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A
B
My
name
is
dawn
Lyons
and
I'm.
The
Community
Services
Director,
with
Pine
Crest
Queensway
Community
Health
Center
I'd,
like
to
begin
by
thanking
Council
for
including
a
3%
cost-of-living
increase
and
an
addition
of
325
thousand
dollars
in
the
draft
budget.
We
also
appreciate
last
year's
investment
of
$500,000
to
help
agencies
address
growing
needs
and
operating
pressures.
These
are
definite
steps
in
the
right
direction
when
it
comes
to
investing
in
the
social
infrastructure
of
our
city.
B
That
said,
it's
important
to
note
that
the
needs
of
our
community
far
exceed
the
resources
currently
being
allocated
and
that
two
years
of
investment
do
not
make
up
for
the
loss
of
approximately
three
million
dollars
during
the
period
2011
to
2016.
When
the
sustainability
fund
was
put
on
hold
I'm
here
today
to
highlight
the
importance
of
ongoing
investments
in
social
infrastructure
to
meet
the
needs
of
our
city's
vulnerable
communities.
One
community
in
Pinecrest
Queens
weighs
catchment
area
where
this
is
well
illustrated.
B
C
Hi,
my
name
is
Cheryl.
Andrew
I
have
lived
in
Bayshore
for
thirty
years,
where
I
am
a
single
parent
to
four
amazing
children.
I
am
the
president
of
Bayshore
Park
community
of
it
in
garden,
active
member
of
community
development
framework
in
Bayshore,
volunteer
at
mobile
market
market
mobile
and
a
graduate
of
safe
people.
Training.
C
B
You
may
know:
Bay
Shore
is
a
culturally
culturally
diverse
rental
neighborhood,
with
approximately
8,000
residents
compared
to
the
city
as
a
whole.
Bay
Shore
residents
face
many
risk
factors,
including
a
significantly
higher
percentage
of
children
and
youth
living
on
low
income.
A
higher
percentage
of
low-income
families
are
low
parent
loan,
parent
families,
a
higher
percentage
of
people,
spending
30%
of
their
income
on
on
shelter
and
a
higher
percentage
of
unemployed
people.
Yet,
despite
the
scope
of
the
need,
PQ
receives
very
limited
core
resources
to
support
our
work
in
this
neighborhood.
B
As
a
result,
we've
been
operating
on
short-term
project
Ani
funding
for
more
than
a
decade.
Over
the
years
we've
been
successful
in
leveraging
project
funding
from
diverse
sources,
including
the
community
development
framework,
which
has
allowed
us
to
engage
residents
in
identifying
and
addressing
their
neighborhoods
needs
using
a
community
development
approach.
This
work
has
resulted
in
many
positive
initiatives
which
were
supported
by
our
local
city
councilor
mark
taylor.
B
Unfortunately,
this
does
not
even
fund
one
full-time
position
to
effectively
serve
this
community
of
8,000
residents.
We
require
at
least
one
full-time
staff
and
one
part-time
staff,
along
with
some
basic
operating
dollars
to
pay
for
program
supplies
a
total
investment
of
approximately
a
hundred
and
nine
thousand
dollars.
B
Unfortunately,
we
know
that
our
situation
is
not
unique
and
that
there
are
many
other
organizations
that
face
significant
gaps
in
responding
to
community
needs.
For
this
reason,
as
a
member
of
making
voices
count,
we
join
with
80
social
service
agencies
across
the
city
to
ask
for
a
long-term
sustainable
investment
in
social
infrastructure
that
responds
to
the
growing
needs
and
disparities
in
Ottawa.
D
Thanks
very
much
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
very
much
for
coming
out
today
and
sharing
your
deputation
I
know.
We
had
an
opportunity
to
meet
not
too
long
ago
and
Cheryl.
Thank
you
for
adding
I,
always
think
it's
wonderful.
When
residents
come
and
help
add
color
to
you
know
a
presentation
that
organization
is
making
I
know.
