City Council Meeting

That the Delegation of Diane Stephen concerning Report CNCL-22-78 be added to the agenda for the meeting of November 21, 2022.

That the delegation of Diane Stephen be heard.

That all items listed under the heading of Public Consent Agenda for the City Council Meeting dated November 21, 2022 be adopted as recommended except: Items CNCL-22-75, CNCL-22-76 and CNCL-22-78.

That all items listed under the heading of Closed Consent Agenda for the City Council Meeting dated November 21, 2022 be adopted as recommended.

That the motion be

That the referral be amended to replace the words 'Economic Development Services Committee' with the words 'the Region of Durham and report back to Council'.

Oshawa has a number of new by-laws and recently has become home to many new residents; and, Whereas the role of the City Communications department is to raise public awareness of many changes related to Oshawa governance matters, rules and regulations; Now therefore City staff be instructed to publish an on-line guide for the people of Oshawa which contains a summary of the most frequently requested Oshawa By-laws, similar to the practice of other municipalities to better inform residents of what is allowed or prohibited under certain City by-laws.

City-wide surveys conducted by the City for the design of neighbourhood parks would benefit from a new policy where there is a weighting of all participants in the survey, in fairness to residents in the park neighbourhood. The geographic location of the survey participants should be factored in the ranking of certain survey questions; Now therefore City surveys should include a request for the first three digits of the postal code of any individuals completing a survey in order for the City to ensure a fair weighting of the survey responses, with higher weighting given to individuals responding from the neighbourhood where the park is located.

That the motion be amended to replace the words 'the 2023' with the words 'a future'.

That the motion be further amended to replace the word 'include' with the word 'considered'.

That the motion be referred as amended to the Safety and Facilities Services Committee.

That the motion be withdrawn.

That the motion be amended to replace the word 'included' with the words 'considered as an option'.

That the motion be further amended to delete the words 'in the 2023 budget'.

That the motion be referred to the Community and Operations Committee.

That the motion be referred to the next Council meeting.

That the meeting adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 11:23 a.m.