Regular Council

Page 4 of 22 Regular Council - 27 Mar 2023 Meeting Minutes That: Council permit Sam Ibrahim to speak as a delegation to Recommendation No. 2 of the Land Committee Minutes for the property known as 0-12674 Hiawatha Avenue. (

9.2(a) Receive - Niagara Region - Declarations of Emergency for Homelessness, Mental Health and Opioid Addiction That: Council Receive & Support the correspondence from the Niagara Region – Declarations of Emergency for Homelessness, Mental Health and Opioid Addiction. (

That: Council permits the pre-servicing of the subdivision lands prior to registration of the Subdivision Agreement, subject to the receipts and approval of the Civil drawings, security deposits, cash payments, authoritative approvals, insurance certificates, and a letter of indemnification to the satisfaction of the Town, and further That: Council authorizes the entry into a Pre- Servicing Agreement with 800460 Ontario Limited for the Harbourtown Village Plan of Subdivision. (

That: Council approves Recommendation No. 1 in Appendix “2”. (

That: Recommendation No. 2 in Appendix “2” be postponed to the April 24th, 2023 Council Meeting. (

That: The Terms of Reference for the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Committee by postponed to the April 24, 2023 Regular Council Meeting. (

That: Council accepts the resignation of June Chipp from the Museum and Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee, and further That: Council directs staff to proceed with filling the vacancies in accordance with the Procedural By-law. (

That: Council accepts the resignation of Stephen Passero from the Community Gaming Development Corporation, and further That: Council directs staff to proceed with filling the vacancies in accordance with the Procedural By-law. (

That: Council accepts the resignations of Susan Atkinson and Jennifer Priestley from the Ridgeway Business Improvement Area Board of Management, and further That: Council directs staff to proceed with filling the vacancies in accordance with the Procedural By-law. (

That: Council does now go into closed session at 7:54 p.m. to discuss the following: (a) Pursuant to Section 239 (2) (b) of the Municipal Act, 2001 (personal matters about an identifiable individual, including municipal or local board employees) (

That: Council does now rise and reconvene from closed session at 8:23 p.m. with report; and further, That: Council appoints the following applicants to the Accessibility Advisory Committee for the term ending November the 14th, 2026 or until their successors are appointed: Page 15 of 22 Regular Council - 27 Mar 2023 Meeting Minutes Ashley Gervais, Lori Brant, Joseph Kissman, Bev Ferris, Adam McLeod, Jennica Giesbrecht, Dennis J. Hernandez-Galeano, Marilyn Abbs, and further That: Council appoints Councillor Noyes to the Accessibility Advisory Committee, and further That: The appointments to the Community Development Gaming Corporation be postponed to the Special Meeting of Couoncil on April 3rd, 2023, and further That: Council appoints Linda Hodge to the Fort Erie Public Library Board for the term ending November the 14th, 2026 until her successor is appointed, and That: Council appoints the following applicants to the Mayor's Youth Advisory Committee for the term ending November 14th, 2026 or until their successors are appointed: Nicholas Mete, Biliqees Fayemi, Mojeed Fayemi, Teslim Fayemi, Natalie Woehl, Paige Gismondi, and Tristan Jagiello, and further That: Council appoints Christopher Riou to the Museum and Cultural Heritage Committee Advisory Committee for the term ending November the 14th, 2026 or until his successors is appointed, and further That: Council appoints the following applicants to the Senior Citizens Advisory Committee for the term ending November the 14th,

Page 16 of 22 Regular Council - 27 Mar 2023 Meeting Minutes Whereas residents have raised concern regarding the lack of Before and After School Programs in some schools in Fort Erie, and Whereas the Before and After School Programs provide necessary, safe and reliable care for our children, allowing parents to work, knowing that their children will be cared for in a safe and reliable setting, and Whereas the lack of Before and After School Programs is a result of: • Inadequate funding for the Programs; • Lack of staffing (Registered Early Childhood Educator, (RECE)); • Lack of transportation to and from the schools that offer the program, Now therefore be it resolved, That: The Government of Ontario take the necessary steps to: • Increase funding for Before and After School Programs including transportation costs; • Increase the number of RECE graduates by creating more educational opportunities/spaces in the appropriate colleges, and • Provide incentives to individuals to enroll and obtain their RECE designation, and further That: This resolution be circulated to Premier Doug Ford, Minister of Education, MP and MPP’s in Niagara, and the District School Board of Niagara (DSBN) and the Niagara Catholic District School Board (NCDSB). (