Charles
and
Mattie
are
here
as
well
from
thank
you
for
coming
out
Don.
You
know,
we've
talked
a
lot
about
about
Bayshore
about
how
it
said.
D
D
We
know
we've
got
a
brand-new
or
a
renewed
Fieldhouse,
that's
opening
in
a
couple
of
days
which
creates
more
space
capacity
in
the
neighborhood
which
was
lacking.
You
talked
specifically
about
the
funding
aspects.
I
know
right
now:
you're,
essentially
kind
of
Shaving
administrative
nickels
from
different
kind
of
funding
streams
to
pull
it
together.
Can
you
talk
maybe
a
little
bit
about
you
know
an
organizational
perspective,
how
much
time
and
energy
are
you
investing
in
doing
that
versus
you
know?
D
B
That
it's
a
really
it
is
a
really
significant
time
eater
and
we
do
spend
a
significant
amount
of
time
each
year
trying
to
apply
for
small
pockets
of
funding.
This
year
we
have
a
little
pocket
of
funding
from
United
Way
to
do
some
children
and
youth
activities
we're
applying
to
community
development
framework,
and
we
really
appreciate
all
those
pockets
of
funding,
but
it
takes
staff
time
to
apply
for
the
funding
it
takes.
B
D
Got
several
people
whose
real
sole
job
it
is
to
just
hunt
for
funding
report
on
funding
right
funding?
You
know
applications
more
or
less.
Can
you
quantify
that
I
mean?
Could
you
tell
us
I'm
not
asking
for
an
exact
number,
but
could
you
quantify
that
and
say
you
know
we
have
the
equivalent
of
three
FTE
whose
sole
job
it
is
I.
B
Would
be
hard
to
quantify
that?
To
be
honest,
we
don't
it's
very.
We
do
a
lot
of
the
you
know,
looking
for
funding
and
applying
for
funding,
but
it
is
very
much
off
the
side
of
our
desk.
It's
not
actually
a
part
of
anybody's.
You
know
a
core
part
of
anybody's
job
descriptions,
so
we're
all
doing
it
off
the
side
of
our
desk
yeah
I'm,
not
sure
off.
The
top
of
my
head
I
couldn't
quantify
that,
but
it
is
certainly
a
significant
amount.
A
E
E
It's
been
an
exciting
couple
of
months
in
the
affordable
housing
world.
Just
a
few
weeks
ago,
the
federal
government
released
its
national
housing
strategy
that
showed
increased
and
sustained
funding
and
commitments
for
affordable
housing
a
little
bit
before
that
and
that
that
was
an
initiative
led
by
by
parliamentarians,
Adam
bond
and
Johnny
to
clothe.
E
Just
last
week,
CMHC
released
its
rental
market
report
for
the
City
of
Ottawa.
For
about
four
years,
we've
enjoyed
a
balanced
rental
market
in
the
city,
with
vacancy
rates
of
around
three
percent.
As
of
this
last
report,
we
are
back
down
to
our
abysmally,
low
vacancy
rate
level
of
under
two
percent
1.7
percent.
In
fact,
the
2016
census
data
also
came
out
not
too
long
ago,
and
it
confirmed
that
in
the
City
of
Ottawa,
40%
of
all
renters
are
in
core
housing.
Meet
it's
2
out
of
every
5.
E
E
There
are
some
voices
at
City
Hall
who
hold
to
the
idea
that
we
have
to
freeze
property
taxes
at
a
2%
annual
increase,
and
they
present
that
the
logic
is.
This
is
to
keep
the
city
more
affordable,
but
I
asked
affordable
for
whom
and
I
worry
that
we
are
keeping
the
city
more
affordable
for
homeowners,
while
we
are
making
it
less
and
less
affordable
for
our
lowest
income
and
economically
vulnerable
neighbors.
E
A
F
F
This
is
our
ask
in
black
and
white
for
you
to
see,
provide
an
on-ramp
for
established
organizations
to
access
renewable
community
funding,
including
organizations
with
mixed
environmental
or
mixed
social,
environmental
benefits
to
our
city
and
citizens.
