Transcript: MedTech Hub, Transit Advanced - Committee of Council - April 15, 2026 | Summary 663

testing audio check one two. Test extreme audio. Check one, two. testing stream audio check one two. Testing stream audio check one Check on Check one, two. Good morning. This is Council Pro checking in. Sorry guys, I'm here to help. Good morning. 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, the Honosi, and the 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 to treat Treaty 19, the Agettton's purchase of 1818, and that the agreements made therein are foundational to our nationto- 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're 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 a roll call. If you could just uh let us know who is here. Thank you, Chair Versante. All members are present today. Uh, Mayor Brown, councelor Santos, council yourself, Chair Versante, councelor Plesi, councelor Keenan, councelor Maduros, councelor Forini, councelor Power, and Deputy Mayor Singh are in person. And we have online joining us, Councelor Bar and Councelor T. Thank you very much. And with that, we'll move to our approval of the agenda. Does any member wish to add a business item to today's meeting? Mayor Brown. Yes, I'd like to uh add an announcement for Yuvra Samra. Um that could be 5.1. He is here with us in the chambers. Thank you very much, Deputy Mayor Singh. Um thank you. I'd like to move um the staff presentation before the delegation uh regarding uh TMU and thank you. Very good. Councelor Plesi. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to add a discussion item around monthly memberships for recreation. Thank you very much. I see no other speakers. Um we then have a motion approved moved by councelor Keenan to approve the agenda as amended. All in favor? Any opposed? That carries. Declarations of conflict of interest under the municipal conflict of interest act. Does any member have a declaration of pecuniary interest under the misal conflict in act for any matter to be considered on today's agenda? I see no speakers, but I will ask the clerk to note that I will declare a conflict on item 15.5 verbal update on PMA transition as I live across the street from the facility. And so we'll ask the clerk to note that for the meeting minutes consents 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 that is in consent. Item 9.2 2.1 staff report to request to begin procurement for Susan Fennel Sportslex interior facility enhancements in consent item 10.2.1 a staff report regarding shopping cart management feasibility of locking technology in consent item 10.4.1 4.1 correspondence from Alex Gray, senior manager public and government affairs from Walmart regarding the shopping cart management and consent. We will hold 11.1 and bring it up in our agenda. 11.2.1 a staff report regarding altitude accelerator agreement amendment in consent. Item 12.2.1 2.1 the staff report regarding further safety restrictions and protocols for Canada Day 2026 in consent item 13.1 our referred matters list in consent for our close session we will hold 15.1 presentation by Metroinks item 15.2 2 close report grow green award nominees that is in consent item 15.3 close session report land agreement land exchange agreements with the PDSB held by deputy mayor item 15.4 Four, close session report requests to begin procurement on battery electric buses. That is in consent and we will hold 15.5. The clerk will summarize these items to be included in our consent motion for approval. Dear Chair Sante, the following items will be included on the consent motion. 7.1 government relations matters. 9.2.1 staff report request to begin procurement for Susan Fennel Sports Flex. 10.2.1 2.1 staff report shopping cart management 10.4.1 correspondence from Alex Gray Walmart regarding shopping cart management 11.2.1 staff report altitude accelerator agreement 12.2.1 staff report information regarding further safety restrictions and protocols for Canada Day 13.1 preferred matters list 15.2 closed report grown green award nominees and 15.4 4 closed report request to begin procurement battery electric buses. Thank you very much madame clerk. We have a motion moved by deputy mayor Singh to approve our consent motion. All in favor? Any oppose? That carries. And now we have our announcements. Item 5.1 announcement by Mayor Brown regarding your Raj Samra our World Cup milestone. Mayor Brown. Thank you. Um, councelor Versante as you know we are the cricket capital of uh Canada. When you're the cricket capital of Canada great things can come from uh BMPon uh and we have a su a success story that is pretty unique um and extraordinary. Born and raised in uh Bmpton Ontario Samra developed his cricketing foundation with the Brmpton and Atobbico district cricket league. Um, and he just achieved an historic international accomplishment. In 2026, at 19 years of age, he became the youngest player in history to score a century in any IC men's T20 World Cup format, recording 110 runs against New Zealand. Now, counselors, you know, I'm a bit of a hockey fan. That would be like um a 19-year-old coming to the Olympics and breaking one of Wayne Gretzky's records. That's what happened. uh from a cricketer um in um in Bmpton going to India and Sri Lanka and showing the biggest uh stars in the game that they've got something to learn from a 19-year-old in Bmpton. Um he set a national record in June 2025. He set a record for the fastest T uh 201 half century by a Canadian. Um and he just keeps on distinguishing himself as an extraordinary cricketer. Um I think it's important to have role models in a community and what he accomplished with the century. If you turned on any uh sports station uh in cricket loving countries, this was the top news. In India, it was the top news. Um in the UK, it was the top news. In Australia, it was the top news literally. Um it was something that was awe inspiring and um now he's a bit of an international celebrity, but he wanted to come back to where it all started in the city of Bmpton. Um and he's very modest. Um Jim, our friend Jimmy Sharma insisted that uh uh we um really celebrate the special individual. He didn't want to be fedded. He didn't want to be celebrated. But like I said, it's important to celebrate people who are extraordinary, people who are role models. So um you um and Jimmy, can you come to the front so that we can recognize um this extraordinary accomplishment and then I'm going to ask members of the council to join me as we present a certificate to him. Good morning members of the council. My name is Jimmy Sham. I'm standing next to you Raj Samra. It's truly an honor to stand here today to speak. I want to welcome you Samra Bton's very own. First of all, I would also like to sincerely thank Mayor Patrick Brown and the entire council for having us here today and for their continued support for cricket in our city. Bmpton has become a breeding ground for exceptional talent and Uraj is a perfect example of what this city represents hard work, belief and opportunity. I've had the privilege of seeing his journey up close and what stands out most is not just his talent but his discipline, his mindset and his unwavering belief in himself. From a very young age, Yubraj committed himself to the game. The same grounds and facilities that many of us grew up playing on helped shape him into the player he is today. But what separates him is his hunger to not just play but to make an impact and represent the country. Today he stands as one of Canada's brightest cricketing talents. Making history at such a young age on the world stage is not a small feat. It's a proud moment just not just for him but for all of us for Bmpton for Canadian cricket and for the next generation watching watching and dreaming and I truly believe this is just the beginning for him. I also want to say this what we are building here in Bmpton is something special with continued investment vision and support we are not just growing cricket we are shaping the future of the sport in the country I represent what's possible when talent meets opportunity and the right environment he's proof that global dreams can begin right here in our community I truly believe we are on our way to becoming the cricket cap capital of all of North America not just Bmpton thank you and Raj maybe we can ask you a How did it feel to um shock and impress billions of people around the world? It felt great. It was like a dream come true since I was a little boy. Uh it was always a dream to play a World Cup uh for Canada. Uh always dreamed about this moment. It was my dad's dream as well. Uh compete at the highest level at the World Cup and showcase my talent and show that Canada also has a big talent out here. Now you is it true? I read on a newspaper in India that you're actually named after Ivra Singh who we had as an ambassador one of the famous Indian cricketers. So I guess from birth you were destined for greatness. Yeah my uh he was my dad's favorite player as well and he's uh he always said to my mom that if he's a boy you must have named it uh Uvraj and then from there I guess my journey started and I followed his footsteps. I guess your dad has a new favorite player now. Yeah. Well, council, if you could join me as we present the certificate to an extraordinary Bmptonian who has made Canada and Bmpton proud. Thank you. Thank you very much, Mayor Brown. And we will now move on to our delegations. But before our first delegation, we will bring forward 11.1, a presentation on the medte medte task force updates and wet lab proposal. We welcome you, Denise. Good morning. I'm Denise Mccclure, director of economic development at the city of Bmpton. Good morning to the