Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee Comité de la santé, des loisirs et des services sociaux DISPOSITION 3 / SUITE À DONNER 3 Thursday 19 February 2004, 9:30 a.m. le jeudi 19 février 2004, 9 h 30 Notes: 1. Underlining indicates a new or amended recommendation approved by Committee. 2. Reports requiring Council consideration will normally be presented to Council on 25 February 2004 and 10 March 2004 in Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee Reports 2 and 2A respectively. Nota : 1. Le soulignement indique qu'il s'agit d'une nouvelle recommandation ou d'une recommandation modifiée approuvée par le Comité. 2. Les rapports nécessitant un examen par le Conseil municipal devraient normalement être présentés au Conseil le 25 février 2004 et le 10 mars 2004 dans les rapport no 2 et 2A (respectivement) du Comité de la santé, des loisirs et des services sociaux CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES Confidential Minutes 17 - Thursday, 16 October 2003 and Minutes 2 - Thursday, 15 January 2004 Procès-verbal confidentiel 17, le jeudi 16 octobre 2003 et procès-verbal 2, le jeudi 15 janvier 2004 CONFIRMED CORPORATE SERVICES DEPARTMENT SERVICES GÉNÉRAUX SECRETARIAT SERVICES SERVICES DU SECRÉTARIAT 1. STANDING COMMITTEE TERMS OF REFERENCE - REVIEW - HEALTH, RECREATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE / EXAMEN DU MANDAT DU COMITÉ PERMANENT - COMITÉ DE LA SANTÉ, DES LOISIRS ET DES SERVICES SOCIAUX ACS2004-CRS-SEC-0003 That the Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee recommend Council approve the Committee's Terms of Reference as outlined in Document 1. WITHDRAWN ADVISORY COMMITTEES COMITÉS CONSULTATIFS 2. OTTAWA YOUTH CABINET - TERMS OF REFERENCE / MANDAT DU CABINET DES JEUNES D'OTTAWA ACS2004-CRS-SEC-0016 That the Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee recommend and Council approve the Ottawa Youth Cabinet's Terms of Reference as outlined in Document 1. CARRIED 3. THE RIGHT TO SHELTER: THE OTTAWA YOUTH CABINET YOUTH AND HOUSING SUB-COMMITTEE REPORT / LE DROIT À L'ABRI: RAPPORT DU CABINET DES JEUNES D'OTTAWA ET DU SOUS-COMITÉ DU LOGEMENT ACS2004-CCV-OYC-0003 That the report and recommendations be referred to the Housing Branch for review, action when appropriate and a follow-up report on those matters requiring further clarifications or resources. CARRIED as amended 4. POVERTY ISSUES ADVISORY COMMITTEE - TERMS OF REFERENCE / MANDAT DU COMITÉ CONSULTATIF SUR LES QUESTIONS LIÉES À LA PAUVRETÉ ACS2004-CRS-SEC-0015 That Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee recommend and Council approve the Poverty Issues Advisory Committee's Terms of Reference as outlined in Document 1. WITHDRAWN 5. POVERTY ISSUES ADVISORY COMMITTEE - IDENTIFYING GAPS: A PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF THE DENTAL SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN OTTAWA / COMITÉ CONSULTATIF SUR LES QUESTIONS LIÉES À LA PAUVRETÉ - DÉTERMINER LES FAILLES - EXAMEN PRÉLIMINAIRE DES SERVICES DENTAIRES OFFERTS AUX FAMILLES À FAIBLE REVENU ACS2004-CCV-POI-0002 That the Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee recommend that Council approved the following: 1. That staff investigate and conduct research to identify the negative outcomes of poor dental health on low-income populations in Ottawa with the following questions in mind; i) What is the dental-health needs of low-income families? ii) How many low-income families are unable to meet their needs with existing services? 1(a) That the research alluded to in Recommendation 1 include the basis for existing services, waiting lists, partnerships and what is covered now. 2. That the City explore more adequate programs and subsidies that meet the dental health needs of low-income families, focus on prevention. 3. That the city partner with Dental Health Associations to create a centralized, public pro-bono program similar to that of the former Dental Wives' Association. 