AGENDA
REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL

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Council Chamber, City Hall

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The Chair will call the meeting to order on Treaty 6 Territory and the Traditional Homeland of the Métis People and confirm roll call. 

  • Recommendation

    ​That the agenda be confirmed as presented.

  • Recommendation

    ​That the minutes of the Regular Business Meeting of City Council held on February 28, 2024, be approved.

This is a standing item on the agenda in order to provide Council Members an opportunity to provide any public acknowledgements. 

  • Recommendation

    ​That the Committee recommendations contained in Items 8.1.1 to 8.1.3; 8.2.1; 8.3.1 to 8.3.4; 8.4.1 to 8.4.7; and 8.5.1 to 8.5.7 be adopted as one motion.

  • Recommendation
    1. That up to $25 M of internal borrowing be allocated, subject to public notice and an internal borrowing report, to implement a program incorporating all 3 sectors (residential, multi and commercial); and
    2. That Administration be directed to submit an application to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Green Municipal Fund – Net Zero Transformation Pilot Program.
  • Recommendation
    1. That the Board of Directors for Friends of the Bowl Foundation Inc., as noted in the March 6, 2024 report of the Community Services Division, be approved;
    2. That the City of Saskatoon, being a member of the Board of Directors of Friends of the Bowl Foundation Inc., appoint Andrew Roberts or his designate, as its proxy, to vote on its behalf at the Annual General Meeting of the members of Friends of the Bowl Foundation Inc., to be held on April 25, 2024, or at any adjournment(s) thereof; and
    3. That His Worship the Mayor and the City Clerk be authorized to execute the appropriate documents under the Corporate Seal as prepared by the City Solicitor.
  • Recommendation

    That City Council reduce the 2023 tax abatement for Lighthouse Supported Living Inc. by 50% for a total of $24,051.54, for the 5-6 months of operation of programs and services, in 2023.

  • Recommendation
    1. That Capital Project P.10103 be established with initial funding of $41,325,000, funded from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation – Housing Accelerator Fund;
    2. That exemptions to Council Policy C09-002, Innovative Housing Incentives Policy, be granted as outlined in the March 6, 2024 report of the Community Services Division, to support Affordable Housing projects funded through the Housing Accelerator Fund; and
    3. That if required, the Senior Financial Business Partner be granted delegated authority to sign and submit progress reports and financial claims to the program.
  • Recommendation

    That the City of Saskatoon, being a member of the Saskatchewan Place Association Inc., appoint Mayor Charlie Clark, or in his absence, Councillors Troy Davies or Randy Donauer, of the City of Saskatoon, in the Province of Saskatchewan, as its proxy to vote for it on its behalf at the Annual General Meeting of the members of the Saskatchewan Place Association Inc., to be held on the 4th day of April, 2024, or at any adjournment or adjournments thereof.

  • Recommendation

    That the City of Saskatoon, being a member of both the Saskatoon Centennial Auditorium Convention Centre Corporation Board of Directors and the Saskatoon Centennial Auditorium Foundation Board of Directors appoint Mayor Charlie Clark, or in his absence, Councillor David Kirton or Councillor Mairin Loewen of the City of Saskatoon, in the Province of Saskatchewan, as its proxy to vote for it on its behalf at the Annual General Meetings of the members of the Saskatoon Centennial Auditorium Convention Centre Corporation and the Saskatoon Centennial Auditorium Foundation, to be held on the 25th day of April, 2024, or at any adjournment or adjournments thereof.

  • Recommendation
    1. That the City of Saskatoon, being a member of both The Saskatoon Gallery and Conservatory Corporation and The Art Gallery of Saskatchewan Inc., appoint Mayor Charlie Clark, or in his absence, Councillor Bev Dubois or Councillor Mairin Loewen of the City of Saskatoon, in the Province of Saskatchewan, as its proxy to vote for it on its behalf at the Annual General Meetings of the members of The Saskatoon Gallery and Conservatory Corporation and The Art Gallery of Saskatchewan Inc. to be held on the 30th day of April 2024, or at any adjournment or adjournments thereof; and
    2. That the City of Saskatoon, being a member of The Saskatoon Gallery and Conservatory Corporation, appoint Mayor Charlie Clark, or in his absence, Councillor Bev Dubois or Councillor Mairin Loewen of the City of Saskatoon, in the Province of Saskatchewan, as its proxy to vote for it on its behalf at the Special Meeting of the members of The Saskatoon Gallery and Conservatory Corporation to be held on the 30th day of April 2024, or at any adjournment or adjournments thereof.
  • Recommendation
    1. That the 2024 budget submissions from the Downtown Saskatoon Business Improvement District, Broadway Business Improvement District, Riversdale Business Improvement District, Sutherland Business Improvement District, and 33rd Street Business Improvement District be approved; and
    2. That the City Solicitor be requested to prepare the 2024 Business Improvement District Levy Bylaws for submission to City Council for consideration at the same meeting that the Mill Rate Bylaws are presented.
  • Recommendation

