Environment, Infrastructure and Transportation Policies Committee

That the agenda be amended to include the addendum, and as amended, be approved.

That the minutes of Environment, Infrastructure and Transportation Policies Committee Meeting Number 2025-01, held Tuesday, December 10, 2024, be approved.

Recommendation: That the Environment, Infrastructure & Transportation Policies Committee recommends to Council on February 18, 2025: That Council approve the following parking rate increases, to take effect April 1, 2025: 1. Increase hourly rates for on-street parking in the higher demand zones in the Downtown and for on and off-street parking in the Institutional Area (Queen's/KGH/Courthouse) to $2.50 per hour from $2.00; 2. Increase hourly rates for on-street parking in low demand zones in the Downtown and Williamsville areas to $2.00 per hour from $1.50; 3. Increase hourly rates in the parking lots and in the garages in the Downtown and Williamsville areas, except in the Ontario/Brock Lot, to $2.00 per hour from $1.50; 4. Increase the half-hour rate in the Ontario/Brock Lot to $1.75 year-round from the current $1.50 half-hour rate (between May and November) and $1.25 half-hour rate (between December and April); 5. Increase the daily maximum rate in the Ontario/Brock Lot to $17.50 from $15.00 (between May and November) and $10.00 (between December and April); 6. Increase event parking flat rates by $1.00 in the Frontenac, Barrack, Angrove, Springer, Upper and Lower Bruce, and Anglin parking lots; 7. Increase the overnight flat rate and weekend flat rate by $1.00 in the Rideaucrest Lot; 8. Increase the overnight flat rate and the Sunday morning to Monday morning flat rate by $1.25 in the Ontario/Brock Lot; 9. Increase the overnight flat rate and the Sunday morning to Monday

Recommendation: That the Environment, Infrastructure & Transportation Policies Committee recommends to Council: That City of Kingston By-Law Number 2007-136, "A By-Law to Provide for Maintaining Land in a Clean and Clear Condition”, as amended, be further amended, as per Exhibit A to Report Number EITP-25-008; and That City of Kingston By-Law Number 2005-100, “A By-Law for Prescribing Standards for the Maintenance and Occupancy of Property Within the City of Kingston”, as amended, be further amended, as per Exhibit B to Report Number EITP-25-008; and That City of Kingston By-Law Number 2014-5, “A By-Law to Provide for and Regulate a Solid Waste Management System for The Corporation of the City of Kingston”, as amended, be further amended, as per Exhibit C to Report Number EITP-25-008; and That City of Kingston By-Law Number 2025-6, “A By-Law to Establish Fees and Charges to Be Collected by The Corporation of the City of Kingston”, as amended, be further amended as per Exhibit D to Report Number EITP-25-008; That staff report back to the Environment, Infrastructure and Transportation Policies Committee before Q4 2025 outlining the possible operating arrangements for a recycling drop off depot post 2025; and That Council authorize the Director of Public Works & Solid Waste to approve any agreements and other documents related to the funding and services required for the services related to Circular Materials Ontario, in a form satisfactory to the Director of Legal Services.

That the meeting of the Environment, Infrastructure and Transportation Policies Committee adjourn at 7:13 pm.