We're
looking
at
the
community
funding
line,
specifically
the
growth
amount,
the
the
three
hundred
and
twenty
five
thousand
dollars
there
for
growth,
and
we
we'd
like
you
to
consider
moving
to
direct
that
funding
to
on-ramp
a
few
organizations
in
2018.
F
While
you
research
and
figure
out
what
you
want
to
do
in
2019,
because
we
know
that
planting
a
few
seeds
early
can
make
a
huge
difference
just
a
few
years
down
the
line.
If
you
saw
us
on
the
street,
this
is
what
you'd
see
it'd
be.
A
very
diverse
group
of
neighbors
may
be
meeting
for
the
first
time
under
a
tree
in
their
neighborhood
that
they
may
not
have
even
identified
as
a
fruit
or
nut
tree
before
they're
going
to
learn
how
to
harvest
it.
F
Pick
sort
share
that
fresh
food
and
nuts,
so
we
can't
clap,
but
the
chair
is
Congress
said
that
we
can
make
an
apple
picking
notion
if
you've
heard
of
hidden
harvest.
So
just
so
I
know
how
many
people
have
heard
of
us
before.
Thank
you
for
your
Apple
picking
the
police
back
there.
We
don't
get
in
trouble
much
so
no
media!
Okay.
So
if
you,
if
you
know
us,
you
know
that
we
we
share
the
food
for
different
ways
and
we're
not
just
picking
apples
right.
F
It's
serviceberries,
elderberries,
pears,
grapes,
apricots
black
walnuts,
hazelnuts
right
now,
we're
picking
gingko
nuts
off
the
ground,
they're
a
bit
stinky,
but
it's
great.
We
share
that
food
four
ways,
so
one
quarter
at
least
a
quarter
goes
to
the
nearest
food
bank
or
agency
quarter
goes
to
the
volunteers.
Quarter
goes
to
the
homeowners.
Often
our
homeowners
don't
have
the
ability
or
mobility
to
to
pick
the
food,
but
they
still
to
make
delicious
pies
jams
and
jellies
right.
So
we
leave
a
quarter
share
with
them.
F
Other
cases
they're
just
too
busy
that
small
pitcher
is
the
the
the
ambassador
to
Norway
here
in
Canada
at
Toby
she's
in
your
ward.
You
have
some
nice
big
yards
in
your
ward
and
she
let
us
harvest
her
elderberry
trees.
We
took
those
trees
down
to
councillor
Dean
you're
near
your
ward,
place
a
lot
of
our
volunteers
from
your
water
pass
by
on
their
way
to
work,
bicycle
craft
brewery,
this
Saturday
they're
launching
an
amazing
elderberry
saison,
that's
great
to
pair
with
turkey
and
dressing
so
and
that's
the
elderberries
taken
from
us
and
then
so.
F
That's
the
local
business
that
the
economics
part
of
our
program
and
yeah.
We
start
them
young,
sometimes
we're
criticized
for
that,
but
it
makes
great
work.
I
am
old.
I,
don't
want
to
be
bending
over
to
pick
up
all
these
nuts
off
the
ground
right,
so
they're
well
skilled.
And
so,
when
we
talk
about
the
volunteers,
we
have
two
lines
there,
so
the
blue
line
is
the
number
of
individuals
who
have
registered
on
our
website
saying
that
they
want
to
pick
fruit.
F
Often
they
want
to
bring
a
friend
or
a
child
or
a
relative
with
them.
We
appreciate
that,
and
so
that
number
really
in
reality
is
probably
twice
that
big
or
twice
that
many
people,
but
then
the
orange
line
underneath
are
the
amount
of
people
we
currently
have
the
capacity
to
engage
and
allow
to
help
us
harvest
fruit.
F
So
these
are
the
the
families
and
the
children
that
they
bring
along
and
the
seniors
that
come
out
to
help
pick
sort
and
share
food
and
we're
also
as
well
as
social,
we're
trying
to
address
an
environmental
need
right
of
the
residents
so
George.
