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non-pecuniary", "start": 166.599, "end": 173.519}, {"text": "interest okay so I am declaring a a conflict of interest for item 9.1", "start": 173.519, "end": 180.48}, {"text": "um in response to the pickle ball as my mother is a member of the pickle ball", "start": 180.48, "end": 186.72}, {"text": "Association um we are on to item four approval of the agenda before we approve", "start": 186.76, "end": 192.239}, {"text": "the agenda I'd like to suggest an amendment to the order of the agenda to consider item", "start": 192.239, "end": 197.4}, {"text": "9.2 report DCS 2467 immediately after item", "start": 197.4, "end": 202.799}, {"text": "6.2 Ron Morrow's delegation can I have a mover and a second to approve the agenda as amended move by C how seconded by", "start": 202.799, "end": 211.319}, {"text": "councelor deflavio resolve that the December 12th 2024 Community Services committee agenda be approved as amended", "start": 211.319, "end": 218.239}, {"text": "all in favor that's", "start": 218.239, "end": 222.28}, {"text": "carried can I get a mover and a second or to receive the following meeting", "start": 223.519, "end": 229.319}, {"text": "minutes we're uh sorry we are approving the receipt of the previous minutes um can I have a mover in a", "start": 229.439, "end": 237.12}, {"text": "seconder to receive the following meeting minutes uh approved by or", "start": 237.12, "end": 242.159}, {"text": "sorry um councelor deflavio moved by councelor deflavio seconded by councelor", "start": 242.159, "end": 247.76}, {"text": "how resolve that the minutes of the November 26 2024 Community Services committee meeting be received all in", "start": 247.76, "end": 253.72}, {"text": "favor okay and that's carried so moving on to delegations um presentations", "start": 253.72, "end": 259.84}, {"text": "tonight we have two delegations the first is from Melissa rusich the special events coordinator for the town of", "start": 259.84, "end": 265.759}, {"text": "Grimsby as well as the Grimsby Santa Claus Parade committee and Deputy Mayor course stangy can I have a mover and a", "start": 265.759, "end": 271.6}, {"text": "seconder to receive this delegation U Move by member bre seconded", "start": 271.6, "end": 276.759}, {"text": "by councelor how and Melissa if you could please come to the", "start": 276.759, "end": 282.36}, {"text": "podium good evening Deputy Mayor kangi and members of committee um my name is", "start": 289.28, "end": 295}, {"text": "Melissa rusich I'm the special events coordinator with the town I'm here tonight on behalf of the Grimsby Santa", "start": 295, "end": 301.52}, {"text": "Claus Parade committee we had another great parade this year um it was a bit windy but excellent turnout again um and", "start": 301.52, "end": 310}, {"text": "theu Community participation was really wonderful to see our theme this year was", "start": 310, "end": 315.12}, {"text": "Christmas out of this world and it was really nice to see the different twists 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841.04}, {"text": "e e", "start": 868.04, "end": 872.079}, {"text": "so the second delegation tonight is from Ron Morrow from the Grimsby Tennis Club can I have a mover and a seconder to", "start": 906.56, "end": 911.92}, {"text": "receive this delegation moved by member bre seconded by counselor deflavio Ron", "start": 911.92, "end": 917.92}, {"text": "if you could please come to the", "start": 917.92, "end": 920.8}, {"text": "podium thank you over the the past on and off 15", "start": 925.16, "end": 930.88}, {"text": "years I've been very lucky and honored to be president of the best Club Tennis", "start": 930.88, "end": 936.24}, {"text": "Club in Ontario and um I want to share with you a few slides to um to show why", "start": 936.24, "end": 944.279}, {"text": "I'm making that statement clerk", "start": 944.279, "end": 950.88}, {"text": "please the gr the tennis club has been in its current location over the past 50", "start": 952.319, "end": 957.92}, {"text": "years um we have four 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"end": 1511.559}, {"text": "volunteers have had do in order to maintain like a partnership the maintenance of the", "start": 1511.559, "end": 1519.72}, {"text": "club sir you just need to press the button to the right just so we can hear you on the mic", "start": 1521.64, "end": 1529.279}, {"text": "as a startup uh in in April we start to um bring all the materials up um we have", "start": 1529.279, "end": 1534.96}, {"text": "a partnership with the town they turn on the water uh volunteers get our clubhous and U facilities we put up our Nets and", "start": 1534.96, "end": 1542.799}, {"text": "our screens and by the way Nets screens equipment these are all", "start": 1542.799, "end": 1549.159}, {"text": "things that we pay for they are not provided by the town um so uh when a net", "start": 1549.159, "end": 