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>> mayor burton: hello, welcome
to this meeting of the council
of the town of oakville.
I invite you to join council I
n
o canada.
[singing of o canada]
>> mayor burton: thank you,
everybody.
210 years ago, indigenous peopl
e
here began welcoming settlers
from all over the entire.
soon, the new settlers were
helping slave escaping from the
united states to settle here
today.
today, our indigenous founding
partners are still here enjoyin
g
this land with us.
they fish and camp under their
treaty 22 rights.
indigenous people and their
thousands live with us as
neighbours and friends.
our indigenous, white and black
settlers created a community
with an attractive degree of
harmony and prosperity.
and by 1857, ontario gave
official recognition to oakvill
e
as a town.
a town hall 1 160 years later,
we
fly the flag of the mississauga
s
flag of the new credit.
we fly these flags together to
acknowledge our origins.
people from all over the world
are attracted to the liveabili
ty
we created.
we offer newcomers a warm,
spirit of welcome.
we offer everyone our founding
story so that everyone can kno
w
what they are part of.
we feel sorrow and distress for
acts of racism an intolerance
across canada.
we want our future to be
equitable and inclusive for all
.
the path of truth and
reconciliation can lift and
unite us.
now, before we begin our
scheduled council meeting, it'
s
important to me to note that
june is the month during which
we celebrate our community's
indigenous history as well as
pride.
our diversity is a reason for
why oakville can be and stay
canada's most livable town.
today as national indigenous
peoples day, we acknowledge the
mississaugas of the credit first
nation as the traditional
custodians of the land we
inhabit by flying the
mississaugas of the credit fla
g
at town hall.
in 2019, in fact, council voted
to add a permanent indigenous
flag pole at town hall for the
continuous display of that fla
g.
tragically, this flag and all
others at town facilities flew
at half-mast during the first
week of june.
this was done in honour of the
215 indigenous children, the
bodies of 215 indigenous
children found in a mass grave
at the former residential schoo
l
site in kamloops, british
columbia.
I would ask now for a moment o
f
silence in recognition of the
event.
[moment of silence]
>> mayor burton: thank you,
everybody.
I would now like to give a bri
ef
statement and comment on a
letter released this afternoon
by our m.p.p. For oakville,
steven crawford urging us to
pass a resolution requesting t
he
province to issue a minister's
zoning order to preserve the
glen abbey, cultural heritage
landscape, known as glen abbey
golf course.
and this is the statement.
we want to thank m.p.p. Steven
crawford or his letter.
we're delighted with his
support.
our officials are preparing the
appropriate council resolution.
the council response will be
scheduled with the appropriate
public notice.
thank you, everybody, for that.
we have regrets, council, from
councillor sandhu.
are there any declarations of
pecuniary interest?
madam clerk, I don't see any.
council, do you have correctio
ns
for the minutes listed in the
agenda?
and if you haven't, is there a
mover and seconder to confirm
them.
councillor adams and councillo
r
knoll.
thank you.
any objection or corrections?
madam clerk, there are none.
the minutes are adopted.
we now have the pleasure of
receiving a public presentatio
n
from the new executive directo
r
of oakville galleries to updat
e
us on the galleries and her
plans to lead that organizatio
n.
sally, welcome.
council looks forward to worki
ng
with you as do I.
we look forward to your
information.
you have the zoom.
at we're saying these days.
sally fratter.
>> ok, thank you very much,
mayor burton.
I'm very happy and grateful to
have the opportunity to address
the town council and to speak
about some of the activities
that we have been working on
since the beginning of the yea
r.
I'm especially excited to have
the opportunity to engage with
many of the councillors since
the town of oakville is one of
our biggest supporters and
partners in all the work we do.
next slide, please.
- this is a picture of me.
I thought I should begin by
introducing myself to everyone.
as the mayor mentioned, my nam
e
is sally fr ater, I'm the
executive director at oakville
galleries.
wednesday is the official
marking of my third month in m
y
role.
I haven't been here very long.
sometimes it seems like a long
time.
but I haven't been in the role
for a long time.
I have been working in the
cultural sector close to 16
years.
prior to beginning, my role at
oakville galleries I was the
curator of contemporary art in
guelph.
- I worked as the artistic
director at centre 3 for
artistic and social practice in
hamilton.
and I most recently was working
in the states, as well.
I was the curator of modern and
contemporary art at skwrald eld
ridge
museum of art in wichita,
kansas.
next slide, please.
I am assuming everyone on
council is familiar with
oakville galleries.
in the event some people may n
ot
be, we are an arts organizatio
n.
we have the fortune of having
two sites.
we are on the sunny shores of
lake ontario in the beautiful
setting of gairloch gardens.
and we are also, we also have
a
usite at centennial square.
what I appreciate is about
having these two locations.
it allows us to engage with a
community at different sites o
r
different occasions.
next slide.
we also have an sculpture
collection.
it has allowed visitors to
continue to engage with our
collection at a time when we're
closed to the public.
this is an example of some of
the work that is in the outdoor
sculpture correction.
we have workers by renowned and
canadian artists, including thi
s
piece.
this other work.
we're fortunate.
whenever I drive up to the
building, where our
administrative offices are at
gairloch gardens, I'm able to
witness viewers engaging with
these works.
next slide, please.
this year before we went into
our third lockdown, we were
fortunate to be able to open t
wo
exhibitions to the public.
in our centennial square
location, we featured a los
angeles-based artist and his
exhibition.
the work featured weavings by
the artist I believe there wer
e
seven weavings that explored
themes of american literature,
folklore.
black, queer and black
experiences of the american
south.
the work in particular looked
at
the rise of the aids epidemic o
r
recent recurrence and rising
rates in black and brown
communities.
next slide, please.
this is another installation
view of that exhibition.
we also had an exhibition at
gairloch gardens.
a colorado-based artist.
an established artist and her
exhibition hourglass featured
works in sculpture.
she incorporates fountain
materials, water, plastic and
sand.
she also featured works in
video.
and writing pieces, as well.
the water works were a nice
complement to the gairloch
garden setting because it was I
n
some ways a reference to lake
ontario.
next slide, please.
this is another installation
view.
next slide.
and what we're currently worki
ng
on, one of the programs we're
working on is an upcoming
exhibition which will officiall
y
open on september 19th.
it is called two truths and a
lie.
it is being organized by our
assistant curator teresa wong.
it features works from the
collection.
there will be, I believe, at
least 16 works by 16 artists
featured in the collection.
and the exhibition to give a
simple straight forward
description, it looks at the
ways in which we create myths
and narratives and how we
determine what is true or truth
.
next slide, please.
last year, our camp sessions
were very successful.
we're just gearing up to launc
h
our 2021 camp sessions.
our sessions are selling out.
we have smaller camp sizes to
allow us to have students into
the site or on site, rather, bu
t
a lot of our programming,
weather permitting will be hel
d
outdoors.
the smaller class sizes will
allow us to operate the camps I
n
accordance with municipal and
provincial covid guidelines.
we're excited about welcoming
students and campers back to th
e
gallery.
next slide, please.
as many cultural organizations
have had to do, we had to
transition most of our course
and workshop and public program
offerings to on-line platforms
.
we use zoom.
as we're doing this evening.
and we also took advantage of
instagram.
I was very taken with this
initiative as many of our
audience members were.
visitors were, by our educator,
erica and our marketing and
communications coordinator,
jordan.
they created these take live
studio videos which provided
step-by-step instructions which
allowed kids to make artwork a
t
home with materials they had o
n
hand.
they were successful.%
next slide, please.
we also had a youth water colou
r
painting workshop.
this particular workshop, I
believe, had 40 participants.
we were very excited about it.
it sold out very quickly.
we had a long waiting list.
we ended up allowing everyone
on
the waiting list into the
workshop.
one of the things that
transitioning to on-line
platforms did was it allowed u
s
to broaden our reach.
so in our march break camp and
also in this youth water colou
r
workshop, we had a few
participants, one was from
india.
one was from the u.k. Which
allowed us to broaden the scope
of who we could serve through
our courses and workshops.
next slide, please.
we also transitioned our publi
c
programs to be on-line.
this is a screen shot from one
such program which featured a
vancouver-based performance
artist.
her frequent collaborator who
was also a performance based
artist.
lori is based in australia.
zoom allowed us to bring the t
wo
together to deliver their talk.
we had 40 attendees, which was
great.
particularly considering a lot
of people are having zoom
fatigue.
another point I wanted to
mention was our assistant
curator led a tour of deed
exhibitions.
we had 70 participants for tha
t
on-line tour.
81 people viewed it after the
fact.
that was quite successful.
I should also mention both tho
se
exhibitions received
international reviews in leadi
ng
art journals.
next slide, please.
we have tried to take advantage
of our on-line presence or
increase it, rather.
next slide, please.
we have established two new
programs where we are offering
highlights from our past
oakville galleries catalogue
publications.
and we have also started a
program called collection
highlights.
what that program consists of
are staff picks where each
selecting a work.
we are sharing what it is about
this work that speaks to us.
