City Council
Agenda

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Tom Davies Square

Mayor Paul Lefebvre, Chair

 

4:00 p.m.  Closed Session, Committee Room C-12 / Electronic Participation

6:00 p.m.  Open Session, Council Chamber / Electronic Participation

 

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1.
Call to Order

  

2.
Roll Call

  

3.
Closed Session

  

Resolution to move to Closed Session to deal with one Acquisition or Disposition of Land / Solicitor-Client Privilege item regarding a property on Larch Street, Sudbury in accordance with the Municipal Act, 2001, par. 239(2)(c) and (f).

4.
Recess

  

5.
Open Session

  

6.
Moment of Silent Reflection

  

7.
Roll Call

  

8.
Declarations of Pecuniary Interest and the General Nature Thereof

  

9.
Matters Arising from the Closed Session

  

At this point in the meeting, the Chair of the Closed Session, will rise and report. Council will then consider any resolution(s) emanating from the Closed Session.

10.
Consent Agenda

  

For the purpose of convenience and for expediting meetings, matters of business of repetitive or routine nature are included in the Consent Agenda, and all such matters of business contained in the Consent Agenda are voted on collectively.


A particular matter of business may be singled out from the Consent Agenda for debate or for a separate vote upon the request of any Councillor. In the case of a separate vote, the excluded matter of business is severed from the Consent Agenda, and only the remaining matters of business contained in the Consent Agenda are voted on collectively.


Each and every matter of business contained in the Consent Agenda is recorded separately in the minutes of the meeting.

11.
Referred & Deferred Matters

  

12.
By-laws

  

Draft by-laws are available for viewing a week prior to the meeting on the agenda. Approved by-laws are available on the City's website: https://www.greatersudbury.ca/city-hall/by-laws/ after passage.


The following by-laws will be read and passed:

12.1
By-laws 2025-80 to 2025-93Z

  

2025-80


A By-law of the City of Greater Sudbury to Confirm the Proceedings of Council at its Meetings of May 13, 2025


2025-81


A By-law of the City of Greater Sudbury to Authorize a Hosting Agreement with Ontario Ministry of Sport regarding the 2025 Ontario 55+ Games


Community and Emergency Services Committee Resolution #CES2024-24


This by-law authorizes the Chief Administrative Officer to execute a Hosting Agreement with the Province for hosting obligations and financial support with regards to the 2025 Ontario 55+ Games.


2025-82


A By-law of the City of Greater Sudbury to Authorize the Payment of Grants from the Healthy Community Initiative Fund, Various Wards


Community and Emergency Services Committee Resolution #CES2025-11


This by-law authorizes grants funded through the Healthy Community Initiative Fund for various Wards.


2025-83


A By-law of the City of Greater Sudbury to Amend By-law 2023-02 being a By-Law of the City of Greater Sudbury to Appoint Councillors to Certain Boards and Corporations


This by-law updates certain appointments to reflect a resignation on the Greater Sudbury Public Library Board.


2025-84


A By-law of the City of Greater Sudbury to Amend By-law 2025-53 being a By-law of the City of Greater Sudbury to Appoint Citizen Members to Certain Boards


City Council Resolution #CC2025-60


This amending by-law appoints a citizen member to fill recent vacancy on the Greater Sudbury Public Library Board.


2025-85


A By-law of the City of Greater Sudbury to Close Unopened Cambridge Crescent, Sudbury, Plan M-1003, Described as PIN 73576-0173(LT), City of Greater Sudbury


Planning Committee Resolution #PL2025-43


This by-law closes up an unopened road allowance to make the lands available for transfer.


2025-86


A By-law of the City of Greater Sudbury to Authorize the Transfer by Way of Grant, to Timestone Corporation of Closed Cambridge Crescent, Sudbury, Plan M-1003, Described as PIN 73576-0173(LT) and Vacant Land in M-1003, East of Birmingham Drive and Described as PINs 73576-0122(LT), 73576-0496(LT) and 73576-0499 (LT), City of Greater Sudbury


Planning Committee Resolution #PL2025-43


2025-87P


A By-law of the City of Greater Sudbury to Adopt Official Plan Amendment No.142 to the Official Plan for the City of Greater Sudbury


Planning Committee Resolution #PL2025-34


This amending by-law permits medium density residential development and removes the maximum number of residential units permitted in a single building in Town Centre designations - City-Wide, City-Initiated.


