The Corporation of the City of St. Catharines CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Special Meeting, Monday, December 12, 2016 Council Chambers, City Hall, 6:00 PM (Reconvening from December 5, 2016)
His Worship Mayor Walter Sendzik takes the Chair and opens the meeting |
1. | Presentations |
| 1.1 | Councillor Siscoe, Chair, City of St. Catharines Budget Standing Committee Re: Budget Standing Committee - Chair's Report
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2. | Public Meetings Pursuant to Planning Act (Commencing at 6:30 p.m.) There are none this evening. |
3. | Mayor's Report |
4. | Adoption of the Agendas |
5. | Declarations of Interest |
6. | Adoption of the Minutes (Council and General Committee) There are none to adopt. |
7. | Delegations |
8. | Call for Notices of Motion |
9. | Motions |
| 9.1 | 527 Carlton Street (Deferred by Council, December 5, 2016. Councillor Britton will present the following motion)
WHEREAS the Mayor held a community forum for older adults on Wednesday, November 30, and an expressed concern raised by the participants was the high cost of hydro in Ontario and the ability for seniors to remain in their homes in St. Catharines; and
WHEREAS, Niagara Regional Housing’s (NRH) Waiting List is presently upwards of 5000 households, representing over 10,000 people; and
WHEREAS, NRH’s 2013-2016 Strategic Plan is intended to demonstrate the organization’s commitment to the Plan’s vision and to Regional Council's focus on Niagara as a "healthy community, that supports a safe, healthy, diverse, culturally rich community where people of all ages and incomes enjoy a high quality of life."; and
WHEREAS, between 2011 and 2031 seniors 65 years and older will represent 60 per cent of the population growth in Niagara; and
WHEREAS, the target populations that the Province requires the final Regional Housing and Homelessness Action Plan to include for specific consideration within the community in order to ensure the plan is reflective of their unique housing needs includes the demographic of Niagara’s Seniors; and
WHEREAS, Niagara Regional Housing has stated in public literature that the “majority of the community” to be housed in the new building at 527 Carlton Street will be “those with the greatest wait for housing on the Centralized Waiting List – single, non-seniors.”;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that City Council request that NRH expand its consideration of those to be housed at 527 Carlton Street in order to include St. Catharines senior population; and
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk make the necessary notifications. FORTHWITH
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| 9.2 | Public Meeting - Dual Role Proposal (Councillor Siscoe will present the following motion) That Council direct the Office of the City Clerk to take the necessary steps to host a public meeting on the Dual Duty proposal, and
That this meeting be scheduled for December 19, 2016, starting at 5:00 p.m. until 6:30 p.m., and
That an invitation to all City and Regional Councillors be extended. FORTHWITH
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10. | Resolve into General Committee |
11. | Motion Arising from In-Camera Session |
12. | Motion to Ratify Forthwith Recommendations |
13. | By-laws |
| 13.1 | Reading of the By-laws
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14. | Agencies, Boards, Committee Reports There are none to adopt. |
15. | Adjournment |