Regular Council

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

That: Council appoints Councillor McDermott to the Dangerous Dog Appeals Committee for the purpose of the Hearing scheduled for January 9th, 2018 only, in Councillor Butler's absence as alternate. (

That: Council appoints Rick Boivin to the Crystal Beach Business Improvement Area Board of Management for the period ending November 30, 2018. (

That: Council accepts the resignation of Stephen Passero from Page 9 of 22 Regular Council - 27 Nov 2017 Meeting Minutes the Bridgeburg Station Downtown Business Improvement Area Board of Management, and further That: Council directs staff to proceed with filling the vacancy in accordance with the provisions of the Procedural By-law. (

That: Council appoints Deborah Fairlie to the Bridgeburg Station Downtown Business Improvement Area Board of Management for the period ending November 30, 2018. (

That: Council appoints Noel LeBoeuf to the Bridgeburg Station Downtown Business Improvement Area Board of Management for the period ending November 30, 2018. (

Whereas the roles and responsibilities for health care services are shared between Provincial & Territorial Governments and the Federal Government, and Whereas the Federal Government is responsible for setting and administering National standards for the health care system through the Canada Health Care Act; funding support; and other health-related functions, and Whereas the Province of Ontario is responsible for the management, organization and delivery of health care services for their residents, and Whereas the Niagara Health System is part of the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Local Health Integration Network, most commonly known as the "LHIN", and covers the geographic area that encompasses Brant, Burlington, Haldimand, Hamilton, Niagara and most of Norfolk with approximately 1.4 million people and is the second-largest LHIN in Ontario, and Whereas the Niagara Health System is responsible for servicing 450,000 Niagara residents across six sites which is comprised of 3 hospitals in Niagara Falls, St. Catharines and Welland; 2 Urgent Care facilities located in Fort Erie and Port Colborne; and one Nurse Practitioner Clinic in Niagara-on-the-Lake, and Whereas Niagara’s emergency rooms are currently experiencing the same difficulties as those across Canada of being overcrowded, overburdened and under resourced which is evident with longer triage and wait times; lack of available beds resulting in more patients laying on stretchers in hallways, lack of extra doctors, nurses

Whereas at various times in the past the Town Council has had the benefit of the work and advice of a Community Health and Wellness Committee and a Community Hospital Services Advisory Committee, both of which included representation from health services providers, interested and knowledgeable residents and members of Council, and Whereas recently efforts to coordinate health services for the community and attract new physicians to Fort Erie have been undertaken by part-time staff of the municipality without the assistance or benefit of consultation with a community-based advisory committee, and Whereas the actions of the Niagara Health System and the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Local Health Integration Network have significant effects on the quality, level, accessibility and effectiveness of hospital and health services available to residents of and visitors to Fort Erie, and Whereas it is desirable to engage the residents and health services providers of Fort Erie in efforts to ensure that individuals living in, working in or visiting Fort Erie have meaningful access to the range of health services, including emergency hospital care, that a growing, vibrant community needs and deserves. Now therefore be it resolved, That: Staff be directed to provide a report including Terms of Reference to Council on how best to proceed to establish an advisory committee to provide information, advice and recommendations to Council relative to the health and hospital services required

Whereas the Kinsmen Pool Facility has provided thousands of individuals with swimming lessons, water safety instruction, and a safe outdoor space to enjoy aquatic activities, and Whereas the Kinsmen Pool Facility is approaching 50 years of use and is starting to require rehabilitative work at an accelerated rate each year, and Whereas previous Facility Studies have shown that the cost to repair and maintain the facility in its current state, and retrofit the facility to comply with current building code laws and accessibility requirements under AODA legislation is cost prohibitive in the long term compared to replacing the facility, and Whereas the design of the pool is no longer commensurate with Page 18 of 22 Regular Council - 27 Nov 2017 Meeting Minutes current user trends and desired programming options, and Whereas overwhelming community support has demonstrated it is desirable to maintain a publicly accessible outdoor facility for the provision of swimming lessons and safe aquatic recreation for all. Now therefore be it resolved, That: Council supports, in principle, the replacement of the Kinsmen Pool, and further That: Council directs staff to initiate a community consultation process in March 2018 to solicit ideas for the design of a new facility, to include a splash-pad component, and further That: Council directs staff to provide design options and associated cost estimates in July 2018, and further That: Based on the cost estimate of council’s preferred design, Co

That: Council awards the contract for construction Page 19 of 22 Regular Council - 27 Nov 2017 Meeting Minutes of the Niagara Boulevard Cycling Infrastructure Improvements to Rankin Construction Inc. for an upset limit of $282,156.48 (including 13% HST), and further That: Council awards the contract for contract administration of the Niagara Boulevard Infrastructure Improvements to Urban & Environmental Management Inc., for an upset limit of $21,786.40 (including 13% HST). (

That: Council receives the November 21, 2017 Land Committee meeting minutes attached as Appendix “1” to Administrative Report No. CAO- 13/LC-15-2017. (

That: The by-law package: 127-2017: To Adopt the Preliminary Capital Budget for the Town of Fort Erie for the Year 2018 128-2017: To Authorize Applications for the Cancellation, Reduction or Refund of Taxes Levied for the Years 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 129-2017: To Amend Traffic By-law No. 2000-89 - Reduction of Speed Limits on Sections of Stonemill Road 130-2017: To Accept and Declare Lands as Public Highway South Side of Erie Road (Crystal Beach Hill Cottagers’ Page 20 of 22 Regular Council - 27 Nov 2017 Meeting Minutes Organization) is given first and second reading. (

That: By-law Nos. 127-2017 128-2017 128-2017 130-2017 are given third and final reading and signed by the Mayor and Clerk under the corporate seal. (

That: By-law No. 31-2017: To Confirm the Actions of Council at its Meeting Held on November 27, 2017 is given first and second reading. (

That: By-law No. 31-2017 is given third and final reading and signed by the Mayor and Clerk under the corporate seal. (

That: Council adjourns at 8:36 p.m. to reconvene into a Regular Meeting of Council on December 11, 2017. (