2025-88Z


A By-law of the City of Greater Sudbury to Amend By-law 2010-100Z being the Comprehensive Zoning By-law for the City of Greater Sudbury


Planning Committee Resolution #PL2025-35


This amending by-law permits medium and high-density residential development and removes the maximum number of residential units permitted within a single building in commercial zones - City-Wide, City-Initiated.


2025-89Z


A By-law of the City of Greater Sudbury to Amend By-law 2010-100Z being the Comprehensive Zoning By-law for the City of Greater Sudbury


Planning Committee Resolution #PL2022-136


This amending by-law rezones the subject lands in order to facilitate the conversion of the existing hostel/chalet containing four guest suites to a multiple dwelling containing four residential dwelling units and to permit the locating of a refuse storage area in an exterior yard. This amending by-law also extends the “H46C7(8)” Zone onto those lands to the immediate south in order to prevent a split-zoning from occurring. The holding provision (ie. “H46”) applicable to the lands is not proposed to be removed at this time - Armand Charbonneau & Stephanie Malik, 2726 Whippoorwill Avenue, Sudbury.


2025-90Z


A By-law of the City of Greater Sudbury to Amend By-law 2010-100Z being the Comprehensive Zoning By-law for the City of Greater Sudbury


Planning Committee Resolution #PL2024-012


This amending by-law follows the passing of By-law 2024-168Z which incorrectly identified the parts on Plan 53R-22068 to be rezoned.  This effect is to rezone lands in order to permit a pit and quarry use on the subject lands, and to restrict uses on a portion of the subject lands with an H Symbol until a noise assessment and a stage 2 archaeological assessment are completed to the satisfaction of the Director of Planning Services - Bradley John Rintala, Municipal Road 4, Whitefish.


2025-91


A By-law of City of Greater Sudbury to Deem Lots 5 and 6 on Plan M-89 not to be Lots on a Plan of Subdivision for the Purposes of Section 50(3) of the Planning Act


Planning Committee Resolution #PL2025-62


This by-law has the effect of deeming Lot 5 and Lot 6 Plan M-89 not to be lots within a Plan of Subdivision - Marc Guindon, 54 William Avenue, Coniston.


2025-92


A By-law of City of Greater Sudbury to Deem Lots 12, 13 and 14 on Plan 53M-1420 not to be Lots on a Plan of Subdivision for the Purposes of Section 50(3) of the Planning Act


Planning Committee Resolution #PL2025-42


This by-law provides for Lots 12-14 on Registered Plan of Subdivision 53M-1420 be deemed not to be lots within a registered Plan of Subdivision - Belmar Builders Inc/Vytis Lands (Kagawong) Ltd., 0 Montee Genereux, Chelmsford.


2025-93Z


A By-law of the City of Greater Sudbury to Amend By-law 2010-100Z being the Comprehensive Zoning By-law for the City of Greater Sudbury


Planning Committee Resolution #PL2025-41


This amending by-law rezones the subject lands from the “R2-2” Low Density Residential Two Zone to the “R3(108)” Medium Density Residential Special Zone in order to permit the construction of a one or two storey, 5-unit street townhouse with site specific provisions - Belmar Builders Inc/Vytis Lands (Kagawong) Ltd., 0 Montee Genereux, Chelmsford.

13.
Members' Motions

  

13.1
Request for Provincial Action on Freshwater Pollution

  

As presented by Councillor McIntosh:


WHEREAS winter salt (sodium chloride) is used on roads, sidewalks and parking lots to maintain public safety, but chloride is considered "toxic" as defined in the Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999; 


AND WHEREAS the City of Greater Sudbury (CGS) identifies as “The City of Lakes”, but the influx of winter salt into our lakes is negatively impacting municipal drinking water sources (sodium) and aquatic ecosystems (chloride); and


AND WHEREAS Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life 2011 state chloride should not exceed 120 mg/L; of the 31 City of Greater Sudbury (CGS) lakes sampled by the Lake Water Quality Program in 2024, 10 are approaching the guideline limit, with one large urban lake having exceeded it; 


AND WHEREAS an Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks 2022 report showed high and increasing chloride levels in the studied CGS lakes that had winter-salted urbanized land within their watersheds; 


