Public Works Committee

That Report PW24068, respecting Pathway Proposal by the Rockton Lions Club at Beverly Community Park, 680 Hwy. No. 8 (Flamborough), be received. Result: MOTION,

(a) That the application of the owner of 801, 820, 828, 865 & 870 Scenic Drive, Hamilton (“Applicant”) to permanently close and purchase a portion of the road allowance abutting 801, 820, 828, 865 & 870 Scenic Drive (“Subject Lands”), as shown on Appendix "A" and Appendix “B”, attached to Report PW24074, be approved, subject to the following conditions: (i) That the City Solicitor be authorized and directed to prepare all necessary by-laws to permanently close and sell the highway, for enactment by Council; (ii) The Corporate Real Estate Office of the Planning and Economic Development Department be authorized and directed to enter into any requisite easement agreements, right of way agreements, and/or other agreements deemed necessary to affect the orderly disposition of the Subject Lands and to proceed to sell the Subject Lands to the Applicant, as described in Report PW24074, in accordance with the City of Hamilton Sale of Land Policy By-law 14- 204; (iii) The City Solicitor be authorized to complete the transfer of the Subject Lands to the Applicant, pursuant to an Agreement of Purchase and Sale or Offer to Purchase as negotiated by the Corporate Real Estate Office of the Planning and Economic Development Department; (iv) That the City Solicitor be authorized and directed to register a certified copy of the by-law(s) permanently closing and selling the highway in the proper land registry office; (v) That the City Solicitor be authorized to amend and waive such terms as the

(a) That the updated Hamilton Water Sewage Spills Communications Guideline attached to PW24072 as Appendix “A” be approved; and (b) That the General Manager, Public Works be authorized to approve minor updates to the Hamilton Water Sewage Spills Communications Guideline as required. Result: MOTION,

WHEREAS, the majority of City of Hamilton owned facilities and park assets (buildings) in Ward 6 are maintained by the City of Hamilton’s Facilities Operations & Maintenance Section of the Corporate Facilities & Energy Management Division, Public Works Department; WHEREAS, the Recreation Master Plan (2022) recommends no new bocce courts or dedicated bocce buildings and instead emphasizes continued communication between the City and bocce user groups to ensure safe and reasonable use of bocce support buildings; WHEREAS, in 2023 via a motion staff were authorized and directed to retain professional services to prepare as-builts, to determine feasibility and to Public Works Committee November 4, 2024 Minutes 24-015 Page 5 of 16 investigate options for extended and/or additional canopies at the current Bocce Clubhouse at Trenholme Park, 135 Trenholme Crescent, Hamilton, including a new canopy over bocce courts be funded from the Ward 6 Capital Re-Investment Reserve #108056 at an upset limit, including contingency, not to exceed $50,000; WHEREAS, City of Hamilton’s Strategic Planning, Capital and Compliance Section of the Corporate Facilities & Energy Management Division provided Project Management Services to oversee a feasibility study prepared by Grguric Architects. The study investigated various design options to provide a roofed, open-air and fire-resistant steel structure over the existing bocce courts and adjacent extended seating area, which provides protection from the su

WHEREAS, the City of Hamilton operates a Commemorative Park Bench Program; WHEREAS, the City of Hamilton Parks team has designed and created a sustainable prototype park bench that contains all of the colours of the Pride Flag; WHEREAS, the prototype park bench was installed in Waterdown in memory of Chris Owens who tragically passed away in 2021 at the age of 26; and WHEREAS, the prototype park bench was made possible through the donation of the Valeri Family. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: (a) That Environmental Services staff be authorized and directed to make a Rainbow Park Bench option available through the Commemorative Bench program when the program resumes operation; (b) That this option be priced to ensure full cost recovery; and (c) That the General Manager of Public Works or designate and City Clerk be authorized and directed to execute any required agreement(s) and ancillary documents, with such terms and conditions in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. Result: MOTION,

That the Agenda for the November 4, 2024, Public Works Committee meeting be approved, as amended. Result: MOTION,

That the Minutes of the October 15, 2024, meeting of the Public Works Committee be approved, as presented. Result: MOTION,

That the following Communication Items be approved, as presented: (i) Correspondence from the Ontario Good Roads Association requesting support calling on the provincial government to establish an Ontario Rural Safety Program (Item 5.1) Recommendation: be received. Public Works Committee November 4, 2024 Minutes 24-015 Page 9 of 16 (ii) Correspondence from the Lake Erie Source Protection Region requesting support for the Source Protection Plan Amendments (Item 5.2) Recommendation: Be received and referred to staff to prepare a motion for endorsement for Council’s consideration on November 13, 2024. Result: MOTION,

That the Delegation from John Galer, Rockton Lions Club, respecting a permit to construct a path around the Beverly Community Centre, be received. Result: MOTION,

That the Delegation from Jennifer Valeri respecting adding the pride bench design to the commemorative benches that can be purchased in memoriam, be received. Result: MOTION,

That the Delegation from Joshua Rose, Rukebar's Action for Community, respecting lack of working water fountains in the City, be received. Result: MOTION,

That the registered delegation, be received. Result: MOTION,

That the public meeting be closed. Result: MOTION,

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) Beverly Community Park, 680 Hwy. No. 8 (Flamborough), Pathway Proposal by the Rockton Lions Club (Ward 13) (Item 14.1(a)(a)) Added: March 20, 2023 Addressed as Item 9.1 on today's agenda Result: MOTION,

That there being no further business, the Public Works Committee meeting be adjourned at 2:31 p.m. Public Works Committee November 4, 2024 Minutes 24-015 Page 16 of 16 Result: MOTION,