chair, to Mayor Brown, and some members of the committee. It is a pleasure to be here today as we celebrate the completion of the medtech task force. This task force led by deputy mayor Singh and President Lashi from TMU brought together leaders in healthc care postsecondary institutions the health and life sciences business community and developers with the common goal to work together to shape the future of medical innovation in our city. Next slide please. When the medtech task force was first launched in 2023, there was a clear goal. strengthen Bmpton's role as a growing hub for health technology and life sciences. We are home to industry giants such as Medronic, Boston Scientific, Dinacare, SunFarma, Canon Canada, and Canadian Blood Services. The MedTech task force was focused on working with industry leaders such as these to engage them to support investment attraction and the startup community to build up Bmpton's brand as a MedTech leader. This work was evident at the MedTech conference in Toronto that featured Bmpton startups Rogal Life and Vivo Surgery on the stage alongside Deputy Mayor Singh and Counselor Tour. Next slide, please. This is just a sample of some of the health and wellness startup companies that have um been part of Bmpton Innovation District. Over the past five years, 31 health and life sciences uh health and wellness companies have come through Bmpton Venture Zone. The zone plays an important role in working with these companies to validate and commercialize their ideas. The MedTech task force has been key to supporting the work of the of the startups. Next slide, please. A key success of the task force has been the collaboration between research, education, and industry. Through the work of the task force, local companies and startups have have been engaged with TMU and involved in the development of the new medical school. And this included a joint tour of the medical school site while it was in the buildout. Next slide, please. In September, we celebrated alongside TMU the grand opening of TMU's School of Medicine. This new facility integrates education with research and clinical care and significantly strengthens Bmpton's health care system and position in the health and life sciences ecosystem in Ontario. Next slide, please. The MedTech task force identified that there is a clear need for a wet lab and research space in Bmpton. In 2025, a feasibility study was completed that assessed the market demand, the expected development viability, and identified opportunities support research, innovation, and commercialization. And just this morning at our celebration event, we heard from a local Bmpton startup that came through our innovation district, but was unable to find wet lab space in Bmpton and they are currently located at UTM campus in Missaga. So, it really is critical for us to have this infrastructure in Bmpton. And we will hear more about that from TMU after I'm finished. Next slide, please. We want to take an opportunity to thank everybody for participating in the MedTech task force. It was really um great to work together and to speak more on this. It is my privilege to invite President Lee forward, co-chair of the task force. Welcome, President Leashi. Thank you very much. U good morning all. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be here uh today. I still remember addressing council in this chambers five years ago 2021 and bringing an idea of uh medical school in the city of Bmpton and today I want just to share a very brief update on the work uh that we have done here at TMU. Uh as you all know the school of medicine is officially open. opened last year and uh last fall we welcomed our first learners 94 medical students brilliant outstanding students selected from a a pool of 6,500 applications and uh last uh July we also welcomed 105 residents training here in Bmpton 75% of them have connections to the region The building at the former Bromelas Civic Center made possible in part of the uh city's generous donation of the site and $20 million in support is becoming exactly what we have visioned. And with support from the provincial government and other partners, our first integrated health centers are now open. One within the school of medicine building and the other one just around the corner here in uh downtown Bmpton. They are expected to connect more than 14,000 patients to family doctor within the first two years of operation. We are proud of this progress and grateful for the uh city's partnership in making this possible. And I want also to recognize the medtech task force which held its final meeting early this morning. Over three years, this group brought together leaders from business, healthcare development and academia to advance medical innovation in Bmpton. And I want in particular to thank co-chair of the task force deputy may sing for his leadership and energy throughout this journey and thank you to uh city staff for their ongoing support. The task force work including the wet lab feasibility study has resulted in practical evidencebased recommendations that are now going to be shared with council. With that I will turn it to our provost and VP academic Dr. Robera Proven Zanu to present those recommendations and thank you very much Robera. Thank you very much and good morning. Um, it's a pleasure to be here and thank you for the opportunity uh to speak with you today about a transformative initiative led by Toronto Metropolitan University. The development of wet lab research infrastructure to advance health and life sciences in the Peele region. If we can go to the next slide, please. Thank you. Uh there is a critical shortage of wet lab space across the GTA. As we've also heard this morning, TMU has a unique opportunity to position Bmpton as a hub for Ontario made innovation, job creation and commercialization in life sciences, biotech, medical devices, digital health, uh, and clean technologies. Next slide, please. This initiative aligns strongly with provincial priorities. It will accelerate the commercialization of made in Ontario technologies, strengthen collaboration between industry and academia, and support regional economic development. Importantly, it positions Bmpton as a competitive leader in emerging health and innovation sectors. Next slide, please. The proposed infrastructure includes wet labs, clinical innovation and prototyping labs, and specialized training spaces. Together, these will support discovery research, device development, and clinical training while connecting directly to the already strong BMPon venture zone ecosystem. Next slide, please. A key component is the diabetes innovation hub. This will create a focused platform for research, technology development, and community health innovation, supporting companies working in diagnostics, monitoring, and digital health. It builds on TMU's strengths in wearable technologies, nutrition, and glycemic research along with community-based health research while positioning Bmpton as a leader in chronic disease innovation. Next slide, please. This initiative will position Bmpton and the Peele region as a vibrant life sciences hub within the Ontario Innovation Corridor. It will attract firms specializing in biio manufacturing, digital health and clean technologies, contributing to the city's reputation as a center for cutting edge industries. It will also support commercialization and create jobs across research, technical and skilled trade sectors while expanding opportunities for diverse local communities and for youth. Next slide, please. At the provincial level, this initiative will accelerate innovation and market adoption of Ontario developed technologies, strengthening competitiveness and long-term resilience. Next slide, please. We propose a co-led governance model between TMU and the city of Bmpton. This approach ensures shared accountability with advisory participation from government and industry partners to align priorities and strengthen collaboration. Next slide, please. We recommend a mixed funding model, public, private, and philanthropic. TMU will contribute academic leadership, research capacity, and training opportunities in close alignment with our school of medicine here in Bmpton. Next slide, please. Over the past several months, TMU has engaged in approximately 20 stakeholder consultations. The response and you'll you'll see some of them listed on the slide. The response has been strongly supportive including from industry leaders, health system partners and innovation organizations. Next slide please. Looking ahead, we will finalize a joint concept paper to define those shared priorities and governance. engage provincial and federal partners to position this initiative as a strategic investment. The city will explore suitable sites near the school of medicine and we will develop a funding strategy. From there, we'll launch a TMU city of Bmpton task force to define timelines, design needs, and partnership agreements. Next slide, please. Um, or I guess I can just close with with this. Perfect. This partnership, just to close, represents a bold step forward, an investment in science, health, and community. It represents the next evolution of a proven and successful collaboration that has already delivered transformative projects. Together, we can strengthen Bmpton's role in Ontario's life sciences corridor while advancing student training, research, and inclusive economic growth. Thank you, and we look forward to working with you to bring this vision to life. And I'm happy to answer any questions you may have. Thank you very much, Madame Provos, and thank you to President Lashi. I will ask Deputy Mayor Singh to speak. Thank you and uh thank you for