AND WHEREAS to balance winter road safety and the environment, the CGS proactively participates in Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Code of Practice for the Environmental Management of Road Salts, regularly updates the CGS Salt Management Plan and in 2023 converted 73 lane kilometres of roads from salt to sand application; 


AND WHEREAS although the CGS’s Climate Change Adaptation Plan Action 6.4 implements the Source Water Protection Plan policies on winter salt, the policies do not apply to parking lots outside the Drinking Water Protection Zones; 


AND WHEREAS in Ontario the amount of salt applied on commercial properties is estimated to equal the amount applied to roads but its use is not systematically documented and completely unregulated: 
 
AND WHEREAS snow and ice maintenance contractors, despite Bill 118, face slip and fall claims, higher insurance premiums or the inability to obtain insurance, leading many to overuse winter salt and some to leave the business; 


AND WHEREAS a Freshwater Round Table submitted A Discussion Paper: Road Salt Use on Commercial Properties October 2020 to the province of Ontario; recommending the development of a single set of Best Management Practice guidelines, a government-recognized training and certification program and regulations to limit liability for certified snow and ice management contractors; 


AND WHEREAS the Snow and Ice Management Group of Landscape Ontario who was a member of the Freshwater Round Table, continues discussions with the province of Ontario on similarly aligned legislative reform and creation of a regulatory framework to create safe conditions for all Ontarians while respecting the natural environment 


THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

  1. The City of Greater Sudbury urges the province of Ontario to work urgently with key stakeholders to develop limited liability legislation, including enforceable contractor training and a single set of provincially endorsed standard Best Management Practices for snow and ice management; and
  2. The City of Greater Sudbury urges the province of Ontario to create and fund an expert stakeholder advisory committee to advise the province and municipalities on the best courses of action to protect freshwater ecosystems and drinking water from the impacts of winter salt pollution; and
  3. This resolution be sent to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), Ontario Municipal Water Association (OMWA), Conservation Ontario, Premier Doug Ford, Minister Todd McCarthy (MECP), Attorney General Doug Downey, Jamie West Sudbury MPP and France Gélinas Nickel Belt MPP.

13.2
Sustainable Procurement Strategy

  

As presented by Mayor Lefebvre:


WHEREAS every purchase has a social, economic, cultural, and environmental impact globally and locally;


AND WHEREAS a sustainable procurement strategy (“Strategy”) is an approach to leveraging existing budget dollars used for the procurement of goods, services, or construction to intentionally seek to generate positive social, economic, cultural, and environmental outcomes (“Sustainable Outcomes”);


AND WHEREAS such Sustainable Outcomes support the achievement of many of the City of Greater Sudbury’s socio-economic and environmental strategic objectives, and align with the overall mission and values of Council’s Strategic Plan;


AND WHEREAS sustainable procurement is a growing international movement, exemplified by the increasing number of municipalities in Ontario and across Canada that have begun to incorporate social, economic, cultural, and environmental considerations into official sustainable and/or social procurement actions through various policy tools;


AND WHEREAS such policy tools and practices, such as an amended Purchasing By-Law and the incorporation of criteria related to Sustainable Outcomes into the overall evaluation of best value in procurement contracts, can be implemented in a way to ensure compatibility with applicable trade agreements and other related legislation to which Greater Sudbury is subject;


THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of Greater Sudbury work with local community organizations, experts, and suppliers (“Stakeholders”) to propose a Sustainable Procurement Strategy for Council’s consideration by the fourth quarter of 2025 that includes an engagement plan, implementation framework, and additional resource requirements;


AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Council for the City of Greater Sudbury, as the Board of Directors for the Greater Sudbury Housing Corporation, directs staff to initiate a community benefit agreement pilot project between the Greater Sudbury Housing Corporation and Community Builders in Q2 2025 to assess feasibility, measure effectiveness, and evaluate outcomes of sustainable procurement models as staff develop and refine such a Strategy.

14.
Correspondence for Information Only

  

14.1
Request for Expressions of Interest for Cultural Hub Partners

This item has attachments.  

This report provides information regarding the two-phased RFEOI process to gage interest in spaces and uses of the Cultural Hub from community groups aligned with the vision and mandate of the facility.

15.
Addendum

  

16.
Civic Petitions 

  

17.
Question Period

  

18.
Adjournment

  
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