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THAT all Items for Consideration/Consent (Item 7.2.1) not separated for discussion purposes BE APPROVED. Recorded vote on all Items for Consideration/ Consent (Item 7.2.1) not separated for discussion purposes: YES (11): Mayor Davis, Councillor Weaver, Councillor Vanderstelt, Councillor Utley, Councillor Sless, Councillor McCreary, Councillor Martin, Councillor Carpenter, Councillor Antoski, Councillor Van Tilborg, and Councillor Wall

A. THAT Report 2021-369 titled, “Downtown Community Improvement Plan”, BE RECEIVED; and B. THAT the Downtown Brantford Urban Growth Centre delineated in the new City of Brantford Official Plan – Envisioning Our City: 2051, as shown in Figure 1 of Report 2021-369, BE DESIGNATED as a Community Improvement Project Area; and C. THAT the necessary implementing By-law to designate a Community Improvement Project Area BE PRESENTED to Council for adoption; and 4 D. THAT the Downtown Community Improvement Plan, attached as Appendix A to Report 2021-369 BE ADOPTED; and E. THAT the necessary implementing By-law to adopt the Downtown Community Improvement Plan BE PRESENTED to Council for adoption; and F. THAT Pursuant to Section 17(23) of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13., the following statement SHALL BE INCLUDED in the Notice of Decision: “Regard has been had for all written and oral submissions received from the public before the decision was made in relation to this planning matter”; and G. THAT the Downtown CIP Implementation Plan, attached as Appendix B to Report 2021-369, to guide the administration of the Downtown Community Improvement Plan, including ongoing monitoring, BE RECEIVED; and H. THAT Staff BE DIRECTED to report back to Council by early 2024 with an assessment of the uptake and related impacts of the Property Tax Increment- Based Grant program following the initial two years of program administration. Recorded vote on Item 5.1: YES (11): Mayor Davis, Councillor We

THAT Clause I BE AMENDED to cancel the Commercial Facade, Landscaping and Connectivity Improvement Grant and the Mixed Use Building improvement Grant. Recorded vote on the Amendment: YES (2): Councillor McCreary, and Councillor Martin NO (9): Mayor Davis, Councillor Weaver, Councillor Vanderstelt, Councillor Utley, Councillor Sless, Councillor Carpenter, Councillor Antoski, Councillor Van Tilborg, and Councillor Wall

THAT the qualifying greyfields area BE AMENDED to the expanded greyfields area proposed in February 2021. Recorded vote on Amendment to Item 5.2: YES (8): Mayor Davis, Councillor Weaver, Councillor Vanderstelt, Councillor McCreary, Councillor Martin, Councillor Antoski, Councillor Van Tilborg, and Councillor Wall NO: (3): Councillor Utley, Councillor Sless, and Councillor Carpenter

THAT all Items for Consideration/Consent (Items 7.1.1 and 7.1.2) separated for discussion purposes BE APPROVED. Committee then considered each item individually. 7.1 ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION 7.1.1 Digital Communications AODA Compliance Action Plan [Financial Impact $67,000 - $87,000 to be funded from Capital Project PM1703], 2021-431 A. THAT Report 2021-431 regarding the Digital Communications AODA Compliance Action Plan BE RECEIVED; and B. THAT staff BE DIRECTED to utilize funding in an amount up to $87,000 from Capital Project PM1703 – Unspecified Barrier Free Design to implement the AODA Compliance Action Plan. Recorded vote on Item 7.1.1: YES (11): Mayor Davis, Councillor Weaver, Councillor Vanderstelt, Councillor Utley, Councillor Sless, Councillor McCreary, Councillor Martin, Councillor Carpenter, Councillor Antoski, Councillor Van Tilborg, and Councillor Wall

Motion to Waive the Rules THAT Section 15.11.5 of the City of Brantford Procedural By-law BE WAIVED in order to introduce the following Resolution without prior Notice of Motion: WHEREAS the recent use of ground penetrating radar at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School uncovered the remains of 215 children; and WHEREAS Six Nations of the Grand River Chief Mark Hill has written an open letter to the government requesting to immediately be supplied with the 10 technology to conduct the same search at and around the grounds at the former Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ontario; and WHEREAS the “Save the Evidence Campaign” is a campaign to raise awareness and support for the restoration of the former Mohawk Institute Residential School, and to develop the building into an Interpreted Historic Site and Educational Resource; and WHEREAS Woodland Cultural Centre’s operating funding provided through Federal Indigenous Services Canada’s First Nations and Inuit Cultural Education Centres Program was reduced in 2018 due to limited availability, providing additional pressure on Woodland Cultural Centre to express, preserve, develop, revitalize and promote their culture, language and heritage for future generations; and WHEREAS the “Save the Evidence Campaign” relies solely on donations to achieve their goal of a fully-realized Interpretive Centre that will be the definitive destination for information about the history and ongoing legacy of Residential Schools

WHEREAS the recent use of ground penetrating radar at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School uncovered the remains of 215 children; and WHEREAS Six Nations of the Grand River Chief Mark Hill has written an open letter to the government requesting to immediately be supplied with the technology to conduct the same search at and around the grounds at the former Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ontario; and WHEREAS the “Save the Evidence Campaign” is a campaign to raise awareness and support for the restoration of the former Mohawk Institute Residential School, and to develop the building into an Interpreted Historic Site and Educational Resource; and WHEREAS Woodland Cultural Centre’s operating funding provided through Federal Indigenous Services Canada’s First Nations and Inuit Cultural Education Centres Program was reduced in 2018 due to limited availability, providing additional pressure on Woodland Cultural Centre to express, preserve, develop, revitalize and promote their culture, language and heritage for future generations; WHEREAS the “Save the Evidence Campaign” relies solely on donations to achieve their goal of a fully-realized Interpretive Centre that will be the definitive destination for information about the history and ongoing legacy of Residential Schools in Canada; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: A. THAT the City of Brantford REQUESTS that the Government of Canada furnish Six Nations of the Grand River with the technology necessary to imme