Regular Council in Committee

THAT:Council Rules of Procedure By-law No. 145-06, as amended by suspended to limit delegations to a maximum of five (5) minutes for this portion of the meeting. (

THAT:The recommendation be amended in the second paragraph to provide that “the Holding provision shall not be removed until a site plan has been approved by the Directors of Community and Development Services and Infrastructure Services.” (

THAT:The application by Attar Metals Inc. to amend the Zoning By-law No. 129- 90 from the Industrial IN Zone to a site specific Industrial Holding IN-H Zone to permit a metal recycling facility with outside storage be approved and a Zoning By-law Amendment be submitted to Council, and THAT:The Holding provision shall not be removed until a site plan has been approved by the Directors of Community and Development Services and Infrastructure Services. (

THAT:The zoning application for the proposed Canadian Motor Speedway be approved to change the zoning of the subject lands in accordance with the Draft By-law attached to Report No. CDS-048-10 as Appendix "2", and COUNCIL-IN-COMMITTEE MINUTES – TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 PAGE TWENTY-ONE THAT:A Zoning By-law Amendment for Canadian Motor Speedway be forwarded to Council for adoption on September 13, 2010. (

THAT:Council approve the location of Sugarbowl Park for the construction of a Leash Free Dog Park, and THAT:Council authorize staff to prepare an amendment to Section 6 of the Parks and Beaches By-law No. 119-03 relative to the use and management of a Leash Free Dog Park. (

THAT:The recommendation be and it is hereby amended to include the following: “THAT:Staff provide comment to Council respecting the Miller property and the recommendations contained in the letter of Thomson Rogers dated September 7, 2010. (

THAT:The hour of adjournment be extended beyond 10:00 p.m. (

THAT:The recommendation be further amended to include the following: “THAT:Council hereby permits a light industrial or limited manufacturing zone for the former Horton Steel property in accordance with D-6 (limited uses) subject to the owner entering into a Site Plan Agreement within one year of the adoption of the Bridgeburg Secondary Plan in order to allow sufficient time for the clean-up of the property.” (

THAT:Council endorse the Bridgeburg Secondary Plan, and THAT:Council authorize staff to prepare the implementing Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment package for adoption, and THAT:Council authorize staff to forward the implementing Official Plan Amendment package to the Regional Municipality of Niagara for approval, and THAT:Council consider initiating a Class Environmental Assessment for the Bridgeburg Secondary Plan Area in 2011, in order to identify the transportation and municipal infrastructure improvements required to implement the recommendations of the Secondary Plan, and THAT:Staff provide comment to Council respecting the Miller property and the recommendations contained in the letter of Thomson Rogers dated September 7, 2010. (

THAT:Council hereby authorizes and approves the stopping up, closing, and conveyance of part of the unopened Road Allowance, west of Gorham Road (Extension of Dominion Road), being Part of the Road Allowance between Concession 1 and 2 Lake Erie lying between Cherry Hill Blvd and Gorham Road, Fort Erie being Part of PIN 64176-0254(LT) to the abutting property owner, Gorham Road Inc. for the sum of $75,000.00, plus HST, being fair market value for the lands, subject to: (a) the lands merging in title with the purchaser’s property, and (b) the Town reserving a right to re-purchase the land upon the terms contained in Report No. CDS-52-10 and in a form satisfactory to the Town’s Solicitor, and (c) the granting of an easement in favor of Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc., and the conveyance of a road widening to the Regional Municipality of Niagara, as may be required, and further THAT:The requirements of the Sale of Land Policy for the Town of Fort Erie be waived in this instance, and further COUNCIL-IN-COMMITTEE MINUTES – TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 PAGE TWENTY-THREE THAT:The Town Solicitor be authorized to prepare the necessary by-laws and to execute on behalf of the Town of Fort Erie all necessary documents to stop up and close the road allowance and complete this transaction. (

THAT:Pursuant to Section 16.9 of Procedural By-law No. 145-06, as amended, consent is hereby granted to consider Infrastructure Services and Corporate Services matters at this meeting due to extra-ordinary circumstances. (

THAT:Council hereby amends the 2010 Capital Budget to include the Point Abino Lighthouse Restoration Project in the amount of $150,000, and further THAT:Council hereby authorizes the transfer of $150,000 from the Point Abino Lighthouse Reserve to the Restoration Project. (

THAT:The 2010 Operating Budget be amended to include the allocation of $60,000 from the Emergency Management Reserve Fund to finance expenses associated with the archaeological investigation, exhumation and reinterment of human remains in the vicinity of 683 Point Abino Road, and THAT:Any unused portion of the above allocation be returned to the Emergency Management Reserve Fund. (

THAT:Council authorize the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as auditors of the Town of Fort Erie for fiscal years 2010-2014, and further THAT:Council award the Audit Services contract to Grant Thornton LLP for an upset limit of $194,360 (inclusive of HST), and further COUNCIL-IN-COMMITTEE MINUTES – TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 PAGE TWENTY-FIVE THAT:This report be circulated to the Fort Erie Public Library Board and Business Improvement Areas (BIAs) for information purposes. (

THAT: Council-in-Committee does now hereby adjourn at 10:34 p.m. (