Emergency and Community Services Committee

(a) That the City of Hamilton enter into a new Reciprocal Use Agreement with the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board with essential terms and conditions as listed in Appendix “A” to Report HSC22002; and, (b) That the General Manager of the Healthy and Safe Communities Department be authorized and directed to execute the Reciprocal Use Agreement, together with any renewals of the Agreement and all necessary documents to implement subsection (a) above, in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. Result: Motion

That the following Advisory Committee Minutes, be received: (i) Seniors Advisory Committee, November 5, 2021 (Added Item 7.2); (ii) LGBTQ Advisory Committee, November 16, 2021 (Added Item 7.3); and (iii) Seniors Advisory Committee, December 3, 2021 (Added Item 7.4) Result: Motion

That Report HSC22003, respecting Red Hill Family Centre Annual Licensing Inspection, be received. Result: Motion

(a) That the updated City of Hamilton Emergency Management Program By- law, attached as Appendix “A” to Report HSC22001, be passed; and, (b) That the City of Hamilton Emergency Management Program By-law 21- 015 be repealed. Result: Motion

That up to $500 be allocated from the 2022 approved budget funds for the Seniors Advisory Committee to support the 2022 Let’s Get Walking workshops. Result: Motion

WHEREAS, the reality of unhoused residents living in encampments is a persistent reality across the City of Hamilton; WHEREAS, these encampments have become increasingly visible throughout the pandemic; WHEREAS, the number of unhoused residents who have been living encamped in Hamilton ranges between 80 to 140 people; WHEREAS, encampments will persist until the City of Hamilton develops and implements a strategy to eliminate homelessness that addresses the unique health needs experienced by those who are encamped; WHEREAS, the City’s Housing & Homelessness Strategy is rooted in a solution- focused, person-centred approach and recognizes that best practices for solutions are the result of direct participation of those with lived experience of being unhoused; WHEREAS, the largest gap in addressing the unique needs of many of those residents who have no other option than to live encamped rests in the lack of comprehensive, coordinated housing and health-based resources with a disproportionate impact on unhoused indigenous people, those unhoused residents living with disabilities, and those unhoused residents of other equity- Emergency & Community Services Committee January 13, 2022 Minutes 22-001 Page 4 of 8 seeking group that continue to face culture, structural and systemic barriers in accessing appropriate supportive housing; and WHEREAS, an enforcement led response to the existence of encampments on city property does not solve homelessness, nor result in healing. THEREFORE,

That the agenda for the January 13, 2022 Emergency and Community Services Committee meeting be approved, as amended. Result: Motion

That the Minutes of the December 9, 2021 meeting of the Emergency and Community Services Committee, be approved, as presented. Result: Motion

That the presentation from Penelope Petrie, Seniors Advisory Committee, respecting Seniors Advisory Committee 2021 Annual Report, be received. Result: Motion

That the presentation from Michael Rehill, Hamilton Veterans Committee 2021 Annual Report, be received. Result: Motion

That the presentation from Julia Verbitsky, Housing and Homelessness Advisory Committee, respecting Housing and Homelessness Advisory Committee 2021 Annual Report, be received. Emergency & Community Services Committee January 13, 2022 Minutes 22-001 Page 7 of 8 Result: Motion

That there being no further business, the Emergency and Community Services Committee be adjourned at 3:03 p.m. Emergency & Community Services Committee January 13, 2022 Minutes 22-001 Page 8 of 8 Result: Motion