadon dechne; Ve recensernenL de 2016 a indique due SaintJohin 6t.ait. la seule iregion irneuropolkaine de recensement. a presenter une pc: pulabon en d6chn ( 2,2 %).(-e irecull de Ila croissance Louche chacuin d'entire nous:llindusurie �possbde un Ibassin de tiravailleuirs irddu k, Ves petites entirepirises oint irnoins de chents,et Ila Ville dispose d'une assiette fiscale Iplus fable Ipouir k:)uirinir Iles services essentiels a 1'ensernble de ses residents. SaintJohin irelpirdsente h premiere ville du Canada, ainsi due Ile irnoteuir cultuirel ed . econornique du Nouveau Brunswick Notre Ihistoire est riche d'une Iloingue tradition d'accuefl des nouveaux airrivaints sur nos c6tes, urine vague apirbs I'autire. En depit des difficultes, nous gairdoins espoir, Ipairce due nous coininaissoins Ibien �la Iissaince inciroyable des chaingernents, des mairees, ainsi due Ila iralpidite avec laquelle Iles choses Ipeuvent changer Iloirsque nous tiravailloins ensemble. Nos mairees scant si Ipuissaintes gine, deux k:As Ipairjouir, efles repoussent Ile Flux soirtaint de Illimposainte irlvldire Saint Jean et Ile fc:)ircent a changer cc rnplkernent de direction. Notre collectivi to. est pirb. te a cha ingeir de d iirec tion. Nous inous engageoins a rnettire un teirrne aunux de �la irnigiration de soirtie,a at.direir chaleuireusernent de inouveaux airrivaints dains inotire Ville et a acciroitire inotire population. VISION Saiint..IoIiinseirauinevilllle�IlaIpoullatioinciroissainte,Ipaircequezee nouveaux iresidents venusdu Imoiodeeinfleirdu Cainadaetdu Nouveau Brunswick clioisiirointdes'yiinstalllleir. Saiint..Io" Iiingiraindiira,IpaircequeIpBus d'entirelpirisess'yo.taIbliiroint,IpBus dejeuInes yviendirointtiravailllleir,IpBus defarriilllless'yire.iinstalllleirointetIpBus deir.e.'.sidents choisiroint d'y iresteir. Nous aspirons 6 devenir la collectivitd la plus accuefflante du Nouveau -Brunswick. MANDAT Le cadire de Ila ciroissaince dernogiraphique est etroitement the aux Ipidolrlites du coinseil en Irnatublre de ciroissaince et de Ipiroslpelrlite.,de Plain&l, et coinstitue un pilheir essentiel du Plain de ciroissaince de Saiint..Johin:: /a Feuille de route pourune croissance intelllqente. Le Iplain d'action de ce cadire feira office de Iplain de travail suit Ila ciroissaince dernogiraphique Ipouir notire collectivite, et seira complete Fair Ile Ilancement d'une nouvelle strategie d'immigiration, coinjointement avec Ile Ipairtenairiat local en matibire d1immigiration de SaintJohin. OBJECTIFS A171RERde notiveaux residents A Saint John ***41 AMELIORERI'exp6rience des nouveaux arrivants; A Saint John RETENIRnotre population A Saint John A4, POLIRQLIOI LIN CADRE DE LA CROISSANCE DEMOCRAPHIQLIE? Au cours dens 45 dernubres ann6es,Saiint..Vohin a con nu uin dechin I116storique dei barbs dei 25 % dei sa popuhtuon. En 1971, ins::ad reg popuV tion s'eeevai � 89 03 habitants. En 2016, notre Ipopulation est tomb6e a 67 575 IhaIbitaints.Le recenserrlont dei 2016 a montrel quer notre coHectuvut6 avail: de.sorrnaus Ila distinction ion d'6 reg h se"ulle region m6tropohtaune dei recensement tau Canada � avoir vu sa polp0atuon iredu6ire Ipendaint. ce t e Iperiode (figure 1). Notre collllecd uv6d o. ine Ipeut Ip lus seg Iperrne It reg d'e voir sa population dechine it Nous d'evorls adopter uine alppiroche coordonn6ex et culblee An d'accroi tire notire polpulladuoin.Cme cadres Iperrne ttra a notre coHecduvite dei direr Marti dei nos e ffe:arts actue k est dei Ipousser � II'acd ion gains Iles dorrlaunes Sur Vesque is nous aouvons 6innuer. L'6hrgissebrnent dei II'assied de fiscalle et Ila creation d'ernplois correspondent � densIpilhers essentue is dei Ila nouvelle F: uille dei routes dei /a Vllle pour term crolssance intelllge nte, et vont dei pair avec Ila croissance et Ilei rrlaintuen dei Ila Ipopulation. Nous nes I aouvons Maas nous contenter d'ad d urer dens rr1ilhers dei nouveaux iresudents,en esperant quTIs resdent sur I lace. Notire collllecd uvite doit renk:)rcer la communication entre Iles chercheurs ci'ernploi et Ileus ernployeuirs, doit pirornouvoir Ila secunda end lei dynarnisr71e dens quartiers, doit aider Iles ersonnes � consdituer dens ireseaux Ilocauxet void rned dire ern Ilurnibre Ila quallite dei vies incroyalble qu'offre no ire V61IIIe. FIGURE 1 REGIONS II tTROPOLITAINES DE RE'CENSENIENT Tauxde croissance demographfque des regions metropofitaines de recensement (RVIR) au Canada RMR TAUX DE CROISSANCE RMR TAUX DE CROISSANCE Calgary 14,6 St.John's,T-N.-L. 4,6 Edmonton 13,9 Montreal 4,2 I UUUUUUN� Saskatoon 12,5 London 4,1 Regina 1118 t)u6bec* 4,0 Lethbridge 10,8 Moncton 4,0 Kelowna 8,4 Brantford" 3,8 Guelph 7,7 Hamilton 3,7 Victoria 6,7 St. Catharines -Niagara 35 'Oshawa 6,6 Halifax 3.3 Winnipeg 6,6 Windsor 3,1 Vancouver 6,5 Trois-Rivieres 2,8 Toronto 6,2 J ���jj�ij�ii Peterborough 2,3 .Abbotsford 6,1 Belleville 1.8 Kitchener 5,5 Saguenay 1,5 �I Ottawa -Gatineau 5,5 Kingston 1,0 jul Barrie 5,4 Grand Sudbury 1,0 D 'Canada 5.0 VIII Thunder Bay 0,0 Sherbrooke ,- Jk, f di 4,9 Saint-Jean, N. -B. -2,2 Lanigiration de soirtie conrespoind � l'une des Iplus giraindes difficultes auxquelles SaintJohin est coini5rointee. Nous devoins doinineir c nos jeuines une vision de euir avenir SaintJohn. Ills ont besoin des outils et des occasions euir peirimettaint de coinstitueir euirs ireseaux pirofessioninels et de tirouveir de boins emplois; sinoin, Hs chaingeiroint d'hoirizoin. Nous devoins e.galernent accueilhir des gens du IrY oinde enfleir c SaintJohin. Puisque nous avoins l'une des populations qui vieHfissent Ile Iplus Irapidernent au Days, Iles pireevisions econorniques actuelles indiquent due notire Ibassun de tiravailleuirs ne suffira Ipas � Ir6pondire � Ila dernainde cire.e.e Ipair Ile depairt � Ila iretiraite des enfants du Ibalby boorn. Nous devoins nous assuireirque nos residents, Ilracauxoccupentces ernploiset nous devoins FIGURE 2 Les composantes du changement d6mographique de Sainflohn n La migration internationale nette La migration infraprovinciale nette (autres villes du N -B) w La migration infraprovinciale nette r,.,, Vaccroissement d6mographique naturel 2012 Source :Statistiques Canada 2013 2014 2015 egalernent commencer � ireciruteir de nouveaux andvaints Ipouir dulls occupent Iles emplois qui ne sone has Ipouirvus,zee fa(oin � Ipireselrvelr �la competitivite de nos entirepirises dans Ile coin texte de 1'ecoinornie EMM Loirsque l'on examine Ila Iregioln i6tiropolitaiiine de recenserneint de me SaintJohn en 2016,oin coinstate due �la population s'est accirue entibirement girAce � Ila Ir igiration inteirinationale. Entire 2011 et 2015, �Ie dechin de Ila population dans Ila 2016 region metiropolitaine de recensernent de SaintJohin auirait 6 'to Ibien Iplus girave en I'absence de migiration inteirinationale (figuire 2). Wme si Ila ville compte nombre de bgements abordables et de quairdeirs a Litrayanits,ceHe-d doKfaire face a urine difficu I L6 importa in t.e:ben due 1p6us de 85 % des empUs r6gionaux soient situ es en vik, pus de 37 % des Ipeirsoinines qui IravaHlent a SaintJohin ne vivenit pas en vik eit doivent faire des alleir reLourjusqu'a 6eur IravaH. (Sitadsitique Canada, Enquke nationale aupirbs des rne.nages de 2016) Ceit afflux quoddien de noir iresidents meit a rude epireuve IIlini5rasd iructuire et les services de Ila Ville. Akers dulls conitribuent k:)irtement a 1'ecoinornie Ilocalle en tiravaillaint, en ache ant des Ibiens eit des services, et en sou tenaint Iles entirepirises Ilocalles darns Ila VMe, hes naves teuirs ne iralppoirtent aucuin iirnp& k:)incieir a Ila Ville; seuls Bes residents de SaintJohin subvenfloinineint Ile coOt de �la majeuire Ipartie de Hinfrasitructuire et des services utifises Ipair Iles navetteuirs. Cela consditue un facteuir important du taux dlimposidoin 6.1eve de SaintJohn, qui conitribue au mouvement cyclique our a 1'etalement uirbain due I'm retir(:)uve dans de nombireuses villes d'Arneirique du (Nord. Le dechin de Ila population a egalement urine incidence diii-ecte et i -remediate sur Iles finances de Ila Ville. Pu isque Ila Ville a Ipeirdu 2 488 habitants, seloin Ile recensement de 2016, Ila subvenfloin incoindidoininelle aininuelle accoirdee Ipair �la(province du Nouveau Brunswick sera irddu ite chaque aininee d'uin mointaint esdime a 3 milhoins de dollars jusqu'au Iprochain recensement en 2021. En d'autires teirines, nous devoins acciroitire notire population. Pour due I'acciroissement de notire population ss: it efficace, H Faudira due chaque paheir de gouvennement, chaque entirepirise Ilocalle,chagu e inteirvenaint,ainsi due 1'ensemble de nod ire collectivite collaboirent Ipouir coininaitire urine ciroissaince. P" SIGNES DE CROISSANC-E: A CE QUE NOUS AVONS OFFRIR (Jin vent nouveau de dyinamisme et d'optirnisme se fait sendir a SaintJohin. Fin depit du declin geneiral de Ila population gains ceirtaines Ipairties de Ila Ville, Ile cceuir de inotire centire- ville a coinnu une augmentation impoirtainte selon Ile irecensement de 2016 (15,1 %). De nouveaux irestauiraints, de nouveaux imagasuns ouvirent, Iles entirepirises se ireiinsdallllent dens Ile secteuir, Ila Ville est en tirain d'e tudier un nouveau �plan de voisinage., et Iles gens ernmenagent. La Ipeninsulle centirale offire un cachet euiropeen, de tii Iboinines Iposs6lbHllites de deplacement a Ipied et un acc6.s irapide au secteuir iriveirain. Jusque recernment,SaintJohin a coininu une eirosion de son inoyau uirbain.Ce developpernent en ainneau irnontire desormais une tendance inverse, etaint donine que Iles jeuines IpircAessionnels et Iles iretiraites qui veulent vivire dans des habitations moins girandes ernmenagent dans inotire centtire- ville en grand nombire. Pouir Iles iresidenUs qui Ipirefbirent disposer d'uin Ipeu Iplus d'espace., SaintJohin of de Ibeaux quairtieirs qui s'e.tendent dens toute Ila ville, avec un acc6.s aux ecoles (y compiris 1'ecole Ila Iplus irecenUe de Ila province), des imagasuns,des Ipaircs et des enures amenagements essentiels a un style de vie uirbain. SaintJohn est entouiree d'eau.Ein taint que seule vine situee dans Ila Ibaie de Fundy, nos imagnifiques Iplages et voles inev6gelbles offirenU Ibeaucoulp d'occasions de piratiquer Ila inatation, Ile kayak, Ila Ip6che,Ile navigation et im6me Ile Ipeduinege en Ih6veir. Nous disposons de Iplus de 1 190 Inectaires de Ipaircs Ipublics,ce qui irelpiresente Iplus paii-habitaintque in'impoirtequelle autire ville d'Arneiriquedu Noird.1 e Ipairc Rockwood suirpasse Ile Central Pairk de NewYc:)irk en imatibire de taillede Ibeeu te'. et de Ipiroxom6de du inoyau uirbain. Uirripiressioninant Ipairc inatuirel Irving anire chaque jouir de nombireux visiteuirs. La Ville a appoirte des arnelioirations au Ipassage du Ipoirt, qui entouire inotire secteuir iriveirain et qui est beaucoup AIM. Keir nos iresidenUs. La Ville a appoirte des arnelioirations au Ipassage du Ipoirt,qui entouire notire secteuir riveirain et qui est beaucoup AIM. Keir nos iresidenUs. Nous avons de nouveaux tenrains dejeu,paircs Ipouir chiens et aures dejeux d'eau dens des endiroits clesaiinsi due des installa Lions de loisirs de quake supeirieure, telles due Ile teirrain Erneira, le Centre aquadque desJeux du Canada, Ile campus de Saint.. ohn de I'LIniveirsite du Nouveau. -Brunswick, Ne nouveau YMCA ukramoderine du Grand SaintJohin et le connpexe spoirtif pirevu dU Grand Saint John. SaintJohn est Ile centre cull inaire du Nouveau-Brunswick.GirAce aux Inornbreux restaurants Ipirlil-nes de Ihaute qualite et a I'acdv6l:6 nocturne Ibranchee et uirbaine, vous n'auirez Ipas a alleir Ibien loin Ipouir passer une soiree inciroyable en ville.Saint John est ernpireinte d'histoire et de cu kure.Nous sornmes une capitale cultuirefle du Canada et nous Ipossedons des bAdments, Ipatr6monuaux inciroyables dans u:)ute la ville. Nous piroposons 6gMemenit une scene airtistique et cultuirelle dynarnique comprenanit une douzaiine de galleries Fart:, Ile Mus0e du Nouveau Brunswick et nombre de coinceirts, de spectacles et de festivals tout au hong de I'ainne.e. Nous avons ire(u Ipluas de 1,6 milhoin de visiteuirs a SaintJohin en 2016. Notire industirie du touirisme est noirissainte., et devirait coninaitire une ciroissaince continue. La ville (pirend Dart: actueflernent a des pir(:)jets de girainde enveirguire qui, dans 1'ensern ble, repiresen tent Ipluas d'uin Imlilllluard de dollairset qui emploient des centaines de residents, tels que:: Ile pir(:)jet Eau potable saline et propire; Ila Imodernlisation du port: de Saint.. ohin, Ila Imodernlisation de l'usine de pates et papiers; Ila toute nouvelle ecole Seaside Park; Ila tour du sibge social de lirving OH et Ile Musee du Nouveau Brunswick qui vient cl'kire Imentionne. (Notre qualite de vie est tires elevee et inotire taux de ch6mage est fable (6,1 %). Le rappoirt du prix moyen des maisoins Ipalr rappoirt au salaire in'est due de 2,5 a 1. Pair rappoirt a des villes Ipluas ii-ripoirtaintes cc rnme lbiroint(:), oO ce rappoirt est supeirieuir a 9 a 1, H i pas etoininaint due inotire Ville alt: ete recernment desigine.e cornme I'uine des irneilleuires villes au Canada en Imatubre d'emplois et de maisons aboirdables (3e irang), Huffingtoin Post (2017). SAINT JOHN: LA COLLECTIVI'M LA PLUS ACCUEILLANTE DU NOUVEAU -BRUNSWICK Si nous vouloins ciroitire,nous Jevons imointireir 1'exernple.Sai in tJoh in Boit d even iir � IIS IAB us accueillainte du Nouvee u Brunswick la collectivite Cela siginifie due nous deviroins adapteir et amehoireir inotire culture d'accuefl Ipouir les nouveaux ci toyens de Sa i in tJoh in issus de it i I ieux d i iffeiren ts. Le cha in gemen t de culture englobe tous Iles secteuirs.Ce chaingement Err plaque due chacuin,qull s'agisse des Ipairticul eirs,des entirepirises Ilocalles,des oirgainismes ou Ile gouveirinemen L, do. moin tire Ile cairact6re inclusif de inotire collectivite,et collaboire �pouir souteniir Illintegiration des tout nouveaux iresudenCs. Cela compirend 1'embauche de nouveaux citoyensdeSaiint..Io. iin,lla k:)uirinituirede irenseignemenCs accessibles et I'appoirt de chaingements Ipirogiressufs An de devenir encoire Iplus accueillaints due nous Ile so comes actuellerneint. Nous devoins nous assuireir due Iles services �publics soint accessibles aux nouveaux airrivaints et,taindis due IIaVille doi imoinCireir 1'exernpleje ireste de inotire collectivite F a un role a joueir. Les employeuirsjouent un role essentiel et IpouiriraienC avoir Y)fffDi besoin d'outils et de souden supplementaiii-es alfin de i tiravailleir avec une main d'ceuvire diveirsifiee. (Jine orientation stirategique suer I'attiraction, Illntegiration et Ile imainfuen de taws les citoyens de SaintJohin est inecessaire au sein de Ila collectivite.,et inotire nouveau pairtenaidat Vocal en it atibire dlimmigiration seira essentiel Ipouir Ile developpernent d'une stint 6e a Iloing teirime Muir inotire collectivite. fou ir veilleir a ce due inotire population choisisse de rester, nous avoins Ibesoin de comprendire Ibeaucoulp i Iles Ibesoins actuels et fu tuirs de inotire imairche du travail, alfin de disposeir de llink:)irimation inecessaire Ipouir 5(:)irmeir inotire imaiin d'ceuvire.,en Ipirevision des fu tuirs effc:)irts en imadbire de Iplainification et d'attiraction. SaintJohin est deja coininue comme l'une des villes Iles Iplus accueillaintes dans Ile �days Ile Iplus accueillaint au imonde,en celebiraint Ila diveirsite, en piromouvaint llinclusion et en collaboiraint en faveuir du chaingerrient,inous Ipouvoins egalement lore coininus comme etaint Ila collectivite Ila Iplus accueillainte au Canada. SOMMAIRE DU PLAN DACTION Ce cadire est uin document dvolutif. Les strategies decirites d-dessous correspondent a des irriesuires inouvelilles ou arnehoirees due nous pirendiroins en taint due collecdvM afin d'accroftre metre populadoin. Nombre des mesures suivaintes necessiteronit des plains de tiravail cooirdoinines et des Finaincernents a effet de Ilevieir. Chaque mesure sera coordonn6e par un organisms irespoinsalble, et seira soutenue Ipair des oirgainisirries Ipairtenalires. Nous nous appuierons sur inns programmes exisitants et nous pirofiteiroins de nos avaintages. Notre coHectivite coinflinuera a deployeir de nouvelles initiatives a irriesuire due nous augirrienteiroins notire capacite, et due nous coirrimenceiroins a voir des iresulltats. OBJ TI 1 A171RERDE NOUVEAUX Rf.SIDEN'PS A SAINT JOHN de r6sidents permanents (RP) dans la r6gion m6tropolitaine de recensement de Saint John. NETTIE de sa population did 2019. Voir le gfossa ire pour la signification des abreviations. cat6gories de limmigration 6conomique. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No esure Responsable Partenalres Calendrier esure 1. I ancernent du cadre de la CSJ Fevrier 2018 1 ancernent du cadre en croissance dernographiqUe f6virier 2018. 1 Etablir Un processus et Line CAMNASJ CSJ, OUB, F..S..1, Avril 2018 1 ancer et presenter Un cadre presentation locaux sirnpliflos PME, IPIRNJIDE sirnpliflo de presentation pour les visiles de prospection et de SOUtien au Corni to de dans le cadre du Prograrnirne croissance en avril 2018. des candidats des provinces (PCP). 1 E�Iaborer Une a rgUrnenta Lion CSJ JUillet 2018 Pr6senter le rapport au mon6taire afin d'expliqUer Cornii:6 de croissance avec POUrqUOi les navetteUrs la proposition de rnarketing devraient 6galement envisager recornirnand6e. de viva en ville. No Mesure Responsable Partenalres Callendfler esure 4� Definir Un profil de recherche PlSJ u �N IB, CSJ Septernbre 2018 Pr(..,sentation des RSUltats concernant les types de au Cornite de croissance nOUveaUx arrivants qui scant les en octobre 2018 PIUS SUsceptibles de sIntogrer a SaintJohn et d'y rester. PrornOUVOir le IPrragrarnrne EPFT YMCA,ONB, D(..,(::ernbre 2018 ALIgrnentation de 10 % des pilote d'irnrnigration au Canada CAMNASJ,CS.J ernployeUrs qui rant atlantiqUe (PPlCA) aux Charnber reCOUrs au IPPiCA en 2018. entreprises locales. de cornrnerce 6 Collaborer avec les IESJ OUBAPECA, 2018,2019,2020 Nbr" de responsables collectivit(.'.,s CUltLjr(..,lles IEPFT, PlSJ Nbm d'entroprises et d'irnportance qui SOLIhaitent d'ernployps r6installps prornOUVOir Piryunigration aUpr6s de IeUrs rnernbres et collaborer avec eUx afin de SOUtenir la reinstallation de leUr entreprise et de IeUrS employes a SaintJohn. T Effectuer des rnissionsde IEPFT GNB, 2018,2019 2018: rhe City of Saint John recruternent afin d'attiror ErnployeUrs, participe a au rnoins des talents is SaintJohn CSJ, IF..SJ une rnission de en foriction des dernandes recruternent au profit du rnarche du travail local. de SaintJohn. 20119:1 he City of SaintJohn participe a au mains deux missions de recruternent au profit de Saint John. R [.Iaborer Une boite a OLARS YMCA OUB, EPFT, Mars 2019 Lancernent de la d'aCCUO et d1nt6gration PRUDE, bofte a OUtils en destin6e aux ernployeUrs qui CAMNASJ rriars 2019. ernbaUchent de nOUveaUX arrivants, qui cornprend des recorrirrianda Lions, les pratiqUes exerriplaires et les fi.)UrnisseUrs de services. 9. D6ployer Une strat6gie de CSJ Mai 2019 La strat6gie sera marketing qui cible les expatri6s, pr6sent6e au COMiL6 les navetteUrs et les r6sidents des de croissance. villas qui pre-'sentent des coots de vie et de logement eAeve's,et encourager ces personnes 6 ernmenager 6 Saint John. 10. IDefendre la participation de CSJ et RCC,GNB, 2019 2019:10 %.Accroissement Saint -John aux valets du CAMNASJ ARG du nombre de nominations programme ILntr6e express francophones et aux valets francophones 2020: 10 %.Accroissement du Programme des candidats du nombre de nominations des provinces. francophones OPUE[-T|F2: �&�� ��m�m�LI����^ RER[EXPfQ][N(E DES NOUVEAUX ARRIVANTS A SAINT lOH#*+*� PourUesbesoinsducadre, U'expmssionnouveUarrivamtsedefini1oommeunepeirsonnequi aemmenagerecemmen1a Saint John depmismmamtre emdnoit;qu'0s'agisse d'mmendpoi1si1ueauNouveau -Brunswick, auCanada ouaU'etnangec OBJECTUF PRIMORDIAL: CUBLE: Notrecollectivit6 publiera une strat6gie Le nouveau partenariat local en m@ti6Ke d'immigration AKlus long teKme afin d'am6lioKeK dimmigration cle Saint John publiera ce des nouveaux aKrivants clans notre ville. cette strat6gie avant la fin cle 2018^ No k8e*ume Resnonsxb|e Partenains 8dendher k8esume 77� F|aboneretlancer unnouveau C5J CAMNA5J, Juin2O7Q Lancer|eguide et|e guide des nouveaux arrinants. PL|SJ pr(..,senterauconsei| communa|avantjuin2O7& 12. Qrondonnerunpnojetpi|ote C5J Partenaines Ao8t2078 EffoctuerunSUM dunombne sur les m(.,diasscciauxintitu|' departicipants Sur les «Aimezvotrevi||e>% mediasscciaux. 71 Organiser des coromonies C5Jet OA|,UNB, 2078,2079 2O7Q:Organiser Line coronnonie d'a(::cuei1�|'h6te|devi||e U5J| NBCC d'accueidans |ecentro *i||e destinoesauxnouveaux en 2018 arrivantsetauxmigrants. 2O79:0rganiserdeux c6romonie d'accueiclans |ecentre *i||e en 2018 74� Organiser unevisite annue||e U5J| C5J 2078 2078-250personnes des appartementsetdes participemnt�unevisite. condominiums sur |a p6ninsu|e centrale. 75� NutrucuUectivi16urQanisera CAMNA5J DSJ,C5J, 2078 ILefes tiva|auralieu, et|e tin nouveau festival YMQ\EPFT ommflt6urganisatuur mu|ticu|turu|)Saint John- 6|abmrades musuresc|6safin Culture Fest. d'6va|uur|ecaract6ru favorable dur6su|tat 76 EMectuertine recherche C5J PL|SJ 5eptembne2O7Q Presenter les r6su|tats avec les residents, les auComit6decnoiasance non'r6sidentaetles nouveaux anionn1safin6e6iscu1erdes raisons qui font qu'i|sniment munon a Saint John. No Mesure Responsable Partenaires Calendrier Mesure IT R(..,aUserLine (..'rudedes services CSJ PUB Decembre2O7g Pr(..,s nter|esRHultatset|e municipauxaCtUe|sdupoint de plan d'actioncorrepondant vuedes nouveaux anivanta avant decembne2O79. 7& OfrirLine formation de C5J ON Ao8t2079 Ach6vementde|aformation sensibi|isationauxdifforentes PourQ596dupersonnel cultures auxemployes etaux sp|ectionne. reoponsab|esmunicipauxde 22. �F|abonerunmod6|edepr�visions EPFT premiere |ignedeTheCity afindeneDoteretd'ana|yserles ofSaint John futurs besoinsennnati6re 79� Remanierle site Web de la Ville CSJ Decernber2079 ILancer le n0Uveausi te Web www.saintjohn.ca/fr et le presenter auconsu| communa|avant |afin de3O19. 