good morning councillor Williams checking in
good morning council Williams thank you you're coming through loud
and clear
one peer council instructing in
good morning councillor Willhans thank you you're coming through loud
and clear
I thank you
the more
good morning cancer Fortini I we just caught part of
that but you were coming through loud and clear do
you want to just confirm again please yeah thank you
sorry
okay thank you yes loud and clear thank you
it is also diligently get
thank you councillor Dhillon you're coming through loud and clear
test yeah
as we need for this to start
this is setting the stage
members of council we're just sorting out a technical issue
... but we are ready to start
as we begin today's meeting we'd like to acknowledge that
we are gathered here today on the Treaty Territory the
Mississaugas of the Credit First Nations before them the traditional
territory the Hodas the Huron and Wendat we also acknowledge
the many First Nations Métis Inuit and other global indigenous
people they now call Brampton their home we are honored
to live work and enjoy this land before we start
today's meeting I asked we remember those within our community
who have passed or suffering from COVID nineteen and also
to reflect ... on our various community frontline workers health
care providers and first responders who sacrifice so much for
our community and join our moment of reflection I think
you would be
important add to also reflect on the tremendous loss that
we saw this week ... and Alice Dr ... subdivision
we're three brothers brothers perished in a residential a fire
brigade I just wanna ignore Lynch
how difficult that is not only for the family but
our first responders who did everything we one firefighter risked
his own life trying to ... save these children ...
but certainly no words ... adequately describe this loss and
if we could certainly
during this moment of reflection remember them and this tragedy
for the family and ... thank you ... cancer Williams
Ann Fortini who wrote door knocking on fire prevention last
night trying to make sure no other tragedy like this
doesn't happen again ... I know cancer Fortini has helped
the family with lodging arrangements as well but
you know just as a as a parent to makes
you go number
please all rise for the singing of our national anthem
to be followed by a moment of personal reflection click
we
thank you
welcome to our regular council meeting January twenty six twenty
twenty two we will begin with a meeting with the
city for calling the role for attendance at these meetings
good morning members of council I will call your name
please indicate your presence in today's meeting councilor Dillon
president thank you councillor Singh
brother thank you councillor Fortini
good morning I'm here thank you counsel Williams
good morning I'm here thank you counsel Maduro's
I hear thank you councillor Bowman
present thank you counsel policy
good morning thank you councillor Willhans
thank you cancer center
president thank you councillor Santos
hello good morning thank you and Mayor Brown is present
all eleven members of present Mr Mayor we're now on
item to approve the agenda does any member wish to
add a business item to today's meeting
if so please user chat function at adding to the
speakers list
in
in the clerk is keeping the chart listings we don't
have a chat list ...
councillor Willhans
thank you through you Mayor I'm wondering if it would
be and then those of council that we can bring
forward the ...
reconsideration motion regarding the four thirteen ... my reasoning behind
it is in light of the current amount spent by
the provincial government to move forward with the meeting before
with a series of waters which I wish and
so we can bring that forward and then
I understand there's no debate about it it's just a
simple ... talk to reconsider it last Peter that time
to start with that we ask for a recorded vote
on that and then if it passes Peter perhaps you
can explain briefly on the procedure bylaws the next steps
with regards to the reconsideration of the passes or doesn't
pass
so the first step would be reconsideration ... to the
court we do that right now
through through you Mr Mayor I I suggest we complete
the approval of the agenda and then if this council
will answer suggesting bring it forward I guess the suggestion
is where bring forward immediately after approve the agenda that
that could be considered
so after the approval of the agenda motion carries ...
then we can deal with whether it has emissions yes
okay
okay are there any other additions to the agenda or
doing cancer Dhillon
so I'd like to add a
in camera item
I don't know if you have the therefore if you
Peter I think ... legal was also ... working on
this
through you Mr Mayor ... yes so if I understand
there's a land use matter ... that would be identified
as proposed item nineteen point twelve ... proposed by cancer
Dillon open session meeting exception under section two thirty nine
to Ian after the municipal act litigation potential litigation including
matters before administrative tribunals affecting the municipality or local board
and advice that is subject to solicitor client privilege including
communications necessary for that purpose
councillor Medeiros
I can't meters
thank you Mr mayor of that city clerk election request
... that change of order regarding the in camera items
... I believe ... so the nineteen point nine in
nineteen point and if we can reverse the order the
rather deal with nineteen point ten before nineteen point ninety
through you Mr Mayor that's noted for a part of
the approval of the agenda motion certainly
thank you
cancer Fortini cancer Fortini
yes thank you Mr Mayor but Peter I did send
the request and are both ... one was in camera
bottle cap catwalk Storebrand and the other one was about
the Brampton you and I'll see on the agenda
I did talk to legal
... he was some confusion or maybe she can we
just added to the next council meeting
since the age of this whole
so through you Mr Mayor there's there's two options the
the process and it's going to number members for filing
new business at a city council meeting for which the
city council meeting is a notice of motion in accordance
with the procedure bylaw ... and if that does not
occur in that has to be filed by Tuesday at
four thirty the week preceding the meeting if that does
not occur and as we've experienced members of council are
or welcome to propose new business as is occurring now
and it is subject to council approval by two thirds
vote so you there's two options councillor you can proposed
to add new business now ... subject to the two
thirds vote or you can ... ... proposed to add
it the new business to the February ninth ... council
meeting which is the next meeting is the agendas close
for the next Wednesday's committee of council meeting ... by
a notice of motion that would have to be filed
by next Tuesday at four thirty
yeah and that I'm fine without them I did spend
everything get on the way before so that's where the
confusion is that I did talk to legal so everything
was all of the procedures so since it was already
done I just wanna make sure it's on the to
the next agenda for February ninth so through you Mr
Merrill work with your office council because we will require
if you wish to go to the February ninth city
council meeting it will require a notice of motion to
be properly filed so there is something on the agenda
for members to have notice of of what the item
is about but I can work with your office on
that
okay well I I thought I did send that and
that's all they will set them that's fine I'll send
another one thank you
councillor question cancer plushie
thank you Mr Mayor so I'm having a little bit
of difficulty supporting any additions to the agenda and I
think cancer Fortini for ... removing the application that he
feels he will give properly put in place to the
next council meeting ...
I think additions that this council has has normally done
has been done in the past can maybe not so
much as council which gratified
and since ... you Mr Mayor through through you to
cancer Dillon I don't know anything about your in camera
added item ... if if if stop prosecutors added I
would have liked to have heard back and yet since
I didn't hear that I can't support adding an addition
specifically in camera to council if there's an opportunity to
add it I would support that community if that was
an opportunity but if it's time sensitive maybe you can
elaborate or if ... and email can be sent out
by staff or something to the effect ... but Intel
then I I just can't support in addition specifically to
in camera
thank you Mr Mayor
embarrassed by Mr misspelled to doing yes
yes ... it staff staff is asking for this is
time sensitive as well
to to cancer Palleschi
thank you councillor Dhillon Mr Mayor tree you can I
get a staff response please
Megyn Singh I can speak to this yes
this is ... through the chair this is a land
use planning matter which ...
it is the subject of litigation and there is a
development that happened on this matter ... very very recently
as in within the last couple of days ... and
this is something which I think will benefit council to
consider it will give direction to staff and how to
proceed on this matter
and and and as I said it is ... it
this development just occurred and ... it is very time
sensitive and the decision has to be made ... very
quickly
I think is ridiculous I don't think Mr
okay
councillor or something councillor some
thank you very much Mayor I've just asked council's indulgence
... with regards to a briefing notes that was sent
out ... yesterday ... to all members of council regarding
the Rogers relocation ... Mr Clark is it possible for
us to include that
... as ... as part of today's agenda and the
record
through you Mr Mayor yes it is possible and if
you're proposing to add that briefing note it would be
added under the planning ... and economic development section as
item ten point four point one and subject to it
being approved it will be included in the revised agenda
will be published later this morning
thank
okay so Mr Mayor that looks like a concludes one
and I was also going to see ... suggest that
to the court that we refer item nineteen point five
to committee of council next week
okay
and ... Mr Mayor don't seek out I see cancer
Singh councillor Singh
nobody them good actually thank
so Mr Mayor I'll just ... summarize for committee's benefit
for the vote on the changes to the agenda and
I also just wish to note that ... item seven
point four on today's agenda is ... delegation from Rogers
communication in regard to their correspondence fourteen point three ...
in a request for a council resolution endorsement on a
minister zoning order there are three delegations that are included
on the revised agenda we did receive this morning a
fourth delegation from Sylvia Roberts so that would be a
force delegation just a note for item seven point four
on today's agenda so in summary the items proposed for
the approval of the agenda is subject to the following
any forward noticeable reconsideration notice of motion fifteen point one
to be considered immediately after approval of the agenda motion
and record a vote is requested on that reconsideration motion
a proposed addition of nineteen point twelve from cancer Dillon
and that's for the open meeting exceptions under section two
thirty nine PM asks of the municipal act litigation and
solicitor client privilege ... counselor Madeiros has requested change of
order for the in camera ... portion of the agenda
... to ... proceed with item nineteen point ten before
nineteen point nine ... and just as we've added twelve
through councillor for Sunday's request a briefing note from economic
development that will be added to the agenda as ten
point four point one and finally ... the Mayor has
requested that item nineteen point five on the closed agenda
be referred to committee of council closed session next week
and I believe those are all the changes proposed
okay so we have the approval the gender moved by
a councillor Mr Mayor yes I support yes cancer Fortini
yeah I like to move I can't find the number
for the brand our program walls but also for the
next our committee okay so brown
can can certainly in there which I'm not sure if
you can explain to the court
yeah it was a report of a dark brown walls
noise walls and trying to find that I canceled our
honor which numbers are also ... if you move to
the next committee my my apologies thank you cancer so
... that is referred item it's identified as thirteen point
three on today's agenda it was on the committee agenda
last week with some technical issues because there were some
associated video delegations that we couldn't play back so those
delegations there are three of them listed under item seven
point three and the report thirteen point three is on
the agenda so are you proposing to refer all of
that to committee next week
longhaul sorry Mr our work it's our work or brown
wall noise walls is a reporter for Garbrandt so three
through you Mr Mayor I I'm not familiar with that
report on today's agenda perhaps staff can elaborate
okay also the leverage legally I will throw thank you
what my mistake okay okay thank you have seventeen we
have a motion to approve the agenda moved by councillor
Singh and seconded by councillor ... Williams they Jennifer the
council meeting January twenty six twenty twenty to be approved
as amended
instead of seeking recordable for this item I'll ask is
anyone opposed to this motion otherwise your vote will count
in the formative is there any one opposed
hearing none the motion carries this takes us to tackle
declarations of interest on the municipal conflict of interest act
as any member have a declaration of pecuniary interest under
the Municipal conflict of interest act for any matter to
be considered on today's agenda
seeing none the clerk will so note for the meeting
minutes so Mr Mayor yes with the approval of the
agenda there was the very the order to to bring
forward and deal with reconsideration motion fifteen point one which
would be the appropriate time now okay so ... as
councillor Willhans ... specified we've already considered ... the four
thirteen issue ... and so to reconsider it there have
to be a vote to reconsider ... so the clerk
will conduct ... that vote to see whether there is
enough support to reconsider the four thirteen issue
Mr mayor members of council recorded vote has been requested
on the motion to reconsider council's previous decision on this
matter all in favor of reconsideration please indicate councillor Dylan
hello that's a no councillor Singh
no it's a no councillor Fortini
well it's a no counselor Williams
no
that's a no councillor Madeiros
hello
sorry can somebody else can you clear was I don't
know no no thank you councillor Bowman
yes it's a yes councillor Palleschi
yes that's a yes councillor Willhans
yes it's a yes council presenting
yes yes councillor Santos
yes that's a yes Mayor Brown no
it's a note
the required two thirds has not been achieved the vote
is five in favor six opposed
okay can you previously
as I'm sure the delegates and people that are this
morning
through you Mr Mayor ... yes very briefly we did
receive in the clerk's office ... well over a dozen
delegation requests on this item as well as correspondence but
all of that was contingent on council making a decision
to reconsider those matters so those are that have joined
the meeting in the ... in the event that council
did reconsider the matter you're welcome to stay to watch
but there will be no delegations or correspondence that has
been submitted considered by council at this meeting on this
matter thank you
okay so this takes us to
the minutes we're now ready to move to the next
item for a public business on today's council agenda item
four minutes we have the following council minutes before us
today minutes city council regular meeting December eighth twenty twenty
one minute city council special meeting December eighth twenty twenty
one minutes city council special meeting December fifteenth twenty twenty
one do any members have any questions or comments regarding
the minutes if so please use the chat function Dr
name to the speakers list
I don't see any
I have a motion moved by a councillor Passante and
seconded by councillor Fortini to approve the minutes as published
is there anyone opposed to this motion otherwise your vote
will count in the formative
hearing no objections the motion carries this takes us to
the consent motion process I'll repeat Vicente item that is
subject to the consent motion to and any member me
verbally identify the item to be held for debate during
the meeting any item not held for debate will be
considered as part of the consent motion voted on for
approval any of the following agenda items will not be
subject to the consent motion for approval announcements delegations presentations
added new business member discussion items public question period I'll
start reading the relevant agenda items and members can identify
any items to be held for debate
ten point three one staff report salary administration policy semi
annual report
hold please
all
eleven point one report muneeza Sheikh integrity commissioner city Brampton
re integrity commissioner report twenty twenty two this item has
attachments
eleven point two report from needs a shake integrity commissioner
city Brampton re integrity commission report twenty twenty two oh
two
twelve point one minutes audit committee December seventh twenty twenty
one
twelve point two minutes planning development committee December sixth twenty
twenty one
twelve point three minutes budget committee November twenty ninth thirtieth
December first twenty twenty one
twelve point form summary recommendations planning development committee January seventeenth
twenty twenty two
twelve point five minutes committee of council January nineteenth twenty
twenty two
13.one deferral of realty services audit
thirteen point two planning development committee recommendation PC one nine
oh twenty twenty one application to amend the official plan
zoning bylaw for the drive plan said subdivision Glen Schnarr
and associates TFP maging developments
thirteen point three staff report re color change for Williams
parkway noise wall east of north park drive to west
to here dean road
Mr Mayor there a delegation all that item cool okay
discussion item at the request of council Santos historic overdose
all please
email correspondence Rita Adams deputy clerk acting Director ministrations region
appeal
forty point two correspondence Dr to be Muhammad and CEO
will mostly health system can make you foundation dated December
ninth expression of gratitude for council's decision to contribute significant
funds towards hospital redevelopment
three point of order and Mr Mayor I approvals on
the book warehouse discussion item I don't know if they've
heard me yes we are
and we have to hold fourteen point three fourteen point
four four delegations
we've already dealt with 15.one
... fifty point two notice of motion at twenty twenty
two anti Islamophobia resolution that's held for delegation
90.one closed session minutes
19.to note the file
social city council meeting December 8
ninety point three closed session minutes break the sports hall
of fame committee
19.4 closed session minutes committee of Council
we've already deferred nineteen point five nineteen point six open
meeting exception under section two three nine two K. of
municipal act
all please
ninety point seven open meeting exception or two three nine
two E. enough minutes blocked
please enter this item to be held for direction required
nineteen point eight open with the exception two three nine
to see in this block proposal pending acquisition of disposition
of lander by the municipality or local board
ninety point nine the meeting session exit open many exemptions
section two three nine two B. K. of miss blocked
personal matters but identifiable individual
all that sound
is also held for discussion is nineteen point ten nineteen
point eleven
the global summarize these items to be included on the
consent motion for approval
through you Mr Mayor to members of council the following
items are held with the balance ... as identified by
the mayor to be included in the consent motion item
ten point three point one the staff report and salary
administration policy semi annual reporting for the first half of
twenty twenty one held the council Bowman
... item thirteen point three which is held for delegations
on staff report a color change for wings partly noise
wall councillor Fortini is holding that item ... thirteen point
four is unfinished business a referral from last week a
discussion of the request to cancel Santos regarding historical varicose
that's held by cancer Santos
item fourteen point three is held ... and fourteen point
four for delegations regarding the request for the resolution of
endorsement on Mr zoning orders ... item forty fifteen point
two is held for delegations the notice of motion the
twenty twenty two anti Islamophobia resolution
... item nineteen point six in close session is held
councillor Bowman an open meeting section or section two thirty
I took care of the Municipal Act negotiation matter item
nineteen point seven is held for consideration in closed sessions
directions required for council item nineteen point nine and nineteen
point Turner held as their discussion items and help the
council Madeiros
and nineteen point eleven is held as it is a
discussion item ... referred from the previous council from the
committee of council last week
I have a motion moved by councillor Madeiros and seconded
by councilor Palleschi to approve the consent motion as per
trial process agreed to by council the consent motion be
subject to a recorded vote all in favor of the
consent motion please indicate councillor Dhillon
yes
councillor Singh
yes
councillor Fortini
welcome back to you councillor Williams
yes yes yes beer sorry thank you cancer Fortini thank
you counsel Williams councillor Medeiros
yes councillor Bowman
yes councillor Palleschi
yes councillor Willhans
yes can service center
sorry yes councillor Santos yes
mmhm yes that motion carries unanimously eleven zero okay our
next item is six point one announcement regarding intra Maharjan
Brampton resident winner the top twenty five Canadian immigrant award
for twenty twenty one council ScanSource Santos is the council
sponsor for this announcement Alaskans Santos to make this announcement
thank you so much through you Mr Mayor I know
that in front of her Russia is also joining us
... this morning at the top twenty five Canadian immigrant
awards is an annual campaign by Canadian immigrant magazine that
recognizes the outstanding work by immigrants who come to Canada
and I've made a positive difference living in the country
in
I was elected and he is the Nepalese or an
engineer he is a Brampton resident and that engineer named
as winner of the top twenty five Canadian immigrant award
and he was also awarded in twenty twenty one waters
next award for top government leader in Canada's water industry
... and also he's been created at creating innovation solutions
for the Canadian water and wastewater industry since moving to
Canada more than ten years ago ... in fact is
a regular contributor and volunteer here at the city of
Brampton he volunteers with the CCTV group as well as
bank Brampton and the peel district school board and he
is joining us this morning and ... we are very
proud of you many of us are immigrants to this
country and I think it's fantastic that Brampton residents like
yourself who contribute so much to our local ... community
but also throughout the entire country are being recognized for
your contribution here in Brampton and in Canada so if
it's okay in ... I would welcome you to just
say a few words about this announcement and what that
means in terms of being a proud residents here in
the city of Brampton
thank you thank you councillor Santos for this month's
and through you to Mr Mayor I do that and
I've
it's three hundred and our all new immigrants and you
Canadians to not give up their dreams and continue giving
back to the city and our society as we all
know Brampton is a city of immigrants and we have
been you know highlighted many times in past years for
a good things done by our citizens and Brampton ends
so I'm privileged and honored to be on this list
representing Brampton with that twenty four hi the steamed and
successful professionals from coast to coast to coast I look
forward to continue getting involved in many great initiatives within
the city and the reason appeal in areas of energy
environment climate change and active transportation within the city I'm
very proud of all the political leadership within the existing
city council with all their progressive agenda out and it's
very for a forward looking with all the development and
growth our cities are facing so looking for like to
give back to the society in any capacity I can
again thank you councillor Santos for having me here and