1556.039}, {"text": "breaks down it's a $500 item and um so we put these up U the volunteers put on", "start": 1556.039, "end": 1563.32}, {"text": "the Wind screens which is a fairly 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and that's", "start": 2234.88, "end": 2238.519}, {"text": "carried moving on to item seven Museum business there's no Museum business today or consent reports moving on to", "start": 2240.72, "end": 2247.16}, {"text": "discussion reports can I have a mover and a seconder to get the Mayfair pickle ball court survey results and", "start": 2247.16, "end": 2252.24}, {"text": "recommendation report on the floor for discussion okay mov by councelor", "start": 2252.24, "end": 2257.44}, {"text": "deflavio seconded by counselor how and Sarah please go", "start": 2257.44, "end": 2262.8}, {"text": "ahead uh thank you chair so we won't give too much background to this I know you're all very familiar with this", "start": 2262.8, "end": 2268.72}, {"text": "particular file other than to say since the last time we saw you we have now concluded the community survey uh and", "start": 2268.72, "end": 2275.599}, {"text": "that survey is attached to your rept as appendix a that survey comes directly from 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H thank you chair I have Christa Boe with us here this evening and she", "start": 4124.839, "end": 4131.359}, {"text": "did uh the bulk of the work on this file which is great thanks to Christa for that it's quite common to see", "start": 4131.359, "end": 4136.798}, {"text": "municipalities have policies like this and certainly we looked at several as we developed ours we're thankful to say we", "start": 4136.799, "end": 4142.798}, {"text": "don't very often need to call upon these types of things uh to to uh in our", "start": 4142.799, "end": 4148.318}, {"text": "day-to-day at our facilities but once in a while there are issues arise uh so maybe Chris you can just give a few", "start": 4148.319, "end": 4153.48}, {"text": "remarks about it uh in terms of what the policy", "start": 4153.48, "end": 4157.92}, {"text": "entails okay thank you Sarah um so yes as Sarah said this is um a policy that", "start": 4162.56, "end": 4167.719}, {"text": "many other municipalities have adopted it um sort of started in Oakville and kind of um filtered out into a lot of", "start": 4167.719, "end": 4174.52}, {"text": "other municipalities um it's a zero um tolerance approach to violence abuse and inappropriate behaviors and as Sarah", "start": 4174.52, "end": 4181.44}, {"text": "said it's something that we haven't had to use a lot but we just really felt it was time to sort of refresh our policy and and take a look so that we can use", "start": 4181.44, "end": 4188.4}, {"text": "this in a lot of different areas um so basically the policy is based on respect for yourself respect for others and", "start": 4188.4, "end": 4194.6}, {"text": "responsibility in your actions so the policy outlines expectations for Behavior at recreational facilities and", "start": 4194.6, "end": 4201.199}, {"text": "it also can be used at special events some of our outdoor spaces it comes with a very visual kind of um you know logo", "start": 4201.199, "end": 4207.52}, {"text": "that sort of says you're entering in our Zone and these are the behaviors that are expected in that space um the policy", "start": 4207.52, "end": 4214.239}, {"text": "also outlines a process and a set of cone consequences if Behavior concerns arise and the objective of the policy is", "start": 4214.239, "end": 4221.4}, {"text": "just to promote and support positive recreational spaces and to provide a mechanism M to address behaviors as they", "start": 4221.4, "end": 4226.84}, {"text": "arise so I'm not going to go into a lot of detail because I think most of you have looked at the policy but we're open for some", "start": 4226.84, "end": 4233.679}, {"text": "questions uh councelor crangi thank you through chair um I'm hoping that if this", "start": 4233.679, "end": 4239.8}, {"text": "passes that we can put communication out through social media to educate the public that uh this is in place this is", "start": 4239.8, "end": 4247.28}, {"text": "what the expectations are just to inform the public that this is what we're doing and that we're creating safe", "start": 4247.28, "end": 4253.84}, {"text": "spaces absolutely and to your point I think that was kind of why we wanted to refresh this policy and really put it", "start": 4253.84, "end": 4259.719}, {"text": "out there and and and share it with all of our user groups so that they can share it with their participants and we", "start": 4259.719, "end": 4265.199}, {"text": "can really continue to create these really great spaces um it's an opportunity we can create a sort of a", "start": 4265.199, "end": 4270.32}, {"text": "sandwich board at events where we can just say that our events are also covered by the rzone and just really keep it