your presentation, Dr. Robera. I want to begin by first of all thanking my counselor colleagues and and Mayor Brown. Um this wouldn't be possible without the political willpower as well. I want to thank the backbone of this uh task force which is Bmpton staff, our dev department in particular which really stepped up. This was a challenging task force as well as a large task force a lot of moving parts and we're here uh today after four-year uh journey. I want to thank the anchor which is the medical school and TMU Dr. Tushi yourself the whole team here. Um this was really about bringing all stakeholders together, collaborating and finding a way forward for not just medical excellence but also um the economic opportunities that emerge uh from a medical school. Something that I know our residents uh deeply uh care about as well. So, um I look forward to bringing a motion forward uh that will uh sort of um determine a way forward. I want to um thank also all the stakeholders. I see uh Bmpton Board of Trade here as well. They're going to have uh a larger role as well moving forward and and we're excited by the discussions. uh they're going to be having all the stakeholders we had uh from uh developers to uh medical companies to academic institutions. I I see members of Sheridan here as well. It's very collaborative. A lot of ideas uh percolated and I think um you know we're at a good point where uh we have strategies how to move forward and really uh look forward to unlocking the economic uh benefits of a medical school here at the city of Bmpton. So, thank you so much. Thank you very much, Deputy Mayor Singh, Councelor Maderos. Uh, thank you for you uh, Mr. Chair. Thank you for the presentation. Um, I guess when and and part of the question would be to staff. Um, regarding timelines, right? So, when I when I look at this and uh, it's exciting work. I think one of the gaps we always have with this type of really sort of um how would I say uh very specialized uh work that's going on is the broader public engagement piece is understanding BMPonians and having engaging with local community about the benefit and and the reason I talk about that we've been talking about the innovation corridor you know us being in the middle financial market all the research out in uh Kitchener Waterlue um however there's never been you you know, there's been a lot of conversation, but there's never been that impetus to sort of really understand the public to to really see the the the value proposition. So, I guess when I see a project like this and and I know this would be fleshed out. What do you sort of envision? You know, you talked about bringing some specialized companies that are coming here, there'll be economic return. How does this benefit Bmptonians from a just for us to understand that we would be able to sort of you know from my understanding of the presentation trying to provide land or space or um you know an opportunity for uh uh uh companies to come here and sort of set up shop you know these wet labs is that what you're talking about like highly technical. So what what would be in your mind how we sort of roll this out from a communication perspective so that we sort of you know uh engage with the community at large? Sure. Thank you very much. So I think you you hit the nail on the head about consultation and community engagement which I think um I can say with a lot of certainty that uh we've done that a lot with the school of medicine. um we we've engaged the entire community um multiple multiple times. So we know what um what the the desired outcomes are. For example, if you take health outcomes and what people are looking for with you know one could say well there's these wet labs and how is that going to relate to um real outcomes for BMPonians as you mentioned. So one of the things that um where where TMU sees a real connection with the city as is in uh in fact in the healthcare space. So you have wet labs that would be um ideal obviously for research also for training but also for care and these are not separate uh entities for us at at TMU um because we designed them to work together. So you may be familiar with for example our integrated health centers right. So there would be a complete connection between that primary care model and these wet labs and what we plan to do there for BMPonians and for the wider region of Peele. Um because in those wet labs you'll have the research that will take place that will then translate into tangible outcomes for communities. diagnostics, um, testing. I mentioned the diabetes, uh, innovation hub. We also through our Bmpton venture zone have, uh, are are planning a primary innovation hub. So, all this will be related. Getting back to your question about communicating. I absolutely agree. We need a plan for that. We are still in the nent stages, but we will definitely consider that. Yeah. And and thank you very much. And and and again, uh, I think it's exciting. I think it's really positive. Uh I think just um you know not specific to this strategy, but I'm just you know from a a council perspective, someone's been on council many years. Um you know we've talked about for example we're and this is not related but we have a beehive. We're looking at startups. We have the innovation corridor. We have now this you know this seems would position us well. I just think there's overlaying there's a lot of sort of um I guess layers of different strategies that I think from the city's perspective um you know there has to be sort of uh um how would I put that more of sort of a a broader vision that all sort of meets though seems right now there's a lot of different initiatives and when we're talking about just getting back to the basics of you know providing you know the city's portion which I think it's great work but giving away land or doing something of that sort doing that Um I I just think that there has to be a better communication from our perspective. So residents understand that a lot of this work is not finite. It's really going to create jobs here. There's going to be some spin-off and and maybe some of these startups. So it's just trying to sort of layer that because I just think there's a lot of sort of moving pieces. Interesting work, highly technical. Um I myself try to grapple with it. I know it's exciting. Uh it's just I would like my residents also to be excited about this stuff as well. So thank you so much for the presentation. happy to support it. I look forward to the motion coming forward. And thank you councelor. I believe our director has something to add. Thank you through the chair. Thank you councelor Maduros for the question and I absolutely think you hit the nail on the head at the end. We see this work as key to diversifying Bmpton's economy. Job growth in the future in Canada is coming from healthcare jobs. And if we want to ensure that Bmpton is realizing the benefits of those health care jobs, we absolutely need an ecosystem that supports it. So this is really how we build a resilient economy in Bmpton is that we need to diversify and have these high-tech jobs. And part of that is having a wet lab in our city that has it's a key piece of the infrastructure to keep those companies here. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Director. Next, councelor Plushy. Thank you. Thank you, uh, Mr. Chair. Um, Mr. Chair, so I don't do this too often, but I think that it it's time, you know, we recognize the the individual that, uh, you know, put this, uh, together, the brainchild, uh, behind the task force, and it wouldn't have been done without Deputy Mayor Singh. He had a vision. He went to every member of council, and you can tell by the people that are on that are just on that list of how important it is. And so kudos goes to you, deputy mayor, for putting this together. Um, I'm honored to to just be a part of of this and the amount but the amount of work that you put into this and and my hat goes off to you because you've done a tremendous job in in putting this together and that's uh I just wanted to uh to recognize Deputy Mayor Singh for for all the work that he did. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. here. Here deputy mayor. Thank you, councelor Bushy. Really mean that. Thank you. Um thank you. Um so I do have a a motion to um share moved by myself and Mayor Brown. Um it's not financial motion at no cost. It's just uh supporting and endorsing and moving this along. Um and then when there's other critical decision points will come back to council. Um there is a lot of interest from the federal government as Denise mentioned with the diversification strategy. Um I don't think it's but minister Salman and others have shown interest in this as well already. Uh so it's about just moving the yard stick forward to make this a reality for residents. So that's the motion on the floor and uh thank you. Thank you very much deputy mayor. Speaking to the motion, councelor Santos. