January 11, 2022, at 4:00 PM

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The meeting was called to order at 4:01 PM; it being noted that the following Members were in remote attendance: Mayor E. Holder; Councillors M. Hamou, J. Helmer, S. Hillier and M. Salih

1.   Disclosures of Pecuniary Interest

That it BE NOTED that no pecuniary interests were disclosed.

2.   Consent

2.1   Strategic Plan Variance Report

2022-01-11 SR - Strategic Plan Variance Report

Moved by E. Holder

Seconded by S. Hillier

That, on the recommendation of the Deputy City Manager, Neighbourhood and Community-Wide Services and the City Manager, the staff report, dated January 11, 2022, with respect to the Strategic Plan Progress Variance Report, BE RECEIVED. (2021-C08)

Motion Passed (6 to 0)

3.   Scheduled Items

None.

4.   Items for Direction

4.1   1st Report of the London Housing Advisory Committee

2021-12-08 LHAC Report

Moved by S. Hillier

Seconded by M. Hamou

That the following actions be taken with respect to the 1st Report of the London Housing Advisory Committee, from its meeting held on December 8, 2021:

a)    the following actions be taken with respect to the staff report dated November 23, 2021, related to the Proposed Implementation of the “Roadmap to 3,000 Affordable Units” (Roadmap) Action Plan:

i)        the Civic Administration BE REQUESTED to attend a future meeting of the London Housing Advisory Committee to provide an update on the status of the implementation of the plan; and,

ii)        the above-noted report BE RECEIVED; and,

b)    clauses 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.2 and 4.3 BE RECEIVED.

Motion Passed (6 to 0)

4.2   1st Report of the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee

2021-12-09 AWAC Report

Moved by J. Helmer

Seconded by S. Hillier

That the following actions be taken with respect to the 1st Report of the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee, from its meeting held on December 9, 2021:

a)    the following actions be taken with respect to the Budget Request - Coyote Signage:

i)        the Civic Administration BE REQUESTED to issue a Public Service Announcement with respect to the placement of the updated coyote signs in City parks; and,

ii)        the Civic Administration BE REQUESTED to issue a Public Service Announcement during the spring and fall seasons as part of an awareness campaign to inform residents of the seasonal milestones for canids;

b)    the Civic Administration BE REQUESTED to undertake an awareness campaign following the installation of the recycling receptacles for the Clear Your Gear program;

it being noted that the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee will continue to engage with Civic Administration with respect to the placement of the recycling receptacles;

c)    the Civic Administration BE ADVISED that the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (AWAC) will compile and provide information with respect to pet safety tips for inclusion on the Fireworks By-law brochure;

it being further noted that AWAC will continue to conduct research on the effects of fireworks on wildlife and pets in order to provide a formal recommendation to Council with respect to potential changes to the Fireworks By-law; and,

d)    clauses 1.1, 3.1, 4.1 and 5.4 BE RECEIVED.

Motion Passed (6 to 0)

5.   Deferred Matters/Additional Business

5.1   Deferred Matters List

CPSC DEFERRED MATTERS as at December 15 2021

Moved by S. Hillier

Seconded by J. Helmer

That the Deferred Matters List for the Community and Protective Services Committee, as at December 15, 2021, BE RECEIVED.

Motion Passed (6 to 0)

6.   Confidential

None.

7.   Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 4:14 PM.

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Sound check of audio and council chambers. Testing, testing. Thank you, Jerry, it sounds good. This is the worst, this is the worst.

All right, well, good afternoon, everybody. It’s 401 and we do have quorum, so we will get started. The second meeting of the community and protective services committee, and it is a virtual meeting because of the COVID emergency. Please check the city website for current details of COVID service impact.

And meetings can be viewed the live streaming on YouTube and the city’s website. I will begin by saying that the city of London is committed to making every effort to provide alternate formats and communication supports for council, standing or advisory committee meetings, and information upon request. To make a request for any city service, please contact accessibility@london.ca or 516-661-2489 extension 2425. To make a request specific to this meeting, please contact CPSC@london.ca.

And now I will look to committee to see if there are any disclosures of conflict of interest. Seeing none, we’ll go to the consent items. There is one consent item, the strategic plan variance report, and committee members will note that there was a revision to this report. I believe page three of the agenda has a revised date for the projected end of that item.

So I’ll go to Ms. Rosanna Wilcox for just a brief explanation of that revision. Thank you and through the chair. Yes, I apologize, there was an error in the original report with the agenda.

And so through the added agenda, we just corrected the end date, which was reported in the November progress report. So the development of the three-pillar framework, which is taking the form of updating the city’s gender equity framework, will actually be completed by June 2022, which is noted in that revision. Thank you, Ms. Wilcox.

Are there any questions on that? Mr. Mayor, go ahead. Thanks very much.

Thanks, Ms. Wilcox. I just want to note on that as well. I think the local media specifically, the free press recorded, I think correctly, the rationale for the revised end date, which was to tie into some things.

I just wonder, would you just like to elaborate a little bit more on that, just for the benefit of those who are tuned in as to why the extension revision of the end date of this report, particularly when we had put some focus about creating a safe city for women and girls that we had expected tiring that was earlier. Could you just elaborate on that, please? Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

Ms. Wilcox, go ahead. Thank you and through the chair. Yes, so the reason for revising the end date with this particular action within the strat plan is that we wanted to align the timing with the development of the new anti-racism and anti-oppression framework.

