okay well maybe I
call maybe get the meeting started it is now five
forty five ... so I think you've got the resolutions
go ahead
I live by myself and seconded by councilor Merton that
City council now move into closed session to consider minutes
of the closed session of the regular council meeting held
on February twenty eight twenty twenty two minutes of the
closed session of the own sound housing company board meeting
held on January eighteenth twenty twenty two one matter regarding
labor relations or employee negotiations and advice that is subject
to solicitor client privilege including communications necessary for that purpose
respecting the fire department and one matter regarding labor relations
or employee negotiations and personal matters about identifiable individuals including
municipal employees respecting grievances
thank you and all in favor not his
earlier the head over on some task force for presentations
from a variety of committee partner organizations on a number
of themes and topics including housing poverty committee safety well
being mental health addictions social services labor and employment youth
and senior supports policing
but the rise of inflation and the increased labor shortage
next slide please
so the following outlines the framework and the content of
the report and we've when we put all the information
together the report ended up being ... over a hundred
pages but there's a lot of good background information the
reports ... that help to inform the work plan and
actions so you can see in on the slides ...
how the reports broken down so provide some background information
it provides high level review of each of the meetings
with the community partners and highlight some of the main
discussion points it includes data summaries and key findings and
identifies next steps in action items as well as the
key stakeholders that will be involved in some of those
action items it also defines a proposed work plan
next slide please
in terms of the work plan ... this following slide
provides what's in the work plan in terms of the
contents ends the work plan identifies ... the opportunities and
actions for each team to address the touch the challenges
that were discussed with the task force
it also identifies the leading agencies ... identified for each
action
as well as all the key partners and stakeholders that
would be involved in the various actions
it identifies suggested next steps it identifies the proposed method
and time frames for completing each action
it also identifies some performance measurements to help track programs
in terms of whether or not those actions are being
addressed
there are total of fifty five actions identified in the
work plan for the various teams and I won't go
through all the actions the work plan tonight but I
will highlight some of the key actions
the next slide please
so under the housing theme
the housing challenges we're pretty much mentioned within each theme
and topic discussed with the task force in this just
reinforces the importance of addressing the housing challenges that are
currently faced throughout the county
so some of the key actions identified under the housing
team one is of course continue to move forward with
the actions identified in the housing action plan this will
be done in collaboration with local is a polity such
as ... the city builds sounds in order to help
address the for about housing challenges
under the housing action plan this includes utilizing the affordable
housing fund that was established by county council to support
future county housing builds a nonprofit housing builds
creating a housing surplus land banks by identifying public owned
lands that are suitable to support future affordable and attainable
housing builds and getting those land shovel ready and then
offering those lands through a can ... the comedian per
plane program
a promoting the committee proclaimed centers to encourage more affordable
and attainable housing
implementing re color gray policies invisible official plans and zoning
bylaws to pres on those lands to allow for medium
and higher density housing types
ends ... the so those are just to name a
few of the actions of the housing action plan ...
there's definitely more actions are identified in there and like
I said we're moving forward with in collaboration with Lucas
polities to implement those actions
some other actions under the housing team identified by the
task force includes identifying great opportunities and other financial incentive
resources for retrofit programs
... because part of the affordable housing challenge also includes
maintaining the costs of the housing such as the rising
utility costs that we're seeing a large part of the
county's oldest housing stock is in both Hanover and own
sounds an older housing stock generally means that the houses
are less energy efficient and therefore the utility costs are
typically higher and that is why a hosing retrofit program
was identified as an action by the task force to
help reduce some of those ... home energy costs
another key action of the housing team is creating more
supportive and transitional housing opportunities and as we know we
need safe and stable temporary housing for those experiencing homelessness
in our community and based on this need the county
is currently renovating a building that was recently acquired an
own sound to create support of housing there's also the
wellness a treatment center in the former baby school that
is being proposed by Gruber's health services so it'll be
important continue to explore further opportunities for creating supportive housing
in our communities
under the poverty committee safety and wellbeing team so the
key actions include supporting our community service providers through Bruce
gray data information sharing collaborative ... this would be through
sharing of data and information ... to find efficiencies and
enhance service delivery
a supporting the Bruce grey poverty task force and all
the great things that the task force does ... through
a providing for the resources as well as council where
innocent support
as well as the key one is assisting and supporting
the implementation of the committee safety and well being put
him
under the mental health addiction opportunities ... mapping out existing
mental health and addiction services offered through Graber's communities identifying
service delivery gaps and opportunities for collaboration
further exploring urban design concepts that prioritize creating healthy and
happy communities
identifying resource sharing opportunities to support non for profits in
program implementation and service delivery
and it should be noted under the mental health addiction
opportunities
it can you council has resurfaced obviously mental health and
addictions task force so they'll be exploring some of these
actions in further detail and there may also be further
actions or default by the task force as well
the next slide please
so some other key actions under the policing theme for
example is reviewing the funding model for providing court security
at the Superior Court in finding solutions that are actionable
further examining and developing more effective and efficient responses to
mental health calls including continuing and enhancing the bombardment of
Health addictions response team I understand that the on some
police services recently received further funding to enhance it extends
that's a response team in on sound which is excellent
news
and another a key action under policing is further developing
and supporting crime prevention initiatives versus reactive care and so
this will be queue in terms of moving forward the
actions identified in the community safety and well being plan
through a coordinated and collaborative effort it and to use
the social terms of health plans to prioritize and focus
future actions and initiatives
under the social services seat theme things like supporting food
literacy programming and food programs exploring the viability and sustainability
of a living wage or guaranteed income
continuing donation programs for old phones computers and tablets as
well as exploring the creation of community hubs are one
stop shops to access community services
under the transportation team I continue to support the great
transit routes exploring opportunities for resource sharing among all transit
providers and identifying gaps in transit service delivery are some
of the key actions that were identified by the task
force
there are many other actions identified by the task force
... and included in the test for support and encourage
you to review the proposed work plan and actions if
you have a chance to do so already
next slide please
so in terms of next steps has there been a
number of plans and strategies that been developed over the
past couple of years ... including re color gray this
particular work plan the committee safety well being plan the
age friendly action plan the climate change action plan the
housing action plan just to name a few
therefore the county is recognized the need to develop a
privatization work plan which is to look for common alignment
with the various plans and strategies to ensure that were
focusing on the actions that will address a number of
the plans and strategies so we will be working with
third look miss apologies and committee partners on this privatisation
exercise and then working collectively to move for with those
actions and to track progress over time
and that concludes my presentation and happy to take any
questions that ... council may have
your Mr Scherzer I think Deputy Mayor Larry has some
questions or comments
thank you worship and through you thank you Randy for
your presentation create the time ... under she actions leasing
I think everyone in this horseshoe is is focused on
that ... we pays you know and in excess of
three hundred thousand dollars for court security that none of
us feel like we should be paying it to regional
courthouse
I know you don't have a crystal ball and all
the staff make recommendations grey county council makes the decisions
what do you see in the future ... down the
road when it comes to the costing of securities
hi Greg great question then does for you Mayor Boddy
in terms of some of the proposed next steps that
were identified in the work plan ... includes working with
own town staff and would simply services ... first to
look at ... funding models of other superior courts and
rural areas just to see if they're running into similar
challenges and then to collectively advocate to the province for
a change in the funding model structure ... hopefully that
hopefully to find something a solution that's more equitable ...