4. Lobby the provincial government to have dental health services covered under OHIP CARRIED as amended 6. POVERTY ISSUES ADVISORY COMMITTEE - BASIC NEEDS / COMITÉ CONSULTATIF SUR LES QUESTIONS LIÉES À LA PAUVRETÉ - BESOINS ESSENTIELS ACS2004-CCV-POI-0003 That the Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee recommend Council direct staff to work with the Poverty Issues Advisory Committee to: a) Identify gaps in program delivery to respond to basic needs; b) Identify the levels of government responsible for services specific to meeting basic needs; c) Develop a strategy to advance action plans to deliver these services. CARRIED as amended 7. ARTS, HERITAGE AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE - TERMS OF REFERENCE / MANDAT DU LE COMITÉ CONSULTATIF SUR LES ARTS, LE PATRIMOINE ET LA CULTURE ACS2004-CRS-SEC-0021 That Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee recommend and Council approve the Arts, Heritage and Culture Advisory Committee's Terms of Reference as outlined in Document 1. WITHDRAWN 8. HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE - COMMUNITY FORUM ON PROPOSED CITY OF OTTAWA PROGRAM SPENDING CUTS / COMITÉ DE LA SANTÉ, DES LOISIRS ET DES SERVICES SOCIAUX RÉUNION COMMUNAUTAIRE SUR LES COMPRESSIONS DES DÉPENSES DE PROGRAMMES PROPOSÉES DE LA VILLE D'OTTAWA ACS2004-CCV-HSS-0001 That the Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee receive this report and the recommendation contained herein as the position of the Health and Social Services Advisory Committee on the 2004 Budget and that this report rise to Council for information on 24 March 2004. CARRIED COUNCILLORS' ITEMS ARTICLES DES CONSEILLERS Councillor / Conseiller Cullen 9. 2004 FEED THE KIDS AND PAY THE RENT CAMPAGNE 2004 " NOURRIR SA FAMILLE ET PAYER LE LOYER HE RENT CAMPAIGN / ACS2004-CCS-HRS-0002 That Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee and City Council approve the following: Whereas in 1995 the Provincial Government reduced social assistance payments in Ontario by 21.6%; Whereas the actual welfare rates have not been raised for more then 10 years; Whereas the shelter allowance portion of social assistance is not sufficient to cover the cost of shelter in the City, and that the basic needs allowance is being used to cover housing; Whereas a single mother with one child received a total benefit of $953 a month with $511 being the amount she receives for shelter and the average rent in the City of Ottawa for a two bedroom apartment is $932.00 with the result that in many cases the whole benefit cheque is not sufficient to cover the cost of housing, leading to increasing levels of homelessness and hunger in our community; Whereas social assistance benefits have never been based on any objective measur of living costs; Whereas the City of Ottawa made a deputation to the provincial government in February of 2002 asking that the shelter portion of both Ontario Works and the Ontario Disability Support Plan be tied t CMHC average rents and that the clawback of the National Child Benefit Supplement be stopped with no response from the provincial government; Therefore be it resolved that the City of Ottawa reaffirm its commitment and endorsement of the Somerset West Action Network campaign 'Feed the Kids AND Pay the Rent' and; Send a letter from Mayor Chiarelli to Premier McGuinty, to the Minister of Community and Social Services, the Minister of Children's Services, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, area Members of Parliament and area Members of the Provincial Parliament, asking that the following be done immediately to address growing levels of hunger and homelessness across Ontario: announce a plan to phase out the clawback of the National Child Benefit Supplement from Ontario's poorest families who rely on Social Assistance for part of or all of their income; remove the lifetime welfare ban; reinstate the full STEP program; set up a small task force (much like the Golden task force) to report in the fall of 2004 with a mandate to review the intention of welfare benefits and the way in which rates are set. CARRIED DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SERVICES D'AMÉNAGEMENT PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY POLITIQUES D'URBANISME, D'ENVIRONNEMENT ET D'INFRASTRUCTURE 10. CITY OF OTTAWA PESTICIDE REDUCTION STRATEGY FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY - 2003 YEAR-END REPORT AND 2004 WORK PROGRAM / STRATÉGIE DE REDUCTION DES PESTICIDES DE LA VILLE D'OTTAWA CONCERNANT LA PROPRIÉTÉ PRIVÉE - RAPPORT DE FIN D'ANNÉE DE 2003 ET PROGRAMME DE TRAVAIL DE 2004 ACS2004-DEV-POL-0013 That the Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee receive this report for information. RECEIVED PEOPLE SERVICES SERVICES AUX CITOYENS COMMUNITY SERVICES SERVICES COMMUNAUTAIRES 11. ACQUISITION OF PART OF FORMER ECOLE PRESEAULT FOR COMMUNITY RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND PARKLAND / ACQUISITION D'UNE PARTIE DE L'ANCIENNE ÉCOLE PRÉSEAULT POUR DES INSTALLATIONS RÉCRÉATIVES COMMUNAUTAIRES ET DES PARCS ACS2004-PEO-COM-0001 That the Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee recommend to Council that staff enter into negotiations with the Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française du Centre Est to acquire the portion of the Préseault School site in Orléans (1080 St. Pierre Street) shown as Parcel B of PIN 04425-0287 on Annex "A" attached. CARRIED 12. HOME CHILD CARE TASK FORCE FEASIBILITY REPORT / RAPPORT DE FAISABILITÉ SUR LES SERVICES DE GARDE D'ENFANTS À DOMICILE ACS2004-PEO-COM-0002 That Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee recommend that Council approve: 131 1. That City staff work with the Home Child Care Community to adopt and/or implement the recommendations of the Home Child Care Task Force Report outlined in Appendix A; 2. That the allocation of $60,000 be considered during the development of the 2004 City budget for the establishment and ongoing delivery of appropriate training for providers in Neighborhood Networks 3. That City staff work with the Home Child Care Community to implement a voluntary registration program for home child care providers; 4. That a systematic increase in rates paid to home child care providers be considered during the development of the City's annual budget according to the proposed schedule and dependant on provincial funding. CARRIED 13. SPORTSFIELDS STRATEGY / STRATÉGIE POUR LES TERRAINS DE SPORT ACS2004-PEO-COM-0004 That this report be referred to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee for comment and be brought back to the Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee at the first regular meeting following budget. CARRIED as amended INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS INNOVATION, DÉVELOPPEMENT ET PARTENARIATS 14. COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE FRAMEWORK CADRE D'INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNAUTAIRE ACS2004-PEO-IDP-0004 That this report be referred to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee for comment and be brought back to the Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee at the first regular meeting following budget. CARRIED as amended 15. WEST NILE VIRUS - PREPAREDNESS AND PREVENTION PLAN 2004 / VIRUS DU NIL OCCIDENTAL - PLAN DE MESURES ET DE PRÉVENTION 2004 ACS2004-PEO-HEA-0003 That the Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee recommend to the Corporate Services and Economic Development Committee that Council approve funding in the amount of $800,000 to be cost shared with the Province for the continuation of the existing West Nile Virus preparedness and prevention plan for 2004, including: 1. Public education, particularly with respect to personal protective measures against mosquitoes and source reduction of mosquito breeding sites. 2. Mosquito, crow and human surveillance. 3. Source reduction of mosquito breeding sites on City-owned property. 4. Mosquito control using a biological larvicide (Bti) on surface waters (i.e. ditches, storm water management ponds) and a chemical larvicide (methoprene) in non-surface waters (i.e. catch basins of roadside storm sewers) and in sewage lagoons. 