Check one, two, testing audio. Check one, two, testing audio. Audio check. One, two. to the clerk. I'm just checking my audio with Mayor Brown. 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 Hodnoni, 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 of Treaty 19, the Ajettton's purchase of 1818, and that the agreements made therein 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 are 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 our roll call. You chair Versante. We have the following members with us today in council chambers. Councelor Forini, councelor Tour, Deputy Mayor Singh, Councelor Maderos, Chair Visante, Councelor Keenan, Councelor Plesi, Councelor B, and Councelor Santos. And joining us online is Mayor Brown, and councelor Power. >> Thank you very much, Madame Clerk. And we will now move on to our approval of the agenda. The clerk has several updates for us. Madame Clerk. Thank you, Chair. The following items have been added to revised agendas. Uh 6.3, a delegation regarding um concerns and requests for support for Bmpton Turtles. 6.4, delegations regarding item 8.2.2, staff report on bicycle lanes on Clockwork Drive. Two delegations and presentation has been added and published. 6.5 a delegation from Sylvia Roberts was added regarding 8.2.3 uh staff report on Bmpton grown green EMP and CERP emission reduction plan. Uh 7.1 government relations matters and presentation was published and 8.4.1 correspondence was added regarding 8.2.2 bicycle lanes on clockwork drive. >> Thank you very much madame clerk. Does any member wish to add a business item to today's agenda? Councelor Forini. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to add the discussion what happened in Jacuzzi Park and what's going to happen in the future. Thank you. So, we're going to be adding a discussion item with regards to the events at Jacuzzi Park. Anyone else? Seeing none, I have a motion moved by councelor for councelor tour. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Uh perhaps wouldn't go on the agenda, but just informally, uh it's councelor BR's birthday, so wishing her a happy birthday and want to announce that today. Happy birthday to councelor Bard, counselor. She almost snuck that one by us. Thank you so much for bringing that up. So, we'll have a motion moved by councelor Bar to approve today's agenda. All in favor? That carries. Do any members have a declaration of pecuniary interest under the municipal conflict of interest act or any matter to be considered on today's agenda? I see none. I'll ask the clerk to note for the meeting minutes committee. As part of our mot 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 begin 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 8.2.1 staff report update on the transfer of waste collection services its implementation plan. On consent item 8.2.2 2 a staff report for bicycle lanes on Clockwork Drive ward 6. We will hold for delegation. Item 8.2.3 staff report on Bmpton Grow green environmental master plan EMP and community energy and emissions reduction plan CERP implementation update >> held for held item 8.2.4 Four, staff report on the budget amendment for the Ontario grant transfer payment for Clareville Dam Rehabilitation Ward 8 in consent. Item 8.2.5 staff report adoption of city initiated official plan amendment to establish a sightspecific special policy area for the center for innovation and heritage theater block and southern block lands in consent. Congratulations. Item 8.3.1, the minutes of the Bmpton School Traffic Safety Council, May 7th, 2026. In consent, item 8.4.1, correspondence from Victoria Sidnarov, bicycle lanes on Clockwork Drive. That is in consent. Item 9.3.1, the minutes of the Brmpton Community Safety Advisory Committee for April 23rd, 2026. That is in consent. Item 10.2.1, 2.1 staff report access to information and protection of privacy program 2025 information report in consent item 10.2.2 a staff report regarding delegation of authority of restricted acts under section 275 of the municipal act and consent item 12.2.1 2.1 a staff report for surplus declaration of city-owned property at 56 Flavian Crescent Ward 8 that is held by councelor Fertini. Item 12.2.2 staff report regarding the building code act annual report for the fiscal year 2025 in consent. Item 12.2.3 staff report status of general accounts receivable in consent. Item 12.2.4 4 staff report for 2025 annual investment report in consent. Item 12.2.5 staff report for the 2025 year end operating budget report in consent. Item 12.2.6 staff report regarding the 2025 year-end reserves and reserve funds report. In consent item 12.2.7 2.7 staff report for purchasing fair wage policy annual report 2024 through 2025 that is in consent item 12.2.8 8 staff report for capital project financial status report Q4 2025 in consent item 12.3.1 the minutes of the women's advisory committee April 30th 2026 that is in consent item 12.4.1 the correspondence from the credit valley conservation regarding 2025 financial statements in consent item 12.4.2 2 correspondence from Jasill, presidents of Gilo Acquisitions Corporation, regarding a request to review city lands for potential disposition. >> Held. Item 13.1, the referred matters list in consent. Item 15.1, we have a close session report, lease update for Bmpton Arts Organization, Ward One, which will be held. And item 15.2, close session report on transit updates. We will hold that as well. I will ask the clerk to summarize those items to be included in our consent motion. >> Dear chair, the following items will be included on the consent motion. 7.1 government relations matters. 8.2.1 update on the transfer of waste collection services implementation plan. 8.2.4 Staff report budget amendment Ontario grant transfer payment for Clareville Dam rehabilitation. 8.2.5 2.5 staff report adoption of city initiated official plan amendment 8.3.1 minutes of the Bmpton school traffic safety council 8.4.1 correspondence regarding bicycle lanes on clockwork drive 9.3.1 minutes of the BMPon community safety advisory committee 10.2.1 staff report access to information and protection of privacy program 10.2.2 2 staff report delegation of authority for restricted acts. Um 12.2.2 staff report building code act annual report 12.2.3 staff report status of general accounts receivable 12.2.4 staff report 2025 annual investment report 12.2 5 uh staff report 2025 year end operating budget report 12.2.6 6 staff report 2025 year-end reserves and reserve funds report two 12.2.7 staff report purchasing fair wage policy 12.2.8 staff report cap capital projects financial status report 12.3.1 minutes of the Bmpton Women's Advisory Committee 12.4.1 4.1 correspondence from credit valley conservation and 13.1 referred matters list. >> Thank you very much madame clerk. So I have a motion moved by councelor forini to approve our consent motion. All in favor? That carries. And next we move on to our announcements. We have two announcements today. An announcement regarding the recognition of the national space society award winners. Councelor sponsor is regional counselor Santos. and we'll ask them to come up and make their announcement. We have here with us Simona Mate, our math department head and space club advisor and the members of the space club award winners Central Peele secondary school. They are here present with us in chambers for this tremendous announcement. >> Thank you so much. Uh, thank you, councelor Santos. Good morning, members of council. My name is um Simona Mate. Uh, I am a mathematics teacher at Central Pill Secondary School. I am also the space advisor uh to these incredible students. Uh, the students you have you see here are um uh take part every year. You might remember last year we were here again take part in a space settlement contest um that was founded by NASA and it's now run every year by national space society. Um in this contest every year there are about 25,000 students uh attending. Um, for a moment I would like us to take a closer look at the students standing before you and truly understand what we are witnessing here today. All of them are first generation Canadians. They did not not grow up with connections, network or privilege. They also come from a modest public school here in Bmpton. More than half of them are girls designing space settlements. How incredible is that? Every single one of them ran ranked ahead of thousands of students their age from around the world and 11 of them are grand prize winners in the space settlement contest meaning they ranked first in the world out of over 25,000 students from 31 countries. Yes, you heard that correctly. Let's give them another round of applause. My message today is twofold. First, a message to all the students out there. Looking at this accomplishment, it may seem as though these students are superheroes. But what is their superpower? It is actually quite simple. Hard work, determination, grit, resilience, and the ability to keep moving forward when things get difficult. Today, you see the accomplishment and success. I have witnessed the hard work, frustration, and failure. Their success today is built on many failures and the courage to keep trying. Anyway, my second message is for all of us adults standing behind these young people. Student like these are our hope for the future. They are the innovators of tomorrow. The ones who will make this world a better place. We must ask ourselves are we doing enough for them? Are we doing enough to ensure that these students fulfill their potential? Are we providing them with financial support, opportunities, mentorship and encouragement so they succeed right here in Canada and in Bmpton? These are important questions for all of us to reflect on. I would also like to thank their parents um parents who made incredible sacrifices who value education deeply and who believed in their children every step of the way. These students are had for international space development conference uh in Washington DC to present their research and their projects. Thank you so much for having us here. >> And thank you councelor Santos. >> Thank you through you uh Mr. Chair. Thank you Miss Mate Simona. Um, I've been visiting the school and celebrating the Central Peele Secondary School team for a number of years now and watching all of you today in this room celebrating such a huge accomplishment including winning the global championship. to to Miss Mate's point, the city of Bmpton, we are all so so proud of you and as as your local counselor together with councelor Paul Vicente, even more proud that you're in wards one and five, of course, the best ward in the city of Bmpton. And um you know the if Mayor Brown was here cuz he's he's away today, he would say that and in economic development, aerospace and advanced manufacturing is one of the fastest growing here in the city of Bmpton with MDA, Canon headquarters among others in the city of Bmpton. And he would always say, you know what, instead of people saying Houston, we have a problem, people are saying Bmpton, we have a problem. But now, as I said, downstairs, given what you just created for the world right now, which is on the screen, this is the winning championship project, a 50-page report plus a pitch amongst other competitions that these young people have have been part of. I think we should say Bmpton to infinity and beyond. That's what I think the new slogan should be for the city of Bmpton when it comes to aerospace and certainly the next generation of incredible rocket scientists and and producers of advanced manufacturing in the city of Bmpton. So incredibly incredibly proud of each and every single one of you. Thank you, Miss Mate. You are right. We're not celebrating enough these young people in our city. And in fact, later on, we're going to be talking about something that's more negative about the young people and folks and things that are happening in the city. But really, like I said to the economic development team before, we need to be pushing as much as we can these incredible stories of our young people and what's happening in the city when it comes to economic development and aerospace technology. We are so proud of each and every single one of you. And uh we do each and every single one of you has a certificate from the city of Bmpton, Miss Mate. Um I'm going to be presenting something special for you uh tomorrow. Uh because round of applause to your dedicated teacher who sacrifices so much to take you on these competitions and to make sure that you're successful and take home that global championship. So a round of applause to Miss Mate. And and on that note, I know you all have to go back to school in order to keep studying to be rocket scientists. Um and so I would like Mr. Chair for us to take a photo with all of the students before we send them off back to class. >> Thank you very much, Councelor Santos. And if I may, I'd also like to provide my word of congratulations to Mrs. mate to all of the students and their parents for taking us for um a very important journey for leading Bmpton into such an important area. The great scientist and incredible human Carl Sean believed very profoundly that it was essential to humanity for us to explore space and to travel into space. If you look him up, you'll see much of what he has said. But one of the things that I recall him saying was that in a way, space is like a new ocean for us. And we've only been into that ocean perhaps ankle deep, but the water feels inviting. And so further we go and you folks will be the folk the people that take us there through your technical ability, your passion, your ingenuity and your problem solving. So thank you so much for everything that you do. Truly from all of us here congratulations. We'll take that photo. Thank you committee. And we will now call on for our next announcement for Toronto Tech Week Courtzside Capital event May 25, 2026. Council sponsor regional council tour like to invite Suvid Ajmira the coordinator of innovation and technology economic development please come forward. Thank you. Thank you chair and members of council. I wanted to provide you a brief update how how Bmpton Innovation District is participating at Toronto Tech Week 2026 taking place on May 25th to 29th which has rapidly emerged as one of Canada's largest celebration of innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology. This year alone, Toronto Tech Week is expected to have more than 500 community-led events across the GTA, bringing together tens of thousands of founders, investors, builders, students, and technology leaders. As part of the broader tech ecosystem activation, the city of Bmpton through the Bmpton Innovation District is participating in Thai Quest Summit 2026 on May 25th in the morning at the University of Toronto Schwarz Frezeman Innovation Campus. Toronto is a global recognized entrepreneurship network with deep roots in South Asian technology and business community including strong connections to Silicon Valley venture capital ecosystems and international founder networks from Bmpton's home to Canada's largest South Asian community. This alignment is important because it connects diverse global ambitious founders from our city to mentorship, investment, commercialization pathways and global opportunities. Our participation at Taiquest positions Bmpton's uh alongside Canada's leading innovation voices AI uh and reinforcing the city's role within the broader Toronto Waterloo Innovation Corridor. In addition, on the late afternoon of May 20 uh May 25th, the Bmpton Innovation District brings Toronto Tech Week to Bmpton in uh via Courtside Capital where Toronto where tech meets sports in partnership with Bmpton Honey Badges at the CAA Center. This first of its kind Toronto Tech Week activation combines startup ecosystem uh networking and uh sports into a with a live basketball experience. Our event has attracted over 186 participants. We have we welcoming over 15 accredititian angel investors uh across the GTA. The innovation alley will feature companies across sports technology, fan engagement, athlete development and uh performance uh innovation. Participation is from companies from Bmpton and beyond. These initi in initiatives show Bmpton is strengthening its innovation ecosystem, supporting founders, attracting investment, boosting tourism, and advancing sports via the Bmpton Innovation District. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. I have speakers councelor Tour. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to thank Sua and the team. Uh I know it takes a lot of work uh to make this happen. An incredible event. I hope to see members of council participate. I know the mayor will be here all I uh I will be participating as well. Um but it's good to see the entire industry uh being brought together here uh not just to support uh Toronto Tech Week but our very own local branded honey badger. So thank you for all the work you do. >> Thank you. Thank you very much. And with that we move on then to our public delegations. Our first delegation is our possible delegations regarding our notice of intention to declare surplus lands located at 56 Flavian Crescent in Ward 8. Madame clerk, do we have any folks present for that item? >> Do you chair? There are no uh delegations registered. I don't see anybody here this morning for that. >> Very good. And then with that, we'll move on to 6.2. A delegation from Prashant. One moment. Councelor Fininei, >> I did. Sorry, Mr. Chair. I put hold on. >> Yes, the item is held, but we were asking if there were delegations here in the room. >> We're not speaking on it now. >> I'm sorry. >> Are we speaking on it now? >> No, we'll bring it at the appropriate time. >> Thank you. Item 6.2, delegation for Pashant Panda, Bmpton resident, regarding Embleton Community Center project delays. Do we have Pashant? Welcome, Pashant. >> You have five minutes. Thank you. Good morning chair and the council, member of council. My name is Prashant and I'm standing before you today to represent a community um that has been patiently yet tirelessly waiting for a community center. We have been advocating for this community center from since 2017. Um and for 8 years we have been attending meetings uh follow-ups organized petitions uh collaborations with the stakeholders to ensure uh piece of infrastructure infrastructure becomes a reality. We thought our efforts finally uh got fruits on December 9th when there was a um groundbreaking ceremony by mayor. Uh we we all attended there council bra was there on that day. Um yet since then it's mid 2026 there is no absolutely zero activity on the ground and there are no site offices no equipment storage and no surveyor markings done in the on site. So it's been 6 months. This was December 9th 202425 when the groundbreaking ceremony was happened. So the comp community skeptic skepticism uh rooted in 8 years of history missed deadlines. The first time any money was allocated to this project was way back in 2013 and 2014. It was five half a million dollars. We don't know what happened to that money. It was taken out from the development charges. So I got the development charges through the FOA and then I got the information. Then according to the city's own 2017 recreation plan, this facility was mandated to be completed between 2022 24 but because of COVID it got delayed. Mr. Plesi was there. We were advocating for that for all how long I don't know. Then under budget 2023 the timeline shifted to 2025 completion which was also missed. That was missed too. Most recently I think after 2023 we met in 2024 council of Mallayian bra they have told us that it will be completed in 2026. We are in standing right now in 2026 before the elections. There is a sing not a single stone kept there right now. We are tired of seeing shifting goalposts while our families, youth and seniors continue to go without the vital recreation space and an infrastructure we were promised nearly more than a decade ago. The first one was in 2013 2014. The amount was allocated for the project. Furthermore, the crisis of transparency isn't isolated to our community center. It extends directly to how our healthcare dollars are being managed. Bmpton citizens have been faithfully paying a dedicated 1% levy to fund our share of PE memorial expansion, a project that was supposed to see major progress in 2025. We haven't seen anything. Bmpton Bmpton citizens are paying that money. We don't know how much money has been collected whether it was invested somewhere to make more money out of it or is it just sitting there and nothing been happen. It's an administrative lapse. It's an administrative problem which has not been addressed properly. This past April, our community se again celebrated a monumental milestone when 64 million uh funding was secured. This was from the Canada strong fund I think something like that. Um we actually went to um uh honorable MP Sonia Siddhu after December 9th and we were advocating for that pushing for um this aggressive um investment from Port Bmpton because we don't see any big investment for Bmpton compared to Miss Saga and that's why we were advocating for that. We met almost like three four times MPC do for getting that fund done but again April 6th till this is May end there is no activity on ground. >> Yeah. So instead we are confronting a frustrating reality. The construction of Eton community center faces further delays when a committee spends the better part of a decade pushing for a project and when the necessary financial commitments have been formally logged in. extended delays caused by just administrative hurdles. I see this as an administrative hurdle. It is not the funding problem. There is enough funding for this project everywhere. Uh consequently, we are not asking for more vague timelines or generalized assurance. We are formally requesting a comprehensive, transparent and itemized report detailing the exact cause of this construction delay. We want to know that why the delay is happening. It was supposed to start in with the groundbreaking ceremony happens only when everything is taken. Why it's 6 months nothing happened. The community deserves to know precisely what roadblocks are holding up progress who is being held accountable what specific mitigation strategies be deployed to get construction back on track. This is supposed to complete in 2028. I hope it will complete before that but I don't see like happen. >> Thank you very much Mr. Panda. >> Just want to add one thing. >> Mr. you've had your five minutes respectfully and so I will now ask councelor bar to speak. >> Thank you through you Mr. chair and thank you pashant for coming in. Um seeing that you know recreation has been long before I've come here, councelor plushy has been pushing um for this recreation center long before I was here but understanding the frustration residents are facing also as counselors we are facing too. Um it's frustrating to see that you know there hasn't been uh quite movement on it. It's been many years, but that's why councelor Plesi and I have been working alongside with uh Sonia Sidu, our MPP, with u Mayor Brown and council uh making sure that we are getting the money that we need for uh Empton Recreation Center. So um just want to say thank you again for coming here. I know um it's something um we have long awaited for, but maybe I'll turn it over to public works for transparency and to kind of recognize where are we at? um what was the groundbreaking for and where are we what's going to be happening next? Thank you. >> Thank you through the chair. Uh with respect to the timelines uh because this project did come in over budget since the time of the groundbreaking staff have been working with uh consultants and contractors uh to redesign uh and and did complete phase one of this value engineering exercise to bring this project uh within budget and to realize savings. Uh in late April, as part of the $64 million in federal funding that the city received under the Build Community Strong Fund, uh the federal government advised the city that additional indigenous notification requirements with the Missosagas of the Credit First Nation must be completed as a condition of the funding agreement. Staff are currently working with our federal partners um and advisers to advance this process. However, we are simultaneously proceeding with the procurement activities for phase two, which is the early works construction. And we still do anticipate uh that that work uh will commence this summer uh upon completion of the indigenous notification requirements. >> Thank you through you, Mr. Chair. So just for clarification, so phase one was um when we broke ground and that was just for clarification for our residents through the shared council bar. Uh phase one at the end of last year uh basically was the groundbreaking ceremony uh as part of that and following those activities. We went through a value engineering exercise because to bring the project within budget um and we we did actually realize uh savings that are going to be carried forward uh through the construction. >> Excellent. And then phase two will be our construction phase um which we're um hoping to see in in this summer. >> Correct. That's what we anticipate. >> Perfect. Thank you through you, Mr. Chair. >> Thank you very much, Councelor Bur. Councelor Ples, you have the floor. >> Thank you um Mr. Chair. Thank you, Pashant, for for coming. Um, and now I'd like to turn it over to finance to see if they can talk about what the uh in relation to the development charges and the monies that were allocated. What year did you say that they were >> 2013? So, the project is project number. >> We can just hold on pashant. I'm going to get them to turn your microphone on and if you can repeat that answer to my question. based on project number 1357000 year 2013 5.5 million 53,000 was allocated from the DC charges uh and then in 2024 again the same project number 72,000 then in >> sorry what was the number in 2020 >> three 2013 >> the project number is >> 2013 was 5 million 20 >> 14 was 72,000 >> okay >> and then 1357 7. So the project number stays same but in 2022 the project numbers changed. It changed to 225700 and the allocation was 385,000. In 202 23 it was 1.1 million. 24 it was 3 million. >> That that sounds like those monies would be probably allocated to any studies or anything like that. And I think that that's what a lot of the times back when it was a council budget, we were asked to allocate money for studies uh to see what we what we needed in the in the community center. But all the way along in finance is here and I'm going to ask them to come up. Um they can talk about, you know, going back how long we've been budgeting for in the DC uh uh budget for this community center. and it goes back even beyond uh prior to me but Nash if you can come up. >> Thank you councelor through the chair. Uh so the funding and the projects that uh have been mentioned these are projects that are dedicated to the design phases and then later on the construction phases that uh that uh uh will be coming after and so on. So the funds were used for the intended uh um purpose of them as uh as described by council by uh commissioner uh uh yeah >> and uh uh so they're on progress. We also, as he mentioned, we just received a grant of $64 million that will be dedicated towards the project and will also like help with the completion of the full scope of the project that we were looking for to begin with. >> Mhm. And just for in terms of uh development charges, how many years do you know this offhand? How it's a tough question I think. How many years back have we've been um to having money um put into our DC reserve for the Embleton Community Center prior to it going coming in way over budget? >> For sure. So uh council we don't dedicate uh DC revenues uh specifically for one project but overall we have a policy of looking towards 10 years of uh projected revenues for DCs and that we would overallocate our current DC reserve balance in order to accommodate uh the work that is needed in order to deliver these different projects and so on. So currently we are at about $200 million overallocated on our current uh res uh reserves DC reserves and part of that is to uh uh support the project uh at the Ambbleton project but also other projects. We also have external debt of hundred u million dollars that's dedicated currently for the transit facility new transit facility that's also uh funded from the DCS. Right. So, we name projects and this goes back to even before my time and and it's they some like it sounds funny for me to even say this but like 20 years ago Hamilton was kind of let's say on the books and you can look at you know even today Heritage uh Road Community Center Heritage Heights Community Center is on the books. Will we see it in 20 years? Fingers crossed hopefully. Um but at that time we just for clarification um we we announced that that's kind of the area that we're looking at for a community center and that's when the DCs start to be not allocated towards but collected an increase in the collection because of something is coming. Correct. >> That's correct. Yes. And again uh councelor uh as I said like we don't uh collect DC specifically for one project. We have the overall portfolio. Part of it is the Ambleton uh uh community center and when the funds are needed, we make sure that those funds are available for the project to progress as needed. >> Thanks, Nash. I appreciate it. >> Um and so just to that's that's all. Thank you so much. >> Um and Pashant, just so you know, and you know, kudos goes to Mayor Brown. Mayor Brown is the one that went to Ottawa. Mayor Brown's the one that um went and talked to the feds. Mayor Brown's the one that got them to come down and get $64 million for this. When Carney came and uh and announced it, I asked him for an additional 20 million for a library, but unfortunately he >> No. Um but that being said, Pashan, I know when it comes down to this, you you have your finger on the pulse when it comes to some of the dollars and cents. For most people, they don't care. For most people, they don't care that it was kind of it was either over budget. They don't care that we went through COVID. They don't care that, you know, these all these other studies and everything that else has has to come in play before. They don't care about phase 1, 2, three, or any. They want the thing built in this area. It needs a community center. So, it's extremely important for residents in this area that haven't had a community center, get a community center. and you have an advocate here from this area that represents a lot of people in the Embleton community that just wants the thing built. So Sean, thank you for for coming. Thank you for delegating today. We much appreciate it. >> Can I close it? >> Thank you, councelor Plesi. Next, I'll move to councelor Brook. >> Just quickly, um >> you have two other counselors that are going to ask questions. >> Thank you through you, Mr. Chair. Just echoing some of the comments councelor Plesia said. Um, but also on the good note, um, maybe I can have staff, um, what's our target projection completion for this project and maybe some of the amenities because when we talk about Embleton, it's one of the largest Empton recreation centers in the city of Bmpton. So those amenities, it's exciting to see all these amenities coming to our area. >> Thank you to the chair and councelor Bart. We do anticipate the construction being completed by the fourth quarter of 2028. It's essentially a 2-year construction period. Uh it is going to it is going to have a very large pool area, fitness center, uh as well as um uh a number of um outdoor amenities including a uh an ice rink, uh cricket cages, um etc. splash pads. So, it's really going to be an extremely um incredible community center both with uh indoor and outdoor amenities. It's also going to have a youth room in there as well as multi-purpose room. So, it's really going to be a um um uh basically a facility that uh all residents are going to be able to come and enjoy. >> Thank you very much. I next have Mayor Brown who'd like to speak. >> Yeah, thank you Chair Vante and just wanted to uh say to Sanjay, thank you for your advocacy and I want you to know um that we are determined to make sure this is built. Um, and that's why we've gone to such lengths to make sure there was no delays. Um, I can tell you it's unusual for us to uh take out debt for um, a recreation center. Um, but if it wasn't for councelor Bar and councelor Pali saying this was their number one