Check one two. Testing audio. Check one two. Check one two. Good morning, councelor T. Can we check your audio, please? >> Good morning, Mike Chuck. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Good morning everyone. We're going to begin. As we begin today's meeting, we would like to acknowledge that we are gathering here today on the traditional territories of the Missosagas of the Credit, Hodnosi, and Wendat nations who have called this land home since time immemorial. We recognize the Missagas of the Credit as the original rights holders and the signitories of Treaty 19, the Agettton's purchase of 1818 and the agreements made therein that are foundational to our nation to nation relationship. As a city, we are committed to our ongoing role in reconciliation through meaningful action rooted in truth, justice, and respect. We are grateful to the original caretakers of this land who have ensured that we able to work, play, and live in Bmpton now and in the future. Good morning and welcome to our meeting of Bmpton's committee of council. I will ask the clerk to do the roll call. Thank you, Chair Forante. We have all members of council with us today in chambers with councelor Tur online and deputy mayor Singh joining shortly. >> Thank you very much madame clerk. Approval of the agenda. Does any member wish to add a business item to today's meeting? Councelor Keenan. >> Thank you through you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to add an inc camera item regarding golden age village of the elderly. Uh under exception under section 2392C of the municipal act 2001 proposed or pending acquisition or deposition of land by the municipality or local board. >> Thank you. Councelor Plesie. Thank you Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I'd like to add two items to the agenda. One, an in camera matter about an identifiable individual. I've spoken with the city city solicitor to get the thumbs up for that. Uh the other one is a motion uh that I'd like to present next week, but I wanted to at least have the discussion just on gas pricing and and how it relates to uh city business. >> Thank you very much councelor Plesley. Councelor T. >> Thank you uh through Mr. Chair. Just a request actually to vary the agenda order. There is one delegation uh that is a delegation for a staff presentation from economic development. Uh if I could have the staff presentation and then follow that with the delegation um at the appropriate time in the agenda. That's just my own request on that. >> Thank you very much. See no other speakers, I'd like to also add a discussion item in regards to the Santa Claus parade and also request that uh the clerk's office add to today's agenda correspondence received by all members of this committee from the Santa Claus parade. Thank you. So I'll ask the clerk to summarize the additions. with >> Madame Clerk. >> Thank you, Chair Versante. The following items have been added to the agenda. Discussion item 9.3.2 Santa Claus parade and correspondence for 12.4.1 from Scotching regarding the Santa Claus Parade. Um, Council Kenan has added 15.8 8 Golden Age Village for the elderly long-term care long-term lease for affordable housing. Councelor Plesi has added 15.9, a closed item about an identifiable individual. And councelor Tour has requested that the agenda order be varied to bring forward presentation 11.1.1 prior to the delegation um relating to that presentation. And we've um added a discussion item for councelor Plesi regarding GA prices um to give notice of a motion for our next agenda. And we have received information from the indis community services that they have withdrawn their delegation item 15.7. >> Thank you very much. And if members of committee will also indulge, we will be varying the order of the delegations later on for Kathleen McDermad and Mike Argos to the last position on the delegation list. So I have a motion moved by councelor Keenan to approve the agenda as amended. All in favor? That carries. Does any member uh have a declaration of pecuniary interest under the municipal conflict of interest act for any matter to be considered on today's agenda? Seeing none, I will ask the clerk to note for the meeting minutes. Committee. As part of our consent motion process, I will read each agenda item that is subject to the consent motion, and any member may verbally identify the item to be held for debate during the meeting. Any item not held for debate will be considered as part of the consent motion and voted on for approval. I'll start by reading the relevant agenda items and members can identify any items to be held for debate. Item 7.1, staff update on government relation matters. I would like to have that held. Item 8.2.1, staff report, budget amendment, developer reimbursement for the construction of Khurst Avenue plan 43M2164, ward 6. That is in consent. Item 6 8.2.2 two staff report budget amendment developer reimbursement for the construction of the pedestrian trail and bridge plan 43M2143 in war dates that is in consent item 8.2.3 staff report budget amendment and request to begin procurement for Bmpton city hall elevators replacement ward one >> held by councelor plesi [snorts] item 8.2.4 Four staff report request to begin procurement office furniture supply delivery and installation. That is in consent. Item 8.2.5 staff report request to begin procurement and budget amendment for Howen Recreation Center and Library held by councelor Keenan. Item 8.2.6 staff report special event road closures. Canada celebrates the FIFA World Cup 2026 community activation in WS 1 and three. That is in consent. Item 8.2.7, staff report, amendments to the site alteration bylaw. That is in consent. Item 8.3.1, the minutes of the environment advisory committee for June 2nd, 2026. In consent. Item 8.3.2, the minutes of the Bmpton School Traffic Safety Council for June 11, 2026. In consent. Item 9.2.1, 2.1 a staff report request request to begin procurement the Rose Theater stage upgrade ward 1 that is in consent item 10.2.1 staff report proposed amendments to business licensing and administrative penalties bylaw in consent. Item 10.2.2 2 staff staff report for the residential rental licensing program interim update held by councelor Santos item 10.3.1 the minutes of the accessibility advisory committee for May 26 2026 that is in consent item 11.1.1 the staff presentation for the BMPon next results will be held for delegations item 12.2.1 2.1, a staff report recognizing and commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Legion. In consent, item 12.2.2 staff report development charges financial administration updates. In consent, item 12.2.3, staff report, annual asset management plan progress report for June 2026. That is in consent. Item 12.2.4, Four agreements executed by administrative authority for January 1 to March 31st, 2026. In consent, item 12.2.5 staff report regarding enact the new procurement bylaw. In consent, item 13.1, our referred matters list. That is in consent. And then for in camera we have 15.1 project update Chris Gibson recreation center addition and renovation ward one that is in consent >> opened >> held by councelor tour. Item 15.2 Gore Meadows and Rosley tennis facilities leases administrative update wards 1 and 10. That is in consent. Item 15.3 project update center for innovation heritage theater and city lands wards one and three in consent please >> held by councelor tour. Thank you. >> Item 15.4 Bmpton transit update in consent. Item 15.5 agreement of purchase and sale for a countryside widening project in ward 10 in consent. And 15.6 6 project update and funding request ward 4 >> hold >> held by councelor Keenan and we've withdrawn 15.7 and we've added golden age village for the elderly long-term lease for affordable housing >> I will which is 158 yes thank you >> and 15.9 will be dealt with Identifiable individual. >> It's a matter added by councelor Plesi regarding an identifiable individual. I'll ask the clerk to summarize the items to be included in the consent motion. >> You chair Vante. The following items will be included on the consent motion. 8.2.1 staff report budget amendment developer reimbursement for the construction of Khurst Avenue. 8.2.2 2 staff report budget amendment developer reimbursement for the construction of pedestrian trail and bridge 8.2.4 staff report request to begin procurement office furniture supply delivery and installation 8.2.6 staff report special event road closures 8.2.7 staff report amendments to sideleration bylaw 8.3.1 minutes environmental advisory committee 8.3.2 2 minutes BMPon Tra school traffic safety council 9.2.1 staff report requests to begin procurement the Rose Theater stage upgrade 10.2.1 staff report proposed amendments to business licensing and administrative penalties bylaw 10.3.1 Minutes of the Accessibility Advisory Committee 12.2.1 2.1 staff report recognizing and commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Legion. 12.2.2 staff report development charges financial administration updates. 12.2.3 staff report annual asset management plan progress report 12.2.4 staff report agreements executed by administrative authority. 12.2.5 staff report enact the new procurement bylaw. 13.1 referred matters list. and enclosed 15.2 Gore Meadows and Rosalie tennis facilities leases 15.4 Bmpton transit update and 15.5 agreement of purchase and sale for countryside widening project. >> Thank you very much madam clerk. I believe the city solicitor had something to add. >> Uh actually through Mr. chair I what we I just wanted to add that identifiable individuals 239 sub 2 subb normally I'm uh asked as to what section it's falling under so >> thank you very much for adding that I see councelor bar on the board >> thank you Mr. Chair three Mr. Chair just want to hold 15.4 >> 15.4 for the Bmpton transit update now held by councelor Bar. So noted by the clerk. I see no other addition. So I ask for a motion moved by councelor tour to approve our consent motion. All in favor? Any opposed? And that carries. Next members of committee will move on to announcements. And we have one announcement today regarding parkscapes 2026 roots in the park. This is sponsored by regional counselor tour. Michael Vickers, our executive director of the Bmpton Arts Organization, will be making the announcement. Michael. We'll ask Michael to come down and and thank you for the greenery, Michael. >> You're very welcome. Thank you very much. If I may, I'm going to pass the mic to our head of programming, Katie Belshaw. >> Thank you, Katie. And I have the artists with me behind me as well for today. Okay. Good morning, mayor and members of council. My name is Katie Belshaw, head of programming with the Bmpton Arts Organization. Thank you for the opportunity to celebrate the launch of Parkscapes 2026, a summer-long initiative that will bring free arts programming into Bmpton Parks, some of the best in the country across July and August. Parkscapes is about something simple but powerful. Helping residents feel connected to their neighborhoods and to nature through arts, culture, and shared public spaces. Our theme for the year, Roots in the Park, explores movement, migration, pathways, and how communities come together through shared experiences. Across four parks, local Bmpton artists, these folks behind me, and collectives will lead the public in free weekly handon hands-on programming from sunprinting workshops and nature journaling to dance movement and improv sessions for seniors. Next slide, please. In addition to our city support, we have secured support from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, and the Government of Canada's New Horizons for Seniors program. each helping us deliver accessible programming to residents while also providing paid professional opportunities and skill development for local artists. Our featured artists this year include Aditi Ganiv Sanguan, we have Anaki Sinha, we have Manoya Mcindrathan here we are and we have La Button and I have Sahil here representing Lal Button for us today along with Sunny who's working um with La Button as well. So, uh, this exceptional group of local Bmpton creatives are delivering world-class art experience into Bmpton Parks for free. At the end of the summer, we will wrap up the season with a community celebration at Jacuzzi Park on August 27th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. And we would love to have you join us. Next slide, please. Bmpton Parkscapes program trains and supports local artists, activates parks, improves residents health and well-being, strengthens neighborhood pride, creates safer and more connected public spaces, and gives meaningful engagement opportunities for the public. Residents tell us that these programs introduce them to new art and helps them feel seen, connected, and proud of where they live. As we look ahead, we are excited to explore how this program can continue for years to come and how it can be integrated into collaboration with parks department and other city teams into 2028. Thank you very much and see you in our parks this summer. >> Thank you very much for that presentation. Stay there. Don't go anywhere. We have speakers. Councelor Maderos. >> Thank you through you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for uh the delegation. This is such a great program. I really love the fact that you're really uh um activating, I guess, public spaces and bringing art uh to the community. I guess my simple question would be um is how can we help you get the message out? I think you do share it with our offices. So, we'll sort of do that. You know, councelor Keane and myself uh um especially with some of the events at ours, we would love to support it in any way. So maybe um if uh we can sort of meet with uh with BA and see how we can sort of coordinate to ensure we can get the community at least the awareness that this is happening and for them to understand how they can participate. Um I really love the seniors focus as well. Our parks I think in Bmpton uh we use our public spaces and our parks uh probably more than any other community I've witnessed and they use it in different ways and um it's fantastic to introduce the the art aspect. So, I'm really excited about it and councelor K and myself uh really would love to sort of meet offline and see how we can help communicate and promote it to our residents. So, thank you so much. >> Wonderful. Thank you. Yes, we can certainly do that. >> Thank you. Next, I have councelor Santos. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Always excited to see more arts and arts programming throughout the city of Bmpton. Um many many many years ago before BAO was formed it was AEDA and as one of the founders uh founding board members of the organizations in our strategic planning session we talked about integrating arts into every aspect of infrastructure in the city of Bmpton. And in fact during that time I also said a challenge to the commissioners. How do we take capital projects and integrate arts into our buildings into our public works and now we have the streets for streams program and various other aspects of arts being integrated but this particular thing is exciting and just a quick question so is this the first time we're doing this the parkscapes roots in the park >> we did a small pilot last year and the DT was a part of that this year I think we've tripled the offerings we have four artists last year we had two so the program is growing and we'd love to see it continue as well. >> So, it was a success last time and now it's expanding even more. And what I love about this is it's not just about murals. It's about other art forms and integrating art in other different forms into our parks and engaging the community to better understand how incredible our city is, particularly our green spaces. So, congratulations. And I echo councelor Maderos's sentiment and I I would love to I always love to promote and support um the different initiatives from Bow and Arts in the city of Bmpton. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much councelor Santos, Councelor Bar. >> Thank you. Thank you through you, Mr. Chair. I just want to say thank you so much. Um I could recognize a lot of artists here have been working with especially with councelor Plesi and I with our town halls whether it's um we had little workshops but it's great to see that coming into our parks. My question is how can residents sign up? How can they come get involved? Um I do see a lot of the parks um there's one two three four five sessions but how can residents be involved? I think that's the biggest thing um for residents to be proud to be part of their parks. Yes, we've just launched our registration today. So, everything is available through Eventbrite and we'll send a note out to all of your teams as well with registration. We have flyers that are just being printed this week, too. So, those can all go out and will be distributed. We're working with the cultural services team and experience Bmpton to have flyers out at the farmers market each week. Um, and each of these artists are doing some of their own engagement and push as well to local organizations. So, we'll make sure you get the information and folks can sign up. >> Excellent. Great work. Thank you very much, councelor Bar. So I have a motion moved by councelor Maderos to receive the announcement. Is that needed madam clerk? Not needed but acceptable. Thank you. All in favor? That carries. So we'll now move on. Thank you so much. And we'll now move on to our delegations. And we do have a number of delegations today. First, we have possible delegations regarding notice of intention to amend the business licensing and administrative penalties bylaw in item 10.2.1. Madame clerk, do we have any delegations? >> Dear chair, we have no registered delegations for that item. >> Thank you very much. And seeing none from the gallery, we'll move on to delegation from Pashant Panda, Bmpton resident, regarding the Embleton Community Center development charges and allocation. Is Pashant here? >> He may be. Yes, there he is. Thank you for being here pashant to speak about the tremendous Embleton Community Center that residents are anticipating. >> Welcome. >> Good morning chair and the member of council. Thank you for giving me the opportunity here. I did the um uh delegation last month also and from that meeting we got some more questions. That's right. I'm here to ask for those questions. add the full presentation but I think only this uh slide has been presented right now. I can go directly to the questions or I can go through the slides however you want. >> Sure. So we have been fighting for Embleton Community Center from 2018 onwards and based on that uh number of times we have met the council and mayor too for that purpose. uh it was supposed to start we had the groundbreaking ceremony in uh December on December 9th 2025 and this is 6 months now nothing happened and when I did the last delegation uh there was a delay because of some permissions from or agreement to be taken from the BC saga of credit indigenous people and uh because of the fund federal funding. My question is um as I as you see on this uh screen this project was started in 2013 and I have seen 16.2 million was pro uh allocated for this project um in 2013 and 14 and then after that there was no activity until 2022. There were number of times amounts were put in the budget allocations were done but nothing happened. What I noticed is uh there was budget allocations also all these years. I have a slide actually if somebody wants to put that slide. >> This is the only two three. This is the slide we have. Okay. So, um Okay. So, um based on the allocations I was expecting it should have started long back. It never started. So my question is uh the the construction took almost 13 years no activity. So whose responsibility is it for the cost increase of this project 2013 2026 still not done. And the second question is uh there was a you know when I got the DC charges as part of the FOI freedom of interest request. Uh I noticed the number [clears throat] project number got changed. So I thought that may be the confusion part why the project number two had changed. Maybe the amount which was allocated in 2013 is no more reflected in the new project because it's a new number. Uh third question, I'm seeing the surplus in the de um in in the DC charges u for recreation services. uh last year it was 179 previous year 187 and you know almost almost uh every time it is more than 100 million but uh we haven't seen any activity happening on the ground what was the reason for that we have been asking for expedition I don't think fund is a problem and as I said during May delegation I was informed that project was delayed due to approval requirements uh that is specific for u federal funding we already have fund from the city treasure why don't we start right now and then wait for that approval from the NGS people later on as as it happens we can always integrate that money into the project and we understand from mayor that there was no funding happened for this project from the development charges but when I did the FYI I see num numbers against this project so what is correct is the FYI correct or mayor correct I wanted to understand that problem thank you for me >> thank you very much I have speakers. Mayor Brown. >> Yeah. Welcome back to uh city hall. I know we've had a few meetings um um about this, but just to let you know, when I got elected mayor, there was no plans, no funding, no resources for this. If it wasn't for councelor BR, counselor plesi funding for this, uh there'd be no rec center. And now we have the largest investment in city history and recreation happening because of their ex tremendous leadership. Um there's stuff on this screen that's simply um wrong. And I think just since you're here in public, it's good to always um correct the record. I see we have our community I'm not sure who could speak to this whether it would be um community services um or public works um >> corporate >> or corporate services um on on uh development charges that are collected um and um how the process uh flows. I know we answered those questions before under a previous delegation. Um but what staff member wants to uh explain the the process >> I see Bill just a correction there. We've been waiting for the accounts department uh to get back to us for the last month but nobody has yet. Uh that the delegation last month was by Pashan. >> Oh there's Mark. There's Mark Mundon. That's the person I was looking for. >> Thank you mayor. We'll ask staff to address the questions. Thank you. >> So Mark, first question. We went to um uh a meeting in the a park a while ago and they there was residents under the impression that development charges were already fully collected for this um and we should have that money sitting in a reserve account. We know that's not the case. If you could explain that to the residents. >> Yeah. So thanks thanks mayor and through the chairs the council. Um so we uh report on our DC reserves on a quarterly basis and I had a chance to see the presentation you had and you had the uh the revenue the spend and then what the balance the missing piece there was the commitments. So yes we do have a balance as of we we presented our latest report on June 3rd the Q1 2026 report and we had uh in the recreation reserveund uh5 million I believe but there was also $180 million of commitments beyond that. So the reserve is negative by $180 million. So the city of Bmpton is building in advance of receiving the revenue to the tune of $180. So we have not collected the funds yet. We're building in advance assuming that the the DCs will come in in the future. So it is incorrect to say that we have collected or we have all the money. We don't. We're building in advance of receiving the funding. And just to let you know in the case of Embleton because the province changed the rules on on development charges and before it used to be we we get them um at building permit and now it's not till occupancy and so this change means that to make this project happen council had to take the unusual step of borrowing money to make this happen. So, we've borrowed money to put a priority on this. Um, which is unusual. Um, but we did it to get this project moving. Um, but any suggestion that this was approved and funded in the past is factually incorrect. >> Do you have any additional questions or Yeah. Yeah. >> So, um, based on the presentation I have given the slides and all it shows up like it doesn't tell me the uh amount already allocated under the reserve fund. It only shows me opening balance collected in this year and what is the closing balance. I got the information for 15 years from 2010 and that's why I found out >> those are that's not for Embleton. >> Um and for Embleton we've had to borrow. >> Yeah. But in 2013 there is a entry of Embleton Community Center in the uh reserve fund specifically collected money for I mean spent for Emblem Community Center. >> So Mark you want to explain that please Mark >> the planning grant. Yeah. Uh so uh through the chair um in 2013 there was a project set up to purchase land. So land typically h uh begins many years in advance of the project. So in 2013 we initiated a project to purchase the land that was done in 2015. Once the land is pro is purchased the project is closed that project. So the new project number is the design and then the construction which started in 2022. >> Yeah. And so the purchase of land is separate than the actual funds you need to build what is the the you know the greatest recreation investment in a facility in the city. >> Thank you Mayor Brown. Any further? No councelor Plush. >> Um thank you um Mr. Chair and thank you very much for your delegations. Um we have been working on this for for quite a long time. Um I like you was under the impression that uh that monies were allocated. Um and I've asked the question previously so I am a little bit confused as you are here today. Um I certainly knew that uh the land purchase um back uh back uh in 200 I thought it was 14 but uh Mark corrected us it's 15. Um I always connect those two together though. So, like if I'm um you know about to build a house, then I take my land cost and then my house and and so I I would consider that to be um the same thing here at the city. Obviously, we don't uh we it's separated a little bit. So, I can see where the confusion is. From my understanding, you've uh you've put in a FOI request. um you have some information on that request um that you wanted to uh present here today. Um but we have a little bit of an issue with that because it went through freedom of information. My question through you, Mr. Chair, to staff is if somebody from the press grabs an FOI and don't they publicize that >> information? So then why can't somebody come before us and and publicize it? Is it the fact that there you know see if you can answer that question to your chair to councelor Plesi? Uh we could publish the information and share it on screen if it was the corporate records that were given through the FOI process but it's not the corporate records. It's um um information or charts created from bits and pieces of the records that were given. >> Okay. >> So, it's >> Are you saying that the delegation's presentation has inaccuracies? >> No, we can share it as long as it's not presented as corporate records. >> Is that would you like to see? >> No, I don't understand. it's it's presented and included given the impression that it's a corporate record received through an FOI. There's good information in it. I think the numbers came from FOI information. >> Okay. >> But they these are not the corporate records. >> Okay. So maybe what we could do then in um I know that it's not the clerk's responsibility to do this but for this um instance maybe we can have a look at what that pres presentation is separate what is the corporate uh corporate side of things and and maybe rejig it so that when it comes to council next week we can actually have the full picture of of what is accurate >> and and that's what we can do uh Mr. Pashant, we can work with you to create the presentation that removes that impression that it's a corporate record and and is clear that it's your information. >> Sure. Thank you. >> With corporate numbers. >> Yeah. When I did the FYI, I thought it's a corporate information. I didn't thought it is bits and pieces. I requested a proper information like you know revenue collected, how much is spent against each project and how much is the balance. This was my query question and then based on that what I got I thought it's a corporate information. I did not see the difference between >> and thank you pashan and I think I have the some of this uh same questions um and you know going back I need to go back now and see cuz I've asked the questions and I think my responses that I've received in my head are a little bit different so I need to make sure that I'm I'm accurate I'm correct in in asking the questions that I already know the answers to. Um sorry final thing for gentleman you know because he said there was already allocated money against the each item in the DC. I wanted to ask we have allocated funds in the budget every year starting 20 2018 2018 was 4 million 2020 n 2019 it