20� Encourager les quartiers,les PUB Partners 2078,2079 Z018�Encourager etsou tenir gnsupescu|tune|setles centres huk6n6nemeMtsd'accueiL oommunautaines�organiser des 6v6nementssaciasx pour 2019:Bncommgeretsomtenir faineansmheqme|asn6sidants hmit6n6namantsd'accmei| pmissantnencmntner|aarswoisins. supp|6mentaines. OA]ECT|F3: N�N��~U���N�� ` ��m �m�m��h�Ol��POPU[�lOh��S�NTlOH� OBJECTUF PRIMORDIAL: CIBLE: SaintJohn adoptera une approche coordonnie Wici le recensementKe 2021, nous assisterons pour endigueKlamigration de sortie vers A une r6du«tion de la migration interprovinciale d'autres parties du Canada. par rapport au receNsement de 2016. No Mesune Resoonsob|e PaMenaims Ca|endher Memoe 27� Communiquernogu|i6rementau C5Jet E5J,CAMNA5J December2078 Presenter chaquemoisLine public les histoinesdeMussite YMCA nouve||ehistoineder('ussite des nouveaux arrivants. aupub|ic. 22. �F|abonerunmod6|edepr�visions EPFT GNBPL|SJ, Decembne2O7Q Presenter |erapport Sur afindeneDoteretd'ana|yserles Employeum |emarch6dutravail au futurs besoinsennnati6re [onoit6decroissance. d'empioidans |aregion. 21 yromouvoiractivement Chambnede Partenaines Decembne2O7Q ILachambnedecommerce |'uti|isaLion derencontrespour commerce organiseraLine, renomntre permettneaux6tudiants,aux dur6suautagupar mm)s. jaunesdip|bmesetaux nouveaux arrivantsduconStituardes r&seauxprofbssimnne|s. No Mesure Responsable Partenaires Calendrier Mesure 24. �Ftablirungmupedetravail YMCA Partenaies 2078 Determiner des moyens Sur |aretention desjeunes. d'infomner|esjeunesau sUjetdes occasions exiganLes icia5aintJohnetles faire participergrace ades r6seaux des,a0ndeles enoourager a rester dans |aviUe 25. Organiser des salons de|'emploi EPF7 ONBC5l 2078 2O7Q:organiserdeuxsalons pourles Ptudiants,les dipbmes, BJ,PUB 2de1'emp|oi les nouveaux anivantsetles 6tudiantsintemadonaux 26 NewcomerYouthOn-Ramp YMCA Partenaines 2078,2079,2020 Leprogrannnnepi|otetouchera Program enmoyennePlus de5Ojeunes par anenoffrantdes soutiens supp|omentairesenmati6re deleadership etcommunautaires. 2T Dop|oyer|'initiativeOUB Fait ONB C5J,E5J, Janvier2O7g Saint John disposerade |elien afindepromouwoirles EPFT 50connecteursetde occasions den6seautagelocal 5Oparticipants avant |afin Pour les dip|8m6setles de|apremiere annee. nouveaux arrivontapretsa accepter unemp|oi 28. F�.Lendreles programmesdestage ASD-S C5J, Octobne2O7g Notre co||ectivitesoutiendra etd'a|ternancetravai|-Ptudes DSF-5, Chambnede les occasions d'apprentissage a0nd'off rirLine experience UN�B, commerce, exp6rientie|pour nos 6|6ves profossionne||eaux6|6ves NBCC Emp|oyeum etnos 6Ludiants,dans |ebut dusecondaireetauxPtudiants d'aniverauneaugmentation deniveaupostsecondaine,afin globale des programmes qu'i|sacqui6nentune d'a|ternancetravai|-6tudes experience detravail. etdestages de7O96d'ici |'autorn ne2O7Q. 29� LaVille montreraYexennp|eet C5J Ftab|issements Octobne2O7g Les services de|aVille augmenteraienombre d'enseignement augnoenteront|enonobrede d'otudiants inscrits a un places destage coop6ratif programmed'a|ternance de2596avant |'automne207g. travai|-etudesp|acesdans les services de|aVille. 3& Bab|irungroupedetravail Sur PUB YMCA, ASD-S, 5epLembne2O7g DOnirles nessourcesetles les |angue�S'assunerqueles DSF-S,PRUDE, |acunesactueUesWes a nouveauxinnmigrantsrnaftrisent [AMNA5l |acoUectiviL6. Pr6senterune suffisanonoent|a|anguePour CRVC,UN�B, Dstederecommandatimns poursuivne|eursaspiraLions NBCC fond6essur des dmnn6es en matie2re d'enseignement prmbantes. etdecarrie2reaSaintJohn,etgue notreco||ectivit6peutr6pondre aux besminsdenmtrepopulation grandissonted'immigrants. CONSIDERATIONS RELATIVES A LA MISE EN CEUVRE Le IpiresenU document in'est Ipas Ila solution imiracle qui Ipeirimettira de faire ciroitire inotire ville; Ile cadire irelpiresente Iplut6t une seirie d'etapes que nous suiviroins suit �le chernin de inotire ciroissaince dernogiraphique. On a attii. un ireslponsabNe, un Ipairtenauire,un calendideir et des imesu ires a chaque imesu ire du cadire en k:)inction des doininees, de Ila consultation et des commentaiii-es de nos iinteirvenaints. lout au Iloing de 1'elaboiration de ce docu. ment, Iplusieuirs Ipairtenauires du gouveirinement oint indique Ila dispoinibilite de finaincements Ipouir 1'e.eaboiration d'une future stirategie, Ipouir Iles initiatives de imauntien, ainsi que Ipouir Iles pir(:)jets pilotes de ciroissaince dernogiraphique. La i en ceuvire de ce Iplain depend de Ila col lla lboira Lion de tous Iles iinteirvenaints a ces strategies et de Ileuir integration dans Iles Iplains de travail actuels. En collaboiraint, nous Ipouvoins entiraineir de nouvelles syneirgies Ipouir IlesqueNlles 1'ensemble compte Iplus que Ila sirriple somme de nos coin tiributions. H va sans dire que inotire collectivite doit continuer a faire des investissements stirate.giques dans Iles aims, Ila culture, Iles Iloisuirs et. d'autires infrastructures axes suit Ila qualite de vie alfin d'inciteir Iles gens a vivre a SaintJohin. Hinalement,inous Jevons egalement irecoininaitire dull existe des vairiables iimpoirtaintes qui oint une incidence diii-ecte suit Ila ciroissaince ou Ila ireduction de inotire population, notarnment Iles suivaintes:: ECONOMIE Nous avoins Ibesoin d'une econornie k:)irte, taint a 1'echelle Ilocale, Ipirovincualle, que inationale, et nous avoins egalemenU Ibesoin d'emplois Ilocaux alfin que Iles gens �puussenU Ipiroslpeireir ici. laugg"m SaintJohin a Ibesoin d'uin faux d'imposition coincuirirentiel Ipouir Ipouvoir continuer a offidir des services civiques de qualite a un Ipirix aboirdable. Cest Ipouir cet.te iraison que Ila Ville irecheirche actuellement des imesu ires recommaindees Ipouir favoiriseir une iimposition equitable Ipouir Iles coin Lid �bucables. POLITIQUES D'IMMIGRATION Le gouvernemenit du Canada et la Ipirovince du Nouveau Brunswick supeirvisent. et conitr6enit direcement le i et Ile type d'immigirams autoirises a s1instaIHeir a Sainit John. Landis que notre coHecitivK6 fixe des objectifs audacieux, nous avons bien conscience du fak que noitre sphere dInfluence Ilocalle est rnodeere..e Saar nuns pohdques d1irnirnigiration inationaIes et provincia1es. TEMPS La dernogiraphie se joue a hong teirrne, eit H n'existe due dubs Ipeu de raccouircis. Le(processus qui consiste a ernm6nager our a irnirnigireir a Saint.. ohn Ipeut souvent �prendre Iplusieuirs aininees. De nombreuses variables Ipeuvent augirnenLeir our i r'duiire Ile terrips qu'il fauit a unouveau n r esident Iou pir s'iinstaUleir a SaintJohin. e Les irnesuires que nous prenoins a IpiresenU cornmenceiront a Ipoirteir (leu irs 5ruits au cours des prochaines aininees. AUTRE Les gens oint un cairact6re unique et oint des pirefeirences tirb.s diffeerentes qui eclaiii-eiroint Ileuirs decisions coinceirinaint 1'endiroit oO Hs voint vivre:: Hs I euvenU Ipreferer un certain chirnat; Hs Ipeuvent avoir de Ila farniUle aiUleuirs; Hs Ipeuvent cheircheir a Ipouirsuivire Ileuirs etudes dans urine autire viUle; Hs Ipeuvent �'fe pire ireir un enviroininernent Iplus iru iraI, our un centre uirbain Iplus irnpoirtaint; Hs Ipeuvent recevoir urine offire d'ernploi a un autire endiroit; Hs Ipeuvent Ipouirsuivire des cairribires tirb.s Iprecuses due Ibin ine tirouve due dans ceirtains endiroits au i ainsi due d'autires vairiables qui sent tii nornbireuses Ipouir 6. re enurneirees ici. TI e meilleur, moment pour, planter, un ar'breeta.itilya.20ans. 1...e deuxieme moment, cestaqiourdduel (prover'be chinois). 0 ANNEXE A - • SUTIORWITAMOTIMME ME GOLIVERNANCE, ROLES ET RESPONSABILITES Le tableau suivant deslgne les intervenaints,alinsl que Ileuirs irs`:alles et Ileuirs iresponsabilites en ce qui conceirne Ila ciroissance demographique � Saint John. Pour s::albtenir de plus arnples renselgnements au sujet des services axes sur Iles nouveaux andvants, se reporter � l'annexe. z 0 0LU- CITY OF SAINT JOHN • Conseil communal • Comite de croissance • Services de la Ville • Croissance et urbanisme • Bureau des commissaires de police de Saint John • Commission des transports de Saint John • P.R.O.Jeunesse • Dirigeants politiques locaux • Offrir de services municipaux a tous les residents en s'assurant tout particulierement que les besoins des nouveaux arrivants sont satisfaits. • Cadre de la croissance demographique • Assurer la liaison avec les instances superieures et participer aux efforts visant a faire correspondre les efforts de recrutement de la population aux besoins du marche du travail dans la region. • Definir les efforts de commercialisation et en tirer parti afin d'atteindre les objectifs en matiere de croissance demographique a Saint John. • S'assurer que les efforts en matiere d'attraction,d'etablissement et de maintien sont harmonises a 1'echelle locale, conjointement avec les gouvernements provincial et federal. • Promouvoir et soutenir Ie plan des Partenariats locaux en matiere d'immigration. •Travailler en etroite collaboration avec les organismes de developpement economique, les employeurs et les institutions postsecondaires afin d'elaborer des programmes et de donner plus d'occasions auxjeunes de rester a Saint John. GOLIVERNEMENT PROVINCIAL • Education postsecondaire, Formation et Travail, Croissance demographique (EPFT) • Ministere du Developpement social (DSC) • Opportunites NB (ONB) • Deputes locaux de I'Assemblee legislative • Vanter les merites du Nouveau Brunswickaupres des immigrants potentiels. • Financement important du secteur de I'etablissement. • S'appuyer sur le Programme des candidats de la province pour attirer et faire venir rapidement les immigrants qui repondent aux penuries du marche du travail,qui offrent des occasions pour les entrepreneurs et qui permettent d'atteindre les objectifs en matiere d'expansion commerciale. • Analyse et planification en matiere de main -d'oeuvre. • Effectuer des missions de recrutement. • Planification, politiques et programmes d'immigration strategiques. • Lier les activites de recrutement provinciales aux strategies fondees sur la collectivite. • Fournir des ressources et autres soutiens afin de soutenir la croissance demographique a 1'echelle locale. • Soutenir la formation liee au marche du travail. • Loi regissant les professions reglementees. GOLIVERNEMENT FEDERAL • Immigration,Refugies et Citoyennete Canada (IRCC) • Innovation, Sciences et Developpement economique Canada (ISDE) • Emploi et Developpement social Canada (EDSC) • Affaires mondiales Canada (AMC) • Agence de promotion economique du Canada atlantique (APECA) • Statistique Canada • Depute — Saint John — Rothesay • Cadre de reglementation en matiere d'immigration. • Financement important du secteur de I'etablissement. • Soutiens au multiculturalisme,a I'etablissement et a ('integration. • Statistiques • Soutien au recrutement international. • Politique,selection et processus reglementaires. • Integration de la strategie et des activites nationales et provinciales. • Politique,selection et processus reglementaires. • Integration de la strategie et des activites nationales et provinciales. ORGANISMES WAIDE AUX IMMIGRANTS ORGANISMES DE DEVELOPPEMENT FORMATION (OAI) ECONOMIQUE ET ENTREPRISES LOCALES I • Newcomer Connections Centre du YMCA z • Centre d'accueil multiculturel et des < nouveaux arrivants de Saint John LU LU (CAMNASJ) • PRUDE Inc. L • Centres communautaires z • Collectivites et associations culturelles • Programmes et services lies a I'etablissement. z 0 0LU- • Savoir-faire culturel et formation linguistique. • Coordination locale du Programme pilote d'immigration au Canada atlantique (PPICA) et du Programme des candidata des provinces (PCP). • Recrutement dans le cadre du regroupement familial. • Soutenir et defendre la diversite. • Contribuer a I'attraction, au maintien et a I'integration des connaissances,des competences et de 1'expertise. • Collaborer et partager les ressources, Ie cas echeant. • Pratiquer un Bondage aupres des clients, des families et des amis afin de comprendre pourquoi les citoyens de Saint John restent sur place et dans quelle mesure its comptent ameliorer les efforts de promotion. • Accroitre notre collectivite culturelle. • Mentorat, organisation et orientation benevoles. • Contribuer aux connaissances,aux competences, a 1'expertise et aux reseaux. • Entreprise Saint John • Decouvrez Saint John • Developpement de Saint John • Services de sante de la Region de I'Atlantique • Chambre de commerce de la region du Grand Saint John • Employeurs • Contribuer aux efforts de croissance demographique et les soutenir. • Definir les besoins actuels et prevus en matiere de main -d'oeuvre. • Recruter,embaucher et soutenir les nouveaux citoyens de Saint John. • Organiser des salons de I'emploi et aider les residents locaux a I'aide de possibilites de reseautage. • Contribuer au developpement des entreprises et aux exigences en matiere de ressources humaines pour la planification strategique de la main - d'oeuvre. • Lier les options et les occasions en matiere d'emploi aux activites de croissance demographique. • Participer aux activites de mentorat, de reseautage, deformation et d'education. • Soutenir la promotion de Saint John au Nouveau-Brunswick,au Canada et dans le monde entier. • Universite du Nouveau -Brunswick, campus de Saint John • College communautaire du Nouveau -Brunswick • District scolaire anglophone Sud (ASD -S) • District scolaire francophone Sud (DSF-S) • S'assurer que les professeurs, le personnel et les etudiants sont correctement formes pour accueillir les nouveaux citoyens de Saint John. • Recruter,selectionner,conseiller les etudiants internationaux et leur offrir un soutien. • Contribuer aux connaissances dans le domaine au sujet de la croissance demographique a Saint John. • Veiller a offrir une experience scolaire inclusive dans laquelle toutes les cultures sont prises en compte et sont celebrees,et soutenir les ecoles a mesure qu'elles developpent des competences culturelles et qu'elles celebrent la diversite culturelle. • Collaborer afin de Her les etudiants a la collectivite et a I'experience de travail. • Soutenir les echanges et les programmes internationaux pour les etudiants. • Promouvoir Saint John en tant que collectivite de choix. ANNEXE C - SERVICES AXES SUR LES NOUVEAUX ARRIVANTS Un irnpoirta in tet. excel llent travail est de.ja Irealfis6 pour a ideirles nouveaux a nriva in tsa SaintJoh in. Les eff(..,)irtsactuels de no tire collectivite seront encore i-nieux In a irmonises et cooirdoinines of in d'acciroitire no tire population,ce qui coinstitue 1'u in des objectifs principaux du cadre et uin Iresulldad cle du nouveau Ipalrtenalrliad Ilocall en Imate.ire d'immigration de Saint John. Ce cadre a pour objectif de definir de nouveHes mesuires,au dela du travail Irealllise. actuellernent Ipair notire cokctivite afin de renk:)irceir les efforts d'accroisserrient de notireVille.Le tableau suivaint in'Hlustire qu'uine fraction du travail incroyaHe qui est actueHement r6ahs6 Saiint..Johin:: Organic Services Soutien aux Soutien a la Soutien A Sensibilisation � d'eta blissementl lai � jeunesse 1emploi du public SHA 'Allarilique Service hurnairis de ASID S District scolaire ariglopi-iorie cud & IDSIF-S District scolaire Francophone -- SUd PMEI Programme de meritoral POUr les entircioreneUrs immigrants CVIRC Crescent Valley ReSOUrce Carols IHICS C HUrnan Development COUricil 1141BCC New BrUriswick Community College CM1141B Conseil rnLJl1iCLJl1Ljrel & NOLIveaLl BrUriswick P.111.0.11(fids (City of Saint Jahn) Positive Recreation Opportunities for Kids PRUDE 11114C Pride of Race, Unity and Dignity 11-irOUgh Education CAMIIS ASJ Cerilre d'aCCLjeil mUNCUltUrel el des ri0LJveaLJx arrivarits de Sairit John U114IBsi Universile & NOLIveaLl BrUriswick, carnpUs de SairilJol-in YMCA Newcomer Connections Carols c1LJYMCA ANNEXE C - MOBILISATION DES INTERVENANTS Distirictscolaiireaingllo�plioine Sud ARC .f Services hurnains de II'Atlaintique Coininexion M.:)irks, Programme de Mentoirat �pouir Entrepreneurs Jimmigiraints City of SaintJohin Centire de iressouirces CrescentValley Decouvirez SaintJohin District scolaire fraincophoine Sud Developpernent de Saint.. ohin Eintirepirise SaintJohin Hu rnain Development Council limmigiration, Refugies et Gtoyeninete Canada New Brunswick Community College Conseil multicultuirel du Nouveau Brunswick Lyinin MacDonald, Elizabeth Hoirgain Joinathain Poirier Rahima Kouiraich-loffire I heiriault, Abdel Baoud AinamikaJain,Jayine layloir Comite deciroissaince,inombre ii-ripoirtaintde membires du Ipeirsoininel Imulnliculpall Anne Driscoll, Nadhiirn Mainsooir fps: dirigue Hebert Steve Carson, Brian Irving fon Gaudet-Vaned Scott, Eleanor MacLean Randy Hatfield, Duyen Nguyen,Abiola Dairamola Molly Fall Ryan Sullivan, Lucas Liu Alex LeBlanc Bu ireau de Wayine Loing, depute., SaintJohin Rothesay Noira Robiinsoin,Giraharn Savage Oppoirtunites NB I heiresa Phillips, Rahul Chaku, Niki Shaw, Monica Gaudet..Iustasoin, Kiim Webb Education Iposdsecondalilre, Foirmation et Iiravafl (EPF F) Initiative de ciroissaince de Ila communaute juive de SaintJohin Centire d'accueil ImuIlducuIltuirel et des nouveaux airrivaints de SaintJohin Chambire de commerce (Jiniveirsite du Nouveau Brunswick, campus de SaintJohin i.Jptowin SaintJohin Newcomer Connections Centire du YMCA Hoin.Gilles LePage, Chairles Ayles, Rob Kelly, Paul Graham, Brian Fends, Natalie I hornsoin Immliffim Mohamed Bagha,Wilfiarn lairr, U Song Rob Mo ir, Ch iris toph eir Beardsworth, Kevin Boinineir Lindsay layloir Ds: iiroin,Sairah Ciraig,Mikael Hellstirom; Samah El Maghlawy Nancy I issingtoin Aingelique Siimpsoin,Shilo BoucheirJazirMilne Belyea NOTES NOTES `E:1%7 City of Saint John C.P. 1971 Saint John,( e ,) E2L 4LI "N17 WHEREAS: The right to pursue the truth through free inquiry is essential to democratic decision-making; and WHEREAS: The freedom to read is the essence of free inquiry; and WHEREAS: The freedom to read is under assault from left and right in our society; THEREFORE: Be it resolved that Saint John Common Council recognizes, reaffirms, and defends the right of the citizens in this community individually to decide what he or she will or will. not read (the freedom to read); and Further in support of this resolution, this Council, on behalf of the citizens of Saint John, proclaims this city henceforth a Freedom to Read Zone in which the freedom to read is inviolable. NOW THEREFORE: 1, Mayor Don Darling, of Saint -John, do hereby proclaim the week • February 25th- March 3rd, 2018 as FREEDOM TO READ WEEK in the City of Saint John. In witness whereof I have set my hand and affixed the official seal C tv F ;NT Weli TM cr Red Knights Motorcycle Club NB Chapter 1 The Red Knights Motorcycle Club has 421 chapters and a membership of over 10, 000 firefighters throughout Canada, United States and in 12 other countries. Our mission is to enjoy the community of firefighters and project a positive image of motorcycling through social, charitable and educational activities. In August of 2021 the Red Knights International Firefighters Motorcycle Club (RKMC) will be holding the Annual International Convention in Saint John, NB, hosted by The RKMC NB Chapter #1. We anticipate hosting over 1000 members from throughout Canada, the US, Europe, and Australia. The convention agenda will provide for numerous planned events along with ample free time to explore all the great sights that NB has to offer. Early feedback indicates that many of the convention attendees will be looking to extend their stay, so we are encouraging individuals to come early and stay late. Since many of the convention attendees will be visiting NB for the first time and we intend to make it a memorable one. Attached you will find three great ways to become involved with this unique and exciting event. We have opportunities for advertising in the convention program brochure, special event sponsorship and participant bag contribution. I have attached a sponsorship reply form for your easy response but if you have questions you can send an email to.NB1@redknightsmc.com and we will be glad to provide a prompt response. Thank you in advance for your support. Sincerely, David Gallant, President RKMC NB Chapter 1 `11106%, MMII � I 4e ry�,�,��wnuwu�,. �q��M�mewv�wf u" ts TM �Wtotcjcfe ("hub 2021 RKMC Convention Sponsorship Opportunities Convention Program Advertising Each convention attendee will be provided with a convention brochure full of information and advertising from local businesses. Rates are available for a variety of ad sizes: SIZE COST ARTWORK FINISHED SIZE • Business Card $25.00 2.00 (H) x 3.50 (W) • Quarter Page $50.00 5.25 (H) x 4.00 (W) • Half Page $75.00 5.25 (H) x 8.0 (W) • Full Page $150.00 10.5 (H) x 8.0 (W) • Double Page $250.00 8.00 (H) x 16.5 (W) • Inside Cover $300.00 10.5 (H) x 8.0 (W) Special Event Sponsorship The following is a variety of sponsorship options that are available. Banquet ($4,000) Sponsors of the Saturday evening banquet will receive recognition on the conference webpage, recognition in all conference printed material, special recognition to sponsors in the printed program and verbal recognition during the conference. Banquet sponsors will receive verbal and written recognition during the reception and have the opportunity to display their company logo and information. Banquet sponsors will also receive a free Half Page advertising ad in the convention program. • 4 sponsors will be accepted for this event Welcome BBQ ($2,000): Sponsors of the Welcome BBQ will receive recognition on the conference webpage, recognition in all conference printed material, special recognition to sponsors in the printed program and verbal recognition during the BBQ. Welcome BBQ sponsors can also display company logo and information. BBQ sponsors will also receive a free quarter page advertising ad in the convention program. `&ON • 3 sponsors will be accepted for this event Send off Breakfast ($1,000): At this level, sponsors receive space for prominent signage at the conference, recognition on the conference webpage, recognition in any printed material, and verbal recognition during the conference, where they can display company logo and information. Breakfast sponsors will also receive a free business card advertising ad in the convention program. • 2 sponsors will be accepted for this event Coffee Break ($500): At this level, sponsors will receive recognition on the conference webpage, recognition in any printed material, and verbal recognition during the conference. Sponsors will have the opportunity to display company information. • 9 sponsors will be accepted for this event Hospitality Sponsor ($500.00 or product) At this level, sponsors will receive recognition on the conference webpage, recognition in any printed material, and verbal recognition during the conference. Sponsors will have the opportunity to display company information in the hospitality suite. • 8 sponsors will be accepted for this event Participant Package Each convention attendee will be provided with a package full of information and advertising from local businesses along with gifts and souvenirs from NB. We hope that you will be interested in participating in this opportunity. We are looking for product samples, business brochures, coupons, effectively any item that would be of interest to the participants. We require a minimum of 1000 pieces per item. `MLI 2021 RKMC Convention Sponsorship Reply Form — Page 1 Convention Program Advertising AMOUNT ❑ Business Card $25.00 $ ❑ Quarter Page $50.00 $ ❑ Half Page $75.00 $ ❑ Full Page $150.00 $ ❑ Double Page $250.00 $ ❑ Inside Cover $300.00 $ Special Event Sponsorship: ❑ Banquet Sponsorship $4,000.00 $ ❑ Welcome BBQ $2,000.00 $ ❑ Send off Breakfast $1,000.00 $ ❑ Coffee Break $500.00 $ ❑ Hospitality Sponsor $500.00 $ Participant Package: ❑ I would like to provide a quantity of 1000 individual items for placement in each participant bag. Description of item (coupon, sample product, promotional brochure) Participant bag items must be received no later than June 16, 2021. TOTAL SPONSORSHIP MM II � I �q��M�mewv�wf u" ts TR �Wtotcjcfe ("hub 2021 RKMC Convention Sponsorship Reply Form — Page 2 COMPANY INFORMATION: COMPANY NAME: CONTACT NAME: MAILING ADDRESS: EMAIL ADDRESS (CONTACT): PHONE NUMBER: TOTAL SPONSORSHIP VALUE (FROM PAGE 1) $ ❑ I have included my text, artwork, logo as required for sponsorship. SUBMISSION AND PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS: Please submit text in a Word or PDF document and camera ready artwork no later than June 16, 2021. Sponsorship reply form, artwork, and payment should to NB1@redknightsmc.com Payment may be mailed to RKMC NB, Ch 1, 1352 Route 111,Fairfield,NB, E5R 1Y8 or send us an email and we will arrange payment via PayPal. Thankyou in advance for your sponsorship `111061-1 2019 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships January 13 — 20, 2019 Harbour Station/Q-Plex Co -Chairs: Cynthia Benson & Susan Taylor • 250 skaters, their families/friends, coaches, officials, media • First time this event awarded to Saint John • Novice, Junior, Senior levels of competition, 13 — 30 years of age in Men, Ladies, Pairs, Dance • Canadian champions awarded, with placements to International competitions, including the Olympics • Many of the athletes seen at 2018 Pyeong Chang Olympics will be competing at this event • Harbour Station competition/Q-plex practise • Economic impact $2.5 million to the local area (STEAM) • CTV/TSN will broadcast senior events • Hotels booked • School program • Volunteers • Funding • Fitness/skate for life `LOtl '8171,11 M17rrn'TG7. 