This Week in Barrie - December 23, 2010

January 1Mayor’s New Year LeveeBarrie City Hall, 70 Collier Street2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Mayor Jeff Lehman invites you to attend his New Year’s Levee. Light refreshments will be available.

January 7 FNYC are Back!4-8pm @ 3 locations – East Bayfield Community Centre, Allandale Recreation Centre and Lampman Lane Community Centre. For youth 10-16 yrsThe holidays are over and you are looking for something fun and free to do on a Friday Night. Come out to the Friday Night Youth Centre’s and there is something fun and free happening every Friday night! On January 7th check out the following events Open Art Attack, Challenges and Treats!

January 8"Snowperson" Competition 4-5 pm @ The Holly Youth Centre Come out and build the best snowperson you can! The snowpeople will be on display outside of the Holly Youth Centre for the youth to judge the best creation!

January 15 Candy Making4—5 pm @ The Holly Youth CentreFor youth 11-18yrsCandy has never tasted better when you make it yourself! Join us to learn the tips and tricks to candy making and take home a goodie bag!

Bids & Tenders

For information on news, events, and more visit us online at www.barrie.ca

Upcoming Events

December 23rd

Contact Us Phone: (705) 726-4242 TTY: (705) 792-7910 E-mail: [email protected]

December 23 TODAY Holiday Bingo Maple Ave Youth Centre2-9 pm, (705) 792-7903, [email protected] or www.barrie.ca

December 23 TODAY Holiday Feast, Party and Trivia4:30-8:30 pm @ The Holly Youth CentreFor youth 11-18yrsHelp us to celebrate the Holiday Season with a festive dinner and party/trivia to follow. December 30 2010 Jeopardy Challenge2-9pm @ The Maple Ave Youth CentreFor youth 13-19yrsDo you have what it takes? Are you up to date on 2010 happenings? If so then hit the Maple Avenue. Youth Centre for 2010 Jeopardy Challenge and win a great prize!

PURCHASING BRANCH

BID OPPORTUNITIES

DOCUMENTS are available on-line at Biddingo.com/Barrie or from the Purchasing Branch, 56 Mulcaster Street, Barrie ON during business hours Monday to Friday, 8:30 am. to 4:30 pm. For further information please visit www.barrie.ca or by telephone (705) 739-4220 Ext 4538 or Ext 5163 or by Email at [email protected]

Electronic copies are only available through Biddingo.com/barrie. The City of Barrie document fee does not apply to documents that are downloaded electronically through Bidding.com/barrie, however a Biddingo.com fee may be applicable.

REQUEST FOR PROP0SAL# FIN 2010-145P

CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR

BARRIE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL CENTRE (WPCC)

BIOGAS UTILIZATION UPGRADES

The Corporation of the City of Barrie is seeking Proposals from experienced/qualified firms to provide Consulting Engineering Services for BioGas Utilization Upgrades at the Water Pollution Control Centre (WPCC) located at 249 Bradford St., Barrie, ON.

The scope of services includes detail design and contract administration with respect to a) providing new gas storage facilities, gas dehydration appurtenances and process control changes to cogeneration engines at WPCC and b) gas conveyance to the Allandale Train Station. The design is to consider the results of a pre-design report. In addition, the Consultant shall follow the requirements of the MEA Class Environmental Assessment for the entire project and a Public Information Centre (PIC) is to be arranged and conducted by the Consultant. The City will provide a venue for the PIC.

Downtown Barrie and The City of Barrie

would like you to know that for the month

of December parking is free in

all Municipal parking lots including

the Collier Street Parkade. On-street

paid parking will remain in effect to ensure

short term parking is convenient and

available within downtown.

Come experience some of the best

restaurants, shopping, culture and

entertainment in the region.

NoticeOvernight Parking

RestrictionsBy-law 2007-209

Bidders Note:MANDATORY SITE MEETING has been scheduled for Wednesday December 15, @ 9:30 am at the Water Pollution Control Centre (WPCC) Administrative Building Board Room, 249, Bradford St, Barrie ON. All visitors must wear protective wear (hard hat, safety shoes and vest) at the site meeting.

A non-refundable Document Fee of $100.00 plus GST applies to each hardcopy of the RFP Document.

Closing: 4:30 p.m. local time, Thursday January 6, 2011.

PURCHASING BRANCH

Electronic copies are only available through Biddingo.com/barrie. The City of Barrie document fee does not apply to documents that are downloaded electronically through Bidding.com/barrie, however a Biddingo.com fee may be applicable.

THE CORPORATION RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ACCEPT OR REJECT ANY OR ALL SUBMISSIONS.

