Arts, Recreation and Community Policies Committee

That the agenda be amended to include the addendum, and as amended, be approved.

That the minutes of Arts, Recreation and Community Policies Committee Meeting 2026-01, held Thursday, February 26, 2026, be approved.

That the following Motion be added to the Arts, Recreation & Community Policies Committee Agenda under the rules of Section 13.34 of City of Kingston By-Law Number 2021-41, Council Procedure By-Law: Whereas the Kingston Consumption and Treatment Services (CTS) has operated since 2018, serving hundreds of vulnerable residents annually, diverting hundreds of emergency room visits, and preventing opioid overdose deaths; and Whereas the Province of Ontario announced on April 10, 2026 that a new Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hub will be established in Kingston, and that the provincially funded Consumption and Treatment Services site at the Integrated Care Hub, 661 Montreal Street, will close effective September 30, 2026, with services to transition to the new Kingston HART Hub; and Whereas harm reduction services are evidence-based policies and programs designed to reduce the health, social, and economic harms associated with substance use, including the provision of safer-use supplies, overdose prevention and response, health education, and connections to treatment and social supports, without requiring abstinence as a condition of access; and Therefore Be It Resolved That Council direct staff to work with Kingston Community Health Centres, Trellis HIV & Community Care, Addiction & Mental Health Services, Home Base Housing, Southeast Public Health, other Integrated Care Hub (ICH) consortium partners, and other community groups to share information with the

the Kingston Consumption and Treatment Services (CTS) has operated since 2018, serving hundreds of vulnerable residents annually, diverting hundreds of emergency room visits, and preventing opioid overdose deaths; and Whereas the Province of Ontario announced on April 10, 2026 that a new Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hub will be established in Kingston, and that the provincially funded Consumption and Treatment Services site at the Integrated Care Hub, 661 Montreal Street, will close effective September 30, 2026, with services to transition to the new Kingston HART Hub; and Whereas harm reduction services are evidence-based policies and programs designed to reduce the health, social, and economic harms associated with substance use, including the provision of safer-use supplies, overdose prevention and response, health education, and connections to treatment and social supports, without requiring abstinence as a condition of access; and Therefore Be It Resolved That Council direct staff to work with Kingston Community Health Centres, Trellis HIV & Community Care, Addiction & Mental Health Services, Home Base Housing, Southeast Public Health, other Integrated Care Hub (ICH) consortium partners, and other community groups to share information with the public about harm reduction services and where these supports can be accessed following the closure of the Consumption and Treatment Services (CTS); and That Council direct the Chief Administrative Officer t

That Motion 2 be amended by adding the following additional clauses: That Council considers up to $350,000 as one-time funding from the Working Fund Reserve to support new proposals from new community groups that introduce pilot projects to reduce harm to the public at potentially lower cost to the city and that staff develop a process with partner expertise for the allocation of funds ; and That Council direct staff to request that Kingston Community Health Centre collect all Consumption Treatment Services and harm reduction information and data and report back to City Council.

That the meeting of the Arts, Recreation and Community Policies Committee adjourn at 8:23 p.m.

Arts, Recreation & Community Policies Committee Meeting 2026-02 - Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. That Motion 2 be amended by adding the following additional clauses: That Council considers up to $350,000 as one-time funding from the Working Fund Reserve to support new proposals from new community groups that introduce pilot projects to reduce harm to the public at potentially lower cost to the city and that staff develop a process with partner expertise for the allocation of funds ; and That Council direct staff to request that Kingston Community Health Centre collect all Consumption Treatment Services and harm reduction information and data and report back to City Council.