CITY OF WINDSOR AGENDA 6/21/2021
Final Consolidated City Council Meeting Agenda
Date: Monday, June 21, 2021 Time: 1:00 o’clock p.m.
Location: Council Chambers, 1st Floor, Windsor City Hall
All members will be participating electronically and will be counted towards quorum in accordance with Procedure By-law 98-2011 as amended, which allows for electronic meetings during a declared emergency. The minutes will reflect this accordingly.
MEMBERS: Mayor Drew Dilkens
Ward 1 – Councillor Fred Francis
Ward 2 – Councillor Fabio Costante
Ward 3 – Councillor Rino Bortolin
Ward 4 – Councillor Chris Holt
Ward 5 – Councillor Ed Sleiman
Ward 6 – Councillor Jo-Anne Gignac
Ward 7 – Councillor Jeewen Gill
Ward 8 – Councillor Gary Kaschak
Ward 9 – Councillor Kieran McKenzie
Ward 10 - Councillor Jim Morrison ORDER OF BUSINESS
Item # Item Description 1. ORDER OF BUSINESS
1.1. In the event of the absence of the Mayor, Councillor Morrison has been Appointed Acting Mayor for the month of June, 2021 in accordance with By-law 176-2018, as amended
2. CALL TO ORDER
3. DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST AND THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF
4. ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES
4.1. Adoption of the minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting held June 7, 2021 (SCM 197/2021)
5. NOTICE OF PROCLAMATIONS
Illumination “Pride Month – June 2021” – Tuesday, June 8 to Wednesday, June 30, 2021 “C.A.R.P. Windsor-Essex Chapter – Seniors Month – June 2021” – Saturday, June 26 to Sunday, June 27, 2021 “Parachute Canada – National Injury Prevention Day” – Monday, July 5, 2021
6. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
7. COMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION PACKAGE (This includes both Correspondence and Communication Reports)
7.1. Correspondence 7.1.1. through 7.1.12. (CMC 10/2021)
7.2. Pay As You Go (PAYG) Transfer for Eligible 2020 Computer Equipment Related Expenses - Windsor Police Service (WPS) - City Wide (CM 16/2021)
7.3. Regional Food and Organic Waste and Biosolids Processing Project Update - City Wide (C 84/2021) 8. CONSENT AGENDA
8.2. Approval to Create By-law required for National Disaster Mitigation Program (NDMP)- City Wide (C 66/2021)
8.3. Local Improvement - Proposed Construction of Sidewalk and Boulevard Restoration on Electricity Drive from Rhodes Drive to the Cul-De-Sac - Ward 9 (C 76/2021)
8.4. Windsor International Airport – ACAP Application for Front End Loader Replacement and General Applications - Ward 9 (C 71/2021)
CONSENT COMMITTEE REPORTS
8.5. Minutes of the Windsor Licensing Commission of its meeting held April 21, 2021 (SCM 181/2021) (SCM 154/2021)
8.7. Permanent Funding for New Operations Supervisor within Transit Operations Department - City Wide (SCM 183/2021) (S 49/2021) (AI 2/2021) Clerk’s Note: Administration submitting memo (previously distributed) as additional information.
