General
Issues Committee Agenda for April 11, 2011
City of Hamilton
Monday, April 11,
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
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1. CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
ADDED
DELEGATION REQUESTS
(a) Joe
Finkle on behalf of the McMaster Students Union, to present the findings of the
“Your City Survey” (Added as Item 4.3)
(b) Robin
McKee, on behalf of Historical Perceptions, respecting Auchmar (Added as Item
4.4)
(c) C.
Grant Head, respecting Auchmar (Added as Item 4.5)
ADDED
NOTICE OF MOTION
(i) AGCO
Liquor License Notification Process (Added as Item 10.1)
2.
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
- APPROVAL
OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
3.1 March
22, 2011
4. DELEGATION REQUESTS
Requests to speak at today’s meeting:
4.1 Request
from Irene Stayshyn, Chair of the Hamilton Community Prayer Breakfast
respecting this year’s event on Tuesday, May 3, 2011
4.2 Request
from Denise Brooks, Executive Director, Hamilton Urban Core Community Health
Centre, seeking support for their Capital Building Project
5. CONSENT ITEMS
5.1 International
Village Business Improvement Area (B.I.A.) Revised Board of Management
(PED10254(a)) (Wards 2 and 3)
5.2 Waterdown
Business Improvement Area (B.I.A.) Revised Board of Management (PED11013(b))
(Ward 15)
5.3 Hamilton
Downtown Property Improvement Grant Program – Waiving of the 50% Annualized
Vacancy Rate (PED11069) (Wards 1, 2 and 3)
5.4 Declaration
of Surplus Property and Sale of Land to Donna MacLeod and Roger Longden – 836
Beach Boulevard, Hamilton (PED11070) (Ward 5)
5.5 Dundas
Business Improvement Area (B.I.A.) Expansion of Boundaries (PED11072) (Ward 13)
6.
PUBLIC HEARINGS/DELEGATIONS
- STAFF
PRESENTATIONS
7.1 Stormwater
Management System and Wet Weather Control (No Copy)
7.2 Senior
Management Team (SMT) 2011 Work Plan (CM11005) (City Wide)
- DISCUSSION
ITEMS
8.1 Hamilton
Downtown/West Harbourfront Remediation Loan Pilot Program Expansion and
Continuance (PED09263(a)) (Wards 1, 2 and 3)
8.2(a) Water
and Wastewater Rate Structure Review (FCS11025(a)) (City Wide)
8.2(b) Water
and Wastewater Rate Structure Review (FCS11025) (City Wide)
(Tabled
at March 22, 2011 General Issues Committee meeting)
8.3 Tax
and Rate Operating Budget Variance Report to December 31, 2010 (Unaudited)
(FCS11032) (City Wide)
8.4 Capital
Projects Status and Closing Report as of December 31, 2010 (FCS10073(b)) (City
Wide)
8.5 Response
from Brad Calder, Director of Operations, HECFI, in response to requests from
the Advisory Committee for Persons with Disabilities
8.6 Governance
Review Sub-Committee Report 11-001 – March 8, 2011
8.7 Governance
Review Sub-Committee Report 11-002 – March 22, 2011
8.8 Facility
Naming Sub-Committee Report 11-001 – March 23, 2011
8.9 Non-Union
Compensation Sub-Committee Report 11-001 – April 4, 2011
9. MOTIONS
The following item was deferred from the March 22, 2011 General Issues Committee meeting)
9.1 Stormwater
Management Plan
10.
NOTICES OF MOTION
- GENERAL
INFORMATION/OTHER BUSINESS
11.1 Outstanding Business List
(a)
That the following items be removed
from the Outstanding Business List:
(i)
Moratorium on Nuclear Power Plants
(ii)
City’s Policies respecting
contracting with parties involved in litigation
(iii)
City-wide Peak Oil Study –
Employment Growth District
(iv)
Operational Oversight Committee
(v)
International Year for Culture of
Peace
(vi)
Multi-Stakeholder Fundraising
Strategy for Flood Victims
(vii)
Specific mandate, governance
structure, staffing and financial-legal funding model for a Hamilton Waterfront
Development Corporation
(viii)
Advisory Committee for Persons with
Disabilities Report 09-007
(ix)
Area Rating Citizens Forum
Membership Appoint-ments
(x)
Golden Horseshoe Innovation
Centre: Building an Entrepreneurial Community
(xi)
Conservation Authorities –
Legislation
(xii)
Wireless Cellular Services and
Device Agreements
(xiii)
Greening of municipal parking lots
(b)
That the following items be
included in the 2011 budget deliberations:
(i)
Theatre Aquarius request for
capital funding
12. PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
The following items were deferred from the March 22, 2011 meeting of the General Issues Committee:
12.1 Closed Session Minutes – February 14, 2011
12.2 Closed Session Minutes – February 24, 2011
12.3 Land Acquisition – Provincial
Properties bounded by Mary, Rebecca, Wilson and Catharine Streets
(PSB10-039(a)) (City Wide)
12.4 City Manager Performance Review
The following are Private and Confidential Items for
today’s agenda:
12.5 Recommendation from HECFI
Board respecting Citizen Appoint-ments (To be distributed)
12.6 Verbal Update – Personal
Matter respecting an Identifiable Individual – City Manager (No Copy)
12.7 Verbal Update respecting
Union Negotiations – Human Resources
(No Copy)
13.
ADJOURNMENT