COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE

MINUTES

January 23, 2012 – River Valley Room

PRESENT

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Krushell, K. Leibovici

ABSENT

None

ALSO IN ATTENDANCE

B. Anderson, B. Henderson, J. Batty
L. Sahli, Office of the City Clerk
M. de Guzman, 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 4 3.1 Steps to an Edmonton Poverty Reduction Strategy (B. Henderson/K. Leibovici) 4 4. REPORTS TO BE DEALT WITH AT A FUTURE MEETING 5 5. STATUS REPORT 5 5.1 Violence Reduction Funding Opportunities 5 5.2 Outdoor Smoking Amendments to Bylaw 14614 5 5.3 Proposal for Cost Effective Children's Sand Area at Hawrelak Park 5 5.4 Potential for Restricting Dogs by Breed 6 5.5 Animal Rescue 6 5.6 Sharing Archives Facility With Other Organizations 6 4. REPORTS 7 6.1 Edmonton Arts Council Community Investment Program Cultural Diversity in the Arts Awards (2011) Recommendations 7 6.2 % of Citizens Who Feel that Edmonton has the Appropriate Emergency Services in Place to Respond to a Major Emergency 7 6.3 Bylaw 15941 - A Bylaw to Amend the Community Standards Bylaw 14600 7 6.4 Bylaw 15943 - A Bylaw to Amend the Bylaw Enforcement Officer Bylaw 8081 8 6.5 Bylaw 15444 - Impact of Changes - To Bylaw 12800 (Edmonton Zoning Bylaw) with Respect to Light Commercial Vehicles 8 6.6 Central McDougall/Queen Mary Park Revitalization Strategy 8 7. RESPONSES TO COUNCILLOR INQUIRIES 9 7.1 Bullying Bylaw Effectiveness (B. Henderson) 9 8. PRIVATE REPORTS 9 8.1 Civic Agency Recruitment - Edmonton Space and Science Foundation - Verbal Report 9 8.2 Civic Agency Issue - Verbal Report 10 9. NOTICES OF MOTION AND MOTIONS WITHOUT CUSTOMARY NOTICE 10 10. ADJOURNMENT 10	Carried Carried None See Minutes See Minutes See Minutes See Minutes None Carried Carried Carried Carried Carried Carried Carried Carried Carried Carried Carried Action Postponed

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 4

3.1 Steps to an Edmonton Poverty Reduction Strategy

(B. Henderson/K. Leibovici) 4

4. REPORTS TO BE DEALT WITH AT A FUTURE MEETING 5

5. STATUS REPORT 5

5.1 Violence Reduction Funding Opportunities 5

5.2 Outdoor Smoking Amendments to Bylaw 14614 5

5.3 Proposal for Cost Effective Children's Sand Area

at Hawrelak Park 5

5.4 Potential for Restricting Dogs by Breed 6

5.5 Animal Rescue 6

5.6 Sharing Archives Facility With Other Organizations 6

4. REPORTS 7

6.1 Edmonton Arts Council Community Investment

Program Cultural Diversity in the Arts Awards

(2011) Recommendations 7

6.2 % of Citizens Who Feel that Edmonton has the

Appropriate Emergency Services in Place to

Respond to a Major Emergency 7

6.3 Bylaw 15941 - A Bylaw to Amend the Community

Standards Bylaw 14600 7

6.4 Bylaw 15943 - A Bylaw to Amend the Bylaw

Enforcement Officer Bylaw 8081 8

6.5 Bylaw 15444 - Impact of Changes - To Bylaw 12800

(Edmonton Zoning Bylaw) with Respect to Light

Commercial Vehicles 8

6.6 Central McDougall/Queen Mary Park Revitalization

Strategy 8

7. RESPONSES TO COUNCILLOR INQUIRIES 9

7.1 Bullying Bylaw Effectiveness (B. Henderson) 9

8. PRIVATE REPORTS 9

8.1 Civic Agency Recruitment - Edmonton Space and

Science Foundation - Verbal Report 9

8.2 Civic Agency Issue - Verbal Report 10

9. NOTICES OF MOTION AND MOTIONS WITHOUT CUSTOMARY

NOTICE 10

10. ADJOURNMENT 10

Carried

None

See Minutes

None

Carried

Action

Postponed

DECISION SUMMARY

ITEM

DECISION

CALL TO ORDER AND RELATED BUSINESS

1.1

Call to Order

Councillor E. Gibbons called the meeting to order at

9:32 a.m.

