PFC2021-1129

That with respect to Notice of Motion PFC2021-1129, the following be adopted: NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT ADMINISTRATION: Explore the ability to increase accessibility to child care with a focus on affordable child care options - in Calgary through measures like density bonusing, streamlined change of use, and more land use districts that can accommodate child care; Explore the opportunity for affordable child care funding to flow directly to cities from the federal government (similar to the Rapid Housing Initiative) to assist families and child care operators; Determine whether The City of Calgary has the legal and jurisdictional ability to license and set minimum requirements for home-based child care businesses, and create a publicly-accessible database of municipally licensed service providers; Conduct a review of current bylaws (including the Business Licence and Land Use Bylaws) and provincial legislation to identify existing gaps with respect to for-profit home-based child care, engaging with relevant stakeholders including the Government of Alberta, child care agencies, child care providers, and parents; That as part of the review, Administration carefully consider potential costs and barriers that could either drive these operators underground or out of business, in an effort to ensure marginalized or low-income Calgarians continue to have access to affordable child care; That Administration report back to Council through the successor committee of the Standing Policy Committee on Community and Protective Services no later than Q3 2022.