"Lots" of Free Parking

Downtown in December

Residents are reminded that from November 1

to April 15 each year, parking of a vehicle on any

street or part of a street within the City of Barrie

between the hours of 12 midnight and 7 a.m. is

prohibited and subject to a $20.00 fine. Within

the Downtown Business Improvement Area, on

street parking is prohibited between the hours

of 3 a.m. and 6 a.m.

Any vehicle found parked in contravention

of By-law 2007-209 may be

ticketed and/or towed.

By keeping the City streets clear of vehicles

during this period, you allow the City crews

access to help ensure that your roadways are

maintained and that large emergency vehicles

can get down the street. Parking is prohibited

over sidewalks and the City boulevards.

The City of Barrie’s Department of

Culture is pleased to announce that

they are now accepting applications

for the Cultural Grants program. The

guidelines and application forms

can be found on the City’s website at

www.barrie.ca by scrolling down to

the Arts & Culture button found on

the right hand side of the mainpage

and clicking on the link to the Cultural

Grants. There are two types of

applications, Operating Grants

which are geared to not for profit

arts organizations and Project Grants,

for arts organizations and individual

artists. The deadline for both

grant applications is Thursday

December 30, 2010.

If you are interested in applying

for a grant and have questions or

require assistance, please contact

Onalee Groves at 739-4220 Ext. 4794

or email [email protected]

Toilet Rebate Program

Over the past two years demand has increased

significantly for the program, rebates jumped from

350 in 2008 to 1100 last year and we are heading

for 1200 this year. The changes for 2011 include

changing the rebate level for the program from $70

to $50, and each household will now only be eligible

for one rebate. These changes will allow the city to

issue 40% more rebates for the same cost.

Its estimated changing a 13.5 litre toilet to

a six litre saves about $30 for every person in the

household per year in Barrie in water and sewer bills.

Allandale Station Project Is... Full Steam Ahead

Development Charges Rates Effective Jan 1, 2011 This represents a 0.3% reduction from

2010 rates based on the most recent

12 month non-residential building

construction price index for the Toronto

Area provided by Statistics Canada.

December Holiday ServiceHourly Sunday Service for December 19, 2010

service will begin at 8:00 am, with fifteen minute service provided on Route 11 Bayfield. All service

will end by 8:15 pm.

CHRISTMAS DAYSaturday December 25, 2010

There will be NO Transit Service.

BOXING DAYSunday, December 26, 2010

BARRIE TRANSIT will operate the Hourly Sunday Service Schedule beginning at 7:00 am, with fifteen minute service provided on Route 11 BAYFIELD. All service will end by 8:15 pm. There will be NO Route

22 Crosstown Service.

NEW YEARS EVE SERVICE Special Bus Service will operate every 30 minutes from 6:00 p.m. to 3:45 a.m.

Barrie Transit Service on Regular Routes will be FREE from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

REGULAR FARE RATES ARE IN EFFECTFor extended New Years Eve Special Service from

9:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. The last Routes departing the Transit Terminal leave at 2:45 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. There will be no bus service on Saturday, January 1st, 2011.

For more information please call (705) 739-4209 or visit www.barrie.ca/btransit

There will be NO CHANGE to garbage, organics, recycling, and yard waste

collection during the Christmas and New Years holiday in the City of Barrie.

The landfill site will be closed at noon on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. The

landfill site and the Household Hazardous Waste Depot will be closed all day on

Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. The Landfill site is closed every Sunday and

Monday. The Landfill will be open as usual on Tuesday, December 28th.

Christmas Tree CollectionResidents in the “B” collection area will have Christmas Trees picked up

the week of December 27th. Weekly collection of Christmas Trees in all

collection areas will occur throughout the month of January, 2011.

There is no yard waste/Christmas Tree collection during the months

of February and March. Christmas trees must be free of ornaments

and tree stands. Trees placed curbside in plastic bags will not be

collected. Please ensure that your tree is not buried or frozen in

a snowbank. More info? Call (705) 739-4219.

Christmas & New Year’s Holiday Schedule for Garbage, Organics, Recycling, and Yard Waste Collection

December 31, 20107:00pm – Midnight

The City of Barrie presents the 13th annual Downtown Countdown. Ring in the New Year in downtown Barrie with friends and family. The free festivities include skating on the Circle at the Centre rink, horse-drawn wagon rides, face painting and food vendors.

Amazing live entertainment featuring Judy & David, Final Thought, Atlantis Blueprint and Bedouin Soundclash!

Two fireworks shows – 7:45 pm for the kids and midnight.

Barrie Transit is offering free rides from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. After 9:00 pm, regular fares apply and service is extended until 3:00am to get you home safely.

