PRESENT:

Councillor D. Colley-Urquhart, Chair

Councillor E. Woolley, Vice-Chair

Councillor G-C. Carra

Councillor S. Chu

Councillor B. Pincott

Councillor R. Pootmans

Councillor J. Stevenson

*Councillor D. Farrell

*Councillor W. Sutherland

ALSO PRESENT:

General Manager K. Hanson

Legislative Assistant M. Cario

1.

CONFIRMATION OF AGENDA

CONFIRM AGENDA, Moved by Councillor Stevenson, that the Agenda for the

2016 October 14 Regular Meeting of the SPC on Community and Protective Services be confirmed.

CARRIED

2.

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

2.1

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SPC ON COMMUNITY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES, 2016 SEPTEMBER 07

CONFIRM MINUTES, Moved by Councillor Pootmans, that the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the SPC on Community and Protective Services, held on 2016 September 07, be confirmed.

CARRIED

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

*Councillor Farrell and Councillor Sutherland notified the Chair of a particular interest in the following items on the Agenda, and were entitled to vote on those items:

Councillor Farrell            Item 3.1, Item 3.2, and Item 3.3

Councillor Sutherland     All Items

3.

ITEMS FROM ADMINISTRATION AND COMMITTEES

3.1

SENIORS AGE-FRIENDLY STRATEGY UPDATE, CPS2016-0766

DISTRIBUTION

At the request of Administration and with the concurrence of the Chair, the Legislative Assistant distributed copies of a PowerPoint presentation entitled “Age-Friendly Calgary”, dated 2016 October 14, with respect to Report CPS2016-0766.

SPEAKERS

1.    Sarah Price, Silvera for Seniors and the Age-Friendly Calgary Steering Committee

2.    Dariel Bateman, Age-Friendly Calgary Steering Committee

3.    Larry Heather

AMENDMENT, Moved by Councillor Pootmans, that the Administration Recommendation contained in Report CPS2016-0766 be amended by adding new Recommendations 2 and 3 as follows:

“2.   Direct Administration to report back to Council through the SPC on Community and Protective Services, by Q2 2017 on the Key Performance Indicator and engage Council in refining these in considering resource requirements; and

 3.   Direct Administration to support the Seniors Age Friendly Strategy and to report back to the SPC on Community and Protective Services on key issues and Key Performance Indicators by Q4 2017.”

CARRIED

APPROVE, AS AMENDED, Moved by Councillor Carra, that the Administration Recommendations contained in Report CPS2016-0766 be approved, as amended, as follows:

That the SPC on Community and Protective Services recommends that Council:

1.    Receive this report for information.

2.    Direct Administration to report back to Council through the SPC on Community and Protective Services, by Q2 2017 on the Key Performance Indicator and engage Council in refining these in considering resource requirements; and

 3.   Direct Administration to support the Seniors Age Friendly Strategy and to report back to the SPC on Community and Protective Services on key issues and Key Performance Indicators by Q4 2017.

CARRIED

3.2

CALGARY TRANSIT ZERO-BASED REVIEW DIRECTION ON SENIORS' FARES, CPS2016-0778

APPROVE, Moved by Councillor Farrell, that the Administration Recommendation contained in Report CPS2016-0778 be approved, after amendment, as follows:

That the SPC on Community and Protective Services recommend that Council direct Administration to report back through SPC on Transportation and Transit on Calgary Transit’s Zero Based Review with regard to seniors’ fares in Q2 2018, and take further engagement with seniors into account.

CARRIED

3.3

CULTURAL PLAN FOR THE CITY OF CALGARY, CPS2016-0805

DISTRIBUTION

At the request of Administration and with the concurrence of the Chair, the Legislative Assistant distributed copies of a PowerPoint presentation entitled “A Cultural Plan for Calgary”, dated 2016 October 14, with respect to Report CPS2016-0805.

SPEAKERS

1.    Patti Pon, President & CEO, Calgary Arts Development Authority

2.    Marichu Antonio, Executive Director, Ethnocultural Council of Calgary

3.    Leslie Evans, Executive Director, Federation of Calgary Communities

DISTRIBUTION

At the request of Leslie Evans and with the concurrence of the Chair, the Legislative Assistant distributed copies of Leslie Evans’ speaking notes, with respect to Report CPS2016-0805.

