Special Council Meeting
Agenda

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Council Chambers - Hybrid
City of Kitchener
200 King Street W, Kitchener, ON N2G 4G7

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1.
Commencement

 

This meeting will begin directly following the Finance and Corporate Services Committee meeting at approximately 3:30 p.m. 

The meeting will begin with a Land Acknowledgement given by the Mayor.

2.
Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest and the General Nature Thereof

 

Members of Council and members of the City’s local boards/committees are required to file a written statement when they have a conflict of interest. If a conflict is declared, please visit www.kitchener.ca/conflict to submit your written form.

3.
Delegations

 

Pursuant to Council’s Procedural By-law, delegations are permitted to address the Committee for a maximum of five (5) minutes. All Delegations where possible are encouraged to register prior to the start of the meeting. For Delegates who are attending in-person, registration is permitted up to the start of the meeting. Delegates who are interested in attending virtually must register by 1:30 p.m. on January 29, 2024, in order to participate electronically.

4.
Staff Reports

 

5.
Council and Committee Appointments

 

The following appointments were deferred for considertation at the Special Council meeting on January 8, 2024, pending the appointment of the Office of Ward 10 - Councillor Stephanie Stretch:

  • Downtown Action Advisory Committee; 
  • Downtown Kitchener Business Improvement Area (BIA); and,
  • Climate Change and Environment Committee.

6.
Planning and Strategic Initiatives Committee Report - January 22, 2024

 

6.1
Official Plan Amendment Application OPA23/019/H/TS, Zoning By-law Amendment Application ZBA23/034/H/TS, 485 Huron Road, Activa Holdings Inc., DSD-2024-028

 

"That Official Plan Amendment Application OPA23/019/H/TS for Activa Holdings Inc., for the property municipally addressed as 485 Huron Road, requesting the amendment of Special Policy Area 41 for the lands specified and illustrated as the “Area or Amendment” on Schedule ‘A’, be adopted, in the form shown in the Official Plan Amendment attached to Development Services Department Report DSD-2024-028 as Appendix ‘A’, and accordingly forwarded to the Region of Waterloo for approval; and further,

That Zoning By-law Amendment Application ZBA23/034/H/TS for Activa Holdings Inc. be approved in the form shown in the ‘Proposed By-law’ attached to Development Services Department Report DSD-2024-028 as Appendix ‘B’."

7.
Mayoral Business and Updates - Mayor B. Vrbanovic

 

8.
In-camera Meeting Authorization 

 

Note:  Any member of Council may question the appropriateness of a listed in-camera item.  This may be done during the special Council meeting or at the beginning of the in-camera session.

Council is asked to enact the following resolution to authorize an in-camera meeting:

"That an in-camera meeting of City Council be held immediately following the special council meeting this date to consider a land acquisition and/or disposition matter as authorized by Sections 239 (c) of the Municipal Act, 2001, respectively."

8.1
City Owned Land Review (Land Acquisition and Disposition Section 239 (2) (c)

20 m
 

Staff will provide information, no direction is required on this matter.

9.
By-laws

 

10.
Adjournment

 
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