was uh hundreds of millions and then all the years if you see my presentation there is a slide for >> you know where allocated from from where to where >> so my understanding is that amount it shows in the DC um uh FOI requested for or in the budget budget documents on the city website it says it's allocated from DC. I I have sent the link also in that presentation. >> Okay. We'll ask Mark to come back up and and provide an explanation. >> Yeah. Uh thank you for the question. So we have full records of all of the budget approvals and and we can share that with you. Unfortunately, we've been trying to connect, but we had the wrong email address. So we're happy to meet and go through and show like all there's nothing like we have all of the records of what we've approved for Embleton when it was approved. So we're happy to share all that and when the each approval has the funding source clearly indicated is largely I believe 95% funded by uh development charges. So in all of those instances when we're approving those budgets whatever year it's happening we're allocating development charges that we don't have that we're going to get in the future um to pay for that project. >> Okay. So I'm glad that I see that there's been a conversation. Um, it's funny how often I hear that uh there's an inaccurate uh email address, but maybe if we can send your information to our office and we'll get it to finance uh office and then they'll send it and that way there's no >> No, I I yesterday evening and I have their email. So, >> thank you. Yesterday evening somebody reached out to me. So, I'm in contact with them. Help me out with connecting. >> Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Council Plesie. Mayor Brown, >> I just I forgot to mention if you see the last point there um about the indigenous consultation um that's a requirement for the federal funding. Um and I believe that meeting just happen. I'm looking over to Commissioner Boyce or um to Peter. Did that meeting actually happen under the >> through the chair of the mayor uh staff have met uh with the indigenous community this week? that uh consultation process has has commenced and uh we're looking forward to starting construction once that once that process is completed. >> Okay. So, is it fair to say now that that process is essentially complete, [snorts] we'll be looking at construction in the summer? >> Through the chair to uh to the mayor, um that's correct. We anticipate construction starting um u by August or September at the latest. uh the sooner uh we can start we will uh once that once that process is completed. >> Okay. I also want to thank Jenny because um you know we we mentioned that with the provincial change there's we don't have development charges until occupancy and so the city had to go and borrow all this money to prioritize this project. Um um that's not our wish. It was a provincial change. Um, and because there's there wasn't funds for this, um, you know, we had to not only borrow, but lobby. I went to Ottawa to meet with the prime minister and try to get them to be part of this project. But a tool took a delegation to see Sonia Sadu. Um, and a tool you're getting the residents to really say this is their priority made a difference because then Sonia pestered the prime minister as well and the minister. So, I just want to say thank you um because I think what you did um got us federal support. Um so, thank you AUL for stepping up. >> Yeah, thank you. >> Thank you, Mayor Brown, Councelor Bar. >> Thank you. >> Thank you through you, uh Mr. Chair. And on a good note, um just want to say thank you for coming here. I know um sometimes residents can be confused and with the numbers just with transparency and I think it's important for you guys to come here to ask those questions but also happy that Mark has been our finance expert right behind you has been connecting with you. So hopefully um after this maybe if you have more questions please um reach out to him and we want to make sure that you're getting all the answers that you need for Embleton and looking at uh Peter that we do have um Embleton will be coming this summer. So we're excited councelor Plesi and I um to see the construction start. That's it. Thank you. >> Thank you very much councelor Bar. So I'll ask you councelor bar to move motion of receipt of the delegation. All in favor? That carries. And next we now move on to 6.3 delegations with regards to various enforcement related concerns. And our first is from Michelle Goautier. Michelle, please welcome. You have five minutes. Welcome. So, good morning council. Good morning, chair. Good morning, Mayor Brown. As uh you mentioned, my name is Michelle. And by the way, thank you for pronouncing it correctly. It's very rare in Ontario with a French name. Um I'm familiar to you. I've been at the council before. Um as are many of the people that are here today to delegate. Um we're not friends. We didn't meet in a social occasion. We met in avenues like this um delegating. We have been at town halls together. Uh and over the years um we've formed relationships um and proud to be here today. Uh my husband likes to call me his little troublemaker um lovingly and I always try and remind him it's not troublemaking it's stepping forward and advocating for the community. It shows a passion for the people around us. Um and I think it's very important thing to do. The problem isn't stepping forward and speaking. The problem is usually the reasons why a whole group of citizens choose to come together um and stand in front of council to talk about things that are happening in their community, which is what brings me here today. Um I'm here to delegate about noise. And I'd like to start off by playing you one of the hundreds hundreds of videos that I have of my neighbors across the street. >> [screaming] >> So as I mentioned mentioned hundreds. Um, our odyssey started in October of 23 when new tenants moved in in the house across the street. Tenant owned a Dodge Charger, modified muffler, and we have gotten no piece since then. Tenants have changed. Problems still persists. Not this Dodge Charger, another Dodge Charger, or another modified muffler. Um, we did what the city expected us to do. We went across the street and tried to deal with the tenant directly without success. And then I started to follow the processes that the city has put in place. And that's where the system failed me. I put together two noise logs and sent them in. No response. I escalated. No response. I put in 30 three reports with the police. No response. The community policing officer. No response. So, um, I guess I did what most people would do. I sat down with my husband and talked about moving out of Bmpton. We chose to stay because it's our home and we own it and we renovated it and we will go when it's good for our family and not because somebody forced us out. Um, we then ended up putting $20,000 worth of our own money into our home to insulate um the noise. Uh, triple pane windows. We rip down walls and put in noise insulation. Um, and that's the only reason that we've been able to stay and keep our minds. Um, I escalated it to Laura Johnston in January of 2025. No response. I escalated to Robert Higgs. He told me politely it wasn't his problem and that I should quote, "Go find the noise hound in the local police force." Whatever that is. Most people would give up. We have not. Um we believe that there's an opportunity to use this with enforcement um not through um attrition. Um I eventually did get help because we have an excellent counselor counselor Katon who took an interest and I'm very grateful to him that solved a couple of the car problems but not all of them over two and a half years. We also have an excellent person in enforcement. His name is Grit Des and I am so grateful for him. He has also helped. However, this is luck. this isn't process and that's the problem. The reality is the city is not equipped to deal with noise pollution especially chronic and especially on private property. Um so here's my ask of this council. One, get a better process. Get one that works and get one that can be scaled across the city. Please communicate that working process to everybody in the community so that people can get help. Fix the gaps between police and bylaw. Residents should not be turned from police to bylaw, bylaw, police. It's not my problem. It's not my job. It's not my problem. And please involve residents like myself who live with this problem every day. I have a lot to offer. Um I would like to be collaborative with the city. I would really like to help. Um ask and I'm happy to. Thank you very much. >> Thank you very much, Michelle. I do have speakers. Councelor Keenan. Thank you. And through you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Michelle, for coming in. Um, it's a it's a it's a joy to have you because you you never give up, which uh which I love because it's residents like you that makes our community better. >> Thank you. >> Um, and I you know, some of the stuff you said today is probably the first time I've I've heard it, even though we're in quite uh contact quite frequently. Um, and I know we've taken measures. We've came out with bylaw with PE regional police knocked on the door ourselves um, to try to resolve this issue. >> I appreciate that. Thank you. >> Um, but we talk about the process and the lack of process from the city of city of Bmpton or what that process is. Um, do you have anything that you could tell us today that may help more? Do you feel that that is a group getting together with bylaw to create a new process? Is that what the ask is? I would I would invite the council to consider that what's currently in place is not working. And I think I'm a great example of that. And I would invite the council to consider getting together police um who have a hand to play in this um bylaw who have a hand to play in this and residents like myself and put together a working council to just talk through what are these issues, where do we find them and what's the best, easiest, and more importantly scalable solution um given the current resources that the city has. >> Yeah. Um and I know there there's things happening. Councilor Maduros and I obviously have had a lot of conversations around this. Um I know that the mayor is currently working on re reutilizing um our cameras for purpose of giving out tickets to noisy mufflers. Um I I hope that that will um come in sooner than later so that I think that will make a definite impact. Um I know that council myself councilor maduros and myself would be happy to set that up and start to see if there's a a different process that could be put in place to um help mitigate these issues. I'm sorry that you're going through it for such a long time, but um you know, we'll keep trying to do what we can and and I think this is a good step forward. So, thank you so much for your delegation. >> I appreciate it. Thank you. >> Thank you very much, Councelor Keenan. I have other speakers. Deputy Mayor, >> thank you. And I just want to thank you actually for delegating. I'm dealing with the exact same problem uh in my area. And I understand the confusion because I am also I I I get the confusion between the police where the handoff is and bylaw for the noise complaints. I totally understand that. So, I'm happy you highlighted this. Um there's there's street that comes to mind and um I think this something we'll roll up our sleeves and work on. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Councelor Santos. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks for coming in to to delegate on this. Um, I've received as well issues in in wards one and five related to noise and usually they [snorts] are um linked to rental properties. >> Yes. >> Yes. And so my question to you is in addition to some of the noise issues related to this property, are there other issues related to this property? I know that noise is the big one and and in my wards I've been able to deal with a lot of noise issues as well with residents like yourself working together with you. Um but are there other issues related to that particular problem? >> 100%. I'm just um keeping my delegation to one topic but yes there's >> many many many issues with this property. >> Great. And so what I'll say is because I know there are a number of other delegations coming up, what we're finding and certainly in in WS one and five working with many residents on similar issues is that we seem to have chronic repeat offenders >> and problematic properties. Um and I think when we go through the delegation and I will ask at the end of the delegations to actually move the report that's associated with all these delegations forward so we could talk about it a little bit more. Um there are other uh jurisdictions particularly in Edmonton where I've recently been and and looked at their model of how to deal with problematic properties that I'm hopeful that together with council and the residents we're going to be able to find better solutions that are far more proactive um particularly as it relates to noise as well. >> I'm so grateful for your interest in this. I would just like to point out noise is a bit different than some of the other problems that we talk about. So, for example, I can call bylaw and the grass is still going to be growing um you know, a week from now when they show up. But if I call bylaw because someone started up a car and they have a modified muffler, it's gone within a minute. And so, it's a little bit qualitatively different and I think we can lump everything in together and we probably should, but I think this particular issue needs um a little bit different lens to look at it and address. >> Thanks so much. >> Thank you. Councelor Plushy. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, thank you for your delegation. Um, I I think I missed how long you've been dealing with this one individual. Can you repeat how long when did it all start? >> So, it's it started in October of 2023 when our neighbor an Eva unfortunately passed away. Uh, who had been a long-term resident 60 years. Um, and then we had a moving a moving in of essentially a rooming house. It's been going on for 2 and a half years. Um, this particular individual that you heard on the video of hundreds, that was just one tenant of many. So, like all rooming houses, it's a continuous revolving door of new tenants. Um, and so we've been really unlucky, you know, knock on wood. Um, every time we've gotten new tenants, there's at least one in the batch that has a modified muffler. Um it it it's it's disheartening. Um you know, we all deal with it. Uh now you have a resident that has been trying to work with the counselors and you and you speak very highly of them. Um but >> you're now here before uh committee before council essentially uh pleading >> for for some support and some help. And and that's the issue that I think all of us uh if we if we should have we do have um and it comes down to you know what are we going to do about it we deal with this all the time. Yeah, >> we are constantly on the phone to see what we can do in certain areas, the problem areas because of one individual and it's, you know, it's up to us to make sure that something some kind of enforcement, some kind of efforts are are helping you continue to live, you know, the life that that you certainly uh deserve. Um, and when it, so when it comes down to this, you've taken your time of your day to come before council, I would only say to you, LED services, park a bylaw officer in front of the house and just park it there. And I'm sure you have the times. I'm sure there's there's times of days where it's like every day at this time, you're 90% sure you're going to hear this car. Let's get the officers [clears throat] there. >> So, if I may. >> Sure. Um, Gerprit again [clears throat] whom I'm so grateful for. Um, he and I worked out his idea, a system which managed three cars of the many that were issues. The system is that he needs a clear video of the license plate. >> He needs a clear v video showing the noise such that they can determine that the noise is excessive. >> Um, and a witness statement signed by myself and someone else. Great. It works. So >> when sorry when was this? >> Oh over two and a half years. I think this was probably a year in that we came to this demi solution. >> Okay. >> And it worked again for three instances. Um so the idea is escalate the fines in order to address and eventually the person will fix it. >> Right? >> That's it's great. It does it does work. It's not scalable across the city. And quite frankly, >> it doesn't have to be. It >> It doesn't have to be. >> It's not across the city. It's We can pick maybe five, six areas in our in our boundaries bigger than all of theirs and we represent more than more more people than they do. So, five or six areas that we know of that we could say and point to, we need something here. We need help and we need support. So, it's not like it's right across the city. It's these specific areas. I'm able-bodied in good health 50-some year old cough cough. Um, imagine if it was an 85year-old lady. >> Absolutely. >> She's not going to stand out in the middle of the street in full view of her neighbor with her video camera. So, that's where it breaks down. >> I'll be asking you to I hope >> that's the solution that's currently in existence. That's worked for me, but it's not really a solution. I think we are agreeing. I think we need something a little better. Yeah. >> Um and again scalable and useful for able-bodied, non-able-bodied, whatever age >> that can address the concerns. I don't know what that is. I'm not coming with a solution. I'm just saying we should probably sit down and talk about it and see if we can figure something out that works. >> Yeah. Fair. >> I like the idea and I think we've we've sure talked about it a lot. Um I think we have ideas and we have we just need to now implement more so than we already have >> and especially on you know and then you go back to you know 311 which I I I don't that's different conversation and don't want to really get into that right now but >> I'll finish by just uh saying sorry how what you're going through. >> Thank you >> and um we'll see what we can do and thank you for your delegation. >> Appreciate it. Thank you so much. Thank you very much, councelor. Next, councelor Keenan. >> So, my plan was to refer this to staff, but I see two other speakers. >> So, I I'll stand down and let the two other speakers go before I refer to staff. >> Thank you, Michelle. I'll ask for your indulgence a little bit further. I have councelor Bar. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair, and just want to say thank you for coming in. Again, just like councelor Plushie was saying, we do have areas in in our area, especially in WS 2 and six like stonegate um where we are having these issues. So, um again, I don't know if council we have talked about this, but these loud mufflers, they're getting installed by these body shops and is that controlled by the provincial government where we can amend maybe advocate for to get something done? I'm not sure if this is a question for staff where I I'm just kind of thinking on the top of my head, but it is something that we have to um kind of get at the root cause. Where are these uh individuals getting these loud mufflers from and aren't are they getting penalized and getting the root cause? Making sure that we're handling at that point. Um not sure if any staff would be able to answer that question. If it's >> I'll ask staff to respond three you Mr. Chair. Um obviously um you're correct there's some jurisdictional uh issues at play but certainly we can take that back and and uh look into it um further. [snorts] uh we obviously have pretty clear lines about um uh what we can do and what we can't do, but there there might be something there to to support this. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. And just um looking at there's a lot of younger kids that are having these loud mufflers and maybe if they're able to go to these body shops, maybe think they think it's normal. um we do have to make sure that we're getting toughen on on our body shops to make sure that um if you if you do install a loud muffler um you will be penalized. So I think though that's where it kind of starts but um this is something I know council did talk council members have talked about this but I think this is something that we definitely need to advocate. Thank you to you Mr. Chair. >> Thank you councelor Bark councelor Power. >> Thank you Mr. Chair. Um, thank you very much for your delegation. We get a lot of complaints about loud muffers along Bov. Um, all the houses that back onto Bvard, it's a complaint non-stop and we know it. Um, might I suggest as part of the referral from councelor Keenan that maybe we look at a citizens appointment committee specifically surrounding bylaws and we can add that either this term or next term of council. Thank you. Thank you very much, councelor Power. Last word to Sorry, I'll go to councelor Fertini first. >> Yeah, thank you. Thank you, Michelle. So, I have a vehicle around the corner for me. The same thing, but the it's not only the body shops that puts these mufflers. It's manufactured and yet the new Corvette comes out, has a muffler, the Wildcat, Chrysler, the Mustang. So, how could we actually say don't push the gas or don't do it when they're already manufactured by the man the like Ford and Chrysler a lot of them and the guy around the corner from me has a wildcat and he says I just touch the gas it makes a noise and I'm not and he's driving slow so we also have to look at these manufacturers say you know if we have these bylaws and people revving these mufflers how could we do that like and I live not too far from Queen Street about a kilometer and at night I hear them all the time because when it everything's calm, you know, and I feel bad like you have to go spend all that money. I have put new windows and I still hear it. You know, I'm not going to start breaking walls down. So, you know, we can only do what we can and I know bylaw you have to catch him in the act. That's the hard part. It's very hard. And when you do knock on the door, it's not easy when the guy looks at you and says, "Well, I just bought the car. I spent, you know, 250,000 on this Corvette." And it comes like that. What do you want me to do? Um, >> but revving at like you got there just sitting there revving, revving, revving, you know, and it's the same thing where my one of my cousins got the the motorcycle across the street. He starts at 5:00 in the morning. That's how they are when he goes to work. So, >> I feel like the council deals with difficult and challenging issues every day. >> Um, and yet we find a path forward and so the important thing is to start talking about it >> um and try to find a way to address it. >> Yeah, it's true. And this is happens on everything like you know you're not allowed to have fire in your backyard but they sell the fire pits. You're not allowed to have this but they sell it. So thank you. >> Thank you councelor Patini. And uh before I go to councelor Keenan. Thank you Michelle. I I think you've literally struck something here today. So I'll ask councelor Keenan to announce for us the referral motion. Santos. >> Councilor Sanchos before councelor Keenan. >> Thank you Mr. Chair. Just one final thing because um councelor Bar and others had brought uh something up regarding our noise bylaws. So in April of 2023, we did pass a motion about uh enhancing the noise bylaws to deal specifically with noisy mufflers. I brought that forward in April 2023. We all supported it. So the bylaws have been strengthened and there is also reference to auto body shops that modify mufflers. So I think what we need to do in the referral back to staff from this delegation is look at the those updated bylaws and how we are indeed enforcing it and what the the best way is and for example in WS one and five I always work with residents to collect evidence like the same way that you're doing and determining what the better path forward is. um particularly with police because with police they have project erase and project noise maker as well in the entire month of May. And so how do we um integrate all of that including the enhanced bylaws and be more effective um at addressing the the noise concerns that you're facing Michelle? >> Thank you. And Deputy Mayor Singh speaking to the motion which is about to be tabled. >> Yeah. Just one last thing because we've been talking about Sorry. Uh yes, one last thing. So, because we've been talking about vehicles, um I also, if uh the mover of the motion is okay with it, would like um the little mopeds and also to be included because those are I don't know if you've had experience in your neighborhood, but in our neighborhood uh neighborhoods uh in WS 9 and 10, uh this is a big pet peeve and they've also modified their mufflers as well in the parks and uh yeah, they're terrorizing the community. So, if that could also be included. Thank you so much. Thank you, Deputy Mayor, and to Councelor Keenan. >> Thank you, uh, Mr. Chair, and through you. Thank you, council colleagues for, um, all your input. Um, we've [clears throat] heard a lot of great suggestions. Um, back to, you know, just to council bar suggestion, not just on the advocacy. U, we look back to when we banned fireworks, we didn't just ban the firework use, we banned the sale. Um, so I think part of this would be looking at our bylaws um to look at how we can enforce um the sale of illegal mufflers because if they put it over a certain decel, it becomes illegal. Um so uh that'll be part of um this round table that I'm about to try to put together. Um so what I would like to do here um and I like um what councelor P is saying about uh a committee for bylaws in general. I believe if we go through that process on being a part of the citizens appointment committee the process is going to take a while. I think a round table will get us working quicker with staff and residents in order to try to find solutions to these problems immediately. But I think it's a great idea for the next term of council. Um, so if I don't know if we can capture that now or wait for the next term of council um and and see what the appetite is then for um the elected officials that will be here. Um so what I would like to do is refer this back to staff to create a round table with staff and willing counselors that want to be part of the round table along with residents who are willing to take part to see how we can strengthen our bylaws and come up with a new solution to deal with this. I do feel um and I'll include that for all muffler types for all vehicles. Um and I I I really strongly feel that it's always going to be multiple things that solve a problem. It's never going to be one solution that's going to solve this problem that we've had for many years. So I believe uh the advocacy that's happening on Mayor Brown's part for the cameras, that's going to solve it a lot on our major streets like Bvard. Um how do we solve it in our communities, you know, right in front of our doors like you've been dealing with for two and a half years? I think it's by doing what we're about to try to do. Um because obviously we try to do something through councelor Santos in 2023 which hasn't had that much effect which is sad to hear but um you know this is definitely a council that's not going to just throw one idea out. If it doesn't work say hey we tried we're going to try something else. So I'm going to refer this back to staff to set up a round table um and uh hopefully we can finally get a solution. >> Good old fashioned task force. >> Yeah. >> Thank you very much. I see nodding all across the front desk. So we have a motion moved by councelor Keenan to uh have the round table and to receive the delegation from Miss Michelle Goautier. All in favor that carries. Thank you very much. >> And thank you. And with that we will now ask for Linda Lewis Bmpton resident to come forward to speak to us in regards to garbage and littering concerns. Thank you for being here, Linda. Welcome. Thank you. Thank you. And good morning to our council members and our mayor. Um I'm here today to address an issue that has become increasingly worse over the last couple of years. And I'm concerned it's going to get worse due to the complete lack of consequences not being imposed on the offenders. When I leave my home for a walk, and I do this quite often, usually four or five times a week, um I see piles of household garbage, broken furniture, discarded filthy mattresses, ripped open garbage bags, and other waste left at the curb or scattered across private properties. When I visit friends, run errands, or travel through other neighborhoods, I see the same thing. The question many residents are asking is simple. What has happened to our city? These piles of garbage are more than just an eyesore. They create legitimate health and safety concerns. We all know Bmpton continues to struggle with the rodent infestations and garbage left sitting for days or even weeks provide exactly the conditions that attract rats and other pests. And I've seen a lot of them lately. Um my grandson was out the other day and he was vaping and he said there's five