Regular Council in Committee

THAT: The recommendation be amended by requiring the owner to agree to undertake a traffic study on Highway #3 should stacking begin to occur on Highway #3. (

THAT: The Town enter into a Site Plan Agreement with the TDL Group Ltd. for 1167 Garrison Road, and further THAT: The owner undertake a traffic study on Highway #3 should stacking begin to occur, and further THAT: The Mayor and the Clerk be authorized to execute the requisite documents, as amended. (

THAT: The Town enter into a Site Plan Agreement with 955464 Ontario ltd., for 4 Hagey Avenue, and further THAT: The Mayor and the Clerk be authorized to execute the requisite documents. (

THAT: The Town extend the agreement for one year commencing October 1, 2001 with William F. Smith & Associates, Municipal Law Enforcement Services to provide parking enforcement inclusive of First Attendance Services and other by-law enforcement duties as may be assigned. (

THAT: The Town enter into a Site Plan Agreement for the International Gateway Centre for 450 Garrison Road, and further THAT: The Mayor and the Clerk be authorized to execute the requisite documents. (

THAT: The Town enter into a development agreement with Edward Fryer and Linda McSweeney, and further THAT: The Mayor and the Clerk be authorized to execute the requisite documents, and further THAT: A by-law be passed accepting a road widening from Edward Fryer and Linda McSweeney on the west side of Switch Road. (

THAT: The Town enter into a Site Plan Agreement with Rosehill Auction House Ltd. for 1754 Garrison Road, and further COUNCIL-IN-COMMITTEE MINUTES – MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2001 PAGE SIX THAT: The Mayor and the Clerk be authorized to execute the requisite documents. (

THAT: Council receive Administration Report No. PW-42-2001 for information purposes and request that a joint meeting of the Public Works and Finance and Administration Business Subdivisions take place in order to recommend to Council-in-Committee a project financing mechanism. (

THAT: Council waive Tendering Policy By-law No. 191-95 and authorize the replacement of approximately 180 metres of existing cast iron watermain under the Thompson Road Sanitary Sewer Project administered by the Fort Erie Race Track, and further COUNCIL-IN-COMMITTEE MINUTES – MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2001 PAGE SEVEN THAT: Council allocate $40,000.00 from the water refurbishing reserves to fund the replacement of approximately 180 metres of existing cast iron watermain on Thompson Road. (

THAT: Council receive for information purposes this status report on the Crescent Park Hydrogeological Study, detailing recommendations of proposed preliminary remedial measures by Dillion Consulting Ltd., and further THAT: Council consider the allocation of $90,000.00 in the 2002 Budget, to carry out the recommended preliminary remedial measures as outlined in this summary report. (

THAT: The Hardware Acquisition Policy document attached as Schedule “A” to Report No. F-40-2001 be approved and incorporated into the Town’s Purchasing and Tendering Policy. (

COUNCIL-IN-COMMITTEE MINUTES – MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2001 PAGE EIGHT THAT: The Software Acquisition Policy document attached as Schedule “A” to Administrative Report No. F-41-2001 be approved and incorporated into the Town’s Purchasing and Tendering Policy. (

THAT: The petitioners be advised the Local Improvement Petition has been certified insufficient and that they be further advised to contact Public Works staff to seek alternative methods to connect to the water and sewer mains. (

THAT: This report be received for information purposes. (

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT: The Town of Fort Erie support the requests of the Cities of Windsor & Sarnia to the federal government to allocate immediately human and financial resources and develop strategies to address the short-term and long-term implications of the frequent continuing stacking of traffic, primarily commercial, at all of the major border crossings between Canada and the United States of America. THAT: The Town of Fort Erie also request the Province of Ontario, which is a major beneficiary of the trade, tourism and commerce which takes place between Canada and the United States of America, to allocate immediately human and financial resources to the management of commercial and vehicle traffic at the international border crossings. THAT: The Town of Fort Erie provide to the appropriate federal and provincial ministries information including economic impact statistics relative to the Town’s experience with traffic back-ups on highways and roads leading to the Peace Bridge, and on the Peace Bridge itself, and actions taken by the Town and local agencies, both public and private to create and implement traffic management measures to ease and alleviate the problem, and further THAT: The Honourable Herb Gray, Deputy Prime Minister, The Honourable Michael Harris, Premier of Ontario, John Maloney, MP, The Honourable Tim Hudak, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, The Honourable David Collenette, COUNCIL-IN-COMMITTEE MINUTES – MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 200

THAT: Council-in-Committee does now hereby adjourn at 8:12 p.m. (