because it it right now as you noted ... the
court security costs are picked up by the whole Smith's
apology and in some cases the hostess polity is providing
courts ... cords ... the for for a wider audience
than just of the hostess of polity so it's trying
to advocate to the province to look for a more
equitable funding strict structure in order to address those court
security costs just to make it fair for those host
miss polities ... that are carrying the the bulk of
sites that took those costs as it currently stands so
that's some of the next steps are identified in the
work plan obviously if that is not successful then we'll
have to look at other options ... in that's of
course working with city staff as wells county council in
terms of trying to explore what's what's a more active
role models to to help support those still scored security
costs so Randy if I could your worship same subject
what's the time frame on that like is that even
started yet looking at at what other municipalities are are
looking at or where we have terms of time for
in terms of time frame I think that's something that
will be working with and trying to identify through that
prioritization exercises to look at at some of the key
actions that we need to move for with sooner rather
than later and so we'll be working with us the
city staff and other look miss polities through that that
exercise to ... to move that forward so I don't
have a exact time frame but that's at this stage
but we're happy to work with ... city staff for
and on trying to at least explore if other miscarriages
are finding similar challenges and then moving for with ...
trade advocates the province through various cable channels and other
channels that we may be able to access to to
look for more equitable solution
Mr Randy I know ... we've we've taken a kick
this cannot cumple times and it came down to sort
of awestruck fill in so many other of the municipalities
are regional so it is spread across a we're very
few of municipalities and had trouble getting the upper provinces
attention one of these days John go ahead
thank you a Randy you're one of the most astute
civil servants I've met ... hardworking I don't see on
the golf course so I think that explains something
but so any got broad shoulders so I want to
push back a bit if I could K. when I
read this report
I saw fifty five action plans and or action steps
I remember prime minister Harper one saying of ... his
predecessor prime minister Martin that if you have seventy five
priorities and maybe even two hundred you have not
so I guess what I'd like from you and if
you can't give it now that's fine but when I
read these reports it often they read about talking about
talking about talking and that's not to insult you and
I know you would take it that way with that
as background can you identify maybe two or three examples
of low hanging fruit that you think we can jump
out with respect to this task force and can you
identify maybe two or three really hard nuts to crack
like give us some
make it a little more vivid and concrete if you
could I hope that's a fair request
thank you for that question that I might not be
able to ... identify right off the top of my
head in terms of some of the key ones that
I I'd recommend that we focus on and that's that's
why some of the next steps are to do that
prioritization exercise we recognize that that's we have been there
for last two to three years been talking a lot
about the various challenges and we think we have some
... ...
excellent solutions to move for with those ... those to
try to address some of those challenges so the next
step is to let's let's actually identify what that those
low hanging fruit are what is the common alignment with
those various plans strategies and where should we be focusing
our in some cases limited resources ... in order to
get the best bang for Buck so that's exactly the
exercise that we are planning to do ... I don't
want to pre judge what the exercise will look like
because we need to have those discussions with Lucas apologies
as well as other community partners in terms of trying
to identify with those low hanging fruit are but I'd
be happy to come back to you in a couple
months time and say this is what we think are
the those low hanging fruit and and we want to
work collectively to move for with these actions because we
think work we're gonna get off of the best bang
for Buck that that aligns hopefully with a number of
actions and strategies and and hopefully will
not to use another pardon kill multiple birds with one
stone so to speak so that's where ... that's the
exercise we wanna take next and we look forward to
working with the city staff and city council ... through
that exercise going forward
thank you counsel Thomas
thank you worship in thanks Randy for that presentation I
think I can actually partly answer councillor timings question while
at the same time asking my own question under social
services you have the key point explore the creation of
community hubs one stop shops to excess community service as
well this has been going on now for some time
and both hand over and ... and sound every second
week in on sound and I think everybody has been
absolutely staggered by the turnouts at these ... clinics that
they're holding right now the farmers market and I know
in Hanover they've been blown away by the number of
people turning out so my question is ... when you
talk about exploring the creation are you talking about a
more permanent set up or are we talking about a
more frequent temporary set up in different locations just what's
the vision there
another great question and three Mayor Boddy I think it's
probably a mixture of both ... we want to obviously
take advantage of our existing permit locations it might be
just a matter of sharing information that we collectively have
so that
depending on who's who's going to whatever eight existing office
that they will have access to a very separation from
... not only the county services that are provided to
the local missile services provided and vice versa ... so
I think it's utilizing our existing permit locations more efficiently
and I think the second is yeah and you you
describes ... some of the temperate models that have had
such great success we want to enhance the build on
those temperamental we want to look for those opportunities to
be able to provide services by going to where the
people are already at
meeting them at their place where they're already residing or
in some cases where they're already gathering and we want
to be able to provides quick and easy access to
those services and so the the the ... the farmers
market and some of the other locations where we've set
up those those more about response and ... areas have
been fantastic and so I think that's where we wanna
look at a model where we're providing those services again
where people are already a gathering and and meeting them
where they're already add so we can provide those and
access to a wide variety of services ... through those
those ... mobile units
can anyone else
seeing no o'carroll sorry go ahead customer in
three year worship to Mr sure Sir thank you so
much for the presentation ... housing is a key concern
in our community and I think you mentioned you know
there's it's been a few years and there's planning and
planning and planning
in our communities now there is more of a desperation
and urgency so you
hops the political concept of a priority and the community
concept a priority is is maybe not quite in alignment
so certainly wanted to emphasize as you go forward to
define what you mean by prioritizing ... in relation to
the community needs
I know that we have different levels of government and
different associations
throughout many municipalities we have had reports on attainable or
affordable housing strategies is there any intention to collate that
information and be able to disseminate it as a municipal
tool kit drop down menu R. I. tools that municipalities
can choose and select from in addition to working with
the county has there been any discussion about that
but
again another great question and answer you ... Mayor Boddy
so the housing action plan that has been created through
the affordable housing task force ... it has been shared
with with ... with all of our local miss polities
... we see that as a plan that that we
need to collectively work on together ... through coordination collaboration
that and so with that we are working through some
of that one is the community plan program ... that
was a template that was set up as a tool
to be able to incentivize not not just affordable housing
developments but some other developments we want to encourage in
our communities and we work collectively with our look miss
polities to either updates committee program plans or to add
new commuter prone plans where once hadn't existed before
that is an example of a program where we've identified
here's a tool
and here's how we can work together both of the
county and local missile levels to to move for with
that tool I'm to me there's a number of tools
in the county housing action plan tool box that we
are moving for with in coordination with our locus polities
what is updating official plan and zoning bylaw documents I
know the city has recently updated their official plan which
identified a number of of key policy areas in order
to encourage more affordable table housing and the next step
which I know you're actually gonna be working on soon
is the zoning bylaw updates and and so that's where
we can work together to be able to make sure
that we're in our policies and our zoning documents that
were not the barrier when it comes to affordable televising
factoring courage being a more things like additional residential units
higher density forms of development ... except truck that's can
be done through a documents those are just two examples
of where we're working already ... cleverly it ends and
coordinating through both county staff and local missile staff and
we're there's a number of other actions that we're also
working on ... ends and we need to do that
together and and it's through the support of county councils
wells council such as yourself that we're going to hopefully
make make a difference and be able to dress as
you noted it's a customer in the the crisis ...
the housing crisis that we're dealing with currently ... we're
seeing in terms of the exemptions that both the city
and the county provide through purpose built rental housing through
the development charges we're seeing ...
big uptake before more than what we've ever seen in
terms of purpose built rental housing in fact in speaking
with some other colleagues or the province thirst they're not
seeing that uptake yet they're not seeing the purpose built
rental housing coming but just knowing what's already on the
books and what's in the developer type lighting the city
phone sound when it comes to purpose built rental housing
it's quite significant ... and that's the type of housing
that we're gonna need to have more of in order
to make sure that we're adding a supply of housing
that's gonna be more affordable table for for folks going
forward there's also a number of other projects that the
counties that has supported through through some of our funding
... and that's already either being built as we speak
or will be being built ... so I again I'd
I'd be happy to provide further examples of how we're
already working collaboratively in order to address housing challenges I
think do we have ... have more work to do
absolutely I think we can do that through a continued
collaboration coordination with ... with local missile staff
good how anyone else
now thank you very much ... Randy ... I know
was when the city went back and joined the county
in about two thousand nineteen ninety nine twenty two thousand
one I can't remember the exact year part of it
was ...