all the councillors thank you
thank you so much introduction Mr Mayor
thank you councillor Santos
our next is proclamations ... we have the following proclamations
today we've got ... five of them so let me
get started ... Palleschi disease awareness day generate twenty six
months costly disease where to stay costly disease Katie is
the leading cause of heart disease in children under five
early diagnosis as a matter of life or death and
lifelong coronary distress the window for diagnosis is a mere
ten days when I'm diagnosed and untreated this heart wrenching
disease leads to long term complications corner artery aneurysms may
ultimately result in heart attacks congestive heart failure or sudden
death
Hawksley five hundred fifty Canadian children under the age of
five will be affected by the Klasky disease annually and
approximately twenty five percent of the children were developed permitted
her damage costs could disease Canada's only Canadian national charity
working to prevent comes of course the disease as strives
to be on the forefront of quantity disease issues by
collaborating with families affected by the disease a medical professional's
Palleschi disease awareness day will be recognized through various activities
which are aimed at increasing awareness of Kolasky disease among
all residents of Brampton as a growing urban centre with
many young families the increased awareness could help to avoid
late and miss Katie diagnosis even a child from permitted
her damage or even death
normally when role here in person
we have representatives from each of these organizations that received
the proclamation and one council myself ... say a few
words there there is a local Brampton family that worked
on having this proclamation recognized I do look forward to
the time when we can hear their story about what
this meant for their kids and why this awareness day
is so important
our next on awareness day is bell let's talk day
January twenty six twenty twenty two marks bell let's talk
day in the city of Brampton is recognizing this day
by joining in the drive joining to drive meaningful progress
through ongoing dialogue awareness of mental health and well being
COVID nineteen has affected every aspect of our lives especially
our mental health many experience loss financial distress isolation mental
emotional hardship to help move mental health board in Canada
and a Brampton these conversations promote awareness and action with
a strategy around fighting the stigma improving access to care
supporting research and workplace mental health we recognize the importance
of prioritizing or mental health and well being now more
than ever it is important that we continue to take
action today and every day the city of Brampton residents
to join the next for the mental health resources and
supports available ... I know councillor Santos has been involved
in this awareness this year thank you councillor Santos for
your efforts
crime stoppers month
January the official month of crime stoppers the peel crime
stoppers program is a registered charity that provides enormous can
confidential tip line for the public report suspicious or illegal
activities and efforts to prevent or solve crimes in their
community peel crime stoppers will continue to engage the public
through announcements on various media channels in collaboration with stakeholders
in the community tell Crimestoppers aims to raise awareness about
the program across Brampton community among concerns that is a
wish to help keep their community safe for and I
would note ... Iran has sand and a group of
volunteers for crime stoppers was at city hall this week
for the lady in the clock tower and this is
a group that myself and council Madeiros have worked with
in our capacity of doing work on the peel police
board a great organization crime stoppers
next up is black history month black history month is
about honoring the vast contributions the black people of meeting
continue to make in all sectors of society it's about
celebrating resilience innovation determination to work towards a more inclusive
and diverse Canada Canada in which everyone has the opportunity
... to
flourish
the twenty twenty two theme for black history month focuses
on the importance of block health and wellness it acknowledges
the legacy of black scholars in medical practitioners in western
medicine and other ways of knowing throughout the African diaspora
since the arrival of Matthew de Costa a navigator and
interpreter whose presence in Canada dates back to the sixteen
hundreds many Canadians were not aware of the fact that
block individuals or once a slave in the territory that
is now Canada or how old those far as Leibman
helped to lay the foundation for the diversity inclusive society
that Canada's today the highlighted knows the numerous contributions of
the black community have given too great the landscape of
Canadian society in nineteen seventy six former city council declared
February is black history month national recognition occurred on December
fourteenth nineteen ninety five which when the house of Commons
unanimously agreed to a motion presented by the honorable Jean
Augustine to recognize February as black history month in the
city of Brampton the monthlong celebration encourages us to honor
the significant role the black community both past and present
a played in shaping the multicultural of that of Brampton
and its values and I know we're going to have
a great program in February and thank you to council
Williams who's always volunteer time to make this program a
success
the national day of remembrance of the Quebec City mosque
attack and action against Islamophobia this January twenty ninth candidate
as a countrywoman the federally designated national day of remembrance
of the Quebec City mosque attack Act and action against
Islamophobia
provinces cities and community organizations across the country have been
marking this day since two thousand seventeen when the Islamic
cultural centre of Quebec City was subject to a tragic
hateful and Islamophobic crime generate twenty ninth as the date
where the Muslims in Quebec and the rest of Quebec
will forever more but generate twenty ninth also represents a
day of hope a date or we can come together
for a better future for Canadians of all backgrounds for
a candidate that is free from Islamophobia hate City Council
condemns Islamophobia as it does all other forms of racism
hate Islamophobia and bigotry and reaffirms hatred has no place
in the city of Brampton the city of Brampton clock
tower will be lit green and fight city hall
at half mast to honor the memory of those who
passed in the Quebec City mosque attack and show solidarity
the hateful and despicable acts of violence have no place
in our communities today we as residents of Brampton resolved
to build the foundation for change in promoting a more
inclusive and equitable country for all
and today in the council chamber I am wearing the
green square as remembrance of January twenty ninth and I
would note the staff members who are present ... in
the room are all also wearing the green square ...
and if members of council would like a copy of
the green square we have some in my office ...
if you want to
post on social media a year remembrance of this horrendous
act of hate where innocent lives where ... taken ...
from us than just on a on a more personal
note in twenty nineteen we attended FCM in Quebec City
and it was during the month of Ramadan and members
of our council who attended FCM all went to visit
that masters and as an act of solidarity ... ...
we fasted ... and broke fast with the leadership of
that conduct most that was
attacked
and we broke our fast together we talked about that
incident and as we toured the the masjid and they
were still reminisce of bold
marks in damage to ... that masjid and the reason
for the green square campaign is the floor at that
manages the carpet is green
even though it was soaked in blood that day
the fact is something that can happen our country's just
horrified that people could be killed based on their faith
is ...
an attack on our fundamental values of religious freedom and
Brampton will join cities across the country as we remember
... and do everything we can recommit to do everything
we can to create an environment where hate and violence
like this is not possible in our country
that completes or proclamations this takes is the public delegations
the proposed amendment to the more by licensing bylaw
I want the clerk if there's anyone who has requested
to delegate to council on the proposed by law amendment
through you Mr Mayor there are no delegations bus for
this item okay so council we can deal with it
implementing this bylaw in agenda order when we consider the
bylaw section later in
this takes us to seven point to a delegation from
rose one Mohammed
the National Council of Canadian Muslims and possibly must offer
Farouk item fifteen point two notice of motion from councillor
Santos twenty twenty two into Islamophobia resolution we also before
us item fifteen point to which we can bring forward
and deal with after the delegation will now proceed to
the delegation welcome is welcome result Riz one Muhammad from
in CCM
good morning everyone and greetings of peace my name is
rose one hundred and I'm with the National Council of
Canadian most of the NCC am I doing today to
speak in favor of the city of Brampton endorsing the
motion fifteen point two two addresses on the phobia at
the board of the federation of Canadian municipalities the FCM
we thank regional council Rowena Santos from moving this motion
and mayor Patrick Brown for seconding the motion the sad
truth is everyone that after the Quebec City mosque attack
five years ago on January twenty ninth twenty seventeen violent
attacks on Muslims did not stop in fact more Muslims
have been killed in targeted hate attacks in Canada and
any other G. seven country in the past five to
six years because of Islamophobia
this fact is in the air outside of London was
a monster just a few months ago on June eighth
twenty twenty one when thousands of Londoners and Canadians Nelson
Mandelson gathered in the aftermath of the terror attack that
took the lives of four members of the canvassing community
in a shocking act of Islamophobic violence thousands of people
had gathered that day came together to express their solidarity
rate understated gather to stand together as representatives of the
London most a mosque called for more than words from
the politicians in attendance
politicians from across Canada then made statements condemning Islamophobia and
calling to action to date we recognize that the City
of Brampton led by Mayor Patrick Brown and all of
council here at taken historic strides forward in addressing Islamophobia
from being the first major city in Canada to endorse
all of the NCC Ms municipal recommendations to address the
formal phobia that came out of the national summit in
response to the London attack you're calling on mayors of
big cities and to stand up for human rights and
religious freedom by supporting the legal challenge to build twenty
one in Quebec
two appointing we need to share this Canada's First most
some woman as its integrity commissioner to today's proclamations regarding
February is black history month and January twenty ninth is
the national day of remembrance of the Quebec City mosque
attack and action against Islamophobia in light of this leadership
mayor and council and in light of regional council arena
Santos is a leadership role on the FCM new equity
anti racism task force established in twenty twenty one we
feel that at the city of Brampton is the ideal
member of the federation of Canadian municipalities to bring forward
a resolution to address Islamophobia if this resolution is carried
by the FCM it will encourage municipal governments across Canada
to follow Brampton's example it takes specific action to address
Islamophobia thank you for your consideration
after the delegation if anyone else has questions are welcome
to add their name to the chat box councillor Santos
thank you so much thank you ... is one for
coming to to delegate and for your work in advocating
for ... the motion today and that I will ask
that meeting also bring forward for consideration at this time
... you know when not in twenty nineteen when we
were at FCM and in things are really timely right
now because it is the anniversary of that tragic incident
... councillor resenting myself the mayor councillor Gillian ... we
went to visit the combustion at in income back in
the impact on me at that time especially children FCM
conference ... was quite was quite shocking ... the the
the bullets in the wall at the masjid were still
there ... and we saw it and we saw how
deeply impacted the community what and so that the timing
on bringing this motion before work and having Brampton out
bring it forward I'm I'm really honored to do so
as a board member FCM and also as co chair
of the anti racism an equity committee I will share
that I've spoken to a number of members across the
country FCM and there is a lot of support for
this certainly the anti racism and equity committee ... is
also in support of this and so I encourage ...
... members of council to to show their support as
we advocate on behalf of the country ... on anti
Islamophobia so thank you very much for this one and
... when the time comes I will ask for a
recorded vote
okay I don't see any other speakers to this ...
but I would just add my own comment that Brampton
is a mosaic of other faiths I in an attack
on any one faith is an attack on all of
us we stand together in our Brampton family you know
many people have
to come to Canada because they've left lands where they're
persecuted based on their faith
part of
part of the design of Canada the dream of Canada
is that inclusive country that is an example for others
that beacon of freedom is that we do have religious
freedom
and we can't ignore the fact that we have seen
acts of violence and hate against Muslim Canadians that are
despicable abhorrent and against our core values as a country
that protects people's ability to proper practice their faith
as I've said many times the
part of duty of candour doesn't matter who you love
where you're born the color of your skin what god
you worship that everyone has equal opportunities in this country
with drive and determination
and what we've seen in London
in Quebec City and is re and more recently in
Edmonton
are a step backwards in terms of our efforts to
build that inclusive and nation and so if FCM can
be part of the conversation
trying to protect
the right to worship in peace free from intimidation and
violence then we should use every tool we can't
because Brampton is a country where multi Brampton is a
city for multi culturalism works Brampton is a city that
is a mosaic of faith we're proud of our neighbors
of divergent backgrounds and so I think it's perfectly appropriate
for us to continue to stand up for religious freedom
and I commend councillor Santos for leading the charge on
this at FCM my I imagine you'll find a lot
of support at the FCM board ... for this and
may I suggest councillor Santos that we have all of
council second your motion
thank you Mayor Brown I've read that definitely support that
and I would also ask that we make sure that
this was forwarded to you the FCM ... as as
soon as if it passes thank you
okay
a recorded vote
two three somewhere perhaps we should just take a vote
first on to receive the delegation and then we can
proceed with the notice moto I don't mean recordable Chrissy
the delegation ... anyone opposed to receiving the delegation
hearing none they're delegations received now recorded vote on the
motion
recorded votes can request a notice of motion fifteen point
two published with the agenda ... ... members in favor
please indicate councillor Dillon
yes yes councillor Singh
yes councillor Fortini
yes councillor Williams
yes councillor Medeiros
yes councillor Bowman
yeah councillor Palleschi
councillor Willhans
yes councillor Passante yes councillor Santos yes Mayor Brown yes
the motion carries unanimously eleven to zero
okay
thank you
was one
this takes us to
73 is that correct
Williams parkway noise wall public art we have
this item was referred from last week's committee of Council
as we had technical issues plain to video delegation submitted
today we have two video delegations plus the third delegation
from John could result I'll ask the court to play
the video delegations first
through you Mr Mayor so yes we have ... to
video delegations and then a delegation from John countries all
of ... so we're gonna play the first video delegation
so how many rooms parkway and the infamous noise wall
was behind
it's not pretty and the people who travel on this
major arterial roads like myself have to look at this
store every single day
I think there's an opportunity here though there's an opportunity
to turn this into something beautiful
the Brampton arts and culture scene for a while
they started an organization dedicated to impose our city
make enough to pay the Brampton 24 is incessant
by the way was example of the community coming together
to serve their aspirations
vibrant music city a city that Brampton deserves to be
his aspirations there is public arts
international plan
the face in our city's history details
municipal funding
it's a new position I can't understand that
of creative talents
good understands that public or the Senate to investigate just
as there is no mention for its inclusion of city
example of the value for public art witnesses in Brampton
spattered apartment station which has a beautiful
it provides relief to the building and character to the
neighborhood
and same thing that I can something similar can happen
to this man
now
is the benefit of
there is talk about this is fantastic
this public accessible to anyone and everyone regardless of race
gender socioeconomic status ability
it gives us an opportunity
to celebrate ourselves the senator said history is one of
the youngest and most diverse cities in the country this
has a deep history which bedrooms passing by this is
an opportunity to share that story
good projects SO give us an opportunity for civic engagements
this is going to get there so the opinions and
thoughts about what they want in a piece of art
that's supposed to represent them
it is a city that they matter
that we care about them
opportunities to stay at home and to stay in the
city instead of having to leave the city to pursue
their artistic career aspirations S. where every communities have benefited
from Branson Otis more than Brampton
I went renting compared to other cities has been wonderful
arts is behind
as it currently stands Brampton minimally provides funding the public
on an ad hoc basis
the culture master plan details where is that transaction sustainable
finance public art
after activating section thirty seven which means that as the
city grows so this is the
to stick with
we have to be on the same page about this
because even on the same page about something like this
on the same page for the future of our city
with respect to the aspirations in the Brampton twenty
in the kitchen master plan
not on the same page about this that means that
those efforts in those two documents I'm going to waste
I'm excited about the possibility the public and the small
community is excited about public up in this world disincentives
seven a public open as well and I would city
council SO excited about public art on this
through you Mr mayor members of council we have a
second video delegation from Lisa Stokes and we're just going
to get that ready to play right now
good morning I'm Lisa Stokes and I would like to
see Brampton promote and support public art
imagined Williams parkway with a noise wall painted like this
small on finch Avenue in Toronto
public heard can be used to beautify and make our
under passes more inviting
imagine to be a role like this on Queen Street
by the four corners library branch
or like this on main street by the bus terminal
public art can also be used to share our history
like these murals in Islington Village Thorold colbern and Milverton
Brampton has done something like this in BBM lane in
downtown Brampton
public art can also be used to beautify otherwise ugly
places like parking lots as seen in these pictures in
Toronto and Kitchener
we've done that with our George street parking lot in
downtown Brampton
municipalities can create a sense of place in locations that
the public might otherwise feel unsafe in and avoid
these pictures are under palace park in Toronto
Brampton could connect artists with businesses who are interested in
doing creative advertising
... can be used to create beauty on walls that
are otherwise boring around slightly
as seen in these pictures Singh Goderich G. and on
Manitoulin island
or can be used on transit systems to make underpasses
feel more inviting
we have so many places along our trail system where
we could create art like this
public art can be used to add color and whimsy
an otherwise drab places
it can be used to beautify roads and calm traffic
imagine painting the Truman street bridge like this
look at how Brampton transforms this disused highway bridge into
a beautiful piece of active transportation infrastructure
let's get artists and the city of Brampton together to
make Brampton beautiful place using public art
... mayor Brown members of council are third delegations from
John countries all and artist we do see somebody in
the attendee list identified only as John we're just gonna
meet that person just verify the first John catches ola
... John is that you
yes okay good good morning ... we're just gonna bring
you into the meeting as a panelist and then you
can proceed now you have up to five minutes to
address council
well the first of all good morning everyone this time
to shine in Brampton and I
but I'm hoping that is the needs of that that
we are in a life that and that ... we
are up the side of a great year I had
a great innovation thinking and our city
I'm here on my behalf of behalf of boundary thirty
five and under happen your Brampton as well ... I'm
here because that they be speaker before I did it
for me the said to better well ... our city
needs attention in a big way ... we need to
change our direction on how we think about art and
who you know will parkway is an example it's unfortunate
that it is a structure that is better residents it
should not happen it should not be that way but
it is and it's a disgrace and not only because
it is a disgrace in its design there's a disgrace
because it's so recent we should not have done that
yes we learning ... need some money to fix it
but we have to fix it because while the under
possum page featured justifiable was there for a hundred years
there's a justification because that's where with that the times
but that's what you're like that that is just being
done in the last three or four years it is
an investment to the city it is that's why I
put priority on that one because it's a different situation
is a situation that we should not hot however we
do need to do what it needed to do to
fix that because that is the most embarrassing situation that
we created ... how could be done are you would
expect when you know not disagreeing with an artist with
the knowledge of the city building at the city needs
to put together a bit landscape our rules of separate
parts and a book arts everywhere in the city what
I hope with that we achieve this morning ... it's
one the bigger issue and that is that the we
played you to put a considerable and I would budgets
... to find it the arts in our city either
we
or we die
arts and culture is an element of life in every
city where the eighth largest city in the country we
have to do our part
to keep ourselves above the criticism ... the negative image
I do appreciate a way investment in our city considerable
investment registered investment she and and ... investments that is
designed for ... it should be quite cities over Westminster
goes through first class cities those are the choices we
can have a lot of nonprofit the house line up
our city we don't have a lot of the of
the the people come and take advantage of putting a
structures in our city as we did for the last
forty years and care less about what this city is
gonna look like twenty years from now I spent my
four years of raising this issue what is that we
want to be in twenty years from now
and I'll tell you that art
any culture beautification is such an integral part of its
successful city do not treated as a luxury it's not
a luxury it's a necessity that you need to address
so your children or anybody who own a house anybody
who lives in the city needs prestige
the product and we need to keep the children here
not because of the level they need to through the
wall somewhere else but because they choose to be here
and because the professionals the best in the world choose
to build a career in our city not to goal
I do not been accepted any other ...
