Playground Upgrades Eyed for Rainbow Park; Sarnia City Council Notebook

Playground upgrades are being eyed for Rainbow Park in 2026.

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The Form Site of A extended Homeless In Sarnia is in line for remediation, Said Community Services General Manager Stacey Flaw.

That included Removing the Sand Around the Playground, She Said.

“The park will be remaining fénced for quite some time” for remediation, she said.

Council Monday Reassted A Report With Details About Remediation Plans for the April 29 Council Meeting.

Replacing the Playground Equipment in Rainbow Park COULD Cost $ 500,000 TB $ 600,000, Facar Estimated.

Council, After Apping for Reconsideration, was Debating Whhether to Relocate A $ 150,000 Playground Project Approved Last Fall for Nearby Queen Park To Rainbow Park.

The Queen Park Project, Approved Before the Last of the Rainbow Park Campers DEPARTED IN FEBRUARYwas a “stopgap” measure, coun. Brian White Said.

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That Equipment has been ordered and sarnia is under contract to deliver it, Flafar Said, noting Installation is likely in About Two to Three Weeks.

Rainbow Park is about Eight Times as Large asen Park, so the playground Equipment Headed to Queen Park Would be undersized if transferred, she Said.

“The Challenge is the footprint,” She Said.

Council unanimously agreed to continue with the queen park playground Project and consider at Fall Budget Deliberations Playground Upgrades for Rainbow Park.

Council Votes Against Further Parkland Donation Discussions

Council vote Against More discussions about Donating Parkland for a Women’s Interval Home Transitional Housing Project.

At motion to further consider The 15-20-Unit Proposal For a Building in Germain Park’s Northwest Corner, for People Fleeing Abuse, Failed to get Support from Council Monday.

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All goal coun. Anne Marie Gillis and Mayor Mike Bradley vote Against Further discussions.

Council Shouldn’t be Prioritizing One Charity Over Others, and Shouldn’t Give Away Park Land, Said Coun. Terry Burrell

Tim Welch, With Tim Welch Consulting, Representing the Home, Said Officials Have Been Unable To Find A Better City-Owned Site Sale Council Agreed Last Year to help the home search for a site.

A followup motion from Gillis, Suggesting the Home Look Elsewher for Land, Didn’t Get A Seconding.

“I think (Council has) given an ANSWER that they believe (the home has) to proceed on their path,” Bradley Said.

Mural proposed for Canatara Beach Building

City Council is considering a nusarnia proposition to decorate the canatara beach lifeguard building with a wall.

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The Place-Making and Community Activation Organization Would Pay the Costs, Said the Group’s Sam Eastman, Noting Local Artists Would Be Asked for Ideas.

A Staff Report with Recommendations, Including How Designs Will Be Selected and Who Will Have Final Say On Design Selection is Expected Next Meeting, Bradley Said.

All But Burrell and Coun. Dave Bousty Voted in Favour.

Burrell Said He Prefers Focusing On The Natural Beauty of the Waterfront.

Coun. Chrissy McRoberts Called the Mural Proposal A Way to Inject Some Fun Into The Area.

Public Input Being Sought On Propéd Recycling Changes

There Will Be Time for Public Input Before Sarnia Decides Whether to Continue Recycling Services for About 200 Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (here) Properties Along Residential Routes.

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Provincial Legislation Requires Collection from Those Properties Not Mix with Residential Recycling After Jan. 1, 2026, for tracking purposes, city engineering and operations general manager David Jackson Said.

SARNIA COULD CONSIDER Continuing the Service Separate from Residential Collection – Via Circular Materials Ontario – AT AN Estimated cost of $ 180,000 to $ 280,000 annuallybut stop it for all goal city fartes like arenas, with report to council say.

White Suggested also Looking Into What It Would Cost To Collect from all 1,300 here Properties in the city.

FAIRNESS IS SIGNED IN WHATEVER IS DONE, Bradley Said.

E-bike use to continue on sarnia trails and pathways

Sarnia is allowing e-bikes on city trails and pathways, following A One-Year Pilot Project.

Public Opinion on the Matter was splitBut Council 7-1-Burrell was opposed-Opted to continue Allowing Electric Bikes with Working Pedals.

Key is label on trails and pathways, mcroberts Said, noting many rely on e-bikes to get around.

Burrell Said He’d Prefer there Were Caveats, and Naded Safety concerns.

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