As presented by Councillor Vagnini:
WHEREAS the former Copper Cliff Fire Hall situated at 7 Serpentine Street, Copper Cliff, which was constructed in 1909, was added/listed in the City of Greater Sudbury Heritage Register in 2014;
AND WHEREAS the municipal register is the official list or record of cultural heritage properties that have been identified and “listed” as being important to the community;
AND WHEREAS “listing” is a means to formally identify properties that may have cultural heritage value or interest to the community and is an important tool in planning for their conservation and a measure of interim protection in that the owners must give the Municipality 60 days notice prior to demolition, which allows the municipality to decide whether to begin the designation process to give long term protection to the property;
AND WHEREAS at its meeting of November 25th, 2019, the Planning Committee approved that 7 Serpentine Street in Copper Cliff be declared surplus to the City’s needs and be marketed for sale to the general public;
AND WHEREAS the former Copper Cliff Fire Hall is a land mark building with strong historical links to its surroundings and should be designated to be of cultural heritage value or interest;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to initiate the process to designate 7 Serpentine Street under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act, which would include consulting with the Municipal Heritage Advisory Panel as required by the Act, evaluating the property pursuant to the prescribed criteria, returning to Council with a staff recommendation, issuing a “Notice of intention to designate” including the publishing of the notice in the newspaper, an appeal period and the passage of a by-law.
As presented by Councillors McCausland and McIntosh:
WHEREAS catch basins and other stormwater assets divert rainwater and melted snow off streets and other paved surfaces through stormwater systems into a natural body of water;
AND WHEREAS in the City of Greater Sudbury, debris as well as sand applied during the winter season can collect in those stormwater systems, decreasing their efficiency;
AND WHEREAS the level of sand applied to City streets has increased in the last decade due to changes in the types of winter events experienced and the response to those events, as recommended by the Salt Management Plan;
AND WHEREAS increases in the severity and frequency of rainfall events associated with climate change have lead to flash flooding, which can also saturate and damage the road base;
AND WHEREAS regularly maintained stormwater systems, catch basins, pipes and ditches, ensure the systems function to their full capacity, which mitigates the risks associated with more significant rainfall events and protects sensitive drinking water areas such as the Ramsey watershed;
AND WHEREAS more frequent maintenance of catch basins would be highly desirable to protect the environment and drinking water, ensuring local drainage systems perform as designed and the road base drains effectively;
AND WHEREAS the City of Greater Sudbury complies with inspection, sampling, reporting and maintenance requirements for Environmental Certificate of Approval of storm water management assets, like ponds and Oil and Grit Separators;
AND WHEREAS the City of Greater Sudbury has been completing Subwatershed Studies and Storm water Master Plans, a Storm water Asset Management Plan and initiated a Stormwater Funding Study;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to prepare a report updating how these efforts will contribute to a stormwater system that better protects people, property and the environment in a cost effective manner, along with recommendations for interim measures to enhance annual maintenance for catch basins in sensitive areas like drinking water surface source contributing areas, until the above noted plans and studies can be completed and implemented;
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the report be presented to the Operations Committee at its August 10th 2020 meeting.