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Your TV is waiting for us.

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Webcast audience and your TV, we have a new configuration and a new system that we are trying out tonight, and it sounds good, and I think we're going to be OK. So we'll stand for a moment of personal reflection.

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We'll

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ask Councillor Gardner to lead us in a singing of the National Anthem, please.

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Oh Canada, our whole and native land, true patriot love, in all of us command, Calton

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In the history of love and liberation.

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There is no more of the land,

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There is no more of the land,

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God keeps our land,

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glorious and free.

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Thank you, Councillor Gardner. That was beautiful.

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We acknowledge that we are gathering

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on the traditional territory of Mohawk people of aqua-sasning.

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Madam Clerk, roll call.

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Mayor Bernadette Clima, present.

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Councillors, Claude McIntosh, Elaine Mcdonald, present, Sid Garner, Dean Hollingsworth,

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Cadeline Barre, present.

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Councillors, Modice Dupelle, Glenn Grant, Todd Bennett, and Councillor Eric Bergeron.

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We have regrets from Councillor Towne dail Madam Mayor.

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Any additions, deletions or amendments? Councillor Mcdonald.

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Thank you, Madam Mayor, and I would move that we move 14.1, the proclamation of paramedic

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services week, to communications from consent.

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Thank you.

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Any other items?

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Madam Clerk?

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I have none, Madam Mayor.

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Adoption at the agenda.

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Moved by Councillor McIntosh, seconded by Councillor Gardner.

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Any discussion?

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So when I call for a vote, I'll ask the Councillors on the phone first.

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All in favour?

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Anyone

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else in favour?

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Carried.

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Any disclosure of interest?

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Councillor Todd Bennett.

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Can I ask that we have, in passing, a by-laws 2010 pulled out to be voted on separately as

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it's the property is in my backyard, basically.

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Madam Clerk, I have that under note to Madam Mayor.

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Thank you.

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I need a motion to go into committee of the whole.

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Councillor Mcdonald, Councillor Grant.

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On the phone, all in favour?

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In favour?

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In the room, in favour?

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Carried.

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Adoption of minutes.

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So we have the meeting of May 11, 2020.

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Moved by Councillor McDonnell, seconded by Councillor Bennett. Any discussion?

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All in favour? On the phone?

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In favour.

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In the room.

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Carried.

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Madam Clerk.

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Concert portion of the agenda. First report is the Ontario Regulation 284-09 Budget

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Matter Expenses with a recommendation that Council receive this report as required

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by the Municipal Act. COVID-19 Temporary Pandemic Wage Subsidy with a recommendation

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that Council receive this report. And RFP terms of reference for supply at maintenance

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of multi-function devices with a recommendation that Council receive this report.

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Moved

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by Councillor Bennett, seconded by Councillor Hollingsworth. Any discussion? All in favor on the phone?

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In favor, sorry Madam Mayor, I just had one question. Yes, Councillor Debelle, go ahead.

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I just wanted to know through you to Madam, this is Adam. I know that the report for 14.3 says that we're going to,

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that we, employers, would get communication by basis.

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Did we, in fact, get communication from the problem?

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Madam CEO, through you, Madam Mayor.

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No, we have not.

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So we also put this item on the agenda,

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which was published midweek last week,

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hoping that at some point in time

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there might have been further communication from the province.

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So it's a stands right now.

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We're still awaiting to try and understand exactly

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what positions and who will qualify.

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But I could also redirect it to Mr. Clark who I think could speak to how quickly the city should be able to

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Respond once we have better information

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Mr. Clark

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Thank you, so for administratively the city is ready to proceed with this

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Once we receive direction and guidance from the province about how this is to be administered

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We are ready to press the go button as soon as we find that out

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Thank you very much, Mr. Court.

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Thank you, Madam Mayor.

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So, Councillors Depele and Berserol in favour?

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Carried.

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Our next item is an unfinished business report closing of Pit Street for COVID-19.

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Recommended that A, Council receive this report.

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B, that Pit Street from 3rd to 1st remain open to vehicles.

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and see that downtown businesses be encouraged to make use of the city's encroachment agreement

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application, should they wish to increase restaurant or retail space.

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Councillor Berserun. I'd like to make a motion to receive this report.

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Is there a seconder for that? Councillor Mackinac.

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I'll talk to that. Oh.

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Councillor Dupel, your seconding?

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Okay. Discussion. Do you want to start off, Councillor Berserun?

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Councillor Grant. Are we just passing the one point here to receive the report because

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because it's three parts to it.

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Just for clarification. Of course. Councilor Persero. Motion is to receive the report. And the other items. Will you be speaking to- Does it be done separately afterwards? Okay. So do you want to speak on your motion to receive the report? Yes, please. Go ahead. I think it's important to comment. There's a few things that have come from this report and so there's actually a lot in it.

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I know that it was a short time line and I want to thank administration for putting it together

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so quickly, business groups and some businesses weren't too happy and they would have preferred

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more time to gather information and that's very well received.

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So I spoke personally to the Chamber of DBA this week and to discuss a feedback, the business

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leaders in those meetings know we and the Council are trying to help them and they've offered

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some solutions that are in this report.

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I also want to point out we received a related report today, a survey of almost 200 local

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businesses and 15% of them said they risked closing permanently in the next four to

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six months.

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That's almost 30 local businesses already stating that they've had to close in the coming

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months.

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That's one in six.

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So the conclusion for me is that we're in an economic emergency right now and this request

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for this report is meant to help to deal with that.

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I think we've done a pretty good job at mitigating the medical emergency in this region.

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There's no Dr. Paul for the economy.

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And so we as counselors, we make motions, we ask for reports.

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We're in a pandemic, so speed and not perfection for mantra.

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So if I ask you for a report this way, we're able to get some feedback from the businesses

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as well as the community, the BIAs, the Chamber, the Police, Farmwall Transit, Economic

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Development Planning, Engineering.

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We reviewed the encroachment process and quite a few ideas have come forward.

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I think it's important to remember that as a council, we also have to factor in public safety

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when we make decisions.

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I see other cities setting up economic recovery teams and that's one of the items of the feedback that we've received here from the Chamber and the BIA.

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It's something I fully support and that it would allow us maybe an avenue for talking about ideas in a different way.

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The report says the businesses don't want third to second clothes.

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That's loud and clear, that's no problem.

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No motion I don't think is required because pitch street is already open.

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Some businesses, however, we're talking about maybe closing pitch street, south of second

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street, maybe on weekends, you know, I hear some compromise on that block and so I don't

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want to make a motion that's going to get in the way of them succeeding through this

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pandemic.

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So the motion is to receive so that their hands aren't tied.

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I saw that the province today is looking to speed up outdoor patio and licensing violence

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to prepare restaurants for expanding onto streets, so I look forward to that coming forward.

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These are the types of suggestions that sound like an economic recovery task force is necessary,

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And so I would ask therefore, Madam Mayor, that you set up as per the suggestion in economic recovery task force.

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And we as the Council start treating the economic crisis that we're in, like we have the health pandemic.

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We don't want to lose 15% of our local businesses.

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So therefore I move to accept this report.

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I would also like to make a second motion to about free parking after we talk about this.

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So, this motion is to receive the report and I have started a speaker's list, Councillor

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about it.

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Thank you Madam Mayor.

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I have no questions.

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I just really want to thank Mr. Buello for this really excellent report, especially with

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such a short time frame.

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I think the information that was provided to us was excellent beyond my expectations.

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Provided some history that I didn't have about Pitt Street, that I'm glad I was able

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to learn through this report, and I'm glad to see that our downtown is already very pedestrian

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friendly and provides us with plenty of space for our local businesses to expand onto that pedestrian

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space in this time of COVID-19, but I'm quite grateful for this report. I think it was excellent.

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So thank you to you and your team for putting it together.

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Thank you. Any other questions, comments? Councillor McIntosh.

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I guess I'd direct this towards Mark.

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The encroachment agreement I believe that was passed by Council, member of Council

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Township proposed that, and I don't know who second it, about two years ago.

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What's been the reaction in that time?

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Mr. Butler.

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Through you, Madam Mayor.

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So that report was written in 2016.

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As you see, it's got quite a few pages to it.

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It's a very detailed report.

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The, it's unfortunate, the take up on it was not what we expected.

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I think there are some opportunities on pit street, certainly on pit street.

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And it's really intended not just for pit street, but for the downtown Anlo Villache.

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It speaks to encroachments onto the city's right of way.

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Hopefully in most situations on to, for example, the brick work, the pedestrian space on Pitt Street, and in fact also allows in a more complicated way, though, the use of parking spaces for that same thing, I can speak further to that, but to answer your question, there was no uptake since the date.

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So, the history that we have, of course, is we have one or two or three actually, we

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in fact have three current, sorry, two current encroachment agreements for

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restaurants. There is one that we used to have with Gemini Cafe and unfortunately,

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of course, that restaurant is no longer there, so there are currently two

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restaurants, schnitzels and truffles, truffles into the side yard and as written in my report

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I really highly recommend that more businesses and I think there will be some businesses

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that come forward, not just restaurants but perhaps even retail, who will come forward

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to take advantage.

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I know that there has been some concern raised in some of the correspondence of that system being a bit convoluted.

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I think there are some good reasons why the process involves as many different departments.

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For example, if you're talking about a parking space, you're talking about that's the city's right of way.

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and somebody is now using it for sales or restaurant.

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There are liability issues there.

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You want to make sure that people are in a very safe situation.

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So while I would agree that we would want to simplify the process, we can't simplify it to the point where it's not following permission from whether it'd be the police or the transportation department or

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or the municipal works, et cetera.

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So we wanna make sure that people can make use of that space.

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That's why it was designed that way.

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And we would encourage people

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and we'd be happy to work with them to make that happen.

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I only had one comment from a business person,

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excuse me, I don't know if it's a fair comment or not,

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but he said you needed to be a Philadelphia lawyer

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to read the agreement.

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And that's the scary some people off.

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I don't, I've never read the agreement so I don't know.

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Well, if I can just make a comment on that, I, again, I read it in greater detail recently and I would agree that there's a lot there.

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Again, though, I think we have to be very careful when we're putting the public on essentially the right way.

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Okay, that information for the parking space situation is much more complicated than putting somebody on to the pedestrian space of our right of way.

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The process though, there's a flow chart that you have in your report.

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And as much as it looks a bit complicated, it's really just an applicant makes an application to the planning department,

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the planning department circulates to other city departments and perhaps other agencies, the Health Unit, for example, may be one.

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And that comes to council and there's a $370 one-time fee.

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So we can simplify it and we can play with the fee, but it's really not that complicated.

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There is a lot of information that's required in the application, but

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But it's all information that I would hesitate to remove anything from it, because when you

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get into insurance and liability and permission, I think you want to get as much information

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as you need.

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Yeah, I agree with you on the liability and the other issues.

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Just to something Councillor Burgeon referred to was the survey that Bob Peter sent us about

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an hour ago, surprising, shocking in some ways. Obviously, anything we can do to help retail

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really appreciate it. Thank you. Mr. Wallow, can you reference that survey

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that Councillor McIntosh just spoke of?

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It's a survey that was put out by SDNG together

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with the city of Cornwall. I think it asked a number of questions. I don't have the information

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in front of me, unfortunately. If I was to go back and perhaps give you a bit of information

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later, I can do that. I just unfortunately don't have it here in front of me, but I can

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make reference to it later, if you wish. That's fine. I just want to make sure that

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the audience knows that they can also access that report on the Choose Cornwall website,

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I believe. So that's also good information for people.

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Any other questions from Council or comments?

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Councillor Gartner.

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I really only have a comment and during

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the past meeting when we were talking about pitch tree and the closure, one of the things

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I said to you, Mark, was to come back with a report and a report that you wrote and you came

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back with in a short period of time I really appreciate it and I thank you very much for that.

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Any other questions?

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Councillor Depelle?

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Okay. So I will just add some comments so you

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did have a very tight time frame to produce a report and so I do want to also thank you

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for how thorough this report is and it does provide some really good historical information

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which is a reminder of what we had back in the day.