- it's allowing us, this is
shared through instagram.
this is allowing us not only t
o
share more of our collection
with the public.
but it's also allowing us to
provide tools for looking at
attar to our audiences.
for those who may not be as
familiar with different ways o
f
deciphering artworks, we're
using lay person's language to
describe the c composition of
works, to describes the consent
s
and ideas behind them.
and we're hoping to increase o
ur
engagement of our programs
through this platform.
next slide, please.
I'm going to wrap this up.
I don't want to take up too much
of your time.
what we're planning on doing I
n
the next six months are really
looking at the site because we
likely will not be here for muc
h
longer.
we're trying to create
programming that takes advanta
ge
of beautiful gardens we have.
and the wondrous lake ontario.
we're looking at developing a
sign art project that could tak
e
place and take advantage of th
e
gardens next year.
we're looking at developing a
performance program.
and also gallery-based
programming that explores theme
s
of water ecological issues.
personal experiences with water
.
those types of things.
we're looking at using our
social media presence in on-li
ne
programming to continue to gro
w
the reach of our audiences and
to also develop different ways
for local audiences to have to
experience programming that
capitalizes on their in-person
experiences at the galleries.
we're also really excited.
I'm excited in particular a lot
of covid restrictions seem to
be
lifting because this will allow
me an opportunity to go out and
meet the different community
partners in person.
I started having visits with
some of the senior cultural
managers from the town.
I had a great meeting with thr
ee
of them last friday.
I'm looking forward to meeting
more cultural groups in person
and figuring out how we can
collaborate on programming and
grow the gallery and grow our
presence and make people more
aware of what we do and make
them feel more welcome.
to do this, what we're going t
o
do is we are going to develop
a
strategic plan.
our recent one had a five year
scope.
it recently ended.
I'm looking at developing a new
one.
that will take my vision for t
he
galleries into account as well
as input from staff and our
board.
and different community
stakeholders and that will lea
d
us into the fundraising study
that will help us to guide our
vision for our next home.
I think I'll just end things
there.
I want to again thank the mayor
for the time to allow me to let
you know what we have been up t
o
and introduce myself to the
councillors.
>> mayor burton: thank you ver
y
much for the presentation.
I'm excited at the vision of
public engagement that you're
bringing to the job.
this institution that you're
leading has a long and cherish
ed
relationship with the town.
and I'm hoping that together we
can lift it to new heights of
popularity and engagement with
the public.
and I'll just, just in case let
me ask if there's councillors
with questions for you before
we
let you go.
council, are there any questio
questions?
all right.
thank you so much.
I'm so glad you have joined us.
I appreciate the information
that you gave us.
you have a very engaging way o
f
telling the story.
and I think that's going to do
the galleries a world of good.
thank you so much.
>> thank you.
have a good evening.
bye-bye.
>> mayor burton: bye-bye.
council, we now come to the
point in the agenda where we
resolve into committee of the
whole.
a motion and second, councillo
r
grant.
I saw your hand before
technology cut everybody away.
there's councillor lishchyna.
there we go.
councillor grant and councillo
r
lishchyna.
any objection?
no objection being seen.
that carries.
council, we have five consent
items.
and one confidential consent
item.
I know you studied these repor
ts
and you're familiar with our
consent custom.
is there a mover for the conse
nt
items?
councillor o'meara.
>> councillor: your worship, I
was wondering if we could just
maybe pull out the park names
item for discussion.
I have a question about that
one.
>> mayor burton: sure.
>> councillor: I would be happy
to move the rest.
>> mayor burton: thank you.
council, is there any objection
to the others?
madam clerk, seeing none,
they're carried.
councillor o'meara, park names
.
did you want one named for
anyone in particular?
>> councillor: we can come to
that at a different point, I
think.
but no.
for this one, I just wanted to
ask staff about the bronte
square naming for the lakeshore
road park.
I believe that's going to be t
he
market square in the new
development at the mall.
but I had thought that we had
talked about a different name
for that rather than bronte
square.
I thought we had talked about
harbour square or a different
name.
I'm not sure if that's the nam
e
we had agreed upon or not.
maybe staff can speak to that I
f
that's ok.
>> mayor burton: all right.
well, is mr. Mark available.
in his place cao clohecy.
>> I believe you have chris mar
k
on the line right now.
>> mayor burton: there he is.
welcome, mark.
>> good evening, mayor burton
and members of council.
councillor o'meara, we did go
back and forth with names.
the one regarding harbour
square, we were concerned
because we already have a
harbourside park.
but if you wish to take that o
ne
out of the agenda for this
evening, we could certainly hav
e
further discussion with you on
that.
and come back at a later date.
it's not going to be built jus
t
quite yet.
we can still have further
discussion if you prefer on the
naming of that square.
>> councillor: yeah.
if we could do that.
I appreciate it.
bronte is a long road.
and I just like to make sure we
have something that speaks
specific to the area that peopl
e
won't go.
you mean the bronte here or
there.
perhaps if we don't mind, - we
can have more discussion over
that one, if that's ok.
>> mayor burton: all right.
>> absolutely.
>> mayor burton: that works.
councillor, your motion,
assuming you still want to move
it, we approve all but that one
.
that leaves that one open for
you.
>> councillor: that would be
fantastic.
>> mayor burton: I take it I
have your agreement to that.
I just saw a hand from
councillor haslett-theall.
>> councillor: mayor burton, I
had my hand up earlier about
7.5.
but I'm fine with what
councillor o'meara is doing.
I had a question on 7.5, which
got moved without my hand being
seen.
when it's appropriate, I would
like to ask that question.
>> mayor burton: you can ask
that any time now or offline,
later, depending on what the
need is.
sometimes we want to ask a
question for the benefit of the
public.
it's your choice.
>> councillor: my question is
in
terms of privacy on 7.5, when
they put the sticker on the
door, is it in an envelope suc
h
that an individual's issue
related to a property standard
are not for everybody to read o
n
their doorstep.
and it's a technical procedura
l
thing, but it does speak to
giving some people a sense of
privacy that not everybody nee
ds
to know what they violated thi
s
week.
>> mayor burton: mr. Barry is
here to reassure you.
mr. Barry.
>> through you, mr. Mayor.
when property standards orders
or lot maintenance orders are
issued, they are put on the doo
r
visible.
it's visible so someone can kno
w
an order is issued.
that's how municipalities deal
with property standards.
>> mayor burton: when the grass
is 12 inches high, everybody I
n
the neighbourhood wants to kno
w
they have been served I guess I
s
the way to put it.
>> councillor: so I understand
that.
but are there some more
sensitive where some judgment I
s
used?
>> through you, mr. Mayor, the
y
do become part of the public
record.
they're not something that's
protected by freedom of
information or something we
would - in any case, with a
property standards, lot
maintenance decide keep them
secretive in any way.
unlike certain charges that
might be, provincial offenses
act charge.
>> councillor: ok.
thanks for clarifying that for
me.
>> mayor burton: bottom line I
s
keep your property in order.
all right.
council, thank you.
we can now move to the
discussion items.
we have five and one cold
fro- we have fiveitems and one
confidential.
our first is 9.1.
ms. Clohecy, you have the zoom.
>> mayor and members of council
,
I have a brief update for you
today.
things are really looking up a
nd
being positive.
and you can definitely see thi
s
from the graph here.
the sharp decline of the line
in
the last couple of weeks,
actually, has been quite
outstanding.
I think there is 270 cases in
ontario today.
of which that's the lowest we
have seen since september 15th
september 15th.
that's certainly welcome news.
everyone is feeling a great dea
l
of relief as the numbers start
to drop down.
the only caution is the delta
variant is still there.
it's a bit of uncertain what
kind of an impact it will have.
but as the number of people get
their vaccinations, two dosages
,
and the numbers continue to
decline, we should hopefully
stay in a positive position.
as you know, the province
started on june 11 with step
one.
in a three-step process in ord
er
to move us through the balance
of this pandemic.
and we have responded with all
of the services in terms of the
town in getting them open and
running in accordance with tha
t
step one.
when they had first announced
the step process, they had
indicated that in order to mov
e
from step 1 to 2, you can see a
t
the top of the chart, 70% of
adultsed needed a first dosage.
dosage20% full vaccination.
we stand at 74% for first
dosage.
and 21% having been fully
vaccinated.
they said they would leave 21
days between the two.
if we use that as a measure,
that would mean on july 1st,
we could potentially see us
moving to step 2.
