PUBLIC AGENDA
STANDING POLICY COMMITTEE ON
PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT
AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

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Council Chamber, City Hall
Committee Members:
  • Councillor T. Davies, Chair, 
  • Councillor H. Kelleher, Vice Chair, 
  • Councillor Z. Jeffries, Vice-Chair, 
  • Councillor J. Parker, 
  • Councillor S. Timon, 
  • and Mayor C. Block (Ex-Officio) 
Submissions providing comments and/or requesting to speak will be accepted for public meetings using the online form at saskatoon.ca/writetocouncil. If your submission includes a request to speak, you will be contacted by a representative from the City Clerk’s Office with further information. Submissions will be accepted no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Monday the week of the meeting.

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 Regular Meeting of the Standing Policy Committee on Planning, Development and Community Services held on January 15, 2025, be approved.

A report of the Community Services Division is provided. 

  • Recommendation

    That the Standing Policy Committee on Planning, Development and Community Services recommend to City Council:

    1. That Option 2 be approved for further development; and
    2. That Administration be directed to bring forward a final Heritage Conservation Program Strategy built on Option 2, along with a detailed implementation and funding plan for consideration during the 2026/2027 Business Plan and Budget Deliberations.

A report of the Community Services Division is provided.


A request to speak from Angela Bishop, Camponi Housing Corp, dated January 27, 2025, is also provided.

  • Recommendation

    That the Standing Policy Committee on Planning, Development and Community Services recommend to City Council that:

    1. Five-year incremental tax abatements for three projects, for the development of 256 new affordable rental units, estimated at a total of $1,938,067.30, as outlined in Appendix 1, be approved;
    2. Corporate Revenue be requested to submit an application under the Provincial Government’s Education Property Tax Exemption/Abatement Program seeking approval for a five-year tax abatement, equivalent to 100% of the incremental Education property taxes, for the development of affordable housing units at 231 23rd Street East and 155 3rd Avenue North and a portion of 1635 McKercher Drive;
    3. An exception to Council Policy No. C09-002 Innovative Housing Incentives to waive all offsite levies for a portion of 1635 McKercher Drive, as outlined in this report, be approved; and
    4. The City Solicitor be requested to prepare the appropriate agreements and that Her Worship the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to execute the agreements under the Corporate Seal.

A report of the Community Services Division is provided.

  • Recommendation
    1. The City Clerk be instructed to make the proposed amendments to Council Policy C09-039, Mobile Food Truck Policy, as outlined in this report; and
    2. The City Clerk be instructed to make the proposed amendments to Council Policy C09-013, Use of Sidewalks, Boulevards and Parking StallsVending, as outlined in this report.