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good evening everyone my name is um Jan
liot mayor and chair of this council
meeting before continuing we will now
rise from closed session councelor dine
you have that Ro motion could you please
read
it I moved by myself seconded by uh
Council schw the council rise from
closed session held on November 5th
2024 and reconvene an open session at
6:31
p.m. thank you are there any questions
or comments seeing none we'll do the
vote starting
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councelor scherry councelor kimson
councelor dine councelor anshaw
councelor Roberts councelor Hamilton
councelor Cooper and councelor ametta
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are there any declarations here this
evening seeing none we have one
presentation this evening from Patrick
gilbride from reap welcome Patrick are
you here where are you oh there you
are you'll have five minutes thank you
thank you very much chair liot uh good
evening to counselors staff and
everybody else in
attendance we're pleased to here be here
this evening to share with you our most
recent impact report and some of the
stories of that impact from Cambridge
residents uh that we've helped over the
P past year
sorry the clicker uh eluding me
okay
well it'll catch up with me
anyway uh so back in 2020 uh we set an a
Target to empower 10,000 meaningful
actions within the
community this report marks our third
year of tracking those
actions any luck now
no um and uh if you saw the slide You'
see take a recess for a minute because
we're having some tech technological
issues so in order to assist you and get
the evening going better we're just
going to take a break for a second don't
mind that would be wonderful thank
you
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yep okay
wonderful from the top um good evening
chair liot counselors staff and everyone
else in attendance we're pleased to be
here this evening to share with you our
most recent impact report and some of
the stories of that impact of Cambridge
residents and people throughout the
region back in 2020 we set a Target to
empower 10 th000 meaningful actions by
the year
2030 this report marks our third year of
tracking those
actions and of those 4,800 actions 2,000
of those have happened in the past
year that marks an significant
acceleration of interest in everything
from installing heat pumps to flood
proofing entire
neighborhoods with the windown of The
Greener homes incentives from the
federal government we are in Jeopardy of
losing this important momentum tonight
we'd like to few of the short few of the
stories with of that impact so I'd like
to turn things over to my colleague uh
Lisa trong director of our climate
mitigation
programs so re's energy adviser
highlighted several opportunities to
further improve
Karen's 70-year-old home Energy
Efficiency she with our guidance she
invested in a heat pump installed
instulation Sally and draft proofing in
areas of her
home as a result she had a 32% reduction
uh in energy cost and was able to
maximize the benefit of her Investments
we visited 662 homes like Karen's last
year and of those Home Cambridge
residents installed upgrades that will
result in $330,000 in Energy savings per
year at our English conversation circles
we met with newcomers to talk about
simple ways to reduce their energy
consumption we also were pleased to work
with the region of waloo on a webinar
that happened three weeks ago to educate
immigrants and newcomers about our
drinking water supplies to trust our tap
it was a great turnout we had over 300
registrants on this topic the wells that
we draw our drinking waters are
increasingly under
threat um from Salt that's being used
during the winter time through through
programs that are run by the region we
help to educate residents and business
owners about ways to reduce their R
their salt use for winter
maintenance and in this past year we
worked with property owners to help
install 724 healthy yards features from
rain Gardens to permeable pavings to
native tree planting people contributed
to reducing storm water runoffs and
expanding our Urban Tree canopy
on this topic of this work we are using
data to map where climate vulnerability
is at its highest in our community so
with our new community canopy program we
aim to increase tree canopy and Equity
deserving
areas and this is our first year of our
new tree nursery operation it has been a
true Barn raising effort volunteers like
Marie has helped collect local seeds and
help plant them this spring by using
locally collected seeds exclusively we
can assure that the trees that we will
grow will be naturally adapted to our
climate and some of which were planted
over 200 were planted at the church Hill
Park two weeks
ago thank you
Lisa we co lead climate action WR with
sustainable waterl region and in
partnership with all of our area
municipalities including the city of
Cambridge this year we released our 2022
inventory report which came to council
back in
June and Dem and that demonstrated the
urgency for us to reduce our emissions
from travel and the buildings where we
live and
work our zero waste challenge is another
fun initiative that everyone can
participate in throughout the month of
October it's a low barrier to entry
basically all you need is uh a clear
clear container and some garbage which
most of us
have in terms of our financials we saw a
significant growth in our fee for
service Revenue as people scheduled home
energy evaluations while Greener homes
incentives were still available last
year those earnings will help to provide
some Financial stability over the coming
years as we experience much lower demand
for those energy
evaluations finally we'd like to to say
thank you we're very proud to have the
city of Cambridge logo up there as one
of our core sponsors core funding is the
constant that helps our organization
weather shocks like the end to the
Greener homes
program and finally we'd like to close
by saying a special shout out to the uh
Municipal staff who we get to work with
all year long specifically Sam scarlet
and Alex brisy who we work out on with
tree planting and Forestry initiatives
Sarah Austin from the engineering
department and Paul Wilms from the
sustainability team thank you and we're
happy to take any questions thank you
Patrick we agree we've got great staff
here and all of those people you
mentioned we thinkk very highly of all
of them as well thank you for that uh
any
questions I see none thank you thank you
you
okay uh so this evening we've moved our
agenda around so that we discuss two
motions that we have this evening to AC
accommodate the delegation requests we
receive so that way the delegations
don't have to stay here till The Bitter
End tonight like they usually do and I'm
sure they'll appreciate that so we have
two motions this evening uh both motions
were uh presented at the October 22nd
meeting and the first motion is from
councilor nhsh so would you like to put
that on the floor please yes thank you
mayor liot it's moved by me and seconded
by councelor
Hamilton whereas lithium iion batteries
are commonplace as they are in use in a
wide variety of devices that are part of
our daily lives including E Scooters and
ebikes and the growing use of such
technology is encouraged and supported
as part of Canada's Environmental
Protection
strategies and whereas the increasing
importation and use of non-original
equipment manufacturer or OEM
aftermarket batteries is coupled with
the risk of devastating
fires and whereas when lithium ion
batteries are damaged or overheat they
are susceptible to Thermal runaway
high-intensity long- lasting fires that
are difficult to extinguish by
conventional firefighting techniques and
which emit a cocktail of dangerous and
potentially toxic Gases such as carbon
monoxide hydrogen fluoride and hydrogen
chloride putting citizens and First
Responders in
danger and whereas there are at present
no government regulations to monitor
control or prohibit importation storage
sale or use in our communities of non
OEM lithium ion aftermarket batteries
not underwriter Laboratories of Canada
or ulc
certified and whereas the city of
Cambridge has already seen several
occurrences of lithium ion battery fires
in single and multi-unit residential
dwellings commercial and Industrial
properties that have caused displacement
inconvenience and economic loss to
dozens of citizens and businesses such
that Council recognizes the significant
and growing risk of fire and explosion
that these aftermarket lithium ions
batteries
present now therefore be it resolved
that Council does hereby support the
Cambridge Fire Department in its efforts
to administer and disseminate the
Ontario Fire Marshals fire safety
campaign to educate citizens on the
potential hazards associated with
lithium ion batteries and to empower
residents and businesses in the city of
Cambridge and Beyond with a knowledge to
safeguard themselves their property and
others and F further that Council does
hereby call upon all levels of
government to enact regulations for the
importation storage sale disposal and
use of non OEM nonc certified lithium
ion batteries and further that this
resolution be sent to the right
honorable Justin Trudeau prime minister
of Canada The Honorable Mary in minister
of export promotion international trade
and economic development The Honorable
Francois Philip champagne minister of
innovation Science and Industry The
Honorable Doug Ford premier of Ontario
The Honorable Todd McCarthy minister of
public and Business Service delivery and
procurement for Ontario local area mpps
and
MPS the office of the fire marshal
Federation of Canadian municipalities
the association of municipalities of
Ontario and all Ontario municipalities
and may I speak to the motion mayor
Li are there any questions of council
first before we go into
comments
okay uh thank you mayor liot I'd like to
start by saying I'm indebted to fire
chief Rob Martin and his senior staff
for their assistance in developing the
terminology of uh of this motion and my
concern on this issue arose because
there were two fires in my w Ward 4 both
were in multi-unit residential buildings
thankfully there was no loss of life but
there was considerable property damage
and displacement of tenants in one case
there were 21 persons displaced by a
single
fire the lack of Regulation addressed in
the motion means that aftermarket
batteries can be imported and sold
without rigid standards of quality
control this makes them less costly and
therefore more attractive to consumer s
for spare or replacement
batteries my specific interest was
originally with respect to ebikes
because of the temptation to bring those
indoors for security purposes Chief
Martin has alerted me to the broader
concern for example our phones as well
as the toxic gases that are emitted
during combustion that endanger citizens
and First Responders alike the motion is
designed to Aid public education and to
call for regulation of these potentially
dangerous products
and I urge my fellow counselors to
support it thank
you I must apologize to you the script
is out of order here so I read that in
the wrong place and you're all probably
wondering what what the heck is she
doing right I'm sure you all did um any
I don't see anybody else up here so
we'll call for the
vote I did
starting
voting and closing
voting and that carries unanimously
uh we have two delegates for the next
sorry three delegates for the next
motion uh and the first up is cydney
McDonald welcome Sydney you'll have five
minutes to speak and you'll hear hear a
chime at the one minute mark thank you
all right good evening mayor and council
members thank you for the opportunity to
speak with you today
my name is Sid and I'm here as an
advocate for unhoused individuals
especially for women and gender diverse
folks who lack safe shelter options in
our region first I want to acknowledge
the gravity of the issues you are
addressing issues that are not only
pressing but also deeply pull the mic
down I'm sorry absolutely no problem
yeah um first I want to acknowledge the
gravity of the issues you are addressing
issues that are not only pressing but
also deeply complex however I urge you
to reconsider consider the approach of
forced treatment as outlined in the
Ontario big city mayor's motion which
you are voting today on endorsing the
contents of this motion raised
significant concerns paired with the
recent letter to the province signed by
13 Mayors including the city of
cambridges calling for invoking the
notwithstanding Clause to clear encs
you're not addressing this actual motion
the one you're talking about is not on
the floor tonight so I ask you to remove
those remarks in order to continue okay
no problem all right um forcing people
into treatment against their will is not
compassionate and it's also not actually
