THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF SMITHS FALLSCOMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING AGENDAMonday, May 27, 2024 at 5:00 P.m. - 7:00 P.m.Council Chamber, Town HallLINKS TO LIVESTREAM: Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/townofsmithsfalls/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIFXU6Sq9neiC5VU9QbmLtQChairperson: Councillor J BrennanLand AcknowledgementOn May 27, 2024 we acknowledge that this sacred land on which Smiths Falls is now located has been a site of human activity for over 10,000 years and is rich in Indigenous history. This land is the ancestral and unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe Nation. We are grateful to the Algonquin ancestors who cared for the land and water in order that we might meet here today. We are also grateful to the Algonquin People for their contribution in the making of the Rideau Canal which runs thru Smiths Falls. We are mindful of broken covenants and the need to reconcile with all our relations. Together, may we care for this land and each other, drawing on the strength of our mutual history of nation building through peace and friendship being mindful of generations to come.1.LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 2.CALL TO ORDER The Chair called the meeting to order at ----PM 3.APPROVAL OF AGENDA Recommended Motion:THAT the May 27th, 2024 Committee of the Whole Meeting Agenda be approved as circulated. 4.DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST AND/OR CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND GENERAL NATURE THEREOF 5.APPROVAL OF MINUTES Recommended Motion:The Minutes of the May 13th, 2024 and May 21st, 2024 Committee of the Whole Meetings be approved as circulated.6.DELEGATIONS 7.CAO/DIRECTORS VERBAL REPORTS 8.COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE CONSENT REPORTS 9.IN CAMERA/CLOSED SESSION 10.PRIORITY ISSUES/REPORTS 10.1Visitor Survey Report – 2023 Year End Report 2024-66 (J Crowder) 1.2024-66-EcDev-Visitor Survey Report – 2023 Year End (May 27 2024).pdf10.2Projected Debt Levels Report 2024-065 (P Dowber) 1.2024-065 Projected Debt Levels.pdf10.3Permitting Backyard Hens within Town Limits Report 2024-058 (R Chesebrough) 1.2024-058 Backyard Hen Report - Final.pdf10.4Bill 185- Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act Report 2024-067 (K Grenke) 1.Report 2024-067- Bill 185- Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act .pdf11.COMMITTEE, BOARD AND EXTERNAL ORGANIZATION UPDATES 12.INFORMATION LISTING/CORRESPONDENCE ITEMS 12.1Letter from the Toronto Zoo 1.Letter May 23, 2024 Toronto Zoo Seeks Support.pdfLack of regulations related to the public display and keeping of exotic wild animal species and the (financial) burden this causes to municipalities.ACTION: For Council's review and recommendation.13.NOTICE OF MOTIONS 14.ADJOURNMENT Recommended Motion:THAT the Committee adjourn its proceedings XXXX p.m. and stand so adjourned until the next duly called Committee meeting.No Item Selected This item has no attachments.1.Letter May 23, 2024 Toronto Zoo Seeks Support.pdf1.2024-66-EcDev-Visitor Survey Report – 2023 Year End (May 27 2024).pdf1.2024-065 Projected Debt Levels.pdf1.2024-058 Backyard Hen Report - Final.pdf1.Report 2024-067- Bill 185- Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act .pdf