Council Meeting

all items listed under the heading of Consent Agenda for May 27, 2025 be adopted as recommended.

the events with locations and/or dates listed as "To Be Determined" be

THAT the noise exemption request for the Rising Tide Music & Arts Festival to be held on July 5th be denied.

THAT Report 25-073-CD Municipally Significant Events Second and Third Quarter- Noise Exemption Approval be received; AND FURTHER THAT the requests with dates and locations identified in the report 25-073-CD be approved.

Report 25-006-IFS Parks Master Plan be received; AND THAT Council approve the Parks Master Plan and its recommendations subject to funding and staff capacity to be considered through future budget cycles.

Report 25-018-CRS Financial Report be received; AND THAT the audited consolidated financial statements for the Corporation of the City of Cambridge be approved for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Report 25-055-CD Recommendation to Proceed with Batch Designation of Listed Heritage Properties be received; AND THAT Council approves the recommendation to designate the following properties under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act: • 44 Wellington Street • 58 Ainslie Street South • 1370 Maple Grove Road • 4 Veterans Way; AND FURTHER THAT the Clerk be authorized to publish a Notice of Intention to Designate (NOID) for each property in accordance with the Act.

Report 25-018-OCM Lease and Licensing Policy be received; AND THAT Council endorse and approve the Lease and Licensing Policy.

all presentations and correspondence from the May 27, 2025 Council meeting be received.

the following by-laws listed under the heading of Introduction and Consideration of By-laws be enacted and passed: • 25-032 Being a By-law to Designate the Property Known as 82 Beverly Street as Being of Cultural and Heritage Value or Interest Under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act. • 25-033 Being a by-law to designate the property known as 63 Water Street South as being of cultural and heritage value or interest Under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act

That by-law 25-035 being a by-law to confirm the proceedings of the Council of the Corporation of the City of Cambridge be passed.

the Council meeting does now adjourn at 9:02 p.m.

THAT all items listed under the heading of Consent Agenda for May 27, 2025 be adopted as recommended. In Favour (8): Councillor Shwery, Councillor Devine, Councillor Kimpson, Councillor Roberts, Councillor Cooper, Councillor Hamilton, Councillor Ermeta, and Mayor Liggett Absent (1): Councillor Earnshaw

Whereas road salt is a known toxic substance designated under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act because of tangible threats of serious or irreversible environmental and health damage from road salt; and Whereas salt levels in Ontario’s groundwater aquifers, creeks, rivers, and lakes have increasingly worsened since the 1970s, seriously affecting municipal drinking water sources and aquatic life; and Whereas The City of Cambridge is situated on the Grand River and Speed River, and is currently engaged in a ‘Back to the Rivers’ plan to revitalize our waterfront areas to maximize the commercial, recreational, and environmental potential and health of the rivers; and Whereas the Grand River is recognized as a designated Heritage River and is also the source of 20 percent of our city’s drinking water, while being rich in biodiversity with a variety of fish species such as pike, smallmouth bass, and carp, and with over 300 species of birds calling its banks home or migrating through them; and Whereas approximately 43,000 tonnes of salt are used on the roads of Waterloo Region annually, costing the Region $3.8 million; and Whereas the Ontario and Canadian governments have taken many actions over the past 25 years including setting water quality guidelines, developing voluntary codes of practice, signing the Canada-Ontario Great Lakes Agreement, and holding workshops, yet still the salt problem continues to grow; and Whereas numerous situation analyses have recommended salt s

THAT the events with locations and/or dates listed as "To Be Determined" be

AND THAT the noise exemption request for the Rising Tide Music & Arts Festival to be held on July 5th be denied. In Favour (8): Councillor Shwery, Councillor Devine, Councillor Kimpson, Councillor Roberts, Councillor Cooper, Councillor Hamilton, Councillor Ermeta, and Mayor Liggett Absent (1): Councillor Earnshaw

