1.

CHANGES TO THE AGENDA (Added Items, if applicable, will be noted with **)

2.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

3.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

4.

CONSENT ITEMS

5.

PUBLIC HEARINGS / DELEGATIONS

5.1

Giuliana Casimirri, Hamilton Naturalists’ Club, respecting the 2016 Budget and the Importance of Undertaking an Urban Forestry Strategy

5.2

Lynda Lukasik, respecting the 2016 Budget

5.3

Shekar Chandrashekar, respecting the Hamilton Police Service Proposed 2016 Budget

5.4

Stephanie Vegh, Hamilton Arts Council, to speak in Support of the Proposed Increases  for the City Enrichment Fund  in the 2016 Budget

5.5

Robert Burgess, respecting the Hamilton Police Service Proposed 2016 Budget

5.6

Alan Whittle, Good Shepherd, regarding the Good Shepherd Notre Dame Community Resource Centre, in the Emergency & Community Services Department’s 2016 Budget

5.7

Johanna Bleeker, Cycle Hamilton, respecting the 2016 Budget and the Need to Devote More Funding to Cycling Infrastructure

5.8

**  Lindsay Godard, Transit Funding and Improvements

5.9

**  Richard Gelder, Transit and Area Rating

5.10

**  Patricia LeClair, Arts Advisory Commission, City Enrichment Fund, Arts and Culture Stream

5.11

**  Keanin Loomis, President, Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, Destination Marketing Fund Proposal with Tourism Hamilton

5.12

**  Jeanne Mayo, HSR’s Request for Funding of 11 New Buses

5.13

**  Don Jaffray, Social Planning and Research Council, 2016 Budget

5.14

**  Denise Arkell, Neighbour to Neighbour Centre, Public Health Services, Healthy Living Division’s Enhancement for Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention

5.15

**  Don McLean, 2016 Budget

5.16

** Marsha Duncan, Public Transit

5.17

**  Claire Lougheed, Dundas Valley School of Art, 2016 Budget Allocations

6.

DISCUSSION ITEMS

7.

MOTIONS

8.

NOTICES OF MOTION

9.

GENERAL INFORMATION / OTHER BUSINESS

9.1

Written Submissions respecting the 2016 Budget Process

(a

Anne Vallentin and Elizabeth Seidl, Crown Point Residents, respecting the Development of an Urban Forest Strategic Plan

(b

**  Correspondence from Dr. Myles Sergeant, President of Trees for Hamilton, respecting the Importance of Trees for Human Health

(c

**   Correspondence from John Boddy, respecting Parking Permit and Time Limit Exemption Fees

(d

Correspondence from Gord Baker, respecting the 2016 Budget

(e

Correspondence Deborah Welland, President of the Hamilton Branch for the Canadian Federation of University Women

10.

ADJOURNMENT