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Happy to support the motion. All of the work that the medtech task force has accomplished over the past uh few years and getting to this point. Um I want to share the same sentiment as councelor Fleshi in congratulating thanking deputy mayor Singh and Dr. Leche over there for the work in our economic development team. Um, but I also want to add that I do agree with councelor Majiros's points. Uh, we need to I know it's tough, but we need to celebrate some of these major accomplishments within economic development within our innovation district in downtown um, and across the entire city. you know the the life sciences, health sciences that we are creating, the ecosystem we have here, our residents unfortunately don't know the connecting pieces and parts of this amazing um puzzle that we have and the potential we have in our city. So, I really would love for us to do more to educate and and communicate to our residents these types of success stories and what that means for Bmpton being a leader in so many different fields. So, happy to support this motion and thank you Deputy Mayor Singh for your leadership. Thank you very much, Councelor Santos. So, we'll first deal with the motion on the screen moved by Deputy Mayor Singh and seconded by our mayor. All in favor? That carries. And next, uh, we will have I have a motion moved by Deputy Mayor Singh to receive the delegations and to receive the, uh, the presentation. All in favor? That carries. Thank you very much to our friends from TMU. Thank you. Next, we move on to item 6.2, to a delegation from Sukwant Bar and Supre Bar Grant to residents regarding the acquisition of city property on Copeland Woodlock ward 4. Welcome Saquant and Supre Bar. Are they online? Yes. Uh are you are you able to hear me? I'm on the teams meeting. Thank you. Uh and thank you everyone. Apologies for not being able to attend in person today. Uh I would like to thank all the committee members giving me this opportunity to present the this matter to council. Uh special thank you to uh councelor Keenan who visit who visited our home as well as the parks department uh lassi rajat and germ from the realy services who listened to our concerns and provided these potential solutions. So the property in question uh abuts our backyard. It's entirely landlocked and situated directly behind our residents. Uh there's recognizing some inefficiencies regarding the current maintenance agreement. Preliminary discussions took place with some municipal stakeholders to explore purchase. Uh and following these discussions uh we we uh present this motion to city council for approval. If you could please proceed to slide two. So the presentation will outline some mutual benefits of transferring ownership of the landlocked area um to to the homeowners. Uh currently the city of Bmpton bears the financial and operational burden of maintaining this inaccessible parcel of land. So essentially there's no way for the city personnel to bring in equipment. It's been outsourced to a third party uh which has made they've made a a small hole in between some bushes and bring in weedbackers to to clear the the weeds of the city property. Uh and transferring ownership to to the residents will eliminate this cost, the third party maintenance costs um and improve the overall aesthetic and the environmental upkeep of the of the neighborhood. Next slide, please. So, the property in question is entirely landlocked. It's situated between six homes. These six homes are unique cuz they're the only six homes that their backyards don't um abut the wood lot there. It's a space of varying between I would say 10 to 15 ft behind our backyards uh to to the wood lot. All other homes on the street, their fences, backyard fences are directly situated close to the edge of the of the ravine. So there's no property there for the city to maintain. Uh next slide, please. Okay. Uh th this is just uh depicting that there's there's no public road access or or no access for equipment to u maintain the property. Next slide please. So these are these are a couple of pictures that we took from the site. Uh one is from the area behind uh our backyard property fence and the other one is from our property. So this shows, you know, pictures from last year before councelor Keenan uh stepped in to help to have that site start to be maintained. Um that uh you know there were tall weeds, uncut grass dominating the city property behind the chain link chain link fence. This is uh was causing concerns around rodents and animals and and greater mosquitoes before this was uh maintained. And then now it's it's being done by the third party contractor. Uh next slide please. So it's just, you know, this is just reiterating that there there would be an ongo there would be a benefit to both the city of Bmpton as well as the homeowners who bought this property as as the backyard space would increase and then the transfer of ownership would reduce the the maintenance costs and the ongoing costs uh to the city and just create operational efficiencies and reduce the community nuisance of these ongoing uh potential um concerns. concerns around maintenance. Next slide, please. Um, I I think we can skip to the end of the presentation. Uh, if there's any other questions uh in regards to the the the proposal, uh, I'm happy to address them. Thank you very much, Squant. uh stay online. We have speakers. Councelor Keenan, thank you. Thank you. And through you, Mr. Chair. Um thank you for the delegation. Uh you know, we've definitely had a few um in my term anyways, a few residents reaching out with similar concerns about the maintenance and behind the homes in these landlocked um situations. So, with this one, I just want to refer this delegation to staff um and then come back, I guess, to council if you have any suggestions on how we can either move it forward or if it's even possible. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you very much, Councelor Kenan. Councelor Pleshi. Thank you, Mr. Chair. So, great presentation. Thanks for uh for delegating. Um there are many areas throughout the city that are that are like this and um that it seems to be a growing concern amongst the people that live uh behind these areas that were renaturalizing um that they're invasive species and all kind of terrible um types of plants that start growing there. And it's our way of saying, you know, we're not going to cut it because we're going to we're going to renaturalize it, which is the right thing to do. But when it comes down to it, it's uh it turns into a bunch of weeds and it turns into an eyesore. Um I would like and I've I've tried to I I've talked to staff uh before about this. I would like the opportunity for this uh report when it to come back. If it's not a a sole purchase of the property, then maybe there is some kind of agreement that the city can enter with the homeowner that you know there that land can become kind of their almost right of way. Um it doesn't allow anybody else to to to be on that land. It's still owned by us and the payment of that land would be that they take care of the land and and up to the city's standards. Maybe that's the opportunity here and they can enjoy something. I have a lot of people that want to put gardens. Um, and these people, not only do they they you didn't hear this, but they do put gardens, but then they donate all the food to to food banks and stuff. So, uh, there's some great opportunities here. And if maybe that referral when it does come back, if staff can can talk about that, I would appreciate it. Thank you, councelor Keenan. Thank you to the delegation as well. Thank you very much, councelor Plesie. So I have a motion moved by councelor Keenan to refer this to staff and to receive the delegation. All in favor that carries. Next we have a delegation from Rita Haral, Joyce Jones and J Preacher Hall Rams residents regarding a request to replace the concrete wall along Highway 410 south of B Drive in Ward 7. Welcome everyone. De and counselors. We're happy to be here, but we also realize that this is going to be difficult. So, the issue is being brought to the city of Bmpton simply because in all our efforts with MTO representatives to address this deterioration, we've been constantly told it's the city of Bmpton who constructed the the home build at Brley Limited at the time to install the walls and therefore it's not MTO's property or concern. At the time, this highway did not exist when we moved in. I'm an original owner, so is Rita. Um, the closest was Heart Lake Road, one lane north, one lane south. Um, so the the noise, vibration has increased since 2006. These walls have been deteriorating. This intensified in 2022 when all the walls started to deteriorate. And on April 27th, 2022, Ste Eli, Stu Eli, on behalf of Margaret Northrup, sent an email to you, Mayor Patrick Brown, who in turn sent the email to Gary Collins, who I had many emails with as well. We then went on to the MTO people to an environmental assessment meeting, which my neighbor Dave Masser and I attended, and it was obviously it was due diligence. They had no intention of replacing the wall, our walls. Interestingly, chain link walls on the opposite side on the northwest side are being will be replaced. However, that um tes sorry tR I'm nervous sorry the transportation environmental study report was to be issued and to date nothing no indication of noise levels nothing so Mrs. Northrup had also been in touch with Premier Ford and he did come to nature court last year and looked at the walls said he was on a on his way to a meeting with Patrick Brown and that he would discuss it with you about this this these walls and what we can do about them. We realize it's not on your property. It's not on NGO's property, but it is a serious issue and so we're hoping that um I've had many contacts with Luca Campa who premier Ford um designated to you know to look into this. I've had numerous emails, phone calls, texts. Last year he told me it had been approved that it was just a matter of cost design. a few weeks ago he said, "Oh, it's on your property. Nothing we can do." And um basically that the offramps were not part of the highway, which is not untrue according to the Highway Traffic Act. But so now we're looking for someone who's willing to take up the challenge instead of passing responsibility back and forth because I've gone around in circles for years. MTO, City