if you're in a country
did they say I'm I'm next if it's six months
ago to be eighty years old and I spend my
last fifty
saying the same thing this is not for me but
for you and your children
something about and start with fixing this wall to make
it a problem US all right and yes we can
fix our problems and let's do it thank you very
much
thank you John and Mister Merrett council that concludes the
delegations on this item so we have a lengthy list
of speakers I have cancer Santos followed by council for
TV then cancer Williams plushie are Madeiros and St so
councillor Santos your first
thank you so much and through you Mr chairman I
just wanna say thank you to John which was the
lead to Vijay ... as well as to the same
person meeting their delegations I am the council representative for
SCN Arts in in Brampton and that when I saw
this particular project come up it was that I thought
is a huge opportunity to really advocate and push for
support for public art in our city and I have
some questions for staff staff in that regards ... but
first I just want to congratulate the community were at
such a high level of engagement on the survey ...
that what is that brought forward and I know that
there was that you know that that the votes were
tight but the reality is that the popular vote on
this survey was for public art and into artists in
the city and its you those those kids in the
city who quite frankly you know we spend hundreds of
millions of dollars on sports and sports ... I had
a parent who said to me ... you know read
when I go around the CDA see baseball diamonds and
sports fields and cricket fields but my son is not
interested in sports my son is interested in the arts
and and this project on Williams parkway is an opportunity
to cultivate and inspire young people across the city I'm
an artist across the city public art in courts matters
to the city of Brampton and that and so I
have ... at eight o'clock from time the struggle and
I do have questions for the delegate as well but
struggle was beaten your artist you depend on your at
Brampton fire station twenty eleven and she wanted me to
share this court with everybody because you can join us
today she said we're starting to see more public art
on buildings road
it's construction hoarding and the value it brings to a
community art does not just paint a pretty picture it
also captures an audience creates discussion and stimulate imagination and
we know that from the activity on social media from
all the artists and residents with respect to the articles
that came out on this matter as well as disturbing
comments Brighton that they've been neighbourhoods imagery tells a story
and stories engage people to each other all ages and
colors if you look at the social media posts the
majority of them say that this wall is I believe
and we need to do something and we have an
opportunity to really change that we've got going walk into
a master piece of art that brings people together and
creates a sense of belonging I'm gonna ask a quick
quick question to staff at the moment because there's a
lot of conversation right now about finding
and and I guess that through you Mr chair connect
is it because I'm going to ask questions to staff
can also bring the report forward as well so we
can discuss it in conjunction
I'll take that as a yes
so the question to staff and is that ... you
know why is it that opportunities like the Brampton fire
station and the and the Williams parkway wall why is
it that it's such a good opportunity in terms of
public art do we even have a budget to support
public art at this time and that question I guess
is to Kelly
the morning through the chair thank you for your question
councillor Santos right now the public our program at the
city does not have an annual operating budget so we've
been really lucky to have successful partnerships with Brampton fire
with our integrated downtown and team to do recent temporary
public art projects ... it's important for us to have
partnerships with operating departments across the city that have capital
budget and are interested in making investments in arts and
culture it helps to amplify the minutes that we've made
in the culture master plan ... by partnering with these
departments and and being able to find these projects that
we wouldn't otherwise be able to do
the TV so so that Williams parkway wall itself ...
the money is already allocated in budget is that correct
as part of the capital project of the wall
through the chair I believe public works would have to
confirm that that is my understanding
okay great through the chair it sucked him because like
acting Director of capital works and I want to confirm
yes we do have three hundred thousand it was included
in the budget to accommodate the artwork on the wall
okay thank you and so ... this is not a
budget amendment but as her what staff have responded to
we do not have any budget specifically for public art
and I've been bringing up this point now for a
few months related to asking various departments to please consider
integrating public are into your capital projects because we don't
have a budget for public art yet and so the
Williams parkway wall and threatening that entire conversation and now
through this survey and popular support and on going ...
buzz around it is an opportunity to do just that
... I'm going to ask a question to delegate John
country so a lot ... how do you feel about
it as an artist and and and you're quite frankly
many of your buildings all of your buildings are work
of art as well how do you feel about the
opportunity to have public art ... tell a story about
Brampton's ... on on on the Williams parkway wall what
are you thinking about it
then
yes we can
yes it to me
as a as an artist
and as a building because it is confusing my life
is a little bit confusing I don't know how to
identify myself one or the other ... I work as
an artist or my life or whatever I do it
is the building what is it ... is ... ...
reserve ... this speaking I always talk about arts and
even portion of arts in building the city ... D.
I think that I always raise it was ... we
have the models of cities ... in Europe for example
that they don't have also all Wales they don't have
the gold mines they don't have a what do they
have is that what the artist in the last two
thousand years ago last to them
and that's a good way the economy of the end
user ... Rome or Paris or that's those city leave
off we cannot ignore the effect us arts and culture
in the success will city please I don't know I
will I'm gonna do I did before or ... my
entire life ... I continue to do and and may
sound that I preach but it is something that I
deeply feel for our city how did you get to
myself does it make my kids leave here they didn't
go anywhere ... it's hard to keep them here trust
me and unless we put our head in the sand
and not listen to our kids they wanna leave because
there is a ... something about them not selling proud
of their city we must address that because of that
US seems simple and they're not enough but is it
is so deeply connected with the economy of the city
of the future we need to do everything that we
can
and now emerging culture to give them encouragement that we
are changing our city and our we're changing our thinking
I was thinking is that we are the eighth largest
city in this country let's rise to that level let's
let's don't treated this thinks other effort in all just
just it's just something we can do without we can't
do without the citizens of Brampton they want
this will be done trust to be leaving here I
think two people follow and then appreciate what I said
what I did in my fifty years here ... if
there is a necessity and necessity bigger than you think
we're losing billions of dollars in our own bodies why
should somebody else be bragging about the price in their
house in Markham is the higher the Brampton or Mississauga
Brampton and it's it's it all and they should Mike
you've done because you know ... brown to us only
as Brampton let's let's change this for the sake of
our children and we've got to start with this we
go to start with saying look what we have where
will you have we have a parks that brown is
lucky we have with the basic needs here we have
a open field we have parks we have been supporting
infrastructures would we don't have a certain culture and and
the beautification of our city but it's a necessary special
into downtown downtown is not mine is not yours it's
seven hundred and fifty thousand people that live in this
city they need to their front room this is their
place where they brag about about the city the downtown
needs to be kept as it as the most important
parts of our city it did not turn because love
I have that I can show you every option on
on on on the ... Google where they call it
colors downtown as a lamb I have to sleep overnight
because I spend forty years but the downtown meant and
now I feel that they call it's a slam
please
we don't thank you so much down in the chair
and my beach you councillors you've been ... you know
you know many of us we all know who you
are and speaking on behalf of that new Brampton as
well and you know what what would your advice be
or what would your feedback and comments beats you two
councillors into folks who are wanting ... option one or
to leave the noise wall as it is and not
what you need
they will need to be fixed that for the reason
I said before is because it's an example of modern
thinking Brampton could not look back this has to be
fixed because we should have done better and I don't
want more people to see it this is about is
let's fix it before the world uses an example of
what not to do but let's fix it it's not
just public art he told the two sides I went
up and down with his bike ways three times yesterday
to convince myself of what what could be done I
couldn't I couldn't I have some experience in and ...
dated of those things I can I can help with
the ideas but it is a combination of public arts
in new commercial landscaping specific the trees that they have
a foster growth and covered the same needs in some
parts a little bit of changing the color of the
top panel of the the top of the miles of
of things so ... less let's say get together with
somebody to discuss it we can we can fix that
and we need to fix and not because
you know it's just the R. two just it's needs
to be fixed to fix our image would be under
because under the under the railroad the downtown Brampton on
Queen Street is it's a shame it's a shame that
all those years we can't we can't not we can
not even put some pants a little on those walls
the underpass we need to fix those things in order
to fix ourselves to think
thank you so much time and that I have a
couple of questions now to you to staff because don
brought up a couple of really good points ... one
was about comparing at you know cities around the world
who don't have ... you know colder don't have ...
natural resources per se but what they do have like
in in in Rome or is is art and ending
vested in art and and people come and visit them
because of the art and so question to Kelly and
just a reminder for folks in addition to the fact
that we have no public art budget at the city
of Brampton and these capital works projects ... opportunity to
actually find public art but compared to other municipalities where
it is the city stand when it comes to funding
arts and culture
through the chair following the approval of the culture master
plan in twenty eighteen staff were directed to look at
the capital investment per capita
close your investment in twenty nineteen which came in at
sixteen dollars and fifty eight cents per capita
when compared to relatives municipalities the average was twenty four
dollars once I thought about not ridge of seven dollars
hello and in twenty nineteen looking at the investments that
were made in twenty seventeen to twenty eighteen
thank you so much Kelly and this is why when
opportunities like this or the fire station or more integrated
approaches to putting a public art and incorporating an artist
who live in Brampton as part of what the city
does is so important until we actually fix that formula
because we are trying our very best to push and
catch up now my next question is now to I
guess make parks and future public works ... the delegates
at Mr John could just a lack that talked about
urban landscaping and that you know planning for urban landscaping
and trees and I understand that there will be an
update to council coming in the future about you know
locations for where that urban landscaping and trees might be
located around the wall could you provide some comment on
that just for John
thank you hello Sir good morning through the chair ...
yes as part of the ... ... the road ...
project ... there are there will be ... urban landscaping
changes there will be additions for ... active transportation they'll
be ... ... more amenity spaces identified through that through
that project ... for the entirely length of the project
which will ... definitely ... enhance of the art project
... that is being proposed as part of this report
thank you very much make any and I realize I'm
you know there this has brought about tremendous engagement from
the community I know that the residents in wards one
in five those who are taking their the left along
the wall want to see something happen I know that
they were furious when it started to get installed in
in early twenty nineteen they were some of the first
complaints that council Vincenti and I caught when we first
got elected on to on to council ... and while
it was a decision that was made in the previous
term we do have an opportunity to to to change
that decision and to create something beautiful as her what
the delegates have here today that being said I would
... like to take into consideration that there will be
an update related to urban landscaping and trees ... there
is any indication it right now on on what should
be on those walls it's that kind of artist reach
out to proceed a as well as myself directly with
various ideas Karens have reached out ... and so what
I think would be the most a measured approach and
I know I've spoken to cancer Williams about this as
well ... and perhaps that she might be wanting to
second that this motion but I would like to refer
the report to staff
and in that referred to staff ... I'm wondering if
you could please report back to council with more current
with the plan related to the five kilometer stretch that
identifies locations of urban landscape as for what might parks
has described but also locations and themes related to public
art and timelines for implementation so that's a referral back
to staff to report back to council with the plan
for the five kilometer stretch that identifies locations for urban
landscape and that public art and potential themes and timeline
for implementation and that's my refer a motion ... thank
you very much
okay
so there is the referral motion and now we're speaking
refer a motion next up on the list is
14 councillor Fortini
thank you Mr Mayor ... ... speaking to the referral
also suggest the same thing ... who are going through
she said well you know that and ... you know
this is something that the old archer told jurors really
... an engine driver also and I do agree on
that
just to talk to Kelly we have a budget for
the arts in the past
through the chair
... Fortini are you specifically asking about a budget for
public ... yeah we had one in the past
we've had to ... budgets that have been assigned specifically
to project based budgets capital project based budgets but we
have not to my knowledge had an annual operating budget
to support public art yeah so my question is why
we ... talk about this the our budget to bring
the budget for the arts and culture
there was never mentioned so my other thing is I
don't want to the walls and look at our you
know my efforts to stop this you know when these
walls are being put up
and we had all these complaints we got a close
up look at the time just like we stop William
parkway but we carried on nobody complained about
the other thing is when we do these arts are
we doing the whole wall we're just going certain areas
like parks are Jenna yes one is on the line
through the chair it said Tim because lack speaking with
the urban art we were looking at approximately three kilometers
of the total five kilometer length of wall focused mainly
around intersections in areas where we can't put landscaping in
for some of the street aways are areas where there
are additional space will be putting additional landscaping which will
buffer the existing wall but we want to focus at
the intersections and areas we can't put landscaping
yeah and so you know we started off with residents
complaining on the way that they like this color on
the wall we got it arcs ... I do support
our artists and I do believe that you know we
have these bridges and other areas these are but you
know ... one of W. think Lisa Shelby's like structures
and they're great but if you go on to wrongful
Wilson Avenue between Cuban doctors a bridge there beautiful thank
our goal Lawrence before California another one rather needing college
and my worry is but when they did these things
your amazing now you will partner it's also pretty paper
the kids kids are kids and we're gonna be going
around maintenance excellent I do believe these bridges or stop
should be ... we want to do it remember we
should we should address the budget for the art in
the last two years we never talk about the arts
and bring a bunch of the site and when this
role came up with the color was good the way
we stop William parkway we go stop the color we
came up with different panels up when we talk about
it all right so you know we servicing your community
and myself and council Charmaine Williams we heard a lot
of seniors complain enough to spend the money on those
walls do the arts somewhere else this thing somewhere else
and we've been getting a lot of calls if you
look at the actually the pulls up it's kind of
tight so it's kind of hard to say yes or
no are you know to support but I believe this
or anything to do with our children to budget we
always put money struggle for the arts in the past
I know what about it was a lot of money
for him and this is what you hear we can
even talk about arts whatsoever you know really shocking thank
you all these washer but stop them when they start
when choosing one up because falcons I'm going to talk
about so I'd like to report back and ... see
what certain areas in Brampton like the bridge and off
we want to do thank you for the support the
arts I will support to continue spending more money on
the walls are when we got the ball to the
looks like St Wilson and a lot of people in
my area single spend the money and a lot of
seniors are saying that we can support more seniors and
other areas are there COVID now it's very very hard
to spend money just on these walls there even though
there are different colour my area we stopped at noon
there is the walls
so we'll so there are police they have these walls
were supposed to be for some areas so I cannot
support the wall part but I will support bring a
report back for the arts people offering where the bridges
are another reason Brampton ... I I will support that
I'm not supporting the walls so thank you
councillor canceling this
thank you through you Mayor ... thank you to all
the delegations ... John it's always great to hear you
speak passionately about our city and ... I agree with
many of their sentiments ... I do have some questions
... to staff ... about the report I'm
when when you did the survey did the survey inform
residents of the cost to put on the wall
through the chair it's such in close like I don't
believe the costs were indicated as part of the survey
it was more looking at the different options to to
look at how with a work commute the work to
be done
okay so residents don't actually know ... what we have
that could be allocated how much that would cost the
cost of hiring a ... arms like the organization to
... consult and help us decide which artists and and
how they are going to put on the wall so
they actually don't know the cost of this art so
N. and I hear now that it's five Columbus that
are being proposed for the wall that would be painted
how long is the wall
how many kilometers is that
through the chair the actual laws five point five kilometers
an
thanks and we're looking at putting the urban art in
approximately three kilometers of the wall focus mainly on areas
where it's closer to intersections where people would be moving
slower or there's limited area for landscaping for approximately two
and a half kilometers we anticipate there'll be sufficient landscaping
to blend the wall in in those areas and focusing
more on the areas where landscaping isn't possible
he still three kilometers up the wall ... with ...