So these are, while they’re separate tools, they would both be used by employees. And so it’s really important that we are aligned in terms of language approach, format, et cetera, with both pieces of work. The gender equity framework allows us to maintain specificity on the experiences of women and girls in our community, while also considering how that intersects with other inequalities and oppressions. But it’s important that that be used in conjunction with the anti-racism and anti-oppression framework as well.

So we’ve shifted that timing to align with the development of that tool. Once that’s developed, we’ll move into implementation and training on that. So there is an end date. There are three actions that are noted are really one piece of work.

So it’s developing the tool and then implementing it. So we’ll move into implementing that. And the end date of 2023 with that, just reflects that that moves into being operationalized within the organization, and that it’s just something we actively are doing throughout the course of our work. Again, through you, Chair, thank you, Ms.

Wilcox. So much of London is looking at this particular focus and initiative that we had put in place as a strategic area focus. And I’m wondering if you’ve had the opportunity then to communicate to some of the particularly interested parties. I’ve seen groups like Locke, Men abuse women’s center, sexual assault center, and I’ll have you had a chance to share the rationale for the extension of them.

Ms. Wilcox. Thank you and through the chair. Yes, and actually we work collaboratively with the London coordinating committee to end women abuse, which includes those organizations that were just mentioned across all aspects of this work.

So this remains a critical priority for the organization. And we also are in active conversations around our commitments within the strategic plan and how we are moving forward with those. I think this is a piece of work that is contained within the broader framework of creating a safe London for women and girls priority. So there is a great deal of work underway.

Some of the things that we are working to enhance the application and how we are prioritizing the safety of women and girls in our community includes our work on the United Nations program for safe cities and safe public spaces. We’re implementing this year by standard intervention training, handling disclosures of sexual violence training. There are many, so there are many pieces to this. This is one particular piece of work.

And I would also note that we do have an existing gender equity lens in place and that is still in practice. So this is the work to update that and align it with other frameworks, but to ensure that it is still prioritized and it’s active. And then finally, Chair, I’ll just say thank you to Ms. Wilcox and the folks you’re working with as you continue to work towards sending this report out, much appreciated, thanks.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Any other comments on this? I have a mover and a seconder, actually.

Moved by the mayor and seconded by Councillor Hillier. Mayor, Councillor Hamoud, you have a comment? Okay, great, thank you. So I’ll just add my thanks to the mayors.

I know that there was some concern when we first finalized the strategic plan and when we worked on the first budget, there was concern that we weren’t putting adequate emphasis on this pillar of our strategic plan. So I really am pleased with this report notwithstanding the change in the expected end dates for these items, but we can see clearly the work that’s going on and I especially like that coordinating committee with the agencies that the mayor mentioned, I know as well, at Losa’s involved in that and a number of other agencies. So to see that collaborative approach that seems to work very, very well, especially here in London, I’m really pleased in overall with this report. So thank you and if there are no further comments or questions, I’ll call the vote on that.

Closing the vote, the motion carries, six to zero. No scheduled items, but there are two items for direction from our advisory committees. The first is the London Housing Advisory Committee and committee will note that there were a couple of requests for action from the advisory committee and the clerk has a motion prepared for that, that I’ll read out. So of course we will be receiving the report, but the action item is that specific administration be requested to attend a future meeting of the London Housing Advisory Committee to provide an update on the status of the implementation of the plan and also again, the receipt of the report.

I wonder if we could have a mover or a seconder for that or both moved by Councillor Hillier and seconded by Councillor Hamou. Any discussion on this? Seeing none, I will call the question. Closing the vote, the motion carries, six to zero.

That brings us to the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee report and again, there are some action items in there. The motion prepared by the clerk is A, that the following actions be taken with respect to the budget request for Coyote signage. One, civic administration be requested to issue a public service announcement with respect to the placement of the updated Coyote signs on city parks. Two, civic administration be requested to issue a public service announcement during the spring and fall seasons as part of an awareness campaign to inform residents of the seasonal milestones for candidates.

B, civic administration be requested to undertake an awareness campaign following the installation of the recycling receptacles for the clear year gear program. It being noted that the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee will continue to engage with civic administration with respect to the placement of the recycling receptacles. See the civic administration be advised that the Animal Welfare Advisory Committee will compile and provide information with respect to pet safety tips for inclusion on the fireworks by-law brochure. It being further noted that AWAC will continue to conduct research on the effects of fireworks on wildlife and pets in order to provide a formal recommendation to counsel with respect to potential changes to the fireworks by-law and D that the subsequent clauses from the report be received.

So I would look for a mover and a seconder on that. Moved by Councillor Helmer, seconded by Councillor Hillier. Any questions or discussion on the report? Seeing none, I’ll call the question.

Closing the vote, the motion carries six to zero. The final matter on the public agenda is the deferred matters list. I would look for a mover and a seconder to receive that list. Moved by Councillor Hillier, seconded by Councillor Helmer.

Is there any discussion or questions about any items on that? Seeing none, I will call the question. Closing the vote, the motion carries six to zero. I would check one last time to see if there’s any additional business from committee.

Seeing none, then I would just look for a motion to adjourn. Moved by Councillor Helmer, seconded by Councillor Hamou. I can do a hand vote on that. All those in favor?

I’m seeing unanimous support for that. Madam Clerk, thank you, everybody. That was short and sweet. Have a great afternoon.

Thanks, all. We are adjourned.