priority, um, this wouldn't be happening. Um, and so we've heard loud and clear from the local counselors, from residents that this is important. I maybe the finance chance staff can share how development charges collection have changed in Ontario. So even though we can't collect the development charges uh until many many years to come um we we have done financing to make sure that there's no delay and it gets built now. And so this is really exciting. It's the largest recreational investment in city history. Um and so if you live in your area, boy are you lucky. Not only you're getting the largest new recre recreation center, you're also getting the first new police division in 40 years. So, um, your counselors have had some good luck with some major wins, and I can't wait to see this in in full construction in the very near future. I know the prime minister has told me that he looks forward to coming back and seeing it in in in full construction. So, this is not a question of if it's going to be built. Um, it's it's absolutely happening and we'll we'll all be there together to celebrate in 2028. But if the finance staff can explain the changes to development charges uh collection because there is this false um information out there in the public that um that this is being collected now um when in fact the policy has changed with the province. >> Thank you mayor through the chair. Uh um as the mayor mentioned, there have been uh several changes uh in the legislation for DCs over the past uh year or so and those have have really affected the timing of collecting the DC revenues from the developers from the point of uh issuing a permit to the point of occupancy and that has really impacted our cash flows at the city because uh there is delay of almost a year and a have expected before we could collect these DCs. Um, as a result, we usually collect around 70 to 80 million annually for DCS and for this year, we're expecting that number will be reduced significantly because of that impact to the collection uh time. However, uh we really uh as per uh council's direction and the mayor and council's direction, we really didn't want to delay major projects like Amilton due to this and that's why we really ensured that uh we in cases where needed to borrow in order to secure that cash cash flow for DCS that is done in order to make sure that these projects continue to be delivered on time as intended and so on. So, um uh just wanted to clarify what the mayor was, uh was saying there. Thank you. >> Thank you very much to our treasurer. Our next speaker, >> councelor Santos, >> thank you through you, Mr. Chair um Nash. Sorry, I'm not done yet. But Pash P uh Pashant, thank you so much for for coming in today um as chair of community services, but also representing a neighboring ward to Ward 6 on the west end community center is significant for the entire west end of Bmpton. Um, in Ward 5, the only rec center closest to the area where I represent is Chris Gibson, which has been under renovations and constructions for a while. And so the west end, particularly the southwest end quadrant to include ward 4 where council materials, councelor Keenan are, we desperately need this to open as well. So this services ward six, ward four, four, and ward five. And uh trust us when we say we are trying to find and making sure we find the way forward. So it is built and we are committed to making sure it is built and will be the largest in Bmpton most historic investment. Now question to to Nash. Um because mayor brought up a really really good point about changes to provincial legislation. Um because of because of those changes, have we been significantly impacted with respect to our ability to collect DCS in a timely manner in order to invest into these projects? >> Yes. Uh through the chair. Thank you, councelor uh um Santos. Absolutely. and uh very significantly impacted by uh by the lack of DC revenues that are coming in. uh as I mentioned uh this is really causing us a a um a cash issue because that revenue is not anymore coming in the timing uh that was matched really carefully with the execution of these projects and that's why we're having to borrow in some cases internally against other reserves that we have and in other cases externally in order to meet these cash flow demands uh throughout this um these cash flows will eventually come in but uh we really like as per your direction we really didn't want to delay the overall capital delivery uh of these major infrastructure projects at the city. So to Pashant and and to members of the public perhaps who are excitedly watching council today, you know, that the the challenge is is that the provincial legislation changes that happened kind of, you know, not I won't say randomly, slight slightly like out of the blue for us have h have resorted to us looking for ways in order to create the cash flow with with loans for example in order to keep those projects moving forward. Uh because when you change the rules of engagement or you take away the cash flow um because of important legislation because we want to build housing um we the way that we used to pay for things before is no longer there and so we need to find that gap in order to make it happen. So happy to support our path forward in order to make it happen because certainly Embleton Community Center among other projects that we have coming up are just as are are very very important for the residents of Bmpton. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much councelor Santos. And I have a motion moved by councelor Bar to receive the delegation. All in favor? That carries. Our next delegation 6.3 from Ruth Teayu, the chair of the Heart Lake Turtle Troopers regarding concerns and request for support for Bmpton Turtles. Welcome Ruth and your team >> and my team. >> I request for two more minutes if possible. >> So moved. Granted. >> Thank you. Hello and thank you for having us today. My name is Ruth Tekasu and I'm the chair of the Heart Lake Turtle Troopers. Next slide, please. I think you know who we are. We are a communitydriven volunteer group with 40 to 60 volunteers each year supported by 1500 Facebook followers and hundreds of Bmpton residents alerting us behind the scenes. We have logged over 1,500 hours with TRCA and managed 90 plus hotline calls in 2025 alone. I was here two years ago to talk about road mortality and subsequently we saw the Hart Lake road ecology study. So thank you for that. We work closely with community through schools, youth groups, and of course, we annually host the family fun night event at the Paul Plesi Rec Center. All our work aligns with the city environmental goals. Next slide, please. Turtles are essential to healthy ecosystems. They act as gardeners and janitors of our waterways. They clean aquatic systems and disperse seeds. But it takes them many years to become of reproductive age, 15 to 30, and it takes 60 plus years for a snapping turtle to replace itself. Threats include road mortality, habitat loss, and nest predation. Most turtles in Ontario are at risk or threatened. Next slide, please. This chart shows our nest protection over the years. In 2021, we were just around 70 nests. In 2022, we were around 140. And in the last 3 years, we've consistently been around 180 nests that we've protected. Protection includes nest protectors, but also excavation because some turtles nest too close to roads, in parking lots, in construction sites, or somewhere the eggs could easily get damaged. Next slide, please. When I say nest excavation, I mean egg incubation. Incubation requires specialized facilities, services, and trained staff, which we get through saving turtles at risk today. Um, the start program at Scales Nature Park. The base cost is around $30,000 with a marginal cost per egg thereafter. Annually, Bmpton Nest costs Scales Nature Park around $32,000 to to in to incubate all the eggs we send, which is about 2,000. Next slide, please. Now, I would like you to meet Blandandy and a couple of Blandy's babies. So, the bottom corner is are the babies. Bland is a Blandings turtle, a spe a species listed as threatened in Ontario. We have had two reports of Blandings turtles in Bmpton in the last five years and Blandy is one of them. Blandandy laid 13 eggs which have been headarted at Scales Nature Park. Head starting includes incubation plus two years of feeding, cleaning, and monitoring. The cost is around $5,000 per year. So about 10,000 for their time in care. Between incubation and Head Start, Bmpton has effectively received this support at no cost for several years. Next slide, please. So here's the problem. The Start program is now in jeopardy. Scales Nature Park faces a major funding shortfall. They requested $50,000 from the GTA turtle groups to continue incubation this year. Collectively, the groups have raised $18,000. Incubation will run this year, but with a reduced capacity. This means a cap on the number of eggs incubated. So, high-risk nests may go unprotected, meaning more predation, egg damage, or an increased likelihood of hatchlings dying as they emerge from their nests. To fully protect nests in 2026, we must close a $30,000 gap. Next slide, please. So, our request to council. First, we are looking to help you have you help us identify funding programs um that we can access to support full incubation through the Scales Nature Park Start program this year. And then long-term, we're looking for you to open the advanced Bmpton fund in 2027 to include environmental projects to allow Heart Lake turtle troopers to apply and collaborate on a satellite incubation site at a city facility supported by Scales Nature Park for permitting, training, and oversight. Next slide, please. We would also like to ask council to help address fishing concerns. We want to reduce unnecessary 311 calls and avoid repeatedly escalating issues to counselors. Please, we request council to prohibit fishing at Loafers Lake and Donnisee ponds, which are newly restored and need protection. Publish a list of approved fishing locations on bmpton.ca CA and install fishing education signage at those permitted sites. Next slide, please. So, my question for you today is, will you be a turtle hero? Thank you. >> Thank you very much. And our first speaker, Councelor Pie. >> Thank you so much, uh, Mr. Chair. Thank you so much for your delegation. Um, you can see by the chart to members of committee that they're making a difference. you know, back when staggering down. When was the turtle troopers? Um, when did we start it? >> 2021. >> 2021. So, you can see kind of that incline of um of turtles and then I feel like now we're on that brink to possibly either keep going or kind of fade it back down. And that's not what I want to see, especially with the devastating news that we just heard about the north side of uh Mayfield. Um what was that? What's that pond we found? Summer Valley six summer valley. Is it six deaths? >> We have 11 dead turtles there. >> 11. >> Yeah. >> Um and it's because of some because of a bacteria. I think Mike uh was corresponding with our office about that. I think that that's what it is. So far it's >> so far they've uh seen bacteria in the um bacterial infection in the turtles that were sent for um >> autopsy. >> Autopsy. Yes. >> So So other things are connecting where this could be a dangerous time. >> Now I don't typically come to council and ask for uh dollars for organizations um like this. Uh I I am asking for the delegation to be referred to staff to see if there is something and that advanced Bmpton fund. It's a fantastic idea. Can we do that? I don't know. But I would love for us to be able to um have that as a potential. Uh so and if there are any other potential funding sources, can we work with the organization at least up until we can get the environmental education center up and rolling where we're going to have labs that can take this over cuz as of right now uh it's there we're still sending the eggs up to Aurelia. Is that correct? >> Mhm. >> So you know that in itself is is is costly. So if that and I've talked to Credit Valley Conservation Authority, they're really looking forward to this and and hopefully then we can expand the Turtle Troopers program right out to, you know, the west end of of Bmpton covering the the two watersheds, which is which is great. On a side note, um I today heard you were coming and I was going to ask for you to come. So when Lori called me and said, "Hey, we're coming." And I was like, "Oh my gosh, I was going to call you and ask you to come because and if I can bring Carly up." Um, we're we've we've talked about it and we've uh we've we've talked to some residents and stuff and we really want to appreciate everything that you've done. So Carly is going to walk me through what I don't know is what to to be called, but what I would like is the Heart Lake Road from Sandalwood to Mayfield to be an honorary road, honorary section uh designated for the Turtle Troopers. And that's what I would like. Carly, if you can. >> Thank you through chair. Um, just want to say staff are very grateful to the Heart Lake Turtle Troopers for their ongoing conservation efforts and support of Bmpton Wildlife, particularly our turtle population, and of course for the strong community network that they've built with residents across the city. Uh, regarding the honorary naming of Heart Lake Road, if that's the direction provided by council, staff are very happy to work with yourself, councelor Plesi, the turtle troopers, and other city groups to explore the process to develop an honorary name and recognition sign along the stretch of Hart Lake Road that you've identified that reflects and celebrates all of the work the turtle troopers have done for this city. And um, we can potentially report back to council with that name. Excellent. Thank you, Carly, and thank you for all the work that you're doing in support of the Turtle Troopers. Um, I would like that as part of uh a referral or maybe just a separate request to come back next week to council. As for the 30,000, I'll hold the referral. Um, and actually maybe just councelor and there's councelor Santos on. So, I'll hold the referral. Um, but I'm not asking for that to come back next week. if that needs a little bit more time um then I'll leave it up to uh into staff staff hands. But thank you very much. Congratulations. And I think maybe this is an opportunity where we can use the area that's now uh the turtle troopers um to maybe look at more funding sources. So thank you very much. Councelor Burr is next. Thank you, Mr. Chair. >> Thank you very much, Councelor Plesie. So we do have a referral and also a motion, but to speaking to those councelor Bur. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. um definitely be supporting that referral and also it was great to see all of you here today at the delegation but at Turtlefest um it was at TRCA combined with Turtlefest and we saw meet and greet with some of the turtle species. It's a great way um to get our kids out there to educate. You have done a magnificent job in the community and I'm not saying just because you are there serv saving turtles but educating our youth for our future gener generation generations to come to save the environment. Um these are things that we want our kids to be installed in and these are the values that we look for. So I just want to say really thank you to you. But um along the lines of councelor Plesi um with helping you guys. So we do have this coincides with um that tudel trooper way where the developers on that area are willing to help you with storage. So a lot of developers have reached out to us um whether it's storage for maybe the nestlings um maybe the the nest that we have or any storage capac cap capacity that I know a lot of you guys can't handle. Um maybe that will save some of the cost there um and then willing to help you with more from there. But just thank you so much again and supporting the referral. Thank you. >> Thank you very much, Councelor Santos. >> Thank you through you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Turtle Troopers, for coming in yet again. Um, and uh, love all the work that you continue to do and certainly with Donnelly Pond that I've seen in Lover's Lake, all the beautiful restoration efforts, and of course with that restoration becomes more turtles, right? Uh and so we need to make sure that at the same time to your point they are protected appropriately. Um when this gets referred back to staff just wondering to councelor Pleshi's point just to make sure we include any potential funding sources TRCA provincial federal and certainly your local MPP Graham McGregor continues to be a huge champion. So let's make sure that we include him in this conversation as well. The other question I have is in regards to the fishing issue. Um, and so a question to perhaps community services staff, but also bylaw or security staff. I have a similar problem with Lakelands Village uh lake where people are illegally fishing. Um, in that circumstance last year, we put up signs that are far far more prominent, no fishing signs with the fines that are posted. Uh, is there anything else? So, a question to staff. Anything else further that we could do for the no fishing and then also to bylaw andor security? Um, what would be the process? Just cuz I don't think sometimes the public know what the process is when we see somebody illegally fishing. >> Tasers. >> Tasers. No, no taser. >> Maybe I can start through the chair. So there are uh no fishing signs that are installed at Donn Lee and Loafers Lake. I just confirmed with park staff that they are in fact there today. So there's uh two signs there. Uh maybe over to bylaw for other actions that could be taken. >> Can I can I say something about that? >> Sure. Yeah. >> About the signs. >> Those fishing no fishing signs say no fishing allowed in this area and people take that literally. So, so then they go move a few feet and start fishing there and they look at us like we're crazy. So, >> so maybe the maybe we could So, just as part of the referral to staff, if we could maybe improve the wording of the sign, say no fishing at this lake or on this water way or channel, what, however we want to frame it, so it's abundantly clear. And then question over to the delegation. Are there um certain spots that you're seeing a trend of people doing the illegal fishing? >> Oh, Carly. Sure. Would Carly know? I'm not sure. Okay. >> Thank you through your chair. Um I just provide a little bit of detail about fishing in the city as um staff from environmental planning um animal services and parks and forestry looked into this matter. Uh, fishing in Bmpton is regulated through provincial legislation and the city's parkland bylaw 161-83. Um, and the city obviously typically receives 311 requests and resident complaints related to irresponsible fishing practices. And this is clearly um very known thanks to our turtle troopers that are here. Uh the MNR, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, regulates fishing seasons, licensing requirements, and catch limits under the uh the Fisheries Management Zone 16. While it is up to the city to determine where locations are permitted or restricted, um there is some information online via the provincial government that shows fishing is available in certain city locations that bylaw is not necessarily permitting. And that is primarily because the MNRF stalks some of our ponds and this is an activity that happened between 2010 to 2020 and there hasn't been any stalking more recently. So there is some miscommunication online that might confuse some of the public. Um, and currently some of the existing city web pages include fishing permissions at Professor's Lake, Hart H Heart Lake, and Hart Lake has a learn to fish program with the TRCA um, and Elorado Park. These are are good locations for fishing given the low ecological sensitivity of certain sites where fishing is permitted and, um, the recreation availability. Uh, currently the no fishing in this area signs exist at Donnelly Ponds and Lopers Lake and Councelor Santos, you also included Lakelands in that and it seems like that might create some public confusion. Um through direction of council, it may be appropriate to provide a standard create a standardized sign that indicates what is and isn't permitted in said area, especially areas where fishing is happening that shouldn't that shouldn't be happening due to various reasons. Um and for areas that fishing is permitted, it would be helpful to promote that. It is a great recreational activity. So another type of sign could be useful. um staff can take this back and um report back with some other options and ideas too. >> Thank you so much, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Carly. And so I would like to provide that direction. I don't know if it's necessary for a separate report from this, but would like to provide direction for staff to report back on what that new signage would look like um to make it less confusing, but also perhaps looking at and I I know um acting commissioner Tamming uh if he's listening or his team are listening, uh a communication rollout plan on social media, city social media to share where people can fish. Well, I think a lot given the economy, a lot of people will be taking stations uh and so where they're allowed to fish and where they are not allowed to fish and then improved signage as well may help the situation. And then if we still continue to see a trend, I encourage residents who see people illegally fishing to take the photo, submit it to 311, collect the evidence similar to other issues that we get in branch and collect the evidence so that we could, you know, find who whomever it is that continues to do that. I think that would be a good plan. I don't know, do we need a motion or is that good for direction? I think staff through the chair will take that as direction as part of the previous direction received from councelor plesi. >> Great. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Number of elements in there for staff to work on including a report back for next for council next week. Moved by councelor Plesi. All in favor? That carries. Thank you very much. And our next delegation 8.2 6.4 regarding the 8.2.2 to staff report from Lisa Stokes, member of Pike Bmpton. Welcome so much, Lisa. >> Good morning, Chair Vicente, Councelor, uh, Mayor Brown and Council. Uh, I am Lisa Stokes. I'm here today because council is dismantling active transportation network one street at a time. Our environment is widely recognized as being obesogenic. That's characterized by heavy car dependency and prioritizing safe active transportation would directly dismantle some of the structural foundations of the obesogenic environment. Next slide please. Motorormativity is an unconscious cognitive bias leading people to assume that car ownership is necessary uh and driving is necessary because it's an unconscious bias. I can understand your constituents asking for special treatment for their cars. What I cannot understand is why this council, who know better, continue to lean into this bias rather than educating their constituents. Next slide, please. The effects of motor normativity include death and serious injuries for all road users including drivers, expensive car insurance, huge demands on police resources and budget, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and pollution contributing to the climate crisis. At the meeting during which council voted 10 to one to remove the bike lanes on Hen, the mayor told us that residents were livid at the seven and 8 town hall. Only councelor Santos has remained steadfast in her support for active transportation. Next slide, please. Next slide. Please. Sorry. Next slide, please. >> Thank you. Well, I am also sorry. I am also a resident and I am livid. I am Next slide, please. I am livid because a couple of years ago the mayor told council he didn't want to see gaps in the active transportation network. Yet here you are about to remove another bike lane. Next slide please. I am livid because bike bmpton delegates are treated as a niche group rather than as an organization who speaks for those who lack the time or knowledge to do so. Next slide. I am livid because council makes decisions based on hyperbolic lies rather than expert staff advice. A oneb block conversion of clockwork minimizes the network damage, but it still breaks the network, creating a disincentive for those who are cautious about wanting to cycle. Next slide. I am livid because asking people to drive carefully doesn't keep children safe. Do you know what keeps children safe? protected bike lanes that were just taken out on Hen. Next slide, please. Three years ago, ward three and four counselors were getting complaints about Charlotte. Counselor Madera said, "I guess if we start picking and choosing, we start undermining the system and the integrity of what's going to be. Credit where credit is due, that bike lane is still there." Yet, those counselors voted to remove the bike lane on Hen. Next slide, please. I am livid because council endorses plans that describe a city where the private motor car is deprioritized. Yet, when it is time to implement change, council panders to parochial car brain demands, following the mob rather than leading by implementing previously endorsed plans. Next slide. I am livid because council and the public talk about balance when the scales tip overwhelmingly towards cars and roads. Active transportation infrastructure is funded in a way that ensures it goes in peace meal building only when roads are being resurfaced rather than in a cohesive fashion. But then counselors use this to uh take out bike lanes saying it isn't a network. Next slide please. Clockwork drive is a failure of the rental licensing requirements. We aren't enforcing sorry we we aren't enforcing that the landlords provide the necessary parking. Next slide please. I want to give the last word to Victoria who's a 15year-old grade nine student in ward 7. Sorry I'm going to run over a few seconds with this statement. I am one of the many angry and disappointed cyclists who have been affected by your inconsiderate actions. Council has decided to remove the Howen bike lane, one that I and many other cyclists use every single day. This lane is important for the safety of many lives. But council has decided that another lane for cars is more important. There are hundreds of parents, including mine, out there worried, wondering if their kids will make it back home safe, and rightfully so. I and many others have been in many dangerous situations due to the lack of bike infrastructure and respect for cyclists. These bike lanes aren't luxury or inconveniences. The roads are meant to be shared. And if your decision can save someone's life or make daily commutes a lot safer, why not make that choice? And the ironic thing is that in order for me to give this statement for Victoria today, she required the permission of her parents. Yet, we say that she can ride on these roads unprotected. Thank you. Thank you very much, Lisa. >> Looking for speakers on my panel. Are there any speakers? Councelor Plushy. >> Uh, thank you very much, Mr. Chair. No speakers of the delegation. To Commissioner Ganesh. Are we removing um bike lanes on clockwork? >> Uh through through the chair, through to councelor Plesi, the report that you have before you does not remove the bike lane. What it does is it recommends uh almost replacing the existing active transportation facility with an urban shoulder which would allow cycling and some onree parking. >> Thank you, Mr. uh commissioner. Thank you, Mr. Chair. >> Thank you very much. Any other speakers? >> Can I respond to that? >> I will allow it. >> Thank you. >> So ask a question. >> No, I'll ask a question. Councelor Santos. >> Thank you. Through you, Mr. Chair. Um, did you want to comment on the recommendation for an urban shoulder? >> Yes, I would. Thank you. So, imagine your 15year-old riding on clockwork and suddenly they're faced with parked cars. This is somebody who hasn't taken driver training, probably hasn't taken bike training unless they've gone through the bike hub, and they suddenly have to be able to do a shoulder check, signal, and maneuver out into a live traffic lane. This is not a safe situation. This is not going to encourage people who need infrastructure to ride. You are breaking the network. I agree. We officially call Urban Shoulders a cycling facility, but it's not a safe facility. Thank you, >> Councelor Santos. You still have the floor. >> Thank you, Councelor Plesi. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair and Lisa. Thanks for for coming and and for your, you know, strong opinion and advocacy. um as I understand you know in the past you've been extremely um vocal about anything that's coming with re uh resides to to bikes or or even transit and we always appreciate um you know the strength that you have in your voice for sure um and I know you've been out to the site uh the site that uh in the area that we represent and it's extremely different than you know any other site that where any other counselor represents uh the wards. It's it's different than Hen. It's different than VA. Um it's a it's a small piece of uh property that starts nowhere and ends nowhere. Um but when we talk about cycling lanes and we talk about you know those prime bone structure areas the um you know the the destination lanes the major corridors is what we have always been trying to implement especially in ws two and six. Now I can't speak for other counselors that want to put bike lanes in um you know deadend streets. That being said, uh, for if you want to start there somewhere, please go ahead and and feel free to do it in your area. Um, but in our area, we're really trying to put a good structure, a good skeleton um, getting from destination A to B uh, within our area. And that being said to the uh transportation uh master plan, how much money was allocated to um the master plan over how many years? >> Uh through the through the chair. I'll just pulling that information up really. Just one sec. >> Okay. Sorry. We and I know uh um uh commissioner we had we had talked about it before and and uh so but lots of investment in the master plan right across the city. Um you know councelor bar and I uh representing um the most amount of people uh and the largest land mass uh in the city with the largest amount of growth that's coming. We're really trying to ensure that those majors, McGlaughlin, Chancuzi, uh, Kennedy, Sandalwood, Mayfield, those majors have that um a to b um cycling so people can get places and have that um um produced into uh um into the areas that are that are growing. That being said, for the people that ride cycling um leisurely, we have some of the best trails in the areas that I that we represent, uh I'm sure right across Bmpton. I I'm not going to speak for for your areas, but we have some of the best trails, and I'm really proud of that. Proud that uh you know, previous councils implemented long-term visioning in in the trails and the cycling that we have. And then the Orangeville rail corridor like that is going to be a mass and that's going to be a major ato cycling. Um, so so look forward to to that coming as well. And while I've uh eaten up some time, commissioner, >> through the chair, through to you to councelor Plesi, apologies for the delay, but um just to remind council for those listening and to the delegate, uh the proposed 2024 active transportation network or the active transportation uh master plan has a cost value of approximately $126.6 million. Um, a little bit more insights uh to that in 2025 the AT related uh infrastructure that this council approved as part of the capital budget amounted to $10.7 million and um in 2026 $1.9 million. So a fairly significant investment has been demonstrated by council in active transportation across the city >> and a major increase. Thank you. Thank you commissioner. Thank you Mr. Chair. >> Thank you very much. I have additional speakers beginning with Mayor Brown. >> Yes. I just sort of wanted to get a bit of a history on um where this change initiated because I wasn't aware of it um until today. Um and obviously, you know, as councelor Pleshi and councelor Santos have said, we have a pretty significant commitment to active transportation, not to mention the Brmpton Orangeville uh railway line that we're currently uh well into. And so where did this adjustment come from to give us a little bit of a um a background because uh I haven't been involved in any town halls or discussions um uh in regards to this. >> Thank you, Mayor. I'll ask councelor Bart to respond. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um thank you, Lisa, for coming. Thank you, Mayor Brown. So this conversation has been started for a year and a half now with our residents on um Clockwork Drive where we have been working with our residents to trying to get in a balanced approach and initially when they ca they they they did had come forward that time it was about hey um we wanted parking for our visitors and I think a lot of them were having to walk into the inner street to park there to come um and and to visit their homes. So, um, with all that coming forward, we've, uh, worked with the counselor, uh, worked with the residents, um, making sure that we're not going to be removing bike lanes, but it's more of, um, having, you know, one section of Clockwork, which is only on one side of the street. Also, um, working with staff to to have a balanced approach where we're not removing, again, we're not removing these bike lanes. It's about um coming together for our future generations. So residents do realize that not all of these bike lanes um sometimes a lot of residents don't like these bike lanes, but it's about educating them and making sure that you know for our future generation that we do need to have bike lanes coming together. And um we've had a petition of over 80 people come to our offices where this request had came through. So working with the residents uh we've came with this balanced approach um and um and then we have um come with this report. Thank you Mr. Mayor. >> Mr. Chair, >> Mr. Mayor, you still have the floor. >> Yeah, I I I guess a question to um the Langs uh or Lisa and you know, thank you to uh Lisa and um David and Dale who've you know you your passion for active transportation is a gift to the city. Um, hearing that this is the compromise that came forward, um, is there anything that you believe could be added or any alternative that would alleviate your concerns while at the same time um, meeting the concerns raised by the 80 residents to the local counselors? >> Can I >> Yes, please. >> It's on. Okay. Um, so there is no right to park directly in front of your house. These are public roads. I do not understand why there is a problem with a visitor walking a few tens of meters from a side street. You know, the counselor just spoke about balance. Well, I spoke about this word being used. There is absolutely no balance between cars and bikes in this city. and the balance tips towards cars. So that argument doesn't make any sense. I think that we need to look at the um rental licenses for the 65% of the homes between Brisdale and Thorndale that have an ADU and see if these landlords are fulfilling their requirement to provide legal offering. >> Thank you, Lisa. I don't want the question. >> Well, I was for an alternative and this is the alternative that I'm suggesting. Thank you. >> Not to take out the bike lane because it is disingenuous to say this isn't taking out a bike lane when you say that cars can park there. >> Thank you, Mayor Brown. Anything further? >> So, I I Yeah, I I just say maybe to David, my direct question would be if the decision was if the decision is to remove or change that to an urban shoulder, is there anything that could be done that would mitigate what you believe is is a a negative direction? Is there anything that you believe would be um helpful in making this more palatable to the cycling community? >> Well, I you know, I I think my delegation was going to be that we need to rethink the entire um uh transportation plan and what we're trying to achieve. So if the idea is is that we want to shift mode share from cars to um to alternative modes of transit or sustainable transportation um then we need to rethink what infrastructure is going to be is necessary as table stakes to ensure that people when they wake up in the morning uh that they decide to choose some other form of transportation other than getting in their cars. And right now uh we don't we don't see that. we don't see that network being being uh built and completed in a safe and equitable way. Um that would allow u uh people to make that choice. And in the case of the mobility plan, it's 70,000 people by 2050 that need to wake up every morning and say, "Hey, I'm not going to I'm not going to drive my car today. I'm going to take some other form of transportation." And bicycles are a significant portion of that because they allow uh people that are either um choose not to or can't afford uh to uh to have a a transportation vehicle that allows them to get from place to place in a reasonable um in a reasonable time frame along with transit makes a whole lot of sense. There is already a bus lane along that that along clockwork. Um, contrary to what councelor Palashi said, I have to disagree that there are many destinations along that corridor and it leads right into Mount Pleasant. It is a significant portion of the transportation of the active transportation network. If we're going to not decide as a city not to build any on street infrastructure, then we need to then we need to make decisions related to how they're going to be constructed in the boulevard. And it can't be u multi-use pathways that are poorly maintained and uh poorly constructed. So um and we know that the cost is significantly higher for in boulevard construction than than uh than on street >> and you know virtually every city every city in the world that does that does this. Yeah. >> Thank you. I have a point of order councelor plush. I and I'm as much as I want to hear David come up to the come up and and speak, he has a delegation. Yes. And and so if we're if we're at that part, then I apologize and I'm happy to give David a little bit more more time on his delegation, but I think it was just a question that was asked I think by may by the mayor. >> Correct. like that's some just >> and I would ask members of committee to refrain from speaking to the next delegate. Uh but Mayor Brown, do you have any other further questions of clarification? >> My my apologies. I thought it was the joint delegation. Uh but thank you for answering the question. No further questions. >> Thank you, Mayor. Looking to my board, Council Ples. >> No. And I just jumped on I think just to say to David, we're going to get you back up here, David. There's a couple other questions, but just hang tight. We'll uh we'll get your delegation. >> And looking to my board, my next is councelor Maderos. >> Uh thank you through your Mr. Chair. Uh thank you for your passion delegation. And I I always learn from um the delegations uh um regarding uh cycling and building infrastructure. And I myself um you know the the my introduction to it is uh I studied in a place called Bruge, Belgium. And when they gave me my course schedule, they gave me my lock to my bike. and all of a sudden I found myself uh navigating cobblestone streets and and you know sharing uh uh my bike uh I guess pathway with cars. I guess what I'm trying to say is I' I've been on this evolution and I I really uh appreciate uh councelor Santos leadership on this um just because I you know the quote and I appreciate the quote and and uh just because I was named the situation w seven and 8. I can never sit here as a counselor from ws three and four and not support area counselors especially when both of them are aligned on be it bike lanes or be it whatever their initiative. So just a general practice I support because they know the community better than me. I don't know the residents. I don't know the infrastructure that well. Um you know I tried visiting the place but you know I I you know this this idea that I can sort of impose uh a community norm or an infrastructure on a community that I'm not representing. Uh you know I I I think that's disingenuous and it's not the way that we work together. regarding WS three and four. Councelor Keenan and myself, we've received a lot of feedback and I guess back to you, the question would be as as passionate and as articulate uh an argument you make, how can councelor Kenan and myself be somewhere town hall and so on and have petitions and people who oppose something and just simply ignore what they're saying um and not at least give them a voice. So the balance that we all, you know, we we think we know what's right. We listen to the studies. People tell us, you know, uh we want to be a healthy community. This is what you're good at doing. Bmpton has one of the highest diabetes in in Canada. Uh but we also have probably one of the highest investments in infrastructure for cycling probably uh in in many GTA communities. And what I would suggest is that we're always trying to balance as our obligations as a counselor to listen to our residents and at the same time so um you know I would say that we're working with you where we think we can uh councelor Kane and myself we're listening to our residents but at the same time not trying to compromise a system and infrastructure we know to be successful that has to be built and complete. right now what we hear back and this is my response to you. Countless countless numbers of families and Charlay Boulevard would be a good example. People appe people people appeal to us. They do not feel safe having their kids go on that boulevard. So the question would probably be back to me as well build better infrastructure on Charlay. Maybe that's appropriate. So when we have you know thousands of people talk about something you know against something we have you know some good evidence our responsibility as a counselor is to listen to our residents and balance those two phenomenas contrasting opinions. So I think there has to be some flexibility on all fronts that sometimes the perfection is in the imperfection of the compromise. We can't always get it's not a black and white the way we run a city and and same thing with developments and I think there has to be this partnership that we have to reestablish instead instead of this adversarial role that bad you for doing this like we're trying to do what's best within a budget amount and at the same time listening to our residents who tell us that they don't want something so at the end of the day who am I to tell my residents that their opinion is not important so I think there has to be this comfort and space to allow us to navigate through all this, work together. That's why there's an adver advisory committee to let us know how we can all establish and get something that is a compromise that we're building a worldclass infrastructure where you're proud of. Um maybe not, you know, as fast as you want, but at the same time, the residents feel that they're part of it instead of feeling that it's something being imposed on them. And, you know, that's kind of the contrast. and notwithstanding wards three and four we have the minister of transportation who's there representing the provincial government we have you know those dynamics there um so you know as much as you know not trying to get into debate but I guess you know my question to you then what would you say is my obligation as a counselor to those residents who are overwhelmingly against an infrastructure and the solution I hear is this constant black and white solution instead of saying, "Okay, is there another approach?" And I got to commend staff. Staff really get caught in this catch 22, but they try to provide this compromise. So that, you know, my appeal to you is we want to be partners in this. This is not being adversarial, calling out A, B, or C. So there has to be this compromise and this realism that we can all be pragmatical and work together. So, um, when you held a town hall on Charlay, you asked staff to come and present to your constituents. So, I think educating your constituents is key. Recognizing that Bmpton has that most people who live in Bmpton have a motorormative uh outlook. So they tend to they they assume that they have to drive a car. So there we actually have to go out of our way to educate people that there is another way. And finally I would say to you every single plan that you pass including the mobility plan deprioritizes the motor vehicle and you have all voted for that. So what we are asking for is that you implement the plan that you have passed and educate your constituents on why you're doing it. Thank you. >> Anything further councelor Sanch to respond as she was mentioned in the previous exchange. >> Thank you Mr. chair and thank you councelor MadiRos for being very articulate in some of the challenges that we face as counselors um balancing the data the evidence the science and then you know when you when you start implementing change it's at that point in time when the change happens that people start to realize oh my god there's change here we don't want it and so I think that is part of the the decision-m process is that when we vote vote on the mobility plan when we vote on these broad plans the official plan like all of these different plans is that we real and I say it at council all the time we don't have any more questions now but I guarantee you when we start seeing these changes like the riverw walk for example that's another major plan where we're getting a lot of people saying why did we do this it's when the change happens and and the challenge for us is also having the political will in order to keep going. And I agree with my colleagues, sometimes we have to make some of those adjustments because what we don't want is for a situation where it becomes so adversarial that staff and people don't want to do anything. So I think on both sides of the spectrum and and council named me and said, you know, councelor Santos is the champion for that's not true. I am not the champion. We all voted unanimously for for these plans and just because I'm more vocal and understanding of the issue because I am a cyclist and I cycled around Toronto. I cycled around London, England. I've cycled around Montreal. I've cycled on all of the infrastructure across the city of Bmpton. Not just cycling, but also on a scooter and also running and walking does not make me the only person. So, I don't want to be I don't want to be cuz I'm not the scapegoat for council or the go-to simply because I am one of the users of the act of transportation infrastructure. I'm also a driver and and and so I'm also an environmental advocate and I I I voted on the SER. I voted on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. And sorry, Councelor Plesi, if it's getting frustrating to hear me talk, but I'm I'm I'm going I'm going to speak up about this because people like to say that I am the champion. I'm proud to be a champion, but I'm not the only champion. We all voted for this stuff. We all voted to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We all voted for the active transportation master plan. We all voted for the mobility plan unanimously and there were no questions. The challenge comes when we start implementing the change and people for the most part don't like the change and so so I thank you councelor maduros for really highlighting what that balance is but I I don't want to wear the badge of being the active transportation champion because I'm not I'm just one of the users of the actual infrastructure and I experience it myself those safety issues and the and and and the various issues related to congestion as a driver when I'm not driving next to a bike lane. There's congestion all over the city because of construction. It's not because of the bike lanes. It's because there's congestion everywhere across the city. We don't have enough room to accommodate all the cars. So, so thank you, Councilor Maderos, for pointing out all of those important points. Um, I'm I'm happy we continue to have this conversation. It's tough, but we are all at this table supposed to be and are champions of active transportation, champions of the environment. We declared a climate emergency. These are all the values and principles that we committed to as councilors. >> Thank you very Thank you very much, councelor Santos. And uh in my work here as chair, I have to recognize when I'm asked since councelor Plesio was mentioned, he would like to speak. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. And um uh councelor Santos, I I am I certainly I think that I'm known to be the one that always respects whenever a counselor is speaking and I in no way want you to I am not the person that wants you to stop talking. Never been that person. Don't know why you actually said that. Um but that being said, we take the page out of your book when it comes to what we're what we're doing here. When you change the bike lanes on Marl to uh an urban shoulder, this is something that not a road that's that's widely used as Markeel, but a road that's um that's you know significant nonetheless. That being said, if you don't know, this road currently has two bike lanes on it. Now, cyclists would like for those two bike lanes to remain. The residents want both bike lanes gone. We've talked to a number of residents of the 40 houses that are on this street. Our balance is taking one of those bike lanes and moving it to an urban shoulder. Still having a full bike lane on the other side, but an urban shoulder on the other on. So that's the balance that we if nobody's happy, it must have been a good deal. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you very much, councelor Plesi. My next speaker, councelor Burke. Thank you, Mr. Chair. And honestly, we don't want our residents to hate these bike lanes. Um, just because they're there, like we want them to appreciate them. And I really do appreciate you coming out here. And it's really I know we talk about balance and I know we're going to agree to disagree, but it's about, you know, really getting these residents to appreciate those bike lanes. And just like counci was saying, um, when residents came to us in the beginning, it was both bike lanes gone. Um but residents have come you know they came and um we they spoke to us and they even decided okay councelor bar councelor Pashi um let's can we have by maybe um some sort of parking on one side and then we even shortened it even further by having it on one section of clockwork which was Brisdale to Thorn. So we we honestly like it was it was more than that. We've worked and we would never get rid of bike lanes and you can even talk to staff when I had a phone call. Um our intention is not to like take out bike lanes at all and like a question for staff is do we support urban shoulders and other city in other parts of Bmpton? Um is it something new like urban shoulders? Is it something new in the city of Bmpton? Honestly, it's just this is our way of really connecting our residents together but appreciating the bike lanes for the future generation. That's all. >> Thank you. >> Through the through the chair. Um when we embarked in uh on act in active transportation back in 2018, we recognize that there's going to be a transition and I think this is the simplest transition is that we're you know we're we're building an infrastructure. we're allocating space specifically for that use um you know without compromising some of the demands local demands with parking and stuff. So we recognize you know the function of uh nerve and shoulder and that's been in the plan since we started back in 2019. So it's always been a tool in the tool box. >> Thank you councelor Burr. My next speaker councelor Finini. >> Yeah thank you. Thank you Lisa. I know it's hard. You know, the number one complaint we get is bike lanes, you know, and going back to your question saying, "Well, people go walk a bit." I know you guys did that little video on Glennail and if you go from Central Parkway all the way down to Queen Street, those driveways are all semies. Where do you expect someone to go park and say walk? Because you can't park on Queen Street. You got to go all the way Central Park. So, they got to walk that two or three kilometers. So we get the balance. We should put them on the boulevard. Maybe do one side. But it's very hard for these residents to say you're putting in front of my house and Mother's Day comes along or what any festival comes along Canada where people cannot come to park in my house as a family and and there's nowhere to park. So if there was at least a park area parking like Toronto where you park and you could actually walk, it wouldn't be too bad. You have a schoolyard there and when schools open or something and a lot of times they closing it now at night because people are parking trucks there. So there's not even parking there. Where are we going to go park? So what do we do as counselors to say well we do need this. That's why I've always said try to pull on the boulevard. I've seen Von's done a lot on the boulevard. So it keeps the bike people kind of happy. They could rollerblade. they could go with scores and keep the cars on the road and and mostly the bike lanes in front of the driveways. That's what's really taking people off. >> Well, with respect to Glenn uh Dale specifically, uh I believe that the staff plan included parking. Um and as I said before, there isn't a right to park in front of your street. And I ex I you know when we were a town of 200,000 a city of 200,000 when I moved here in 1989 there were you know a lot less cars and only some fewer streets. I mean we cannot build our way out of this and we expect to be a million people. So another 300,000 and is that how many more? Hundreds of thousands of cars. We have to do something different. So, and unless we provide, like David said, safe bike lanes are the table stakes, then you have to change the culture. We have to address that motor normativity. We have to convince people that it's possible for them to get from place to place outside of the private motor vehicle. And that's very much an education thing. And we absolutely acknowledge that we as advocates and you as counselors are up against a lot of complaints. We understand that. But if we want to change the way we get around this city as it becomes more and more populous and we cannot build enough roads to do so, then we have to do something different. And what we're asking you to do differently is to provide space for bicycles, safe space for bicycles. And that's what your plans also say. >> And and I do agree about the cars, the population. You know, you go back 30, 40 years ago when we were kids, we used to play ball hockey on the road. Now you can't even do that. So I see it. >> But unfortunately, uh, people are buying these cars. >> It's not that they say no. There's a law. You could only have one car per family. there's some vehicles, you know, there's five cars in one house, >> right? >> So, how could we say to a family, you're not allowed to have five cars. So, this is a big issue, too. So, I agree with you in a way, but in another way, >> uh, you know, we got to put food on the table. People got to go work. They're stuck in traffic. And, you know, that's that's one of the main things. >> It's difficult. It is a time of transition. I recognize that. But, you know, and we often hear a refrain, well, we're not Amsterdam. Well, I just came back from Amsterdam and when you look at pictures of Amsterdam in the 1970s, it was car clogged as well, right? But it was delightful riding there, either on dedicated infrastructure or on streets where they say cars are guests, right? They don't have the aggressive driving there in the shared spaces that we do here. >> Thank you, Councelor Fertini. Council Daros, do you have further questions? >> Uh yeah, just just in response to regarding the implementation of a strategy we have, for example, official plan, we present amendments. Uh every program we tweak, every strategy we develop, there's the unforeseen consequences, public policy 101. And and I, you know, I applaud councelor Plesian and councelor Bar for coming up with a to me is a real good solution for a community which is balancing both needs. And and I think that's, you know, as we move forward, that's what we are. and you know and and I I'm a champion. I think all of us here are champions in terms of uh trying to get a community which is you know inclusive which is you know healthy uh which is uh you know active um you know but I think to simplify and say it's just education um you know we know from different policy areas uh education takes us so far and then after you know there's a little bit of everything but I appreciate you stimulating this debate. I think it's really uh and I look forward to the next delegation. Thank you very much. >> Thank you very much. I see no further speakers. >> Thank you Lisa for your presentation and for answering questions. I will ask for motion to receive from councelor Bar. All in favor? And that carries. >> Our next delegation is from David Lang, Branson Residence. Welcome David. >> David, are you here? I believe David has left but luckily he did get a chance. So do I need to move receipt? >> No. Okay. So we move on our agenda. Our next item is delegation from Sylvia Roberts regarding item 8.2.3 staff report regarding the Bmpton Gro Green EMP and CERP emission reduction plan. >> Hello. Thank you. Welcome. >> I'm Sylvia. I'm resident of W three. This kind of touches on two different delegations. I didn't want to have two or three backto-back delegations. I'm trying to merge it. So, as part of this plan, we are both targeting a corporate which is the municipal government reductions and we are also targeting a citywide which also accounts for private sector stuff. One of the questions is is where have we articulated which is the priority? Here's an example. In the report it talks about transit is the largest emission is the basically the largest sector. One of the things is is when you compare driving to taking the bus the bus is uh emits 90% less CO2 especially if you're on a busy route. So for example, if you expand the bus fleet using uh diesel buses, you may increase the city's corporate emissions by a,000 tons, but in exchange you reduce 9,000 tons of private automobile uses. So net we are talking a reduction of 8,000, which is a substantial amount. But the city's corporate side goes up even though overall net there's a big reduction. with electric buses. The reports from Electric, for example, have said we need to buy more buses. So, it's not just that the buses are more expensive. We do have some loans for that, but we actually do need to buy more buses. So, you could run into a situation where I can get buses that'll diesel buses that'll emit a thousand more tons and they will take reduce car emissions by 9,000. But if we did electrification, we could reduce for the same cost, we could reduce emissions from the bus fleet by 2,000 but not do any reduction on the on the private sector side. So as council, which is important to you? Are you going for the overall total reduction? Are you saying uh corporate is the most important? Are you saying we're going to weight them equally? These are important decisions that make major have major implications. 11 months ago, uh the city put out a press release saying we had signed a $4 billion uh deal with Zenobia. I don't know the exact details, but then when I checked the capital things here, it says we're waiting for money for electrification. So I I as a resident, I haven't been able to follow things as much as I used to. As a resident, I don't understand how we're going to do a $4 billion deal and we're going to have a thousand electric buses, but it still says we're waiting for funding in in another report for today saying we don't have the money for electrification. Like what are the implications as a resident? What if we have this and we have targets which as residents was Zenobi mentioned in the budget for the 2026 budget even though it was approved last year even for like the capital stuff out into the future. What happens if we're supposed to get the electric buses and we have the provision for that and we don't have the charging infrastructure. There's a lot of moving pieces and as a resident I've spent 20 hours trying to figure this out and I cannot figure this out. I I know this is a lot this is a lot of questions and some of them are very detailed and I I would like if council could ask for a report giving staff several months potentially to respond because a we signed a $4 billion contract for electrifying the buses but we don't have the electrifi we don't have the money for building the electrification. How is this supposed to work? We have a deal from the federal government to offer us money to help borrow to get the electric buses, but if we don't have the electrification equipment to charge them at the depot at the new cadet storage facility or retrofitting for Sandalwood or Clark, how is this all supposed to work? So, in the new plans for the grow grain master plan, can someone please figure out which is most important? What is the right balance of corporate to city emissions? And when it comes to some of these major contracts we have for electrification, can the public get some information on this? It's it's a lot of questions and I don't expect staff to be able to say to have the answer today. I'm not even expecting it like in a month, but could we get the information as residents in the future? And I think it would be useful for both existing council and for the next term of council so they understand these literally billions of dollars and how do they all fit together. Thank you. That's my delegation. >> Thank you Sylvia. Councelor Ples. >> Uh thank you Mr. Chair. Thanks Sylvia for your delegation. And I don't think that's a lot to ask. I think it's a Cole's notes version if that can be um uh provided at a future date. I think that's the request. So the referral back to staff uh on the delegation just to have something provide in the in the in the semi near future please and thank you. Thank you Mr. Chair. Thank you very much councelor Plesi. I see no further speakers. So I have a motion of referral. All in favor that carries. Members of committee our next item is in our public works agenda. Item 8.2.2 staff report regarding bicycle lanes on Clockwork Drive ward 6. Any speakers? Any questions? I have a motion moved by councelor Plesi to move the report. All in favor? That carries. >> Our next item is item 8.2.3. This item was held staff report regarding the Branson Green Environmental Master Plan. >> Any questions? Councelor Keenan. >> Thank you, Mr. chair. Um, first of all, uh, Steve, you and your team, great report, uh, as always. So, thank you so much for that. I just have a couple quick questions of things that I don't quite understand or haven't or don't know about. So, um, the questions I'm going to ask uh is under table one. Um, establish a system to deliver standardized retrofits for Bmpton homeowners. and the progress today says the city is collaborating with municipal partners to explore funding options to support standardized home energy retrofit programs. Can someone explain that to me? >> Uh through you chair through to councelor Keenan. Perhaps what I'll do is I'll ask staff and Pam to come up. Um that question in particular I believe relates back to our CCT uh initiative as well but I'll uh defer to Pam and stav to get into the details. >> Good morning chair, members of committee. I'm Pam Cooper, manager of environmental planning, and I'm here with Staff Caseris, our senior environmental planner. Um, with regards to a incentive program for residents, uh, staff had been working with the center for community energy transformation uh, in order to explore funding because of course funding is needed for residents to perform retrofits to their homes. Um, and that's not something that would come out of the tax space. So, we've been working with them. For example, there's a program with FCM where they do have money um and we've been exploring that with FCM as well. We've been working with Kaledan and Missaga to see if there's a regional home energy retrofit program uh that we could undertake in order to help our residents with their home renovations. >> Okay. So, those are um so just to clarify, it's not tax dollars that we're not putting out money for people to retrofit. There's not Okay, great. Um and that you are working with a program for other funding through other sources. >> Correct. We are looking for funding through other programs and other sources. Yes. >> Thank you. Um my next question is number four on that table. Integrate direct energy systems um and incorporate locations within Bmpton. The city's establishing the internal working group