and we are proposing three hundred thousand or three commenters
is that correct
yes that's a based on the estimate working with the
arts group
and we can tailor that a little bit pending on
how the prices commend we can shorten a little bit
or extend a little bit too
so one hundred thousand per kilometer okay so I am
you know I I love the concept of art I
love art I'm a whole I'm a huge supporter of
art I'm I'm just curious about this blog do we
have any other won't like this with this type of
... that surface or anything do we have any other
world with the coloring the staining do you have any
other one the city for us to know what this
will look like in another five years do we have
a benchmark
through the chair there are other noise walls in the
city that are done with the similar material ... navy
aged quite well ... I don't have an exact
location I can send you some of them after and
if you want to take a look but they've age
well and haven't deteriorated too much talking to the supplier
the color of the wall will fade over time so
the current light blue will lighten up a little bit
... or other work that needs need to be touched
up typically in about fifteen year time period mmhm okay
seeing so can you and is it possible to go
to that live in the report that says ... the
breakdown of how people voted
through you Mr Mayor will bring up the report from
a terribly
is that is that a councillor yeah that's it that's
it so
you thank you Charlotte and so when you look at
the numbers right I have ... how many people
chose other options
I'm I see yes seven hundred and eight people who
did the survey did say that they like the I.
concept of art on the wall however I can't help
but want to acknowledge all of those who did not
actually choose art many of those people who did not
choose ... it comes up to one thousand five hundred
and ninety eight people
so that's one thousand five hundred ninety eight people who
actually did not choose to have art on the wall
for whatever reason you know they had different options there
was staining it but they did not actually choose to
have our
and I I wonder if that has a lot to
do with the residents who have been so frustrated with
the wall in the first place and nine I noticed
that many of my residents who had a lot of
trees cut down in order to put this wall up
they they're hurt by that the fact that we lost
so much of our ... tree canopy and ... have
been stuck with this well what I've heard from many
of my residents and I've been talking to them and
one resident who is an artist and he said I
love art and he said is I it is my
passion but I do not and I cannot see more
our money being spent on this wall that has been
such a frustrating point it's time to move on and
so I I do respect the art community and you
know I I like I said I love art I
also want to acknowledge that leases ... excellent presentation had
a number of different beautiful areas that had are on
different surfaces and so I really would like us to
respect that there are a lot of people one thousand
five hundred ninety eight people who did not choose are
and
... if I could get the motion back on the
floor there
if it's possible I just have an amendment to it
...
I would like to amend ... or stray cattle the
plan for the five kilometers from the wall and end
chain and make an amendment for the three hundred thousand
to be used for other areas in the city ...
I would really like for staff to come back and
let us know what other areas would be appropriate that
we use the ... of the
what is to find out what areas we can put
the art on but if we can strike out the
plan for the five hundred dollar noise wall I want
to respect the people are said do not spend any
more money on that wall and amend it for ...
the three hundred thousand to be used for other areas
for areas in the city that would be appropriate for
... art
thank you so much
through the chair Kelso Williams I just want to clarify
actually the guy looked at the survey and the costs
were included in the survey
so we had the cost of approximately three hundred thousand
or three hundred fifty thousand to complete the work as
part of the survey well that's good thank you for
clarifying that it's really good that our residents to know
what they're getting into two and ... you know I
still think we there's one thousand five hundred ninety people
that still didn't use the ark and people are are
really wanting us to move on and ... but I
still want to see art in our community so I
I have an amendment for the three hundred thousand to
be used for ... art installations and other areas of
Brampton and that the plan for the five corners be
struck out the motion that's my man thank you
border I don't take that as the friendly what I
would take as a friendly is some
the that motion as is but ... but also adds
so and locations for urban landscape entries Public right potential
themes and timelines for implementation and that staff bring forward
other ideas ... related to public art installation in Brampton
so this is also in line with the delegations as
well as what ... John could use a lot had
presented and is advocating for and this is just the
beginning as an opportunity for the weather Santos you can
councillor Singh ... yeah the card is and buys me
restrained so I don't want us to debate ... whether
it's from they're not you can simply state that it's
not really through three missed Mr Mayor so just to
clarify this is a debate on the noise wall and
the use of public art on the noise wall not
for public art in other locations if there's a broader
discussion of public are generally that should be added as
a new business item and either this meeting with a
two thirds vote or a future meeting in terms of
volume social
sorry go ahead council but maybe in the middle of
the displaced internally in terms of cancer Williams proposed motion
the motion moved by councillor Santos is a referral motion
so we're in the middle of a referral debate I
I I am trying to understand councillor Williams amendment I
don't think it's germane to the referral because the referral
is not saying to spend the money it's saying for
staff to go back and look at something report back
to council has not made a decision on the money
so ... the motion from cancer Williams maybe you're a
proper motion introduced sure the referral not Kerry
okay thank you for the clarification so then I will
leave that motion as is that thank you very much
three three Mr Mayor at that done Jason did you
wanna yeah I just wanted to ask for the chair
... just a reminder to councillors that ... recently ...
the approved of a public our strategy in that's in
development and going to come forward and it would consider
... things like the other opportunities being referenced ... just
... just as a reminder thank you
okay
so next up then is to the discounts will install
the floor cancel Williams
I finish thank you I've just see that my amendment
is strike out it would be a new motion in
consideration should be are the motion outside correct so it's
it's another motion on the floor the card could please
clarify through you Mr Mayor if the referral motion does
not Kerry then it could be a motion that's introduced
in regards to the report ... if the refer a
motion does Kerry than ... that motion is is ...
the matters dealt with it's been referred and ... that
motion is is redundant
okay ... because they do want to see us explore
our have that budget allocation of that amount would be
used for public art so ... I guess we'll I
would have to re introduce that afterwards or ...
unless it was also a referral referral back to staff
... so that we can identify other areas for our
installation ... with the budget at our location
through 3
three and why I would suggest that ... depending on
the outcome of the refer a motion ... the refer
a motion is referring the entire matter ... which include
staff reference that there is within the budget for this
noise wall three hundred thousand dollars so council has not
made a decision on what to do with that so
if the matter was referred back to staff for further
consideration presumably that'll be one of the matter is that
would be considered when the report comes back and council
makes a decision at that time I see okay I
will yield and just sat let others ... speak their
their opinions thank you very much councillor question
thank you Mr Mayor so I'll try and be brief
because I think everybody's on this and I have struggled
with ... with this one if we can go back
to the survey and councillor Willhans Williams brought up a
good point ... and that's one way to look at
the survey survey the other way to look at the
survey is there was any majority of people that want
to change as opposed to leaving the noise wall the
way it is so and that's the two ways that
I kind of looked at practice survey unfortunately I think
and I've heard from residents that they felt the survey
was a little bit confusing ... providing too many choices
and I think we we do this to ourselves in
and I think we should really look at the way
with that we that we put surveys ... to to
residents they may there needs to be some kind of
simplicity so the surveys that we put out so that
there isn't any questions on
which way it's going
I was also little ... disturbed by the first delegations
our criticism of our of council's lack of funding for
the arts and although there is a little bit of
truth to to those comments ... we also provide him
and his organization I believe staff can correct me if
I'm wrong a little over five hundred thousand dollars is
that correct
I believe it was three our little over three hundred
thousand last year in the budget it's five hundred thousand
this year
through the chair if you're referring to that the OP
a new operating budget for the arts agency yes three
seventy two and twenty twenty one and then council approved
an increase in twenty twenty two for just over five
hundred thousand dollars for annual operating budget so I think
it's unfortunate that nobody has recognize the fact that you
know we have ... we have almost doubled the the
funding going into the arts but I'm I'm I could
be the first one to say that it's still not
enough in ten and I'll say that but the the
fact is that we went from a little over three
thousand to five hundred thousand dollars in the year so
I think that this council has clearly sent arts is
important to us ... we recognize that we put a
lot of money into other activities in the city of
Brampton he sports ... but art is is a priority
and you know councillor Santos so huge ... ... proponent
notes of the arts and are I think other councillors
have have always stated that ... they enjoy our whether
their artistic or not I stated that I'm not artistic
at all but yet I enjoy the arts ... and
I think that we there are other ways that we
should be looking at ... things like this if we're
gonna take art seriously in the city of Brampton then
we should look at it like we're like we're building
an asset we should go through the phases of
what we do here in the city of Brampton design
phase ... at the construction phase that in the consultation
phase and all those in between we don't expect anybody
in the arts community to do anything for free we
don't expect anybody to do anything ... for free there
is ... ... we have we have a lot of
volunteers that that do some great work in the city
of Brampton but this is something that we need to
start looking at ... Lake we look at everything else
in the city of Brampton and ... so I I
I support the referral ...
should be able to come back and provide an opportunity
for people to to look at some kind of design
... in in what we're what we're trying to essentially
do and let me say again because I've said it
before I like the wall I've always liked the wall
I like the feeling that it gives me when I'm
driving the Carmen affected it was supposed to supposed to
give motorists I get that when I'm driving the wall
but I also know that it's not complete and it
hasn't been completed as to yeah there is still landscaping
trees and potential for public art ... is one of
those other opportunities that can make this world better than
what I think it it is today it's an unfinished
product so for anybody looking at this wall now to
say oh well that's that's a good it's not dark
it's not complete and it's unfortunate that it's not completely
we're having this debate with an unfinished product but
it is what it is and that's what we're here
for so I think that this referral clearly sets out
what this is it provides opportunity for members of council
to see what this ... what the finished product could
look like and ... I know there's some there's some
funding opportunities ... there are also funding opportunities and other
levels of government that we could potentially be tapping into
as well for this if we're going to start taking
art seriously in the city of Brampton and I think
that's that's kind of a step in that direction to
our to bring something that like so many passionate artists
stated here today ... that could be so thank you
Mr Mayor I'm happy to support this referral if you
don't have a second ... all seconded ... and I
look forward to seeing this come back in and what
this potentially could look like in its complete form okay
leave a Jason Tammy one respond to the
the experience ... the chair councillor just want to ...
with respect to the the designs references I kind of
understand what you're getting at seeing ... to see see
what something would look like before we proceed ... just
wanted to kind of explain with that the fire ...
the fire doors for instance we had stops at third
party assisting coordinating the local artist and coordinating that work
and so I would you would just note that it
will be difficult to come back ... without ... six
some expenditure of funds and so I would suggest for
perhaps a referral for a design concept to be developed
in back to council for consideration using some of that
three hundred K. ... because we'll have to
consult with an artist and get some designs developed it's
that's not done in house ... and so there would
be some expense to that in advance of coming back
and I just want to be mindful of that I
don't have an exact number right now but if it
was part of that three hundred we could get that
done
thank you Jason and and that's exactly what I'm talking
about there's we don't ask anybody else to do anything
for free we don't ask consultants to consult for free
we don't have to diners to design for free so
if there needs to be some funding going to going
towards a design of this to work for us to
be able to look at ... the opportunities then yes
I support that but keep in mind we also provide
over five hundred thousand dollars to a seat at that
could play a role in this as well
so I'm sure you can you know the worker magic
and and without with the cedar and and some of
the funds that are currently at your disposal come back
with some kind of design
the council can get behind thank you Mr
somebody put some of Europe's
thank you Mr Mayor ... I will say that I
I agreed with with all the sentiments from cancer plushie
and you didn't agree to look away so ... I
got to recognize that was really wild hello ... the
only thing I don't see it reflected in the motion
in the referral so ... I'm going to yield ...
to ... I guess the next speaker ... and ...
here my colleagues because ... in terms of you know
what we're looking out there there's a lot of conversations
on this and and and and just in principle on
the delegations and thank you to all the delegations ...
I know Lisa Stokes was very passionate about it she
presented a a great video ... and and different ...
ideas and and also ... ... John certainly is ...
fuller of our right to community and ... have the
option to speak with the mollusca full days regarding other
beautification across the city the only thing I would say
not to jump away from this specific subject we talk
about public art you know certainly when we think of
start connecting the dots of all our decisions that we
make regarding budget allocations ... regarding ... you know expenses
when we look at what we've done in the budget
at the same time ... we want new you know
investing public garden in specifically in these type of projects
... you know I I think that you know we'd
be naive to suggest that some of our our decisions
that don't come to bite us after we need you
know comes to these all products we don't have a
an empty sort of war chest or we can spend
all the money we want so we can you know
do one thing and and make these decisions because they're
all interconnected so when we allow salary increases I know
we're going to discuss that later when we lost salary
increases to go out of whack or when we allow
certain budget decisions and I know I'm going up intention
of going up the subject so I will refrain from
there these have these type of impacts in in specifically
when we dealt with ... our budget but I will
... ... certainly ...
... ... listen to my colleagues but I I do
think the beautification of the city is a must so
I don't like to limit the conversation to this wall
... and ... because I see all of us across
the city and all our wards ... we do ...
have been for our capital that we would like to
provide a public art ... ... and ... really ...
as the comments of the member tell the story ...
and maybe tell the story of those specific words so
... I will yield ... and a lot of other
speakers to come on thank you very much
okay next up is councillor Singh
councillor Singh
thank you and ... you know it's been all robots
the conversation and ... you know initially ... you know
I did also share some concerns but ... you know
having spoken to some of the arts members and and
people from the arts community ... what I found with
this initiative which I appreciated ... I find it's very
artist driven so what I'm a little bit nervous about
... changing ... the vision or the or the scope
of ... you know looking at other areas when I've
had a lot of conversation and and they pertain to
beautifying the noise wall you can part of the tool
... for that ... beautification ... and I appreciate ...
you know the cross section of artists with some key
young artists older older artists local artists ... different disciplines
everybody is ... from arts community seems to be ...
back to this initiative so ... that's you know Gwyneth
Park Street driven driven by the community I think ...
with support to be a little bit ... sensitive ...
to ... what what the committee is trying to accomplish
... what I also appreciate about ... this motion in
particular ... is that ... there seems to be some
synergies between ... ... this a referral and also ...
the report coming back from ... Mike parks that urban
landscape and and if there's opportunities especially ... for cost
savings in that notes then ... Jeez ... sharing of
staff resources ... on top of that we know ...
exceed ... at has a has a three staff I
believe at this point ... I think we can come
up with a cost effective way to get this done
... I think by stopping in now ... what eliminate
that possibility but I think it because all these things
are lining up with the urban landscape from Mike parks
by
image ... we have to see that we have the
artistic gauge ... I think we got a road map
that will find its ... cost effective and if it's
not when I come back and we can make the
decision accordingly but ... I think to stop a referral
motion at this point is ... premature ... because there's
so many aspects that are coming together ... that we
can probably get this done ... so I would say
let's get staff to go back ... you know ...
you know ... come up with the road map ...
we have all these things happening and and ... silos
bring it all together and ... you know let's get
the landscaping aligned with the public art and and ...
you know who's doing a great job at death I
think the opportunity is now and ... best way referring
and I'll be supporting this referral thank you
okay next up is councillor Willhans
thank you through you ... Mr Mayor ... I just
wanna go on record I'm not a big fan of
painting that wall but I'm certainly not against public art
of the deal was one thing that didn't work and
I know that my sparks group in other councils have
alluded to this but ... you know we'll be looking
at the different types of plantings landscaping along there but
I want to make sure that ... it's just refer
let's go back when it comes to the urban landscaping
we're looking at planting along the wall not on the
corners not in front with trees and those around all
important to the beautify I think we're doubling up the
amount of trees along what was Park which is when
I widening it now and I would also look at
a collaboration effort between the arm our public schools are
Catholic schools the school boards in general as well as
the TRCA and CVC the CVC is affected by this
water not but ... we get those groups involved as
well with the students to look at him to work
with our city the plan along that wall we've got
a good examples I don't want to I don't have
them here with me but I got examples of other
cities in Canada in North America and Europe
I did plantings Virginia creeper Austin ivy English ivy different
types of ...
plants that grow someone's the average some some of the
state like you wanted this will stay green all winter
so I want us to explore that aspect of it
as well because to plan for junior creeper Boston ivy
along that wall that would feel stretch of wall climber
along in less than five years ... I've got it
on my own house it gives a beautiful call fall
color it's it's it's gorgeous and can you imagine if
it's a clever everyone effort with our schools can you
imagine an elementary school student or maybe perhaps a grade
twelve students interested in fundamental studies looking at that wall
in four years time saying I was part of that
I was part of that wall beautifying that wall with
green use natural landscaping I'm not against public art I
just don't think public arts a good spot along a
noise wall like that
... with public art is you have one person's interpretation
of it another person doesn't like that public art well
then you've got more complaints lately if they if you
just left the wall along but I do like the
idea of public garden certain spaces I'm not control control
probably longer than anybody here ... he's a good artist
he is passionate about the art hi Lisa Stokes does
a great job of providing safe examples of all of
the community the first presentation was was rather I rather
enjoyed it because it was the Rick Mercer report on
regular services rental I appreciate the environment the presentation from
from the delegates I appreciate that as well I appreciate
counsel's Santos the need for public art but I think
maybe ... at this time I mean I don't hate
before also to deal with things but I think maybe
perhaps I will support the referral but I want staff
to understand that part of that urban landscaping isn't just
our typical urban landscaping is looking outside the box and
I challenge anybody to challenge me on it because I
think I'm a little bit of a gardener Mr Mayor
sense so let's work together so you can beautify that
stretch so I thought my comments and thank you very
much Mr
okay thank you councillor Willhans next up is kind of
service on the
thank you very much Marianne I want to first and
foremost thank god the delegations who came forward today to
present us with their ask in their vision for ...
