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25TH REPORT OF THE

 

Corporate Services Committee

 

meeting held on September 24, 2013, commencing at 1:06 PM, in the Council Chambers, Second Floor, London City Hall. 

 

PRESENT:  Mayor J.F. Fontana (Chair), Councillors N. Branscombe, J.P. Bryant, B. Polhill and J.B. Swan and L. Rowe (Secretary).

 

ALSO PRESENT:  J.P. Barber, G. Belch, B. Coxhead, A. Dunbar, J. Edward, M. Hayward, G.T. Hopcroft, R. Lamon, V. McAlea Major, T. McCoomb, D. Mounteer, L. Palarchio, R. Paynter, D. Popadic, M. Ribera, A. Ripepi, C. Saunders, J. Senese, M. Turner and B. Warner.

 

 

I.

CALL TO ORDER

 

1.

Disclosures of Pecuniary Interest

 

Recommendation:  That it BE NOTED that no pecuniary interests were disclosed.

 

II.

CONSENT ITEMS

 

2.

Engaging Post-Secondary Students in Local Government

 

Recommendation:  That, on the recommendation of the City Manager, the report dated September 24, 2013 with respect to engaging post-secondary students in local government BE RECEIVED for information.

 

Motion Passed

 

YEAS: J.F. Fontana, J.P. Bryant, B. Polhill (3)

 

3.

Increased Engagement of Post-Secondary Students in Local Government - Advisory Committee Participation

 

Recommendation:  That, on the recommendation of the City Clerk, the following actions be taken with respect to increased engagement of post-secondary students in local government through participation on advisory committees:

 

a)         the terms of reference for the following advisory committees BE AMENDED to include a post-secondary student representative as a non-voting resource member, to be appointed on an annual basis:

 

-           Accessibility Advisory Committee

-           Advisory Committee on the Environment

-           Community Safety and Crime Prevention Advisory Committee

-           Creative City Committee

-           London Advisory Committee on Heritage

-           London Diversity & Race Relations Advisory Committee

-           London Housing Advisory Committee

-           Transportation Advisory Committee;

 

it being noted that while the Municipal Council’s current advisory committee structure already permits many individuals who are post-secondary students to participate on advisory committees as voting or non-voting members, this amendment will allow those students who would might not otherwise be eligible for membership on an advisory committee to participate as a non-voting member, in addition to any existing youth non-voting members;

 

b)         the Fanshawe Student Union and the University Students’ Council, Western University BE REQUESTED to:

 

i)          advise the City Clerk who their nominees are for the above-noted advisory committee positions for the term ending February 28, 2014; and

 

ii)         advise the City Clerk who the contact will be for the Fanshawe Student Union and the University Students’ Council, Western University, for providing the City Clerk with future nominees to fill any vacancies as they arise.

 

Motion Passed

 

YEAS: J.F. Fontana, J.P. Bryant, B. Polhill (3)

 

4.

2012 Investment Report

 

Recommendation:  That, on the recommendation of the Managing Director, Corporate Services and City Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer the following actions be taken;

 

a)         the 2012 Investment Report BE RECEIVED for information; and

 

b)         the proposed by-law (Appendix “B”) appended to the staff report dated September 24, 2013 BE INTRODUCED at the Municipal Council meeting on October 1, 2013 to repeal and replace the Municipal Council’s current Investment Policy 8(12), in order to reflect current best practices.

 

Motion Passed

 

YEAS: J.F. Fontana, N. Branscombe, J.P. Bryant, B. Polhill (4)

 

5.

2012 Annual Report - Development Charges Reserve Funds

 

Recommendation:  That on the recommendation of the Managing Director, Corporate Services and City Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer the following actions be taken:

 

a)         the annual statement of the City Treasurer (Appendix A and Appendix B appended to the staff report dated September 24, 2013) with respect to the operation of the City Services Reserve Funds and Urban Works Reserve Funds for the year ended December 31, 2012 BE RECEIVED for information; and

 

b)         a copy of this statement BE FORWARDED to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing in compliance with Section 43(3) of the Development Charges Act, 1997.

 

Motion Passed

 

YEAS: J.F. Fontana, J.P. Bryant, B. Polhill (3)

 

6.

