Regular Council

That: Council approves the Consent Agenda Items as recommended. (

That: Council approves the bingo lottery permit allocations for the period April 1, 2017 - March 31, 2018 pursuant to Appendix "A" of the Memorandum dated March 8, 2017 from the Community Gaming Development Corporation. (

That: Council receives the Environmental Advisory Committee minutes of its February 12, 2017 meeting, and further That: Council approves the recommendations regarding the property west of 4106 Garrison Road with respect to the Environmental Conservation Overlay and Environmental Impact Study. (

That: Council appoints Brad Murphy to the Ridgeway Business Improvement Area Board of Management for the period ending November 30, 2018. (

That: Council appoints Barbara Scarlett to the Ridgeway Business Improvement Area Board of Management for the period ending November 30, 2018. (

That: Council accepts the resignation of Gabrielle Todd from the Communities-in-Bloom Committee, and further That: Council directs staff to proceed with filling the vacancy in accordance with the provisions of the Procedural By-law. (

That: Council receives the Municipal Heritage Standing Committee minutes of its February 13, 2017 meeting, and Page 5 of 11 Regular Council - 27 Mar 2017 Meeting Minutes further That: Council approves the recommendation regarding the request from the Point Abino Lighthouse Preservation Society with respect to the request to move the clock works mechanism. (

That: Council accepts the resignation of Ross McLean from the Fort Erie Active Transportation Advisory Committee, and further That: Council directs staff to proceed with filling the vacancy in accordance with the provisions of the Procedural By-law. (

That: Council appoints Brian Wright to the Communities-in- Bloom Committee for the period ending November 30, 2018. (

That: Council appoints Maxine Johnson, Dalton Bird, Greg Bailey, Margaret Gleeson, David Duchesne, Ken Walker and Page 6 of 11 Regular Council - 27 Mar 2017 Meeting Minutes Councillor Butler to the Transit Advisory Committee for the period ending November 30, 2018. (

That: Council appoints Trinity Bernier, Scooter Nagy, Faith Phibbs and Sam Sistar to the Mayor's Youth Advisory Committee for the period ending November 30, 2018. (

Whereas the Town of Fort Erie is a member of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, which consists of 127 municipalities in Canada and the United States that border the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River; and Whereas the Great Lakes constitute the largest reservoir of fresh water in the world, containing approximately 20% of the globe’s fresh water supply; and Whereas the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River are bounded by two provinces of Canada and eight states of the United States of America, whose responsibility – along with the two federal governments - is to oversee and ensure the sound stewardship of these waters; and Whereas the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River are a vital source of drinking water for 45 million people who live in the Great Lakes basin; and Page 7 of 11 Regular Council - 27 Mar 2017 Meeting Minutes Whereas the Great Lakes are of fundamental importance to the economies of Canada and the United States through activities related to the fisheries, industry, shipping, farming, tourism and sports/recreation; and Whereas by the end of the 1960’s, industrial toxic chemicals, raw sewage and farming nutrients had turned the waters of the Great Lakes into hazards to human health and the sustainability of life in many forms; and Whereas since the 1970’s the governments of the United States and Canada have recognized the significance of the Great Lakes waters and have committed to its regeneration; and Whereas those efforts over the years have bro

That: The by-law package containing: 31-2017: To Authorize the Entry into a Lease Agreement with 1322977 Ontario Inc. (Steve & Nada Sustic) for Parking Purposes (Palmwood Hotel – Crystal Beach Waterfront Park) 32-2017: To Stop Up and Close and Authorize the Sale of Part of the Glenolden Lane Unopened Road Allowance on the East Side of Eastwood Avenue (Susan Duffy and Michael Croft) 33-2017: To Re-establish the Communities-in-Bloom Committee and Approve its Terms of Reference and to Repeal By-law No. 193-03 is given first and second reading. (

That: By-laws: 31-2017 32-2017 33-2017 are given third and final reading to be signed by the Mayor and Clerk under the corporate seal. (

That: By-law No. 34-2017: To Confirm the Actions of Council at its Meeting Held on March 27, 2017 is given first and second reading. (

That: By-law No. 34-2017 is given third and final reading to be signed by the Mayor and Clerk under the corporate seal. (

That: Council adjourns at 7:02 p.m. to reconvene into a Regular Meeting of Council on April 10, 2017. (