    That the City Solicitor be requested to prepare the appropriate bylaw amendments to Bylaw No. 6744, as outlined in the report of the Corporate Financial Services dated March 6, 2024.

  • Recommendation
    1. The Saskatoon Municipal Review Commission be disbanded, and a new Compensation Review Committee be struck on an eight-year cycle (option 2(b));
    2. The City Solicitor take the necessary steps to repeal Bylaw No. 9242, The Saskatoon Municipal Review Commission Bylaw, 2014; and
    3. The City Solicitor bring forward a new bylaw creating a Council Compensation Review Committee for City Council’s consideration.
  • Recommendation
    1. That the City apply to the Canada Heraldic Authority to register the City’s coat of arms and flag; and
    2. That the City Clerk’s Office lead the application process.
  • Recommendation

    That Schedule “C” of Bylaw No. 9170, The Procedures and Committees Bylaw, 2014 be amended as outlined in the March 13, 2024 report of the City Solicitor's Office.

  • Recommendation

    That Gary Zacharias be appointed as a citizen representative to the Saskatoon Accessibility Advisory Committee to the end of 2025.

  • Recommendation

    That the following be (re)appointed to the Albert Community Centre Management Committee to the end of 2024:

    • Josh Cormack - citizen representative; and
    • Kira Epp, Nutana Community Association – agency representative.
  • Recommendation

    That the City's representative be instructed to vote the City’s proxy at the 2024 Annual General Meetings for the appointment of the following to the Art Gallery of Saskatchewan Inc. Board of Directors and Saskatoon Gallery and Conservatory Corporation Board of Trustees throughout a term expiring at the conclusion of the 2026 Annual General Meetings:

    • Robin Chapman
    • Sean Makahonuk
    • Kristi Ross

9.2.1

This item has attachments. 

The following letters are provided:

Submitting Comments

    1. Margaret Corbett, dated March 12, 2024;
    2. Lesa Giesbrecht, dated March 12, 2024;
    3. Alexa Arnyek, dated March 12, 2024;
    4.  Alicia Higney, dated March 12, 2024;
    5. Hanna Ulmer, dated March 12, 2024;
    6. Caleb Smith, dated March 12, 2024;
    7. Fay Minifie, dated March 12, 2024;
    8.  Geoffrey Svenkeson, dated March 13, 2024;
    9. Katie Salmers, dated March 14, 2024;
    10. Darcy Maatman, dated March 15, 2024;
    11. Melanie Cole, dated March 16, 2024; 
    12. Berold Baijius, dated March 18, 2024; and
    13. Angela Spence, Chair, Saskatoon Environmental Advisory Committee, dated March 18, 2024.
  • Recommendation

    That City Council endorse the Saskatoon Freeway Functional Planning Study – Phase 2 Functional Design Report and supporting appendices (Option 2).

A report of the Saskatoon Fire Department is forthcoming.

  • Recommendation
    1. That the Administration be authorized to acquire ISC Parcel Numbers: 135907656, 118975371, 135805967, 135805978, 135805989, 203290376, 203290387, 203543793, 203543838, 203543849, 203543861, 131676880 being approximately 419.96 acres from L&L Gravel & Ranching Co. Ltd. for $4,034,500.00 as per the terms outlined in this report; and
    2. That the City Solicitor be requested to have the appropriate agreements executed by His Worship the Mayor and the City Clerk under the Corporate Seal.

This matter was referred to the Regular Business meeting of City Council due to time constraints.

  • Recommendation

    That the direction provided at the March 26, 2018 regular meeting of City Council which resolved, “That additional billboards on public right-of-way not be installed due to public safety reasons” be rescinded.

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