the ... uploading to social services and housing ... to
the county from the city and we were ... both
doing it ...
with all the health services mental health services treatments that
we are able to provide in the city of on
sound we know there were the ... catchment area for
gray and probably Graham Bruce and perhaps further as ...
people command that ... that need help and ... so
we certainly appreciate being able to work with the county
on these ... issues and ...
and ... spread the obstinacy spread the responsibility but I
think it take advantage of the expertise really at the
uh county on housing and social services and ... being
able to do a to in one place really benefits
that people in need in ... in our community and
read across grey Bruce all I I think a you're
quite right this ... this document is going to be
good for all of grade not just hand over and
our own sound as we ... help others from across
the ... Dyer county and I think staff here are
probably looking forward to ... you know moving forward with
this and are working with the county into collaborating so
thank you very much for your presentation
thank you have a good evening everyone you too goodnight
thank
next the on our agenda is nine B. and C.
which is a presentation that ... I'm doing I'm going
to go down to the ... other microphone it's with
regard to the to the ... ethical economic developers council
of Ontario awards that ... city city staff and ...
it's cetera's reasons spread out a little further talking about
collaboration again ... I have received
going to be joined there by a branch just before
I start in on the agenda says the end goal
wards but I'm I'm gonna go a little bit sideways
I city born sound also or the recipient of five
awards for achievement from the festival events Ontario which was
... pretended presented in March the words ... program recognizes
exceptional events municipalities suppliers volunteers and sponsors for their dedication
and innovation regarding the festivals and events industry despite ever
changing parameters such as COVID requirements and conditions music at
the market
E. D. harbored nights Canada Day snow in some frolics
in saver on sound all received awards of achievement
... so that's a huge congratulations to our staff to
a print and all of his staff that have have
... carried out those events
it'd ... did what was required to get through COVID
and ... support local business most of all in addition
to those events that will be happening ... in twenty
twenty two or some of them perhaps ... snow and
sound and saber on sound already have the addition of
the sound waterfront festival being held on ... Thursday June
thirtieth to Sunday July third will be one more really
big event ... in on sounds about that's good so
congratulations to staff on those awards
... in late in twenty twenty one the city received
notification of two major initiatives the work from home capital
Canada initiative and the river district action plan were nominated
for economic development council of Ontario awards
earlier this month at the end co conference ... Mister
Fisher went down and ... received ... the two awards
and ... so I wanted to take a moment to
to acknowledge that to acknowledge him again his staff
these awards are important
Ed chords are big this is the third one receiver
received one a couple of years ago from ...
are you most there we go I blanked the ...
are you most campaign ... it's important for us to
get feedback from our peers in the economic development world
another municipalities allows us to measure our programs and to
get feedback and ... see how we're doing with these
and to win awards is pretty special
the city work from home capital of Canada initiative won
this award in the workforce development and resident traction role
category this initiative was created to capitalize on the desire
and ability of people to work from home on a
more permanent basis during the global pandemic
now as we continue to move out of the pandemic
in the ability for people to work from home becomes
more commonplace the city has proven itself to be a
great place to live and work remember at the time
just as COVID was kicking off going to a Mr
Simmons I think we've got an opportunity here we need
to ... wanted need to go after this and it
wouldn't have been anybody's work plan staff pivoted again reacted
quickly to the opportunity and ... and put this ...
project together
I up note the judges notes
work from home capital of Canada this initiative and campaign
was brilliant and rose above the others in Canada
great to see Brian from the merit to what wasn't
too hard for the matter to buy into a program
that was at this as good as we all did
done and council's supported it
it's nice to see is confidence in economic development staff
and that's ... I can confirm that second person says
pretty well the same month the best across Canada well
known across the GTA just the excellent media coverage ...
which ... we picked up on that ...
strong success attracting media for this ... bold initiatives so
... this is the warden gonna hand it back to
brand to ... did the ... work on it ...
along with that B. C. Hughes and ... got this
award put put together the whole program put together the
... the media contacts and ... all those things and
... gotta so much attention right across the country so
right now
next one is the a river district action plan a
collaborative marketing branding an action strategy between the city won't
sound of the river district board of management which took
home the Edgar Award in planning and strategic development we're
all category so I'd like to acknowledge ... chair Dave
Parsons of the uh river district board of management who
is here with us one
welcome Dave
a river district action plan was developed in partnership with
the river district board of management firm like the D.
I. A. and then consult Asian with businesses residents and
visitors the three year branding and marketing action plan created
a refined identity and strategy with clear actions in objectives
... that was supported by which has supported the revitalized
ation of the city's core Mr operator I think most
people in council but maybe people at home don't know
the vacancy rate in downtown right now is eleven point
five think about we've just come through COVID that's one
of the lowest numbers we've had in several years and
I think that says it just shows you ... the
good stuff that's going on downtown and ... the way
businesses ... reacted ... to COVID over the last several
years we've seen incredible investment the river district our community
improvement plan has been utilized to its fullest and we're
moving forward with phase two of the river precinct project
I think we can all agree that a wonderful that
what are wonderfully important space the farmer's market square has
become in our community
... chairperson on behalf of the city would like to
thank you
... the river district board of management and all of
the river district businesses ... for your resiliency commitment to
working together to make one sound a better place to
live and do business
so I'm pleased on behalf of the ... Edgecombe the
city to present to Dave with this river district twenty
twenty one ad gore Ward for the river district action
plan on how we that
the card
I would like to date
just give me just give me a second I'll go
through the judges notes ... here to ... to judges
again ... the object was to create a joint marketing
branding action strategy between the city phone sound and on
sound DA or now river district target audience stakeholder consultation
with downtown members with a primary market to focus between
the being on sound residents ... returning investment measurable metrics
outlined as a result of the marketing branding an action
strategy so that that's important where we put together a
long term strategy with metric measurable metrics that we can
keep moving along and taking a long
second person said much the same
partnership developing joint marketing branding an action strategy for revitalizing
of downtown core for a three year horizon ... returning
investment to the joint funding approach ... approx me half
from DA in the remaining three surplus ... city
projects
uniqueness ... city DA working together beyond rebranding to address
COVID recovery strategy so I think that's been a kind
of important part here with staff and at the DA
or a river district to board adjusted to of those
changes that that we're coming at them in the Middle
those
... three part plan including marketing branding an action plan
all in one with timelines ... primary and secondary target
markets ... is ... strategic approach solve that's ... of
the the ... notes from the ... judges so
go ahead
through your worship if I might add ... you stated
earlier that taking advantage of the expertise of county I
would like to suggest that the the river district board
of management has taken advantage and ... are truly thankful
for ... the city's expertise Briana Jamie Tim Simmonds Pam
I and many others who are here tonight ... without
their help we wouldn't have got this award and we
wouldn't be in the place we're in today I do
believe that ... everyone who sits on our board is
interested in making our city a better place to be
and so thank you for that
the
so close both these marketing efforts were developed with the
support of BC Hughes marketing local tourism development management marketing
firm led by Kristen bell views and we'd like to
extend our thanks to them and their staff and again
they were involved also with the ... Ward a couple
of years ago
osprey subsidy collaborative city are both ... council priorities in
our refresh to strategic plan the river district action plan
and the work from home capital of candid initiatives each
played a vital role in supporting existing businesses and new
business start ups and work to engage young people entrepreneurs
innovators and creative citizens and facilitating economic growth throughout the
COVID nineteen pandemic so congratulations to our staff and everyone
who is ... involved enough receiving these awards and I
think ... Brian's got some comments just as I had
back up there
thank you worship I too would like to acknowledge our
board chaired Dave Parsons gave thanks for your leadership counsel
I've been fortunate to sit on the river district board
for to council terms now I wanna thank the board
members and in particular Jackie for dinner for challenging the
board in the city to create a plan for the
downtown which is now called the river district I wanna
thank the board in the membership for working to to
issue the R. F. P. higher BC Hughes and to
developing this plan it's a plan full of actions that
are producing real and meaningful results for the river district
we all want immediate results but it's nice to see
this plan and our partnership recognized by Ed cool is
the foundation for transforming the river district and building on
it strikes
thanks to the board for your commitment and the staff
for your support for all this work thank you
... thank you again Dave and to you and ...
