Public Works Committee

WHEREAS at the August 16, 2023, Public Works Committee staff were directed to assess the feasibility and costs to construct a multi use path on the south side of Mud Street that would directly connect Paramount Drive to Winterberry Drive; WHEREAS staff have completed the feasibility assessment and cost estimates and prepared a report to Public Works (PED24224/PW24079); and WHEREAS the construction of a multi-use path on the south side of Mud Street is feasible, an alternative option to create a connection through the community may provide greater benefit at a lower cost. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: Public Works Committee December 2, 2024 Minutes 24-017 Page 2 of 21 (a) That Report PED24224/PW24079, respecting Feasibility and Costs to Construct a Multi-Use Trail on the South Side of Mud Street (Ward 9) – REVISED, be received; (b) That staff be directed to advance the Option 3 design for a community connector and that the estimated cost of $313,000 to implement be funded through the GFL Landfill Royalties; and (c) That staff be directed to review way finding signage for pedestrians. Result: Main Motion, As Amended,

That Report PW24083, respecting Tim Hortons Field Food Waste and Recycling, be received. Result: MOTION,

That Report PW24084, respecting Hamilton Street Railway Accessibility Delegation Response, be received. Result: MOTION,

That Report PW24085, respecting Accessible Transportation Services 2023 Customer Satisfaction Results, be received. Result: MOTION,

That Report PW24086, respecting Changes to Bus Detour Communications, be received. Result: MOTION,

That Report PW24087, respecting Harmful Algal Bloom Strategy, be received. Result: MOTION,

That Waste Management Sub-Committee Report 24-004 – November 14, 2024 – REVISED, be received. Result: MOTION,

(a) That Council endorse the submissions and recommendations in Appendix "A" attached to Report PED24226 regarding the proposed Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024; (b) That the Director of Transportation Planning and Parking be authorized and directed to confirm the submissions and recommendations made to the Province resulting from Council's review and decisions on Report PED24226; and (c) That staff report back to Council should Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 be proclaimed on any required process, fee and By-law changes necessary to implement the proposed changes. Result: MOTION,

(a) That the community-based garden programs be consolidated, within the Public Works Department, Environmental Services Division, with the other garden programs already managed by the Division. This includes, but is not limited to, the planning, administration, management, and operations of each program, noted in the Historical Background section of this Report; (b) That the funding allocated for resources ($9,000) associated with administering the community gardens portfolio be approved for transfer from the Office of Climate Change Initiatives Division to the Environmental Services Division, Business Programs Section’s operating budget; and (c) That the request by the Environmental Services Division for two (2) Full Time Employee enhancements and a vehicle at a cost of $372,493, be referred to the 2025 Tax Operating Budget Process, as follows: (i) One (1) Full Time Gardener I, within the Forestry and Horticulture Section, to undertake the operations and maintenance of the community garden and pollinator garden spaces and provide subject matter expertise as required; (ii) One (1) Full Time Program Coordinator, within the Business Programs Section, to undertake administration and coordination of the community garden and pollinator garden programs, including volunteer coordination and cross-Sectional and cross-Divisional liaison; and Public Works Committee December 2, 2024 Minutes 24-017 Page 7 of 21 (iii) One (1) pick-up truck for the Forestry and Horticulture Section, for s

(a) That the amending By-law, which amends By-law 15-091, being a By-law to regulate the Installation of Equipment on Roads By-law 15-091, within the City of Hamilton, attached as Appendix “A” to Report PW24044(a)/PED24086(a), which has been prepared in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, be approved; and (b) That the amending By-law, which amends By-law 86-077, being a By-law to Consolidate: Streets By-law No. 9329 within the City of Hamilton, attached as Appendix “B” to Report PW24044(a)/PED24086(a)which has been prepared in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, be approved. Result: MOTION,

WHEREAS, Hamilton City Council has identified job creation and business growth as a priority in its commitment to sustainable economic and ecological development; WHEREAS, Hamilton’s 2021-2025 economic action plan recognizes that investing in key infrastructure and placemaking is vital to Hamilton’s local economic growth and development; WHEREAS, in compliance with Ontario Regulation 588/17: Asset Management Planning for Municipal Infrastructure, the City of Hamilton has taken a number of steps to advance assessment management in Hamilton which will result in much needed active civil works throughout the city, including commercial and industrial areas; WHEREAS, the City of Hamilton has committed to increasing the roads/bridges/sidewalk/streetlighting/traffic funding block from $65.9M in 2023 to $193.5M in 2033 to address an annual funding gap of $94.7M for its transportation assets; WHEREAS, the City of Hamilton has committed to a waterworks rate increase of 10% in each year from 2024 through 2033 to fund the $87M in projected infrastructure requirements over the next decade. These civic works will also impact some neighbouring commercial and industrial businesses; and WHEREAS, City Council has committed to prioritizing customer service and proactive communication as part of the municipality’s ongoing efforts to enhance public engagement and responsiveness; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That staff be requested to report back to the Public Works Committee on the present process us

That staff be requested to report on the feasibility of solar waste bins along roadside locations with the goal of achieving operational, capital efficiencies and cost savings. Result: MOTION,

Public Works Committee December 2, 2024 Minutes 24-017 Page 10 of 21 WHEREAS, official statistics from the Government of Ontario confirm that rural roads are inherently more dangerous than other roads; WHEREAS, despite only having 17% of the population, 55% of the road fatalities occur on rural roads; WHEREAS, rural, northern, and remote municipalities are fiscally strained by maintaining extensive road networks on a smaller tax base; WHEREAS, preventing crashes reduces the burden on Ontario’s already strained rural strained health care system; and WHEREAS, roadway collisions and associated lawsuits are significant factors in runaway municipal insurance premiums. Preventing crashes can have significant impact in improving municipal risk profiles. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: (a) That the City of Hamilton requests that the Government of Ontario take action to implement the rural road safety program that Good Roads has committed to lead. It will allow Ontario’s rural municipalities to make the critical investments needed to reduce the high number of people being killed and seriously injured on Ontario’s rural roads; (b) That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Premier Doug Ford, Honourable Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria, Minister of Transportation, Honourable Kinga Surma, Minister of Infrastructure, Honourable Rob Flack, Minister of Agriculture, Honourable Lisa Thompson, Minister of Rural Affairs, Honourable Trevor Jones, Associate Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Response,

WHEREAS, residents in rural Hamilton have observed significant increases in through traffic on roads and that many of these vehicles are traveling in rates far exceeding the posted speed limit which they believe make these road more dangerous; WHEREAS, rural roadways are straight and unencumbered and the Council Approved Speed Limit Policy and MTO speed limit guideline will often recommend setting higher speed limits on rural roadways due to their geographical area and characteristics of the roadway; WHEREAS, industrial development in rural-adjacent areas is one of the sources of the increased traffic and planned development in future years will only increase the number of vehicles on some rural roads; WHEREAS, rural roads do not have sidewalks and rural residents use their neighbourhood roads to walk for leisure and exercise; and WHEREAS, some traffic calming measures used in urban areas are currently regarded as incompatible for rural roads so alternate measures would need to be implemented to improve road safety. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: (a) That the Transportation Division be authorized and directed to complete a jurisdictional scan and consulting assignment to review best practices and other available tools that could be effective in enhancing road safety for all road users on Hamilton’s rural roads and report back in Q3 2025; (b) That all costs associated with the rural road safety consulting assignment and jurisdictional scan be funded from the Automated Traffic Enfo

WHEREAS, 7030 Twenty Road East is located outside of the City of Hamilton urban boundary and therefore doesn’t qualify for municipal sewer and water connection; WHEREAS, many rural properties in the vicinity of 7030 Twenty Road East which are also located outside of the City of Hamilton urban boundary benefit from a connection to the City’s water distribution system, including several immediate neighbours of 7030 Twenty Road East; WHEREAS, 7030 Twenty Road East desires to have the same benefit of a connection to the City’s water distribution system that their neighbours receive; WHEREAS, a municipal public watermain and a private watermain run in close proximity to 7030 Twenty Road East; and WHEREAS, 7030 Twenty Road East is willing to pay all required costs to establish a service connection to the City’s water distribution system. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: (a) That the Public Works Department and Planning and Economic Development Department develop an information report to be brought forth to the appropriate committee of Council that identifies the following: Public Works Committee December 2, 2024 Minutes 24-017 Page 13 of 21 (i) The history of the rural properties in the vicinity of 7030 Twenty Road East including when the service connections were established, the authority under which the service connections were established, and how the service connections were paid for; (ii) The Provincial regulations, Council approved policies and City bylaws that govern the connectio