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My understanding is that people want to make sure that their businesses are not impacted by any kind of activity that is going to reduce access to the downtown.

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However, in my conversations with business owners, there's a real difference between how

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restaurants feel about this and how stores feel about it.

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And so, that might merit further conversation.

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I am part of the Eastern Ontario Mayor's Caucus, and I know that in other cities in Eastern

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Ontario, including Kingston, they are looking at doing a temporary type of lane reduction

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and or periodic closure of part of their downtown to accommodate particularly restaurants.

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The City of Kingston also references the province becoming involved to make things easier

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for restaurants who want to enlarge their patios as well.

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So we know that there's a lot of discussion going on, but I do want to thank administration

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for getting ahead of this.

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You in fact started to talk to business owners ahead of the last council meeting because

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you were dealing with curbside.

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And so you were already canvassing the DBA and the Chamber of Commerce.

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So I do appreciate that.

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The comment about the economic recovery or task force is a good one.

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Again, at the Eastern Ontario Mayor's caucus and the CAO was present, and the CAO in fact

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has been talking to other CAOs and has been talking about an economic recovery or task

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force for the last few weeks.

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And the executive director of the Chamber of Commerce also raised that possibility in the

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last few weeks.

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So I might ask the CAO to speak of her understanding of an economic recovery task force, her experience

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with other municipalities.

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Thank you, Madam Mayor.

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I think that what I've been able to gather from some other municipalities if task force

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was put together would have a composition of many different types of businesses, different

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sectors, some staff, some elected officials, really with a focus of brainstorming if there

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there are things that could be moved.

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I would like to pause quicker by bringing all of the right representatives together to potentially make a decision or look at something. I have not seen terms or reference for some of these tasks for us yet, but I might be able to obtain some. And then I think depending on the municipality, there might be a slightly different approach. I know that in Prince Edward County, part of their approach really is about safe tourism as well because I think they're anticipating an influx of

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of tourists still into their region.

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So it depends a little bit, I think, on the area,

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but it's something that I think certainly could be put together.

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Yes, and our neighbors in Eastern Ontario

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are very willing to share all of their best practices.

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So it's a good one, and we can proceed with that,

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and we've started to have conversation about that.

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So that was just a comment in response

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to Councillor Berseriel's comments.

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I also had, you know, through Facebook Live, some very good discussions with business owners.

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And so, I think we need to continue that conversation.

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They have very good ideas, very big ideas.

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And depending on their point of view, they do want to have chats with each other and amongst themselves.

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So, I think the DBIA and the Chamber of Commerce for being so available,

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so quick to respond to surveys and so quick to provide information for this report.

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So much appreciated. I'll call for the vote on the phone in favour of receiving the

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report? In favour? In the room, all in favour?

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Against? Carried.

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I'd like to make a second motion without a

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mayor's permit. Councillor Berseron, what's your

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motion. Related to the report, the city of Cornwall implemented in 4, 3, 1 hour street

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parking in our downtown business district and 2 hour free parking in our downtown parking

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lots as per the record. So I'm going to have to either refer to the CIO or the clerk as

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to the motion and the timing of this motion.

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Through you Madam Mayor, it is my opinion that

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this motion is not germane to the, this report itself.

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Why is that?

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You want to clear?

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Because this deals with the closing of pit street.

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And there was a separate motion made at our last meeting,

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asking for a report on parking

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and that one will be coming at our next meeting.

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Councillor Persiault.

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Well, that report was supposed to be at this meeting.

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This is the only motion for the downtown.

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So as for the request.

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Right.

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Can someone remind me as to when the, so there were several motions at the last council meeting when what was the schedule for

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producing the reports?

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The parking report was supposed to be on this agenda. It has been prepared, but was just missing a little bit of information and didn't make it on time for a production of this agenda. So it's been pushed back to the next meeting of June 8th.

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So I did at the last meeting state that because the motions had come rather quickly that I would grant a lot of leeway in terms of the administration providing the report when they could.

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So Mr. Buello, you will have something for us on June 8th?

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Absolutely. If I may also amount of money.

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Please go ahead.

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There was more information that's required.

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The more we got into this subject, the more we realized we need to better understand

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our entire parking program, working with the finance department, trying to understand

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the money that we're collecting, what impact it would have if we weren't collecting it.

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Where do we use that money?

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any, all of that needs to be looked at and the impact of doing something like this.

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I also want to point out that at this time, the city is not charging for parking in any event.

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So, in fact, we've not really given a whole lot of thought to starting that process up until we get into a more normal economic situation.

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So while the motion is looking for a one hour or two hour parking relief, the fact of the matter is for the next two weeks, we're not charging at any of those locations.

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At any city locations, I should point out though that contraventions, of course, parking in fire lanes in front of, et cetera, would still is still a violation, but regular parking fees are not being applied.

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Okay. Okay. So, Council, Councillor Berserot, the, so your motion would need to come forward

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June 8th. And I would recommend that the wording that you've used today, that you

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communicate that to administration as soon as possible so that their report of June 8th can

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address or start to take a look at what you're looking at.

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But in the meantime, it's clear that parking right now, downtown, is free at this point.

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The other thing I'd like to say is that parking is a major issue.

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I know that we've been talking about that and the merchants have been talking about that for a long time.

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It's important that the report be complete so that we can have a full discussion on June 8th.

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But yes, go ahead and comment Councillor Bergeroon.

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I just want to say, we're, I just pointed out that one out of six businesses in our community

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already are telling us that they cannot survive this pandemic.

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If we want to wait another two weeks, that's fine, I understand procedure, but the Chamber

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number of commerce, the DBIA, is asking us to initiate free parking immediately.

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And so that's why I've made this motion.

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If we want to wait two weeks, that's fine, but that's two more weeks of businesses in

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the city suffering because of the procedure.

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Mr. Buello, it's my understanding the parking is free now.

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That is correct.

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So right now, businesses do businesses understand the parking is free?

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Does the community understand that?

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Should there be more discussion about that?

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We could, I could work with Emma to make sure that people understand that.

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I can tell you though that our collection is making it quite clear that people know that parking is free.

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How revenues are?

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Non-existent.

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Right.

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Okay.

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So, but again, to my point, there may be more information that could go out so that there's clarity around that for the community.

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Certainly, when this started, we didn't yell that from the rooftops.

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Some cities did, we did not.

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So we could probably use more information going out to the public.

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Mr. Bolo?

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Yes. What I'd like to say on that is that, of course, when most operations were closed, there was really not a need to publicize it because we were making it clear in some of our meetings with Council, and I think the media did pick up on that, but I think we can do a better job of making it clear, especially now that some uses are opening up.

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We can make that very clear.

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We can do that as immediately as today or tomorrow.

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But yes, absolutely, the revenues are showing that the public are aware, but we can make it very clear.

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Thank you, Mr. Buello.

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And I can certainly personally communicate with the Chamber of Commerce and with the DBIAs,

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both to have a discussion about that, but it does sound like a full report will be available

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June 8th and that we will have a full council discussion on the issue of parking.

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Councillor Burscher or anything further?

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Yes, I would just comment that in an email from the Chamber and the DBIA today they said this

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will send a powerful message to the area merchants and restaurateurs and will encourage customers

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to spend their money locally in our downtown again.

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They're asking for it immediately.

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And we, as a council, are saying our process is in the way.

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And that, to me, is just unfortunate.

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Well, I will be speaking personally to the DBA and to the Chamber

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of Commerce to tell them that parking is free right now.

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So we'll continue with that.

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And then we'll have a full discussion on June 8th.

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Any other comments from council?

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I just follow up.

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Councilor virtual,

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anybody else?

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Councilor McIntosh.

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Councilor virtual is leaving the impression that we're doing something nasty here by putting

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the delay in it two weeks.

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There's free parking now and there's going to be free parking probably until this thing's

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over.

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I mean, and I haven't seen anything official from the BIA and the Chamber.

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presentation, saying, hey, we need the free parking right now.

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So, their correspondence is in with the report.

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Both Mr. Petersma and Ms. Woods did include correspondence.

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Certainly, the Chambers' correspondence speaks to parking.

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We know this is an issue that's been coming up for a while, but no, we're not doing anything

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nasty.

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the parking is free, and we need to make sure that that's communicated to the public so

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that there's an understanding. And as I said, I will speak personally to both those

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organizations and Levilleage to make sure that that's clear. Okay. Councillor Gardner.

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Point of order, Madame Mayor. We, the motion was passed. There's no motion on the floor.

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We're talking without having any motion and that's totally against procedure bylaws, so let's move on to our agenda.

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I'm going to recognize that's right. I'm going to recognize Councillor Gardner and then we'll move forward.

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Councillor Gardner. On the same subject of the downtown businesses.

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I'd like to know how many businesses applied for the $5,000. So that'll be coming later.

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Thank you. Madam Clerk.

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Madam Mayor, if I may, is that the only motion that's being

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suggested on this clearly? I will move on to the next item, then.

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Tax write-offs' adjustments under communication has a recommendation that Council approve the

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tax write-offs' adjustments, vacancies, under sections 357 and 364, the Municipal Act.

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moved by? Councillor Grant and Councillor Ibar, any discussion or questions on

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the phone?

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I'm just trying to get a point of clarification from the, did we vote on the other two from

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15.1? Yes, we did. We voted on the, to receive

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the report. Right, but it says that Councillor receives this report and that pitch street from

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3rd to 1st remain open. I thought Councillor Bergman said they were good.

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There were no further. Oh, did you want to make another motion?

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I'm just trying to follow along. Right. There were no further motions after that. The only motion was to receive the report.

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Therefore, the traffic remains open. Yes. Correct.

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And down to how businesses are encouraged to make use of the city's encroached one agreement. Correct.

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Okay. Sorry. Thank you. No, that's fine.

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So on the phone,

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for the tax write-offs item,

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No comments.

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Councillor Dupont.

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Are you in favour?

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I'm in favour.

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Okay, in the room.

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All in favour?

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Against?

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Carried.

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Our next report is the April CPEG at 165 Montreal Road, 145 PIT, 134 Montreal Road and 711 PIT

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Street.

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And the action recommended is that Council approve the following items for 264-2200 Ontario

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Inc at 165 Montreal Road, Elizabeth and Chris Nurse at 145 Pitt Street, 194-3217 Ontario

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Inc at 134 Montreal Road, and 127-1450 Ontario Limited at 115 Sydney Street, Addendum for

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Brownfield.

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Moved by.

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Councillor Depelle, seconded by.

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Councillor McDonald, discussion. Questions?

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On the phone in favour.

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In the room, in favour? Against? Carried.

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Now we have our proclamation that was moved to communication. The action recommended is

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Is that Councillor Proclaim the week of May 24th as Paramedic Services Week 2020 in the

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City of Cornwall?

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Moved by. Councillor McDonnell, seconded by Councillor Gardner.

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Councillor McDonnell, did you want to speak?

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I'd love to, Madam Mayor, because I'm pleased to note that the head of our Paramedic Services

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is in the room and I hope that he will convey to all our paramedics that we are so grateful

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to them for the work they're doing and through them and

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Associated with them, all the other people who are responding simply because it's their job. And to them, they're doing their job, but to us, they're performing heroic service to the community. And we're very grateful. Thank you. Any other comments from council? Councillor Gardner. Yes, Madam Mayor. Oh, really quick one. Ditto. Ditto. Okay. Councillor Bergerall, was that you? Yes. Go ahead.

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I would just like to add the report says that paramedics are important and I believe

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them to be essential.

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Thank you, Councillor Bergerald.

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Councillor Depelle.

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I'm good, Madam Mayor.

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Any other comments from council? I'd just like to add Chief Lister, I know that you lost

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your mother recently during this time and I spoke of it at the last council meeting but I want

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to say that in your presence, I know that it must be so difficult to lose somebody during

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this time in particular and to have to grieve in a way that is not our usual process.

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And all the while, continuing to provide excellent service and leadership concerning our paramedic

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service, and to all the paramedics out there, I'm sure that you know that

448
00:46:26,050 --> 00:46:33,170
Dr. Paul Ramiliyotis, our medical officer of health, has repeatedly praised all of you,

449
00:46:33,390 --> 00:46:34,170
all of the service.

