City of Hamilton
GENERAL ISSUES COMMITTEE
AGENDA

Meeting #:

25-009

Date:

Wednesday, July 09, 2025

Time:

9:30 A.m. - 4:30 P.m.

Location:

Council Chambers

Hamilton City Hall

71 Main Street West

​Angela McRae,      Legislative Coordinator [phone] ext. 5987

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1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

CEREMONIAL ACTIVITIES

3.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

(Added Items, if applicable, will be noted with *)

4.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

5.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

5.1

June 11, 2025

6.

DELEGATIONS

6.1

Delegations respecting Protecting Hamilton’s Farmland (Item 9.1), from the following individuals:

a.

Mike Schreiner, MPP, Ontario Green Party

b.

Bobbi Ann Brady, MPP, Haldimand-Norfolk

7.

ITEMS FOR INFORMATION

7.1

Open for Business Sub-Committee Minutes OBSC 25-002 - June 3, 2025

7.2

Climate Change Advisory Committee Minutes:

a.

Climate Change Advisory Committee Minutes CCAC 25-004 - April 29, 2025

b.

Climate Change Advisory Committee CCAC 25-005 - May 27, 2025

7.3

PW25045

Digital Tools to Enhance Public Safety (Outstanding Business List)

7.4

PED24163(c)

10-Year Downtown Revitalization Strategy Project Update and Interim Consultant's Report (Ward 2)

(This Item includes a Presentation.)

7.5

PED25163

Hamilton’s Biodiversity Action Plan 2025 Annual Update (City Wide)

(This Item includes a Presentation.) 

7.6

Accessibility Committee for Persons with Disabilities Minutes ACPD 25-006 - June 10, 2025

8.

ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION

8.1

Amendments to the Outstanding Business List:

a.

Items Considered Complete and Needing to be Removed:

Heat Response Strategy (BOH24010) (City Wide)
Added:  04/29/24 at Public Health Committee
Completed: 05/21/25 at GIC (Item 7.2)

a.

Items Requiring a New Due Date:

Public Access to Hamilton Piers (PW24061) (Ward 5) (Outstanding Business List Item)
OBL Item:  GIC-10/16/24-10.2(e)
Added: 10/16/24 at GIC
Original Due Date: 10/31/25
Proposed New Due Date:  01/31/26

8.2

PED25148

Art Gallery of Hamilton (City Wide)

Please refer to Item 11.2 for Confidential Appendix "C" to this Report.

(Deferred from the June 11, 2025 General Issues Committee meeting.)

a.

FCS25042

2024 Art Gallery of Hamilton Audited Financial Statements (City Wide)

b.

Correspondence respecting Report PED25148, Art Gallery of Hamilton (Item 8.3), from the following individuals:

a.

Evelyn Myrie, President, Afro Canadian Caribbean Association (A.C.C.A.)

(Deferred from the June 11, 2025 General Issues Committee meeting.)

b.

Dr. Sheila Harms, McMaster University

(Deferred from the June 11, 2025 General Issues Committee meeting.)

8.3

Business Improvement Area Sub-Committee Minutes BIAC 25-006 - June 17, 2025

8.4

Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board Liaison Committee Minutes PBCL 25-002 - June 26, 2025

8.5

Light Rail Transit Sub-Committee Minutes LRTC 25-003 - June 26, 2025

9.

MOTIONS

9.1

Protecting Hamilton’s Farmland

9.2

Renaming of the Cleanliness and Security in the Downtown Core Task Force

10.

NOTICES OF MOTION

11.

PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL 

11.1

Closed Session Minutes - June 11, 2025

Pursuant to Section 9.3, Sub-section (d) of the City's Procedural By-law 21-021, as amended, and Section 239(2), Sub-section (d) of the Ontario Municipal Act, 2001, as amended, as the subject matter pertains to labour relations or employee negotiations.

11.2

Confidential Appendix "C" to Report PED25148 - Art Gallery of Hamilton (City Wide)

Pursuant to Section 9.3, Sub-Section (i) of the City's Procedural By-law 21-021, as amended, and Section 239(2), Sub-section (i) of the Ontario Municipal Act, 2001, as amended, as the subject matter pertains to a trade secret or scientific, technical, commercial, financial or labour relations information, supplied in confidence to the City or local board, which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person, group of persons, or organization.

(Deferred from the June 11, 2025 General Issues Committee meeting.)

11.3

LS23027(d)

General Litigation Update (City Wide)

Pursuant to Section 9.3, Sub-sections (e), (f) and (k) of the City's Procedural By-law 21-021, as amended, and Section 239(2), Sub-sections (e), (f) and (k) of the Ontario Municipal Act, 2001, as amended, as the subject matter pertains to litigation or potential litigation, including matters before administrative tribunals, affecting the City or a local board; advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose; and a position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the municipality or local board.

(Deferred from the June 11, 2025 General Issues Committee meeting.)

11.4

PED25157

Hamilton Police Services Central Headquarters (City Wide)

Pursuant to Section 9.3, Sub-sections (c) and (k) of the City's Procedural By-law 21-021, as amended, and Section 239(2), Sub-sections (c) and (k) of the Ontario Municipal Act, 2001, as amended, as the subject matter pertains to a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land for city or a local board purpose; and a position, plan, procedure, criteria, or instruction to be applied to any negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the municipality or local board.

11.5

Labour Disruption Update Hamilton Ontario Water Employees (HOWEA) (To Be Distributed)

Pursuant to Section 9.3, Sub-section (d) of the City's Procedural By-law 21-021, as amended, and Section 239(2), Sub-section (d) of the Ontario Municipal Act, 2001, as amended, as the subject matter pertains to labour relations or employee negotiations.

12.

ADJOURNMENT