Council Meeting

Favour (9) Councillor Reid, Councillor Devine, Mayor Liggett, Councillor Hamilton, Councillor Ermeta, Councillor Cooper, Councillor Kimpson, Councillor Earnshaw, and Councillor Roberts

Council rise from Closed Session and reconvene in Open Session at 6:53 p.m.

all items listed under the heading of Consent Agenda for May 9, 2023 be adopted as recommended.

Report 22-112-CRS Procedure By-law Review and Hybrid Meeting Procedure be received; AND THAT the Procedure By-law and accompanying Hybrid Meeting Procedure attached as Appendix A through D to Report 22-112-CRS be presented to Council for enactment for a trial period ending on November 15, 2024; AND THAT prior to the conclusion of the trial period, the City Clerk be directed to undertake a mid-term review of the Procedure By-law and Hybrid Model to include consultation with the community and Council; AND FURTHER THAT following the mid-term review, the City Clerk be directed to report back to Council with a finalized Procedure By-law and Hybrid Meeting Procedure incorporating revisions from the review.

Report 23-113-CRS Citizen Appointments to Advisory Committees be received; AND THAT Confidential Appendices B, C and D to Report 23-113-CRS be received and remain confidential; AND THAT the following individuals be appointed to the Arthur White Sports Bursary Fund Advisory Committee for the term of Council ending November 14, 2026, Charles Langille, John Rothwell, Lynda Killpatrick and Robert Benedetti; AND THAT the following individual be appointed to the Cycling and Trails Advisory Committee for the term of Council ending November 14, 2026, Danita Blackler; AND THAT the following individual be recognized as the Business Improvement Area Representative for the Economic Development Advisory Committee for the term of Council ending November 14, 2026, Brian Kennedy; AND THAT the City Clerk be directed to notify all successful and unsuccessful applicants; AND FURTHER THAT Council Appointed Citizen Members to the City’s advisory committees who do not submit their signed Code of Conduct form within the first month after their appointment has been made, shall forfeit their membership on the committee to which they have been appointed.

Report 23-034 (Development of the 2024-2026 Strategic Plan) be received; AND THAT Council endorse the recommended approach for the development of the 2024-2026 Strategic Plan.

Report 23-237-CD – Recommendation to Designate 156 Argyle Street North (Preston Carnegie Library) under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act – be received; AND THAT Council approve the Statement of Cultural Heritage Value and Description of Heritage Attributes, attached as Appendix A to this report; AND FURTHER THAT Council authorize the Clerk to publish a Notice of Intention to Designate the property municipally known as 156 Argyle Street North in accordance with Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.

Report 23-219-CD Watermain Decommissioning and Private Property Servicing Agreement - 200 Sheffield Street be received; AND THAT Confidential Appendix B to Report 23-219-CD be received as information and remain confidential; AND FURTHER THAT Council authorize the Mayor and Clerk to execute a Private Property Servicing Agreement with the Owner of 200 Sheffield Street, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, to allow for the decommissioning of watermain within the unopened road allowance adjacent to 200 Sheffield Street.

Report 23-236-CD Requests for Exemption to Noise By-law 32-04 for 2023 Special Events be received; AND FURTHER THAT the requests identified in report 23-236-CD be approved.

WHEREAS, Ontario’s Big City Mayors (OBCM) have passed a motion that supports the call of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario for the Government of Ontario to introduce legislation to strengthen municipal Codes of Conduct and compliance with them in consultation with municipal governments or in the alternative, OBCM has supported the province ordering Bill 5 for second reading to expedite the matter; AND WHEREAS the legislation encompasses the Association of Municipalities of Ontario’s recommendations for: a. Updating municipal Codes of Conduct to account for workplace safety and harassment; b. Creating a flexible administrative penalty regime, adapted to the local economic and financial circumstances of municipalities across Ontario; c. Increasing training of municipal Integrity Commissioners to enhance consistency of investigations and recommendations across the province; d. Allowing municipalities to apply to a member of the judiciary to remove a sitting member if recommended through the report of a municipal Integrity Commissioner; and e. Prohibiting a member so removed from sitting for election in the term of removal and the subsequent term of office. AND WHEREAS OBCM’s motion requests that municipalities and their respective Integrity Commissioners be consulted on the development of any regulations related to the proposed legislation; AND WHEREAS OBCM believes that municipal elected officials should be held to account in in this way, it also believes that federa