7U-' I, ors '� and Cmmon C oouncilors 'i City of Saint John 15 Market Square PO Box 1971 Saint John, NB E2L 14L1 Dear ir, ® 2019 Canadian Tire National Figure Skating Championships Presentation to Council We are co-chairs of the upcoming 2019 Canadian Tire National Figure Skating Championships, the national figure skating championships for novice, junior and senior skaters, that is being held in Saint John from January 13 to 20, 2019. We would request the opportunity to present to the City of Saint John Common Council and as to be placed on the agenda of an upcoming meeting. We are unavailable February 26, 2018. We would like to present the numerous benefits, including the $2.5 million economic impact of the event, and request a grant, be it monetary or VIK, toward the execution of this prestigious event. We will be also seeking a commitment from the Town of Quispamsis. The event, which hosts approximately 500 athletes/coaches, officials, family and fans, will be held at Harbour Station and the QPlex with Harbour Station hosting all competition. Harbour Station is booked from January 10 to 20, 2019, the Delta and Hilton, as official hotels, are fully booked for this time period, and we anticipate other hotels being booked to capacity. The senior dance, pairs, women and men will be televised live across the country with practices being livestreamed. Attached is the official Press Release from Skate Canada which will be released at the Vancouver 2018 Canadian Tire Figure Skating Championships on Thursday, January 11, 2017. Thank you. Yours very truly, A" LAI"�Vt'44' - Al /IIZII Cynthia J. Benson Susan R. Taylor Co® hairs 2019 Canadian Tire National Figure Skating Championships 850745 198 SAINT JOHN, N.B: Skate Canada announced today that the 2019 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships will be held in Saint John, New Brunswick, from January 13-20, 2019, at Harbour Station. The championships will feature approximately 250 of the nation's best skaters in the men, women, pairs, and ice dance disciplines, competing in three levels: senior, junior, and novice. "Skate Canada is excited to host the 2019 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships in Saint John for the first time. This event is the highlight of the national skating calendar and we are thrilled to be able showcase Canada's top figure skating talent at Harbour StationDebra Armstrong, CEO, Skate Canada. "We are looking forward to working with our partners in Saint John to put on a fantastic event znd bring the joy of skating to the community." i VOW& 7077717-1 Riong-Mun ITT Common I—OUIU11 U11U VJX 1-US111JUIRS TO WC1UUM1ng:)UU-r CoaCneS, amleleS and officials from across the countrysays Don Darling, Mayor of the City of Saint John. "Saint John is becoming a City of choice for hosting major sporting event because of our hospitality, expertise, infrastructure and sport fans." This will be Saint John's first time hosting this event. The city has previously hosted Skate Canada International three times (2013, 1999 and 1995). They also hosted the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championshipst in December of 1997. "Quispamsis is delighted to be part of the 2019 Canadian Tire Skate Canada Nationals," said Quisparnsis Mayor Gary Clark. "The qplex will be an ideal practice facility for this event." The pre-eminent all -Canadian competition will see athletes will vie for spots on the Skate Canada National Team and the Canadian teams that will compete at the 2019 ISU World Figure Skating Championships, 2019 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, and 2019 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Join our exclusive mailing-jist to receive event and ticket information for the 2019 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships 850745 199 COUNCIL REPORT M&C No. 2018-57 Report Date February 20, 2018 Meeting Date February 26, 2018 Service Area Growth and Community Development Services His Worship Mayor Don Darling and Members of Common Council SUBJECT: First and Second Reading of Noise By-law amendment OPEN OR CLOSED SESSION This matter is to be discussed in open session of Common Council. AUTHORIZATION Primary Author Commissioner/Dept. HeadL4 City Manager Amy Poffenroth Jacqueline Hamilton m I Jeff Trail RECOMMENDATION It is in order for Common Council to give first and second reading of the attached amendment to the Saint John Noise By-law. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In May 2017, Common Council considered a staff report that provided three options to address the issue of noise generated by heat pumps: (1) amend the Noise By-law to include heat pumps specifically; (2) amend the Noise By-law to include a broad provision that can be applied to heat pumps and a number of other non-specific types of noise; or (3) choose not to regulate this type of noise due to the low number of complaints (only 1 currently). At the meeting of May 29, 2017, Common Council referred the issue to the City Manager to prepare an amendment to the Noise By-law to specifically include noise generated by heat pumps. The Legal Department has drafted the attached amendment to the Noise by-law for Common Council's consideration for first and second reading. PREVIOUS RESOLUTION 180191 -2 - May 28, 2017: "RESOLVED that the matter of noise generated by Heat Pumps be referred to the City Manager for a Noise Bylaw amendment that includes heat PUMPS." STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT This issue relates to Council's priority of a Vibrant, Safe City. REPORT The attached amendment to the Noise By-law specifically includes noise generated by heat pumps as a "qualifying" noise under the by-law. The amendment adds the operation of heat pumps as an action that is subject to the by-law. The pertinent sections of the by-law are below: Section 3(1) states: "No person shall during the times set out in subsection 3(3)make a noise which results from an action listed therein if the noise is clearly audible on a street and is likely to cause a public nuisance or otherwise disturb one or more inhabitants of the City." Section 3(2) states: "No person shall during the times set out in subsection 3(3) permit to be made on property which is owned by him or is leased by him a noise which results from an action listed therein if the noise is clearly audible on a street and is likely to cause a public nuisance or otherwise disturb one or more inhabitants of the City." Section 3(3) then lists the actions and times that are included in the by-law. If approved, heat pumps will be included as subsection 3(3)(o): "(o) The operation of a heat pump between the hours of of 9:00 o'clock in the evening and 7:00 o'clock of the following morning." The restricted hours of 9pm to 7am are similar to those for construction equipment, domestic outdoor power tools, and combustion engines associated with toys and models. As per section 3, a valid complaint would be restricted to heat pump noise between the hours of 9pm and 7am that is clearly audible on a street and is likely to cause a public nuisance or otherwise disturb one or more inhabitants of the City. In other words, a complaint would be valid if made by at least one person during the hours listed if the heat pump can be heard on a street. Wel -3 - As the Police Force enforces the Noise By-law, any complaints would be submitted to or referred to the Police Force. SERVICE AND FINANCIAL OUTCOMES Given the anticipated low volume of complaints, it is expected that minimal resources will be required within the Police Force to respond to complaints. INPUT FROM OTHER SERVICE AREAS AND STAKEHOLDERS The Legal Department drafted the attached amendment and resolution. The Legal Department and Police Force have been provided a copy of this report for their review. ATTACHMENTS Proposed amendment to the Saint John Noise By-law Current Saint John Noise By-law with amendments WIN BY-LAW NUMBER M-22 A BY-LAW RESPECTING THE PREVENTION OF EXCESSIVE NOISE IN THE CITY OF SAINT JOHN ARRETE No M-22 ARRETE CONCERNANT LA PREVENTION DE BRUIT EXCESSIF DANS THE CITY OF SAINT JOHN Be it enacted by the Common Council of Le conseil communal de The City of Saint The City of Saint John as follows: John &dicte : A By -Law of The City of Saint John entitled "Saint John Noise By -Law" enacted on the 18"' day of May, A.D. 2005, is hereby amended as follows: Par les pr&sentes, Farret& de The City of Saint John intitul& "Arret& de Saint John concernant le bruit" edicte le 18 mai 2005 est modifi& comme suit: 1. Section 2 is amended by adding the following 1. L'article 2 est modifie par Fajout de la definition: definition suivante : "heat pump" means a mechanical -compression cycle refrigeration system that can be reversed to either heat or cool a controlled space and consists of two parts: an indoor unit and an outdoor unit. thermopompe » Systeme de refrigeration, compose de deux parties : une unite int&rieure et une unite ext&rieure, fonctionnant par cycle de compression m&canique qui pent etre inverse pour r&chauffer ou refroidir un espace control&. 2. Subsection 3(3) is amended by adding the 2. Le paragraphe 3(3) est modifie par 1'ajout de following: Palin&a suivant : o) The operation of a heat pump between the hours of of 9:00 o'clock in the evening and 7:00 o'clock of the following morning. IN WITNESS WHEREOF The City of Saint John has caused the Corporate Common Seal of the said City to be affixed to this by-law the day of , A.D. 2018 and signed by: Mayor/Maire o) Entre 21 heures et 7 heures le lendemain, utiliser une thermopompe. EN FOI DE QUOI The City of Saint John a fait apposer son sceau communal sur le pr&sent arret& le 2018, avec les signatures suivantes : Common Clerk / Greffier communal First Reading - Premiere lecture Second Reading - Deuxi&me lecture Third Reading - Troisi&me lecture 1 203 BY-LAW NUMBER M-22 A BY-LAW RESPECTING THE 0109"Ah A I OWN I J Wei &WIM, Wm- T WOOL 0) zl' ARRtTt, N' M-22 DE BRUIT EXCESSIF DANS THE CITY OF SAINT JOHN Be it enacted by the Common Council of Le conseil communal de The City of Saint John The City of Saint John as follows: 6dicte: I This by-law may be cited as the "Saint 1 Le prdsent arr6td peut etre cite sous le John Noise By -lax ". titre : ArrW de Saint John concernarif le bruit. 2 In this by-law: 2 Les definitions qui suivent s'appliquent au pr6sent ar-retd. "Chief of Police" means the Chief of Police for The City of Saint John and, in his .?bsence, includes the Deputy Chief of Police; (chef de police) "City" means The City of Saint John; (municipalite) "Council" means Common Council of The City of Saint John; (consed) "motor vehicle" includes a Motor vehicle or a motor cycle or motor driven cycle; (vjhicule 6 moteur) "public address system" means any system of loud speakers, amplifiers, microphones, or reproducers, or any combination of any such equipment, used in the reproduction or amplication of music, speech, or other sounds, when used for communication to or otherwise addressing or entertaining a person or persons; (systeme de sonorisation) "street" includes the entire width between the boundary lines of every street, road, lane, alley, park, parking lot, drive-in theatre, school yard, picnic site, beach, s-,tuare, sidewalk b id- . or footway_�,ii_n the City; (rue) The words o motor vehicle )), (( motor motor driven cycle >) when used in this by-law shall have the same meaning as set out in the definition section if the Motor Vehicle Act of the Province Wel111 1 ((conseil >) Le conseil communal de The City of Saint John. (Council) (( municipalit6 )) The City of Saint John. (City) (< rue )> Espace compris entre les limites latdrales des rues, chemins, ruelles, alldes. pares, pares de stationnement, cine-parc, cours d'dcole, emplacements de pique- nique, plages, places, trottoirs, pants ou voies pidtonnieres dans la municipalitd. (street) << sysleme de sonorisation » Installation de sonorisation comprenant haut-parleurs, amplificateurs, microphones, lecteurs ou toute combinaison de ces 6quipements servant A diffuser ou A amplifier la musique, ]a parole ou d'autres sons pour informer, avertir ou divertir une ou plusieurs personnes. (public address slvstem) <( v6hicule A moteur » S'entend notarnment d'un vdhicule a moteur, d'une motocvclette ou d'un cvclomoteur. (motor vehicle) Les teretes a v6hicule A moteur << motocyclette >> et (< cyclornoteur lorsqu'ils cont utilises dans le prdsent arrdtd, ant la m&me signification que celle qui leer est attribuee dans ['article 3 No person shall within the City during the times set forth herein emit or cause or permit the emission of sound or sounds resulting from an act listed herein, which sound is clearly audible on a stre"ON-A—U91k��4 �11 the peace and tranquility of two or more persons using the street or living in separate houses or separate apartments or flats close to the street: (a) the racing of any motor vehicle other than in a racing event regulated by law - at my time; (c) the unnecessary idling or revving of a motor vehicle engine - at any time, (d) the operation of a motor vehicle horn or any other warning device - at any time except where required or authorized by law or in accordance with good safery practices, (e) the operation of any combustion engine or pneumatic device without an effective exhaust or intake muffling device in good working order and in constant operation - at any time: (f) the operation of any item of construction equipment without an effective muffling device in good working order and in constant operation - at any time; (g) by yelling, shouting, hooting, or unreasonably loud whistling or singing any time; (h) the operation of domestic outdoor power tools - between the hours of nine a -Fri! 3vv�-ii frl-ciltck Orf the following morning; comportant les d6finitions de la Loi sur les vihicules 6 moteur de la province du Nouveau -Brunswick. 3 11 est interdit, dans ]a municipalitd, pendant les heures indiqu6es dans le present arr&6. d'dmettre, de faire dmettre ou de permente que soit dmis un ou des sons ddcoulant d'une des actions 6num6r6es ci-dessous, sons parfaiternent audibles dans une rue et qui troublent ou pourraient troubler la paix et la tranquillit& de deux ou plusieurs personnes qui font usage de la rue ou qui vivent dans des maisons, appartements ou logements distincts proches de la rue : W9191 a) A tout moment, faire une course de vdhicules A moteur, sauf dans une compdtition rdgie par la loi; & I le moteur d'un v6hicule au ralenti ou ,Aonner des coups de gaz; d) & tout moment, sauf dans les cas ou la loi Pexige ou I'autorise ou conformdment aux r6gles en mati&re de s&urit6, utiliser Pavertisseur d'un vdhicule a moteur ou un autre dispositif d'avertissement; e) A tout moment, utiliser un moteur a combustion ou un dispositif pneumatique non muni d'un silencieux d"6chappement ou d'admission efficace en bon dtat de marche et forictionnant de faqon continue; f) A tout moment, utiliser des engins de chantier non munis d'un silencieux efficace en bon dtat de marche et fonctionnant de fa�on continue, g) A tout moment, crier, huer. siffier ou chanter a tue-t&e. h) entre 21 heures et 7 heures le lendemain, utiliser des outils dlectriques domestiques extdrieurs; ON111014I evening a d 7-00 o'dock of the following morning; 0) the operation of a combustion engine in a Toj or a mouvi Ur Mpiwa UY Ali acTIO which model or replica has no function other than amusement and which is not a conveyance - between the hours of 7:00 o'clock in the evening and 9:00 o'clock of ihe following morning; (k) the detonation of fire works of eyrilasive-d ot used i (m) the operation of any public address system, gramophone, radio or other device or apparatus for reproducing or amplifyinq. sound -- at anv time. F Wr M a MMUM utiliser des engins de chantier, j) entre 19 heures et 9 heures le lendemain. faire fonctionner un moteur A combustion utilisd ou destin� i etre utilis6 dans un jouet, un mod6le ou une r6plique d'un dispositif ne servant .as de moven de 'r d artifice ou des dispositifs explosifs ne servant pas i la construction; 1) i tout moment, •' •- • une arme feu; tout moment, utiliser un syst6me de sonorisation, un tourne-disque, une radio ou un autre dispositif ou appareil pour reproduire ou amplifier le son, 4 The provisions of this by-law which 4 Les dispositions du prdsent artdt6 qui prohibit excessive noises do not apply to: interdisent les bruits excessifs ne s*appliquent pas : (a) employees of the City or of the Government of Canada or of the Government of the Province of Nem Brunswick when acting in the reasonable execution of their duties as such an employee: (b) a person or an employee of a person reasonably performing work at the requesi of the City, (c) noises in connection with athletic and recreational activities in municipal park areas, arenas, community centres, etc; (d) noises in relation to traditional, festive, and religious activities-. (e) noises in relation to parades, street dances, and other community activities 3 - WIN a) aux emplov6s de la municipalit6, du gouvemement du Canada ou du gouvernement de la province du Nouveau - Brunswick qui agissent dans 1'exercice normal de leers forictions, b) A une peTSonne ou son employe qui execute des travaux normalement, A la demande de la municipalitd, c) aux les bruits produits au cours d'une activit6 recrdative ou sportive qui se d6roule dans un parc municipal. un arena, un centre communautaire ou un autre endroit de ce genre, d) aux les bruits produits A ]'occasion d'une fete - notamment traditionnelle - ou d'une activit6 religieuse: e) aux les bruits produits au cours d'une parade. d'une danse de rue et autre activit6 (f) noises caused by motor vehicles or equipment being used for emergency purposes. 5 This by-law shall be enforced by the Police Department of The City of Saint John. An information for breach of this by-law shall be laid in the name of either the Chief By-law Clerk of the City. 6 A person who violates any provision of this by-law is guilty of an offence and liable on tf 9 RM hA�,,R--W_Wcty ($50.00) Dollars and not more than Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars. 7 A by-law of The City of Saint John enact(I on the third day of Octoben, 1983 entitled "A B I In The City Of Saint John" and all amendme IN WITNESS WHEREOF The City of Saint John has caused the Corporate Common Sea] of the said City to be affixed to this by-law the I 8'h da�, of 2005 and signed bN - May 4All V rlM�/� f) aux: les bruits produits par un vdhicule 6 moteur ou un dquipement utilis6 en situation d'urgence. 5 L'application du pr6sent arr�t� rel&ve du service de police de The City of Saint John. Toute d6nonciation relative A une infraction au present w -lett C3-�-4,6�jmfsde A des arr8t6s de ]a municipalit6 ou au greffier communal. 6 Quiconque enfreint le pr�sent arr^ commet une infraction et est passible, s d6claration de culpabilit6 par procddure sornmai d'une amende d'au moins cinquante dollars et d' plus deux cents dollars. 7 L'arrdtd de The City of Saint John intitul� A B&_�mwr4tinp* r v ntio�nl Excessive Noise In The Citv Of Saint John, 6dict6 le 3 octobre 1983, ensemble ses modifications, est abrog6 d&s 1'entr6e en vigueur du pr6sent arr&td. EN FOI DE QUOI The City of Saint John a fait apposer son sceau communal sur le pr6sent arr&6 le 18 mai 2005. avec les signatures suivantes : CorRT�n Clerk / Greffier communal First Reading March 29,2005 Premiere lecture 29 mars 2005 Second Reading May 18. 2005 Deuxi�me lecture 18 mai 2005 Third Reading May 18, 200 005 KIYA BY-LAW NUMBER M-22 A BY-LAW RESPECTING THE ARRRTt N' M-22 ARR91't CONCERNAN�T.�.�_ DE BRUIT EXCESSIF DANS THE CITY OF SAINT JOHN I Be it enacted by the C0111111011 COUncil of Le coriseil C011111111nal de The Cit\ of Saint The City of Saint John as follows: John 6dicte: A l3v-Lcm of The City of Saint John entitled '-Saint John Noise B -N -La -w" enacted on the 181h day of Mav, A.D. 2005, is hereby amended as follows.. I Section 3) is repealed and the following is substituted: 3(l) No person shall during the times set out in subsection 3(3) make a noise which results from all action listed therein if the noise is clearly audible on a street and is likely to cause a public nuisance or otherwise disturb one or more inhabitants of the Cl[N 3(2) No person shall during the times set out in subsection 3(3) permit to be made on property which is owned by him or is leased by huna noise iiluch results from an action listed therein if the noise is clearly audible oil a street and is likely to cause a public nuisance or otherwise disturb one or rriorc inhabitants of the City, Par les presentes. 