HomeMy WebLinkAboutSafe & Healthy - 2002-02-05SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES
FEBRUARY 5, 2002CITY OF KITCHENER
The Safe and Healthy Community Advisory Committee met this date, commencing at 4:00 p.m.,
under Mr. Dennis Schnarr, Co-Chair, with the following members present: Councillor B. Vrbanovic,
Ms. M. Dunk, Supt. A. McConnell and Messrs. F. Bishop and P. Doherty. Ms. T. Beaulne and Ms. H.
Cullen entered the meeting after its commencement.
Others Present:Ms. S. Adams and Mr. L. Neil.
DRAFT TERMS OF REFERENCE REVIEW
1.
Ms. S. Adams referenced the original draft Terms of Reference, prepared by the Deputy City
Clerk, which she had revised and circulated for consideration at the special January 29, 2002
meeting. It was the intent that the Terms be broad in order to be adaptable to the Committee's
goals and objectives and that comments of the Committee would be taken back to the Deputy
City Clerk for review.
The following revisions were agreed to under the itemized categories listed in the draft Terms
of Reference, as follows:
1) Purpose and Scope
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should reflect a reciprocal relationship with City Council
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should require that outside groups/agencies be notified of advisory committee activities
2) Operating Guidelines
b) - Committee members be appointed longer than one year
- consider staggered appointment terms, some of which should extend beyond the term
of the current council
Additional points:
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should have authority to receive and invite delegations for the purpose of making
presentations
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establish policies and procedures respecting meeting attendance and expected
meeting participation by Committee members
3) Responsibilities
a) - Committee reporting relationship should be direct to City Council, as required
Additional point:
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reference should be made to an expectation that members of the Advisory
Committee will share information with other groups to which they belong
Ms. H. Cullen entered the meeting during discussion of the above revisions.
It was agreed that Ms. S. Adams would incorporate Committee responses into a re-draft of the
Terms and bring a revised document to the Committee at its next meeting.
STRATEGIC PLANNING FOLLOW-UP
2.
Mr. D. Schnarr referred to the Committee's special meeting minutes of January 29, 2002 which
was a strategic workshop held to review the goals and strategic plans of the former
committees which have been replaced by the Safe and Healthy Community Advisory
Committee, conduct a SWAT analysis and begin to develop the goals and strategic direction
that the new Committee would take.
Councillor B. Vrbanovic distributed a compilation of the issues raised at the January 29th
special meeting. The compilation reflected issues that were categorized under the following
themes, each of which were further broken down into sub-categories:
Themes:
HousingCollaboration/Partnerships
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Education and Awareness (social marketing)Advocacy
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Training (skill development)Existing Program Support
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STRATEGIC PLANNING FOLLOW-UP (CONT'D)
2.
Mr. D. Schnarr requested that each Committee member identify 3 areas within each theme
which the Committee could work on and that following the presentation and discussion of the
themes, he asked that their suggestions be returned at the end of the meeting to be listed and
prioritized.
Councillor B. Vrbanovic then presented and commented on the content and intent of each
themes.
Ms. T. Beaulne entered the meeting during this discussion.
Following the presentation, Ms. T. Beaulne suggested that some of the issues within the
themes, as listed in the document, were actually strategies and not issues. She recommended
that an effort be made to clearly define issue areas and separate them from strategies which
could then be addressed separately.
Councillor B. Vrbanovic responded that he could reframe the document around issues and
strategies but noted that there was merit in identifying what issues Committee members
consider to be priorities. He indicated that this information would be brought back to the next
Committee meeting.
INFORMATION ITEMS
3.
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Safe City Co-Ordinator Report
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Procedural By-Law Excerpts
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Mayor's Inclusion Meeting - December 2001
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Ethno-Cultural Youth Inclusion Meeting - January 2002
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Unfinished Business List
Mr. F. Bishop distributed copies of the following documents as information:
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K-W Good Neighbours Council (January 15, 2002 meeting)
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List Organizations offering personal support services
ADJOURNMENT
4.
On motion the meeting adjourned at 5:56 p.m.
L.W. Neil, AMCT
Assistant City Clerk