everyone involved congratulations and ... thank you we look forward
to the the DA becoming stronger over the next couple
of years ...
the river district excuse me becoming stronger over the next
few years
a motion asking to take into all a couple of
years to ... to get used to that but ...
the banners are great the colors public chosen are great
and ...
it should it should become easier than that slip right
there so again thank you
so next on our agenda is good ... public question
period and was Bloomfield we have no questions none that
have been submitted
at number eleven we have no correspondence ... items being
presented for council so we're down to staff reports at
twelve A. which is our streets a senior manager of
strategic initiatives operational effectiveness welcome
thank you pardon me sorry thinking whereby I'm here is
staff reports the M. twenty two zero zero three when
this is our municipal government priorities for the twenty twenty
to provincial election
... as you remember in December we brought forward the
inter governmental relations action plan and within that contains three
pronged approach advocacy collaboration and education this is a really
unique opportunity for us to collaborate to take forward ...
advocacy priorities so the association of municipal clerks and treasurers
of Ontario released a document outlining three priorities for the
provincial election
those parties were reviewed against the priorities identified within the
city's inter governmental relations action plan and of those we
found to the line so those are the two that
we're asking council to endorse a read them briefly the
first one is priority one municipal resilience require stable predictable
funding and investment and within that there's three bullets party
to support continuous improvement to strengthen municipal provincial partnership with
the not there's four bullets so I'm happy to take
any further questions that anyone may have related to those
recommendations councillor dot
thank you where survive no general questions so you that
you just did so well so thank you so much
... but I would ... move that recommendation it is
nice to see that we are working in moving forward
with a a program such as this ... knowing that
we have our inter governmental ... report that we are
working on sieve covering over things like insurance and trying
to find stable funding ... this is a great report
for us all to work in unison to try to
to recognize the fact that ... sometimes in the past
grant fundings were ... this is fairly done on an
equal level based on big municipalities to lower or smaller
municipalities urban versus rural so having a general more stabilized
... funding opportunity for us ... CIF which and ...
MPF on the Olympia finding as many people well known
around this table is a big form of funding that
helps with to keep our overall let me down so
if we have some more stabilization on that that's a
obviously a bonus so thank you so much for putting
this together to be more than happy to move that
recommendation good thank you anyone else seeing none others I
will call the question all in favor that is carried
thank you
next at twelve be we have a report from the
director of corporate services with regard to infrastructure Ontario debenture
is Alan
thank your worship through you this report is to commence
with the application for adventures on the tenth street bridge
and the recently completed Bayshore SPS upgrade there are two
recommendations that we submitted an application to the infrastructure Ontario
association as well as bring forward a by law to
execute a financing agreement and the satisfy the requirements ...
under the loan program held by the province both of
these programs were anticipated to be debt financed and the
debt payments anticipated are within the budgets that we had
previously planned for
thank you comments
questions
motions
motions go ahead
I'll I'll I'll accounts the Gregor this one now as
if I just spoke to it saw you can take
this one
of thanks concert Dodd I'm happy to move the recommendation
report is council will be aware ... contained within your
corporate service
... minutes Sir or the agenda is a package ...
which related to the twenty twenty one year end and
I believe noted ten ... capital projects that were still
awaiting of long term financing and this is two of
those ... projects that they're now off of that so
... I would move the recommendation in the report
good thank you any other questions seeing none all in
favor call the question and that is carried thank you
ms Allen ... twelve C. from purchasing and risk management
coordinator with regard to the east Bayshore road construction
through thank you worship through you of this so reports
here twenty two or forty five it's for the next
phase of the space shore ... roadway reconstruction project ...
it's for ... roadway reconstruction approximately from twenty street north
of it includes full urban ... cross section with curb
and gutter pay shoulder sidewalk reconstruction and associated retaining wall
as well and the whole works area
of the the cost of the project ... came into
a total bid of three point eight nine one million
from the mac Donell excavating others a breakdown on the
third page regarding the the cost breakdown for the project
... there are some issues with the city portion of
the cost break down the ... the sanitary sewer ...
forced me that's part of the project came in much
above estimates and regards that city staff ... good sold
in the contractor gonna work on of submit more innovative
construction techniques techniques to get that price down but it's
I should point out it was much above the ...
consultants estimate for the for that work
and in addition the other cost overrun of for the
city portion of the work which is to do with
the sidewalk in the retaining wall that runs from twenty
eight street just past the canny drain ... the the
way the ... cost allocation was done from the county
resulted in out a slight over run of fifty five
thousand dollars in the overall budget of from a from
an overall financial perspective it's it's expected that the city
will be able to recover costs from future development from
the former RCA project to pay for both the sanitary
overage and also the over to relating to the sidewalk
and retaining wall
so as per the report the board is toward the
above noted contracted mac Donell excavating at the lowest bid
and direct staff to bring forth by law to authorize
the Mayor click to execute the agreement one other party
note is that the county because this is account it's
a joint project with the county the county also has
to approve this they have to a county council before
the work can be be undertaken that's in my record
thank you very much Mr county
Marianne recounts the captain go ahead
thank you worship I'm happy to move the
recommendation in the report and thank you for your explanation
of the report
go ahead
just on that last point that you reference there in
the event that the county didn't approve their half of
the tender what would
what would happen at that point
pardon pardon me
through your worship of what would happen it's a county
road
so it's it's highly unlikely that the county is is
not going to prove their portion and and if you
look at the budget breakdown this is this is well
below what the county anticipated on spending on their their
portion of the costs so I don't anticipate that to
be a problem it's it's just a formality
double check
Deputy alert would be ... twisting arms up there I
think we might be the
... councillor courteous moved it and see any other questions
or call the question all in favor and that is
carried thanks Mike ... twelve D. report purchasing risk management
coordinators sitting ham crescent sanitary pump station constructions probably back
to you thanks
thanks thanks go through your worship of this project is
for the ... capital upgrading of the student crescent of
sewage pumping station for for anyone's knowledge it's it's it's
there's a little grass theory by the mill dam a
cul de sac that's where it's located I was actually
I suppose outside the city that's not the case this
is in the city ... so so this upgrade this
will bring this is the last sewage pumping station the
city that is that is not up to the Ministry
of Environment minimum design design standards so it will bring
that pumping station up to what's minutes what's required in
in this day and age ... the ... the the
total the low price on this was a bit of
three hundred twenty six thousand dollars and ... as is
I said it'll it'll work it'll it'll it'll result in
this I'm sorry
result in lower operating costs and it'll it'll provides ...
about better operation last chance by passers built in and
service the residents of this area just a little bit
better
so the recommendation is toward the contractor street line group
at the price of three hundred twenty six thousand four
hundred dollars and direct staff to bring for bilateral authorized
americorps to execute the agreement thank you counsel Thomas
well thanks for answering my question the first question for
tonight where's signum crescent because I racked my brains and
I couldn't for the life of me think where it
might be ... I'm happy to roof move that report
and thank you any other questions go ahead councillor.
thank you for sure but I think it's just a
again one of those ...
