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SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES
OCTOBER 5, 2017 CITY OF KITCHENER
The Safe and Healthy Community Advisory Committee met this date, commencing at 4:05 p.m.
Present: Chair – Mr. D. Witmer
Councillor D. Schnider, Ms. E. Clarke, Ms. A. Venner, Ms. J. Metzger, Ms. T. Smith and
Messrs. A. Ganem-Mohamed and W. Rahimi.
Staff: M. Hildebrand, Director, Community Programs
D. Keelan, Manager, Aquatics & Volunteer Services
L. Korabo, Committee Administrator
1.NEIGHBOURHOOD PLACEMAKING CHALLENGE – SELECTION COMMITTEE
Mr. D. Kropf, Neighbourhood Development Office Associate, attended to provide background
information on the Neighbourhood Placemaking Challenge which offers grants between
$1,000. and $20,000. for projects turning everyday spaces into destinations and gathering
places where people will want to spend time. All successful grant recipients must complete
their project by the end of July, 2018. Mr. Kropf advised a Selection Committee is being
established to review Challenge applications and determine grant winners. The Selection
Committee will consist of residents/volunteers and City staff. A representative from the Safe &
Healthy Community Advisory Committee is desired to serve on the Selection Committee.
With regard to time commitment, Mr. Kropf advised this volunteer placement would be for the
period October, 2017 – July, 2018, with an option to renew for a second year. Key tasks
include reviewing all applications for larger grants and submitting online comments, attending a
Fall selection committee meeting to discuss / select grant recipients, then reviewing grants for
smaller applications and submitting online comments, attending a Spring selection committee
meeting to discuss / select grant recipients. Total time commitment is estimated at
approximately 15-20 hours.
The Committee was advised the first submission deadline is October 23, 2017 and the review
meeting will be held in December.
Mr. M. Hildebrand noted the ease of submitting online comments with the software being
utilized. Training on the software and overall process will be provided by staff prior to the first
submission deadline.
Members asked questions of clarification on the acceptable locations of projects as well as the
preferred scope of projects to be submitted. Mr. Kropf advised that submissions for the
$20,000. grant should be of a long-term nature while those requesting $1,000. grants could be
for temporary events or smaller scale projects.
Ms. T. Smith volunteered to be the Committee’s representative and was supported by the
members in attendance.
2.VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION
Mr. M. Hildebrand advised the City’s Volunteer Services Section regularly recognizes
volunteers for their contributions to Council’s advisory committees. Mr. Hildebrand thanked the
Committee’s members for their efforts thus far in their appointment term, commenting that the
work plan being developed is taking shape and concrete actions to move forward are now
materializing. Mr. Hildebrand distributed a gift card for a downtown Kitchener coffee shop to
each member.
3.WORKPLAN UPDATES AND WORKING GROUPS
Mr. M. Hildebrand provided an update on steps being taken to bring the “Breaking the Silence”
report to Council’s attention. He advised staff is preparing a report for consideration at the
th
October 30 Community and Infrastructure Services Committee meeting. Ms. J. Metzger has
offered to make a presentation on the report at that time.
Mr. M. Hildebrand also offered an update on an action item related to the CPTED sub-
committee’s work plan, advising he has identified his top two community centres to receive a
CPTED audit.
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3.WORKPLAN UPDATES AND WORKING GROUPS (CONT’D)
He commented staff at community centres is excited to have the audit
undertaken and eager to hear about resulting suggestions. For the information of the
Committee, the first two centres to be audited are: Breithaupt Centre and the Downtown
Community Centre. Mr. Hildebrand will schedule a meeting with members of the sub-
committee to discuss timing of audits.
Ms. T. Smith reiterated the actions identified by the sub-committee to improve access to school
board facilities by having City staff at community centres act as facilitators of a booking
process. The sub-committee has outlined next steps and plans to contact the Manager of
Community Centres to begin discussions on the benefits of having cross promotion by, and
training of, community centre staff.
Ms. A. Venner advised the sub-committee has begun collecting best practices on policies
around trans-inclusive washrooms and will be discussing next steps.
Following the conclusion of sub-committee updates, breakout sessions were held to continue
work plan actions.
4. ADJOURNMENT
On motion, the meeting adjourned at 5:15 p.m.
L. Korabo
Committee Administrator