M7.2

COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE

MINUTES

November 13, 2014 – River Valley Room

PRESENT

T. Caterina, M. Nickel, B. Henderson, M. Oshry

ABSENT

None

ALSO IN ATTENDANCE

G. Joseph, Office of the City Clerk

L. Long, Office of the City Clerk

ITEM	PAGE	DECISION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. CALL TO ORDER AND RELATED BUSINESS 2 1.1 Call to Order 2 1.2 Adoption of Agenda 2 1.3 Adoption of Minutes 2 1.4 Protocol Items 3 2. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND RELATED BUSINESS 3 2.1 Select Items for Debate 3 2.2 Requests to Speak 3 2.3 Requests for Specific Time on Agenda 3 3. COUNCILLOR INQUIRIES 3 4. REPORTS TO BE DEALT WITH AT A FUTURE MEETING 4 5. STATUS REPORT 4 5.1 Status Update on the New Africa Centre Facility and Strategy for the Involvement of the African Community 4 5.2 Civic Precinct Master Plan - Addressing Current Square Design 4 5.3 Options to Support Suicide Prevention 4 6. REPORTS 4 6.1 Alberta Aviation Museum Future Vision and Business Model Options 5 6.2 Edmonton Historical Board Chair's Report Recommendations - Administration Response 5 6.3 Whitemud Equine Centre Redevelopment Project Budget 5 6.4 Edmonton Arts Council 2015 Festival Operating Grant Recommendations 6 6.5 Public Waste Receptacles - One-Year Pilot Test Results 6 7. RESPONSES TO COUNCILLOR INQUIRIES 6 7.1 Backyard Firepit Control (B. Esslinger/S. McKeen) 6 7.2 Green Shack Program - High Needs Neighbourhoods (M. Nickel) 8 8. PRIVATE REPORTS 8 8.1 Jerry Forbes Centre - Multi-tenant Project Update 8 9. NOTICES OF MOTION AND MOTIONS WITHOUT CUSTOMARY NOTICE 9 10. ADJOURNMENT 9	Carried Carried None See Minutes See Minutes None None None Carried Carried Carried Carried Action Carried Carried Postponed Action Action Carried None

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ITEM

PAGE

DECISION

1. CALL TO ORDER AND RELATED BUSINESS 2

1.1 Call to Order 2

1.2 Adoption of Agenda 2

1.3 Adoption of Minutes 2

1.4 Protocol Items 3

2. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND RELATED BUSINESS 3

2.1 Select Items for Debate 3

2.2 Requests to Speak 3

2.3 Requests for Specific Time on Agenda 3

3. COUNCILLOR INQUIRIES 3

4. REPORTS TO BE DEALT WITH AT A FUTURE MEETING 4

5. STATUS REPORT 4

5.1 Status Update on the New Africa Centre Facility

and Strategy for the Involvement of the African

Community 4

5.2 Civic Precinct Master Plan - Addressing Current

Square Design 4

5.3 Options to Support Suicide Prevention 4

6. REPORTS 4

6.1 Alberta Aviation Museum Future Vision and

Business Model Options 5

6.2 Edmonton Historical Board Chair's Report

Recommendations - Administration Response 5

6.3 Whitemud Equine Centre Redevelopment Project

Budget 5

6.4 Edmonton Arts Council 2015 Festival Operating

Grant Recommendations 6

6.5 Public Waste Receptacles - One-Year Pilot Test

Results 6

7. RESPONSES TO COUNCILLOR INQUIRIES 6

7.1 Backyard Firepit Control (B. Esslinger/S. McKeen) 6

7.2 Green Shack Program - High Needs Neighbourhoods

(M. Nickel) 8

8. PRIVATE REPORTS 8

8.1 Jerry Forbes Centre - Multi-tenant Project Update 8

9. NOTICES OF MOTION AND MOTIONS WITHOUT CUSTOMARY

NOTICE 9

10. ADJOURNMENT 9

Carried

None

See Minutes

None

Carried

Action

Carried

Postponed

Action

Carried

None

DECISION SUMMARY

ITEM

DECISION

CALL TO ORDER AND RELATED BUSINESS

1.1

Call to Order

Councillor T. Caterina called the meeting to order at
9:38 a.m.