450
00:46:35,170 --> 00:46:41,030
You have all worked in remarkable partnership, particularly during this COVID-19 situation.

451
00:46:41,210 --> 00:46:47,310
And so we are grateful and very proud of the work that all of you are doing.

452
00:46:47,890 --> 00:46:51,870
And it's very fitting to highlight your service during this particular week.

453
00:46:52,630 --> 00:46:53,370
So, Merci beaucoup.

454
00:46:53,730 --> 00:46:54,410
Thank you very much.

455
00:46:55,090 --> 00:46:56,230
All in favor?

456
00:46:58,660 --> 00:46:59,900
On the phone.

457
00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:00,940
Thank you.

458
00:47:01,100 --> 00:47:01,480
Carried.

459
00:47:04,570 --> 00:47:05,950
Moving on to Tenderes, Madam Mayor.

460
00:47:06,390 --> 00:47:06,510
Yes.

461
00:47:06,690 --> 00:47:13,170
Tender 23, maintenance of traffic control signals and flashers systems.

462
00:47:13,530 --> 00:47:18,550
With a recommendation that this tender be awarded for a five-year period effective August first

463
00:47:18,830 --> 00:47:21,890
with an option to extend the contract for an additional two years

464
00:47:21,890 --> 00:47:25,010
to Black and McDonald limited from Ottawa, Ontario.

465
00:47:25,010 --> 00:47:35,530
at the total bid price of $2 million, $160,673 even, moved by Councillor Grant,

466
00:47:36,050 --> 00:47:40,590
seconded by Councillor Gardner. Discussion? Councillor Gardner?

467
00:47:43,550 --> 00:47:50,790
I wondered when I was looking through the report, was this company the only one that bid on

468
00:47:50,790 --> 00:47:53,870
or were there any other companies that bid on this?

469
00:47:56,310 --> 00:48:01,030
Madam CEO, through you, Madam Mayor, there was only one bid received.

470
00:48:01,170 --> 00:48:01,490
Thank you.

471
00:48:02,970 --> 00:48:04,190
Any further discussion?

472
00:48:05,290 --> 00:48:06,630
On the phone, all in favor?

473
00:48:09,160 --> 00:48:09,960
In favor.

474
00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:14,400
In the room, in favor, against, carried.

475
00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:21,420
Purchase of transit buses through the Transit Procurement Initiative, with a recommendation

476
00:48:21,420 --> 00:48:27,520
at Council approve the purchase of two conventional buses from Nova Bus through the Metrolinx Transit

477
00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:29,000
Procurement Initiative process.

478
00:48:30,560 --> 00:48:34,720
Moved by Councillor Mcdonald, seconded by Councillor Venet, discussion.

479
00:48:38,140 --> 00:48:39,220
All in favour on the phone?

480
00:48:40,560 --> 00:48:41,560
In favour.

481
00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:42,920
In favour.

482
00:48:43,460 --> 00:48:44,460
In the room.

483
00:48:45,180 --> 00:48:45,920
All in favour?

484
00:48:47,380 --> 00:48:47,740
Carried.

485
00:48:51,060 --> 00:48:59,420
Bylaws, Madam Mayor. That bylaws 20, 26, 66 to 74 inclusive listed on the agenda are

486
00:48:59,420 --> 00:49:06,300
being presented to Council for adoption. Moved by Councillor Grant, seconded by Councillor

487
00:49:06,300 --> 00:49:11,580
McDonald. All in favour? In the room favour on the phone?

488
00:49:12,740 --> 00:49:13,360
In favour.

489
00:49:15,580 --> 00:49:15,860
Carried.

490
00:49:16,560 --> 00:49:22,120
And our second motion we're looking for bylaws is to approve bylaw to authorize the sale

491
00:49:22,120 --> 00:49:25,160
of Extended Maggedded Duville and Extended Eastern Avenue.

492
00:49:26,700 --> 00:49:33,500
Moved by Councillor Mcdonald, seconded by Councillor McIntosh.

493
00:49:33,980 --> 00:49:34,540
Any discussion?

494
00:49:36,900 --> 00:49:37,980
All in favor on the phone?

495
00:49:40,820 --> 00:49:41,320
In the room?

496
00:49:42,860 --> 00:49:43,500
Carried.

497
00:49:45,610 --> 00:49:46,850
Can I ask one question?

498
00:49:47,650 --> 00:49:48,670
Go ahead, Councillor Mcdonald.

499
00:49:48,670 --> 00:49:49,150
New business.

500
00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:54,500
We're actually right now at the reports

501
00:49:54,500 --> 00:49:55,800
from committees of council.

502
00:49:56,060 --> 00:49:58,060
Okay, I just had a motion I want to present

503
00:49:58,060 --> 00:49:58,840
on a new business.

504
00:49:59,320 --> 00:49:59,520
Okay.

505
00:50:01,060 --> 00:50:01,780
Madam Clerk.

506
00:50:02,720 --> 00:50:05,180
So do we have any reports from committees of council?

507
00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:07,300
Wanna do that first and then go to new business after?

508
00:50:07,560 --> 00:50:08,720
Councilor Mack, are you okay with that?

509
00:50:08,800 --> 00:50:08,960
Fine.

510
00:50:10,780 --> 00:50:12,660
So reports from committees of council

511
00:50:12,660 --> 00:50:16,240
and I'll also take any questions that

512
00:50:16,240 --> 00:50:19,220
Councillors may have about COVID-19

513
00:50:19,220 --> 00:50:20,460
and how the city is responding.

514
00:50:20,460 --> 00:50:28,980
So Councillor Gardner, your question about the small business loan could happen here or any question related to how we're dealing with COVID-19.

515
00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:33,920
So I'll start with Councillor Gardner and then Councillor Ibad and then Councillor McDonald.

516
00:50:37,330 --> 00:50:44,590
So my question is how many businesses responded to the $5,000 loan that we're giving out?

517
00:50:48,020 --> 00:50:49,300
Through you, Madam Mayor.

518
00:50:50,400 --> 00:50:53,800
So there were 106 applications that were received.

519
00:50:54,560 --> 00:51:01,020
Council will recall that we were counting on a ballpark of about 100 applications and

520
00:51:01,020 --> 00:51:06,200
so the estimation was very close to being correct.

521
00:51:07,780 --> 00:51:15,520
We received 104 before the deadline, so 106 applications, 104 before the deadline.

522
00:51:17,340 --> 00:51:26,980
There were most, I would suggest, were very good and very, very qualified for the application.

523
00:51:27,620 --> 00:51:29,940
80 of those applications have been approved.

524
00:51:31,560 --> 00:51:40,140
I know Tracy Bailey and Dana McLean worked to review all of those, and those 80 will

525
00:51:40,140 --> 00:51:44,460
be processed as soon as we can do that.

526
00:51:45,020 --> 00:51:50,760
There were three that were from out of town businesses, so there are some that weren't

527
00:51:50,760 --> 00:51:57,180
qualifying, so three were out of town, two were non-profit organizations, and so therefore

528
00:51:57,180 --> 00:52:00,000
or, again, that was outlined as being not applicable.

529
00:52:01,040 --> 00:52:05,220
So that leaves us with 101, one application withdrew.

530
00:52:05,460 --> 00:52:09,760
So that brings us to 100, and of course, with the two being late,

531
00:52:10,240 --> 00:52:12,420
it brings us to the number 98.

532
00:52:13,160 --> 00:52:16,500
But again, 80 were very quickly approved.

533
00:52:17,100 --> 00:52:24,700
They will be processed very quickly, a little bit more thought to go on the balance of the applications.

534
00:52:24,700 --> 00:52:34,340
but I believe, perhaps if there's more to say, Tracy Bailey can add a bit more on the balance of the applications.

535
00:52:34,540 --> 00:52:43,700
But I think I want to thank Dana and everyone who worked on this, it was done in a pretty quick and efficient way.

536
00:52:44,020 --> 00:52:49,140
And I think hit the mark on what the businesses were looking for.

537
00:52:49,700 --> 00:52:54,720
I asked the question because I spoke to a number of business owners who really were in

538
00:52:54,720 --> 00:52:59,660
pretty good shape and they weren't going to be in need of that money. So that was good news.

539
00:53:00,340 --> 00:53:05,540
So thank you for the work. I know that the day that it was brought up that you said it would

540
00:53:05,540 --> 00:53:10,760
be a lot of work. And so I appreciate what you've done. You and your staff, thank you.

541
00:53:13,180 --> 00:53:18,360
Councillor Ebert and then Councillor McDonald. Thank you Madam Mayor. You allowed me to speak on

542
00:53:18,360 --> 00:53:22,820
on the subject at our last council meetings. I just wanted to follow up at our last meeting

543
00:53:22,820 --> 00:53:29,920
I spoke about the Regional Emergency Response Council and the delivery of hampers, groceries

544
00:53:30,540 --> 00:53:35,920
to seniors or vulnerable people. That did take place over the last two weeks and I just wanted

545
00:53:35,920 --> 00:53:41,320
to take a moment to thank the City of Cornwall and all of its staff members who stepped up

546
00:53:41,320 --> 00:53:49,140
to support us. Without the city's support, we could not have accomplished such a large

547
00:53:49,140 --> 00:53:54,620
project from the staff at the Benson Centre. We basically just moved in for two weeks

548
00:53:54,620 --> 00:54:02,520
and they were really great to transit who provided us with buses to do deliveries to the

549
00:54:02,520 --> 00:54:09,480
by-law staff who did deliveries as well. We also had municipal work staff and I think they

550
00:54:09,480 --> 00:54:13,340
We might still be picking up boxes at grocery stores for us to pack these groceries in.

551
00:54:14,340 --> 00:54:19,960
And finally, I really want to thank the staff from Rachelia Daycare that were basically

552
00:54:19,960 --> 00:54:22,140
redeployed to us for the two-week period.

553
00:54:22,680 --> 00:54:25,920
And they were absolutely amazing.

554
00:54:26,680 --> 00:54:29,440
And without them, I don't think we could have accomplished what we did.

555
00:54:29,600 --> 00:54:36,280
They worked harder than I could have ever asked for and did it with a smile.

556
00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:55,780
And I think we enjoyed every moment of it and I of course would really hope that they can get back to work as soon as possible, but if we do this project again, I'm hoping they can hold off and help us because they were really amazing and I want to just shout out to all of them to the seven ladies who are with us this whole time.

557
00:54:56,320 --> 00:55:03,740
They were absolutely amazing and we set all week that, you know, we only hired the best with the City of Cornell and this was proof, they were fantastic.

558
00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:14,880
So thank you to all of them, thanks to everyone, thank you to our CAO who allowed us all of this support, we certainly could not have done it without all of the city's support.

559
00:55:15,220 --> 00:55:23,080
And so all of the partners involved are quite grateful and I just wanted to take this moment to express that gratitude.

560
00:55:23,640 --> 00:55:24,900
Thank you for that report.

561
00:55:25,720 --> 00:55:32,820
I know that the CAO said that city employees were almost fighting to be able to be involved

562
00:55:32,820 --> 00:55:39,380
in this project and certainly the ones that I met and spoke to confirm that and they

563
00:55:39,380 --> 00:55:43,060
got more out of it they say than what they put into it.

564
00:55:43,320 --> 00:55:49,900
So yes, kudos to all of them, to all of your volunteers and yes, remarkable work.

565
00:55:49,900 --> 00:55:54,460
We've heard, we've had emails from people who have received the hampers,

566
00:55:54,680 --> 00:55:59,100
written letters to the editor, so they have expressed their gratitude as well.

567
00:55:59,420 --> 00:56:00,680
And it's been lovely.

568
00:56:01,240 --> 00:56:01,600
Yes.

569
00:56:01,920 --> 00:56:02,540
Good work.

570
00:56:03,040 --> 00:56:03,380
Thank you.

571
00:56:04,040 --> 00:56:05,000
Councillor Mcdonald.

