Public Health Committee (Special)

WHEREAS the City has a Adequate Heat By-law in place to ensure that adequate heating is provided to all Hamiltonians during colder months; WHEREAS the City recognized, in 2016, that it needed to modify the Adequate Heat By-law by shifting the start of the colder season from August 31 to September 15; WHEREAS the City of Mississauga introduced an Adequate Temperature By-law on June 6, 2018 that defined “adequate and suitable cooling” to be a temperature in a “unit that does not exceed 26 degrees Celsius (26°C)”; WHEREAS the City of Mississauga’s bylaw only applies to spaces where a landlord already provides air conditioning and does not address the gaps where a landlord does not; WHEREAS in 2020 Montgomery County Council (Washington) voted unanimously to require that property owners “supply and maintain” air conditioning service at 80°F or less during the summer months following on similar measures taken in Dallas and Phoenix; Public Health Committee May 15, 2023 Minutes 23-006 Page 2 of 10 WHEREAS extreme heat continues to have increasingly harmful impacts on the physical and mental health of Hamiltonians; WHEREAS residents in other municipalities, notably in Chicago (1995), Quebec (2018), British Columbia (2021), and Paris (2003, 2022), have died from the impacts of extreme heat indoors because they didn’t have access to cooling; WHEREAS many renters in parts of the City with the highest urban heat impacts do not have access to air conditioned spaces; WHEREAS an Adequate Tem

That Report BOH23019, respecting 2023 Hamilton Community Heat Response Plan, be received. Result: Motion

That the agenda for the May 15, 2023 Public Health Committee be approved, as amended. Result: Motion

That the following Communication items be approved, as presented: (a) Correspondence from Hamilton ACORN, respecting Full Temperature Control for Tenants - Protecting Tenants from Extreme Heat (Added Item 3.1) Recommendation: Be received and referred to the consideration of Item 6.1. (b) Correspondence from ACORN Hamilton, Canadian Environmental Law Association and Hamilton Community Legal Clinic, respecting 2023 Hamilton Community Heat Response Plan (BOH23019) (City Wide) (Added Item 3.2) Page 5 of 10 Public Health Committee May 15, 2023 Minutes 23-006 Page 6 of 10 Recommendation: Be received and referred to the consideration of Item 6.1. Result: Motion

That the following Delegation Requests, be approved for today’s meeting: (i) Delegation Requests, respecting 2023 Hamilton Community Heat Response Plan (BOH23019) (City Wide) (Item 4.1) (a) Stewart Klazinga, ACORN Hamilton – East End Chapter (Item 4.1(a)) (b) Damien Ash, ACORN (Item 4.1(b)) (c) James Kemp (Added Item 4.1(c)) (d) Zoe St Pierre, Canadian Environmental Law Association (Added Item 4.1(d)) (e) Jacqueline Wilson, Low Income Energy Network (Added Item 4.1(e)) (f) Christine Neale, ACORN (Added Item 4.1(f)) (g) Karl Andrus (Added Item 4.1(g)) Page 6 of 10 Public Health Committee May 15, 2023 Minutes 23-006 Page 7 of 10 (h) Tom Cooper, Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction (Added Item 4.1(h)) (i) Clare Freeman and Merima Menzildzic, Hamilton Community Legal Clinic (Added Item 4.1(i)) (j) Katie King, Hamilton Community Benefits Network (Added Item 4.1(j)) (k) Arnim Hughes, ACORN (Added Item 4.1(k)) (l) Adeola Egbeyemi, Environment Hamilton (Added Item 4.1(l)) (m) Marnie Schurter, ACORN (Added Item 4.1(m)) (n) Liz Scott, ACORN (Added Item 4.1(n)) Result: Motion

That the following Delegations, be received: (a) Stewart Klazinga, ACORN Hamilton – East End Chapter (Item 5.1(a)) (b) Damien Ash, ACORN (Item 5.1(b)) (c) James Kemp (Added Item 5.1(c)) (d) Zoe St Pierre, Canadian Environmental Law Association (Added Item 5.1(d)) (e) Jacqueline Wilson, Low Income Energy Network (Added Item 5.1(e)) (f) Christine Neale, ACORN (Added Item 5.1(f)) (g) Karl Andrus (Added Item 5.1(g)) Page 8 of 10 Public Health Committee May 15, 2023 Minutes 23-006 Page 9 of 10 (h) Tom Cooper, Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction (Added Item 5.1(h)) (i) Clare Freeman and Merima Menzildzic, Hamilton Community Legal Clinic (Added Item 5.1(i)) (j) Katie King, Hamilton Community Benefits Network (Added Item 5.1(j)) (k) Arnim Hughes, ACORN (Added Item 5.1(k)) (l) Marnie Schurter, ACORN (Added Item 5.1(m)) (m) Liz Scott, ACORN (Added Item 5.1(n)) Result: Motion

That, there being no further business, the Public Health Committee be adjourned at 12:38 p.m. Result: Motion