General
Issues Committee Agenda for November 7, 2012
Minutes
Reports
City of Hamilton
Wednesday, November
7, 2012
9:30 a.m.
Council Chambers
City Hall
71 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario
Carolyn Biggs
Legislative Coordinator
(905) 546-2424 ext. 2604
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1. A. CEREMONIAL
ACTIVITIES
2012 Olympic Games – Athlete Recognition CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
DELEGATION
REQUESTS
For
Today’s Meeting
(i) Laura
Cattari, on behalf of the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction, respecting
Discretionary Benefits and Community Start Up and Maintenance Benefits (Added
Item 4.1)
(ii) Sandy
Leyland respecting the Ontario Disability Support Program (Added Item 4.2)
(iii) Erika
Morton, on behalf of Street Youth Planning Collaborative, respecting
street-involved and homeless youth relative to the cuts to the Community Start
Up and Maintenance Benefits (Added Item 4.3)
(iv) Renee
Wetselaar, on behalf of the Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton,
to outline the impacts of cuts to CSUMB and discretionary benefits within the
context of housing and homelessness in Hamilton (Added Item 4.6)
(v) Katherine
Kalinowski, on behalf of Women’s Housing Planning Collaborative, respecting
discretionary benefits and CSUMB (Added Item 4.7)
(vi) Medora
Uppal, on behalf of Woman Abuse Working Group, respecting consideration of a
moratorium on Community Start-Up and Maintenance Benefits and Discretionary
Benefits (Added Item 4.8)
For
Future Meetings
(vii) Ken
Hall, Enbridge Pipelines Inc., to provide additional information respecting the
Enbridge Line 9B Reversal and Line 9 Capacity Expansion Project (Added Item
4.4)
(viii) Susan
McMaster, on behalf of Citizens Opposed to Paving the Escarpment and the Stop
Escarpment Highway Coalition, to speak to the Niagara to GTA highway issue
(Added Item 4.5)
DELEGATION WITHDRAWN
(ix) Item 6.1 – Nic Schultz, Director of Outreach, Social and
Environmentally Responsible Aggregates/Aggregate Forum of Ontario (SERA/AFO)
ADDED DISCUSSION REPORTS
(x) Report
12-002 of the Gaming Facility Proposal Sub-Committee – November 1, 2012 (Added
Item 8.10)
(xi) Report
12-001 of the Web Redevelopment Sub-Committee – November 2, 2012 (Added Item
8.11)
(xii) 2013
Pressures related to Discretionary Benefits and Community Start Up and
Maintenance Benefit (CSUMB) (CS12020(c)) (Added Item 8.12(a))
(xiii) 2013
Proposed Discretionary Benefits Budget Options (CS12020(b)) (City Wide) (Added
Item 8.12(b))(Referred from Emergency & Community Services on November 1, 2012)
MOTIONS
(ixv) Item 9.1 respecting Enbridge Pipelines Line 9 Flow Reversal
Project – WITHDRAWN
(xv) Item
9.2 respecting Establishment of a Specialized By-law Enforce-ment Unit –
REVISED Motion
2.
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
- APPROVAL
OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
3.1 October
17, 2012
4.
DELEGATION REQUESTS
- CONSENT
ITEMS
5.1(a) Hamilton
Police Service Monthly Report PSB12-087
5.1(b) HamiltonPolice
Service Monthly Report PSB12-099
5.2 Minutes of Various Sub-Committees
(for information purposes only):
5.2.1 Advisory
Committee for Persons with Disabilities – August 21, 2012
5.2.2 Hamilton
Association of Business Improvement Areas – September 11, 2012
6. PUBLIC HEARINGS/DELEGATIONS
6.1 Nic Schulz, Director of Outreach,
Social and Environmentally Responsible Aggregates/Aggregate Forum of Ontario (SERA/AFO)
(No Copy)
6.2 John C. Munro/Hamilton
International Airport – Annual Report (No Copy)
6.3 Lou
Castellani, Municipal Relations Representative, Municipal Property Assessment
Corporation, Hamilton, Brantford, Brant, Haldimand & Norfolk – Overview of
MPAC
7.
STAFF PRESENTATIONS
- DISCUSSION
ITEMS
8.1 Strategic
Plan 2012 Update and 2013 Corporate Business Plan (CM12017) (City Wide)
8.2 Development
Charges – City Square Condominiums (former Thistle Club) (FCS12089) (City Wide)
(Outstanding Business List Item)
8.3 War
of 1812 Bicentennial Commemoration Program – 2012 Reallocation of Approved
Funds (PED12204) (City Wide)
8.4 City
of Hamilton Gage Park Concert Series (PED12203) (City Wide) (Outstanding
Business List Item)
8.5 Reallocation
of 2012 Downtown Block Funding (PED12206) (Wards 1, 2 and 3)
8.6 Report
12-005 of the Advisory Committee for Persons with Disabilities – October 9,
2012
8.7 Report
12-001 of the School Board Properties Sub-Committee – October 10, 2012
8.8 Report
12-004 of the Pan Am Stadium Precinct Sub-Committee – October 12, 2012
8.9 Report
12-002 of the Airport Implementation Task Force – October 30, 2012
9. MOTIONS
9.1 Enbridge
Pipelines Line 9 Flow Reversal Project
9.2 Establishment
of a Specialized By-law Enforcement Unit
10.
NOTICES OF MOTION
- GENERAL
INFORMATION/OTHER BUSINESS
11.1 Outstanding Business List Items
(a) That the revised due
dates for the following items on the Outstanding Business List be approved:
Planning
Item F: Hamilton LEEDing the
Way
Due Date: November 7, 2012
Revised Due Date: December 5, 2012
Item I: Financial Incentive Programs – Urban Renewal
Section
Due Date: November 7, 2012
Revised Due Date: November 21, 2012
(b) That the following items
be removed from the Outstanding Business List:
Corporate Services
Item I: City Square
Condominiums – New Horizon Development Group
Planning
Item H: Gage Park Summer Concert Series – EOI
12. PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
12.1 CUPE Local 1041 Collective Agreement
Status Update (No Copy)
12.2 Parkland
Acquisition, 154 and 156 Cannon Street East Adjacent to Beasley Park (PW12084) - (Ward 2)
12.3 Update on Legal Issues for Airport Contamination (LS12032)
(City Wide) (Outstanding Business List Item)
13.
ADJOURNMENT