8.8. Minutes of the Diversity Committee of its meeting held March 30, 2021 (SCM 187/2021) (SCM 155/2021)
8.9. Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors, Willistead Manor Inc., held April 8, 2021 (SCM 188/2021) (SCM 161/2021)
8.10. Report No. 113 of the Board of Directors, Willistead Manor Inc., of its meeting held April 8, 2021 (SCM 189/2021) (SCM 162/2021)
8.11. Update of Round 1 of the Arts, Culture and Heritage Fund 2021 – City Wide (SCM 190/2021) (S 52/2021)
8.12. Major F.A. Tilston VC Armoury and Police Training Centre (DND and Police Training Building) – CCTV System Replacement (SCM 191/2021) (S 53/2021)
9. REQUEST FOR DEFERRALS, REFERRALS AND/OR WITHDRAWALS
10. PRESENTATIONS AND DELEGATIONS
DELEGATIONS: (5-minute maximum)
8.6. Town of Amherstburg - Transit Delivery and Maintenance Services - City Wide (SCM 182/2021) (S 48/2021) a) Ernie Lamont, resident of Ward 8 11.2. Community Heritage Fund Mortgage Receivable for Mount Zion Church of God in Christ, 795 McDougall Street - Ward 3 (C 55/2021) a) Brenda Harrison, contact person for Mt. Zion Church b) Mozelle Scott-Bey, former parishioner c) Bishop Paul Morton
8.1. Reimagined Adie Knox with Grant Opportunity and Partnership with the University of Windsor - Ward 2 (C 82/2021) (AI 3/2021) Clerk’s Note: Administration submitting the memo dated June 21, 2021 as additional information (previously distributed). Written submissions provided by the Windsor Accessible Advisory Committee (WAAC); the Windsor Family Health Team; and Ward 6 resident Philippa von Ziegenweidt are as additional information (previously distributed). David Hanna, resident of Ward 3 submitting the attached email dated June 18, 2021 as late additional information. Christina McGugan, resident of Ward 2 submitting the attached email dated June 21, 2021 as late additional information. a) Mike Havey, Director of Athletics and Rec Services; and Vincent Georgie, Associate Vice President; University of Windsor (available for questions) b) Peter Best, Co-Chair WAAC (available for questions) c) Ernie Lamont, resident of Ward 8 d) Rene Jacques, resident of Ward 6 e) Linda MacKenzie, Friends of Adie Knox f) Caroline Taylor, resident of Ward 2 g) Mike Cardinal, resident of Ward 2 h) Mark Ferrari, Executive Director, Windsor Family Health Team i) Tammy Murray, Our West End, Coordinator, Volunteer j) David Petten, President, CUPE Local 543 k) Howard Weeks, resident of Ward 4
11. REGULAR BUSINESS ITEMS (Non-Consent Items)
11.1. Current Organizational State of The Corporation of the City of Windsor - City Wide (C 87/2021) Clerk’s Note: P&C Appendix B (previously distributed) for Mayor and Council only.
11.3. Canadian Diabetes Donation Bin Program - City Wide (C 83/2021)
12. CONSIDERATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS
12.1. (i) Report of the Special In-Camera meeting or other Committee as may be held prior to Council (if scheduled)
13. BY-LAWS (First and Second Reading)
13.1 By-law 102-2021 A BY-LAW TO AMEND BY-LAW NUMBER 208-2008, BEING A BY- LAW TO DELEGATE TO ADMINISTRATION THE AUTHORITY TO PROCESS, MAKE DECISIONS ON, AND TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS FOR CERTAIN MATTERS authorized by CR116/2021 dated March 29, 2021
13.2 By-law 103-2021 A BY-LAW TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMPOSITION OF SPECIAL CHARGES UPON PRESCRIBED BUSINESS PROPERTY CLASSES OF RATEABLE PROPERTY WITHIN IMPROVEMENT AREAS FOR THE YEAR 2021 authorized by CR184/2021 dated May 3, 2021
13.3 By-law 104-2021 A BY-LAW TO FIX THE TAX RATES AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF PROPERTY TAXES FOR THIS YEAR authorized by CR182/2021 dated May 3, 2021
13.4 By-law 105-2021 A BY-LAW TO OPT-OUT OF THE VACANCY REBATE PROGRAM UNDER SECTION 364 OF THE MUNICIPAL ACT, 2001 authorized by CR183/2021 dated May 3, 2021
13.5 By-law 106-2021 A BY-LAW TO FURTHER AMEND BY-LAW NUMBER 8600 CITED AS THE "CITY OF WINDSOR ZONING BY-LAW" authorized by CR401/2003, CR274/2006, and CR223/2009 dated June 16, 2003, May 29, 2006, and June 15, 2009 respectively
13.6 By-law 107-2021 A BY-LAW TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF THE ONTARIO TRANSFER PAYMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE NATIONAL DISASTER MITIGATION PROGRAM (NDMP) BETWEEN THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF WINDSOR AND HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF ONTARIO, REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTER OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS AND HOUSING (See Item 8.2, Report C 66/2021)