572
00:56:06,020 --> 00:56:07,560
Thank you, Madam Mayor.

573
00:56:07,980 --> 00:56:14,640
I just want to give a shout out to the administrative staff of Cormon Area Housing Corporation,

574
00:56:14,640 --> 00:56:23,040
because in this time when they could have locked the doors and put a sign on the window

575
00:56:23,040 --> 00:56:29,000
saying, you know, call this number or whatever, because of the physical layout of the office,

576
00:56:29,240 --> 00:56:33,560
they felt they were able to keep the door unlocked so that if people came to the door,

577
00:56:33,700 --> 00:56:40,460
they could actually enter the premises and not have immediate human interaction with anybody.

578
00:56:40,460 --> 00:56:48,940
But through a glass they could certainly communicate with people if they chose to use that way to pay their rent, the way they always have in person, they could do so.

579
00:56:49,460 --> 00:57:02,060
And I think it meant a lot to people because coronary housing corporation manages the households of 1,400 people in this not more than 1,400 people, 1,400 apartments.

580
00:57:02,060 --> 00:57:10,560
So, I think it's a really key action on the part of the administration to keep the doors unlocked.

581
00:57:11,460 --> 00:57:12,060
Thank you.

582
00:57:13,440 --> 00:57:18,220
Any other reports, standing committees? Any questions related to COVID-19?

583
00:57:19,680 --> 00:57:21,000
I have a question, Madam Mayor.

584
00:57:21,480 --> 00:57:22,400
Councillor Perzor, I'll go ahead.

585
00:57:23,900 --> 00:57:29,320
It was for Mr. Wallow during his update, so I didn't think we got away from that.

586
00:57:29,320 --> 00:57:30,240
No, that's fine.

587
00:57:30,560 --> 00:57:36,820
You mentioned that you mentioned 80 applicants or roughly 80 were going to receive this.

588
00:57:37,220 --> 00:57:43,500
Were there any people who applied after the deadline that we just didn't allow?

589
00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:49,400
Is there room to continue this moving forward if we don't set a deadline to it?

590
00:57:50,180 --> 00:57:50,720
Mr. Buello.

591
00:57:55,840 --> 00:57:56,840
Is it Madam CFO then?

592
00:57:57,980 --> 00:58:02,560
Yes, through you, Madam Mayor, we haven't had the conversation yet regarding the two applications

593
00:58:02,560 --> 00:58:08,540
that have come in late, there is room for them to be included in the 100.

594
00:58:09,320 --> 00:58:17,440
If we go or accept applications of more than 100, we would come to council to understand

595
00:58:17,440 --> 00:58:22,600
what that funding of those applications would look like through our brown fields reserved possibly.

596
00:58:24,220 --> 00:58:26,540
Maybe the CAO would like to comment further.

597
00:58:28,400 --> 00:58:29,420
Mr. Ballot.

598
00:58:30,620 --> 00:58:34,540
I've been giving a little bit of thought at that as well.

599
00:58:35,080 --> 00:58:42,260
I think if we're going to accept any of the late applications, I think you would perhaps

600
00:58:42,260 --> 00:58:49,380
want to give some consideration to having an opening it up a little bit for a bit of time

601
00:58:49,380 --> 00:58:54,440
because someone may have wanted to apply and didn't apply because they would have been late.

602
00:58:55,120 --> 00:59:12,800
So you may want to give some consideration to having it open for just another week or something to allow for those who wanted to and didn't get to so that you're not just giving in favor of those two applications, you may be giving in favor of 20 applications.

603
00:59:12,800 --> 00:59:17,880
I don't know what the number would be, but it would seem to me that if I didn't apply

604
00:59:17,880 --> 00:59:23,300
because I knew I was late and then you will allow those two that anyway.

605
00:59:23,780 --> 00:59:26,520
I'll just, I'll ask the CAO for comment here.

606
00:59:27,060 --> 00:59:31,900
Would this be the place for a motion to that effect if a Councillor wanted to make that

607
00:59:31,900 --> 00:59:39,080
motion about extending the deadline or determining whether we should accept those two or additional

608
00:59:39,080 --> 00:59:39,380
time?

609
00:59:43,260 --> 00:59:43,580
Sorry.

610
00:59:43,580 --> 00:59:59,460
Thank you Madam Mayor. We could entertain a motion from Council to, if they wanted to allow us to extend the program in today's Monday, we could extend the program to end of day Friday.

611
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:29,880
For example, I think that like we budgeted a pretty, it was a pretty good plan that came together. So I think that if there were, it was an opportunity to open up again, we might see more applications. I don't think we would see a, I don't like it. So I know, right. So I think that it would be an amount that I would say financially and reasonably could be managed. Okay. Thank you. I'm still going to go back to Councillor virtual.

612
01:00:29,880 --> 01:00:35,540
for comment? I do recognize that I'll turn to calling Councillor Hollingsworth in a minute.

613
01:00:36,520 --> 01:00:39,720
Councillor Verjourn. Thank you. The point I'm trying to make

614
01:00:39,720 --> 01:00:44,660
is look, in the report, we received a date from our economic development department. Almost

615
01:00:44,660 --> 01:00:49,240
half of the business that businesses said they applied for loans, but they didn't receive.

616
01:00:49,820 --> 01:00:54,500
Now this doesn't mean this loan. It means just in general that support they're looking

617
01:00:54,500 --> 01:00:59,040
for, they haven't received. So whatever we can do to extend that deadline

618
01:00:59,040 --> 01:01:02,460
to make it easier, I'll make that motion today.

619
01:01:03,300 --> 01:01:09,960
I don't want to have any business in the city think that a deadline is what's preventing

620
01:01:09,960 --> 01:01:10,900
them from surviving.

621
01:01:12,120 --> 01:01:13,740
So what's your motion, Councillor Bursroom?

622
01:01:15,220 --> 01:01:15,760
Is it—

623
01:01:15,760 --> 01:01:22,100
By the way, we just extend the deadline until the amount is exhausted, I suppose.

624
01:01:23,080 --> 01:01:23,380
All right.

625
01:01:23,980 --> 01:01:26,700
So the amount has been exhausted, right?

626
01:01:26,700 --> 01:01:26,780
Right.

627
01:01:29,280 --> 01:01:31,240
Had we budgeted for a hundred applications?

628
01:01:32,040 --> 01:01:40,080
That is correct. So it was, it's essentially $100,000 in grant money and the balance

629
01:01:40,080 --> 01:01:45,960
is long. So you're talking about $100,000 in a hundred approved applications. Of course

630
01:01:45,960 --> 01:01:54,180
if, you know, it's a multiple of $1,000, whichever applications you approved, you approved

631
01:01:54,180 --> 01:01:54,800
going forward.

632
01:01:54,800 --> 01:02:00,400
Right. So is your motion, Councillor Bergerald, to extend the deadline to this Friday?

633
01:02:02,670 --> 01:02:04,550
Yes, that would be the meeting of the motion.

634
01:02:04,990 --> 01:02:05,190
Okay.

635
01:02:05,290 --> 01:02:06,870
And I'm a point of order again.

636
01:02:07,370 --> 01:02:07,550
Yes.

637
01:02:08,510 --> 01:02:09,130
Councillor Patten.

638
01:02:09,130 --> 01:02:13,890
This is reports from the Standing Committee. This isn't even a standing committee.

639
01:02:15,470 --> 01:02:20,170
This is, if he wants to put a new motion on, it comes under new business.

640
01:02:20,650 --> 01:02:24,190
It could come to a result of this, but this is totally out of order right now.

641
01:02:24,190 --> 01:02:31,810
So I just had a conversation with the CAO to determine whether this is a good time for this motion.

642
01:02:32,430 --> 01:02:39,550
I do want to remind people that this needs to be timely and so these funds need to go out as soon as possible.

643
01:02:40,790 --> 01:02:52,410
So I'm willing to say and agree with the CAO that we can make this motion at this time due to the emergency situation of COVID-19 and businesses needing money now.

644
01:02:54,810 --> 01:03:02,230
But I'm a procedure guy and we've got a motion that was on the boats that we would have

645
01:03:02,230 --> 01:03:10,350
to amend in order to extend both the time and the amount because with a hundred we've

646
01:03:10,350 --> 01:03:14,630
extended, we've taken all the amount that we have approved, right?

647
01:03:15,810 --> 01:03:17,230
So I'm going to accept the motion.

648
01:03:19,110 --> 01:03:24,090
I understood. So I'm going to accept the motion and see if there's a seconder, and then we can have a discussion.

649
01:03:25,270 --> 01:03:32,030
Seconder for the motion, Councillor Gardner. Did you want to speak first, or should I recognize Councillor Hollingsworth first?

650
01:03:32,610 --> 01:03:38,670
Well, I can't speak because I think it's out of order, so I'm not going to even debate this because it's totally out of order.

651
01:03:38,850 --> 01:03:40,970
Okay. Councillor Hollingsworth.

652
01:03:44,720 --> 01:03:52,320
Two things, you worship, I can live with the motion, but I kind of agree with Councillor

653
01:03:52,320 --> 01:03:57,880
Grant and that there's no reason why that motion couldn't have been made when we get to

654
01:03:57,880 --> 01:04:07,180
new business. And just while I won't deviate, I'll hold that to later. So I can accept, the

655
01:04:07,180 --> 01:04:14,900
The one thing that I have a, maybe a question before I carry on here, currently, Mr.

656
01:04:15,120 --> 01:04:16,740
Buello, did I understand you correctly?

657
01:04:17,280 --> 01:04:21,640
The money that we set aside right now is spent.

658
01:04:22,820 --> 01:04:28,160
Like, we've allocated it, or we anticipate there'll be enough people who met the criteria

659
01:04:28,160 --> 01:04:34,380
that all of the money that counsel currently set aside has been spent, correct?

660
01:04:34,380 --> 01:04:38,000
I think we're working through you, Madam Mayor.

661
01:04:38,180 --> 01:04:41,500
We're working through within the parameters that were described by Council.

662
01:04:42,300 --> 01:04:43,680
We're working within that budget.

663
01:04:44,950 --> 01:04:56,200
If we were to go beyond a hundred applications, it is money that exceeds the motion from the last.

664
01:04:57,700 --> 01:05:04,000
Although I should indicate also though that we did indicate that we were going to

665
01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:13,960
report back to council, should the applications have been much larger? In fact, that was the reason

666
01:05:13,960 --> 01:05:19,900
why we gave updates from time to time to council. You know, there was a time when we wondered

667
01:05:19,900 --> 01:05:26,420
whether perhaps we were going to get 500 applications. And we would have had to come back to council.

668
01:05:27,560 --> 01:05:32,360
Okay. Well, I'll carry on from there. Currently, did I hear you right? Did you say 80 applications?

669
01:05:32,360 --> 01:05:43,000
have been approved by staff approved, which means the $500,000, I'm not sure if I completely heard you were understood you correctly.

670
01:05:44,040 --> 01:05:58,320
So we have 80 applications, the $500,000 that we set aside as a budgetary item and said we're going to get some of the money back when people pay the loan and we're giving $100,000 as grant money.

671
01:05:59,680 --> 01:06:04,640
Can I, like, is that $500,000 currently been used up?

672
01:06:05,020 --> 01:06:12,400
If the 80 groups all meet the criteria, are we out of money, I guess, is what I'm trying to say.

673
01:06:13,040 --> 01:06:16,360
No, 80 applications would be $400,000.

674
01:06:17,490 --> 01:06:23,340
So we still have $100,000 left over for people who could apply from now till Friday.

675
01:06:23,340 --> 01:06:27,780
Okay, see that's where I'm not getting it.

676
01:06:28,300 --> 01:06:36,400
We have what we think to be plus or minus, up to 100 applications that could be approved.

677
01:06:37,440 --> 01:06:40,360
But there are currently 80 that are approved.

678
01:06:40,360 --> 01:06:42,340
Okay, so now I understand.

679
01:06:43,620 --> 01:06:51,560
Conceivably, if every the remaining ones that we haven't approved, if we said, yeah, they're all in, we are currently out of money.

