June 2, 2015, at 12:06 PM

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1.   Disclosures of

Pecuniary Interest

2.   2014 Investment

Report

That, on the recommendation of the Managing Director, Corporate Services and City Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer, the staff report dated June 2, 2015 regarding the 2014 Investment Report BE RECEIVED for information.

Motion Passed

Motion Passed

That, on the recommendation of the Managing Director, Corporate Services and City Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer, the proposed by-law as appended to the staff report dated June 2, 2015 BE INTRODUCED at the Municipal Council meeting of June 10, 2015, to authorize the borrowing of certain sums to meet current expenditures of The Corporation of the City of London for the year 2015.

Motion Passed

Motion Passed

That the Principles of Collaboration from the University Students’ Council (USC) of the University of Western Ontario, as appended to the staff report dated June 2, 2015, BE REFERRED back to staff for report back at a future meeting, subsequent to consultation with the Ward Councilor.

5.   Standing Committee

Membership - Federation of Canadian Municipalities - Councillor M. Cassidy

That, subject to the approval of Councillor M. Cassidy’s application to serve on a Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Standing Committee, Councillor M. Cassidy BE AUTHORIZED to attend the FCM meetings as noted below, and BE REIMBURSED for her associated expenses outside of her annual expense allocation, subject to the annual budget approval process, and in accordance with Council’s Travel & Business Expenses Policy: Board of Directors Meeting - September 9-12, 2015 – Fredericton, NB Board of Directors Meeting - November 17-20, 2015 – Ottawa, ON Board of Directors Meeting - March 1-4, 2015 – Sherbrooke, QC Sustainable Community   Conference & Trade Show - February 9-11, 2016 – Ottawa, ON Annual Conference & AGM - June 3-6, 2016 – Winnipeg, MB

Motion Passed

Motion Passed

Motion Passed

Motion Passed

That, subject to the approval of Councillor J. Zaifman’s application to serve on a Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Standing Committee, Councillor J. Zaifman BE AUTHORIZED to attend the FCM meetings as noted below, and BE REIMBURSED for his associated expenses outside of his annual expense allocation, subject to the annual budget approval process, and in accordance with Council’s Travel & Business Expenses Policy: Board of Directors Meeting - September 9-12, 2015 – Fredericton, NB Board of Directors Meeting - November 17-20, 2015 – Ottawa, ON Board of Directors Meeting - March 1-4, 2015 – Sherbrooke, QC Sustainable Community   Conference & Trade Show - February 9-11, 2016 – Ottawa, ON Annual Conference & AGM - June 3-6, 2016 – Winnipeg, MB

Motion Passed

Motion Passed

8.   London Convention

Centre Naming Rights Policy

That  the communication dated May 15, 2015 from L. Da Silva, General Manager & CEO, London Convention Centre, regarding the London Convention Centre  Naming Rights Policy approved by the London Convention Centre Board of Directors, BE RECEIVED for information.

Motion Passed

Motion Passed

That the City Manager, in consultation with the Senior Leadership Team and the relevant Committee Chairs, BE REQUESTED to consider and report back to the Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee on a coordinated approach with respect to the Community Mail Box Program; it being pointed out that the following individual made an oral submission in connection therewith:   -    S. Trosow, 43 Mayfair Drive – indicating that there are serious implications about the loss of assessment base because of community mailboxes; stating that a realtor advised him that they lost a sale because of a community mail box and that community mail boxes are a total invasion of privacy and bring the value of a house down; referencing various newspaper articles that spoke to this subject and indicating that it is very difficult to get up to date information on this matter; noting that Canada Post is trying to put the community mail boxes on corners; asking staff to do more research on this matter and obtain more information on the potential impacts on assessment as a result of community mail boxes; advising he has been doing a lot of legal research on the matter, but there is not a lot published; pointing out that when community mail boxes came in in the 1980s, at one point the Ministry applied a 5% rule of thumb to assessments for properties affected by community mail boxes; indicating that there are a number of Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) decisions, some of which acknowledged that community mail boxes had a nuisance factor; noting that the OMB decisions resulted in a 5% reduction in assessment even without the appellants going through an assessment hearing; noting that assessment reductions for properties affected by community mail boxes lapsed in the 1990s, and suggesting that a similar policy will be enacted soon; advising that a 1998 hearing in Winnipeg resulted in a downward adjustment to a property assessment on the basis that as a result of a community mail box people intruded and left litter on the appellant’s property; indicating that corner lots may be subject to an additional assessment reduction as a result of the placement of a community mail box on corner lots; emphasizing that there is a good likelihood that assessment reductions for properties with a community mail box located on them will be the rule of thumb and cities across Canada need to be concerned about that; noting that assessment reductions because of community mail boxes are a problem for municipalities as this is basically Canada Post downloading costs to cities and taking away revenues at the same time; concluding that staff should be asked to do further research on the implications of community mail boxes on property assessments.   Voting Record:   That Mr. Trosow BE PERMITTED to speak for up to 5 minutes with respect to the potential impact of the Canada Post Community Mail Box Program on property assessments.

Motion Passed

Motion Passed

Motion Passed

Motion Passed

That the City Clerk BE DIRECTED to make arrangements for the national anthem to be played/sung at the commencement of Council meetings; it being noted that A. Lawton requested that his written submission be withdrawn from the Corporate Services Committee agenda.

(See Confidential Appendix to the 15th Report of the Corporate Services Committee enclosed for Members only.)

The Corporate Services Committee convened in camera from 1:14 PM to 2:24 PM after having passed a motion to do so, with respect to the following matters: