Present:

Chair: Councillor J. Sudds
Vice-Chair: Councillor K. Egli
Councillors: D. Deans, E. El-Chantiry, M. Fleury, M. Luloff,
C. McKenney, C. A. Meehan

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

Minutes 12 - 20 August 2020

CONFIRMED

PRESENTATIONS

1.

UPDATE ON 2018 TORNADO AND 2019 FLOOD

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

That the Community and Protective Services Committee receive this presentation for information.

Anthony Di Monte, General Manager of Emergency and Protective Services and Pierre Poirier, Manager, Security and Emergency Management spoke to a PowerPoint presentation.  A copy of the presentation is held on file with the City Clerk’s office.

Committee members had comments and questions but not limited to the following:

-       Members thanked staff and the great number of volunteers that assisted.  There were several lessons learned.

-       Many highrise buildings especially those with seniors had no backup generators which caused problems for elevators, etc.  This should be reviewed. 

-       Better connectivity with groups doing work on the ground needed. This not to diminish what City did; just needed additional connectivity piece.

-       Directions to staff were discussed and agreed to as set out below.

The presentation was RECEIVED as presented.

OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK

COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE SERVICES

2.

STATUS UPDATE – COMMUNITY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES COMMITTEE INQUIRIES AND MOTIONS - FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 8 SEPTEMBER 2020

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REPORT RECOMMENDATION

That the Community and Protective Services Committee receive this report for information.

RECEIVED

EMERGENCY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES

OTTAWA PARAMEDIC SERVICES

3.

OTTAWA PARAMEDIC SERVICE 2019 ANNUAL REPORT

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REPORT RECOMMENDATION

That the Community and Protective Services Committee recommend Council receive this report for information.

Motion CPS 2020 13/1

Moved by Vice-Chair K. Egli   

WHEREAS the response to inquiry CPS 03-19 listed on the Community and Protective Services Committee Agenda of October 17, 2019 outlined in detail the many mitigation efforts done by Ottawa Paramedics Services to reduce the offload delays and outlined three items local area hospitals believed would help alleviate offload delays and;

WHEREAS the Ottawa Paramedic Service 2019 Annual report details concerning information about the challenges and complexities Ottawa Paramedics are facing including spending 53,663 hours in offload delay, amounting to a loss of 64 FTEs at an annual cost of approximately $7.7 million in 2019 and offload delays continue to increase at emergency departments in Ottawa and;

WHEREAS the provincial industry standard to transfer the care of a patient from paramedics to the emergency department is 30 minutes at the 90th percentile. In 2019, the performance results of Ottawa area hospitals were significantly greater at:

·       102+ minutes delay at the Civic Campus

·       101+ minutes delay at the General Campus

·       82+ minutes delay at the Queensway Carleton Hospital

·       63+ minutes delay at the Montfort Hospital and;

WHEREAS: recognizing the serious issues outlined in the 2019 Ottawa Paramedic Service Report the Chair of Community Protective Services Committee extended an invitation to Cameron Love, President and CEO of the Ottawa Hospital, Andrew Falconer, President and CEO of the Queensway Carleton Hospital, and Bernard Leduc, President and CEO of Montfort Hospital, to attend the Community and Protective Services Committee meeting and provide important additional information to the Ottawa Paramedic Service Annual Report and;

WHEREAS: Local area hospitals recognize their key contributions they can make to reduce offload delays in our city and have all agreed to attend the next Community and Protective Services Committee meeting on October, 15 2020 and will provide members of Committee a detailed update on the progress made on this serious issue.

BE IT RESOLVED that the Ottawa Paramedic Service 2019 Annual Report be deferred to the next regular meeting of the Community and Protective Services Committee.  

DEFERRAL CARRIED

OTTAWA FIRE SERVICES

4.

OTTAWA FIRE SERVICES 2019 ANNUAL REPORT

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REPORT RECOMMENDATION

That the Community and Protective Services Committee recommend that Council receive this report for information.

Chief Ayotte was present along with Anthony Di Monte, General Manager of Emergency and Protective Services to answer questions from Committee members.

Committee members had a variety of questions dealing with but not limited to the following:

There is a need to engage groups such as women, gender equity, anti-racism and ethno-cultural groups. There is a need to have more diverse people at the table.  It becomes a matter of outreach; how to attract?  The service has increased the outreach; out of 2,000 applications, 10% were women. However, 10% isn’t the number they want to reach; the market number is 17%. The last class had three women fire fighters.  Need to do more work and quicker.  The Auditor noted the recruitment process was inefficient; they are reviewing. 

One of the Chief’s top priorities is mental health of firefighters.  They are our most important asset on the job.  Also very important is the general health of firefighters due to contamination from fire; not only from fire and heat; but how toxins enter the body through skin.  Need to focus on decontamination; with every step taken, another issue arises. 

Chair Sudds and members thanked the Fire Service for their work. 

The report recommendation was put to Committee and RECEIVED as presented.

BY-LAW AND REGULATORY SERVICES

5.

AMENDMENTS TO ENHANCE THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE SMOKING AND VAPING BY-LAW (NO. 2019-241

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REPORT RECOMMENDATION

That the Community and Protective Services Committee recommend that Council approve the proposed amendments to the Smoking and Vaping By-law (No. 2019-241), all in the general form set out in Document 1, and as described in this report.

Roger Chapman, Director, By-law and Regulatory Services in response to a member’s question stated that in the past they could leverage existing enforcement mechanisms.   They have reduced the number of offending establishments to five, but attendance in those establishments has increased. They haven’t engaged with property owners in the past but with change it will help property owners and give By-law Services another enforcement mechanism.

The report recommendation was put to Committee and CARRIED as presented.

CRIME PREVENTION OTTAWA

6.

CRIME PREVENTION OTTAWA ANNUAL ACTION REPORT 2019

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REPORT RECOMMENDATION

That Community and Protective Services Committee and Council receive this report for information and approve the minor change to the Crime Prevention Ottawa Terms of Reference as described in supporting document 7.

Councillor Diane Deans, Chair of Crime Prevention Ottawa (CPO) gave some introductory remarks on the work of CPO and introduced Nancy Worsfold, Manager of Crime Prevention Ottawa.  Nancy introduced Shoshana Moss, Compliance Consultant, Finance Services who would speak to a PowerPoint presentation.  Additional questions were responded to by Alison Newson of the John Howard Society.

A copy of their presentation is held on file with the City Clerk’s office.

Following the presentation Committee members had a variety of questions dealing with but not limited to the following:

The cost benefit analysis of CPO programs shows the savings in costs of policing and in the court system.  This is a year to year program with the John Howard Society.

This is one of 10 programs in the Ottawa Street Gangs and Violence Strategy.  They have never done a ‘blue sky’ calculation of what they could spend to bring resources together in an overall coordinated manner on our highest-risk offenders. Strategic planning is taking place.

COVID-19 has been challenging.  Engagement is a key component of this type of work and with clients it is very complex.  COVID-19 has added an extra layer of difficulty. 

The report recommendation was put to Committee and RECEIVED and CARRIED as presented.

INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY DISTRIBUTED

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PAWNBROKERS & SECOND-HAND GOODS BY-LAW REVIEW

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INQUIRIES

CPS 04-20

CPS 05-20

ADJOURNMENT