13.7 By-law 108-2021 A BY-LAW TO FURTHER AMEND BY-LAW NUMBER 8600 CITED AS THE "CITY OF WINDSOR ZONING BY-LAW" authorized by CR198/2021 dated May 3, 2021
13.8 By-law 109-2021 A BY-LAW TO FURTHER AMEND BY-LAW NUMBER 9148 BEING A BY-LAW TO REGULATE TRAFFIC WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF WINDSOR authorized by CR161/2021 dated April 19, 2021
13.9 By-law 110-2021 A BY-LAW TO FURTHER AMEND BY-LAW NUMBER 9023 BEING A BY-LAW TO REGULATE VEHICULAR PARKING WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF WINDSOR ON MUNICIPAL STREETS, MUNICIPAL PARKING LOTS AND PRIVATE PROPERTIES approved by CAO 153/2021 dated June 7, 2021
13.10 By-law 111-2021 A BY-LAW TO FURTHER AMEND BY-LAW NUMBER 8600 CITED AS THE "CITY OF WINDSOR ZONING BY-LAW" as authorized by CR200/2021 dated May 3, 2021 13.11. By-law 112-2021 A BY-LAW TO CONFIRM PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF WINDSOR AT ITS MEETING HELD ON THE 21ST DAY OF JUNE, 2021
14. MOVE BACK INTO FORMAL SESSION
15. NOTICES OF MOTION
16. THIRD AND FINAL READING OF THE BY-LAWS
By-law 102-2021 through 112-2021 (inclusive)
17. PETITIONS
18. QUESTION PERIOD
19. STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS
20. UPCOMING MEETINGS
Housing & Homelessness Advisory Committee - CANCELLED Tuesday, June 22, 2021 9:30 a.m., Zoom Video Conference
Environment, Transportation and Public Safety Standing Committee Wednesday, June 23, 2021 4:30 p.m., Zoom Video Conference
Windsor Essex County Environment Committee Thursday, June 24, 2021 4:30 p.m., Zoom Video Conference
Town & Gown Committee Tuesday, June 29, 2021 10:00 a.m., Zoom Video Conference
International Relations Committee Wednesday, June 30, 2021 3:30 p.m., Zoom Video Conference
21. ADJOURNMENT June 21, 2021 City Council Meeting Item 8.1 – Late Written Submission
From: david hanna Sent: Friday, June 18, 2021 8:47 PM To: clerks
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Please use this copy of Delegation as there seems to have been a mistake in the transference of the last copy.
Thanks, David Hanna
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From: david hanna Sent: June 18, 2021 8:32 PM To: [email protected]
Hello
I would request that copy of this e-mail and Attachments be submitted as written Delegation to: Item No. 8.1, "Reimagining Adie Knox with Grant Opportunities & Partnerships with the University of Windsor Ward 2 (C82/2021)" on the Monday June 21, 2021 Meeting of Windsor City Council Agenda.
1. The last-minute rushed nature of this City Agenda item without legitimate public consultation is appears undemocratic and unprofessional. A rushed, 'on-line only', singular, noniterative survey (with only a few days to submit) does not appear to offer any sane resemblance of comprehensive public outreach methodology. Nor claim to any ability towards accurateness of general public opinion. Complete lack of reasonable multiformat forms of proper public engagement is too often atypical at Windsor City Hall. The report appears to preference City Directive bias in its presentation of City report options being a 'take it or leave it deal'. A City survey open only to citizens with computers, knowledge of the survey's existence and able to submit within an artificially created and unreasonable City imposed deadline. 2. 3. The existing City Pool and Therapy Pool at Adie Knox is well used and loved by the community and has features, programs and contextual setting that the University of Windsor proposal does not currently propose
A. There is no Therapy Pool in the University of Windsor / City Proposal. The so-called relax pool (afterthought) addition at the far East end, City run WFCU centre is no substitute. Particularly in terms of either reasonable West end accessible proximity or real Therapy Pool Jet features.
B. There is no Diving Board or climbing wall in the present University Proposal Pool proposal.
C. The supposed 'free' community member Parking proposed for the City / University of Windsor Plan will be overwhelmed by U of W Students seeking free parking and near impossible to enforce. Licence plates do not distinguish student / non student usage. Other more distant additional University Parking lots require payment, walking distance and will cause more confusion to Community use and risk liability to busy street crossing by seniors and families with kids.
