2025-03-18 Growth Committee Agenda Packet - Open Session
Growth Committee Meeting
Open Session
February 4, 2025
MINUTES - OPEN SESSION GROWTH COMMITTEE MEETING
FEBRUARY 4, 2025 @ 12:00 P.M.
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2 FLOOR BOARDROOM, CITY HALL
Present: Deputy Mayor John MacKenzie, Chair
Councillor Barry Ogden
Councillor Gerry Lowe
Councillor Mariah Darling
Absent: Mayor Donna Noade Reardon
Councillor Brent Harris
Also
Present: Chief Administrative Officer B. McGovern
Commissioner Growth & Community Services A. Poffenroth
Director Growth & Community Planning D. Dobbelsteyn
Director Development & Community Standards C. McKiel
Director Community Planning & Housing P. Nalavde
Growth Manager F. Lima
Growth Officer R. Moncada
Project Manager Housing Accelerator Fund C. Smith
Manager Customer Service K. Molnar
Manager Housing A. Reid
Administrative Assistant K. Tibbits
1. Meeting Called to Order
Deputy Mayor MacKenzie called the Growth Committee open session meeting to order.
2. Approval of Minutes
2.1 Minutes of November 19, 2024
Moved by Councillor Ogden, seconded by Councillor Lowe:
RESOLVED that the minutes of November 19, 2024 be approved.
MOTION CARRIED.
3. Approval of Agenda
Moved by Councillor Darling, seconded by Councillor Lowe:
RESOLVED that the agenda of February 4, 2025 be approved.
MOTION CARRIED.
4. Disclosures of Conflict of Interest
No disclosures of conflict of interest.
5. Consent Agenda (Recommendation: Receive for Information)
6. Presentations / Delegations
Growth Committee Meeting
Open Session
February 4, 2025
7. Business Matters
7.1 Housing Accelerator Fund Program Update
C. Smith, Project Manager, reviewed the submitted presentation entitled
s on several initiatives including the North End Plan, Unlocking
Gentle Density, Leveraging Land, E-Permitting and Governance Reform. Completed initiatives Housing
Concierge, Affordable Housing, and Zoning By-Law reform was also discussed.
Moved by Councillor Lowe, seconded by Councillor Ogden:
information.
MOTION CARRIED.
7.2 Housing Accelerator Fund Grant Update
including an update on the Affordable Housing Grant Program, the Affordable Housing Soft Cost
Grant Program, the Housing Accelerator Fund Grant Program and the Urban Development Incentive Grant
Program.
Moved by Councillor Darling, seconded by Councillor Ogden:
MOTION CARRIED.
7.3 Growth at a Glance
C. McKiel, Director Development and Community Standards reviewed the submitted infographic
at a Glance
Moved by Councillor Darling, seconded by Councillor Ogden:
for information.
MOTION CARRIED.
7.4 Ethnocultural Grant at a Glance January to December 2024
R. Monca
Glance January to December 2024The Ethnocultural Grant program supported 8 community
associations with a $2500 grant to promote cultural awareness initiatives in Saint John.
Moved by Councillor Lowe, seconded by Councillor Ogden:
January to
on.
MOTION CARRIED.
8. Referrals from Common Council
9. Adjournment
Moved by Councillor Lowe, seconded by Councillor Darling:
RESOLVED that the open session meeting of the Growth Committee be adjourned.
MOTION CARRIED.
The open session meeting of the Growth Committee held on February 4, 2025, was adjourned at 12:50
p.m.
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