I think as I said at the last
meeting, I can't give you any
certainty of any dates in movin
g
forward.
there has been a lots of
positive talk about perhaps
opening a few days earlier tha
n
that.
really it is a provincial
decision.
we'll leave it up to them when
they want to move us into step
2.
but the dosages is in favour o
f
moving along quickly.
specific on the vaccination
program, you can see the numbe
rs
there.
this is specific for halton.
we have about 76 of our
population actually with a fir
st
vaccination.
and just under 20% with the
second vaccination.
the region has been consistentl
y
accelerating the timing of the
second dosage.
this point in time, anyone who
has been vaccinated prior to m
ay
30th then are eligible to
rebook their second appointment
at an earlier date.
the best place to look for any
changes in the vaccination of
course is the region's website
.
it is all dependent on the
supply.
we have heard this week that t
he
pfizer supply has been delayed
.
which means the region is now
shifting over to moderna the
next couple of days before
getting a better understanding
of what is the supply coming I
n.
the region's website is the bes
t
place to look.
the vaccinations though are
proceeding as they were planned
just with some changes.
positive news on the vaccinati
on
front.
most definitely.
we had other promising news
today.
everyone is anxious to travel.
what has been announced.
it was announced this morning.
these are a few facts I have
from it.
canadians and permanent
residents fully vaccinated can
come into canada without
requiring the self-quarantining
as of midnight of july 5th.
that's positive news.
vaccinations are proceeding as
planned just with changes.
positive news on the vaccinati
on
front.
most definitely.
we had other promising news
today.
everyone is anxious to travel.
right now, what has been
announced.
it was announced this morning.
so these are a few facts that
I
have from it.
canadians and permanent
residents fully vaccinated can
come into canada without
requiring the self-quarantining
as of I think it's midnight of
july 5th.
that's positive news.
they're working towards the
vaccine passport talked about
the last couple of weeks.
this would give the
certification to be able to
travel.
at this min point in time, the
u.s.
border remains closed.
it's only at this point we
understand the canadians and
permanent residents can move
across the borders.
we expect those things to be
unraveling quickly.
progressing so more of us can
travel.
which is again some positive
news getting back to normal
again.
in terms of a staff update,
there are three pieces I just
wanted to update on you.
vaccination program, we're
continuing to encourage staff t
o
get vaccinated as soon as
possible.
so they have been watching the
ir
own websites in the places the
y
live.
we have been giving them every
opportunity with staff time in
order to go out and get their
vaccination.
that's proceeding well.
I think as we talked the last
time we're not tracking that.
it's not really something we c
an
track and do really anything
with.
but the encouragement is there
in all correspondence with
staff.
we had also done our second
pulse survey.
the end of may we had done it.
it's an opportunity to measure
staff's engagement.
about 58% of the staff respond
responded.
and the company who undertakes
the pulse survey on our behalf
measures the engagement or
engagement score.
and we sit within the highly
performing staff group.
anyone over 60% based on a
series of questions they ask,
fit within that group.
we're at 78% in terms of the
engagement of staff in the wor
k
they do, which is a very
positive number.
there are some with any survey.
you get feedback in terms of
things we need to be doing.
in terms of some of our mental
health programs and improving
our employee support programs.
those types of things.
and there was a definite
response rate between internal
staff and the staff that are
constantly on site and staff
that are off-site working
remotely.
it's another piece we need to
deal with, staff morale and
moving forward.
the last piece is we have
improved as of june 1st,
access to mental health
benefits.
mental health is an ongoing
issue throughout the community
.
our staff are equally affected
by that.
we have made improvements so
they have better access and
quicker access to mental healt
h
supports through our employee
assistance program.
that's changes we have done on
the staff as a staff update.
municipal enforcement.
certainly with nice weather tha
t
we have had, have been out on a
n
ongoing basis.
anxiousness for everyone to get
back to normal.
they have been responding to
these series of concerns out
there in the community.
and they're listed there.
I won't repeat them.
that has been an active role f
or
municipal enforcement.
this is a slide as a reminder o
f
what is open as a result of ste
p
1.
moving into step 2, whenever
that happens, by the province,
will increase capacity limits
and outdoor areas.
and it will start to introduce
some small indoor gatherings
that could occur.
the kinds of town services that
would be impacted by that woul
d
be our sports fields could mov
e
into a more of a fully
permitting process.
outdoor tours, for example,
oakville museum could start.
wedding ceremony events within
our parks and our facilities.
but that would be almost it in
terms of step 2.
step 3 moves us into a lot mor
e
opportunities for indoor
activities.
there's library improvements to
o
just in terms of having access
to the stacks.
those are town services.
and of course our message has
been going forward.
particularly through municipal
enforcement is be kinds.
we're going to get through thi
s.
it looks like we're moving in a
positive direction in the last
little while.
let's hope we continue so we c
an
get back to seeing each other
again.
- thank you very much.
>> mayor burton: council, do y
ou
have questions?
council adams.
>> councillor: thank you for t
he
presentation.
things are looking good.
a couple of questions for how
town hall is operating.
are we looking at bringing
things back into town hall in
terms of actually having publi
c
meetings and that sort of thing
once we get into the final
stage?
>> as we move - let me update
for town hall at this point in
time.
service oakville is open.
it opened as we moved into ste
p
1.
anyone can come into the
facility to do business at
service oakville.
we have almost everything
on-line.
you can always access through
that venue.
it's probably the best and
easiest one for people to go t
o.
in terms of public meetings, I
don't expect those to happen
into step 3 or perhaps even
beyond just because of the
gathering limits indoors.
I think it's part of step 2 we
move to five people.
I think as, - I don't have the
numbers for the step 3.
we have not put in our plans
moving into public meetings or
returning to a council format
at
this point in time.
the social distancing limits
need to be reduced in order for
us to accommodate that in the
facilities that we do have.
>> councillor: great.
last question I have for you.
we still have emergency
declarations in place throughou
t
the region.
has there been discussion among
the senior staff around the nee
d
to continue having that and if
not at what point would we hav
e
a discussion about in a joint
kind of way stepping away from
those emergency declarations?
>> we have had some discussions
as a group of h halton caos.
our consensus was that at this
point in time, just entering o
r
just moving into the step one
,
was not an appropriate time to
be taking a lot of the emergen
cy
declaration off.
we have the delta variant, whic
h
is still a bit of a a little b
it
of a wild card.
and understanding what that
implication could or could not
be needs to happen.
- as we move into the steps,
really as we start to get into
step 3, is the timeframe we
could start to consider the
removal of the emergency
declaration.
>> councillor: great.
thank you so much for everythin
g
that you and all the staff are
doing and continuing to do.
>> mayor burton: thank you,
councillor.
councillor robertson.
>> councillor: thank you for t
he
report, jane.
it helps to clarify things,
especially going into stages.
I have had community concerns
about summer camps.
and how they will be running a
nd
what's happening.
if they're running in private
facilities and how is that
addressed by the town?
>> so I would actually ask if
doug carr is on to perhaps set
out what are the requirements
for summer camps.
because there is a distinction
between the indoor and the
outdoor components of them.
if doug is on.
if not, I know I have jim barry
here who may be able to speak t
o
that component.
and then following that,
councillor robertson, the
question about the camps we
ourselves are offering.
colleen bell can deal with tha
t.
I don't see doug but jim is
here.
>> through you, mr. Mayor.
I understand that some of the
concern is the activity actuall
y
being held at some of the summe
r
camps.
that has made its way to
municipal enforcement.
we're looking at individual
circumstances of each of the
camps that have been brought t
o
our attention.
in general, sports that would b
e
played inside such as hockey o
r
that type of activity shouldn't
be played inside as of the
current state we're at.
current level we're at.
if that's the case, enforcement
staff will be out, find out
exactly what is going on and
make sure they're in complianc
e
over the next short period of
time.
>> councillor: thank you.
because I know camps are alrea
dy
on the list this week because
private schools are out already
.
so some camps are already
running.
>> through you, mr. Mayor, the
only thing I advise.
some camps I did look at.
they are registering now, it w
as
for a camp later in the summer.
it is possible that will they
are anticipating a move to
another level which they then
may comply at.
but as enforcement staff look
at
the individual circumstances,
we'll be able to determine
better.
>> councillor: thank you so
much.
>> mayor burton: thank you,
councillor.
councillor lishchyna, you had
your - you have your electric
hand up.
you have the zoom.
>> councillor: thank you, your
worship.
jjust a follow-up to councillo
r
robertson's question.
I thought commissioner bell was
going to mention.
I'm curious about our wait tim
es
for our camps.
ho that's been going.
>> through you, mr. Chair.
we currently have 2940 campers
ready to go out of a possible
3386 placements right now.
we have 947 registrants on the
wait list.
however, some of the people on
the wait list are actually
looking at later times.
so we had a huge uptake.
we're really pleased to be able
to process so many.
this is almost double the numbe
r
of placements we were doing at
this time last year.
we're definitely on the right
track.
>> councillor: that's great to
hear.
thank you very much.
>> mayor burton: thank you,
councillor.
councillor haslett-theall.
>> councillor: thank you, mayor
burton.
I'm not sure if jim wants me t
o
ask this question now or when h
e
gets to waterfront park.
I have a question about parks o
n
patrol and about resource
allocation across the parks,
including evening coverage,
because while we're making gre
at
progress, we're also starting
to
see evening behaviour being
challenging to the point of
disrupting people's sleep and
people are concerned about the
response times.
and perhaps jim could give us
all some greater insight into
how the resources are spread
across all of our great parks
and including covering the
waterfront.
