General Committee

Approving General Committee meeting minutes from August 5, 2025

That the General Committee minutes from the meeting of August 5, 2025, be approved.

Reordering the agenda to begin with the 2024 Verbal Audit Findings Report

That the order of the agenda be adjusted to start with Verbal Audit Findings Report for December 31, 2024, Report FCSFS25-018

That items Alternative Voting Methods for the 2026 Municipal Election - Report LSCLK25-015, Audit of the 2024 Consolidated Financial Statements of the City of Peterborough – Acknowledgement Letter - R

That items Alternative Voting Methods for the 2026 Municipal Election - Report LSCLK25-015, Audit of the 2024 Consolidated Financial Statements of the City of Peterborough – Acknowledgement Letter - Report FCSFS25-017 and Development Charge Reserve Funds 2024 Annual Report – City and Peterborough Utilities Commission - Report FCSFS25-020 be approved on Consent.

Development Charges

Water & Utilities

Governance & Procedure

Receiving Baker Tilly KDN LLP's 2024 verbal audit findings report for information

That Council approve the recommendation outlined in Report FCSFS25-018, dated August 25, 2025, of the Commissioner of Finance and Corporate Support Services as follows: That the Verbal Audit Findings Report presented by Baker Tilly KDN LLP for the year ended December 31, 2024, be received as information.

That Council approve the recommendation outlined in Report FCSFS25-018, dated August 25, 2025, of the Commissioner of Finance and Corporate Support Services as follows: That the Verbal Audit Findings 

Suspending rules to extend the meeting past 10:00 p.m. for zoning and development charge items

That the rules of procedure be suspended to extend the hour of the meeting past 10:00 p.m. to complete agenda item Zoning By-law Amendment for 90 Hunter Street East, Report IPGPL25-041 and item Updated City-wide Development Charges, Report FCSFS25-021

That the rules of procedure be suspended to extend the hour of the meeting past 10:00 p.m. to complete agenda item Zoning By-law Amendment for 90 Hunter Street East, Report IPGPL25-041 and item Update

Zoning & Planning

Calling the question to end debate and proceed to a vote

That the question be put.

Deferring Report IPGPL25-041 pending Community Planning Permit information

That Report IPGPL25-041 be deferred until information can be brought forward regarding the CPPS

That the question be put

Rezoning public service land to C.6 Commercial District with holding symbol removal conditions

That Council approve the recommendations outlined in Report IPGPL25-041, dated August 25, 2025 of the Commissioner of Infrastructure, Planning and Growth Management as follows: a) That Section 3.9, Exceptions, of the Zoning By-law 97-123 be amended by adding Exception Numbers 373 and 374, in accordance with the draft Zoning By- law amendment attached as Appendix D to Report IPGPL25-041; b) That the subject property be rezoned from PS.2,14h(F) – Public Service District to C.6-374-H – Commercial District and PS.2-373 – Public Service District, in accordance with the draft Zoning By-law amendment attached as Appendix D to report IPGPL25-041; and c) That the ‘H’ – Holding Symbol be removed from the lands zoned C.6-.374 at such time that: i. The completion and implementation of any recommendations of a Stage 3 Archaeological Assessment, and any subsequent assessments, in accordance with the recommendation of the Stage 2 Archaeological Assessment prepared by Northeastern Archaeological Associates Ltd., dated April 7, 2025; ii. Site Plan Approval has been granted for the property, including the provisions for: - Implementing mitigation strategies 2 and 4 of the Heritage Impact Assessment Addendum, prepared by Heritage Studio, dated April 9, 2025, as they relate to the colour palette and materiality. - Implementation of a landscape plan to establish appropriate buffering adjacent to low-rise residential development.

That Council approve the recommendations outlined in Report IPGPL25-041, dated August 25, 2025 of the Commissioner of Infrastructure, Planning and Growth Management as follows: a) That Section 3.9, Ex

Economic Development

Housing & Homelessness

Heritage Preservation

Approving updated Development Charge rates and passing new by-law with 2025–2035 term

That Council approve the recommendations outlined in Report FCSFS25-021, dated August 25, 2025, of the Commissioner, Finance & Corporate Support Services as follows: a) That the Development Charge rates, as shown on Table 2 of Report FCSFS25- 021 be approved; b) That the development-related capital program included in the Amended Development Charges Background Study, 2025, be adopted subject to annual review through the City’s normal capital budget process; c) That By-law 24-081 be repealed effective September 2, 2025, provided that the By-law will continue to be in force and effect to the extent only of development charges that became payable under them prior to their repeal and that remain unpaid as at their repeal; d) That a by-law be passed to impose the City-wide Services Development Charge Rates, with a ten-year term covering September 2, 2025, to September 1, 2035; e) That the Development Charges be adjusted by the City Treasurer without amendment to the by-laws annually on January 1 of each year, commencing January 1, 2031, in accordance with the most recent annual change in the Statistics Canada Quarterly Construction Price Statistics.

That Council approve the recommendations outlined in Report FCSFS25-021, dated August 25, 2025, of the Commissioner, Finance & Corporate Support Services as follows: a) That the Development Charge rat

Budget & Finance

Recessing the meeting at 11:25 p.m. to reconvene at a later date

That this meeting recess at 11:25 p.m. and reconvene at a date to be determined.

General Committee

Votes