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Corporate Services Committee
June 12, 2019
What was decided (12 motions)
11 carried, 1 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
That the order of the agenda BE AMENDED to move the consideration of Report CSD 33-2019, respecting Affordable Housing Developments (Agenda Item 5.2), and Report CSD 34-2019, respecting Partnership Housing Program (Agenda Item 5.3) to immediately following the presentation on these matters (Agenda Item 3.1).
Moved by Councillor Heit, seconded by Councillor Whalen
Carried
That Report CSD 33-2019, dated June 12, 2019, respecting Affordable Housing Developments, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendation BE APPROVED: 1. That staff BE DIRECTED to partner with the City of Niagara Falls to develop a public process to solicit competitive bids for a not-for-profit partner to provide an affordable housing development at 4500 Park Street in the City of Niagara Falls.
Moved by Councillor Whalen, seconded by Councillor Edgar
Carried
That Report CSD 34-2019, dated June 12, 2019, respecting Partnership Housing Program, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendations BE APPROVED: Corporate Services Committee Open Session Minutes CSC 06-2019 June 12, 2019 Page 3 1. That financing in the amount of $1,750,000 gross and net BE INITIATED from the approved 2018 capital budget for the Social Housing Alternative Service Delivery Capital Requirements project and that the project BE FUNDED as follows: • Reserves – Capital Levy - $175,000 • Development Charges – Social Housing - $1,575,000 2. That Council APPROVE the general terms and conditions of the Partnership Housing Program as outlined in Appendix 1 of Report CSD 34-2019 as a pilot project to encourage co-investment in the development of new purpose-built rental stock; and 3. That Council APPROVE the Negotiated RFP procurement strategy outlined in Appendix 2 of Report CSD 34-2019 for the Partnership Housing Program in accordance with Section 16 (c) of Procurement By-law No. 02-2016, as amended.
Moved by Councillor Fertich, seconded by Councillor Ip
Carried
That Report CSD 41-2019, dated June 12, 2019, respecting Budget Planning Policy Review, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendations BE APPROVED: Corporate Services Committee Open Session Minutes CSC 06-2019 June 12, 2019 Page 4 1. That staff BE DIRECTED to prepare a Budget Planning By-law to replace the Affordability Guidance Policy that incorporates the recommended practices identified in items 1 through 6 of the Alternatives Reviewed section of Report CSD 41-2019; and 2. That staff PROVIDE a draft Budget Planning By-law to the Corporate Services Committee for consideration before the end of 2019.
Moved by Councillor Redekop, seconded by Councillor Rigby
Carried
That Report CSD 39-2019, dated June 12, 2019, respecting Niagara Region Conservation and Demand Management Plan Update 2019-2023, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendations BE APPROVED: 1. That the 2019-2023 Conservation and Demand Management Plan BE APPROVED.
Moved by Councillor Heit, seconded by Councillor Rigby
Carried
That Report CSD 42-2019, dated June 12, 2019, respecting Citizen Appointments to the Accessibility Advisory Committee, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendation BE APPROVED: 1. That the recommendations contained in Confidential Appendix I to Report CSD 42-2019, BE APPROVED, confirming the citizen appointments for the remainder of this term of Council to the Accessibility Advisory Committee.
Moved by Councillor Campion, seconded by Councillor Ip
Carried
That Report CSD 46-2019, dated June 12, 2019, respecting Court Services – St. Catharines, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendation BE APPROVED: 1. That the consolidation of all Provincial Offences Court services in Niagara Region through the closure of the Provincial Offences Court Facility located at 71 King Street, St. Catharines upon the expiry of the existing lease (October 31, 2019), BE APPROVED.
Moved by Councillor Whalen, seconded by Councillor Easton
Carried
That Clause 1 of the motion BE AMENDED as follows: 1. That Staff BE DIRECTED to provide a report respecting a review of the Region’s existing methodology for Councillor and Chair remuneration, as confirmed by the analysis and review provided in the Niagara Region Independent External Governance Auditor Final Report, April 5, 2019 (Appendix A), BE APPROVED, with retroactive implementation to December 1, 2018
Moved by Councillor Redekop, seconded by Councillor Ip
Defeated
That Correspondence Item CSC-C 11-2019, being a memorandum from A.-M. Norio, Regional Clerk, dated June 12, 2019, respecting Recommendations for Consideration from the T. Roy Adams Humanitarian Award Committee meeting held April 29, 2019, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendation BE APPROVED: 1. That, based on the results of the 2019 evaluation matrix contained in Confidential Appendix 1 to Report TRAHAC-C 1-2019, the selected recipient of the T. Roy Adams Humanitarian of the Year Award for 2019 BE APPROVED.
Moved by Councillor Rigby, seconded by Councillor Campion
Carried
That Report CSD 38-2019, dated June 12, 2019, respecting Debt Information Report – 2019 Debenture Issuance, BE RECEIVED for information.
Moved by Councillor Edgar, seconded by Councillor Whalen
Carried
That Committee DO NOW MOVE into closed session for the purposes of receiving information of a confidential nature respecting: Confidential Verbal Update - A Matter of Advice that is Subject to Solicitor-Client Privilege & A Matter of Litigation or Potential Litigation – Litigation: Niagara Regional Police Services Headquarters.
Moved by Councillor Rigby, seconded by Councillor Ip
Carried
That the Confidential Verbal Update respecting A Matter of Advice that is Subject to Solicitor-Client Privilege & A Matter of Litigation or Potential Litigation – Litigation: Niagara Regional Police Services Headquarters, BE RECEIVED.
Moved by Councillor Easton, seconded by Councillor Fertich