4.    Larry Heather

MOMENT OF SILENCE

Councillor Colley-Urquhart, on behalf of Members of Council, requested a moment of silence, to honour the loss of Former Alberta Premier Jim Prentice, who was among the four people killed in a small-plane crash near Kelowna, B.C. on 2016 October 13. Councillor Colley-Urquhart offered condolences to the Prentice family for their loss.

CHANGE TIME OF SCHEDULED RECESS, Moved by Councillor Carra, that pursuant to Section 91(3) of the Procedure Bylaw 44M2006, as amended, the scheduled time of recess be changed in order to complete Item 3.3, Report CPS2016-0805.

Opposed:  S. Chu, J. Stevenson

MOTION LOST (5 AFFIRMATIVE VOTES REQUIRED)

RECESS

The SPC on Community and Protective Services recessed at 12:00 p.m. to reconvene at 1:00 p.m.

The SPC on Community and Protective Services reconvened at 1:00 p.m. with Councillor Colley-Urquhart in the Chair.

REFER, Moved by Councillor Pincott, that Report CPS2016-0805 be referred to Administration for further clarification and to report back to the SPC on Community and Protective Services on 2016 November 02.

CARRIED

3.4

UPDATE ON DANDELION CONTROL ON CITY PROPERTY , CPS2016-0825

DISTRIBUTION

At the request of Administration and with the concurrence of the Chair, the Legislative Assistant distributed copies of the following documents with respect to Report

CPS2016-0825:

• A PowerPoint presentation entitled “Update on Dandelion Control on City Property”, dated 2016 October 14; and
• A Question & Answer sheet entitled “Dandelion Control Report (CPS2016-0825)”, dated 2016 October 13

SPEAKERS

1.    Larry Heather

2.    Robin McLeod, Coalition for a Healthy Calgary

DISTRIBUTION

At the request of Robin McLeod and with the concurrence of the Chair, the Legislative Assistant distributed copies of document entitled “Submission to the Standing Policy Committee of Community and Protective Services on behalf of the Coalition for Healthy Calgary, Chair Robin McLeod”, dated 2016 October 14, with respect to Report

CPS2016-0825.

APPROVE, Moved by Councillor Woolley, that the Administration Recommendations contained in Report CPS2016-0825 be approved, after amendment, as follows:

That the SPC on Community and Protective Services recommend that Council:

1.    Receive this report for information;

2.    Direct Calgary Parks to report through mid-cycle budget adjustments with a one-time carry-forward of $150,000 for pilot projects;

3.    Direct Calgary Parks and Roads to return the un-used portion of the one-time funding to the Fiscal Stability Reserve at the end of 2016; and

4.    Direct Administration to investigate the necessary bylaw amendments to allow The City to use livestock grazing as a land management and weed control tool on City of Calgary lands in 2017.

And further, that the public submission received with respect to Report CPS2016-0825 be attached to the report prior to being forwarded to Council.

CARRIED

4.

URGENT BUSINESS

No items of Urgent Business were added to today’s Meeting.

5.

URGENT BUSINESS IN CAMERA

No items of Urgent Business, In Camera, were added to today’s Meeting.

6.

ADJOURNMENT

ADJOURN, Moved by Councillor Stevenson, that this meeting adjourn at 2:29 p.m.

CARRIED

CONFIRMED BY COMMITTEE ON 2016 NOVEMBER 02

    Sgd. D. Colley-Urquhart                                            Sgd. M. Cario

   CHAIR                                                                        LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANT

CONSENT:

SENIORS AGE-FRIENDLY STRATEGY UPDATE, CPS2016-0766

CALGARY TRANSIT ZERO-BASED REVIEW DIRECTION ON SENIORS' FARES,

CPS2016-0778

UPDATE ON DANDELION CONTROL ON CITY PROPERTY , CPS2016-0825

The next Regular Meeting of the SPC on Community and Protective Services has been scheduled to be held on 2016 November 02 at 9:30 AM.