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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMarch 4, 2008 Cit11 0# Minutes / Meeting Summary Communities Against Violence Everywhere Committee Meeting Tuesday, March 4, 2008 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm CAG Boardroom Attendees: Tass Tsakamas, Chair Tasleem Hudani, Vice Chair Kim Bradley, Coordinator, Recreation Programs Paul Crawford Rowena Kirk Shawna Mutton, Coordinator, Community Sustainability Kwan Ng Dianne Surman Absent: Samantha Teney Item / Details & Discussion & Conclusion Action Items / Status Ref# (summary of discussion) (include deadline as appropriate) 1. Welcome The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting. 2. Recommendations The Chair advised that the next step in our process is to develop recommendations to Council. He asked each committee member to give their recommendations. They are as follows: . Use the last half hour of our monthly CAVE meetings to invite youth serving agencies to present their programs to the committee . Hold public forums twice a year to promote community awareness of specific themes affecting youth and the Pickering community . Provide opportunities for youth service providers to network in order to get them to start working outside of their silos - identify how groups can work together to deliver workshops and forums . Ask agencies to provide us with examples of service success stories to increase the profile of their agency . Implement a mentorship program for youth at risk . Develop an online resource centre for youth which includes specific programs and services in our community . The top hurdle most of the aqencies are facinq is fundinq - Page 1 CORP0228-2/02 Item / Details & Discussion & Conclusion Action Items / Status Ref # (summary of discussion) (include deadline as appropriate) generate a letter to the Minister of Community and Social Services prepared by the CAVE committee and endorsed by City Council regarding lack of funding for social service agencies Paul mentioned that while all of these recommendations are great ideas it could be too expensive for the City to implement these ideas. Tass, Shawna and Kim added that many of the recommended Please send Shawna ideas are duplicates of initiatives that are already happening in any further our community. recommendations as well as names of any Dianne asked "if all of these initiatives are already in place then duplicate initiatives you why are we here - what does the City want us to do?" may come across Discussion ensued surrounding the committee's mandate and why the committee was formed over two years ago. The general consensus of the committee is to use the next meeting to draft the recommendations / report to Council and to present this to Council in April. As well as recommendations, the report will include what the committee has done to date and our findings in duplications of services and initiatives. 3. Other Business Tass advised that the John Howard Society is hosting a youth job fair on Wednesday, March 12 from 11 :00 am - 7:00 pm and Thursday, March 13 from 11 :00 am - 5:00 pm at the Whitby Resource Centre, 105 Consumers Dr., Unit 12, Whitby. Meeting Adjourned: 7:30 pm Next meeting: Tuesday, March 18 @ 6:00 pm - Tower Room Copy: Mayor Members of Council Chief Administrative Officer Department Heads Division Heads Page 2 CORP0228-2/02