what is possible with respect to a place like this
with the wall ... I ... really appreciate it very
concise and well prepared statements and ... the encouragement that
the delegates have provided to council today and this discussion
has been ... I think very productive ... not just
in respect to the Williams parkway wall ... but also
to what it is that we would like to see
in other places across the city I know when my
discussions with public works staff they are listening to this
conversation very carefully and ... I know that they're getting
everyone's ideas and looking to ... meet all of our
expectations and ... there are so many opportunities across the
city of Brampton where public arts can enhance the public
realm and ... beautify the city and provide a way
for us to ...
make expression through public art a real assets
for the city of Brampton and for the enjoyment of
the residents are here ... great ideas by all members
of council you know as combining Public cards ... with
the planting of ... appropriate trees and shrubs I I
think is absolutely ...
on points it's it's it's it can be so beautiful
and I just want to share with ... members of
the public and members of council today ... my own
personal experience living in downtown Brampton
in very close proximity to gauge Park
where ... throughout the holiday season and this winter we
have had a very beautiful ... winter lights display that
has been ongoing and it's up every night
and let me tell you about the crowds of people
coming to downtown nightly to experience
winter lights which is essentially a display of public art
and enjoy the space take photos Miller banks and and
just in general enjoy living in Brampton as as I
like to say and so ... I want to support
the referral ... and I think that some
it's important that we realize that you know this council
in this term of council both cancer centers and I
it's a local area councillors we had many conversations with
staff immediately after taking office and it was made very
clear to us that we could not
reverse ... the the construction of the wall as as
had been planned by staff and so I think that
we are ... if I could won't expression for Mayor
Brown trying to make lemonade out of lemons ... but
there is an incredible opportunity and this can truly be
fantastic and ... we don't once ... Williams parkway the
blue wall to be the example of ... of what
it is that we do two ... junctures oldest points
that we want this to be ... another way that
we demonstrate what is best and how we are supporting
the arts community here in the city of Brampton people
will love it and I think that if we take
this as one example and duplicated across other parts of
the city as we have on the Franceschini bridge as
we have in other ways ... I think that ...
we can demonstrate as a council that we are behind
the public art at the arts community and that's how
we are very interested in beautifying the city so I'll
just leave it at that and say that ... public
works is ready to to make this happen and ...
there are so many opportunities and I think we should
support thank you
councillor
hi Bowman
thank you very much through you Mr chair ... I
fully agree with the art ... however in saying I
fully agree with the art ...
maybe maybe ... I'm a little bit jealous that ...
all the art is going to be along this one
stretch of road I'd like to see public art everywhere
in the city I mean I can I can just
picture pocket memorial arena for example which is which is
the charcoal gray flak plaster ... with you know it
eighty eight mural of of sports there to take part
or renew sports for example to take part in this
city ... and that's that's where I'm coming from on
this ... I believe there's all sorts of art there's
you know it doesn't I I I'm not sure what
we're public art I'm just not sure about the word
public I just like art you could have
very very artistic world gardens that that our people do
a great job of here in the city you can
have those along the wall you could have as councillors
... Whillans suggested the various types of ivy the cover
the top of the wall and ... like you know
like I guess the older Boston baseball field when we
park which looks tremendous ... you could have
for example of it you know the the the shaped
trees or that the district portions that can all be
included in and I want that all looked out along
this section of ... Williams parkway because as I mentioned
... if we're gonna spend three hundred thousand dollars on
art ... I would much rather prefer to see it
all over the city every every ward gets public art
that's what that's what we need in the city and
I think Mr Carter solo alluded to that as well
that that needs to be everywhere in the city and
I would hate to think that we're just looking at
putting art on one little stretch of road that we
have a noise wall there now in this conflict less
she so rightly suggested which is unfinished you know when
we put trees and shrubs and bushes and and fluorocarbons
in there it's gonna look totally different so ... I'm
happy to support this going back for a referral
... but I wanna make it clear when it does
come back that we need to be looking at art
everywhere so you know what that means that ... we
we limit a budget for specific artwork back area and
and spread the spread the wealth as we might want
to say to other areas of the city I'm all
in favor of that as well but you know there's
there's two things that we should be considering here as
well and and doc will come back in this report
I'm hoping and the ideas that in other areas ...
some jurisdictions have considered art at intersections as distractions for
drivers ... and and so I want to hear from
our traffic's staff whether that's an issue ... councillor Willhans
touched on a very good issue as well and that
is you know if we're if we're going to public
art you know what I need gas when that
the wall went up somebody considered that as as as
art as well and we've got a bunch of people
who don't like it and that's the problem that ...
Arts in the eye of the beholder and I don't
want to be putting up something there that that other
people are gonna say we should just left it the
way it was so there's a lot of things we
need to consider and finally I I can't remember whether
councillor Willhans touched on this or not but the more
greenery the more shrubbery the more trees we have on
that stretch of the more greenhouse gas we're gonna be
absorbing and and converting and when you've got that many
cars on that stretch of highway I think that is
an important consideration especially since we declared a climate emergency
so I'm happy to support this and see it come
back ... but again I would prefer to see art
everywhere throughout the city not just on one stretch of
highway thanks
okay councillor Willhans
yes there are councillor Bowman touched on a lot of
... what I wanted to just add initial comment about
the ... production reveals that Mrs along that wall but
also ... one thing we have to factor in the
current when the wall was ... was constructed we made
there was a lot of ... greenhouse gases that were
needed in the production of that wall so they're adding
greenery adding shrubbery and adding things along that wall I
wonder if up bikes parts guys could work with ...
our environmental guys to sort of come up with that
analysis or data maybe just just
approximate on what the landscaping can do to help mitigate
the greenhouse gas emissions that were created when that wall
was actually constructed that be interesting to see as well
... for for for the future as well ... we
got further projects like this thank you
okay next up is a councillor Santos no I can't
service so council Williams
yes thank you ... great debate on this ... I
think it's excellent to hear so many different opinions on
... how all members of council feel about the art
I've heard are many say that art needs to be
and other areas of the city and I agree one
hundred percent that we need to have are represented throughout
our city ... but I don't hear a lot of
people say support for public art on this wall ...
it's so I wonder if we can straight out the
word public art and if that's not considered a friendly
then we vote on the were public art separately ...
so that's my one armed request I just wanted to
ask though if we do ... except the referral for
... landscape trees public art another potential themes will be
art ... company be hired to develop the concept for
the public art when that report comes back
sorry closer through the chair will will what
we'll be looking at our consultants to provide the concept
for the public art on this wall if we accept
the referral ... if it passes today
it's unlikely that the consultant would develop better ... but
they would be able to ... it would either be
culture staff or ... or steps to be we've used
a few different times on a on a number of
projects to assist in ...
with the the getting the artists developing of that that
parameters of the of the works and then at getting
some design I would also note I mean it's three
clomid hers of art Hey
I think we were or it could have been and
so what we were thinking was that there'd be the
potential for multiple artists here not one one artist specifically
doing three three climate or support so there there could
be multiple opportunities available through that it also if Kelly's
available ... and I just want to ...
if if if there's thoughts around changing the public art
terminology I just think it may be valuable to have
a comment from her just as it pertains to the
strategy being developed in a no ... there's there's some
differentiation between kind of street level activation formal public art
and some different things so if you could just speak
to that if I could pass that
thank you
through the chair I think that ... in this case
when we're talking about a large scale mural along the
noise wall that public art is the appropriate terminology in
other cases we to talk about time place making or
temporary works of art but I am your project of
this size and scale public artists the appropriate terminology
okay thank you for that clarification ... I do I'd
still request that the word public art be removed because
I really do here many councillors saying ... I'm not
they're not in favor of public art on this noise
wall and I think that is in line with ...
how many people how people feel about ... Public aren't
even through the survey so that is my amendment and
if it's on guess not taken as a friendly then
we'd have to vote on that separately thank you
okay so we have a request for a recorded vote
I'd go to the clerk in the order in which
you do the vote through you Mr Mayor to members
of council the first vote would be ...
... also just will deal with this matter first and
then we'll go back and deal with receipt of the
delegations of the first ... vote is on the proposed
amendment from cancer Williams to amend the refer a motion
from cancer Santos to remove the word public art
all in favor of the counselor Williams amendment and we
do require a second or for that amendment my apologies
we do the service what we're seeing is the second
or thank you so all in favor of the cancer
Williams amendment please indicate councillor Dylan
yes that's a yes councillor Singh
no no cancer Fortini
yes yes councillor Williams
yes yes cancel Madeiros
yes yes councillor Bowman
yes yes councillor Palleschi
councillor Palleschi
welcome back to counsel Willhans
yes
can service on to
nope
councillor Santos
no
cancel Palleschi
yes yes Mayor Brown I know no
the the motion carries
7 to 4
so the amendment carries the next vote is on the
councillor ... Santos is referral motion ... with the word
public art removed
it's just going to be removed
for struck out and this is a referral motion back
to staff all in favor of the referral motion please
indicate councillor Dylan
can I technical difficulty of you got cut out what
are we voting on
the the referral we're voting on The referral motion moved
by councillor Santos seconded by councillor Palleschi ... as amended
by chancellor Williams motion that just carried so the word
public art is removed the rest of the wording is
shown on the screen is the motion yes that's a
yes vote thank you councillor Singh
yes that's a yes councillor Fortini
yes yes councillor Williams
yes yes council Madeiros
yes thank you councillor Bowman
yes thank you counsel policy
yes thank you councillor Willhans
yes thank you cancer center
yes councillor Santos yes thank you Mayor Brown yes that
motion carries unanimously the refer a motion eleven to zero
okay anyone opposed to receiving the delegations which is the
mover and seconded by councillor Santos second accounts Williams anyone
oppose receiving the delegations
non delegations received
this takes us to our next item
seven point four delegations in regards to Rogers communications resolution
request for an ends at all joining us today is
John
melody vice president corporate real estate Rogers communication
we also have from the downtown Brampton BIA Kerry first
of all the chair Susie Godfrey executive director and Rick
Evans exactly member of new Brampton these
reference of the wrong hands and Sylvia Roberts okay these
delegations are regards to correspondence and a fourteen point three
from Rogers communications requesting council endorsement of resolutions for two
Ms at a request which can deal which we can
deal with after the delegation we also have a related
correspondence fourteen point four on today's agenda from Todd let's
see ... Brampton border trade in John kenapa less vice
president Caledon violence dated January twenty fifth
I welcome John followed by Kerry Susie and rec
good morning mayor Brown and councillors thank you for the
opportunity to speak to you today ... I want to
start by saying that we're living in relation transformational times
COVID nineteen has accelerated changes in the way ... we
work up by decades of this council meeting which is
a combination of in person and virtual is certainly an
example of that
... the types of work that we do in our
office is in the future will change significantly ... which
will also change the type of work place that we
need ... the demand for technology employees is exploding the
battle to attract and retain the brightest and the best
will increasingly be more and more intense we believe Brampton
has been and will continue to be a good place
to recruit these employers
our workplace demographics are rapidly changing as well to predominately
Milan millennials and Gen sees many of whom don't have
a car and many of whom don't even have a
driver's license that's the need for connectivity to higher order
transit is impaired
the criticality of a modern workplace which enables new ways
of working connected to higher order public transit conveniently located
to local amenities and build sustainable missteps systemically is critical
to attracting and retaining talent it is critical for the
future success of Rogers
... existing office at eighty two hundred Dixie some of
whom are some of the it the councillors in attendance
today have had the opportunity to tour is actually a
repurposed factory
... it will not route meet Rogers requirements in the
long term
the site itself is under utilized so Rogers is proposing
to move our campus to a state of the art
facility in downtown Brampton adjacent to the Brampton go station
on lands currently owned by Metrolinx
this would result in thousands of high paying technology jobs
being retained in Brampton
it would result in the investment of at least a
hundred million dollars this site along the Brampton Toronto Waterloo
innovation corridor significantly expands Rogers transit accessible employee catchment area
securing this site is essential to Roger's ability to make
a long term investment in a new Brampton campus
at the same time we'd like to revitalize our eighty
two hundred sixty site by adding residential uses along Dixie
road while preserving a valuable employment note for the majority
of the site
Rogers is seeking Brampton City council support to request to
ministers owning orders that will enable Rogers to usher in
a new era of investment in Brampton
on the Brampton go lance Rogers is seeking permission that
would enable a campus with a minimum of two hundred
thousand square feet of office and retail uses with space
for additional office or residential uses uses that would be
accommodated basis we also seek your support for the sale
of the downside downtown site to Rogers symbol Cheney a
sleep Rogers is also seeking a ministers so in order
for the lands we will be vacating at eighty two
hundred Dixie road that would permit up to one point
two million square feet of industrial warehouse uses and up
to twenty five acres of residential development along Dixie road
to be built out in a mix of residential towers
and stacked townhomes
in summary this is a transformational time for Brampton and
for Rogers you are making great strides in the revitalization
of your downtown watchers would like to participate in and
to be a catalyst to accelerate this positive change we
appreciate your support and your partnership thank you again for
the opportunity to speak to you today
thank you John the next donations Kerry Percival chair of
the downtown Brampton BIA and Susie got from the exact
of director of the downtown Brampton BIA please person
good
I am it's got for here and I just wanted
to start by saying that she'll carry personal unfortunately had
to go to another meeting so I'm going to start
with her and she wanted me to read ... the
delegation if you wanna make this morning I think you
Mayor Brown and council members
I apologize for not being able to speak directly with
you we have the downtown Brampton BIA are very excited
to see Rodgers Rodgers item on today's agenda this is
an incredible opportunity for our city a major corporation like
Rogers that has been committed to Brampton in our community
for many years wants to continue this relationship with mass
investment in our people and community we will see an
increase in jobs and economic growth specifically for our downtown
core
at the downtown Brampton BIA fully supports our council to
request an MCO from the province for this project again
this is to an incredible opportunity and very exciting times
for Brampton and I'm not and I'm just gonna follow
with killings words I did want to say I was
really excited when I was reading over the weekend the
board packed beyond the council package and so I want
to say that yeah this is huge huge news for
downtown Brampton and ... it's a huge huge opportunity we
know that bringing Rodgers to downtown Brampton ... will create
more jobs and specifically in the tech field and and
more careers in the downtown core and ... as well
as building more commercial office space in downtown and that
will enable the whole city of Brampton to be more
competitive across the GTA with regards to commercial inventory and
commercial space so we're really excited about yes we know
this is going to spur more investment and economic growth
to downtown Brampton this is this is our time so
... for the record just I wanted to publicly say
we fully support this request and ... we ask that
the city council prioritize this incredible opportunity thank you
thank you Susie the next elevation is Rick Evans executive
member of new Brampton please go ahead Rick
thank you Peter
brown councillors
city staff told delegates at most notably those representing Rogers
present today
I speak with a voice representing nearly four thousand supporters
of an ad hoc nonpartisan group only referred to as
the draft
our membership the city brought with individuals from all over
lots of this committee
some are developers property owners planners engineers
others such as I or simply long term residents of
the city
but we all out of vested interest in the development
of Brampton
and we all are focused on the betterment of our
community
it is with excitement
but the executive board of your Brampton endorse the proposal
would Rogers has shared with the downtown campus and the
redeployment other Dixie road lance
a brand new state of the art sustainable transit oriented
mixed use development with as much as five hundred thousand
square feet of commercial space
we cannot imagine
... project good night to revitalize ation of our city
court
the possibilities are immense
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enhance
water level transit
a transit hub
I can go on for hours
with the transit hub the technical employment and the redevelopment
of the Dixie road lands not to be forgotten
the corporate commitment demonstrated by Rogers to our community
is immensely welcome
their proposal aligns so well with our twenty forty vision
of city building it cannot put screens for our support
and we knew Brampton fully support and encourage our council
to request the elms those from the province as discussed
thank you for giving me the opportunity to share the
excitement that I house for
what Mr Mel the husband's playing to us
and up it is most welcome
thank you our record next up is Sylvia Roberts
a Brampton
can
we can
all right hello council by name is Sylvia Roberts we
have a three regarding the Ms that is like the
scene and incredibly tempting offer is a couple things that
council should also consider if the player committee of council
meeting council give the thumbs up to the downtown transit
hub T. pap to the best of my knowledge the
lands Rogers has proposed building a new campus on happens
to be part of that and is one of the
more likely parcel candidates the current bus terminal building does
need to be torn down to make room for the
third tracked increasing go service the downtown Mount Pleasant even
if the city were to select the current state the
side of the current bus terminal for the new bus
terminal there's still the matter of needing to relocate the
bus the current customer least temporarily in order to demolish
and rebuild that structure the parking lot immediately next to
transparent does represent a fairly good location for a temporary
thing
consideration at least for feeling of the development once it
is resolved the issue ... that the issue of a
computer intentionally competing need for personal question the city also
needs to turn to transportation planning the heck of a
lot of people have posted a worker
are they going to get better Mr members often the
parking study the city garages have capacity for adding another
seven hundred cars on a daily basis this is a
plan for how to accommodate the transportation demand for three
thousand people to get the downtown Brampton and because city
once the downtown spending money women hybrid work don't help
for the city's proposed goals ...
