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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The electronic meeting will begin with a Land Acknowledgement given by the Mayor and the singing of “O Canada.”

Adrian DeCoo, Kitchener Rotary, President will be in attendance for the presentation.

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 TIME on DATE, in order to participate electronically.

That the Purchase Order for T21-092 Fergus Avenue (Weber Street East to Thaler Avenue) Clover Place Reconstruction, issued to Steed and Evans Limited, St. Jacobs, Ontario be increased in the amount of $90,000 funded by an existing surplus in the project account, be approved, as outlined in Financial Services Department report FIN-2022-492.

That the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to execute a five-year funding agreement extension, subject to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, with the Kitchener Waterloo Woodworking & Craft Centre, as outlined in Community Services Department report CSD-2022-481; and further,

That funding of $55,403 for the funding agreement with the Kitchener Waterloo Woodworking & Craft Centre be moved from the Tier 1 grant program and placed into the Neighbourhood Programs and services operating budget.

That the Finance and Corporate Services Committee be delegated the authority of Council to conduct hearings relating to complaints made under section 20 of the Development Charges Act, 1997; and further,

That the hearings for section 20 Development Charges disputes be conducted as the per the process as outlined in Corporate Services Department report COR-2022-498.

That the following motion be referred to the December 19, 2022 Council Meeting to allow Staff an opportunity to receive comments from the applicant regarding the residents that would be displaced as a result of the proposed development:

"That Zoning By-law Amendment Application ZBA22/009/O/ES requesting to amend Zoning By-law 85-1, for Ihor Dotsenko and Yuliya Dotsenko and 9474765 Canada Inc. be approved in the form shown in the Proposed ‘Proposed By-law’, and ‘Map No. 1’ attached to Report DSD-2022-461 as Attachment ‘A’; and,

That Zoning By-law Amendment Application ZBA22/009/O/ES requesting to amend Zoning By-law 2019-051, for Ihor Dotsenko and Yuliya Dotsenko and 9474765 Canada Inc. be approved in the form shown in the Proposed ‘Proposed By-law’, and ‘Map No. 1’ attached to Report DSD-2022-461 as Attachment ‘A’; and,

That the Proposed By-law to amend Zoning By-law 2019-051, as amended shall have no force and effect against the subject lands until the date that all appeals relating to By-law 2022-040 (Comprehensive Review of the Zoning By-law (CRoZBy) Stage 2b – Applying New Residential Zones on Properties) in relation to the subject lands have been withdrawn or decided and any applicable appeal periods have expired; and further,

That in accordance with Planning Act Section 45 (1.3 & 1.4), applications for minor variances shall be permitted for lands subject to Zoning By-law Amendment Application ZBA22/009/O/ES."

That the City of Kitchener, pursuant to Section 51(31) of the Planning Act R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13, as amended, and By-law 2002-164 of the City of Kitchener, as amended, grant draft approval to Condominium Application 30CDM-22217 for 3241-3247 King Street East and 108 Cameo Drive in the City of Kitchener, subject to the conditions shown in Appendix “A”.

That Official Plan Amendment Application OPA22/011/D/CD for The Knossos Housing Corporation of Waterloo Region requesting a change in land use designation from ‘Medium Density Multiple Residential’ to ‘Medium Density Multiple Residential’ with Special Policy Area 8 to permit a multiple residential dwelling development on the lands specified and illustrated on Schedule ‘A’, be adopted, in the form shown in the Official Plan Amendment attached to Report DSD-2022-448 as Appendix ‘A’, and accordingly forwarded to the Region of Waterloo for approval; and,

That Zoning By-law Amendment Application ZBA22/018/D/CD for The Knossos Housing Corporation of Waterloo Region be approved in the form shown in the ‘Proposed By-law’, and ‘Map No. 1’, attached to Report DSD-2022-448 as Appendix ‘A’; and further,

That in accordance with Planning Act Section 45 (1.3 & 1.4), applications for minor variances shall be permitted for lands subject to Zoning By-law Amendment Application ZBA22/018/D/CD.

That Report DSD-2022-410 Kitchener Growth Management Strategy 2022 Annual Monitoring Report be submitted to the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in fulfillment of Clause 22.1 of the Administrative Agreement between the City of Kitchener and the Region Municipality of Waterloo regarding delegated approval authority.

That Official Plan Amendment Application OPA22/007/K/CD for King Sheldon Kitchener Holdings Inc requesting a land use designation change from ‘’Mixed Use Corridor with Special Policy Area 1’ to ‘Mixed Use Corridor with Specific Policy Area 9’ to permit a mixed use development on the lands specified and illustrated on Schedule ‘A’, be adopted, in the form shown in the Official Plan Amendment attached to Report DSD-2022-449 as Appendix ‘A’, and accordingly forwarded to the Region of Waterloo for approval; and,

That Zoning By-law Amendment Application ZBA22/012/K/CD for King Sheldon Kitchener Holdings Inc be approved in the form shown in the ‘Proposed By-law’, and ‘Map No. 1’, attached to Report DSD-2022-449 as Appendix ‘A’; and further,

That in accordance with Planning Act Section 45 (1.3 & 1.4), applications for minor variances shall be permitted for lands subject to Zoning By-law Amendment Application ZBA22/012/K/CD.

That Official Plan Amendment Application OPA22/003/K/CD for Tricar Property Limited and 4220 King Street (Kitchener) Limited requesting a change in land use designations from ‘Commercial’ and ‘Commercial Campus’ to ‘Mixed Use’ to permit a high intensity mixed used development on the lands specified and illustrated on Schedule ‘A’, be adopted, in the form shown in the Official Plan Amendment attached to Report DSD-2022-447 as Appendix ‘A’, and accordingly forwarded to the Region of Waterloo for approval; and

That Zoning By-law Amendment Application ZBA22/005/K/CD for Tricar Property Limited and 4220 King Street (Kitchener) Limited be approved in the form shown in the ‘Proposed By-law’ as amended to reference a Floor Space Ratio of 5.2, and ‘Map No. 1’, attached to Report DSD-2022-447 as Appendix ‘A’; and further

That in accordance with Planning Act Section 45 (1.3 & 1.4), applications for minor variances shall be permitted for lands subject to Zoning By-law Amendment Application ZBA22/005/K/CD; and further

That pursuant to Section 34(17) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P. 13, as amended, further notice is not required to be given in respect to Zoning By-law Amendment ZBA22/005/K/CD.

That the following motion be deferred to to the December 19, 2022 Council meeting:

 "That the Planning Application Fees identified in lines 232 to 319 and two Engineering fees identified as lines 229 and 230, outlined in Appendix 'A' of User Fee Schedule of Financial Services Department report FIN-2022-482, be approved; and further, 

That the required fee By-laws necessary to implement those fees be referred to the first, second and third readings of the By-laws on the agenda this date.”

That Council approve the Access Without Fear Policy as outlined in Appendix 'B' of CSD-2022-467.

That the applications to City Council for write-off, cancellation, reduction, or refund of taxes totalling $93,821.29 as attached to Financial Services Department report FIN-2022-504, be approved, pursuant to Sections 354 and 357 of the Municipal Act, S.O. 2001, c. 25 (“the Act”).

That the Mayor and Clerk be authorized to execute a lease agreement with Walkinshaw Holdings Inc for the building and space municipally known as 57 Jubilee Drive under the terms and conditions outlined in DSD-2022-487, subject to all necessary permits and approvals being received by Walkinshaw Holdings Inc prior to the execution of the lease, with said agreements to be to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor.