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Okay. Good evening, everybody, and welcome to tonight's council meeting.

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I'm going to call the meeting to order and ask

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the clerk to do a roll. Call Mr. Clerk.

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Adopted law. All right. Beginning with Councilor Balashak. Present. Councilor

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Burrows. Present. Councilor Sharapeta. President. Councilor Maritius. Here. Councilor Nivevin?

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Present. Councilor O'Connor. Present councilor bizarre is online. Present. Deputy

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lord marwiens. Present. And I'm here. Thank you. Next item

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of business is our focus statement. I will ask councilor

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Maritis to read that for us. Councilor. We begin this

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meeting by acknowledging that the land in which we gather

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is the traditional, highly significant spiritual place of the Anishnabi

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and the Hodeno Sony peoples, many of whom continue to

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live and work here today. This traditional gathering place is

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covered under the Upper Canada treaty and is within the

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land protected by the dish with one spoon. Wampalm agreement.

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We meet to serve our community. To use our resources

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wisely and well to represent all members of our community

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fairly, to make decisions that promote the common good as

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people for centuries have. Gathered in cities, towns and villages

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to create and share wealth and well being. So may

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we in Niagara and the lake, with our natural and

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historic heritage, our villages and farmlands. Are flowing creeks and

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vibrant culture. May we flourish in this town, the place

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that we call home. We recognize our responsibility to the

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past and future and the rights and needs of both

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individuals and community. As trusted public servants. We will focus

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on our deliberations and on our efforts here today. May

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we act wisely and well. Okay. Thank you, councilor. Let's

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ask everybody to rise for the playing of O Canada.

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Power home and native. Land. To face. With love. In

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all of us. Alive. With flowing what we. See. I.

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Do want. To see. From. Wide open. We stand on?

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The. Land. Lord.

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Okay, next item. Adoption of the agenda clerk. Any updates

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to the agenda recorded? We have two changes. One is

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a request to add a delegation to the agenda by

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Tom Richardson. Sullivan Mahoney re review of special events. And

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there is a mover and seconder. For that, it would

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require. A two thirds vote. Also a request to withdraw

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for a separate vote, recommendation 7.2 of the municipal heritage

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committee meeting minutes and that pertains to. 766 four mile

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creek road municipal heritage register. Two items, so we'll deal

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with the first item. First one is a request for

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a delegation. It's moved and seconded, so let's put it

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on the floor for discussion. Discussion for members of council

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councilor Maritis. Thank you. Through you, Lord Mayor. The chair.

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I'm just wondering. The legal. I don't know what I

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can say. In public realm, the ramifications. Of. Council. Are

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you looking for assistance with some legal advice? So if

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you were looking for that, you. Would want to perhaps

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ask to go on camera for a discussion about the

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item. Yes. So I'll go to the clerk. I think

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that would be require mover and secondary. Direction to go

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on camera, is that correct? You would need direction to

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add that to the existing closed session agenda. Yeah, that's

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a good idea. So. We could take this item. And

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kind of defer the decision to. The agenda to go

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in camera and some input from that in camera. Is

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that what you would want to do? Yes. I can

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add that. I think what I'm hearing is like, the

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councilor would like to. Add this to the in camera

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session, and then that would effectively. Defer the decision for

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the agenda to be changed until after we rise. Is

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that correct? Correct. And then when we come back into

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open, we can continue. Can you have a seconder for.

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That. Councilor Tropida. Okay? Let's discuss that discussion on this

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item, Councilor O'Connor. Thank you to you, Lord Mayor. My

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question is. I also on this issue of special Vince.

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I would like to have a discussion on the policy

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section. That's, I think, appendix two. Or something under the

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bylaws because council did not yet approve the policy. Can

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I back up? Cancer. So we're actually discussing a motion

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to add an item for. In camera do you have

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another item? You have another item? Well, I wanted to

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know if that would be included or not. If you

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want me to do it separately. And then just help

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me understand. Are you looking to have that included in

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the encamera? Discussion? No. Okay, so that's what we're. Looking

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to add it to the agenda. Yes. I would like

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to. Come back to you. Right now we're discussing councilor

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Marvitis's motion. To go on camera speakers to the motion

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to go in camera. Seeing that councilor Waynes. Try again.

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Sorry. We're going to discuss that first in camera and

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then come out because. We still just helped. The way

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that this would happen, and the clerk can correct me,

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is this. We would add this. Particular request to the

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agenda in camera we would discuss all our items. Agenda

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in camera we would rise and then come back and

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deal with the adoption of the agenda, Mr. Clerk. I

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think that's the way we would do it. Okay. Makes

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sense, so. Call the question to go in camera for

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that particular item so that item will be added all

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in favor. And any opposed, so that's carried so. A

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lot of that. Okay, so other items prior to the

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other one. Other items? I believe you. Had one. Councilor

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O'Connor, you go ahead. Yes. I wanted to through you,

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Lord Mayor, ensure that. We had an opportunity somewhere here

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to discuss. The finalized policy of the special events because

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we did not, as a council, prove it, and I'd

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like to have an opportunity to discuss some of the

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items in there, so I don't know how to put

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that on the agenda. Because I know you don't want

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to do it under bylaw. No. So I think you're

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asking about an item that's. Part of the minutes from

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committee of the whole. If I'm not mistaken. Right. Which

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ones will those be? Clerk. Those would be. 7.3, I

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believe. I believe so. Arguably ahead of me. Yeah. So

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basically, councilor. Yeah. That item is an item that's in

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the minutes from committee of the whole. I know. That

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our rules ask that you bring it up ahead of

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time. Has that item been requested to be left there?

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Mr. Clerk, she's certainly been in that. Conversation or request

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about it. So we'll make sure we do that. So

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when we come to that item. We'll lift that particular

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minute and then it can be discussed. At that time.

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Okay. Thank you, Councilor Burrows. Another item, council? Yes, well,

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that one and one. Other. I had put in a

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request in time. For it to be added to today's

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agenda, both on those same minutes. One. On the heritage

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committee and one on events, and I believe that's what

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we have here. So let's. Consider that. So those will

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be items that we'll add to the agenda. And so.

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That would be those two items. So, Mr. Clerk, we

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just want to clarify that and we'll make sure we're

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going to move her in second or for those two

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items, so. Then we'll vote on that. So that's done.

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So actually, what we will be doing is removing item

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11.1 from the committee, the whole planning in general minutes

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for a separate discussion as well as. Item 7.3, which

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is out of 16. Point. Sorry. I'm trying to do

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this all for memory out of. 16. Out of 16.1

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to be withdrawn and voted on separately as well. We

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don't. Actually have to have a mover on that because

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it is part of the procedure. The clerk tells me

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that we're good to go. Councilor Burrows, is that comfortable

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with that? Thank you very much. Okay. Any other items

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for the agenda? If not the next item that we'll

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be doing. Is. Well, declarations of conflict of interest or

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any declarations of conflict of interest. Seeing none. Next item

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is our discussion to go and close. So we added

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the item. So Mr. Clerk, can I get a mover

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and seconder for the motion? Councilor burrows and councilor. Bell.

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Thank you, Mr. Clerk. So just moved by councilor Burrows,

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seconded by councilor Balashak, that council convene. In a closed

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session at 05:13 p.m. to consider matters that qualify under

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the Municipal act. Section 239, 2d labor relations. Or employee

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negotiations, including communications necessary for that purpose, specifically regarding the

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2025 compensation review and matters related to litigation or potential

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litigation, including matters before administrative tribunals affecting the municipality or

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local board. Okay. Thank you for that. And it's moved

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and seconded. Any further discussion? All in favor? And any

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opposed that's carried. So at this point, we'll ask you

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to clear the chambers and we'll go on camera and

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we will let you know when we arise. Back and

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open. Thank you very much for your understanding.

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We're back in open session and. We do have some

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motions to deal with. Can we get a mover and

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seconder for the motions? Councilor Nizan. Councilor. Balasuk and Mr.

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Clerk to the first item. First one is moved by

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councilor Niven, seconded by councilor Balashuk, that. The proceedings reconvene

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in open session at 06:52 p.m. and that council approved

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the allocation of funding for the compensation changes through the

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funds identified with an allocation of $283,128 to be transferred

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to the tax stabili. Stabilization reserve from the 2025 budget,

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funded from WSIB rebates and surplus and unspent operating initiatives

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that council direct staff to develop a total compensation policy

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and performance based compensation plan for. The nonunion employee bargaining

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group staff to return to council with a recommended policy

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and plan. For implementation in 2027 to support consistent employee

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development, accountability, and organizational effectiveness and that council direct staff

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to implement the recommendations resulting from the 2025 market review.

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Consultation for the total amount of. $557,825 that is fully

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funded by reallocations within the approved 2026. Budget and recommendation

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number one. Okay, thank you. Any discussion? I call question.

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All in favor? Any opposed? Seeing none. Next item. Next

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item is moved by Councilor O'Connor and seconded by Council

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Bros. The agenda. Be amended to allow an agenda delegation

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from Tom Richardson, Sullivan, Mahoney re review of special events,

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and this would require a two thirds approval. So the

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first vote is two thirds to set. Aside our bylaw.

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And then the next one would be to change the.

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It's actually within our. So just for a clarification, it's

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all just one vote, so I'd. Be required two thirds

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majority. And so the motion is that we. Add. The

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delegate to our agenda. So, any questions? Just before we

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call that one? Any questions, councilor? Weeds? Not questions, but

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a comment. And the one concern I always want to

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have. All of our residents have the ability to speak.

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So I'm low to ever not allow somebody to vote

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to come to speak, and I'll allow Mr. Richardson come

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to speak. The concern I have is Mr. Richardson. Is

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arguably the best municipal lawyer in the process, so let's

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not keep. The comments to not personal. This delegate that

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wants to come before us and thank you for. Is

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well familiar with the rules of what's happening, and so.

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The concern I always have is last minute changes to

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agendas. There was two weeks because of Roma. Last week

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there was two weeks between the one meeting and. This

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meeting. Where agenda delegations could have come forward and information

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could have come forward. And I got emails late last

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night and today. I was prepared for the last meeting,

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and the delegate had the opportunity at the last meeting

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to delegate and for whatever reason, did not. I'm going

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to vote to allow him to speak. But the concern

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I have is somebody with a vast amount of experience

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and knowledge and expertise. And municipal law. It concerns me

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that I found out about it today. Thank you, Councilor

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Burrows. Recorded vote, please. Again. I recorded votes requested. Councilor

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O'Connor. Yes. Thank you. In my opinion, because we do

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not approve the policy for special events permits. It should

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have come back as a discussion item or report on

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the agenda, which would have given any delegate an opportunity

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to redelegate based on the final report. And this is

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why I'm putting this forward. So, councilor, I would actually

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disagree with you. The report was a report that was

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presented to the committee. Of the hall two weeks ago,

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debate would happen. Presentations were made public, meetings were had

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committee made. A decision. Yes. Committee made a decision. No.

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Mr. C. O. Can you please confirm there was a

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report with committee decision. I can have the clerk read

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what the recommendation was. That was approved by committee. I

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think the salient partner Council direct staff to finalize the

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proposed special events policy and bylaw, including completion of the

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list of community sponsored events and to bring forward final

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versions of the policy bylaw. And permit fees for approval

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at the subsequent council meeting. Correct. Okay, so just clarifying

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your statement. Go ahead, councilor. To bring forward the policy

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for approval. And in order to approve it, we need

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to have a discussion because it had to be finalized.

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First. So it wasn't the original policy. It was to

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finalize policy, which we haven't. Had a chance to discuss

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yet. Okay, well, thank you for your comments. We did

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discuss. The committee, but I appreciate your remarks on that

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point. Next speaker. Any other comments, councilor? No. Councilor. You've

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already spoken. Any others on this one? Record. A vote

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was requested. So we'll get the clerk to do the

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vote. Mr. Clinton. Would you like me to reread the

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motion? Sure. The agenda be amended to allow an agenda

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delegation from Tom Richardson, Sullivan, Mahoney re review. Of special

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events, beginning with councilor Burrows. Yes. Councilor Balashak. No, Councilor

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Sharapata. No, Councilor Maritius. No, Councilor Niven? No, Councilor O'.

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Connor? Yes. Councilor Vizari? Yes. Deputy lord marine? Yes. And

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the Lord mayor. No motion fails. Okay, so, Mr. Clerk,

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that leaves us with the balance of the agenda to

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be adopted. Yes, we have a mover and secondary already.

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Let me get back there and see. We do not.

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Okay, I need a mover and secondary for a balance

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of agenda, councilor. Niven councilor tropoda into questions. Councilor O'Connor,

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I just want to. Make sure that I get to

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discuss the special events policy lifted from the minutes. Thank

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you. Thank you for confirming. There are questions on the

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agenda. Seeing question councilor Maritis. Did 15.2. We amended the

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agenda to separate. 15 point. Yes, we made that. Okay.

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Thank you. Just wanted to confirm. Call the question. All

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in favor? Any opposed? That's carried. The motion is adopted.

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The agenda is adopted. Pertinent. Making sure that would bring

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us to page five. Council on committee of the whole

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minutes. Seven point. One to 7.8. Can I remove her

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and second her to put these on the floor? And

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we'll do the council drop it up. Seconded by councilor

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Niven and. I believe. I'll let you read it out.

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And I think we had the one separate, so go.

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Ahead. Yes. So. I've made provision to allow item 11.1

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from the committee of the whole planning. In general, to

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be voted on separately. So the motion would read that

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the minutes of following meetings be approved. Special council meeting

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minutes January 15, 2026 special council minutes closed session January

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15, 2026. To remain private and confidential. Committee of the

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whole planning and general minutes. January 13, save and accept

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item 11.1 to be voted on separately. Committee of the

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whole planning in general. Minutes closed session January 13, 2026

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to remain private and confidential. Council workshop meeting minutes, January

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13, 2026 council minutes, December 9, 2025 counci. Council workshop

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meeting December 9, 2025 council minutes closed session December 9,

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2025 to remain private and confidential. And speakers is councilor

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Burrows correct. Thank you, Lord Mayor. And further to my

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request this morning. With the clerk. Out of the committee.

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The whole item 7.3. I had also requested that 6.2

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Heritage district plan CDS 26 six. Be lifted as well.

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I think we have that. Listed. Under the heritage committee

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meeting minutes of January 14. When those committee minutes come

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forward, Come forward in the agenda. Councilor Burrows, when we

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discuss the MHC minutes. That's where those minutes are.

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Thank you, Lord Marin. That's not what my direction was,

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however. I guess we're going to vote on 7.3 separately

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anyway. So I can. On item 11.1. In the minutes

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of 7.3. Correct. Thanks. Okay, so basically, now we have

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a motion for the balance of items except for 11.1.

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Second. I thought we did. Councilor Nivin and councilor Tropoda.

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Thank you. Other questions. On the balance, all in favor?

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And any opposed. Those are carried and then to save

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and accept item 11.1. Wish to speak to that councilor

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Connor. Thank you. Through you. Lord Mayor, there are some

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things that. I still am not clear in my mind

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with regards to. The special events permit. I think one

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of the most important things is. That we have hid

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off a whole section of special events permits that no

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longer apply because the land use zoning or site specific

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zoning apply. I guess I am concerned in part with

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what are we going to do and how are we

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going to deal with them. For instance. I know that

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this is being put forth so that we can enforce

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the special permits. What kind of enforcement powers does this

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give us now that we didn't have before? The question.