AND THAT Report 25-073-CD Municipally Significant Events Second and Third Quarter- Noise Exemption Approval be received; AND FURTHER THAT the requests with dates and locations identified in the report 25-073-CD be approved. In Favour (8): Councillor Shwery, Councillor Devine, Councillor Kimpson, Councillor Roberts, Councillor Cooper, Councillor Hamilton, Councillor Ermeta, and Mayor Liggett Absent (1): Councillor Earnshaw

THAT Report 25-006-IFS Parks Master Plan be received; AND THAT Council approve the Parks Master Plan and its recommendations subject to funding and staff capacity to be considered through future budget cycles. In Favour (8): Councillor Shwery, Councillor Devine, Councillor Kimpson, Councillor Roberts, Councillor Cooper, Councillor Hamilton, Councillor Ermeta, and Mayor Liggett Absent (1): Councillor Earnshaw

THAT Report 25-018-CRS Financial Report be received; AND THAT the audited consolidated financial statements for the Corporation of the City of Cambridge be approved for the year ended December 31, 2024. In Favour (8): Councillor Shwery, Councillor Devine, Councillor Kimpson, Councillor Roberts, Councillor Cooper, Councillor Hamilton, Councillor Ermeta, and Mayor Liggett Absent (1): Councillor Earnshaw

THAT Report 25-055-CD Recommendation to Proceed with Batch Designation of Listed Heritage Properties be received; AND THAT Council approves the recommendation to designate the following properties under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act: • 44 Wellington Street • 58 Ainslie Street South • 1370 Maple Grove Road • 4 Veterans Way; AND FURTHER THAT the Clerk be authorized to publish a Notice of Intention to Designate (NOID) for each property in accordance with the Act. In Favour (8): Councillor Shwery, Councillor Devine, Councillor Kimpson, Councillor Roberts, Councillor Cooper, Councillor Hamilton, Councillor Ermeta, and Mayor Liggett Absent (1): Councillor Earnshaw

THAT Report 25-018-OCM Lease and Licensing Policy be received; AND THAT Council endorse and approve the Lease and Licensing Policy. In Favour (8): Councillor Shwery, Councillor Devine, Councillor Kimpson, Councillor Roberts, Councillor Cooper, Councillor Hamilton, Councillor Ermeta, and Mayor Liggett Absent (1): Councillor Earnshaw

THAT all presentations and correspondence from the May 27, 2025 Council meeting be received. In Favour (8): Councillor Shwery, Councillor Devine, Councillor Kimpson, Councillor Roberts, Councillor Cooper, Councillor Hamilton, Councillor Ermeta, and Mayor Liggett Absent (1): Councillor Earnshaw

THAT the following by-laws listed under the heading of Introduction and Consideration of By-laws be enacted and passed: • 25-032 Being a By-law to Designate the Property Known as 82 Beverly Street as Being of Cultural and Heritage Value or Interest Under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act. • 25-033 Being a by-law to designate the property known as 63 Water Street South as being of cultural and heritage value or interest Under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act In Favour (8): Councillor Shwery, Councillor Devine, Councillor Kimpson, Councillor Roberts, Councillor Cooper, Councillor Hamilton, Councillor Ermeta, and Mayor Liggett Absent (1): Councillor Earnshaw

That by-law 25-035 being a by-law to confirm the proceedings of the Council of the Corporation of the City of Cambridge be passed. In Favour (8): Councillor Shwery, Councillor Devine, Councillor Kimpson, Councillor Roberts, Councillor Cooper, Councillor Hamilton, Councillor Ermeta, and Mayor Liggett Absent (1): Councillor Earnshaw

THAT the Council meeting does now adjourn at 9:02 p.m. In Favour (8): Councillor Shwery, Councillor Devine, Councillor Kimpson, Councillor Roberts, Councillor Cooper, Councillor Hamilton, Councillor Ermeta, and Mayor Liggett Absent (1): Councillor Earnshaw