Regular Council in Committee

THAT: Council direct staff, with the assistance of the municipality’s solicitor, to compose a business plan/strategy for presentation to the February 25, 2004 Water and Wastewater Budget meeting. (

THAT: Council receive this report for information purposes only. (

THAT: This report be received for information purposes only. (

THAT: Staff be directed to prepare a by-law for consideration at the February 9, 2004 Regular Council Meeting, authorizing temporary borrowing from the Toronto Dominion Bank. (

THAT: Report No. F-8-04 be received for information purposes only, in compliance with O.Reg. 266/02, Section 10, and further THAT: Staff be directed to prepare and submit for Council’s consideration a draft by-law to adopt a Leasing Policy at the February 9, 2004 Regular Meeting of Council. (

THAT: 1. The matter of the renewal of the SPCA agreement be received for information and considered during the 2004 budget deliberations, and further THAT: 2. Notice be published for two (2) consecutive weeks in the local newspaper and on the Town’s website notifying the public of Council’s intention to consider a by-law to increase the dog licencing fees set out under By-law No. 119-97, as amended effective April 1, 2004 as follows: (i) Spayed or neutered dogs $ 25.00 Unaltered dogs $ 35.00 (ii) Potentially/Dangerous dog licence fee $100.00 (iii) Late payment penalty $ 10.00 (licence purchased after March 31, 2005) (iv) Kennel licence fee $125.00 (v) Licence purchased after June 30, 2004 (for new dogs) - Spayed or neutered dogs $ 20.00 - Unaltered dogs $ 30.00,and THAT: 3. The notice include Council’s intention to establish a dangerous dog appeal fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), and further THAT: 4. By-laws be submitted to the Council meeting of February 23, 2004 to increase the dog licencing fees as stated above and to establish a dangerous dog appeal fee. (

THAT: This report be received for information and circulated to the appropriate agencies and stakeholder groups listed in the report. (

THAT: Report No. PCS-19-04 regarding the Spears Estate Subdivision be received for information purposes only, and further THAT: A report on the Draft Plan of Subdivision and Zoning By-law Amendment be presented to a future Council-in-Committee meeting with the recommendations subsequent to the public meeting. (

THAT: A by-law be submitted to Council authorizing the acceptance of the low tender from Conway’s Mechanical Contracting Inc. in the amount of $129,500 plus g.s.t. for the supply and installation of a new desiccant de-humidifier at the Leisureplex. (

THAT: Council enter into a Subdivision Agreement with 918867 Ontario Inc. (Heinz Hummel) for the Victoria Village Subdivision – Phase 2 Subdivision, and further THAT: A by-law be submitted to Council authorizing the Mayor and Clerk to execute the Subdivision Agreement and associated documents, and further THAT: The Developer be allowed to pre-service the subdivision prior to the registration of the Subdivision Agreement subject to receipt of the security deposit, cash payment, final drawings, approvals, insurance certificate and letter of indemnification to the satisfaction of the Town. (

THAT: The findings and recommendations of the Urban Land Needs Assessment be used as a basis to establish land use designations in the New Official Plan, and further THAT: Report No. PCS-22-04 together with the final Town of Fort Erie Urban Land Needs Assessment be circulated to the Region of Niagara, and relevant stakeholder groups as identified in this report for information purposes together with information related to their continued input into the New Official Plan exercise. (

THAT: Council authorize Town staff to proceed in determining if the Public Trustee has ownership of Parts 2, 3 and 8, and further THAT: Council authorize Town staff to negotiate with Public Trustee for ownership of Parts 2, 3 and 8 (if required), and further THAT: Council authorize Town staff to lay claim to those lands not owned by the municipality, and further THAT: Council authorize Town staff to negotiate with the owners of Part 4 and Part 9. (

THAT: An Official Plan Amendment be submitted to Council changing the designation of the subject lands from “R Urban Residential” to “GC General Commercial”, and further THAT: A Zoning By-law Amendment be submitted to Council changing the zoning of the subject lands from “Residential 2 R2 Zone” to a “Site Specific Commercial Holding C2 (H) Zone” in order to permit the lands to be used for a commercial parking lot. (