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Through to Director Plato, Chief, is that correct? Thank you

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for the question through the Lord mayor. Just to clarify,

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we're asking what the new bylaw enforcement powers within the

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new bylaw. Provider. So that just for clarity. That's correct,

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chief. The new bylaw in itself actually provides us. With

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the ability. To. There's fees, there's amps, pieces related to

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it, so somebody has to come. In actually apply if

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they're not applying properly through the bylaw, we have the

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ability to deny at that point if the event continues,

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or our amp provisions letting us actually to enforce in

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that capacity if they're not complying with the way they

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said they're going to do it. Timeline is extended, not

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potentially within what we've actually said. They can do. So

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where the current policies right now don't permit us to

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really pursue. It in that capacity. Right now, it's just

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a policy that we have to pursue. Okay, so Amps

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does not apply now and no other enforcement. Tool can

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now be used. So. If this gets asked, then we'll

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be able to use. Okay. Thank you. Okay, good. Now.

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What about? For the events that are under the site

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specific zoning. Do we have any tools to enforce those?

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Now or is that something that needs to come forward

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later, or how is that being done? Thank you for

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the question. Would that be to the planning director? No.

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The newly minted planning through the chair. Thank you. I'd

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like to redirect. To director Plato. Thank you through the

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Lord mayor. Anything that is currently within zoning that would

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be permitted all of our regular bylaws apply at this

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point. So that is how the enforcement of those happen.

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And then even just actually on last week's, agenda. There

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were a couple additions to property standards and noise and

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lighting and of other couple enhancements that we've made that

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have actually increased that ability to be able to apply.

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Two special events that would. Well, I guess I wouldn't

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technically be called a special event. Just things are permitted

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within zoning to be happening within property. So, yes, we

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have the ability to enforce within the current bylaws that

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we have at that point. Okay. Next question deals with.

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I asked staff. About all of the various. Regulations. And.

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Does one take precedence or the other? Or how are

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they going? To be enforced, such as building fire safety

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or any other town regulations. And I was told that.

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They would all be enforced. But then. I read somewhere

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on line 54. Says the provision which establishes the higher

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standards shall prevail. So, do we have a hierarchy? Of

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these standards for regulations or bylaws, or are they all.

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Applied equally. Thank you for the question, Mr. Cao. Thank

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you. I'm going to redirect it. I'm just waiting to

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see. Whether director Plato. Or deputy clerk. We're working to

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get the best source of information for you. Yeah, we're

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good. Okay, so director Plato can speak to this. Again,

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thank you for the question through Lord Mayor. So the

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provisions on the way, that would come. Through is depending

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on again. What the. Mainly relating to safety is kind

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of the angle that I would be taking on it.

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It's the building code and or fire code. Both had

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a provision, building code and fire. Code aren't 100% in

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synced all the time, so whichever one then prevailed or.

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Had, the strongest clause that we could apply would be

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the one that prevailed in a certain situation. I don't

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have an exact example for you, but. If there was

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one weaker than the other, we would obviously go with

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the stronger at that point. Sorry. So as clarification, you

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wouldn't necessarily go with all of the ones that they

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are not in compliance with. It would be the strongest

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one, in your opinion. Like, for instance, noise and fire.

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Would both of them be, would you? Apply. Whatever enforcement

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amps or whatever, for both or just one. No. In

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that situation, if we are. Comparing noise versus a fire

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complaint. Both are going to apply in the similar situation.

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It'd be the example of there are similar requirements for

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a tent within the fire code. As there are within

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the building code. The building code requirements are actually a

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little bit more stringent. Than those required from the fire

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code. So those from the building code would be required

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as they are a little bit more stringent. Therefore, those

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are the ones we would go with, not. Just necessarily.

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The clauses from the fire code. Is those kind of

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situations, not noise versus light versus fire safety. All of

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those are important at the same time. But if there's

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ever clauses that are similar and or one from an

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act or provincial or our own bylaws that would overrule

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the most stringent one would apply at that point. Okay.

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My next question. I'm getting a little confused over the

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numbers of people that events and those that are. At

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special events versus just regular events. Could someone sort of

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review. The numbers. And how they're applied or assessed. Thank

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you for your questions for your staff, Mr. SEO. I

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think deputy clerk can speak to the numbers specifically and

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what that. Thank you. Through the chair. So, again, site

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specific zoning those events are going to be regulated by.

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The site specific zoning. But for our special events is

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what we have is we have both the definition of

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special events. Where it meets any of the following criteria,

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which is expected to include over 200 people over the

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course of the event. Will occur in whole or in

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part on public property or will. Occur in whole or

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in part on private property where there is no site

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specific zoning. Meaning if you're having an event, over 200

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people. You're going to trigger a special event permit unless.

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You have site specific zoning, which is why we have

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is not entirely on private property and explicitly allowed by

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site specific zoning. And then we also have the clause

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where if you're under 200 people, but you're fully on

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public property. That's where we look at. Are you less

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than 50 people. It's 24 people having a picnic in

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a park. You don't. Qualify as a special event. If

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you're 250 people in a park, you're going to qualify

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as a special. Event or if you're 150 people. That's

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why we have that clause in there. Because we wanted

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to make sure we could capture between 51 and 200

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people, because. We do have smaller special events that take

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place in public that don't necessarily hit over that 200

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person threshold. But we also had ones under our current

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policy. Where because it was so vague. We were requiring

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them to get a special event permit, and they really

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didn't need to. So if the councilor is speaking to

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the tiers of special events that also. Has provisions for

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people. So a tier one special event. Is less than

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500 people. With no road closures and less than one

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day in duration, a tier two special event is going

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to be 500 plus people are expected. Or a road

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closure. Or less than three consecutive days. And not a

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tier three event. The tier three event. Are typically going

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to be the ones that are taking place on Queen

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street. They're the bigger ones. 1000 plus people. Closure restricted

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access to Queen Street, Queens, Royal Park, Simcoe park, three.

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Or more consecutive days or a special event series which

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are two or more non consecutive days which is, the

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festival we just had was two consecutive days, but over.

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Two consecutive weekends. Yes, and I think this may be

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my last question, so thank you for bearing with me

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and. It has to deal with. Guidelines on numbers of

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events or numbers of people. Like, for instance, I know,

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and not only in special events, but also in site

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specific zoning as well. I know that the staff has

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provided information on those properties that currently have sites specific

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zoning and how many events are allowed, and so we're

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looking at upwards of 25. Annually of these special events.

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Are there any guidelines? That is our maximum. Or can

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they apply for more, or will we be. Anticipating staff

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to come in the future with guidelines on how to

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implement. The bylaw or policies. Thank you for that. Should

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we go back to the deputy clerk? Let's start there.

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It may be more of a planning through the chair.

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I will have to tag in director alderman at some

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point. We don't have a restriction from the town on

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the number of special events. We don't. Have that. There

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can only be 25 special events on Queen street in

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a year or. There can only be. 100 special events

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in the park. Those are evaluated on a case by

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case basis as the applications come in, and then we

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do give priority to community sponsored events, annual events, community

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partner events. So, for instance, If we have an application,

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come in at, say, the same time as the candlelight

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stroll and. They're going to conflict with each other, the

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candlelight stroll is going to take precedence. We're going to

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reach out to the applicant of whatever event has been

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submitted and tell them. We're not able to permit this

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event and give them some options. You can switch your

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days, you can switch your location. Or. We're going to

466
02:17:59,087 --> 02:18:01,587
have to deny your event because. We do have one

467
02:18:01,587 --> 02:18:06,387
that's already taking precedence. For the number of events on

468
02:18:06,387 --> 02:18:11,736
site specific. Areas. I'm going to pass it over to

469
02:18:11,736 --> 02:18:16,908
director Ultimate. Thank you. Through the chair. So we do

470
02:18:16,908 --> 02:18:20,628
have some provisions in the zoning bylaw that's. Applicable to

471
02:18:20,628 --> 02:18:24,628
the urban area that relates to estate wineries. It does

472
02:18:24,628 --> 02:18:27,868
say that a maximum of 24 events would be permitted

473
02:18:27,868 --> 02:18:30,868
each year. That is only found within the urban bylaw

474
02:18:30,868 --> 02:18:34,827
itself. I would suggest that as part of. Our winery

475
02:18:34,827 --> 02:18:38,187
policy review that we will start to undertake this year,

476
02:18:38,187 --> 02:18:41,427
that we could loop in what qualifies as an appropriate

477
02:18:41,427 --> 02:18:44,067
number of events as part of that review itself, to

478
02:18:44,067 --> 02:18:48,307
make sure that we're considering our current permissions for wineries

479
02:18:48,307 --> 02:18:50,947
and then any future applications that we would be getting

480
02:18:50,947 --> 02:18:54,903
for site specific zoning that would include outdoor. Events on

481
02:18:54,903 --> 02:19:00,425
wineries. Okay. Thank you for those answers. It's helped a

482
02:19:00,425 --> 02:19:03,025
lot. And again, I just want to. Reiterate that, I

483
02:19:03,025 --> 02:19:08,142
guess. My concern about the policy and bylaw is more.

484
02:19:09,794 --> 02:19:13,634
With not addressing things that were hid off as not

485
02:19:13,634 --> 02:19:16,874
being under the special events. So thank you. Very much.

486
02:19:18,258 --> 02:19:22,806
Okay, just other questions on that segment. Council Burrows. Thank

487
02:19:22,806 --> 02:19:25,446
you, Lord Mayor. And just a question. I have a

488
02:19:25,446 --> 02:19:28,406
question on the bylaw. But would you rather me wait

489
02:19:28,406 --> 02:19:32,112
till then or do it now? It's matter of the

490
02:19:32,112 --> 02:19:39,595
minute. Maybe through you, Lord. Maybe through you, Lord Mayor

491
02:19:39,595 --> 02:19:46,322
to our Cao. You could explain the process. If I

492
02:19:46,322 --> 02:19:49,642
just read the bylaw, it appears that the clerk is

493
02:19:49,642 --> 02:19:55,180
the one that approves. Events over 200. But my understanding.

494
02:19:57,625 --> 02:20:01,545
Not on the bylaw is that there's a bigger procedure

495
02:20:01,545 --> 02:20:04,505
than that. Maybe the CAO. Could outline that. No. Thank

496
02:20:04,505 --> 02:20:07,914
you for the question through the staff. Thank you. Through

497
02:20:07,914 --> 02:20:13,161
the Lord mayor. So essentially, when. An application comes in

498
02:20:13,161 --> 02:20:16,361
and is processed and received through the clerk's department. It's

499
02:20:16,361 --> 02:20:19,957
distributed throughout. The different operating areas of the town to

500
02:20:19,957 --> 02:20:27,153
gather input. On the application. Specific to, so. We would

501
02:20:27,153 --> 02:20:30,313
see reviews by the planning department specific to, specifically to

502
02:20:30,313 --> 02:20:36,268
do with zoning the fire department. Would review it. We

503
02:20:36,268 --> 02:20:40,828
would have our public works and infrastructure department as well

504
02:20:40,828 --> 02:20:45,109
go through from a roads perspective. Or parks and recreation

505
02:20:45,109 --> 02:20:49,185
as well away in if there's impacts. So it's distributed

506
02:20:49,185 --> 02:20:52,145
throughout comments or received as part of the review process.

507
02:20:53,351 --> 02:20:57,151
And then the review process then takes into consideration those

508
02:20:57,151 --> 02:21:01,602
and that helps inform. Whether the approval is to proceed

509
02:21:01,602 --> 02:21:07,312
or not. And then typically. If it is not straightforward,

510
02:21:07,312 --> 02:21:11,553
it comes to the senior leadership team. For further evaluation

511
02:21:11,553 --> 02:21:14,033
and for us to weigh in on some of the

512
02:21:14,033 --> 02:21:18,313
impacts. If there's any ambiguity through that process. Okay. Thank

513
02:21:18,313 --> 02:21:22,791
you. And as a follow up, I heard earlier, That

514
02:21:22,791 --> 02:21:28,756
we wouldn't be having. More than 1200 event thing per

515
02:21:28,756 --> 02:21:32,996
day. Did I hear that correctly? Verification through back to

516
02:21:32,996 --> 02:21:37,901
the staff. Sure I can start. But essentially that's part

517
02:21:37,901 --> 02:21:41,821
of the process. So staff evaluate the number of events,

518
02:21:41,821 --> 02:21:44,701
the location, of the events that are occurring and the

519
02:21:44,701 --> 02:21:51,221
impacts. So. If it's. As the deputy clerk was speaking

520
02:21:51,221 --> 02:21:56,902
to. Sometimes events requests come in. And for events that

521
02:21:56,902 --> 02:22:00,702
are in close proximity that perhaps have a high number

522
02:22:00,702 --> 02:22:05,262
of attendees and typically we would discourage that from occurring

523
02:22:05,262 --> 02:22:10,442
to avoid kind of overloading areas. Yes. And having. The

524
02:22:10,442 --> 02:22:12,562
peripheral issues with parking and some of those others, but

525
02:22:12,562 --> 02:22:17,362
there's no set number. We could have five if staff

526
02:22:17,362 --> 02:22:22,537
decided they were spread out enough. Yes, essentially. But I'll

527
02:22:22,537 --> 02:22:24,857
just defer to staff. My understanding is at this point,

528
02:22:24,857 --> 02:22:30,482
it's part of the evaluation process. But. Sure if the

529
02:22:30,482 --> 02:22:33,975
deputy cleric has anything to add to that. Through the

530
02:22:33,975 --> 02:22:39,725
chair. It's unlikely to have five events at the same

531
02:22:39,725 --> 02:22:43,983
time. If. They have all properly applied for a special

532
02:22:43,983 --> 02:22:47,669
event permit. Now, that being said, We may have an

533
02:22:47,669 --> 02:22:51,469
event happening in Queenston and an event happening in the

534
02:22:51,469 --> 02:22:55,429
old town and. An event happening at Virgil Sports Park.

535
02:22:57,537 --> 02:23:02,210
And a private event with a special event, permanent. Permit

536
02:23:02,210 --> 02:23:06,096
happening at the same time. We do try to avoid

537
02:23:06,096 --> 02:23:09,256
a large number of events occurring in the same area

538
02:23:09,256 --> 02:23:16,425
at the same time. But the decision maker. Is staff

539
02:23:16,425 --> 02:23:21,387
on this case. Is there a part on the decision?

540
02:23:21,387 --> 02:23:25,054
No. So, essentially. It's staff take kind of a critical

541
02:23:25,054 --> 02:23:28,294
analysis of the number of events, the impact to the

542
02:23:28,294 --> 02:23:30,654
community, the timing of those events. So, I mean, a

543
02:23:30,654 --> 02:23:33,454
good example would be Canada Day or. Some of those

544
02:23:33,454 --> 02:23:37,985
right throughout the community. We may have. A more significant

545
02:23:37,985 --> 02:23:41,105
number of events going on, but it's typically at the

546
02:23:41,105 --> 02:23:44,225
senior leadership level. It's a review to determine what the

547
02:23:44,225 --> 02:23:46,465
impact would be across the broader community so that we

548
02:23:46,465 --> 02:23:52,675
don't inadvertently approve multiple events that create. Issues. Thank you

549
02:23:52,675 --> 02:23:55,995
for that. And my final thing, I think I confused

550
02:23:55,995 --> 02:23:59,315
it. I use the number. 200, but if it was

551
02:23:59,315 --> 02:24:04,385
170, so. They don't need a special event permit, isn't

552
02:24:04,385 --> 02:24:08,317
that correct? What's dependent on some of the other criteria.

