Regional Municipality of Waterloo
Sustainability, Infrastructure, and Development Committee
Addendum Agenda

Meeting #:

Date:

Tuesday, November 04, 2025

Regular Session:

9:00 A.m. - 10:00 A.m.

Location:

Council Chambers

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1.

Call to Order

2.

Land Acknowledgement

3.

Declarations of Pecuniary Interest under the “Municipal Conflict of Interest Act”

4.

Presentations

None.

5.

Delegations

5.1

Allen Langdon, Chief Executive Officer, Circular Materials and Jennifer Kerr, Director, Community & Media Relations - Ontario

Transition to Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in Waterloo Region, Ontario

5.2

Kathryn McGarry, Cambridge

LRT Phase 2 to Cambridge

5.3

Sheri Roberts, Cambridge

LRT to Cambridge

5.4

Patrick Simmons, Cambridge

The LRT extension to Cambridge 

5.5

Patrick Gaskin, President & CEO, Cambridge Memorial Hospital

Support of completing the Full LRT to downtown Cambridge

5.6

Eric Bolton, Owner/Founder, E-Bolt Music, Galt Love, and Grand River Pride and Bryan Causarano-Bolton

LRT Extension to Downtown Cambridge 

5.7

Brian Paul, Cambridge

In support of the full LRT to downtown Cambridge

5.8

Tom Galloway, Kitchener

LRT Phase 2 Cambridge

5.9

Brian Kennedy, Executive Director, Downtown Cambridge BIA

Support For LRT 

5.10

Brooklin Wallis, Kitchener

GRT iON stage 2 

5.11

Ellie Liu, Waterloo

Speaking in support of the full ION extension to Cambridge as an LRT line 

5.12

George Sousa, Member, Citizens for Cambridge

ION Phase 2

5.13

Tara De Souza, Sustainable Transportation Specialist, and Andri Efstathiou, Administrative Officer, School of Architecture

Stage 2 ION: Rapid Transit to Cambridge

5.14

Joseph Puopolo, Co-CEO, Polocorp Inc.

Stage 2 LRT 

5.15

Scott Hamilton, Cambridge

Extending the LRT to downtown Cambridge

5.16

Matthew Bugeya, Kitchener

Why the LRT will bring Cambridge into a new era 

5.17

Mackenzie Meek, Planner/Project Manager, Cambridge Mill

LRT to Cambridge 

5.18

Helen Shwery, Councillor Ward 1, City of Cambridge Councillor

LRT Extension to Cambridge 

5.19

Seth Van Leeuwen, North Dumfries

Stage 2 Rapid Transit LRT to Cambridge 

5.20

David Craig, Cambridge

LRT Expansion into Cambridge

5.21

Adam Cooper, Cambridge

LRT plans for Cambridge 

5.22

John Waylett, President, Property Taxpayers Alliance Inc.

Property Taxation in the Region

6.

Consent Agenda

Items on the Consent Agenda can be approved in one motion of Committee to save time. Prior to the motion being voted on, any member of Committee may request that one or more of the items be removed from the Consent Agenda and voted on separately.

• Recommended Motion:

  That the Consent Agenda items be received for information and approved.

6.1

Strategic Priority - Homes for All

6.1.1

PDL-GDS-25-013, Monitoring Change in the Central Transit Corridor, 2025 Report

For information.

6.2

Strategic Priority - Climate Aligned Growth

6.2.1

EES-FFM-25-003, Minimum Sustainable Construction Standard for Regional Facilities

• Recommended Motion:

  That the Regional Municipality of Waterloo take the following actions to promote sustainable development and practices for Regional facilities, as outlined in report EES-FFM-25-003, dated November 4, 2025:

  1. update the minimum sustainable design and construction standard to Canada Green Building Council’s (CaGBC) Zero Carbon Building-Design (ZCB-Design) Standard for new Regional facilities, replacing the existing LEEDTM Silver standard

6.3

Strategic Priority - Resilient and Future Ready Organization

6.3.1

TSD-TRP-25-017, Regional Road Sign By-law Update

• Recommended Motion:

  That the Regional Municipality of Waterloo revise By-law 10-030 titled “A By-law Respecting Signs on Regional Roads”, to include the following revisions to Part VI - Farm Accessory Signs:

  1. Remove the following Part VI – Farm Accessory Signs from By-law 10-030:

  No person shall place or permit to be placed on a Regional road any farm accessory sign except for a farm accessory sign that:

  1. is a ground-mounted, moveable or wire-mounted sign; and
  2. has no part of the sign within:
     1. 0.5 metres of a roadway if there is a curb and no shoulder;
     2. 0.5 metres of a shoulder;
     3. 3.0 metres of a roadway if there is no curb and no shoulder;
     4. 0.5 metres of a sidewalk;
     5. 5.0 metres of a driveway other than the farm driveway, measured from the nearest edge of the driveway; or
     6. 15.0 metres of an intersecting road, measured from the nearest edge of the shoulder or the roadway if there is no shoulder.