D. The University Proposal (as it stands) appears as pitting rushed University Student athletic interests and tight academic schedule behaviour of younger students (in a multiple use, larger University orientated structure) against frail, often slower moving seniors. Seniors, families with kids and non- academics interested in leisure, exercise, and other community orientated joint features typical to a Public community only facility - could find themselves easily bowled over in a University Athletic setting of haste & hustle.
E. The distance from the existing Adie Knox Community facility to the proposed University Pool proposal presents accessibility problems to many West end community members, particularly those of lower income.
F. The proposed 'upgrade' plan for Adie Knox exhibits hugely unnecessarily oversized Parking Lot additions. New Parking proposed completely overtakes and divides the existing Park. A new diagonal internal roadway connecting the new oversized Parking Lots, appearing as visible proof to a deficient exterior plan catering to the car at the expense of eliminating public Park Green space. The mention in the proposed Adie Knox plan for new upgrades to prepare for near future, mandatory net zero requirements - appears shattered by this overabundance of proposed new parking hardscape and its environmentally damaging stormwater and heat sink implications. Particularly since there is already existing Parking lots on both sides of the Adie Knox complex that could be alternately, slightly improved. In addition, there already is nearby Street Parking available if the Public facility gets busy.
G. The City report offers no explanation of why the last City / University of Windsor Community agreement was never sought out to be extended or for that matter why the Community agreement with the St. Clair College Pool in South Windsor was whittled away. An important additional point being that many once popular WECDSB & WERCSB pools, that may have allowed partial community usage in the past - may no longer exist! The fact that the City of Windsor would be welching on a past Federal grant from 2011 that saw the Therapy Pool built at the Adie Knox addition, pre-maturely demolished with in only 10 years of its construction. How was it determined in 2011 that a Therapy Pool was deemed essential (the present and future being an even greater time for consideration of our society's increasing aging demographic that could use continuance of such a healing Therapy Pool feature) and yet a Therapy Pool is now NOT deemed essential by the City and as not being beneficial to the West end community?
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3.In terms of examples historical examples poor City planning, consider the aftereffects of the rush to build of the City's downtown Aquatic Centre:
3. A. Rooftop Solar panel installation was made possible only with additional structural changes after the building' construction was at a 3/4 - point stage in completion. This despite early on public suggestion of Solar Energy's benefits made to City Council before Construction commenced. 4. B. After the Windsor Aquatic Centre was built and opened it was found that the floor tile in Adventure Bay required expensive Tile replacement with non-slip tile. Amazing - given the supposed World Class Pool Consultant qualifications that the City is said to have employed. 5. C. After Adventure Bay had opened it had to be closed to allow for the belated expense of installation of a mechanical 'Raft Hoist'. Common sense reasons of ensuring public safety that should have been foreseen in the early design stages. 6. D. After Adventure Bay had opened it had to be closed to construct an expensive (due to afterthought) upper deck internal, open balcony overlook for parents to observe their children. 7. E. Questionable Public Art on one West Exterior wall of the Aquatic Centre, constructed after the fact, only upon neighbourhood pressure to attempt to alleviate an unnecessarily bland and foreseen blank exterior wall. 8. F. The water circulation system of the Olympic size pool at the Windsor Aquatic Centre had to be expensively reconfigured after the pool had opened and was operational. Another afterthought. 9. G. No thorough Marketing study appeared to have been done aforehand to indicate that the Windsor Aquatic Centre's scale and operational expenses would most certainly escalate and never match the dwindling market share use after the new City feature 'shine' wore off. 10. H. There doesn't appear to be any scheduled continuity in regional and international swim or diving competitions of scale at the Windsor Aquatic Centre, despite the Mayor's Office hiring an expensive salaried 'City Sports Marketing Position' after the Windsor Aquatic Centre's opening. 11. I. When the initial one-time FINA event was held at the Windsor Aquatic Centre, a separate temporary warm up pool had to be built and located miles away at the far East end, City run WFCU Centre. The competition warming pool constructed in one of the WFCU Centre's multiple Ice Rinks. How does the expensively public funded City Sports bias afterthought fit in with then forced closure of the former City run pool at Waterworld. The Waterworld pool, another City short run venture paid in gift by Ceasars & the Province, demised before it's time. Waterworld, a community designed, contextually important, much less expensive entry fee sort of smaller community version of Adventure Bay. The Windsor Aquatic Centre's Adventure Bay now often so overpriced to low-income resident use. Waterworld placed in an income challenged neighbourhood that it was specifically designed to serve with a reasonable entry fee. The Waterworld pool now filled in and the building underutilized. With the pre-mature Waterworld pool closing, the City once again throwing purposeful upper-level Government Grant money - literally down the drain it seems. 12.