of Bmpton, it's not us, it's not us, it's not this. So now we're um hoping that someone will take up the challenge and look into the deterioration of these walls and help us out because I don't know any homeowner who can afford to replace concrete walls particularly like sound barriers. So good morning. Good morning council. My name is Rita Harala. I have been a resident of Bmpton for 50 years. I first want to thank Mr. Forini for his office responding to my email. So over time the population in Bmpton has grown significantly and the traffic along 410 has increased tremendously. As a result the concrete song bar barrier wall separating our properties from the highway is now um shaking, cracking and crumbling due to the constant noise and vibration. This pose a clear safety risk to nearby residents as strangers are jumping over the fallen walls and wild animals such as coyotes are running through our properties. Even the panhandlers at the top of uh the exit to Bovette is using our property now as a restroom. In in addition to the structural concerns, the level of noise, pollution, and vibration has become unbearable. We are forced to keep our windows shut and we are forced to keep our windows shut at all times due to poor air quality and excessive noise. Furthermore, the guardrail as we see there, my house is uh right at the top and the guardrail is about 15 ft from from my wall. Yeah. Uh um is is um does not does not is not strong enough. and I rem um recommend replacing it with a concrete barrier. Our health and safety should be a priority. I respectively invite Mr. Mayor Brown and the members of council to visit Nature Court and Nadley Court to witness the issue firsthand and better understand the urgency of this situation. Thank you. Thank you, Rita. Thank you, Joyce and Jack Pitz. Stay there. Uh councelor Fini. Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Rita, everyone for coming in and yeah, we did work on this and I remember when we sent it uh to our uh public works, they got a hold of the province and they were said that they were going to do it at the time. Uh it's MTO, it's private property, you know, uh we love to do every house if we can and uh we only have so much money, but I'm going to recommend that go back to our public works. Let's get a hold of these people at the MTL because when you look at the fence, it's not only about uh the noise and I I know like my antlas behind the 401. It's the noise is not going to help but the pollution does help especially when the wind blows. You can't even sit in the backyard. So uh see how we could send it back to our staff. Um they'll contact maybe MTO. We could set something up. They did say it was approved by them and now they're backing out and say it's a city problem. This is MTO land and it's also private property. So we can't it's not like we're doing on a main road or backing into something. We pitch in the residents pitch in the region used to pitch in a long time ago or when we're widening something. So it's very hard for us to come. But uh I'll send I'm going to refer this back to south to come back and uh and see how they could get a hold of them and see what we can do. You know, if if it wasn't the highway on the other side, we'd be happy to replace those walls with the regular wooden fences or whatever. But it's a highway on the other side. Sorry. And um like how can you afford to replace 180 ft of concrete wall? No. So any homeowner? Yeah. Yeah. So I know it's a lot of money, but for a resident to do, but uh like I said, we're going to have to get a hold of MTO. Wasn't a high and the highway was not there at the time. So yeah, so we'll see what our city staff come back with a report to see how we can get a hold of. So thank you. Thank you very much, councelor Fertini. I think staff understand and uh we have another speaker, councelor power. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um might I suggest that we refer this to Promeakari, Minister of Transportation, maybe a letter from the mayor on behalf of the ward counselors, uh through staff. and Graham McGregor, the local MVP. Okay, we'll have the mayor's team look after that together with public works as well. So, we have a motion referral moved by councelor Fertini. All in favor? That carries. Next, we have a delegation from Tara Hunter from our economic development team speak to us about moonshot event hosted at Canon headquarters. Welcome, Tara. Thank you through the chair. Good morning, mayor and members of council. I'm Tara Hunter, the interim manager, sector manager for innovation and technology within the economic development office, and I am here on behalf of Kyle Boy, the founder of Moonshot. Last week, the fourth Moonshot event was held at Bmpton um Canon can in Bmpton at Canon Canada headquarters. This is the fourth Moonshot event and it is hosted for high school students. So, it's bringing students together for a day of educational programming exploring space and rocketry in the Canadian space ecosystem. It was perfectly timed this year with the successful Artemis 2 mission through direct engagement with industry leaders including MDA space, Launch Canada, Nordspace, and Canon. This innovationdriven event is helping shape the next generation of talent while contributing to Canada's Canada's growing space economy predicted to reach 40 billion by 2040. Also at the event um we're very proud that Turner Fenton High School has a rocketry team. Last year they competed in Timmans uh with their rocket that they built very successfully and um at this event they had their new rocket that they're building um to to launch again at the launch Canada event um at Timmans in August. So we're super proud um that Bmpton has the talent and the skills that are really going to be needed for the jobs of tomorrow. Through the city's support, Bmpton is launching the next generation of innovators into space. So, with that, I'd like to um just play a short recap of the event. Thank you. Thank you very much, Tara. We have speakers. Councelor Santos. Thank you. through you, Mr. Chair. Um, this is another example, I think, of success and good news stories in economic development in the city of Bmpton. I think we still need to elevate more and breakthrough in the um in the news. I'm a bit biased. My son goes to Turner Fenton. And so I'm so pleased whenever I see them there at the Rocket Tree Club um that um that uh the young people across the city, across the GTA are here in Bmpton, particularly Canon headquarters where we have a strong relationship with folks from Canon. Thank them very much. Um to develop that pipeline of talent in aerospace, in engineering, and advanced manufacturing. So, it's a it's it's quite a privilege and honor to see so many young people engaged at this event and growing every single year. The new president of Canon was so proud. It was I think his first month on the job or first couple of weeks on first week, first week on the job and he met the council and all like hundreds of teenagers um in in their building. Uh, so I just I want to say congrats to the EPDEV team um for helping to put this together and working in collaboration with Kyle. Uh, and let's keep doing more of these things. But I really really think we should be showcasing it a lot more uh to celebrate all of these success stories. Thank you very much, Councelor Santo. Will you move your seat presentation? Moved by councelor Santos. All in favor? That carries. Our next delegation is from Brent Robilard, president of the Brmpton Professional Firefighters Association regarding provincial funding for municipal fire services. Welcome Brent. Thank you the chair. Uh good morning um mayor and members of council. I want to thank everyone for the opportunity to speak today on a matter that uh we believe is of critical importance and safety to the community. As we've heard from previous uh speakers and as I'm sure the council itself no doubt understands, the city has gone through tremendous growth in the last decade. This uh this growth is uh is a testament to the city's vibrance. Uh but at the same time, it threatens to outpace our investments in the very infrastructure that keeps us safe. Uh next slide, please. Well, at the same time of this tremendous growth, uh we're navigating through a wave of new provincial res If if I may ask you for a moment, we need to pause the meeting as we have not we are now no longer with corn. If we could ask members of council who are in the room adjacent to please come in. We do have members online but still we do not have you can't for please be patient with us sir council that's no worries one more Brent, please with our apologies. Thank you. No worries. Uh thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh as I was saying, we'll simultaneously with this tremendous growth, uh there's been an increase in provincial regulations, uh including presumptive cancer and PTSD legislation, increased training requirements for the fire service, uh and next generation 911 services. um these yet the compared to all other emergency services, the fire service remains the lowest funded by the province even with these additional mandates. While we're grateful for the recent increases in fire protection grants and the nextgen 911 uh updates, a bulk of the capital and operating costs still fall squarely on the municipality uh and the local taxpayers. This combination of uh rapid expansion and increased provincial mandates has forced Bmpton into an impossible decision. Council's currently caught between two urgent needs. Investing in the physical grow growth of Bmpton Fire Service to keep pace with our expanding borders or to divert those same funds to meet the technological and trading