1.2

Adoption of Agenda

Moved M. Nickel:

That the November 13, 2014, Community Services Committee meeting agenda be adopted with the following changes:

Additions:

6.2 Edmonton Historical Board Chair's Report Recommendations - Administration Response

6.3 Whitemud Equine Centre Redevelopment Project Budget

7.2 Green Shack Program - High Needs Neighbourhood (M. Nickel)

In Favour:

Carried

T. Caterina, M. Nickel, B. Henderson, M. Oshry

1.3

Adoption of Minutes

Moved M. Nickel:

That the October 27, 2014, Community Services Committee meeting minutes be adopted.

In Favour:

Carried

T. Caterina, M. Nickel, B. Henderson, M. Oshry

1.4

Protocol Items

There were no protocol items.

ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND RELATED BUSINESS

2.1

Select Items for Debate

The following items were selected for debate: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.5, 7.1, 7.2 and 8.1.

2.2

Requests to Speak

Moved M. Nickel:

That the Committee hear from the following speakers, in panels when appropriate:

6.1 Alberta Aviation Museum Future Vision and Business Model

R. Macleod, Alberta Aviation Museum

6.3 Whitemud Equine Centre Redevelopment Project

· J. Hall, Whitemud Equine Centre (to answer questions only)

· R. Menard, Whitemud Equine Centre (to answer questions only)

7.1 Backyard Firepit Control (B. Esslinger/S. McKeen)

D. Newman
W. Quinn

7.2 Green Shack Program – High Needs Neighbourhoods (M. Nickel)

· H. Fatmi, Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues

8.1 Jerry Forbes Centre - Multi-tenant Project Update

B. Farrell, Jerry Forbes Centre

In Favour:

Carried

T. Caterina, M. Nickel, B. Henderson, M. Oshry

2.3

Requests for Specific Time on Agenda

There were no requests for any items to be dealt with at a specific time.

COUNCILLOR INQUIRIES

There were no Councillor Inquiries.

REPORTS TO BE DEALT WITH AT A FUTURE MEETING - NONE

STATUS REPORT

5.1

Status Update on the New Africa Centre Facility and Strategy for the Involvement of the African Community

Moved M. Nickel:

That the revised due date of January 19, 2015, be approved.

Community Svcs.

Due Date: Jan. 19, 2015

In Favour:

Carried

T. Caterina, M. Nickel, B. Henderson, M. Oshry

5.2

Civic Precinct Master Plan - Addressing Current Square Design

Moved M. Nickel:

That the revised due date of January 19, 2015, be approved.

Community Svcs.

Due Date: Jan. 19, 2015

In Favour:

Carried

T. Caterina, M. Nickel, B. Henderson, M. Oshry

5.3

Options to Support Suicide Prevention

Moved M. Nickel:

That the revised due date of February 23, 2015, be approved.

Community Svcs.

Due Date: Feb. 23, 2015

In Favour:

Carried

T. Caterina, M. Nickel, B. Henderson, M. Oshry

REPORTS

6.1

Alberta Aviation Museum Future Vision and Business Model Options

L. Cochrane, General Manager, Community Services, answered the Committee's questions.

R. Macleod, Alberta Aviation Museum made a presentation and answered the Committee's questions.

D. Ridley, Edmonton Heritage Council; L. Cochrane, General Manager, and R. Smyth, Community Services; and L. Rosen, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, answered the Committee's questions.

Moved B. Henderson:

That the November 13, 2014, Community Services report CR_1315, be received for information.

Community Svcs.

In Favour:

Carried

T. Caterina, M. Nickel, B. Henderson, M. Oshry

6.2

Edmonton Historical Board Chair's Report Recommendations - Administration Response

P. Ohm and M. McConnell-Boehm, Sustainable Development, answered the Committee's questions.

Moved B. Henderson:

Options for the Preservation of Historic Properties

That Administration provide a report outlining options for the preservation of historic properties, to return in the Second Quarter of 2015.

Sustainable Dev.

Due Date:
June 29, 2015

In Favour:

Carried

T. Caterina, M. Nickel, B. Henderson, M. Oshry

6.3

Whitemud Equine Centre Redevelopment Project Budget

L. Cochrane, General Manager, L. Brenneis and R. Jevne, Community Services, answered the Committee's questions.

Moved M. Oshry:

That the November 13, 2014, Community Services report CR_1547, be received for information.

Community Svcs.

In Favour:

Carried

T. Caterina, M. Nickel, B. Henderson, M. Oshry

6.4

Edmonton Arts Council 2015 Festival Operating Grant Recommendations

Moved M. Nickel:

That Community Services Committee recommend to City Council:

That the Community Investment Program, Festival Operating Grant, as outlined in Attachment 1 of the November 13, 2014, Edmonton Arts Council report CR_1806, be approved.