>> I'm going to suggest jim
gives you that update now rathe
r
than as part of the waterfront
parking.
>> through you, mr. Mayor to t
he
councillor.
thank you for the question.
there's quite a lot happening I
n
our parks and waterfront areas
now.
as indicated earlier this year
when we brought on our park
officers and park ambassadors,
we have several occasions acros
s
the town with static officers
and ambassadors on site, bront
e
bluffs, tannery park and
coronation park.
we have officers and ambassado
rs
there on a regular basis.
we also have a list of other
parks and it really goes throu
gh
most of the parks we have where
we have mobile patrols on with
our parks officers.
and even larger list where we
have parks ambassadors going t
o
them.
visiting them on a regular bas
is
usually once or twice a day.
to address the issues on long
weekends, we have extra staff
in.
and I'll remind council, we
hired 16 park officers.
eight are full time.
and the rest are part-time.
so we use those staff to augme
nt
any vacations or sick time that
will occur.
but also to make sure we have a
static number of staff visitin
g
our parks regularly.
we hired and this is for the
year, not ongoing, but eight
additional mobile compliance
officers to augus augment the 1
2 we
have.
they add to the daily platoon
numbers.
we have an increased number of
staff available to respond to
calls.
if I look at just hours, betwe
en
may 21 and june 20th, we have
had our park officers have don
e
504 patrols of parks that have
taken up 280 hours of staff
time.
our police on parks patrol
program have been out 20 times
.
and our ambassadors have
conducted 1385 patrols with 174
3
hours of staff time.
as you can see, we're spending
quite a bit of time out in the
parks trying to get the word o
ut
and make sure waoepl are peopl
e are
complying with regulations.
>> councillor: thank you for
that, as a follow-up, is there
mobile support into the evening
?
I'm excited about the fact we'
re
going to actually put
potentially a time on dusk whe
n
the parks close.
what is the resource support
later in the evening?
there's no question we're doing
everybody is working hard
throughout the day.
I don't know that we have
clarity about what's happening
in the evening and perhaps you
could give us some advice
around, is it still call into
the non urgent or 911 if the
noise or behaviour is
unacceptable to people in the
community?
>> I would recommend calling t
he
town number, 905-815-6095.
that's 24-7.
residents will get a response.
the other non emergency police
number, 825-4777 [905] we like
to direct by-law matters to the
town where possible.
with respect to your question
about into the evening, we hav
e
a tiered response to that.
again, we have the eight
additional mobile compliance
officers that have been hired
for the year.
bringing our numbers up to abo
ut
20 officers.
they're on shift 24-7.
you're always going to have,
three, four, five officers on
duty to respond to those calls
.
our parks officers, that
augments that group.
they work till about 10:00,
depending on timing.
we don't like to keep them out
in the parks too late because
they are out there on their own
.
they're a level down from the
mobile compliance officers.
our parks ambassadors are the
same thing.
we like to bring them in aroun
d
dark just making sure they're
not out in the park after that.
I will note that we also have
our municipal standards
investigators out during the
day.
but they also work into the
evening and assist our mobile
compliance officers, as well.
>> councillor: this additional
detail is helpful.
hopefully some of the public
noted some of those numbers, et
cetera.
for 100% clarity, if they're
just making a heck of a racket,
and potentially, I mean, they
could be drinking or whatever,
in the parks or on the road
network there, you want them t
o
call the town's number?
is there a sense of a response
time because we often get asked
,
will somebody get out here
quickly?
>> through you, mr. Mayor.
what I can say is it will get
dispatched into our system rig
ht
away.
as soon as they call in, call
taker will take it.
it will go into the system.
response time is more difficult
for me to speak to.
officers are in the field.
it could take time at one call
which will delay them respondin
g
to other calls.
if they call that number, it
will go into the system right
away.
officers will pick it up in
priority and respond to the cal
l
as soon as they can.
thank you for that.
from your experience and with
your insight with your
colleagues across the province,
do you feel we are staffed at
the level to address the deman
d
or are there - is there
anything else you need from
council to support the
requirements in the parks and I
n
the evening?
>> through you, mr. Mayor, I
think we have got an excellent
program.
I would put the program, we hav
e
put together up against any
other in the province.
thr-tz always going to be times
when - there's going to be
times when there's more activit
y
in the community than we can
respond to.
we will get to those calls.
if it's a repeating situation,
officers will get out there the
next time and make sure we get
to it.
>> councillor: thank you for a
ll
you do for us.
>> mayor burton: thank you,
councillor.
seeing no more questions, is
there a motion to receive?
councillor gittings.
thank you very much.
any objection?
madam clerk, being no objection
,
that's carried.
all right.
council, we now turn to 9.2,
waterfront parks, by-law 2021-
2021-80, 82.
we have the manager of strateg
y
and support services with us f
or
your questions.
and she has a slide show for
you, as well.
may assist the public to
understand it, as well.
so you have the zoom.
>> thank you.
good evening, mayor burton,
members of council, we have
before you a report and
recommendations to make
improvements to parking lots t
he
waterfront parks.
as well, options for council's
consideration should they wish
to increase control in
management of parking lots at
bronte beach and tannery park.
as you may recall, cao up dates
,
there were visitors to
oakville's waterfront parks
resulting in overcrowding and
concerns at the parking lots.
just perspective, we had stats
fromen vironics.
almost 120,000 visits.
a significant increase.
a lot could be related to covid
.
a number of programs were
implemented last year to help
address those concerns.
some increased into this year,
as well.
parks ambassador.
police on parks patrol.
social media campaigns.
if the parking lot is full,
please come back another time
and enjoy another park.
provision areas to help deal
with parking restrictions and
overflow parking into
residential areas.
officers observed numbers of
vehicle issues, including
vehicles parked on the grass,
roadways, obstructing access,
blocking vehicles.
parking overnight.
also overflow into residential
areas.
we have numerous pictures.
however, the best ones are the
ones on the grass showing a car
parked overnight is a difficul
t
picture to look at.
as a result of the increased
park issues, there were
increased parking violations.
comparing 2019 in bronte beach
park, 137 tickets for the same
time in 2020 over 500 tickets.
6 as a result of these issues
and increases, staff undertook
a
review of parking lots.
it was focusing on how the lot
s
were used.
for 2021, the focus of
improvements were at bronte
beach park and tannery parks.
identified as high use.
and numerous issues.
both areas provide for mooring
permit holders.
bronte beach boat operators wit
h
vehicles using the boat launch.
and their visitors and events
at
scorch house.
mull pamultiple parking lots at
both
areas.
perspective or view of bronte
beach, there is a main parking
lot.
gravel parking lot on west riv
er
street.
berta point.
bronte harbour yacht club with
a
small area.
bronte bluffs and scorch house
and sovereign
house and to the park area.
note there are 143 boats at
bronte beach and berta point.
each permit holders provided
two parking passes.
if these holders can't find
enough parking in the permit
only areas, they park in the
public parking spaces on a fir
st
come-first serve basis.
similarly, tannery park area,
there's three parking areas.
tannery park itself.
walker street parking lot.
on-street parking.
there are boat permit holders
there at tannery park.
oyster bay and with that, each
permit holder is provided two
parking passes.
similar to bronte beach, if th
ey
can't find parking in permit
only, they are parking in the
public parking.
so the review we undertook
identified a number of options
that improved the management a
nd
control at the parking lot at
these parks.
amendments to the parks by-law
to clarify parking restriction
s
and regulations, signage to sho
w
requirements, time lines and
restrictions.
delineating spaces in areas.
this would be subject to budge
t
and funding approvals.
adding bike racks to the parks
to promote cycling to the park.
subject to budget and funding
approvals.
promoting cycling to the park s
o
they wouldn't impact the parki
ng
lots as cars wouldn't be neede
d
if there's a bicycle there.
options to increase parking
control and management also wer
e
considered such as time
restrictions in paid parking t
o
promote turnover of parking
spaces.
creating additional parking if
available is a really great
opportunity.
we did identify this at bronte
marina which could help overflo
w
parking to bronte beach.
controlling overflow parking
into residential areas.
council earlier this spring
approved special provision
areas.
these have been implemented in
bronte beach, tannery,
coronation and lions valley.
as with any new parking
programs, communication is
critical to advise residents,
visitors to the parks of the
rules and regulations.
with respect to the recommended
by-law update, we have appear
number of staff recommendations
.
first of all, is the park
closure.
the current parks by-law state
s
that the parks are closed
between dusk and they open at
6:00 a.m.
staff are recommending that a
10:00 p.m. Closure as a fixed
time to make it clearer and
easier to understand when it's
dusk.
there's three types of dusk.
but we won't go into that.