4. A. Parallel examples of City supported bad decision making: - the unfulfilled promise of an Urgent Health Care Facility (mistakenly promoted by WRH and the City of Windsor as a done deal at the former Grace Hospital site). The then proposed Grace site UHC deal a 'sort of' Emergency Care Facility sop to the Urban Windsor City population majority for moving 5,000 WRH jobs and City core needed medical facility to a new rural sited singular Acute Care Facility. The proposed MegaHospital itself, at the expense of closing and demolishing two existing Windsor Urban core Acute Care Facilities for a distant rural site. The proposed 10 story Acute Care Mega Hospital directly across from the busy Windsor International Airport (and extended Airport lands City divide) and substantially more expensive than if built on an existing serviced City site near the core.
B. Then we have the premature sale of Windsor's Main Library by the City to a failed Windsor Mission Shelter venture. Almost immediately flipped by the Mission entity owner and the former Main Library now sitting abandoned and empty on our City's Main N-S Street. The City of Windsor not having a Main Library other than the rushed, expensive pathetic afterthought pseudo replacement being the back end former loading dock of the former Paul Martin Building. Again, all the site specific commissioned Public Art permanently exhibited at the former Main Windsor Library, now sitting in storage somewhere. The more recent public donation gifts to build a new Genealogy / History Room, Bookmaking Room, Tool and Robotics Room in the former Main Library collectively lost when the Main Library was indiscriminately sold off with no follow up plan. Some folks responsible for that poor City decision, still sit on a City Council, led by the very same elected Windsor Main Library executioner.
C. The failed Provincial Rd. & Walker Rd. boringly 4x repetitive, Gateway Spoon Art Sculpture feature proposed by City Planning. Without any public input or passing before the City Public Art Committee. City monies from that failed, unbuilt project subsequently passed on to then ongoing Wyandotte St. W. Viaduct improvement Project. With absolutely no apparent distinguishable difference to the original Wyandotte St. W, Viaduct Project than before the transferred monies. Leading the question, where did that unused Walker Rd. Project money actually go?
D. The rushed revitalization of 3 blocks of Ouellette Ave., South of Wyandotte St. several years ago. No bike lanes or Centre median landscape feature. Again, City Administration process circumventing the Windsor Bicycle Committee. A low bid City tendered Construction project that that had to be rebuilt again, half way through the initial re-build, due to Contractor mistakes. City Public Works coming to City Council, ironically for an extra 1/4 million more for extra costs in City supervision.
E. Within the last couple of years, City Building Department having to come back to City Council to cover for their mistake of misinterpreting the difference between 10' and 10m on a particular developer's plans.
F. The expense for ill thought-out Plastic 'ice' for Charles Clark square that was never utilized.
G. The City money wasted on the downtown Windsor Canal study. Like the MegaHospital site selection committee, the proposed Downtown Canal Study also having planning unqualified former Politicians; Dave Cooke and Mike Ray appointed overseers. The key here being that same Canal scheme was proposed earlier and looked at by Consultants. It should have at that point been known that the more expense study would have only found public utilities in the way and no means to create a real Canal actually connected to the Detroit River without expensive public infrastructure modification. Thus, avoiding a simple initial investigative trip to public works - the City went on to fund a 1/2 million study for an expensive Tap water sourced Linear Canal fountain, unconnected to the Riverfront. Rightly never implemented.
H. Museum Windsor having to beg the Windsor Museum Volunteer Group to partially fund new permanent exterior building advertising banners on the Chimczuk Musem (Banners being a City structural item) as well as the WMVG paying thousands in costs for a Travelling Museum Exhibit - 1,000's of dollars on bot items depleting WMVG of decades of accrued funds to the level now that the WMVG can't seem to afford to buy proper camera equipment to video their own Heritage lectures for the Museum Archive. Museum Windsor itself lacking quality Photographic Equipment for their own internal archival purposes. Yet the Mayor's special video and drone assistant having better equipment for the Mayor's personal office PR FB minutes than the Windsor Museum!