except for Mississauga that probably coming on the main street
south which is a little bit of an issue as
the city is recently reduced capacity on that road this
evening to explore alternatives to increase that and doesn't
... the person the public representing Rogers has noted a
lot of the people take transit and so implementing bus
lanes on base main street is probably the most effective
way to improve our capacity on main street south city
may also wish to accelerate the implementation on queen street
east and of value it bus lanes on main street
north because most of the city does why north of
downtown
I would the plans purpose land the city will meet
at a number of buses to accommodate increased P. transportation
demand the downtown Ms auto potentially offers the opportunity for
mutual and by the city in Rogers and nothing that
I previously mentioned precludes the items that are from going
forward they're just things to be mindful of as as
it goes forward
much like Rogers has the benefit of the largest park
eighty eighty two hundred Dixie is functionally obsolescent for Rogers
and no longer serves the needs the Brampton transit's Clark
best maintenance and storage facility it is also getting thirty
two is relatively small capacity inability to accommodate articulated buses
and unknown capacity for electrification in the largest and is
there for the Dixie said they proposed an industrial space
is probably a suitable site in space or putting in
a new transit maintenance starts was only to replace the
clerk one which would allow for better economies of scale
in terms operations would definitely allow articulated buses
and if and you could easily plans for electrification from
the start because of its location on Dixie between queen
and steals queen we are very much working diligently on
to get the Queen Street B. R. two done as
soon as possible Instagram is also working towards that goal
so having the bus terminal that can actually supply the
articulated buses for those routes so close to it is
my vantage from operational point of view
there is a potential savings on non revenue hours because
it does actually take time to drive buses from this
site at a secure and transparent down to steals ...
a number of places have co located ... past the
Saudis and housing in September with electrification the buses will
also be
much more quiet and more compatible with that ... potentially
using that industrial the proposed industrial space for a maintenance
and storage facility is a similar you some point around
and as represents the potential opportunity for both the city
and Rogers to mutually when on this separate Ms that
I'll
unlike the highway fifty cents because it's in the urban
core and the city would need would not need anywhere
near as much parking because it already has decent transit
service to anticipate moving to twenty four seven service this
would late Mississaugas previously done with twenty four seven service
for twenty four hours service and don't region has also
moved towards is has implemented a twenty four seven service
mmhm
this kind of site would actually be very good for
supplying those vehicles are thank you that's my delegation
okay we will now go to questions of the
delegations and first off we have ... councillor the Sunday
thank you Mr Mayor just before review we begin those
just to remind council that we also have the added
briefing note from staff that's identified as ten point four
point one that was added to the agenda Rebecca that's
economic development regional so there's a question for a clear
Burnett and her team ... feel free to ask that
as well
councillor Sunday
thank you very much this matter are first of all
wanna thank ... Rogers and John Mallory for coming here
today with this ... incredible opportunity for the city of
Brampton I wanna thank ... the delegations ... who spoke
... in favor of this proposal and ... thank you
for your continued support and ... valid suggestions ... for
all of us ... I'm not going to spend too
much time right now ... speaking to this I would
much rather give the opportunity for our economic development team
and director clear Barnett's ... to speak to us about
... the economic
implications of this proposal for the city of Brampton and
provide us with ... ... ruble
... direction up the a briefing note that we all
received late yesterday from them so that's it on to
you through you chair to clear
councillor and thank you for the question and the opportunity
to speak about this investment or potential investment the economic
development office in Fuzi artistically supports and recommends this relocation
to downtown Brampton it really demonstrates a significant investment from
an economic development perspective to downtown and also an incredible
impact for innovation district
through this development Brampton would retain a critical employer in
our tech sector one of the largest employers and our
tech sector as you heard from the delegation they are
employing thousands of people around three thousand people in their
Brampton facility currently we know many of those are residents
of Brampton
and so this ... development would help maintain and retain
retain many of those high paying tech jobs in our
city
Rogers would also become the anchor business in our innovation
district which is really critical for the next stage of
the development of our innovation district we have been looking
internationally to try and recruit ... an ad tech company
to become an B. R. anchor tenant having Rogers a
Canadian company B. R. tenant just makes it even more
impossible for us
the new Rogers presence downtown would also attract employees and
talent from outside Brampton ... and really solidify our place
within Canada's innovation corner and I think John Mel B.
also mentioned the incredible location branch in being right in
the center of the innovation quarter Canada's innovation corner this
really really illustrates the importance of that geographic position and
orientation district
in economic development we measure the impact of an investment
through jobs created jobs retained and the company's capital expenditure
and by all of those traditional measurements this is an
incredibly impactful investments I will say that also in economics
about we don't count as an investment win intelligible is
finalized signed and announced it as the downtown site really
is the only one in our city being considered at
this time I hope that we do show our support
for the plans and certainly from an economic development perspective
we enthusiastically support the plans thank you very much
thank you very much ... clear and I think I
will now yield to ... remainder members of council who
are on the speakers list and I'll reserve my comments
for later thank
okay thank you councillor something next up is ... councillor
Dhillon
six hours ago yes well thank you so much ...
I just wanna just ...
... thank god ... a job coming in today and
see what thank Rogers is well actually ...
work at Rogers my brother worked out well I had
two brothers who worked at what is that ...
enter campuses well ... it way back in the order
... well that the leader of six point is when
you guys moved in and ... my brother was there
at the time ... seven metric early ...
my department that I was working and we moved in
from Scarborough ... two Brampton and I know a number
of all employees who were from Scarborough ... will probably
by ...
the experience of some of the most so
all star will be probably the most proud of their
... where they live well I've ever met but this
one a majority of them the majority but ... a
large number of them I move to Brampton and ...
you know they have the a lot of good to
say about the city ... which I guess the word
to similar story and
... the Rogers campus was home well Sir granting campus
was it was a great campus ... you know they
they gave so many jobs to so many people in
Branson and the ... just the economically was such a
a bigger player also the City
so just charged a couple questions for you
I guess it might be repeatable but hope they're you
know they're not but ...
you guys are asking for the M. zero four the
actual Dixie location ... AA and
you know what what discussions have you had in terms
of getting the ... the lands in
and ... in the downtown Brampton like what will surely
in the residents of Brampton gets that you'll
you know you're well
you guys will receive these lands will problems
thank you for the questions councillor done so in terms
of the the the lands we have had very preliminary
discussions with the Metrolinx certainly this part of Brampton ...
we feel would be ... very very important ... in
order for us to secure that that property so that's
that that's the that's what part of the part of
the resolution that we're asking for today that that Brampton
support the provincial government ... would sell those ... the
sell that property to us ... and I'm sorry can
you repeat the question on the eighty two hundred sixty
property
so you've got to be Ms at all on the
on the Dixie property is that correct yes that's correct
yeah ... but if that would be Ms if the
Ms at all was to be conditional on ... what
the request from the Brampton the city in the Ms
it'll be ...
a conditional on that ... you know we get some
certainty that ... the lands will be provided to you
are you okay with that is that what you're is
that what you're requesting as well
yes I mean on the bottom line is Rogers wants
to relocate our office downtown Brampton and stuff ... that's
it it's it's a place that works for us ...
it's a place that we believe will continue to be
a great location to recruit ... ... technology employees and
... and on that basis ... that's why we want
to invest well over a hundred millions of dollars in
that in that location
and I appreciate that and ... justice trying to speak
with us much ... biases I can Rogers is a
phenomenal ... organization ... you had a great time when
I worked there again the family members their friends ...
workers well and ...
... just the culture back to ... is ... within
the Rogers itself ... I think there could be ...
in addition to have this new building it in ...
in downtown Brampton we've got to come to fruition and
... as you mentioned ... the times are changing a
we have a a younger population that's ... ... extremely
innovative and ... ... you know
amazing ideas and ... I think you know everybody's in
the innovation corridor I would be ...
asset in addition and so quickly but I can definitely
support this practice again ... do we just need a
little bit more ...
certainty and they're a little bit more ... medication from
products so that this is gonna happen and ... but
to really excited at the opportunity thank you
thank you councillor Dhillon
councillor Singh councillor Singh
thank you thank you John for ... coming in to
make your delegation thank you to all the delegations for
providing your input ... it's an extremely exciting opportunity ...
... read through that and settled up look at some
of the concept plan ... and ... you know it'll
I think it'll have a huge impact for Brampton ...
I just wanna
yeah you know it's not for today but I just
want to put it down for the minutes to flake
... for you for the future ... building on what
Sylvia was saying I hope ... through this partnership in
working together ... what we could to have Roger support
it and I I hope ... advocate for some of
our ... transportation projects because the benefit you as well
and also we were talk about Queen Street B. R.
T. L. R. T. ... you know hopefully if everything
goes through ... hope that count of you as a
partner to help advocate for those of you see it'll
help your employees tremendously ... as well ... secondly as
a guest I know they're just concept plans but I
just wanted to also ... bring up the point that
... I saw the ... some of the high level
of warehouse ... designs ... something that's been happening in
my area it's the warehouses with some office space as
well something to consider as well ... because ... warehouses
tend to have a little bit lower the job of
the with office space in there as well and ...
it helps up those numbers and bring sort of a
different type of job ... as well ... which we
always appreciate with office space ... those are just some
comments I want to make outside of that ... thank
you for this proposal and ... look forward to supporting
it thank you
thank you councillor Singh yes certainly ... ... transportation was
transferred up transportation projects ... Brampton BRT at the extension
of the Hurontario LRT ... we see as very very
important so you absolutely will have our support
okay thank you
okay next was council Bowman
thank you through you Mr chair thanks very much for
coming in John sounds like ... understanding proposal actually ...
as a as a guy who was born and raised
here Brampton I know how important it was when Rogers
took over Nortel you know what
a large piece of land that ... the city was
really unsure about at that point but ... you made
it very successful they are on
I'm just wondering if anybody from planning can walk me
through because you're playing for two Ms adults correct
but rest yeah I just like planning to explain how
how the city can agreed or names at all when
when they don't own the land how does that how
does that work and and how does that go through
is there anyone from planning could explain that through the
chair it Sir Richard we have ... we have on
a person who's been really ... heading up the unsettled
... work to date on the line as well and
you can speak to that but the key here is
that
the 2 ends of those are not
jointly
like coach went together thirst their separate land use applications
...
yeah Allen can certainly speak to speak to the
through the chair in response to the question councillor Bowman
that alone persons here so it would work with respect
to the zoning matters and and rezoning applications that's us
city stuff typically to receive that many of that we
we walk through and similarly here with that with Ms
that ... requests no there is a there there isn't
actually a a need for the the particular owner of
the property to be the other the instigator of the
any rezoning application your through to us through through the
city and and likewise in the end zone over cost
so in this case here with the downtown property in
particular that were speaking to yeah we we understand that
yes Metrolinx is sticker or of the property no there
are arrangements that are being worked on now to ...
towards a sale ... stucco the lands really this is
what what is being walked towards but ... notwithstanding the
fact that of Metrolinx themselves happens put forward a and
I'm sort of a request that is not the audit
that's not a necessity okay I have been hands in
advance of the minister himself working towards ... and Ms
auto a lot of really for for the site really
nor would it be necessary for for council to we
have a request your through to yourselves in other from
from the current property owner in that respect either so
just to speak to it at all a little further
there are instances where ... the city of Brampton might
very well want to see a lands rezoned ... for
the common good of the city notwithstanding the fact that
the ... Groner hasn't put forth request and so they're
throughout the process to be had there and we can
embark upon that and we have in the past but
topic here with this Ms ... request a really coming
forward Rogers knowing that to a land deal has to
occur there's nothing that certainly with us from a from
a
the post a staff report that necessitates having that request
be with us from the current land or
with a clear spice things for you councillor Bowman and
the rest council
yeah
and I just to follow up on that so
what are the what are the risks in presenting the
Ms that all without Metrolinx which is the land owner
agreeing to change the zoning of their property are are
are we running follow of any planning guidelines or
I just don't understand it I know councillor Medeiros and
cancer Fortini are the the planning guys here but I
just don't under I still don't get how
somebody can apply for a rezoning of someone else's land
is this open for I don't
you know in any case is open for Metrolinx at
some point to say no we don't want to rezone
the land is like what are we setting ourselves up
for here through the chair it's and Richard about ninety
and we've also got Bob jerking on the line the
city is undertaking a comprehensive zoning bylaw update which really
means that the city is working ... ... changing land
use ... ... ... missions throughout the city so not
necessarily having to have the specific land owner
be part of the day they'll be part of the
process in the sense of the to the open public
process but
the city is going for with the comprehensive zoning bylaw
update on end and that's that's
but certainly
you know that's certainly what ... what the city is
up to and then and then I think maybe Bob
you can perhaps speak to how that approached us and
yeah it the commissioner for if I could be helpful
here I I did get a call from Phil Verster
Metrolinx to express his support ... for this ... project
with with Rogers ... ... if that's ... helpful cancer
Bowman
that's problems tomorrow they can write a letter of support
for this and does well
... I believe they're doing that to the minister's office
... to be supportive of this opportunity with Rogers because
it's within their interest of ... of what a what
they like to see on their lands ... in so
maybe we could ... ask for a copy of ...
whatever correspondence they have sent the minister's office
yeah I would appreciate that because I just wanna make
sure all our ducks are in a line here because
again we're we're going ahead with the numbers at all
we're not having any public consultations on this ... and
and you know they're there I I eat I just
want to avoid the backlash that that could be had
when things like this happen there's no question I want
Roger downtown no question at all ... but I don't
wanna have to jump through any hoops and and go
through all sorts of extra steps that we didn't anticipate
before we said yes to these ... settles so I
I hope that's understood
Mr Mayor perhaps I can just your of elaborate on
what it mentioned before just to help respond to cancer
Bowman here of further to what is mentioned before cancer
Bowman the minister and really through all staff's conversations with
the staff from the minister's office we understand that they
work staff in the M. M. H. mistreatment this call
person housing they they work very closely with the other
ministry groups obviously and we come to understand the current
level of detail as relates to the issues that the
other ministries are putting forward so here with respect to
the Metrolinx and having an understanding from them ... the
local to support such a week we understand that yes
that we're gonna be following up in a very detailed
way up towards the receiving all of the comments and
really that
the minister of municipal affairs you would really want to
have that inherent in advance of with him pulling the
trigger on an action and and the middle here on
the site and the disapproval of about as well I
wouldn't foresee any issues with your changing of the zoning
on Metrolinx is site you know even if it was
that they were intent on per perhaps retaining this site
for purposes but as owning change wouldn't hamper their ability
to develop on that site you know given there are
other with the crown status and some of the zoning
changes on their sites doesn't
it's hindered their ability to develop as the C. fits
on on the property as well
thank you
okay thanks very much looking forward to it
okay next up is councillor Dhillon
it's just a neighbor
okay councillor Willhans
thank you through you Mayor constable actually asked the most
questions I just wanna thank John for coming into a
new standard Jody parks who worked with US left and
actually it's kind of ironic she's gone to battling says
there's just change your condition strategic engagement so I guess
it's kind of a win win for Brampton so I'm
Jody in the area we're having lunch is coming to
our town council thanks very much for coming in
thank you counsel thank you ours are my
how many question ... now that we've exhausted the list
I just want to see thank you ... this is
incredible news for our city it's not every day that
you have a hundred million dollar investment in your downtown
and everything economic development is talking to this talked about
over the last two years is creating a space for
high tech jobs the future in our downtown this is
one of Canada's largest most successful tech companies ... these
thousands of employees are gonna need local restaurants and shops
nearby it's gonna have a spin off across the downtown
so I can't understate ... how significant this is it's
transformative for downtown it's ... we've got a tough going
to downtown Indy and we're working on a number of
key projects that are going to change the face of
our downtown will this project itself
is is going to have a huge a huge benefit
and I know there's excitement in in our downtowns I
want to say thank you ... to to to to
John ... it'll only a question I'd have for you
today
is on
how would you see Roger is working with other potential
synergies in our ... in our community in the downtown
no knowing some of the projects that are ongoing for
example I know Mohammed lashed me at Ryerson is looking
at a med school potentially the downtown ... we've got
a significant activity ... in our start up a hub
... in in the downtown ... how how was Rogers
historically ... interrelated and and worked with with other like
minded ... projects and and it will be opportunities for
that type of a collaboration with with with Rogers
yeah well certainly I mean that's part of the attraction
for downtown Brampton some of the work that has already
been done the with your innovation district ... in terms
of Ryerson ... there were school of management is named
after our founder and Rogers has a close relationship with
... with Ryerson so ... we see this is sort
of bring a center of gravity which will attract more
and more innovation companies to come to downtown Brampton ...
we think it'll be ... ... very vibrant place for
our work place an arm up for our for our
employees ... and we look forward to collaborating with ...
Ryerson and with ... with the city of Brampton and
any new ... and a new company that would choose
to locate in in downtown correct
well John that is music to my ears those words
that are gonna stick with me a center of gravity
that will bring other investment ... we're talking about one
of Canada's iconic companies saying that they see our downtown
as a potential center of gravity to bring more investment
... that they can help be a catalyst for so
as I said in this is ... incredible news thank
you for your friendship to the city of Brampton your
commitment to the city of Brampton and this is ...