of them all in a row. Five raccoons. He says, "I I maybe I" I said, "Well, maybe they're a family." So, we just kind of looked and we laughed. Um, residents don't seem to care whether the garbage is technically on the boulevard, at the curb, or a few feet inside the property line. What they see is garbage that originated from a specific property, and it's negatively affecting the surrounding neighborhood. Far too often, offenders receive repeat warnings and repeat education and ongoing chances while neighboring residents continue to deal with the consequences. And there's a lot of consequences in throughout the whole neighborhood. When I go walking, it's incredible the amount of garbage. Like I expected I I waited. Wintertime comes, you know, there's garbage. People throw things all over the place. It's fine, right? But it never seems to get cleaned up. [sighs] In situations where remediation efforts may be required, such as refuse violations, repeat violations will be addressed with an immediate penalty notice in addition to this and issuance of an order to comply. Sorry, I [clears throat] missed one whole thing. I'm so sorry. Warnings and education are not enforcement. Ticketing is enforcement. I am asking council to direct staff in enforcement to do what was represented in SOP update in February 19th, 2025. On page three of the updated SOPs, it clearly states with regards to repeat violation locations, in situations where remediation efforts may be required, such as refuse violations, repeat violations will be addressed with an immediate penalty notice in addition to the issuance of an order to comply. A further penalty notice will be issued if the conditions of the order to comply are not met and remediation efforts will be undertaken. costs associated with a remediation efforts will be attached to the property in a tax role. The problem is not the absence of rules. The problem continues to be the absent of enforcement. Taxpayers bear the cost of repeatedly cleaning up after individuals who knowingly ignore the city's bylaws. Bmpton residents deserve clean, safe, and well-maintained neighborhoods. They deserve to know that when violations are reported, meaningful action will be taken. I urge council to hold enforcement leadership accountability for the updated SOPs and ask why the updated SOPs from over a year ago have not been applied to ensure that offenders face meaningful consequences and thank you so much for your time. I appreciate it. >> Thank you, Linda. And I do have speakers, so please sit tight. >> I have councelor Keenan. Thank you and through you, Mr. Chair. Thank you so much for your delegation. Um, I can't tell you how many complaints we get about garbage, but myself and councilor maduros definitely get a lot about repeat offenders. >> Yeah. >> Um, and it's it's extremely frustrating. Um, you know, we've >> so from from our stance points as Heroes Council, we we know that there's a um a policy that's been put in place that is, you know, escalated fines for repeat offenders, but the complaints that we're getting to our offices is about repeat offenders not being ticketed and being given multiple chances. >> Um, do you feel that a proactive approach might solve that or do you think it's an educational thing yourself? I I think a proactive what I'm seeing are the same people that do it over it's it's the same as the three feet grass and the whole nine yards. It's the same group of people in rooming houses usually a lot of the time where I'll see garbage that's stacked up and pouring out of their bins which of course if you have a a windy day it's it's going to fly all over the place. There's no doubt about it because the lid is up and it's it's sitting there. So, a proactive approach, right? Maybe education can help with that, but I'm not sure that um when you've got like seven, eight, nine people living in a house that they're all going to do the same thing. And that's probably part of the problem. But to see the garbage, it's just And it's been going on for about two and a half years. I've never seen it this bad. Never. >> Yeah. Because it's it's our understanding here as council that we have a zero tolerance policy for read offend repeat offenders. >> Agree. we definitely hope is being followed by um bylaw at the appropriate time. I'll also send your delegation to bylaw um to um maybe ask for some additional metrics on u repeat offenders specifically and an approach on how we can deal with um repeat offenders a little bit more than we currently are because this is obviously >> you guys can make so much money to help compensate for that as well because I mean at the end of the day I can remember probably about 5 years ago I had a neighbor that that actually had a compliance she had to cut her grass and she had so much time to do it in or she was going to be fined and that was it. But she at least got a warning for it, right? And the whole nine yards. I don't know how it works today. I know there are fines that are justified for that type of thing, but I mean, as I said, if it's a one-time thing, it's fine. This is a repeated offense, >> of course. Yeah. So, and I know um councelor Santos has definitely been working very hard on this herself um and you know brought back some great information to me from uh FCM which I'm hoping she'll share here today but it's definitely um her championing that side of things. So, I'll leave that for her. Um but thank you so much for your delegation. Really appreciate it. >> Thank you. >> Thank you councelor Kenan. Councelor Santos. >> Thank you so much. Um and and please stay thank you for your delegation in in wards one and five. I've been dealing with very similar issues as well and >> where I'm from. >> Yeah. Well, we I hear you. But we're, you know, we're all being piloted with the RRL alto together. And the good news is that there has been some improvements in some neighborhoods with those who are becoming more compliant. The biggest challenge for us are exactly what you described, what we're talking about now, what Michelle just described are the repeat chronic offenders. And what's interesting is that they in many cases because I ask bylaw, did we ticket them? They say yes. Did they pay the fine? They say yes. Did they pine pay the fine again? They say yes. So the challenge is is that the cost of doing business to these landlords is just to operate as a slum landlord because they just consider it the cost of doing business. And so what we need to do is figure out a way and track which I which we're we're going to be moving in that direction now because we've been able to weed out the worst of the worst and now we just need to deal with the worst of the worst in a very proactive way. And we need to make it so that the cost of doing business as a slum landlord no longer is of benefit to them. >> And what's interesting and thank you councelor Keening for bringing up FCM. And I'm going to ask you questions because this is what I brought back from FCM. Edmonton. And Edmonton, by the way, is in a worse off position than Bmpton cuz I did a bus tour of all the slum properties across Edmonton and how they're dealing with them. That's what I did at of at of SAM finding solutions to this problem as well. And um uh what they did is they created an initiative called the problem property initiative. And it's an entire team of people who are dealing with chronic repeat offenders. And I'll ask you a couple of questions. So this is what's considered a problem property. >> Sure. >> A problem property is a history of repeated or excessive neglect, disrepair, or safety concerns. Yes or no? Is that something you've been dealing with? Yes. >> With a history of deliberate violations andor non-compliance by property owners or tenants. >> Sorry. with a history of deliberate violations and/or non-compliance by property owners or tenants. >> Yep. >> Absolutely. >> That pose a significant public risk or fire risk. >> Mhm. >> That are abandoned and unsecured and may be accessible to the public. That doesn't imply in this case. >> No. >> Okay. Where ongoing criminal activities may be taking place. >> Uh yeah. Yeah. that require coordinated response from several enforcement and/or social support agencies. >> Yeah. So, Edmonton, God bless, has come up with a very interesting initiative dealing specifically with chronic repeat offenders. And when I asked the deputy fire chief, who was the talking head for the entire program, how do you determine what a problematic property? It's not just this list. He said to me, "If the property requires more than one department to address the issue, if it requires building, if it requires bylaw and repeat offenses from bylaw, if it requires fire, if it requires different departments, it's a problem property." Why? Because it's sucking up all the resources at the city in order to deal repeatedly on that property. >> That's right. So, I'm excited because when we bring that report forward and I've already took talked to staff as well as my council members here, um we will be looking at that Edmonton model. We will be setting up meetings with them after my visit with them and talking to their various departments. Um and we'll look at how we could implement some of these things in the city of Bmpton. In fact, and and I know there are other delegations coming up as well, but this is just a a prelude. They even have a subclass property tax rate whereby if you are identified as a serious problem property, they actually increase your property tax bill by 3%. >> Hey, that's a great idea. >> Because suddenly, if you do that, the cost of doing business as a slum landlord no longer makes sense financially. And because of that, they have cleared out some of they've demolished some of their problem properties and the landlord finally has built a new like multiplex beautiful units. And so that's a success story that I'm hoping in some ways we may be able to take a look at here in Bmpton. Mind you, in Alberta, their tax laws are different than Ontario. Um, so the on Ontario government would have to give us permission to create something like that which will also require your advocacy at the provincial level. Does that sound like a plan? >> Sounds like a plan. >> Awesome. Thank you for your delegation. >> You're welcome. >> Thank you very much, Councelor Santos, for your traveled experience and working with FCM. Very valuable information. Yes. >> Thank you so much. Next, I have councelor Power. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for your delegation. Um, education is a big issue that we have and and I think when I look back, I do walking tours with residents in some of the problem neighborhoods and I'll go and knock on doors and when you're talking about rooming houses or what have you, you see garbage buckets out in the front or furniture out in the front. Um, it's not segmented. So they don't understand the difference between recycling waste and then ref or compost and you see the and so our garbage collection doesn't get picked up and then it sits there for weeks on end because it's not being picked up. Then you get the rodents then you get the other issues that come up and it's just unsightly. Um so I think as part of that round table that um councelor Keenan was talking about um we need to look at ways that we not only get out to like when I go door to door and I'll go with the residents and they'll point out that I mean they don't have to point out the houses we know which ones they are but um I'll go up to the door and I have um a bylaw information packet and I also have a garbage information packet that I will give to the residents of the home whether they be renters or homeowners. And believe me, there are some homeowners that have the same issues. Um, >> but um even like as far as last week, I I was uh in one neighborhood and and I contacted Gerri and uh asked them for some orders to complies and thankfully they did do that for us. Um but the education piece is is a is a massive opportunity for us. Um and we're not doing enough. I don't feel we're doing enough as um community to get that education out there. Um because if they don't understand the segment or segregate the garbage, then it's never going to get picked up. And I can send out our own city department or I can send out the region appeal uh garbage trucks uh after the fact or if they don't know that they have to separate a toilet tank from the toilet before it gets picked up. >> Yeah. >> Right. it's never going to get picked up and that toilet sits. There's nothing worse than a toilet sitting on the front lawn. I um but so I I think that education piece has to be a part of that round table and how do we not only get the information to the residents, but how do we also get the region who does our garbage collection to start being more proactive at it as well. Uh and I don't sit on regional council, so I'll I'll look to my colleagues here that do sit on regional council. um but get the region to be more proactive at collecting, but also the province has handcuffed us as well with this consolidated recycling program that they have. Um and as of next month, they no longer you can no longer put recycling bags at the curb. So everything has to go in the bins. So we're about to have an explosion of garbage and explosion of recycling at our curbs. >> Or in front of our garages or at the side of the house where all the rodents go. So, I think the round table idea is a great idea, but I think we also need to look at where we're going to get that information out and that education out. >> Yeah. Yeah, I hear you. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, a story of one of my walks is watching a U-Haul that had absolutely no license plate. So, I mean, I couldn't get it. Dumping all this stuff. And the problem is it was um an apartment building. So, who are you going to find responsible? I believe that some people need to be educated and it will work. And I believe that some people just don't want to pay whatever it is they're supposed to pay when you actually go to the recycling bin. So I think education is one form, but I think some people are doing it because they don't want to pay those fees. I mean, it's not a lot. I've gone to the dumping ground. I've talked to friends. They say the same thing. They just don't want to pay the seven or eight it's going to cost to dump their stuff. So much easier for them to do it that way. And they won't get caught doing it because I mean it's in an apartment building. who are you going to and then some of them I do believe can be kind of sort of talked to or whether there's a flyer put out or whether there's something mentioned I think that a lot of people don't I know there's a lot of stuff that's posted online but I think some of those people don't read that right whether they don't understand it I don't know um but I think that's part of the problem is education and but I also think the second part of that is being proactive when they don't when they're educated and they don't follow the rules, there has to be consequences because there aren't any consequences going on right now. At least not in my neighborhood and where I'm walking. There's it's the same people all the time and there's nothing they feel and sometimes it's normalized, right? If they're doing it and I see it, you know, I've got a bag of chips, there's a whole bunch of garbage there, so I'm just going to throw it there, right? So, I mean, it's it's become a little more normalized than I would like to see in Bmpton. I mean this I've been here for 37 years so it's like what's going on [laughter] so yeah education is part part of the problem I think right I can't disagree >> very good thank you I have another speaker councelor tour and uh for members of committee I've been >> you still have the floor no thank you >> we've been having a great discussion this morning but I ask members to try to focus their efforts on questions of clarification ation council tour. >> Thank you through you, Mr. Chair. Um, just to echo some of the comments that councelor Power just made here. Um, you know, I I I see this as an issue only in some parts of my uh wards, especially in areas that are higher densities. um whether those are town houses or if it's uh homes with ARUS um that's where we typically um come across these concerns. I believe education is a key part of it but at the same time um I believe uh we have the opportunity to redesign uh some of our systems especially with the opportunity of getting waste collection downloaded now uh to the lower tier here at the city of Bmpton. Um, you know, when you have just that one bin outside of the curb, it can serve a family of up to four people. Um, but when you have more than four people in a house in multiple units, uh, it is definitely not enough. And there's been a lot of those cases where, you know, garbage has been either tied up in bags or left on top of the bins. And on a windy day, you see it all across the neighborhood. Happens across areas where there are apartment buildings. House of Power and I were uh, doing a park cleanup, I think a couple of years ago. uh in those areas as well. You will see garbage flying out into u park areas and get caught up in there. So it is definitely an issue but um I think to solely uh pinpoint this as an issue as a userdriven issue I think would be unfair. um you know I'm sure there are those cases but I think there is an opportunity that uh you know perhaps through staff when we're looking at waste collection uh in the future I hope that we can look at opportunities where if there are multiple units uh at a residential address that are registered that we uh have the opportunity to have uh multiple bins that could collect uh waste from those houses as well. Um I think that's the best way one of the ways at least that we can uh move forward on this issue along with the educational piece of it. Um but and lastly uh through you Mr. Chair uh I would also just um advise that maybe don't casually throw around words like slum cities or slum landlords or getting a tour of the slums of another city. Uh those are very derogatory terms and inappropriate for these council chambers. Thank you. Thank you very much, councelor Power. >> Thank you through chair. Um I I just want to kind of echo some of what councelor Tur just said. Um we need to be perfectly clear that this is not just a residential rental problem. Um it's not just roaming houses. Um, and he he made reference to Nightsbridge um buildings where I'm a ward counselor of and they they don't have enough bins. And I think about Balmorro uh the townhouse complex towards uh Dixie at the end of Bal Mororrow. They throw all their garbage everybody throws their garbage the night before to the curb and it's you know you get 20 20 town houses all piling up their garbage at the curb and it's unsightly. It's disgusting. It's all kinds of things. So, we we also have to go after the property owners or the building management uh individuals. We we have to make something so comprehensive that it's not just targeted to one area over the other. >> Agreed. Yep. >> Thank you very much. I see no further speakers, Linda. So, I will ask for a motion of receipt from councelor Power. All in favor? That carries. Thank you so much for your delegation this morning. >> Thank you very much for listening. Thank you. to receive. That was a motion of receipt. Okay. Thank you. And so we now invite our next delegate, Teresa Bragado, Bmpton resident, regarding parking concerns. Welcome, Teresa. >> Good morning, mayor and members of council. My name is Teresa Bado, and I have been a resident of Bmpton for over 55 years. Today, I am here because enough is enough. I am frustrated with hearing promises while seeing little to no results when it comes to bylaw enforcement in Bmpton. These are not isolated incidents. Residents face these issues daily. A simple 45minute walk through virtually any neighborhood re reveals dozens upon dozens of obvious parking infractions and bylaw violations. I encounter vehicles obstructing sidewalks and find cars parked so far over the sidewalk that I am forced onto the road to get around them. These violations are neither subtle nor difficult to identify. They are obvious, visible, and occurring every day across the city. As a result, I'm regularly forced to walk in traffic. I don't even want to drive in Bmpton in a car in traffic, let alone walk in traffic, creating an unnecessary and entirely avoidable safety risk for myself and other pedestrians. It happens so often now that I wear a reflective safety vest when I walk my dog in the early morning since I cannot use the sidewalk. Let's be clear, sidewalks are meant for walking, not for extending private driveways or serving as unauthorized parking spots. We are also seeing a disturbing trend of boulevards and driveways being illegally widened with patio stones that can't handle the weight of vehicles. Bylaw enforcement's failure to consistently enforce these violations sends the message that pedestrian safety is not their concern compared to driver convenience. This is unacceptable. What makes this even more frustrating is that elected council approved additional funding to hire more enforcement officers. Taxpayers were told that increasing resources would improve enforcement and address the growing number of complaints. So I have to ask bylaw enforcement where are the results? The problem is obvious. The current bylaw enforcement process of warning first approach is not working. How many warnings are enough? One, two, five warnings? At this point, it is difficult to accept the argument that more education is required. Residents are left wondering how many years of education and warnings are considered sufficient before enforcement actually begins. These violations do not require another conversation, reminder, outreach campaign. They require tickets over and over again. This is exactly what residents expect. But what h but what we continue to see instead is repeat offenders who have learned that there are little if any consequences for violating the rules. This is called enabling and prevents repeat offenders to take responsibility for their problematic behaviors. The reality on the ground does not match the picture that enforcement management has been presenting to councils over the years. Residents do not experience their neighborhoods through carefully selected statistics and performance metrics. They experience them through what they see on their streets, sidewalks, and communities. Most of the residents follow the rules because they respect their neighbors. We take pride in their community, and we understand that living in a city requires a shared commitment to basic standards. Why should those residents continue to watch the same offenders repeatedly ignore the rules without consequences? What message does that send to the people who do the right thing? The residents of Bmpton have already paid for increased enforcement through their tax dollars. We funded additional officers back in 2024 when the department received 4.3 million for hiring of additional enforcement officers to add to the then total of 90. We expect improved outcomes. We expect visible enforcement. We expect accountability. Today I'm requesting that council direct bylaw enforcement management to provide clear data on the effectiveness of the additional enforcement resources that were approved. How many officers were hired that actually respond to enforcement complaints as opposed to managers and supervisors? How many complaints were resolved? How many tickets were issued? How many repeat offenders continue to receive warnings rather than penalties? Other than the we will assign the issue to a bylaw enforcement officer within 7 days. What are the enforcement and delivery service level commitments? Elected council must hold enforcement manageable accountable for delivering measurable results, not explanations, excuses or selectively presented statistics. We are asking bylaw enforcement to demonstrate that the investment made by Bmpton taxpayers is producing real results in our neighborhood. I have lived in Bmpton for over 55 years. It is deeply disappointing to see that this Bmpton is not the Bmpton that I grew up in. It has been declining rapidly in the last 8 years. Residents deserve better and they deserve every right to expect the same high standards that was once operated in Bmpton from those entrusted with public funds and enforcing city's bylaws. Thank you. [applause] Thank you very much, Teresa. And I have speakers. Councelor Plesi. >> Thank you. Uh, thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks, Teresa, for coming and delegating. >> I'm a bit deaf, so you have to be a little louder. >> Okay. >> Thanks, Teresa. >> No, it works. Seriously, >> Teresa, thanks so much for coming and delegating. Thank you for the numerous uh emails that you send. Uh, thanks for yelling at us. I We do truly appreciate it. You do >> to be honest. I've been here. I've never involved myself in anything because I love Bmpton >> and and it's I know you're passionate about this city. I know [clears throat] you love this city. Um we've spoken many times through email sometimes at 1 2:00 in the morning [laughter] about about things. Um you shouldn't have to ask those questions. You shouldn't have to wonder where these uh where the bot officers are, where the money went, where it was spent. You shouldn't have to. Uh, but it's come to the point where you do have to because um you're not seeing the countless number of and I think the very first email you sent me was about a car parked over uh over the sidewalk and it's coming to the point now that councelor Ber and myself are actually going to uh community meetings where there's about five or six residents that meet us, one in particular, and he wants to be able to park his Range Rover on the sidewalk and he wants us to make that a law for him for him to do that. >> And it's and it's unfortunate because >> that then pushes you to start asking the questions. And if we have residents that that can actually that actually start thinking that they have a right to do that and impede the the the well-being and life of other residents that are walking their dog that are elderly um uh wheelchairs, everything like that. It it's there's a point here where you're absolutely right. notices um you know get overlooked and education becomes you know not educating um and then the fines are the only way to uh to to educate people cuz where you hit it we we said it about the traffic cameras the speed cameras that was the only thing the research that we've done >> it it says that that's the only thing that actually worked and speed is now becoming um is is starting to climb up in every single one of those areas is that we had the speed cameras, which is unfortunate. But with that, um, it was a long preamble to ask that, uh, your questions be, uh, be sent to staff and for staff to come back with, uh, with a response to those questions, >> um, at the next council meeting or if the next council meeting is okay or um, when do you have other stuff going back, council? >> Okay. So, we'll leave it open. If you can make it back for next council meeting, great. If not, then then I don't want to push you in, but but have something come back at a reasonable time. >> Again, Teresa, thank you for your delegation. >> Thank you. >> And uh if the chair asks if uh councelor Plesi would be satisfied with it coming back with the rest of the report that was moved earlier today in regards to these delegations, would that be appropriate? >> I asked that question. When's that coming back? team >> at the same time. >> No, no, I need those questions answered first. I think Yeah, I think I I would like those questions answered first. I think we already have the answers for for the most part of it. So, I look forward to hopefully having it next council, if not the one after that. Teresa, thank you again. Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's very clear. Thank you, Councelor Keenan. >> Thank you so much. And Teresa, thank you so much for your delegation. Uh really appreciate you coming in. Um I just want to add on to councelor Plesi's more importantly not just your questions. I I would like to know in that report how many parking calls came in that weren't answered and that tickets weren't given to as part of that report. Please Mr. Chair. Thank you. >> Next councelor Santos. >> Thank you to you Mr. Chair. Thanks Teresa for coming to to delegate today and um you know your your level of frustration is also many residents who feel the same. Parking continues to be the number one complaint issue in this in the city of Bmpton. Certainly, you know, I have residents who call me directly because they can't get their um motorized wheelchair across the sidewalk because there are cars that are blocking. I've had uh the same resident deal with um improper clearing of the sidewalk and they can't get their wheelchair across because not only is there snow issue but then there's also the the car issue in in the sidewalk. So one by one many of us have been dealing with this directly but you're right there has to be an more efficient effective way of dealing with the top concern uh and complaints that we see receive in the city of Brmpton which is parking and we just launched the new automated license plate reader technology. I think that that is going to help expedite that process a lot more. I do believe and I think this is a if I can get clarification from staff on this, the automated license plate reading technology um on the bylaw enforcement vehicles, can they also track the overhang vehicles and um those vehicles that are overhang over the sidewalk or is it just illegally on the road? >> Uh through you, Mr. Chair. Yes, councelor Santos. technology is quite sophisticated. So that that matter could be picked up as well. >> Okay. So if that's the case, just so so you know, Teresa, when we implement and I would like to request we go on whatever streets Teresa is dealing with [laughter] first with those automated license plate readers. >> Um but um when they it's a bit different. So the bylaw officer doesn't get out of the car anymore. >> They actually get a ticket in the mail. >> Okay. So, so if just for education purposes for the residents here, when that vehicle comes by, you won't see necessarily a ticket on the windshield. They will get a ticket on the mail. So, at some point, they will realize that they are parking illegally. We'll have the evidence to prove it and then they will they will eventually learn. But just so folks know, they may not know and they may not get that ticket because they're going to be getting it in the mail a few days later. I know that that AAL license plate reading was instituted announcement was made in December 2019. It was rolled out the middle of January 2020. Are there any statistics which states how how effective that was before you purchased the additional six for 2026? >> Yeah, we we can get those statistics for you. There are they are um it was quite effective when we were piloting it. I think it was one or two vehicles at the time. um very rapid, really fast in processing the tickets and it's part of why we implemented even more um but for but when we get those answers back at council we could probably get that answer back for you as well. Okay, thanks Teresa. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much. So Teresa, we have a motion moved by councelor Plesi as on screen to also receive this delegation. All in favor >> councelor Plesi further >> apologies Mr. chair. Um there was a question about the number of officers, the monies that were allocated to those officers as well. If we could just include that. I know we'll go back and look at everything you said. Um and and include that into the referral, please. I know I just didn't want to I don't see it captured. So, we're going to go back and look at all the questions that you just asked, plus I'll have our offices look at past emails about any other outstanding questions and then include that into it as well. Please. Thank you. >> Thank you, councelor. Motion moved by councelor Plesi. All in favor? That carries. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> And our next delegation is from Kim Ramita regarding property standards and parking concerns. Welcome, Kim. >> Kind [snorts] of nervous now to be following Teresa. That was very passionate Teresa. [laughter] Uh good morning, Mayor Brown and members of council. My name is Kim. I lived in Bmpton over 40 years. Uh before I start today, I'd like to take a moment to recognize my two ward counselors for all their hard work and dedication towards two and six. Councelor Plesi and councelor Bar, thank you for always listening and supporting our neighborhood group. Without you both, we would not have been able to resolve many of the issues that have come up over the years that are important to us. So, I thank you both for your commitment and willingness to always work with all the residents of your wards. Across neighborhoods in this city, residents continue to see the same persistent issues. Vehicles parked on sidewalks and lawns, blocked pedestrian access, overflowing garbage, neglected properties, and overcrowded rental units operating without meaningful consequence. These issues are not hidden. They are visible, repeated, and widespread. The lack of enforcement effectiveness is not just an inconvenience. It is a safety crisis. Cars parked overnight on streets congest those streets, which make it virtually impossible for emergency response teams to respond effectively. A friend told me of an incident where at 10 p.m. one evening, she called 311 to report cars parked in front of her driveway, as well as cars parked in excess of 3 hours on the street. At 4:00 a.m., firefighters were knocking on doors to get vehicles moved that were still parked so they could attend the emergency further down the street. It is disturbing to hear enforcement leadership say during a presentation that parking does not affect public safety and those calls are not prioritized. Residents are doing exactly what they have been asked to do by enforcement. We are reporting issues through 311 and submitting images of the infraction. When is enforcement going to do what is asked of them and actually enforce? Residents were told that enforcement would improve through additional hires and other investments. However, on the ground, residents continue to see the same repeat offenders operating without meaningful consequences. This is an accountability accountability failure in how enforcement leadership is directing priorities, applying discretion, and measuring success. The current model is reactive. It relies on complaints to trigger action rather than ensuring visible and consistent enforcement presence in areas where violations are already well known and ongoing. That approach has resulted in a system where residents must repeatedly report the same issues in order for minimal action to occur. That is not enforcement. That is administrative delay disguised process. The consequence of enforcement's failure is clear. declining public confidence, frustrated residents, and neighborhoods where bylaws exist but are not consistently upheld. Enforcement leadership is responsible for outcomes, not activity, not internal reporting, not procedural explanations, outcomes. And the outcomes residents are experiencing are not acceptable. The current enforcement framework is not working and is not delivering results that align with residents expectations. It is therefore incumbent upon council to direct staff to make swift and impactful changes with a sense of urgency as our communities continue to deteriorate. Bylaws are the baseline agreement we make with one another to keep our communities safe, clean, and livable. When the enforcement of our bylaws has failed, the civic contract breaks down. It is time for Bmpton Enforcement to prioritize the expectations of residents as they are not currently being met and protect the families who call this city home. Residents are not asking for extraordinary measures. We are asking for consistent, visible, and enforced application of the rules that already exist. I am requesting council to direct staff, enforcement leadership, and management to be held accountable, to realign their priorities with what residents have consistently requested, and to recognize that as taxpayers and the customers of this service, residents expect to be heard and served effectively, something that to date has not been happening. >> Thank you very much, Kim. and my first speaker, councelor Bar. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, Kim, for coming here. And honestly, councelor Ples and I, we've have been working with the community and seeing the frustration that you are facing. I I do understand there's different levels of government that are involved just with loopholes going through. Um, we talked about it with our walkabouts. We had meetings together and you know, it's unfortunate that we still have these parking issues. is not just here but it's you know everywhere in a lot of cities that we see in our neighboring cities. So maybe um through you Mr. Chair maybe we can add the property standards to our roundt task force which will be a great idea to address some of the issues that our residents had but also how can we um address those um the parking related to those rooming houses. >> Thank you very thank you very much councelor Bar. So, we'll ask I see the clerk nodding that we could have that added. Councelor Plesi. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh, thank you for coming and delegating. Um, I'm going to talk a little bit, I think, about the prioritization, the phone calls that you have made or your residents cuz you represent today. You represent a ton of residents especially in the area of uh of Stonegate uh that have been very vocal. We know a number of the issues, number of the calls that they have made. Um what is your what are you hearing about the interaction between the residents and 311 about the prioritizing of the calls that are coming in whether it be say for this instance uh for the instance that you gave an example of the car parked in front of the driveway. >> So what is happening is a lot of these calls seem to go unanswered. Um, we go through the process of using the app, then sending an email, then calling by law, following up, and when that doesn't work, we're now contacting yourself and counselor bra. >> And that shouldn't be happening. I should not have to make four different requests and then now get both of you involved for something that needs to be dealt with by enforcement. >> I mean, I'm sure you have other things to do. And I guess what I would like to understand, and I've asked this before about the prioritization uh specifically around the 311 callers and who actually determines whether this is um you know is is one of those priority one things. It's an emergency because the way I look at it is it's it's an emergency in a sense that it's affecting that person's life at that time. It's not a cat in a tree, but it's or it's not a pizza was delivered to the wrong address, which has happened. Um, but it's it's if a car is blocked on a driveway, if if if there's, you know, parking concerns, if there's no [clears throat] and and I'm referring to more like those after hours calls where, you know, we we used to be the 24-hour and then we changed it down to uh x number of hours. Um, are we I guess a question through you, Mr. chair to staff is uh who determines the 311 um prioritization and where are we in terms of the uh hours of operations for 311 answering calls as opposed to um it going to voicemail if staff can answer that question. >> Thank you counselor through the chair. I I'll get a bit more detail on the hours in a moment. I believe after hours they go to bylaw directly. Um but I'll let me double check. Um in respect of the prioritization that is uh I'll turn it over to Laura. you can speak to um as you can imagine if it's an emergency um we convey that or transfer to police fire as as the nature would be but prioritization of a call in terms of >> the as you mentioned the P1 P2 that's that's more of a a bylaw thing and I'll turn it over to Laura to speak to that thank you >> uh thanks Jason and three Mr. Chair, councelor Plesi, the the um priorities is there's a safety m safety matrix that determines the how a call is dispatched. Um after hours, it's corporate security that manages those calls. Uh believe that's from midnight to 7, something like that. But they're also aware of that matrix. I don't have the specifics of it, but I know that that was developed primarily bylaw in conjunction with our dispatch partners. So there is a criteria. I'm happy to give you more information on that. Okay. So, maybe if we can get some more information. Um, that being said, and Kim, you know this and a number of residents know 31 311 is going through some changes. It is I think I personally believe that, you know, it is going to be a fantastic service that um that will be once it's once it's completed. But I haven't heard anything about what's going on in a minute. So maybe if we can have uh an update if there is already an update or something uh that can be provided to uh to council and to the public. Um just to Jason. Yeah. Through the chair. Um I can share it with uh council today. Um but if uh there we have a lot of details on our website about the 311 call center modernization. Um phase 2 is underway and aiming for uh later this year, probably September, October for finalization on on phase two around uh people being able to kind of follow the call through the process and some uh uh reminders to internal parties or external parties uh who who wherever the the call is uh residents will be able to kind of follow and see where their call is. And then just to follow up on the um as Lauri mentioned, it's uh 311 is 7 am to or 7 yeah 7 am to 12 am and then it's over to security. Um >> okay. Then it needs to move over. Right. But somebody's answering >> specific timelines. >> You can leave a message or you can stay on the line to get to somebody. Right. So it's still the it's still a rolling it's 24hour. >> Correct. >> Right. um to the person that's in 311 that told me about uh what is coming about grabbing residents and working with them to go through a process to to make the system better. Kim's one of the people that I want on that list. So Kim, you're going to come in, you're going to work through and and so if I can just make that known now, I appreciate that. Thank you, Mr. Chair. >> Thank you, Councelor Plesi. Next, I have councelor Brock. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just want to add, so we do have Roma from 311 um who has been an expert and has been working um very digitally with our 311 communication center, especially with the modifying and improvements coming up. Maybe just for clarification if uh if our Roma or staff can come up and just to kind of clarify how to prioritize and what are some of the things that residents do get confused with when they click something off and that may not be a priority or not. And just some clarification for some of our residents here. That's all. Yeah. Good morning through the chair. >> Good morning. >> Um, councelor Bart and with regards sorry, can you just what was the exact question that you wanted in terms of priorities? >> Thank you. Um, thank you through Mr. Chair. Just want to ask maybe we can clarify um how priorities take place. Maybe there's I know uh residents do have to check mark a certain uh point where maybe if there's a parking issue they have to they have to check mark certain levels and that kind of determines the prioritization for some of the areas. Can we just clarify how those procedures and steps are when they go through 311 >> run you through a service request? >> Yes. If >> I could just ask you to move the mic down, please. Oh, the mic down. Sorry. >> So, I can hear you. Sorry. I'm a little Thank you. >> My apologies. So, when someone calls in for a parking request, for example, depending on what the parking request is, you can go on tile, you can go online, you can go through the portal, they will click and they there are options to choose down to. So, if it's blocked, then that is an emergency. That is a priority call because someone can't get out of their driveway. If it is a two to six, if it is a extended like some sort of parking problem, I can't really answer to that because it just goes integrates indirectly into the Amanda bylaw system and then those are picked up by the enforcement officers. >> Thank you, chair. And I think I just want to clarify that when you click off blocked that's an priority and when we click off 2 to six it's not a priority. Is that correct? >> Oh sorry I'll Rita wants to >> good morning through the chair. Yes that is correct. I'll speak a little bit more from the operations side. So when the residents are clicking the appropriate parking uh violation in the back end uh bylaw enforcement application maps it according to priority 1, priority 2, priority three. So a blocked driveway is definitely priority one. Uh a 2 to six time defense is priority three. Uh so uh the officers and I'm not speaking on behalf of bylaw but our officers will go out for the block driveway. Um 7:00 a.m. 12:00 a.m. we manage the dispatch. Uh therefore we dispatch priority ones. It's a top priority uh with regards to after hours the service optimization part uh for security services. the matrix is outlined uh clear and concise what the officers get dispatched to. So priority ones is always top of the list and after 12 a.m. if I may step in it is usually we it's usually urgent requests only so harm to people property or animals. >> Thank you. Thank you three Mr. Chair and maybe for Kim um maybe what what are some of the barriers that you're facing when you're um going through 311? just getting a response. I mean, I get the automated response, but then a lot of the time, nobody comes out. We're making the same report over and it's not just me. It's our neighborhood. It's neighborhoods that are, you know, surrounding us. Um, and what happens is I think if we addressed some of these smaller issues, a lot of the bigger issues we are having would probably go away >> for sure. >> No, thank you for that. And I think a lot of it, you know, so I know city of Bmpton along with council members and mayor Brown, we're all working together trying to make sure bylaw officers are going up, but again, they're stretched out. Um that's definitely something that we're looking at priority ones to take place, but I know um with our team and our offices working together, hopefully we can fix up some of the areas, you know, slowly and steadily. Thank you. Do uh we know how big the uh backlog is for Lila? >> That's a good question. Do we have any do >> so we have a question with regards to backlog if someone from by could provide a response or from could we get that information back in the report? >> Councelor Plushy. >> Thank you Mr. Chair. Um, so I I think that's a difficult question to answer because and I think Kim, you know this as well as I do, we've talked about it where there's been calls that have come in and then all of a sudden they they they're [clears throat] gone and because of for whatever reason, uh, you know, that car is gone or or it was something like the like that loud muffler one where you know by the time you get out there it's going to be gone or for various reasons. Um, so I think that's a difficult question, but in general, could that could that question be potentially answered uh by way of this the information that we're asking for uh for it to come back? >> Could we I don't know how we answer that question if maybe Laura can you speak to that >> through you Mr. Chair, you're correct, Councelor Plesi. Quite often, I mean, we go to every priority one call. So, that is that's why they're priority one. In regards to priority two, we hit most of those or when we get there, the car is no longer there. So, the officer will record that. So, we can quantify how the parking calls are being handled and bring that back in some fashion. Let me see if I can in and taken from somebody that's um gone through the 311 app to complain about a vehicle that was parked um on a bend during a snowstorm. Um, I guess I so I like many residents um and the ones that are here today uh come to a point where I'm I'm I'm fed up and I want to I want to be heard and I'm here uh screaming for help. Um, so I want to know that when I call somebody or residents want to know that them when they call somebody that that individual is that bile officer is waiting for my call and is going to run out and go to the call and fix the problem. Okay. So that's the simplicity of of what I want uh when I make a phone call or when or when residents call. Now, how many other residents are like us throughout the night are making the same call? So, I think if we can narrow down what the question is to say, how many officers are out there on any given night? Pick our busiest night. How many calls are coming in? Pick our busiest night. How many calls are each officer attending? How long does it take for each officer to attend the call? Now, I know that's a tricky one because there's a lot of times where they have to go out and if they're waiting for somebody to show up, they have to wait. Or if they have to do a report, that takes time because if it's going to the courts, then they need to make sure that our officers I think do a fantastic job in terms of docu the documentation and everything that they need that we certainly need to make sure that this person is going to, you know, not get off scot-free. So, so they do they do a fantastic job um that way. So, if maybe we can try and bulk that into what that question actually is. >> Do you know what I'm trying to say, Laura? >> Uh three, Mr. Chair. Yes, Council Ples. I think that's that actually is painting more of a real life picture and and I I'll work with the team to see how we can get that real data, you know, >> workable data to council. I I do know that um we have made a lot of changes and enhancements in particularly with our tow roster those kinds of you know we have recent stats but maybe we can take a bigger look at how the progression has happened. Yeah. And as vice chair of legislative services, I hear about, you know, the good things that are happening right across um but maybe if we can and I don't know what that timeline looks like. Maybe you can report next week to let me know what how long cuz that looks like it it may be a bigger scope or we already have that information. I don't know. But I asked that to be part of the uh deferral or the referral um of the other one or did somebody ask that already? No, we are we are adding these issues to the scope of discussions for future bylaw enforcement. Sure. And part of the round table >> but the but that report added to my about Teresa's uh uh referral that delegation if I can have that information come back. >> So I'll ask for the clerk to note that to for it to be added. >> Perfect. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thanks Kim for your delegation. >> Thank you. So we have a motion moved by councelor bar to add these items to the scope of discussion for future by law enforcement and round table and also for receipts of the delegation. All in favor? That carries. And so with that we now move on to our next delegation which is from Jim McKay Bmpton resident regarding grass cutting and snow clearing. Welcome sir. Thank you. It's actually Mai. I'm not the ABC sports um broadcaster. I think he passed away a few years ago. >> Mr. Mai. >> Anyway, I just want to uh thank everybody for um listening to me today. Uh special thanks to uh Dennis and Martin, our counselors that have been um fighting the good fight. Um I have a five minute speech here. It's pretty redundant, so I'm not going to go in it. So, I'm going to fly by the seat of my pants and you're going to hear some terms that you've heard lots of times before, but I really think when we talk about this problem, it's been ongoing for two years. And I don't think you know what you're solving for. I don't think strategically know what you're trying to solve for because when staff go out and bring something into compliance, they're in compliance. at that point in time they've solved the problem. The fact that it happens again two weeks later is not their problem. So your objectives strategically need to be rethought and to a certain extent all the comments that are coming from this side should perhaps be set aside and listen and bring in the really good experts who know how to solve these types of problems. I spent 30 years in risk management. We dealt with problems every day. We use data. We use riskbased solutions and strategic metrics. I know you've never heard that Dennis and Martin from me. It's a broken record. But I heard Lara say, "I can get you that information today." I heard people say, "Well, what about what's the problem with repeat offenders?" These are the strategic metrics that you need to have at your fingertips. So you know progress has been made. You get facts that tell you this is what we've done. You never get facts about well this is still a problem. We haven't solved this. We don't know how to get to it. Because you need to have the right objectives in place. And that objective pretty clearly based on the amount of discussion we've heard about uh repeat offenders is you need to prevent this from happening. not just bring it into compliance. It's happening over and over and over by the same people and you're looking at this on mass instead of a focused approach against the repeat offenders that would cut your cost down. Bring allow you to focus on the people that are causing the problem and once those problems diminish then you can start going back and solving everybody's problems. you don't have the resources because we've been talking about this for two years to answer everybody's call. You're going to have to figure out what gets done first and it should be repeat offenders. Again, I heard the prioritization process works against um on a security basis. Well, security has to be an override, so you can't avoid it, but why not deal with this on a repeat offender basis? number one issue that's been talked about by everybody at this table today. If you focused on those, that message will get out just like the parking the speeding tickets message got out. You can get there very very quickly. Uh that riskbased approach leverages data. You don't have the right metrics. I know it because I get the same output reports every single time. And there's so many questions that you that we should be asking. You can't get to the answers because the data is not there. You need to look at your data. You need to know what do I want to know and what are the things that I need to know that I'm not getting. Like if a repeat offender is going crazy and we don't even know about it, that should be highlighted. That should be strategic. Strategically, this council should say, "We've wiped out 20% of the repeat offenders." And you need to put fines in place that increase, escalate, and are a deterrent because right now, I heard that, well, it's a cost of business. They can just, okay, I'll pay it. They're not going to get me for another year. I'll pay it. In the meantime, I'll continue and not change my ways. Rod, you talked about education. I don't think this is an education problem. If you want it to be an education problem, the first time they get a fine, give them a pamphlet and say, "Read this so you don't do it again." But don't spend a lot of money on education when that's not what's we're losing the war here. We're losing the war because people are taking advantage of a system where trust used to be in place and the trust is no longer in place and people are running circles around us and you're playing by the rules and they're killing you. We see it all over the place in politics today. Uh, sorry. This is off the cuff, so you're going to have to um I think my four points just to finish would be make sure you know what you're trying to solve for. I don't think it's compliance and I don't think it's education. The issue is so pervas pervasive that you need to look at this from a prevention standpoint. How do you prevent this from happening? That should be your number one question that I would be solving for. >> Thank you. Thank you very much, Jim. >> Oh, [applause] this this was supposed to be ad hoc. I was supposed to have lots of time, but sorry, I rambled. >> I will ask councelor Keenan to start us off with you at our his first question. Thank you. >> Uh thank you so much. Um you know, time and time again, I've heard you with the matrix and we're not looking at the right stuff. Um and obviously you feel like this is something that will make a significant difference. So, I'm going to ask you to join that round table to provide us what those metrics should be and let's utilize the experience that you have um to to do that. Um so, thank you so much for your delegation and your passion, but just to keep it brief, I feel if we put you there um we'll get to the results that we're expecting because I have heard you at town halls expressing the same thing time and time again, noting that there is improvement happening, but we need to balance it and show what those true numbers are and what those metrics should be. So happy to have you on that round table if you would accept and then we could finally um get to the bottom of it and not you know be danced around as you put it. >> Yeah. I and I just want to say I think there's improvement and I'm not trying to be critical but when you tell me that um calls or issues or tickets have gone up 20%. I don't know if calls have gone up 50%. So I never know whether we're truly getting the right performance that we think we are. And until you look at this properly with the right lens with the right uh ex [clears throat] uh outside influences, you're you're guessing. >> Yeah. Thank you so much for your delegation. Thank you, Mr. Chair. >> Thank you, Councelor Santos. >> Thanks so much for your delegation, Jim. And I hear you. I hear your frustration as well in terms of the the repeat offenders. you brought something up that's really important and happy you're going to be on the task force as well. Um I'm going to bring back the uh model in Edmonton again because what was interesting there was that they not only used data and 311 data and fines and tickets as data but they also did something because they they have a task force dealing with this