Community and Emergency Services Committee Meeting

the City of Greater Sudbury approves Consent Agenda item 4.1.1.

the City of Greater Sudbury approves the Healthy Community Initiative Fund requests, as outlined in the report entitled “Healthy Community Initiative Fund Applications – September 18, 2023”, from the General Manager of Community Development, presented at the Community and Emergency Services Committee meeting on September 18, 2023; AND THAT the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to present a by-law to authorize the grants recommended in the report.

the City of Greater Sudbury approves the request to draw funds up to the amount of $400,000 from the Capital Financing Reserve Fund (General), which are dedicated for the Lively Recreation Project, to engage third party services, as outlined in the report entitled “Lively Recreation Advisory Panel Update and Request to Proceed to Procurement”, presented at the Community and Emergency Services Committee meeting on September 18, 2023.

Healthy Community Initiative capital funds support ward-based projects on municipal property in alignment with the City’s Parks, Open Space and Leisure Master Plan and other City policies; AND WHEREAS City Council’s 2018 budget decision to finance a citywide playground revitalization project worth $2.3 million using an ongoing annual contribution of $150,000 from Healthy Community Initiative funds showed a way these funds could be applied to meet important community needs that would otherwise remain unaddressed; AND WHEREAS each year, just over $500,000 is included in the budget for Healthy Community Initiative capital projects; AND WHEREAS the City’s Parks, Open Space and Leisure Master Plan includes several examples of ward and neighbourhood level candidate projects that improve parks and recreation spaces across the city that are currently unfunded; AND WHEREAS ongoing efforts to address known, long-standing infrastructure renewal needs create a condition where access to limited capital funds increases the risk such ward and neighborhood level candidate projects will remain unfunded; AND WHEREAS investment in infrastructure to support community recreation with a focus on quality of life is a priority in City Council’s 2019-2027 Strategic Plan; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to provide a report at the November, 2023 Community & Emergency Services Committee with recommendations leading to the identification of neighbourhood-based park

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury approves Consent Agenda item 4.1.1.

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury approves the Healthy Community Initiative Fund requests, as outlined in the report entitled “Healthy Community Initiative Fund Applications – September 18, 2023”, from the General Manager of Community Development, presented at the Community and Emergency Services Committee meeting on September 18, 2023; AND THAT the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to present a by-law to authorize the grants recommended in the report.

THAT the City of Greater Sudbury approves the request to draw funds up to the amount of $400,000 from the Capital Financing Reserve Fund (General), which are dedicated for the Lively Recreation Project, to engage third party services, as outlined in the report entitled “Lively Recreation Advisory Panel Update and Request to Proceed to Procurement”, presented at the Community and Emergency Services Committee meeting on September 18, 2023.

WHEREAS Healthy Community Initiative capital funds support ward- based projects on municipal property in alignment with the City’s Parks, Open Space and Leisure Master Plan and other City policies; AND WHEREAS City Council’s 2018 budget decision to finance a citywide playground revitalization project worth $2.3 million using an ongoing annual contribution of $150,000 from Healthy Community Initiative funds showed a way these funds could be applied to meet important community needs that would otherwise remain unaddressed; AND WHEREAS each year, just over $500,000 is included in the budget for Healthy Community Initiative capital projects; AND WHEREAS the City’s Parks, Open Space and Leisure Master Plan includes several examples of ward and neighbourhood level candidate projects that improve parks and recreation spaces across the city that are currently unfunded; AND WHEREAS ongoing efforts to address known, long-standing infrastructure renewal needs create a condition where access to limited capital funds increases the risk such ward and neighborhood level candidate projects will remain unfunded; AND WHEREAS investment in infrastructure to support community recreation with a focus on quality of life is a priority in City Council’s 2019- 2027 Strategic Plan; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to provide a report at the November, 2023 Community & Emergency Services Committee with recommendations leading to the identification of neighbourhood-