553
02:24:09,706 --> 02:24:11,466
So, as the deputy cleric had mentioned, it's going to

554
02:24:11,466 --> 02:24:13,786
depend on the location, is it? Private property. Is it

555
02:24:13,786 --> 02:24:17,946
public property? Assuming private. I'll let the deputy clerk and

556
02:24:17,946 --> 02:24:25,336
speak to the specifics. Through the chair. Let me just

557
02:24:25,336 --> 02:24:35,300
flip to that section. So. If. You're under

558
02:24:35,300 --> 02:24:45,124
200 people and you're entirely on private property. But. You're

559
02:24:45,124 --> 02:24:45,884
still not. So any of it is expected to include

560
02:24:45,884 --> 02:24:49,978
over 200 people. Is in whole or in part on

561
02:24:49,978 --> 02:24:52,498
private property where temporary site specific zoning or site plan

562
02:24:52,498 --> 02:24:56,723
exemptions are required. That is not contingent on the 200

563
02:24:56,723 --> 02:25:00,014
people. It's any of the three criteria. So if your

564
02:25:00,014 --> 02:25:04,024
event. Is on private property and you don't have site

565
02:25:04,024 --> 02:25:08,464
specific zoning, and you're not. A garage sale, yard sale,

566
02:25:08,464 --> 02:25:14,074
similar occasional use. Like a protest or on provincial or

567
02:25:14,074 --> 02:25:18,234
federal land, you would require a special event permit so

568
02:25:18,234 --> 02:25:20,874
it's not just the number of people. I guess I'm

569
02:25:20,874 --> 02:25:24,154
more confused than ever. Thank you, Mr. Lord. It's pretty

570
02:25:24,154 --> 02:25:30,575
clear, actually. Okay, councilor tropida. Thank you. And through the

571
02:25:30,575 --> 02:25:35,295
Lord Mayor, my understanding that this is correct, that this

572
02:25:35,295 --> 02:25:38,455
is a more robust policy than what we had in

573
02:25:38,455 --> 02:25:42,663
the past. Or we didn't have one, but. What I

574
02:25:42,663 --> 02:25:46,303
liked is the fact that it's based on impact on

575
02:25:46,303 --> 02:25:49,223
the community, and I hope that the community can see

576
02:25:49,223 --> 02:25:54,142
that. This study, which is the eight month long study

577
02:25:54,142 --> 02:25:57,768
with lots of engagement. Was done. I think a very

578
02:25:57,768 --> 02:26:02,518
thorough process. But the end result is the policy is

579
02:26:02,518 --> 02:26:05,998
based on the impact that the event has on the

580
02:26:05,998 --> 02:26:08,758
community, and I think that's something that the community will

581
02:26:08,758 --> 02:26:11,598
be very pleased with. Am I correct in assuming that.

582
02:26:12,963 --> 02:26:18,866
That is fact. Yeah. That's exactly the intent, is, and

583
02:26:18,866 --> 02:26:22,295
I would agree. Over eight months of work has gone

584
02:26:22,295 --> 02:26:26,377
into this. A considerable amount of staff time. So we're

585
02:26:26,377 --> 02:26:29,577
very happy with where we've landed. And you are correct.

586
02:26:31,108 --> 02:26:33,548
Currently, we do not have a bylaw and we do

587
02:26:33,548 --> 02:26:37,381
not have anything enforceable. As far as the special events

588
02:26:37,381 --> 02:26:42,952
process currently. Thank you. Thank you, Councilor Maritis. Thank you.

589
02:26:42,952 --> 02:26:46,112
Through you, Lord Mayor. Back to what, councilor Burrows? Was

590
02:26:46,112 --> 02:26:49,152
getting at. I'm just going to simplify this. So if

591
02:26:49,152 --> 02:26:53,196
there's a winery. That doesn't have site specific zoning for

592
02:26:53,196 --> 02:26:56,556
an event, and they only have 80 people at an

593
02:26:56,556 --> 02:27:02,460
event, it doesn't meet the criteria. So it's against the

594
02:27:02,460 --> 02:27:08,708
special events, am I correct? Madam deputy clerk. Through the

595
02:27:08,708 --> 02:27:18,653
chair. For that. It will occur in whole or

596
02:27:18,653 --> 02:27:21,653
in part on private property where temporary, site specific zoning

597
02:27:21,653 --> 02:27:25,456
or site plan exemptions are required. That would still require.

598
02:27:26,948 --> 02:27:30,908
A special event permit. However, the intention with the site

599
02:27:30,908 --> 02:27:36,707
specific zoning. For businesses and things of that nature is

600
02:27:36,707 --> 02:27:39,987
they should be one offs. If you're coming. To us

601
02:27:39,987 --> 02:27:43,229
once a week, twice a week. Once a month and

602
02:27:43,229 --> 02:27:46,949
applying for the same types of special event permits at

603
02:27:46,949 --> 02:27:51,053
that point. We are going to direct you to planning

604
02:27:51,053 --> 02:27:54,773
because you require site specific zoning. A one off event.

605
02:27:54,773 --> 02:27:57,813
Say may be that you're celebrating your centennial and you'd

606
02:27:57,813 --> 02:28:04,057
like to have a party and invite. The community in

607
02:28:04,057 --> 02:28:07,217
and you are expected to have a significant number of

608
02:28:07,217 --> 02:28:10,057
people, but you don't. Have site specific zoning. That would

609
02:28:10,057 --> 02:28:13,017
be an event that would be classified as special because

610
02:28:13,017 --> 02:28:15,137
you're not going to be doing that on a consistent

611
02:28:15,137 --> 02:28:18,916
basis. I just want to say that I think this

612
02:28:18,916 --> 02:28:22,316
finally, we have a policy in place because we didn't

613
02:28:22,316 --> 02:28:25,756
have anything prior, and I think it covers pretty much

614
02:28:25,756 --> 02:28:29,116
every concern that I've had for the last three years

615
02:28:29,116 --> 02:28:31,876
since being on council and that we've heard from. Residents,

616
02:28:31,876 --> 02:28:36,069
et cetera. So thank you. Okay, we have a motion.

617
02:28:36,069 --> 02:28:38,629
Duly moved. A second. It's been lifted properly in the

618
02:28:38,629 --> 02:28:43,821
minutes. I'm going to call the question. All those. Mr.

619
02:28:43,821 --> 02:28:45,581
Clerk, do you want to read it out? So the

620
02:28:45,581 --> 02:28:49,641
motion is exactly as it's written in the minutes. And

621
02:28:49,641 --> 02:28:51,681
if it passes, then we immediately go to the two

622
02:28:51,681 --> 02:28:59,883
bylaws that relate to it. Okay. All in favor? And

623
02:28:59,883 --> 02:29:03,936
any opposed. That motion is carried. And so the next

624
02:29:03,936 --> 02:29:06,096
item is, I just need to move around. Seconder to

625
02:29:06,096 --> 02:29:08,496
put the bylaws on the floor. Councilor Marias, Councilor Niven.

626
02:29:08,496 --> 02:29:12,496
Mr. Clerk. Those two bylaws moved by Councilor Mariti, seconded

627
02:29:12,496 --> 02:29:16,056
by councilor Niven. That leave be given to introduce bylaw

628
02:29:16,056 --> 02:29:21,709
number 2026. Five. The novel special event bylaw and bylaw

629
02:29:21,709 --> 02:29:27,109
number 53. 34 d, 26 amps non. Non parking bylaw,

630
02:29:27,109 --> 02:29:29,549
special events and the same be considered right at a

631
02:29:29,549 --> 02:29:32,789
first, second and third. Time and passed this 27th day

632
02:29:32,789 --> 02:29:39,504
of January, 2026. Any discussion on mobiles. Council Burrows. Thank

633
02:29:39,504 --> 02:29:43,659
you, Lord Mayor. Could we just pull. The two special

634
02:29:43,659 --> 02:29:48,019
event ones, the amps and the special events. 19. Seven.

635
02:29:48,019 --> 02:29:51,210
That's exactly. What we're doing. You got it. Thank you.

636
02:29:51,210 --> 02:29:53,970
Thank you. Okay, I'll call the question. All in favor?

637
02:29:55,703 --> 02:30:03,459
And any opposed. That's carried. Thank you. Okay, back. To.

638
02:30:15,318 --> 02:30:17,918
Next committee of the Whole and council meeting dates, Mr.

639
02:30:17,918 --> 02:30:21,487
Clerk. The next committee of the whole is a committee

640
02:30:21,487 --> 02:30:24,887
hall of planning February 3, 2026. The committee of the

641
02:30:24,887 --> 02:30:28,847
whole general meeting. February 10, 2026, the special Council meeting

642
02:30:28,847 --> 02:30:32,687
for the final draft official plan February 17, 2026, and

643
02:30:32,687 --> 02:30:38,020
a council meeting of February 24, 2026. Thank you very

644
02:30:38,020 --> 02:30:42,500
much. And the next item is the Lord Mayor's report.

645
02:30:42,500 --> 02:30:46,260
So since our meeting in 2025 in December. Happy new

646
02:30:46,260 --> 02:30:51,483
year. And December 10, I was pleased to be joined

647
02:30:51,483 --> 02:30:55,723
by members of Amnesty International here at town hall. We

648
02:30:55,723 --> 02:31:02,012
raised a flag. To recognize a human rights day. In

649
02:31:02,012 --> 02:31:05,622
support of. For rights campaign. Members of the community were

650
02:31:05,622 --> 02:31:10,822
here, you might recall, that addressed Mr. Lies letter writing.

651
02:31:10,822 --> 02:31:14,782
Campaign and volunteers at the community center are available doing

652
02:31:14,782 --> 02:31:18,182
that. So congratulations to everybody who tries to raise that

653
02:31:18,182 --> 02:31:23,545
profile. Of that particular issue in addition to human rights

654
02:31:23,545 --> 02:31:28,037
in general. So thank you for the Niagara Lake group

655
02:31:28,037 --> 02:31:32,124
for helping us raise the profile the next day. We

656
02:31:32,124 --> 02:31:35,632
had an open house here at town hall. We opened

657
02:31:35,632 --> 02:31:37,672
the town hall for residents to come in and have

658
02:31:37,672 --> 02:31:40,757
a meeting with the mayor. We had. I can't remember

659
02:31:40,757 --> 02:31:43,557
exactly how many, but about a ten or eleven groups

660
02:31:43,557 --> 02:31:46,637
of people came in, I was pleased to have conversations

661
02:31:46,637 --> 02:31:52,286
with. Those groups of individuals system with connecting with appropriate

662
02:31:52,286 --> 02:31:55,566
staff for further follow up, and it was well received

663
02:31:55,566 --> 02:31:58,726
and people, I think, appreciated the opportunity to come into

664
02:31:58,726 --> 02:32:01,326
the office that same day. I got to drive a

665
02:32:01,326 --> 02:32:04,846
tractor. And thank you to the deputy lord mayor and

666
02:32:04,846 --> 02:32:08,814
his wife. For really outfitting a really wonderful tractor for

667
02:32:08,814 --> 02:32:12,334
myself and my spouse, Tammy, to drive through the streets.

668
02:32:12,334 --> 02:32:14,774
And what a beautiful event that was. It seems like

669
02:32:14,774 --> 02:32:17,814
so long ago, but it was a wonderful event to

670
02:32:17,814 --> 02:32:22,749
see. All the participants. I know the organizers of a

671
02:32:22,749 --> 02:32:26,629
huge success. You raised a great amount of money. In

672
02:32:26,629 --> 02:32:29,669
support of the Terry Fox foundation. So thank you to

673
02:32:29,669 --> 02:32:33,109
you and Dorothy for that and all. The participants. And

674
02:32:33,109 --> 02:32:36,509
I understand you had the largest number of tractors submitted

675
02:32:36,509 --> 02:32:38,709
already, and next year you're looking to break that, so

676
02:32:38,709 --> 02:32:40,674
good for you. But what a great event to see

677
02:32:40,674 --> 02:32:46,991
our community lined up. All across. The community of Virgil.

678
02:32:46,991 --> 02:32:50,591
Street to street Chakra block full of people enjoying themselves.

679
02:32:50,591 --> 02:32:52,751
It was a pretty cold night. Cold this night. Pretty

680
02:32:52,751 --> 02:32:55,791
cold night. So well done. What a lot of fun.

681
02:32:55,791 --> 02:32:59,311
It was just a pleasure to participate and one of

682
02:32:59,311 --> 02:33:02,948
my favorite things to do. On the 12th. The next

683
02:33:02,948 --> 02:33:06,508
day we were celebrating a birthday. The Niagara Lake Museum

684
02:33:06,508 --> 02:33:10,668
130th birthday. Anniversary. It was my honor to attend with

685
02:33:10,668 --> 02:33:14,763
many of you as well. To support and celebrate. With

686
02:33:14,763 --> 02:33:20,454
the council. We provided a plaque to commemorative block to

687
02:33:20,454 --> 02:33:25,352
the museum. And we also got to thank Sarah Kaufman

688
02:33:25,352 --> 02:33:28,943
for all her work to get us there. And I

689
02:33:28,943 --> 02:33:31,063
know we missed Sarah already. I know she's doing a

690
02:33:31,063 --> 02:33:35,284
great job. City of Fort Coburn at their museum. So

691
02:33:35,284 --> 02:33:37,604
good for her. And we'll be watching. Her for good

692
02:33:37,604 --> 02:33:41,044
things happening there. But congratulations to the board and all

693
02:33:41,044 --> 02:33:44,804
the volunteers at the museum. For the wonderful work that

694
02:33:44,804 --> 02:33:47,764
they do. And councilor and Ivan, thank you. Is on

695
02:33:47,764 --> 02:33:51,705
that representative. On that board as well. On the 13th.

696
02:33:51,705 --> 02:33:54,945
That was the Christmas parade, another favorite day of the

697
02:33:54,945 --> 02:33:59,475
year. And the privilege of attending alongside members of council.

698
02:34:00,902 --> 02:34:03,182
And participating in the parade in many different ways. All

699
02:34:03,182 --> 02:34:06,582
of us participated in different ways. It's. Great. It's wonderful.

700
02:34:06,582 --> 02:34:10,476
What a turnout that was. What a beautiful day. Cool,

701
02:34:10,476 --> 02:34:14,156
but sunny. We have the best Christmas parade in southern

702
02:34:14,156 --> 02:34:17,976
Ontario, if you don't mind me saying that. Think it's

703
02:34:17,976 --> 02:34:20,536
safe to say, and the turnout was exceptional, and I

704
02:34:20,536 --> 02:34:25,332
just want to thank. The Christmas Parade Committee. All the

705
02:34:25,332 --> 02:34:27,652
folks that work very hard on that, and we know

706
02:34:27,652 --> 02:34:30,772
who they are, so I won't. Embarrass them by mentioning

707
02:34:30,772 --> 02:34:33,132
their name here, but we're so very lucky to have

708
02:34:33,132 --> 02:34:35,772
the hard work and dedication of those individuals that just

709
02:34:35,772 --> 02:34:37,972
make that seem to come. Off, like, easy, like, it's

710
02:34:37,972 --> 02:34:41,012
just. We just happen naturally. But there's a lot of

711
02:34:41,012 --> 02:34:44,132
work that goes behind that. And I just want to

712
02:34:44,132 --> 02:34:48,409
thank. Everybody for making that happen. Such an exceptional event.

713
02:34:49,652 --> 02:34:54,550
On the 14th, I was invited to attend. A menorah

714
02:34:54,550 --> 02:34:58,750
lighting in Simpical park hosted by Chibada Niagara. That was

715
02:34:58,750 --> 02:35:02,538
a very cold evening. I was joined by the Niagara

716
02:35:02,538 --> 02:35:06,698
Regional Police chief and deputy chief, as well as over

717
02:35:06,698 --> 02:35:13,148
30. Residents. It was a beautiful ceremony and. I was

718
02:35:13,148 --> 02:35:16,599
very privileged to light the first candle. And it was

719
02:35:16,599 --> 02:35:19,999
a wonderful event with some singing and dancing, and I

720
02:35:19,999 --> 02:35:23,239
think my dancing is maybe improving a little bit, but

721
02:35:23,239 --> 02:35:26,919
they're wonderful. It was very friendly and really appreciate the

722
02:35:26,919 --> 02:35:33,445
community. Inviting us to that. On the 15 December. I

723
02:35:33,445 --> 02:35:37,725
attended what they called a roundtable. The Minister of Tourism,

724
02:35:37,725 --> 02:35:42,765
Mr. Cho. Minister Cho and announcement. By the premier that

725
02:35:42,765 --> 02:35:44,765
day as well in Niagara Falls. I was pleased to

726
02:35:44,765 --> 02:35:49,228
participate in the roundtable. Deputy Lord Mayor attended with me,

727
02:35:49,228 --> 02:35:53,628
is there? We continue to bring our issues forward in

728
02:35:53,628 --> 02:35:56,428
front of members of cabinet to the minister of Tourism,

729
02:35:56,428 --> 02:36:00,346
Culture and gaming. That was at table Rock. And following.

730
02:36:01,990 --> 02:36:04,470
That roundtable, which is at the, actually, that was at

731
02:36:04,470 --> 02:36:06,590
the power plant, but following that at the table rock.

732
02:36:08,174 --> 02:36:13,449
We had announcement where the premier was highlighting. The province's

733
02:36:13,449 --> 02:36:18,022
vision. For creating Nagar region as a leading destination. In

734
02:36:18,022 --> 02:36:21,062
tourism, not only in Ontario but in North America and

735
02:36:21,062 --> 02:36:24,302
probably the world and some of the key economic growth

736
02:36:24,302 --> 02:36:29,963
objectives that the province has where we fit. Very importantly,

737
02:36:29,963 --> 02:36:34,994
into those efforts. And appreciated being asked to participate in

738
02:36:34,994 --> 02:36:39,990
that. On the same day I was Bizet. I was

739
02:36:39,990 --> 02:36:44,710
pleased to be invited to the 809. Newark Squadron, Royal

740
02:36:44,710 --> 02:36:48,630
canadian air cadets annual mass dinner. Been attending for quite

741
02:36:48,630 --> 02:36:53,815
some time, and this is. A great organization, a great

742
02:36:53,815 --> 02:36:57,546
event. Obviously, they're hosted at the rural Canadian Legion. Thank

743
02:36:57,546 --> 02:37:00,826
you to the Royal Canadian Legion for bringing the cadets

744
02:37:00,826 --> 02:37:02,906
kind of into their property and allowing them to use

745
02:37:02,906 --> 02:37:05,946
their property. What a waterfall. Dinner. They do if you

746
02:37:05,946 --> 02:37:09,285
ever attended a mess dinner. If? You haven't come join

747
02:37:09,285 --> 02:37:12,885
us next year, because I'll tell you, having a messed

748
02:37:12,885 --> 02:37:16,435
dinner with young cadets. It's just a fun thing to

749
02:37:16,435 --> 02:37:19,019
watch. There's a little bit of ribbing goes on at

750
02:37:19,019 --> 02:37:24,344
a mass dinner. And good time had by all. And

751
02:37:24,344 --> 02:37:27,704
encourage you to look out for that in the future.

752
02:37:27,704 --> 02:37:31,457
So congratulations to the air squadron for doing that. On

753
02:37:31,457 --> 02:37:34,217
the next day. I was invited to the Shaw Festival.

754
02:37:34,217 --> 02:37:37,297
Mr. Jennings, this year. Thank you. They received a reader's

755
02:37:37,297 --> 02:37:43,292
choice award. And so. That's a best live theater in

756
02:37:43,292 --> 02:37:46,612
the 2025 Readers Choice Awards. So congratulations to the SHA

757
02:37:46,612 --> 02:37:49,812
little bladed on that. But we give our best and

758
02:37:49,812 --> 02:37:54,372
congratulations again to. What a wonderful organization. We're so blessed

759
02:37:54,372 --> 02:37:57,292
and lucky to have that organization in our town, the

760
02:37:57,292 --> 02:38:01,825
Shaw Festival theater. Into January. Of course, the 1 January

761
02:38:01,825 --> 02:38:04,545
was a day of levees, and we had many of

762
02:38:04,545 --> 02:38:08,225
them, and that's what makes Niagara, like, so special. We

763
02:38:08,225 --> 02:38:10,385
had the first one at the Royal Canadian. Legion branch,

764
02:38:10,385 --> 02:38:15,123
where they have a ceremony for their new members. So

765
02:38:15,123 --> 02:38:18,043
they invite the new members to come forward and introduce

766
02:38:18,043 --> 02:38:21,746
them to the rest of the members. And I believe

767
02:38:21,746 --> 02:38:23,346
deputy lord may have became a member of the legion

768
02:38:23,346 --> 02:38:25,786
this year. So, on behalf of the membership there. We

769
02:38:25,786 --> 02:38:28,346
welcome you and great to see you there. Encourage anybody

770
02:38:28,346 --> 02:38:31,186
else who's. Looking for a membership club to join. Belgian

771
02:38:31,186 --> 02:38:33,586
is a good place to be, councilor Burrows. Was there

772
02:38:33,586 --> 02:38:38,374
as well. And we had levy there speeches from our

773
02:38:38,374 --> 02:38:43,534
MP and MPP. As well as the legion's leadership. And

774
02:38:43,534 --> 02:38:45,294
of course, my sophomore got to bring some greetings. On

775
02:38:45,294 --> 02:38:47,574
behalf of all of us and did a great job

776
02:38:47,574 --> 02:38:51,300
they do and. That was the next levee. The same

777
02:38:51,300 --> 02:38:56,512
day, of course, was held. At the Navy hall. Friends

778
02:38:56,512 --> 02:38:59,352
of Fort George and Parks, Canada do amazing job. It's

779
02:38:59,352 --> 02:39:03,232
something. That celebrates our heritage by having a great levy

780
02:39:03,232 --> 02:39:06,592
to invite residents in to the Navy hall on a

781
02:39:06,592 --> 02:39:10,672
very cold day. But packed was a packed event. People

782
02:39:10,672 --> 02:39:13,232
love that place and lots of fun. Got to bring

783
02:39:13,232 --> 02:39:16,303
greetings again. And welcome residents to the new year. And

784
02:39:16,303 --> 02:39:21,128
joined by Parks Canada staff. Again the MPP and MP

785
02:39:21,128 --> 02:39:24,128
and myself. And then we get to fire cannon at

786
02:39:24,128 --> 02:39:27,088
the Americans. And that's always fun. Don't take it too

787
02:39:27,088 --> 02:39:30,728
seriously, because there's nothing. In the cannon, but that's just

788
02:39:30,728 --> 02:39:33,488
letting them know we're here, and that was. Executed very

789
02:39:33,488 --> 02:39:37,588
well again. The canon. Farming creek. So, all done. Four

790
02:39:37,588 --> 02:39:41,541
pound gun, I believe, if I'm not mistaken. Quite bang

791
02:39:41,541 --> 02:39:44,741
it down the pointed downwards. We didn't want to lob

792
02:39:44,741 --> 02:39:47,061
one too close. Right council. Apparently it would make it

793
02:39:47,061 --> 02:39:50,925
across the river, I'm told. 1000 Canada geese that were

794
02:39:50,925 --> 02:39:54,605
right in front. Yeah, just a few geese lost. Yeah.

795
02:39:54,605 --> 02:39:58,965
Okay, never mind. Okay, so, January 6, crime stoppers, flag

796
02:39:58,965 --> 02:40:02,285
raising. I was pleased to host crime stoppers. They are

797
02:40:02,285 --> 02:40:05,965
usually our first flag raising of the year. Congratulations to

798
02:40:05,965 --> 02:40:10,689
the group in Niagara. That helps. Raise awareness for the

799
02:40:10,689 --> 02:40:15,124
importance of crime stoppers, as we all know. It's an

800
02:40:15,124 --> 02:40:19,044
anonymous service where residents can contact and feel comfortable in

801
02:40:19,044 --> 02:40:22,724
giving information to the police and remaining anonymous. Sometimes that's

802
02:40:22,724 --> 02:40:26,632
really important. And so great for crime Stoppers as an

803
02:40:26,632 --> 02:40:30,472
organization to provide that service through our volunteers and their

804
02:40:30,472 --> 02:40:34,672
partners and to partner with law enforcement for our community

805
02:40:34,672 --> 02:40:37,312
safety needs. So you can find as if a resident

806
02:40:37,312 --> 02:40:41,762
can find that on their website. At Crimestoppers. If you

807
02:40:41,762 --> 02:40:43,802
google that crime stoppers nagger, you'll find that and I

808
02:40:43,802 --> 02:40:48,062
don't have the URL here. January Twelveth was the visit

809
02:40:48,062 --> 02:40:52,704
to Crossroads public school, grade five class. We were really

810
02:40:52,704 --> 02:40:55,344
pleased to be invited to meet with the grade five

811
02:40:55,344 --> 02:40:59,592
students and. Do a session and talk about the importance

812
02:40:59,592 --> 02:41:03,754
of municipal government and the role the town plays. In

813
02:41:03,754 --> 02:41:07,652
supporting our community. I tell you? 50 students were there,

814
02:41:07,652 --> 02:41:11,212
and many of you members of council were there, and

815
02:41:11,212 --> 02:41:13,932
I really appreciated us. All being there. Thank you to

816
02:41:13,932 --> 02:41:17,132
the staff for preparing, I think, a very enlightening curriculum.

817
02:41:17,132 --> 02:41:20,092
That the students were very engaged in. They came prepared

818
02:41:20,092 --> 02:41:23,058
with their questions. And some of them were pretty tough

819
02:41:23,058 --> 02:41:26,698
ones, pretty tough questions. And that's good, I think. We're

820
02:41:26,698 --> 02:41:30,245
in good hands. In the future, but a very engaged

821
02:41:30,245 --> 02:41:35,137
group, and I applaud the teachers. At Crossroads Public school

822
02:41:35,137 --> 02:41:39,538
here in Virgil for encouraging their students to learn. About

823
02:41:39,538 --> 02:41:44,194
the importance of civic participation. And learning. What the town

824
02:41:44,194 --> 02:41:46,554
does for them and how that works with the federal

825
02:41:46,554 --> 02:41:49,554
government, the provincial government in the region, and it was

826
02:41:49,554 --> 02:41:54,107
just an excellent. Afternoon we were late morning. We were

827
02:41:54,107 --> 02:41:56,987
with them and really appreciate the schools for engaging us

828
02:41:56,987 --> 02:42:00,067
in that. And just to let everybody know, we usually

829
02:42:00,067 --> 02:42:02,747
then follow up with an invitation to bring them. The

830
02:42:02,747 --> 02:42:06,192
town hall, and that's something that. We'll do soon in

831
02:42:06,192 --> 02:42:10,072
the future. In fact, we had scheduled a January 15

832
02:42:10,072 --> 02:42:12,792
for the St. David's public school students to visit us

833
02:42:12,792 --> 02:42:14,992
here, but that was a snow day. If I'm not

834
02:42:14,992 --> 02:42:18,752
mistaken and so they got to go to boggin and

835
02:42:18,752 --> 02:42:22,232
so we'll. Schedule that again. So I'm looking forward to

836
02:42:22,232 --> 02:42:26,223
rescheduling that and inviting the St. David's. Public school here

837
02:42:26,223 --> 02:42:30,100
to run a mock council meeting. They pick an issue,

838
02:42:30,100 --> 02:42:34,089
they debate it. They discuss it. They elect council members

839
02:42:34,089 --> 02:42:36,249
and a lord mayor, and it's a lot of fun

840
02:42:36,249 --> 02:42:39,151
I get. To be the clerk for the day. And

841
02:42:39,151 --> 02:42:41,311
so I learned from our clerk, and we have a

842
02:42:41,311 --> 02:42:44,711
great session, and the students also get to go visit

843
02:42:44,711 --> 02:42:49,109
around town hall and find out what. Some of her

844
02:42:49,109 --> 02:42:52,029
work of our employees do. What happens in certain departments,

845
02:42:52,029 --> 02:42:56,149
they get to go the operations center and see people

846
02:42:56,149 --> 02:42:58,269
working on equipment. And so I think it's a really

847
02:42:58,269 --> 02:43:01,047
great way for young people to see. What kind of

848
02:43:01,047 --> 02:43:03,487
jobs they might think about in the future, and it's

849
02:43:03,487 --> 02:43:07,060
very. Quite a few. Number of them told me that

850
02:43:07,060 --> 02:43:10,180
they're very interested in running for office. So there might

851
02:43:10,180 --> 02:43:14,275
be some competition for assault. And special announcements. I have

852
02:43:14,275 --> 02:43:17,035
a couple here, and you may have some as well,

853
02:43:17,035 --> 02:43:21,195
but just a couple from myself. On February the 7th,

854
02:43:21,195 --> 02:43:24,195
I'm hosting a fundraising dinner with friends of Fort George.

855
02:43:24,195 --> 02:43:26,675
You may know I've done this now for the last

856
02:43:26,675 --> 02:43:32,514
few years. We're. Raising funds for hiring summer students. In

857
02:43:32,514 --> 02:43:35,314
fort, in parks, Canada and at the Queensland Heights monuments.

858
02:43:35,314 --> 02:43:38,556
There are still some tickets available. I'm almost sold out.

859
02:43:38,556 --> 02:43:41,476
But if you go to friends of Fort George, Ca,

860
02:43:41,476 --> 02:43:43,236
you can. Get your ticket. If you haven't, I know

861
02:43:43,236 --> 02:43:45,276
some of you can't make it. So. Hey, I understand.

862
02:43:46,585 --> 02:43:49,798
That's the way it is. But, yeah, we'd love to

863
02:43:49,798 --> 02:43:52,158
see you there. Love to fill the house and raise

864
02:43:52,158 --> 02:43:54,238
a significant amount of money to hire some more students.

865
02:43:56,051 --> 02:43:59,700
For their programming on the 25 February. I'm going to

866
02:43:59,700 --> 02:44:01,780
be at the Tim Hortons bowl for kids sake. Municipal

867
02:44:01,780 --> 02:44:06,300
challenge supporting. Big brothers and big sisters. I saw many

868
02:44:06,300 --> 02:44:08,260
of you have signed up to come and bowl with.

869
02:44:08,260 --> 02:44:10,020
Us. So thank you, because my bowling is not very

870
02:44:10,020 --> 02:44:12,300
good, even though I've done this. For a few years.

871
02:44:12,300 --> 02:44:15,414
I still haven't got really good at bowling. And if

872
02:44:15,414 --> 02:44:18,194
you'd like to donate to our team. Just contact Christy

873
02:44:18,194 --> 02:44:19,594
in my office if you want to do that. I

874
02:44:19,594 --> 02:44:21,314
know some of you have. Done that. So thank you

875
02:44:21,314 --> 02:44:24,234
kindly for that and looking forward to that day. It

876
02:44:24,234 --> 02:44:26,274
is a lot of fun. And I look forward to

877
02:44:26,274 --> 02:44:29,474
that on the 28th, which is the end of February.

878
02:44:29,474 --> 02:44:33,665
Pardon? Me. And the coldest night of the year. Walks

879
02:44:33,665 --> 02:44:36,866
will be held across the region. As mayor, I'm going

880
02:44:36,866 --> 02:44:40,060
to participate. If we haven't already sent it out to

881
02:44:40,060 --> 02:44:43,650
you, you're welcome to participate with me. It'd be on

882
02:44:43,650 --> 02:44:46,850
the 28 February. And we look forward to supporting all

883
02:44:46,850 --> 02:44:51,370
those organizations at Coldest night of the year. It's www.

884
02:44:51,370 --> 02:44:56,210
Cno y.org. they do amazing things, members of our community.

885
02:44:58,343 --> 02:45:01,983
Are volunteering and working agencies that are helping people deal

886
02:45:01,983 --> 02:45:05,852
with housing and homelessness issues. Which is challenging for everybody

887
02:45:05,852 --> 02:45:08,772
right now, even the town of Niagara Lake. And so

888
02:45:08,772 --> 02:45:12,132
just a little way to give support and help our

889
02:45:12,132 --> 02:45:16,459
community. So love it if you can join us. My

890
02:45:16,459 --> 02:45:18,019
last item that I like to do. I just want

891
02:45:18,019 --> 02:45:24,259
to congratulate Ms. Alderman for her selection and promotion to

892
02:45:24,259 --> 02:45:29,989
director of planning and building. And grow services. Congratulations, director.

893
02:45:29,989 --> 02:45:32,029
It's a thrill to have you here to work with

894
02:45:32,029 --> 02:45:37,365
you. Congratulations. Thank you for that. With that, I'm going

895
02:45:37,365 --> 02:45:41,445
to pass on to members announcements and look for members

896
02:45:41,445 --> 02:45:47,852
announcements. We'll go in order here, Councilor Valesick. Thank you.

897
02:45:47,852 --> 02:45:49,932
And through. You just wanted to go back to the

898
02:45:49,932 --> 02:45:54,552
Santa Claus parade? It is my favorite committee that I

899
02:45:54,552 --> 02:46:00,014
do get to sit on. With deputy board mayor Weens,

900
02:46:00,014 --> 02:46:02,214
but a big thank you goes out to Darka Jensen,

901
02:46:02,214 --> 02:46:05,374
who? Is the backbone of Santa Claus parade and has

902
02:46:05,374 --> 02:46:08,374
been for ever from what I've been. Able to gather.

903
02:46:12,385 --> 02:46:16,905
We have Kevin Turcott, staff member, who helps with stakes

904
02:46:16,905 --> 02:46:19,665
and that sort of stuff. He's a huge help, but

905
02:46:19,665 --> 02:46:24,825
Paul Mace, who's also been involved, and Pat Deach for

906
02:46:24,825 --> 02:46:27,145
years as well. Who helps with the books and the

907
02:46:27,145 --> 02:46:32,131
finances and that sort of thing. But a tebbit. Sorry,

908
02:46:32,131 --> 02:46:37,461
pat Tebbitt. I know. Where is Mrs. Beach? And then

909
02:46:37,461 --> 02:46:41,768
big thank you to John Strucker. It is his last

910
02:46:41,768 --> 02:46:46,008
year fundraising, selling the buttons. I think he's been doing

911
02:46:46,008 --> 02:46:50,537
it for ten years now. So. He runs a great

912
02:46:50,537 --> 02:46:55,338
team of almost ten people. It is his last year.

913
02:46:55,338 --> 02:46:58,898
He will be helping his successor next year, but just

914
02:46:58,898 --> 02:47:00,578
a big thank you to John strucker for all that

915
02:47:00,578 --> 02:47:02,098
he's done for the Santa Claus for it. Over the

916
02:47:02,098 --> 02:47:05,041
years. Councilor thank you so much for that. I appreciate

917
02:47:05,041 --> 02:47:09,841
that. Councilor Weens, I love the fact that councilor Balasuka

918
02:47:09,841 --> 02:47:13,049
goes by names of people 30 years ago. Minds of

919
02:47:13,049 --> 02:47:20,237
the community. It's awesome. Last week myself. Councilor Nevin and

920
02:47:20,237 --> 02:47:24,837
councilor Madridis, along with CAO ruler director Krupash and director

921
02:47:24,837 --> 02:47:30,877
alderman attended the Roma Ruler Rural Ontario Municipalities association for

922
02:47:30,877 --> 02:47:33,437
the meetings, and we did meet with the town put

923
02:47:33,437 --> 02:47:37,894
out a statement, but we did meet. With McGregor's office.

924
02:47:37,894 --> 02:47:40,934
In regards to heritage, we met with Minister Cho. In

925
02:47:40,934 --> 02:47:45,294
regards to tourism. We met with municipal housing and Affairs

926
02:47:45,294 --> 02:47:52,633
Minister Flack. We met. Minister bailey. And Thompson from rural

927
02:47:52,633 --> 02:47:59,122
affairs and also with minister Fideli. From economic development. We

928
02:47:59,122 --> 02:48:01,402
had only applied for those five because we wanted to

929
02:48:01,402 --> 02:48:05,708
do a quality job. Of advancing. What the town of

930
02:48:05,708 --> 02:48:09,428
Ny Lake needs and wants moving forward along with we

931
02:48:09,428 --> 02:48:14,778
had many offline. Commentaries with ministers that spoke to us

932
02:48:14,778 --> 02:48:17,258
as we were in the area. And we also cited

933
02:48:17,258 --> 02:48:23,331
on some. There was some very meaningful. Planetary meetings that

934
02:48:23,331 --> 02:48:28,203
were, that were very helpful to listen. And. What was

935
02:48:28,203 --> 02:48:30,963
also came about is the town of Narlake. One award

936
02:48:30,963 --> 02:48:34,883
for rural partnerships with the with the township of Minto,

937
02:48:34,883 --> 02:48:37,563
because we share a greater with them and so it's.

938
02:48:37,563 --> 02:48:42,283
An incredible savings of staff time and staff economics money

939
02:48:42,283 --> 02:48:44,283
because we share one grader between the two of us.

940
02:48:44,283 --> 02:48:47,123
So we're going to come back with a more meaningful.

941
02:48:48,496 --> 02:48:50,376
Report on what it was, but it was very helpful

942
02:48:50,376 --> 02:48:53,936
and always is, to develop those relationships with the municipality.

943
02:48:55,507 --> 02:48:57,227
With the province that's making our decisions so that we

944
02:48:57,227 --> 02:49:02,881
can have these conversations. And secondly, during the last snowstorm,

945
02:49:02,881 --> 02:49:07,692
I had the opportunity. To ride in a snowplow. And

946
02:49:07,692 --> 02:49:09,532
although it made me feel like an eight year old

947
02:49:09,532 --> 02:49:13,227
kid again, being on the truck and watching that. I

948
02:49:13,227 --> 02:49:15,867
had the luxury of being with Rob Reed, who took

949
02:49:15,867 --> 02:49:20,376
me around the old town and. What I was stunned

950
02:49:20,376 --> 02:49:22,856
by, as I do have an AZ class driver's license

951
02:49:22,856 --> 02:49:25,936
and can drive truck. But there's more to driving these

952
02:49:25,936 --> 02:49:30,438
than just having a license. I watched a man navigating

953
02:49:30,438 --> 02:49:35,878
roads, navigating a plow the wing, and also having to

954
02:49:35,878 --> 02:49:37,918
do the standing and worry about in a two wheel

955
02:49:37,918 --> 02:49:41,438
drive vehicle, worrying about going back. And forth and knowing

956
02:49:41,438 --> 02:49:44,701
he's in a snowstorm, so. He doesn't even see the

957
02:49:44,701 --> 02:49:47,421
edges of the road. It was amazing to watch how

958
02:49:47,421 --> 02:49:51,198
good he was. All the while waving at all the

959
02:49:51,198 --> 02:49:52,598
people that he saw on the road, and he knew.

960
02:49:54,380 --> 02:49:58,553
Everybody that was. But what's more importantly that people don't

961
02:49:58,553 --> 02:50:01,553
realize is he can only drive for 12 hours. So,

962
02:50:01,553 --> 02:50:05,809
Casey, over. In operations. He's trying to figure out when

963
02:50:05,809 --> 02:50:07,849
the last he has 12 hours from the time the

964
02:50:07,849 --> 02:50:10,249
last snow flake flies to the time he has to

965
02:50:10,249 --> 02:50:13,298
have all of our streets. Covered at least once. So

966
02:50:13,298 --> 02:50:15,658
you only have those drivers and we only have certain

967
02:50:15,658 --> 02:50:18,178
drivers there we don't have. Dedicated drivers. They're the road

968
02:50:18,178 --> 02:50:20,658
screw that goes there. So he's got to decide. When

969
02:50:20,658 --> 02:50:22,858
to start these people and how often to drive and

970
02:50:22,858 --> 02:50:26,082
how much sand to use. And that it is a

971
02:50:26,082 --> 02:50:29,162
very complex thing. All the while, there'd be an ambassadors

972
02:50:29,162 --> 02:50:33,625
at one point in time. He's also got a phone

973
02:50:33,625 --> 02:50:37,105
call about whether the arena was open from local residents

974
02:50:37,105 --> 02:50:40,529
because he's a local. Guy lives right around the corner.

975
02:50:40,529 --> 02:50:44,693
What happens is. And these are the ambassadors of our

976
02:50:44,693 --> 02:50:46,773
town, the front line people that are out there working

977
02:50:46,773 --> 02:50:48,653
and nothing to take away from. Our directors are doing

978
02:50:48,653 --> 02:50:51,293
a wonderful job, but these guys are out there. At

979
02:50:51,293 --> 02:50:53,493
four in the morning. Five in the morning, eight in

980
02:50:53,493 --> 02:50:56,333
the morning. Whatever it is they're. Out there and doing

981
02:50:56,333 --> 02:51:01,066
that. And our equipment is. We have great equipment, but

982
02:51:01,066 --> 02:51:03,826
it is dated because it's not cheap. And these guys

983
02:51:03,826 --> 02:51:07,484
treat it like it's their own. I very much appreciate

984
02:51:07,484 --> 02:51:11,244
that, Councilor Burrows. I'm not going to be quite as

985
02:51:11,244 --> 02:51:15,004
lengthy. As my friend here, but it's also to thank

986
02:51:15,004 --> 02:51:19,379
and congratulate the winter cruise. Out here. This is an

987
02:51:19,379 --> 02:51:23,440
amazing winter we're dealing with. And I know in my

988
02:51:23,440 --> 02:51:27,274
area. The roads are done as soon as they can

989
02:51:27,274 --> 02:51:30,314
be, and even the sidewalks. And this year they're doing

990
02:51:30,314 --> 02:51:34,116
a super job. So I think they deserve a lot

991
02:51:34,116 --> 02:51:38,408
of credit. And some hard times. But look, I've been

992
02:51:38,408 --> 02:51:41,408
in some other communities that don't. Look anywhere near as

993
02:51:41,408 --> 02:51:44,688
well as ours do, so I think they deserve a

994
02:51:44,688 --> 02:51:47,928
lot of credit and. A big thank you here. I

995
02:51:47,928 --> 02:51:51,856
appreciate you saying that. And I know last week before

996
02:51:51,856 --> 02:51:54,416
I went, I was away. I dropped off a little

997
02:51:54,416 --> 02:51:57,656
something for this cruise in there and we'll continue to

998
02:51:57,656 --> 02:52:01,176
do little things we can. And Mr. CEO thank you.

999
02:52:01,176 --> 02:52:02,816
I will pass that along to our staff. And I

1000
02:52:02,816 --> 02:52:06,675
just like to mention as well. Some of the equipment

1001
02:52:06,675 --> 02:52:09,949
that's out there right now. Is a direct result of

1002
02:52:09,949 --> 02:52:14,237
recent. Capital approvals by this council as well, so they

1003
02:52:14,237 --> 02:52:16,917
are appreciative of the investment. In the equipment. And I

1004
02:52:16,917 --> 02:52:20,597
know some comments were made about our new sidewalk snowblower,

1005
02:52:20,597 --> 02:52:23,797
which was getting significant use, right, because of the nature

1006
02:52:23,797 --> 02:52:26,597
of what we faced. So that is one of the

1007
02:52:26,597 --> 02:52:31,185
newest pieces of equipment. I will pass on your comments

1008
02:52:31,185 --> 02:52:32,745
to staff. But as well, I think I can speak

1009
02:52:32,745 --> 02:52:35,345
on behalf of staff and say that they're appreciative of

1010
02:52:35,345 --> 02:52:38,065
the investment in the tools. And equipment to do their

1011
02:52:38,065 --> 02:52:43,141
jobs well. Councilor dropping. And I'll add to that the

1012
02:52:43,141 --> 02:52:45,861
side. They must love that new piece. Of equipment because

1013
02:52:45,861 --> 02:52:48,741
they're getting to small areas within the community within the

1014
02:52:48,741 --> 02:52:51,781
first 24 hours. So they love that and they're doing

1015
02:52:51,781 --> 02:52:55,741
a wonderful job. I would just ask residents to be

1016
02:52:55,741 --> 02:52:59,701
kind to our snowplow staff because too many people are

1017
02:52:59,701 --> 02:53:03,665
parked on. The street, and then those streets don't get

1018
02:53:03,665 --> 02:53:07,065
plowed. And I would hope that our friends in the

1019
02:53:07,065 --> 02:53:09,905
media might pick that up because it has been an

1020
02:53:09,905 --> 02:53:12,865
issue this year. I appreciate you saying that? And no

1021
02:53:12,865 --> 02:53:15,745
doubt, when the snow starts falling, it's a good idea

1022
02:53:15,745 --> 02:53:17,185
to get your car off the road if you can,

1023
02:53:17,185 --> 02:53:21,461
because your street will be well serviced. If that's nice.

1024
02:53:22,146 --> 02:53:26,444
And just one quick announcement. The long awaited grocery store

1025
02:53:26,444 --> 02:53:29,856
in the village called food land. Is going to be

1026
02:53:29,856 --> 02:53:37,515
opening this Thursday. The 29th. At 07:00 a.m. But to

1027
02:53:37,515 --> 02:53:41,445
the public. It is open at 08:00 a.m. So we

1028
02:53:41,445 --> 02:53:43,925
didn't line it hour. And the general manager, or I

1029
02:53:43,925 --> 02:53:48,112
should say the franchisee. Is so excited and somebody that

1030
02:53:48,112 --> 02:53:52,232
is a local Niagara person and really excited to be

1031
02:53:52,232 --> 02:53:54,874
able to be part of the community. Those are not

1032
02:53:54,874 --> 02:53:57,114
fantastic. Thank you for mentioning that. Look forward to that.

1033
02:53:57,114 --> 02:53:59,994
And they've also already been very busy in our community,

1034
02:53:59,994 --> 02:54:02,954
sponsoring events and attending different things, so good on them

1035
02:54:02,954 --> 02:54:06,506
and we look forward to that new business opening. Any

1036
02:54:06,506 --> 02:54:12,669
others seeing that. Okay, Councilor Connor. Most of everything has

1037
02:54:12,669 --> 02:54:15,149
been said, but I just want people to know I

1038
02:54:15,149 --> 02:54:19,860
attended the ice wine. Festival. And it was enjoyed by

1039
02:54:19,860 --> 02:54:22,860
everyone who was there. I thought it was fantastic. Thank

1040
02:54:22,860 --> 02:54:25,100
you. No, thank you, and I apologize. I missed that.