effective we can look to other
jurisdictions who have or are trying to
see that from Mexico to Sweden and
Massachusetts to Vancouver involuntary
treatment has been found to increased
risk of Overdose and shows no
significant impact on substance use
patterns people facing addiction and
mental health challenges need supportive
accessible care and not
coercion further and more basically
historical events of force confinement
of individuals deemed undesirable are
dark chapters in our shared history that
we must learn from and not repeat I
implore this Council to direct their
energy toward advocating to Upper levels
of government for deeper investments in
voluntary mental health and substance
use Services we need harm reduction
services that people can access without
obstacles on their own terms and we need
to address the systemic factors and poor
policy that lead to overdoses in the
first place this is cambridge's chance
to lead with compassion and to set an
example for other communities by
focusing on solutions that respect human
dignity and rights we can uphold our
responsib responsibility to protect
every resident in this
city after all wasn't it this Council
who voted in favor of declaring intimate
partner violence and gender-based
violence and epidemic knowing that women
experiencing homelessness are at
exponentially higher risks of of
violence and knowing that there is
overwhelming research that shows forc
treatment is ineffective and in fact
causes more harm doesn't voting in favor
of this motion fly in the face of that
admirable declaration this Council made
not that long ago I urge you to reject
this motion and stand for more
compassionate evidence-based approaches
that use taxpayers money more prudently
instead thank
you thank you are there any questions
councelor Cooper okay uh thank you for
coming here um I'm just curious um you
you're basically stating um you know
this this concept that the you know any
kind of basically intervention if you
want to call it that uh that the um the
force treatment involuntary treatment um
it's you're kind of implying there no no
good results it it doesn't work um I'm
just wondering because I know I have I
me I've got a very good friend coun
Cooper can I be you gonna get there's
gonna be a question gonna be a question
just checking I'm following yeah no
problem there got to be some context and
some workout please yeah um I know I
mean I've got I've got a friend who
spent 20 years in the streets and he and
he stated he and I've heard from many
people when you there was in some kind
of
intervention some kind of intervention
that they didn't want to do but that got
them off I mean it's there's long list
of people that do that and I'm just
wondering what do you say to them when
you're kind of trying to state to us
that it it doesn't work when I mean I
can think of many examples of people
close to me it did
yeah I think for me I'm looking at
research that's been conducted by
experts in their field um I can pull
some stats up for you
um there we
go so in the international Journal of
drug policy Force treatment is not best
practice for substance use disorder and
is not effective in in improving housing
outcomes for people using substances and
experiencing homelessness there's also
from Toronto there was a
15.6% graduation rate from um from Force
treatment which I believe is not that
High um and when just anecdotally when I
think about quite a few individuals who
I know who are waiting to access
treatment such as the methadone clinic
um and are in Long weight list as well
that there are quite a few people who
want vol voluntary treatment and we see
from research that voluntary treatment
is actually much more effective does not
cause trauma such as forced treatment um
why aren't we investing in those
strategies more when they have better
outcomes anyway follow up Qui do do you
do you believe that this is going to
take away voluntary
treatment I'm not trying to say that I'm
trying to say that if we're investing
the funds into Force treatment that show
that they can cause more trauma entrench
people further into homelessness why
aren't we taking those funds and
investing them into voluntary Treatment
Services okay thank
you thank you um next up is Robin
Schwarz thank
you good evening Council my printer
decided not to work right before I was
coming today so I'm going to be reading
off my
laptop um thank you uh members of
Cambridge City Council my name is Robin
Schwarz my pronouncer she her and I'm
here to discuss the Ontario big city
mayor's motion concerning chronic
homelessness mental health and the
addictions crises our community is
currently facing I'm also a proud
Cambridge resident I live in w 5 and
I've chosen to make this my community at
over the last 5 years because of my
experience working at the Grassroots
level
at Cambridge based nonprofits there's
something special happening in our
community and I moved to waterl region
to be a part of that good work from
lenon Ontario where some of this motion
is coming from directly from 2021 until
earlier this year I was the fund
development Communications and advocacy
lead at porch Lake counseling Addiction
Services but I want to be clear that I'm
here tonight as an individual and as a
resident of this city I know the
complexity and urgency of the issues
Within in this motion firsthand because
I've worked tirelessly alongside
Frontline staff over the last 5 years to
support those struggling at the
intersections of homelessness mental
health and addiction in our community we
are at a Crossroads as a community as a
province and as a country before making
my home in Cambridge I was working on a
PhD in Canadian history at Western
University I'm a political historian by
training with a special focus on Ontario
and I keep seeing scary patterns in how
our politicians at all levels are
responding to the housing crisis and
related challenges in 2024 that could
have been said 100 years ago and I want
to be on the right side of History which
is why I took the time out of my day to
speak with you this evening while I
appreciate that these issues are Urgent
I urge you to reconsider passing the OB
CM motion this motion may look good on
paper but it will not solve the problems
in housing and Healthcare that are
causing the spike in humanitary crisis
in our public spaces in fact I would
call this motion a political Trojan
Horse of sorts it says a lot of things
that I know everyone around this table
agrees with it is up to all levels of
government to tackle these issues
together I know there are people around
this table tonight who have been trying
to do this for years and who are
frustrated and tired of seeing parts of
our community get worse rather than
better it's also up to the provincial
government to provide the city of
Cambridge with with the resources
necessary to tackle these issues that is
how it is set out in our legal systems
in Canada and this motion is not going
to make that happen forcing treatment
onto individuals with addiction and
mental health challenges will only cause
more harm and get us further away from
solving these complex problems together
first let's address the core issue here
mandatory treatment will not solve
homelessness the reality is that simply
forcing individuals into treatment does
not guantee housing or support after it
also relies on a stereotype that
suggests that all people who are
homelessness have drug problems without
comprehensive systems in place to
provide supportive living or sober
living options many individuals will
find themselves back on the street after
treatment the addiction system in
Cambridge as it currently stands is ill
equipped to house individuals post
treatment this is especially true here
where our high rates of addiction and
not enough services and Supportive
Housing uh to help those seeking
treatment voluntarily exist there are
currently over 40 men and 20 women on
porch Lake counseling and Addiction
Services weight list for sober Recovery
Home living that means there are four
times the number of men who want help
who want to get sober who want to
rebuild their lives then there are spots
in the program this year they are
waiting and they cannot get help because
the provincial government is not
investing and giving us the the
resources we need for the this problem
additionally it is crucial to recognize
that homelessness is not solely the
consequence of addiction it's
complicated and if we look at our
federal and provincial government's
investment trajectories we can trace
this back to the 1990s when significant
resources were taken out of our
Municipal governments by both the
federal government and the provincial
government led by different political
parties this is a nonpartisan an issue
and 30 years of policy failure that this
motion is not going to
fix involuntary treatment is a human
rights violation full stop our legal
Frameworks were put in place to protect
vulnerable populations that's why the
laws
exist instead of pursuing punitive
measures that fail to address the root
cause of homelessness I implore everyone
around this table tonight to advocate
for increased resources directed towards
permanent affordable housing and
comprehensive addiction and Mental
Health Services in our community
I I urge you to reconsider your current
approach and I thank you so much for
listening to me this
evening councelor kimson thank you very
much Mar Jan through you thank you for
your presentation um I'm just wondering
if you could help me with something with
the motion that is before us where is it
that you are finding it specifically
referring to involuntary treatment so I
I can pull it up I did a control F
earlier because I to was uh it's very
hidden in there um it's not as explicit
I think as it it like in reading it as
an expert and someone who has a long
history with um like these types of
motions from my historical background I
believe there's a point whereas
um providing the uh involuntary
resources it's very I know there's
different parts to it and I understand
um where the Ontario Big City Mayors are
coming from but moving in that direction
is not going to help solve um our
problems just follow up please thank you
um I I certainly appreciate that I I see
there's in section subsection three it
talks about um reviewing Consulting on
an updating the mental health act yes to
reflect the current realities of this
crisis including consultation with
medical professionals First Responders
and municipalities to determine whether
to expand the scope of and strengthen
the existing system of mandatory
community- based and residential mental
health and addictions care and treatment
but to me there's nothing in here that
reads anything that we are going to do
it
involuntarily it's talking about
consultation
um to determine whether or
not the existing system is working or if
something else needs to be done
differently is that the section you
refer to or is there somewhere else in
here that I'm missing I believe so give
me just a second I have it up on my
other thank
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you do you see it anywhere
existing system so sir urgently review
the exist in system of mandatory
communitybased and residential mental
health and addictions policy so the word
mandatory it's not review our addictions
policy and as someone again like I'm
drawing from my history background
having um read thousands of motions and
many many handers over the years from
1945 to 1980 uh if I was reviewing this
30 years in the future I would look at
it and say why did they not see that as
a red
flag where whereabouts is this sorry I'm
just looking uh so whereas OC uh it's
bullet point three um under so I have
the motion in front of me from the last
minutes um it was whereas OB CM has
strongly requested the provincial and
pro Federal governments to uh three like
II okay thank you I'll have a look
thanks I see no more questions thank you
so our next up
is sorry just bear with me one
second Sarah
Escobar and you are representing
Community Justice ini initiatives is
this correct yes thank you you have five
minutes thank you
good evening members of Cambridge
Council good evening mayor I won't take
up too much of your time there's lots of
data and evidence that was shared with
you today uh and there's tons that we
can also forward you through email uh my
name is Sarah Escobar and I am the
homelessness and housing Justice
navigator at cji I am here today to
comment on motion 9.2 regarding chronic
homelessness mental health safety and
addictions
crisis hurt people hurt people we we
know this this can sometimes turn into
what we know as
necropolitics that is the creation and
the use of policy that we knowingly will
cause harm and injustices to
folks the region of waloo is legislated
to create and Implement and support a
community safety and well-being
