Special City Council
Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at 4:00 P.m. - 10:00 P.m.

Council Chambers

Guelph City Hall, 1 Carden Street

Changes to the original agenda are noted with an asterisk "*".

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1.

Call to Order

1.1

O Canada

1.2

Silent Reflection

1.3

Indigenous Territorial Acknowledgement

1.4

Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest and General Nature Thereof

2.

Items for Discussion

The following items have been extracted from Consent Agenda and will be considered separately. These items have been extracted either at the request of a member of Council or because they include a presentation and/or delegations.

2.1

Follow up, Mayoral Direction B4 - Temporary Structured Encampment - 2024-307

Delegations:
Kristen Kerr, Helen Fishburn and Mark Walton, Stonehenge Therapeutic Community

• Recommendation:
  1. That City staff, in alignment with the report titled Mayoral Direction B3 – Strategic Real Estate Partnerships on Underutilized City-Owned Assets, be directed to continue working to identify the potential for City owned lands to be used for the development of temporary or permanent housing, and report back no later than Q1 2025 as part of the planned City-wide land inventory evaluation.

  2. That staff be directed to forward a copy of this report to the Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee for information.

  3. That City Council respectfully request that the Joint Social Services and Land Ambulance Committee refer the estimated costs, including any Federal and Provincial funding, that will be required to temporarily house any individuals from the by name list not accommodated through other shelter locations as part of the winter 2024/25 homelessness response to City Council for consideration at the September 24, 2024 Guelph City Council meeting.

3.

Authority to move into closed meeting

• Recommendation:

  That the Council of the City of Guelph now hold a meeting that is closed to the public, pursuant to the Municipal Act, to consider:

3.1

Call to Order (closed meeting)

3.2

Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest and General Nature Thereof (closed items)

3.3

Potential Municipally Owned Sites for Temporary Structured Encampment - 2024-313

Section 239 (2) (a) and (k) of the Municipal Act relating to the security of the property of the municipality or local board and a position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the municipality or local board.

4.

Closed Meeting Summary

5.

By-laws

Resolution to adopt the By-laws.

6.

Adjournment