Regular Council

That: Council approves the Consent Agenda Items as recommended save and except Item 9.2 2. (b). (

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

That: Council appoints Joe Spath to the Museum and Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee for the period ending November 30, 2018. (

That: Council appoints: One (1) member from Bridges Community Health Centre: Ashley Chiarello, Health Promoter, Bridges Community Health Centre; One (1) member from the Fort Erie Multicultural Society: Martha Mason, Executive Director and Chair, Fort Erie Housing Coalition; Two (2) members from Senior Citizen’s Organizations: Richard Paterak and Linda Whittaker; One (1) member from the Development Community: Kelly Kendrick-Collings; Two (2) from the community at large: Juli Longaphie and Linda Scott One (1) member of Council: Councillor Butler, and One (1) member of Council as alternate: Councillor Knutt to the Affordable Housing Committee for the period ending November 30, 2018. (

That: Council appoints: One (1) member from the Fort Erie Physician community: Dr. Patricia Teal, M.D., F.R.C.S. (C); One (1) member from the Hamilton-Niagara-Haldimand Brant Local Health Integration Network (HNHBLHIN): Vanessa Levay, Sub Region Director Niagara & Niagara North West, HNHBLHIN; One (1) member from Region of Niagara Public Health: Jill Croteau, CHRL, Physician Recruitment & Retention Coordinator, Organizational and Foundational Standards, Public Health, Niagara Region; Four (4) members from the community at large: Mary Martin Baichoo, Joan M. Christensen, Amy Devereaux, Page 12 of 21 Regular Council – 27 August 2018 Meeting Minutes and John Walpole; and Two (2) Members of Council: Councillor Passero and Councillor McDermott; and Mayor, Wayne H. Redekop, Ex-Officio; to the Community Health Care Services Committee for the period ending November 30, 2018. (

Whereas the Town of Fort Erie has a significant number of rural roads, and Whereas the Province of Ontario requires the Town of Fort Erie to develop an Asset Management Plan to address long-term funding for renewal of existing infrastructure, and Whereas the residents living in the rural areas have voiced concern over the condition of these roads and the need for repairs are significant, and Whereas the Council of the Town of Fort Erie recognizes the need to address these infrastructure issues in a timelier matter; Now therefore be it resolved, That: Council requests that a separate Rural Road Strategy be given consideration as part of the next Council’s Strategic Plan, and further That: Council directs Town staff to investigate alternatives, other strategies and a communication plan to residents for consideration as part of the next Council’s Strategic Plan. (

Whereas the speed limit on Point Abino Road north of Garrison Road to Netherby Road is currently 80 km per hour, and Page 15 of 21 Regular Council – 27 August 2018 Meeting Minutes Whereas the local farmers and residents use this road heavily with their farm equipment, walking, bicycling and riding horses, and Whereas the residents of Point Abino Road have requested a reduction in the speed limit due to the danger inherent with the current speed limit, and Whereas the Council of the Town of Fort Erie recognizes the need to reduce the speed limit on Point Abino Road; Now therefore be it resolved, That: Council directs the speed limit on Point Abino Road from Garrison Road to Netherby Road be reduced from 80 km to 70 km, and further That: Council directs Town staff to install a 3-way stop at the corner of Bowen Road and Point Abino Road, and further That: Council directs that the speed limit signs be changed accordingly, and further That: Council directs staff to submit a by-law to Council to amend Traffic By-law No. 2000-89, as amended, to implement the foregoing. (

