Regular Council

That: Council approves the Consent Agenda Items as recommended save and except Item 9.2.1 (c) Section 5 (B) Part 2.5 and Part 5.1, and Item 9.2.2 (b). (

That: Council approves Item 9.2.1 (c), Section 5 (B) Part 2.5 of the Consent Agenda as recommended. (

That: Council approves Item 9.2.1 (c), Section 5 (B) Part 5.1 of the Consent Agenda as recommended. (

That: Council receives and supports City of St. Catharines – Long Term Care Facilities – Increased Funding. (

Whereas a coalition of the Municipal Engineers Association (MEA) and the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario have successfully applied to have a review of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment process conducted under Part IV (Section 61) of the Environmental Bill of Rights Act, 1993 (EBR Act), and Whereas impact studies and public meetings required by the MCEA process often take two years or more to complete before construction can commence, and Whereas the MCEA requirements to evaluate alternatives are often not well aligned with prior or municipal land use planning decisions, and Whereas analysis by the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO) has demonstrated that the time to complete an EA rose from 19 months to 26.7 months and costs went from an average of $113,300 to $386,500, and Whereas the Auditor General of Ontario has

Whereas Bill 160, the Strengthening Quality and Accountability for Patients Act amended the Ambulance Act to permit the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care to enable two pilot projects hosted by willing municipal governments to allow fire fighters, certified as paramedics, to treat patients while on duty with a fire department, and Whereas the Government of Ontario is committed to proceeding with the pilots and enabling the fire-medic model despite the absence of objective evidence to show that it would improve patient outcomes or response times, and Whereas the current interest arbitration model, particularly in the fire services sector, allows arbitrators to impose awards on unwilling employers that directly impact the employer’s ability to determine how it will deploy its workforce, as evidenced by the experience of many municipalities in regards to the 24-hour shift, and Whereas in the absence of legislative protection, unwilling municipalities may be forced to enter into a pilot or adopt a fire- medic model as a result of interest arbitration, and Page 12 of 18 Regular Council - 12 Feb 2018 Meeting Minutes Whereas the Association of Municipalities of Ontario and its municipal members have called on the Government of Ontario to introduce legislative amendments to the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997 and the Ambulance Services Collective Bargaining Act to preclude arbitrators from expanding the scope of work for fire fighters and paramedics respectively through i

That: Council accepts the resignation of Yvonne Hopkins from the Environmental Advisory Committee, and further Page 13 of 18 Regular Council - 12 Feb 2018 Meeting Minutes That: Council directs staff to proceed with filling the vacancy in accordance with the provisions of the Procedural By-law. (

That: Council accepts the resignation of Gary Sherk from the Environmental Advisory Committee, and further That: Council directs staff to proceed with filling the vacancy in accordance with the provisions of the Procedural By-law. (

Whereas on May 24, 2016, the Council of the Town of Fort Erie passed a motion to support Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock MPP Laurie Scott’s motion for a multi-jurisdictional and coordinated task force of law enforcement agencies, Crown Prosecutors, judges, victims’ services and frontline agencies and Bill 158, Saving the Girl Next Door Act, 2016, and Page 14 of 18 Regular Council - 12 Feb 2018 Meeting Minutes Whereas men, women and children are targeted victims that are lured, manipulated, physically and verbally abused, coerced and enslaved into the sex trade or forced labour, and Whereas the International Labour Organization estimates that there are approximately 2.5 million victims world wide of which 98% is estimated to be female, and Whereas it is one of the fastest growing crimes that starts and stays in Canada, targeting victims – 90 percent of which are Canadian-born, averaging the age of 14, and Whereas Ontario is a major hub of human trafficking in Canada, and Whereas human trafficking is a real problem that exists in our neighbourhoods and our communities within the Niagara Region, and Whereas there is a lack of understanding and awareness within our communities with respect to this existing problem, and Whereas since people are trafficked from one community into another, there is a need to raise awareness through education and training for our teachers, first responders, police officers, hotel workers and community members in each municipality throughout the regio

That: The by-law package containing: 22-2018: To Adopt the General Capital Budget and the General Levy Operating Budget for the Town Of Fort Erie for the Year 2018 23-2018: To Amend By-law No. 114-2016 To Adopt a Winter Control Plan for 2016-2020 24-2018: To Deem a Certain Registered Plan of Subdivision Not to be a Registered Plan Of Subdivision - Tom Nielsen and Joanne Jackson - (Part of 271 Ashwood Avenue, 4096 Glen Spring Road and Part of 9 Cherrywood Avenue) 25-2018: To Amend Zoning By-law No. 129-90, as amended - Removal of Holding Provision - Black Creek Signature Phase 1 - (9136916 Canada Ltd. - Simon Mou and Gary Lau) 26-2018: To Amend Traffic By-law No. 2000-89 – Increase of Parking Time Limit within the Bridgeburg Station Downtown Page 16 of 18 Regular Council - 12 Feb 2018 Meeting Minutes Business Improvement Area and Increase of Speed Limit on Ridge Road North 27-2018: To Authorize the Entry into an Amendment and Extension Agreement with Rogers Communications Inc. (Telecommunications Tower at Crystal Ridge Community Centre) is given first and second reading. (

That: By-law Nos. 22-2018 23-2018 24-2018 25-2018 26-2018 27-2018 are given third and final reading, to be signed by the Mayor and Clerk under the corporate seal. (

That: By-law No. 28-2018: To Confirm the Actions of Council at its Meeting Held on February 12, 2018 is given first and second reading. (

That: By-law No. 28-2018 is given third and final reading. To be signed by the Mayor and Clerk under the corporate seal. (

That: The Regular Meeting of Council adjourns at 8:56 p.m. and reconvenes on February 26, 2018. (