London Health Sciences Centre - South Street Campus Decommissioning

 

Recommendation:  That, on the recommendation of City Solicitor’s Office, the following actions be taken with respect to the South Street Campus lands under lease to the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC):

 

a)         the Agreement substantially in the form of Schedule “A” to the by-law appended to the staff report dated September 24, 2013, being a Steam Heat Supply Agreement between the City of London and Veresen Energy Infrastructure Inc. doing business as London District Energy (“LDE”) with respect to the South Street Campus lands under lease to LHSC BE AUTHORIZED AND APPROVED; and

 

b)         the proposed by-law appended to the staff report dated September 24, 2013 BE INTRODUCED at the Municipal Council meeting to be held on October 1, 2013 to approve the Agreement noted in a), above, in a final form acceptable to the City Solicitor’s Office and to authorize the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute the Agreement.

 

Motion Passed

 

YEAS: J.F. Fontana, J.P. Bryant, B. Polhill (3)

 


 

7.

Canada Caribbean Local Economic Development Program

 

Recommendation:  That, on the recommendation of the Director of Intergovernmental and Community Liaison, the report dated September 24, 2013 on the Canada Caribbean Local Economic Development Program BE RECEIVED.

 

Motion Passed

 

YEAS: J.F. Fontana, J.P. Bryant, B. Polhill (3)

 

III.

SCHEDULED ITEMS

 

8.

City of London - Website Modernization Project

 

Recommendation:  That the following actions be taken with respect to the website modernization project:

 

a)            the staff report dated September 24, 2013  BE RECEIVED for information;

 

b)            the Director, Corporate Communications, BE DIRECTED to report back to the Corporate Services Committee with a marketing plan for the new website, after the transitional period for implementation of the new website;

 

it being noted that the Corporate Services Committee heard a verbal delegation from the Managing Director, Corporate Services and Chief Human Resources Officer and the Director, Corporate Communications with respect to the new website.

 

Motion Passed

 

YEAS: J.F. Fontana, N. Branscombe, J.P. Bryant, B. Polhill (4)

 

9.

1:30 PM Tax Adjustment Agenda

 

Recommendation:  That the recommendations contained in the Tax Adjustment Agenda dated September 24, 2013 BE APPROVED; it being noted that there were no members of the public in attendance to speak to the Corporate Services Committee, at the public hearing associated with the Tax Adjustment Agenda.

 

Motion Passed

 

YEAS: J.F. Fontana, J.B. Swan, N. Branscombe, J.P. Bryant, B. Polhill (5)

 

IV.

ITEMS FOR DIRECTION

 

10.

Appointment to the London Advisory Committee on Heritage

 

Recommendation:  That Carson Rennick BE APPOINTED to the London Advisory Committee on Heritage as a Voting Member-at-Large, for the term ending February 28, 2015.

 

Motion Passed

 

YEAS: J.F. Fontana, J.B. Swan, N. Branscombe, J.P. Bryant, B. Polhill (5)

 

V.

DEFERRED MATTERS/ADDITIONAL BUSINESS

 

None.

 

VI.

CONFIDENTIAL

 

(See Confidential Appendix to the 25th Report of the Corporate Services Committee enclosed for Members only.)

 

The Corporate Services Committee convened in camera from 1:58 PM to 2:40 PM  after having passed a motion to do so, with respect to the following matters:

 

C-1.

A matter pertaining to the purpose of instructions and directions to officers and employees of the Corporation pertaining to a proposed acquisition and/or disposition of land; advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose; reports or advice or recommendations of officers and employees of the Corporation pertaining to a proposed acquisition and/or disposition of land; commercial and financial information supplied in confidence pertaining to the proposed acquisition and/or disposition the disclosure of which  could reasonably be expected to, prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of the Corporation, result in similar information no longer being supplied to the Corporation where it is in the public interest that similar information continue to be so supplied, and result in undue loss or gain to any person, group, committee or financial institution or agency; commercial, information relating to the proposed acquisition and/or disposition that belongs to the Corporation that has monetary value or potential monetary value;  information concerning the proposed acquisition and/or disposition whose disclosure could reasonably be expected to prejudice the economic interests of the  Corporation or its competitive position; information concerning the proposed acquisition and/or disposition whose disclosure could reasonably be expected to be injurious to the financial interests of the Corporation; and instructions to be applied to any negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the Corporation concerning the proposed acquisition and/or disposition.

 

C-2.

A matter pertaining to litigation currently in the Ontario Court of Justice for the Province of Ontario effecting the municipality and advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose.

 

Motion Passed

 

YEAS: J.F. Fontana, J.B. Swan, N. Branscombe, J.P. Bryant, B. Polhill (5)

 

VII.

ADJOURNMENT

 

            The meeting adjourned at 2:41 PM.

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