Recommendation: That, subject to the advice
of the City Solicitor, the following actions be taken with respect to Canada
Post’s Community Mailbox Program:
a)
the
Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to undertake consultation with the City of
Hamilton’s Civic Administration and report back at a future meeting of the
Civic Works Committee on the City of Hamilton’s approach and response to this
matter and provide clarification as to why the Civic Administration is
recommending a different approach and response;
b)
the
Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to investigate and report back at a future
meeting of the Civic Works Committee on how other municipalities have
approached this matter;
c)
the
Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to make the necessary arrangements to hold a
public meeting to provide a forum to ensure that the public has had an
opportunity to comment on this matter; and,
d) the
Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to submit a letter to Canada Post requesting
that the implementation of the Community Mail Box (CMB) Program and
installation of the CMB’s be deferred until such time as the report back
noted in a) and b), above, and the public meeting noted in c), above, has
been undertaken;
it being understood that if Canada Post
pushes ahead with the implementation of the program while staff are preparing
their report, staff will continue to ensure every effort is made to protect
the best interests of the community based upon the consultation in c) above;
it being noted that the CWC received the
following:
·
a
communication and the attached presentation from D. Heap, 85 Forward Ave, a
communication and the attached presentation from D. Heap, 85 Forward Ave, expressing concern with the lack of
consultation by Canada Post and the inadequacy of compensation to local
municipalities for the associated costs, and encouraging the City of London
to look at all of the implications, both monetary and social;
·
a
communication and verbal presentation from Samuel E. Trosow, 43 Mayfair Drive,
requesting additional public consultation; encouraging the City of London to
look at all options available to it to manage the situation, including the
long-term financial implications, in the best interests of the community;
asking that the City of London review any other legislation that may
strengthen its ability to address what he feels is downloading from the
federal level to already hard-pressed municipalities; and,
·
a
communication dated January 15, 2015, from D. Lemelin, National President, Canadian
Union of Postal Workers, requesting support for continued door-to-door
service. (2015 - D19)
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