speeding on our roads is a major concern in our community, AND WHEREAS speeding can occur in all areas of our community, AND WHEREAS barriers and delays to enforcement pose a danger to our community, AND WHEREAS our municipality has limited resources to implement speed mitigation road design and re-design, AND WHEREAS our local police service has limited resources to undertake speed enforcement, AND WHEREAS s.205.1 of the Highway Traffic Act (HTA) provides that Automated Speed Enforcement systems (ASE) may only be placed in designated community safety zones and school safety zones, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the City of Cambridge request that the Ontario Government amend s.205.1 of the HTA to permit municipalities to locate an ASE system permanently or temporarily on any roadway under the jurisdiction of municipalities and as determined by municipalities and not be restricted to only community safety zones and school safety zones; AND THAT a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Ontario Minister of Transportation, the Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, local area MPPs, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) and all Ontario Municipalities.

all presentations and correspondence from the May 9, 2023, Council meeting be received.

That By-Law 23-036 being a by-law to confirm the proceedings of the Council of the Corporation of the City of Cambridge be passed

the Council meeting does now adjourn at TIME 8:02 p.m.

That in accordance with Section 239 (2) (b), (c), (e), (f) and (k) of the Municipal Act, 2001, Council to convene in Closed Session at 5:32 p.m. to consider the following subject matters: (b) personal matters about an identifiable individual, including municipal or local board employees (Appointments to Advisory Committees) (c) a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board (Pending Property Disposition) (e) litigation or potential litigation, including matters before administrative tribunals, affecting the municipality or local board (Agreement Interpretation) (f) advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose (Agreement Interpretation and Bonusing Option) (k) a position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to any negotiations

THAT Council rise from Closed Session and reconvene in Open Session at 6:53 p.m. In Favour (9): Councillor Reid, Councillor Devine, Councillor Kimpson, Councillor Earnshaw, Councillor Roberts, Councillor Cooper, Councillor Hamilton, Councillor Ermeta and Mayor Liggett

THAT all items listed under the heading of Consent Agenda for May 9, 2023, be adopted as recommended. In Favour (9): Councillor Reid, Councillor Devine, Councillor Kimpson, Councillor Earnshaw, Councillor Roberts, Councillor Cooper, Councillor Hamilton, Councillor Ermeta and Mayor Liggett

THAT Report 23-113-CRS Citizen Appointments to Advisory Committees be received; AND THAT Confidential Appendices B, C and D to Report 23-113- CRS be received and remain confidential; AND THAT the following individuals be appointed to the Arthur White Sports Bursary Fund Advisory Committee for the term of Council ending November 14, 2026, Charles Langille, John Rothwell, Lynda Killpatrick and Robert Benedetti; AND THAT the following individual be appointed to the Cycling and Trails Advisory Committee for the term of Council ending November 14, 2026, Danita Blackler; AND THAT the following individual be recognized as the Business Improvement Area Representative for the Economic Development Advisory Committee for the term of Council ending November 14, 2026, Brian Kennedy; AND THAT the City Clerk be directed to notify all successful and unsuccessful applicants; AND FURTHER THAT Council Appointed Citizen Members to the City’s advisory committees who do not submit their signed Code of Conduct form within the first month after their appointment has been made, shall forfeit their membership on the committee to which they have been appointed. In Favour (9): Councillor Reid, Councillor Devine, Councillor Kimpson, Councillor Earnshaw, Councillor Roberts, Councillor Cooper, Councillor Hamilton, Councillor Ermeta and Mayor Liggett

THAT Report 23-034 (Development of the 2024-2026 Strategic Plan) be received; AND THAT Council endorse the recommended approach for the development of the 2024-2026 Strategic Plan. In Favour (9): Councillor Reid, Councillor Devine, Councillor Kimpson, Councillor Earnshaw, Councillor Roberts, Councillor Cooper, Councillor Hamilton, Councillor Ermeta and Mayor Liggett

THAT Report 23-237-CD – Recommendation to Designate 156 Argyle Street North (Preston Carnegie Library) under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act – be received; AND THAT Council approve the Statement of Cultural Heritage Value and Description of Heritage Attributes, attached as Appendix A to this report; AND FURTHER THAT Council authorize the Clerk to publish a Notice of Intention to Designate the property municipally known as 156 Argyle Street North in accordance with Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act. In Favour (9): Councillor Reid, Councillor Devine, Councillor Kimpson, Councillor Earnshaw, Councillor Roberts, Councillor Cooper, Councillor Hamilton, Councillor Ermeta and Mayor Liggett

