Emergency
and Community Services Committee Agenda for March 19, 2012
City of Hamilton
Monday, March
19, 2012
1:30 p.m.
Council Chambers
City Hall
71 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario
Ida Bedioui, Legislative Co-ordinator
(905) 546-2424 ext. 4605
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1. CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
1. ADDED
DELEGATION REQUESTS
4.7 Sally
Palmer, Social Action Committee, Ontario Association of Social Workers,
Hamilton & District Branch, speaking to “Responses to the Social Assistance
Review Commission’s Report”. (Wishing to address Committee at this
meeting respecting Item 7.1) (Copy attached)
4.8 Elizabeth
McGuire, Campaign for Adequate Welfare and Disability Benefits, to present the
Campaign’s concerns regarding the Social Assistance Review. (Wishing to
address Committee at this meeting respecting Item 7.1) (Copy attached)
4.9 Yvonne
Maracle, Chair of the City of Hamilton Aboriginal Advisory Committee regarding
the Social Assistance Review. (Wishing to address Committee at this
meeting respecting Item 7.1)
4.10 Peter
Hutton of the Roundtable on Poverty Reduction to present a short video as a
supplement to the specific report of the Working Group on Social Assistance
Review. (Wishing to address Committee at this meeting respecting Item
7.1)
2. ADDED NOTICE OF MOTION
10.1 New
Public Art Installation on York Boulevard
(Copy attached)
2.
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
- APPROVAL
OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
3.1 February
13, 2012
4. DELEGATIONS REQUESTS
4.1 Stephanie
Vegh, Hamilton Arts Council, respecting the strategic direction of the Hamilton
Arts Council following the 2011 Organizational Review.
4.2 Rachel
Adema-Hannes, Mohawk College, requesting support for the “Pay It Forward Day”.
4.3 Laura
Cattari and Doctor Peter Graefe, Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction,
respecting the Roundtable’s response to the Ontario social assistance review
“approaches” paper and its implications for Hamilton’s 62,000 residents living
on Ontario Works or Ontario Disability Support Program. (Wishing to address
Committee at this meeting respecting Item 7.1)
4.4 Craig
Foye, staff lawyer, the Hamilton Community Legal Clinic, respecting the
critical work of the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance in Ontario
for the future of the Provincial social assistance policy.
(Wishing to address Committee at this meeting respecting Item 7.1)
4.5 Clare
Freeman & Cyndy Roberts, Interval House of Hamilton, respecting the City’s
social assistance report. (Wishing to address Committee at this
meeting respecting Item 7.1)
4.6 Susan
Muma, 25in5 Hamilton Network for Poverty Reduction/HOPE, respecting the
Discussion Paper 2: Approaches to Reform, prepared by the Social Assistance
Reforem Commissioners. (Wishing to address Committee at this
meeting respecting Item 7.1)
5. CONSENT ITEMS
5.1 Various Advisory Committee Meeting
Minutes:
(a)
Food
and Shelter Advisory Committee, January 12, 2012
(b)
Arts
Advisory Commission, January 24, 2012
(c) Tenant
Advisory Committee, December 14, 2011
5.2 2011
Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay and Celebration (PED12043) (City Wide)
5.3 Correspondence
from Central Huron regarding Use of Farm Buildings (HES12006/PED12050) (City
Wide)
5.4 Standardizationof
EMS Station Garage Ventilation System (HES12008) (CityWide)
6. PUBLIC HEARINGS/DELEGATIONS
6.1 Renee Wetselaar, Affordable Housing
Flagship, wishing to present their business plan regarding pocket housing and
affordable housing in Hamilton. (No copy) (Approved February 13, 2012)
7. STAFF PRESENTATIONS
7.1 City
of Hamilton's Submission to the Commission for the Review of Social Assistance
in Ontario (CS11081(a)) (City Wide)
8. DISCUSSION ITEMS
8.1 Feasibilityof
Using the Ottawa Somerset Gardens Affordable Housing Model in
Hamilton(CS11043(a)/PED11077(a)) (City Wide)
8.2 Summer
Music Concert Series in Gage Park (PED12045) (Ward 3)
8.3 Dedicated
Offload Nurses to Receive Ambulance Patients in Hospital Emergency Departments
(HES12005) (City Wide)
8.4 Hamilton
Emergency Services – One Paramedic Transport Ambulance (HES12007) (City Wide)
9.
MOTIONS
10.
NOTICES OF MOTION
- GENERAL
INFORMATION/OTHER BUSINESS
11.1 Outstanding Business List
(a) The following Items have
been completed - Remove from the Outstanding Business List:
Item N - Correspondence from the Municipality of Central Huron objecting to the Fire Marshal’s Office restricting the use of farm buildings
(Item 5.3 on this agenda).
Item R - Report back on feasibility and consideration of deploying
1 ambulance 12 hours a day, 7 days a week (Item 8.5 on this agenda)
12.
PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
13.
ADJOURNMENT