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The Corporation of the City of St. Catharines

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

Regular, Monday, June 10, 2019 

Council Chambers, City Hall, 6:30 PM

 

His Worship Mayor Walter Sendzik takes the Chair and opens the meeting

 

 

 

1.

Mayor's Report

 

 

 

2.

Adoption of the Agendas

 

 

 

3.

Declarations of Interest

 

 

 

4.

Adoption of the Minutes (Council and General Committee)

Following Adoption of the Minutes, Council will consider General Committee Agenda Items 1 and 2 before proceeding with the remainder of the Council Agenda

 

 

 

4.1

Regular Meeting of Council, Minutes of May 27, 2019

 

 

 

 

4.2

General Committee, Minutes of May 27, 2019

 

 

 

 

4.3

Special Meeting of Council, Minutes of May 29, 2019

 

 

 

5.

Public Meetings Pursuant to Planning Act

 

 

 

6.

Delegations

 

 

 

6.1

Kathy Lerette, Senior Vice-President of Business Transformation, Alectra Utilities (representing Electricity Human Resources Canada)

Re. Leadership Accord on Gender Diversity

(see General Committee Agenda, June 10, 2019, Item 3.1)

 

 

 

 

6.2

Trish Gander, Immediate Past President, Legion Branch 138

Re. Royal Canadian Legion, 2 Chestnut Street, Request to Expand Liquor License Area

(see General Committee Agenda, June 10, 2019, Item 4.3)

 

 

 

7.

Presentations

 

 

 

7.1

Les McDonald, Chair, St. Catharines Public Library Board

Susan Tromanhauser, Vice-Chair, St. Catharines Public Library Board

Ken Su, Chief Executive Officer, St. Catharines Public Library

Re. St. Catharines Public Library Year in Review and Long-Term Plans

 

 


 

8.

Motions

 

 

 

8.1

Free Menstrual Products in City Facilities

At the meeting of May 27, 2019, Councillor Miller provided notice that he would present the following motion:

 

WHEREAS people who menstruate need adequate and appropriate access to menstrual products so that they can experience their full health potential, maintain dignity and participate fully in community; and

 

WHEREAS according to Plan Canada International study, one-third of Canadian women under the age of 25 struggled to afford menstrual products; and

 

WHEREAS the inability to afford menstrual products is a health equity issue; and

 

WHEREAS there is a need for low or no cost menstrual products; and

 

WHEREAS menstruating is a natural bodily function, and access to menstrual products is as necessary as access to toilet paper; and

 

WHEREAS universal access to menstrual products contributes to the normalization of menstruation and enhanced access in a dignified way; and

 

WHEREAS other Canadian cities, including London and Sarnia are already piloting and/or assessing the feasibility of menstrual product access programs; and

 

WHEREAS recreation centres and libraries service a large population, diverse in age and socioeconomic status; and

 

WHEREAS public-facing City of St. Catharines facilities can be accessed by all members of the community at no cost;

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of St. Catharines work towards providing free menstrual products (pads and tampons) in all public-facing municipally-run facilities in the following ways:

  1. That staff report back to Council outlining options and costs for a pilot project that would offer menstrual products in select recreation centres and library locations;
  2. That the evaluation of the pilot project also include qualitative data from people using the products;
  3. That the results of the pilot project inform the feasibility of expanding the provision of free menstrual products in all public-facing municipal buildings;
  4. That if passed, the Clerk's Office notify all school boards and municipalities in Ontario of the City of St. Catharines' initiative and encourage them to do the same.

 

 

 

 

8.2

Rodman Hall

At the meeting of May 27, 2019, Councillor Garcia provided notice of his intention to put a motion forward on the proposed Rodman Hall Task Force.

 

 

 

9.

Call for Notices of Motion

 

 

 

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 By-Laws

By-Law List

 

 

 

14.

Agencies, Boards, Committee Reports

 

 

 

14.1

Minutes to Receive:

         Heritage Advisory Committee, May 9, 2019

         Heritage Permit Advisory Committee, May 23, 2019 (Draft)

 

 

 

 

14.2

Appointment to St. Catharines Downtown Association Board of Management

That Council approve the appointment of Tracey Findlay and Coady Thomson to the St. Catharines Downtown Association Board of Management for the remainder of the present Board’s term.

 

 

 

15.

Adjournment