August 12, 2025, at 12:00 PM
Present:
J. Morgan, H. McAlister, S. Lewis, P. Cuddy, J. Pribil, S. Trosow, C. Rahman, S. Lehman, A. Hopkins, P. Van Meerbergen, S. Franke, E. Peloza, D. Ferreira, S. Hillier
Absent:
S. Stevenson
Also Present:
S. Datars Bere, A. Abraham, A. Barbon, S. Mathers, H. McNeely, J. Paradis, T. Pollitt, E. Skalski
Remote Attendance:
S. Corman, R. Wilcox
The meeting is called to order at 12:02 PM; it being noted that Councillors S. Lehman, P. Van Meerbergen, S. Franke, and E. Peloza were in remote attendance.
1. Disclosures of Pecuniary Interest
That it BE NOTED that no pecuniary interests were disclosed.
2. Recognitions
None.
3. Review of Confidential Matters to be Considered in Public
None.
4. Council, In Closed Session
None.
5. Confirmation and Signing of the Minutes of the Previous Meeting(s)
None.
6. Communications and Petitions
None.
7. Motions of Which Notice is Given
None.
8. Reports
None.
9. Added Reports
None.
10. Deferred Matters
None.
11. Enquiries
None.
12. Emergent Motions
None.
13. By-laws
Motion made by P. Cuddy
Seconded by S. Lewis
That Introduction and First Reading of Bill No. 308 BE APPROVED.
Vote:
Yeas: Absent: Mayor J. Morgan S. Stevenson A. Hopkins S. Lewis S. Hillier E. Peloza P. Van Meerbergen S. Lehman H. McAlister P. Cuddy J. Pribil S. Trosow S. Franke D. Ferreira C. Rahman
Motion Passed (14 to 0)
Motion made by P. Cuddy
Seconded by S. Lewis
That Second Reading of Bill No. 308 BE APPROVED.
Vote:
Yeas: Absent: Mayor J. Morgan S. Stevenson A. Hopkins S. Lewis S. Hillier E. Peloza P. Van Meerbergen S. Lehman H. McAlister P. Cuddy J. Pribil S. Trosow S. Franke D. Ferreira C. Rahman
Motion Passed (14 to 0)
Motion made by P. Cuddy
Seconded by S. Lewis
That Third Reading and Enactment of Bill No. 308 BE APPROVED.
Vote:
Yeas: Absent: Mayor J. Morgan S. Stevenson A. Hopkins S. Lewis S. Hillier E. Peloza P. Van Meerbergen S. Lehman H. McAlister P. Cuddy J. Pribil S. Trosow S. Franke D. Ferreira C. Rahman
Motion Passed (14 to 0)
Motion made by P. Cuddy
Seconded by S. Lewis
That Third Reading and Enactment of Bill No. 332 BE APPROVED.
Vote:
Yeas: Absent: Mayor J. Morgan S. Stevenson A. Hopkins S. Lewis S. Hillier E. Peloza P. Van Meerbergen S. Lehman H. McAlister P. Cuddy J. Pribil S. Trosow S. Franke D. Ferreira C. Rahman
Motion Passed (14 to 0)
Motion made by P. Cuddy
Seconded by S. Lewis
That Third Reading and Enactment of Bill No. 333 BE APPROVED.
Vote:
Yeas: Nays: Absent: Mayor J. Morgan S. Trosow S. Stevenson A. Hopkins S. Lewis S. Hillier E. Peloza P. Van Meerbergen S. Lehman H. McAlister P. Cuddy J. Pribil S. Franke D. Ferreira C. Rahman
Motion Passed (13 to 1)
14. Adjournment
Motion made by S. Hillier
Seconded by D. Ferreira
That the meeting BE ADJOURNED.
Motion Passed
The meeting adjourned at 12:12 PM.
Appendix: New Bills
The following Bills are enacted as By-laws of The Corporation of the City of London:
Bill No. 308
By-law No. A.-8632-239 - A by-law to confirm the proceedings of the Special Council Meeting held on the 12th day of August 2025 (City Clerk)
Bill No. 332
By-law No. Z.-1-253344 - A by-law to amend By-law No. Z.-1 to exempt the Transit Village Place Types from Minimum Parking Standards. (3.6c/14/PEC) (Third Reading Only)
Bill No. 333
By-law No. Z.-1-253345 - A by-law to amend By-law No. Z.-1 to add a new Zone (TSA) and regulations and apply new zones to lands located within the Protected Major Transit Station Areas within the City of London (3.7b/14/PEC) (Third Reading Only)
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[16:11] All right, thank you, please be seated. This is the 13th meeting of council. This is a special meeting that I’ve called to deal with a couple of bylaws that we need third reading of. Now that the province has signed off on some of our policy and official plan changes, requires the third reading of the bylaw. The sooner we do that, the sooner the appeal of the period starts, the sooner these actual heights and densities can be preceded on with those who are interested in pursuing them without having to go through the full visual plan amendment process, which is a much longer process.