consistent across our practices", "start": 4270.32, "end": 4277}, {"text": "so that everybody kind of knows what is expective when they participate in programs um events across the board", "start": 4277, "end": 4285.719}, {"text": "councelor Flavia thank you chair through you so what's this going to look 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{"text": "guess my question is how do we make it meaningful in facilities that we not at every day and", "start": 4341.44, "end": 4348.12}, {"text": "what happens if somebody contravenes the policy where", "start": 4348.12, "end": 4353.159}, {"text": "when there is because it would be I wouldn't expect staff members to", "start": 4353.159, "end": 4360.8}, {"text": "put themselves In Harm's Way when there's an incident of violence you know calling the police I guess would be a response but how what would that look", "start": 4360.8, "end": 4367.719}, {"text": "like from a response perspective when somebody contravenes this this policy at a facility that's sted and one", "start": 4367.719, "end": 4376.239}, {"text": "that's unstaffed Christa or Sarah if you could take", "start": 4376.239, "end": 4382.04}, {"text": "that um so I I think it's really important that it is communicated with staff and and we do kind of educate them", "start": 4382.04, "end": 4387.84}, {"text": "on what their 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policy you know that we have an opportunity to kind of maybe even create a zoom call or", "start": 4422.04, "end": 4427.96}, {"text": "something where we kind of talk about what that looks like and and how we're going to support those user groups um you know we want to do a one-page poster", "start": 4427.96, "end": 4434.639}, {"text": "that we can put in our in our facilities like you said and maybe some of those go in our Parks too and like I had alluded", "start": 4434.639, "end": 4440.04}, {"text": "to for events we could have a sandwich board where it kind of said you know as part of this event um you know these are", "start": 4440.04, "end": 4445.239}, {"text": "our expectations um the policy again communicated to staff um there's lots of", "start": 4445.239, "end": 4450.639}, {"text": "different opportunities to make sure it gets shared and that effectively we we follow the policy is that what you're", "start": 4450.639, "end": 4456.159}, {"text": "looking for Sarah go ahead just just add a", "start": 4456.159, "end": 4462.239}, {"text": "little more to to what Christa said you know obviously staff facility it's a little bit easier sometimes because", "start": 4462.239, "end": 4467.639}, {"text": "sometimes they've witnessed or or they have a firsthand account of what has occurred so that is often a little bit", "start": 4467.639, "end": 4473.36}, {"text": "of an easier scenario um but to your point in some scenarios it's going to be difficult right especially if it's", "start": 4473.36, "end": 4478.88}, {"text": "particularly that he said she said and there's not a lot of maybe good content or confidence that we can apply to saying with certainty something happened", "start": 4478.88, "end": 4486.12}, {"text": "but sometimes there is sometimes it's a team who experience something or you know several families have come forward", "start": 4486.12, "end": 4491.88}, {"text": "sometimes there's various evidence in different pieces that we can say okay we definitely know something happened here and it just does give us a mechanism to", "start": 4491.88, "end": 4499.32}, {"text": "to make a stronger statement you know if something happened at an outdoor basketball court at an outdoor pickleball court where we feel there's a", "start": 4499.32, "end": 4504.88}, {"text": "a strong degree of confidence that something did occur we do have the ability to say you know you're not maybe", "start": 4504.88, "end": 4510.199}, {"text": "you're not to participate in that activity for some period of time it isn't easy I'm not not going to say that and I get what your point is in some", "start": 4510.199, "end": 4516.4}, {"text": "scenarios it is a little difficult to enforce but I think even by by by sharing that and encouraging that and", "start": 4516.4, "end": 4522.719}, {"text": "promoting that we can catch quite a bit of it", "start": 4522.719, "end": 4526.96}, {"text": "I I would just like to add as well that um I think the more that we can put this out there as a warning and so it's", "start": 4528.679, "end": 4534.96}, {"text": "communicated by all of the groups at the beginning of the Season that they know that you know if this is a parent let's", "start": 4534.96, "end": 4540.28}, {"text": "say that is abusive um on you know yelling at at an opponent or whatever um", "start": 4540.28, "end": 4547}, {"text": "that you could be kicked out and potentially not being be able to see your kid for the rest of the season so", "start": 4547, "end": 4552.48}, {"text": "if we put that out there and they know that there's