1.2

Adoption of Agenda

Moved K. Krushell:

That the January 23, 2012, Community Services Committee meeting agenda be adopted.

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Krushell, K. Leibovici

1.3

Adoption of Minutes

Moved K. Leibovici:

That the following minutes be adopted:

November 14, 2011, Community Services
November 28, 2011, Special Community Services

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Krushell, K. Leibovici

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: 6.2, 6.3, 6.5, 6.6, 7.1, 8.1 and 8.2.

2.2

Requests to Speak

Moved A.Sohi:

That Community Services Committee hear from the following speakers in a panel, where appropriate:

6.6 Central McDougall/Queen Mary Park Revitalization Strategy

*B. Evans, Chair, Revitalization Committee Queen Mary Park/Central McDougall

*Q. Wade, Central McDougall Community League

*L. Luala, Nyarkenyi Development Foundation of Alberta

*A. Wilson, North Edge Business Association

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Krushell, K. Leibovici

2.3

Requests for Specific Time on Agenda

Moved A. Sohi:

That the following item be made time specific:

6.6 Central McDougall/Queen Mary Park Revitalization Strategy – 2^nd item of business.

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Krushell, K. Leibovici

COUNCILLOR INQUIRIES

3.1

Steps to an Edmonton Poverty Reduction Strategy (B. Henderson/K. Leibovici)

In an initiative started by the Inter City Forum on Social Policy, in partnership with a number of other organizations, progress is being made towards a Poverty Reduction Strategy across municipalities and other partners in the Province. In the course of moving this initiative forward it has become clear that a number of Cities in the Province including Red Deer, Calgary, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat have also started initiatives of their own. Given that the City of Edmonton has already done significant preventative and long term change work through efforts like its Homelessness Strategy, REACH and Neighbourhood Revitalization intitiatives that recognize that poverty is one of core impediments to real change in these areas. Can Administration report back to Community Services Committee on the following:

1. Some of the key components of an effective poverty reduction strategy

2. A summary of poverty reduction work currently underway in other municipalities across Canada and specifically Alberta.

3. A summary of poverty reduction work already being undertaken by key community building stakeholders in Edmonton (i.e. the United Way)

4. The possibility of partnerships in developing our own Edmonton strategy with those other stakeholders.

5. A summary of other Provinces that have implemented poverty reduction strategies and their effectiveness.

6. Alignment of a poverty reduction strategy with relevant City of Edmonton key strategic documents and current initiatives (i.e. The Way we Live, Ten Year Homelessness Strategy, Housing Strategy, REACH, and our Neighbourhood Revitalization Strategy).

Community Svcs.

Due Date: Apr. 23, 2012

REPORTS TO BE DEALT WITH AT A FUTURE MEETING - None

STATUS REPORT

5.1

Violence Reduction Funding Opportunities

Moved K. Krushell:

That the revised due date of February 21, 2012, be approved.

Community Svcs.

Due Date: Feb. 21, 2012

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Krushell, K. Leibovici

5.2

Outdoor Smoking Amendments to Bylaw 14614

Moved K. Krushell:

That the revised due date of March 5, 2012, be approved.

Community Svcs.

Due Date: Mar. 5, 2012

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Krushell, K. Leibovici

5.3

Proposal for Cost Effective Children's Sand Area at Hawrelak Park

Moved K. Krushell:

That the revised due date of March 19, 2012, be approved.

Community Scvs.

Due Date: Mar. 19, 2012

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Krushell, K. Leibovici

5.4

Potential for Restricting Dogs by Breed

Moved K. Krushell:

That the revised due date of March 19, 2012, be approved.

Community Svcs.

Due Date: Mar. 19, 2012

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Krushell, K. Leibovici

5.5

Animal Rescue

Moved K. Krushell:

That the revised due date of March 19, 2012, be approved.

Community Svcs.

Due Date: Mar. 19, 2012

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Krushell, K. Leibovici

5.6

Sharing Archives Facility With Other Organizations

Moved K. Krushell:

That the revised due date of May 22, 2012, be approved.

Community Svcs.

