Council

That Tarryn Anderson, Victim Services Niagara, and Nicole Regehr, Gillian's Place, BE PERMITTED to appear before Council as individual delegates respecting Motion - Recommendations from the Renfrew County Inquest and Declaration of Intimate Partner Violence as an Epidemic (Agenda Item 13.1).

That the order of the agenda BE AMENDED to move the delegation respecting Additional Information Regarding Development Charges at 4389 Beechwood Road, Niagara Falls (Agenda Item 7.5) to be first under Delegations and to consider Report CSD 42-2023 (Minute Item 6.2, Minutes CSC 9-2023) immediately following the delegation on this matter.

That the order of the agenda BE AMENDED to move consideration of Correspondence Item CSC-C 18-2023 (Minute Item 5.3, Minutes CSC 9- 2023) to immediately following the delegations on this matter and to move the motion respecting Declaration of Intimate Partner Violence as an Epidemic (Agenda Item 13.1) to immediately following the delegations regarding this motion.

That Council Agenda CL 13-2023, BE ADOPTED, as amended.

That the motion BE AMENDED to add the following: That a discretionary grant to provide relief from Development Charges in the amount of $11,471.00, for the property located at 4389 Beechwood Road, in the City of Niagara Falls, BE APPROVED and BE FUNDED by the Tax Payer relief reserve.

That the ruling of the Regional Chair BE SUSTAINED, permitting questions of delegates after each individual delegation.

WHEREAS the jury that adjudicated the Carol Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk, and Nathalie Warmerdam Inquest (The Renfrew County Inquest) issued 86 recommendations to the Province of Ontario on Intimate Partner Violence; WHEREAS Recommendation #1 of the Inquest is for the Province of Ontario to declare Intimate Partner Violence an epidemic; WHEREAS every six days in Canada a woman is killed by her intimate partner; Regional Council Open Session Minutes CL 13-2023 September 21, 2023 Page 10 WHEREAS on any given night in Canada, more than 6,000 women and children sleep in shelters because it is not safe for them at home; WHEREAS this past year in Ontario, 52 women, or one every week, were victims of femicide; WHEREAS violence against Indigenous women (including but not restricted to intimate partner violence) is a national crisis, as evidenced by the findings of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, with Indigenous women (61%) experiencing some form of intimate partner violence in their lifetime compared with non-Indigenous women (44%); WHEREAS gender- and sexually-diverse Indigenous women are particularly at risk, being five times more likely than non-Indigenous gender- and sexually-diverse women to experience intimate partner violence in their lifetime; WHEREAS in Niagara Region in 2022, there were 5,160 Intimate Partner Violence calls for service made to Niagara Regional Police Services and 1,143 of those calls involved criminal investigations;

That Minutes CL 12-2023 being the Open Session minutes of the Regional Council meeting held on Thursday, August 17, 2023, BE ADOPTED.

That the following items BE RECEIVED for information: CL-C 59-2023 A memorandum from A.-M. Norio, Regional Clerk, dated September 21, 2023, respecting Lobbyist Registry Training Follow Up. CL-C 60-2023 Niagara Region Integrity Commissioner Annual Report – Operating Period August 17, 2022 to August 16, 2023. CL-C 61-2023 A memorandum from A.-M. Norio, Regional Clerk, dated September 21, 2023, respecting Appointment of Acting Deputy Regional Clerks.

That Correspondence Item CL-C 57-2023, dated September 21, 2023, respecting Niagara Transit Commission Request for Operating Budget Adjustment (Report NTC 10-2023), BE RECEIVED; and That Regional Council APPROVE the adjustment to the Niagara Transit Commission operating budget as outlined in Report NTC 10-2023.

That Correspondence Item CL-C 58-2023, dated September 21, 2023, respecting Standing Committee Appointment, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendation BE APPROVED: 1. That, effective immediately, Councillor Seaborn BE APPOINTED to the Public Health and Social Services Committee.

