Regular Council

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

2 (b) Receive - Fort Erie SPCA - Board of Directors Minutes - June 10, 2020; July 15, 2020 (

2 (d) Receive & Support - City of Welland - Presentation of Resolutions to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities in an Effort to Change the Approval Process and hold Existing Cannabis Facilities Accountable for their Odour and Light Emissions (

That: Council amends the 2020 Capital Budget to include the rehabilitation and renovations required at the E.J. Freeland Community Centre (EFCC20) by $70,0000 from the Facilities Maintenance Reserve for capital improvements to the Town- owned building, and further That: Council amends the 2020 Operating Budget by a reduction of $30,000 for fundraising expenses and directs staff to transfer the $30,000 to the General Levy Rate Stabilization Reserve. (

That: Council accepts and approves the proposal from SGL Planning and Design Inc. for Consulting Services for the preparation of the Town of Fort Erie Cannabis Legislation and Policy Study (Contract No. PDS-20P-FECLS), to the upset limit of $61,805.35 (including 13% HST). (

Whereas The Corporation of the Town of Fort Erie has entered into a Strategic Alliance with the local Indigenous Friendship Centre, being the Fort Erie Native Friendship Centre, and Whereas the Fort Erie Native Friendship Centre has been an active contributor to the wellbeing of residents in the community, and Whereas The Corporation of the Town of Fort Erie has an excellent ongoing relationship with the Fort Erie Native Friendship Centre and wishes to set a leading example in the area of Indigenous relations by highlighting overlapping community interest and undertakings, and Whereas the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) and the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC) Declaration of Mutual Commitment and Friendship reflects the municipality’s understanding of and working relationship with Indigenous people in the community, and Whereas the local Indigenous Friendship Centre is contemplating the signing of this declaration and participation in related concurrent activities during the virtual AMO Conference Page 7 of 14 Regular Council - 20 Jul 2020 Meeting Minutes in August of 2020; Now therefore be it resolved, That: The Municipal Council of the Town of Fort Erie authorizes the Mayor to sign in conjunction with the Fort Erie Native Friendship Centre the joint AMO-OFIFC Declaration of Mutual Commitment and Friendship on behalf of the municipality and to participate in related concurrent activities during the AMO 2020 Conference, and further Th

That: Council appoints Karen Arbour to the Ridgeway Business Improvement Area Board of Management for the period ending November 14, 2022. (

That: Council reconsider Recommendation No. 18 which was approved at the Council-in-Committee meeting held on March 9, 2020, which read as follows: "That: By-law No. 36-2016 is amended under Section 7 Disclosures of Pecuniary Interest, Section 7.1 General by adding subsection g) Council members who declare a conflict of interest shall remove themselves from the Council Chambers before discussions begin on the conflict of interest topic and shall return when the discussion on Page 9 of 14 Regular Council - 20 Jul 2020 Meeting Minutes the topic of interest is completed." (

That: By-law No. 36-2016 is amended under Section 7 Disclosures of Pecuniary Interest, Section 7.1 General by adding subsection g) Council members who declare a conflict of interest shall remove themselves from the Council Chambers before discussions begin on the conflict of interest topic and shall return when the discussion on the topic of interest is completed. (

That: Council Rules of Procedure be waived to permit Councillor McDermott to bring forward a motion without notice. (

That: The Lease Agreement between the Town of Fort Erie and the Fort Erie Underwater Recovery Unit respecting the Kinsmen Pool be renewed for one (1) additional year under the same terms and conditions. (

That: Council does now go into closed session at 7:26 p.m. to discuss the following: (a) Pursuant to Section 239 (2) (c) of the Municipal Act, 2001 - A proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board Page 11 of 14 Regular Council - 20 Jul 2020 Meeting Minutes Re: Proposed Acquisition of Land (DSBN) (

That: Council does now rise and reconvene from closed session at 7:51 p.m. with the following: (a) Re: Proposed Acquisition of Land DSBN, with report that staff proceed as directed, and (b) Re: Advisory Committee Matter, without report. (

That: The by-law package containing: 63-2020: To Amend Parks & Beaches By-law No. 119-03, as amended (Closed Parks) 64-2020: To Accept and Declare Lands as Public Highway on the South Side of Walden Boulevard (450 Garrison Road – 9310924 Canada Inc. – Glenn D’Silva) Page 12 of 14 Regular Council - 20 Jul 2020 Meeting Minutes 65-2020: To Authorize Entry into a Grant Funding Agreement for Physician Recruitment with Dr. Lorne Freedman 66-2020: To Authorize Entry into a Grant Funding Agreement for Physician Recruitment with Dr. Nazia Pirzada 67-2020: To Authorize the Entry into a Development Agreement with Douglas Allen Darbyson – 5045 Michener Road 69-2020: To appoint Paul Chudoba as a Municipal Law Enforcement Officer, and Coordinator, Law Enforcement for The Corporation of the Town of Fort Erie and to Repeal By-law No. 125-2001 70-2020: To Authorize the Entry into a Fire Dispatch Services Agreement with The Corporation of the Town of Tillsonburg 71-2020: To Appoint Nadean Reichelt as Deputy Chief Building Official for The Corporation of the Town of Fort Erie is given first and second reading. (

That: By-law Nos.: 63-2020 64-2020 65-2020 66-2020 67-2020 69-2020 70-2020 71-2020 are given third and final reading to be signed by the Mayor and Clerk under the corporate seal. (

That: By-law No. 68-2020 is given first and second reading. (

That: By-law No. 68-2020 is given third and final reading to be signed by the Mayor and Clerk under the corporate seal. (

That: By-law No. 72-2020: To Confirm the Actions of Council at its Council-in-Committee Meeting Held on July 13, 2020 and its Council Meeting Held on July 20, 2020 is given first and second reading. (

That: By-law No. 72-2020 is given third and final reading to be signed by the Mayor and Clerk under the corporate seal. (

That: Council adjourns at 8:04 p.m. to reconvene into a Regular Meeting of Council on August 24, 2020. (