10:00 p.m. Closure does not
preclude walking through the
park if walking your dog throu
gh
the park or a stroll through t
he
park.
doesn't prevent being in the
park for an approved activity.
for example, mooring permit
holders with boats at the
waterfront parks would be
permitted to be there.
as well as any special events.
recommended by-law amendment
closing the parks at 10:00 p.m
.,
recommending parking be
prohibited when the park is
closed.
again, if there's a vehicle
there for a permitted use, it
can remain in the park until
that permitted use is concluded
.
there are a number of other
recommendations to clarify the
parking in prohibited areas.
parking other than on roadway o
r
parking lot as previous photo
shows.
vehicles parking on the grass
when they can't find parking.
officers have to use a violati
on
of parks - park on private
property where prohibited.
it's not clear to the ticket
recipient why they got the
ticket.
what we're trying to do is
clarify.
when they get the ticket, they
know why they got the ticket a
nd
why they were parking illegally
.
other amendments to the by-law.
recommending as housekeeping
amends to prohibit unlicenced o
r
commercial vehicles.
these are similar regulations w
e
have in other parking by-laws.
makes it consistent.
also to deal with things we hav
e
in the past where people just
leave their vehicles in the
parks because they don't have
enough parking in their propert
y
or they have an inoperable
vehicle and can't deal with it.
we had looked at options for
consideration.
what other municipalities are
doing such as ajax, barrie,
burlington, st. Catharines and
a
number of others.
their waterfront parks are als
o
popular.
some f things we considered th
at
would be effective ease of use
,
ability to enforce.
- a system equitable, provide
s
for time limits and
restrictions.
create access through turnover
and opportunity for cost
recovery.
number of municipalities
implementing paid parking for
out of town visitors.
but are issuing permits to
residents.
while permits may be easy to u
se
and easy to enforce, the permi
t
program can hinder time limits
and delay turnover of parking
spaces.
if you have to require persona
l
information to verify residency
,
there is a risk of information
breach.
no confirmation of residency,
the program is open to misuse.
providing residents parking can
create an expectation that they
have a permit so they should b
e
able to have a guaranteed
parking space.
with the limited parking, that
might not be the case.
as well, it can be costly to
operate.
one of the municipalities we
looked at, they mailed permits
to every resident.
we asked our friends in the tax
department how many residential
properties we have in oakville.
it's over 74,000.
based on the costs of the permi
t
in mailing it, that would cost
over $350,000 to implement such
a program.
there would have to be other
ways to do it.
communities we looked at that
implemented residential permit
parking programs at waterfront
tended to have parking areas a
nd
options for visitors.
bronte he beach and tannery pry
parking for mooring permit
holders, it can be limited on
any day.
time restrictions.
- as a tool for manning the
parking lots.
-- for manning the parking lot
s.
- for managing the parking
lots.
time limits requires increased
enforcement resources by havin
g
to have multiple patrols.
as a result, vehicles can be
parked longer than the time
limit before they're ticketed o
r
enforced.
we looked at reservation syste
m
similar to what conservation
halton provides.
this can provide for time
limits, promote turnover.
and options for cost recovery.
every visitor would have the
same access.
there's a significant cost to
it.
we would require an on-line
reservation system.
electronic gates or staff in
attendance to verify
registration, entry lanes to
provide queuing areas.
ensure reserve space is
available when someone shows u
p
for their reservation.
from the review of the
reservation system, it would b
e
difficult and costly to
implement.
there's not a static number of
area for permit holders.
the areas have multiple
accesses.
have multiple entry points.
the cost to implement would
exceed over $130,000, not
counting parking lot
configuration, maintenance and
traffic management plans.
conservation halton program is
very effective.
however, they're implementing
this at ten locations.
not sure if this would work for
our location at tannery and
bronte.
another option is paid parking
.
it encourages compliance with
time restrictions, promotes
turnover.
creating more opportunity for
parking.
common way to control and manag
e
parking.
equitable for all visitors on
first come first serve basis.
easy to use and understand.
enforceable.
it promotes the user pay syste
m.
we received a lot of feedback
following the may 25th report
to council where we were
suggesting paid parking.
every day throughout the year.
there are options to implement
a
refined program that limits pai
d
parking only during the peak
times.
perhaps $3 an hour up to four
hours.
9:00 a.m. To 7:00 p.m.
using the honk app to leverage
for payment.
this could be a pilot program
over a two year period to
provide time to gather data and
usage.
limiting it to the two locatio
ns
would also give time to
implement and manage the
program.
if it were a pilot program,
staff would report back after
the pilot period.
and determine next steps.
another issue with controlling
the parking around the
waterfront parks is overflow
parking into the residential
areas.
when the lots get full, people
are looking for other parking o
n
the streets.
in response to these issues in
2020, special provisionaries
were implemented with
restrictions.
following council's approval I
n
april 26 this year, spas from
may 15th to septemb
september 15th in bronte
beach, tannery park, coronatio
n
and lions valley.
part of the parking control.
question of removing an spa
could increase traffic from
vehicles circulating and looki
ng
for additional parking if the
lots were full.
most streets within the current
spas have permanent signed
areas as no parking.
with increased traffic volume,
experience sugges increased
parking violations that could
impact safety sight lines and
access.
it's not uncommon to limit
parking in areas near waterfron
t
parks.
reviewing other municipalities,
and found ajax, barrie,
collingwood, hamilton, innisfi
l,
and st. Catharines have done s
o.
there have been inquiries.
using the approved process tha
t
was outlined in the april 26th
report to council,
any additional spa areas would
be implemented after
consultation with the ward
councillors and residents withi
n
the impacted area.
we looked at options for
controlling and managing
parking, permit, reservations
and paid parking, what we're
recommending in this report are
a number of improvements
specific to broader with by-la
w
amendments but some are specifi
c
to bronte beach and tannery
park.
by-law amendments to clarify t
he
restrictions and regulations.
signage to show clear condition
s
and time lines for the parking
restrictions.
update the permit holder
information.
coordinate with sovereign house
members to assist with parking
for their events.
delineating parking spaces in
areas subject to budget and
funding to reduce parking that
creeps on to the grass or
outside the parking area.
adding bikes racks and promoti
ng
cycling could help reduce
vehicles coming to the parks.
communicate the parking program
s
and any changes.
we have optional recommendatio
ns
should council wish to increas
e
management and control of
parking at the bronte beach and
tannery park areas.
these are included on appendix
e
of the staff report.
update information on website,
news releases, social media,
promoting biking, walking and
transit to the parks.
working with the parks
ambassadors.
they can inform and educate
visitors.
I understand there may have bee
n
some confusion as to what we're
recommending.
I wanted to summarize with thi
s
previous slide.
this is what we're asking for I
n
the recommendations to the
report.
by-law amendments to clarify
parking restrictions and
regulations, including a
10:00 p.m. Closing.
no parking when the park is
closed.
prohibited updates to prohibite
d
parking areas and unauthorized
vehicles.
improving signage to show clear
parking conditions at the parks
.
updating permit holders
information.
working with sovereign house
members to assist with their
parking for their event.
delineating parking spaces and
parking areas so that people
aren't parking outside of those
areas.
adding bike racks, promoting
cycling to reduce number of
vehicles.
creating a temporary public
parking lot at bronte marina a
nd
communicating the programs and
changes.
I can leave this just to show
what we're recommending.
that concludes my presentation.
I would be happy to try and
answer questions.
>> mayor burton: you have a few
.
thank you very much for the
report.
I really appreciate the clarity
you brought to what you're
proposing.
I can't help myself commenting
it seems measured response to
the various and fairly large
response that we have had from
the public over these last
couple of cycles.
I have a questioners list.
ok.
councillor chisholm, o'meara,
duddeck, adams and councillor
gittings.
councillor chisholm.
>> councillor: I think
councillor duddeck was first o
n
the list.
>> mayor burton: fine.
councillor duddeck.
>> councillor: thank you.
thank you, councillor chisholm
for that.
thank you very much for the
clarification for the report.
I can appreciate it was very
complex, shall we say trying t
o
get all the various moving
pieces.
what I would say a succinct
motion.
thank you for providing that
printout towards the latter
part.
I was going to ask you to go
back to it.
basically if council decides t
o
support those two that were
listed as the staff
recommendations, that would not
include paid parking unless
council specified.
it would also retain the speci
al
parking provision areas that
quite frankly both councillor
chisholm and I have found
extremely positive for people
in
the area.
and it's that overflow parking
that seems to be the issue.
councillor chisholm has
indicated he goes by on a
repeated basis to check tannery
parks.
there's quite a few parking
spots available.
the parking there doesn't seem
to be the issue.
again, the overflow seems to b
e
more of it.
dusk.
you were saying dusk being 10:
00 p.m.
the fact that you're not going
to be permitting parking after
that point.
are you going to be enforcing
that or is that something that'
s
on a random basis that somethi
ng
just does a cursory drive-thru?
I'm trying to understand from a
n
enforcement standpoint?
>> I'm going to let director
barry answer the enforcement.
>> mayor burton: councillor, I
'm
sure the commissioner will add
that whatever is planned for
patrolling is, we will respond
to complaints as we always do.