1041
02:54:26,905 --> 02:54:30,145
What? Another great ice wine festival it was, right? And

1042
02:54:30,145 --> 02:54:34,203
lots of fun. And congratulations to the organizers. And, yes,

1043
02:54:34,203 --> 02:54:40,451
we'll leave that. So thank you, everybody. Next item. 14.

1044
02:54:40,451 --> 02:54:43,771
I believe we go to a recommendation. We have a

1045
02:54:43,771 --> 02:54:48,036
report. Regional planning service agreement. Can I get a mover

1046
02:54:48,036 --> 02:54:53,116
and a second, or. Councilor burrows. Councilor. Tropoda. Discussion, Councilor

1047
02:54:53,116 --> 02:54:57,516
Burrows. Thank you, Lord Marin. Just the section dealing with

1048
02:54:57,516 --> 02:55:02,945
waste. Management, and obviously we're trying to deal with. Producers

1049
02:55:02,945 --> 02:55:06,745
responsibility and how that's going to affect our business community.

1050
02:55:06,745 --> 02:55:12,618
What. Is the status of our report, and are we

1051
02:55:12,618 --> 02:55:15,498
dealing? I know we're doing Queen street. But are we

1052
02:55:15,498 --> 02:55:18,098
doing the other commercial areas in town? Thank you for

1053
02:55:18,098 --> 02:55:21,418
your question, Mr. CEO. Who could we direct that to

1054
02:55:21,418 --> 02:55:24,138
director Freebourne? Can give you a status update. Thank you

1055
02:55:24,138 --> 02:55:25,818
for the question to the Lord Mayor. We're putting on

1056
02:55:25,818 --> 02:55:28,178
the final touches of our report and we'll be coming

1057
02:55:28,178 --> 02:55:33,330
forward in February. Commute. A whole. February committee of the

1058
02:55:33,330 --> 02:55:38,903
hall. A report. Do you want a glimpse of it?

1059
02:55:41,083 --> 02:55:44,744
So it's going to include. All the commercial parts of

1060
02:55:44,744 --> 02:55:46,504
town. That's all I don't want. Did you want. To

1061
02:55:46,504 --> 02:55:48,904
speak to it a little bit. No, that's all. Just

1062
02:55:48,904 --> 02:55:52,264
that part. Okay, we're. Good, then. Thank you. Thank you,

1063
02:55:52,264 --> 02:55:56,907
councilor O'Connor. To you. Lord Mayor, if I understand this

1064
02:55:56,907 --> 02:56:01,747
correctly, the staff are looking for some direction on which

1065
02:56:01,747 --> 02:56:06,032
way to go in negotiating. This new agreement. Am I

1066
02:56:06,032 --> 02:56:13,078
correct in that? Mr. CEO. That's correct. Director alderman is

1067
02:56:13,078 --> 02:56:16,078
prepared to introduce the report, provide a bit of context.

1068
02:56:17,321 --> 02:56:19,841
If that's helpful before we get it. Okay, perfect. Thank

1069
02:56:19,841 --> 02:56:23,836
you. All right. Thank you. And through the chair. This

1070
02:56:23,836 --> 02:56:26,996
report is seeking direction from council to allow planning staff

1071
02:56:26,996 --> 02:56:30,196
to engage in discussions with Niagara region with respect to

1072
02:56:30,196 --> 02:56:34,436
the current planning service agreement. This agreement delineates the region's

1073
02:56:34,436 --> 02:56:38,196
review function of our current planning applications as a result

1074
02:56:38,196 --> 02:56:43,885
of provincial changes to planning processes. Planning responsibilities were removed

1075
02:56:43,885 --> 02:56:48,125
from Niagara region on March 31, 2025. The terms of

1076
02:56:48,125 --> 02:56:51,445
the agreement currently utilize regional staff for the review of

1077
02:56:51,445 --> 02:56:56,605
matters related to natural environment land use compatibility, former landfill

1078
02:56:56,605 --> 02:57:01,165
sites screening to address water protection and urban design. The

1079
02:57:01,165 --> 02:57:03,363
report outlines the terms. Of the agreement to allow for

1080
02:57:03,363 --> 02:57:07,923
its extension, amendment or termination. Staff are interested in engaging

1081
02:57:07,923 --> 02:57:10,163
in discussions with the region about the terms of the

1082
02:57:10,163 --> 02:57:13,283
agreement and in order for us to negotiate the terms.

1083
02:57:13,283 --> 02:57:16,283
And inform future decisions about its use or amending or

1084
02:57:16,283 --> 02:57:20,163
updating the terms we require. Direction from council. We are

1085
02:57:20,163 --> 02:57:22,832
not seeking approval from council to enter. Into a new

1086
02:57:22,832 --> 02:57:25,112
agreement. At this point in time, we are just looking

1087
02:57:25,112 --> 02:57:28,672
for support to enter into. Good faith negotiations about the

1088
02:57:28,672 --> 02:57:32,352
terms of the agreement and to explore possible alternative approaches

1089
02:57:32,352 --> 02:57:37,408
to addressing these planning matters. Thank you, director. Madam Director.

1090
02:57:37,408 --> 02:57:43,371
Councilor. Thank you to you, Lord Mayor. It's my understanding

1091
02:57:43,371 --> 02:57:47,371
that we've been building up some more expertise in the

1092
02:57:47,371 --> 02:57:52,979
urban design area through. Our new panel. And also in

1093
02:57:52,979 --> 02:57:59,727
the environmental areas, to some recent hires. So if I

1094
02:57:59,727 --> 02:58:06,066
am reading that correctly, I think that perhaps. Staff should

1095
02:58:06,066 --> 02:58:10,246
negotiate in that spirit. And try, if they feel that

1096
02:58:10,246 --> 02:58:13,246
we can start doing those functions here with the staff

1097
02:58:13,246 --> 02:58:16,245
that we have. That I think that they should go

1098
02:58:16,245 --> 02:58:19,205
in that direction, so I'm just giving my opinion. That's

1099
02:58:19,205 --> 02:58:22,005
good feedback, and I think that is the intention. So

1100
02:58:22,005 --> 02:58:28,112
nothing inconsistent there. I have councilor Weens, Tropida Nibbin. Thank

1101
02:58:28,112 --> 02:58:32,045
you. So absent of us doing anything that naturally ends

1102
02:58:32,045 --> 02:58:39,175
on January 24, 2027, correct? Through to Miss Alderman. Through

1103
02:58:39,175 --> 02:58:43,216
the chair. Thank you for the question. The current planning

1104
02:58:43,216 --> 02:58:46,496
service agreement would expire 90 days following the next regular

1105
02:58:46,496 --> 02:58:51,496
municipal election, being January 24 2027. Yes. Okay, thank you.

1106
02:58:51,496 --> 02:58:54,496
And the other thing is, just following up what, councilor?

1107
02:58:54,496 --> 02:58:57,703
O'Connor was saying. So I think this council has done

1108
02:58:57,703 --> 02:59:01,503
a wonderful job of bringing on planners and heritage planners

1109
02:59:01,503 --> 02:59:05,274
and urban design. So some of this could be narrowed

1110
02:59:05,274 --> 02:59:09,338
down. To just the things we need. Maybe landfill or

1111
02:59:09,338 --> 02:59:13,224
whatever. Is that my understanding? Through the chair. Yes, that

1112
02:59:13,224 --> 02:59:16,424
is correct. Any direction that council wishes to provide this

1113
02:59:16,424 --> 02:59:18,944
evening to allow? Us to enter into those negotiations is

1114
02:59:18,944 --> 02:59:26,819
most appreciated. And so sometimes the region. Does. Not third

1115
02:59:26,819 --> 02:59:32,270
party. Peer review. Would we be able to do that?

1116
02:59:32,270 --> 02:59:37,197
Peer review from internally here? Now that. We have. The

1117
02:59:37,197 --> 02:59:40,876
planners downstairs. Thus, for lack of better words, avoid the

1118
02:59:40,876 --> 02:59:45,509
middleman. Through the chair. Yes, certainly. We would look to

1119
02:59:45,509 --> 02:59:49,469
create rosters for peer reviews of certain studies. So within

1120
02:59:49,469 --> 02:59:51,949
the next year, while we have this current service agreement

1121
02:59:51,949 --> 02:59:54,509
in place, we could utilize that. Time to create a

1122
02:59:54,509 --> 02:59:57,189
roster that would allow us to utilize consultants for a

1123
02:59:57,189 --> 03:00:02,282
third party peer reviews. Do you look to other municipalities

1124
03:00:02,282 --> 03:00:05,122
to see if they have some of the offerings that

1125
03:00:05,122 --> 03:00:08,490
the region has to see. If that's either more affordable

1126
03:00:08,490 --> 03:00:13,751
or. Easier to use. Through the chair. Yes, we do

1127
03:00:13,751 --> 03:00:17,071
connect with other municipalities. There are some municipalities that do

1128
03:00:17,071 --> 03:00:19,711
not currently have service agreements, and if we are looking

1129
03:00:19,711 --> 03:00:23,271
to remove some of these features from our agreement with

1130
03:00:23,271 --> 03:00:25,311
the region. I would be more than happy to chat

1131
03:00:25,311 --> 03:00:28,231
with them and see how they're making do with their

1132
03:00:28,231 --> 03:00:31,191
processes. Thank you. So, Mr. Chair. So what I understand

1133
03:00:31,191 --> 03:00:34,979
is. They're just looking for direction to start exploring of

1134
03:00:34,979 --> 03:00:38,350
how we're moving forward. From a broad spectre, and then

1135
03:00:38,350 --> 03:00:41,334
they're going to narrow it over. The next several months.

1136
03:00:42,957 --> 03:00:50,456
Thank you. Council Tropida. Thank you. I just have one

1137
03:00:50,456 --> 03:00:57,427
question. Do we find the regional consultation helpful? Necessary. And

1138
03:00:57,427 --> 03:01:02,978
helps us to improve our planning results based. On the

1139
03:01:02,978 --> 03:01:07,482
agreement today. I'll let the staff answer that. I have

1140
03:01:07,482 --> 03:01:11,596
an opinion, but I'll let staff. Answer that. Through the

1141
03:01:11,596 --> 03:01:14,436
chair. Thank you for the question. We do have a

1142
03:01:14,436 --> 03:01:17,676
strong working relationship with the region. What we really want

1143
03:01:17,676 --> 03:01:20,316
to focus on is being able to streamline our processes

1144
03:01:20,316 --> 03:01:22,956
and ensure some transparency. So we do think that there

1145
03:01:22,956 --> 03:01:26,596
could be opportunities to change how we are currently addressing

1146
03:01:26,596 --> 03:01:28,956
a few of these matters, and that could be through

1147
03:01:28,956 --> 03:01:31,961
building some staff capacity to review these things. In house

1148
03:01:31,961 --> 03:01:35,401
or creating rosters to allow us to utilize consultants which

1149
03:01:35,401 --> 03:01:37,681
could have a bit of a faster turnaround. As an

1150
03:01:37,681 --> 03:01:42,603
example, maybe some different staff complementer qualifications. Then I would

1151
03:01:42,603 --> 03:01:44,643
leave it up to the experts to make those kind

1152
03:01:44,643 --> 03:01:47,443
of decisions, and I would be open minded to what

1153
03:01:47,443 --> 03:01:51,523
you suggest in the future. Thank you. Thank you. And

1154
03:01:51,523 --> 03:01:56,137
councilor Nibbon. Thank you, Lord Merritt. My question is more

1155
03:01:56,137 --> 03:02:01,334
about any possible associated costs in any staffing capacity. That

1156
03:02:01,334 --> 03:02:03,094
we may have to take on. So I assume the

1157
03:02:03,094 --> 03:02:08,375
associated cost would be passed down through. The individual applications.

1158
03:02:08,375 --> 03:02:10,255
So that would more or less be a break even.

1159
03:02:10,255 --> 03:02:12,215
Instead of going through the region is going through the

1160
03:02:12,215 --> 03:02:17,132
town. But do you foresee. A tipping point from a

1161
03:02:17,132 --> 03:02:20,852
staffing capacity, or how do you predict that saying, okay,

1162
03:02:20,852 --> 03:02:24,896
now we're becoming possibly overwhelmed. With jobs that were at

1163
03:02:24,896 --> 03:02:28,997
the region. And now being seen through the town. I'm

1164
03:02:28,997 --> 03:02:32,557
just curious, looking ahead. Thank you for the question to

1165
03:02:32,557 --> 03:02:35,825
the director. Madam director. Through the chair. Thank you for

1166
03:02:35,825 --> 03:02:38,065
the question. There are a couple of items that are

1167
03:02:38,065 --> 03:02:40,705
on this. List that we currently utilize the region for

1168
03:02:40,705 --> 03:02:45,025
that town staff could undertake. We do have some staff

1169
03:02:45,025 --> 03:02:48,185
that have some training related to noise studies that touches

1170
03:02:48,185 --> 03:02:51,625
on land use compatibility, and then we are also working

1171
03:02:51,625 --> 03:02:55,105
to start the urban design review panel for some other

1172
03:02:55,105 --> 03:02:57,187
matters. That are on this list, we would need qualified

1173
03:02:57,187 --> 03:03:00,067
professionals to provide that service. So that would include the

1174
03:03:00,067 --> 03:03:03,547
natural environment review, as well as screening to address water

1175
03:03:03,547 --> 03:03:06,227
protection. So that's not something that we could necessarily build

1176
03:03:06,227 --> 03:03:08,787
capacity with our current team. That would need to be

1177
03:03:08,787 --> 03:03:11,787
the introduction of new staff complement if we wanted to

1178
03:03:11,787 --> 03:03:15,147
go down that road. Otherwise, we do have opportunities to

1179
03:03:15,147 --> 03:03:17,954
Utili. Utilize consultants and third party peer reviewers for these

1180
03:03:17,954 --> 03:03:23,395
types of matters. Okay, seeing no other speakers, I'll call

1181
03:03:23,395 --> 03:03:31,904
the question. All in favor? And any opposed. That's unanimous.

1182
03:03:31,904 --> 03:03:38,144
Okay. Information reports, item 15.1. That's the financial indicators. Can

1183
03:03:38,144 --> 03:03:41,664
I get a mover and secondary. Councilor Burrows, councilor tropida

1184
03:03:41,664 --> 03:03:46,464
and questions or. Comments, Councilor Burrows. Thank you, Lord Marin.

1185
03:03:46,464 --> 03:03:51,534
That's a terrific report. I think. Staff are to be

1186
03:03:51,534 --> 03:03:54,694
congratulated, and I think if we can take some of

1187
03:03:54,694 --> 03:04:00,546
this information. Forward as we go through budgets that. We

1188
03:04:00,546 --> 03:04:04,567
appear to be in pretty low risk. In every category.

1189
03:04:06,190 --> 03:04:08,550
So it's just a positive. And that's the province telling

1190
03:04:08,550 --> 03:04:12,590
us that. So when we compare to the other 440

1191
03:04:12,590 --> 03:04:17,329
municipalities, I think we're probably doing very well. Comments. Councilor

1192
03:04:17,329 --> 03:04:21,499
niven, councilor o'connor. Thank you, lord mayor. So it's a

1193
03:04:21,499 --> 03:04:23,859
great report and it's great to see as councilor Burrows.

1194
03:04:23,859 --> 03:04:26,259
Pointed out the amount of low risk. So I guess

1195
03:04:26,259 --> 03:04:27,939
my question is, how does this then guide us forward.

1196
03:04:29,591 --> 03:04:31,751
Where do we go with this report? Do we look

1197
03:04:31,751 --> 03:04:33,551
at more long term planning when we get to the

1198
03:04:33,551 --> 03:04:36,991
budget or larger ticket items for long term planning. So

1199
03:04:36,991 --> 03:04:39,351
I'm just curious what our next? That's a good question.

