Regular Council in Committee

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

THAT: Council award the tender for Robinson Street Reconstruction – Contract No. PW.02ROBI at the tendered amount of $557,110.80 including 7% g.s.t. to Nexterra Substructures Inc. of Niagara Falls, Ontario, pending receipt of MOE approval for the project, and further THAT: Staff be authorized to prepare the necessary by-law authorizing the Mayor and Clerk to execute the contract on behalf of the Town of Fort Erie. (

THAT: Council award the tender for the Coral Avenue Watermain Replacement – Contract No. PW.02CORL, at the corrected tender amount of $94,250.95, including 7% g.s.t. to Alfred Beam Excavating Ltd., of Fort Erie, Ontario, pending receipt of MOE approval for the project, and further THAT: Council authorize the reallocation of $15,250.95 from the Buffalo Heights Drainage Improvement Project (834.02BUFF-C1) to the Coral Avenue Watermain Replacement Project (PW.02CORL) to fully fund this project, and further THAT: Staff be authorized to prepare the necessary by-law authorizing the Mayor and Clerk to execute the contract on behalf of the Town of Fort Erie. (

THAT: Council award the tender for the North Service Road/Commerce Parkway Extension – Contract No. PW03.NSRD at the tendered amount of $97,228.76, including 7% g.s.t. to Alfred Beam Excavating Ltd., of Fort Erie, Ontario, and further THAT: Staff be authorized to prepare the necessary by-law authorizing the Mayor and Clerk to execute the contract on behalf of the Town of Fort Erie. (

THAT: The contract for the purchase of 800 rain barrels be awarded to Forest City Models and Patterns Ltd., of London, Ontario, in the amount of $42,320 including taxes, and further THAT: Staff be directed to bring forward a by-law authorizing the purchase of the rain barrels and the sale of the barrels at $30.00 each. (

THAT: Recommendation No. 2 be pulled and dealt with separately. (

THAT: A by-law be submitted to Council authorizing the entry into an Agreement with the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario attached as Appendix “A” for the upgrade and signalization of the west bound QEW Gilmore Road/Pettit Road North exit ramp intersection and the east bound QEW Gilmore Road/Pettit Road South intersection (the “intersection”), at a cost of $2,300,000 (including g.s.t.), subject to cost recovery through the establishment of a development charge cost recovery mechanism, and further THAT: Staff be directed to bring forth a by-law authorizing debenturing to front- end finance the cost of this project subject to full cost recovery through a development charge mechanism, and further THAT: Council confirm that the Fort Erie Truck & Travel Plaza (FETTP), Phase 1, is required to pay the Town $499,294 or 22.2 percent of total project actual costs, as stipulated in the Site Plan Agreement for the FETTP for their share of the required intersection upgrades and road improvement work, and further THAT: Council direct staff to include the intersection and road improvement costs in the area specific non-residential development charges at present under calculation for future development within the Fort Erie Business Park and benefiting surrounding lands, and THAT: Staff be directed to prepare and submit an application for funding to support this project through the Niagara Region SuperBuild Millennium Partnership for Strategic Infrastructure Program, Round II, and that th

THAT: A by-law be submitted to Council authorizing the engagement of Delcan Corporation for the provision of planning, design and construction supervision and administration services for upgrades to the intersections at a fee not to exceed $304,500 (including g.s.t.), subject to Recommendation 1 above. (

THAT: A by-law be submitted to Council deeming Lots 278 and 279, Plan 27, NP 370 not to be lots in a registered plan. (

THAT: Report No. PCS-36-2003 regarding the Draft Area Specific Development Charges Background Study and the Draft Recommended Development Charges be received for information and discussion purposes, and further THAT: The Draft Area Specific Development Charges Background Study be presented to Council for consideration at its April 14, 2003 meeting and subsequently: That the Study be circulated to the Region, EDTC, and stakeholders for comment. That the Public Meeting associated with the Study be scheduled for the Council-in-Committee Meeting of May 5, 2003. That Notice of the Public Meeting be provided in the Fort Erie Times on April 12, 19 and 26, 2003 and at least one publication in the Niagara Falls Review. That the Study and Draft Area Specific Development Charges By- law be made available for public review on or before April 15*, 2003. COUNCIL-IN-COMMITTEE MINUTES – MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2003 PAGE SEVEN That the Study and Area Specific Development Charges By-law be presented to Council on May 12, 2003 for adoption. (

THAT: A by-law be submitted to Council deeming Lot 5, Block 4, Plan 5238/NP 351 and Lot 5, Block 4, Plan 6293/NP 358 not to be lots in a registered plan. (

THAT: A by-law be submitted to Council deeming Lot 100, Plan 30/NP 461 not to be a lot in a registered plan. (

THAT: The Town enter into a front-ending agreement with Dexter Developments Inc. for the Leslee Terrace Plan of Subdivision, and further THAT: A by-law be submitted to Council authorizing the Mayor and the Clerk to execute the front-ending agreement, and further THAT: In accordance with the provisions of the Development Charges Act notice be provided to the benefiting property owners. (

THAT: Council-in-Committee does now hereby adjourn at 7:45 p.m. (