>> through you, mr. Mayor, I w
as
almost exactly going to say
that.
by complaint.
officers respond.
there's no doubt if an officer
is in the area, they would
observe what's there.
but we appreciate all the
information we can get from the
community.
>> councillor: thank you very
much.
at the appropriate time, I wou
ld
be pleased to give you a motio
n.
as I say, both councillor
chisholm and myself have been
emphatic were opposed to paid
parking.
and so at the appropriate time,
we would be pleased to give you
a motion.
>> mayor burton: thank you,
councillor.
I accept your motion.
it's always an order to move a
motion.
we continue with questions.
at least we know who is going t
o
move it.
councillor chisholm, are you
ready to take a turn?
>> councillor: thank you, your
worship.
councillor duddeck articulated
what our feelings are with
respect to the paid parking.
just one comment.
I know and excellent report.
thank you for the detail and
clearing up the confusion with
paid parking was melded into
this.
with respect to tannery park a
nd
bronte beach, there are
differences.
and there might be slight
differences with respect to how
the recommendations come out I
f
the recommendations on both
parks are satisfactory to
council.
so be it.
however, I go down to tannery
park every day three times a
day.
and the issue is not about
parking.
the issue in the park itself is
always adequate parking stalls.
the lower level, top level and
also water works parking.
that doesn't seem to be the
issue.
issue has been the traffic
coming down and the parking on
the streets.
having the special provision
area has really assisted us in
alleviating the pressures of t
he
residents with illegal parking
and so forth.
that's all I have to say.
my thanks to the staff for
following up on our requests
with the parking. Than
thank you.
>> mayor burton: thank you.
councillor chisholm.
councillor o'meara, are you
ready to take a turn?
>> councillor: thank you, your
worship.
thanks again to staff.
I'm curious if we know how man
y
people out of those numbers wer
e
oakville residents or how many
people from outside of oakvill
e,
halton were using the parks?
I'm wondering if we m know thos
e
numbers?
>> through you, mr. Mayor, I
believe there is information
about the distance people are
travelling to the parks.
this is information that park
staff shared with us.
there may be more details on
that.
we were looking at overall
numbers.
>> councillor: ok.
can you share, can somebody
share that information them?
>> we'll request chris mark if
they have that information to
share that with council,
definitely.
>> councillor: thank you.
>> mayor burton: mr. Mark, are
you there and do you have that
ready to hand?
hello, mr. Mark.
>> good evening, mayor burton.
we do have that information.
we can share that with
councillor o'meara and council
.
I would say that there is a hig
h
number of people who in 2020
traveled more than 12 kilometre
s
to come to bronte beach as well
as coronation park.
in particular, bronte beach.
so that's just a highlight I c
an
remember from the report.
we can circulate.
>> mayor burton: mr. Mark, to
assist you, is it not true in
both our harbours, I'm reminde
d
that some of our slips are
rented to out of towners.
there's a mix of in town and o
ut
of town?
>> we have in town and out of
town customers.
>> mayor burton: councillor
o'meara.
>> councillor: ok.
thanks.
does this plan also include
those security people at the
mouth of bronte beach going int
o
there like we had last year?
would that include security
people monitoring traffic going
in and out?
>> mayor bur
>> the level of service through
various officers, ambassadors,
parks officers, they have a
number of staff that are there
at static times to mitigate
traffic flow and are directing
visitors to the appropriate
areas.
they do have signs to say when
the lot is full.
>> councillor: ok.
there's going to be intermitten
t
times where people are there.
there won't be people from
friday night till sunday eveni
ng
will be staffing that lot sayin
g
it's full.
don't use people's driveways t
o
turn around.
keep going.
I still don't see how this is
going to stop 5,000 people fro
m
driving down to use bronte
beach.
I don't see how this plan does
that.
and then they show up and
there's no place to park.
we have the chaos that we had.
we have people deciding trying
to go somewhere.
I'm unsure how we have solved
that problem or addressed that
problem.
>> through you, mr. Mayor, to
the councillor.
I suggest we haven't stopped
people from coming down.
what we have staff there.
we have static park officers in
the area.
as ms. Allison indicated, the
officers will be using a board
to indicate when the lot is
full.
as the next tier, the special
provision area which stops the
traffic from going and parking
in the direct vicinity of the
park.
and making a mess of those
roads.
but our vehicles are going to
come down and attempt to use t
he
park and find a lot full?
yeah, they will still find tha
t.
this is really about trying to
mitigate the impact when that
happens.
- but are vehicles.
>> councillor: ok.
I see that.
I appreciate the difficulty
here.
and I will support the motion.
but I would have liked to have
seen some kind of a conservatio
n
halton area.
I know the costs were
prohibitive.
but even if there is a way.
we don't have to mail out
permits to people.
they can also go on-line and
pull a permit if they live her
e
and put that on their dash.
I hope this goes away after thi
s
year.
I hope the chaos settles down
when covid does.
but I'm just, I'm worried that
we're going to have the same
issues as we had last summer.
I wanted to say that on the
record here for all of the
people in the bronte area who
are living here and waiting to
see how we're going to control
this.
thank you very much, your
worship.
>> mayor burton: thank you,
councillor o'meara.
councillor gittings.
>> councillor: thank you,
mr. Mayor.
through you, I appreciate that
this is a pilot project.
it's going to be monitored for
a
couple of years.
my question is how will the
locations be monitored so that
we know if the desired effect I
s
occurring.
with tannery, I look at it's
easy to go up and go across the
creek and down to lakeside.
lakeside is not going to have
any of these works in place.
my first question is how quick
ly
can we get feedback back to
council in terms of any
unintended consequences that m
ay
occur?
>> mayor burton: ok.
councillor, I'll take a first
stab at that.
we have built a beautiful syste
m
for counting and keeping track
of the dimensions of issues.
that tool is service oakville.
and tracking numbers are issue
d
for each call.
and so if councillors when the
y
receive a complaint will make
sure that service oakville als
o
knows so it can be tracked.
you'll be doing yourself and
your colleagues a favour.
I know in your case you do tha
t.
but that is a really important
tool we should not lose sight
of.
that's in addition to dispatch
machine, it's a counting
machine.
those are good things here.
ms. Allison, do you have furth
er
information for the councillor?
>> mayor burton: no, that
provides the best statistics
through service oakville.
we will be looking and
monitoring how many tickets are
issued in each of the areas
should council approve the new
violations and the amending
by-law.
we will have that information,
as well.
>> mayor burton: mr. Barry wil
l
help with this.
I manly mr. Barry will reassur
e
council we're not ignoring the
other parks.
>> that's correct.
with the special provision
areas, there is a process in
there.
if an area lakeside, gairloch,
other areas near coronation, I
f
they find there's an issue,
there's a process to extend or
install special provision areas
in those areas to also deal wit
h
that problem.
I think that's important becau
se
we have that flexibility.
but as ms. Allison indicated,
we
will be monitoring the impacts
of this going forward.
if we see any type of impact
that is unexpected, we have th
e
ability to come to council and
we do have other options we can
look at depending on the issue
s
that arise.
>> mayor burton: thank you,
mr. Barry.
councillor gittings, did you g
et
a good answer in any of that?
>> councillor: received a good
answer.
thank you for that.
I appreciate mr. Barry
mentioning chancery and
promenade and others.
it's an ongoing concern.
we all have to do our part to b
e
welcoming and to encourage goo
d
behaviours.
unfortunately, all too often
those behaviours are poor.
my concern is we're going to
funnel more people into a
smaller space.
thank you.
>> mayor burton: thank you,
councillor gittings.
councillor adams and then
councillor robertson.
if councillor o'meara's hand I
s
up for a second time, we'll com
e
back to councillor o'meara.
councillor adams.
>> councillor: thanks very muc
h.
I'll lower my hand so I'm not
caught in the same category.
I agree with the paid parking
and what councillor duddeck was
saying earlier.
I fully support the removal of
that particular option.
I want a clarification on the
number of hours parking limit.
as I read it, I understand sta
ff
report, that is not part of
what's being proposed.
there's no proposal to have a
three hour parking limit withi
n
the parks, is that correct?
>> that is correct.
at this time no proposal for a
time limit.
just the parks close at 10:00.
>> councillor: great.
that's fan a - that's fantast
ic.
nervous about the use of the s
pa
parking provisions around so
many of the neighbourhoods in
those areas.
it's one of the things that I
know councillor lishchyna and I
hear about regularly from our
residents.
unfair application of parking
prohibitions that we have
invested all this money.
the waterfront and now we can't
get down there.
I understand from what you sai
d
is it nearly a doubling preup
and down were we seeing these
parking problems on the side
streets to the same degree we
were seeing them in 2020?
>> mayor burton: southern
councillors tell you yes.
in any event, I should give you
a procedural note.
the spa is our council policy I
n
this term of council.
it will take ten votes to chang
e
that.
>> councillor: I understand
that.
whether it continues to be, if
it was an issue to the same
degree as it was in 2020?
