Agenda
Community Services Committee


Community Services Committee Meeting
Monday, January 16, 2017
Tom Davies Square

6:00 p.m.

COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING
COMMITTEE ROOM C-11

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DECLARATIONS OF PECUNIARY INTEREST AND THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF

APPOINTMENT OF CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR

Report dated December 14, 2016 from the Executive Director, Administrative Services/City Clerk regarding Appointment of Chair and Vice-Chair - Community Services Committee.

(RESOLUTION PREPARED)
(Deputy City Clerk, Brigitte Sobush will call the meeting to order and preside until the Community Services Committee Chair and Vice Chair have been appointed, at which time the newly appointed Chair will preside over the balance of the meeting.)

1 Full Report (pdf)

PRESENTATIONS

1. Report dated December 21, 2016 from the General Manager of Community Development regarding Community Farm Project.

(ELECTRONIC PRESENTATION) (RESOLUTION PREPARED)
(This presentation will be made by the Social Planning Council (SPC) in order to update Council on a grant that was applied for and received by the SPC. The intention of the SPC is to start a community farm project and locate it in the Ryan Heights area.)

1.1 Full Report (pdf)
1.2 APPENDIX A - Flour Mill Community Farm Project Presentation (pdf)
1.3 The Flour Mill Community Farm- City of Greater Sudbury (pdf)

  • Joseph LeBlanc, Executive Director of the Social Planning Council
  • Tyler Campbell, Director of Leisure Services, City of Greater Sudbury

Consent Agenda

(For the purpose of convenience and for expediting meetings, matters of business of repetitive or routine nature are included in the Consent Agenda, and all such matters of business contained in the Consent Agenda are voted on collectively. A particular matter of business may be singled out from the Consent Agenda for debate or for a separate vote upon the request of any Councillor. In the case of a separate vote, the excluded matter of business is severed from the Consent Agenda, and only the remaining matters of business contained in the Consent Agenda are voted on collectively. Each and every matter of business contained in the Consent Agenda is recorded separately in the minutes of the meeting.)

CORRESPONDENCE FOR INFORMATION ONLY

C-1. Report dated December 21, 2016 from the General Manager of Community Development regarding AMO - Seniors Policy.

(FOR INFORMATION ONLY)
(This report provides background and information regarding the Seniors Policy adopted by the Association of Municipalities Ontario (AMO).)

1.1 Full Report (pdf)
1.2 Appendix A - Strengthening Age-Friendly Communities and Seniors' Services for 21st Century Ontario (pdf)

C-2. Report dated December 22, 2016 from the General Manager of Community Development regarding Changes to Ministry of Education requirements for Privately Placed Children in Licensed Home Child Care Homes.

(FOR INFORMATION ONLY)
(This report will update Council on the impact of new provincial regulations on privately-placed children in licensed home child care settings.)

2.1 Full Report (pdf)
C-3. Report dated December 20, 2016 from the General Manager of Community Development regarding Basic Income Pilot Project Update.

(FOR INFORMATION ONLY)
(This report is to provide information on the new Basic Income Pilot Project for Ontario.)

3.1 Full Report (pdf)
3.2 Appendix A - Finding a Better Way: A Basic Income Pilot for Ontario (pdf)

C-4. Report dated December 21, 2016 from the General Manager of Community Development regarding Social Assistance Changes with Exemption of Child Support Payments.

(FOR INFORMATION ONLY)
(This report will provide information on the changes and the impact to service delivery. Effective February 2017, child support payments will be 100% exempt as income to Social Assistance clients.)

4.1 Full Report (pdf)
C-5. Report dated December 21, 2016 from the General Manager of Community Development regarding Client Navigator Program Final Report.

(FOR INFORMATION ONLY)
(This report will provide a final overview about the Client Navigator Program which was funded through the Local Poverty Reduction Fund.)

5.1 Full Report (pdf)
C-6. Report dated December 21, 2016 from the General Manager of Community Development regarding Residential Rent Supplement Opportunities in Second Units.

(FOR INFORMATION ONLY)
(This report provides an overview regarding the rent supplement program and opportunities within second units.)

6.1 Full Report (pdf)
C-7. Report dated December 21, 2016 from the General Manager of Community Development regarding Service System Management of Early Years and Family Support Programming.

(FOR INFORMATION ONLY)
(This report will update Council on the municipality's expanding role within the Early Years sector with the transfer of system management responsibility for the Ontario Early Years Child and Family Centres by January 2018.)

7.1 Full Report (pdf)

Regular Agenda

MANAGERS' REPORTS

R-1. Report dated December 21, 2016 from the General Manager of Community Development regarding Field House Booking Policies.

(RESOLUTION PREPARED)
(This report outlines the requirement for a change to the current process of collecting rental fees for neighbourhood events at field houses. These fees must be paid to the City of Greater Sudbury directly, and the user fee by-law must be followed. Currently, community volunteers manage this process and utilize the funds towards events and programs in the facility. This report outlines the need for a change of process, to be implemented in Q1 2017.)

1.1 Full Report (pdf)
R-2. Report dated December 21, 2016 from the General Manager of Community Development regarding Community Halls Review.

(RESOLUTION PREPARED)
(This report will update Council on the implementation of recommendations that were adopted by Council in 2014 regarding community halls. The report will outline some recommendations from Council based on the past two years of operating under the new policy.)

2.1 Full Report (pdf)
2.2 APPENDIX A - Community Halls Report - Recommendations - January 28, 2014 (pdf)

ADDENDUM

CIVIC PETITIONS

QUESTION PERIOD AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

NOTICES OF MOTION

ADJOURNMENT

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