COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE

MINUTES

March 5, 2012 – River Valley Room

PRESENT

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Leibovici, *S. Mandel

*Mayor S. Mandel is a Committee Member pursuant to section 150(2), Procedures and Committees Bylaw 1230

ABSENT

K. Krushell

ALSO IN ATTENDANCE

B. Anderson, B. Henderson D. Loken, J. Batty, K. Diotte, T. Caterina

A. Sinclair, 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 4. REPORTS TO BE DEALT WITH AT A FUTURE MEETING 4 5. STATUS REPORT 4 5.1 Update on West Plan for Recreation Facility and Sports Field Plan 4 5.2 Jasper Place Leisure Centre - Annual Operating Costs and Retrofitting Information 4 5.3 Valley Zoo Utilities 4 5.4 Business Model on the Edmonton Aboriginal Business and Professional Association 5 5.5 Financial Requirements of iHuman Project 5 6. REPORTS 5 6.1 Contractual Reporting - Semi Annual Information Report - (Formerly the Delegation of Authority - Semi Annual Information Report) Edmonton Police Service 5 6.2 Edmonton Seniors Coordinating Council Funding Request 6 6.3 Milner Library Exterior Renewal - 2012-2014 Capital Budget 6 6.4 Community Facility Partner Capital Grant Program 7 6.5 Collaboration among Organizations Providing Volunteer Training 7 6.6 Wicihitowin Circle Business Model 7 6.7 Bylaw 15961 - Outdoor Smoking Amendments to Bylaw 14614 8 6.8 Funding Agreements - CKUA Radio Foundation, iHuman Youth Society, Francis Winspear Centre for Music 9 7. PRIVATE REPORTS 9 7.1 Civic Agency Recruitment - Chair Interview and Short Listing - Verbal Report 9 8. NOTICES OF MOTION AND MOTIONS WITHOUT CUSTOMARY NOTICE 10 9. ADJOURNMENT 10	Carried Carried See Minutes See Minutes See Minutes See Minutes None None Carried Carried Carried Carried Carried Carried Action Carried Carried Carried Action Carried Carried 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 4

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

5. STATUS REPORT 4

5.1 Update on West Plan for Recreation Facility and

Sports Field Plan 4

5.2 Jasper Place Leisure Centre - Annual Operating

Costs and Retrofitting Information 4

5.3 Valley Zoo Utilities 4

5.4 Business Model on the Edmonton Aboriginal

Business and Professional Association 5

5.5 Financial Requirements of iHuman Project 5

6. REPORTS 5

6.1 Contractual Reporting - Semi Annual Information

Report - (Formerly the Delegation of Authority -

Semi Annual Information Report) Edmonton Police

Service 5

6.2 Edmonton Seniors Coordinating Council Funding

Request 6

6.3 Milner Library Exterior Renewal - 2012-2014

Capital Budget 6

6.4 Community Facility Partner Capital Grant Program 7

6.5 Collaboration among Organizations Providing

Volunteer Training 7

6.6 Wicihitowin Circle Business Model 7

6.7 Bylaw 15961 - Outdoor Smoking Amendments to Bylaw

14614 8

6.8 Funding Agreements - CKUA Radio Foundation,

iHuman Youth Society, Francis Winspear Centre

for Music 9

7. PRIVATE REPORTS 9

7.1 Civic Agency Recruitment - Chair Interview and

Short Listing - Verbal Report 9

8. NOTICES OF MOTION AND MOTIONS WITHOUT CUSTOMARY

NOTICE 10

9. ADJOURNMENT 10

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Action

Carried

Action

Carried

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DECISION SUMMARY

ITEM

DECISION

CALL TO ORDER AND RELATED BUSINESS

1.1

Call to Order

Councillor E. Gibbons called the meeting to order at

9:33 a.m.

1.2

Adoption of Agenda

Moved K. Leibovici:

That the March 5, 2012, Community Services Committee meeting agenda be adopted.

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Leibovici

Absent:

K. Krushell

1.3

Adoption of Minutes

Moved K. Leibovici:

That the February 21, 2012, Community Services Committee meeting minutes be adopted.

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Leibovici

Absent:

K. Krushell

1.4

Protocol Items

Pink Day (K. Leibovici)

Councillor K. Leibovici, on behalf of Community Services, acknowledged February 29, 2012, as Pink Day, in recognition of young people across the country who wore pink to send a message to Stop Bullying.

ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND RELATED BUSINESS

2.1

Select Items for Debate

The following items were selected for debate: 6.2, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7 and 7.1.

2.2

Requests to Speak

Moved A. Sohi:

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

6.2 Edmonton Seniors Coordinating Council Funding Request

*S. Hallett, Edmonton Seniors Coordinating Council

*J. Innes, Edmonton Seniors Coordinating Council

6.6 Wicihitowin Circle Business Model

*F. Whiskeyjack, Elder

*N. Mison, Eunoia Consulting

*R. Campre, Wicihitowin Secretariat

*K. Mccarthy, Wicihitowin Secretariat

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Leibovici

Absent:

K. Krushell

2.3

Requests for Specific Time on Agenda

Moved A. Sohi:

That the following items be made time specific:

*6.2 Edmonton Seniors Coordinating Council Funding Request - 1st item of business

*6.6 Wicihitowin Circle Business Model - 2nd item of business

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Leibovici

Absent:

K. Krushell

COUNCILLOR INQUIRIES

There were no Councillor Inquiries.