with residents as well which is great. So we're kind of moving in that direction in dealing with repeat offenders. They also have something. They collect community impact statements on those problem properties that are having such a huge impact on their neighboring properties and their neighbors mental health, well-being, quality of life. And that's what unfortunately where this frustration is coming from because you want your neighborhood to be clean and safe. You take care of your property. You do the grass. You take care of the garbage properly. And then for some reason the neighbor next to you or two down doors down from you, you're also doing work to hold them accountable to take care of their property. So the frustration is very real because they are repeatedly not taking care of the property and impacting everyone else. So one of the things that they did in Edmonton with their problem property initiative was take community impact statements that would also withhold in court. They said to us during this this um experience and I think we're going to be able to implement a lot of best practices from them that you know sometimes municipalities are scared that someone's going to take them to court and that the landlord's going to take them to court and the deputy chief who was the person in charge of this program said you know what let them take us to court at the end of the day the people who are suffering because of this one problematic property are the residents who surround them. So, let them take us to court. And so, they started developing community impact statements and collecting evidence to add to the uh data that you're talking about in terms of the complaints coming in, the fines that are being charged, etc. So I think that when we bring the report forward, the RL update report, we will add also recommendations to take a look at the city of Edmonton model to include things like the community impact statements that are collected, their subclass tax rate, how they've created other um internals task force to deal with repeat offenders. Does that sound good to you, Tim? >> Well, you don't have to recreate the the wheel here, right? If somebody's built a mouse trap that's working, >> Yeah. It's a lot easier to implement. It'll cost you less and you can move much faster. >> Thank you for your delegation. >> Thank you, Councelor Santos. Councelor Maderos. >> Uh thank you for you uh Mr. Chair. Uh thank you for the delegation, Jim. Um again, uh I I do appreciate um all the comments. I think you touched on something I think that we sort of deal with here because you know one of the first impressions I keep hearing and and trying to demystify it um staff when they present reports all our data a resultsbased plan there there's a whole level of accountability in this organization there's a senior leadership table um staff report to the commissioner the commissioner reports that come to council that is our duty We don't get into the weeds on that specific address. We look at the broad data and there has been improvement. There has been investments. Um I won't get into the whole sort of broad contextual piece is you know same thing that our police officers struggle with as our population over the last 10 years has really outgrown. We're struggling to keep, you know, from the policing perspective to keep adequate policing to our population growth because you can't just keep throwing money because that'd be a huge impact on the tax bill. Similar to the struggles police have, we can't just keep hiring bylaw officers over and over and over. So, one of the challenges that you've, you know, I think have been very effective on saying is how do you regulate personal behavior? It's the same thing I would throw back to you is why can't police stop speeding? Why can't police stop crime? It's individual behavior. So this idea that we can get in front what we can do, you know, and I think you've you're effective on doing this is we get reports staff put in time. they they have the stats, they have the results based, but anecdotally because I live in the same community as you I will know certain people got ticketed and again I know there's a process we have to follow and I think a little bit of what we're dealing with here is you know talking about the effectiveness how effective is this? So I'm not sure if you might know we do have an audit committee. I believe uh councelor Keenan is so this council has the opportunity to effectively do an audit on programs and services they think that need to be looked at. So I think you know one of the things I'm happy to refer this delegation to the audit committee uh regarding our enforcement perspective that's where uh because what I see is you know from our perspective we get reports I'm not a by officer even though I've gone out with the bylaw officers I've spent the day in their shoes because I see there's a disconnect with the community what their expectations are and the fine work that our our folks are doing and to simply You know what I keep hearing as sort of a uh I would say as a a theme is that there's a lack of effectiveness or there's no program evaluation. And I could tell you from our perspective being around this table, staff probably do this on a daily basis. There's a lot of pressure on them from this council because we're getting pressure from the community. Um, so I think that the the the real struggle that we're having right now is the overall results we're seeing and we compare it probably to other communities. We have improved. It's not again what people's expectations are because people's expectations are they don't want to see that same number house, you know, still have that garbage, still have that so on. But effectively, you know, we've challenged our staff and I think if you know, having spent the day with them, having understand the processes we're going, you know, I I do think it merits us looking at when you talk about effectiveness, but we're never going to get to that absolute number where it stops and that's the struggle with. So, you know, as we continue on this, it's a sort of, you know, you talked about the lost war. I'm not sure if it's a lost war. we continue to sort of, you know, to to go after it. But then after, you know, when I mirror what happens in sort of crime issues when everyone talks about need bail reform, everyone gets off the street, crime keeps going on, crime keeps going. We, you know, to a smaller degree are struggling with that same what is sort of that bail reform that we need here. What do we go after the defendants? And I think, you know, one of the things I think councelor uh Santos touched upon is having more resources from the province. You know, we can't just go levy taxes on a home and and the the uh the uh possibility of this doing is from a provincial perspective. I think it's almost going to be zilch. So, what I think right now, I think you've touched upon something because there seems to be a lack of confidence. How do we restore confidence that, you know, things are measurably getting better? because I do see out there people hear things are getting better but these are very recurring issues and you know I think there is just to so people understand there's program evaluation going on there's policy reform there's levels of accountability there's a leadership team people know and and right now we have an election coming up and that's probably the most for example accountability that we will face but you know I think I just didn't want people to leave here today to think there isn't conversations around the table. How do we constantly improve our uh our uh um you know enforcement? How do we ensure we're not getting by officers? That is probably on top of mind every day. So I think you know trying to get some restore confidence you know would sending it to an audit having an audit of our enforcement is that something that you think would retore confidence someone who's in that field to come back and get that information to sort of see what a third party would see and we've you know to my knowledge and my understandability again there's channels of accountability this goes through three or four layers of people on it and ultimately we're accountable to you but with an and audit sort of give you that sort of understanding because comparatively I would challenge probably to all neighboring communities we're not that bad in terms of our enforcement doesn't mean that we're opportune that you're not going to be happy because this is ongoing you know addressing the issue um so just wondering from your perspective of do you think an audit of our enforcement would do would have that effectiveness and trying to restore confidence that we're on the right page >> pardon That was a fivem minute question. [laughter] Um, so I think at some point in time an audit would be helpful. I think this there's enough knowledge circulating here that you could start. I really like the Edmonton idea. There's been other things that have been raised uh, you know, for um, things you could do. Um, I I think I would concentrate on what are the lowhanging fruit that you can focus on and get out the door quickly and maybe two years down the road have an audit then. But I also want to be clear, I didn't say that there hasn't been improvement. What I said was because the metrics aren't very um uh uh good. I don't know whether that's true or not. And so and and if you it's just simple trending. If your calls are going up 20%. But you're only getting uh 10% of satisfactory conclusions on your on your work by the enforcement, you're actually falling further behind. And you you can't make that comparison based on the data that everybody presents to us all the time. So you need to have that reporting data in place so that you can get those those answers and that will help instill the confidence as well as you say here's my objectives and then you say I'm using the Edmonton report. It's going to solve these things. Um these other items are going to solve that. Here's the ones that we can't get to right away because we've got res resource constraints. get those things in place and then say okay and now we're going to top it off with an audit down the road that says what have we done and how good have we done it and they'll be able to help you with that. >> Yeah. And and through you Mr. chair. Um, you know, I appreciate when you're looking at the data sets. You know, I would challenge probably other municipalities probably, you know, report on the same data sets and metrics and maybe the round table will help restore some confidence on those data sets that you think that we're not or that you think are not being uh compiled that is not informing more effective programming response. And I think that connect that this connection a little bit because again from from what I've seen here um in terms of where we're going from bylaw and where we're going you know I think we've been effective uh as an organization our municipality is really focused on this issue more so in other communities and more so and and I'm not sure if it might be a surprise other municipalities come to Bmpton to try to get resources speak to our bylaw officers because of their expertise because they don't face the amount of issues that we have and the complexity of those issues and I think you know one of the things that we should be sort of proud as a community is the fact that there is this laser focused on this issue and I I I just think that you know some of the sort of language that you keep referring to in terms of not the right metrics while you know in terms of other municipalities they're looking at the exact same metrics that we are there isn't a magical you know metric out there that will provide provide us that input that will be able to make us more effective and and that is sort of the challenge and and you know having a round table is going to be great for us to all sit around and discuss this but I don't want to underestimate or sell short that this isn't laser focused by our staff and I you know I appreciate >> Martin just saying yeah you you can be improving and still fall falling behind >> understandably >> okay so I I'm not having this debate with you. I'm not saying I haven't seen improvement. I talked to you. I talked to Dennis. I've seen good work happen. But today in this discussion, there were three requests from this side of the office or the building for new metrics and Lauren said, "Oh, okay. I'm going to go back and get you that." Like that came from this discussion. That's not Jim Mai saying this is a strategic metric. You guys are saying I need this information. That's when you have information on on repeat offenders. You can go to people and say, "I know it's a problem, but we've knocked it down by 80%." And people go, "80%." And [clears throat] like that's the confidence building, but when I look at a stat that I can't draw any conclusions from other than you're telling me it's working and then 10 people stand up here and criticize what's happening to them personally, you're never going to win that war that way. It's never going to happen. >> Thank you, Jim. Any further questions? Yeah. No, I I'd like to refer if it's possible to refer to audit committee as well. Not only receive it but also refer to audit committee. Um and uh I thank you very much. Thank you. >> Thank you very much councelor Maderos. So we have legislative services wishes to speak. Laura, >> thank you counselor or Mr. Chair. Um we are scheduled to um have an audit committee uh exercise in 2027. So I think this is very good timing if we've got the the round table take those findings as well. So I I see I see a a flow here which is which is I think going to be quite helpful. One of the things that I'd like to say uh Jim thank you again for we've had a few conversations and I've come to realize that part of what the gap perhaps is is I know what the current volumes are and the improvements. perhaps we're not doing a good enough job of sharing all of that data. So, you know, your lens is going to be very helpful for us to understand where the gaps are in our communication. Uh just for example, parking calls have gone up 2% but tickets have gone up by 50%. So, >> that's a great metric. >> I know. I thought I'd make you smile. So, [laughter] >> my confidence building already >> there. So, but you know, but truly we do appreciate the different perspectives and I think we're we have an opportunity here to see continued improvement. >> Thank you very much. So, we have a motion of referral to the audit committee and also motion of receipt for the delegation for Mr. Jim Mai. All in favor? That carries. Thank you, Jim. And we're now looking at the time, but I do believe we have two more delegations that I think we need to get to. Our first our second to last is from Mike Agus, Bmpton resident, regarding enforcement operations citywide, including complaints and processes and service delivery relating to property standards and parking enforcement. Welcome, Mike. >> Hi. Uh, respectfully, can I just request an extra minute or 60 seconds? Uh, please. >> In looking at our committee, you have it. >> Thank you. I want to uh acknowledge Mayor Brown, Councelor Dennis Keenan, and Councelor Rowena Santos. Many of the enforcement changes residents asked over the past several years were changes that we were once told were impossible. Because of your willingness to listen and uh challenge existing processes and push for meaningful reform, many of your changes now have been implemented. In February 2025, the enforcement SOPs were approved by council and the report acknowledged that the previous reactive enforcement model was inefficient. It stated that officers time was largely consumed by traveling between different enforcement calls, often requiring multiple trips across the the city during a shift. It is now mid 2026 and recently after speaking to an officer he stated that during his shift he would be able to attend 7 to 12 calls on average per day. He confirmed that he spends most of his day driving around. He also shared that the officers referred to this as spinning wheels all day. The Amanda system distributes files to officers based on a flawed methodology. A single property with multiple violations can uh generate multiple Kobe files. Those files are often assigned to multiple officers and therefore will be investigated separately. The current auto rotation distribution methodology creates an even distribution workload on paper to officers to enforcement officers. However, it creates an inefficient system that produces a neverending backlog. We do not always need to solve problems with more money and more staff. The question that needs to be addressed is why does the enforcement management continue to allow the Amanda system to continue to waste resources by needlessly deploying officers all over the city which has already been recognized a year ago to be inefficient. The enforcement 2025 SOP also described the proactive loop methodology as a way that officers to attend known areas of concern in an efficient in an efficient geographical order. The SOPs also stated that officers assigned to these loops are supposed to prioritize capturing all violations. What residents are actually experiencing is that the proactive loop does not function as a true street level proactive enforcement. A property can be identified through what residence is told as a proactive loop while another property less than 100 ft away in worst condition receives no action at all. The loop if the loop is truly proactive then residents should reasonably expect violations to be in the immediate area to be addressed while the officer is already there. If the loop is only following up on active complaints, then it should not be communicated to residents as proactive enforcement. Those are two very different things. What enforcement leadership is delivering is a reactive model with a proactive label attached to it. The February 2025 SOP states that progressive enforcement does not reset for each violation. Officers are to review the premise, enforcement history, and where education has been reasonably provided to proceed to enforcement. We see the same problematic properties year after year. Despite our repeated reporting and following up, residents are asking why escalated enforcement is not being applied consistently. A chronic non-compliant property should not be able to cycle through various infractions and be given repeat warnings as resident get the same short-term compliance and the same relapse following by the same lack of consequences. I have personally observed uh an officer say, "I'm not going to give you a ticket if you clean up the garbage by the end of the day." despite the property being a very problematic property and it has been confirmed that the property was on the proactive loop. This is not enforcement. This is a loop of non-compliance. Properties have uh properties have documented history of non-compliance. The appropriate enforcement response of e escalation is clearly documented in the February 2025 SOP and that's not being followed. Enforcement escalation highlights part of the issue as well. Escalation should not uh escalation should be the exception for residents to get resolution and unfortunately it has often become the only path of resolution. This demonstrates that the regular process is simply not working. Residents responsibility should end once the issue has been reported. However, the reality is that residents are left to manage their complaint to ensure their resolution. Residents should not have to track Kobe numbers for months as they should be able to trust the process. Taxpayers already fund a well-paid bureaucracy of supervisors, managers, senior enforcement personnel whose mandate is to oversee operations, monitor compliance trends, review enforcement outcomes, and ensure procedural consistency. Given the city's reported increases in patrol, enforcement actions, fines, technology, and related resources, the city already possesses significant administration and operational capacity within the existing staffing structure. However, increased activity does not prove that there has been gains in efficiency and improved outcomes that residents were told they could expect. I am respectfully requesting council to support an independent operational review of how the Amanda system assigns files and what efficiencies can be optimized with existing resources. I am happy to be a resident adviser of the review to ensure taxpayers funded enforcement resources are being used efficiently. residents deserve proof that legislative services and enforcement management are efficiently managing the resources it already has. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mike. [applause] Councelor Keenan, >> thank you. And thank you, Mike, for your delegation. Um, you're probably uh one of the smartest residents when it comes to knowing our bylaws inside and out. Uh, you you definitely have taught me a thing or two. So, thank you for that. Um, I understand the frustration with the Amanda system. Um, to the point where I didn't know it was called the Amanda system in this particular I've only heard us talk about that when it came to planning. Um, so I know the frustrations when a by officer is driving by and tons of properties there and we're told that that car is being going to other calls. Um, it's been happening for quite some time. Um, so I will take your suggestion here because I've recently seen technology and we're going through this with AI and stuff on how it things can be done better and more efficiently. I've seen one through public works when it comes to potholes and how that software can, you know, tell you the size of the pothole, direct the routes where people should go and the efficiency that it brings. When I looked at it, I said, "Wow, they should be in 311 for multiple more things." Um, but I think what I'll do is I'll refer this to staff to look at um new technology and AI and report back to council on um more efficiencies when it comes to what that could be. Um the the next piece is the proactive um portion. It's something we've been talking about for a long time. Pieces of it. Um I do know that uh Rob Higs has been working on something. So, um, if I could ask maybe Rob, when is or to, uh, the commissioner, um, do we know when something like that will be coming and being presented to us or would you like me to refer this to have that report brought to council? >> Uh, through you, Mr. Chair. Uh, councelor Keenan, we, uh, perhaps we can give a highlight of what that new pilot's going to look like. Um, maybe after we get through the delegations and bring the RL report up. We're we're prepared to introduce it. >> So, perfect. and and just on time. I just want to thank you again. Um and hopefully these two um items that you've brought up amongst others will be solved through these delegations and working with staff. So, thank you so much. >> Perfect. Thank you. >> Thank you, Councelor Santos. Come back, Mike. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just a very quick thank you, Mike, for your perseverance. I know that you do this because you want to see our neighborhoods look better, for us to do better, and I know that the repeat offenders continues to be a frustration for everyone. when we bring up the RL report at the end of these delegations, um we'll hear about the proactive pilot that that folks have been working on, which is going to be a new thing on top of the task force and some of the other things we're going to be doing based on all of these delegations. So, thank you so much, Mike. >> Thank you, Roina. >> Thank you very much. We have a motion moved by Councelor Keenan to refer this delegation to staff and to receive the delegation. All in favor? That carries. Thank you, Mike. >> Thank you. And now we will welcome Kathleen McDermott, Branson resident in regards to property standards concerns. Kathleen, welcome. >> Thank you, chair. Thank you, uh, Mayor Brown and members of council for the opportunity to address my concerns regarding, um, enforcement of property standards in the city of Bmpton. I'm here today to speak about what I believe is an ongoing failure to consistently, effectively, and most importantly, efficiently enforce property standards across our city. this respons the responsibility of service delivery ultimately rests with enforcement management and it's our neighborhoods that bear the consequences while enforcement continues to fall short. Before I continue, however, I'd like to thank those members of councils, especially my ward counselors who have repeatedly met with residents, listen to our concerns, and worked with us to find solutions. Your continued willingness to engage with residents has been appreciated. Additionally, I would like to call out councilors Kenan and Santos for specifically championing the RRL. Thank you for your tremendous work to date. I know we can count on you both to continue making positive changes. So, thank you. Unfortunately, the public holds council responsible for many of the shortcomings. They're actually the responsibility of city bureaucrats, in this case, enforcement management. Council members have consistently engaged with residents in a meaningful way and always advocated on behalf of us in pursuit of meaningful solutions. So, thank you. Accountability for service delivery ultimately rests with enforcement leadership. Despite repeated attempts by residents to engage constructively with enforcement, many feel their concerns are dismissed rather than meaningfully addressed. Property standards and municipal bylaws exist for a reason. Residents expect that when violations are reported, they will be investigated promptly, addressed fairly, and resolved effectively to minimize repeat and ongoing violations. Unfortunately, the reality experienced by residents is very, very different. Over the past several years, I've spoken with numerous residents who have reported concerns regarding neglected property maintenance, chronic parking violations, including parking on lawns, overcrowded, overflowing garbage, and many other property standard infractions. Many of these concerns are concentrated in rental properties, whether legal or illegal. Time and time again, residents describe long delays, repeated file closures without meaningful resolution, inconsistent enforcement, and outcomes that do not accurately reflect the conditions that were first reported. As a result, public confidence in the city's enforcement process has severely eroded. Many residents no longer believe that reporting violations will actually lead to meaningful um action and have given up entirely. Many residents are reluctant to appear before council through public de delegations. So, I not only speak for myself, I speak for many residents who are frustrated and extremely discouraged. In May 2024, Mike and I met with Mayor Brown to discuss these concerns. We met again in 2025 and were joined by the commissioner of legislative services under whose portfolio enforcement reports. During the discussions, we discussed enforcement standard operating procedures and it became very apparent that the challenges stem from how these procedures are designed and applied. The questions remain what council and residents understand as zero tolerance and proactive uh uh what they actually mean and whether enforcement's operational definitions reflect those expectations. Similarly, residents consider a proactive enforcement offers different significantly from what is being delivered on the ground. Many residents believe that the current emphasis on education as a primary enforcement response is not aligned with community expectations. Residents understand the value of education but also expect meaningful consequences for repeat offenders and chronic non-compliance. Unfortunately, there is a Grand Canyonsized gap between council's expectations, residents lived experiences, and enforcement's operational practices. Council has consistently demonstrated a desire to protect our neighborhoods and maintain community standards. Residents expect bylaws and property standards to be enforced in a fair, timely, and effective manner. Yet procedures used by enforcement often produce outcomes that fall extremely short of those expectations and residents lived experiences. Residents are not seeing results and that is why we are here. I'm formally requesting that council undertake an independent thorough review of enforcement leadership structure, their standard operating procedures, performance metrics, and accountability mechanisms. A process designed without consideration for resident outcomes and lived experiences cannot act accurately measure success. Success cannot be solely measured by the number of files closed. Success should be measured by whether ne neighborhood out concerns are resolved. Community standards are maintained and residents experience tangible improvements in their neighborhoods. Council has consistently aligned and championed our cause and demonstrated its commitment to protecting Bmpton's neighborhoods. I'm asking today that enforcement practices be brought into alignment with that vision so that residents have confidence that property standards are being meaningfully enforced. I'm leaving behind a package today containing more than 150 photographs taken over just the past two weeks. These images provide a snapshot of conditions across our neighborhoods and should raise serious concerns about the and questions about the effectiveness as what's being described as proactive enforcement. The images will speak for themselves. So again, thank you for your time today and your continued commitment to the residents of Bmpton. I thank you. >> Thank you very much, Kathleen. Thank you, >> Councelor Kenan. >> Thank you. And through you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Kathleen, um for your continued dedication to the city. Um you know, I strongly listen to your delegation. I feel like council here today have directed um staff to report back on a lot of the items that um you brought up in your delegation. So my only question to you is is there anything that we have missed that you would like to um like for council to do still? >> Um I think we're looking for outcomes and um I think it's a step in the right direction when um community members are being invited into audit processes um and to participate actively. I know there was a suggestion of having a committee and it might not be this term, it might be next term. Um that is something that we've been asking for and um we haven't unfortunately had a um meaningful birectional uh engagement with enforcement. Um this is typically um we find there's a lack of collaboration there. We've despite our best efforts um at town halls we see we hear the same thing over and over again. So having some sort of um community presence um and having enforcement at the table and having to listen to us because they're it it's they're reporting on things that aren't necessarily important to us. Um yeah, great there's um you know you've stopped A, B, or C, but it's really X, Y, and Z that's top priority as the priorities need to align. So having that birectional communication I think will be helpful. Okay. So, um, thank you again for coming in. Um, you know, I I I do believe that that's going to be a big part of how we can change things. I know that yourself and a lot of residents of mine and councelor Maduros were involved in the 311 dialogue to help fix some issues we're having with 311 and we've seen the success there. So, I look forward to seeing the success here as well. Thank you, Mr. Chair. >> Thank you, councelor. Councelor Santos. