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Home My WebLink AboutSPAC 2022-09-07 Agenda City of Maple Ridge Social Policy Advisory Committee AGENDA Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 6:00 pm Held via Zoom Teleconference and hosted in the Blaney Room, Maple Ridge City Hall Meeting Access Information Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we will be holding the Social Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC) meeting in a hybrid format. Members of the SPAC and the public are asked to join the meeting in- person in the Blaney Room at Maple Ridge City Hall or remotely using the following access information: Join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone https://mapleridge-ca.zoom.us/j/85392872045?pwd=QVlFYXFwUXM3SklNTmFBYUxWekZVdz09 Or join the meeting using your phone Dial: 1-778-907-2071 Meeting ID: 853 9287 2045 Passcode: 742004 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA 3. ADOPTION OF MINUTES – June 1, 2022 4. DELEGATIONS – NIL 5. NEW AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS 5.1 Committee Membership Review 5.2 SOAR Analysis - Committee Review #1 – Tony Cotroneo 6. LIAISON UPDATES 6.1 Staff Liaison – Tony Cotroneo 6.2 Council Liaison – Councillor Judy Dueck 7. TASK FORCE UPDATES 7.1. 2022 SPAC Work Plan 8. QUESTION PERIOD FOR THE PUBLIC 9. ROUNDTABLE 9.1. Youth Strategy 9.2. Community Action Team (CAT) 10. ADJOURNMENT Next Meeting: November 2, 2022 Agenda Submission Deadline: October 19, 2022 QUESTION PERIOD Question Period provides the public with the opportunity to ask questions or make comments on subjects that are of concern to them. Each person will be given 2 minutes to speak. Up to ten minutes in total is allotted for Question Period. City of Maple Ridge Social Policy Advisory Committee MEETING MINUTES June 1, 2022 – Regular Meeting The Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Social Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC) held via Zoom teleconference and in the Blaney Room at Maple Ridge City Hall on June 1, 2022 at 6:02 pm. COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT Councillor Ahmed Yousef Council Liaison Marissa Stalman Member at Large Kim Dumore School District No. 42 Board Trustee Ana Sanchez Fraser Health Eileen Dwillies Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Katzie Seniors Network Rose Rawan Fraser Health Xuan Zhao Intern Fraser Health Dr. Ingrid Tyler Medical Health Officer STAFF PRESENT Tony Cotroneo Staff Liaison/Manager, Recreation & Community Engagement Petra Frederick Community Coordinator Stephane Labonne General Manager, Parks, Recreation and Culture Patrick Hlavac-Winsor General Counsel & Executive Director, Legal & Legislative Services COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT Jenny Early Chair Tarel Swansky Vice-Chair 1.CALL TO ORDER – 6:02 p.m. 2.APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA R/2022-15 It was moved and seconded That the agenda for the June 1, 2022 Social Policy Advisory Committee Regular Meeting be amended and approved to renumber Item 4.2 and 4.3 as 4.3 and 4.4 respectively, and to include an additional Delegation Item 4.2 - Accessibility & Inclusiveness Framework, and add Item 6.3 – School District 42 Liaison Update. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 3.ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES R/2022-016 It was moved and seconded That the minutes of the April 6, 2022 Social Policy Advisory Committee Regular Meeting be amended adopted to include Stephane Labonne, General Manager, Parks, Recreation and Culture in the list of attendees. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Note: Bob Masse joined the meeting in person at 6:07 pm 3.0 Social Policy Advisory Committee Minutes June 1, 2022 Regular Meeting Page 2 of 4 4. DELEGATIONS 4.1 Kim Dumore and UPLAN (Youth Planning Table Working Group) Update UPLAN presented to SPAC and answered questions from the Committee and S. Labonne regarding applications for grants and the benefits of being part of the group. UPLAN stated that they are looking at new ways of recruiting members and currently have reached 1,000 youth through their projects. 4.2 Petra Frederick, Accessibility & Inclusiveness Framework A. Ward, Chair of the Municipal Advisory Committee on Accessibility and Inclusiveness, with the support of P. Frederick, Staff Liaison of the Municipal Advisory Committee on Accessibility and Inclusiveness, presented a framework and answered questions from Committee pertaining to cultural safety, stigma reduction and anti-racism. A. Ward stated that it is important to provide safe space for people to present their voice. Dr. Tyler commented that individuals who are traumatized in past may be reluctant to participate and A. Ward addressed the concern stating that the project team is open to going to people’s safe space. M. Stalman suggested that project needs to think of the trauma of Indigenous First Nations and the need to include their voices. 4.3 Tony Cotroneo, Parks, Recreation & Culture, Master Plan T. Cotroneo presented an update on the Master Plan and various opportunities by which the community can participate in the engagement process. The committee posed a question on how people without computers are being reached. T. Cotroneo responded that the City is taking surveys to events, including Pride celebrations and Canada Day celebrations. Note: Doug Sabourin entered the meeting virtually at 7:03 pm. 4.4 Robert (Bob) Masse, BC Coroner’s Report Overview R. Masse highlighted BC Data by Place of Injury on page 5 of BC Coroners Service report pertaining to Illicit Drug Toxicity Deaths in B .C, between Jan 1, 2012 and Mar 31, 2022, and stated that understanding the data to a more granular level by location may help prevent deaths. The Committee discussed that the trend and profile for a number of years has been middle aged men working in trades. M. Stalman suggested obtaining voluntary disclosure of geolocation of overdoses on intake forms. Dr. Tyler recalled Surrey fire department has been able to aggregate historical data for their municipali ty and was able to craft data sharing agreement with Fraser Health that can be a model. Note: A. Ward left the meeting at 7:20 pm 5. NEW AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS - NIL Social Policy Advisory Committee Minutes June 1, 2022 Regular Meeting Page 3 of 4 6. LIAISON UPDATES 6.1 Staff Liaison T. Cotroneo provided an update on the Albion Community Centre and discussed Maple Ridge Leisure Centre attendance almost recovering to pre-Covid levels generally, and youth numbers increasing above that. 6.2 Council Liaison - NIL 6.3 School District 42 Liaison Update K. Dumore updated that Garibaldi Secondary School was designated as an International Baccalaureate (IB) School. 7. TASK FORCE UPDATES 7.1 2022 SPAC Work Plan The Staff Liaison provided an update on the 2022 SPAC Work Plan – amendments are forthcoming and a SWAT analysis is planned for Q4 2022. 8. QUESTION PERIOD - NIL 9. ROUNDTABLE Members provided verbal reports on relevant events, activities and social policy topics. R/2022-017 It was moved and seconded That the Item 9.1 and 9.2 be reversed in order on the agenda. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 9.2 Community Action Team (CAT) • June 13, 2022 UPLAN will be wrapping trees in LGBTQ2S+ flag colours throughout downtown; • Self-published magazine coming out shortly and there will be “let’s talk about substance use” event; • Monday June 6 is the start of Senior’s Week that will also have an art show in the band stand in Memorial Peace Park. 9.1 Youth Strategy Rose Rawan provided an update 10. ADJOURNMENT – 7:42 p.m. Social Policy Advisory Committee Minutes June 1, 2022 Regular Meeting Page 4 of 4 The next regular meeting of the Social Policy Advisory Committee will be held on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. Tony Cotroneo, Acting Chair phw/