1*arret& de The City of Saint John intitu]6 ­Arret6 de Saint John concerriant le bruit" 6dicte: le 18 may 2005 est modifi6 COMMe Suit: I Larticle 3 est aborge et rernplace' par ce qui stilt.. 3(l) 11 est interdit, pendant les heures incliqu6cs all paragraphe 3(3), d6mettre un on des sons d6coulant dune des actions �num6r&s audit paragraphe 3(3), sons paifaitement audibles dans une rLic et qL11 causent ou pourraient causer une nuisance publiqLie OU qui pourraient d6anger un ou plus d'un c1toN en de la ville. 3(2) 11 est interdit, pendant les heures indlqu6es all paragraphe 3(3), all propri6taire ou an locataire dune propri6t6 de permettre que sort 6mis de sa proprlkou de son loycr Lin ou des sons d6coulant dune des actions e'numere'es audit paragraphe 3(3), sons parfaitement audibles dans Line rue et qui causent on pourraient causer line nuisance publique oil qui pourraient deranger un on plus d'un cito\ en de ]a ville, 3 )(3) The actions and times relating to this By -Law 3(3) Les actions et les heures qui s'appliqvent an are: pr6sent arr&e cont ICS SllivalltS : a) The racing of ajiy motor vehicle other than in a facing event regulated by law, at any time: a) a tout moment, faire line Course dc vchiCLIleS 4 moteur, sauf dans une competition r6gic par la loil- b) The operation of a motor vehicle in such a b) a tout moment, conduire tin vehicule a moteur de ,,vay that the tires squeal. at any time; fiteon a faire crisser les pneus.- c) The unnecessary idlinc, or revving of a motor vehicle engine. at any time, d) The operation of n motor vehicle horn or any other warning device. at any time except where required or authorized by law or in accordance with good safety c) d tout moment. faire tourner inutilement le moteur d'un v6hicule ail ralentl oil dormer des coups de gaz, d) a tout moment, satif dans les cas o6 ]a loi 1'exige ou l'autorise ou conforin6nent aux reglcs en reg les de s&urite, utiliser 1*avortisseur d'un vchictilc a moteur ou un autre dispositif 1 W91-13 practices: d'ave rti sse in e tit, The operation of any combustion engine or c) a tout moment. utiliser un moteur A combustion pneumatic device without an effective ou un dispositif pneurnatique non muni d'un exhaust: or intake mufflirig device in good silencicux d'cchappement ou d'admission efficace \\orking order and in constant operation. at en bon etat de marche et fonctionnant de faron any time" continue-, f) The operation of any item of construction f) A tout moment. utiliser des engins de chantier equipment without an effectMQ muffling non munis d'un silencieux efficace en bon 6tat de device in good working order and in inarche et fonctionnant de fagon continue, constant operation, at an,,:, time'. g) By yelling, shouting, hooting, or g) a tout moment, crier, hoer, siffler on chanter Unreasonably loud whistling or singing at tue-tete; anN,"time; h) The operation of domestic outdoor power h) entre 21 heures, et 7 heures le londemain, utiliser tools, between the hours of 9:00 o'clock in des outils electriques dornestiques extorieurs, the evening and TOO o'clock of the following, morning. j) The operation of construction Qquipment, i) entre 21 heures of 7 heures le lendeniahi, utiliser between the hours of 9:00 o'clock in the des engins de chantier, evening and 7:00 o'clock of the following morning'. The operation of a combustion engine which is used in or is intended for use in a tov or a model or replica of any device vvhich model or replica has no Rinction other than amusement and which is not a conveyance, between the hours of 7:00 o'clock in the evening and 9:00 o'clock of the following morning: A) entre 19 heures et 9 heures le lendemain, faire forictionner un moteur d combustion utilis6 ou destin6 a etre utilise dans unjouet. un mod&le ou Line r6plique d'un dispositif ne servant pas de moven de transport et n'aNant d'autre utilite gyre celle de divertir, k) The detonation of fire works or explosive k) a tout inoment, faire exploser des pieces devices not used in construction, at any d'aftifice ou des dispositifs explosifs no servant pas a la construction, 1) The discharge of fire arms, at any, time. 1) a tout moment, d6charger une -time A fou; in) rho operation of any public address in) 6 tout moment utiliser Lin systcme do systejn, gramophone. radio or other device sonorisation., un tourne-disque, une radio on un or apparatus for reproducing of aniplifying autre, dispositif oil apparell pour reproduire ou sound, at any time, amplifier le son. 2 Section 5 is repealed and the following is 2 Lartielc 5 est abro-6 et remplac6 par ce qui substituted: SU& 5(1) Members of the Saint John Police Force are 5(1) L'application du pr6sent ari-W releve du authorized to enforce this By-LaNv, service de police de The City of Saint John, W916.1 5(2) Informations N-vith respect to violations of this By-LwN may be laid in the Provincial Court by the Common Clerk or by such other persons as may be designated b-, Common Council. 5(2) Toute d6nonciation relative a une infraction an present arr&6 est d6pos6e a la Cour Provincialc par le greffief communal ou par toute autre personne d6signee par le Conseil Communal. 3 Section 6 is repealed and the follo\Ning is 3 L'article 6 est abrog6 et remplace par cc qui substituted-. suit.. 6. A person v, -ho violates any provision of this By- LaN� is guilt) Of all Offence and is liable on sunimarN conviction to a fine of not less than TN\o Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250,00) and not more than One Thousand and Seventv Dollars ($1,070.00). IN WITNESS WHEREOF The City of Saint John has caused the Corporate Common Seal of the said City to be i,ffi-\ed to this by-law the 24"' day of April- A.D. 2006 and signed by: Mai or/Mairc 6. Quiconque enfreint le pr6sent arr&e cominct une infraction et est passible. stir d6claration dc culpabilit6 par procedure sommaire, d'une amende d'au inoins deux cents cinquante dollars (250,00$) ct d'au plus mille soixarite-dial dollars (I (170J)0$), EN F01 DE QUOI The City of Saint John a fait apposer son sceau communal sur le present arret6 Ic 24 avnl 2006- avec les signatures suivantes : Common Clcrk / Greffier communal First Reading - November 7, 2005 Premiere lecture Second Reading - November 7, 2005 DeuNieine lecture Third Reading, - April 24. 2006 Tfoisi6ne lecture PA to] - 7 novernbre 2005 - 7 novornbre 2005 - 24 avril 2006 BY-LAW NUMBER M-22 A BY-LAW RESPECTING THE RVEIVJF_t�_ ARRLTk DE BRUIT EXCESSIF DANS THE CITY OF SAINT JOHN Be it enacted by the Common Council of Le conseil communal de The City of Saint The City of Saint John as follows: John 6dicte -1 A By -Law of The City of Saint John Par les pr6sentes, 1'arr& de The City of entitled "Saint John Noise By -Law" enacted on the Saint John intitul6 "Arr6t6 do Saint John 18'h day of May, A.D. 2005, is hereby amended as conecrnant le bruit" 6dicte le 18 mai 2005 est follows: modifi6 comme suit: Section 2 is amended by adding the following definition: "Off road vehicle" means any motor vehicle designed or adapted for off-road use and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes an all -terrain vehicle, a dirt bike, a dune -buggy, a motorized snow vehicle or an amphibious vehicle, but does not include any vehicle which is designed for use and is being used in agriculture, forestry, mining or construction, any vehicle registered under the Motor Vehicle Act or any vehicle exempted from the application of the Off Road Vehicle Act by regulatiou. Subsection 3(3) is amended by adding the following: L'article 2 est rnodifi6 par I'ajout de la definition suivantc : << v6hicule hors route >> d6sigric tout v6hicule d moteur conqu ou adapt6 pour 1"usage hors route, et sans restreindre ]a port6c de ce qui precede, sentend 6galement des v6hiculcs tout - terrain, des motos hors route, des autodunes, des motoneiges ou des machines amphibies, mais no s'cntond pas de tout v6hicule qui a 6t6 conqu pour We utilis6 et qui est utilis6 pour 1'agriculturo, la foresterie, les travaux miniers on la construction, do tout v6hicule immatricu16 en vertu de la Lot sur les vehicules d moteur ou de tout v6hicule exempt6 do I'application de la Loi sup les vMicules hors route par reglement. 2. Le paragraphe 3(3) est modifi6 par l'ajout de Palin6a suivant: n) the operation of an off-road vehicle, at n) d tout moment, utiliser un v&hicule hors -route any time 211 IN WITNESS WHEREOF The City of Saint John has caused the Corporate Common Seal of the said City to be affixed to this by-law the 27" day of August, A.D. 2007 and signed by: Mayor/Mairc EN FOI DE QUOI The City of Saint John a fait apposes son sceau cominunal sur le pr6sent arr&6 le 27 aofit 2007, avec les signatures suivantes : Common Clerk / Greffier communal First Reading - August 13, 2007 Premiere lecture - 13 aoat 2007 Second Reading - August 13, 2007 Deuxi6mc lecture - 13 aoCit 2007 Third Reading - August 27, 2007 Troisi6me lecture - 27 aofit 2007 2 PAM COUNCIL REPORT M&C No. M&C 2018-53 Report Date February 21, 2018 Meeting Date February 26, 2018 Service Area Transportation and Environment Services His Worship Mayor Don Darling and Members of Common Council SUBJECT: West Side Splash Pad Revised Procurement and Funding Plan OPEN OR CLOSED SESSION This matter is to be discussed in open session of Common Council. AUTHORIZATION Primary Author Commissioner/Dept. HeadL4 City Manager Tim O'Reilly Michael Hugenholtz m I Jeff Trail RECOMMENDATIONS City staff is recommending Common Council provide direction on next steps for constructing the splash pad at the Market Place West District Recreation complex. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report presents new options to build and fund a splash pad at the Market Place West District Recreation complex. PREVIOUS RESOLUTION At its January 29, 2018 meeting Common Council received a report from City staff summarizing tender results to construct the splash pad at the Market Place West complex. All tenders exceeded the project budget, with the lowest being $235,000 over budget. No direction was sought or received from Council except to file the report. However, comments and questions from members of Council at this meeting provided a path forward for staff to consider, including that: • Support for the project by Council continues, • Construction timelines that results in operation of the splash pad beyond 2018 is acceptable, • Cost reduction measures should be explored to bring the project back on budget such as, o Explore removing costly project components such as the treatment equipment, o Explore alternate procurement methods (other than traditional tender) PA 191 -2 - REPORT Following the January 29 Council meeting negotiations with the low tenderer did not result in significant cost savings. Staff will not be recommending award of a contract as a result of this tender and will be cancelling this tender process given available project budget. Staff confirmed the $100,000 of approved ACOA funding for the project will no longer be available. An ACOA funding condition required the City to procure $200,000 of splash pad equipment by March 31, 2018, which is no longer feasible given the cancelled tender. ACOA has confirmed the condition cannot be amended with an extended timeline under the current funding agreement. The result is the project funding gap is now $335,000 using the low tender as the benchmark. Staff are currently exploring procurement methods such as: • Requesting proposals: A base set of design requirements, including an upset construction cost, would be issued as an RFP. Consortiums of designers and contractors would submit finalized design options that meet the base requirements. The City would award a proposal based on several factors including project costs. • Modified tender: Staff would explore procuring the splash pad equipment separate from the construction of the splash pad. Each procurement method has pros and cons. Staff are currently finalizing investigational work with its architecture/engineering constultant before deciding on the method to use. The main goal of the procurement method chosen will be to reduce the cost of the project. In addition to the chosen procurement method, several other factors are being explored to achieve at least $200,000 in cost savings compared to the previous low tender including: • Changing the splash pad design from a treated water system to a flow through system. This change results in reduced equipment costs and reduced ongoing lifecycle maintenance costs but requires scope reduction to minimize the amount of water used by the splash pad and a method to manage the used water. • Allowing flexibility in design features to re -introduce competition of the splash pad equipment. The previous tender process discounted one major equipment supplier as an approved equivalent. • Increasing timelines of the various procurement phases. Attempting to achieve the ACOA timeline condition required accelerated design, tender and equipment delivery timelines. • Exploring other cost reducing design options as required. NEI -3 - The above -noted cost reduction initiatives still leaves a project cost -to -funding gap of approximately $135,000 that needs to be closed to allow the project to move to a new procurement phase. There is some risk of loss of a further $200,000 of project funding given the RDC, another funding partner, provided a construction deadline of March 31, 2019. There appears to be some flexibililty in RDC's deadline, particularly if construction is well underway before this date. However, the current agreement with RDC specifies this end date and funding beyond March 2019 for a substantial portion of the project would need to be assessed by RDC for funding in their 2019-2020 fiscal year. Staff also notes that the $120,000 of identified community funding is not tied to a particular deadline so there is some flexibility on when the full project scope needs to be completed. In essence, there is some flexibility in the construction timeline but this flexibility is certainly not indefinite. The Service and Financial Outcomes section of this report identifies funding options to close this remaining $135,000 funding gap. STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT Constructing a splash pad at the Market Place West District Recreation complex aligns with Council's priority of investing in recreation experiences and with PlaySJ. SERVICE AND FINANCIAL OUTCOMES Under a revised procurement process, staff propose to close the $335,000 funding gap partially by cutting at least $200,000 of project costs (compared to the January tender results). Additional funding of approximately $135,000 would be required to close the remaining project budget gap. Two main options are available to secure the additional funding: 1. Waiting for external additional funding of $135,000 to be secured, or Common Council commits additional and contingent funding of $135,000 in addition to the $250,000 Council already committed to the project. The following contingencies could be employed to mitigate this added burden if Council chooses this option: • Any external project funding sources that become available would cause the City's commitment to be reduced by an equal amount up to this $135,000 additional commitment, • Capital funding not required by other General Fund Capital projects shall be redirected to this project, where possible. Option 1 does not add additional Capital borrowing liability onto the City. This option however does not define when the project can move to a new procurement phase and therefore there remains some level of risk of losing the currently committed $200,000 of RDC funding. PhR -4 - Option 2 allows the project to immediately move to a new procurement phase. However, this option does add risk of additional borrowing burden, albeit with suggested contingencies to manage this risk. Additional external funding sources are being explored. City staff are actively working on preparing an application to one external funding source that is focused on building accessible play parks. The neighbourhood group had applied to a second external funding source. It should be noted as well that the City of Saint John is still awaiting the outcome of several applications for funding under various programs, namely the Small Communities Fund. Any funding from other levels of government under this program would free up additional funding since the City has already budgeted 100% of the necessary funds. The following table summarizes the status of project costs and funding with the adjustments detailed in this report highlighted yellow: COSTS FUNDING CONSTRUCTION COST Suhtotall ((January 20L8 Low -Tender) $788,91Lll.93 City matchto RDC'iundmgatlter March 3T $ 250,G00 071 HST $P.L8,336. 79 RDC 8undingafter March 3L $ 200,000. DR 44.% Total w; HST $907,248..72 City match to ACOA fundi ng he€are March 34 5 - ACOA-fundlingbeForeMarch3L $ - Suti/ unrecoverah le HST $822,724.66 OR World $ 50,000.00 SJ Port Autharity $ 50,000:00 CN Rail $ L5,000:00 TENDER. AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT COST Ameriican Iran &. Metal CornR IInc $ 5,004:00 Sulmkatall $ ST,8ao 63 HST $ 7,774.59 AddiibcnaX C'Ity lar uther sour ) Camm0tment $ 135,000.06 Total w.r HST $ 54,582.22 Sulmtatall Nl unrecoverable HST $ 54,0311 23 Redesiign cast $ 34,000.06 TOTAL FUNDING $ 705,000.00 IPragest Cast Red o c Uon qr ot'iatiiv es -$ 200,000 TOTAL PROJECT COST wr%un—overalslle HST $.706,755.89 INPUT FROM OTHER SERVICE AREAS AND STAKEHOLDERS The City's Materials Management Division provided advice in preparing this report. City staff will communicate the revised project goals to the neighbourhood and to funding partners. It will be important the neighbourhood understands expectations need to be managed to provide best chance of successfully building a splash pad. There is a potential risk of losing at least the $200,000 of RDC funding without a revised plan as detailed in this report. ATTACHMENTS N/A COUNCIL REPORT M&C No. 2018-48 Report Date February 16, 2017 Meeting Date February 26, 2018 Service Area Corporate Services His Worship Mayor Don Darling and Members of Common Council SUBJECT: Electronic Meetings OPEN OR CLOSED SESSION This matter is to be discussed in open session of Council AUTHORIZATION Primary Author Commissioner/Dept. HeadL4 City Manager Patricia Anglin Jonathan Taylor m I Jeff Trail RECOMMENDATION 1) It is recommended that Council allow for remote participation using teleconference for Special or Emergency meetings of Council 2) It is recommended that Council not proceed at this time with changing its procedural by-law to allow for remote electronic participation in regular open session meetings of Council, Committee of the Whole meetings or other committee meetings until reliable technological solutions have been identified EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The provision for electronic meetings in the Local Governance Act allows Council members to attend Council and Committee of the Whole meetings remotely using technology, such as tele conference or video conference. Should municipalities wish to take advantage of the new electronic meeting provisions, an amendment to the Council procedural by-law is required. During discussion with vendors to research a technology solution, we were informed that in Europe this kind of remote participation is not allowed; members must be physically present in the meeting room. These vendors are now designing technology, and will begin beta testing the remote voting solution this summer for the North American market. The Deputy Clerk participates as a member on the International Institute of Municipal Clerks (IIMC) Legislative Committee. The purpose of the Legislative committee is to: PAIN -2- (1) Identify trends in state/provincial/national legislation impacting the Municipal Clerk profession, (2) Provide links to state/provincial/national legislative resources, (3) Work with the Research and Resource Committee to make information on state/provincial/national legislative resources available on the IIMC resource page, and (4) To monitor and review federal legislation pertinent to the profession. During the past 5 years electronic meetings were not an item being given any significant profile by the IIMC Legislative Committee. Electronic meetings have enabling legislation in a few states, but are not receiving a noticeable implementation. It should be noted that while both New Brunswick and Ontario gave Royal Assent in 2017 to new legislation modernizing municipal government. Ontario prohibited a member of council or committee of council to participate electronically in a meeting which is closed to the public whereas the New Brunswick legislation has permitted such participation. A review of the Ontario Hansard provided an analysis of the MI -As comments on electronic meetings. Their caution was to go slowly and to review the Act in 5 years when better technology is available. The reasons documented in Hansard for remote participation were to enable members with disabilities to have easy access, or to accommodate the long distances required to travel to meetings by rural members. The remote participation was not to be for the convenience of members who are on holiday and want to connect to a meeting. The MI -As who commented all had prior experience as municipal councillors. On review of the New Brunswick Hansard, there was no discussion raised by any MI -As in the legislature on electronic meetings during the discussion of Bill 44, the Local Governance Act. PREVIOUS RESOLUTION Committee of the Whole Open Session January 15, 2018 RESOLVED that the Common Clerk be directed to explore further options for electronic meetings. MOTION CARRIED Technology Costs - Broad Quotes: Conference phone is approx. $600-800 with no connection to meeting management software. This is recommended for Emergency Meetings and Special meetings. Ph F-11 -3- Duoson (current technology provider) and Ivan's Audio provided the following cost estimates: • Audio conferencing based solution integrated with the existing microphone system in Council chambers