1200
03:04:39,351 --> 03:04:42,031
We'll go through to Director Fibonacci. Thank you for the

1201
03:04:42,031 --> 03:04:45,471
question. So this information is simply for this report? Simply

1202
03:04:45,471 --> 03:04:49,430
for information? No action is required. Once we get into

1203
03:04:49,430 --> 03:04:54,150
budget, we'll look to address longer term capital requirements. If

1204
03:04:54,150 --> 03:04:57,870
there were any indicators on this list that were probably

1205
03:04:57,870 --> 03:05:00,190
above low risk we'd want to be taking? Action or

1206
03:05:00,190 --> 03:05:03,350
doing something differently, but otherwise, this is saying that we're

1207
03:05:03,350 --> 03:05:07,492
low risk in many of these categories and. Remain sustainable

1208
03:05:07,492 --> 03:05:11,685
and flexible, at least within the short term. So really,

1209
03:05:11,685 --> 03:05:14,605
no action to take other than we'll consider some of

1210
03:05:14,605 --> 03:05:17,445
these items when it comes budget time, particularly around debt

1211
03:05:17,445 --> 03:05:22,365
or policy setting. Thank you. And I also had council

1212
03:05:22,365 --> 03:05:25,245
tropodock sorry. Yes, and thank you. I think the report

1213
03:05:25,245 --> 03:05:29,807
is great, but. It does also say that. We should

1214
03:05:29,807 --> 03:05:33,970
not be interpreting this in isolation because. We just had

1215
03:05:33,970 --> 03:05:36,530
an asset management report which showed we had a $13

1216
03:05:36,530 --> 03:05:39,890
million funding gap, so. It does say that any other

1217
03:05:39,890 --> 03:05:44,060
studies that you have should be included. In looking at

1218
03:05:44,060 --> 03:05:48,669
our risk, the future. If you could find out municipality.

1219
03:05:48,669 --> 03:05:52,920
It doesn't have a funding gap. Any different than any

1220
03:05:52,920 --> 03:05:56,845
others, but I thought, let's make. Points better than all

1221
03:05:56,845 --> 03:06:01,786
the rest. Well said, councilor Con. Thank you to you,

1222
03:06:01,786 --> 03:06:09,455
Lord Mayor. No, it's right. No. Problem. There's one sentence

1223
03:06:09,455 --> 03:06:11,295
in here that sticks out with me, and I think

1224
03:06:11,295 --> 03:06:13,855
it's worth repeating, and I think it's worth people to

1225
03:06:13,855 --> 03:06:17,415
know about it, says the town continues to generate an

1226
03:06:17,415 --> 03:06:23,175
annual operating surplus, supporting reserve contributions and long term finance

1227
03:06:23,175 --> 03:06:26,415
stability. I know it has to be also seen in

1228
03:06:26,415 --> 03:06:30,527
light with the other reports. But this is one good

1229
03:06:30,527 --> 03:06:34,127
news statement that I thought was worth repeating. Thank you.

1230
03:06:34,127 --> 03:06:36,487
No, I thought. So. Very well. Thank you for repeating

1231
03:06:36,487 --> 03:06:40,440
it. Maybe it'll actually get picked up properly in the

1232
03:06:40,440 --> 03:06:44,260
media rather than what we sometimes see. But that's just

1233
03:06:44,260 --> 03:06:48,348
my opinion. Okay, we call the question. All in favor?

1234
03:06:48,348 --> 03:06:52,628
Any opposed? That's carried. Thank you very much. Next item

1235
03:06:52,628 --> 03:06:58,726
is 15.2. That's the 766 four Mile Creek Road Municipal

1236
03:06:58,726 --> 03:07:02,957
Heritage Demolition permit. Just going to move her in secondary

1237
03:07:02,957 --> 03:07:06,077
to put that on the floor. Council maritis and councilor.

1238
03:07:06,077 --> 03:07:10,317
Valley, and I'm going to go to Director Alderman to

1239
03:07:10,317 --> 03:07:13,978
preamble us and. Walk us through this one. Thank you.

1240
03:07:13,978 --> 03:07:16,818
And through the chair, this information report has been prepared

1241
03:07:16,818 --> 03:07:20,018
to advise council of staff's. Recommendation in the decision of

1242
03:07:20,018 --> 03:07:23,738
the municipal heritage committee regarding the heritage permit application at

1243
03:07:23,738 --> 03:07:29,578
766. 774 and 796 Four mile Creek Road. The property

1244
03:07:29,578 --> 03:07:32,738
is currently listed on the municipal register. And any demolition

1245
03:07:32,738 --> 03:07:37,025
of buildings. On the property requires approval via heritage permit.

1246
03:07:37,025 --> 03:07:39,785
Staff had recommended approval of the demolition of two barn

1247
03:07:39,785 --> 03:07:43,665
structures that includes one partially collapsed barn and one large

1248
03:07:43,665 --> 03:07:46,945
barn and silo. Given that they do not hold cultural

1249
03:07:46,945 --> 03:07:50,225
heritage value or interest. Based on the provisions of Ontario

1250
03:07:50,225 --> 03:07:54,736
Regulation 906, the committee recommended the demo. Demolition of the

1251
03:07:54,736 --> 03:07:58,016
one partially collapsed barn, but denied the request to demolish

1252
03:07:58,016 --> 03:08:01,416
the large barn and silo. The committee directed staff to

1253
03:08:01,416 --> 03:08:04,296
evaluate the merits of designating the property as a cultural

1254
03:08:04,296 --> 03:08:07,936
heritage landscape. As noted in the report, a cultural heritage

1255
03:08:07,936 --> 03:08:11,456
landscape does not offer protection to a heritage structure from

1256
03:08:11,456 --> 03:08:15,628
demolition unless the property itself. Is designated or is designated

1257
03:08:15,628 --> 03:08:19,068
as part of a conservation district. The conclusion of the

1258
03:08:19,068 --> 03:08:23,508
information report provides options for council to consider, including accepting

1259
03:08:23,508 --> 03:08:27,188
staff's recommendation to the committee to demolish the buildings as

1260
03:08:27,188 --> 03:08:31,348
supported by applicable regulations and provisions in the Ontario Heritage

1261
03:08:31,348 --> 03:08:34,938
act, or accepting the recommendation from the munic. Municipal heritage

1262
03:08:34,938 --> 03:08:39,538
committee with a request for added clarification regarding designation as

1263
03:08:39,538 --> 03:08:42,498
we need to understand whether the committee and council wishes

1264
03:08:42,498 --> 03:08:46,338
to pursue designating the property or designating the cultural heritage

1265
03:08:46,338 --> 03:08:52,651
landscape. Thank you. And councilor Malcic first. And Councilor Marias

1266
03:08:52,651 --> 03:08:56,798
next. Thank you. And through you, just a little background.

1267
03:08:58,373 --> 03:09:02,133
As far as the municipal heritage committee meeting, when the

1268
03:09:02,133 --> 03:09:06,911
majority of the conversation. Was based around the idea that

1269
03:09:06,911 --> 03:09:10,391
a lot of these large barns in Niagara lakes, rural

1270
03:09:10,391 --> 03:09:14,124
areas. Are disappearing. And we've seen them over the years.

1271
03:09:15,672 --> 03:09:17,872
And are sort of a bit of a landmark. And

1272
03:09:17,872 --> 03:09:20,872
of course, the municipal heritage committee would weigh in on

1273
03:09:20,872 --> 03:09:27,757
this. The one barn, obviously. Is due for demolition. The

1274
03:09:27,757 --> 03:09:32,578
other large barn attached to the structure again. Is more

1275
03:09:32,578 --> 03:09:34,938
of the image of the barn and if there was

1276
03:09:34,938 --> 03:09:38,138
an opportunity to save it, since then there has been

1277
03:09:38,138 --> 03:09:40,938
emails that have come in that have showed the structural

1278
03:09:40,938 --> 03:09:45,219
integrity of the barn. Does not look sound, in my

1279
03:09:45,219 --> 03:09:49,637
opinion. That was what I think the municipal heritage committee

1280
03:09:49,637 --> 03:09:51,877
was looking for some sort of evidence that's. What we

1281
03:09:51,877 --> 03:09:54,597
were hoping that staff would be able to bring back,

1282
03:09:54,597 --> 03:09:58,729
but some of the images. That the homeowner has sent

1283
03:09:58,729 --> 03:10:01,169
in or the property owner has sent in, in my

1284
03:10:01,169 --> 03:10:06,189
opinion. It looks like the old timbers. And it does

1285
03:10:06,189 --> 03:10:12,096
look. Rather darrellect. I hate to see it go. It's

1286
03:10:12,096 --> 03:10:14,416
one of those things that we've seen all of the

1287
03:10:14,416 --> 03:10:17,176
old burns in. Niagara and the lake disappear over the

1288
03:10:17,176 --> 03:10:20,136
years and this will be another one that's just. My

1289
03:10:20,136 --> 03:10:27,796
comment. Okay, Councilor Maritis. Thank you. Through you, Lord Mayor.

1290
03:10:29,453 --> 03:10:35,562
I watched the heritage committee meeting and followed. And at

1291
03:10:35,562 --> 03:10:39,711
the end of the day, I was expecting this report

1292
03:10:39,711 --> 03:10:44,748
to come back from staff. Reiterating that neither buildings have

1293
03:10:44,748 --> 03:10:53,849
cultural heritage. I will be supporting. The staff report. To

1294
03:10:53,849 --> 03:10:59,638
approve the demolition permits. Only because, like I said, There

1295
03:10:59,638 --> 03:11:03,638
is no heritage value on the actual buildings that they're

1296
03:11:03,638 --> 03:11:09,443
asking to demolish. While I understand the house itself. Was.

1297
03:11:10,721 --> 03:11:14,801
I heard councilor Balashak say he rode his bike by

1298
03:11:14,801 --> 03:11:17,361
there as a kid and. I mean, these are memories.

1299
03:11:19,474 --> 03:11:24,627
The skyline, et cetera. But we've got a long list

1300
03:11:24,627 --> 03:11:27,867
of heritage properties that are designated that we've been meeting

1301
03:11:27,867 --> 03:11:32,307
with ministers trying to save, and I think the staff

1302
03:11:32,307 --> 03:11:36,067
can spend more time ensuring that we meet those goals.

1303
03:11:37,717 --> 03:11:42,622
And so I support the staff report and recommendation. Thank

1304
03:11:42,622 --> 03:11:46,542
you, Councilor Burrows. Thank you, Lord Marin. As the other

1305
03:11:46,542 --> 03:11:50,302
member on the heritage committee, I. Have a slightly different

1306
03:11:50,302 --> 03:11:56,584
opinion. We all. There value driving by that property and.

1307
03:11:58,028 --> 03:12:04,075
It's. A cultural. Agricultural image. That all we were trying

1308
03:12:04,075 --> 03:12:06,475
to do at the committee level was to see if

1309
03:12:06,475 --> 03:12:11,142
that could be. Preserved, obviously. The damage building should be

1310
03:12:11,142 --> 03:12:17,824
immediately removed. But. I think what the committee was hoping

1311
03:12:17,824 --> 03:12:21,737
is they could get more involved in visiting. And having

1312
03:12:21,737 --> 03:12:28,417
an assessment. So that they could be helpful. To the

1313
03:12:28,417 --> 03:12:34,338
owner. In trying to save what could be saved or

1314
03:12:34,338 --> 03:12:38,833
not. And then be very supportive of demolition if that

1315
03:12:38,833 --> 03:12:42,793
was. It's really a pacing out trying to get a

1316
03:12:42,793 --> 03:12:50,214
little time. To value. The. Recording of pictures of everything

1317
03:12:50,214 --> 03:12:55,406
else it relates to. What was. A very important farm

1318
03:12:55,406 --> 03:12:59,910
scene in our community, so. I'm obviously going to be

1319
03:12:59,910 --> 03:13:02,190
different than the other voters. Thank you. Okay. Thank you

1320
03:13:02,190 --> 03:13:05,550
for that maybe just to the director. My understanding would

1321
03:13:05,550 --> 03:13:08,710
be if, as the staff report was suggested, there would

1322
03:13:08,710 --> 03:13:11,870
be a documentation of the heritage assets. Can you just

1323
03:13:11,870 --> 03:13:14,310
maybe walk us through what the process would be if

1324
03:13:14,310 --> 03:13:18,892
council were to accept your report. Through the chair. Thank

1325
03:13:18,892 --> 03:13:23,092
you for the question. Yes. So part of the recommendation

1326
03:13:23,092 --> 03:13:27,972
was that photography or sorry. Photos be provided prior to

1327
03:13:27,972 --> 03:13:31,492
demolition and that the photographs. Sorry. Be provided to the

1328
03:13:31,492 --> 03:13:34,812
museum as well as to the town for our records

1329
03:13:34,812 --> 03:13:40,593
and that. Any viable material be salvaged from the buildings

1330
03:13:40,593 --> 03:13:43,993
are offered to salvage companies to reduce high quality materials

1331
03:13:43,993 --> 03:13:48,073
from entering landfill. So we do make efforts to continue

1332
03:13:48,073 --> 03:13:51,553
discussions with the owner of the property. To ensure that

1333
03:13:51,553 --> 03:13:53,953
the photos are provided and to work with them to

1334
03:13:53,953 --> 03:13:57,753
ensure that any materials can be salvaged. Thank you, director.

1335
03:13:58,773 --> 03:14:04,266
Councilor Tropida. Councilor reigns. I'm so torn by this one.

1336
03:14:04,266 --> 03:14:07,706
And I do understand the staff report and certainly the

1337
03:14:07,706 --> 03:14:11,826
one barn is not salvageable. The second one. I hear

1338
03:14:11,826 --> 03:14:16,866
from councilor Balasuk that. It is structurally maybe unstable as

1339
03:14:16,866 --> 03:14:20,586
well. But that's silo. It's like when you drive by.

1340
03:14:20,586 --> 03:14:24,704
That is the cultural heritage. Of the rural area and

1341
03:14:24,704 --> 03:14:28,483
that one. I have a hard time with this one,

1342
03:14:28,483 --> 03:14:32,083
and I wish that I would like to see whatever.