plan this plan guides communities in
Ontario encouraging the development of
and I quote strategies that are
preventive as a sorry give me a second
here the region of vuo is legislated to
create Implement and support a community
safety well-being plan this plan guides
communities in Ontario encouraging the
development of and I quote strategies
that are preventative as opposed to
reactive will ensure efficiency
Effectiveness and sustainability of
safety and well-being Services delivered
in
Ontario any policy that leans towards
dehumanizing and criminalizing
individuals experiencing homelessness
suggesting that encounters with criminal
court systems are Pathways to treatment
are not only flawed but also harmful and
go directly against the work that the
region of waloo community safety and
well-being plan is trying to do it also
undermines the work that many teams are
doing uh are trying to get done now on
the ground with many agencies that are
also collaborating with the region of
Walo uh through the plan to end chronic
homelessness
the framework designed by water region
Community safety and well-being
describes conditions for well-being and
safety foundational things to grow
create explore and barriers to change I
will highlight a few of these so we can
review and understand the work that
watero region is committed to doing all
context being discussed is uh you can be
found in the watero region Community
safety and well-being plan uh and on
their
website so the first thing they speak
about is conditions of well-being and
safety as again as per the community
safety and well-being plan in the
region so providing basic needs is one
of those things it's one of those
conditions that will create well-being
and safety building understanding and
pursuing a sense of belonging this will
also create well-being and safety
honoring identities and understanding
intersectionality
this is really important for the very
complicated work and the mix of
um the mix of of complexities we're
talking mental health we're talking
addictions we're talking the experience
of homelessness we're talking
underfunded programs this is
complexities not just one complexity
it's um it's many complexities coming
together foundational things to grow
create and explore again as per the
community safety and well-being plan
restorative
justice prioritizing working with
institutions and communities that know
how to do the work so the experts in the
work proper accountability not only for
the folks that are coming and receiving
services and those agencies but also our
a our our government groups that are
designed to be funding those programs
and those
sectors barriers to change Community
well-being Community safety and
wellbeing reminds us there are some
barriers to change and they name these
as systemic
oppression crisis versus Upstream so
being able
to focus and approach
complexities with Upstream approaches as
opposed to just declaring them crisis
panicking and then trying to just do
something out of fear out of lack of
knowledge um and really it's an
emotional response that we're actually
seeing at this
point in
ineal and harmful experiences with
systems these again are barriers to
change and the last barrier to change
that I'll name right now is unbalanced
safety and well-being funding again I
think that
um we know we know that there's funding
that is stuck at at the provincial level
we know that that funding could help the
city help the agencies that are doing
work on the ground here in your local
community advocating to free that flow
of money so that the agencies can
actually do the work that they are that
they are being legislated to do would be
a lot helpful in this in this situation
um other than just starting to create
new policies uh again out of fear and
emotion thank you are there any
questions seeing none thank you thank
you I'm going to apologize in advance
because you
know what's coming with the uh
whereases but our clerk insists that I
read every single one of them
again so it's her fault not mine and I
want you to realize that everything
everybody has been asking for it the
podium up here is already in this
motion so where is The Chronic
homelessness mental health safety and
addictions crisis continues to escalate
with at least 1,400 homeless encampments
now present in Ontario communities
putting unsustainable pressure on
municipalities and public spaces
creating a humanitarian crisis and
whereas housing homelessness and
healthare including access to
appropriate And Timely supports are the
responsibility of the provincial
government and proper management of
these issues is crucial to addressing
the root causes of the humanitarian
crisis that Ontario is facing and
whereas municipalities are being left to
manage these issues without the
necessary resources or legal authority
to sufficiently respond and as a result
are caught balancing the important needs
of unsheltered people living in
encampments with responsibility to
ensure our communities are safe and
vibrant places for all residents and I'm
sorry I didn't put the motion on on the
floor first did
I so I'm moving the
motion and councelor Cooper is seconding
it
sorry I'll continue without the
necessary resources are legal authority
to sufficiently respond and as a result
are caught balancing the important needs
of unsheltered people living in
encampments with the responsibility to
ensure our communities are safe and
vibrant places for all residents and
whereas the causes of homelessness can
be complex and individually unique to
unhoused person with one of the primary
causes being undiagnosed and untreated
mental health and addiction issues which
are difficult to address without
specialized support systems providing a
Continuum of Care and whereas some
individuals experiencing untreated or
undiagnosed acute and or mental heal uh
chronic mental health or addictions
challenges may be at a higher risk to
themselves impose safety concerns for
other members of the community and
whereas every individual deserves the
the opportunity for treatment and
Recovery including crucial systemic
resources prompt access and appropriate
intervention and whereas Ontario big
city mayor's OBM has launched the solve
the crisis.com
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table with multi- sector stakeholders
create a comprehensive Maiden Ontario
solution that addresses these issues for
all communities in the province
providing municipalities with the tools
and resources to transition those in
encampments to more appropriate
supports committing to fund the
resources required Community by
Community to fill existing gaps invest
in a sufficient number of 247 Community
hubs and crisis centers to relieve
pressures on Hospital Emergency
departments and First Responders and
whereas the OBC recommends the
consideration of some specific tools and
policy ask for municipalities and other
sectors involved in this crisis as
detailed below and whereas an enounter
with the criminal court system can be an
effective Pathway to treatment when the
offender is offered a timely and
effective treatment referral through a
diversion court process and whereas the
province's plan to create 19 treatment
hubs is a good step and has the
potential to substantially improve
access to treatment that can be defer
referred through a diversion court
process if these hubs are properly
funded accessible and expanded in scope
and number based on community need and
whereas the ability of municipalities to
ensure safe and vibrant communities is
compromised by a double standard in our
legal system that allows for the open
consumption of illicit drugs but
prohibits the unrestricted consumption
of tobacco or alcohol causing confusion
and undermining Public Health efforts
and whereas the ability of
municipalities to make decisions
regarding Public Safety is compromised
by Court decisions that enable
encampments in public spaces and
restrict Municipal capacity to manage
public lands effectively including
ensuring the safety of the people in
those encampments and the community
surrounding them and whereas residents
and business owners in neighborhoods
where homeless encampments exist and
drug users congregate are unreasonably
impacted by social disruption Rising
crime vandalism and declining public
confidence due to concerns for Public
Safety and whereas provincial and
federal governments need to take
responsibility for policy decisions that
have led to this humanitarian crisis and
must take on a greater leadership role
in helping municipalities address the
associated issues of social disruption
and Public
Safety and whereas municipalities need
clear effective and enforceable
legislative tools from provincial and
federal government regarding how to
address encampments and social
disruption and must have the legal
authority to act swiftly and decisively
when Public Safety is at risk and
whereas establishing and reinforcing
principles and parameters at a
provincial level will allow
municipalities to focus on what they do
best providing services to members of
the public without the impossible task
of reconciling provincial and federal
policy or various judicial decisions
that are at odds with a group or
individual rights
and whereas Municipal governments must
Implement solutions that are efficient
effective appropriate feasible practical
and in compliance with Ontario and
Canadian law while balancing individual
rights with the safety and well-being of
the broader
Community whereas the OBM has reaffirmed
calls to the federal and provincial
governments through its solve the crisis
campaign to appoint one Minister and
Ministry responsible for the
humanitarian crisis ontarians are facing
and who has been provided appropriate
Authority and resources to find
Solutions two create an action table of
government representatives from all
three levels subject matter experts
those impacted by this crisis including
Community Partners First Responders and
businesses to evaluate solutions to M to
create a ma in Ontario solution and
three that both levels of government
provide the funding required for
municipalities big and small to put in
place the solutions they need to end
this crisis whereas the OBM has strongly
requested the pr provincial and federal
governments to one take on intervenor
status in the case of Court decisions
that restrict the ability of
municipalities to regulate and prohibit
encampments and two develop a fully
funded and resourced range of a
Compassionate Care and treatment
programs that strengthens the system of
community-based and residential mental
health and addictions treatments under
the mental health Act and the healthc
care consent act ensuring that
individuals in need are able to access
care and treatment in a timely manner
and three urgently review consult on and
update the mental health Act and the
healthc care consent act to reflect the
current realities of this crisis
including consultation with medical
professionals First Responders and
municipalities to determine whether to
expand the scope of and strengthen the
existing system of mandatory
community-based and residential mental
health and addictions care and treatment
and for Implement diversion courts
through the province and expand the
scope and reach of these courts by
permitting referrals to the diversion
court for provincial and Municipal
offenses with a focus on Rehabilitation
rather than punitive
measures and five review consult on and
update the trespassed property act to
address the public safety issues
municipalities are facing within their
communities with such a review to
include but not be limited options to
assist communities in addressing
aggressive or repetitive trespass and F
and six to establish for municipalities
that prescribe provincial priority of
maintaining public order and Public
Safety to allow in line with the above
stronger local deterrence to offenses
related to social disruption and Public
Safety risks whereas the provincial and
federal governments are requested to
introduce legislation prohibiting open
and public use of illicit drugs and
public intoxication whether that be by
the consumption of alcohol or illicit
drugs with clear enforcement provisions
and public awareness campaigns to reduce
their harmful impact on communities and
whereas the province has been requested
to create a blueprint along with
Associated funding programs from federal
and provincial governments to address
the significant need for the quick build
of Supportive Housing units which
includes units that address the specific
needs of those who have started
treatment and need shelter and care as
they continue the recovery Journey
therefore be it resolved that the
Council of the corporation of the city
of Cambridge supports the OBM motion on
chronic homelessness mental health
safety and addiction crisis and that
this motion be circulated to the right
honorable Justin Trudeau prime minister