That Minutes PBLRC 5-2023 being the Open Session minutes of the Procedural By-law Review Committee meeting held on Monday, August 28, 2023, BE RECEIVED and the recommendations contained therein BE APPROVED. Regional Council Open Session Minutes CL 13-2023 September 21, 2023 Page 15 11.1.1 Minute Item 3.1 Respecting PBLRC-C 7-2023 Options for Consideration – Other Business/Announcements and Notice of Motion/Motions The motion contained in Minute Item 3.1 was considered separately as follows: That Memorandum PBLRC-C 7-2023, dated August 28, 2023, respecting Options for Consideration – Other Business/Announcements and Notice of Motion/Motions, BE RECEIVED; and That staff BE DIRECTED to provide options respecting the agenda item "Other Business" including definitions and provisions that could be applied at both Council and Committee.

That Minutes COTW 1-2023 being the Open Session minutes of the Committee of the Whole meeting held on Thursday, September 7, 2023, BE RECEIVED and the recommendations contained therein BE APPROVED.

That Minutes PWC 9-2023 being the Open and Closed Session minutes of the Public Works Committee meeting held on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, BE RECEIVED and the recommendations contained therein BE APPROVED.

That Minutes PHSSC 9-2023 being the Open Session minutes of the Public Health & Social Services Committee meeting held on Tuesday, September 21, 2023, BE RECEIVED and the recommendations contained therein BE APPROVED.

That Minutes CSC 9-2023 being the Open and Closed Session minutes of the Corporate Services Committee meeting held on Wednesday, September 12, 2023, BE RECEIVED and the recommendations contained therein BE APPROVED, save and except Minute Items 5.3 and 6.2.

That Minutes PEDC 9-2023 being the Open Session minutes of the Planning and Economic Development Committee meeting held on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, BE RECEIVED and the recommendations contained therein BE APPROVED.

That the motion respecting 2024 Mitigation Measures BE

That the rules of procedure, specifically Section 11.3 of the Procedural By- law, BE SUSPENDED to permit consideration of the motion respecting Auditor General’s Special Report on Changes to the Greenbelt to be introduced. Two-thirds majority not being achieved, the vote was declared,

That Regional Council RECONSIDER the approval of Closed Session Minutes CSC 9-2023. Two-thirds majority not being achieved, the motion was declared,

That Council DO NOW MOVE into closed session for the purposes of receiving information of a confidential nature respecting: A Matter respecting Personal Matters about Identifiable Individuals under s. 239(2) of the Municipal Act, 2001 - Recruitment of Commissioner of Public Works and Deputy Chief Administrative Officer

That Regional Council EXTEND this meeting's curfew to 11:00 p.m.

That Confidential Report CAO 12-2023, dated September 21, 2023, respecting A Matter respecting Personal Matters about Identifiable Individuals under s. 239(2) of the Municipal Act, 2001 - Recruitment of Commissioner of Public Works and Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, BE RECEIVED and the recommendations contained therein BE APPROVED.

That the following Bills BE NOW READ and DO PASS: Bill 2023-60 A by-law authorizing the borrowing upon amortizing debentures in the principal Regional Council Open Session Minutes CL 13-2023 September 21, 2023 Page 22 amount of $100,000.00 for a capital work of The Corporation of the Town of Lincoln. Bill 2023-61 A by-law to authorize the borrowing upon amortizing debentures in the principal amount of $1,833,342.36 for a capital work of The Corporation of the Town of Lincoln. Bill 2023-62 A by-law to authorize the borrowing upon amortizing debentures in the principal amount of $11,162,500.00 for a capital work of The Corporation of the Town of Lincoln. Bill 2023-63 A by-law to authorize the borrowing upon amortizing debentures in the principal amount of $3,181,100.00 for a capital work of The Corporation of the Town of Fort Erie. Bill 2023-64 A by-law to authorize the borrowing upon amortizing debentures in the principal amount of $820,000.00 for a capital work of The Corporation of the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake. Bill 2023-65 A by-law to authorize the borrowing upon amortizing debentures in the aggregate principal amount of $2,210,200.00 for capital works of The Corporation of the City of St. Catharines. Bill 2023-66 A by-law to authorize the borrowing upon serial debentures in the aggregate principal amount of $2,672,600.00 for capital works of The Corporation of the Township of West Lincoln. Bill 2023-67 A by-law to appoint an Integrity Commissioner for The Regional Munic