General
Issues Committee Agenda for November 21, 2012
City of Hamilton
Wednesday, November
21, 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. CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
ADDED
DELEGATION REQUESTS
For Today’s Meeting
(i) Delegation
Request from Professor James S. Quinn, Biology Department, McMaster University,
to make a moral argument that links Line 9 to tar sands to sea level changes
and displacement of coastal people (Added Item 4.2)
- presentation
(ii) Delegation
Request from Richard Reble to provide information relevant to the Enbridge
Pipelines Issue (Added Item 4.3)
(iii) Delegation
Request from Matt Nash, on behalf of Environmental Defence, respecting Enbridge
Line 9 Pipeline (Added Item 4.4)
For
Future Meeting
(iv) Delegation
Request from Christine Gibson respecting the issue of accountability and
transparency (Added Item 4.5)
(v) Delegation
Request from Madeleine Levy respecting commemoration and recognition of Raoul
Wallenberg in the City of Hamilton (Added Item 4.6)
(vi) Delegation
Request from David Adames, President and CEO, Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, to
address the City’s 2013 Capital Budget at the December 11, 2012 General Issues
Committee Meeting (Added Item 4.7)
MOTIONS
(vii) Attachment
to Item 9.1 respecting Enbridge Pipelines Line 9 Flow Reversal Project
ADDED NOTICE OF MOTION
(viii) Proceedings
to Declare Surplus Property – 50 Main Street East, Hamilton (Added Item 10.1)
ADDED PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
(ix) Proposed Settlement of OMB Appeals of Development charges
By-laws 09-143/09-144/11-173/11-174/11-175 – 2054971 Ontario Inc., Paletta
International (2000) Inc. and Waterdown Bay Ltd. – OMB Case No’s. DC090025 and
DC110008 (LS12025) (City Wide) (Added Item 12.3)
CHANGES TO AGENDA -
NOVEMBER 21/27
MOTIONS
9.1 Enbridge
Pipelines Inc. Line 9A Flow Reversal Project (Revised)
2.
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
- APPROVAL
OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
3.1 October
31, 2012
3.2 November
7, 2012
4. DELEGATION REQUESTS
4.1 Request
from Craig Foye, Hamilton Community Legal Clinic, respecting Pro-Poor and
Community Economic Development Strategies
5. CONSENT ITEMS
5.1 Minutes
of the Arts Advisory Commission – September 25, 2012 (For Information Purposes
Only)
5.2 International
Village Business Improvement Area (B.I.A.) Revised Board of Management
(PED10254(c)) (Wards 2 and 3)
5.3 Performance
Measures for Innovation Factory (PED12023(a)) (City Wide)
5.4 Hamilton
Downtown Property Improvement Grant Program – 235 Main Street West – HDPIGP
12/08 (PED12212) (Ward 1)
5.5 Request
for Extension of Building Covenants from Minh Van Nguyen (Owner) of 912 Beach
Boulevard, Hamilton (PED12213) (Ward 5)
5.6 Declaration
of Surplus and Sale of Vacant Land at 537 Wellington Street North to Roona
Noorzad and to Terry Ann and Murray Ray wood (PED12219) (Ward 12)
5.7 Locke
Street Business Improvement Area (B.I.A.) Expansion of Boundaries (PED12221)
(Ward 1)
5.8 Ancaster
Business Improvement Area (B.I.A.) – Proposed Budget and Schedule of Payment
for 2013 (PED12222) (Ward 12)
5.9 Arts
Advisory Commission (AAC) 2013 Volunteer Committee Budget Submission (PED12217)
(City Wide)
5.10 Ministry
of Transportation (MTO) Decision re: Commercial Use of Two-Way Radios (PW12086)
(City Wide) (Outstanding Business List Item)
6. PUBLIC HEARINGS/DELEGATIONS
6.1 Ken
Hall, Enbridge Pipelines Inc., to provide additional information respecting the
Enbridge Line 9B Reversal and Line 9 Capacity Expansion Project
- presentation
6.2 Susan
McMaster, on behalf of Citizens Opposed to Paving the Escarpment and the Stop
Escaprment Highway Coalition respecting the Niagara to GTA Highway Issue
- presentation
- maps
7. PRESENTATIONS
7.1 Strategic
Plan 2012 Update and 2013 Corporate Business Plan (CM12017) (City Wide) (Deferred
from November 7, 2012 General Issues Committee Meeting)
- presentation
7.2 Arts
Advisory Commission Annual Report (No copy) - presentation
7.3 Waterfront
and Shoreline – Initiatives and Priorities Update (PED09200(b)/PW12087) (City
Wide)
7.4 Expansion
of Community Improvement Initiatives to Community Downtowns and Piers 5, 6, 7
and 8, and Expansion of the Downtown Hamilton Community Improvement Project
Area (PED11118(a)) (Wards 1, 2, 3, 9, 11, 12, 13 and 15)
7.5 Hamilton
Downtown Multi-Residential Property Investment Program – Increase of Line of
Credit (PED12220/FCS12090) (City Wide)
8. DISCUSSION ITEMS
8.1 2013
Tax Supported User Fees (FCS12080) (City Wide)
8.2 Committee
Against Racism’s Anti-Racism Final Report Recom-mendations (FCS12095) (City
Wide) (Outstanding Business List Item)
8.3 Cootes
to Escarpment Park System – Governance (PED08009(b)/ PW12082) (Wards 1, 13 and
15)
8.4 Relationship
between the Chambers of Commerce and the Hamilton Association of Business
Improvement Areas and Update on the Revised Terms of Reference for the Hamilton
Association of Business Improvement Areas (PED12224) (Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7,
9, 12, 13 and 15) (Outstanding Business List Item)
9. MOTIONS
9.1 Enbridge
Pipelines Inc. Line 9 Flow Reversal Project
10.
NOTICES OF MOTION
- GENERAL
INFORMATION/OTHER BUSINESS
11.1 Outstanding Business List Items
(a) That the revised due
date for the following item on the Outstanding Business List be approved:
Corporate Services
Item D: 2012 Ontario Municipal Partnership Fund Allocations
Due Date: November 21, 2012
Revised due Date: Q1 2013
Planning
Item A: Canadian Ballet
Youth Ensemble
Due Date: November 21, 2012
Revised Due Date: January 16, 2013
Item D: Removal of Fill
from Toxic Contaminated Site at Hamilton Airport
Due Date: November 21, 2012
Revised Due Date: April 17, 2013
Item F: Hamilton LEEDing the Way
Due Date: November 21, 2012
Revised Due Date: January 16, 2013
Item G: City of Hamilton Events Strategy
Due Date: November 21, 2012
Revised Due Date: December 5, 2012
Public Works
Item F: Rapid Transit
Maintenance and Storage Facility
Due Date: November 21, 2012
Revised Due Date: Q1 2013
(b) That the following item
be removed from the Outstanding Business List:
City Manager
Item F: Provincial
Action Plan for Health Care
Item I: MTO Decision
re: Commercial Use of Two-way Radios
Planning
Item C: HABIA Terms of
Reference and Strategic Plan
Item O: Terms of
Reference for School Board Properties Sub-Committee
2012 Budget Deliberations
Item D: Early
Retirement Packages
Item E: Additional
Budget Savings
(c) That the following item
from the General Issues Committee (City Manager) Outstanding Business be
transferred to the Audit, Finance & Administration Committee:
Corporate Services
Item C: Open Data
12. PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
12.1 Closed Session Minutes – November 7, 2012
12.2 Update on Legal Issues for
Airport Contamination – Verbal Update (No Copy)
13.
ADJOURNMENT