projects in capital projects that we're doing within the city
of ensuring that we're not sending by passing to our
our open waterways so again I think this is a
highlight of some of the capital improvement the city has
undertaken in the last several years to ensure that things
like doing ... ... that the at the enhancement to
our sanitation system overall is ... to reducing the amount
of by pass it's going and or or waste that's
truly going into the the the harbor self is one
point that ... because again I think this is we
get these capital projects I think we need to highlight
on the the importance and the significance of not just
that it's getting done but what that will lead to
an what's that going to prevent ... more on environmental
side of it as well so so thank you so
much
thanks
I will call the question on favor
and that is carried
thanks again ... twelve V. we've gotta oral report from
a Deputy Mayor or Larry with regard to great county
council
thank you worship I have ... two items tonight ...
is your where council at your the mental health and
addiction task force and during the very first meeting I
had suggested a change in the curriculum in our schools
beginning in grade seven or eight in an effort to
educate our kids on the dangers of smoking cigarettes chewing
tobacco
drinking alcohol and experimenting and drugs
it was then that we as a committee received an
education of our own in total agreement of the idea
Dr are explained that we need to start this at
age zero
we have far too many children brought into this world
and being raised with one parent or growing up witnessing
addiction first hand and missing out on important teachings being
taught the basics such as good manners and morals looking
a person in the eye the firm handshake treating people
with respect treating women with respect there are so many
of our kids that don't have the support or have
that role model home
at the April nineteenth committee meeting the task force approved
the following resolutions
where as mental health challenges can occur early in life
with children often not having the understanding about what mental
health is supports available and how manage how to manage
mental health in their daily lives and whereas building resilience
early in life is an important aspect of promoting mental
wellbeing and whereas there is strong evidence of the importance
of focused education on mental health the target children to
build resilience at this age group including identification prevention intervention
and support
now therefore be it resolved that the mental health and
addiction task force on behalf agree county council request the
minister of education implement a mental health
education curriculum beginning in primary school to provide children with
the necessary tools to support ongoing resilience and mental wellness
and that this resolution before to to all great county
municipalities for support and that due to the timing of
the upcoming provincial election this resolution before to the minister
of education and copied to the minister of mental health
and NPP's bill Walker and Jim Wilson ahead of council
approval in accordance with section twenty five point six on
the county's procedural bylaw
so this resolution
is already in the hands of the provincial government and
will be in the queue before the provincial election
one has to hope that regardless of who wins the
election the be enough common sense to bring this to
fruition
MPP bill Walker has already talked to the minister of
education about the really the resolution and received a very
positive response I look at this is a game changer
an opportunity to fill a void for our children
my second item the climate change action plan was presented
to county council engagement of the plan was overview it
involved online surveys virtual meetings written submissions and online gateman
there is discussion on the declaration of an emergency which
resulted in gray county council declaring a climate change emergency
it was noted that municipalities are well positioned to respond
to climate change in that over fifty percent greenhouse gas
emissions are under the direct influence of local government according
to the federation of Canadian municipalities
staff have identified the grey county is on track to
achieve net zero by two thousand forty six
with that I would ask city manager Tim Simmonds to
set up a presentation from Greene County staff laying out
the action plan including emission reduction targets I would also
ask the report will follow including the declaration of a
climate emergency I suggest declaration not in the sense of
panic or overreaction but as a solid commitment to follow
the lead of grey county and do our part in
achieving net zero by two thousand fifty this will give
our council members lots of time to think about the
process with that you worship I would never see that
verbal reports
I'm
the Springfield is asking if it's a notice of motion
but I I'm youth think it should be ... it's
a notice of motion to receive
however with regard to the report there was a report
that was on the agenda for the operations committee that
was tabled that will be coming back with regard to
the climate change
that was just
or was it a motion
there's no there's no motion I'm I'm simply asking for
the city manager to do ... really what he just
did with with ranchers are coming with the Hanover I
own some task force report ... someone is gonna come
from the county's county staff to do the presentation they've
they've already done the draft one but this will be
the final one and I'm just asking the manager a
city manager if you bring forward a report after that
that includes a declaration of
do you want that is a motion then yeah I
think if you wanna make that motion and then it's
on the table it's clean it's straightforward and but I
guess or or if you're giving notice perhaps we can
do it at the next meeting might be the easiest
because there is no notice
so if you want to give a notice of the
end Marianne
could I make a motion that we waive the notice
requirements
that's
okay yeah let's let's back up so Brian did move
that we receive the ... purple report any questions on
that all in favor that is carried now I'm going
to marry him
I'll make a motion that we waive the notice requirements
of the procedural bylaw
with this we need to add two thirds vote so
why if in favor all in favor of call the
question
sorry I'm gonna get you to put your hands up
and leave my up your one two three four
I would be five but that doesn't get us to
two thirds
Seoul Van Brian will give notice of motion Scott
I just like to bring back to council's attention that
this matter ... the climate change adaption adaptation plan is
coming back forward through the operations committee through council there's
a postponing motion that is in place just awaiting the
completion of of that document ... that the Deputy Mayor
spoke to tonight so we will be seeing that again
as staff are aware that that's that's intended
and his Bloomfield I think ... news Merrin was city
manager and with you as clerk we can set any
agenda we want to set up within reason and we
can ... help that speaker Clement some point we can
do that with a motion so we're covered good thank
you
would it be the intention I'm sorry don't other report
handy to have the author of the report I know
technically was authored by
politicians I forget is it what was her name I'm
sorry Laura
yeah
Linda sorry can we ask that she actually presented I
know we've matter briefly that's why I forget her name
so okay thank you
you know the the other thing that we're going to
match with the Scott I think it's just hit on
the county climate the plan does not set
the baseline ... I'm gonna call the carbon count there's
more proper word for ... the city of on sound
reasons still need to do that on our own to
adopt the ... of of the plan from the county
so that's something that will be discussed at the committee
at some point so I will ... but move on
to thirteen which is the consent agenda
through your worship on the consent agenda this evening I
reports respecting the April service review update the twenty twenty
one council committee and board attendance and the on sound
agricultural society's seventh annual board dance sorry barn dance fundraiser
there minutes for seat from the own sound housing company
board and the police board there's a flag flying request
for workers day of mourning and the last Sam on
the consent agenda is the information package a full listing
is available at thirteen G.
thank you ... ... ... we've had a little discussion
room to do this a little bit differently than the
way I usually do it is there anything in the
consent agenda that anyone wishes to Paul and speak
seeing none
so with that total go to ... councillor Cappy to
move the ... items
thank you worship moved by myself that City council receives
item thirteen eighty two thirteen G. on the consent agenda
dated April twenty five twenty twenty two and further that
the recommendations contained in items thirteen eight to thirteen C.
B. approved
thank you and call the question all in favor and
that is carried
reducing doing a bit of a hybrid here ... you
John was roughing you councillor damming up and you want
to discuss from the police services board from way back
in February
no it was a fairly light agenda I just I
guess just one interesting fact you know the cost of
policing arises ... goes up we know that ... they're
introducing through
we sparked are introducing something called electronic management of evidence
and ... the mayor and I both in our previous
lives did a bit of criminal Longley we know the
...
the need to move to electronic format for exhibits and
evidence and so forth and that's gonna be at least
initially a thirty thousand dollar ... tagged to participate I'm
sure that will only go up so I just found
that of interest ... at the committee at the at
the police board meeting to see that there are going
to be these fixed costs that we're gonna have to
encourage not all staffing ... when we talk police costs
... but there is some by necessity to these bills
other than that was a fairly light agenda and ...
I'm happy to take any questions
thank you and I don't see any hands going up
to ask any questions as we're down to fourteen A.
in our agenda which is minutes of corporate services committee
meeting held on March twenty fourth twenty twenty two councillor
Greg
I thank everybody ... to review those minutes for council
it was a lengthy agenda a lot of material on
it but mostly ...