... very special day for our community ...
there's one more question and then we can receive the
delegations and go to the motion councillor Santos
thank you so much and through you Mr Mayor ...
thank you John for coming in today and for again
this exciting news I obviously share the excitement and sentiments
from colleagues and expects from me around just now ...
you know folks from downtown Brampton the businesses my phone
is going to be in because everyone is is incredibly
excited and supportive so thank you for taking the time
and I look forward to seeing this happen in our
downtown core as one of the local councillors ... that
that Rogers is that considered to be located at thank
you
thank you councillor Santos much appreciated okay ... soul motion
to receive the delegations ... ... moved by councillor Santos
seconded by council Madero's anyone ... opposed to receive the
delegations hearing none the delegations are receiving hours moved to
the so Mr Mayor the next vote would be on
receiving the correspondence fourteen point three and fourteen okay moved
by councillor ... Sante second by council Bowman to receive
the correspondence
so all downtown councillors are
referenced in the movers and second is
anyone opposed receiving the correspondence
sorry councillor Santos
... may I suggest ... Mayor Brown that now would
be a good opportunity for us to bring forward a
motion that I believe staff have worked on
and considered as part of the correspondence
through you Mr Mayor ... yes it's it's appropriate actually
suggest first we finish the vote on the receiving the
correspondence and then we also have a motion to receive
the briefing of ten point four point one then move
to the motion introduction thank you Peter so anyone opposed
to ... receiving the correspondence Kerry none the correspondence is
received now we need a similar motion for the staff
report
but if you don't
okay received the briefing note from economic development moved by
council Passante secular cancer Dillon
in the proposed receiving the briefing note
hearing none the motion carries now this takes us to
the main
... at zero our motion and I'm gonna suggest for
this given the significance of it that we have on
the I'd be happy to move it in the fall
of council could seconded
and get the car pull up that motion
this will bring on the screen momentarily
is a rather lengthy motion
Charlotte I believe it is with ... seven point two
seven point four
there we go to scroll down a bit
... there we go that's the start of the motion
...
so this motion I understand could prepared by ... planning
staff and
it's moved by the mayor seconded by all members of
council it is as I said I like the motion
...
I don't know if if if it needs to be
read into the record of any members request that I
believe it's been emailed to all members of council in
this on our updated Jan it's not on the updated
Jan okay because I have been used
maybe just crawl slowly serve one of a chance to
read it
okay
has just recorded vote on this
members of council recorded votes been requested on the motion
as shown on the screen all in favor please indicate
councillor Dylan
in favor
councillor Singh
they were councillor Fortini
councillor Williams
yes in favor councillor Medeiros
yes councillor Bowman
yeah
councillor Palleschi
councillor Willhans
councillor Sunday paper councillor Santos
in favor Mayor Brown
in favor through the obstacle that motion carries unanimously eleven
to zero
okay thank you I canceled thank you too ... John
from Rogers and ... all the other ... presenters this
now takes us to government relations matters item eight point
one
Blaine Lucas offices CO as a presentation
thank you Mayor Brown the government relations matters a presentation
... provide an operational awareness the council of regional of
provincial and federal government for the development of the record
for last week
we can move forward now under the deferred by
for example ... that means more and ... the committee
rebuilt committee will be scheduled for the first week of
February
the public thirteen and reviewed the retail in Canada and
it identified items of interest ... that we would ever
council today but we could move forward please on the
next play
we'll be
and the purpose and item at ten point one on
the regional down that if the report and presentation before
regional council to accept the port and further study ...
setting up potential vacant contact for the region appeal
I'm the planner at birth at the city have been
done ... indicated that ... the roof to early at
the time to include whether or vacant home tax would
be of benefit to them on a city staff report
for the study at the time to identify potential outcomes
he didn't wish to move forward with the implementation
I would note that if the reading off but I
think my attacks at the require provincial approval prior experience
... implementation
we can more importantly on the next one
... locally to bring to your attention ... rebuild an
item sixteen point one ... it the the capital regional
council retrieving an update on the highway for thirteen for
the impact of the protests in respective mission into the
and ... empfiehlt complication Copa
the staff have engaged ... with the MTO in late
twenty twenty one to provide local commentary and documentation of
the think it's faithful Brampton
and that will continue to follow ... Calhoun correct and
really related to the four thirteen thirty five away
we can move forward athletes on the line by
apple are where the provincial government rethink dated the COVID
nineteen or thirteen people begin to the affected January thirty
first as part of a roof that plan with respect
contain a gradual lifting of vehicles will gather on January
thirty first and March fourteenth next objective stable and improving
health indicated
we can move forward on the next slide please
for example the Mayor Brown will be speaking at the
front Danny committee on finance and economic affairs later this
afternoon
the patient will focus on two primary themes of the
province's economic statement ... transit and health care
it keeps ... being is that the transfer the next
up but to play real transit but rapid transit and
the electrification of the third transit facility
we could move on to the next slide please
and
I continue to be presented will be Brampton healthcare sector
and project that will improve local healthcare system locally ...
regeneration do you think the clear the approval implementation of
... ... Burton university of Brampton's school of medicine no
more of a few banks and building ... planning for
the third both of a couple in approval for the
proposed camp ... cancer center
we could move forward now on to the next
in addition to the ... the document presentation obtaining committee
the public fifteen continue to work on the city formal
pre budget submission to the problem
Mr will be expensive and contain a list to keep
... projects ranging from infrastructure the community building and educational
initiatives the commission due by February eleventh ... twenty twenty
two and we're on track to ensure that the apple
ready for me
we can move towards the front of the next 5
the next fifty five outlined other developments occurring at the
provincial level for council to learn
of these public to note the divisional funding announced by
the provincial government during it Jose Clement last week that
includes the municipality to modernize and accelerate growth of for
managing and approving of the application
the next slide please
but also like to highlight in response to the committee
of interest last week with the recent changes made to
Ontario he lives in protest
never component mainly parallel parking three point turn and roadside
stop being Templar moved from the G. like G. life
and protecting to allow for the province to address the
backlog of ten as a result of COVID nineteen
it's changes being
the book of by the province of the remaining part
of the G. to license protest will be in effect
at least ... from March thirty first may be extended
if enough of their
it change with our provincial announcement ... late last year
that required drive replacement ... driver's license with the license
plate particularly ... be renewed by February twenty eight and
the number of life and folders until December thirty first
of the year
I think yesterday the current the government announced the creation
of a nearly ... entitled fields Craven care a new
crown agency that would will promote market trade and job
related training and curriculum standards
we can report on the next slide please
I would be under federal development of financing it at
the federal and provincial levels met to discuss a range
of items including taxation coordination in continued collaboration to combat
COVID nineteen
forty million dollars with the now for the federal government
to further address misinformation about COVID nineteen and baxeen
and also a of noted a memorandum of understanding with
briefly fine with the national centre for truth and reconciliation
outlining how and when Canada with characterful documents related to
the residential school the timing for relief the document will
be set by the national centre for truth and reconciliation
... although the federal government retains the question on January
thirty first
hello the is a quick run down because I got
my really think presentation and I'm happy to take any
questions ... couple may have
okay thank you have a blade I don't see any
... questions so a motion to receive the presentation moved
by councilmember Sante and seconded by councillor Fortini anyone opposed
to this motion hearing none the motion carries
this takes us to COVID nineteen a murder C. report
from the only update this week is that we are
preparing for the re opening ... it is scheduled for
January thirty first I'm told by ... our commissioner that
our rec centers and everything will be ready to go
on January thirty first it was been a tough month
with the lockdown and I want to thank members of
council who have all stepped up to help us showcase
the wonderful outdoor amenities that we have in the city
and distract from the help the share some great videos
... across ... the city on outdoor amenities and maybe
folks didn't know about so it was ... and enter
interesting exercise ... where
we were ... going on the two position because the
... Park with cancer Fortini and Williams ... ... to
bargaining with a counselor Palevsky Santos and the Sante ...
I even took Theodoro for the first time to do
tobogganing as ... a hill that ... cancer Palleschi I
showed me a snow showing with councillor ... Bowman and
... Maduro's ... going to an ice skating rink with
councillor Singh and councillor Willhans that tells me that we're
gonna find the V. across country as ski spot still
the promoter I know cancer Dillon is a look at
it and ideas well so everyone has stepped up to
help showcase outdoor amenities which are great for mental health
and physical health ... I should also note we hit
a milestone in peel region we're now and over ninety
percent vaccinated over twelve and we're gonna keep on going
but that's a number that much of the world would
die ... envy ... and I should also add we're
going to be watching more doses after dark number that
all night session the doctor loaded ... last year well
he's about to start another one it'll be an early
... February and I also want to think ...
councillor thank members of council who have set an example
I believe it's
now official that everyone has declared their vaccination status and
we have a council that is fully vaccinated and setting
an example for the city that we believe in science
and protecting our community so that's a quick COVID nineteen
... update I see there's a question from councillor Willhans
yes
Mr Mayor I'd stepped away and I didn't catch the
end of lands presentation but I wanted to just reiterate
the fact that this council didn't reconsider the motion I
want to I'm wondering if staff can work with plain
I work with them as well to send ... firm
stance on the Boulevard through each ice back to the
province has a little taken back by the media recess
often brag meet us to carry on he and his
stance on pushing the highway forward and not not entertain
the thought of our ... Public Works what what that
could be made like a letter sent from a public
relations to the province the heart that our stance is
still the Boulevard
coming through thank you councillor Willhans ... let me see
... that I'd be happy to ... write a letter
with the help of government relations to that effect ...
she think we should give up on the Boulevard yet
I had a conversation with problem it's a Korea ...
I built that the letter I did that article in
the guardian and he said those were old ... quotes
that he hadn't spoken to the guardian in a in
a month ... and ... that ... ... he would
always help us a push a Brampton idea and he
said ... he's not say never he just saying they're
saying no right now ... in Seoul where we will
continue to push and be relentless like we have another
issues I continue to believe that the urban Boulevard is
that the best approach and I would absolutely agree with
your request to ... ... write a letter and aggressively
pursue that
I council
thank you through you Mayor ... I'm not finished yet
if you don't mind ... it's great single government relations
but I'd like to have a staff of input staff
from our planning for our planning process he did a
lot of work this area I think there input should
be great not just a letter coming to my public
relations not for sure
I think that so that would be as soon actually
are you are you guys anything else council's
thanks
thanks for that suggestion I councillor Santos
thank you and through you Mr Mayor it was that
fun to bargaining down major oaks and that colliding with
that my work counter dissenting the other day and certainly
... you know I think that we've all been doing
a good job of promoting and pivot thing to outdoor
activities in the winter in Brampton that being said that
I just wanted to that extent thanks and appreciation to
the parks and recreation team and staff at the city
who continued to pave it and it just ... and
create sat you know new innovative programs activities for residents
... on such short notice and they accommodated to ...
you know it's seamless transition during really difficult times not
just over the past month at the throughout the entire
pandemics so big shout out on the team for your
tremendous work thanks Mr Mayor
thank you for a reason I'm I meant to say
that councillor Santos the parks and rec staff and it
had been phenomenal during this ... a lockdown and have
really ... as helped us enhance ... outdoor amenities impossibilities
I think I probably ... gave Meriah
at gray hair a few times suggesting different ideas but
... I wanna thank them for their ... indulgence from
everything from clearing trails in the midst of a snow
storm to a trying to remove snow off soccer fields
to ... new ... ice skating amenities they've been fantastic
... showed for parks and rec staff they are phenomenal
...
thank you ... I don't see any other questions for
our corporate update so motion moved by councillor Santos second
by councillor Willhans to receive the COVID nineteen emergency report
anyone opposed hearing none of the motion carries
now I believe ... to the court everything is in
consent until
the next item is ten point three point one point
three one yeah councillor Bowman
thank you very much through you Mr Merrill try to
be very brief on this ... thank you very much
thank you for putting this together ... I just want
to talk about some of the numbers on your for
the critical attraction and these are only six months members
right hello how long will it be before we get
the final numbers for the year
through the chair this is Stephanie Ortiz the atmospheric senior
adviser to the compensation on behalf of yeah
we expect the final numbers for twenty twenty one to
be released within the next item bunkers
and just to provide a preliminary update ... we do
expect the total number of employees that have been approved
business case to land around twenty or twenty one which
is similar to the twenty eighteen nineteen and twenty twenty
okay then that's that's where we sit right now right
total incidents of twenty
I see sixteen approved critical business cases so far correct
correct
okay in
nine point one percent just through the first six months
do you have an idea if that's gonna increase or
not or critical traction number of employees in the next
six months
... the chair ... I believe there was only one
additional critical attraction
for the second half of the year
there was a lot of activity in the first six
months did drop significantly ... in the last six months
to a year
okay this was so that'll put us up around ten
percent of all the eligible employees received a critical attraction
... I don't want to call a bonus but appear
through the chair it gets completed as the number of
employees who were hired about midpoint
new hires in that
so eight it will increase ... that number slightly but
it shouldn't be a significant increase I I believe it'll
still be below are closer to nine percent
okay ... does this is this just money it's not
benefits it's it's just whatever Hey
okay so the number that struck me in the reason
I wanted to hold this was that the city is
on track to exceed the average they've had for the
past three years by about forty five percent and that's
that's during the COVID years well is that
at eight can you explain to me why we had
that many ... that would put us such a such
a far way ahead of the previous three years through
the chair yes so based on just the activity from
January to June we did have ... a higher than
usual ... incidences for that six month period but that
was definitely offsets in the last six months so that
the total amount will be around twenty or twenty one
for the full year and that's very much in line
with the average from twenty eighteen to twenty twenty so
since the inception of this program
okay interest final question is do we do we have
Saturday we keep stats on the number of critical attraction
that we tried to keep and walks
we we have been tracking the thought that ... something
that we need to review our
I think I don't have it right off the top
of my head here by ten we we do monitor
to see the effectiveness of those ads ... of you
think that the people I talk to because
okay I was just wondering if we had numbers of
of people actually laughed because ... the the critical traction
was not attractive enough for the
so I guess we'll I guess we'll see those numbers
another time okay thanks so much
okay thank you councillor
Bowman councillor the jurors
thank you through you Mayor and and I will the
one that says I think ... chargeable one touch on
some of the points and we're gonna be getting a
more complete information because I I I always have that
in the issue around the critical traction aspect and ...
again ... ... I got appropriate and stuff that you
know what ... that that that idea that that it's
very critical through positions ... maybe based on expertise or
someone I just hopefully that we're not applying this term
in a broad manner that it is a really skills
specific and ... it's always relative on in terms of
the view what's critical or not but ... it is
concerning that there's been a ... an upward trend in
the concern that the way ... let's say that ...
... these ... a promotion and additional salary increases are
are given and I hope that they're not given in
the like manner that there is scrutiny there is ...
considerable discussion and there's trucks and balances us all like
my council will not wait for a more fulsome report
to come forward thank you
okay thank you counsel here so ... I have a
motion to receive his salary ministration policy similar into reporting
moved by council Bowman second by council euros anyone opposed
to this motion
another motion carried
now this takes us everything else is in consent all
the way until
for district council second thirteen point four and that's the
only other item before we have in camera correct
yes five referred matters and okay okay so ... I
think we can do this item and then break for
lunch and returned ... in in camera I don't want
probably wondering ... what time we're going to take a
lunch break so over to you councillor Santos
thank you so much ... and through you ... Mr
Clark ... I think I I just have some questions
in regards to the warehouses property as a whole I
know that during the budget discussion ... and in particularly
with respect to the amended our budget ... to
eight four D. at barn restoration out of reserve fund
for there were other questions that were coming out of
that discussion which I think are still unclear and I
answered so I am I'm looking for more complete information
regarding the property itself since it's located in ward one
and since those discussions I've been and receiving questions from
from residents but also non profit organizations ... seeking clarity
and that I don't know for sure if staff were
able to answer all these questions I think what I
might be looking for is ... you know a more
... complete information report related just to the prepared house
property as a whole I'm so for example just say
you know questions to staff to do we know if
the the entire property is designated just for heritage
sure through to cancer Santos we need to have your
key online Republican support and just took quite some information
relating to the heritage planning matters on the site
it's a three Mr it seems like Bob you perhaps
isn't with us at this point in time notwithstanding because
being noted in the participants walk one hundred if there
if there is any stuff that's close to the the
heritage matters here that's a second comments off on on
the
because they have I I do have some other questions
but perhaps you could add that to the list ...
for staff to get back to some clarity ... as
well about how big the parcel of land is itself
... and whether or not only heritage buildings or structures
can be put on that site ... and that and
then my next question is just in general so we
found out that the partnership agreement which ... I know
that the city's enter negotiations right now which principle very
house so I won't I will try my best not
to you and talk about the negotiation but what was
public was that the agreement ... has not been updated
in about twenty years I just want I just want
you to be to get clarification on that because there's
back and forth this too when it was updated when
it wasn't so
when when was that last updated
councillor Santos out through the chair it's a style ...
to my knowledge the last terms of reference that was
in front of council for approval and that we have
been following is a two thousand and two terms of
reference
okay so for twenty years there wasn't an agreement that
... back to you the property again
how many projects during those 20 years have happened
like whether that's new buildings or I know there's a
giggling the budget it said that there was a conceivable
as well as the Pendergast log cabin ... are those
the only two projects or were there other things that
happened during the twenty years that that the partnership agreement
was not updated
yeah it means Barbara pardon me Sir it's very apologize
council through the chair ... we we can we can
provide a list two ... what's happened on the site
over the last twenty years as it relates to city
involvement don't have that available right now however we can
provide that so ... if if that's fine with us
we can send that information directly over to you
yeah it if you can report that back to to
council because I'd like to you know also get folks
residents and and whomever we're asking these questions ... some
clarity as well so you can add that to to
the list of questions for clarification on this particular topic
to come back to council when you have it I'm
my other question is is the
and this is not part of the negotiations for the
updated agreement after twenty years but during the twenty years
without that agreement do we know if if there were
any financial audited statements that risks that are available are
submitted because I checked the website I can't find any
audited statements
through the chair it's my parks again don't
I honestly don't know that ... we have that information
but ... let us look into that we can provide
that information back to you okay thank you Mike and
then I guess as we're talking about finances ... about
about this property ...