to explore business case for direct energy systems in Kier Bmpton. Can you explain to me what a direct energy system is? Yeah. So we're looking at um district energy which is when you have a source of power um it could be waste heat from data centers. Uh the region of Peele for example is exploring thermal energy from waste water. So there's various sources of energy. You have a central system and that's supplied to homes through pipes or to buildings through pipes rather than each individual home or business having their own boilers and chillers. So it's more efficient and more energy friendly. Um what we're we did present to CLT on district energy because there's lots of things happening with district energy right now. For example, the Ontario Energy Board is looking at whether to regulate it or not. Uh we're looking at data centers which emit a lot of waste heat and should there be something done about those. At the direction of CLT, we were advised to form an internal working group so we can involve finance, legal, and so on to investigate district energy and how it would be best for uh Bmpton to take advantage of that and whether indeed we want to investigate district energy in Bmpton. >> Okay, perfect. So that answers those two questions. Um when I was reading through the report, um a couple things came to mind. So So I'll talk first on the solar side. um going through the Embleton um Embleton rec center um evaluations as vice chair of public works with uh other counselors. Um we're putting retrofits in that we're paying for uh to hit our targets. Um when I look at it, there's companies out there today that will pay the city to retrofit our roofs and we'll still get the credit for it. Um have we looked in at doing that? Maybe this is for you, Steve. I don't know. Have we looked at doing that citywide um as a potential? I do know that there is um we do get lots of funding from other levels of government. Um so what I may be asking for is a report on that if we haven't looked at it as to how that can fit in on this um maybe doing it doing it citywide and and seeing if it's even a possibility. Um but have we looked at that first and foremost? Um if I may, uh the city does explore opportunities to integrate solar energy as part of building retrofit projects um and in new construction and options for solar have been identified as part of netzero feasibility studies being undertaken by energy management. I am however not aware of investigations into specific external programs that could provide funding. >> Yeah. So for me it's it's um because when we're doing that stuff we're paying for it with with tax dollars or DCs. I'm not really sure that what we're using to pay for it. So my my view on this is to look at it to be you know a we're getting it b we're not paying for it and c it's a revenue tool. Um so if I could just have staff explore that um to see if it's if it fits within what we're doing um would be number one. The second piece here um it says the greatest advancement has occurred under the land component while waste has seen very few actions completed or underway. Um I know of of technology now that's coming out. I I had a meeting with the region of Peele um on some technology that's come out. Essentially in 18 minutes it turns any kind of garbage. I don't know if you've heard of this or not, but it turns any type of of garbage, whether it's home waste, medical even, in 18 minutes, it turns it into what looks like lint from your dryer, um that can be then sold. So, it's it's also um a way to generate revenue u while cutting our garbage to zero. Um not sure if that's something to to look at as well, but these options are there. What are we looking at in the garbage field and the waste field, not garbage waste field? um to hit our targets. Are we looking at stuff currently and is that maybe something you're already looking at? >> Uh through you, Mr. Chair, the way waste is handled at city facilities is that it's a decentralized model. So the different operating groups have their own separate waste diversion um programs and abilities. So for example, recreation handles their own waste, fire handles its own waste. So some municipalities have a centralized model where there's one coordinating group that oversees waste across the corporation that can more efficiently look at options like this. That model doesn't currently exist in Brentton. It's been a gap that we've had since our last environmental master plan report. Waste has been the biggest challenge to make actions move forward because it's a bit decentralized through the city. There are I know uh different opportunities that different operating groups explore to improve waste and waste diversion. Whether that technology has been explored I do not know but I think one of the one of the actions we want to move forward with as a city is perhaps looking at creating a centralized working group to look at waste cohesively across the city. >> Yeah, I think um I think maybe we try to close that gap. Maybe we put some direction to to this to maybe say maybe report back on how we can um centralize our waste and make it work within this to help speed this up. I think that's some lowhanging fruit that we can, you know, move the needle on this stuff. Um so I'm happy just to put that out there as direction if that's works for staff. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Well, thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you very much. >> Thank you very much. >> Thank you very much, Councelor Keenan. So, we have a motion moved by councelor Keenan. >> Pleasure. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Councelor Pleasure, please. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, so thank you, Councelor Keenan, for being passionate about this. Um, uh, I've spent a lot of time at the region and now that it's coming home to roost, um, we're going to get to deal with our own garbage internally and that's, I think, fantastic. I look at all the issues that are going to come along with it are going to be dealt with. It's going to be difficult, but we will get through it. Um, that being said, CCT is a great resource for uh bouncing stuff off of and maybe this is that opportunity. And I know that they're coming in June, I think. And I actually see David Lang back on. um he probably uh was disconnected and would love for to have his input um because he didn't get to delegate if we could maybe possibly recognize him for this. He didn't. He lost connection. Unfortunately, that what he was delegating for has now gone through council and passed uh unanimously. Nobody nobody opposed it. So, I don't know if we can if we should get them back on to there needs to be an opportunity of that. Anyways, but my my uh words were just in relation to look forward to them coming um in June. Look forward to anything that we are looking at. There's tons of opportunity. Uh certainly one that um I've been trying to to work with is the Emerald uh old AL algangquin power uh plant that is now turning garbage into hydrogen that we could then maybe put into our buses and that would be and then we could drive people around. I think that would be a a great opportunity and solution. But u to you, Mr. Chair, I'd like to um ask you that you uh uh you give Mr. Lang a little bit special attention there because he did get cut off. Thank you. >> Thank you, councelor Plesia. I'll ask the clerk if Mr. Lang is on. You want to speak to this report or do you want to delegate? >> We need to hear his delegation. >> Finish this report. >> Very good. And uh I have a suggestion how we can achieve that. So we will continue with this report. Do I have any further questions with respect to this report? Seeing none. So, I have a motion moved by councelor Keenan to receive a report and that staff be requested to investigate and report back in the future on further potential solar and waste incineration options that may be available to us. All in favor? That carries. And what I'm now going to ask council to indulge me in is for us to reopen item 8.2.2. >> No need to reopen. I am going to reopen the item because I'm also going to ask councelor bar if she would like to move the report. Do I have support to reopen the item? >> Are we just doing the delegation? >> We're going to reopen the item first. Do I have support to reopen the item? Any opposed? >> No one is opposed. We have support. So, the item is now back on our agenda. And I would like to recognize our delegate, David Lang. Welcome, David. You have five minutes. >> Uh thank you, Mr. Chair. Appreciate the the opportunity and apologize for the trans transition from uh from my desktop computer to uh to the phone. Um uh I'm going to not not follow through on the remarks that I had originally prepared because I think a lot of the discussion um uh revolved around some of the items and I don't want to I don't want to waste council time um in this. I think that um fundamentally we have a have a disconnect between uh what many of the residents want the city to be and the the pathway in order to get there. So if you go back to where the original vision 2040 uh was created in in 2018 2019 um the vast majority of residents want wanted a green safe city um environmental with environ a focus on environmental protection uh and um and on active transportation. I mean that was that was a considerable part of of what was incorporated into the vision. Um, since that time, we've had a lot of people that have moved into the city um that weren't part of the of the original visioning process. Um, but I am appreciative of council's uh desire to maintain that vision and that strategy moving forward. Um, a fundamental piece of the of that strategy though is how we move ourselves within the city. And when you consider that transportation represents um the largest single portion of carbon emissions in the city of Bmpton at around 60%. Um it's fundamental that we come to grips with transportation not only from an environmental standpoint but also from a from a safety standpoint, a road safety standpoint um and from a community standpoint. So we we know for instance that we that when we build six lane cross-sections um of roads anywhere in North America, what you end up with is is road deserts where people don't want to be um and that isn't the kind of community that we want to create. It also leads to faster traffic um and which is unsafe. So, um, I real recognize that that that the challenge for many people is is that they want the most convenient and shortest way to get from point A to point B. And I too was in Amsterdam um, a couple of weeks ago along with Miss Stokes and got to see firsthand how a city can operate um, environmentally, economically, culturally in a rich way uh, without having so much focus on the car. And so all I'm asking for for the city to do and for council to do is when we consider these transportation master plans, we not only need to cons to put in put in place sort of the vision and the strategy, but also how that's actually going to get implemented and recognizing the change is difficult as councelor Santos said um and that most people don't don't realize um the impact on them until that infrastructure is in place. Um, and so we need to look at it from the standpoint of how do we h how do we create not only the vision but the step-wise implementation that is going to lead people along. Lisa mentioned education. Um, I firmly believe in that. We we I think the city could challenge itself to do a better job in communicating where where we are going, why we are going that way. uh and then letting people really understand what the purpose of on street um cycling infrastructure is, how it ultimately is going to benefit them as long as more and more people use it. So um you know my challenge to council is that if we continue on in the same way building roads in the same way that we have for the past several decades, it's only going to lead to more traffic. It's only going to lead to more congestion. It's only going to lead to more people being killed or injured on the roads. and is that the kind of city that we want to create? Alternatively, we can come up with a plan and a strategy that will allow us to move the our residents along in lock step towards the vision of of the future which many cities including New York City uh Rome uh Paris and multiple others in in uh in North America as well um have moved in that direction. And so I would say you know let's take a step back from this. Let's take a deep breath and figure out how we can make this happen in a way that isn't confrontational, but is a way that is going to allow us to move forward to a brighter future for the city of Bmpton. Thank you. >> Thank you very much, David. I don't see any speakers, so I'll have ask for a motion to move for receipts of David deleg of David's delegation moved by councelor Plesi. >> We have a question for David. >> Yeah. Councelor Santos. >> Thank you. Through you, Mr. Chair. Um through you to to David. You're very involved in a number of different environmental initiatives. Um we just had the turtle troopers here. You were acknowledged for I think it was two weeks ago. We're creating signs called what is it called? The laying lang the signage for the animal crossing. Lang's passage or something. Yeah. So based on your experience related to um environmental issues and active transportation, have you seen situations where we have indeed intentionally slowed cars down on arterial roads because of safety issues? Um, so I'm I mean obviously the automated speed enforcement cameras were the were the um the best tool I think in the city's toolbox and that got taken away from us um by the province. Um but um but the the implementation of of bicycle lanes and I'm not sure councelor Santos what you mean by by uh arterials u but the the implementation of bicycle lanes has been used over the past uh several decades as a trafficcoming measure to slow down the traffic um to provide uh better road safety. So that has been a proven tool to reduce speeds and in fact the statistics and data would underscore that when you put a bike lane in on a road it does slow down the traffic. Yet um I would say non-intuitively it also um facilitates the movement of traffic along that that uh that corridor and um in fact has very little uh if any negative impact on uh the actual transit times uh through the corridor. So um again I I feel that it's something that that many residents don't don't realize don't understand and um and it re really requires much better communication and through you Mr. chair. I I wanted to get to a point about Heart Lake. And so we se just celebrated the turtle troopers. We have put in installed signs for animal crossings. We have slowed down and created um pathways for vulnerable users of Hart Lake Road, which are turtles and animals. So certainly if we could prioritize on arterial roads and other roads safe passage for animals and turtles um we could also maintain our integrity and create that important balance to also protect people and children who are also vulnerable users of the road. So, while we celebrate and I support 100% turtles and animal crossings and slowing down cars and creating narrow roads, not expanding H Heart Lake Road so that turtles can cross the street safely, I will consistently also support the balance and prioritization of people so that they can also be safe and cross the road safely and use the road safely in the same way that animals and turtles do. Thank you. Thank you very much, councelor. So, I'm asking for a motion of receipt for the delegation moved by councelor Pleshi. All in favor? That carries. And since we have reopened the staff report 8.2.2 on bicycle lanes on clockwork drive, any further questions? Seeing none, I have a motion moved by councelor Bar to receive the reports and the recommendations. All in favor? That carries. Thank you. And so with that we now move uh to question period for public works and engineering section. Madame clerk, do we have any questions from members of the public with regards to public works? >> You chair. We don't have any questions at this point. >> Thank you very much. And then that moves us through the community services section and to question period for community services. Do we have any questions? >> To your chair, we don't have any questions, but we do have an added discussion item. Uh 9.3.1 events at Jacuzzi Park. >> Councelor Fertini, your item. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. And um I think everyone's seen what happened today uh on the weekend at Jacuzzi Park. Um you know, I keep saying this over and over that we do have problems in the area and I know bylaws, our police, our staff, we try to do our best we can. we can't just stop these things and then we end up getting the blame for all that, you know, and saying it's our fault, it's our fault. Um, >> we can only do so much. But my worry is not only the park, it's again about the parking. Like it's a matter of time a fire is going to happen and it all works out well until around 4 or 5:00 and then after that it becomes a mess. You know, you can't even invite family over. A lot of these residents say, and I know I'm going to group chat, there's about 300 homes between the H section and the G. So, if we invite family over and the fireworks at 10:00, they're not going to be able to yell until 1. How's a fire truck getting in? How's the police getting in? And we have these tow trucks. They have to start towing. We can't have parking on both sides and blocking driveways. And you know, and we giving them a ticket, $30. And you know, a lot of people say, "It's okay. I get $30 tickets. It's like going to watch to a hockey game. You got to pay parking anyway. At least I might as well just pay the ticket. So, I don't know. It's not working. Uh it's been, you know, we still have meetings a long time ago with myself, councelor Miles with staff. That hasn't happened. I don't know what the solution is, but definitely it's not working. And last year we had SWAT there, you know, the whole Bramly Road had to close it down with rubber bullets. Now it's this Canada they up the street you know another events are going to happen and it's a matter of time people are going to get hurt and people cannot enjoy themselves when they go as a family with two little kids there and you got to worry about these teenagers the things they're doing and our bylaw police can only do so much so I don't know what the answer is you know and I think this time when we have our Canada day staff should be there at 10:00 on Goodwood not leave at 4:00 or 5:00 after we do our kick uh cupcakes and actually really see how we could do it for next year because it is really really bad. The police, you know, have on Gold Crest exiting making right turn and it's backed up all the way down to Queen Street. It takes 3 hours to get out. There's no way an ambulance or fire truck is going to get in. So, what is the solution? I don't know. So, who's who's that? Is there any staff who would like to respond? >> Thank you. >> Thank you through you, Mr. Chair. Councelor Fatini, thank you for your questions. I have the director of bylaw here who could address some of that for you and and continue that conversation. >> Yeah, but it's not only I I appreciate Yes. Come go ahead. You know, it's it's not only the bylaw. We we're doing our best we can, even our PO police. It's about towing. We got to get them out or we got to just block the road off all the roads. So go ahead >> through chair counselor. Thank you. Uh perhaps I can give a just a holistic uh feedback on the events at Ching Park Chinuzi Park and then I can address the parking issue as well. Uh in conjunction with corporate security, I can advise that uh in regards to the issue of fireworks, we had 17 complaints which was a 45% decrease year-over-year. nine of which did not provide actual information and were simply an expression of irritation that fireworks were occurring despite a citywide ban on fireworks. On the remaining eight complaints, no charges have yet been laid. However, investigations are ongoing. There were no reports of a large gathering of significant size to threaten uh public safety on a large scale. In regards to the events at Chinuzi Park, although fireworks were involved, uh this is not a fireworks issue. It is a weapons dangerous issue and may result in criminal charges subsequent to a police investigation that is ongoing. Corporate security is responsible for security arrangements surrounding Chinuzi Park and I could advise that they were thanks to their v vigilant monitoring of social media aware of the potential criminal offenses and had proactively leazed uh with PRP. Uh PE regional police had a robust presence including the availability of the public order unit and an increased uniform and investigative unit presence. staff are assisting with the ongoing police investigation and remain at the disposal of Peele Regional Police. I can share that as of this time they have issued 13 charges related to weapons offenses, trespass to property act and explosives uh as per their community liaison officer. Uh for parking uh for the uh past uh May 18th date, I did canvas the top six streets, Haley, Hillale, Howen, Goodwood, Central Park, and Goldest, uh that typically have parking congestion on an event like Canada Day, as you mentioned. And there were no penalty notices issued on those six streets on May 18th, nor were there any parking complaints received uh on that date. Uh while that uh is the case on May 18th, it's recognized that on Canada Day, it's a far different situation. Um in that regard we do take uh active parking or active planning to come up uh with uh how we will address it. We have in bylaw taken great steps uh forward in both parking enforcement and towing. I can advise that year to date uh we have towed 831 vehicles for parking offenses. Uh this time last year we had towed 281. So roughly four times as many uh vehicles are being towed this year. Uh parking enforcement year to date is currently up 67%. Uh and all of last year it was up over 20%. So the 67s on top of that further gain. So, while we absolutely recognize the community concern around parking and towing, especially the special events, uh we are trending in the right direction and we continue to work with our stakeholders at Peele Regional Police and corporate security around those concerns. >> Okay. Yeah. No, I do appreciate it. I I do see the tow trucks there and they do what they can. Like I'm not blaming PO police or bylaw or towing or us. It's just that I find that uh once it hits around 5 6:00 that's when they all jan in so fast we can't keep up with the towing. So we I don't know what's the solution is because it's nice to have them let them enjoy the park. We do parking on one side but when you park on both sides in these small streets you can only get one car in and if one's coming the opposite way it jams up everything. And it's not only one street. It becomes like you said, Haildale, Goodwood, Gold Crest, Green Bry, all these courts. They're all full that they can't even get out of their own driveway. So a lot of these people, what they do in the morning, they put their cars on the road at 5:30 in the morning. That way their driveway is empty for family to come over because they can't even get in. But then they're stuck there. You know, they leave before fireworks or they try to leave right after the best they can. So, I don't know what the situation is, but uh we got to get these tow trucks and see what we can do the best we can. It is very very hard because a lot of people do go to that park. I know we fence it and uh I was talking to one neighbor Uber was pulling in front of their homes yesterday, the three four homes off of Gold Crest there in Central Park where people were coming out but they all had knapsacks and they just walked into the park with the main entrance off of Primal Road and the PO police is there but what are they going to do? Search everyone and that's where all the fireworks started. So maybe we got to refence it up and say you know what no knapsacks like just go into a game. I don't know. So anyway, thank you. >> Thank you, Councelor Fertini. Councelor Plushy. >> Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, just in terms of the of the comment, I don't know if staff want to provide a comment. Um, I think Council Fori indicated that people leave at 4:00 after the cupcakes. When it's an increase of staff from what I see, I'll stay right I stay right to the fireworks and then I make my exit. Um, but it's an increase in staff resources from kind of what I see as maybe potentially cupcakes and then all the way up to and beyond uh fireworks. So, um, can I just get a confirmation on um, comment of the reduction of staff and it's actually an increase through the chair. It's my understanding that fire bylaw staff and event staff would stay on site till the till the end conclusion of the event. >> But there's and there's like the day shift and then there's there's probably three shifts I I would assume. Is that is that accurate to say in terms of security um park staff maintenance and everything like that? >> I can't speak to all the different areas. Maybe Meg can uh chime in. certainly um speak uh because of the difficulties of getting in and out of the park, most people do long shifts. Um so there isn't necessarily an increase, but there certainly is not a reduction. >> Okay. Okay. Thanks. And maybe uh council 14's back on, so maybe he can clarify. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. >> I believe also our commissioner community services has a comment. No, you're good. Okay. Council for Yeah, thank you. Just to clarify, it's not that I meant they all gone. They do work in the park. I'm talking about the side streets. And usually the fireworks start at 10:00, but between 8:30, that's when everything jams in. So in the daytime, there is staff, everyone around, but then 8:30, they just can't keep up. You know, they're all gone. And you can't keep up with five staff when you have 35 roads to deal with and all the courts. It's just impossible. A lot of years ago, Bramly Center used to be closed, so there was lots of parking. Now, the schools are jammed up, which one thing is there's a couple of schools in the area, but the mall's all completely closed. So, we have to look on the side streets around 9:00 at night and until after the fireworks just to see what's going on. Thank you. Thank you very much. So, I believe with that, we've exhausted the conversation. Staff have their advice and then with that, so we'll move on to our question period for community services. Do we have any questions from members of the public? Madame clerk, >> through you cir sorry through you chair. We have no questions at this time. >> And thank you. And that brings us through our legislative services section. There are no items. Everything was in consent. Do we have any questions from members of the public for legislative services? >> You chair. No questions. >> Thank you. And with that we move through economic development section. There were no items. So we'll move to corporate services section. And I have item 12.2.1, a staff report regarding surplus declaration of city- owned property at 56 Flavian Crescent. Councelor Forchini. >> Yeah, thank you. Just quickly uh to staff for the that home, it's been empty now. Well, we declared it a surplus. Is there any reason why we just don't sell it? Why we declare surplus? It's just sitting there. We buried the pool. We broke the driveway. The fence is broken. Like, it's just going to fall apart worse and worse. I know the market is what is and I do agree with staff, but unfortunately sometimes you take a loss, it's just getting worse and worse. >> I take it through the chair to uh council 14i. It's part of our process that council have to uh declare the property surplus first >> before we could move ahead. >> Okay. >> And sell it. >> Yeah. And I think that's a good idea because I know the market is what it is, but when it it's going to cost us money to maintain it, heat all this and it's going to get worse as the years go by. It comes to a point where we just have to tear it down after. Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. Would you like to move the report? Moved by councelor Fertini. All in favor? That carries. And that moves us through to the end of our corporate services section. Madam clerk, do we have Oh, we have one item 12.4.2. There is correspondence from Jas Gil, president of Gilo Acquisitions Corporation with respect to request to review lands for potential disposition. This was held. >> Councelor Ples, >> councelor Ber held it, but I I we just wanted to refer back to staff so we can start that process like the last item that we just went through in the beginning of that process. Thank you. >> Thank you, councelor. Any speakers to the referral motion? Seeing none, moved by councelor Plesi. That carries. And with that, we come into public question period. Madam clerk, do we have any questions from members of the public with regard to any item on today's agenda? >> Through your chair, we have no questions online. >> Thank you so much. And so our next item of business is close session. We have two items on our agenda. I'll ask the clerk to summarize. >> Thank you, chair. We have two items on our close session agenda that were held. 15.1 is a lease update for Bmpton Arts Organization and it is in close session pursuant to open meeting exception of the municipal act 2001 section 2392C and K for a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board and K a position plan procedure criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the municipality. ology of local board. The second item is transit update in close session pursuant to uh the open meeting exception under municipal act 2001 section 2392k being again a position plan procedure criteria criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiations carried on or to be carried on on behalf of the municipality. >> Thank you councelor Plesi. >> Thank you Mr. Chair. Uh just wanted to let uh folks know that those items with respect to uh annual investments, operating budgets, reserves, annual reports um typically we don't see that in in camera. Um and I unfortunately didn't have a lot of time to dive deeper into those reports to understand why they were in camera. Um, I will be pulling those out of the minutes of the next c of next council meeting. We'll be looking to ask them to be made public, but certainly will not until staff um until I can really dive into them, but I let staff just giving you the the heads up that I'll be coming and looking to to bring those and and make them public. I wasn't sure why they why they really were when I skimmed them. And I'll be honest, I skimmed them over this long weekend >> through the chair. Which reports? Which financial reports? >> All of the in camera the year-end reserves the uh >> I'm not they were in open session. They're in open I believe sir. >> My apologies. They were in the twelves and I automatically assumed that they were in camera. My apologies. >> So councelor, you'll still have the opportunity. >> Happy to. Yeah, I'm really happy that they're uh it's all open in a transparent fashion. We're continuing to show the residents that we we care about transparency. Thank you. Foot out of mouth. Thank you very much. >> And and with the sun shining on all of us, I'll ask for a motion for us to go into camera by Deputy Mayor Singh. All in favor? That carries. We will reconvene in close session at 12:30. Thank you. And now we're back in session. I will ask the clerk to report out from our business in camera. You chair. In close session, council addressed two items. 15.1 was considered. direction was given, including that the following motion be considered in open session. Uh that the chief administrative officer be delegated the authority to execute a new lease between the city of Bmpton and Bmpton Arts Organization as directed by council on terms and conditions acceptable to the senior manager of realy services and in a form acceptable to the city solicitor or delegate. >> May I ask for a mover for the motion? Moved by councelor Santos. All in favor? That carries >> and through you chair. The second item 15.2 was considered and direction was given. >> Thank you very much madam clerk. And so with that uh we are now at adjournment. Committee is next scheduled to meet on Wednesday June 3rd at 9:30 a.m. I have a motion moved by councelor Tour to adjourn. All in favor? That carries. Thank you and have a great day.