In Favour:

Carried

T. Caterina, M. Nickel, B. Henderson, M. Oshry

6.5

Public Waste Receptacles - One-Year Pilot Test Results

L. Cochrane, General Manager, Community Services, answered the Committee's questions.

Moved M. Nickel:

That the November 13, 2014, Community Services report CR_635, be postponed to the January 19, 2015, Community Services Committee meeting.

Community Svcs.

Due Date: Jan. 19, 2015

In Favour:

Carried

T. Caterina, M. Nickel, B. Henderson, M. Oshry

RESPONSES TO COUNCILLOR INQUIRIES

7.1 Backyard Firepit Control (B. Esslinger/S. McKeen)

D. Aitken, Community Services, made a presentation.

W. Quinn and D. Newman, made presentations and answered the Committee's questions.

D. Aitken, J. Simmons, and L. Cochrane, General Manager, Community Services; N. Jacobsen, Corporate Services (Law); and K. Block, Fire Chief, Community Services, answered the Committee's questions.

Moved B. Henderson:

1. That Administration provide a report on mechanisms that could be used to protect citizens from extreme nuisance, negative and unhealthy effects of fire pit smoke from neighbouring properties.

2. That Administration prepare bylaw amendments to Community Standards Bylaw 14600, for consideration by Community Services Committee, that will ban fire pit usage during air quality, health advisory warnings.

Councillor M. Oshry requested that the motion be split for voting purposes.

Part 1 of Motion, put:

That Administration provide a report on mechanisms that could be used to protect citizens from extreme nuisance, negative and unhealthy effects of fire pit smoke from neighbouring properties.

In Favour:

Carried

T. Caterina, M. Nickel, B. Henderson, M. Oshry

Part 2 of Motion, put:

That Administration prepare bylaw amendments to Community Standards Bylaw 14600, for consideration by Community Services Committee, that will ban fire pit usage during air quality, health advisory warnings.

In Favour:

Carried

T. Caterina, M. Nickel, B. Henderson

Opposed:

M. Oshry

Summary of Committee’s Decision on item 7.1:

Fire Pit Enforcement Options

1. That Administration provide a report on mechanisms that could be used to protect citizens from extreme nuisance, negative and unhealthy effects of fire pit smoke from neighbouring properties.

Bylaw 17031 Community Standards Bylaw Amendment No. 10 – Backyard Fire Pit Control

Community Svcs.

Due Date: Feb. 2, 2015

Community Svcs.

Due Date: Feb. 2, 2015

7.2

Green Shack Program - High Needs Neighbourhoods
(M. Nickel)

H. Fatmi, Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues, made a presentation and answered the Committee's questions.

H. McRae, Community Services, answered the Committee's questions.

Moved M. Nickel:

That Administration prepare an unfunded service package in the amount of $107,000 for City Council consideration during the 2015-2018 budget deliberations, to fund the top 20 high-need neighbourhoods in the Green Shack program, as outlined in the November 13, 2014, Community Services report CR_1707.

Community Svcs.

Financial Svcs. and Utilities

Due Date: Nov. 26, 2014

City Council Budget

In Favour:

Carried

T. Caterina, M. Nickel, B. Henderson, M. Oshry

PRIVATE REPORTS

8.1

Jerry Forbes Centre - Multi-tenant Project Update

The Committee met in private at 12:10 p.m., pursuant to sections 16, 25 and 27 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

The Committee met in public at 12:24 p.m.

Moved T. Caterina:

That Community Services Committee recommend to City Council:

1. That the Jerry Forbes Centre Foundation be given one-time funding of $3 million for the development of the Jerry Forbes Centre for Community Spirit, subject to the Foundation fully surrendering all of its right, title and interest in the current lease with the City and securing the remaining funds required. The City of Edmonton funding source be Land Enterprise and the 2015 Community Facility Partner Capital Grant Program.

2. That a Funding Agreement between the Jerry Forbes Centre Foundation and the City of Edmonton be entered into and that the agreement be acceptable in form and content to the City Manager.

3. That the November 13, 2014, Community Services report CR_1669 remain private pursuant to Sections 16, 25 and 27 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

In Favour:

Carried

T. Caterina, M. Nickel, B. Henderson, M. Oshry

NOTICES OF MOTION AND MOTIONS WITHOUT CUSTOMARY NOTICE

Councillor T. Caterina asked whether there were any Notices of Motion. There were none.

10.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned at 12:25 p.m.

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Chair City Clerk