That: The by-law package containing: 37-2023 To Dissolve the Cemetery Advisory Committee, Communities- in-Bloom Committee, and Transit Advisory Committee (Repeal By-law Nos. 143-2016, 33-2017, 1-2019 and 24-2020) 38-2023 To Designate 546 Ridge Road North as Being of Architectural and Historical Value or Interest 39-2023 To Authorize the Entry into and Execution of a Letter of Agreement with His Majesty the King in right of Ontario Represented by the Minister of Transportation under the Dedicated Gas Tax Funds for Public Transportation Program 40-2023 To Establish a Designated Heritage Property Grant Program 41-2023 To Exempt a Certain Block in Plan 59M-506 from Part Lot Control, Royal Ridge Drive Block 1 (Royal Ridge Subdivision) - 2834127 Ontario Limited 42-2023 To Exempt a Certain Block in Plan 59M-506 from Part Lot Control, Royal Ridge Drive Block 6 (Royal Ridge Subdivision) - 2834127 Ontario Limited 44-2023 To Amend Zoning By-law No. 129-90, as amended - 316 Ridgeway Road - Kevin Ronald Reichel – Owner 45-2023 To Amend Zoning By-law No. 129-90, as amended - 0-19302 Courtwright Street - David Zappone – Owner 46-2023 To Amend By-law No. 11-2023 (Name Change – Kennedy Lidstone to Kennedy DeGooyer) 47-2023 To Accept and Declare Lands as Public Highway on the West Side of Buffalo Road – 629 Buffalo Road – Cornelius Woelke Page 18 of 22 Regular Council - 27 Mar 2023 Meeting Minutes 48-2023 To Enact an Amendment to the Official Plan Adopted by By-law No. 150-06 for the Town of F

That: By-laws: 37-2023 38-2023 39-2023 41-2023 42-2023 44-2023 45-2023 46-2023 47-2023 48-2023 51-2023 52-2023 53-2023 are given third and final reading to be signed by the Mayor and Clerk under the corporate seal. (

That: By-law No. 40-2023 To Establish a Designated Heritage Property Grant Program be amended SO that the grant portion is a forgivable loan over a three-year period and prorated. (

That: By-law No. 40-2023 To Establish a Designated Heritage Property Grant Program be given third and final reading to be signed by the Mayor and Clerk under the corporate seal. (

That: the following By-laws: 43-2023 To Amend Zoning By-law No. 129-90, as amended - 0-17100, 0-17101 & 0-17102 Schooley Road - 2277587 Ontario Inc. (Phil Smith) and Marz Homes (Crystal Beach) Inc. (Dan Gabriele) - Owners 49-2023 To Repeal Deeming By-law No. 131-2000 - 4110 Rebstock Road - Marz Homes (Rebstock) Inc. – Owner 50-2023 To Exempt Certain Lots in Plan 59M-65 from Part Lot Control, Lots 36, 37, 52 & 53 (Rebstock Road & Loganbery Court) - Jetmar Subdivision - Marz Homes (Rebstock) Inc. are given first and second reading. (

That: By-laws: 43-2023 49-2023 50-2023 are given third and final reading to be signed by the Mayor and Clerk under the corporate seal. (

That: By-law No. 54 -2023: To Confirm the Actions of Council at its Special Council-in-Committee Meeting Held on March 6, 2023, Council-in- Committee Meeting Held on March 20, 2023 and its Council Meeting Held on March 27, 2023 is given first and second reading. (

That: By-law No. 54-2023 is given third and final reading to be signed by the Mayor and Clerk under the corporate seal. (

That: Council adjourns at 9:03 p.m. to reconvene into a Regular Meeting of Council on April 24, 2023. (

That: Council approves the Consent Agenda Items as recommended, save and except Correspondence Item No. 2(a) and Report No. PDS-26-2023. (