Community Safety and Well-Being Advisory Committee

Minutes

Meeting #:

4

Date:

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Time:

4:00 P.m. - 5:00 P.m.

Location:

Champlain Room, 110 Laurier Avenue West, and by electronic participation

Present:

• Tom D'Amico (Chair), 
• Claire Kendall (Vice-Chair), 
• Monica Armstrong, 
• Brianna Dusome, 
• Vera Etches, 
• Salim Fakirani, 
• Clara Freire, 
• Meseret Haileyesus, 
• Kevin McHale, 
• and Eric Stubbs 

Absent:

• Karen Green, 
• Isabelle Jasmin, 
• and Wendy White 

Present non-voting Members:

• Councillor Rawlson King 

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1.

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1.1

Remarks – Dr. Vera Etches

At the outset of the meeting, Chair D’Amico provided some remarks, thanking Dr. Etches for her contributions to the City, and in particular to her contributions to the Community Safety and Well-Being Advisory committee.

2.

Declarations of Interest

No Declarations of Interest were filed.

3.

Confirmation of Minutes

3.1

CSWBAC Minutes 3 – September 17, 2024

Vice-Chair C. Kendall requested that there be more details in the minutes. Eric Pelot, committee coordinator, advised that this would be considered when drafting minutes in the future.

• Carried

4.

Committee Items

4.1

Confirmation of the 2025 Meeting Schedule

• Recommendation

  That the Community Safety and Well-Being Advisory Committee confirm the 2025 meeting schedule.

  Carried

5.

Community and Social Services Department

5.1

Update on Priorities for the Community Safety and Well-Being (CSWB) Advisory Committee – CSWB Plan Update, Youth Social Development, Financial Security and Poverty Reduction, and Mental Well-Being

Sarah Taylor, Director, Community Safety, Well-Being, Policy & Analytics, Sarah Mullen, Program Manager, Social Development, Sawsan Al-Refaei, Manager, Strategic Projects, and Vinh Nguyen, Manager, Social Policy, Research & Analytics, presented an overview of the item and answered questions from the Committee.  A copy of the slide presentation is filed with the Office of the City Clerk.

Kiel Anderson, Manager, Governance, Elected Officials and Business Support Services, and Eric Pelot, Committee Coordinator (Office of the City Clerk) also answered questions from Committee.

Committee received the following submissions, and a copy of each is filed with the Office of the City Clerk:

• Action Sandy Hill letter received December 10
• Sandy Hill Community Liaison Committee letter received December 10

Robin Browne (613/819 Black Hub) spoke before the Committee on the item.

Committee discussion on this item included the following topics:

• Public Member appointments
• Considerations for youth programming 
• How to overcome barriers to engaging youth, including raising awareness of wealth of youth-based programing
• Coordination between ANCHOR and emergency and police responses, and capturing related data
• Collecting demographic data such as age and race-based data
• Collecting feedback from youth on the new youth portal
• Diversion of emergency calls such as mental health emergencies

Committee discussion also included the following ACTION ITEMS:

• The Committee requested that there be the opportunity to discuss the written submissions on this item at a future meeting.
• Community and Social Services Department staff undertook to provide responses to the written submissions, and to share the responses with Committee.
• The Committee requested information on the process for acknowledging and following up on submissions to Committee.
• Committee expressed interest in receiving written submissions earlier to allow adequate time to review prior to the meeting. The Office of the City Clerk will review the wording around the written submission deadline to advise the public of this preference.

Following discussions, the Committee considered the recommendation as follows:

• Recommendation

  That the Community Safety and Well-Being Advisory Committee receive the update for information.

  Received

5.2

Update on Community Safety and Well-Being Plan Review

Sarah Taylor, Director, Community Safety, Well-Being, Policy and Analytics, and Sarah Mullen, Program Manager, Social Development, presented an overview of the item and answered questions from the Committee.  A copy of the slide presentation is filed with the Office of the City Clerk.

There were no public submissions on this item.

Following brief discussions, the Committee considered the recommendation as follows:

• Recommendation

  That the Community Safety and Well-Being Advisory Committee receive the update for information.

  Received

5.3

Update on Funding to the Community Safety and Well-Being Plan

Sarah Taylor, Director, Community Safety, Well-Being, Policy & Analytics, presented an overview of the item.  A copy of the slide presentation is filed with the Office of the City Clerk.

There were no questions or public submissions on this item.

The Committee considered the recommendation as follows:

• Recommendation

  That the Community Safety and Well-Being Advisory Committee receive the update for information.

  Received

6.

In Camera Items

There were no in camera items.

7.

Notices of Motions (For Consideration at Subsequent Meeting)

There were no Notices of Motion.

8.

Inquiries

There were no Inquiries.

9.

Other Business

There was no other business.

10.

Adjournment

Next Meeting: Monday, March 24, 2025

The meeting adjourned at 5:22 pm.