Regional Municipality of Waterloo Strategic Planning and Budget CommitteeAddendum Agenda Meeting #:Date:Wednesday, November 29, 2023Closed Session: 6:00 P.m. - 9:00 P.m.Location:Council ChambersShould you require an alternative format please contact the Regional Clerk at Tel.: 519-575-4400, TTY: 519-575-4605, or regionalclerk@regionofwaterloo.ca1.Call to Order 2.Land Acknowledgement 3.Declarations of Pecuniary Interest under the “Municipal Conflict of Interest Act” 4.Delegations 4.1Barbara Hankins, Chair, KWS Players' Association, and Rebecca Diderrich, Player's Committee member 1.Kitchener Waterloo Symphony.pdfRe: the Future of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony4.2Victoria Baby, CEO, Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo and Stratford Perth 1.Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo and Stratford Perth.pdfRe: Request for Regional financial support for a capital build at the Humane Society 4.3Hardy and Renate Willms, Kitchener Re: Property tax increases are too high 4.4Harald Drewitz, Chairperson, Kitchener Tax Watch Group 1.Harald Drewitz presentation notes.pdf2.Harald Drewitz Consumer Price Index.pdfRe: Taxpayer’s Affordability4.5Kathy Ekert, Kitchener Re: budget more rent to stop eviction 4.6Melissa Bowman, Kitchener Re: 2024 Budget4.7David Alton, Lived Expertise Coordinator, Social Development Centre Waterloo Region Re: Plan to End Chronic Homelessness/Fee for Service 4.8Sara Escobar, Homelessness and Housed Justice Worker, and Jason Spencer, Program Director, Community Justice Inititatives Re: Homelessness4.9Kevin Boutilier, Erbs Road Shelter Re: Living Unsheltered/ Erbs Road/ Housing4.10Tim O'Brien, Erbs Road Shelter Re: Living Unsheltered/ Erbs Road/ Housing4.11Jane Willoughby, Kitchener Re: Emergency shelter at Edith MacIntosh Child Care center 4.12Mark Egers, President, Waterloo Regional Police Association Re: The Association's perspective on the upcoming Regional budget.4.13Gina Georgiou, Kitchener Re: Budget Funding for Chronic Homelessness4.14Nicholas Aboagye, Kitchener Re: Increased transit funding for better ion service and public transit 4.15Howard Dyck, Citizens Supporting the KW Symphony Re: The implications for Waterloo Region following the recent demise of the KW Symphony. Requesting that Waterloo Regional Council keep the current allocation of funds designated for the KWS for that purpose and not to put them into the general fund. 4.16Nicholas Olsen, Waterloo Re: increased transit funding for better ion service 4.17Damian Mikhail, Waterloo Re: in favour of the amendment to the transit budget which would maintain 15 minute headways during off peak hours petition 4.18Craig Sloss, Waterloo 1.4.18 - Budget delegation - 2023-11-29 - slides.pdfRe: 2024 Budget priority feedback 4.19Kimberly Barber, Kitchener Re: speaking in support of the KWS4.20Shiva Subramanian and Ashwin Annamalai , Waterloo Re: Reduction of Ion service4.21Isabella Stefanescu, Waterloo Re: Supporting a Renewed Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra4.22Joanne Bender, Piano Teacher, KW Symphony Players Association with her students Anar and Thomas Moosa re: KW Symphony and its value especially for children4.23Julian Ichim, Kitchener Re: Homelessness and police funding4.24Michelle Angkasa, Waterloo Re: Proposed changes to ION schedule4.25Nigel Gordijk, Waterloo Re: Transit service levels4.26Sam Goncalves-Horton, Waterloo Re: proposed ION service changes and other issues with the current transportation budget4.27Remington Zhi, Waterloo Re: off-peak ION service4.28Jack Dunne-Mucklow, Waterloo Re: Transit and ION4.29Rodney Chan, Waterloo Re: ION Amendment and Bus Lanes4.30Marinus de Groot, Kitchener Re: Keeping support for the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony in the 2024-2025 budget in order to leave the door open to all possibilities4.31 Brian Doucet, Kitchener re: Proposed LRT service changes4.32Jonathan Lin, Waterloo Re: ION service cuts to every 30 min during early morning and evening periods and in support of Councillor James' amendment to ION service to have 10 minute peak headways and 15 minute shoulder headways all year. 4.33Lori Mark, Kitchener Re: HomelessnessI would like to ensure that a couple of items are accounted for in the Homeless Budget such as additional Mental Health and Addiction support.4.34David Scott, Cambridge Re: The future of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony 5.Call for Delegations 6.Communications 6.1Nathan Whalen, re: Expense Reduction Levers for Budget 2024 1.Nathan Whalen - Expense Reduction Levers for Budget 2024(1).pdf6.2Zack Red, re: Police Budget Surpluses 1.Correspondence - Zack Red.pdf6.3Stephanie Levac, re: Police Budget Surpluses 1.Correspondence - Stephanie Levac.pdf6.4Vincent Strickland, re: Police Budget Surpluses 1.Correspondence - Vincent Strickland.pdf6.5Greg Thornton, re: Police Budget Surpluses 1.Correspondence - Greg Thornton.pdf2.Correspondence - Greg Thornton (2).pdf6.6Evan Mitchell, re: KW Symphony 1.Correspondence - Evan Mitchell.pdf6.7Sacha Geer, re: Police Budget Surpluses 1.Correspondence - Sacha Geer.pdf6.8El Gillies, re: Police Budget Surpluses 1.Correspondence - El Gillies.pdf6.9Moni Sadri, re: Police Budget Surpluses 1.Correspondence - Moni Sadri.pdf6.10Kez Vicario-Robinson, re: Police Budget Surpluses 1.Correspondence - Kez Vicario-Robinson.pdf6.11Ian Whitman, re: KW Symphony 1.Correspondence - Ian Whitman.pdf6.12Cory Albrecht, re: LRT service hours 1.Correspondence - Cory Albrecht.pdf7.Adjourn Recommended Motion:That the meeting adjourn at x:xx x.m.No Item Selected This item has no attachments.1.Correspondence - Zack Red.pdf1.Nathan Whalen - Expense Reduction Levers for Budget 2024(1).pdf1.Correspondence - Stephanie Levac.pdf1.Correspondence - Vincent Strickland.pdf1.Correspondence - Greg Thornton.pdf2.Correspondence - Greg Thornton (2).pdf1.Correspondence - Evan Mitchell.pdf1.Correspondence - Sacha Geer.pdf1.Harald Drewitz presentation notes.pdf2.Harald Drewitz Consumer Price Index.pdf1.Correspondence - El Gillies.pdf1.Correspondence - Moni Sadri.pdf1.Correspondence - Kez Vicario-Robinson.pdf1.Correspondence - Ian Whitman.pdf1.4.18 - Budget delegation - 2023-11-29 - slides.pdf1.Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo and Stratford Perth.pdf1.Kitchener Waterloo Symphony.pdf1.Correspondence - Cory Albrecht.pdf