a consequence to actions then you know hopefully that's", "start": 4552.48, "end": 4558.04}, {"text": "going to stop things beforehand um I had sent you a poster Sarah about the soccer", "start": 4558.04, "end": 4564.08}, {"text": "um you know about keeping in mind that this is a you know a teenager that's", "start": 4564.08, "end": 4569.12}, {"text": "Ring a game I I want to make sure that our refs and our our 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{"text": "moved by counselor how seconded by member bre and sir please go ahead thank you", "start": 4617.48, "end": 4624.679}, {"text": "chair so I'll just run through a couple of the items and then happy to take any questions if there are any at the end", "start": 4624.679, "end": 4629.76}, {"text": "our community user fee study uh is progressing well we are just concluding", "start": 4629.76, "end": 4635.32}, {"text": "some of our user stakeholder sessions um that is wrapping up I believe in the next uh couple of weeks uh so we are on", "start": 4635.32, "end": 4642.8}, {"text": "track to have that study compl completed in the spring of 2025 just for the clarity of the", "start": 4642.8, "end": 4648.719}, {"text": "community uh for the for this committee so we will be putting forward uh recommended rate changes for January", "start": 4648.719, "end": 4654.56}, {"text": "2025 as per our usual annual format the summer Leisure guide content comes out", "start": 4654.56, "end": 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gets a lot of other use so we did decide to wait until the new year to take those bookings we", "start": 4698.239, "end": 4704.199}, {"text": "are doing work currently gry beach park and Bell Park um we have ordered a new", "start": 4704.199, "end": 4709.28}, {"text": "playground and swing set for Bell Park that will be installed in the spring of 2025 we'll bring some more information", "start": 4709.28, "end": 4714.44}, {"text": "to you in the early New Year to show you some of the park improvements we're looking at there we are also engaging", "start": 4714.44, "end": 4720.08}, {"text": "with um a designer to help do some work at Grimsby Beach Park sometimes also referred to as Victoria Terrace Park uh", "start": 4720.08, "end": 4726.88}, {"text": "specifically we have a staircase that really uh needs to be looked at and likely will be recommended to be removed", "start": 4726.88, "end": 4733.04}, {"text": "so we'll be looking at alternate ways to access that beach and and navigate 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this year which I think is a great figure um some of those are in a couple big projects but also throughout the", "start": 4923.199, "end": 4928.92}, {"text": "community so really uh proud of that work as well and then lastly just listed some of", "start": 4928.92, "end": 4934.04}, {"text": "our special events coming up celebration of lights contest public skating events uh New Year's Eve skating events as well", "start": 4934.04, "end": 4940.56}, {"text": "and just a reminder that the mayor's Levy event this year which normally would be at the pach Center will be at the art gallery and Library uh for the", "start": 4940.56, "end": 4948.08}, {"text": "2025 year that's all there are there any questions from the", "start": 4948.08, "end": 4954.639}, {"text": "committee councelor chrisie thank you through chair I am really happy to see", "start": 4954.639, "end": 4961.08}, {"text": "the 40 Mile Creek Bridge uh on here um and uh the trees that's amazing", "start": 4961.08, "end": 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moving on to correspondents", "start": 5007.12, "end": 5013.159}, {"text": "there is none um other business is there any other business pertaining to the", "start": 5013.159, "end": 5018.84}, {"text": "committee okay I'm just going to give you guys a shout out because we are at the halfway mark in our term and", "start": 5018.84, "end": 5024.76}, {"text": "although I might be a little biased because I love this committee you the everything that you guys do is amazing", "start": 5024.76, "end": 5032.08}, {"text": "and I cannot even imagine how much work you guys are doing behind the scenes", "start": 5032.08, "end": 5037.8}, {"text": "because when you come to these committees and you're like this is what we're doing just check check check there's so much so I just want you to", "start": 5037.8, "end": 5044.4}, {"text": "know that you know we've we've been in gy for a long time we really appreciate it the community appreciates it you guys", "start": 5044.4, "end": 5051.159}, {"text": "are doing a fabulous job so thank you um okay our next meeting uh the next", "start": 5051.159, "end": 5057.76}, {"text": "Community Services committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday January 28th at 6:30 p.m. so that is all the meeting is", "start": 5057.76, "end": 5065.199}, {"text": "adjourned thank you", "start": 5065.199, "end": 5068.88}]