of Canada The Honorable Doug Ford
premier of Ontario The Honorable Sylvia
Jones Deputy premier of Ontario The
Honorable Michael toolo MPP of Ontario
The Honorable Arif veran Minister of
Justice The Honorable Doug Downey
Attorney General of Ontario The
Honorable Michael Kerner solicitor
general of Ontario The Honorable Mark
Holland Federal minister of Health The
Honorable Paul kandra Municipal minister
of Municipal Affairs and Housing Lori
LeBlanc Deputy minister of Municipal
Affairs and Housing Rebecca blle
Federation of Canadian municipalities
president Robin Jones Association
municipalities Saria president and all
Ontario municipalities does council have
any
questions any
comments
councelor thank you mayor leot there's
much in this motion with which I agree
but I find I I cannot support the
overall motion and I'd like to explain
why Canadians are justifiably proud of
the Charter of Rights and
Freedoms its principles uphold beliefs
and standards that are foundational to
our country and are the Envy of the
world also our democracy is built in
part upon the concept of a free and
independent
Judiciary that Judiciary has interpreted
the charter to hold that housing is part
of the section 7 right to the life
liberty and security of the
person there are elements of the motion
before us which seek to undermine that
right for a segment of society that is
vulnerable and living on the
margins and seeks to do so in the face
of court rulings that bar the sorts of
powers that are requested in the
motion I consider this to be an erosion
of the rule of law and therefore I
cannot support it thank
you thank you councelor Hamilton
thank you mayor getting through you and
and I think the word crisis an
overlapping crisis has come up in many
occasions and to the Ontario Big City
Mayors and mayor liot I think all of us
agree that we're in a crisis and we're
all just struggling with how to address
it and so I think the underlying ethos
of the motion as Council ernshaw pointed
out is a sound one where people want to
help we're in a crisis what can we do to
help it so I appreciate mayor Li at
bringing that aspect to the motion
forward I think it comes from a good
place but like councel eraw there are
aspects in the motion that I do trouble
to support and one of the things that's
come up on many occasions and we
received commentary today from local
academics from wford laer University
we've received commentary from local
Social Services uh local Health experts
that have come to us is none of us are
Health experts and this is a Health
crisis it's a Health crisis not a
political crisis and when we go to
Health experts what do they say there
seems to be an overwhelming body of
evidence that says that mandatory
treatment or involuntary treatment
doesn't work in fact it actually
exacerbates the problem by lowering
tolerance and increasing the risk of
Overdose when someone who's gone through
this form of treatment is released back
into the public not being an expert in
the field of health or not being an
expert in the field of law I think it
behooves us to listen to those experts
in our community that spend their lives
studying that that spend their careers
working on the ground every day with
people suffering from these very issues
we should pay attention to them so I
think the fact that we are not experts
in this that to me is huge we are
part-time Municipal counselors I
personally feel I lack the expertise to
make a very complex decision about a
Health crisis that could very well end
up killing people that's not a decision
that we should be making same with the
legal aspects that Council era pointed
out the Canadian civil liberties
Association has said I think quite a few
times this was in 2023 but a different
case but forcing people into treatment
facilities against their will is
unconstitutional and unlawful
governments are wrong to suggest
otherwise substance use in some
circumstances is alarming but compelling
people into treatment without their
consent is counterproductive and harmful
and examples like this abound and so
being elected to this office and again
whether you're for or against this
motion it comes from a good place we all
want to make a positive difference but
as an elected official I have to listen
to those individuals that do have the
experience and the expertise to make
those very tough decisions about a
Health crisis or a legal
crisis and there's a an historical
component here and every single I think
delegate touched upon
it every time we've seen politicians in
the history of our country remove the
rights of vulnerable groups years later
that's been a huge mistake and I feel
like that's what we'd be doing here if
we remove the fundamental rights of a
vulnerable
population in a political decision I
think that's an extremely slippery slope
for us to get on and so that's why I
think even the motivation of this motion
comes from a good place from the Big
City Mayors we are not experts legally
or medically and I do not feel
comfortable removing the rights of any
of our citizens housed or on because I
think that's a slippery slope that no no
City should get on so I will not be
supporting the motion thank you
councelor
Roberts thank you mayor Jan and through
you um and to follow up on my colleagues
points there are many parts of this
motion that I am fully supportive of
things like how do we address the need
for more Supportive Housing units that
is something we need more of here in the
city um you know that every individual
deserves the opportunity for treatment
and Recovery when they ask for it um but
there are portions of this um motion
that do concern me um things that seem
punitive um and we have heard from the
experts speaking out against the use of
involuntary treatment um we've heard
it's not an effective strategy that it
can lead to more problems and we just
have to look in our history you know
there was a disturbing history of force
treatment on people with disabilities
for a long time um and this was shown to
be nothing but negative so um you know
while I do support a lot of what's in
here and I think that there's lots of
good intentions here um this one piece
is really uh problematic for me and
because of that and I'm concerned about
the precedent that it may set I I won't
be able to support this
motion councelor
Cooper okay yes thank you m um yeah
there's a lot to go over here um first
of all yes I I do support this um I will
happily give my thanks to the uh the
Ontario Big City Mayors and especially
may look at I know you may have had a
significant part in this um there's a
lot in here that I think everyone on
each side would want um there's a lot
many people wanted for for years um this
is about to me this is about a change in
Direction and how we deal with chronic
addiction mental health issues um it's
also about the safety of our community
its ability to thrive um so we going to
deal with some realities here um and yes
we're not necessarily medical experts
here but we've also been tasked with
representing our residents um when it
comes to the encampment issue um those
of you those that live near these
encampments uh well know the realities
of what goes on in many of them um after
seven years of visiting dozens of them
I'm well aware of the massive amounts of
social disruption uh drug activity
criminal activity that occurs in many of
them um that's not up for debate it's
there we've seen it um in fact the
amount of criminal activity I've seen
present in these in sites is absolutely
immense um it affects the surrounding
communities the monetary cost of the
community is immense as is a danger to
those inside and those surrounding these
encampments um this is not sustainable
nor is it right uh we have numerous
examples of what happens across North
America when these encampments are left
to grow unrestricted uh believe me you
don't want that happening here in BC a
13-year-old girl recently died in an
encampment recently in Kingston two
people were murdered at an encampment I
personally W witnessed assaults as so
many in as well as so many encampment
fires have lost count in fact we just
had one yesterday at the Dundas one
fourth one I've seen the past few
months uh one of the encampments one
tent was set on fire was someone was
inside is it going to take a body inside
one of these encampments to forc us to
take action I refuse I personally refuse
to sit by and wait for that the
residents of this city have rights to
and this motion supports giving us the
necessary legal authority to act
immediately and effectively when Public
Safety is is is at risk the people in
our communities they have a right to be
protected from the victimization that we
know comes from a lot of these
encampments and as far as the treatment
um yeah it can take many attempts to get
a use a clean that's not news to anybody
whether that treatment be voluntary or
not but you can guarantee no success
whatsoever when you don't even
try when you continue with a system that
makes little to no attempt to remove
addiction
I don't believe in just sitting back and
doing nothing I don't believe there is
any compassion in minimizing the lives
of addiction sufferers to lost causes
whose pain and daily poisoning is
something that should just be managed
and maintained in a sad cycle that often
leads to an inevitable end because
everyone's too scared to actually
intervene and do what needs to be
done and nobody is no part of this takes
away voluntary treatment in fact it
clearly states that they want to ensure
individuals in need are able to access
care and treatment in a timely
manner voluntary treatment will be there
in fact with the province's new focus on
treatment and Recovery the opportunity
for voluntary treatment will likely be
far greater than we have seen to this
point that is something we all want and
should be
applauding the introduction of
compassionate intervention simply
acknowledges the need to help those that
have unfortunately lost the ability to
make rational choices for themselves due
to addiction
it also acknowledges the rights of our
community to to be protected from those
whose addiction or mental issues have
made themselves a danger to themselves
and others so I'm happy to see a change
in
Direction because there's numerous
ethical issues inherent in our current
strategies to find success in aiding
drug users to poison themselves and then
sending them out to the streets a danger
to themselves and the public and waits
for them to come back to do it
again there is no such thing is safely
using heroin fent a methamphetamin and
is it indeed time we let go of an
existing system that fails to
acknowledge even that most basic of
truths the truly sad stories that upset
us all the time that we hear year after
year of Overdose deaths are a clearing
example of why we need to change course
with a plan that that actually works is
absurd to expect us to see constant
death as a sign of success and a reason
for more of the
same the fact is that addicts are dying
because our current policies are helping
them to do it and doing precious little
to stop it our Region's residents and
their families who are sick of the crime
and social chaos deserve
better our businesses deserve better
most of all those suffering with
addiction deserve more they deserve hope
and now with the province's recent
change in direction away from these
programs maybe that help will now become
available maybe local residents will now
get the consideration and compassion
they deserve maybe now there'll be real
hope that families can get their loved
ones back from the brink
I believe that is real hope I believe
that is true compassion so I thank you
for this mayor and
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obms do we have any other
comments councelor
Divine yes thank you I've listened
intently there's a few things that we
have to look at here and be
realistic first of all this is a
resolution okay to be sent out all right
and that's what it is it's a
resolution now if you go back to the
late
80s early 90s
1990 we a premier of the
province that uh in order to save
money shut down uh Health Center in
penet
anguishing which was a psychological
Hospital sat down shut down London
py and put all these people on the
streets okay I know there's one guy I
know today and he's he's in a mess this
this man's in a mess he's living on the
streets in
Cambridge but because he was in these
hospitals um that was there to look
after him mentally and
physically he just he can't
cope but there's all kind of people on
the streets they can't
cope but there's nowhere for them to
go there's absolutely nowhere for these
folks to
go and through this resolution which is
likely and there's things I don't like
in it there things I do
like but let's remember it's a
resolution we're not writing law here
it's a
resolution so if through this process
that we're currently going through