THAT: The first recommendation be dealt with separately. (

THAT: Lands on the west side of Scott Avenue, known as Part Lot A, Plan 100 NP 400 be declared as surplus and offered as a non-buildable lot to the abutting property owners, and further THAT: Lands on the east side of Kraft Road, known as Lot C, Plan 101, NP 441 be declared as surplus and offered as a non-buildable lot to the abutting property owners subject to an easement being retained by the municipality for the sanitary sewer traversing the subject property and the provisions of an easement in favour of the abutting property owners for the private sanitary sewer service traversing the subject property, with all expenses related to such easements including preparation of a reference plan and registration being at the sole expense of the purchaser and any abutting benefiting property owners, and further THAT: Staff be authorized to advertise the declaration of these surplus parcels in the local newspaper and obtain an Opinion of Value for the parcels as per By-law No. 44-95. (

THAT: Recommendation No. 17 be

THAT: Council support extension of Draft Plan Approval for the Dominion Road Plan of Subdivision to January 12, 2006, and further THAT” The owner and the Regional Niagara Planning and Development Department be so advised. (

THAT: The Fire Department request quotations for the acquisition of three (3) electrical generators for the purposes of Emergency Management in concert with the 2003 JEPP Funding Program, and further THAT: The Fire Chief be authorized to purchase the generators based on the anticipated pricing being under $25,000. (

THAT: Council direct staff to prepare a by-law to be presented at the February 9, 2004 Council Meeting, to authorize the immediate purchase of a 2004 Light-Duty Rescue Truck from Seagrave Fire Apparatus Co. for the submitted quotation of $119,825.02. (

THAT: This matter be

THAT: Council authorize staff to prepare a report regarding air quality testing in the vicinity of the Peace Bridge Plaza and QEW corridor, addressing: (a) The parameters of testing to be done by the PBA pursuant to its expansion project; (b) The contaminants to be tested; (c) Sites at which testing equipment is to be located; (d) Cost for such testing; (e) Funding/partnering opportunities for such testing; (f) Identifying which entity(s) should be conducting air quality testing; (g) Niagara Health System information regarding asthma incidence. (

THAT: Council receive Administrative Report No. PW-8-04 for budget deliberations, and further THAT: Staff be directed to call for proposals for the provision of a public transit service including the provision of an acceptable low step, mobility assistive public transit bus, as recommended by the Public Transit Requirements Study and community stakeholders, and further THAT: Council direct staff to investigate and recommend opportunities to partner with Fort Erie Mobile Services to expand their mobility services capability, and further THAT: Staff prepare a report with regard to the enhancement and expansion of the services provided by Fort Erie Mobile Services for Council’s consideration at the April 19, 2004 Council-in-Committee meeting. (

THAT: Council receive for information purposes the Annual Water Quality Report for the period April – December 2003, on Fort Erie’s Water Supply, attached as Appendix “1”, prepared as required under the Safe Drinking Water Act 2002 and associated regulations, and further THAT: Council receive and accept Administrative Report No. PW-9-04 as the Annual Water Utility Summary Report to Council as required by O.Reg. 170/03, Schedule 22, and further THAT: Council receive Administrative Report No. PW-9-04 for the purpose of acknowledging the roles and responsibilities of owners (The Municipal Corporation and the governing body – the Council) and operators (Municipal Staff) of municipal drinking water systems as prescribed by the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, Sections 11 and 19. (

THAT: Council receive Administrative Report No. PW-10-04 for budget deliberations, and further THAT: Council, in recognition of potential savings associated with vehicle and equipment orders placed early in the calendar year, direct staff to prepare for the Regular Meeting of Council on February 23, 2004, a by- law confirming the 2004 Vehicle and Equipment Replacement Order. (

THAT: Council Rules of Procedure By-law No. 200-85, as amended, be waived in order to permit the hour of adjournment to extend beyond the hour of 9:30 p.m. (

THAT: Council-in-Committee does now recess to go into Special Council meeting. (

THAT: Council-in-Committee does now go into closed session to discuss the following: (a) Property Matter Re: Land Committee Minutes – January 22, 2004 (CAO- 7/LC-1-04) (

THAT: Council-in-Committee does now rise and reconvene with the following report: THAT: This matter be

THAT: Council-in-Committee does now hereby adjourn at 10:02 p.m. (