Transcript - Council Approves Housing Funding Delegation - Special London City Council

Council Approves Housing Funding Delegation - Special London City Council - March 13, 2026

Okay, please be seated. Thank you. Uh, welcome to uh a special meeting of municipal council which means we'll deal with uh just the items on the agenda but it is a formal meeting of council. So let me start with the land acknowledgement. Uh we acknowledge we are gathered today on the traditional lands of the Anesnabak, Hneson, Lenipwok and Adawandron peoples. We honor respect the history, languages and cultures of the diverse indigenous people who call this territory home. We acknowledge all of the treaties that are specific to this area. The two row wampel treaty of the Hodneson Confederacy silver covenant chain. The beaver hunting grounds of the Hodnon nanfan treaty of 1701. McKe treaty of 1790. The London township treaty of 1796. The Hiron Track Treaty of 1827 with the Anesnavic and the Dish with one spoon covenant wampam of the Anesnavic and Honosi. Three indigenous nations that are neighbors to London are the Chipua of the Temp's First Nation, Onida Nation of the Temps and the Muny Delaware Nation, who all continue to live as sovereign nations each with individual languages, cultures, and customs. Uh, also the city of London is committed to making every effort to provide alternate formats and communication supports for meetings upon request. To make a request specific to this meeting, please contact council agenda atlondon.ca uh or 519-661-2489 extension2425. I'll start with disclosures of pecunary interest. Are there any from colleagues? Oh, sorry. Um, before we do that, uh, we do have a national anthem recorded. Uh, so I'm going to have everybody rise and we'll listen to the playing of the national anthem. Oh can it all man true love with glowing hearts we see the rise the truth strong and free from far and wide. Oh Canada, we stand on guard for thee. God keep our land. Glorious and free. Oh Canada, we stand on God for thee. Oh Canada, we stand on God for thee. Great. Thank you. Please be seated. Okay. And now I'll do the closures of punary interest. I didn't see any but just checking again seeing none. Uh it's a special meeting which means we don't normally do recognitions although it's completely out of order. I would let uh council ramen do one very brief recognition. Uh thank you and through you mayor Morgan. Uh I rise today to recognize uh deputy mayor Lewis's birthday was this week and this is the closest meeting to his birthday and so councelor Cuddy agreed to lead us in song. Happy birthday, Deputy Mayor Lewis. Happy birthday. Point of order. Yeah. Point of personal privilege. I think that's out of order. Uh it was completely out of order. That's a stain. Council Ramen should not have done that and I should not have allowed it. You can take it up with the municipal act. Um on to uh item number three. Review review of confidential matters to be considered in public. There are none. We have our council in close session item which is the main item before us. Uh this is information supplied in confidence to the municipality by the province of Ontario. Uh and uh uh an inc camera item specifically related to that matter. I'll look for a motion to move uh in camera. I see councelor Cuddy seconded by councelor McAllister. Uh I will open that in the system and I don't know if this is the right time but I I just would like to just state for the record that um I have objections to um without learning more I would have objections to going into close session on this. if I should ask my questions now or whether I should just um vote no on this motion. So, counselor, there's there's not really a statement that you can make about a matter that's in camera cuz it's an inc camera matter. But I I I will say these are your options. You can vote against it. Uh you can choose not to participate in the in camera session. Uh, I would just emphasize that both our legal staff, our clerk staff, uh, agree that this is a legitimate inc camera item. And so, uh, as mayor, I'm going to listen to their advice and allow it to proceed. Um, but you're certainly welcome to vote against it or not participate. That's of course you're right as a counselor based on your own opinion, but we're not going to we wouldn't give statements at this time about a matter that's in camera. Um, thank you very much. That's fine. Thank you. Appreciate it. Okay. All right. We're going to open the vote then. councelor Ferah. I vote yes. Closing the vote. Motion carries 11 to1. Okay, we'll just need a few minutes to uh Oh, no. We're going to go to committee room 5. Okay, we're going to go to committee room 5. So, we'll be back when we're done. Okay, please be seated. All right, that completes our inc camera session. Uh we have no signing of previous minutes. We have no communications or petitions. We have no motions to which notice is given. We do have a report from the special meeting of uh CPSC from earlier today. I'll have councelor Ramen present that report. Thank you. And through you, I will look to present uh the fifth special report of the community and protective services committee. Uh we met with all members present and I will put all items on the floor. Okay, those items are on the floor. I'll look for any discussion. Seeing none, we'll open that up for voting. Councelor Hopkins. Councelor Traso. I vote yes. Second call for Councelor Traso. Marking him absent. Closing the vote. Motion carries 110. Okay, that uh moves us to added reports. There is one added report based on our in camera session. I'll have councelor Ramen present that added report. Thank you. Um this is the fifth special report of council in close session. Your council in close session report reads information supplied in confidence to the municipality by the province of Ontario that clause one of the fifth special report of the council in close session read as follows. that on the recommendation of the deputy city manager, housing and community growth, the following actions be taken with respect to the contribution agreement under the Coochi OP transfer uh payment agreement. A the civic administration be directed to bring forward a bylaw for consideration at the municipal council meeting on March 13, 2026 to I delegate authority to deputy city manager housing and community growth or their written designate to approve and execute contribution agreements between the corporation city of London and recipients of funding under the Ontario transfer payment agreement between the corporation city of London and his majesty the king in right of Ontario as represented by the m minister of municipal affairs and housing for the provision of funding. under the Canada Ontario Community Housing Initiative and the Ontario priorities housing initiative for the 25-26 26 27 and 2728 fiscal years. I I delegate authority to the deputy city manager, housing and community growth or their written designate to approve amending agreements to the contribution agreements and I I delegate authority to the deputy city manager housing and community growth or the written authorities sorry designate to approve any required direct agreements between the city landlords and other lenders as applicable and b that civic administration be directed to undertake all administrative acts that are necessary in connection with this matter. All right. Presented by the chair. Any discussion on that? Seeing none, then we'll open that for voting. Councelor Hopkins. I vote yes. Closing the vote. Motion carries 11 to zero. Okay. Thank you, uh, Council Ramen. Uh, we have no deferred matters. There's no inquiries, uh, related to today's business. There's no emergent motions. We're on to bylaws. We have the confirming bylaw as well as the bylaw related to the uh, the item that Council Ramen uh, just mentioned. Uh, those will be uh, before us. Now, I'll look for someone who's willing to move and second all three of those readings. Uh, Deputy Mayor Lewis and Councelor Cuddy are willing to do that. And with that, we will open first reading of the bylaw. Closing the vote. Motion carries 11 to Z and second read the bylaw. Any discussion? Same mover and second. Seeing none, we'll open the second read. Closing the vote. Motion carries 11 to zero. Uh third final reading of this bylaw. Same mover and seconder. We'll open that for voting. Closing the vote. Motion carries 11 to zero. Okay, that completes bylaws which means we're on to adjournment. So I look for a motion to adjurnn from councelor McAllister, seconded by councelor Cuddy just by hand. All those in favor of adjournment? Any opposed? Motion carries. Okay, we're journed. Thank you very much.

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