if we are able to get more beds for
people that need them if we're going to
open up some of these these hospitals
again and get people
help and I'm the first one to to say I
mean I've had experience with with rehab
believe me the facility I come out of we
had any I used to call it hockey school
at any given time we had at least 20
people in hockey School in various
places in onaral
and some some senators were a lot better
than others all right but the hardcore
ones were were by far the
best we can't pretending pretend this
issue is going to go
away cuz it's not going to go
away we have to work at it but I'm the
first one to say and I've seen
it you put somebody into rehab and they
don't want to be be there it's not going
to work it will not work I've seen it
time and time again
but this is a start I don't agree with
everything that's in here and I really
don't but it's a start to get us down
that road and if we have to open up more
hospitals more hospital beds more rehab
centers then that's what we need to
do I'm not suggesting people go them
that don't want to be there the people
are there should be the ones that want
help I'm going to support this motion I
don't like everything in it I really
don't and I don't like being told what
to do everybody knows me don't like that
but this is a start it's a start whether
you agree or disagree with it it's a
start Thank
You councelor
Hamilton thank you man they getting
through you um one thing I think we can
all agree on and I just want to be clear
is that I think we have to make sure
that we don't conflate homelessness and
mental health and addictions all
together think they're being Blended all
all as one they're very separate issues
someone who is experiencing homelessness
may not be addicted to drugs or
experiencing mental health issues and
vice versa and vice versa so I think we
can all agree on that because we're
starting to conflate it all into one
giant issue in motion and each are
extremely complex in their roots in the
scope of the crises in their history and
of course how to solve them and the
challenge this motion is a testament to
it is how how do you deal with it when
all of those crises overlap there is one
thing that I think what do we do what do
we do
several delegations spoke about it
letters that came in from professors and
social service agencies said it fund the
agencies that are doing the work on the
ground to help people create more beds
create more treatment centers don't take
away things like CTS sites that are
saving
lives that would make a huge difference
and that's come up a lot if we're going
to use involuntary treatment which the
ccla the Canadian civil liberties
Association has said is akin to
voluntary or sorry it's akin to AR
arbitrary
detention if we have to at this rate
people have to wait 3 to 4 months and
more to get voluntary treatment how are
we going to deal with people that are
now going to be
involuntarily or basically coerced into
treatment why don't we start funding
those agencies that are doing the work
right now that can reach people who
require that voluntary treatment and see
where that goes and I just want to read
one quick line that was on our addendum
because we just got it when we came in
from the three professors at wford laua
University it says research demonstrates
that criminalizing people seeking
shelter in public spaces will simply
push them into more dangerous situations
and make it more difficult for them to
assess necessary support to exit
homelessness so I think we really have
to listen to people that have been
studying this and working in these
fields their entire lives rather than
react from our guts and our hearts even
though that's where it hits us thank
you councelor shry thank you mayor liot
um I'm I'm just confused at the
uh at the fear or the confusion of the
motion it's a great motion how I'm
reading it it's asking the provincial
federal government for
help it's seeking
Partnerships with the provincial and
federal government and it clearly
states and and Municipal governments
must Implement solutions that are
efficient of effective and down to in
compliance with Ontario and Canadian
law to create an action table of
government representatives from all
levels and subject matter
experts and lastly not lastly there's
more but a develop a fully funded and
resource range of Compassionate Care and
treatment programs that's what we all
want we just don't have the money to do
it and we're asking for help and I think
this is a great motion thank
you councelor Cooper yes thank you I'm
not going to speak much on this I just
uh when it comes to what everybody wants
and what I've heard a lot from the
delegates about what we need I'm just
going to read two parts of this one of
the requests is to develop a fully
funded and resourced range of
Compassionate Care and treatment
programs that strengthens the system of
community- based and residential mental
health and addictions treatments under
the mental health act and healthc Care
consent act ensuring that individuals in
need are able to access care and
treatment in a timely
manner and they're also requesting the
province to create a blueprint along
with Associated funding programs from
both Federal and provincial governments
to address the significant need for the
quick build of supporting housing
Supportive Housing units which includes
units that address the specific needs of
those who have started treatment and
need shelter and care as they can
continue their recovery Journey thank
you thanks everyone for your comments um
so all of the things that the delegates
had spoken about and and the people who
are not supporting this motion tonight
around the Horseshoe are the very same
things that I have done as a delegate at
Amo to the minister of health and to the
minister of
addictions um and they they're listening
to us they're hearing us finally they're
making moves towards that so our voices
are being heard the voices that we give
for forward after listening to the
voices in our community I for over my 10
years on Council I've had to hold people
whose children have died while they're
crying in my arms it's extremely hard to
handle they are asking for help they
have been for a number of
years this this anything being asked in
here does not preclude voluntary
treatment that's that's like you know to
say that we're saying involuntary
treatment or mandatory treatment does
not preclude any of the other items that
um we may ask for and I want to bring
your attention to something that was in
the global mail today so we we speak
about all these so-called experts right
all this research that says involuntary
treatment doesn't work um there is no
proper
research that states emphatically one
way or the other that it does or it does
not and I've been hearing that for two
years now from both sides so
this uh editorial that was in the globe
mail today was written by the addiction
psychiatrist and clinical assistant
professor at the University of Calgary
as well as Angie Hamilton who is a
lawyer and is the co-founder and
executive director of families for
addiction recovery these are people that
myself and staff have been meeting with
here at City Hall over the past couple
of
years but it's even
stating um let me just find it here
um many Canadians believe that involment
treatment is ineffective for addiction
but a recent systematic review found
that quality research is
inconclusive so do we wait until years
down the road when the studies come
forward and let more and more people die
people who don't have the mental
capacity to make decisions whether it's
mental health or whether it's addictions
do we just leave them alone and say oh
we haven't done the proper research so
we're not going to help you I'm not
willing to do that and neither were 28
mayors that sat around that table and
spent 6 hours putting that
together much wordsmithing there was
legal opinion around there everybody had
medical
opinions this wasn't done by just
politicians these are professional
people many of them around that
horseshoe I supported it then I had a a
part in put it putting it together not
as much as many of the others but I was
determined when I became mayor that I
was going to make a difference in this
Community I was not going to let this
continue or grow any further than it
than it has I have addicts in my my
family I have taken homeless into my
home so before anybody says walk them
out in their shoes I've done that I have
that lived experience I know what it's
like for these people I know what it's
like to care about them and love them
and want to make a difference and there
are those around the Horseshoe who have
been in that that same place and are in
that that place right now
today so when you hear some of your
people counselors around this horseshoe
and you think they're they're
incompassion let me tell you they're
living it every single day not like some
of you they're actually living it so I'm
going to call for the
vote starting
voting closing voting
okay and that carries at a vote of six
to
three
sure we're taking a five minute recess
sorry
e e
m
our first item for consideration is the
consent agenda please note item 7.42
24-13 3-cd Donald Street no stopping
restriction previously listed on the
consent agenda has been pulled and will
be discussed later in the meeting as we
have received a delegation request for
this item councelor Cooper you have the
motion could you please read it hold on
a
minute where are we so I got to get past
your motion here there we
go okay it's the move by Me seconded by
councilor Roberts so did you say one of
these was
pulled it's been added okay all right
this a mooved by Me seconded by
councelor Roberts that all items listed
under the heading of consent agenda for
November 5th 2024 be adopted as
recommended 7.1 council meeting minutes
October 88 2024 7.2 statutory public
meeting minutes October 15
2024 7.3 Council information package
October 18th
2024 7.4 24-0 60- CRS annual indexing of
development charges December 1st 2024
7.5
24-16 CD terms of reference for new
Recreation Complex public
Art thank you does council have any
comments on any item on the consent
agenda okay we'll call for the vote
starting
voting and closing
voting and that carries
unanimously so under consideration of
reports our first report is item number
8.1.1 24-0
64- CRS Emergency Management bylaw and
emergency response plan revision
councelor Ameda you have that motion
thank you mayor Jan yes I do move by
myself seconded by councelor eraw the
recommendation that report 24-0 64 CRS
Emergency Management bylaw and emergency
response plan revision be received and
that bylaw
17917 be amended and further that report
24-
064 CRS appendix B the Emergency
Management program bylaw be passed to
Ana
the revised Emergency Management program
and emergency response
plan thank you are there any
questions councelor
Anda mayor liot and through you I do
have a question on page 156 of our
materials under administrative changes
item six it indicates that a section
3.4.3 was
added uh I looked at page 177 of my our
materials and there is no section
3.4.3 so I wonder if I could have that
clarified page 156 and Page
177 through you Mary Anan uh if you look
under the emergency
plan it'll be
under the
uh hang on I just got to grab
this join
the so you're looking at uh request to
join the EOC so
3.4.2 is
p4.3 yeah so sorry for that confusion
and it's uh not sure in your package but
it's in the emergency plan under page
10 okay it's page 177 of our materials
like
good are you okay with that coun I I
think I'm understanding that it was
nothing more than a typographical error
is that correct correct okay thank you
okay thank you I see no other questions
so we'll call for the
vote starting
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voting and closing
voting and that carries unanimously
our next report is item
8.1.2 24- 074 DCS request to repeal the
proposed expansion for downtown
Cambridge business Improvement area
Council Roberts you have that
motion yes thank you mayor Jan and
through you move by myself seconded by
councelor ernshaw recommendation that
report
24074 DCS requests to repeal the
proposed expansion for downtown
Cambridge business Improvement area be
received and that Council approve the
request to repeal the proposed expansion
from the downtown B Cambridge business
Improvement area and that Council direct
the clerk to provide notice of council
support of the request to repeal the
proposed
expansion thank you are there any
questions any
comments seeing none we'll do the
vote starting
voting and closing voting
and that carries
unanimously
sorry the next report is item number
8.3.1
124-130 D CD Queenston Road at
Westminster Drive always stop control we
have one pre-registered Delegate for
this item Tim brittell
welcome Tim you'll have five minutes to
speak and you have somebody else with