>> mayor burton: my information
from your colleagues across
lakeshore is yes.
I have seen people so desperate
to go to the park they think
nothing of blocking the drivewa
y
of a resident.
I hope you'll agree is a bit
much.
>> councillor: I appreciate tha
t
that's an egregious misuse of
somebody's driveway.
I guess do staff have parking
ticket numbers or anything lik
e
that that we could use as a bar
or a yard stick for measuring
that?
>> through you, mr. Mayor, we
have numbers from 2019 around
bronte beach.
we used that as a comparison.
may to september in 2019, we h
ad
137 tickets at the bronte beach
park.
the same time in 2020, over 500
tickets.
>> councillor: ok.
that's our yard stick.
and that's a pretty good yard
stick.
thanks very much.
>> mayor burton: thank you,
councillor adams.
I believe councillor robertson
is next and then councillor
haslett-theall because
councillor o'meara took down h
is
sign.
councillor robertson.
>> councillor: thank you for t
he
report, tanya.
I understand people's hesitancy
in terms of paid parking.
I also understand the pressure
that we have to create more
parking.
so people can safely park down
at the beaches and other place
s
in town.
reminding ourselves that only
parking pays for parking here.
how do we propose to gain more
parking without paid parking?
>> through you, mr. Mayor, at
this time, with bronte marina,
in 2018, due to overflow parki
ng
issues and number of issues in
the area, we implemented a
temporary parking lot using
existing resources.
there was some cost with respe
ct
to signage.
we're looking to do that again
this year should council appro
ve
the recommendations.
there is minimal cost with tha
t.
I think the biggest would be
signage.
a lot of it will be
communication to say that is
available parking.
it is about an eight minute wal
k
as google maps shows.
so that if someone wants to go
to the park, they may want to
drop off some of their,
depending on how many people
have, according to covid
restrictions.
it is only an eight minute wal
k
from the marina to bronte beach
park.
>> councillor: how many more
spots does that give us?
>> I do not recall.
I don't think I have it with m
y
notes here.
I can get back to you.
>> councillor: sorry.
I want to go back to councillo
r
adams in terms of public.
when we did spas, why did we
do them on both sides of the
street and not one side only?
>> through you, mr. Mayor, man
y
streets in the special provisi
on
areas are already signed.
one side parking.
it wouldn't really restrict the
parking.
there are areas where parking I
s
permitted on both sides.
to keep it uniform, and easy t
o
implement and to understand the
parking was restricted
everywhere.
residents were provided permits
for themselves and guests should
they need them to temporarily
park on the street.
>> councillor: thank you.
I'm not opposed to it at all.
I wanted the public to
understand why we did both sid
es
for it.
and I will support the motion.
I just, there is times when I
look at coronation and I look a
t
bronte beach, and I look at the
chaos of parking.
and always wonder when some
little kid is going to get hur
t
because nobody is looking for a
little kid.
they're just looking for
parking.
and hoping that maybe post
covid, that issue will resolve
itself.
for now, thank you for
everything you have done and f
or
the enforcement for everything.
>> mayor burton: thank you very
much, councillor robertson.
councillor haslett-theall.
>> councillor: thank you, mayor
burton.
I have a few follow-up
questions.
could you just confirm, is the
re
a static officer at lakeside on
the weekends?
>> through you, mr. Mayor, to
the councillor, lakeside doesn
't
have a static officer.
>> councillor: on behalf of a
neighbourhood that does see
overflow coming from other
areas, and it is a prize
destination.
I hesitate saying that because
it keeps getting better and
better in terms of the volume.
I would suggest that there be
consideration that somebody
needs to be there more than jus
t
a few trips of the day.
the parking on front is
hazardous on a normal day.
just because of the quaintness
of the historical district.
and having regular, somebody
there throughout the day would
be beneficial.
I leave that with you to
comment.
I wanted to thank municipal
enforcement for moving forward
with at least one of our
requests, which was performing
arts centre have signage that
encourages people to park in t
he
parking garage downtown.
there is an additional request
from lakeside residents
association if regards to
options of having the parking
garage open in the evening and
potentially free in the evening
to attract people off the
streets versus an spa in the
lakeside area.
my other question is around the
- how spas are actually
executed.
thank you for the note from
councillor robertson around it'
s
two sides of the street.
but majority of the residents o
n
the street that determine
whether spa would be put in
place?
>> through you, mr. Mayor.
as was outlined in the staff
report april 26th, they're
implemented after consultation
with the ward councillors and
residents.
what has happened is the reque
st
comes to staff's attention.
the area is reviewed with
traffic engineering staff.
a survey is sent out to the
affected properties.
the residents and the affected
properties.
if there's significant support
,
we move forward with it.
>> councillor: my understanding
from director barry earlier was
some of the spa requests that
councillor gittings and I had
were temporarily on hold until
this was resolved.
is it more of a majority on a
street?
we're worried about the
circumference.
we limit on one street.
we're just moving it up a block
.
we're moving it up one more
block and over one block.
frankly, it can go fairly far.
is there advice or a process?
is there a brochure that
explains the ramifications of
that when you're having the
consultation?
>> through you, mr. Mayor, the
information that is sent out
with the survey explains what I
t
means and outlines the locatio
n.
staff look at what would be
reasonable distances and cutof
fs
so they're not cutting off say
at the middle of a block or I
think mostly middle of a block
.
they're looking at logical
cutoffs for the area within
those distances.
>> councillor: ok.
all right.%
thank you for that.
I just want to thank director
mark for helping us with some
of
the gairloch overflow over the
last couple of weekends.
and hopefully we'll get that
sign up that allows us to say
the lot is full.
that will help stop traffic fro
m
backing up over the hill and o
n
to lakeshore road which is
dangerous.
people still do it.
thanks very much.
>> mayor burton: thank you,
councillor.
council, I don't see any more
questions.
and I'm wondering if you would
like me to put the vote on
councillor duddeck's motion?
I don't see an objection.
if you are opposed to - is
there any opposition to the
motion?
madam clerk, there is no
objection.
that I can see.
just looking again to be sure.
I have a hand from councillor
duddeck.
you're not objecting to your o
wn
motion.
>> councillor: I'm not.
I just wanted to speak to it,
your worship.
I wanted to thank staff for all
their hard work.
and compiling all the
information.
and having to go back yet again
to come back to us with this
further information giving us
the opportunity to review
options.
both councillor chisholm and I
have been extremely adamant
about not charging for paid
parking in our parks as we
stated before.
the parks are built and funded
by our taxpayer dollars.
it seems wrong to turn around
and charge the very people who
build those parks to have to p
ay
for parking to enjoy them.
I guess more importantly, we
have to remind ourselves this
was town-wide funding that wen
t
into these parks.
even though they're located in
south oakville.
so for us to have something
where paid parking, that would
mean people in north oakville
would be in a disadvantage.
those in close proximity could
walk.
bike.
but for somebody in the far
reaches of the community, only
thing they have available is
either public transportation o
r
a car.
so once again, I think we have
to get away from the north
versus south or east versus wes
t
and come together and enjoy our
parks.
>> mayor burton: thank you,
councillor.
is there an objection to the
motion?
madam clerk, there is no
objection.
I declare the motion carried
unanimously.
thank you, everybody.
council, if you'll turn your
attention to 9.3, climate
emergency declaration progress
report.
motion to receive the report.
tricia henderson is available
for questions.
she has a summary presentation
if you're interested.
but the meat of the matter
before us is to approve the
memorandum of understanding wit
h
the halton environmental netwo
rk
regarding collaboration to
continue the oakville ready
program and authorize the
solicitor to make modifications
an is to execute the
memorandum.
how do you wish to proceed?
councillor chisholm.
>> councillor: I move the
recommendation, your worship.
>> mayor burton: thank you.
I saw councillor longo.
>> councillor: I would second
the motion.
>> mayor burton: if we weren't
in committee of the whole.
we would need a seconder.
>> councillor: I withdraw my
seconding of the motion.
>> mayor burton: it's ok.
we appreciate the spirit of
support.
may I put the vote.
is there any objection to the
motion?
madam clerk, there is no
objection.
the motion carries unanimously
.
council, the next matter is a
fairly pleasant one.
your march 31, 2021 financial
results.
there's a presentation if you
need it.
and otherwise, all you have to
do is receive the report.
what's your pleasure, councillo
r
adams.
>> councillor: I would be happy
to move the staff recommendatio
n
recommendationto receive it.
>> mayor burton: thank you ver
y
much.
is there an objection to the
motion.
there is no objection, the
motion carries m unanimously.
request from oakville
enterprises.
I believe it's self-explanator
y.
I wonder if you're willing to
move it.
councillor duddeck.
thank you.
is there any objection to -
pardon.
go back.
and just a second.
councillor duddeck has moved I
t.
is there any objection?
there being none, that's
carried.
councillor, back up.
turn that last page too fast.
we have the municipal code of
conduct consultation and
strengthening accessibility
motion from me.
what do you want to do with
that?
councillor grant.
you're moving it.