Classification Rate

Residential:Singles and semis2-Bedroom and larger apartmentsBachelor and 1-bedroom apartments All other dwellings

$27,289.0015,954.0013,436.0023,680.00

Non-Residential:IndustrialAll Other Non-ResidentialRetail

$ 10.47/sq ft14.86/sq ft16.30/sq ft

Do You Have Your 2010 Collector's

Ornament? "Mulcaster St. Ornament"

Collect all 9 as part of the Downtown Barrie Commemorative Ornament Gift Box. Available at the following locations:

Bill LeBoeuf Jewellers - 52 Dunlop St. W.

Our House - 55 Dunlop St. W.

Metzger's Fine Jewellery - 99 Dunlop St. E.

Barrie Public Library - 60 Worsley St.

MacLaren Art Centre - 37 Mulcaster St.

Jewellers Bench - 4 Simcoe St. E.

The Paper Merchant - 13 Dunlop St. W.

Angie's Outdoors - 80 Dunlop St. E.

More info? www.downtown.ca

To you

and yours

from the

City of Barrie

Cultural Grant ApplicationsNow being Accepted

Despite outward appearances, the restoration of the old Allandale Station is running full

steam ahead and leaping into its second crucial stage of work of returning it to its old days of glory.

Nestled on the south-eastern edge of the City of Barrie overlooking Kempenfelt Bay, Allandale Train Station was once the hub of activity in the early 1900’s when it operated under the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR). The station buildings consisted of a passenger depot and restaurant as well as a two-story office building. Three years after the GTR’s bankruptcy in 1919, the Allandale Station fell under jurisdiction of the Canadian National Railways (CNR). Following years of declining passenger and freight traffic, Allandale was downgraded from a divisional point to a station in 1959. Eventually rail service diminished, and both the passenger depot and restaurant were closed during the1980’s.

With the Station's past popularity and history in mind, the City began restorations last year on this heritage landmark based on previous Environmental Site Assessments and your feedback collected and recorded in the Allandale Village Development Community Consultation Report.

Stage 1 of the Allandale Station project passed unnoticed as the work took place inside, with restoration experts carefully handling and restoring historical artifacts and specialized

contractors helping with the restorative internal work including repairing fire damage with special dry-ice techniques as well as locating and disposing of harmful substances like asbestos in an environmentally friendly manner.

Now we enter Stage 2 Phase A of the restoration project: the exterior work and partial interior work. Working behind walls of tarp, General Contractor Clifford Restoration Limited, an experienced restoration expert has started to strip the exterior paint, disposing of any lead containing materials using environmentally safe practices. Once the exterior paint is stripped, a white primer will be applied to seal the wood and to create a base for the final painting which will occur in the spring.

With the fire remediation work now complete, the previously fire-damaged Restaurant Building (the middle building) is protected and sealed from the winter conditions under a sheet of tarp and undergoing preparations for a metal roof and additional structural inspections and modifications. Phase 2A is projected to end by summer 2011.

Furthermore, the GO Train station, which will be located on the east side of Essa Road, immediately north of Gowan Street and the train tracks, will also provide parking for approximately 200 vehicles (on a reconstructed Gowan Street – approximately 150 parking stalls for GO Transit patrons and 50 for the

public), a railway undercrossing pedestrian tunnel, platforms with lighting, and an internal roadway. Barrie's Waterfront GO Station is scheduled to be fully operational by the Fall of 2011.

Plans for the remainder of the publicly-owned Station property begin in January 2011 when the City of Barrie enters Phase 2B, investigating programming partnerships, industry interests, and lease opportunities of the buildings and adjacent lands in the hopes to create a lively public space that will include dining, tourist attractions, ideal facilities for art and cultural events and programs, and other opportunities for businesses, employment, and pure enjoyment.

The Allandale Station revival will create jobs, tie our economy to our history and culture, inspire business development in addition to providing an exciting dynamic public space. Anticipated completion for this phase is Fall 2012.

Find out more about our future Allandale Train Station facility by clicking on the "Allandale Background Information" link on www.barrie.ca.

Weather Proof Your R E C Y C L I NG

Place materials at the end of your driveway on the right side (when facing the street).

Ensure materials are placed well out of the path of snow removal equipment.

Do NOT place materials on a snow bank.

Materials should be placed no higher than 2 feet above ground.

Clearing Snow on Your Property

The City devotes a great deal of resources to keep your streets and sidewalks clear of snow and ice after a snow fall. Frequently, residents push, throw or otherwise deposit snow and ice from their property onto the street or sidewalk

not realizing that this action contravenes municipal regulations. This practice contributes

to unsafe driving and walking conditions and increases the cost of providing winter road

maintenance.

You can make a difference. When you are clearing snow from your driveway, please keep

this snow on your property. Your efforts in helping us make winter driving and walking

safe for everyone are appreciated.