you no yes I do thanks very much I'll
introduce her I thought this person was
going to get up with you and delegate
too so I just it's fine if you're not oh
I'm going to ask for her assistance in a
moment I'm just going to speak first and
then I'm going to ask for her to have a
comment as well sure go ahead thank you
everyone for uh for having me your
worship council members and uh
supporting staff um I did receive a
notification in regards to the four-way
stop discussion at Queenston and
Westminster Drive South um about a month
ago anyways it allowed me to uh offer
some comments back so I'm just going to
read the comments that I submitted to so
everyone's fully aware of the reasoning
on why I'm here um I agree with the
four-way stop control as commuters use
Queenston Road to bypass the busyness of
King Street uh when they travel east or
west more importantly and always stop
control is required at Westminster Drive
South and Vine Street the excessive use
of high speeds down Westminster Drive
South between Hamilton and Rose streets
is extremely dangerous as there are no
stops over the streets of Moore Vine and
sharing these high-speed drivers are
mainly the people that live anywhere
south of rad Street as well as the
parents students and staff dropping off
or attending Preston high school and St
Joseph Catholic Primary School to my
knowledge there's been at least three
accidents in the last year on
Westminster Drive South within that
stretch two of them at Vine Street
please take this matter seriously as a
lot of the Westminster Drive residents
are very frustrated and concerned for
the well-being of themselves and the
several students that walk along that
stretch to and from school um I have now
since gone and spoken with most of the
residents in between Hamilton Street and
Rose Street which consists of 35 homes
and out of those 35 homes uh four were
unavailable either they weren't home or
of them is um abandoned um anyways uh
the uh that so 31 of them are totally in
favor of uh doing something of this
nature in respect to putting a four-way
stop at uh Vine and uh Westminster to
slow people down um I have another
Resident that I met while I was uh doing
my uh knocking on the doors and it's
Stephanie McBride and I'll just invite
her to say a few comments on this
situation as well
uh thank you good evening um I would
just like to add that our priority is uh
safety in the community especially for
um children um given the uh there are
two elementary schools and a high school
in the area and I've personally
witnessed four accidents at Westminster
Drive South and Vine since last November
um the neighborhood is changing and
that's why we're requesting uh the
consideration for a stop sign at uh
Westminster Drive South and Vine um
driving behavior seem to be becoming
more Reckless and uh this was exhibited
by the four accidents um and I have also
requested ATR um studies be conducted
which I believe occurred in May um which
did conclude um a uh conclusion of high
traffic speeds on Westminster Drive
South uh thank
you could you please identify yourself
because you didn't register as a
delegate and we have no idea sorry
Stephanie McBride sorry Stephanie
McBride uh resident on Westminster Drive
South okay thank
you my apologies I had already written
my comments and submitted them and then
I met Miss McBride afterwards and she
was very interested in attending
so are there any questions of the
delegate I see none thank you thanks for
the time
councelor kimson you have the
motion thank you very much mayor Jan
moved by myself and seconded by
councelor Roberts recommendation that
report 24- 13- CD Queenston Road at
Westminster Drive all stop control be
received and that Queenston Road at
Westminster Drive be converted to always
off control and further that the bylaw
to amend by law
22-44 included as appendix a to report
24-13 0- CD be passed and if I may speak
to the motion thank
you um so everyone here around the horu
has heard me ask for stop signs and for
road safety throughout our entire city
and certainly this particular
intersection of Queenston and
Westminster is one that is particularly
bad with the number of crashes and near
misses as people are seemingly more
distracted and in bigger hurries than
ever before um I'm certainly pleased
that the transportation staff were able
to conduct the various studies and bring
back a report to us to support this
particular Allway stop um I certainly
know there'll be a number of residents
who are going to be very pleased for
this to go in in with regard to the
additional stop that was mentioned I'm
wondering if staff might be able to um
report on when the results of the
Turning movement count for Westminster
and Vine will
be coming back to us if they have that
information just so that we can let the
residents
know I see shanana making her way up
here to respond to that thank you
shanon thank you uh through mayor liot
um I would expect that the uh results of
the Turning M count for the intersection
of Westminster and Vine will be
available by the end of the
year thank
you I see no other questions our
comments um so we will take the
vote starting
voting and closing
voting and that carries
unanimously our next report is item
8.3.2 24-13 3- CD Donald Street no sto
restriction and we have one
pre-registered Delegate for this item
Lee Lee
humph welcome Lee you have five
minutes thank you to council for having
me here and all the staff the city that
have been very very helpful and can you
speak into the mic please sorry yeah
thank you to council for letting me
speak um thank you to all of the city
staff that have been very helpful and
also thank you to counc Cooper who was
very helpful on this matter um Donald
Street is a very very small Street six
houses um and it's narrow uh much
narrower than many other streets we have
um the Fraser wood lot at the End of the
Street um currently um there is parking
allowed on one side of the street only
um no parking on the side that I'm on
which is the south side um and because
we have tape Public School very close to
us um parents come in and park on both
sides of the street um this has created
uh issues for people in the neighborhood
on the street
um the I guess the caregivers and uh
parents have parked at the end of
driveways at times
um they have actually parked in
driveways uh
U one of the residents uh who's here
with me tonight uh had his an ambulance
arranged for his mother uh to come and
the ambulance couldn't turn into the
driveway because of all the cars parked
on the
street
um
there are there's one fire hydrant on
the end of the street uh in front of
number eight um
cars parked on that side regularly park
in front of the hydrant uh they park
right up to the stop
sign
um and in the winter time uh we have
issues getting snow and ice
cleared um and it's a big issue um
because because we are a dead end Street
snow gets piled at the end of the street
and the residents pile there's a snow on
the side of the street so the street
becomes even narrower it becomes even
narrower at this time of year um when
leaves leaves are all over the place as
well too
um we would ask that Council um agree
with us on this matter and uh have the
no
stopping on the south side of the street
uh put into effect from 8:30 to 4:30
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. uh
thus giving us
some of a break from this and also
allowing the bylaw officers to uh
effectively do their job in trying to
help us with this
matter thank you for the opportunity to
allowing me to
speak does anybody have any
questions we have none thank you thank
you councelor Cooper you have that
motion
yes thank you
m uh this is the move by Me seconded by
councelor Earnshaw recommending that
report 2
24133 CD Donald Street no stopping
restriction be received and that are no
stopping 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday
to Friday September 1st to June 30th
restriction be installed on the south
side of Donal Street and further that
the bylaw to amend the traffic and
parking bylaw included as appendix B to
report two 4 -133 d c if I can just say
one thing to this I just want to say
thank you very much to staff for being
uh very helpful and very prompt in the
uh in the uh in the help that you've
done here as simple as that it's this
has been an easy process uh thank you I
know the uh residents on Donald Street
are going to be happy thank
you okay we'll call for the vote
starting
voting and closing
voting and that carries
unanimously our next report is item
number
8.3.3
24-55 CD recommendation to designate the
property located at 555 Riverbank Drive
councelor s you have that
motion thank you mayor
moved by myself seconded by councelor
kimson that report
24-55 DCd recommendation to designate
the property located at 555 Riverbank
Drive be received and the council
approved the recommendation to designate
the property located at 555 Riverbank
drive under part four of the onara
Heritage act and approve the statement
of cultural heritage value and the list
of Heritage attributes attached as
appendix a to this report and further
that Council authorized the clerk to
publish a notice of intention to
designate bracket noid and a bracket for
the property located at 555 Riverbank
Drive in accordance with Section 28 of
the Ontario Heritage act thank
you are there any
questions any comments
okay we'll take the
vote starting
voting and closing
voting and that carries
unanimously next report is item number
8.3.4 24-11 18- CD 171 gu Avenue
Heritage permit application for proposed
garage and fence Council sh could you
please read it thank you mayor moved by
myself seconded by counselor kimson that
report
24-11 18-
cd171 galf Avenue Heritage permit
application for proposed garage and
fence be received and the council
approved the Heritage permit application
for the proposed garage and fences
outlined in report 20 4
-118 CD with the list of alterations
detailed in the report subject to the
following conditions one following
Council approval any M minor changes to
the plans and elevations shall be
submitted to the satisfaction of Staff
prior to any application for a building
permit and slor the commencement of any
alterations and two that the
implementation of alterations in
accordance with this approval shall be
completed no later than bracket 2 years
following Council
approval if the alterations are not
completed by such a time then this
approval expires as of that date and no
alterations shall be undertaken without
a new approval issued by the city of
Cambridge thank
you do we have any
questions any comments
we'll go straight to the
vote starting
voting and closing
voting that carries
unanimously next report is item
8.3.5
124-126 recommendation to alter part uh
for property 98 shade Street of garina
council shall you have that
motion yes thank you mayor liot it's
moved by me and seconded by councelor
Cooper that report 24 hyphen 126 hyphen
CD recommendation to alter a part four
property 98 shade Street G Arena be
received and that Council approved the
request for Heritage
permit for the property known as the G
Arena located at 98 shade Street for the
replacement of entrance doors located on
the North and South sides of the
building councelor
Roberts thank you mayor Jan um I just
have a quick question under advisory
committee input it just says that um
staff consulted with mhack I'm just
curious um considering the accessibility
implications of doors if the AC was also
consulted with on this
project Mr Beery
uh through you The Madam mayor the um
discussion at mhack did include uh
questions about that and apparently the
door is going to be having an automatic
door opener uh to actually facilitate
um accessible
access may I ask a followup sorry so was
the AC consulted with or just m hack on
accessibility uh I'm not sure if it went
through AC as well I I don't know that
it
did Cheryl Zer will respond
now thank you through you Madame mayor
uh to councelor Roberts I am not sure if
it's happened yet but if it hasn't it is
certainly planned to to confirm the
design and uh to make sure that it does
suit the barrier-free requirements that
we're looking to impose here perfect
thanks Cheryl thank you
I see no other questions or comments so
we'll go to the oh councelor
Divine if it's not gone through the
proper process why would be why would we
be approving
it Miss lier would you like to respond
to that or Mr be one of you or okay Mr
one of you three thank you very much
I'll I'll take this one um the the uh
building as you know is designated and
so any door replacement would need a
Heritage permit and so what's before you
tonight is to get that approval for that
Heritage permit um the actual what that
door looks like and everything else that
um can go through the accessible
advisory committee if it has not
according to miss on ligher so the ask
of council tonight is simply to give us