standards uh legislated by the province. Under the current funding model, we simply cannot do both effectively without passing on a major burden to our taxpayers. Next slide, please. While the AMO and the Ontario Professional Firefighters have historically worked on parallel tracks, uh the rising tide of provincial requirements has reached a breaking point. We share the same goal, community safety, and strength. Yet, we're being strained by the same unfunded mandates. We must move past the era of independent advocacy to safeguard Bmpton's fiscal and and physical health. We need a new collaborative strategy that speaks to one voice. Next slide, please. Bmpton Fire and Emergency Services has been known in the fire service for innovation. In that spirit, the Bmpton Professional Firefighters have approached the Ontario Professional Firefighters Association and now with this council to propose a novel solution. We're calling for a joint resolution from this council and the mayor to the large urban mayor's caucus of Ontario and to AMO. We need to advocate collectively for a permanent increase for provincial support either through a regular funding mandate or specifically through the introduction of a 911 levy. This model has already been widely adopted across the country and is an established provincial benefit which could see us uh 214 million provinially. Next slide, please. To put this into perspective, all of 12 all of the 12 provinces and territories that provide 911 service, Ontario and British Columbia are the only two without 911 legislation. of the eight remaining that charge a 911 levy, um the average it for Ontario to implement this would be just over a dollar. Uh that additional funding uh with our over 15 million wireless users in Ontario would generate over 214 million annually. This is a significant revenue that could be directed straight to the 911 call centers and the fire service. drastically easing the burden on our local property tax tax taxpayers. Next slide, please. This isn't just about asking for more. It's about changing the way we ask. While labor or organizations often fight for staffing in a vacuum, we believe a partnership between municipalities and labor associations will lead to the greatest community benefit. By leading this change, Bmpton can once again demonstrate that we are the provincial leaders in innovation and collaborative governance. We ask that this council with full support from both the Ontario and Bmpton Professional Firefighters Association advocate to the large urban mayor's caucus and a and AMO for increased sustainable provincial funding for municipal fire services. Let's ensure our growth is matched by our safety. Thank you. Thank you very much, Brent. We have speakers. Councelor Santos, thank you so much to you, Mr. Chair. Great delegation. Um, and I just want to uh say thank you for coming in and preparing that presentation and that that speech. And I want to take a step backward because colleagues might be wondering, I know councelor Keen, you asked why is BPFA here today? Um and so Brent, congratulations on your new role as president for BPFA and acknowledgement to all the executive who are here today as well. Um council bra who's vice chair of community services and I requested a meeting with the new executive to talk about um to meet them number one but also to talk about some of the issues that are facing fire and emergency services. And one of the members, I won't say who it was, uh said, "Counselor, how do we lower our property taxes?" And I said, "Do you live in Bmpton?" And he said, "Yes." I'm like, "I tell you what, we got to work together and advocate to the province to make sure fire and emergency services is equitably funded when it comes to the province." Because a question to staff I have is the entire pretty much the entire budget when it comes to fire and emergency services is paid for by property taxes. Is that correct? Through uh through the chair that's correct about 98% is through property taxes. Okay. And that 98% is through property taxes. And so when municipalities are facing pressures with our budget with respect to reconciling collective agreements and um legislation that is mandated by the province. So the new legislative legislation, presumptive legislation and various other legislation regarding training, for example, provinces, municipalities, you must make sure your firefighters are trained in this way and and have presumptive legislation. We support that. But all of it, all of that legislative requirements are paid for on property taxes and and to the commissioner or to um the president BPFA FFA relative to other emergency services, paramedics and and police who we also appreciate. How much more are they getting support from the provincial government or federal government versus fire and emergency services? I can start through the chair, but paramedics are approximately 50% funded by the province. Uh police do get significant funding, much more than fire services through the province. Uh in the past year through the province, we received 230,000. This year, if you recall from the recent uh um grant and about 107,000 the year prior and then there was previous money in 2022 and three and four for next generation 911 as a one-time funding. I think the challenge is the sustainability and the cost. So in a growing city like ours where we are sharpening our pencils and trying our very best to make sure that we're using property tax dollars efficiently when it comes to municipal services. The added pressure of provincial legislation which we all support is putting increased pressure on our budgets which is obviously because we're mandated to do so. have firefighters relative to growth, have fire stations that are built. It's all paid for by property taxes versus other emergency services who do get the support from provincial government. And so we do appreciate some of the recent announcements from the provincial government. However, when you take a look at the significant burden on property taxpayers, we really do need to advocate together, which is why I appreciate BPFA making that request that we work together with our team, with our staff, to advocate to Lumco, to advocate to AMO to look at new ideas. And what I appreciate about the next meeting, so then we had a second meeting with OPFA because Brent brought them OPFA and BPFA with the mayor and and myself a couple of weeks ago or three weeks ago. And we said, "Okay, well, we have to take this to AMO. We have to take this to Lumpco and advocate." and Brent came up with this idea with the call center with with the 911 um support relative to other provinces, Ontario being only one of two that doesn't have that charge on the phone bill generating extra money. So, thank you very much for those ideas. And if I may, if you could just repeat what you said in your presentation about the burden of property taxpayers, I believe, and you wrote down your speech, but I just want you to reread that paragraph because it was um an important one. It was under I think it was under uh in relative to the the slide under Ontario, that Ontario slide uh drastically easing the burden on our local property tax. Yeah, that paragraph just before that paragraph. read that entire paragraph for us again. So that's when we speak to the 911 levy in specific details. Yeah. Um to put this in perspective, all 12 provinces and territories that provide the 911 service. Ontario and British Columbia are the only ones currently without 911 legislation. Uh across the rest of Canada, the average levy is just over a dollar a month. It's actually$119 if you average the main ones that do the charge. In Ontario with over 15 million wireless users, a similar smallcale levy would generate over $214 million annually. This is a significant res revenue that could direct be directed straight to 91 call centers and the fire service. Thank you. And so I love the fact that you came up you brought forward in that meeting some ideas. And I'm more than happy to, Mr. chair refer this delegation specifically to GR staff to include in our advocacy efforts to the province as well as at our AMO delegations and I believe the mayor is going to bring forward a motion at LMCO. So again it's it's brand OB LCO and OBC OBC Ontario Ontario big city mayor's caucus. Yes. Um and I think that there is an opportunity for us to escalate this as well to FCM. I know there are municipalities around the entire country who are facing the same property tax pressures and then would appreciate our leadership here in the city of Bmpton. So happy to refer this back to staff GR to make it um an important piece of our advocacy to the provincial government. Thank you. Thank you councelor Santos for your referral motion. Next speaker councelor Maderos. Uh thank you three Mr. Chair. Thank you, Councelor Santos, Mayor Brown for uh your advocacy on this and shining a light. And thank you uh congratulations first on your role in in the new board. But um I thought this was very thoughtful and very powerful to hear an organization uh coming forward to sort of let us know about the implications uh and you know the the pressure on our our uh property tax. And I did not know that the province Ontario is one of the only provinces that are not um you know having that levy which uh would ultimately supported. So fully supportive of the initiative. Um I think it's uh you know great that uh there's a collaboration here. I guess my question uh to you uh in terms of um you know your the the advocacy I guess through the Ontario Association in via via the provincial government. What has been because I know this is just not an issue of today but what's been sort of the flavor? What's been