would be in the range of $10,000 with touch screen controller/dialer. • A video conferencing based solution would start in the $15,000 and up, however this solution would not offer remote voting or direct meeting integration. An RFP will be issued for the refit of Council Chambers and Committee room technology. Some of the existing equipment can be reused and/or integrated with a new system. In conclusion The technology selected to permit remote participation in Council/Committee meetings should demonstrate the commitment of the City to: promote open transparent government; to ensure meetings run smoothly and to reflect positively on the image of the City. Many of the current audio and visual components in the Chamber were installed in 2002 and will need to be upgraded in the near future. Staff plan to coordinate the needed upgrades with the anticipate renovations in the Council Chamber associated with the new City Hall project. The refit of Council Chambers and Committee room will examine options including: webcasting; a City YouTube channel to broadcast Council/Committee meetings; and meeting management/voting software. It is recommended that the new Council Chambers and Committee room be equipped in a Phased approach. Phase 1 (2018) would not include remote participation technology. Phase 2 (2019 — 2020) would consider remote participation technology with a voting component connected to the meeting management software. The ability to budget for components as required is a feature available from the vendors consulted. Staff suggests that Council allowfor remote participation in Emergency or Special meetings. Further allowances for remote participation could then be considered by Council as technological solutions for remote meeting participation are tested and refined. A Conference Call in Real Life video is provided: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNz82r5nyUw -4 - STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT Customer -Focused Services ✓ Explore service improvements through innovation, technology SERVICE AND FINANCIAL OUTCOMES The new Council Chambers and Committee room technology should provide a good customer service experience, ensure meetings run smoothly and operate reliably. Cost of equipment is a component of the relocation of City Hall. INPUT FROM OTHER SERVICE AREAS AND STAKEHOLDERS Information Technology Service ATTACHMENTS "A" Ontario Hansard dates Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act (MOMLA) discussed and transcripts on electronic meeting debate Significant discussion occurred on April 25t", 2017 available: committee meeti Other discussion dates are available: here "B" New Brunswick Hansard dates Local Governance Act (LGA) discussed. There was no debate on electronic meetings. f X91 Debates I Bill 68, Modernizing Ontario&4039;s Municipal Legislation Act, 2017 1 Bills &... Pagel of M-tc Zoke_zila ElLe-e-TiLoi,4%e- MeETiN&S q A%% Bi -l -I 68, -Modernizing Ontario's- Municipal - Legislation Act, 2017 1] ["11.1 Mauro, Hon Bill Minister of Municipal Affairs Current Status: Royal Assent received Chapter Number: S.O. 2017 C.10 First Reading November_16 20,16 Committee Second Reading Novgmbgr 29 ?016 Principal Debaters: Hon. Bill Mauro, Mr. Lou Rinaldi IVo�iember 3m0,,2016 Principal Debaters: Mr. Todd Smith Dccem�er..1, _2016Va`�Z A* -7- 9 Principal Debaters: Mr. Todd Smith, Mr. John Vanthof Questions and Comments: M" France G&Iinas, Ms. Daiene Vernile, Mr. Lorne Coe, Ms. Peggy Sattler December 6 20th Pac)a A* 6--7 Principal Debaters: Mr. Ernie Hardeman, Mr. Percy Hatfield Questions and Comments: Hon. Bill Mauro, Ms. Lisa MacLeod, Ms. Jennifer K. French Fe,br�a.ry 23,2017 Principal Debaters: Mr. Percy Hatfield, Mr. Peter Z. Milczyn, Hon. Jeff Leal, Mr. Lorne Coe Questions and Comments: Mr. Lou Rinaldi, Ms. Peggy Sattler, Hon. Chris Ballard, Mr. Sam Oosterhoff, Mr. Peter Tabuns, Mr. Robert Bailey February .Zq,_2Pj.7 V 0-1)�LAk t -I — L 00 Principal Debaters: Mr. Michael Mantha, Mr. Mike Colle, Hon. Chris Ballard, M" Nathalie Des Rosiers, Ms. Sylvia Jones Questions and Comments: Hon. Bill Mauro, Ms. Lisa M. Thompson, Mr. Gilles Bisson, Hon. Deborah Matthews, Ms. Lisa MacLeod, Mrs. Lisa Gretzky, Mr. Bob Delaney, Mrs, Julia Munro �LaLCqh_,ZQLl 7 221 http://wNvw.ontla.on.ca/web/bills/bills—detail.do'llocale=en&Bil]ID=4374&detailPage=bil... 16/02/2018 Debates I Bill 68, Modernizing Ontario&#039;s Municipal Legislation Act, 2017 1 Bills &... Page 2 of 2 Principal Debaters: Mr. Peter Tabuns, Ms. Ann Hoggarth, Hon. Dipika Damerla, Mr. Rich Nicholls Questions and Comments: Hon. Bill Mauro, Mr. Victor Fedeli, Ms. Teresa J. Armstrong, Mr. James J. Bradley, Mr. Jim McDonell, Mme France G61inas, Mr. Toby Barrett March L?.i—ZQiz Principal Debaters Mm' France G61inas, Ms. Soo Wong, Hon. Glen R. Murray, Mrs. Lisa Gretzky, Mrs. Julia Munro, Mr. Arthur Potts, Mr. John Fraser, Mr. Jack Maclaren Questions and Comments: Ms. Ann Hoggarth, Mr. Steve Clark, Mr. Michael Mantha, Mr. Lou Rinaldi, Mr. John Yakabuski, Ms. Sylvia Jones, Ms. Laurie Scott, Mr. Percy Hatfield Principal Debaters: Mr. Raymond Sung Joon Cho, Mr. Wayne Gates, Hon. Michael Coteau Questions and Comments: Mr. Lou Rinaldi, Mr. Sam Oosterhoff, Ms. Teresa J. Armstrong, Hon. Helena Jaczek, Mr. Lorne Coe, Ms. Peggy Sattler Vote deferred. Mja-L,!SL20I 7 Carried on recorded division. Referred to the Standing Committee on Social Policy. Committee Standing Committee on Social Policy 82r-113 2017 AzHll.,2017 6or.L[2-42�L' Z z Y�gv-.LIQIZ mal -L) —W Mjqy _3 4I l Reported to the House as amended. Ordered for third reading, Third Reading Time Allocation Hon. Helena Jaczek, Mr. Ernie Hardeman, Mr. Gilles Bisson, Mr. Lorne Coe, Mr. John Vanthof Vote deferred. M2YIL(Z Carried on recorded division. Principal Debaters: Hon. Bill Mauro, Mr. Ernie Hardeman, Mr. Percy Hatfield, Mr. Lou Rinaldi Vote deferred. Carried on recorded division. Royal Assent Tuesd . qy, _Mqy__�Q,.201.... .....7 ..... . 222 http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/bills/bills—d.etail.do?locale=en&BiIIID=4374&detailPage=bil... 16/02/2018 Bill 68, Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act — Hansard Official Records "A" Official Records for 29 November 2016 -House Debates..............................page 79 of 85 Speaker, this part was important to me. Many of us in the chamber today have a municipal background, and I think it's important that we, as best we are able, provide some clarity on this issue so as not to put municipally elected people in these very difficult circumstances from time to time. Municipalities and certain local boards would also be able to allow for more ways for members to participate in meetings. We're proposing to provide municipalities and certain local boards with authority to allow members to participate electronically in meetings that are open to the public, for example, via teleconferencing and videoconferencing, rather than requiring them to attend in person. However, in order to help ensure transparency, electronic participants could not be included in the number of members required for a quorum. If passed, this change would allow municipalities and local boards to provide for more inclusive participation in council, local board and committee meetings. It would also help make meetings more accessible for members. I'm sure there are a number of people who are elected municipally in Ontario who, from time to time, find they have to travel great distances to attend meetings, and I believe this would be helpful for them as well. Bill 68, Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act — Hansard Official Records "A" Official Records for 1St December 2016 Debate................................................pages 7,8,9 of 79 The government has touted their extensive, summer -long 2015 tour of consultations on this bill, and our party's critic, the member from Oxford, will be dealing with the content of many of those submissions in his leadoff, which is soon to come. I find it interesting, though, that the government is introducing the ability for councillors to participate in meetings electronically, given that the last time this was introduced in a bill it was actually government members who removed this section from the bill at committee, proving that some habits haven't changed since 2003: It's still possible for a Liberal to be against something before they're in favour of it. It kind of reminds me of the Hydro One sale. This was supposedly done for large rural municipalities like Hastings Highlands or Tweed in my riding; they're large rural municipalities. This would allow councillors who may live in Queensborough to electronically attend a meeting of council or a committee meeting in Tweed, or councillors who may live near Combermere to attend meetings in Maynooth, which sounds like a good idea. It actually does sound like a good idea. However, you're forgetting one thing: In large swaths of rural Ontario, there simply isn't the broadband Internet to allow that to happen. Now, I commend Hastings county, and I commend the Eastern Ontario Wardens' Caucus and the provincial and federal governments for contributing to a large project in eastern Ontario, the EORN project as it's known, the Eastern Ontario Regional Network. A lot of money has been spent over the last five years in trying to light up, as they say, homes and businesses across eastern Ontario. Keep in mind, eastern Ontario is the size of a lot of small countries in Europe. It's a large area, and there are a lot of different geographical obstacles to overcome when it comes to the topography, especially when you're up in the hills in McArthurs Mills in Carlow Mayo township. You've got a lot of beautiful scenery up there, but it doesn't make getting Internet to those homes and businesses the easiest thing in the world to do. The other thing that happened since EORN started that project in trying to light up Internet in homes in the rural countryside is that something called Netflix came along, which is using an awful lot more Internet capacity than maybe they had planned for when they started the project of the Eastern Ontario Regional Network. What they have to do is go back and build up the capital projects even further, so that there is that capacity there for Internet in rural Ontario so that these councillors, if they want to be able to sit in their home office and participate in a council meeting, could do so. The other thing that is very important as the objective, I believe, of this bill is that a lot of times in rural Ontario, particularly in the winter months, we're seeing roads that are impassable. There was evidence of this yesterday in the Auditor General's report. Contracts have been given POzl Bill 68, Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act — Hansard Official Records "A" to companies that simply aren't meeting the requirements of the contracts, and they still keep getting the contracts year after year. The fines that they're supposed to be receiving are forgiven, and they actually end up giving them bonuses for impassable roads. There were a lot of moments in the past where perhaps there was a council meeting on a Monday afternoon in Maynooth and the councillors simply couldn't get to the Hastings Highlands offices. Perhaps they would have taken the opportunity to participate in that council meeting through the Internet via a teleconference, if they had that opportunity. This is just one example as well. I think maybe this portion of the bill is well intended. I think it just shows the lack of a grip on what is actually happening in rural Ontario, where there simply isn't the capacity for this to become a reality. I think it shows how out of touch this government can be when they're drafting legislation, particularly on how it impacts rural parts of the province. I believe the stated rationale of this was always to make it easier for people in some large rural municipalities to attend council meetings. The act also amends the City of Toronto Act with the same provision. Geographically, the city of Toronto isn't all that large. It's certainly not rural. Including the provision makes sense if you feel that Toronto should be treated the same as every other municipality, and that's fair. It makes sense, as I said, when paired with the parental leave provision that's included in this bill. But pretending that the provision is being included largely to make life easier for councillors in large rural municipalities is laughable. I know that the people writing that line were thinking, "It gets cold up in north Hastings," or some similar municipality in rural eastern, southwestern or northern Ontario. The roads aren't very good. If you have ever driven Highway 62 north of Maynooth, then you know what kind of shape that road is in. If you've ever driven on County Road 49 in Prince Edward county, you know what kind of shape that road in rural Ontario is in. That's why Highway 62, in particular north of Maynooth, has always been an order paper question of mine. I want to know when the government is going to help Hastings Highlands fix that piece of highway that goes through their region. If it's a really snowy day, you just might not chance that road. Actually, what's happening on that road now, for the people who live in Herschel or Monteagle townships in Hasting Highlands, is that road is being shut down at times, with load limits put on it. It's causing real difficulty for industry in that area, particularly the logging industry that uses that road in the wintertime. The road is just disintegrating before the eyes of the roads crew in Hastings Highlands, and it really needs the help of the provincial and federal governments to fix that situation. I think I've probably emphasized that point enough for the purposes of this particular speech, though. OR Bill 68, Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act — Hansard Official Records "A" Official Records for 6th December 2016 Debate...................................................pages 6, 7 of 93 Mr. Speaker, I would like to give another example from this bill which raises a similar question. This bill contains a clause which allows councillors to participate in meetings electronically. We have some concerns about that, but what is really concerning is that the government said it is for rural and northern communities where weather might prevent councillors from attending the meeting, and then they included the amendments to the City of Toronto Act as well. Do the government members think that Scarborough and Etobicoke are rural? Mr. Speaker, it's interesting that the last time this government tried to put this change into the Municipal Act, I was in committee when their own members accidentally voted it out during the clause -by -clause. I also find it interesting that during the municipal election legislation review, most of the discussion about electronics focused on ways to increase public participation, such as broadcasting meetings live, and yet none of those changes appear in this bill. In fact, despite the fact that the government claims this bill is about transparency and accountability, they are putting forward a change that would make council meetings less transparent. Currently, members of the public can go to meetings and clearly see who is speaking and how they are voting. If the government had done their research on this issue, they would have found that there have already been issues with granting this ability in other jurisdictions. Port Moody recently rescinded their municipal bylaw, which allowed electronic participation at council meetings, after two different councillors tried it on separate occasions and both had technical difficulties. The council considered spending $45,000 to upgrade their teleconferencing abilities, which resulted in outrage from their residents. One letter to the editor said: "I was outraged to learn of Port Moody council's experiment with councillors 'attending' council meetings by Skype. Why? "First, our city councillors are paid well to participate in their civic duties and responsibilities. I think attendance at city council meetings is their top priority where citizens with issues may 'see the whites of their eyes.' Face-to-face interaction is crucial." The letter went on to say, "Residents with disabilities are expected to drag themselves to council meetings to speak to issues. I would be more sympathetic if the remote conferencing was being provided for our disabled and shut-in residents to participate in council meetings." In fact, a number of municipal submissions to the legislative review suggested that electronic participation should only be allowed for people with accessibility challenges. Allowing people to simply call in to a meeting will make it far less transparent. 4 PGOU Bill 68, Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act — Hansard Official Records "A" There are no requirements in this bill for videoconferencing or other steps to make sure that the public will still be able to hold their representatives to account. As the town of Richmond Hill said in their submission, "In order to allow the opportunity for the public to participate and understand the decision-making of council, it is important that these meetings take place in an open and transparent manner. Attendance at these meetings is part of this process as it allows the public to come face to face and interact with the decision -makers in their community." The submission from York region acknowledged that extensive use of technology to facilitate attendance may erode the principle of accountability and transparency. It's clear that the government hasn't thought this change through. In a briefing, the staff couldn't even answer whether someone calling in to the meeting would count as absent or not. If this provision was truly intended for exceptional circumstances, such as extreme weather, then it should count as an absence to ensure that it cannot be abused. Other jurisdictions, such as British Columbia, have put in restrictions around electronic meetings to ensure transparency and accountability. These include ensuring there are facilities so the public can fully watch and hear all participants in the meeting. If the government wants to allow electronic participation in meetings, why aren't these measures included in the bill? Do they not truly care about transparency? Or is it another instance where the government just hasn't done the proper research? NOW Bill 68, Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act – Hansard Official Records "A" Official Records for 28 February 2017 -House Debates..............................pages 17, 18 of 83 The second thing is related to electronic participation. This is section 238 of the act, as amended, by adding the following subsection: "The applicable procedure bylaw may provide that a member of council, of a local board or of a committee of either of them, can participate electronically in a meeting which is open to the public to the extent and in the manner set out in the bylaw provided that any such member shall not be counted in determining whether" there is a quorum, but they can vote. This is what I'm now calling the mail -it -in amendment. I know many members spend a lot of time in their car over the weekend, attending events. I do—far too much time in my car. If you are a CBC listener, there is a radio program on Saturdays called This Is That. It's satire. I'm going to underline that: It's satire. Many months ago, the program This Is That had a news feature that talked about how the federal government was going to allow MPs to electronically vote on legislation that was happening at the federal level. This is satire. It was actually quite funny. It was 10 or 15 minutes, and they were mock -interviewing MPs who said, "Oh, yeah, it would be great if I could stay in my bathtub or hot tub and then vote on the amendment as it came forward," and on and on it went. Lo and behold, the next day, I'm at another event and a constituent comes up to me and he says, "Sylvia, I am so offended that the federal government is actually considering allowing MPs to vote in and not have to attend to their duties in Ottawa." I'm in a very uncomfortable position to explain to the individual that in fact it was satire, and no, the federal government is not going to allow it. Well, guess what? We're allowing it with Bill 68. How foolish. The whole part of this debate, the whole part of why we participate here in this chamber, is to hear the other side, to listen to the debates, to try to convince people that this amendment is going to cause problems. Back to the This Is That satire program: Canada is fairly large. Ontario is fairly large. We have 444 municipalities in the province of Ontario. We are not expecting our municipal representatives to travel for two and a half days to get to their centre of government, participate in debates and vote on legislation or, in their case, bylaws. Please, please, please explain to me why we need the mail -it -in amendment. I don't like it, as you can probably tell. I don't understand why it's there. As the warden of one of my counties explained to me, they already have the ability, in an emergency situation, to have a discussion, to have an executive decision, to have a committee move forward on things when there is an emergency in their municipality. Please don't tell me that this is to ensure that, when we have a ri PJQ-13 Bill 68, Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act – Hansard Official Records "A" tornado or we have heavy flooding, this will allow the municipal government to continue, because that's not the case. We already have that in place. That ability is already there under our municipal government. I would love for the government to remove the mail -it -in amendment. I do not see the value of it. I do not see what you're trying to solve. What are you trying to improve? What are you trying to fix? What are we trying to fix with that particular amendment to section 238? 