>> councillor: it's a good
report.
I will move to receive the
phoegts.
>> may- motion.
>> mayor burton: to prove it,
right?
thank you.
- --
>> mayor burton: to approve it,
right?
any objection to the motion.
there is none.
madam clerk, that's carried.
thank you, council, very much.
we do not have advisory
committee minutes to approve o
r
receive.
now would be a motion to rise
and report.
we just need one person to do
that.
councillor longo.
thank you.
any objection?
no objection, the motion to ris
e
and report carries.
I rise and report that committ
ee
of the whole has met.
and made recommendations on
consent items 7.1, 2, 3, 4 and
5.
confidential item 8.1.
discussion items 9.1, 2, 3, 4
and 5.
confidential discussion item
10.1, as noted by the clerk.
mover and seconder for the
report?
council knoll.
councillor he elgar.
thank you.
madam clerk, there is no
objection.
you had information items
circulated.
your status of outstanding
issues report.
we now come to new business.
there is quite a bit.
first, because new business is
for emergency markets
congratulations, condolences a
nd
notices of motion, we have a b
it
of several of these.
I would like to start by askin
g
you to join me in recognizing
the family who live in oakvill
e.
four of them were killed by a
terrorist in london last week.
one member of the family was
injured and is recovering.
but deprived of his parents and
senior, the afzaal family.
friend and relatives in oakvill
e
are horrified by what happened
as are all of us.
that leads us to a point where
we realize that we have to wor
k
harder than ever on inclusion
and equity and diversity.
we need to join with the musli
m
community to fight islamophobi
a.
I would like to invite you to
join me in a moment of silence
to honour the afzaal family.
[moment of silence to honour t
he
afzaal family]
>> mayor burton: thank you,
council.
council, I have a bit of a
special request to make of you
.
councillor lishchyna is desirous
of, as I notified you, fcm is
accepting applications to be o
n
their committees.
we circulated a request for any
of you who wish to.
councillor lishchyna would lik
e
to apply for one.
she needs the support of counc
il
in order to qualify to apply.
I would like to ask you to wai
ve
the procedure by-law so that w
e
could then vote to support her
%
application.
councillor parmar, are you
waving the by-law?
thank you very much.
is there any objection to wavin
g
the by-law?
madam clerk, there is no
objection.
the by-law is waived.
now could I get someone to mov
e
our approval of her application?
councillor knoll.
thank you very much.
is there any objection to the
motion?
we came out of committee of the
whole.
councillor chisholm had his han
d
up.
he'll be the seconder.
took me a second to adjust.
we just rose from committee of
the whole.
any objection by councillor
knoll and chisholm?
there being none, and thank you
,
madam clerk, for your help wit
h
that.
that's carried unanimously.
the clerk and I will issue the
paper for you, councillor
lishchyna.
we wish you well in the
competition.
now the next item is in
accordance with section 14-1-2
of the pre procedure by-law, n
otice
of motion, first is printed in
the agenda from councillor
robertson, which I have been
happy to second.
prioritization of ohip covered
high care.
let's see now.
I think that is covers all the
items for this section.
but councillor duddeck may hav
e
a surprise for me.
councillor duddeck.
>> councillor: sorry.
your worship, I don't know if
it
would be appropriate if we wou
ld
waive the procedural by-law and
hear the motion this evening
from councillor robertson and
yourself.
given the time constraints I s
ee
september is fast approaching.
that deadline needs to be
addressed.
I would be willing to give you
a
motion to waive the procedural
so it could be dealt with at
this evening's meeting.
>> mayor burton: thank you ver
y
much.
you made councillor robertson
and myself very happy.
and you probably made oakville'
s
opt that objecophthalmologist.
any objection to waive the
procedure by-law by councillor
duddeck and adams?
madam clerk, I si see no objec
tion.
that's carried.
councillor robertson, it's you
r
platform now.
for the public, can you read I
t
as well as speak to it.
I want to thank ruth sheridan,
who does amazing things with t
he
people with eyesight and visio
n
problems in oakville.
limited vision.
they brought it to the seniors
working advisory group.
people don't realize what will
happen in september.
in september, optometrists, not
ophthalmologist will take a job
action as of september 1st.
and that is for any children u
p
to the age of 19 and any senio
rs
65 and over who currently have
eye testing done at an
optometrist under ohip.
in the past 30 years, ohip has
underfunded optometrists.
they have had a 9% raise in 30
years.
and at this point they're takin
g
a job action.
their job action is they will
not be seeing children or
seniors.
directing them to family docto
r
for any eye problems.
because of this we think it's
very important that the
provincial government knows tha
t
children and seniors are vital
to us.
we would like to do this motio
n.
[reading motion]] reading notic
e
of motion 15.1 of agenda] I ask
for your confirmation of this
motion.
>> mayor burton: thank you,
councillor robertson.
you stated the case very well.
I do support it.
councillor, I ask you for a
recorded vote.
and as is our new custom durin
g
zoom meetings, anyway, let it b
e
done by the clerk recording us
all in support if that is the
case.
and otherwise, we'll have a bit
of a roll call.
is there any objection to the
motion and the plan?
madam clerk, there is no
objection.
please record this as a recorde
d
vote unanimous support, thank
you, everybody.
>> councillor: thank you,
everyone.
thank you, swag.
>> mayor burton: next item tha
t
I have in fronts of me for you
is the request for report on
gipsy moth infestation efforts
brought to us by councillor
adams and councillor lishchyna
.
I believe it's in your agenda.
you had a chance to read it.
if the councillors don't need t
o
speak - councillor adams, woul
d
you like to speak to it?
>> councillor: yes, thank you.
I would like to speak to it
briefly as much as I have two
minor additions to what's befor
e
you.
that is to add after what's, t
he
third point, to continue that
line with and things residents
can do to help gi gipsy moth
infestations and staff report t
o
manage infestations during 202
1.
I hope staff can provide the
report in time for any aerial
spraying improvements to be mad
e
in the upcoming year.
>> mayor burton: thank you very
much.
council, may I put the vote on
the request for the report as
amended by the councillor or
adjusted by the councillor?
is there any objection to the
request for report?
>> councillor: mayor burton.
on that with the report.
I wonder, councillor adams, wit
h
what you just wrote it, does
that include what we can do to
get I had of the eggs also lat
er
on this summer?
is staff coming back this summe
r
to help staff know?
something say, ok, public tree.
you should notice eggs in the
tree.
for staff to be notified of the
areas also so that they can get
out and do something?
>> councillor: well, that's why
I specifically said any other
viable options, because there
are some things that will work
in some cases.
other cases they won't.
I know that some residents are
using some insecticides which
may or may not be viable for t
he
town to use in a broader sense
.
they might work on a single tre
e
you might have on your propert
y
that's easy to access.
but it might not work in a
forest.
so that's why I'm asking staff
to tell us if there are other
things that could be done and,
for example, to what extent
could egg scraping be done.
>> councillor: ok.
that's really good.
also traps residents can
install.
in their own properties to
catch.
then the eggs won't hatch if w
e
catch.
>> councillor: is that somethi
ng
staff think we could do in a
more broader sense or is it jus
t
not viable on a town-wide level
?
>> councillor: appreciate that.
that's good.
if they come back with that
information this summer, I
agree.
look to the spring.
we can't do anything now, more
spaying what about that we hav
e
done.
but in 2022.
stuff hopefully we can do this
summer and fall to stop the
infestation, which it's pockets
.
it's not so bad in north
oakville compared to other
areas.
I thank you for bringing that
motion forward.
thank you.
>> mayor burton: thank you,
councillor elgar.
councillor chisholm.
>> councillor: thank you, your
worship.
to councillor adams.
the timing on this, are you
looking for next year
application of different
creative ways of eradicating t
he
gipsy moth?
might be late for this year for
anything to be done on any
action by staff at this point I
n
time.
can staff comment on that?
sorry.
>> councillor: I understand tha
t
we're too late for the aerial
spraying for this year.
that part is aimed at the 2022
aerial spaying program, as I
understand it.
my other part is asking if ther
e
are any other things that could
be done during the rest.
the answer might be no.
if staff have further
information, I would be happy t
o
hear it.
>> mayor burton: as councillor
elgar brought out, there's
hypothetically egg scraping and
traps and so on.
we'll get a report.
and we'll all be the wiser for
it.
may I put the vote?
any objection to the request f
or
report?
madam clerk, there is no
objection.
the report request is approved.
thank you, everybody.
does anybody else have anything
else?
if you don't, it's time for a
mover and seconder for the
by-laws?
councillor longo.
and councillor adams.
moving the by-laws, I take it.
thank you.
any objection to the by-laws a
s
presented in the agenda and
noted by the clerk.
madam clerk, there is no
objection.
the by-laws are adopted.
council, it's been terrific
working with you.
and I have to say you now ended
the meeting by completing the
work on the agenda.
good night, everybody.
[meeting adjourned at 8:28 p.m.
]