1. COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO COMMUNITY FUNDING

(Referred from City Council meeting of 15 January 2007)

UNE APPROCHE COMMUNE AU FINANCEMENT COMMUNAUTAIRE

(Reporté de la réunion du Conseil municipal du 15 janvier 2007)

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION as amended

That Council reject the following motion:

That the 2007 budget for the Community and Protective Services Department include a financial provision that would allow Committee and Council to explore (with appropriate community consultation) a collaborative approach to the delivery of stable, reliable and longer-term community funding with other community partners such as the United Way, Community Foundation or new community based agency similar to the Toronto Arts Council.

Recommandation du Comité TELLE QUE MODIFIÉE

Que le Conseil rejette la motion suivante :

Que le budget 2007 des Services communautaires et de protection comprenne une disposition financière qui permettrait au Comité et au Conseil d’explorer (par le biais de consultations communautaires appropriées) une approche commune visant un financement communautaire stable, fiable et plus à long terme avec des partenaires communautaires tels que Centraide, la Fondation communautaire d’Ottawa ou des organismes communautaires similaires au Toronto Arts Council.

DOCUMENTATION

1. Coordinator, Community and Protective Services Committee report dated 17 January 2007 (ACS2007-CCS-CPS-0001).

2. Extract of Draft Minute, 1 February 2007

Report to / Rapport au:

Community and Protective Services Committee

Comité des services communautaires et de protection

17 January 2007 / le 17 janvier 2007

Submitted by / Soumis par: City Council / Conseil municipal

Contact / Personne-ressource : Rosemary Nelson, Committee Coordinator /

Coordonnatrice de comité,

City Clerk’s Branch / Direction du greffe

580-2424, Ext. / poste : 21624, Rosemary.Nelson@ottawa.ca

City Wide / À l'échelle de la Ville

Ref N°: ACS2007-CCS-CPS-0001

SUBJECT: A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO COMMUNITY FUNDING

OBJET: UNE APPROCHE COMMUNE AU FINANCEMENT COMMUNAUTAIRE

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

That the Community and Protective Services Committee consider the following motion:

That the 2007 budget for the Community and Protective Services Department include a financial provision that would allow Committee and Council to explore (with appropriate community consultation) a collaborative approach to the delivery of stable, reliable and longer-term community funding with other community partners such as the United Way, Community Foundation or new community based agency similar to the Toronto Arts Council.”

RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT

Que le Comité des services communautaires et de protection examine la motion suivante :

Que le budget 2007 des Services communautaires et de protection comprenne une disposition financière qui permettrait au Comité et au Conseil d’explorer (par le biais de consultations communautaires appropriées) une approche commune visant un financement communautaire stable, fiable et plus à long terme avec des partenaires communautaires tels que Centraide, la Fondation communautaire d’Ottawa ou des organismes communautaires similaires au Toronto Arts Council.

BACKGROUND

City Council, at its meeting held on 15 January 2007, referred the aforementioned motion (Motion 4/16) to the Community and Protective Services Committee.

Staff is prepared to draft a plan and timelines for the completion of this review and will present high level cost estimates for the completion of this work. The high level timelines and cost estimates can be provided for the Community and Protective Services Committee meeting of February 15, 2007.

CONSULTATION

This item will be advertised in the local dailies as part of the Public Meeting Advertisement on Friday preceding the Committee meeting.

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

Community and Protective Services department staff to provide comments at the meeting.

DISPOSITION

Community and Protective Services department staff to take appropriate action on the Committee’s direction.

A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO COMMUNITY FUNDING

UNE APPROCHE COMMUNE AU FINANCEMENT COMMUNAUTAIRE

ACS2007-CCS-CPS-0001 CITY WIDE / À L’ÉCHELLE DE LA VILLE

Chair Deans advised that Committee members have heard from community partners regarding this item and who are not in favour of the Motion as they feel it would be a costly use of City time. She suggested the Committee reject the proposed resolution referred by Council.

Moved by D. Holmes

That the Community and Protective Services Committee reject the following motion:

That the 2007 budget for the Community and Protective Services Department include a financial provision that would allow Committee and Council to explore (with appropriate community consultation) a collaborative approach to the delivery of stable, reliable and longer-term community funding with other community partners such as the United Way, Community Foundation or new community based agency similar to the Toronto Arts Council.”

CARRIED, as amended