  2. Add the following Part VI – Farm Accessory Signs to By-law 10-030:

  No person shall place or permit to be placed on a Regional road any farm accessory sign except for a farm accessory sign that:

  1. has dimensions that are not more than 2.0 metres in sign width (side to side) and not more than 1.0 metre in sign length (top to bottom);
  2. is a moveable or wire-mounted sign;
  3. has no part of the sign within
     1. 0.5 metres of a roadway if there is a curb and no shoulder
     2. 0.5 metres of a shoulder;
     3. 3.0 metres of a roadway if there is no curb and no shoulder;
     4. 0.5 metres of a sidewalk;
     5. 5.0 metres of a driveway other than the farm driveway, measured from the nearest edge of the driveway; or
     6. 15.0 metres of an intersecting road, measured from the nearest edge of the shoulder or the roadway if there is no shoulder;
  4. is placed within the perpendicular projection into the road of the side property lines of the premises of the farm being advertised, on the same side of the road as the farm, but only where the physical location of the building in which the farm resides is so close to the road so as to preclude the sign from being located off the road; and
  5. directs attention only to the activities, products, services or facilities produced, manufactured or provided by the business or enterprise at that same location.

  as outlined in Report TSD-TRP-25-017 dated November 4, 2025.

7.

Regular Agenda

7.1

Strategic Priority - Climate Aligned Growth

7.1.1

TSD-RTS-25-003, Stage 2 ION Initial Business Case Results

• Recommended Motion:

  That the Regional Municipality of Waterloo take the following action regarding the Region’s proposed extension of Rapid Transit to Cambridge, as outlined in report TSD-RTS-25-003, dated November 4, 2025:

  1. Endorse a full-length extension from Fairway Station in Kitchener to Downtown Cambridge as the preferred route length;
  2. Endorse Light Rail Transit (LRT) as the preferred vehicle technology; and
  3. Direct staff to pursue full funding from the Provincial and Federal governments for project development and implementation.

7.2

Strategic Priority - Resilient and Future Ready Organization

7.2.1

TSD-TRP-25-016, Regional Road Assumption Criteria Policy Update

Matter to be discussed in Q1 of 2026.

8.

Information/Correspondence

8.1

Council/Committee Tracking List

For information.

8.2

Zack Red, Waterloo

LRT extensions

8.3

Jesse Wilson, Kitchener

Support for LRT

8.4

Douglas E. Bartholomew-Saunders, Cambridge

LRT PHASE II to Cambridge

8.5

Howard J. Levine, Grimsby

Stage 2 ION Initial Business Case

8.6

Devin Sisak, Cambridge

Barrier Free Cambridge LRT Support Letter

8.7

Damian Mikhail, President, Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association (WUSA)

Support for the Stage 2 ION Extension to Cambridge

8.8

Kae Elgie, Waterloo

LRT extension to Cambridge

8.9

Jeff Donkersgoed, Cambridge

Stage 2 ION Initial Business Case Results

9.

Other Business

10.

Next Meeting - December 2, 2025

11.

Motion to Enter into Closed Session

• Recommended Motion:

  
  That a closed meeting of the Administration and Finance Committee, Community and Health Services Committee, and Sustainability, Infrastructure, and Development Committee be held on November 4, 2025 immediately following this motion electronically, in accordance with Section 239 of the “Municipal Act, 2001”, for the purposes of considering the following subject matters:

  1. *Receiving information related to an identifiable individual;
  2. Receiving information regarding employee negotiations related to Union matters;
  3. *Receiving advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege regarding potential litigation;
  4. *Receiving advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege related to a proposed acquisition of land.

12.

Adjourn

• Recommended Motion:

  That the meeting adjourn at x:xx x.m.