Due Date: May 22, 2012

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Krushell, K. Leibovici

REPORTS

6.1

Edmonton Arts Council Community Investment Program Cultural Diversity in the Arts Awards (2011) Recommendations

Moved K. Krushell:

That Community Services Committee recommend to City Council:

That the recommendations for awarding the Cultural Diversity in the Arts Awards (2011), as outlined in Attachment 1 of the January 23, 2012, Edmonton Arts Council report 2012EAC001, be approved.

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Krushell, K. Leibovici

6.2

% of Citizens Who Feel that Edmonton has the Appropriate Emergency Services in Place to Respond to a Major Emergency

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

Moved A. Sohi:

That Community Services Committee recommend to City Council:

That the measure and targets for the Improve Edmonton's Livability Target Setting Information, as outlined in Attachment 1 of the November 14, 2011, Financial Services report 2011CF7592 be replaced with Attachment 2.

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Krushell, K. Leibovici

6.3

Bylaw 15941 - A Bylaw to Amend the Community Standards Bylaw 14600

D. Aitken, Community Services, made a presentation and answered the Committee's questions. S. Mcansh, Corporate Services (Law); and R. Pleckaitis, Community Services, answered the Committee's questions.

Moved K. Krushell:

That Community Services Committee recommend to City Council:

That Bylaw 15941 be given the appropriate readings.

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Krushell, K. Leibovici

6.4

Bylaw 15943 - A Bylaw to Amend the Bylaw Enforcement Officer Bylaw 8081

Moved K. Krushell:

That Community Services Committee recommend to City Council:

That Bylaw 15943 be given the appropriate readings.

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Krushell, K. Leibovici

6.5

Bylaw 15444 - Impact of Changes - To Bylaw 12800 (Edmonton Zoning Bylaw) with Respect to Light Commercial Vehicles

D. Aitken, Community Services, made a presentation.

S. Mcansh, Corporate Services (Law); and R. Pleckaitis, Community Services, answered the Committee's questions.

Moved K. Krushell:

That the January 23, 2012, Community Services report 2012CST001, be received for information.

Community Svcs.

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, K. Krushell, K. Leibovici

Opposed:

A. Sohi

6.6

Central McDougall/Queen Mary Park Revitalization Strategy

K. Barnhart, W. Ramirez and S. Gauley, Community Services, made a presentation.

B. Evans, Chair, Revitalization Committee Queen Mary Park/Central McDougall; Q. Wade, Central McDougall Community League; A. Wilson, North Edge Business Association; and L. Luala, Nyarkenyi Development Foundation of Alberta, made presentations and answered the Committee's questions.

L. Cochrane, General Manager, K. Barnhart, W. Ramirez and S. Gauley, Community Services, answered the Committee's questions.

Moved K. Leibovici:

That Community Services Committee recommend to City Council:

That the Central McDougall/Queen Mark Park Revitalization Strategy, as outlined in Attachment 1 of the January 23, 2012, Community Services report 2012CSW003, be approved.

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Krushell, K. Leibovici

Moved K. Leibovici:

Annual Update on the Central McDougall/Queen Mary Park Revitalization Strategy

That Administration return to Community Services Committee in the first quarter of each year with an update on the progress of the Central McDougall/Queen Mark Park Revitalization Strategy.

Community Svcs.

Due Date:

1st Quarter 2013

1st Quarter Annually

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Krushell, K. Leibovici

RESPONSES TO COUNCILLOR INQUIRIES

7.1

Bullying Bylaw Effectiveness (B. Henderson)

Moved K. Leibovici:

That the January 23, 2012, Community Services Committee report 2012CST006 be postponed to the February 6, 2012, Community Services Committee meeting.

Community Svcs.

Due Date: Feb. 6, 2012

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Krushell, K. Leibovici

PRIVATE REPORTS

8.1

Civic Agency Recruitment - Edmonton Space and Science Foundation - Verbal Report

The Committee met in private at 11:15 a.m., pursuant to sections 17, 23 and 24 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

The Committee met in public at 11:39 a.m.

Moved K. Leibovici:

That the January 23, 2012, Corporate Services verbal report be received for information and that it remain private pursuant to sections 17, 23 and 24 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Corporate Svcs.

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Krushell, K. Leibovici

8.2