February 5, 2013, at 1:00 PM
Present:
J.F. Fontana, N. Branscombe, J.P. Bryant, B. Polhill, J.B. Swan, C. Saunders (Acting Secretary)
Also Present:
J.L. Baechler, D. Brown; J.P. Barber, G. Belch, A. Dunbar, K. Graham, M. Hayward, M. Henderson, G.T. Hopcroft, J. Jackson, J. Logan, J. Page, J. Smout, E. Soldo, J. Stanford, M. Turner, B. Warner, R. Wilcox, J. Wills
1. That it BE NOTED that no pecuniary
interests were disclosed.
2. Community Pulse
Check
Recommendation: That, on the recommendation of the City Manager, the staff report dated February 5, 2013, regarding community perceptions in London, BE RECEIVED for information.
3. Real Property
Acquisition Policy
Recommendation: That, on the recommendation of the Managing Director, Corporate Services and City Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer, with the concurrence of the Director of Corporate Investments and Partnerships, on the advice of the Manager of Realty Services and the Manager of Realty Services Operations, the attached proposed by-law (Appendix “B”), BE INTRODUCED at the Municipal Council meeting on February 12, 2013 to implement a Real Property Acquisition Policy for the City of London.
4. Local Improvement Charges - Potential Uses
Recommendation: That the following actions be taken with respect to the use of Local Improvement Charges: a) the delegation from O. Hobson regarding this matter BE RECEIVED; b) the Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to report back to the Corporate Services Committee with Terms of Reference for a potential pilot project utilizing local improvement charges for the acquisition of lands occupied by Sherwood Forest Public School; and, c) the report dated February 5, 2013, from the Managing Director, Corporate Services and City Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer, regarding local improvement charges, BE REFERRED to the Civic Administration to provide a further report back to the Corporate Service Committee that would include information from the City Solicitor’s Office with respect to this matter.
5. Appointment to the
Town and Gown Committee
Recommendation: That the following actions be taken with respect to appointments to the Town and Gown Committee: a) Tony Frost (Administrative Representative of Fanshawe College) BE APPOINTED to the Town and Gown Committee as voting member for the term ending February 28, 2015; and, b) the City Clerk BE REQUESTED to review the Terms of Reference for the Town and Gown Committee and report back to the appropriate Standing Committee regarding the potential expansion of the Town and Gown Committee’s voting membership to include voting representation from Western University, as well as from each of its affiliated colleges, and a representative of the London Property Management Association.
6. Resignation from
the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee
Recommendation: That the communication dated January 24, 2013 from Joanne McFadden, resigning her appointment to the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee, BE ACCEPTED and Ms. McFadden BE THANKED for participating on the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee.
7. Association of
Municipalities of Ontario Economic Development Task Force
Recommendation: That the following actions be taken with respect to the request from Councillor S.E. White for reimbursement of associated expenses for attending the 2013 meetings of the Economic Development Task Force for the Association of Municipalities of Ontario: a) the attached communication dated January 31, 2013, from Councillor S.E. White, BE RECEIVED; and, b) the request from Councillor S.E. White for reimbursement for expenses associated with attendance at the 2013 meetings of the Economic Development Task Force for the Association of Municipalities of Ontario BE APPROVED.
8. Request for Delegation Status at the Corporate
Services Committee re Post Secondary Students Becoming More Involved in Municipal Government
Recommendation: That the following actions be taken with respect to the request from Adam Fearnall, President, University Students’ Council, for delegation status at the Corporate Services Committee to discuss how post-secondary students could become more involved in Municipal Government: a) pursuant to section 13.7 of the Council Procedure By-law, the actions of the Municipal Council taken at its meeting of January 15, 2013, related to the adoption of clause 12 of the 2nd Report of the Corporate Services Committee, concerning the above-noted request, BE RECONSIDERED; b) the Committee Secretary BE REQUESTED to make arrangements for Mr. Fearnall, and other post-secondary education institution student representatives, to appear as a delegation before the Corporate Services Committee; and, c) the Civic Administration BE REQUESTED to report back, after the delegation noted in b), above, has been heard, on measures that could be taken to provide for greater involvement of the post-secondary school population in the municipal decision-making process.
(See Confidential Appendix to the 4th Report of the Corporate Services Committee enclosed for Members only.)
The Corporate Services Committee convened in camera from 1:41 PM to 2:40 PM and from 2:42 PM to 3:36 PM after having passed a motion to do so, with respect to the following matters:
The meeting adjourned at 3:28 PM.