680
01:06:51,560 --> 01:06:55,960
if everybody meets the criteria based on the committee,

681
01:06:56,780 --> 01:06:59,000
the criteria the committee has in place.

682
01:06:59,360 --> 01:07:00,060
Does that make sense?

683
01:07:00,300 --> 01:07:00,740
That is correct.

684
01:07:01,260 --> 01:07:04,780
Okay, so that being said, I guess a question back

685
01:07:04,780 --> 01:07:07,740
either to the CAO or the CFO,

686
01:07:07,860 --> 01:07:09,840
it really doesn't matter to me who answers it.

687
01:07:10,360 --> 01:07:13,900
If we said the motion currently on the floor,

688
01:07:14,560 --> 01:07:17,760
in order or not is debatable, but the point is,

689
01:07:18,360 --> 01:07:20,220
if council says yeah, that's great,

690
01:07:20,220 --> 01:07:25,880
We're going to leave it open until Friday and we get ten more applications.

691
01:07:26,280 --> 01:07:27,520
Let's use that as a number.

692
01:07:28,020 --> 01:07:29,180
Five, I don't even know.

693
01:07:30,080 --> 01:07:33,980
But if we even get five applications conceivably,

694
01:07:34,100 --> 01:07:36,260
we have to try to find some money from somewhere.

695
01:07:36,520 --> 01:07:36,740
Correct?

696
01:07:38,040 --> 01:07:38,680
Madam CEO.

697
01:07:40,020 --> 01:07:40,900
Thank you, Madam Mayor.

698
01:07:42,140 --> 01:07:48,420
So if we, I would recommend if Council wanted to consider extending the deadline

699
01:07:48,420 --> 01:07:55,320
to this Friday, then what we would do is with the deadline ending on Friday, that would

700
01:07:55,320 --> 01:08:03,600
likely allow staff to get through all of those applications the week following, and then

701
01:08:03,600 --> 01:08:09,140
although we might not have a report ready quite when we published the agenda, we should

702
01:08:09,140 --> 01:08:13,040
be able to have a report that we could add to a published agenda either at the end of the

703
01:08:13,040 --> 01:08:19,960
week or walk on the next council agenda with financial implications and then council

704
01:08:19,960 --> 01:08:27,540
can decide if they wanted to, they could decide how they wanted to take a look at funding

705
01:08:27,540 --> 01:08:28,320
those applications.

706
01:08:28,320 --> 01:08:32,260
Well, they want to fund it the same way we have for the first 100.

707
01:08:32,820 --> 01:08:33,060
Okay.

708
01:08:33,620 --> 01:08:37,600
So perhaps Madam CAO, you can reconcile my dilemma.

709
01:08:38,380 --> 01:08:54,420
I'm going to make a vote in favor of a motion, or we, as a council, could conceivably vote in favor of a motion to extend the deadline, but we haven't determined where the money is going to come from at the moment that we, in fact, support the motion.

710
01:08:54,980 --> 01:09:05,840
Is that not kind of backwards to the how we have historically done, and I realize there's a pandemic, but you don't throw all the rules out the window and say, well, let's just kind of,

711
01:09:05,840 --> 01:09:19,480
I think there needs to be at least some structured figuring out, I mean, we're talking about taxpayers' money, and I'm not saying that I want to see businesses go broke, but I think we still have to figure out what we're doing.

712
01:09:19,840 --> 01:09:32,480
So how do we reconcile supporting a motion when we as a council, along with senior admin, have not determined where we're getting the money from currently?

713
01:09:32,480 --> 01:09:50,300
And further to that, I don't think it's fair to say, hey, we've got this program apply for it, and then it's possible that the council council might say, gee, we really don't know where we're going to get the money, so we're not going to extend it.

714
01:09:50,380 --> 01:09:58,300
We extended the program, but so how do we reconcile what we traditionally do with what's going on right now with this motion?

715
01:09:58,300 --> 01:09:59,120
Madam Sue.

716
01:09:59,640 --> 01:10:00,900
That's for you, Madam Mayor.

717
01:10:01,620 --> 01:10:09,460
So based on the activity that we saw from the previous program, I think that maybe on

718
01:10:09,460 --> 01:10:15,080
an upside potential, maybe we might get 50 applications, we extended the deadline to Friday,

719
01:10:15,240 --> 01:10:15,520
maybe.

720
01:10:16,540 --> 01:10:27,660
Whether or not they'd all qualify, with respect to the $1,000 grant component that would become

721
01:10:27,660 --> 01:10:43,260
a budgetary item that would fall in the same process for the first 100, so instead of budgeting 50,000, one year and 50,000 the other year, we would end up budgeting 75,000 in each of those years.

722
01:10:44,100 --> 01:10:49,660
There is sufficient funds within the Brownfield Reserve.

723
01:10:50,440 --> 01:10:55,980
If council felt that that reserve was going to get too low with a report that we brought back to council

724
01:10:57,220 --> 01:11:02,400
There are other reserves that we have on our on our balance sheet, right? So again

725
01:11:02,400 --> 01:11:08,980
It's back to council as far as funding it from reserve. I think that through the CFO

726
01:11:08,980 --> 01:11:16,180
She can come back with a recommendation for council and the question would be with those additional applications. Do you want to add another

727
01:11:16,180 --> 01:11:23,960
other $25,000 to 2021 and 2022 to allow another 50 applications.

728
01:11:26,760 --> 01:11:29,300
Well, then perhaps a quick comment if I might your worship.

729
01:11:30,280 --> 01:11:39,860
Certainly recognizing we're in extending circumstances and nobody wants to see businesses go down the tubes because of something that we could conceivably do to help them.

730
01:11:39,860 --> 01:11:46,300
I'll, in fact, support the motion, but quite frankly, I am really, really not particularly

731
01:11:46,300 --> 01:11:49,760
comfortable with the way this is playing itself out.

732
01:11:50,620 --> 01:11:57,800
That being said, moving forward, I probably won't support any other motions that kind of

733
01:11:57,800 --> 01:12:04,540
plunge in headlong when I'm not completely clear as to how we're going to manage it, particularly

734
01:12:04,540 --> 01:12:06,500
when it comes to taxpayers' dollars.

735
01:12:06,500 --> 01:12:12,120
and while I'm not the, I don't want to be the big heavy here, but I think I'm not,

736
01:12:12,500 --> 01:12:18,140
I don't like the idea of, we have rules in place, we have procedures in place because

737
01:12:18,140 --> 01:12:26,200
our responsibility is to safeguard the public purse even in times of dire straits.

738
01:12:27,060 --> 01:12:33,680
So I'll support this one, but moving forward, I'll have my reservations make no mistake

739
01:12:33,680 --> 01:12:34,340
about that.

740
01:12:34,660 --> 01:12:34,980
Thank you.

741
01:12:35,920 --> 01:12:37,780
Any other comments? Councilor McIntosh.

742
01:12:40,060 --> 01:12:44,800
Does anybody have any turn down not qualified the application to receive receipt?

743
01:12:49,340 --> 01:12:54,900
Through you Madam Mayor, we approved 80 and the ones that did not qualify as Mr.

744
01:12:55,180 --> 01:13:01,800
Bwalo mentioned were based on the criteria of the program whether it be out of town or not for profit.

745
01:13:02,500 --> 01:13:05,160
The others were waiting further information.

746
01:13:05,160 --> 01:13:10,000
information, it could be that if we don't receive that information, they wouldn't qualify.

747
01:13:10,220 --> 01:13:12,100
But if we do, we suspect they will qualify.

748
01:13:13,800 --> 01:13:15,640
What's the deadline for that information?

749
01:13:17,480 --> 01:13:25,880
That was sent out to them at the end of last week and today, so normally we ask for a 48-hour

750
01:13:25,880 --> 01:13:26,240
turnaround.

751
01:13:27,620 --> 01:13:29,680
I would think any day.

752
01:13:30,360 --> 01:13:30,980
Madam CEO.

753
01:13:32,460 --> 01:13:33,580
Through you, Madam Mayor.

754
01:13:33,580 --> 01:13:40,480
maybe I could suggest we have 80 applications that have been approved and I would anticipate

755
01:13:40,480 --> 01:13:45,280
that those applications could be funded this week provided that agreements get signed

756
01:13:45,280 --> 01:13:50,060
and I think we can work very quickly through that. What we could do too is we could bring

757
01:13:50,060 --> 01:13:56,460
a report back at the next council meeting with the 20 or so remaining applications that we

758
01:13:56,460 --> 01:14:00,220
might need more information on. We might be able to come back to council and identify

759
01:14:00,220 --> 01:14:02,960
by out of those ones that we need digital information,

760
01:14:03,440 --> 01:14:07,980
how many have been successful as far as the criteria goes,

761
01:14:08,220 --> 01:14:10,580
or if there's some that we think do not qualify,

762
01:14:11,000 --> 01:14:12,740
there might be some money that does not spend.

763
01:14:13,400 --> 01:14:15,820
We could bring back other information in the report

764
01:14:15,820 --> 01:14:18,600
to speak to what types of businesses

765
01:14:18,600 --> 01:14:20,980
or sectors benefited from it.

766
01:14:21,640 --> 01:14:25,520
So we could bring back a report, have the financial information,

767
01:14:25,740 --> 01:14:29,400
and at that point in time, if Council wanted to do around two,

768
01:14:29,400 --> 01:14:35,100
for example, and if you wanted to add money to it or you wanted to just allow the money

769
01:14:35,100 --> 01:14:41,920
that's still remaining to get used until applications for as long as it takes for applications

770
01:14:41,920 --> 01:14:45,040
to use up those funds, we can come back with that information.

771
01:14:46,160 --> 01:14:47,520
That sounds like a good idea.

772
01:14:50,590 --> 01:14:51,350
Any further comment?

773
01:14:52,770 --> 01:14:53,530
Madam Mayor.

774
01:14:54,450 --> 01:14:56,510
Yes, Councillor Jepell and then Councillor Gardner.

775
01:14:56,750 --> 01:14:57,230
Councillor Jepell.

776
01:14:58,510 --> 01:14:59,910
Yeah, I would prefer to

777
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:26,360
We're doing the option that this item is just presented because I was going to speak in regards to the same lines of Councillor Hawing's words. Why this just wouldn't go as a new business motion. And then as a new business motion, you have what's being asked and right now we're sort of like have the curb before the horse. So I would much more appreciate what Miss Adams has just said so that it's clear and transparent that our next meeting.

778
01:15:29,300 --> 01:15:30,960
Thank you. Councillor Gardner.

779
01:15:30,960 --> 01:15:31,840
Well,

780
01:15:33,880 --> 01:15:37,320
here's one time when I agree with Councillor Burser on.

781
01:15:38,380 --> 01:15:43,920
Earlier on, Councillor Burser, I'll talk about this business that we can save.

782
01:15:44,700 --> 01:15:50,280
At the end of the day, if we can save two or three more businesses, by giving them

783
01:15:50,280 --> 01:15:53,140
a loan, and that's the key word, it's a loan.

784
01:15:54,120 --> 01:15:56,420
That money isn't given away, it's a loan.

785
01:15:57,100 --> 01:16:01,480
So yeah, that's why I seconded the motion because if we can save two, three, five businesses,

786
01:16:01,480 --> 01:16:10,440
is that's what I want to do and policy be done. The policies are there to guide us,

787
01:16:10,920 --> 01:16:18,760
not to restrict us. So in this case here, I agree with Councillor Berserot and I seconded

788
01:16:18,760 --> 01:16:24,360
the motion because I want to see this pass. Thank you. Madam CEO, did you want to comment

789
01:16:24,360 --> 01:16:28,680
in response to Councillor McIntosh and Councillor Depelle

790
01:16:32,910 --> 01:16:35,090
with respect to bringing back her

791
01:16:35,090 --> 01:16:42,090
report, and whether that's in contradiction with having an extension until this Friday

792
01:16:42,090 --> 01:16:42,890
for applications.

793
01:16:45,070 --> 01:16:53,690
I think that when we originally brought forward the program to Council, what we had also

794
01:16:53,690 --> 01:17:00,910
recommended in that process was to allow administration to review those applications.