1 don't understand. I don't see it. I have yet to have a municipal representative who isn't saying tongue-in-cheek that they need that mail -it -in amendment. It's not appropriate. Part of what we have as a responsibility is to come to consensus. Often when I talk at schools and to people about the various differences between the municipal, provincial and federal levels of government, I try to explain that municipally, historically and generally, people don't affiliate themselves with a particular party system. Part of that is because municipal government tends to base its decisions on finding some common ground. Provincially and federally we do it much more along party affiliations. At the municipal level, what we try to do is not have those, "I'm always going to vote with this bloc of individuals. I am always going to vote with this bloc of people." If we do not have the individual councillors sitting around the council table and hearing the other side, we're not going to have that. What they're going to do is, on Friday night, they're going to review their council package, they're going to go through it and they're going to put an "S" or an "O" behind every amendment—potential bylaw. They're not going to listen to the other council members explain their side. They're not going to hear from the public, who often appear at council—in person, I might add, Speaker. They don't get to mail it in. They appear in front of council to explain why they support or oppose a particular bylaw or amendment change. They're just going to mail it in and either call or have the computer set up so that they can just say "support" or "oppose." I don't think that any of us wants that to happen at the municipal level. I certainly don't want to have it happen at the federal level, notwithstanding how funny the This Is That satire program was on it. I grant that the timing is coming to an end, but if I can finish with: If we could have the mail -it -in amendment removed, I would be very happy. Second reading debate deemed adjourned. Wel Bill 68, Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act – Hansard Official Records "A" Official Records for 25th April, 2017 -House Debates..................pages 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 of 31 Mr. Lou Rinaldi: Yes, try to say nothing. Yes, a new strategy. I move that section 26 of schedule 1 to the bill be amended by adding the following subsection: "(3) Section 238 of the act is amended by adding the following subsection: "'Same "'(3.2) The applicable procedure bylaw shall not provide that a member of council, of a local board or of a committee of either of them, can participate electronically in a meeting which is closed to the public."' The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): Thank you. Any comments? Mr. Lou Rinaldi: Sure. This motion complements the previous subsection of the bill, subsection 26(2), which addresses electronic participation in meetings that are open to the public. The change proposed in this motion will clarify the members would not be able to participate electronically in meetings that are closed to the public. The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): Further discussion? Mr. Hardeman. Mr. Ernie Hardeman: Just a question through you to the parliamentary assistant, the question being that if a councillor can phone in to a meeting that's a public meeting, so they're not facing the electorate—they can do that in a regular council meeting, but they cannot do that in an in - camera meeting. Why is that necessary? The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): Mr. Rinaldi. Mr. Lou Rinaldi: The in -camera session might be sensitive, and we don't know who's on the other end of the phone. It's good to use the phone while it's open to the public, so that anybody could participate. But during a closed session, we just want to make sure we're protected, that the person who is on electronically doesn't have anybody else in that room or who could listen to the conversation. It's a closed meeting. The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): I have Mr. Hatfield and then Mr. Hardeman. Mr. Percy Hatfield: I don't wish to be argumentative. I remember my days on Windsor city council. I know what happens in an in -camera session of council. Quite often, you are getting information or direction from senior staff on a property issue, a legal issue, a bargaining issue, whatever. And then, later, you go out in a public session, and if that item is on the agenda, you are then going to vote on it. E3 P49191 Bill 68, Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act – Hansard Official Records "A" If you have a 10 -member council and two of them, for the sake of argument, can't be there, they're going to call in for the public meeting and take part in the discussion that's on the table. As I understand it—correct me if I'm wrong—at some point in the bill, each municipality will have the option of setting out their own procedural bylaw to determine whether councillors who call in to a meeting can actually vote at that meeting. There is nothing in the act that says you can or you cannot. That is left up to the municipality. Now what you're doing is restricting—you're handcuffing—those who are going to participate in the public meeting, and taking a vote, from having the information available to them from senior staff that was given in camera. I believe that if this goes ahead—I'm just seeing it for the first time; I haven't thought it through—you're putting the person or persons who are going to phone in to the public meeting at a great disadvantage, because they will not have any knowledge of the information that was given to everybody else on council. If they are going to speak to a motion, something on the floor, they may very well steer themselves into situations that could have been avoided had they had the opportunity to take part in the conversation in the closed meeting. They may very well open up a dialogue that is going to be detrimental to the entire municipality, because they weren't cautioned in camera, "Don't go down that road, because, boy, there's something at the end." I don't know if you want to take this back and have a second thought or if your mind was made up on this. I don't know if those who have framed this amendment have thought it through all the way. It just hits me, right off the top, that we're heading down a slippery slope here if we're going to be restricting all members of council from having full knowledge of an issue that they could very well be voting on in a public session, if you deny them the opportunity to have confidential information and advice from staff, direction from staff, at the in -camera meeting before the public meeting. Interjections. The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): I'll put you on the list. I've got Mr. Hardeman, Mr. Fraser, Mr. Coe, and then I'll have Mr. Rinaldi. Mr. Ernie Hardeman: I want to be somewhat in the same vein as the previous speaker, but first of all I want to say that we've heard a number of times from the government side that we have to respect the ability of councillors in their job. They were elected to do a job, and I think that would include trusting that if they're going into an in -camera meeting, they're not going to have other people in the room who are going to cause a conflict, that it's not a closed meeting. If we don't have that much faith in the councillors, then I think it's kind of window dressing when you say, "We think that as a group they are mature and are doing a good job." Yesterday, I think, Mr. Chair, someone tried to point out that in fact I didn't have respect for my local colleagues at the municipal level. I want to say that this is one of those cases where I really 231 Bill 68, Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act – Hansard Official Records "A" believe that you would have to leave it in the hands of the councillor to know that if they're going into legal and personnel, that in fact they have to make sure that there are not others in the room at the same time. Having said that, I'm opposed to electronic meetings in toto, unless there's a good reason to have that, to just say that as long as it's not the majority of council—so you still have a quorum sitting in the council chamber—people can be part of the meeting by phone. They are the government that's closest to the people, and it's based on the fact that people can come there and sit face to face with the people who are making decisions on their behalf. They can ask them questions and have them explain, as we're doing in this committee. On the phone, they don't have that same connection with the people. But going back to what Mr. Hatfield was talking about, I have some real concerns that a lot of times what goes on in the in -camera meeting is in fact the discussion that's going to lead to the final decision of council when they come back out. What will come back out of that closed meeting is a motion to pass—and it may be at the same meeting, again, coming back out, or it may be something that's going to come at the next meeting, when this person is actually sitting at the table. But the discussion that took place on which truck to buy, or which member of staff was not meeting the standards that the municipality expects and they are going to dismiss—that whole discussion, they would not have been part of. They were at the meeting—they were clocked in as having been at that meeting—but when they went into legal and personnel, where you don't keep attendance, they're not allowed to be there. It just doesn't make any sense that we don't have enough faith in that person that they will sit in private surroundings so they're docked "here," remembering that the person at the other end can only hear what that member is saying; he's got the phone to his ear. I think this is overkill in suggesting that there might be someone who hears an in -camera meeting because we didn't have the clerk available to make sure that the room was swept of any listening devices and all this other good stuff. I think we're going a long way. If we're going to be in the business of electronic council meetings, I think we should allow that to be both open and closed meetings. 1620 The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): I go next to Mr. Fraser. Mr. John Fraser: I want to concur with my colleague. An in -camera meeting is just that: It's inside. I see what you're saying. It's not about trusting the people; it's about trusting these things. It's about trusting communications. If you're doing something on the inside that's not being communicated outside the room, then it shouldn't be communicated outside the room. It has nothing to do with the trust of the person on the other side; it's the communication going over that wire. It could be the person on the other side. I don't think anybody would do that. I 10 09% Bill 68, Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act – Hansard Official Records "A" don't believe in in -camera meetings in the first place; I'm not a big fan of them. I don't think anybody would do that, but somebody might. Somebody might be able to pick up that transmission. It's not the hardest thing to do in the world; we've been hearing a lot about that. I understand what both my colleagues are saying across the way, but I think we have to think about that as a principle. The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): Mr. Coe. Mr. Lorne Coe: Can we have the ministry solicitor attend at the table, please? The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): Mr. Rinaldi, it's your decision. Mr. Lou Rinaldi: And the reasoning is? Mr. Lorne Coe: I'd like the solicitor, through you, Mr. Rinaldi, to address the concerns and issues that Mr. Hatfield addressed: the cause and effect of the amendment. Mr. Lou Rinaldi: Chair, I look for your guidance in this because this is a policy decision from the government. I could be wrong. It's not a staff decision. The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): Mr. Rinaldi, it's your decision to make. Mr. Lou Rinaldi: I think I was fairly clear in explaining the reason. This is a policy decision from government. The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): Okay. Mr. Coe, did you have anything further to say? Mr. Lorne Coe: The cause and effect of this amendment is not clear, and I share the same concerns that Mr. Hatfield expressed. The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): I've got Mr. Rinaldi, Mr. McMeekin and then Mr. Hatfield. Mr. Lou Rinaldi: I guess I'm going to refer mostly to Mr. Hatfield's concerns, and the others, and Mr. Hardeman's as well. With today's technology, we know how easily things get hacked, whether it be a telephone, computer, whatever it is. So I think, from a perception standpoint, that somebody somewhere in a closed session, in a closed room—sometimes it leaves those questions. As I said yesterday, I have the utmost respect for my municipal colleagues. I think they're all there for the right reasons. 11 P49191 Bill 68, Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act – Hansard Official Records "A" This is to minimize that risk initially, number one; secondly, I think we have to remember that this piece of legislation, if passed with this amendment, will be up for review in five years' time. This is new; it's groundbreaking, I think, from a municipal perspective. I would argue: Let's be cautious, and in five years we'll review it. There might be other technology that's even better than what we have today. The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): We go to Mr. McMeekin. Mr. Ted McMeekin: I think we need to be careful here. This is something new that we're trying. I think we need to go slow. There's something in my gut about in -camera meetings and people phoning in from the cottage. They may be on the beach; they've probably got their cellphone on because they're having trouble hearing, with all the noise around them, the conversation. Mr. Hardeman, for whom I have a lot of respect, has been involved in a lot of municipal stuff for years, as have some of the others of us. But—I shouldn't say "but"; I should say "and"—the concern I have is that there are municipalities where the only thing you can be sure of is that when they go in camera it's going to be leaked 10 minutes after it's out, and that's without filtering in the cottage, the beach, and the concern that Mr. Fraser raised around the various technologies that are in play. I'm just not comfortable with it. Do I trust municipal councillors? Almost all, almost all of the time, but some, hardly ever—that's the few, very, very few, but we've seen some incidents of lawsuits at OMB hearings based on stuff that shouldn't be out there and was overheard by somebody. Papers were left behind, and then you've got the whole trick of getting papers back and forth to the person who's going to be calling in. Where do they go? Who delivers them? Who sees them ahead of time? Open, in terms of public meetings—anything that sits publicly, right? But confidential stuff— land acquisitions, key personnel decisions, the kinds of things we traditionally go in camera for—I don't think we're ready to have those with electronic participation at this point. As Mr. Rinaldi said, we'll review it in a few years. If it works well, maybe we can revisit it, but I think it's too soon. The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): We go to Mr. Hatfield. Mr. Percy Hatfield: I'm surprised we're getting this kind of pushback on something—what, of the nine members of the committee, seven have served on council in one way, form, shape or another. With all due respect, I don't know how many staff members from the ministry have ever been elected at the municipal level, and they've framed clauses that have come to us, some of us with some experience. As a former councilman, as a former member of AMO, as a former member of the FCM board, I have great respect for municipal politicians. I have great respect for integrity commissioners and for codes of conduct. I would expect that if an elected city councillor was going to call into 12 WE Bill 68, Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act – Hansard Official Records "A" an in camera session, that person would only do so if that person was in a secure place, on a secure line and without anybody else listening in. That is part of the rules. If you're following along an integrity commissioner and a code of conduct, this is what you do. With all due respect to my friend Mr. Fraser, who doesn't like in camera meetings, those are a fact of life in municipal government. You have to do it on certain issues. You can't talk about issues in public that you have to talk about in camera. We're going to electronic voting. You mentioned the possibility of hacking. Well, if somebody wants to hack an electronic voting machine, I would suspect it's as easy as hacking into a BlackBerry. There's nothing that says that when you call into a meeting you're on a beach or you're at the cottage. You could very well be on a landline at home as you're sick in bed—as safe and secure as that communication is. I just think that we haven't thought it through and we are setting up barriers that will leave people voting in a public session with less than complete information on the subject at hand, perhaps. I can see if you say, "You can't call into an in camera session. You can call into a public meeting, but you can't discuss or have any input into anything on that agenda that was discussed in camera." That takes you out of that loop, if you want to go that way. But to say that you don't trust municipal politicians to call in in camera and keep that information confidential because— God help us, that's exactly what I heard from Mr. McMeekin: that you can't trust the safety and the security of the phone line. If anything, this just shows me all of the evidence that I need to say that this bill is not a well - thought -out bill. There are things in this bill that we're rushing through, that we haven't given serious consideration to. We've talked before about pages and pages and 50 or 60 or 70 amendments because of how poorly written this bill is. This is a prime example of that for me. The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): Mr. Dickson. Mr. Joe Dickson: If you'd bear with me, when I look around the room I realize we have very, very savvy, educated, previously elected members of many levels of government, whether it's school board, municipal, regional or provincial. I wonder, because I don't know the depth of everyone here, if they'd just go around the room and say, "21 years," "18 years," to give me a little better feeling. 1630 I don't want to delay anything, and I don't want to make any comment on it. I'm here to listen, not to speak. The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): If the committee so chooses, you're welcome to do so. 13 Bill 68, Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act – Hansard Official Records "A" Mr. Lorne Coe: I served for 13 years on a Durham regional council. I was on several subcommittees at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario. Mr. Joe Dickson: I apologize; just give me one number. I don't want to hold things up. Mr. Ernie Hardeman: Ernie Hardeman. I spent 14 years on municipal council, at all levels. Mr. Percy Hatfield: I spent seven years on Windsor city council. During that time, I served on the national board of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. I served on the Association of Municipalities of Ontario as an executive member, as an AMO vice-president and as chair of the large urban caucus. Prior to that, out of my 30 years as a reporter, I spent 20 or 25 covering municipal politics and provincial politics. Mr. Joe Dickson: Just the number of years. Mr. Lou Rinaldi: It's 23. Mr. Joe Dickson: It's 23. Mr. John Fraser: None. Mr. Joe Dickson: None? Mr. John Fraser: None. Ms. Daiene Vernile: I spent 36 years covering Ontario politics. Mr. Joe Dickson: I've done 40 years without even covering the 30 years in the newspaper, so I'm 104 years old. Thank you for the flexibility, Mr. Chair. The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): Thank you, Mr. Dickson. Is there any further comment? Mr. Hardeman. Mr. Ernie Hardeman: I want to go back to this amendment— The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): Yes, number 14. Mr. Ernie Hardeman: —and the comments that were made by one of the members who isn't presently here. It really explains my problem with this whole section on electronic meetings. We were told that it could be in emergencies, so people could call in to the meeting if, for whatever reason, they couldn't get there because of inclement weather or the car wouldn't 14 091.1 Bill 68, Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act – Hansard Official Records "A" start or whatever—they had a good reason. But then all of a sudden, when we're talking about the closed sessions, we're saying they may be sitting at the cottage or at the beach. Again, I don't think that's what the people voted for when they voted for their members of council: to spend the summer at the beach and just call in. That's the reason I'm having this debate. But I also want to go to the part about the way the phone call went, about what might happen—they'd leave papers lying around. I would just point out that if you look at the process—and I'm glad that Mr. Dickson asked about our experience. When they send out the agenda, whether you're going to participate in the regular meeting, and the legal personnel—if you're a member of council, you get the whole agenda. If we're worried that this in -camera parcel of papers is going to get to the beach, where other people can see it, that's going to happen regardless of whether they can call in with their comments on it. I just don't see the merit of saying, "Oh, no, there's too much risk there." If we're going to have better technology five years from now—I would hope we do, and I would hope that the security on those would be far greater than it is today. But all of us today—and I think most of us who are here at this table are wearing our BlackBerrys, or carrying our BlackBerrys—we assume that the level of security that is there is sufficient to do what we need to do. I can't remember the last time that I worried about what I was saying on my BlackBerry, thinking somebody may be hacking that message. I may have had times I was on it when I didn't stand close to other people, because I didn't think that was a conversation that I wanted to go any further than between me and the person at the other end of the line. But I can't remember ever worrying about it being hacked and that the meeting may not be secret. Now, that's not to say I've never sat in on an in -camera meeting in person and, the next day, gone out on the street and seen the message on the street. We didn't need protecting from cyber -hackers. The message doesn't always stay there. I think if we're looking for security, it may be more secure coming on the line than it is going to the people who are at the meeting. The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): Thank you. Mr. Rinaldi. Interjections. The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): Gentlemen, Mr. Rinaldi has the floor. Mr. Lou Rinaldi: Just very quickly—I'm glad Mr. Hardeman now believes in telephone or electronic. He just said that. I just want to make something clear, Chair. The bill is not mandating this. Municipalities ultimately make the decision whether they're going to use this or not. Frankly, if they don't feel comfortable, they don't pass a bylaw and it's business as usual. We're doing a lot of things here where we're just assuming that this is a done deal and we respect municipal decisions. 