Regular Council in Committee

THAT: Council authorize the award of Engineering Services to Wiebe Engineering Group Inc., of Welland, Ontario, to update the Engineer’s Report under Section 78 of the Drainage Act, R.S.0., 1990, and to prepare the Tender and Construction Documents required for drain maintenance in the amount $31,404.50, including g.s.t., 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, pending final 2003 Capital Budget approval. (

THAT: Council authorize the award of Engineering Services to Wiebe Engineering Group Inc., of Welland, Ontario, for updating the Engineer’s Report under Section 78 of the Drainage Act, R.S.0 1990, and to prepare the Tender and Construction Documents required for drain maintenance in the amount of $30,083.05, including g.s.t., 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 pending 2003 Capital Budget approval. (

THAT: The Construction Project Status Report – January 20, 2003 Update be received by Council for information purposes, and further THAT: An updated Capital Projects Status Report has been tentatively scheduled to be submitted to Council-in-Committee in July, 2003. (

THAT: Staff be directed to prepare a report regarding tendering for new Engineer’s Reports for the Mann and Bertie Bay Drains, contained therein information on what firms might possibly bid on this work and the benefits of tendering both projects in a single tender. (

THAT: Council consider the proposed fee schedule for the Committee of Adjustment in Report No. PSC-01-1-2003 separate from the proposed fee schedule for Planning Services and Approvals. (

THAT: Report No. PCS-01-1-2003, with respect to the proposed fee schedule for Planning Services and Approvals, be

THAT: The proposed fee schedule for the Committee of Adjustment as set out in Report No. PCS-01-1-2003 be approved. (

THAT: This report be received for information and circulated to the appropriate agencies and stakeholder groups listed in the report. (

THAT: Council direct staff to renew the Agreement for Fire Department Dispatch Services with the City of St. Catharines through their Fire Department for the period commencing January 1, 2002, and concluding December 31, 2004, subject to annual budget approval. (

THAT: Council table the recommendations of Administrative Report CAO-01- 2003 dated January 6, 2003 to the March 3, 2003 Council-in-Committee meeting, and further THAT: Council endorse and support the methodology of engaging stakeholders in community decision-making as outlined in Supplementary Report No. CAO-01-1-2003. (

THAT: A by-law be submitted to Council to amend Sections A10.1 and B7 of Council Rules of Procedure By-law No. 200-85, as amended to include under the Order of Business for Council and Council-in-Committee meeting agendas provision for the inclusion of a new section “Public Notice – Municipal Act. ” (

THAT: A by-law be submitted to Council to accept lands generally known as the former Central Avenue Exit Ramp and as shown on the Draft Reference Plan from the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority for highway purposes, and further THAT: The subject lands be named “Duty Free Way”, and further THAT: The Clerk be directed to publish notice in the local newspaper for two (2) consecutive weeks advising of Council’s intentions to pass a by-law to name the subject lands “Duty Free Way”, and further THAT: A by-law be submitted to Council to authorize the entry into an agreement with the PBA setting out the terms and conditions for the assumption of the exit ramp for highway purposes, maintenance requirements and the like, and further THAT: All expenses related to this matter shall be the responsibility of the Peace Bridge Authority. (

WHEREAS Council authorized renaming part of Louisa Street to “Arthur Street”, and COUNCIL-IN-COMMITTEE MINUTES – MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2003 PAGE SEVEN WHEREAS the Municipal Act, 2001 no longer regulates the method of public notice prior to the passing of certain by-laws and the local Council must now do so, and WHEREAS the Street Naming Committee intends to recommend to Council public notice in the form of two consecutive weeks notice published in the local paper, and WHEREAS it is deemed appropriate to authorize same in the matter of the Louisa Street Renaming; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Municipal Council of the Town of Fort Erie that notice for the Louisa Street Renaming shall be in the form of publication in the local newspaper for two (2) consecutive weeks. (

THAT: Council-in-Committee does now hereby adjourn at 7:28 p.m. (