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COUNCIL AGENDA MONDAY, JUNE 24, 2019 CITY OF KITCHENER 7:00 P.M. - COUNCIL CHAMBER - 2 - 200 KING STREET WEST THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED that staff be directed to explore new ways to recognize and incentivize Neighbourhood Board membership, possibly through free swimming passes etc. as a means of encouraging volunteer participation. b. Climate Emergency Councillor B. Ioannidis has given notice that he will introduce the following motion for consideration this date: limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees as per the COP21 Paris Agreement; the world; WHEREAS Cities are significant contributors to climate change, consuming more carbon emissions; WHEREAS the City of Kitchener is committed to climate action and understand our role as a global citizen and the need to be prepared for the effects of climate change; WHEREAS the City of Kitchener has an approved Corporate Climate Action Plan, which is a detailed strategy for reducing our corporate level GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions, with an absolute GHG emissions target reduction of 8 per cent from 2016 levels by 2026; WHEREAS the City of Kitchener has reduced its GHG emissions by almost 3000 tons since 2010; WHEREAS the City of Kitchener is currently workings towards stage three of International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) - Building Adaptive & Resilient Communities (BARC) Program for climate adaptation; WHEREAS the City of Kitchener has committed to community climate action by setting a 80% greenhouse gas emission reduction target from 2010 levels by 2050. THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED that the City of Kitchener is declaring a climate emergency with the directive to provide continued support to corporate and community climate action at the City and work towards improved targets where c. Leisure Access Program Councillor P. Singh has given notice that he will introduce the following motion for consideration this date: WHEREAS the City of Kitchener relies on partnerships with our neighbourhood associations and community volunteers to run many of the programs in our facilities; WHEREAS community neighbourhood associations that provide programming, have varying capacities to provide free programming for members of the community with financial constraints; WHEREAS there are demographics of our community for whom any level of programming cost becomes a barrier for participation; WHEREAS the Leisure Access Program (LAC) is made available to subsidize the cost of access to city facilities and city run programs to ensure inclusion by all;