Light Rail Transit Sub-committee

(a) That the City continue to apply a climate justice lens to the Hamilton Light Rail Transit Project and associated works to ensure that any relevant mitigation and adaptation actions as set out in Hamilton’s Climate Action Strategy are implemented in a manner that considers climate justice; and (b) That the Light Rail Transit Sub-Committee recruit additional non- voting community advisors to the Light Rail Transit Sub-Committee table to ensure that the Sub-Committee’s composition reflects the community from a climate justice point of view. Result: Motion

That staff report back the process to enable recruitment of additional non- voting community advisors to the Light Rail Transit Sub-Committee table to ensure that the Sub-Committee’s composition reflects the community from a climate justice point of view. Result: Motion

That Report PED24083, respecting Hamilton Light Rail Transit Partial Property Acquisition Update, be received. Result: Motion

That Report PED24084, respecting Hamilton Light Rail Transit Early Works Update, be received. Light Rail Transit Sub-Committee May 23, 2024 Minutes 24-002 Page 3 of 9 Result: Motion

WHEREAS, enabling works have begun for the multi-year major construction for the Light Rail Transit (LRT) project and the City of Hamilton is planning ahead for the major construction works funded by both the Provincial and the Federal Governments; WHEREAS, small businesses in Hamilton make up the majority of employment and contribute to the economic development and vitality of the city; WHEREAS, of the 16,348 businesses with employees in Hamilton, approximately 56% employ fewer than four people and 75% employ nine or fewer people, meaning that small and micro businesses make up the majority of the city’s businesses which contribute to the economic development and vitality of the city (source: InvestInHamilton, 2024, and Canadian Business Counts, June 2021); WHEREAS, small businesses that are situated along and adjacent to the LRT corridor will be impacted by construction of the project; WHEREAS, the City of Hamilton seeks to reduce disruption to small businesses along the 14-kilometre LRT corridor; WHEREAS, other municipalities in Canada that undertook major transit corridor construction like Toronto, Montreal, and Kitchener-Waterloo implemented small business supports including grants and incentives for the impacted businesses; and WHEREAS, the City of Toronto in partnership with the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FEDDEV Ontario) implemented the Light Rail Transit Sub-Committee May 23, 2024 Minutes 24-002 Page 4 of 9 Transit Expansion Construction

That the agenda for the May 23, 2024, Light Rail Transit Sub-Committee meeting be approved, as amended. Result: Motion

That the Minutes of the January 29, 2024, meeting of the Light Rail Transit Sub-Committee be approved, as presented. Result: Motion

That the Correspondence from Rose Janson respecting Our Transit System should remain PUBLIC!, be received. Result: Motion

That the Delegation Request from James Kemp respecting Keeping the City Accessible During the Construction Process, be approved for today’s meeting. Result: Motion

That the Delegation from James Kemp respecting Keeping the City Accessible During the Construction Process, be received. Result: Motion

That the presentation from Lynda Lukasik, Director- Office of Climate Change Initiatives, and Beatrice Ekoko, Project Manager, Climate Change Initiatives, respecting Applying a Climate Justice Lens to Light Rail Transit (PED24087), be received. Result: Motion

That there being no further business, the Light Rail Transit Sub-Committee be adjourned at 11:25 a.m. Result: Motion