Whereas the people of Ontario are blessed with the Great Lakes and miles of diverse waterfront, and Whereas the waters of the Great Lakes constitute the largest reservoir of fresh water in the world, and Page 16 of 21 Regular Council – 27 August 2018 Meeting Minutes Whereas the value of these waters as a life-sustaining resource can best be understood and appreciated by the public if it has access to the waterfront along the shoreline of the Great Lakes, and Whereas MPP’s for Niagara Falls-Fort Erie-Niagara-on-the-Lake have presented Private Member’s Bills (The Right of Passage Bills) to ensure public walking rights along Ontario’s Great Lakes shoreline, and Whereas none of these Private Member’s Bills have been passed by the Ontario Legislature, and Whereas now, more than ever, the right of the public to walk along the Great Lakes shoreline should be confirmed by statute; Now therefore be it resolved, That: Council of the Town of Fort Erie calls upon the Premier, Doug Ford, to present and enact government legislation, The Right of Passage Act, to: a) Ensure that the public has the right to walk along all Great Lake shorelines between the water’s edge and the high water mark, b) Require removal by property owners of all fences running vertical to the shoreline a distance of no less than 10 feet from the water’s edge and any other obstructions to the public’s right to walk the shore, c) Permit public access to the Great Lakes shoreline only via public lands, such as parks, roa

That: The by-law package containing: 101-2018: To Declare Lands as Public Highway - Road Widening – Page 18 of 21 Regular Council – 27 August 2018 Meeting Minutes Part 1 on 59R-16144 (Concession Road - Picard Peanuts Ltd.) 102-2018: To Amend Zoning By-law No. 129-90, as Amended – Removal of Holding Provision - 3905 West Main Street (Park Lane Home Builders Limited – Cathy Lenchyshyn) 103-2018: To Amend By-law No. 114-2016 To Adopt a Winter Control Plan for 2016-2020 (Sidewalk Snow Plowing) 104-2018: To Stop Up and Close and Authorize the Transfer of Parts of the Road Allowance Legally Described as Part of Crystal Beach Drive, Plan 410, Bertie, Formerly Grace Avenue, being Parts 1 & 3 on 30R-15236 (3859 Crystal Beach Drive) (Troy & Tara Wilson) 107-2018: To Authorize Applications for the Cancellation, Reduction or Refund of Taxes Levied for the Years 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 108-2018: To Authorize the Entry into an Agreement with The Corporation of the City of Niagara Falls for the Provision of Intermunicipal Transit Service 109-2018: To Approve the Final Assessment Levy for the Schooley Municipal Drain 111-2018: To Exempt Certain Lots in Plan 416 from Part Lot Control, Lots 3 and 4 - 396 Ridgeway Road - William Arthur Cutler are given first and second reading. (

That: By-laws: 101-2018 102-2018 103-2018 104-2018 107-2018 108-2018 109-2018 111-2018 are given third and final reading to be signed by the Mayor and Clerk under the corporate seal. (

That: The by-law package containing: Page 19 of 21 Regular Council – 27 August 2018 Meeting Minutes 105-2018: To Assume Secondary Services in the Ridgeway By The Lake Subdivision (Formerly New Haven Estates) – Phase 1, Plan 59M-341 (Ridgeway Estates Ltd. – Robert Mills) 106-2018: To Assume Secondary Services in the Ridgeway By The Lake Subdivision (Formerly New Haven Estates) – Phase 2, Plan 59M-372 (Ridgeway Estates Ltd. – Robert Mills) is given first and second reading. (

That: By-laws: 105-2018 106-2018 are given third and final reading to be signed by the Mayor and Clerk under the corporate seal. (

That: The By-law No. 110-2018 to Assume Secondary Services in the Brian Street Development Part of Plan 492 and Part of Plan 426 (Plan 59R-11562) (Dexter Developments Inc. – Sam Morabito) is given first and second reading. (

That: The By-law No. 110-2018 is given third and final reading to be signed by the Mayor and Clerk under the corporate seal. (

That: The By-law No. 112-2018 To Accept and Declare Lands as Public Highway – Thunder Bay Road – Centurion Building Corporation (Nicholas Colaneri) is given first and second reading. (

That: The By-law No. 112-2018 is given third and final reading to be signed by the Mayor and Clerk under the corporate seal. (

That: By-law No. 113-2018: To Confirm the Actions of Council at its Meeting Held on August 27, 2018 is given first and second reading. (

That: By-law No. 113-2018 is given third and final reading to be signed by the Mayor and Clerk under the corporate seal. (

That: Council adjourns at 8:06 p.m. and reconvenes into a Regular Meeting of Council on September 10, 2018. (