... for information purposes committee recommends approval of an updated
fireworks bylaw which adds to Wally to the permitted dates
to it due to its cultural significance and definitions of
owner and occupant ... to the bylaw to assist in
Forsman of the bylaw as well the fire bylaws recommended
to be updated substantially the same the updated bylaw also
includes definitions of various types of dwellings and owners and
occupants to assist in enforcement it also includes restrictions placed
on flying lanterns a recreational fires a townhouses and multiple
dwelling units
received for information was the two thousand twenty one B.
M. A. comparative study some of my favorite documents of
the entire year
a lot of good information within those five hundred some
pages reaffirmed is our placement as high in taxation as
a percentage of household income
committee reviewed the two thousand twenty one year end benefiting
from safe restart finding the combined annual surpluses approximately one
hundred and five thousand dollars which is to be transferred
to the taxi realization reserve which is an estimated four
hundred thirty five thousand dollars a year and significant surpluses
were realized in policing public works easy ... I public
works it was an easy winter waste management with a
higher commodity prices ... contributing to that ... whereas deficits
appeared in cleaning services HR related legal costs transit facility
booking and the art gallery these deficits were largely COVID
driven
total two thousand twenty one tax fund the capital levy
was two million six R. three one thousand completed in
capital in progress amounts to two million five hundred forty
one thousand with the approximate ninety thousand dollars in reserve
for future requirements at the end of two thousand twenty
one the total funds held reserves increased by three million
six aren't thirty thousand dollars to forty two million dollars
which positions own sound very well when evaluating reserves per
capita in comparison to other municipalities
committee was provided the two thousand twenty two capital plan
update of notice transferring twenty five thousand dollars from reserves
to fund the Manitoba lighting on the east harbour wall
and directing staff to hold any unspent capital projects currently
approximately four hundred thousand dollars in the capital reserve for
any priority projects which may need support
reporter zero three four was a summary of insurance claims
and was received for information as was report respecting the
bi annual summary of tenders and proposals awarded that was
for second half of two thousand twenty one also received
for information was a review of the two thousand twenty
one freedom of information requests as well as a review
of our proactive of our current proactive by law enforcement
model and in returning to the postponed capital plan update
report committee received the report for information only with no
changes to the current procurement policy and with that I
would welcome any questions ... and ask council's endorsement of
those minutes
great thank you questions
I'm seeing none so I will call the question all
in favor
and that is carried
next we are down to fourteen be which is minutes
of the operations committee I ... note that there is
a ... but change of direction considered with regard to
transit so why will ask a councillor Greg to ...
moved to present the operation minutes save an accept ...
eight D. one
so this is the are the minutes of the April
twelfth meeting committee reviewed in assessment of fourth Avenue West
from fourteenth street to twenty third street regarding traffic flow
it was recommended to be forwarded to budget for consideration
of a stop sign on twenty third street west westbound
approaching fourth Avenue which now exists as a three way
stop that scenario does create confusion for both automobiles and
pedestrians also part of the report is to create a
four way stop at nineteenth street west and fourth Avenue
this intersection is poor sightlines and has been the scene
of severe accidents in the past police in engineering services
both provided insight into the preparation of this report and
the recommendation
committee was supportive of the road resurfacing list for two
thousand twenty two as provided and funded within the seven
hundred thousand dollar budget
these projects respond to any valuation of the municipal roads
which assessed a numerical value for the pavement condition of
each road based on the assessment twenty two percent of
the city's paved roads are in excellent condition thirty nine
percent are in good condition twenty eight percent in fair
condition three percent in poor and eight percent in very
poor condition applied against the strategic plan of having a
percentage of roads with the pavement rating of sixty five
percent or better the percentage of roads in this condition
increase from fifty five percent in two thousand nineteen to
sixty one percent in twenty twenty one which is in
line with our current ... with the strategic plan goal
this data is used to update the ten year asphalt
resurfacing plan the updated annual required investment noted within the
report to be spent ... annually currently is one point
one million seventy eight thousand dollars ... to continue to
close the gap on our road needs
committee received for information the annual ways our treatment plant
report this report is in compliance with provincial legislation and
noted that the average daily flow was fifty four percent
of plan capacity ... on the average daily basis
there were two major in six minor overflow events due
to the wet weather as council is aware the city
received provincial funding of one hundred ninety two thousand dollars
for sewage overflow monitoring and related works this ... also
response to a question from committee regarding acknowledging potential heavy
precipitation storm type events what may be the highest needs
the reply was to continue the investment in our sanitary
resigning and our storm water diversion works to lessen wet
weather system demands ... in our system
I was skipped item E. D. one
actually
yeah those are the items exclude saving and excluding item
eighty one and that with that I would ... welcome
questions or ... as for council's approval
motion to approve any questions
on that part okay I will call the question all
in favor and that is carried so because we are
reconsidering a decision made ... it with regard to transit
in the past first I'm going to ask a council
great to move a waiver of the notice of motion
requirement
I would move that motion to we've
notice of motion is required a procedure by the
thank you and he I guess really isn't any discussion
on that is ... ... all in favor
hold on her album seeing him go one two three
four five six seven eight so that's ... that's two
thirds that carries thanks ... next
... masking councillor Greg to move ... motion to reconsider
a previous decision
so I will move a motion to reconsider the decision
of our the service for three months ... which council
visited earlier I would just like to point out quickly
in speaking to wide move that motion is that the
awarding of the new con transit contract created a potential
two thousand twenty two surplus intransitive aren't seventy four thousand
five hundred if the city maintains a thirty minute service
the new contract me still generate a potential surplus of
twelve thousand one hundred ninety five dollars this information was
contained within the report to committee and council did communicate
an interest in marketing and investing in the transit service
and either surplus could provide some funding for that movement
to change the scheduling ... I should say ...
we approve the recommendation on a five two votes and
... movement to change the scheduling or the regularity of
our service could have unintended consequences for reducing ridership offering
a dependable consistent service is vital to maintaining customer relationships
... so with that said that a ... move the
motion to reconsider
V. D. a motion to reconsider a previous decision is
not debatable we would get into the discussion of the
actual meter but after but go ahead just some
by requesting a recorded vote your service yes
councillor.
in favor
councillor Greg
in favor
cancel Hamley
in favor
councillor khaki
in favor
cancel Merton
in favor
cancer Tamming
in favor
councillor Thomas
in favor
Deputy Merrill area
in favor
Mayor Boddy in favor
the resolution carries with 9 in favor 0 opposed
so over and I'll go back to a councillor Greg
one more time and I guess he kind of did
it but to our present ... eight D. one and
th and move approval and we can discuss it
so I would move approval of the recommendation contained ...
in the minutes ... coming forward from the operations committee
as I stated was carried five to two
a six to us thank you accounts are kept you
for correcting me there
... I spoke to the balance of of the material
there in my preamble ... but I do welcome any
questions ... or perhaps there's questions for staff just two
... further provide clarification
any questions
the discussion
councillor khaki
a request a recorded vote please
okay before we get there discussion go ahead
three your worship just for clarification so the reason for
changing
from the our to the thirty minutes was based only
on finance
or was it to provide a service
because the new contract was going to save money there
for the committee felt that it was okay to reduce
and change the plan to go back to thirty minutes
I would say there was um concern from someone committee
that ... the budget surplus could be lost however in
this case ... the budget allocation was already there
and the say this surplus was generated mid year from
us establishing that new contract on a go forward basis
hence that hundred and seventy four thousand or twelve thousand
dollars which I alluded to in the report ... that
was definitely in consideration by committee as to ...