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I think after Kathleen's delegation, we should move the RL report up. um and just deal with that and also have Rob Higs talk about the proactive pilot program that we're going to be uh implementing uh very soon. So, uh a couple of things with respect to the communication and um I guess regular communication with bylaw enforcement with the residents. I I'm going to bring it up again. So in Edmonton, just so people know, in Edmonton, they shared that part of their problem property initiative also includes a monthly coffee meeting in the community with bylaw enforcement officers and fire prevention officers and fire as well. Um and that open dialogue informal way for residents to actually communicate directly with enforcement officers on a monthly basis in different neighborhoods has really established a level of public trust and understanding um in in the implementation of how they deal with chronic repeat uh offenders when it comes to problem property. So that's another thing I think when we bring the report up and ask staff to look at the Edmonton model that we could also look at and implement. Another piece that I just want to highlight too in dealing with repeat offenders, one thing that we've been talking about, councelor Keenan and I, um, with with by law enforcement, is upon renewal of an RRL license, if you are deemed as a chronic repeat offender, in order to renew your license, you need to pay a security deposit upfront. and you have to pay it because you're known as a repeat offender problem property that's requiring so much resources and time and just like if you're renting out a hotel room they hold >> council tour >> a point of order just uh I don't think this is a question to the delegation or related to this delegation if we're discussing the report then please let me know Mr. I'm not done. My question >> tour we have brought the report forward. So we are dealing both with the delegation and before is is also the report 10.2.2. >> Yeah. So Kathleen would something like that be an interesting solution in terms of like you know for residents to consider as an improvement. So we're identifying after 18 months of implementing the pilot program and now rolling it out across the city who the repeat offenders are. you know, if we can't get a subclass property tax bracket because the provincial legislation is not able to allow us to do that, can we look at something similar to, you know, you're renting a hotel room, they're charging back $500 because they want to make sure they get the room back, you know, in proper order. In a similar way, in order to renew your license, you need, if you're a repeat offender, you require an X amount security deposit, and we will hold that until you start changing your behavior. What do you think about that? So, um there's it's a bit of an answer. So, um we uh had suggested or we had met with uh Mayor Brown to con our concerns about uh multi-unit properties uh taking resources and having uh the impact assessment. It's being reassessed. Um and unfortunately, it's out of provincial or sorry, it's provincial jurisdiction to increase property taxes. um because we're concerned with the you know garbage resources and I know councelor Tur had suggested extra bins or something like that at the beginning of the the meeting today. Who's paying for those resources? Um who gets to um like all the way down the line there's resources to manage that process and then picking up the garbage. I pay property tax for two bins. So when you get four bins, who's going to levy that? So um we had made the so we have gone to our provincial representative and and pushed the question about impact. So I'm not a keyboard warrior. So I get up and I go and I do those things that you know I learned from council when I engage. Um the other thing we had done at attended a town hall um and Mike had actually made the suggestion at the time to enforcement with regards to some sort of deposit and every time we make a a suggestion like that it's always turned around no why it can't be done whereas when we come to council we always get counselors working with us and finding a a way to a path to um what we need. So there's always a workaround. So always um so yes is my answer and we have made that suggestion before but it was met with a no. So it's very refreshing um for for you to be able to suggest that to council Santos. Thank you so much. >> If I may ask councelor Santos that we wrap up the delegation first so that we can then deal with the report. >> Happy to receive the delegation from council. >> All right. So thank you Kathleen. We have a motion of receipt moved by councelor Keenan to receive your delegation. All in favor? That carries. Thank you. And now we will work on item 10.2.2 report on the RRL. Councelor Santos, you still have the floor. >> Thank you through you, Mr. Chair. If I would ask Director Rob Higs to please share with us the proactive pilot um that we're planning to implement. Some details on that, please. >> Is he here? Yeah, there he is. >> And then if I would ask the the clerk if you could just cue up the added recommendations based on our discussion that I've provided earlier today as well. >> Through you, chair. Thanks very much, counselor. Uh at the direction of the CAO, he'd ask that uh we put forward a a ward-based proactive enforcement pilot. Uh what this will do is it will provide wardspecific counselor informed proactive enforcement. Uh while with the full framework will be sent out uh later today to the counselors uh explaining the entire nuances of it. Uh the short version would be that uh we will provide you with the top five repeat offenders in your ward uh as well as what calls are associated to it and then invite you to uh look at that list. we will focus on those five uh and then we'll invite you to add to that list whether through uh specific properties that are a concern that you're seeing that isn't uh demonstrated within the 311 uh data yet is still a community concern as well as if it's uh generic streets that are a consistent issue. uh we will make endeavors to ensure it's the same staff assigned on the rotating ward basis to increase familiarity. uh within those reasons. What we've presented uh we can implement without negatively impacting the operational budget uh or existing resident requested service and delivery expectations or our uh counselor requested and resident requested uh escalation services. council. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. So, it sounds like we're going to be implementing um and when will that be implemented, Rob? >> So, I'll ask I'll start asking for input today. Uh and we'll be able to implement on June 29th. >> Awesome. And then the other piece is because we've had a bit of a conversation on this as well. Sometimes it's not just one problem repeat offender in the neighborhood. Sometimes it's like one particular street or one particular section of a street. I see nodding heads in the room cuz you know what I'm talking about because it's the broken window syndrome, right? If one repeat offender can get away with it, then the next uh repeat offender will also practice the same thing. So, can we also recommend potentially pockets of neighborhoods where there is a cluster of a of the same problem? >> Absolutely. if it's just a a street in specific or a group of streets. Uh and then beyond uh what is identified either through the data or through the recommendations, the officers are dedicated to that ward pairing during that time. >> So if they run out of the suggestions, they will continue with uh enforcement throughout the remainder of their assignment. >> Fantastic. And and not to and so we're all going to be very excited to see that happen. Um, and Jim earlier brought up a really good point which I know Rob you've shared in the past as well and council pointed it out too. There have been improvements and you can see from the report there have been improvements is the statistics of of 2% complaints and then what was the stat on the parking Laura 65 or whatever percent increase in the number of fines. So, while there have been improvements after 18 months of implementing this pilot and growing it now across the city, um we are catching up. Right. Right. Rob, you framed it to me in this almost the same way that Jim framed it. >> Absolutely. I I can give you a quick rundown with enhancements thanks to Jim just to make sure that we do get that. Uh the parking was 2% increase with tickets up 50% and parking fines up 173%. Right. >> Property standards and municipal calls are up 26% uh with tickets up 92% and fines are up 143%. The discrepancy between the tickets going up and the fines going up is partly representative of our graduated penalties and demonstrative of us uh capturing those repeat offenders. Towing is up 201%, again we tow repeat offenders and it's up significantly. Um and and it was also uh indicated that uh we don't bring all the stats to council, but what we bring is to demonstrate that we are trending in the right direction after 18 months of a 36-month process. >> Thank you, Robin. through the chair. And to Jim's point, it's just there's a lot to catch up on. And there's a lot and and what sticks out the most for residents and and for me too when I'm doing walkarounds in neighborhoods are the repeat offenders are the ones that the residents have to we have to keep calling in, get that escalated to our office. Those are the ones that stick out the most. And when those stick out the most, it feels like nothing's happening and nothing's changing. So I think hopefully some of the proactive work and the motions that were passed and referred to staff from the delegations will also be help us move us forward, continue moving forward as well. And then finally, madame clerk, I just have two changes to the recommendations in the report. If we could put it up on the screen. Okay. So, the report I is to receive the report and also that staff be directed to engage with the city of Edmonton and review comparable municipal best practices related to problem properties and repeat offenders and report back on options for potential implementation in the city of Bmpton and also that staff be directed to advocate to the appropriate provincial ministries for legislative changes to address identified barriers as requested. So those barriers include our inability at in the province of Ontario to create a subclass property tax bracket to deal with problematic properties in the same way that Alberta does. So that's just one example and that is just the amended uh recommendations to the report. Thank you very much. >> Thank you [snorts] councelor Santos. Councelor Power speaking to the motion. >> Thank you Mr. Chair. Rob, can you just explain for the public what's the difference between this proactive approach versus the last proactive approach? So, this was what was uh specifically requested is that the ward pairings have direct input into it. Uh, one of the things I did note when I looked at the the top five properties in each ward pairing is that some of the ones that the counselors have spoken to us about are not in that top five. That doesn't make them any less important. In fact, the the community is raising them. They are of significant importance. So, what this will do, it'll give us another pathway to direct our pro proactive efforts. Thank you, councelor Power. Councelor T. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, I just like to when the when the vote comes up, I'd like to vote separately on uh all those three items that I see on the screen here. I'm happy to support the receiving the interimm update report. Um, staff have been doing a good job on their enforcement. I like in WS 9 and 10. just generally speaking of enforcement, not particularly to RL. Um, you know, we don't seem to have we don't seem to have concerns that are not addressed. So, I'm happy to receive that report and and see that they've done a thorough job in highlighting um the numbers in the report um and and dividing them up in terms of uh call volumes or uh new licenses um bringing properties into compliance, all those different metrics there. So happy to receive that, but uh I'm not supportive of uh a direction to engage with the city of Edmonton or other municipalities to see what they're doing. Uh and I'm not uh going to be advocating to the provincial government to create a subclass of properties uh as well. So I I'll be voting against those two items. Thank you. >> Thank you very much, councelor Tur. So, I will request that we first consider the motion moved by councelor Santos at the report prepared by Allison Sander, manager of special projects and administration in legislative services to our committee of council meeting of June 17th, 2026 regarding the residential rental licing program interim update be received. All in favor? That carries. And next item that staff be directed to engage with the city of Edmonton and review comparable municipal best practices related to problem properties and repeat offenders and report back on options for potential implementation in the city of Bmpton. Who is in favor? Who is against? >> I'm opposed to it. So noted by the clerk and that staff be directed to advocate to the appropriate provincial ministries for legislative changes to address identified barriers as required. Who is in favor? And who is against? >> Opposed to it. >> The clerk has noted and so the three motions carry with noted opposition. And so with that, members of committee, I will ask of your indulgence for us to receive a a delegation from Pushkar Chavan, Bmpton resident, regarding the third hospital required for Bmpton. I understand Mr. Chavan has one of our youngest residents accompanying him here today. And so that is why we are moving this delegation up. Welcome. >> Welcome Pushkar. >> Uh thank you. Uh thanks for giving this opportunity. I have uh Amit Pumar um whom I'll be talking about a little later. I have uh for this delegation Atul Jani, Prashant and Jetu with me. So um you know I wanted to um have this delegation for the third hospital and uh you know during my research and when you know we were talking about the topics. Uh this is the first point I wanted to call out right uh what I realized is there are few cases which I wanted to I want to make sure that you know this uh office hears about it. uh that is of Amit Kumar right and this is all concerning with the case of third hospital or even the second hospital now uh Amit Kumar's wife was admitted on May 8th uh for her uh delivery of second child okay um unfortunately there was a complication uh on sepsis uh during her delivery um and after a few days she was discharged. >> Mr. Chavan, I will ask you just to pause for a moment while we wait for folks who are attempting to leave the chambers to be able to do so. >> Sure. If >> we could pause the clock >> and if I can ask for quiet please. >> Mr. Chavan please. >> Yeah. So, I'll correct myself. It was May 9th. Um, and on May 9th, she delivered uh a beautiful boy. Um, and on May 11th, uh, she was discharged. Um, and with symptoms of with early symptoms of sepsis. Okay. Um throughout this um hospitalization she was not administered any antibiotics or apart from being advised to take Tylenol and Advil whenever her pain reoccurs. On May 12th, she they again came into the emergency ward uh with complaints of uh severe about abdominal pain and um that night um you know they were again told that she is fine and they can go back home. After 2 days uh she again came into the emergency ward wherein she bred her last on that particular day after 2 days. Okay. All this while there were no antibiotics given to her. And we can all attribute this issue with lack of doctors, lack of overwhelmed uh you know doctors, lot of people coming into emergency ward. But somebody being in such a situation and not being prescribed antibiotics when the body itself cannot fight, it's a sheer criminal activity. I will first of all I will request this office to help with an inquiry or a inquest for her death during the funeral. Now the second part during the funeral of Miss Priya Sharma her father who you know was in India could not visit uh this place for the funeral died of a brain stroke when watching her funeral live. So you can imagine what the family has gone through. I'm like none of us in this auditorium would like to have any of your friends even associated with us or our family going through this. I'm like this is something that I wanted to discuss um as my first point and all this while he's been requesting the hospital to provide some consideration or some child care help. He got none. Uh, councelor Bra has been very helpful to, you know, initiate a kind of a food bank service or something that can help this family. Okay. Um to to keep in mind that you know this family also had the second partner Priya Sharma who was helping to raise his family. uh equally right so that part of income is gone. So financially also along with emotional they are all distressed right. So I thank Miss Bra uh to help here. Uh this is Nan Kumar you want to say something. [snorts] Good afternoon everyone and thank you for the time. My name is Amit Kumar. I stand before you today as a husband who lost his [snorts] >> I'm sorry I don't know if I can talk. [snorts] I may ask committee for additional time. Carrie. >> Yeah. Um you want to sit down? Can sit down? Have a glass one. Thank you. Coming back to my uh topic of uh the third hospital, right? I think we all are we are we all are you know u we know that we require the third hospital or the second hospital to be done as fast as possible. Right? We wanted to know know the status exactly what status has been as you know is for the second and third hospital. We've been trying to get in touch with the MPP our local MPP by and we have a appointment with uh Mr. Sakaria by end of this uh month. Uh so that you know because we know that there is a portion that city helps 10% and 90% comes from the state government or the provincial government. So you wanted to know that how city has been following up uh of uh you know making sure that we have the second hospital and the third hospital on time. Uh we have also heard reports where now the local clinics in Bmpton are being directed to refer patients only to Bmpton Civic Hospital and not Missaga Hospital or Georgetown Hospital. And we have u like we we did not get time to click photos and present it here but we do have heard those of those cases. So that's my uh third question. Is there any directive given from the city in that respect? My fourth one is why there is no MRI center in Paramton. Is it being planned along with the second or third hospital? And the fifth one right and this is something that Amit told us and many people told us right that whenever we visit a civic hospital Bmpton civic hospital the equipments that have been certified as audited are broken. they are not working. So I will request this office to do a re audit for those equipments or to do reit of the auditors. >> Thank you. >> Thank you Mr. Chavan. I do have speakers. Mayor Brown. >> Well, thank you for the courage to come forward today with your delegation and share your pain and your story. Um I know you've asked a few questions um and I'll do my best to respond to them. I know councelor Ber wants to speak to this too. First of all, this council um believes and we passed a motion unanimously that the protocols and preparation for sepsis is inadequate um in Ontario. We passed a motion based on a family that came in um with an experience in Credit Valley where they lost the mother as well. And so we started a a request to the province to have this immediately looked into. The ability to put forward an inquiry on a provincial agency is is up to the province because theos hospitals are run by the province. Um if there was an inquiry, it would have to be uh the province that that does that. I suggest today though we can um put a letter. I'm happy to pen a letter demanding that asking for an inquiry into what happened here. Um there's also the provincial ombbudsman and auditor general that you could forward this to. I suggest we forward what happened here to the provincial ombbudsman and auditor general um because this is um a senseless avoidable um tragedy. In terms of what we're doing to get additional healthc care capacity, as mayor, I've declared um a public emergency twice. Once during COVID and once in 2019, uh, councelor Harkuret Singh, now our deputy mayor, put forward a motion that we declare a healthcare emergency. And we did so to really spark conversation at at at Queens Park. We hope that this would cause a question at question period about why we didn't have a second hospital. Um, and it caused a media firestorm. It caused the reaction we wanted. We began the petition, the largest petition in the city of Bmpton's history, and we [snorts] got it into the provincial budget that they committed to a hospital. That followed with it going to Treasury Board, and we finally we got an allocation. Now they've um allocation of 2.4 billion, largest healthcare investment in city history. It went to um an RFP and um the company was awarded Bird Construction. They did the ceremonial sod turning last year and I'm told we're going to be in full construction sometime between July and September. Uh this will have uh this new hospital will have um uh a full service emergency department. It will have up to 350 beds funding initially for 250. Um it's going to have a section on youth mental health, uh seniors care, Alzheimer's, dementia. Um and so it will be um uh a step forward. Um our position to the province though was as much as we need a second hospital, we even need a third hospital. The province did tell us on numerous occasions they will not take a request for a third hospital until the second hospital is dealt with and it's going to take years to build the second hospital. They won't even take a We've got land confidentially that we've identified. They won't even have the conversation with us. The Minister of Health has been very clear. We're premature. We can't submit a submission on a third hospital yet. Um, but we're going to continue to make this a focal point of our advocacy. I know we're at 100. In 2019, we were at 100% capacity at our hospital. The in is full every night. The bigger shock would be if I got a report that it wasn't at 100% capacity. Two weeks ago, councelor Santos gave a speech here where she was almost in tears about the experience of one of her loved ones. I get those phone calls tragically every day. And so, we're going to continue to badger the province. Um, we met every, you know, the requirement in Ontario is you have to do a 10% local share. Um, you have to have all the permits approved. We've done everything. We've done our part. Um, and so we're going to make sure that this construction is not delayed any further. The timetable has already been delayed. Um and uh I can tell you we are on it um relentlessly to make sure there is no further delays when we get the second hospital built and as soon as the second hospital's built know that our number one ask of the province is going to be a third hospital. I'd also say this is compounded by failures in the system across the board. For example, um federally we don't get any funding for those who don't have health insurance. We have a massive operational def deficit. I think it's north of 50 million at Oller because the people that come in they take care of are non-residents and have no health insurance. So they have to cut other programs to pay for that. That's a federal failure. Proincially we're in gridlock because we have paramedics lined up but they have carriage of a of a patient because there's not a healthcare worker. And so you go I visit the hospital often and I see um I see the gridlock. Imagine seeing so many paramedic um vehicles um lined up and paramedics waiting with a patient. They want to go out and they want to go out and and and and help people that and yet they're waiting there. Um and so that's a system failure at a provincial level. We have challenges with healthcare. Um and even though it's the number one budget item in the province, it does not nearly meet the demand and the requirements of a modern healthcare system. And so there are structural issues and I think unfortunately we're going to see more tragedies until these are addressed. But count on us to be vocal and and make this demand and maybe and maybe you know an inquiry into this strategy may be the catalyst um for the change required. So thank you for being here and rest assured I will be um fervent in in in our advocacy on this. >> Thank you Mayor Brown. Councelor Brown. >> Thank you through you, Mr. Chair. Um, thank you, Mayor Brown, for those comments and echoing a lot of the comments Mayor Brown has said, but it's it's really sad to see another case coming through. And I know there's many more that have not come to this council member. So, first of all, condolence to the family of Priya Sharma, um, who has lost her life to sepsis, which is, uh, preventable. And again, we're here again again here today again. [snorts] And honestly, no family should ever have to go through this. Um I I can see Mr. Kamar over there um tried to delegate. How could he even, you know, say anything when this was something that could have been prevented? And seeing his six-year-old daughter with his son here today, it is so sad that this can ever happen. And as a previous health care professional, I've seen I've seen how hard our health care professionals work, but there are certain gaps and barriers that we're facing. So, just like counor brown was saying, we did bring emotion in for sepsis. So um the critical gaps in sepsis whether it's a response for postpartum um patients but it clearly states um that we need a transparent review of the hospital actions um clear communication of findings and also meaning thing meaningful corrective measures I think for the family um they need to see what was done and what could have been done and I think um supporting the referral and the letter that Mayor Brown has said, I think, you know, let us know what you need from us, but I know council members here today and Mayor Brown have been advocating for the second hospital and even the third hospital because we know without health, you can't do anything and we've seen that time after time. So always know we are here advocating for our health care system but no always know that the sepsis bundle which is a mandate in the US but not is in Ontario. We have advocated for a sepsis bundle to be mandated in the in in Ontario to see where we where we can help save lives. So thank you again for your advocacy. Thank you again for coming here because this is important. We need to hear these stories because how are we going to voice our concerns if people don't know? >> Thank you. >> Okay. Can you also answer about the third uh point MRI >> byton does not have an MRI center. >> So just if I could respond those are allocations that are provincial decisions. The Ministry of Health any allocation for any healthcare service is a provincial decision point. Um and so if you're asking why there's not MRIs outside the hospital if there is a um the allocation of those dollars are set proincially. >> Thank you very much mayor and thank you Mr. Chavan and condolences to you Mr. Kumar. We have a motion of receipt uh moved by myself and also requesting that Mayor Brown be requested to write correspondence in support of the delegation here today. Uh sorry councelor this is Jendra I think one question wasn't answered is there has there been any directive that Bmpton Bmptonites have to go to Bmpton civic only cannot go to Georgetown or cannot go to credit valley in Missaga because that's what they are following >> there's never been a um a directive in the city of Bmpton we don't have domain over that um but I've never heard of a of a provincial directive to that extent u my understanding is that any Ontario resident can go to any Ontario hospital and you have the legal right to and the Canada Health Act actually guarantees healthcare access if you're a Canadian citizen in in any province where it changes if you're outside Canadian um borders. >> Thank you very much, Mayor Brown. >> So, we have the motion as on the screen. All in favor? That carries. There are none opposed. >> For our next delegation, we're going to request that we skip to delegation 6.5. Um, we have >> ma'am. We will wait a while. >> We'll ask for the Don Don delegation to come down, please. >> We roll with it. >> Welcome >> [clears throat] >> We do we got people online too. >> Please proceed. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair, mayor and the uh city council. My name is Jeet Tulsi. I am vice president of a running club called the Bmpton Benders and I'm standing here with my colleagues Pam and Michelle and we represent about a 100 members or so and um we are planning um our annual event and it's called the Dondon Dash. Next uh slide please. And so I'll tell you a little bit about the organization, a little bit about the impact of this organization and um then we have a few asks at the end of end of this. So the uh Dondon Dash uh was um host started to be hosted by the Bmpton vendors. Um it was named after one of our members and past employee of um I think 30 odd years with the city of Bmpton. And um after he was diagnosed with ALS, we decided to plan this um plan this event in his honor. And so um we have been doing this event for about 13 years or so. Next slide, please. Um since since 2017, um so the Dondon Dash has grown significantly. Uh we've donated uh over $26,000 to the ALS Foundation. Um we're going to be hosting it like every year. We're going to be hosting it again on September 13th. And um Councelor Santos is smiling and nodding because um she's taken part in that event along with uh Mayor Brown um uh councelor Power and um of course councelor Singh has helped us out uh with promotions as well. Um the event even though we're a running club, it's open to all ages, all uh people you know with uh who are walking, running, um etc. And so we want to make this inclusive of all BMPonians. Next slide, please. The impact has been huge. Um, I'm listening to some of the previous agenda items here and it's, you know, parking and and very uh, you know, uh, I guess things that could could make you could that could weigh heavily on you. Running makes everything better. And I would say that um, if you have an issue with parking or property or anything like that, go for a run or a walk and uh, you'll feel better right away. Uh, our club promotes physical activity which makes everything better again. Um it promotes the uh disease of ALS. Um it's volunteer volunteer-led. So all of our activities um are you know organized by our community volunteers. All of our money, our profits go towards the ALS Foundation. Next slide please. Um key metrics. So we've grown 160 161%. So that's very significant. This is representative of significant volunteer time and commitment by um us standing here and uh the rest of the organization, our community um executive council etc. And you can see the chart on the right hand side that shows the growth. So um and we want to take this event to the next level. We struggled with uh raising uh funds and securing sponsors and with a with a community like a community organization like this, we struggled to raise, you know, $10,000 in um in sponsorships. And so, uh we're trying to increase the awareness of this event so that we can get more registrance which leads to more um more uh more revenue as well as more sponsorship. So next slide please. Um very quickly our we reach you know all different facets of the community. We are primarily Bmptonians all of the uh the funds are generated here and and and goes to the ALS but it's really a community impact by uh impacted uh to most um BMTonians. We have very very high repeat participation that shows the trust that our um runner is having in us. Next slide please. And so what we're asking council today is uh to promote the to help us promote the event and um I'm happy to say that uh council has taken that pick up that ball and started to run with it. They have asked us for some for some uh promotional information that we've already given. Um, and then the second thing that uh we're asking for is that currently we're only allowed to book Professors Lake Recreation Center, which is where the race is hosted, uh, 9 months in advance. And so that that limits us in the time we can uh, you know, secure sponsorship and start our planning activities. And we're asking, and I'm almost done here, we're asking the the council to um see if we can book the facility one year one year in advance. And um thirdly, just to just to spread the word about the the there's room in this full here. So hoping to get um more interest in the race and um secure more sponsorships. So, if you know anyone in your uh in your wards, in your network who would be willing to support a great initiative like this, we'd love to hear from you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much, Jeep. I do have speakers. Councelor Santos. >> Thank you so much, Mr. Chair. I always love participating in the Don Dash. I think last year um we were short of somebody to lead the warm-up and then I stepped in and just led the warm-up for everyone. That was a lot of fun. And I'm happy to do that again. Also happy to promote and and share my social media. Um I think the Dondon Dash is is is very special and more participants. I'd love to see more participants in in the race as well and I am happy to refer your delegation to staff to take a look at that exception in terms of the one-year booking in advance. Um and I know that commissioners just pointed something out. So maybe through you, Mr. Chair, maybe the commissioner wants to respond >> uh through the chair to councelor Santos. We've already uh waved that exception. It will be held on an annual basis and I believe our rec team has spoken to the group. So that will be on a go forward basis. >> It's already done. There you go. I don't need to refer it because it's already done. I like that. Anyway, I will see you on the 13th. Let me know if you need someone to do the warm-up. >> Thank you, Councelor Santos. Mayor Brown. >> Yeah. Thank you, Cher Vante. just to say obviously this this run is dear to the city. Um and Pam, you know, Don is a legend in our city. Um we want to honor him. Um a symbol of a selfless dedication to others. Most people they have a diagnosis with ALS, you know, they would shrink, not try to do something great and lasting during those difficult years. And so because this is a longtime city staff member serving 35 35 years >> 37 >> 37 years you know I still hear from sports clubs around the city that you know Don helped them on this or that. Um and so just whatever we can do. I'd like to when we refer this um if I could refer it to um community services and to communications sort of like we do with the BVD um half marathon. Um let's make sure that communication assets in the city promote this and whether there's a digital board that's not being used we can use to to get word out help drive registration. I would note this weekend was also the ALS um race to end um to walk [snorts] to end ALS and it's actually an exciting time where there's a ton of research happening on neurological disorders. There's actually research and progress happening and these type of events are the fuel that are going to get us to that goal of ending ALS. And so um I love being there. I know counselor Power is a passionate supporter of this uh uh race as well. Um and so looking to communications maybe through corporate support services. Let's see what additional uh tools we can do to help um uh drive registration up and awareness. And so if that could be included in the in the referral. >> Thank you very much, Mayor. And uh we have the referral on the screen. Moved by councelor Santos also for receipts. All in favor? That carries. And members of committee, we do have two more delegations. Are we uh clear to proceed? >> Yes. Thank you. >> Okay. So, we have uh delegation 6.5 from Amadep Singh, the founder of enabled talent regarding the Bmpton next program outcomes and growth of enabled talent. Welcome Amad. >> Uh good afternoon respected Mayor Brown, members of council and city staff. My name is Amandep Singh, founder and CEO of Enable Talent. Today I'm pleased to share my journey as a participant of the Bmpton X program delivered through Beehive, which is part of the Bmpton Innovation District. Enable talent is a company building technology solutions at the intersection of accessibility, employment, education, and workforce inclusion. What started as an idea in Bmpton last year has now grown into a company creating impact across Canada and internationally. Next slide please. I moved to Bmpton in February 2025 with an idea and one of the primary reason was to participate in the Bmpton next program through Beehive and the Bmpton innovation district. I had the opportunity to work with mentors, attend programming, refine our business model and connect with founders, advisers and ecosystem partners. Those months gave me the foundation to turn an idea into a company. More importantly, that gave me an access to community that genuinely supports entrepreneurs and innovation. Next slide, please. >> Can I ask for quiet please? Please. Since then, enabled talent has launched the workforce inclusion network, a p AI powered platform designed to connect people [snorts] with disabilities with employers, government programmings, educational institution and community organization. Today our platform supports if >> I may just ask you just to pause one ensure that we have quorum >> Emily please. Thank you. Uh today our platform supports inclusive hiring, talent development, accessibility planning, workforce analytics and community management. What makes me especially proud is that a company started is BR in Bmpton is now creating opportunities far beyond our city. Next slide please. [snorts] Over the past year we have expanded our work across Ontario and Canada have begun part building partnerships internationally. We were only Canadian company to be selected in UNICEF supported programs with initiatives in central and western Africa where we have our solution deployed in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Mali with further ministry approval and discussions underway in Spain, Germany, France, Central Asia, Middle East and the Caribbean. uh for a company that began through a startup program in Bmpton, these opportunities have been been incredibly meaningful. Next slide, please. Alongside this work, we have been fortunate to receive several recognition including the city of Bmpton accessibility recognition entrepreneur of the year and also being featured as uh Canada's top three future of work companies and also being ranked as the top number one diversity focused companies in Canada's. While awards are never the goal, they are a reminder that innovation and inclusion can go hand in hand. Next slide please. Uh I'm happy to share that we uh recently deployed this project in Sbury where we had uh entire ecosystem in presence and as an request and further discussion we'll be happy to follow the same model in Bmpton as well. Next slide please. Next, uh, as I conclude, I just want to emphasize one thing. Even as enabled talent continues to grow nationally and internationally, we proudly consider ourself as a Bmpton rooted company. No matter where our work takes us, Bmpton will remain part of our identity and our home base. And I would like to sincerely thank to the teams at Beehive uh in West Bmpton team uh Bmpton entrepreneur center and the Bmpton venture zone team and the other members of Bmpton Innovation District. Building this company wouldn't have been possible without their support. There is a [snorts] saying that great cities are not measured by the companies they attract but by the companies they help create. Bmpton helped create enabled talent from Bmpton next to Global Next. Thank you, Bmpton, for being part of this journey. Thank you very much. >> Thank you very much, Councelor Power. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, Enable Talent is a true Bmpton story. They came in um as through our innovation ecosystem. They started out at Beehive and then gone through, but the work that they've done throughout and and as the council rep on the accessibility committee, I've had the fortune of working alongside Amadep as well as Jebby. Um, probably Jebby a little bit more than Amadep just because I've known Jebby for 20 years. Um these guys are should be highly commended for what they not only do here in Bmpton but also globally. Um, and what they what a lot of people don't know is they've recently launched a communication app across Canada for free and it's primarily in the autism world and um they went and they developed this app where others struggle um to afford other apps that are out there. Almond and enabled talent have built this app and now release it anywhere in Canada for any user for free. So their community involvement, their give back, not only their startup potential is truly commendable and I and I applaud you and I I'm proud to see what you've done and can't wait to see where you go from here. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much, counselor. I see no further questions. So I would like to ask for motion to receive the delegation. All in favor? And that carries. And so members, we have one delegation 6.4 from >> Madame Clerk. >> You want the presentation beforehand? >> We do. >> We do. Let's do the presentation. >> Thank you. >> Welcome. Thank you, Councelor Rosente and Chair. Good afternoon, Mayor and and members of council. Joining me today to give a little bit of report on our Bmpton X in terms of an update is my colleague Zabir Partell, who represents the Beehive. The Bmpton X is a pilot initiative designed to support newcomer entrepreneurs and accelerate business formation in our city. Our city of Bmpton attracts talented newcomers from around the world and many arrive with extensive professional experience, strong entrepreneurial ambitions and initiatives for business ideas. However, despite their potential, they often face barriers when trying to establish and scale businesses in Canada. These barriers can include limited access to networks, mentorship, financing, market knowledge, and settlement supports. Bmpton Next was developed to address these gaps and to create a structured pathway that helps newcomers entrepreneurs transition from potential to economic contribution. The program aligns directly with council's priorities around economic growth, innovation, inclusion, talent attraction, and business development. Next slide, please. What distinguishes the Bmpton next from traditional entrepreneurship programs was its integrated support model. The pilot combined five elements. First, a hightouch mentorship provided founders with direct access to experienced business leaders and entrepreneur. Two, second, settlement and family support address challenges that often impact founders ability to focus on business growth. The third was the ecosystem and access to connected participants to Bramson's innovation and business network. The fourth was experience operators sharing practical guidance based on real world entrepreneurship experience. And finally, localized business connections helped founders established relationships with Bmpton's ecosystem. Together, these components created a founder centered model that addressed both businesses and personal barriers to success. Next slide, please. So, a little bit about the outcomes. The results of the pilots demonstrated the value of intentional support for entrepreneurial talent. Through Bmpton Next, we supported 121 newcomer entrepreneurs. More than 400 hours of one-to-one business mentorships were delivered. participants received 200 hours of individual settlement support. The program also assisted 140 family members recognizing that successful settlement contributes directly to successful entrepreneurship. Most importantly, these founders established 77 businesses and created 95 jobs here in Bmpton. These are tangible outcomes that contributed to economic growth, local employment, and increased business activity across our community. The pilot also reinforced Bmpton's position as a city that welcomes and supports entrepreneurial talent from around the world. Next slide, please. The impact of the program is perhaps best demonstrated through the successful participants and founders. Next slide. Diccastro, an Italian family bakery entering the Canadian market, successfully expanded and now operates two location, employs 2, sorry, 25 people and generates approximately $1.3 million in annual revenue. trips, an African mobility technology company entering North America, established its headquarters here in Bmpton and has secured a project value of approximately a half a million dollars. And you just heard from one of our special members and in enable talent. This technology platform focused on accessibility and workforce inclusion, overcame early communication and scaling challenges, and has now grown to over 20,000 users while building international partnerships. These are the examples illustrate the diversity of the business support through the program and demonstrated how strategic intervention can help transform entrepreneurial potential into measurable economic impact. Next slide, please. As we reflect on the pilot, several important observations have emerged. First, global entrepreneurial talent will choose Bmpton when intentional support systems are in place. Secondly, early stage intervention accelerates business formation and economic participation. Third, strong innovation ecosystems require more than just a program alone. They require infrastructure, networks, mentorship and community support. And finally, sustainable investment is and founder development can continue to to build long-term regional innovation capacity and economic resilience. Looking ahead, there are several opportunities for future focus, including scaling founder rec recruitment, strengthening alumni engagement, developing sector specific streams, and expanding partnerships, which employs academic institutions and commercialization of of organizations. Next slide. Is that it? Okay, fun. I just want to just a bit of a closing remarks because I know everybody wants to go for lunch. RamonX has demonstrated when we're intentional about our support in terms of entrepreneurial talent, we create opportunities not only for individual founders but for the broader community. The pilot has generated new businesses, new jobs, new economic activity while strengthening Bmpton's reputation as a destination in innovation and entrepreneurship. I'd like to thank our partners, our mentors, and our participants whose contributions made this pilot successful. Thank you, mayor and councel. >> Thank you very much, Erica. I don't see any questions. So, I have a motion of receipt from councelor Bar. All in favor? That carries. And next, members of committee, we will move to delegation 6.4 Four from Zed Etlib, the senior director of the Bmpton Venture Zone by TMU regarding the Bmpton Venture Zone 2026 updates. Welcome. >> Good afternoon, Mayor, Chair, members of council. I'm Zetlib, senior director of Bmpton Venture Zone. I want to provide you an update for 2026. Uh, next slide, please. So, Bmpton Venture Zone is purpose-driven non-equity uh incubator helping tech startups grow and thrive in Bmpton. So what does that mean for entrepreneurs? We provide validation and credibility, partnerships and funding opportunities, expertise and mentorship across a range of important topics, support and community by making them part of the Bmpton venture zone and part of the TMU zone learning as well as uh the Bmpton innovation district. Uh next slide please. The agenda for today is I wanted to give you a brief overview of the programming we've done as well as the community engagement that we have planned. Next slide. So um we're very proud to run the innovator program for 2026 which is a focus on Bmpton residents around supporting aspiring entrepreneurs get into entrepreneurship. So if you have somebody who has an idea around agentic AI around kind of non non- sector agnostic solutions we kind of provide them the mentorship the guidance so they can take their idea into a formalized concept and grow into a company. Um and we're very proud to say that we have 95% BMPON resident uh representation in the program. Next slide. We have our flagship program which is the launch program where we're focusing on digital health. The idea being we want to capitalize on the TMU assets that we have through the school of medicine as well as kind of the city's mandate around improving healthcare. And so we have 10 startups. We had 115 applicants. So 47% increase from last year and we're awarding about $90,000. Next slide. I wanted to highlight a few of the companies that we have in our cohort. Um we have Oakwood B Oakwood Biology which is founded by a TMU medical school student developing a surgical device. Um we have Diextra which is founded by uh Bmpton practicing endocrinologist developing a tool to support his patients around diet management. And we have LBX Bio uh a group of Bmpton residents in biotech developing a lowcost point of care liquid biopsy platform to speed up the uh detection of cancer. Next slide. So uh some of the additional partners that we have. Next slide. So we've been fortunate to have a great group of partners around the Bmpton venture zone within Bmpton within TMU and the broader ecosystem to support our startups and the community itself. Next slide. So just to highlight some of our alumni. So throughout the program, six years of Bmpton ventures zone's been around, we've supported over 130 companies. Mammon biomed or Bmpton residents developing a neo-free fertility drug delivery tool. Transify has done great work with the city of Bmpton. Um Tenomics has gone off to raise significant amount of capital and really developed their technology um across North America. Next slide. So in regards to events for 2026, we've already hosted 20 events through the Bmpton Venture Zone, supported 11 ecosystem events. We've had 1,400 Bmpton residents attend these events. We've had immense amount of uh digital impact with almost three over 300,000 people kind of interact with the content generated out of the Bmpton Venture Zone. And so we're very proud of that. Next slide. And so just to highlight some of the events that we do, we're focusing on a woman who build series to help mentorship for women entrepreneurs. We do a BMT Bmpton tech talk series with the Bmpton library. We do ramp up events where we bring industry experts to kind of showcase various elements of knowledge like IP um cyber security to residents so they can get immersed and we support a number of ecosystem events as well. Next slide. So we wanted to highlight uh that September 10th we have our flagship event um the Bmpton Venture Expo uh where we're going to be showcasing panels around health tech, cyber security, defense, robotics and investment. Next slide. And so it's going to we're hope we're anticipating this year we'll have 1,500 attendees. We're going to have four great panels. We're going to be doing uh a pitch competition for over 70k in prizes. So we're very excited about that. uh we'll have a startup zone to showcase the various innovations within BMPON and we're going to have an innovation zone where we're going to have a number of workshops. So last year we had 1,300 people attend and we had over 400,000 interactions with the content generated out of that conference. Uh next slide. Um and so our request to city council I believe to residents is their attendance at this event. It's free of charge and so we'd be very excited for everybody to come out and to complete I'd like to thank council for being leaders in innovation um and really making Bmpton a place for entrepreneurs to thrive and economic development for being such an immense support to us and really opening the door for entrepreneurs in Bmpton. So thank you. Thank you very much, Shazade, and uh our thanks to you and to your Bmpton Venture Zone for all of the tremendous work that you're doing, an impressive sequence of uh work that you've been responsible for, and we thank you for enhancing Bmpton. Now, I do have a motion moved by councelor by Mayor Brown to receive your delegation. All in favor? That carries. And members of committee, we now have an added delegation from Sylvia Roberts in regards to item 12.2.5, procurement bylaw. Sylvia, are you there? >> Good morning, city council. My name is Sylvia Roberts. I'm resident of 43. Um, this this new purchasing bylaw has several major changes that will reduce transparency to the public. I recognize that it talks about how for council in moving to a quarter a moving to from a quarterly report to every half a year will make it easier for staff and I recognize that and it also talks about how if we move to not include renewals this is fine for council because it's about the newer contracts and So part of the issue is because Branson is actually quite heavy on renewals in his contracts. Sometimes renewals can be a majority of the length of the contract of the potential contract and frequently they're taken that having using a uh not including the renewals uh is no longer necessary in or in the report. And when combined with the move to every half a year for a public perspective, this can significantly reduce transparency, I would suggest that council seriously reconsider this section of the purchase bylaw. I I don't think staff meant anything at words, but when you combine these factors and how Bmpton does not seem to be typical and how it how much it heavily favors contract renewals. I I think there are some legitimate concerns about this that the city may want to reconsider and understand how it affects transparency. Thank you. That's my delegation. >> Thank you very much to Sylvia even in a recording form. Thank you for your advocacy always. I have a motion moved by councelor Bar to receive the delegation. All in favor? That carries. and members of committee. Uh, at the request of the mayor who may need to go to another, uh, duty, I'm going to skip ahead to item 9.3.1, discussion item at the request of Mayor Brown, tribute to officer Taran Bali. Mayor Brown. >> Thank you. Um, uh, Chair Vasante, um, hoping the council can adopt this motion unanimously. Um, we had a hero on life lose his life while serving to protect us. Um, Constable Teran Bali um had signed up for a a backfill in Northern Ontario, grew up dreaming of being a police officer. um and during that extra work that he signed up for um lost his life protecting um the public and um I think it would be appropriate just like they're doing in the city of Missaga to name a park in his honor. I've spoken to the family and to the uh police and they thought this was a beautiful way to remember his legacy forever. Um and that the motion reads that park staff meet with um the family find an appropriate location. I believe they're meeting Friday is if this motion is is passed and then it'll come back to council. I actually want to add a third item in here and that would be um 1, two, and three. Councelor Power came into my office this morning with a I thought another beautiful suggestion and um that is that we name a citizenship award for an officer each year in the name of Teran Valley. Here's a person who is a son of Bmpton, grew up in Bmpton, loved the city. I spoke to his I was at the visitation yesterday and I spoke to his um his wife and she said he told her he never wanted to move out of Bmpton. He loved Bmpton. This is a they're two families that just you know they live breathed our our city. Um and it's just this is an example of one of the just a great a great guy an extraordinary individual. And so it's it's tough to to accept this news. It's tough to process this news and I can't imagine um you know two police officers lost in a week protecting the public and his father a shock. I I know well I know councelor Bar and councelor Blesie um know him. I believe the deputy mayor knows the the wife's family. It's just we're all this is a big city but we're connected. It's a big city but we're you know just when when there's pain like this we we feel it. And so hope that we can unanimously pass this motion. Um and just to say as I said to the father we will never forget your son. This city will never forget your son. >> Thank you very much Mayor Brown. So, we have the motion on the screen. I'd like to request a recorded vote. Last Oh, do we have speaker? Yes. >> Go ahead, Mr. Tim. >> Just through the chair, I just hear hearing the mayor's comments. Did we want to clarify that the award is for an officer? Did I hear you say correctly? >> Yes. One officer. >> Okay. Is the direction clear? Thank you. I'll ask the clerk to administer the vote. >> Dear chair Vante for the motion on screen. All those in favor please rise. I see councelor Power, Deputy Mayor Sang Chair Versante, Councelor Keenan, Mayor Brown, Councelor B, Councelor Santos, and online councelor Portini. How do you vote? >> In favor. And councelor Plesi, how do you vote? >> In favor. >> And councelor Tor, how do you vote? >> In favor. >> That is unanimous. >> That is unanimous. Thank you very much. And so that uh addresses item 9.3.1. And I see also staff in the room here to help us address uh the added discussion item 9.3.2 with regards to the Santa Claus parade. Uh we received all of us uh correspondence from the Santa Claus parade committee uh a request to provide space for their costume team in uh our 8 Nelson building. And I believe that there have been conversations between the Santa Claus parade and staff. If staff perhaps could just give us a quick rundown of what is possible here. through the chair to councelor Vicente. Uh so based on the request that we've received from the Santa Claus parade, uh they're looking for approximately,000 square ft space uh for storage uh purposes at the location given the ask is for a nominal rate agreement. So we needed uh the direction from council in order to proceed but staff can take it back and work with the group and proceed further. >> Thank you. And I believe uh the discussions were in regards to that they pay for the operational costs. Is that correct? >> Yes, that is correct. And so I would ask committee if we would consider a motion to provide for that agreement to be signed by staff with the Santa Claus parade paying for the operational cost to use the space at Eden Nelson. Looking for speakers. Councelor Santos. >> Thank you through you, Mr. Chair. Love the Santa Claus parade. Um but the the building itself has issues with the elevator and some other issues and I know that when um we did this for BA it was on an ASIS basis. So I just just I before like I I want to set the expectations um before we agree to anything um that the elevator is breaking down that etc etc in the same way that that we have informed BA as well. over to Raj to confirm because if if it's used for storage the elevator [laughter] is going to be necessary >> uh through the chair to councelor Santos absolutely we have already reached out to public works and engineering to align on that requirement and then only we would proceed and again it would be only a year-to-year agreement so should there be any concerns we can definitely work on terms similar that we have above >> great because I don't think we're fixing the elevator anytime soon. So, just want to make sure folks know that. Okay. >> Thank you, councelor. Councelor Power. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Do we know what the operational costs are? Like, are we talking massive amounts for an empty building or an empty floor? >> No. >> No. >> Okay. And the elevator? Do you need the elevator? >> We're okay. >> Perfect. Thank you. Any other speakers? I see none. So I'll move the motion and also for receipt of the correspondence that was added earlier in the meeting. All in favor? Any opposed? That carries. And so committee with that uh we have reached the hour of approximately 1:30. Perhaps it would be advisable for us to have a break for all unless there is any opposition to that idea. >> Yes. Speakers. Mayor Brown. Yeah. Yeah, I don't believe there's anyone else waiting here today for an item on the public agenda. We're mindful of everyone's time. I do see um a large group who's here for Gave. Uh and we love Gave. Um but that is an inc camera item and so I just hope there's an understanding that um I don't want you to waste your time. uh an inc camera item um is not uh there's no public role there and maybe you just speak to the city solicitor so there's understanding of what we're allowed to discuss in public and what we're allowed to discuss in in camera my preference is we discuss everything we can in public but I think there's some some rules under the municipal act for this um and so when we have this many seniors waiting hours and hours um I just want to make sure you understand what the rules are >> I think the city solister respond to that. >> Yes, through you uh Mr. Chair uh to the mayor. Um yes indeed this is a matter that is uh appropriate for in camera. I I understand the um the idea uh the need for transparency given the delegation um and we are very supportive obviously of gave uh I I don't mind some if they want to make a request the guideline would be that that the terms of the lease remain confidential. Um but um I think that's a very tricky thing to do. So uh in general uh this would be more appropriate to be in camera and and uh absolutely we need to uh make sure we have a completed package. So it should remain in camera at this time. >> Okay. Uh that's understanding. If I could just say to those who have waited maybe this might take a few more hours and so I'm sensitive of your of your time. Um but I did walk into the meeting that councelor Keenan and councelor Maduros were in where they met you and I think they solved all the problems except for one or two that are beyond our scope. Um but uh um you've got great advocates in councelor Keenan and Maduros and hopefully we can solve 70% of it. But if you want to stay and hear the results afterwards, you're welcome to. But it could be a few hours. Okay. Thank you very much, Mr. Mayor. So I will ask that we recess until 2 p.m. >> Thank you. Moved by Councelor Santos. Carried. All Members of committee, we will now resume our committee of council. Our next item is item 7.1, government relation matters. I held this in order for us to ask staff to provide us with a brief um summary of an upcoming events being held by our friends at Metroinks. They will be conducting their uh public information center for the transit and rail project assessment process. This is actually quite a historic uh pick that is taking place here at city hall on Wednesday, June the 24th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Bmpton City Hall atrium. Um this pick and uh the transit rail project assessment process will finally allow for uh full study along the Kitchen line from Bremly GO to the Georgetown go and enables all day two-way go implementation with increased frequencies. And so I thought it would be important for us here to be aware but also for members of the public to be aware of this opportunity. And so I would ask staff if they can provide us with a brief summary >> through the chair. Thank you councelor Vicente. I have Doug Rer on the line that can give us an overview. We will be attending of course because it's a very important event and we want to make sure that um we hear feedback from the public, but I'll I'll let I'll turn it over to Doug to see if he can just give you a brief overview as well as if you have any questions. Doug, are you there? >> Muted. Doug, are you able to hear us? >> There he is. >> Yes, I am. Sorry, I I was unable to mute there for a m a moment. Um Um Thanks very much. Yes, counselor. Um as you [clears throat] as you said, um Metroinks is developing plans to expand the rail corridor between uh basically Braley uh station and Georgetown. Um, and they're going to need this expansion in order to uh increase that GO train frequency and ultimately deliver, you know, true two-way all day go uh train service through downtown Bmpton. Um, and these uh public information centers are an integral part of the process that will eventually lead to that level of service. So, this is just this the start of it. We understand that they're going to be um uh running a number of of TRPAPs uh processes in order to deliver this um and this is this will be the the first one um and it'll be important for the for the public to attend these public information centers uh to ensure that their voices are heard um as Metroinks advances this work and as Heidi mentioned um uh staff will be attending both of the the PAC's both in in Bmpton and in Georgetown. down in order to make sure that we're there to support them through this process as well. >> Thank you very much uh Doug and to all transit staff. Uh want to thank you for the work that you've been doing particularly on this file, not just this term, not just the previous term, but for terms before that because this has been really the holy grail that we have been searching for with respect to transit service along the goal line. And thanks to members of council for your advocacy um at the province to enable this study to now be taking place and for this opportunity for the public to engage to take part. And so just a reminder that Metroinks will be holding their public information center to advance their transit and rail project assessment process. It'll be happening on Wednesday, June the 24th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. here at Bmpton City Hall in the atrium. Be there. And I don't know if any members have any further questions with respect to the government relations matter. If not, I have a [snorts] motion moved by councelor Power to receive the report from staff. All in favor? And that carries. And so with that, we now move forward to item 8.2.3 held by councelor Plesi. staff report on the budget amendment and request to begin procurement for Bmpton City Hall elevators and replacement here in ward one. It's actually ward three. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um in speaking to the elevator replacement in ward three. >> Yes. >> Um I see some of the issues that um that have have been identified in the report. I can't pull up the report for some reason, but it is another issue. Um, can I just get an understanding as to why um why is it the whole replacement of the elevator and and if it's life cycle then uh it is uh obviously we don't want anybody stuck in an elevator and there was two occurrences. Who am I speaking to? I'm sorry. Public works. Yeah. Okay. Sorry, Peter. um if if if that's what the issue is and and it and it is a replacement of the elevator and it's just one elevator as opposed to uh what I in particular members of of council have been um advocating for was the uh new reader new new buttons. Um, can you kind of walk me through why the whole replacement as opposed to um just like a mechanism fix or fixing whatever is needing uh to be fixed? >> Absolutely. Through the uh chair to councelor Plesi. [clears throat] So, as you've noted, the elevators uh we have been experiencing ongoing uh delays and issues. Um so security services has taken several steps along with our facilities team including replacing the card readers, interface boards, power supplies and applying software and and firmware updates. Um despite these efforts, the issue hasn't been fully resolved and the in investigations completed so far suggest that [clears throat] the delay is uh is uh due to the interaction between aging elevator control technology and your access control systems. So all three of those elevators were uh put in place in in 1988, so approximately 38 years ago. And uh as such um the components, [clears throat] the electrical and such need to be replaced. We're not going to be replacing the the cab or the box of the elevator or the rails. Uh but the rest of the elevators are going to be replaced. >> So as in rails, braking system, pulleys, what if it's a pulley system? Um and then all the like the hardware piece of it. >> Correct. >> Okay. Um and it's only one elevator >> through the chair to council plesi. It's all three. >> It is all three. >> Yes. >> So not to prolong anything. Um the way the uh that um the building was built um was for eventually those elevators to go down to the basement or to garage if the or is it the other if we did a um a an extension of that building and does that come into any play in speaking with the with the builder of this of this building originally? Um he said the way it was constructed uh was for at future expansion that mainly involved the elevator system uh around the elevator system to be able to where those elevators were it could it could service both the expansion and the non-expansion or the and the existing is there an opportunity for us to then look at um uh having those elevators more of a full service or even extending adding onto elevators >> through the chair. Perhaps I'll ask our uh director of building design and construction to provide a little bit more detail on on that. We will be hiring a design builder as part of this procurement process. Um so certainly if that hasn't been considered, we'll have them uh evaluate those options. When you Okay. while the um the individual is coming up. Uh you said that the card readers had been replaced because I've seen card readers replaced in other areas of the bu of the building and it's an actual it's a piece it's a box that is mounted over top of the old reader when these elevators don't have that. >> Did we actually go internal and behind the readers and we replace that? Jason, >> that's correct, counselor. Uh, we've replaced all the software plus the hardware behind the card reader. >> Um, and as Peter had mentioned, the compatibility with the existing technology or the new technology and the age of the uh, elevators are not compatible. >> Okay. And I am not an elevator repair anything. Um, but I did have the opportunity to um have a chat with somebody that was and explain to him what the issues were and what how he explained to me uh the fix was nowhere near what we're looking at doing. Um, so I No, I'm not going to bring him in. That's soul sourcing. I don't want anything to do with that. Um, you have somebody else coming up about the through the chair council pal just to um >> and if you don't know sorry Peter if you don't know about like the history of the building and and call John Cuchola phone him ask him what he was talking about and maybe >> I'm not I'm not telling you to do something I'm asking you I'm sorry the way that that came off can you phone him and ask him um to see what he was referring to about if we were to extend the building and how the how he built the existing building with the elevator Can we do that and then just come back? Perfect. >> Good. Okay. So, and I I'm not going to stop this report, let it go. It'll go to the minutes of council next week where I'll pull it if I can just put a note on p I'll pulling that and uh or separating it and then um um hopefully you have question answers to my questions by then. Thanks. Thank you. >> Thank you, councelor. Seeing no further speakers, I have a motion moved by councelor Plesi to receive the report. All in favor? That carries. And next we're going to item 8.2.5 held by councelor Keenan. Staff report request to begin procurement and budget amendment for HD and recreation center and library. Councelor Keenan, do you still have questions? >> Uh no, I'd like to just move the report. I got my questions answered offline. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. So we have a motion moved by councelor Keenan or if we could ask councelor Power to move the report. >> Councelor Plesi has questions. Yes, sir. Uh sorry I wasn't awarded the opportunity to have that discussion. Um I'm I'm not sure I going going through the report I see that the the more money being allocated. Um, but I thought that how was taken care of through previous I'm not sure why the added the added dollar amounts. Could ask staff to clarify >> through the chair. Um, what this report essentially does is it's advancing a previously approved $30 million from 2027 that was from the library portion. It's advancing it into 2026 because the current design of the building is it's an integrated building. So, uh both the the recreation uh center and and the library are going to be built under one one tender >> seems to be a what is the overall cost of all construction that is going into Howen >> to the chair? Uh 80 $80.4 4 million is the the project authority for this >> 80.4. So there isn't an 18 on top of that that was previously spent and previously budgeted for and there isn't an additional 40. >> No, the 80 million covers um the entire project budget. >> The 80.4 is in is is total. We're borrowing 40 of the 80. >> Correct. >> Okay. No, we're not. >> Mark, >> sorry. Through the chair. Uh, thank you, Councelor Plesi. Um, we're we're asking for the authority to potentially borrow. Um, the plan was we had a $30 million in 2027. We're advocating to levels of government. We also have some tax money that we have earmarked to come in 2027. So, we're waiting for that, but the project's ready to go. So, we want to get the project moving. We think all those things are going to happen like the tax money will come in. We're still advocating even through this DCRP to put this project on. So, that that funding we believe is is coming. If for some reason this doesn't happen, the the funds don't come at that point will come back to council and we'll have to recommend borrowing. >> Okay. So, you do state that in borrowing um council approve a borrowing strategy. Um, does that need to be changed to say that you need to come back >> or is it I don't see it. >> We We do need to come back. >> You will come back. >> We're We're We're actually not changing the funding source to to borrowing. Okay. >> We don't get it. You're coming back. >> We are coming. We have We have to come back. Yes. >> Um there's the 10 and the nine that What? Sorry, what did you refer to about what's in 2027? >> 2027 was uh $30 million. uh 20 million was federal provincial and 10 million was our funding and so we're moving that forward here >> but you don't have a budget for 2027 >> correct that's why we have the borrowing as the back stop if something >> that's what you're boring you're you're boring okay now I understand thank you very much for coming >> well thank you very much councelor Plesie for your questions very good I will ask councelor power to move the report. All in favor? And that carries. Um, madame clerk, do we have any questions from members of the public for any of the sections so far today? >> We do have uh questions about the bylaw enforcement. Would you like to ask that at the general question time? >> Okay. And so with that, that now takes us to the end. Uh, and we now move into close session. >> Where's my >> Where's my >> 8.3 >> 8.3 moved asked for by councelor Pleshi. My apologies, council. That's okay. Uh, thank you, Mr. It's been a It's been a heck of a day, that's for sure. Um, we've lost some numbers on the way, I see. Um, members of committee, uh, I'm going to put a motion. Um, and I'm just letting you know that this motion is coming next council meeting and I really want staff to have a look at it. It's because of the fluctuation of of fuel prices. I want to try and see if we can protect oursel in some way um with with the uncertainties of the future. Um, you know, it was clear that when the federal government removed the uh provincial road or federal excise tax and the provin province removed the provincial road tax that did absolutely nothing for fuel pricing. Um, because it literally went down and then shot up before the end of the week to record highs. Um, I think we need to work with, you know, Metroinks is undertaking an indexing uh for for fuel and fuel consumption. Um, so I' I'd like to see if we can just I I just wanted to put it on the floor uh for next week. Uh get it in staff's hands. Um, it's ultimately asking staff to do some work on it before it comes back, but if you have any suggestions on if you want to make changes to the motion, please let me know. Um, and then I'll put that on the floor next week. Thank you, uh, Mr. Chair. >> Thank you very much, councelor Councelor Power. >> Sorry. Through you, Mr. Chair, do we have a motion? >> Yes, that's where we're >> That's right. It's right in front of me clearly. >> No. Can we do we need to display the motion at this time? Madam clerk, >> through your chair, this will be a notice of motion on our council agenda. Correct. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. It'll be printed full in full on the council agenda. I think this was just a bit of a heads up that it's coming >> and thank you for that. Councelor Plesi, councelor Santos. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. um happy to support this and looking forward to the notice and motion coming forward, but I think we asked this question before about the impact of the increase to fuel prices on the city of Brandon. We received a briefing note, I believe, from staff in that regard already had a discussion about the impact on transit as well as the remaining fleet uh across the city. So, I don't know if there's already information there that um that we can use, but happy to I guess see the notice of motion next week when it when it shows up. >> Thank you very much, councelor Santos. So, with that, I'll ask for council question period for public works. Are there any questions? Seeing none, madame clerk, do we have questions from members of the public? >> No public questions that I moves us through community services section. Are there any questions from council? No. Are there any questions from members of the public with regards to community services? >> Your chair, not at this time. >> Thank you. And now we go through legislative services. All items were dealt with. Are there any questions from members of council? Seeing none, are there any questions, Madam Clerk, from members of the public? >> To your chair, not at this time. >> And that brings us to economic developments. Are there any questions from council? Seeing none, are there any questions for members of the public? Madam Clerk, >> through your chair, not at this time. >> Thank you. And so then that we go to corporate services section. All items were dealt with. Do we have any members asking questions? Seeing none, are there any me questions from members of the public? Madam Chair, >> dear chair, no questions at this time. >> Thank you. And so that brings us to public question period. Madame clerk, do we have questions from members of the public for any item discussed on today's committee? >> You chair. We've received the um following question by email um from Edel Rafinan. Um, if parking infractions more often occur on residences that have rental units and the landlords take in tenants with cars which they don't have sufficient parking space for. >> I'm sorry, what what is the precise question? We understand the situation. We see it all the time. I believe he's asking is this the cause of the parking problem that landlords take in uh tenants without appropriate parking spaces. >> I will ask our commissioner of legislative services to provide some insight >> through you Mr. Chair. Yes, that is one of the contributing factors. >> Very good. So, thank you. And so, with that, we now have completed our public question period. And so, our next item of business is close session. I will ask the clerk to outline the items to be dealt with in close session. >> Dear chair, uh, our items for close session include 15.1 project update, Chris Gibson recreation center addition and renovation. um with open meeting exception under section 2392A E and I of the municipal act 15.3 projects update center for innovation heritage theater and city lands words 1 and three open meeting exception under section 2392K of the municipal act 15.4 4 BMPon transit update open meaning exception under section 2392K of the municipal act 15.6 project update and funding request board 4 uh pursuant to open meeting exception under section 2392K of the municipal act and added item 15.8 8, Golden Age Village for elderly long-term lease for affordable housing. Uh, pursuant to section 2392C of the municipal act and the last added item 15.9, a matter regarding an identifiable individual pursuant to section 2392E of the municipal act. >> And thank you, Madam Clerk. And so to deal with those items, I have a motion moved by councelor Tour to move into close session to deal with these items. All in favor? That carries. We will recess now and go into close session at 2:36. Members of committee, in the continuing interest of transparency and open government, I will ask the clerk to report out outcomes from today's close session business. Madame Clerk, >> dear Chair Vicante, um item 15.1 was considered and direction was given. Item 15.2 was approved on consent and not considered in close session. The directions therein are deemed given, including that the following motion arise and be considered in open session. that the commissioner community services be authorized to execute on behalf of the corporation of the city of Bmpton an assignment and assumption of lease agreement with Premier Rackets Club Corp. as a signer and Premier Racket Club's Bmpton Corp as a sneige for the operations of the Rosali tennis facility on terms and conditions acceptable to the CEO and in a form acceptable to the city solister or designate. >> Thank you. May I have a movement for the motion? Moved by councelor Keenan. Any questions? All in favor? That carries. >> And further chair, the 15.3 was considered and direction was given. 15.4 was approved on consent. It wasn't considered in close session. The directions therein are deemed given, including that the following motion arise and be considered in open session. That staff be authorized to begin procurement to retain a consultant as an owner's adviser with expertise in engineering, construction, and contract administration in accordance with the purchasing bylaw. And the council approved the establishment of a new capital project in the amount of 5,400,000 to support transit electrification project implementation costs with funding to be transferred from reserve uh number 119 transit levy >> moved by deputy mayor Singh. Any comments, questions? All in favor? That carries. Further chair, item 15.55 was also approved on consent and was not considered in close session. The [snorts] directions uh therein are deemed given, including the following motion arise and be considered in open session. that the agreement of purchase between the city and 1580160 Ontario Limited um dated June 6, 2026 for the acquisition of the property interests therein described be approved and ratified by council and that the commissioner public works and engineering be delegated authority to execute on behalf of the city any agreements or other documents necessary for the completion of the property acquisition pursuant to the city's agreement um with 158060 Ontario Limited. dated June 6, 2026 on terms acceptable to the senior manager realy services in a form acceptable to the city solicitor. >> This is moved by councelor tour. Any comments or questions? Seeing none, all in favor? That carries >> and further chair just finally items uh item 15.7 had been withdrawn. It was not considered. Items 15.6, 15.8 8 and 15.9 were all considered in close session and direction was given for each item. >> Thank you very much, Madame Clerk. Seeing nothing further on our agenda, councelor Power. >> Can can we? >> So, Madame Clerk, we're having a discussion here with regards to one of the items >> through Mr. Chair. Uh yes inform gave that uh uh their ask has been addressed by council and and uh uh we have clear direction uh with respect to saying >> thank you very much Mr. Ross. So with that that finishes today's business. Committee is next scheduled to meet on Wednesday September the 16th 2026 at 9:30 a.m. I have a motion moved by councelor Power to adjourn. >> All Mr. Chair >> Councelor Plesi please. >> Thank you very much Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, given the fact that we have referred items that were on the agenda here today, is it safe to say that we have a commitment of a July council meeting? And I guess by you need six members to make that um to to commit to that. So I'm happy to have a vote here today if that's what we want. >> Councelor Power. >> Well, we're happy to proceed with that meeting. I believe that was the discussion we had. July >> July 8th. >> What would the clerk >> What would the clerks like? >> Ask the clerk to clarify >> with respect to the July 8th meeting of council. >> Uh through you chair. Uh it is a tentative meeting and council is able to confirm that it is the next city council meeting if >> yes through a motion. >> Okay. Happy to put that motion forward. Thank you, Mr. Chair. So we have a motion that the July 8th meeting of council proceed. Any questions? All in favor? That carries. And so with that, I have a motion moved by councelor Power to adjourn today's meeting. All in favor? That carries. Thank you very much.