15 P49YA Bill 68, Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act — Hansard Official Records "A" The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): Mr. Hardeman. Mr. Ernie Hardeman: I think, Mr. Rinaldi, that's exactly my point. It's a municipal choice, but with this amendment you're saying, "It's your choice, but if you choose to have electronic meetings, we don't want you and will not let you have electronic meetings for in -camera meetings." That's what I think is the funny part. I can understand that if the municipalities had the concern that it's not private enough, they have a right to say we're going to have electronic meetings, but not the in -camera part. Why does the province think it's more important to deal with that than it is with the regular meeting? If you believe in their authority, why don't you let them make that choice on both of them? The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): Thank you, Mr. Hardeman. I see no other comments. You're ready for the vote? Mr. Ernie Hardeman: Recorded vote. The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): A recorded vote is requested. Ayes Dickson, Fraser, Rinaldi, Vernile. Nays Coe, Hardeman, Hatfield. The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): The motion is carried. We now go to the vote on the section as a whole, as amended. Mr. Ernie Hardeman: Recorded vote. The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): A recorded vote is requested. Shall schedule 1, section 26, as amended, be adopted? Mr. Lou Rinaldi: Carried. The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): No. A recorded vote was requested, Mr. Rinaldi. Dickson, Fraser, Hatfield, Rinaldi, Vernile. 1�1:j 16 Bill 68, Modernizing Ontario's Municipal Legislation Act — Hansard Official Records "A" Coe, Hardeman. The Chair (Mr. Peter Tabuns): It is carried, as amended. 17 091%7 M&C 2018-48 Electronic Meetings Local Governance Act _(Assented to May 5, 2017) am Status of Legislation - First Reading Bills : Session 58-3 http://wwwl.gnb.ca/legis/bil I/print-e.asp?legi=58&num=3&page=3 http://wwwl.gnb.ca/legis/biI I/editform-e.asp?ID=1312&legi=58&num=3 44 Local Governance Act (Hon. Serge Rousselle, Q.C.) Feb. 15, 2017 Mar. 21, 2017 Apr. 18, 2017 Apr. 26, 2017 May 5, 2017 W. Feb. 15th, 2017 Daily Sitting 25 1" Read Tu. Mar. 21, 2017 Daily Sitting 32 2nd Read Tu. Apr. 18 Committee Standing Committee on Economic Policy W. 26 Apr. Daily Sitting 41 3rd Read F. 05 May Daily Sitting 47 Royal Assent PZIIK COUNCIL REPORT M&C No. 2018-035 Report Date February 07, 2018 Meeting Date February 26, 2018 Service Area Transportation and Environment Services His Worship Mayor Don Darling and Members of Common Council SUBJECT. 2018 Community Grant Recommendations OPEN OR CLOSED SESSION This matter is to be discussed in open session of Common Council. AUTHORIZATION Primary Author Commissioner/Dept. HeadCity Manager Lori Lambert Rev. Erik Kraglund Michael Hugenholtz Jeff Trail RECOMMENDATION Common Council approve the recommendations in this report as submitted by the Community Grants Committee. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Community Grants Program was adopted by Common Council in late 2014 to financially support the operational needs of community organizations, projects and/or special events. A Community Grants Evaluation Committee was created and is now comprised of two community members, two members of Council and three staff. The evaluation process considers community need and social impact of the organization's service, project or event; its history in serving the community; its alignment with council and city priorities, and its organizational strengths and financial responsibility. The Committee's primary task is to review, evaluate and identify funding allocations according to adopted program guidelines and report back to Common Council with recommendations. PREVIOUS RESOLUTION RESOLVED in item 12.3: 2018 General Operating budget (December 11, 2017) that as recommended by the City Manager in the submitted report M&C 2017- -2- 315: 2018 General Operating Budget approve the sum of $152,613,133 (As such, the 2018 Community Grant envelope was approved at $179,721.) STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT The Community Grant Program supports Common Council's priorities to support opportunities for growth and prosperity and to foster a vibrant city through investment in arts, culture, and recreation experiences that create a sense of community pride. REPORT The Community Grants Committee reviewed and evaluated 40 grant applications for organizational support, special event and community projects, totaling over $600,000 in funding requests. The Community Grants Committee recommends the following to Common Council: 1. That the following applicants be approved for funding at the indicated amount: Human Development Council.............................$15,000.00 Brilliant Labs............................................................$5,000.00 PRUDE Inc..............................................................$15,000.00 SJ Multicultural NRC.............................................$20,000.00 55+ Games.............................................................$12,500.00 Read SJ..................................................................... $2,000.00 Saint John Cricket Club Field Development ........ $5,000.00 Coastal Festival....................................................... $5,000.00 Outflow Ministry ...................................................$15,000.00 NBYO — Sistema.......................................................$5,000.00 Assoc. Reg Com-Francophone..............................$2,000.00 Denis Morris Community Centre........................$10,000.00 Fundy Gymnastics ...................................................$2,000.00 Fundy Fringe...........................................................$5,000.00 Swanton St Playground..........................................$4,000.00 Latimore Lake Community Centre .......................$7,500.00 Lorneville Community Centre ...............................$7,500.00 Martinon Community Centre................................$7,500.00 Milford Community Centre ...................................$7,500.00 Seniors Resource Centre ........................................$7,500.00 Symphony New Brunswick.....................................$2,000.00 Christmas in Queen Square West .........................$1,000.00 (c/o Hillcrest Baptist Church) Lorneville Summer Playground Program .............$2,000.00 Seaside Lawn Bowling Club.....................................$2,000.00 Fog Lit Festival.......................................................... $1,000.00 Vials for Life..................................................................$721.00 2. That the Cherry Brook Zoo be granted $11,000. This amount must cover the costs of property taxes, with the remaining balance to support the zoo's special event request. -3- 3. That no community grant funding be allocated to the following applicants: Immigration Relief Community Centre Stepping Stones Crescent Valley Greenhouse/Garden Project Salvation Army Fundy Fanfest Options Outreach Saint John Theatre Company YMCA Camp Glenburn West Side PACT NB Palliative Care Hospice Chinese Cultural Association Uptown Saint John Great Race SERVICE AND FINANCIAL OUTCOMES On approval by Common Council, the total grant envelope of $ 179,721 will be dispersed in community grants. INPUT FROM OTHER SERVICE AREAS AND STAKEHOLDERS N/A ATTACHMENTS N/A Respectfully submitted, } Rev. Erik Kraglund Chair, Community Grants Committee P►z191 I ToucfIstoIIe�SHERRAEiD lH� 1% Aci1.derny 'a),�c>rtii crr; r.:)N�iC'S Saturday, April 7th 2018 Harbour Station, Saint John The Arnazeatoriurn is a unique annual event that mobilizes the Saint John community to experience the educational power of playing together. Play is crucial for the social, physical, intellectual, emotional and civic development of children. The Amazeatorium brings together passionate professionals -- scientists, engineers, artists, doctors, musicians, farmers, radio producers, athletes, filmmakers, park rangers, dancers, and architects— who are willing to share their expertise with children via playful activities. Together, we transform the floor of Harbour Station into an amazing interactive learning landscape. When the doors open to the public on April 7th, children will enter into an extraordinary Learning Playground hosted by close to 100 local businesses and community organizations. Cuttung Edge Im ersive Theater for Farr hies As a feature attraction for 2018, we're thrilled to present the highly acclaimed Bright Star Children's Theater interactive production of "Upcycled Cinderella," a high-energy, immersive drama experience that families will never forget! As part of the performance, children will create real props to help Cinderella get ready for the ball! Kids love LEGO, and as educators, we know that LEGO helps kids bring their ideas to life. This year, we are thrilled to once again partner with Robin Sather, Canada's only LEGO Certified Professional and with JK Brickworks, the award-winning LEGO designers from Ontario. Our LEGO experts will be showcasing new and exciting models to inspire our visitors, will host the popular Construction Zone where kids can design and build giant inventions, and will oversee the huge LEGO Play Pool, where kids can let their creativity and engineering skills run wild! To top it all off, a LEGO-themed obstacle course will make for a truly unique day of learning and fun. A Coirninnauuinity I[:: av uirite - We Need @ YOU! IMMEM FFUI e551UtIdl l Now in its seventh year, the Amazeatorium continues to attract a sell-out crowd of parents and children from the greater Saint John region and beyond. With typical attendance around 5000 visitors each year, we rely on the support of dozens of local businesses and organizations and hundreds of volunteers to ensure that the Amazeatorium runs smoothly. Community support also allows us to give out hundreds of free tickets so that all families have the opportunity to attend. The Amazeatorium is truly a collaborative project, allowing parents, educators and other members of our community to experience the power of playful learning. We need you to help us bring this incredible event for families to our community.You can participate in the Amazeatorium by becoming a sponsor, donating a bundle of tickets, hosting a learning activity booth or by joining our ranks of enthusiastic volunteers. Please come and join us as we PLAY TOGETHER! MI, EI i J iar ion f �. � TICKET BUNDLE ORDER FORM We want the Amazeatorium to be accessible to all children and families in our community. By purchasing a ticket bundle for donation, you open the doors to this very unique learning playground to children who don't have easy access to enriched learning opportunities. Your generosity provides the spark of excitement that keeps children's passion for learning alight! We are offering the following discounted prices for Spark Bundles: Small Spark (25 tickets) $325 Medium Spark (40 tickets) $500 Large Spark (80 tickets) $975 1:::)rrn"t see the (bundle you "d (like? 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Look well therefore to this day— " We take this as our guiding principle as we reflect on the next 150 years as a community, and as a nation. Only with your support do we have the opportunity to host Saint John's Official Canada Day Celebrations, embodying the true spirit of what if means to be Canadian. It would be a great pleasure to partner with you in delivering our region's most extraordinary annual event; consistently the largest of its kind for over a decade. Whether your desire is to sponsor and brand a particular activity, or to support the festivities in general, we have a variety of methods to highlight your participation in making these events successful. As in past years, we look to Atlantic Superstore to provide the slab cakes for the highly impressive Canada Day cake, icing to decorate the cake, and cookiesto giveaway to the thousands of excited children. The Canada Day Committee appreciates your assistance in making this Canada Day of the greatest excellence to date! 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February 7, 2018 Mayor Don Darling City of Saint John P 0 Box 197 Saint John NB E2L4L1 Dear Mayor Darling, P R I SF NTS Saffit "John 161,,,av,� de Dragon Boat Bar,qiies,­dtagons Fe, val de Saint ]offfl, I am writing on behalf of St. Joseph's Hospital Foundation to request your continued support of the 141h Annual Saint John Dragon Boat Festival. This year's festival is scheduled for August 25, 2018, This will be the final festival supported by the Foundation and we intend to celebrate our collective success at this year's event. For 2018 the Foundation has committed to supporting the Breast Health Program at St. Joseph's Hospital with the purchase of a new 3D Mammography Machine. St. Joseph's plays an important role in the New Brunswick Breast Screening program providing over1l, 000 mammograms every year. With the support of the our community the Foundation purchased the current machines in 2006 The new mammography will provide many new features that include 3D Tomosynthesis. Tomosynthesis captures multiple image slices and is extremely beneficial for detecting small or early cancer -earlier, better detection results in positive outcomes. The high resolution quality of the 3D imaging is similar to that of a CT scan. For patients this new technology is more comfortable, less time consuming and provides treatment right here at home, It is our hope that no one ever has to hear that a loved one has been diagnosed with breast cancer, however it is comforting to know that the Breast Health Center at St. Joseph's is here should you need it. The center serves as a resource where leading edge technology and attentive physicians focus on early detection and support for patients diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Emphasis is placed on timely evaluation, rapid diagnosis and providing the best options to those with the disease. Our ultimate goal is to place current technology at the clinician's fingertips - resulting in optimal patient care, reduced wait times and improved patient experience and outcomes. Don, I do hope you will consider joining us as a sponsor for the 2018 Saint John Dragon Boat Festival supporting the Breast Health Program at St. Joseph's Hospital. I look forward to hearing from you, if you have any questions please feel free to contact me at (506) 632-5596 or alternatively at Laurie.Floodna 1-forizonrib.ca. Sincerely, Laurie A. Flood Executive Director St. Joseph's Hospffal Foun&iflon 30 promenade Bayard Drive, Saint John, New Brunswick / Nouveau -Brunswick E,21 3L6 Tek Q506) 632-5497 Fax: (506) 632-5594 E -Mail: 2�iiiboatfe.,,,tivad@hoCizorinb.ca WEB. vvww.rjdragonboat.ui 71 14 J!" of 11; OIL is n addition to being one of New Brunswick's most anticipated summer events, the Saint John Dragon Boat Festival brings together our community in support of St. Joseph's Hospital and excellence in healthcare for all of us. This year the festival will support the Foundation's Annual Campaign supporting 3D Mammography fear St, JoseplYs. Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among New Brunswick women and is a leading cause of cancer - related death. It is our hope that you never have to hear that a loved one has been diagnosed with breast cancer, but 6 please know that the Breast Health Center at St, Joseph's Hospital is here should you need it, St. Joseph's Breast Health Center plays an important role in the New Brunswick Breast Screening Program providing approximately 11,000 mammograms per year. The Breast Health Center serves as a resource where leading edge technology and attentive physicians focus on early detection and support for Breast Cancer patients. Emphasis is placed on timely evaluation, rapid diagnosis and providing the best options for those with this disease. Our ultimate goal is to treat each patient with skill and compassion and return them home to their families. The new mammography will provide rrvany newfeatures that include 3D Tomosynthesis, Tomosynthesis captures multiple image slices and is extremely beneficial for detecting small or early cancer - earlier, better detection results in positive outcomes. The high resolution quality of the 3D imaging is similar to that of a CT scan. For patients this new technology is more comfortable, less time consuming and provides care right here at home. Our ultimate goal is to place current technology at the clinician's fingertips resulting in optimal patient care, reduced wait times and improved patient experience and With the support of our partners, the Saint John Dragon Boat Festival has empowered St, Josephs Hospital Staff to go beyond standard care and deliver excellence to you, your loved ones and the entire community. Supporting the festival will provide corporate exposure and recognition throughout the community of your commitment to excellence in healthcare. Please consider joining us for the 2418 Saint John Dragon Boat Festival. "20"18 SAINT JWIN DRAGON BOA"r FESTIVAL SPONSORSHIP BENEFITS Thankyou for your consideration of the Saint John Dragon Boat Festival. We look forward to having you onboard. For more information pleasecontact )q*h�ospital Foundation at 506-632-5595 or DragonBo*stival@HorizonNB.ca Address/Adresse postale: #2-649 rue Queen Street, Fredericton, N -B E3B 1C3 Telephone/'Telephone: (506)451-4772 E-mail/courriel electronique: info@nbnpha-alsbinb.ca Website/Site web: tvw-,v.nbnpha--alsbinb.ca 14 February, 2018 Mayor & Common Council City of Saint John 15 Market Square PO Box 1971 Saint John, New Brunswick E2L 4L1 Dear Mayor and Council, The New Brunswick Non Profit Housing Association is pleased to host our 25" Conference and Annual General Meeting at the Delta Brunswick May 10-12, 2018. We look forward to sharing the hospitality and richness of the Greater Saint John area with over 200 delegates who will travel from all corners of New Brunswick and beyond in support of affordable housing. We hope to count on your support in making our event successful and memorable for our delegates. Finding and keeping a job, completing an education, raising a family or aging with dignity are next to impossible without a safe, affordable place to call home. Fortunately, New Brunswick's affordable housing system provides safe, affordable housing for those who might otherwise be precariously housed or at risk of homelessness. The system includes over 14,000 affordable rental homes throughout the province, and 1721 of these homes are operated by NBNPHA members in the Saint John area. Together, our mission is to support and strengthen New Brunswick's affordable housing system so that all residents can have access to a safe, affordable place to call home. Our members also create jobs and support the local economy through the purchase of goods and services along with contributing hundreds of thousands of dollars to the local tax base. Organizations such as Housing Alternatives, Human Development Council and Saint John Non Profit Housing are providing a foundation of safety and security, while empowering tenants to more fully participate in the community and economy. We are pleased to return to your area for out 2018 conference, and we believe we can enrich our delegates experience and bring greater value to Saint John through partnership. We therefore request your support in two areas: + We cordially invite you to participate in our conference and bring greetings on behalf of Saint John, • We invite Saint John to become involved in sponsoring our conference, at the Gold Level ($5000) sponsorship. This package includes a tradeshow booth, recognition and promotion before, during and after the conference, and many onsite opportunities as well. Affordable Hotisrug Opexs Doom— Le logevveN abordable oitme der tortes K&I We are working with a local host committee made up of our members who operate nonprofit, coop, affordable and seniors housing in the Saint John area, as well as members such as Human Development Council who develop many social innovation and social enterprise projects in the City. Some highlights of this year's event include • Thursday afternoon Housing Program Discussion Panel with senior level executives from national and provincial housing organizations, who will answer our members' questions regarding the National Housing Strategy's funding roll out. • A guided walking tour of several projects in Saint John, including Waterloo Village, the Hub, First Steps, and ending with a light reception at the Stone Soup Cafe. • Friday kick off keynote speaker will be ground breaking social entrepreneur Shaun Loney, whose book, "An Army of Problem Solvers" is garnering national attention. He is the co-founder and mentor of 11 social enterprises, and we are very excited to bring his unique passion and ideas to our members. • Friday's workshop series will offer something for everyone, with 9 topics such as Board Governance, Senior Wellness, Planning for Tomorrow and Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN). Our conference rotates between the 4 New Brunswick Cities, and NBNPHA has developed strong relationships with these municipalities. Over 25 years, we have developed a world class event which attracts delegates from across the country, as well as healthy representation from provincial and federal governments. We strongly believe there is a role for municipal governments in the affordable housing spectrum, and we sincerely look forward to your involvement with our members and our event. SincP Varyer Interim Executive Director gary@nbnpha-alsbinb.ca 506-451-4772 Affonlable Flortsrng Opens Door — Le logemenl aba•dable oit e ties polres New Brunswick Non Profit Housing Association 25th Annual Conference & Annual General Meeting May 10-12,2018 1 Delta Brunswick, Saint John NB Sponsorship Opportunities Guide PRE -CONFERENCE CONFERENCE POST -CONFERENCE PRESENTING GOLD SILVER BRONZE $10,000 $5,000 $2,500. $1,500 CONTACT Erin Pelerine, erin@nbnpha-alsbinb.ca 506-451-4772 ext 203 P49YA i CONTACT Erin Pelerine, erin@nbnpha-alsbinb.ca 506-451-4772 ext 203 P49YA ✓ j CONTACT Erin Pelerine, erin@nbnpha-alsbinb.ca 506-451-4772 ext 203 P49YA The (Ity of Sahttjohn I.M.. — , , I— — I.