sort of the feedback that uh the association has been receiving with our provincial partners? So, the Ontario Professional Association of Firefighters continually advocates to the provincial government on all fire services mandates. Uh, and they've been uh directly pushing a number of increases. Uh, there was just recently announcement of increase of public funding grants from 10 to 20 million. Uh, so that was their main objective. uh the president of the OPFA when we presented this idea to him um took it on as a great opportunity and I think the biggest concern is that when we have labor labor associations and when we have municipal associations representing municipalities, we could create a situation where we think we're fighting each other and we forget where we're fighting for the public itself. And uh through ourselves and through Greg Horton, the president of the OPFA, we've tr we are and through hopefully council, we are advocating to turn our uh advocacy together to partner on these uh fronts uh to re re realign where we position ourselves. uh the the battling and the the the argumentative sort of stance has gotten us behind where we need to be and we need to sort of elevate and think of a new and a new innovative approach. Now it's interesting uh through you Mr. Chair just lastly the expansion of mandates. So if I understand, so these are provincial regulations that essentially puts more pressure on the work that you're doing because since I've been on board, I know there's always that sort of situation that 911 calls, you guys are responding to everything under the sun and it's not just specific to fire and I know as a growing population. So it's almost like you know what's happening now growing population intensification. So now you're dealing with vertical sort of you know trying to get into buildings and all that stuff and then after notwithstanding expansion of mandates um it's really the system's really under pressure. So you know and is that the case in terms of even more mandate on more expansion from what it appears from what we're seeing in from actual practice the costs to increase the training and legislative requirements are beyond what was anticipated from the provincial government. uh they believe this would be a costneutral sort of increase and for many communities that don't provide a full service fire service like Bmpton does which is one of the most exceptional uh level of of training that is in the province. There's additional costs involved in that layered in that I don't think was on the provincial level accounted for and we're starting to see them uh and we're starting to see them more and more now that the legislation is coming down. Um now it's this council and three um has to has to consider that if we give funding away, we lose the ability to be as excellent as we've built the fire service to be currently. So, we have to find a solution. Uh council certainly will would be the advocate for this to increase the funding for the legislation while maintaining the ability to pivot the fire service in a way that best serves our community itself. if we go to a blanket funding model with nothing else, we'll likely be forced to take on activities that don't reflect our community itself. Um so from what we from what we have seen firsthand on the floor and from what the members have seen, the costing is too in is too great for um just to be bared on the municipalities alone. Thank you. Thank you very much and thank you again councelor Santos for bringing this forward. I thought this was very uh educational and and I myself certainly uh will pass on the message to residents and I hopefully with this uh delegation being public I think it's very powerful coming from uh the the association. Thank you very much. Thank you very much councelor Maderos. Councelor Keenan. Thank you and through you Mr. Chair Brett. Thanks so much for coming in. Um and thank you to all the firefighters that we have here for keeping our community safe day in and day out. Um, as a son of a firefighter, I know, uh, what it's like, um, you know, having a parent out there, a family member out there keeping other people safe. So, thank you for that first and foremost. Um, you know, the leadership that I'm seeing here today is amazing. It, uh, it goes to show that you're not just here talking about, hey, we need an increase for our firefighters. Um, and and usually those are the conversations that we're we're having, not with firefighters, but with with all um, leaderships from out of associations. Um so to be able to come in here today and and you know outline to council what is needed for this additional funding and then providing us with you know avenues to do it that's not just hey we need an extra $10 million and that we got to go sell that to you know our residents um is is truly is truly great to see. Um I have a couple questions around the levy um that I'm hoping that you could answer just for my own uh benefit of understanding. Um, is this a levy that is on every phone or is it a levy when they call 911 they're charged? Can you explain a little bit more about it? So, the ones that are currently in place um mo in for most cases are monthly charges on every single phone bill and mo in most cases mobile specifically mobile phone bills. So, attached to the phone bill you you would have a 911 levy charge and that charge would be there every month continuingly regardless of if you use the service or not. So that that charge is facilitated through the provider itself. So Rogers and you know uh Bell whomever is your provider they facilitate that charge. Uh they do so at a very low cost to the province itself. So they take a small percentage of what they bill and it is continually and regulatedly completed. Now I remember back when I was a child uh and it was a dial phone that would the nine and would go all the way back around. We we still had we had these 911 charges and it was for implementing 911 at the time where some of us had uh to dial the seven digit at the time phone number not 911. So that was levy had been used in the past and it has just gone away. Um and sort of to add sort of to the point um currently the union of British Columbia uh municipalities is now advocating uh for uh the same levy as well. So, this is growing has a growing momentum on the uh in the ones that aren't currently being uh funded. Great. And through you, Mr. Chair, um the the funding when it does come in, uh do you have any idea on how they're allocating that funding? It's one thing to fight for it, but then if we got to then fight even further to receive some of that funding once this is passed, do you know how they're diving it up between services? Is it population based? Is it based? The details of each one, sorry, my apologies through through the chair. Uh the details of each one would be specific to the province itself. Um but there would there could be if we were to look at a very high level way of what we could assume that could happen here would be if we were to look at the nextG 911 grant which proincially was around $28 million uh divided between the 108 91 call centers. I believe the BRM Bmpton itself over the three and I would trust the staff or the chief to correct me had just over 1.8 8 million annually or at that one time with respect to it. Given these numbers are similar, we could anticipate that type that similar type of of uh amount to be levied, but those minor details would likely need to be done on the um legislative side to where the funding goes. Yeah, I think it would be important during the advocacy piece that we know how we would like to see it structured. Um because it's what if we're really fighting to get it, we want to make sure we have a placeholder um for guaranteed funding that we can count on year in and year out once it's implemented and not something we're currently needing to apply for um to make sure because then we still don't know how we can budget for it if we're not guaranteed it. Um and my last question to you through you, Mr. Chair, um can you tell me what some of the funding would be used for? So the ones that we currently see um uh that are being used are basically being used to put to offset the cost of running the 911 centers. So uh we have a our own communication center itself the cost would likely exceed currently what we're operating at what would be received. uh and with respect uh to as what I'm hoping to represent as the association is what we want to make sure that we don't end up having is an increase of $2 million and our budget drops by $2 million and we don't get to increase the services that we're providing. So I from what I have seen done in the from the small areas that we've looked at, it's to offset the cost of those 911 centers. The hope is that we can use that funding from the N that we no longer need to address to 911 or the communications division that we can go to support other other um mandates and funding or perhaps staffing. Okay, great. Um but again, thank you again for your leadership. Happy to support um what is coming forward and uh for sure we'll be advocating for this to be done. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Councelor Kenan. Mayor Brown, I just wanted to thank um the Brmpton Professional Firefighters for this great advocacy. Um really constructive, really thoughtful, really creative. I think one thing we struggle with is that um in a world where federal and provincial governments can download. There's no such thing as uploading. Um as we are creatures in the province, too much falls on the burden of property taxpayers. And when it comes to emergency services, no one wants to cut corners. We want to make sure we have the best of the best because you run into dangerous environments to keep us safe. We want to make sure you've got the best equipment capacity to respond uh possible. Um and so this thoughtful idea I am going to be um championing at Friday's big city mayor's uh caucus. I think it's a brilliant idea. The fact that every province except for two has this um tool uh to uh make sure we can properly support emergency services, I think is a terrific initiative. And I would just note probably more applicable in Bmpton and particularly dense urban areas than anywhere else because we have so many individuals who live um in uh apartments or secondary units where the property tax tax system treats every house the same. But there's individuals who don't have a landline, who have a cell phone. Um, and frankly, they have an historically overabundance of usage of fire services. Now, they'll actually contribute. So, I'm going to champion this with passion. I just want to say thank you for coming up with this idea and being so collaborative. I I really think uh OPFA is lucky and the city of Bmpton is lucky to have an association like yours um that is stepping out of the normal box and saying how can we help collectively to make this work better in Ontario. So well done. Thank you Mayor Councelor Santos. Thank you Mr. Chair. Just on a on a final note quickly building off of what Mayor Brown just said, ARU secondary units, our RL program, we have seen firsthand the impact and it's part of our um way of trying to deal with the negative consequences when things don't go unchecked, when things are unsafe. I've seen the horrific photos of some of the illegal basement entrances that fire has to go through and risk their own lives in order to save other people. So, you know, that's another thing that's been downloaded to us that fire and emergency services has to deal with that property taxpayers have to pay for. So, again, I wanted to highlight that point. But also in the referral, can we just make sure that we add very specifically AMO, OBCM, and also FCM because it's something I definitely want to bring up at FCM uh at the uh the next board meeting as well, please. And thank you again. Thank you very much, Councelor Santos, and thank you, Brett, and to the association for coming here today. As the region appeal uh representative on the AMO board, uh I commit to all of you today that I will arrange for a very quick meeting between yourselves and Lindseay Jones who is our executive director and president of AMO Robin Jones. Um and that way you'll have a direct ability to u explain this request directly to AMO leadership and uh I am sure that you will very sympathetic here from all the representatives on AMO who represent all 444 municipalities and I think want to thank you for bringing this here and uh we will certainly help you to advocate for this. Thank you. Thank you very much. So we have a motion moved by we have a motion moved by councelor Santos to refer this and also to receive the delegation. All in favor? That carries. And with that, we move through to our community service agenda where we have an added discussion item 9.3.1 discussion by councelor Plesi on monthly memberships. Councelor Plushy. Thank you, Mr. Chair, members of council. I'll be brief. um has had uh a couple people reach out to me in the community um and some things that are happening in in Europe right now um around um our gym memberships, our monthly memberships and the fact that um the there's been studies that show that um women currently uh don't use the full month because of the their menstrual cycle. um there's times that they don't they don't attend the gym and I wanted to see if there's an opportunity where we could move our monthly membership for women um to an additional uh week additional seven days uh included in their monthly membership. So if that's an opportunity could I ask that staff report back on uh the potential of uh of adding those seven days to the month through uh through the chair? Absolutely. we can take it back and look at some other comparable examples and bring a report back to council and then maybe just a consultation. I'm obviously um the last person that should be I'm here advocating for um individuals uh women specifically, but um if we could have a consultation also with uh uh with current members of the uh of our gyms to see if um if they're if they even want something like this. And I I don't want the two individuals um to direct anything. So, if we could have some kind of consultation through the chair, we'll take that into consideration. Yes, absolutely. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you very much. And uh do we need a motion for that, Madam Clerk, or do staff have the direction? We can take a motion. Okay. So, we have a motion moved by councelor Plesi. All in favor? That carries? Okay. And with that, uh that completes our community services section. Madame Clerk, do we have any questions from members of the public with regards to community services? You chair, we have no questions. Thank you very much. And all of the items in legislative services were in consent. Madam clerk, do we have questions for members of the public with regards to that section? Dear chair, no questions for that section. And uh just to be completely thorough, do we have any questions for members of the public with regards to our economic development section? To your chair, no questions. Okay. And seeing as corporate services everything was in consent, do we have questions from members of the public with regards to that? To your chair, no questions for that section. Okay. And finally, madam clerk, do we have any uh questions from members of the public with regards to any section of today's agenda? Three chair. No questions. Thank you. And so with that, that brings us down to our close session business. I'll ask the clerk to summarize for us the items to be discussed in close session. Thank you, chair. The following items will be addressed in close session. Uh 15.1 presentation by Metro Links update. 15.3 exchange agreement with PDSB. Um pursuant to open meetings exception under 2392C of the municipal act. The Metroink's presentation is subject to section 2392H of the municipal act. And the final item is a verbal update BMA transition pursuant to section 2392K of the municipal act. Thank you. Thank you very much, Madame Clerk. And so I will ask if councelor Power will move us to go into close session. All in favor? That carries. Madam clerk, how much time do you need? Okay. So, we will reconvene in close session at 11:15. Thank you. To members of the public watching today's meeting, all meetings of committee must start and end in public session. And after a close session is completed, we reconvene in public session to complete the business on today's agenda. I will in the interest of transparency and open government ask the clerk to report any outcomes from today's close session business to you chair just a note we have uh councelorini councelor Santos and councelor bra online and in close session today uh 15.1 was considered information was received and no direction was given 15.2 This item was approved on consent and direction was given. 15.3 This item was considered and direction was given, including that the following motion be in considered in open session. that the commissioner community services be delegated authority to execute on behalf of the city of Bmpton a land exchange agreement and any other documents with Peele District School Board to exchange 1.922 acres of city land at 1495 Sandalwood Parkway or 2.379 acres of Peele District Schoolboard land at 415 Great Lakes Drive on terms and conditions as directed by council and otherwise on such terms acceptable to the senior manager realy services and in a form acceptable to the city solicitor or designate. Thank you very much, Madam Clerk. This motion is moved by Deputy Mayor Singh. Do I have any questions? Seeing none, all in favor? That carries? Chair. Item 15.4 was approved on consent. Traction was given including that the following motion be considered in open session. that staff subject to fleet requirements and funding be authorized to begin a public public procurement for a new battery electric bus contract consisting of 40 foot 12 meter and 60 ft or 18 meter conventional and BRT transit buses for a three-year initial term with two additional one-year renewal options in accordance with the purchasing bylaw. Thank you very much madam clerk. This is moved by councelor Keenan. Any questions? Seeing none, all in favor? That carries. And to chair, the last item 15.5 was considered. No direction was given. Thank you very much. Do any members have anything further? Councelor Plesie. Uh, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we had uh drafted a motion um to put forward. I think it was sent to the clerk's office just an advocacy motion on the Queen Street BRT project to a all day go. Uh I think The mayor is moving it. Happy to support. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Councelor Plesian. And if I may ask for committee's indulgence to make an amendment that transit staff report back at a future committee of council on the status and next steps and timelines for Metroinks projects here in the city of Bmpton. Moved by Deputy Mayor Singh. Do any members have questions? Seeing none, all in favor? That carries. Very good. And now we're at adjournment. Committee is next scheduled to meet on Wednesday, April the 29th, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. I have a motion moved by Councelor Maderos to adjourn. All in favor? And that carries. This meeting is adjourned. Thank you all very much.

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