1. CRIME PREVENTION OTTAWA: 2011 DRAFT OPERATING ESTIMATES

PRÉVENTION DU CRIME OTTAWA : PRÉVISIONS BUDGÉTAIRES PRÉLIMINAIRES

DE FONCTIONNEMENT DE 2011

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That Council approve the 2011 Draft Operating Estimates for Crime Prevention Ottawa.

Recommandation du ComitÉ

Que le Conseil approuve les prévisions budgétaires préliminaires de 2011 de Prévention du crime Ottawa.

DOCUMENTATION

1. Manager, Crime Prevention Ottawa’s report dated 10 February 2011 (ACS2011-CMR-CPS-0004)

Report to/Rapport au :

Community & Protective Services Committee

and Council / et au Conseil

10 February 2011 / le 10 février 2011

Submitted by/Soumis par : Nancy Worsfold on behalf of the

Chair of Crime Prevention Ottawa

Contact Person/personne-ressource : Nancy Worsfold, Manager

Crime Prevention Ottawa/gestionnaire, Prévention du crime Ottawa

613-580-2424, ext./poste 28518, nancy.worsfold@ottawa.ca

City Wide/à l'échelle de la Ville

Ref N°: ACS2011-CMR-CPS-0004

SUBJECT:	CRIME PREVENTION OTTAWA: 2011 DRAFT OPERATING ESTIMATES

OBJET :	Prévention du crime Ottawa : PRÉVISIONS budgétaires PRÉLIMINAIRES DE FONCTIONNEMENT DE 2011

REPORT RECOMMENDATION

That the Community and Protective Services Committee recommend that Committee of the Whole of Council approve the 2011 Draft Operating Estimates for Crime Prevention Ottawa.

RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT

Que le Comité des services communautaires et de protection recommande au Comité plénier du Conseil d’approuver les prévisions budgétaires préliminaires de 2011 de Prévention du crime Ottawa.

BACKGROUND

On December 8, 2010, Council, while considering the 2010-2014 Council Governance Review report, approved a 2011 Budget process as outlined in that report. Also on that date, Council passed the following motion which directed the City Treasurer to report to Council with a more detailed timetable, including suggested Standing Committee review dates, and budget development guidelines. This report responds to that Council motion:

“THAT the City Treasurer be directed to bring a report forward to the December 15, 2010 meeting of City Council that includes a more specific timetable for budget and an overview of how staff will approach the development of a draft budget.”

The specific timetable for the tax supported budget approved by Council on December 15, 2010, expanded on the budget timetable which was included in the Governance report as follows;

· Receive a City Budget overview report and table the budget reports for each Standing Committee and Boards of Council (Library & Police) at a special meeting of Council on January 19, 2011.

· Committees of Council will consider public delegations, review budgets and recommend a budget to Council during regularly scheduled meetings over the first three weeks in February, 2011.

· Boards and Committees of Council will consider public delegations, review budgets and recommend a budget to Council prior to March 8, 2011.

· Five multi-ward bilingual budget consultation meetings organized by staff (centre, east, west, south, rural) will take place over the final week of February.

· Council will deliberate and adopt the budgets from each of the Standing Committees and Boards as Committee of the Whole on Tuesday, March 8 to Thursday March 10, 2011.

DISCUSSION

Council is responsible for the review and approval of the draft operating estimates for its boards. Attached are the 2011 draft operating estimates for Crime Prevention Ottawa.

Crime Prevention Ottawa (CPO) was established in 2005 by Council as a quasi-independent body, CPO is jointly responsible to the City of Ottawa and to the people of Ottawa. Budget motion no. 27/66 from 2005 created an annual investment of $400,000 and “the secondment of two full-time staff positions” from CPS.

CPO’s role is to build community capacity, foster community action, nurture partnerships and engage in policy dialogue. Crime Prevention Ottawa brings together in partnership all local aspects of crime prevention including police, school boards, the United Way, Children’s Aid, community organizations, Ottawa Community Housing and community volunteers. Crime Prevention Ottawa supports service delivery with partnership building, advice, training, information and funding. The focus of CPO’s crime prevention efforts is to:

· reduce violence against women

· reduce crime in high risk neighbourhoods

· work with youth in high risk environments

Crime Prevention Ottawa’s successes to date include:

The CPO Neighbourhood Toolkit: popular, hands on guide to community action.
CODA: Connecting on Disability and Abuse: a community based initiative to develop awareness, understanding and prevention strategies to halt abuse to people with disabilities.

Paint It Up! In partnership with the Graffiti Management Program, youth engagement mural projects funded across the City.
Community Safety Awards honouring contributions to our community during Crime Prevention Week.
Ottawa Youth Gang Prevention Initiative: Milestones to date include a “Faith and Gangs” initiative engaging over 50 faith leaders, two public forums, two educational conferences, two major research reports and workshops for parents.
“Together for Vanier – Ensemble pour Vanier” and “Lowertown our Home – Basseville, notre chez nous (both winners of “Community Mobilization Awards” from the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police.)
Working with Ottawa's two largest school boards to implement “The Fourth R,” a comprehensive curriculum on healthy relationships, substance abuse and violence.

Learning opportunities: publications, workshops and public forums reaching over 2,300 community members, raising awareness and increasing community participation.

The draft operating estimates provided show no increase from the 2010 Adopted Budget.

RURAL IMPLCIATIONS

There are no specific rural implications associated with this report.

CONSULTATION

The public consultation on the draft operating estimates will be conducted at the standing committee.

LEGAL/RISK MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS:

There are no legal/risk management impediments to implementing the recommendation in this report.

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

Financial implications are identified within the report.

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION

Document 1 - 2011 Draft Operating Estimates

DISPOSITION

The draft operating estimates will be amended if recommended by this Standing Committee and forwarded to the Committee of the Whole of Council for further consideration and adoption.