— . 717,7177, - ITT-F—TTrTMTTI7,Tf-T6, Made Tne T011owin.iq recommenclaUg.-i: RESOLVED that as recommended by the Committee of the Whole, having met on February 20th, 2018, Committee of the Whole recommends that Common Council enter into the Option Agreement with the Province of New Brunswick (PNB) for the sale of 1.67 +/- acres on the former Coast Guard site for the development of the New Brunswick Museum under the terms and conditions contained in the submitted Option Agreement and direct the Mayor and Common Clerk to execute same on behalf of the City. Sincerely, P"'OJimIM (II,,,,,nwda F'211,41-1 1 258 PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK THE CITY OF SAINT JOHN a body corporate by Royal Charter confirmed and amended c of the Legislative Assembly of the Province f New Brunswick (the "Optionor"), -and HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF THE PROVINCE as representedy the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, (t " i nee") WITNESSES that, in consideration •,k; i 1: obligations the Parties agree as follows, considerationof the sum 4, E DOLLAR e "Option Pr„ .," the by bearingto the Optionee an option (the "Option"), irrevocable within the time indicated below for acceptance, to purchase on the terms and conditions In this agreement those lands and premises PropertyIdentifiers("rids') 55011894,and 55221899, and portions of PIDs 55209 AJ 03f d, PID 55209167,in the City of SaintJohn,allas moreparticularly described in Schedule A to this agreement, together with appurtenances (the "Property" ). 2. The Option be open for i{ " e by the Optionee September 0, 2018, at 5.100 Dm Atlantic Time. (the "Oution Chi JJXILW'.�tAl the agent or employee of the Optionee at, or by mailing prepaid and registered to the Optionor the notice f such acceptance to: in which case notice will be conclusively presumed to have been received by the Optionor at the that the Option Is not exercised on or before the 4 th day of September 2018, in the manner stated 3. The Optionee and his employees and agents will be entitled, during the Option Period, to ter upon the Propertyto carry out surveys, soil tests and other work as may be necessary determine whther the Propertyis suitable for his purposes. During the OptionPeriod, the donee willi ni and save harmless the Optionor for claims arising from the Optionee's work n the Property. ,, Notwithstanding section' of this agreement, if the Optionee determines that the Property is not purposes, he may advise the Optionorprior to the AcceptanceDate, entitledcase the Optionee will be to a return of 1""`;.of the Option " e# however, that the x sectioncarried out as authorized by of agreement (the , r d Damage") and will, except a1, the Unauthorized Damage, Property closelybly,y M, unrepaired. S. The Option /, any agreement of purchase and sale arising from It are subject to tk 4 11 4 waived or postponed by hire in his sale discretion: a approval of the terms of this agreement e approved y the Lieutenant Governor I 6, Subject to section 11, the purchase prig of the Property will be GIVE MILLION TWO FIFTYHUNDRED AND 1 te"Purchase Pric °" subject to adjustments as set out below, willto be paidon delivery to the Optionee of a registrable Deed or Transfer of the Property, free from u r aces on the settlement ate indicated belo m The total land area of the Property will be approximately 1.67 acres (to be determined by a licensed land surveyor), 7® The will Option Price will constitute part payment of the Purchase Price. The Optionor will not be bound to produce an AbstractTitle r any documents, copies documents or other evidence of title except those that are in its possession or control. The W =77, 1 ° ,;f„ a, b'+ 4"ny ;, deemed b have 'i r written objections eK" ,1" have one week to rem correspondence, II and ,'4 be liable to the Optionee for4, the Optionee,provided, however,p,i 9. Subject to section 10, all adjustments of interest, rents, taxes, rates and insurance premiums where applicable will be made to the date on which the purchase and sale contemplated in this agreement closes (the "Settlement Date") which will be no later than September Is "; ,'If;',e,. will e entitled o the possession Propertyfor own use absolutely after the Date.Settlement "6 INFX 4 -" -� satisfaction of these outstanding taxes. 1. In accordance with section P the Optionorill vacate and remove all buildings from the Property r vi e the Optionee written confirmation for to the OptionClose Date. If the dedicated12. The Parties agree in principle to contribute $50,000 each per year for a maximum of 20 years to a r of *' 10,000 tonnes) for soil from the "Property' to be deposited within the overall Fundy Quay Redevelopment (depicted on i; at locations mutually acceptablet both parties. fA,M' ;unT A Property n ace t redevelopment. With respect to the tie ee°s proposed development recta the Optionor agrees that there will be no requirement foradditional parking other than the Optionee's continued use of the existing parkingallotment in Market Square. 16. The Pagreearties bon quality nature and will adhere to the design guidelinesrtnotwithstanding section 9 o; Ai4 to carry out a minimum of publictwo and Mconduct a minimum of fourprojectdesign buildingmunicipal staff ( ,d bestpossibledesignoutcomes NationalSchedule "C" (Design Guidelines), and (iii) the Optionee (or its agent) agrees to be compliant with the s 'd,., A!I' 17. Time will be of the essence of ABS reement. kmUttzI Rviuml in the presence of I Don Darling Mayor (Optionor) Jonathan Taylor Clerk for CITY OF SAINT JOHN (optlonor) Bill rser. Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure (Optionee) i w (Design Guidelines) r. r A High q�:kuality of Building & Site Design anchoring the ptown Waterfront with a signature cultural space. * The museum should be prominent and recognizable, reflecting its important civic role by includingdistinctive architectural elements and through the use of ,: quality materials, site furnishings and landscaping. Demonstrate ,; well -articulated building fapde with an a ;: on both the street and facades.waterfront. The building design should make every effort to avoid the creation of long, unarticulated blank public* Incorporate entrances which are large and clearly visible from the "1 * Maintain a minimum height of 3 storeysM a maximum height of 8 storeys. * It should be designed to consider all four sides of the building, understanding the prominence of both of adjacentpublic and private spaces. * Avoid wherever possible locating loading, parking and utilities along public streets including Water Street or public spaces such as Loyalist Plaza. Incorporate design elements which minimize the visual impact of these features. Support of Water Street The facade of the New Museum alongrepresents ,popportunity repair of the streetscape, enhancement of Harbour Passage and to catalyze reinvestment. • The use of building g-setbacksbe avoided or minimized along re-establishing the street wall along the Western portion of the Street. • Include an identifiable entrance along Water Street or at comer sites adjacent to public spaces. to maintain existing mature street trees where possible. Creation and Integration of Public spaces As a civic landmark building,edesign ould integrate and provide co . o Loyalist Plaza and Harbour Passage as well as provision new public spaces indoors and out. • Consider integrationd use of existing public r.: plaza and the boardwalk the orientation of the building w. public w • Enhance rharbor passage. • Seek to provide outdoor space amenities with access to sunlight and offer protection from weather to maximize usage. • Consider - . incorporation of private, complimentary uses along harbor passage such as shops, restaurants, IE'nh inn the mt ws ii -nage and skyline The building should be easily recognizable and prominent for the purposes of highlighting the Importance of its civic role to the city and theprovince. building's• In terms of the buildings massing and the City's skyline, the design should respond to both the proximity f the water as well as the hills and built form p down to the inner harbor. 1 • Ensure the distinctiveness flegibilityfacade through architectural treatment. . Catalyze the Future Development of the Fundy Quay Site The design of ,,,,, south side of the building should consider and respond to future developmentM Encourage• north opedestrian lugthrough plan, attention given,. pedestrian .o ..mt from the boardwalkf area. M- 031 , ,.... ; The Committee of the Whole, having met on February 26, 2018, made the following recommendation: `l`T1)!'l as recommenaea by The LOMmittee othole having met on February 26"', 2018, Common Council approve that the City of Saint John grant a lease of space unto Bistro Connections Inc. for the property located at 450 Fallsview Drive under the terms and condition contained in the submitted Lease Agreement and direct the Mayor and Common Clerk to execute same on behalf of the City. M ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...... . ........ . a,,,Vkl 114Y j )' I I N RO Wm 1, 9/1 'V,04 �ogoli, NK lf, L'4 j"I'l 267 HIS INDENTURE : i12018. Wrz Y • '# ' 4, Saint John New BrunswickOA"; DEMISED PREMISES A"" #,#, # •itl #.#` #•, M TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said Property unto the Tenant for and during a term of one (1) year commencing on the 1st day of May, 2018, (the "Term Commencement Date") and expiring on the 30th"a' of April, (a) Subject to subparagraph 3(b) hereunder, the Tenant shall pay rent to the Landlordfollows- Landlord +iAuditLandlord'ssole expense a r # #that shoulda materialdifferencebetween rent paid and rent due become evident as a result of the Audit the LandlordandTenant shallbe responsible toshare the costof saidAudit on a 50%-50% cost share basis. (iii) Notwithstanding above the Tenant shall be granted the Month of May 2018 as Rent exempt. �. .« ". _, 4„ ;« •��. #� �fi, R#i ",� i; !i gib'", ;+' ""� it # � #, �.` N.'�� L ♦ � . 4 .SII,"' 1, . �, 4r ' • 1, IM" � � 1. rt' Oro SECURITY DEPOSIT ABSOLUTELY PERCENTAGE IRENT LEASE (a) This Lease shall at all times be construed as an absolutely percentage rent leasF-9 to the Landlord. Notwithstanding above the Tenant shall be responsible for government levied, legislated or placed taxes, or charges, value added taxes, sal taxes, charges, expenses, costs, payments and outgoings incurred in respect of t Demised Premises save and except Real Property Taxes. (b) The Landlord shall only be required to make improvements to the Demised Premises as specified '"""#1in Schedule e USE OF PREMISES The Demised Premises shall be seasonally used for and occupied by the Tenant for J m - purpose of operating a licensed (serving alcohol) dining establishment serving eat in take away over the counter food, local and regional gifts and offering tourism relat interpretation and related tourist experience offerings, and for no other purpo whatsoever without first obtaining the Landlord's prior written consent, which conse may not be unreasonably withheld. During the said term to promptly pay or cause to be paid unto the Landlord the set-off ordeductions whatsoever. •t, "' 1..J 11111 (c) Insurance (1) During the entire term hereof to maintain and keep in full force and -eivect a policy of general, public liability and property damage insurance protecting and indemnifying the Tenant and the Landlord against any and all claims for injury or damage to person(s) or property or for loss of life occurring upon, in or about the Demised Premises, such insurance to offer immediate protection in the limit of not less than FIVE MILLION ($5,000,000.00) DOLLARS, w,7- required to 5i` increased by the Landlord from lime to time in accordance with the Landlord's municipal policies from time to time. The policy shall contain, without limitation, a waiver of subrogation clause respecting the Landlord (or alternatively the Landlord shall be .: # insuredthereunder) Af, clause pmviding that the insurer will not cancel or change the insurance without first giving the Landlord days' prior i'. thereof. The insurance shall be with an insurance company approved by the Landlord and a certified copy of the policy of insurance shall be delivered to the Landlord prior to the commencement of the term hereof. Ili) For the duration of this Lease or any renewal thereof the Tenant has an Insurable alterations, additions pr be made by the Tenant in and to the Demised Promises and the Tenant is entitled to insure such alterations, additions and improvements up to their full insurable value and to receive the proceeds so placed by the a nuisance or liable to occasion fire an will cause all dirt, ru ish, garbage and other refuse or matter on or about the Demised Premises to be carefully collected and deposited in containers provided by the Tenant and properly disposed of. r 4 # • .� ,� w, w • s on the Demised Premises in such spaceLandlord may reasonably require, such area not more then sixty (60) square feet. Tenant reserves the right to relocate the Destination Saint John space within the premises so long as the relocation is reasonable. (1) Compfla-ijeo Wviluhi #Lm To comply • as Tenant, with all the requiand the - r r r r ,r r..OM -�.' r: `"r: r" *ter, .r- ♦, r,:: i f1rolince r r :r.• r �• rr taxes r; goods and services taxes charged or assessed respecting Demised Premises,or business carried o. (1) Liens Tena w- I in niij— ays T e er e fiat M".a► procilre discharge thereofby giving security or other manner as is or be required or permitted by law. The 1! •Is responsible♦aall real propertyleviedagainst Demised Premises under Sections 5(l), 5(2), 5(2.01) of the Real Pmperty Tax Act, S.N.B. as amended or any act enacted in lieu thereof by any owner thereof other than a Municipality. ( Exterior Signs signsany on building, at its exp a� •.r r' A.. f•",�"� 3 EE DE thereof*bstructions according to municipal by-laws and be responsible for any infraction thereof and for any loss suffered by the Landlord as a result of any breach by rtllwllll A .. is 'M +,mnymp7amomeToMn 1cn fnU I`i a # #i' them, in the same manner as if such goods and chattels had remained, and been distrained, upon theDernised 1 The Tenant shall perform all capita capital costs as outlined in Schedule Tenant in the Demised Premises an capital expenditures. # t # • # w ! # • r # 4 # M, «! t.. # rig ir, . # �, � r � • � • # � # Improvements to the Demised Promises improvementsThe Tenant agrees that the Landlord shall not be required to make any #. the Demised Premises other than noted in Schedule:;' attached hereto. (a) Peaceful Possession 2 2 Real Property Taxes assessedThe Landlord shall be responsible for payment of any Real Property Taxezv by Province of ZMEMEME =F #"" in The Landlord shall not sell or dispose of the Demlsed Premises during the terrr- o, The Landlord shall prior to the commencement of the term ensure that all the Demised Premises and appurtenances (including but without restricting the generality of the foregoing, vAndows, partitions, doors, heating system, air conditioning system, plumbing system, electrical service, and ventilation system) are operational and functional for the Use of Premises as laid out in this Lease. 10. THE LANDLORD AND THE TENANT HEREBY COVENANT WITH EACH 0-1 HER AS 610 1111111111 ! : # ► # "*, k " # #" it " # A„ In the event the Landlord deems the Rent received In the first term to b fir• ;y ! ', 1! , " K t F , Y ,� "�, #� Abandoned R' x♦ MMMMUSIMUM or S5513tanG 03 it (h) Liability and Indemnity of Landlord of any breach by the enant of any provision of this Lease, including liability for injury or damages to the persons or property of the Tenant's servants, employees, agents, customers, , ZMMMU�!�� If the Tenant should hold over after the Term, or any extension thereof, such holding over shall be construed to be a tenancy from month to month only. Such month to month tenancy shall be governed by the terms and conditions hereof, notwithstanding any statutory provisions or rules of law with respect to the Instance of a month month R =1= DemisedIf the Demised Premises shall be damaged or destroyed such that the Promises or any substantial part thereof-,runfit o occupancy by the Tenant, as determined by the Tenant, acting a » ' ,► � t! � , s . � � sir' . �'� w: r ' �N. ,w r � � + - repairthat oof the Demised Promises is i; Tenant responsibilityx rent payable under this Lease shall abate in proportion to the part or parts of the Demised Premises not reasonably capable ofoccupancy. (a) In the event of substantial damage or destruction of the Dernised Premises, or any portion thereof and such damage or destruction shall be incapable of being rebuilt and/or repaired or restored with reasonable diligence within 365 days of the happening of such damage or destruction, the Tenant may, within 90 days after the date of the .. of such damage o, destruction, terminate ^., N .,v, on 30 days' written notice to the other and the Tenant shall deliver up the possession Demised Premises accordingly. (b) In the event of termination, rent shall be apportioned and shall be payable up to the date of the occurrence of the damage or destnj ,AI c. (c) If this Lease is not rte` pursuant / provisions the Tenant shall commence and proceed diligently to complete the repair f' rebuilding of the Demised Premises reasonable dispatch. Won 71M:�� f # „ NMT; oiner areas hterruption �ffecting either of the parties hereto, any such notice, statement or mailedrequest shall be delivered to the addresses as hereiribefore set forth rather than as aforesaid. Either the Landlord + 'a' r"John County Registry should o the Dernised Premises be registeredregistered under the Land Titles Act, then this Lease or a Notice thereof may be Office (Saint Time shall be of the essence of this Lease save as herein otherwise specified. Captions The captions appearing in this Lease have been inserted as a matter o covenantconvenience and for reference only, and in no way define, limit or eniarge the scope or meaning of this Lease, nor of any provision hereof. If any tenn, or i of or w, k" N,, thereof to any person or circumstance shall to any extent be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Lease or application of such term, covenant or condition to persons or other than those as to which it is held invalid or unenforceable shall not be affected thereby, and each term, covenant or condition of this Lease not invalid or unenforceable shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by The Tenant shall abide by by-laws, d regulatory requirements of any governmental or other competent authority relating to the business conducted on the Demised Premises and shall indemnify, protect and save the Landlord harmless from all costs or charges incidental thereto, oi damages 1, penalties by reason of breach thereof. t No condonation or by it 1 of • , • t or non-performance by the Tenant of any of the provisions hereunder will operate as a waiver or estoppel by or against the Landlord in respect of any subsequent non -observance or non-performance r b, the Tenant of the same or any other provision hereunder. x successors and assigns. w This Lease is to be governed by and constived according to the laws of th,� Province New , y1 , Acceptance The Tenant hereby accepts this Lease of the Demised Premises to be held by it as the Tenant, and M-ct to the conditions, restrictionscovenants above set "o 1, (uDispute Resolution LANDLORD. THE CITY OF SAINT JOHN Per: And: o, m -m, .......... ari -Clerk . ... . ...... . ........... Common Council Resolution: 2018 TENANT: CONNECTIONS BISTRO INC. Per: Yan del Valle And: Yeny del Valle -Electrical changes (kite n plugs, lighting) Ex. Coffee Maker, Expresso Coffee Maker, anis! Grill, Steamer, Commercial Toaster, Blenders, Soup Warmer, Ice Machine, Dishwasher/ Kitchen Ceiling Lights pendantslights over bar area, etc.) -Plumbing changes t coffee equipment (Drain for Expresso Machine / Water lines) -installation ani -Painting itchen and store IIs -Buildinga by walk-in coolers -Food displays and cooling units -Cash r -Coffee equipment -POS System, cash registers computers -Kitchen preples and miscellaneous -Lighting ixt res -Menu board displays -Bar set up and equipment -Display cases and store fixtures for Retail -Patio Seating e . .... ... .. H. UnLess ,affillatior r other form it relationsh :) vAth a rties. Id. _ Upgn race 2 busuness da s to s edlator falii%q which the lDrovid! '11 notice shall tonfits x to g§.tljq Mediator. 3 A . it 9r4 �nl )::.juz III , fs foilovire g-ag!gpt�ii�lilli�:,!ii;t ru di t r the matter shall L --6.e--heard_by-the mediakLor. 4. The mediator shall le _Me s and rocedures. Each a " present its case to the mediator i EE "uator. S. The rritioiu D -g-in —the il, o!"' rirtiaq k.—M2j _1ated e _.-y_h Arbitration Act ,:::i IitunswkicKI-Mq sK notndjng�qn �the 2aqi �ft& but ii ridrd fide attei''i'' itMLty the LLA!§P� 6., Thl 1, � - l ti9diator shaill )e chaired rt o. ' 1; 7. Thll:::i gminateit i l.be 01;Y Of Saint John The Committee of the Whole, having met on February 26, 2018, made the followiir'� recommendation: 018 February 26, 2021 City of Saint John Shared Risk Plan Pension Board: to appoint Andrew Green for a three year term from February 26, 2018 to February 26, 2021 Discover Ste to appoint Stephany Publicover for a three year terra from March 26, 2018 to March 26, 2021 Planning Advisory Committee: to appoint Alexandra Weaver Crawford for a three year term From February 26, 2018 to January 1, 2021 o � 7mllt i ,2021 year terms from - bruary 26, 2018 to February 26, 2021 a, _.. ..... ___._..... _.. __.__ ..._ .. - - ---------------- - ,jl„')ii'rr 11`43i, '�,aalCs�,3§,aa'at iF .y' .1,f( WIN Ro-ffn--t--'-a-rk-ing ana F-ran-s-if-Co—mmissions: to appoint Kay 13-1 IT i-s-t-o-r-aree year term trow February 26, 2018 to February 26, 2021 Sincerely, Don Darling Mayor W-1191