WHEREAS, the City of Hamilton owns and operates three Community Recycling Centres and Transfer Stations used to accept, consolidate and transfer waste collected from eligible sources; WHEREAS, the City of Hamilton owns and operates the Kenora Community Recycling Centre and Transfer Station located at 460 Kenora Avenue, Hamilton; WHEREAS, the City of Hamilton has the Centennial Neighbourhoods Secondary Plan which its purpose is to create a long-term land use plan which capitalizes on planned major transit improvements and provides guidance for built form and public infrastructure improvements; and Public Works Committee December 2, 2024 Minutes 24-017 Page 14 of 21 WHEREAS, the proximity of odours and environmental impacts from the Kenora transfer station is detrimental to economic development and growth, spurred from the new Centennial Go Station. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: (a) That Waste Management staff be directed to conduct a feasibility study to examine the opportunity of relocating the Kenora Transfer Station operations only, leaving the Community Recycling Centre and report back to Public Works committee including potential next steps and costs in Q3 2025; and (b) That Real Estate staff examine the feasibility of utilizing the portion of the property that contains the Kenora Transfer Station operations for land opportunities for redevelopment, potential land swap opportunities, potential affordable housing opportunities and potential cost recovery of land disposition a

That the Agenda for the December 2, 2024, Public Works Committee meeting be approved, as amended. Result: MOTION,

That the Minutes of the November 18, 2024, meeting of the Public Works Committee be approved, as presented. Result: MOTION,

That the Correspondence from Lacie Dearsley respecting Speed Humps, be received. Result: MOTION,

That the following Delegation Request be approved: (1) Alex Sears respecting HSR Issues and Garbage Collection (In person) (For a future meeting) (Item 6.1) Result: MOTION,

That the Delegation from Lisa DiCesare respecting Traffic Safety on Middletown Road, be received. Result: MOTION,

That Report PED24224/PW24079, respecting Feasibility and Costs to Construct a Multi-Use Trail on the South Side of Mud Street (Ward 9) - REVISED, be amended, as follows: WHEREAS at the August 16, 2023, Public Works Committee staff were directed to assess the feasibility and costs to construct a multi use path on the south side of Mud Street that would directly connect Paramount Drive to Winterberry Drive; WHEREAS staff have completed the feasibility assessment and cost estimates and prepared a report to Public Works (PED24224/PW24079); and Public Works Committee December 2, 2024 Minutes 24-017 Page 19 of 21 WHEREAS the construction of a multi-use path on the south side of Mud Street is feasible, an alternative option to create a connection through the community may provide greater benefit at a lower cost. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: (b) That staff be directed to advance the Option 3 design for a community connector and that the estimated cost of $313,000 to implement be funded through the GFL Landfill Royalties; and (c) That staff be directed to review way finding signage for pedestrians. Result: Amendment,

That the following amendments to the Public Works Committee’s Outstanding Business List, be approved: (1) Items Considered Complete and Needing to be Removed (Item 14.1(a)): (i) Internal Infill Pilot Program to Address Activities on City Right- of-Way (Item 14.1(a)(a)) Added: July 10, 2024 Public Works Committee December 2, 2024 Minutes 24-017 Page 20 of 21 Addressed as Item 11.3, PW24044(a)/PED24086(a) (on today's agenda) (ii) Maintenance and Beautification of Birch Avenue Green Space and Gardens (Item 14.1(a)(b) Added: June 4, 2024 Addressed as Item 11.2, PW24031(a) (On today's agenda) (iii) Feasibility and Costs to Construct a Multi-Use Trail on the South Side of Mud Street (Ward 9) (Item 14.1(a)(c)) Added: August 16, 2023 Addressed as Item 9.1, (PED24224/PW24079) (On today's agenda) (iv) Tim Hortons Field Food Waste and Recycling (Item 14.1(a)(d)) Added: September 30, 2024 Addressed as Item 9.2, PW24083 (On today's agenda) (v) Hamilton Street Railway Accessibility Delegation Response (Item 14.1(a)(e)) Added: February 5, 2024 Addressed as Item 9.3, PW24084 (On today's agenda) (vi) Preventing Outbreaks of Algae Bloom in the Future (Item 14.1(a)(f)) Added: August 16, 2024 Addressed as Item 9.6, PW24087 (On today's agenda) (vii) Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) Fare Policies (Item 14.1(a)(g)) Added: December 12, 2023 Addressed as Item 8.1, PW23024(b) (On October 15, 2024) Result: MOTION,

That there being no further business, the Public Works Committee meeting be adjourned at 4:43 p.m. Result: MOTION,