5. Mosquito control using adulticide (Malathion) would be used only in circumstances deemed absolutely necessary. Evidence of intense transmission in birds, and/or particular mosquito species as well as human disease would be used to take this decision. The decision to adulticide rests with the Medical Officer of Health and would depend on updated risk assessments examining: a) the level of risk to the public health from the mosquito-borne virus and b) the risk to human health of exposure to the adulticide. CARRIED COUNCILLORS' ITEMS ARTICLES DES CONSEILLERS 16. CHANGES TO OTTAWA COMMUNITY CARE ACCESS CENTRE SERVICES / MODIFICATIONS AUX SERVICES DU CENTRE D'ACCÈS AUX SOINS COMMUNAUTAIRES D'OTTAWA ACS2004-CCS-HRS-0004 Whereas in 2001 the City of Ottawa expressed concerns to the Ontario Minister of Health regarding the inadequate amount of funding being made available to the Ottawa Community Care Access Centre in order to meet the growing needs of Ottawa seniors and the disabled; Whereas in 2002 the City of Ottawa expressed concerns to both the Ottawa Community Care Access Centre and the Ontario Ministry of Health regarding the CCAC's decision to stop providing homemaking services to its clients, and the resulting increase in the City's Home Help program for those seniors and disabled who qualified, at additional cost to the City; Whereas in 2004 the CCAC has decided to reduce its home care visits from 55,000 in 2003 to 40,000 in 2004, despite a growing population of seniors and the disabled in Ottawa; Whereas in 2004 the CCAC has decided to end its Assisted Devices Program assessment services to its clients, this requiring clients to access these services through other means at additional cost, which will increase applications for assistance at the City's Essential Health and Social Services program; Whereas in 2004 the CCAC has revised its Request for Proposal process for therapy services to require smaller delivery units, thus breaking up occupational and physiotherapy services and related staff, and reducing levels of service, despite a growing population of seniors and the disabled in Ottawa; Therefore be it resolved that the Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee recommend that Council request the Ontario Minister of Health to conduct a review of home care needs of seniors and the disabled in Ottawa and of the ability of the Ottawa Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) to meet them, and; That the imminent reduction in services being provided by the CCAC be referred to staff for a report back, as soon as possible, identifying the ramifications to our programs and services, including the impact to partnering community organizations, and; That this request be circulated to area M.P.P.s, the Ottawa CCAC, and the Champlain District Health Council. CARRIED, as amended OTHER BUSINESS AUTRES QUESTIONS 1. CHANGE IN BRANCH NAME That the Health, Recreation and Social Services Committee recommend Council approve that the Branch name "Arts, Culture and Community Funding" be changed to "Cultural Services and Community Funding" (formerly Innovation, Development and Partnerships Branch). CARRIED INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION DISTRIBUÉE ANTÉRIEUREMENT 1. SEASONAL PROGRAMS POST SEASON REPORT ON SUMMER CAMPS WADING POOLS AND BEACHES 2003 ACS2004-PEO-COM-0003 RECEIVED 2. ADVISORY COMMITTEE RESERVE APPOINTMENT - YOUTH CABINET / NOMINATION DE MEMBRE SUPPLÉANT AUX COMITÉS CONSULTATIFS ACS2004-CRS-SEC-0010 RECEIVED 3. ADVISORY COMMITTEE RESERVE APPOINTMENT - PARKS AND RECREATION / NOMINATION DE MEMBRE SUPPLÉANT AUX COMITÉS CONSULTATIFS - PARCS ET LOISIRS ACS2004-CRS-SEC-0020 RECEIVED 4. MAKING THE ENVIRONMENT HEALTHIER FOR OUR KIDS / ASSAINIR L'ENVIRONNEMENT POUR NOS ENFANTS ACS2004-CCS-HRS-0003 RECEIVED 11 HEALTH, RECREATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE DISPOSITION 3 19 FEBRUARY 2004 COMITÉ DE LA SANTÉ, DES LOISIRS ET DES SERVICES SOCIAUX SUITE À DONNER 3 LE 19 FÉVRIER 2004