This
is
your
award.
Oh
I
didn't
change
that
slide.
This
is
your
Lord
George.
You
have
even
bigger
yards
than
Toby.
This
is
one
homeowner
in
your
yard.
This
backyard
had
like
ten
trees.
We
get
1600
pounds
of
fruit
from
our
volunteers
in
a
couple
of
hours.
F
F
Yep
the
trees
were
able
to
harvest
19200,
but
you
scroll
all
the
way
down,
and
that's
us
at
that
very
very,
very
grassroots.
This
is
our
last
slide.
The
orange
line
are
the
trees
that
homeowners
have
asked
us
to
harvest.
The
grey
line
are
the
trees
that
were
able
to
harvest,
and
that
is
only
because
half
of
our
time
is
harvesting.
The
other
half
is
fundraising
to
get
just
around
twenty
thousand
dollars
to
do
the
ongoing
core
costs
and
we're
doing
a
lot
with
the
city's
urban
forest
management
plan.
F
We're
amazed
that
this
coming
year,
that
our
sorry
next
year
in
the
next
two
years,
they're
doing
a
they're,
including
us
in
their
big
outreach
engagement
strategy.
It's
a
big
marketing
campaign
which
will
highlight
the
alternative
urban
values
such
as
harvesting
food
and
that's
great,
but
that's
only
gonna
make
the
demand
lines
grow
right.
That's
not
gonna
raise
our
capacity.
F
G
I'm
sure
I
recall
a
presentation
me
a
number
of
years
ago
at
committee
in
a
similar
way,
and
you
do
some
very
interesting
work
and
I.
Remember
us
having
a
discussion.
The
committee
at
that
time
that
there
was
some
technical
reason
than
the
nature
of
how
you
characterized
your
endeavor,
which
didn't
allow
the
city
to
provide
funding.
I.
Think
it's
because
you
were,
you
were
a
social
enterprise
as
opposed
to
or
not-for-profit
or
a
charity.
I
think
that
was
the
distinction.
G
You're
nodding
your
head,
so
I
think
you
remember
the
the
discussion
that
was
had
at
the
time.
So
it
wasn't
necessarily
at
that
point
in
time,
a
disinterest
in
helping
out
it
was
a
legislative
or
legal
issue
that
didn't
allow
us
to
help
out
so
I'm
wondering
if
there's
been
any
change
in
your
model
or
your
designation.
Since
your
elastic
committee.
H
But
our
dilemma
is
that
we
don't
actually
have
enough
money
for
them
to
recognize
us,
because
we
haven't
been
eligible
for
grants
most
of
the
grants,
because
when
we
haven't
been
a
non-profit,
so
we're
been
in
a
chicken
and
an
egg
right
now.
But
we
are
our
goal
within
the
next
month
or
so
is
to
become
nonprofit
and
charity.
So.
F
Currently,
we
are
a
social
purpose
business
we
because
of
the
core
funding
through
the
aterial
self-employment
benefit.
They
allowed
us
to
create
a
social
enterprise
but
under
a
provincial
business,
so
that
we
would
pay
taxes
on
any
proper.
We
made
I
guess.
Luckily,
we
haven't
made
any
profit,
and
so
now
it's
time
to
call
an
apple
and
Apple
and
be
like
look
we're
nonprofit.
So
much
of
our
work
is
charitable.
G
I
So
I
think
that's
that's
good,
because
I
certainly
had
heard
from
colleagues
concerns
are
were
over
the
structure
of
the
organization.
I
wasn't
worried
because
I
think
the
the
graph
that
you
showed
with
the
four
quadrants
demonstrate
the
the
holistic
approach
to
to
the
model
and
to
your
organization.
I
love
the
work
you
do.
Thank
you
for
coming
out
to
the
budget
speak
session.
You,
you
certainly
drew
a
lot
of
attention
and
demonstrate
the
importance
of
the
program.