795
01:17:00,910 --> 01:17:08,130
And by doing so very quickly, we were hoping that we'd be able to get funds out before the end of May.

796
01:17:08,730 --> 01:17:11,890
And so I'm going to say that that has been successful.

797
01:17:12,290 --> 01:17:13,390
We're going to be able to do that.

798
01:17:13,910 --> 01:17:23,770
We also said that we would bring back a report to council with information so they understood how that program worked out.

799
01:17:23,770 --> 01:17:32,170
So we do all report to council the remaining, some of the remaining applications are up to the 80 were approved today.

800
01:17:32,350 --> 01:17:39,510
I know that Mrs. Bailey and Ms. McLean met today to continue to work through those applications.

801
01:17:40,110 --> 01:17:42,710
So that is the update as of this evening.

802
01:17:43,170 --> 01:17:46,350
I think that we'll be through it before the end of the week.

803
01:17:46,350 --> 01:17:54,770
It's really, if Council would like to, and I think if people were struggling to make

804
01:17:54,770 --> 01:17:59,270
the deadline for applications, if the community knows that Council might be reconsidering

805
01:17:59,270 --> 01:18:06,030
opening up the deadline or doing a round two, then we can get a report ready to come back

806
01:18:06,030 --> 01:18:10,910
at the next Council meeting, and we could, I think, now that we've been through the program

807
01:18:10,910 --> 01:18:16,210
as well, we can probably work through that process, again, pretty quickly, a second time

808
01:18:16,210 --> 01:18:23,670
around. So it's really up to a council to make the decision. I don't think that so from

809
01:18:23,670 --> 01:18:31,070
a budgeting perspective it is not all loaned by the way. Each application is for $5,000

810
01:18:31,070 --> 01:18:39,110
and of that $5,000, $1,000 of the loan is forgivable or essentially in the form of a grant.

811
01:18:44,170 --> 01:18:46,190
I'm not sure

812
01:18:46,190 --> 01:18:47,650
Thank you, Councillor Vennet.

813
01:18:49,270 --> 01:18:50,210
Thank you, Madam Mayor.

814
01:18:51,690 --> 01:18:56,670
I'm hearing both sides of the argument here and I get both sides so I maybe like to propose

815
01:18:56,670 --> 01:18:59,310
a bit of a compromise, if it's possible.

816
01:19:00,150 --> 01:19:07,370
Why don't we, if it's possible to extend the deadline to Friday, but to only gauge the

817
01:19:07,370 --> 01:19:11,970
interest in extending in the long going forward?

818
01:19:12,450 --> 01:19:22,970
And then at the next council meeting, administration will come to us and say five people will, five people in that week applied, so if you want to move forward, this is what's going to cost, this is how we're going to fund it.

819
01:19:24,610 --> 01:19:31,470
Rather than skip past policies and we're not shutting it down, we'll just have a better idea what we're talking about in two weeks time.

820
01:19:31,770 --> 01:19:40,310
So I don't know if the original mover, how he feels about that, but I think a compromise at the very least would answer a lot of the questions that are being asked.

821
01:19:42,280 --> 01:19:43,180
Councillor Berserot?

822
01:19:45,740 --> 01:19:50,720
As far as I understand, we have not exhausted all the funds that we have already said aside,

823
01:19:50,840 --> 01:19:55,620
which is the purpose of this motion. One in six businesses are already saying they're

824
01:19:55,620 --> 01:19:57,560
going to close another two weeks and two months.

825
01:20:04,270 --> 01:20:06,010
Councillor Bennett, do you have any response?

826
01:20:07,150 --> 01:20:12,190
It's my understanding that with the applications that we still need to be gone through, that the

827
01:20:12,190 --> 01:20:13,430
money could very well be all spent.

828
01:20:14,410 --> 01:20:23,790
So if we're going to ask for more money, then perhaps we should just open it up to gauge the interest.

829
01:20:24,430 --> 01:20:30,930
And at the next meeting we'll know exactly how much more than the 500,000 we're going to need to deal with.

830
01:20:32,270 --> 01:20:33,630
Thank you, Councillor Grant.

831
01:20:38,800 --> 01:20:46,540
I'm trying to keep my cool because we're talking about policies that has,

832
01:20:46,540 --> 01:20:51,180
As there's no such thing as a policy, it's procedural bylaws.

833
01:20:51,870 --> 01:20:57,120
We have a motion on the books that says these are the criteria.

834
01:20:57,980 --> 01:21:04,600
If we want to change that, we put an amendment to that, with specifics to give direction

835
01:21:04,600 --> 01:21:07,960
to administration, where the money's coming from, etc.

836
01:21:08,640 --> 01:21:12,000
I don't like any of this are against helping the business people.

837
01:21:12,000 --> 01:21:16,320
But we've got a procedure by law here that we have to follow.

838
01:21:16,760 --> 01:21:21,180
We can't just, someday, well, we'll follow it in the next day we want.

839
01:21:21,500 --> 01:21:27,460
The clerk is the one that should be giving us guidance on this as far as the procedures go.

840
01:21:28,000 --> 01:21:30,060
And there's something should have been directed toward her.

841
01:21:30,480 --> 01:21:35,280
She's the one to ensure that the procedures are followed.

842
01:21:35,700 --> 01:21:38,820
We have to follow those procedures or change them.

843
01:21:38,820 --> 01:21:46,520
So the reason I would speak on this, if we followed the proper procedures, we aren't.

844
01:21:46,860 --> 01:21:48,720
And therefore it is at a border.

845
01:21:49,460 --> 01:21:54,600
And the clerk, in my estimation, should be indicating that with somebody asked.

846
01:21:56,920 --> 01:21:58,480
I turn to the CAO.

847
01:22:02,210 --> 01:22:03,230
Thank you, Madam Mayor.

848
01:22:03,990 --> 01:22:08,750
So I'm going to acknowledge Councillor Grants' comments and I think you're right.

849
01:22:08,750 --> 01:22:15,910
And I think that the discussion opened up to talk about this program and there was always

850
01:22:15,910 --> 01:22:21,190
talk, if we go back several weeks ago, there was always talk about what is the right amount

851
01:22:21,190 --> 01:22:21,590
of money.

852
01:22:22,130 --> 01:22:27,710
So initially when the motion was to allow the deadline to extend to use up the utilization

853
01:22:27,710 --> 01:22:37,410
of those funds, I think that all I'm trying to do is trying to help council continue with

854
01:22:37,410 --> 01:22:39,490
that program if Council would like to.

855
01:22:39,870 --> 01:22:42,650
It is pretty straightforward for administration,

856
01:22:43,210 --> 01:22:47,010
just to have a report to come back in two weeks.

857
01:22:48,390 --> 01:22:50,550
Most of the applications will get funded this week.

858
01:22:50,770 --> 01:22:53,030
We turn the program around pretty quickly.

859
01:22:53,590 --> 01:22:56,410
I don't believe a two week delay would really

860
01:22:57,770 --> 01:22:58,850
change the world.

861
01:22:59,570 --> 01:23:02,250
So that's just my comments if we want to refer it back

862
01:23:02,250 --> 01:23:02,750
to the clerk.

863
01:23:02,970 --> 01:23:04,990
I think the clerk would agree with you, Councillor Grant.

864
01:23:04,990 --> 01:23:09,770
the way the motion has been kind of moved around and now it's turning into

865
01:23:09,770 --> 01:23:16,030
additional funding. I would agree that procedurally it's moving in a

866
01:23:16,030 --> 01:23:22,690
direction that I don't believe was originally how the discussion started. It

867
01:23:22,690 --> 01:23:28,630
started as an update on the program. You don't mind the name there? Councillor

868
01:23:28,630 --> 01:23:33,910
Grant? I think that's a good way of doing it. We're waiting for a report back and

869
01:23:33,910 --> 01:23:36,630
And that was I think part of the discussion at the time.

870
01:23:37,550 --> 01:23:39,350
Is there an urgency in this?

871
01:23:39,810 --> 01:23:46,030
I don't think there is, but I'd be open if the report comes back to help businesses.

872
01:23:46,250 --> 01:23:47,950
I don't think anybody's arguing that.

873
01:23:48,350 --> 01:23:49,370
Let's follow procedures.

874
01:23:49,650 --> 01:23:50,250
That's all I'm saying.

875
01:23:51,850 --> 01:23:55,190
Any further comment on this before I turn to-

876
01:23:55,190 --> 01:23:55,810
Not away.

877
01:23:56,330 --> 01:24:00,170
Before I turn to Councillor Berserot, any further comment from any other Councillor?

878
01:24:00,170 --> 01:24:00,610
So,

879
01:24:03,480 --> 01:24:11,900
I will agree with Madam CIO, I think that we're saying the same thing.

880
01:24:14,340 --> 01:24:15,720
We're all saying the same thing.

881
01:24:16,920 --> 01:24:19,060
We all want to support businesses.

882
01:24:20,200 --> 01:24:25,540
The extension of the deadline to Friday just makes sense because we're still in this

883
01:24:25,540 --> 01:24:30,120
period of time where we're asking businesses if they need our support.

884
01:24:30,120 --> 01:24:38,880
So, it's logical to extend that to May 15th or May 29th.

885
01:24:40,000 --> 01:24:46,460
So, my understanding of the motion is that we're going to extend the deadline to this Friday,

886
01:24:47,040 --> 01:24:52,020
and that the CAO has indicated that administration will report back.

887
01:24:52,580 --> 01:24:58,040
Administration told us the first time that they presented this program, that they would close it,

888
01:24:58,720 --> 01:25:04,740
give a deadline and then come back to talk to us about further applications or further

889
01:25:04,740 --> 01:25:11,940
uptake. So this is not a surprising conversation that we're having now. So to me, it's the

890
01:25:11,940 --> 01:25:18,060
same thing. And the other point that I want to make is we do have to proceed quickly and

891
01:25:18,060 --> 01:25:22,740
we don't want to be confusing there for the public. So the public knows that we've had

892
01:25:22,740 --> 01:25:28,680
this deadline if we extended this week and then come back to council with a report as to

893
01:25:28,680 --> 01:25:34,320
how many applications came in after that date, how to deal with the two that were late,

894
01:25:34,740 --> 01:25:39,680
and then we'll have information as to what impact that's going to have on our brown field

895
01:25:39,680 --> 01:25:46,200
reserve. I'm comfortable with this motion as it is. I'm comfortable that it makes sense

896
01:25:46,200 --> 01:25:51,640
from a time flow and I'm comfortable that we will get the information that we need so that

897
01:25:51,640 --> 01:25:57,940
But we continue to make responsible decisions as we have been throughout this entire pandemic.

898
01:26:00,180 --> 01:26:00,860
Councillor Berserot.

899
01:26:03,300 --> 01:26:04,180
Yes, thank you, Madam Mayor.

900
01:26:05,620 --> 01:26:14,760
I'm actually closer to Councillor Grant's general philosophy than maybe, maybe foresee.

901
01:26:15,200 --> 01:26:17,640
If this motion is out of order, I will withdraw.

902
01:26:18,020 --> 01:26:19,340
But I will heard that.

903
01:26:20,700 --> 01:26:27,580
What I understand, look, our businesses, one in six are closing right now, and time

904
01:26:27,580 --> 01:26:28,440
to move is right now.

905
01:26:28,480 --> 01:26:34,260
If it needs to be a new business motion, instead of as per this conversation, so be it,

906
01:26:34,380 --> 01:26:35,140
I'll make the motion.

907
01:26:35,600 --> 01:26:36,160
No problem.

908
01:26:36,760 --> 01:26:42,000
But two weeks from now, we're talking about other businesses who need this money already

909
01:26:42,000 --> 01:26:42,640
being closed.

910
01:26:43,140 --> 01:26:45,880
And that to me, in the state of emergency, is just unacceptable.

911
01:26:45,880 --> 01:27:01,300
So if the motion is out of order, have no problem with it, but it's a great example of how bureaucracy and process may be having a very, very serious impact on the businesses in our community.

