Community and Emergency Services Committee Meeting

the City of Greater Sudbury approves Consent Agenda item 5.1.1.

the City of Greater Sudbury approves the Healthy Community Initiative Fund requests, as outlined in the report entitled “Healthy Community Initiative Fund Applications – April 20, 2026”, from the General Manager of Community Services, presented at the Community and Emergency Services Committee meeting on April 20, 2026; AND THAT the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to present a by-law to authorize the grants recommended in the report.

the resolution be amended to delete the first paragraph and replace it with the following; “THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to consult with the McFarlane Lake playground association to develop a strategy that integrates cricket play into the existing recreational field use; AND FURTHERMORE post consultation, use existing resources to adapt the existing playfield at the McFarlane Lake Playground to accommodate recreational cricket play in 2026 and once developed, apply fees for bookings as established in the User Fee By-Law;”

amended: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to consult with the McFarlane Lake playground association to develop a strategy that integrates cricket play into the existing recreational field use; AND FURTHERMORE post consultation, use existing resources to adapt the existing playfield at the McFarlane Lake Playground to accommodate recreational cricket play in 2026 and once developed, apply fees for bookings as established in the User Fee By-Law; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that staff be directed to present a business case for Council’s consideration during the 2027 budget deliberations to establish one new premier cricket ground to meet the growing needs of the sport and to enable local and provincial hosting for tournaments at one of the sites proposed in the report entitled Cricket Infrastructure Report presented to Community and Emergency Services Committee on April 20th, 2026.

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury approves Consent Agenda item 5.1.1.

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury approves the Healthy Community Initiative Fund requests, as outlined in the report entitled “Healthy Community Initiative Fund Applications – April 20, 2026”, from the General Manager of Community Services, presented at the Community and Emergency Services Committee meeting on April 20, 2026; AND THAT the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to present a by- law to authorize the grants recommended in the report.

THAT the resolution be amended to delete the first paragraph and replace it with the following; “THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to consult with the McFarlane Lake playground association to develop a strategy that integrates cricket play into the existing recreational field use; AND FURTHERMORE post consultation, use existing resources to adapt the existing playfield at the McFarlane Lake Playground to accommodate recreational cricket play in 2026 and once developed, apply fees for bookings as established in the User Fee By-Law;”

As amended: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to consult with the McFarlane Lake playground association to develop a strategy that integrates cricket play into the existing recreational field use; AND FURTHERMORE post consultation, use existing resources to adapt the existing playfield at the McFarlane Lake Playground to accommodate recreational cricket play in 2026 and once developed, apply fees for bookings as established in the User Fee By-Law; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that staff be directed to present a business case for Council’s consideration during the 2027 budget deliberations to establish one new premier cricket ground to meet the growing needs of the sport and to enable local and provincial hosting for tournaments at one of the sites proposed in the report entitled Cricket Infrastructure Report presented to Community and Emergency Services Committee on April 20th, 2026.