approval with the Heritage permit to
install a door or the two doors
misser thank you through you madam mayor
to expand upon brist bromberg's comments
just for clarification the door
replacement is part of the approved 2024
Capital plan so this is an existing
project so the because it went through
it was a Heritage permit so it went
through the Heritage process so that's
what we're dealing with here tonight
okay okay um we'll call for the the
vote starting
voting and closing
voting and that carries
unanimously the next report is item uh
8.3.2
24-96 CD recommendation report for
official plan Amendment zoning bylaw
Amendment 725 and 775 Main Street and we
have a presentation from Pierre chauan
from mhbc
planning welcome the end of the night
but
welcome thank you Madame mayor members
of council my name is uh Pierre Chau
with mhbc planning I have just a very
brief presentation but I just want to
take a moment to say that I'm here in
support of the staff recommendation I
also want to thank your staff in
particular Mr W for uh taking on the
reign of this application in the middle
of the process uh it started with a
different staff member and U Mr W did a
fabulous job in bringing this home so I
want to thank him for that uh you'll
recall when we brought this forward uh
these are lands within a growing area of
the city they're currently vacant
there's a couple uh houses on the
property it's surrounded by a number of
lowrise residential medium density types
of homes some open space areas and uh
there's a number of development
applications as you fully aware in this
particular area so it's a it's an area
of transition and growth and as you know
it's part of the uh dund secondary uh
plan area uh this is the plan that is
before you in terms of for approval uh
lands are just under two hectares U we
have considerable we have frontages on
both Main Street and fern Cliff uh there
was a thought at one point time to
extend Fern Cliffe uh through the
property out to Main Street that notion
was essentially abandoned early in the
process because of these large Wetland
you'll see uh in the middle of the site
which we are retaining and enhancing
through this process as a result we've
gone to more of a private development
with private roads consisting of the uh
10 story apartment that you see as well
as the uh 48 stack townhouse
dwellings um there's going to be a total
of uh 233 dwelling units with u 294
parking spaces this is more than what is
required by the bylaw uh approximately
ratio 1.26 spaces per unit uh a large in
addition to that Wetland you see Central
to the uh the property uh is a just
north of that is a large outdoor amenity
area that will be it's again Central to
development that it would be accessible
to all the residents in the development
uh as part of the process in the public
meeting we heard a number of comments uh
particularly with respect to traffic as
well as the orientation or or uh massing
of the proposed apartment um in response
to some of those comments one we have uh
and with the help of City staff followed
up with regional staff and have been
able to secure at least a right in write
out off of Main Street it was originally
proposed to be an just an emergency
access so now at least we have that
ability to enter at least a right in and
then an exit as a right out onto Main
Street as an option uh Fern Cliff will
also continue to be an option to uh for
Access uh the apartment building you'll
see also was reoriented and and the mass
of the building was more or now more
oriented towards Main Street and I'll
call it the easterly side of the
property and in addition we've dropped
this number of stories from 12 to 10
stories on the apartment
the number of uh stock tow houses has
remained unchanged but some of the
locations have slightly changed a bit to
provide for more parking and the
buffering around the
Wetland um and as a result of that we
were able to increase some of that
amenity space area that we uh um
uh we I previously spoke of um I'm not
going to get into the details of the
official plan and Zoning bylaw Amendment
but I just want to point out that but as
part of this amendment we are protecting
this Wetland and is now being designated
and zoned for open space and it will be
protected and there is a actually a
holding provision contemplated to allow
for further analysis and uh buffer
planting and development of homeowner
brochures Etc to protect this feature in
addition to that there's also the
proposed extension you'll see in the top
uh left hand IM portion of the property
there's a green section there that will
be conveyed to the city to allow for the
future extension of a trail out to Main
Street so with that uh that concludes my
presentation and I'd be happy to answer
any questions that you may have thank
you thank you do we have any
questions I I think we've just had you
before so many times everybody is an
expert on this now thank you very much
thank you okay uh next we have Vincent
Wen our city planner
and you have a presentation Von thank
you
good evening mayor members of council
staff and all in attendance
tonight my name is Vincent W I'm a
planner with the city here to present
the staff recommendation for the
official plan and Zoning B Amendment
application at 725 and 775 Main
Street the subject property uh front
portion of subject property is located
within a built builtup area the
remainder being a designated Greenfield
area uh as well as being in the and D
secondary plan area the property fronts
onto Main Street as well as F Cliff
Street a total of 233 residential
dwellings units are proposed through 185
artment units and 48 stack townhouse
units through floor through four blocks
there is a locally significant Wetland
on the property that is proposed to be
retained and
enhanced the property is designated low
medium uh density res IAL in the city's
official plan the official plan
amendment is to is to designate the
land's high density uh residential with
a site specific policy to permit a
minimum height of three stories for
multiple residential uses and natural
open space system the natural open space
system is proposed for the Wetland
Wetland buffer and future Trail
block these lands are also located in
the council adopted M dundes secondary
plan uh the property is designated
medium density residential in a
secondary plan which permits uh minimum
the maximum height of 3 to8 Stories the
high density residential designation the
secondary plan uh permits a minimum to
maximum height of 10 to 20
stories uh the region of water has not
yet issued a decision yet on the
secondary plan uh and this proposed uh
official plan Amendment application
predates uh the secondary plan uh the
secondary plan doesn't include a policy
with respect to ongoing
applications staff supports the high
density residential designation with a
site specific policy for the minimum
height as uh
proposed a zoning B amendment is
requested to reone the property from
residential hr4 to the multiple
residential uh hrm3 with site specific
Provisions uh and open space os1 and os4
uh to facilitate the development the os1
zone is proposed for the Wetland and
Wetland buffer uh and os4 for the future
Trail Block City staff require a holding
provision to ensure the recommendations
of the environmental impact study are
implemented uh prior to through prior to
any development through the submission
of a buffer enhancement plan uh
homeowner pressure pre during and post
uh construction monitoring
plan so the slides just show some of the
comments once we received um public
meeeting back in uh December 13
2022 uh with respect to noise uh noise
feasibility study was submitted in
support of The Proposal uh road noise
sources were identified from Main Street
and Franklin Boulevard the recommended
uh noise control measures include
appropriate wall and window glazing
assemblies and central air conditioning
for the apartment building noise warning
Clauses are also
recommended with respect to height uh
the proposed Department uh has been
reduced from 12 to 10 stories uh the
massing was shifted towards uh Main
Street uh transition of lowrise uh
buildings is provided towards the south
of the property uh as well as the
Wetland future and future uh Trail block
to the West a shadow study was completed
and determined that there would be
minimal impact throughout the year and
almost no impact during the summer uh to
the adjacent
properties with respect to the secondary
plan uh these applications were
submitted prior to council's adoption of
the secondary plan uh and request a high
density residential designation and site
specific policy uh would be considered
uh an amendment to the secondary plan uh
as per section 20.32
point7 the high density residential
designation the secondary plan uh
requires a minimum density of 150 units
per hectare and a height of 10 to 20
stories uh the site's net residential
density is approximately 186 units per
hectare uh an amend an amendment is
requested just to allow the mix Terrace
SL stack townhouse dwellings at a height
of three
stories uh with respect to parking
traffic the latest concept plan shows uh
294 spaces again a rate uh 1.26 is
higher than the required
1.25 uh TI was submitted and recommended
uh things like unbundled parking uh
bicycle parking facilities and pestering
connections and as as mentioned the
region does support a right in right out
access now on the on the main Street
which is an improvement over the uh
prior gated emergency
access which respects the Wetland uh
Anis environmental impact study was
submitted uh and recommended a variable
width Wetland buffer ranging from 5 to
26 M to protect the natural feature from
the proposed development uh a holding
provision is uh recommended to secure
some of those
recommendations uh respect affordability
the owner has agreed to contribute to
the city's affordable housing fund and
with respect to site servicing a
functional servicing and storm water
management report was prepared uh and
revised to address uh development
engineering staff
comments The Proposal is consistent with
provincial Regional and City policy uh
the proposal will provide additional
residential density as well as a range
of mix of housing options within one of
the city's main intensification nodes uh
planning staff recommend approval of the
proposed official plan and Zoning bylaw
amendments as presented in the staff
recommendation report uh and that
concludes my presentation I'm happy to
answer any questions thank
you do we have any
questions oh thank
you okay councelor Hamilton uh you have
that
motion thank you mayor Li and through
you it's moved by myself and seconded by
councelor ametta the recommendation that
report 24- 96- CD recommendation report
for official plan and Zoning bylaw
amendments 725 and 775 Main Street be
received and that Council adopts
proposed official plan amendment number
83 to redesignate the subject lands from
low medium density residential to high
density residential a natural open space
system with a site specific policy
8.10.19 to permit a minimum Building
height of three stories for mixed
Terrace stacked townhouse buildings and
that adopted official plan Amendment be
submitted to the regional Municipality
of watero for approval and that
Cambridge Council approves a proposed
zoning bylaw amendment to amend the
zoning of the subject lands from
residential hr4 to multiple residential
hrm3 s41
479 with sites specific and holding
Provisions open space os1 and open space
os4 to permit a residential development
with 233 dwelling units and that council
is satisfied that the requirements for a
public meeting in accordance with
subsection 17 bra 15 and 342 of the
planning act have been met and further
that the bylaw is attached to report 24-
96- CD be passed and if I may speak to
the motion
please right thank thank you um as we
know this is an area of extreme growth
um we're at the rec complex which is to
just to the southeast of this land South
Point subdivision is going in the
Eastern bypass is going to loop around
once the region can finishes
construction and this area of Cambridge
um will eventually be bigger than
Preston and hesler in the very near
future um so I want to thank the uh
consultant and City staff
for coming up with a development um that
is going to fit the future of this
neighborhood U there's a lot of
listening to Residents that came in
there were compromises made um so I
think this is a win for this growing
area of the city and what it's going to
become and I'm very happy that the
Wetland is protected and also that the
developers are contributing $1,000 per
unit of affordable housing to the city
uh so I think it's a great building in a
changing neighborhood and it's a win for
the city thank
you okay I see no other questions or
comments we'll do the
vote starting
voting and closing
voting and that carries
unanimously our final report is item 83.