912
01:27:04,340 --> 01:27:05,740
So I'm going to call for the vote.

913
01:27:08,740 --> 01:27:09,300
Madam Clerk,

914
01:27:12,660 --> 01:27:19,240
the motion is to extend the deadline for the municipal grants about applications to Friday, May 29th.

915
01:27:23,240 --> 01:27:25,400
On the phone, in favour?

916
01:27:26,580 --> 01:27:27,420
In favour?

917
01:27:27,940 --> 01:27:29,300
Councillor Vergil, against?

918
01:27:32,040 --> 01:27:32,900
Councillor Depelle?

919
01:27:34,780 --> 01:27:39,760
I'm in favour because of the business, but I would have liked to see it as a new business

920
01:27:39,760 --> 01:27:43,740
motion, but I don't want to vote against extending the deadline, so in favour?

921
01:27:44,120 --> 01:27:45,380
Understood, Councillor Depelle.

922
01:27:46,000 --> 01:27:47,360
In the room, in favour?

923
01:27:50,080 --> 01:27:50,360
Against?

924
01:27:53,840 --> 01:27:55,320
Madam Clerk, about that?

925
01:27:55,780 --> 01:27:56,060
Carried.

926
01:27:58,650 --> 01:27:59,770
Thank you all for your patience.

927
01:27:59,770 --> 01:27:59,970
questions.

928
01:28:02,340 --> 01:28:04,900
Any other reports from committees of council?

929
01:28:09,140 --> 01:28:15,360
Councillor Grant. I just wanted to as part of the board of

930
01:28:15,360 --> 01:28:25,800
management at the lodge, talk about how well that place has been run and that we tested

931
01:28:25,800 --> 01:28:32,620
all the employees and the residents and everything come back negative and I think it's really

932
01:28:32,620 --> 01:28:41,260
do to the efficiency of the employees in that place and how well they started monitoring

933
01:28:41,260 --> 01:28:44,400
everybody who was going in as well as the employees.

934
01:28:44,760 --> 01:28:51,820
So, you know, the lodge we run this, so I know our committee of management, the team,

935
01:28:52,100 --> 01:28:59,120
is really, really proud of what has taken place there and I think most of us have given

936
01:28:59,120 --> 01:29:02,600
and Steven Kudos for that then a general manager.

937
01:29:02,800 --> 01:29:08,340
So I just want to talk about very good positive relationships there.

938
01:29:08,920 --> 01:29:09,480
Thank you.

939
01:29:09,720 --> 01:29:11,800
Who else sits with you on the committee of management?

940
01:29:13,620 --> 01:29:15,320
Do either of you want to comment?

941
01:29:20,870 --> 01:29:31,470
Mike, I second Cal State Grants comments and I'd also commend the city administration because with redeploying employees

942
01:29:31,470 --> 01:29:36,450
to places where they might be needed if they can't do their usual work.

943
01:29:36,650 --> 01:29:42,150
I think that helped sustain the system and get us the track record we've got there.

944
01:29:42,710 --> 01:29:46,050
And it's wonderful that the employees from parks and rec, for example,

945
01:29:46,110 --> 01:29:49,390
would pick up a broom and sweep a floric, then start on lodge.

946
01:29:50,270 --> 01:29:51,550
So good all around.

947
01:29:52,150 --> 01:29:52,450
Thank you.

948
01:29:52,810 --> 01:29:53,370
Councillor McIntosh?

949
01:29:54,070 --> 01:29:56,190
Not just the lodge, the entire city.

950
01:29:56,190 --> 01:29:59,970
we've had 15 cases since March 12th.

951
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:29,380
There's nothing. Prescott Russell has probably put 125, SDNG 22. We have no deaths. We're really unique. I understand Kingston also is in the same position, but we've been so fortunate here and it goes back to the screening process. Not only in the lodge, but I think all the facilities that have seniors. Madam CEO, did you want to add any comments? I know you've worked closely with Mr. Golden throughout this period of time. Thank you, Madam Mayor.

952
01:30:29,380 --> 01:30:34,440
Yes, I would really like to commend the employees of the Glenn Stern and Lodge.

953
01:30:34,600 --> 01:30:39,500
I think that the protocols that they had in place certainly have paid off.

954
01:30:39,700 --> 01:30:44,840
I also think that there's truly a commitment amongst the employees to make sure that they're screening themselves.

955
01:30:45,820 --> 01:30:50,780
And they're coming to work healthy, absolutely with the residents health and

956
01:30:50,780 --> 01:30:58,880
So I think that I would echo those comments as far as the city overall.

957
01:30:59,220 --> 01:31:02,060
Yes, I think we have been fortunate.

958
01:31:02,520 --> 01:31:09,280
I do think very early on there was a lot more awareness in our community,

959
01:31:09,520 --> 01:31:16,100
maybe partially because of the passengers from one of the cruise ships that stayed at the nav center.

960
01:31:16,100 --> 01:31:23,340
But I think between communication, our first responders, Dr. Paul, I also would like to recognize

961
01:31:23,340 --> 01:31:26,020
the mayor with much communication.

962
01:31:26,900 --> 01:31:33,340
Emma Meldrum also is sitting us with getting stuff out in the media on the website, looking

963
01:31:33,340 --> 01:31:34,300
at signage.

964
01:31:34,680 --> 01:31:39,820
I think we tried to do as much as we could to try and promote physical distancing, social

965
01:31:39,820 --> 01:31:40,340
distancing.

966
01:31:40,340 --> 01:31:46,580
seen, so I'm hoping that that is paid off for certainly for our community and our long-term

967
01:31:46,580 --> 01:31:48,700
care residents. So thank you.

968
01:31:49,160 --> 01:31:55,480
No, thank you for those comments. Glenn Stortenlaunch has been priority from day one. So thank

969
01:31:55,480 --> 01:32:00,160
you, Councillor Grant, for bringing that up and allowing us to properly thank all of the

970
01:32:00,160 --> 01:32:01,760
staff at Glenn Stortenlaunch.

971
01:32:03,940 --> 01:32:04,460
Madam Clerk.

972
01:32:06,910 --> 01:32:10,950
Madam Mayor, we skipped over a new business that was at the bottom of the page just before

973
01:32:10,950 --> 01:32:17,690
the bylaws. Yes. If we could do that now. Go ahead. Are there any new business motions?

974
01:32:18,630 --> 01:32:25,350
Councillor McIntosh. I have one. I want just to preface it. These have certainly been

975
01:32:25,350 --> 01:32:31,350
extraordinary times. Our lives have been turned upside down. Here we are meeting in the complex

976
01:32:31,350 --> 01:32:41,150
way from home. We become orphans. You know, I've watched the leadership of both

977
01:32:41,150 --> 01:32:45,430
Federal and Provincially, and I am amazed and marvel how everybody's come

978
01:32:45,430 --> 01:32:51,490
together on like south of the border. You know, good teams, professional teams have

979
01:32:51,490 --> 01:32:57,650
built from the top to the bottom. And I think we've been fortunate here to have a

980
01:32:57,650 --> 01:33:00,410
a team that's well built from the top to the bottom.

981
01:33:01,350 --> 01:33:03,770
And with that, I'd like to present this motion

982
01:33:03,770 --> 01:33:06,090
that council gives to all marine atoms

983
01:33:06,550 --> 01:33:08,130
and our senior management team

984
01:33:08,130 --> 01:33:09,830
a vote of confidence for their leadership

985
01:33:09,830 --> 01:33:13,790
and dedication during COVID-19 crisis.

986
01:33:14,350 --> 01:33:16,130
Is there a seconder for that motion?

987
01:33:16,730 --> 01:33:19,350
Councilor Elaine McDonald, any further discussion?

988
01:33:21,370 --> 01:33:21,930
Comments?

989
01:33:26,840 --> 01:33:27,620
You said it all.

990
01:33:27,840 --> 01:33:28,520
What about on the phone?

991
01:33:28,680 --> 01:33:29,960
Councilor Depelle and Councilor Bersroom?

992
01:33:31,560 --> 01:33:38,210
Yes, sir. Can you reread with the New Jersey City Council?

993
01:33:38,430 --> 01:33:43,970
Councillor McIntosh. Second take. That council give CAO Marine

994
01:33:43,970 --> 01:33:48,290
Adams and her senior management team a vote of confidence for their leadership and dedication

995
01:33:48,290 --> 01:33:50,370
during the COVID-19 crisis.

996
01:33:52,670 --> 01:33:54,490
And it was seconded by Councillor Elaine McDonald.

997
01:33:55,830 --> 01:33:56,750
Councillor Dupel.

998
01:33:59,730 --> 01:34:02,270
I just think it's great as Miss Adams has

999
01:34:02,270 --> 01:34:10,810
I think it goes right across the board to all our employees across the city, but certainly

1000
01:34:10,810 --> 01:34:17,190
I have been very pleased to see the leadership from Miss Adam, from yourself Madam Mayor,

1001
01:34:17,890 --> 01:34:23,370
and the communication has all been wonderful and I fully support the motion.

1002
01:34:24,050 --> 01:34:30,250
And would like if the mover, if the mover of the motion wouldn't be offended if we include

1003
01:34:30,250 --> 01:34:33,930
all employees in the corporation of the city because it certainly has been a team effort

1004
01:34:33,930 --> 01:34:34,650
all the way around.

1005
01:34:35,710 --> 01:34:36,670
Councillor Mackintosh.

1006
01:34:36,870 --> 01:34:37,290
Not at all.

1007
01:34:37,530 --> 01:34:37,770
Thank you.

1008
01:34:38,290 --> 01:34:38,670
Morse.

1009
01:34:38,890 --> 01:34:42,890
So that is a friendly amendment, Madam Clerk, and has been accepted.

1010
01:34:43,670 --> 01:34:45,210
As such, any further discussion?

1011
01:34:46,930 --> 01:34:47,150
Yes.

1012
01:34:47,650 --> 01:34:47,970
Oh.

1013
01:34:48,170 --> 01:34:48,770
Councillor Berserot.

1014
01:34:49,970 --> 01:34:56,870
I just don't understand why we would make this motion, I'm happy to support it.

1015
01:34:57,290 --> 01:35:04,850
It just seems, you know, I think the CAO, I think you, Madam Mayor, I think Dr. Paula evolved on a great job.

1016
01:35:05,710 --> 01:35:09,750
I just, I don't really understand why this would be a new business motion.

1017
01:35:10,030 --> 01:35:10,950
I will support it. Hello.

1018
01:35:16,010 --> 01:35:16,670
Madam Clerk.

1019
01:35:17,970 --> 01:35:20,010
As a new business motion, this is appropriate.

1020
01:35:21,730 --> 01:35:22,810
Yes, it is Madam Mayor.

1021
01:35:23,770 --> 01:35:35,580
I will wholeheartedly support this motion and I don't want to start tripping up on all

1022
01:35:35,580 --> 01:35:44,100
kinds of particular rules that are going to prevent us from having appropriate conversation

1023
01:35:44,100 --> 01:35:44,940
during a pandemic.

1024
01:35:45,320 --> 01:35:52,640
And during a pandemic, it's a good idea to react quickly to make sure that vulnerable people

1025
01:35:52,640 --> 01:35:56,860
are being cared for, that small businesses are being cared for, and also that city leadership

1026
01:35:56,860 --> 01:36:03,180
is also being cared for and recognize publicly. This is a pandemic, and this kind of conversation

1027
01:36:03,180 --> 01:36:09,520
is perfectly appropriate. So we thank you, Madam CAO, and the senior management team, and

1028
01:36:09,520 --> 01:36:14,300
all the city of Cornwall employees. Thank you. I'm going to call for a vote.

1029
01:36:16,960 --> 01:36:17,260
Councillor

1030
01:36:17,260 --> 01:36:24,080
Grant, did you want to add any comment? I think that we should recognize the unions as

1031
01:36:24,080 --> 01:36:31,960
well because, of course, if we're going from one area to the other and my understanding

1032
01:36:31,960 --> 01:36:38,700
is, there's been very little, the labor relations have been very good so I think the unions

1033
01:36:38,700 --> 01:36:44,400
have a part to play in that as well and so I think they should be acknowledged as well.