[16:42] So hopefully this won’t be a long meeting, but it is a formal meeting of council. So we’re gonna go through a number of the items that we would normally go through at the opening of a council meeting. So what we’re gonna do is we’re gonna start off with rising and listening to a rendition of O Canada. Thank you, please be seated.
[18:41] We acknowledge we are gathered today on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabak, Haudenosaunee, Lenny Paywalk and Adawandran peoples. We honor and respect the history languages and cultures of the diverse indigenous people who call this territory home. We acknowledge all of the treaties that are specific to this area, the two row Wampum Belt Treaty of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Silver Covenant Chain, the Beaver Hunting Grounds of the Haudenosaunee Nan Fan Treaty of 1701, the McKee Treaty of 1790, the London Township Treaty of 1796, the Huron Track Treaty of 1827 with the Anishinaabak and the Dish with One Spoon Covenant Wampum of the Anishinaabak and Haudenosaunee.
[19:13] Three indigenous nations that are neighbors to Lenny are the Chippewaas of the Thames First Nation, Oneida Nation of the Thames and the Muncie Delaware Nation, while continuing to live as sovereign nations with individual and unique languages, cultures and customs. City of London is committed to making every effort to providing alternate formats and communication supports for meetings upon request to make a request specific to this meeting of council. You can contact councilagenda@london.ca or 519-661-2489, extension 2425. I just wanna recognize that we have several colleagues joining us online.
[19:48] We have Councillor Van Mirbergen, Councillor Frank, Councillor Lehman and Councillor Palosa as well, as well along with those who have joined in council chambers. I’ll start with any disclosures of pecuniary interest. Seeing none, there aren’t any recognitions for this, there aren’t any confidential matters, there’s no closed session, there’s no minutes, there’s no communications or positions, no notices of which motion is given, no reports, no added reports, no deferred items, any inquiries related to the items that we’re here for?
[20:22] Nope, no emergent motions, that brings us to bylaws. We have three bylaws that require a first, second and third reading, and as I mentioned at the outset, these are bylaws that, oh, actually they only require third reading for, sorry, first, second and third reading for the confirmation bylaw. Only third reading for the other two bylaws, ‘cause we’ve already passed first and second reading into previous council. Since then, the province has now signed off on and approved our request. So now we can pass the third reading, bringing it into the policy and enforcement effect and beginning the appeals period on these items.
[21:01] Again, this was called as a special council meeting, ‘cause the sooner we start the appeals period, sooner it can conclude, the sooner people can proceed with building housing under the new density limits related to these bylaws in the community. So I’ll look for, okay, so what we’re gonna do is we’re gonna do first and then second reading of the confirming bylaw, and then we can do third reading of all three of them together.
[21:35] So I’m gonna look for someone who wants to be a mover and seconder for all of those items. Councilor Cuddy, seconded by Deputy Mayor Lewis. So we’ll start with just first reading, the confirming bylaw related to the meeting that we’re having today. We’ll open that for voting. Let’s go vote yes. Vote yes as well. Closing the vote, motion carries 14 to zero.
[22:10] Now second reading, same mover and seconder on this, any discussion on the second reading? Seeing none, we’ll open second. So votes yes. Councilor Frank, closing the vote. Yes, closing the vote, motion carries 14 to zero. All right, now third reading will be all of the bylaws on both the confirming bylaw as well as the two related bylaws that only require third reading that we’ve done first and second reading at a previous council meeting yet.
[22:56] So this is third reading. So there’s no debate on third reading. Yes, is it a point of order, Councilor Trossal? Well, I’d like these quotes separately. Sure, we can do that. All three of them separate. Okay, that’ll just take a few minutes. Okay, so we’re doing third reading of the confirming bylaw first, same mover and seconder.
[24:15] I’m gonna open third reading of the confirming bylaw for voting. Councilor votes yes. Closing the vote, motion carries 14 to zero. Okay, and next we will do bill 332, which is the item related to the transit village place types.
[24:54] So that’ll be third reading of that item. I’ll open that for voting. Councilor votes yes. Closing the vote, motion carries 14 to zero. And finally we’ll do bill 333, which is a bill related to amend our ZEQ1 bylaw to add a new zone, DSA, and relevant regulations that apply to the new zones for lands located within the protected major transit station areas within the city of London.
[25:36] We’ll open that for third reading. Councilor votes no. Councilor Palosa, closing the vote, motion carries 13 to one. And with that, it brings us to a motion to adjourn. I’ll look for mover and seconder, Councilor Hillier, seconder by Councilor Ferrera.
[26:08] We will do that by hand. Okay, all those in favor of adjournment, any opposed? Motion carries. All right, thank you. We’re adjourned.