I'd like I know they were questioned about how how
some of the projects were paid for and I know
that the house burned it is currently budgeted ... for
up to two million or sorry for up to one
million dollars over the next two years ... and that's
two capital reserve number four ... but is it do
we know where the money came from for the other
... projects that were initiated on that property in the
past thank you is there a specific line item that
says standard has log cabin or gazebo how did we
come up with the it just a little spending on
those projects ... you know over the past few years
hi again closer it's ... it's my park here I
would I would defer that question to ... hopefully someone
that might be on the call from finance that can
maybe provide a high level response that
okay I cannot censor
yeah it's okay I mean they
yep go head
yeah through the chair council's ... mark marketers ... so
the report projects approved ... throughout the years and I
believe they were ... tax base funded so reserve for
as well but through Mike's efforts in putting together a
chronology of what's happened over the last twenty years we
can identify the projects that supported that and the funding
sources as part of that report by
thank you and I think perhaps what would be ideal
is also to take a look ... just so that
for we have transparency and that you know ... Cleary
... with respect to what's been going on with this
property because one point three million dollars according to the
conversation in the budget has already been spent up to
date on on the property to include those various projects
that I had mentioned ... and and it would be
great to get clarification on on you know
how how those decisions came to be like if if
all of these projects where the initiative of one organization
that ... we don't even know if they submitted audited
financial statements ... I'm also curious if we could find
out how much revenue ... is generated from that particular
property itself ... in addition to the other questions like
whether or not it's only designated heritage to be on
track ... yeah because I think they're they're just a
lot of
... questions about the property and and and I appreciate
that you know the majority of the of the vote
was in favour to two painful or the at the
barn reconstruction ... but I think that there are still
some unclear answers related to what's been going on of
the property as a whole especially you know concerning that
for twenty years they haven't had an updated terms of
reference or agreement so so in terms of transparency and
accountability center I think I think we all went to
the public ... some clarity and information on what how
decisions have been made how many has been spent read
these initiatives came from it's set for in the past
I'm certainly getting it from residents in ward one and
and some nonprofit organizing shoes quite frankly who have to
go through a really vigorous pro status in order to
access funds like me we just went through an entire
debate about public art for example and how underfunded it
is ... and I know that through advanced Brampton find
many these nonprofit organizations have to it's a requirement to
submit audited statements ... and it's concerning that in this
particular case we don't even have a report yet in
terms of how that the million dollars is going to
be spent ... and and we don't even have a
an agreement ... and yet the million dollars is past
so so I just have one answer questions and and
if staff can please come back with with a more
wholesome TransCanada port on the property itself that would be
greatly appreciated thank you
thank you councillor Santos next up is cancer Whillans
cancel
Madeiros before me considers you in this item
I believe is the previous item
well I have an after concert Santos
councilman Joe so you item or the previous one
thank you okay council Hollins
... since the report coming back I would like to
see also that report from our building designed to
when we came up with the numbers was it based
on a putting a rec center I like the building
today because I know one of the building code I
just wanna get clarification if the bar is not being
used for occupancy ... there's totally there's a totally different
set of building codes that are used obviously you've got
to make it safe but the whole inside of the
barn was not to be used for events as suggested
by ... I think some members of staff it was
not to be used for people who actually go through
it it's more of a viewing area for the artifacts
that are
... and ... yeah I think that's the only concern
I would like to have I'm glad it's coming back
because I still clarifications as well and I believe that
the Blair house
a lot of early stalls portfolio around twenty sixteen twenty
seventeen we started to go up when we moved case
from our sculpture and I think it one under community
services and I think at that time the only thing
that we were funding when you were a stationary bike
... and things like that to the need and I
think the budget was very high so as I'm concerned
... as far as I know it between the two
they're they they put back into the into the potatoes
but I'm you know I could be wrong about that
there will be a report thank you
5 councillor Bowman
thank you very much for you Mister chair of them
we certainly seem to have a preoccupation with the open
house but that's fine ... Kelly what if I can
ask what's the yearly budget for a principal there helps
I cancel Bowman through the chair ... there isn't an
annual operating budget for the friends of Americans I believe
there is a operating budgets for the facility itself
I was details well you don't have those can you
bring those back if you if you can next time
through the check out so we can ensure that's included
in the list of details here okay
Kelly Wallace the gotcha one of the one of the
major issues we faced over the past twenty years with
the with us
I thank all the moment through that the chair to
my knowledge there hasn't been ... major issues faced with
their friends of Robert house we've been operating through the
terms of reference from two thousand and two and we
have been recently attracted by council to update that within
you memorandum of understanding an operating agreement for the property
so I can't speak to any ... concerns directly okay
in in the in on all in favor of the
actual you know I've been working with them over the
past number of years to try and get agreement hammered
out as well so ... I did I just wondered
because it just seems that this is such a critical
issue that you know for a for twenty years we
haven't had any major issues up with an agreement that's
been in place since two thousand two so I just
wanna make that clear and thanks thanks Kelly Mike Mike
parks
you still there like
through the chair I am councillor thanks who owns the
house
great question ... all the city the city so the
city assets so how do we done anything to alter
any of our city facilities over the past twenty years
in any other city facility that you can think of
you know something wasn't replaced
... through the chair certainly counselor ... we do have
a fairly robust ... maintenance ... plan for all our
facilities
okay so for example ... the gazebo at the warehouse
which was which was mentioned previously ... if someone from
city staff went and saw that it was unsafe would
would that be deemed to have to be replaced
through the chair yes okay
no that's it that's all I wanted only to report
comes back to Mike thanks thanks very much
Mr Mayor okay thank you councillor Bowman that's up Wisconsin
Fortini
thank you Mr Mayor think killed Whillans arts of the
best some of my questions we just want to plus
one more when we purchased as part
councillor Fortini through the chair it's Mike parks ... as
I recall it wasn't a purchase it was actually donated
to the the city by the friends of a warehouse
so we support the sister virtual have it stored and
taken
through the chair yes we ... we have it stored
at one of our yard facilities ...
... in the west end of the city of Santa
would ... Park we are yes so we supported to
get started keep it stored at all and we keep
going back and forth on this part yeah anyway always
for the report to come back so thank you so
much
okay
councillor Santos wrote a comment and the council plus you
call the question okay so there's no question because there's
no motion right three three research there is no motion
there's some request that they've made from individual members that
I presume staff for ... taking down but there's been
no motion introduced
okay then I would like to that M. and I'm
wondering if it is clear enough based on the debate
and discussion in terms of what information we are all
looking for so just back to you I guess that
might parks as well as Marc Madeiros and Kelly who
were response finding two different questions if I moved a
motion that a report ... regarding the apple fared house
property based on this discussion and questions from councillors today
be brought forward back to council ... and I'm wondering
if we could have that information ... within the next
month perhaps ... if that's a possibility I put that
out to you to Mike and Kelly as well as
mark and and perhaps that the whole team if based
on the discussion you have enough information to come back
with that what council is looking for
through the chair ... it's my party and and I'm
not to speak on behalf of mark and Kelly ...
but I think that that's doable ... I think ...
getting that direction from here today ... to have a
report brought back ... will be helpful and then ...
the team can get together and work or no preparing
that report and having it back to our committee Council
okay perfect thank you so much stopping for that that
motion and perhaps Alaska ... I don't know whoever wants
to second it sounded like cancer Bowman and cancer Fortini
work and cancer Williams were in favor of getting this
report back
I can second
okay councillor thank you to my partner okay councillor Bowman
thank you very much for a second time
but you know I'm not gonna support this motion only
because what are we comparing this to this is a
city owned assets so when we bring back a report
on how much it costs to to mow the grass
or or to ... you know to replace a gazebo
for example because that's been brought up what are we
comparing that to are we comparing it to every other
single park that we or or ... recreation center that
we own as a city why are we overlooking the
fact that this is a city owned assets and that
this has to be regarded the same way every other
city asset is regarded so I I'm not gonna support
this these answers can come back to us or or
individually or as a group but I'm not gonna support
sending stop away to come back with another report on
the city asset when we've got nothing to compare it
to in terms of all our other city assets across
the across the city thanks
okay councillor Fortini
okay if it kills a woman spoke for me thank
you
I was gonna say the same thing
I cancel Santos and cancer Santos I I would say
that I think staff person back they can get that
information to you may not need to be in the
form of a motion any councillor is eligible to ask
questions and get that type of information ... on their
on their okay
okay thank you very much ... so so if if
I can ask just as direction to staff and to
bring forward at a report on the property please that
would be greatly appreciated ... I guess if that's clear
then there is no motion that's required thanks for that
clarification Mister chair and look forward to receiving that information
okay that takes us to our correspondence
we've dealt with that with every restaurant Mayor sorry Mr
Mayor I'm on the board yes just regarding
so that there's been ... and I asked for a
report I councillors press there and ... opposition to a
report we haven't voted on it and a member can't
just ask for a report back to council when there
hasn't been a motion so the member can get all
the information to them like you rightly said ... they
can write the stock what do not report has been
requested to council maybe the city clerk advised ... you
know as far as I know there's no motion for
report back to council
the report back I can get that information directly from
stop as the member asking for the report back and
get that information from staff directly yes that's what I
was saying is there any member of council can get
that information on their own it does it does need
to be in the form of a a motion requesting
a report
but just to be clear we're not asking for any
report to come back to council no motions but no
motion's been task before in the report correct individual councillors
can get the information they need correct and all the
clerk there for that
through you Mr Mayor there is no motion placed ...
there are things that are referred to as council information
requested a member may make a comment that triggers a
request and staff we provide that information directly back to
the member of council if direction is being given direction
needs to be given in the form of a motion
my advice is and based on what I'm hearing is
there's been no motion introduced at this time so it's
just a request for information that would then ... would
be and ... staff would act identified that information provided
back to the councillors
I see the CEO just wants to speak on this
great thank you Mayor so staff is coming back with
the information related to this item generally speaking ... has
been referencing some questions with respect to any partnership agreement
... we've been hearing plenty of questions so our intention
is to be clear in terms of managing expectations we
do need to come back to council to report on
this matter and our intentions to answer as many or
all of the questions as possible within that so the
council's fully formed within their decision making framework ... we
don't need a a resolution of council ... for direction
on a report that we would need a motion of
council direction that mobilizes resources so we're satisfied our intention
and on previous direction from council already is to in
fact come back I just want to manage expectations of
this group not to be surprised when there is an
agenda item we're providing this information and and ... on
to go to council partnership agreements including some of the
ancillary questions that have been ask around it
accounts Madeiros does that answer your question
yep okay okay moving on to the close this ticket
all the way to
referred matters list
are there
are there any members of questions
seeing none public question period there's a fifteen minute limit
on questions and the public is entitled to ask any
questions for decisions made today are there any questions
through you Mr Mayor I do not see any questions
for today's meeting agenda this takes us to bylaws ...
to give effect to council decisions made at this meeting
I have a motion moved by councillor Madeiros the second
by council plus you to approve the bylaws is there
anyone opposed to this motion the wiser vote will count
in the affirmative this is for bylaws one twenty twenty
two to twenty three twenty twenty two
is there any objections
hearing none the motion carries
our next item of business is item nineteen closed session
business I have a motion moved by councillor Willhans and
seconded by councilor Williams to move into closed session to
deal with the following items in the critical appointments through
you Mr Mayor to members of council there six items
for closed session ... item nine point six which is
an open meeting exception under section two thirty nine to
K. the Municipal Act the plan procedure criteria or instruction
to be applied to any negotiations carried on or to
be carried on by or on behalf of the municipality
or local board item nineteen point seven open meeting exception
under section two thirty nine to be an F. of
the municipal act litigation or potential litigation including matters before
administrative tribunals affecting the municipality or local board and advice
of subjects with your client privilege including communications necessary for
that purpose item nineteen point nine concession meeting exception under
section two thirty nine to be in case of the
municipal act personal matters but I don't viable individual including
municipal or local board employees and a position plan procedure
criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiations carried
on or to be carried on by or on behalf
of the municipality or local board item nineteen point ten
and if the meeting exception under section two thirty nine
to be India of the municipal act personal matters but
in identifiable individual including municipal or local board employees and
labor relations aren't going to go stations skews me item
nineteen point eleven open session meeting exception under section two
thirty nine to K. of the municipal act position plan
procedure criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiations
carried on or to be carried on by or on
behalf of the municipality or local board and finally the
added close session item nineteen point twelve ... an open
meeting exception under section two thirty nine to P. and
F. of the municipal act litigation potential litigation including matters
before administrative tribunals affecting the municipality or local board and
advice that is subject to solicitor client privilege including communications
necessary for that purpose
okay
mmhm ... as a motion moved by counseling's Williams moved
to close session anyone opposed hearing none the motion carries
that would be a good time for a lunch break
it is one twenty one so I'm gonna ask if
we could have a half an hour break and return
back at one fifty one close in close session
recessed
present
and just looking through the list
I see
I see at the moment
so we have 5 members present I see councillor Bowman
okay
transparently Norman
I will for a public session in your company please
close session business as a result of our close session
today was report the following hi and to the first
we dealt with the items
through you Mr chair of I'll do a run through
of the items we have a nineteen point six which
was a position ... position plan procedure criteria or instruction
to be applied to any negotiations carried on or to
be carried on by or on behalf of the municipality
or local board that matter was considering close session direction
was the information was receiving direction was given item nineteen
point seven litigation potential litigation including matters before administrative tribunals
affecting the municipality or local board and advice of the
subject solicitor client privilege including communications necessary for that purpose
that matter was considered in close session information was received
and direction was given
item 19.9
... personal matter of an identifiable individual including municipal or
local board employees and a position plan procedure criteria or
instruction to be applied to any negotiations carried on or
to be carried on by or on behalf of the
municipality or local board
for that matter was considered no direction was given item
nineteen point ten a personal matter about nineteen viable individual
income including municipal or local board employees and labor relations
aren't going to go she Asians that matter was considered
a no direction was given ... item nineteen eleven which
is a position plan procedure criteria or instruction to be
applied to any negotiations carried on or to be carried
on by or on behalf of the municipality or local
board that matter was not considered and closed session and
finally nineteen point twelve ... which is litigation potential litigation
this is the added item including matters before administrative tribunals
affecting the municipality or local board and advice that is
subject to solicitor client privilege including communications necessary for that
purpose ... information was receiving closed session and direction was
given okay our next item of business is I'm twenty
the confirming bylaw I have a motion moved by a
councillor Santos and seconded by councillor Singh to approve the
current bylaw took from the proceedings and decisions from this
meeting is anyone opposed to this motion otherwise your vote
will count in the Fuhrman of
hearing none there are no objections the motion carries our
last item of business is item twenty one adjournment council's
next scheduled to meet Wednesday February ninth twenty twenty to
nine thirty AM and and then Mr Mayor sorry I
just want to confirm I do have quorum present I
don't know if I have it right now I see
councillor I see yourself as a councillor Singh councillor Palleschi
tell serviceontario
councillor Santos
councillor Bowman was the six member I don't see him
present at the moment
okay so we can't do German the ... week we
cannot proceed until we we have quorum
so all right item twenty one very dealt with all
the way up until twenty one so if we don't
turn does that make a difference
... no so the procedure bylaw we kick in which
says that ... if we if we've lost corn we
have thirty minutes to achieve quorum we don't achieve for
like thirty minutes and then the meeting ends they're all
the decisions up to that point are ... confirmed and
in fact confirming bylaw ... carried as I understand this
I understood we had a quorum present when that occurred
and then anything that's not dealt with which there is
no other business would carry over to the next meeting
so theoretically if we don't achieve corpsman in ... thirty
minutes then ... the meeting will turn on an adequate
the solicitor automatically the
the procedural rule should be to wait until we achieve
quark as we should and the meeting properly but ...
I don't know councillor Bowman has a
connection issue
... ... be adjourned by virtue that there be no
one there
so I'm gonna ask all the members of council to
sign off and that way we achieve adjournment
it was no one yeah I would say for instance
the form three stuff ... and then solution that's your
decision I think I think man that's automatically change okay
correction
I believe we have to hang out for half okay
you're right you're right this is the consent I forgot
my guitar so I can't play for anyone sorry
so
all
I had 30 minutes starting at 407
it's time repair
I can support you know hi notice that our four
oh seven so we have to wait to four thirty
seven that's thirty minutes ... for thirty seven
is the 0 starter
yes
I think the CEO could probably aren't Smith's all stop
right stop don't have to stay on for the next
ten minutes
so for you Peter sorry
form
it's four oh seven it is four thirty five there's
two minutes left and then at thirty minutes ... were
automatically injured
the for your own interests the next scheduled meeting is
February ninth twenty twenty two at nine thirty AM and
after that March second at nine thirty AM
members of council just as we are ... it's it's
likely that we will not achieve quorum within thirty minutes
... I'm just gonna note for the record the members
that are present so we have Mayor Brown ... we
have councillor Alessi
we have
Ken serviceontario
councillor Santos
and councillor Singh
and that is based on their ... connection to the
webex ... virtual meeting platform
okay 437
so the meeting is automatically Germany lost quorum at four
oh seven after we but when we attempted to pass
the German item twenty one
okay thank you