This morning, at 9:30 am, there will be a Community and Public Services Committee meeting. The Committee will discuss an Indigenous Framework and Reconciliation Update, options to address the retail sale of knives, and an addendum to the 2025-2026 Community Safety and Well-Being Funding. The Committee will look to increase that funding by $2,000,000 over two years to support the Violence Prevention Action Plan, the 2SLGBTQIA+ Safe Spaces Action Plan, and a top-up for the Community Safety and Well-Being Grant.
On Tuesday, at 8:30 am, there will be an Agenda Review Committee meeting, followed by an Urban Planning Committee meeting at 9:30 am. At the latter meeting, the Committee will receive a report regarding a plan for a two-year pilot project to use fare gates at two transit facilities. The Committee will also discuss the perception of LRT safety and the River Valley Planning Modernization (RVPM) project.
There will be a meeting of the Executive Committee on Wednesday at 9:30 am. The Committee will discuss the Affordable Housing Investment Program 2024 fall grant awards, as well as options to provide tax forgiveness for remediated derelict properties. The new tax class introduced in 2024 to encourage the renovation of abandoned properties is showing positive results, but Administration is recommending improvements. By adjusting the tax forgiveness policy, the City is hoping to provide better incentives for property owners to address derelict properties sooner, with a higher tax rate applied while properties are derelict and a lower rate once they are fixed. This adjustment is expected to cost the City less than $55,000 in 2024. Also on the agenda is the transfer of stormwater management facilities to EPCOR.