724-1328
10 and 20 gal Avenue we have a verbal
presentation by Trevor Hawkins from mhbc
planning he is appearing virtually do we
have
him ready to go oh he's just coming in
okay can you hit star 6 to unmute please
good evening thank
you uh go ahead you'll have five minutes
Trevor hi uh thank you mayor leet and
members of council you you'll recall
this application came before Council for
the public meeting only a few weeks ago
uh very straightforward application to
allow an indoor golf facility within an
existing building we're here in support
of staff's recommendation we think it's
a great use for for the building for the
site uh and for hler in particular and
we're excited to move it forward through
the zoning process and into building
permit to allow the tenant to uh ideally
occupy and have the have the business up
and running over the winter when uh many
golfers are looking for this type of
facility so thank you to Vincent for uh
bringing it forward in in such a timely
manner and thank you for council's
attention tonight and happy to answer
any questions you might have
do we have any
questions nope no questions you're off
the hook there Trevor thank you thank
you so we have a presentation from
Vincent when our planner again
present the uh staff recommendation for
the zoning bylaw Amendment application
at uh 202 W
Avenue the applicant is proposing an
indoor golf facility within the existing
building NTS are proposed for the uh
instruction practice of
golf uh the subject property is
designated uh hesper village community
core area uh which permits a mix of uses
including commercial and recreational
facilities the property is also in
within a regeneration area which is an
area recognized where a transition from
one use to another is
anticipated the proposed commercial SI
recreational use conforms to the city's
official
plan uh zoning B amendment is required
to add the Endor golf facility as a
permitted use uh to the existing
industrial M3 Zone uh site specific
provision is requested to allow the use
and establish uh minimum parking um
requirements the proposed facility will
provide 11 parking spaces one space per
te plus two additional spaces for
employees uh the region of water loop uh
requests a reputation on uh ge
geothermal Wells within the site
specific zoning
bylaw uh statut statutory public meeting
was held uh October 15 2024 and no no
public comments were
received so the proposal is consistent
with provincial Regional and City policy
our proposal will support the growth of
the hper village community Corps area
and is in keeping with the character of
the existing neighborhood planing staff
recommend approval of the proposed
zoning bot Amendment uh as presented in
the staff report and that concludes my
presentation I'm happy to answer any
questions do we have any questions
councelor
Cooper yes uh thank you now i' just got
a quick question here I don't know if
I'm missing something here uh maybe this
is the minute minimum required but
there's going to be more um I don't know
much about the indoor golf I've seen it
a few times but it says it's one space
per te am I right I'm guessing people go
in there kind of like groups of four and
five so you would need you know more per
tea am I
correct for you mayor
um this parking rate was requested uh
specifically for this um use in The Zing
bylaw there's
currently uh working Rags for uh indoor
um mini golf and a driving range uh and
this rate was uh similar to that so that
was what the request
was okay do we know how many spaces
there actually are going to be
there uh so they're they as the
applicant is asking uh 11 11 spaces so
the nine with the t's and two for the
employees but uh the site um address 10
gu Avenue has quite a few um
I don't know the number off top of my
head but it's quite in
abundance okay just seems a little low
to me that's all thank
you I see no one else here for you
Vincent thank you counc sh you have that
motion yes thank you mayor liot it's
moved by me and seconded by counselor
dine that report 24y 132 hyphen CD
recommendation report for zoning bylaw
amendment 10 and 20 galf Avenue be
received
and that Cambridge Council approves the
proposed zoning bylaw amendment to amend
the zoning of the site from industrial
M3 to Industrial M3
s4145 with a site specific provision to
permit the use of an indoor golf
facility and that council is satisfied
that the requirements for a public
meeting in accordance with subsection 17
of section 34 of the planning act has
been met and further that the bylaw
attached to this report be
passed thank you are there any
questions councelor dine you have a
question I have a comment are there any
questions yet first seeing none go
ahead this is an old old re old factory
it was a steel Barn for the American
Standard
company
and that used to also be Highway
24 and just a little bit of History here
they used to run Lift Trucks back and
forth across the street with with steel
about every 20 minutes okay today you
could never do that but that's the old
steel burn um this is a perfect use for
that building we've been trying for some
time to get uh a proper use for that
building and be quite honest with you I
support 100% And it is ideal an ideal
setup I'll bring people into the
community uh and this is this is a
state-ofthe-art indoor golf operation so
I I think it's it's great for our
community it's great for Cambridge and
it's great for husa thank
you okay we'll go for the vote
now starting
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voting and that carries
unanimously next up is other business
does any member of council have any
other business they wish to discuss
councelor
Hamilton thank you mayor get through you
uh I just want to speak for a minute or
two about the challenging situation that
we've heard about at uh Dundas Street
and branchton Road and Dundas also
becomes Highway 8 provincial highway
just south of uh branon and Dundas um
this is just Southwest of the new Rec
complex the subdivisions it's just East
uh on Myers Road of mafa Creek uh Public
School Holy Spirit p uh Catholic School
um this intersection is incredibly busy
it's incredibly dangerous and we've
heard a lot of talk about it in media
and in certain discussions um back in
2021 based on feedback from residents I
moved a motion here at Council and it
was approved unanimously by Council in
20121 to appeal to the region to add an
intersection here or a roundabout or at
least safe pedestrian Crossings as soon
as possible because the area would
intensify and that was 3 years ago 3
years later here we are the area is
intensifying and calls from residents
who are moving in and who have lived
there for quite some time uh are growing
louder so I Was preparing another motion
on this exact topic but was kindly asked
to hold back for now because there seems
to be good news uh so the update is that
the region has stated that this
intersection is a priority and will be
completed sometime in early 2025 and I'm
very hopeful of this uh but I'd like to
give staff Direction um that staff
consults with regional staff on the
timing for this project and that staff
provide councel with an update on the
estim start date of this project so
we're then able to connect with
residents and allay their concerns let
them know their voices are being heard
and that help is on the way thank you
sir I'm not I'm unclear what direction
you want to give staff sorry uh the
direction that staff consult with
regional staff on the exact timing for
this project and that staff provide
council with an update on this start
date so I think they've already done
that and the timing is already being
confirmed that's happened so don't think
we need to direct them to do that but I
think for them to come back and give us
an update as it goes along would be a
great idea for sure I've connected with
regional staff and they' they haven't
given an exact date to me yet so that'd
be good is everybody good with that okay
got that back there great thank
you okay next order of business is
motion to receive councelor kimson you
have the motion
thank you very much mayor janne moved by
myself and seconded by councilor sh
recommendation that all presentations
and correspondence from the November 5th
2024 council meeting be
received are there any questions or
comments seeing none we'll go for the
vote starting
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and that carries
unanimously next order of business is a
consideration of bylaws councelor
ernshaw you have that
motion yes thank you mayor liot it's
moved by me and seconded by councelor
Hamilton that the following bylaws
listed under the heading of introduction
and consideration of bylaws be enacted
and passed 24- 1110 being a bylaw
requiring an emergency management
program for the protection of Public
Safety health the environment the
critical infrastructure and property and
to promote economic stability and a
disaster resilient community and to
amend bylaw 179 hyphen
177 24 hyphen
111 being a bylaw to amend bylaw 22- 044
being a bylaw to regulate traffic and
parking on highways under the
jurisdiction of the corporation of the
city of Cambridge Donald Street no
stopping
restriction 24 4112 being a bylaw to
amend bylaw
22044 to regulate traffic and parking on
highways under the jurisdiction of the
corporation of the city of Cambridge 24
hyen 1113 being a bylaw to adopt
amendment number 83 of the city of
Cambridge official plan 2012 as amended
with respect to land municipally known
as 725 to 775 Main Street 24 hyen 114
being a law to amend zoning bylaw number
150y 85 as amended with respect to land
municipally known as 725 to 775 Main
Street 24y 115 being a bylaw to amend
zoning bylaw number 150y 85 as amended
with respect to land municipally known
as 10 and 20 GF
Avenue thank you uh now we'll ask cler
to call for
vote Mr starting
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voting and that carries
unanimously councelor dine you have the
confirmatory bylaw so I'm
told good thing move by myself second by
Council Roberts the byw
24- 116 being a bylaw to confirm the
proceedings of the council of the
corporation of the city of Cambridge be
passed I so
move okay we will go for the vote now
starting
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unanimously councelor kimson you have
the final order of business which is the
close of the meeting
thank you very much mayor Jan moved by
myself and seconded by councelor ametta
recommendation that council meeting does
now adjourn at 8:50
p.m. thank you thank you everyone for
your contributions this evening oh what
call vote oh I didn't call for vote
again I guess we're going to stay here
tonight yeah
so I know and I missed that one okay
we'll call for the vote starting voting
and closing
voting now and that carries he good
night everybody