I. What some may consider ancient City History - the complete destruction of the historic former Norwich Block. Replaced by the 'Chrysler Tower' that never quite panned out to its promise and the planned Convention Centre base now used in part by a private Financial entity. The former Norwich Block TD Bank facade still sits for decades in numbered pieces in City storage.
J. More recently the rushed plans (another last minute, Federal Grant driven scheme) oversized footprint / height Celestial Beacon proposal that never indicated any attempt by the City of due diligence to properly consider alternate site possibilities or proper public input.
K. The 400 City Hall Building audit scandal, the afterthought additions to protect people from building ice fall at subsidiary entrances to the New City Hall. The promise of saving the lower portion of the curved frontage of Old City Hall as heritage vestige. City Hall fountains that don't work. An unfinished Riverfront Plaza. An unfinished Civic Esplande and promise there to community design consult.
L. The City's expensive expropriation of two inconsequential residences on the Southern Fringe of the City owned Windsor Airport lands for no apparent reason and once acquired, the property still unused. Yet the City overlooking past opportunity to expropriate the South West portion of the former Windsor Raceway lands (COCO Property) or for that matter the even larger still remaining remnant portion of adjacent Windsor Raceway lands in order to expand and protect the Ojibway Prairie Nature Complex for future generations. Why would the Federal or Provincial Government invest in such a valid climate change mitigation and rare species protection acquisition venture if the City of Windsor expresses no actionable interest in such within their own municipal purview.
The list of mistakes and or sometimes misplaced priorities by the City can go on, but fear the shortage of letters in the alphabet. The point being that the City Administration, City Council and the Mayor on occasion have made serious blunders, both big and small. Perhaps the mention here could assist the new City of Windsor CAO with some elements of Windsor Corporate history. It would be hoped that these facts would instill a more cautious, unrushed, properly public consulted look at these present city plans for proposed for Adie Knox.
I believe that the West Windsor Community needs to keep and improve its own existing Adie Knox Pool and Therapy Pool Facility by listening to the Community and acting upon their concerns. Is that such terrible an idea to have two indoor West end pools serving expanding and differing communities. That said:
Even for a City / University of Windsor deal to be considered to proceed, -minimally a new Therapy Pool must be re-considered and re-negotiated into any proposed joint City / University project for Community use. Particularly important in societal terms of an ever-increasing, aging population. Other Community concerns better spoken by others would have to also be sufficiently addressed to ensure anything faintly resembling that of a true Community orientated process and project. Longevity, public access guarantees enforced by severe penalty clause for any potential University default. It is in the University's own best interest to consider a Therapy Pool as part of their own Human Kinetics and Athletic Programs. A University of Windsor that has both Medical & Nursing Faculties - a Therapy Pool would seem imperative. The City of Detroit and region has several Sports orientated and University / Hospital Therapy Pool facilities. Academia and Health Care needs for Therapy Pools recognized across the Border. Why is it that local Millionaires / Billionaires can tax break sponsor Faculties or Schools of Business and yet not a more enhanced, Community orientated Interior City Pool Facility and program here in the West end?
Thanks,
David Hanna Ward 3 Resident
June 21, 2021 Windsor City Council Item 8.1 – Late Written Submission
From: Christina Mcgugan Sent: Monday, June 21, 2021 10:07 AM To: clerks
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To all concerned, Mayor Dilkens and members of council, I thank you for reading and considering what I have to say with regards to the proposed development of Adie Knox Arena. When I realized Adie Knox was still being considered to have their pool removed and their community centre dismantled, I became deeply saddened and discouraged. No, sorry, I cannot be convinced that the proposed, sparkly new development will make up for the removal of the pool, that has been used by west end residents for generations. And, I find it insulting that a "survey'' would be used as "consultation'' that does not even give residents a choice but to pick from pre-determined criteria!
Please, we can do better with public engagement. We can do better with considering how people and neighbourhoods function and work together. I feel the upheaval of our west end neighbourhood with this unneccessary, high cost proposal will not be beneficial in the short and long term.
Sincerely,
Christina R. McGugan
Ward 2 resident