Committee of the Whole
Revised Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, November 04, 2025 at 1:30 P.m. - 8:00 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 - Mayor

1.1

Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest and General Nature Thereof

2.

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:

2.1

Call to Order (closed meeting)

2.2

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

2.3

Wastewater Lab Closure - 2025-476

Section 239(2)(d) of the Municipal Act, regarding labour relations or employee negotiations.

3.

Closed Meeting Summary

4.

Open Meeting - 2:00 p.m.

4.1

O Canada

4.2

Silent Reflection

4.3

Indigenous Territorial Acknowledgement

4.4

Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest and General Nature Thereof

5.

Staff Recognitions

5.1

Completion of Municipal Administration Program (MAP) AMCTO and Completion of Municipal Accounting and Finance Program (MAFP) AMCTO

Andrew Sandor, Council and Committee Coordinator

5.2

Completion of the Rotman, Chief Information Officer (CIO) Canada Executive Leadership Program Certification

Adam Fischer, General Manager, Information Technology

6.

Service Area - Governance

Chair - Mayor Guthrie 

7.

Consent Agenda - Governance

The following resolutions have been prepared to facilitate Council’s consideration of various matters and are suggested for consideration. If Council wishes to address a specific report in isolation of the Consent Agenda, please identify the item. It will be extracted and dealt with separately as part of the Items for Discussion.

7.1

Diversity Plan for the Guelph Police Service Board - 2025-470

• Recommendation:
  1. That the Diversity Plan for the Guelph Police Service Board, included as Attachment-1 to report 2025-470, be approved.

8.

Service Area Chair and Staff Announcements

9.

Service Area - Corporate Services and Office of the Chief Administrative Officer

Chair - Councillor Caron

10.

Items for Discussion - Corporate Services and Office of the Chief Administrative Officer

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.

10.1

Affordable Housing Programming and Policy Update, 2025-309

Presentation:
Cushla Matthews, Manger, Community and Affordable Housing

Delegations
*Susan Watson
*Stephanie Clendenning
*Tay Caton, Get Involved! Guelph
*Joan Fenlon
*Ken Thompson, Get Involved! Guelph
*Scott Frederick, The Ward Residents Association
*Daniel Kaufmann
*Dominica McPherson, Guelph & Wellington Poverty Elimination Collaborative
*H. Werner Zimmermann

Correspondence:
*Renette Tarrant
*Karla Oehring
*Tovah Veats
*Diane Pinto
*Claire Whitehead
*John Lawson, Old University Neighbourhood Residents' Association
*Vanessa S
*Virginia McDonald
*Conor Russell
*Elizabeth Snell, Justice and Outreach Committee of Dublin Street United Church
*Kevin Bowman
*Susan Watson
*Maggie Phelan and Sharon Felker, Community Voices
*Sandra Montero
*Donna Jennison
*H. Werner Zimmermann

• Recommendation:
  1. That staff be directed to continue to advocate to the Province for legislative changes to the Residential Tenancies Act to ensure that the issue of renovictions is being addressed consistently across Ontario.
  2. That staff be directed to continue to collect data on, and monitor the implementation of, municipal renoviction by-laws and return to Council in Q1 2027 with an updated report and recommendations about both a renoviction by-law and rental replacement by-law.
  3. That staff be directed to draft a complaint-based vacant home tax by-law for Council approval, with a vacant home tax rate of two per cent, subject to the inclusion of $275,000 in estimated expenditures and estimated program revenues (based on a two per cent tax rate), in the 2026 budget update.

10.2

Advancing Affordable Housing on City-Owned Properties, 2025-461

Presentation:
Dawson McKenzie, Planner II, Affordable Housing

• Recommendation:
  1. That Council endorse exploring an expanded City role in delivering affordable housing through options two and three, as described in this report, depending on the site-specific context, while maintaining the ability to pursue option one, as described in this report, where required.
  2. That Council endorse option three, as described in this report, for delivering affordable housing on lands located at 5 Normandy Drive and 7 Eastview Road.
  3. That the project budget of $3,406,150 be funded through both the Housing Accelerator Fund and $400,000 from the Affordable Housing reserve (119), and this capital project budget be set-up through the Q3 Budget Monitoring report.

11.

Service Area Chair and Staff Announcements

12.

Service Area - Infrastructure, Development and Environment

Chair - Councillor Klassen

13.

Consent Agenda - Infrastructure, Development and Environment

The following resolutions have been prepared to facilitate Council’s consideration of various matters and are suggested for consideration. If Council wishes to address a specific report in isolation of the Consent Agenda, please identify the item. It will be extracted and dealt with separately as part of the Items for Discussion.

13.1

City of Guelph Source Protection Plan Proposed Amendments and Endorsement - 2025-480

• Recommendation:
  1. That Council endorse the draft water quantity policy amendments to the Grand River Source Protection Plan as per Section 34 of the Clean Water Act.

14.

Service Area Chair and Staff Announcements 

15.

Adjournment