1034
01:36:44,860 --> 01:36:51,200
From day one, union leadership has worked in partnership, recognizing the emergency situation

1035
01:36:51,200 --> 01:36:56,800
and recognizing that everybody had to come to the table to do good for residents.

1036
01:36:57,600 --> 01:36:59,000
All in favor of this motion?

1037
01:37:00,840 --> 01:37:01,400
Against?

1038
01:37:01,780 --> 01:37:02,400
In favor.

1039
01:37:03,360 --> 01:37:03,640
Thank you.

1040
01:37:04,560 --> 01:37:05,660
Thank you, carried.

1041
01:37:07,340 --> 01:37:07,880
Madam Clerk.

1042
01:37:09,040 --> 01:37:10,460
We have one notice of motion.

1043
01:37:11,700 --> 01:37:13,040
Limit on new business motions.

1044
01:37:13,720 --> 01:37:17,860
Whereas currently there is no limit on the number of notices of motion and

1045
01:37:17,860 --> 01:37:23,760
new business motions for submitting at a regular council meeting by a Councillor and no deadline.

1046
01:37:24,340 --> 01:37:31,280
Therefore, be it resolved that each Councillor be limited to a maximum of two notices of motion and new business motions combined,

1047
01:37:31,880 --> 01:37:34,100
presented at a regular council meeting.

1048
01:37:34,700 --> 01:37:41,600
Therefore, be it further resolved that each notice of motion and new business motion shall have a seconder prior to submitting it to the clerk.

1049
01:37:42,160 --> 01:37:59,120
Therefore, be it further resolved that notices of motion and new business motions shall be delivered to the clerk no later than 12 noon on the Tuesday preceding the date of the intended regular scheduled council meeting so that it may be included as part of the agenda package and so that proper notice can be given to the public.

1050
01:38:01,370 --> 01:38:02,610
The seconder is?

1051
01:38:03,970 --> 01:38:07,730
It is moved by Councillors Claude McIntosh and Sig Garner.

1052
01:38:08,270 --> 01:38:10,570
Thank you, so that will be debated at the next council meeting.

1053
01:38:10,570 --> 01:38:14,650
That is correct. Thank you. Next item.

1054
01:38:16,230 --> 01:38:21,390
The pending business listing for May 25th is being presented to Council to be received.

1055
01:38:21,910 --> 01:38:28,650
Moved by Councillor Bennett, seconded by Councillor Mcdonald. All in favour? Oh, Councillor

1056
01:38:28,650 --> 01:38:37,530
Bennett? Yes? Sorry, Madam Mayor. I just have a question about only because there's

1057
01:38:37,530 --> 01:38:51,070
There's light up on here that has a 2B determined date on it, but it may be very relevant to what we're going through with our downtown Lavalaj areas, which is the place making, which was kind of an idea that was designed to get people into our downtown, our Lavalaj areas.

1058
01:38:52,370 --> 01:39:07,290
I would think that the BIAs would probably be interested in this as well, so I know you have a lot on your plate, and I know you're doing a lot of things, but I just want to make sure that this is an idea that might help us in attracting people back to our downtowns,

1059
01:39:07,290 --> 01:39:20,710
and things started to loosen up a little bit, and I just didn't want it to get lost in the new business listing because of everything else we're dealing with, which is a lot, but I think this is something that would stand out that may be a big help to both those areas.

1060
01:39:21,390 --> 01:39:26,770
I'll just turn to Madam CEO for a comment or Mr. Bollo, I'll leave it to you Madam CEO.

1061
01:39:27,330 --> 01:39:31,070
Thank you Madam Mayor, maybe I'll put in a couple of comments and Mr. Bollo could comment.

1062
01:39:31,070 --> 01:39:45,670
So we have moved this list around in dates quite a bit, trying to, I think, try and prioritize items with respect to things that need to kind of get going sooner and also understanding council's priorities.

1063
01:39:46,430 --> 01:40:00,550
With respect to that item, I believe that prior to the pandemic following that presentation a council, I believe that there have been some discussions and administration has been

1064
01:40:00,550 --> 01:40:12,010
And looking at opportunities for that, I do think that there's an opportunity for a report to come back to council relatively soon, but I'm going to hand it over to Mr.

1065
01:40:12,170 --> 01:40:15,610
Buello to see if he wanted to add any comments.

1066
01:40:16,190 --> 01:40:25,570
So Mr. Buello, just to recap, we were looking at the unfinished business list and Councillor Bennett brought up the place making item.

1067
01:40:25,570 --> 01:40:32,770
and maybe asking about whether that could inform some of the work that's being done now for a downtown.

1068
01:40:34,850 --> 01:40:44,930
So through you, Madam Mayor, the place making I believe is very much in line with what we're talking about today,

1069
01:40:45,810 --> 01:40:53,390
especially with respect to the pedestrian space that we have in the downtown and making better use of it.

1070
01:40:53,390 --> 01:41:02,710
But I think the request that came to us was looking at things like activity within parking spaces,

1071
01:41:03,290 --> 01:41:08,210
activity perhaps on pedestrian surfaces within the courtyards.

1072
01:41:08,970 --> 01:41:14,150
And I really think that that's one of the things that we're fortunate to have in the downtown.

1073
01:41:14,250 --> 01:41:20,030
Not only do we have what we have in the right of way, but

1074
01:41:20,030 --> 01:41:26,150
But we also, in fact, also in each of the blocks, have courtyard space that I think is very useful.

1075
01:41:26,910 --> 01:41:34,970
So I recall as well, there was a conversation in the place making request, which was to look at our intersections and

1076
01:41:34,970 --> 01:41:37,110
what we may be able to do in that respect.

1077
01:41:37,810 --> 01:41:46,630
So this is really a sort of a concerted effort between infrastructure as well as our area.

1078
01:41:46,630 --> 01:41:51,490
to look at how we can make better use of the space that we have.

1079
01:41:51,490 --> 01:41:57,930
We have a unique downtown, and I think we can, you know, as I said in the report,

1080
01:41:58,610 --> 01:42:05,630
we can do a better job of trying to get people to realize that they can make better use of the outdoor space.

1081
01:42:06,090 --> 01:42:11,670
We're in an unusual time right now where, you know, if you have a thousand square feet,

1082
01:42:12,350 --> 01:42:22,690
and really, quite honestly, if you have a thousand square feet, you probably only have about three, four, five hundred square feet of net space, and that is, you take all the shelving away.

1083
01:42:23,330 --> 01:42:33,990
So, a lot of the retailers downtown, I think, as much as we think the restaurants want to make use of this space, I think retail is going to not have enough space.

1084
01:42:33,990 --> 01:42:39,750
So, I think it's also the retail that needs to look at opportunities in the outdoors.

1085
01:42:40,830 --> 01:42:48,850
We're starting to get some inquiries for that, but I do want the businesses out there

1086
01:42:48,850 --> 01:42:50,950
to know that we're happy to work with them.

1087
01:42:51,950 --> 01:42:59,990
And if it's the $370 application fee, we'll bring a report to council to say that apparently

1088
01:42:59,990 --> 01:43:23,950
that's an obstacle. And if it's a little bit more assistance with how to get through the application and all of that, we're happy to do that. I would like to, I was involved with in 91 with the creation of how that happened together, of course, I was a young planner back in the day, but we had expectations that people would make very good use of that space.

1089
01:43:23,950 --> 01:43:37,090
I would say that, you know, again, if you look at the report, it's unfortunate in some cases that the nature of the use that is adjacent to open space, it doesn't match always.

1090
01:43:37,730 --> 01:43:48,130
And you can't figure that out when you're trying to design a road and imagine what may occur next to a larger bump out.

1091
01:43:48,130 --> 01:43:56,230
So anyway, so I just, in conclusion, I think we're happy to bring more information about

1092
01:43:56,230 --> 01:44:00,590
place making, both from our department as well as municipal works and infrastructure.

1093
01:44:02,090 --> 01:44:07,570
We're having the conversation now in the reports that we're bringing to you exactly on that

1094
01:44:07,570 --> 01:44:07,910
subject.

1095
01:44:09,470 --> 01:44:09,990
Perfect.

1096
01:44:10,930 --> 01:44:11,650
Thank you.

1097
01:44:14,940 --> 01:44:15,880
All in favor?

1098
01:44:17,900 --> 01:44:18,720
On the phone?

1099
01:44:18,920 --> 01:44:19,360
In favor?

1100
01:44:19,920 --> 01:44:20,860
In favor?

1101
01:44:21,120 --> 01:44:21,440
Thank you.

1102
01:44:21,780 --> 01:44:22,000
Thank you.

1103
01:44:23,060 --> 01:44:23,920
Madam Clerk.

1104
01:44:24,380 --> 01:44:25,100
Madam Clerk.

1105
01:44:27,160 --> 01:44:30,040
We have our confirming bylaw looking for a motion, Madam Mayor.

1106
01:44:30,760 --> 01:44:33,820
Moved by Councillor Bennett, seconded by Councillor Gardner.

1107
01:44:34,960 --> 01:44:35,960
On the phone, all in favour?

1108
01:44:36,420 --> 01:44:37,260
All in favour?

1109
01:44:37,380 --> 01:44:37,820
In favour?

1110
01:44:38,460 --> 01:44:39,100
In favour?

1111
01:44:39,860 --> 01:44:40,400
In the room?

1112
01:44:41,340 --> 01:44:42,200
All in favour?

1113
01:44:42,520 --> 01:44:42,820
Carried.

1114
01:44:46,000 --> 01:44:46,340
adjourned.

1115
01:44:46,860 --> 01:44:51,620
So, before we adjourn, I'd just like to do a little recap.

1116
01:44:51,620 --> 01:44:59,980
the CAO and myself will discuss an economic recovery task force and move forward with some terms of...

1117
01:45:04,800 --> 01:45:17,660
I would like to thank the clerk and CAO and Mr. Lavalle. I'm told did some incredible technical

1118
01:45:17,660 --> 01:45:28,060
work setting up all of this intense physical distancing space. We are grateful for all of

1119
01:45:28,060 --> 01:45:30,900
the work and we know that there's a lot of work that went into this setup.

1120
01:45:31,320 --> 01:45:37,140
It was also submitted to Dr. Paul Rameleotis and he reviewed the pictures and the setup

1121
01:45:37,900 --> 01:45:43,600
and formally indicated to myself and Ms. Adams that this meets the physical distancing rules

1122
01:45:43,600 --> 01:45:44,800
and all of the regulations.

1123
01:45:45,600 --> 01:45:51,820
As you know, I've communicated with all of you because I need your feedback on video conferencing

1124
01:45:51,820 --> 01:45:53,980
so we're going to continue to investigate that.

1125
01:45:53,980 --> 01:45:58,840
We may have committee meetings through using that service, so that's something that we're

1126
01:45:58,840 --> 01:46:00,060
going to continue.

1127
01:46:00,280 --> 01:46:06,000
So it's an ongoing conversation that's not put to bed, that continues, and I am seeking

1128
01:46:06,000 --> 01:46:12,860
consensus on that issue, so that we can come to a place where all of us are comfortable

1129
01:46:12,860 --> 01:46:18,060
with the way that we proceed around council meetings and any and all other meetings during

1130
01:46:18,060 --> 01:46:19,560
this pandemic and beyond.

1131
01:46:19,560 --> 01:46:22,120
And motion to adjourn.

1132
01:46:23,120 --> 01:46:25,740
Councillor Ebert and Councillor Grant, all in favour?

1133
01:46:27,120 --> 01:46:28,000
Carried on the phone?

1134
01:46:28,200 --> 01:46:28,340
Councillor Ebert.

1135
01:46:29,420 --> 01:46:30,020
Councillor Ebert.

1136
01:46:30,020 --> 01:46:30,160
Councillor Ebert.

1137
01:46:31,160 --> 01:46:32,720
Thank you to all of you.

1138
01:46:33,640 --> 01:46:34,440
Take care.