Regular Council in Committee

WHEREAS there are two thoroughbred horse racing tracks in Ontario, Fort Erie Race Track and Woodbine Race Track; AND WHEREAS the Fort Erie Race Track is one of the most attractive horse racing facilities in North America, has been operating continuously since 1897, hosts the Prince of Wales Stakes (the Second Jewel in the Canadian Triple Crown), is a business venue that provides a base for employment of more than 500 workers and has just experienced record-breaking back-to-back racing seasons; AND WHEREAS in recent years Fort Erie Race Track has been the primary host facility for the “B” circuit for thoroughbred horse racing in Ontario, while Woodbine has been the primary host facility for the “A” circuit; AND WHEREAS horse racing in Ontario is regulated by the Ontario Racing Commission, an agency of the Provincial Government; AND WHEREAS horse racing at both Fort Erie and Woodbine are subsidized, either directly or indirectly, by funding from the Provincial Government; AND WHEREAS the Provincial Government has developed a strategy to grow and sustain horse racing in Ontario; AND WHEREAS Woodbine Entertainment, the operator of the Woodbine Horse Race Track, has adopted a stall policy, Page 8 of 15 Council-in-Committee - 15 May 2017 Meeting Minutes effective May 15, 2017, that provides that for the duration of an entire thoroughbred meeting of an applicable racing season no horse, once boarded at Woodbine, may leave Woodbine to race at another race track more than once (exclud

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

That: the motion to extend draft plan approval for the Hazelwood Draft Plan of Subdivision be

That: Recommendation No. 2 be amended by striking “2018” and inserting “2019 with revision of Condition 31 to require an update of the EIS scoped as requested by the NPCA” and adding that the Environmental Advisory Committee also be advised. (

That: Council approves the amendments to the Town's Zoning By-law No. 129-90 as detailed in Appendix "3" of Report No. PDS-39-2017 for the lands known as 3303 Dominion Road, and further That: Council authorizes staff to prepare the necessary by-law. (

That: Council accepts and approves the proposal from Audability Inc. for the Council Chambers Audio and Visual Refurbishment, contract (COS-17P-CCAV19) in the amount of Page 7 of 15 Council-in-Committee - 15 May 2017 Meeting Minutes $108,929.77 (including 13% HST), including provisional items outlined in Report No. COS-04-2017. (

That: The Council Rules of Procedure be waived in accordance with By-law No. 36-2016 to allow a motion to be considered by Council without notice. (

That: The delegation time limit be extended for another ten minutes. (

That: The delegation time limit be extended for another five minutes. (

That: the recommendation be amended to add after the first paragraph “that the fare be phased in to $2.75 on September 5, 2017 and $3.00 on September 1, 2018”. (

That: Curfew be extended to 10:30 p.m. (

That: the recommendation be amended by striking, in the second paragraph, “$10,000 from BUSS15 and $50,000 from BUSS16” and inserting “$50,000 from BUSS15 and $10,000 from BUSS16” and by inserting in the first paragraph, after “Report No. IS-06-2017” “as amended per the memorandum dated May 15, 2017” to reflect the change in the conventional transit route, including portions of which that are designated as flag stop service. (

That: Council-in-Committee adjourns at 10:26 p.m. (