Arts, Culture and Recreation Advisory Committee

Minutes

Meeting #:
14
Date:
Time:
-
Location:
Electronic Participation
Present:
  • Chair: Aaron Bruce, 
  • Vice-Chair: Diane Plouffe Reardon, 
  • Aaron Cayer, 
  • Melissa Gruber, 
  • Shamir Kanji, 
  • and Maria Sabaye Moghaddam
Absent:
  • Joey Drouin, 
  • Marie Hélène Foisy, 
  • Andrew Giguere , 
  • and Peng (Patrick) Lin
Present non-voting Member:
  • Councillor Mathieu Fleury

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Dan Chenier, General Manager, Recreation, Culture and Facility Services thanked the Committee for their valuable work and provided an overview of the Committee-staff engagement opportunities seen throughout the 2018-2022 Term.

The Committee thanked Dan for the engagement opportunities and for all of the work RCFS has done to advance the City's policies, programs and service delivery in the area of arts, recreation and culture. 

Dan also received questions from the Committee on the draft of their end-of-term report, and agreed to work with staff to amend the draft report to better reflect the Committee-staff engagement throughout the 2018-2022 Term. 

The Committee moved and carried a motion to defer the approval of its end-of-term report for 2018-2022 to their next meeting. 

  • That the Arts, Culture and Recreation Advisory Committee approve its end-of-term report for 2018-2022, and recommend that the Community and Protective Services Committee receive the report.

  • Amendment:
    Moved byAaron Bruce

    That the Arts, Culture and Recreation Committee defer the approval of its end-of-term report for 2018-2022 to their next meeting, and that the next meeting means a virtual sharing of the report for the Committee's approval. 

    Carried

Dan answered the Committee's questions on whether enclosed parks are part of the City's plans for future development. 

Chair Bruce provided a quick overview, and then Councillor Fleury and Dan answered the Committee's questions on the City's process for its 2022-2026 Governance report, and on the next steps for the Committee's 2022-2026 Term. 

Next Meeting


To be determined.

The meeting adjourned at 19:30 pm.