in the yet in determining to go back to the
thirty minute service as
as a you know for transit I guess as a
benefit to our residents
through your worship
my concern is that the decision was made with finances
has the primary core motivator and I really want to
encourage us as we move forward with future transit decisions
that this serves the public it's a transit is meant
to serve the public it's not necessarily a nice to
have it's a need to have so I certainly support
the change I believe that thirty minutes service is essential
for everyday living for those who are perhaps into a
situation where they don't have much choice ... they're not
privileged to be able to have transportation in other ways
or their limitations or such so as we move forward
again it is about moving people not just dollars and
I encourage us to continue with that lands
as we move through future contracts thank you
councillor Greg Agnon I'm worried that there's a little bit
of Confucianism blessing of the discussion council as a group
we're trying to save money and cut back to a
one hour service
and then once we got the new contract and there
was savings in the new contract we didn't need to
go to that we could maintain the half hour service
because of the ... the better contract I got that
right so we go back to by half hour that
we always wanted but ... it with the new contract
we could we didn't need to make that cut to
one hours at Akron
that's correct and I I should have noted to that
originally back in November ...
operations committee had been notified that the R. F. P.
would be coming back through operations committee back to council
however because of time the timeline ... issues we didn't
meet again until January February in terms of forwarding the
process of those that that gap ... that we lost
there in terms of time brought that it item right
to council for that decision and operations committee actually never
formally had any input into all that meeting that was
there their input at that night
thanks council Cappy
thank you worship ... my decision was not based solely
on finances it was based on service to the public
and I felt that by switching to the one our
service for those three months that's only confusing a lot
of people and it's maybe losing ridership and not servicing
the people that we need to on a consistent basis
councillor Thomas
and I think they were looking for there is continuity
of service for me that's what the decision is it's
not about the money it's about the continuity of the
service
originally the idea to change was because we're anticipating such
something much worse than happen
and I think to maintain the continuity of service for
our citizens especially the time of year when people are
out and about a lot just makes total sense I'll
be supporting the motion
okay so work councillor Greg has moved the motion which
is ... it had been approved or to approve the
item eighty one in the operations minutes which is to
... keep bus service at a half an hour not
referred to one hour or one hour over the summer
... call the question all in favor
also recorded vote sorry
cancer Dodd
in favor
councillor Greg
in favor
cancer Hamley
in favor
cancer khaki
in favor
cancel Merton
in favor
cancer Tamming
in favor
councillor Thomas
in favor
Deputy Merrill airy
in favor
Mayor Boddy
in favor
resolution carries with 9 in favor 0 opposed
good thanks councillor Greg for ... wander your way through
that and to ... this Bloomfield Mr reckons Weller for
your guidance on ... the procedure
... so we're down to number fifteen we have no
matters which were postponed sixteen we have no motions for
which ... notice was previously given ... at seventeen discussion
of additional business and ... ... councillor Thomas had a
couple of items
thank your worship bylaw with a couple of ... fellow
councillors in our corporate services director I had the opportunity
to attend the good roads convention in Toronto ... I
attended a session when I was there on smart and
connected communities and the world council on city data a
Canadian company was one of the presenters this companies created
the first ISO standard for cities through the international organized
Asians for standardize ation the ISO standard is described as
the distilled wisdom of people with expertise in their subject
matter and who know the needs of the organizations they
represent in the case of cities that user data portal
to input basic information about the community and they compare
them with key performance indicators from other cities around the
world the key is for the data they said and
the I also certification is to attract investment and economic
development your community and the city manager reminded me prior
to the meeting when I was talking about that that
in fact under key result five it says measure one
sounds progress towards becoming a more sustainable safe and resilient
city by adopting a globally recognized municipal benchmark for example
United Nations sustainable development goals world council on city data
in the twenty twenty three term of council priorities so
if I managed to get myself reelected I'll know a
little something about it when that when it comes along
now another presentation that was maybe not so positive was
from the ... was the twenty twenty two results of
the Adleman trust barometer which is an international survey of
the public on a variety of questions revolving around trust
the bad news for all of us here in this
chamber and I think for all of us in society
is that nearly six in ten respondents to the survey
say their default tendency is to distrust something until they
see evidence that is trustworthy and for those of us
that grew up in the glory days of the sixties
and the seventies where we were maybe a little more
trusting well sorry Travis maybe a little more trusting for
me I I find that really really alarming as as
a citizen of the world and social media is the
least trusted news source eighty five percent of people are
worried about job loss in seventy five percent are worried
about climate change
business is trusted over government and no developed countries believe
their families will be better off in five years from
now it's a pretty bleak picture on a positive note
those seventy seven percent of respondents trust their employer making
the employer employee relationship critically important as we move forward
into the future
the other presentation I was keen to see was from
Charles maroon the founder of strong towns an organization I've
been following since before I was elected his confessions a
recovering engineer was part history of how transportation systems developed
and part discussion on how we are building our roads
in correctly he pointed out that since the second World
War with the great transportation boom began we've been building
inter city roads the wrong way we keep building the
bomb them whiter thinking that that makes them safer when
in fact a wider road promote speeding and inattentive driving
he says it's been proven that people slow down on
narrower roads and that's how we should be building our
roads in the city narrower not wider
just for you Mike
so let's remember good roads in the second item tonight
your worship I just want to mention Earth Day I
want to offer my thanks and congratulations to the organisers
of the event which was held at the farmers market
on Saturday afternoon after what was a pretty rainy morning
the weather cooperated for the festival and hundreds of people
turned out to see the exhibits from dozens of groups
and organizations it was a real success and I was
really again surprised by the number of people who came
out for self thank you
good thank you
I have a motion I know there's been I know
there's been several are provincial funding announcements but ... three
or four in particular that I think affect us here
at city hall ... April first twenty twenty two MPP
bill Walker an associate minister of mental health and addictions
the honorable Michael to bolo announced that the Ontario government
is investing six million seven thousand nine hundred dollars through
the new addictions recovery fund to immediately enhance access to
mental health and addictions treatment supports in Owen sound
rivers health services provides a wide range of comprehensive inpatient
and outpatient services ... this funding will be provided to
expand access to a total of thirty six new addictions
treatment beds ... bringing our total to forty five which
will help hundreds of local residents angry Bruce on sound
access ... specialized addictions ... minister ... ... to bolo
is somebody that's been very involved in social services ...
... somewhere a little north of Toronto I can't remember
the exact place for a number of years and then
ran and gotten that the inside of government and as
been pushing this the total budget is ... many many
many I've got two hundred and something million dollars and
... trying to get more support for people with mental
health and with ... addiction recovery problems ... we thank
minister to follow and MPP Walker for this important and
significant investment in our community we know this is badly
needed in our community and we appreciate that they chose
on sound for this project
April fourteenth ... MPP bill Walker announced that on some
place service board will receive provincial funding ... over three
years as follows one million one hundred ninety four thousand
seven hundred ninety nine dollars for community oriented response and
enforcement unit enhancements open core unit
five hundred and thirty eight thousand five hundred fifty nine
dollars for part time officer program for Smith and support
to ... for full time officers during ... peak call
periods
and a hundred and fifty thousand dollars for mental health
crisis response team known locally as the mall bile mental
health and addictions response team so I think we're just
talking about that with that Mr shirts are about ...
mo bile mental health and ... being able to get
over to where the people are and a and support
them so ... that's a total of uh one million
eight hundred and eighty three thousand dollars and threatened fifty
nine for the on some police services which is ...
part of two million two hundred and thirty six thousand
dollars ... going right across grey Bruce to ... the
combined with ... ... west gray Hanover and ... in
grey highlands so that is nice money to have that
also helps us with mental health crisis it cetera
last Friday we received notice that the city has receiving
five hundred eighty five dollars for rehabilitation of sixteenth street
east being face to from the internal government through the
... connection links program so I'm sure ... Mr Kronwall
health more to announce in that ... in the coming
few weeks
... and also on Friday it was a great to
hear the news that the rivers district Catholic school board
has received provincial funding to replace St Mary's school I
think this is ...
