General
Issues Committee Agenda for September 12, 2011
City of Hamilton
Monday,
September 12, 2011
9:30
a.m.
Council
Chambers
City Hall
71 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario
Carolyn Biggs, Co-ordinator
Committee Services/Council/Budgets
(905) 546-2424 ext. 2604
Please note: All electronic devices to be
switched to a non-audible function during Council and Committee meetings.
- CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
GENERAL ISSUES COMMITTEE
CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
WITHDRAWN DELEGATIONS
(a) Alicla Ali, McMaster
Students’ Union, to present results of the “Your City Survey” (Item 6.1)
(b) Joey Coleman
respecting Open Data (Item 6.4)
(c) Richard Koroscil,
President and CEO, John C. Munro/Hamilton international Airport respecting 2010
Annual Report (Item 6.5)
ADDED PRIVATE AND
CONFIDENTIAL
(d) City of Hamilton and Johnson ats
Penady, Ontario Superior Court of Action No. 1234/11 (LS11011) (City Wide)
(Added as Item 12.4)
(Referred from September 7, 2011 Planning Committee Meeting)
2. DECLARATIONS OF
INTEREST
- APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS
MEETING
3.1 August
9 and 11, 2011
4.
DELEGATION REQUESTS
4.1 Delegation
Request from Kathy Drewitt on behalf of the Downtown Hamilton BIA respecting
Light Rail Transit (to coincide with staff presentation)
4.2 Delegation
Request from Stuart Trew, Trade Campaigner, Council of Canadians, respecting
the Canada-European Union Free Trade Negotiations as they will affect municipal
government
5.
CONSENT ITEMS
5.1 Environmental
Remediation and site Enhancement (ERASE) Redevelopment Grant Application
(ERG-11-03) – 1478500 Ontario Ltd., 51 Cootes Drive, Dundas (PED11156) (Ward
13)
6.
PUBLIC HEARINGS/DELEGATIONS
6.1 Alicia
Ali, McMaster Students’ Union, to present results of the “Your City Survey”
(Approved by the
Committee on April 11, 2011)
6.2 Don
Jaffray and Sara Mayo, Social Planning and Research Council, respecting major
findings from the new SPRC and United Way Report, “Hamilton’s Social landscape”
and the social trends investigated
(Approved by the
Committee on June 13, 2011)
- added
presentation
- added
presentation
6.3 Julia
Kollek, on behalf of the Hamilton Climate Change Working Group, respecting the
Hamilton Climate Change Charter
(Approved by the
Committee on August 9, 2011)
- added
presentation
6.3.1 Hamilton
Climate Change Action Charter (City Wide) (PED11150)
6.4 Joey
Coleman, on behalf of Open Hamilton, respecting Open Data
(Approved by the
Committee on August 9, 2011)
6.5 Richard Koroscil,
President and CEO, John C. Munro/Hamilton International Airport, to provide
2010 Annual Report (No Copy)
6.6 Trevor
Harris and Frank Harrison, U.S. Steel Canada to respond to issues requested by
Council
- added
presentation
7.
STAFF PRESENTATIONS
7.1 2012
Tax Budget Guidelines and Preliminary Outlook (FCS11074) (City Wide)
- added
presentation
8.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
8.1 Capital
Projects Status and Closing Report as of June 30, 2011 (FCS11073) (City Wide)
8.2 Provincial
Offences and Municipal Law Enforcement Workload Challenges
(PED11122(a)/LS11007(a)/FCS11049(a)) (City Wide) (Outstanding Business List
Item)
9.
MOTIONS
9.1 Open
Data Policy
9.2 Light
Rail Transit (LRT) and GO Transit
10.
NOTICES OF MOTION
10.1 Canada-European
Union Fee Trade Agreement - Impact on the City of Hamilton
11.
GENERAL INFORMATION/OTHER BUSINESS
11.1 Outstanding Business List
(a) Item
D: Residential Matters Affecting Condominium Corporations
Recommendation:
That this matter be removed from the General Issues Committee Outstanding
Business List and transferred to the Audit, Finance and Administration
Committee.
(b) Item
M: Audible Pedestrian Signals
Due Date: September 12, 2011
Revised
Due Date: November 14, 2011
12.
PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
12.1 Closed Session Minutes:
(a) August 9/11, 2011
12.2 Amalgamated Transit Union
Local 107 Collective Bargaining – Verbal Update
12.3 Airport Financing Consent
Requests (LS11008/PED11157) (City Wide)
13. ADJOURNMENT