PHSSC

That Report COM 5-2026, dated March 10, 2026, respecting Welcoming Streets Initiative Pilot Program Evaluation, BE RECEIVED for information. A friendly amendment was accepted by the Committee Chair and the mover and seconder of the motion, so the motion reads as follows: That Report COM 5-2026, dated March 10, 2026, respecting Welcoming Streets Initiative Pilot Program Evaluation, BE RECEIVED for information; and That staff BE DIRECTED to provide a report to the next Public Health and Social Services Committee meeting identifying funding options to extend the program until the end of 2026. Public Health and Social Services Committee Open Session Minutes PHSSC 3-2026 March 10, 2026 Page 3

That Memorandum COM-C 12-2026, dated March 10, 2026, being Correspondence Submissions received respecting Welcoming Streets Initiative Pilot Program Evaluation, BE RECEIVED for information.

That Report COM 4-2026, dated March 10, 2026, respecting Homelessness Prevention Plan – Investment Plan 2026-27 BE RECEIVED and the following recommendation BE APPROVED: 1. That the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) mandated Homelessness Prevention Plan (HPP) Investment Plan for the 2026- 27 funding allotment BE APPROVED.

That Report COM 6-2026 dated March 10, 2026, respecting Investment Plan for Ontario Priorities Housing Initiative (OPHI) and Canada-Ontario Community Housing Initiative (COCHI) Funding, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendation BE APPROVED: 1. That the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) mandated Canada-Ontario Community Housing Initiative (COCHI) and Ontario Priorities Housing Initiative (OPHI) investment plan for the 2026-2027 planned allocation BE APPROVED.

That Report PHD 2-2026 dated March 10, 2026, respecting Environmental Health Division – Niagara Region Public Health – Addition of One Permanent Public Health Nurse Full-Time Equivalent, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendation BE APPROVED: 1. That the addition of one permanent Public Health Nurse (PHN) full- time equivalent (FTE) within the Environmental Health Division - Public Health, fully funded through Ministry of Health base funding, BE APPROVED.

That Confidential Report PHD 1-2026, respecting A Matter of Information Explicitly Supplied in Confidence to the Municipality or Local Board by Canada, a Province or Territory or a Crown Agency of Any of Them Under Section 239(2)(h) of the Municipal Act, 2001 - Niagara EMS Communication Dispatch, BE RECEIVED and the recommendation contained therein BE APPROVED.