REPORTS TO BE DEALT WITH AT A FUTURE MEETING - NONE

K. Krushell

REPORTS

6.1

Contractual Reporting - Semi Annual Information Report - (Formerly the Delegation of Authority - Semi Annual Information Report) Edmonton Police Service

Moved A. Sohi:

That the March 5, 2012, Edmonton Police Service report 2012POAC01, be received for information.

Police Service

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Leibovici

Absent:

K. Krushell

6.2

Edmonton Seniors Coordinating Council Funding Request

K. Barnhart, Community Services, made a presentation and answered the Committee's questions. B. Wong, Community Services, answered the Committee's questions.

J. Innes and S. Hallett, Edmonton Seniors Coordinating Council, made presentations and answered the Committee's questions.

Moved A. Sohi:

That Community Services Committee recommend to City Council:

1. That the Community Services 2012 Operating Budget, be increased by $100,000, to fund the Edmonton Seniors Coordinating Council, on an on-going basis with funding from the tax levy.

2. That Administration request that the Edmonton Seniors Coordinating Council submit an interim evaluation report required under the five-year funding agreement, including the use of the additional $100,000 funding granted for 2012, and return to the September 17, 2012, Community Services Committee meeting.

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Leibovici

Absent:

K. Krushell

6.3

Milner Library Exterior Renewal - 2012-2014 Capital Budget

Moved A. Sohi:

That Community Services Committee recommend to City Council:

That the March 5, 2012, Edmonton Public Library report 2012EPL001, be received for information.

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Leibovici

Absent:

K. Krushell

6.4

Community Facility Partner Capital Grant Program

Moved A. Sohi:

That the March 5, 2012, Community Services report 2012CSW014, be received for information.

Community Svcs.

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Leibovici

Absent:

K. Krushell

6.5

Collaboration among Organizations Providing Volunteer Training

K. Barnhart, Community Services, made a presentation. L. Cochrane, General Manager and S. Kankkunen, Community Services, answered the Committee's questions.

Moved K. Leibovici:

That the March 5, 2012, Community Services report 2012CSW009, be received for information.

Community Svcs.

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Leibovici

Absent:

K. Krushell

6.6

Wicihitowin Circle Business Model

K. Barnhart, Community Services, made a presentation.

R. Campre and K. Mccarthy, Wicihtowin Secretariat; N. Mison, Eunoia Consulting; and F. Whiskeyjack, made presentations and answered the Committee's questions.

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

Moved S. Mandel:

That Community Services Committee recommend to City Council:

1. That the March 5, 2012, Community Services report 2012CSW010, be received for information.

2. That a five year funding agreement, in the amount of $500,000 per year, between the City of Edmonton and the Wicihitowin Circle be approved, and that the agreement be in form and content acceptable to the City Manager.

3. That the Mayor, on behalf of City Council, communicate with the Federal and Provincial Ministers of Aboriginal Affairs, regarding funding of urban aboriginal initiatives.

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Leibovici, S. Mandel

Absent:

K. Krushell

6.7

Bylaw 15961 - Outdoor Smoking Amendments to Bylaw 14614

D. Aitken, Community Services, made a presentation and answered the Committee's questions. L. Cochrane, General Manager; and S. Mcansh, Corporate Services (Law), answered the Committee's questions.

Moved A. Sohi:

That Community Services Committee recommend to City Council:

That Bylaw 15961 be given the appropriate readings.

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Leibovici

Absent:

K. Krushell

6.8

Funding Agreements - CKUA Radio Foundation, iHuman Youth Society, Francis Winspear Centre for Music

Moved A. Sohi:

1. That a funding agreement in the amount of $5 million, between the City of Edmonton and the CKUA Radio Foundation, as outlined in the March 5, 2012, Community Services report 2012CSS006, be approved and that the agreement be in form and content acceptable to the City Manager.

2. That a funding agreement in the amount of $1.75 million, between the City of Edmonton and the iHuman Youth Society, as outlined in the March 5, 2012, Community Services report 2012CSS006, be entered into and that the agreement be in form and content acceptable to the City Manager.

3. That a funding agreement in the amount of $1.75 million, between the City of Edmonton and the Francis Winspear Centre for Music, as outlined in the March 5, 2012, Community Services report 2012CSS006, be entered into and that the agreement be in form and content acceptable to the City Manager.

Community Svcs.

City Manager

In Favour:

Carried

E. Gibbons, A. Sohi, K. Leibovici

Absent:

K. Krushell

PRIVATE REPORTS

7.1

Civic Agency Recruitment - Chair Interview and Short Listing - Verbal Report

The Committee met in private at 11:45 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 12:03 p.m.

Moved E. Gibbons:

That the Civic Agency Recruitment – Chair Interview and Short Listing verbal report, be received for information and 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. Leibovici

Absent:

K. Krushell

NOTICES OF MOTION AND MOTIONS WITHOUT CUSTOMARY NOTICE

Councillor E. Gibbons asked whether there were any Notices of Motion. There were none.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned at 2:14 p.m.

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Chair City Clerk