notice of the Ontario government the need ... for future
growth needs of education on sound into growth in general
no one sounds off after ...
some of the schools ... shrinking for a few years
it's nice to have that kind of money coming in
recognizing your growth and ... to build a new school
... last Thursday at ten the on sound and district
chamber of commerce AGM in attendance with me as a
deputy Meryl Larry council Tamming city manager Tim Simmonds and
... Brent Fisher manager of community development of marketing
the Ontario chamber of commerce CEO Rocco Rossi was guest
speaker and gave a very motivating speech ... supporting remove
all barriers to business streamlining the produce a planning process
... to get homes built sooner and ... it less
expensively and supporting projects such as the DC energy pump
storage project if it if it gets approved ... in
order to meet the net zero goals ...
we look forward to working with the twenty twenty to
twenty twenty three chamber executive led by a chair mark
Benedict and all the directors
April twelfth two uh fourteenth I attended the Canadian nuclear
association conference I was accompanied by grey county economic developer
... director of Steve for NASA ... this conferences attended
by Bruce power all of their suppliers to the major
component replacement project as well as other nuclear industry related
businesses and agencies ...
there is also ... others ... involved in the clean
energy sector and related businesses and agencies such as ...
...
batteries hydrogen etcetera
we had a very good reaction from those who we
spoke to ... we have a great opportunity here to
take advantage of the clean energy frontier program which is
... lead because of the through the nuclear innovation institute
and focusing on growing ... energy storage needs here
as we try and go to ... to net zero
...
electricity and and nuclear generated electricity as are our best
hope and then how we store that energy when there
is an overabundance of ... energy produced because I can't
just turn on the machine at night and how we
capture that how you store and how you use it
during the day when the demand goes back up nine
go back to our Rocco Rossi at the as James
Ridge AGM who talked about ... to get to natural
and eliminate our dependence on ... carbon fuel ... we
need three times the electricity system in Ontario to meet
the potential daytime demand so he's talking about three Niagara
Falls
three Bruce power's three Darlington's and three times the volume
of ... wiring and delivery system that is needed to
get there so with that we need to ... know
and learn and ... except that we're going to have
to store surplus energy and ... put it back into
the ... system ...
I didn't even mention isotopes here
yeah
how how many hours you want to stay
I I I I was blown away with all the
knowledge that I weren't learned at this ... this nuclear
conference and it's you know the first time that I've
gone I think maybe staff went once before but I'm
not sure no great county staff went ...
sixty percent of the things that have been sterilized for
Colbert over the last two years around the world have
been sterilized with ... with isotopes from Bruce power
... there are other newer isotopes that they're using ...
that will be used for treatment of cancer the whole
held up in certain look like two little pans too
little metal things that ... are ... isotope
targets I guess you'd call them contained within those is
enough isotopes to cure a couple hundred people of cancer
phenomenal phenomenal and they're going to be able to continue
to pull those are they developed a new way for
his power to be able to extract the more often
most of these isotopes I'm gonna go on for an
hour most of these isotopes only have a about a
seven day shelf life for half life ... a lot
of them have to be flown to ... to ...
Germany where they're processed and sent back a note ...
some of them are sent directly to pharmacies and hospitals
and doctors all across Canada and around the world ...
Steve Kahn which is one of the companies one of
our six ... Bruce power suppliers that are in on
sound is ... putting together packaging for these things they
go quickly from the ... being pulled out of the
... nuclear plant processed by ... Concentrix shipped quickly to
a plan to be put onto a plane and ...
shipped around the world so you really fascinating and ...
I learned so much so it was a great experience
and ... kind of shared my experience and more in
detail my observations with ... Brant ... on Friday in
this office at down with him to give them some
of the details of my thoughts of what I thought
for economic development in on sounds that ...
is achievable might be achievable and probably isn't achievable as
we market from the small modular reactors and ... things
is is what is going on as we develop a
clean energy
... Earth Day it's great to see such a turnout
on Saturday I attended the field naturalists ... presentation of
hap Wilson on Sunday and that was a pretty ...
pretty impressive as well ... open Saturday morning ...
Deputy Mayor Larry councillor cap key ... councillor Dodd and
I went made everyone feel good ... bowling for a
big brothers and big sisters grapefruits gained two third wasn't
anybody that scored worse than we did so it was
... fun day to get over to and ... support
the community so I think that covers everything on my
list
yeah ... well have the CNA of the year Canadian
nuclear conference ... a few weeks ago the ... the
federal government released a ... green bond from framework ...
with parameters up how the federal government plans to invest
in clean energy technologies and believe it or not
the excluded nuclear energy from that
... through through the guides Mr Simmons we immediately wrote
a letter to the federal government which ... we got
rave reviews from people at ... at this conference certainly
Bruce power knew that we had written and several others
... I heard about it other merece Rick remembers that
were out there were thanking us and ... we're adopting
something similar to ... to descend and ... and Mr
Scully act are probably made a difference based on ...
while he's down there on the Tuesday ... ... prime
minister Trudeau announced that he wants more electric cars and
yes he wants a new clean energy ... to be
part of that and then there's lots of ... or
more funding for the nuclear industry in the federal budget
that ... they think probably changed after some of the
lot being that many of us did but it was
nice to be ... about letter appreciate it so now
I'm done
yep go ahead
thank you if I might indulge and ... I hope
I'm not jinxing things but wishing the attack ... good
luck in their first round of the playoffs ... some
say it might be jinxing
but they're one and one and we're looking forward to
them ... achieving that first round of playoffs
if you wanna talk on that for a little longer
Merion might have the score I guess we can quit
and finish and ... find of the score ...
so I guess the three number seventeen so next is
... the motion that the committee rise a of the
whole rise report
moved by myself that the committee of the whole rising
report
and all in favor and that is carried so we're
back into the formal session motion to adopt proceedings
moved by myself seconded by councilor Merton that the action
taken in committee of the whole and considering public meetings
deputations and presentations of a question period matters arising from
correspondence reports of city staff consent agenda committee minutes matters
postponed motions for which notice was previously given and additional
business be confirmed by this council
all in favor
so that is carried next number twenty notices of motion
do we have any notices
councillor Tamming go ahead
I just email this to the clerk and
I I'm tempted to talk about it but ... we're
not allowed to until two weeks from now so of
a refrain from expressing the deep emotions that I'm delivering
this motion with an all read the recitals
first
whereas in our sister county of Bruce the town of
Kincardine has just experienced an appalling instances of misogyny and
hatred expressed by one councillor to another
and whereas throughout Ontario in recent years there have been
repeated instances of such misogyny
and whereas the powers of the office of the integrity
commissioner do not include the ability to recommend expulsion of
councillors
I hereby give notice that are
or will cause to give notice that are at our
next full regular council meeting I will move that this
city council correspond with the minister of municipal affairs and
request that some men that such Ministry forth with study
the merits of allowing the impeachment of municipal councillors under
carefully prescribed circumstances which would include displays of hatred misogyny
and all forms of discrimination
thank you are there any other notices now for
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go ahead
I will second that notice of motion whole
for god new rules thank you very much for being
on top of that marriage
now we have a notice of motion in place now
we're down to ... bylaws I think it was anyone
else's any
okay go ahead
through your ship bylaws listed for approval on tonight's agenda
include the confirmatory bylaw antibiotics you an amendment and restatement
of license agreement with Roger Catherine and chase ME out
respecting the operation of the patent pilot here some park
moved by myself seconded by councilor Merton the bylaw numbers
twenty twenty two zero four two and twenty twenty two
zero four three be passed and enacted
and all in favor and that is carried so with
that that completes our business for tonight I'm surprised with
this early ... eight forty six is the time we're