I
F
So
we
the
to
harvest
city-owned
trees.
We
need
a
lot
of
liability
insurance.
We
have
to
administrate
to
consent
to
enter
permits
is
currently
against
by
laws
to
pick
fruit
and
nuts
from
public
parks,
even
that
photo
of
the
kids
picking
in
the
land
down
orchard,
the
apple
orchard
at
Lansdowne.
That
is
a
that's
against
bylaws,
unless
you
have
a
proper
consent
to
enter
permit
which
puts
all
of
the
legal
liability
onto
us.
F
So
it's
that
type
of
thing.
It
supports
a
one
part
time
staff
to
help
deal
with
all
the
paperwork,
because
we
have
to
do
report
backs
to
the
city
on
all
of
that
as
well,
and
then
we
also
have
to
do
all
of
the
coordination
around
that.
So
liability
insurance
then
also
the
technology
platform
that
we're
using
to
keep
our
administration
expense
low,
that
the
administer
core
administration
I
would
say
to
keep
the
lights
on
or
to
keep
the
phone's
open.
F
F
I
F
Really,
what
it
does
mean
is
is
that
we,
the
corporation
the
corporate
partnerships
and
the
fundraising
that
we're
currently
doing
that's
just
barely
sustaining
it.
What
the
twenty
thousand
would
mean
is
that
all
of
that
money
could
then
go
towards
growth
right
and
then
we
could
be
growing.
It
wouldn't
be
if
we
knew
we
could
keep
those
lights
on
like
like
Laura
had
mentioned.
Organizations
like
tighter,
like
oh,
the
city,
is
bought
in
that
they're
willing
to
put
a
little
bit
of
money
towards
supporting
this
great
social
entrepreneurship.
I
F
So
yes,
so
the
model
has
changed
a
bit.
We've
changed
how
we
do
the
harvests
to
really
localize
them
now
that
we
have
so
many
volunteers
in
all
the
city,
wards
and
trees
to
harvest
in
all
city
wards
and
demand
in
all
city
Wars
from
local
businesses
and
food
banks
and
community
food
programs,
it's
more
of
a
matter
of
just
walking
or
biking
fifty
to
a
hundred
pounds
of
food
to
the
food
bank
and
then
another
50
or
40
pounds
to
a
processor,
and
all
of
that
ends
adds
up
to
about.
F
You
know
thirty,
four
thousand
pounds
of
food
that
we've
been
harvesting
and
sharing
over
the
past
few
years.
So
there's
no
need
for
those.
Those
trucks
where
the
trucks
would
come
in
is
all
the
organic
waste,
and
that
was
a
big
thing,
because
there
a
lot
of
when
we
get
there,
we
can't
pick
apples
off
the
ground,
because
dogs
may
urinate
there's
health
concerns.
F
We
have
to
adhere
to
O'mara's
best
practices
for
safe
handling
of
food
and
and
and
harvesting
right
goods,
agricultural
practice
right,
so
the
Ontario
Minister
of
Agriculture
and
Rural
Affairs
and
so
to
comply
with
all
of
that,
we're
taking
all
the
wind
Phil
we're
putting
them
in
compost
bags.
So
every
time
we
harvest,
maybe
a
hundred
pounds
of
apples
there's
if
we
don't
get
there
early
enough.
F
I
F
Yeah
we
love
them,
they're,
planting
thousands
upon
thousands
of
trees
and
and
and
more
biodiversity.
The
biodiversity
means
that
some
years
we
don't
get
a
lot
of
apples,
but
you
might
get
a
lot
like
little
tonnes
of
black
walnuts
and
so
that
diversity
is
very
important
there.
They
brought
us
on
as
a
stakeholder
to
the
urban
forest
management
plan
and
they've
been
listening
phase
two
of
the
urban
forest
management
plan
in
five
years
from
now,
they're
looking
at
evaluating
what
to
do
with
wood
waste
and
food
waste
from
those
trees
and
and
building
those
structures.