City of Barrie

Meeting Agenda 

Affordability Committee

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Wednesday, April 15, 2026

05:00 PM

Council Chambers

1.
CALL TO ORDER

 

2.
PUBLIC MEETING(S)

 

2.1
City-Initiated Official Plan Amendment - Bringing Boundary Expansion Lands into the Official Plan

This item has attachments. 
1.PM Notice - City Initiated OPA - Boundary Adjustment Lands.pdf
2.PM Presentation - OPA for Boundary Adjustment.pdf
3.Staff Memorandum - Public Meeting for a Proposed City-initiated Official Plan Amendment for Boundary Adjustment (D30-005-2026).pdf
4.DRAFT OPA Changes Appendix - Boundary Expansion.pdf
5.Map 1 - Community Structure.pdf
6.Map 2 - Land Use Designation.pdf
7.Map 3 - Natural Heritage Protection Overlay.pdf
8.Map 4a - Mobility Network.pdf
9.Map 4b - Mobility Network.pdf
10.Map 5 - Right-of-Way Widths.pdf
11.Map 6 - Greenspace Network.pdf
12.Map 7 - Drinking Water System Vulnerable Areas.pdf
13.Map 8 - Cultural City Features.pdf
14.Appendix 1 - Conservation Authority Areas.pdf
15.ADDITIONS PM Correspondence City Initiated OPA Boundary Expansion Lands.pdf

The purpose of the Public Meeting is to review a city-initiated amendment to the Official Plan 2051 (May 2024) to incorporate lands transferred to the City of Barrie as a result of the Barrie-Oro-Medonte-Springwater Boundary Adjustment Act, 2025, and other adjacent lands.

 

The proposed Official Plan Amendment seeks to incorporate lands brought into the City as of January 1, 2026 as a result of the Barrie-Oro-Medonte-Springwater Boundary Adjustment Act, 2025, that were formerly within the Township of Oro-Medonte and Township of Springwater into the City of Barrie’s Official Plan. It is proposed that those lands support the City’s long term needs for Employment and Community Areas as established through a Joint Land Needs Analysis and Study completed in the fall of 2025. Adjacent lands within the City’s current Built Up Area including 418, 428, 436, 444 and 445 Blake Street, 406 and 416 Georgian Drive, 247 and 256 Steel Street and 138 Penetanguishene Road are also proposed for amendment to their designation.

 

The Official Plan Amendment proposes adding the boundary adjustment lands to the City of Barrie Official Plan schedules and mapping; establishing appropriate Official Plan land use designations for the new lands and adjacent parcels identified and introducing or modifying policies to guide the long‑term planning, servicing, and development of the new lands. Consideration has been given with regard to existing uses, adjacent established neighbourhoods, natural areas and the long-term employment needs of the City.

 

Presentation by L. Juffermans, Growth Management Program Manager

3.
OPEN DELEGATIONS

 

Nil.

4.
PRESENTATIONS BY STAFF/ OFFICERS/AGENTS OF THE CORPORATION

 

5.
CONSENT AGENDA

 

6.
DEFERRED/REFERRED ITEMS

 

Nil.

7.
REPORTS OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES

 

8.
REPORTS TO COMMITTEE

 

Nil.

9.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION

 

Nil.

10.
ADJOURNMENT

 

 

 

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