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Compass Kitchener Advisory Committee
Committee Minutes
June 4, 2025, 4:00 p.m.
Schmalz Room - Second Floor City Hall
City of Kitchener
200 King Street W, Kitchener, ON N2G 4G7
Present T. Glover, Chair
J. Young, Vice Chair
J. Stephens-Wells, Member
C. Abarca, Member
K. Brabazon, Member
L. Thompson, Member
L. Terry, Member
L. Trumper, Member
S. Kandala, Member
R. Gill, Member
Staff: S. Sweazey, Senior Policy Advisor
A. Remillard, Committee Administrator
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1. Commencement
2. Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest and the General Nature Thereof
3. Delegations
4. Discussion Items
4.1 Final Review of Draft Report Card
T. Glover introduced the final draft of the report card for review and talked to the
Compass Kitchener group about the next steps. T. Glover explained that CLT will
visit the next Compass Kitchener meeting on July 2 to provide their feedback on
the report card.
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Compass members agreed to prepare a list of questions to ask CLT to help
further clarify things that have come up during the review process. C. Abarca
offered to record the list.
Compass Kitchener reviewed each area of the report: Project Status Overview;
Evaluation Approach; Evaluation Rating; 2024 Project Evaluations; Fostering a
Caring City Together; Overall Observations and Looking Ahead; and In Closing
discussing things like making small language changes, thanking staff for their
participation in the process and a suggestion that Compass Kitchener should
urge the city to prioritize the Arts and Culture Master plan given the enormous
challenges faced by the arts sector in Kitchener and the critically important role it
plays.
J. Young moved a motion to draft a sentence to include in the report that names
three areas the City should be focused on: housing, social isolation, and climate
change.
Motion carried unanimously.
J. Stephens-Wells moved a motion that a sentence be drafted addressing the
challenges of identifying and tracking outcome Indicators.
Motion carried unanimously.
4.2 Review Previous Minutes
The May 7 2025 meeting minutes were reviewed.
5. Information Items
5.1 2025 Compass Kitchener Draft Report Card
6. Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 5:42 pm.
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