Taken from the roll call in the town’s own minutes. The minutes record who was not there and almost never why.
What was decided (5 motions)
4 carried, 1 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
That the presentation by Bob Wallace, Chair, Port Hope Public Library Board and Margaret Scott, CEO / Chief Librarian regarding Library Service Update be received for information.
Moved by Councillor Mink, seconded by Councillor Andrews
Carried
That Consent Agenda items 1 through 5 be approved as circulated.
Moved by Councillor Collins, seconded by Deputy Mayor Attridge
Carried
WHEREAS the Municipality of Port Hope on May 2, 2023 through Resolution 24/2023 declared housing and shelter as a Human Right; and WHEREAS the Municipality of Port Hope recognizes that significant gaps along the Housing Continuum (attached hereto as Appendix A) exist in our community; and WHEREAS efforts to address gaps in emergency shelter and transitional housing are complimentary to efforts to increase supply of social housing, affordable rental housing, and affordable home ownership; and WHEREAS Council has twice, through direction to staff, on December 6, 2022, and January 24, 2023, indicated support for a potential Sleeping Cabin Initiative, and most recently considered Report PD-28-23 on October 17, 2023 with respect to a proposed Sleeping Cabin pilot and implications of implementing such a program in Port Hope; and WHEREAS Staff Report PD-28-23 identified the municipal property at 3200 County Rd 10 (George Hamilton School) as a potential viable location for a Sleeping Cabin pilot; and WHEREAS Green Wood Coalition has provided updated information addressing the two remaining concerns outlined in Staff Report PD-28-23 for use of 3200 County Rd 10 (George Hamilton School) for a Sleeping Cabin pilot (attached hereto as Appendix B); NOW BE IT RESOLVED THAT a resolution be presented to Council to: Direct staff to initiate the requirements of the Planning Act for issuance of a Temporary Zoning By-Law to allow for shelter use of the underused municipal land at 3200 County Rd
Moved by Councillor Holloway Wadhwani, seconded by Deputy Mayor Attridge
Defeated
That Report PRC-13-23 be received for information.
Moved by Mayor Hankivsky, seconded by Deputy Mayor Attridge
Carried
That a By-law be prepared for presentation to Council to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority (GRCA).
Moved by Councillor Collins, seconded by Mayor Hankivsky