THAT Report 23-219-CD Watermain Decommissioning and Private Property Servicing Agreement - 200 Sheffield Street be received; AND THAT Confidential Appendix B to Report 23-219-CD be received as information and remain confidential; AND FURTHER THAT Council authorize the Mayor and Clerk to execute a Private Property Servicing Agreement with the Owner of 200 Sheffield Street, to the satisfaction of the City Solicitor, to allow for the decommissioning of watermain within the unopened road allowance adjacent to 200 Sheffield Street. In Favour (9): Councillor Reid, Councillor Devine, Councillor Kimpson, Councillor Earnshaw, Councillor Roberts, Councillor Cooper, Councillor Hamilton, Councillor Ermeta and Mayor Liggett

THAT Report 23-236-CD Requests for Exemption to Noise By-law 32-04 for 2023 Special Events be received; AND FURTHER THAT the requests identified in report 23-236-CD be approved. In Favour (9): Councillor Reid, Councillor Devine, Councillor Kimpson, Councillor Earnshaw, Councillor Roberts, Councillor Cooper, Councillor Hamilton, Councillor Ermeta and Mayor Liggett

Note: This Motion was introduced at the April 25, 2023, Meeting of Council. WHEREAS Waterloo Regional Police have identified McQueen Shaver Blvd as an area of excessive speeding and stunt driving beyond levels normally seen on municipal roads. WHEREAS these speeds as witnessed by residents and police have approached 200km/h and regularly exceed twice the posted speed limit. WHEREAS these rates of speed pose a significant danger to pedestrians, motorists, and nearby residents whose homes back onto McQueen Shaver Blvd. WHEREAS our local police service has limited resources to undertake speed enforcement, WHEREAS s.205.1 of the Highway Traffic Act (HTA) provides that Automated Speed Enforcement systems (ASE) may only be placed in designated community safety zones and school safety zones, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the City of Cambridge request the Region of Waterloo initiate measures to designate McQueen Shaver Blvd a community safety zone. In Favour (9): Councillor Reid, Councillor Devine, Councillor Kimpson, Councillor Earnshaw, Councillor Roberts, Councillor Cooper, Councillor Hamilton, Councillor Ermeta and Mayor Liggett

Note: This Motion was introduced at the April 25, 2023, Meeting of Council. WHEREAS speeding on our roads is a major concern in our community, WHEREAS speeding can occur in all areas of our community, WHEREAS barriers and delays to enforcement pose a danger to our community, WHEREAS our municipality has limited resources to implement speed mitigation road design and re-design, WHEREAS our local police service has limited resources to undertake speed enforcement, AND WHEREAS s.205.1 of the Highway Traffic Act (HTA) provides that Automated Speed Enforcement systems (ASE) may only be placed in designated community safety zones and school safety zones, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the City of Cambridge request that the Ontario Government amend s.205.1 of the HTA to permit municipalities to locate an ASE system permanently or temporarily on any roadway under the jurisdiction of municipalities and as determined by municipalities and not be restricted to only community safety zones and school safety zones; AND THAT a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Ontario Minister of Transportation, the Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, local area MPPs, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) and all Ontario Municipalities. In Favour (9): Councillor Reid, Councillor Devine, Councillor Kimpson, Councillor Earnshaw, Councillor Roberts, Councillor Cooper, Councillor Hamilton, Councillor Ermeta and Mayor Liggett

THAT all presentations and correspondence from the May 9, 2023, Council meeting be received. In Favour (9): Councillor Reid, Councillor Devine, Councillor Kimpson, Councillor Earnshaw, Councillor Roberts, Councillor Cooper, Councillor Hamilton, Councillor Ermeta and Mayor Liggett

In Favour (9): Councillor Reid, Councillor Devine, Councillor Kimpson, Councillor Earnshaw, Councillor Roberts, Councillor Cooper, Councillor Hamilton, Councillor Ermeta and Mayor Liggett

That By-Law 23-036 being a by-law to confirm the proceedings of the Council of the Corporation of the City of Cambridge be passed. In Favour (9): Councillor Reid, Councillor Devine, Councillor Kimpson, Councillor Earnshaw, Councillor Roberts, Councillor Cooper, Councillor Hamilton, Councillor Ermeta and Mayor Liggett

THAT the Council meeting does now adjourn at 8:02 p.m. In Favour (9): Councillor Reid, Councillor Devine, Councillor Kimpson, Councillor Earnshaw, Councillor Roberts, Councillor Cooper, Councillor Hamilton, Councillor Ermeta and Mayor Liggett