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 – August 12, 2024”, from the General Manager of Community Development, presented at the Community and Emergency Services Committee meeting on August 12, 2024; AND THAT the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to present a by-law to authorize the grants recommended in the report.

Resolution: THAT the City of Greater Sudbury submits an official bid proposal to host the 2025 Ontario 55+ Games; AND THAT pending the Ontario Ministry of Sport’s selection and approval of the City of Greater Sudbury as host of these Games, the City delegates authority to the Chief Administrative Officer to enter into the hosting agreement with the Province for hosting obligations and financial support for hosting; AND THAT if selected as host of the 2025 Games, the City of Greater Sudbury direct staff to provide the in-kind contributions for staff time and venue access as outlined in the report titled “2025 Ontario 55+ Games Hosting Opportunity” brought forward at the August 12, 2024, meeting of the Community & Emergency Services Committee. AND FURTHER the City of Greater Sudbury direct staff to report back on necessary capital upgrades and funding resources.

the Sudbury Catholic District School Board’s Student Senate, in collaboration with the City of Greater Sudbury, initiated a GOVA bus awareness campaign to promote the use of public transportation and educate students about how to effectively and safely navigate the GOVA Transit system, and where the training was very successful in providing students with information on routes and schedules, fares and passes, bike rack usage, accessibility, safety and security and bus etiquette; AND WHEREAS User Fees for Student GOVA transit fare may be a barrier for secondary students to access GOVA service on a regular basis; AND WHEREAS a free transit for secondary student program could be an opportunity to encourage secondary students to use transit to get to school, work and recreational activities, which will increase the likelihood of students using the transit system into adulthood, as seen in the municipality of Kingston; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to consult with the municipality of Kingston, and other municipalities with similar free secondary student transit programs, to analyze the model of service specific to partnerships with local schoolboards in order for the municipality to provide secondary school students with free access to transit services, and provide a report to the Community and Emergency Services Committee by the first quarter of 2025, to determine if a similar program could be implemented in the City of Greater Sudbury.

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 – August 12, 2024”, from the General Manager of Community Development, presented at the Community and Emergency Services Committee meeting on August 12, 2024; AND THAT the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to present a by-law to authorize the grants recommended in the report.

Alternate Resolution: THAT the City of Greater Sudbury submits an official bid proposal to host the 2025 Ontario 55+ Games; AND THAT pending the Ontario Ministry of Sport’s selection and approval of the City of Greater Sudbury as host of these Games, the City delegates authority to the Chief Administrative Officer to enter into the hosting agreement with the Province for hosting obligations and financial support for hosting; AND THAT if selected as host of the 2025 Games, the City of Greater Sudbury direct staff to provide the in-kind contributions for staff time and venue access as outlined in the report titled “2025 Ontario 55+ Games Hosting Opportunity” brought forward at the August 12, 2024, meeting of the Community & Emergency Services Committee. AND FURTHER the City of Greater Sudbury direct staff to report back on necessary capital upgrades and funding resources.

WHEREAS the Sudbury Catholic District School Board’s Student Senate, in collaboration with the City of Greater Sudbury, initiated a GOVA bus awareness campaign to promote the use of public transportation and educate students about how to effectively and safely navigate the GOVA Transit system, and where the training was very successful in providing students with information on routes and schedules, fares and passes, bike rack usage, accessibility, safety and security and bus etiquette; AND WHEREAS User Fees for Student GOVA transit fare may be a barrier for secondary students to access GOVA service on a regular basis; AND WHEREAS a free transit for secondary student program could be an opportunity to encourage secondary students to use transit to get to school, work and recreational activities, which will increase the likelihood of students using the transit system into adulthood, as seen in the municipality of Kingston; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to consult with the municipality of Kingston, and other municipalities with similar free secondary student transit programs, to analyze the model of service specific to partnerships with local schoolboards in order for the municipality to provide secondary school students with free access to transit services, and provide a report to the Community and Emergency Services Committee by the first quarter of 2025, to determine if a similar program could be implemented in the City of Greater Sud