1343
03:14:32,083 --> 03:14:37,545
Can be saved because. Those old barns and the silo

1344
03:14:37,545 --> 03:14:42,623
itself. Is really reflective of the great heritage that we

1345
03:14:42,623 --> 03:14:44,743
have in our rural area and so much of it

1346
03:14:44,743 --> 03:14:50,018
is disappearing. So I'm torn, and I think I'm leaning

1347
03:14:50,018 --> 03:14:57,937
towards accepting the MHSC. Okay, councilor reeds. Thank you for

1348
03:14:57,937 --> 03:15:02,897
clarity. The house is on the registry, but the buildings

1349
03:15:02,897 --> 03:15:05,537
that we're talking about are not, and do not have

1350
03:15:05,537 --> 03:15:08,657
heritage value. I just want to clarify just through the

1351
03:15:08,657 --> 03:15:13,158
director, madam director, through the. Chair. That is correct. So

1352
03:15:13,158 --> 03:15:19,484
we as town council now. Are talking about the owner

1353
03:15:19,484 --> 03:15:22,764
to keep that building a building up or a silo

1354
03:15:22,764 --> 03:15:29,078
up even. Though. Under municipal heritage rules. It doesn't qualify

1355
03:15:29,078 --> 03:15:33,677
under municipal heritage. As a feature. That's what the staff

1356
03:15:33,677 --> 03:15:36,517
report suggested. Madam director, do you want to comment? On

1357
03:15:36,517 --> 03:15:39,277
it through the chair. Thank you for the opportunity to

1358
03:15:39,277 --> 03:15:44,194
clarify. The property is listed on the municipal register. However,

1359
03:15:44,194 --> 03:15:48,150
as part of SAS evaluation, And coming to a recommendation

1360
03:15:48,150 --> 03:15:50,910
on the request for demolition. We did consider the applicable

1361
03:15:50,910 --> 03:15:55,750
criteria under the Ontario Regulation. In order to protect the

1362
03:15:55,750 --> 03:15:59,830
building through that regulation, it needs to meet two different

1363
03:15:59,830 --> 03:16:03,670
criteria. It only satisfied one and therefore it was deemed

1364
03:16:03,670 --> 03:16:07,792
to not have cultural heritage, value or interest. And that

1365
03:16:07,792 --> 03:16:10,792
allowed for staff to proceed with a recommendation for its

1366
03:16:10,792 --> 03:16:16,756
demolition. Okay. Thank you. So, notwithstanding a couple of the

1367
03:16:16,756 --> 03:16:20,796
issues I have, is the committee direct staff to evaluate

1368
03:16:20,796 --> 03:16:24,116
the merits of seven. Six. Six merit four Mel Creek

1369
03:16:24,116 --> 03:16:27,836
Road to be designated as a cultural heritage landscape. What

1370
03:16:27,836 --> 03:16:30,991
are we looking at what that means? That's the committee

1371
03:16:30,991 --> 03:16:33,351
recommendation. That's committee recommendation. I just want to know what

1372
03:16:33,351 --> 03:16:36,431
that just want to clarify that if we adopt Adam

1373
03:16:36,431 --> 03:16:40,036
director, could you explain what that would mean? Thank you.

1374
03:16:40,036 --> 03:16:42,565
And through the chair. We could probably think about a

1375
03:16:42,565 --> 03:16:46,325
cultural heritage landscape similar to something like a heritage conservation

1376
03:16:46,325 --> 03:16:48,805
district in the sense that it applies to land, it

1377
03:16:48,805 --> 03:16:52,445
applies to landscape. That could be things like road networks.

1378
03:16:54,123 --> 03:16:58,043
Lotting fabric, that type of thing. It's not protecting individual

1379
03:16:58,043 --> 03:17:02,163
buildings or structures on properties. It evaluates a swath of

1380
03:17:02,163 --> 03:17:08,869
land or an area itself. Almost sounds like. It almost

1381
03:17:08,869 --> 03:17:10,909
sounds like what they're asking doesn't meet the criteria. But

1382
03:17:10,909 --> 03:17:14,669
can you? Confirm that. Maybe I'm misunderstanding, I guess. Would.

1383
03:17:14,669 --> 03:17:18,109
In your opinion, does the committee recommendation match? The policy

1384
03:17:18,109 --> 03:17:22,702
that they're looking to subscribe to. Through the chair, so

1385
03:17:22,702 --> 03:17:26,262
staff would not recommend pursuing an evaluation of the cultural

1386
03:17:26,262 --> 03:17:30,182
heritage landscape within this area. However, if that is council's

1387
03:17:30,182 --> 03:17:32,942
desire, then we can take direction and further investigate to

1388
03:17:32,942 --> 03:17:37,735
report back. Mr. Mayor, the concern I kind of have,

1389
03:17:37,735 --> 03:17:43,191
the real concern I have here is opportunity cost. Because.

1390
03:17:45,336 --> 03:17:49,496
We met in Minister McGregor's office in regards to heritage,

1391
03:17:49,496 --> 03:17:52,136
and, of course, we're. Coming up to a serious deadline,

1392
03:17:52,136 --> 03:17:54,816
a hard deadline, we're being told, which is January 1.

1393
03:17:54,816 --> 03:18:01,050
2027. So her decisions have to be made about how

1394
03:18:01,050 --> 03:18:04,570
we're going to allocate staff. Time, notwithstanding what my colleague

1395
03:18:04,570 --> 03:18:06,930
just said here in regards to wanting to do this.

1396
03:18:08,298 --> 03:18:13,588
What buildings are they not going to get to? We

1397
03:18:13,588 --> 03:18:17,508
did speak to McGregor's staff in regards. Minister McGregor stuff

1398
03:18:17,508 --> 03:18:20,028
in regards to getting help. But what kind of help

1399
03:18:20,028 --> 03:18:25,487
we might be getting, like we don't need money. We

1400
03:18:25,487 --> 03:18:27,407
need boots on the ground, help to get through 200

1401
03:18:27,407 --> 03:18:30,927
homes. We're working hard at it, but if we focus

1402
03:18:30,927 --> 03:18:35,004
on this one. Which staff said they wouldn't recommend to

1403
03:18:35,004 --> 03:18:38,433
what other ones we're not going to. Get to. So

1404
03:18:38,433 --> 03:18:40,633
I'm making a hard decision on this one. I'm going

1405
03:18:40,633 --> 03:18:44,243
to stick with the plan that we started. When the

1406
03:18:44,243 --> 03:18:47,669
ministry came down three years ago. With the edict of

1407
03:18:47,669 --> 03:18:48,749
how we got to get through it, because we got

1408
03:18:48,749 --> 03:18:51,821
to get through a lot of work. I also have

1409
03:18:51,821 --> 03:18:56,423
concerns. About the monetary value of what we're asking this

1410
03:18:56,423 --> 03:19:00,242
resident to do. I like the building too. I live

1411
03:19:00,242 --> 03:19:04,187
around the corner from it. Somewhat around the corner. But

1412
03:19:04,187 --> 03:19:05,787
we all go past it. I like it, and I

1413
03:19:05,787 --> 03:19:08,667
like the look of it, but what? I like. I

1414
03:19:08,667 --> 03:19:11,787
don't know if it's up to me to impose those

1415
03:19:11,787 --> 03:19:16,662
views. From a monetary value of what this resident is

1416
03:19:16,662 --> 03:19:19,907
now going to get to. Those barns are in poor

1417
03:19:19,907 --> 03:19:23,467
shape. They've gotten old. They're not heritage that we're being

1418
03:19:23,467 --> 03:19:26,619
told. So I'm going to go along with the staff

1419
03:19:26,619 --> 03:19:28,579
for those reasons. A, the fact that we don't have

1420
03:19:28,579 --> 03:19:30,499
the staff time. Do it. And we got very important

1421
03:19:30,499 --> 03:19:34,394
homes. We got to get to and b. They're not

1422
03:19:34,394 --> 03:19:39,842
heritage. And see the resident. Is going to have a

1423
03:19:39,842 --> 03:19:46,222
large financial impact on this. That concerns me. And the

1424
03:19:46,222 --> 03:19:52,339
staff have talked about. Trying to repurpose. And schedule and

1425
03:19:52,339 --> 03:19:54,779
try to get pictures of everything. So I'm going to

1426
03:19:54,779 --> 03:19:58,589
go along with the staff report. When that time comes.

1427
03:19:58,589 --> 03:20:03,493
Thank you. Thank you, Councilor O'Connor. Thank you to you,

1428
03:20:03,493 --> 03:20:08,850
Lord Mayor. I don't know very much about. How you

1429
03:20:08,850 --> 03:20:13,290
classify or what's the criteria for cultural heritage landscape? Could

1430
03:20:13,290 --> 03:20:16,650
the staff elaborate on that for me, please? I thank

1431
03:20:16,650 --> 03:20:21,208
you for the question, Madam Director. Through the chair. Thank

1432
03:20:21,208 --> 03:20:24,088
you for the question. There is a bit of information

1433
03:20:24,088 --> 03:20:26,768
that's included. In the report that provides some background on

1434
03:20:26,768 --> 03:20:31,208
cultural heritage landscapes and to implement our investigation into when

1435
03:20:31,208 --> 03:20:33,368
we would need to undertake a similar process to the

1436
03:20:33,368 --> 03:20:37,977
heritage conservation district. So we would have to consider financial

1437
03:20:37,977 --> 03:20:41,617
impact, staff resourcing, historical merit of an area. It would

1438
03:20:41,617 --> 03:20:45,817
likely be more of an agricultural theme or rural agricultural

1439
03:20:45,817 --> 03:20:48,657
theme that we would investigate as part of a cultural

1440
03:20:48,657 --> 03:20:52,670
heritage landscape itself. And we would need to see if

1441
03:20:52,670 --> 03:20:58,070
the area itself warrants further evaluation or further recommendations through

1442
03:20:58,070 --> 03:21:03,310
the heritage committee. Thank you. Councilor navar. Thank you, lord

1443
03:21:03,310 --> 03:21:08,055
mayor. Just, I think, highlight councilor Bellaster's comment from a

1444
03:21:08,055 --> 03:21:11,255
committee level. So I appreciate that to help to clarify

1445
03:21:11,255 --> 03:21:14,315
my decision, but. I just look at everything that's been

1446
03:21:14,315 --> 03:21:17,315
said. So the evaluation really only meets one of the

1447
03:21:17,315 --> 03:21:22,144
two Ontario Heritage criteria. The cultural heritage landscape. It really

1448
03:21:22,144 --> 03:21:26,104
doesn't prevent the demolition unless it's being paired with the

1449
03:21:26,104 --> 03:21:29,504
designation. So again, that would take added time and resources

1450
03:21:29,504 --> 03:21:32,579
that really aren't scoped. Out. And even I foresee a

1451
03:21:32,579 --> 03:21:37,110
funding risk outside of time. To me, it's just more

1452
03:21:37,110 --> 03:21:39,590
just based on the heritage aspect, it doesn't meet. A

1453
03:21:39,590 --> 03:21:42,689
lot of the criteria, so. I am also aligned with

1454
03:21:42,689 --> 03:21:46,462
the staff. Thank you. So we have a motion to

1455
03:21:46,462 --> 03:21:51,692
receive the information request. So. Seeing no other comments. Point

1456
03:21:51,692 --> 03:21:54,372
of information, if I may, Mr. Mayor, just a point

1457
03:21:54,372 --> 03:21:57,923
of information. So how do we move forward? Because the

1458
03:21:57,923 --> 03:22:02,843
MHC has got recommendations and the staff have recommendations. So

1459
03:22:02,843 --> 03:22:06,603
we're now going to receive this? Good question. I'm going

1460
03:22:06,603 --> 03:22:08,683
to suggest that we're just going to receive this as

1461
03:22:08,683 --> 03:22:11,443
information, and then the next order of business is. Our

1462
03:22:11,443 --> 03:22:15,603
committee of council minutes. The item has actually been lifted,

1463
03:22:15,603 --> 03:22:17,297
so we'll be discuss. Discussing it, and you can make

1464
03:22:17,297 --> 03:22:21,506
your decision on, okay? Great. Call the question on the

1465
03:22:21,506 --> 03:22:26,635
receiving of the information report. All in favor? And any

1466
03:22:26,635 --> 03:22:32,261
opposed. That's carried. And there we go. Committee of council

1467
03:22:32,261 --> 03:22:38,768
minutes. We have 16.1 and 16.2. And I'm going to

1468
03:22:38,768 --> 03:22:40,488
get a mover and seconder, and then the clerk will

1469
03:22:40,488 --> 03:22:46,113
read the motions. Councilor Maritis seconded by Councilor Burrows. And

1470
03:22:46,113 --> 03:22:51,040
Mr. Clerk. Have moved by councilor Murdy, seconded by councilor

1471
03:22:51,040 --> 03:22:54,320
Burrows, that the following minutes being the Municipal Heritage Committee

1472
03:22:54,320 --> 03:22:58,840
meeting minutes January 14, 2026, be approved. Save and accept

1473
03:22:58,840 --> 03:23:02,520
item 7.2 to be withdrawn and voted on separately and

1474
03:23:02,520 --> 03:23:07,217
committee adjustment minutes, November 20, 2025, to be received. So

1475
03:23:07,217 --> 03:23:09,857
clear we're pulling together item out. So we're just dealing

1476
03:23:09,857 --> 03:23:16,603
with. To be clear, we're pulling the item 7.2 item

1477
03:23:16,603 --> 03:23:20,917
out. We'll be doing the balance of the minutes. So

1478
03:23:20,917 --> 03:23:25,610
any discussions to the balance of the minutes? Councilor Burrows.

1479
03:23:25,610 --> 03:23:30,972
Yes. On the 16.1 the municipal heritage committee minutes the

1480
03:23:30,972 --> 03:23:34,676
issue of insurance. The staff have done a lot of

1481
03:23:34,676 --> 03:23:42,027
work trying to clarify. What should be happening from the

1482
03:23:42,027 --> 03:23:46,663
insurance companies. But clearly the residents are not getting the

1483
03:23:46,663 --> 03:23:52,021
same message from the insurance companies. So I'm just wondering

1484
03:23:52,021 --> 03:23:55,897
if it'd be possible. To, I hate to say, get

1485
03:23:55,897 --> 03:23:58,417
an expert. I don't know what they are. We're. All

1486
03:23:58,417 --> 03:24:04,230
experts, I guess. But. That would meet with residents under

1487
03:24:04,230 --> 03:24:09,675
your direction, Lord Mayor. And. Discuss what the answers are.

1488
03:24:11,301 --> 03:24:16,111
Because. Clearly. I don't know of any of the residents

1489
03:24:16,111 --> 03:24:20,287
that have heard the message from staff. To say, but

1490
03:24:20,287 --> 03:24:22,567
that's not the message we're getting from our insurance company,

1491
03:24:22,567 --> 03:24:26,497
so. We need some clarity. And I'm happy to bring

1492
03:24:26,497 --> 03:24:30,137
forward a notice of motion at the next appropriate. I

1493
03:24:30,137 --> 03:24:31,937
was going to say that's where we would be better

1494
03:24:31,937 --> 03:24:35,456
suited. I'm just suggesting that that's what I would like

1495
03:24:35,456 --> 03:24:37,216
to do. I'll. Leave that with you, then. Council. Thank

1496
03:24:37,216 --> 03:24:44,057
you. Back to our. Back to our business, which is

1497
03:24:44,057 --> 03:24:46,457
actually just the balance of the minutes, if I could.

1498
03:24:47,921 --> 03:24:55,874
All in favor? And any opposed. Okay, that's carried. And

1499
03:24:55,874 --> 03:24:57,914
then the next item of business is the item that

1500
03:24:57,914 --> 03:25:03,162
we lifted. That's 7.2. So the matter of 766 four

1501
03:25:03,162 --> 03:25:07,482
Mile Creek Road and the Municipal Heritage Register. Demolition request.

1502
03:25:07,482 --> 03:25:10,042
Sure. And can I get a mover in second or

1503
03:25:10,042 --> 03:25:12,682
so we can put this on the agenda. Councilor Balasu,

1504
03:25:12,682 --> 03:25:16,762
councilor tropida. Mr. Clerk. Sure. So what I have is

1505
03:25:16,762 --> 03:25:20,575
moved by councilor Balashak, seconded by councilor Sharapata. That. Council

1506
03:25:20,575 --> 03:25:25,095
approves as presented in the minutes, recommendation 7.2, as follows,

1507
03:25:25,095 --> 03:25:27,775
the committee recommends refusal of the request to demolish the

1508
03:25:27,775 --> 03:25:30,975
big barn and silo the committee direct staff to evaluate

1509
03:25:30,975 --> 03:25:33,855
the merits of 776 Four Mile Creek Road to be

1510
03:25:33,855 --> 03:25:37,775
designated as a cultural Heritage landscape. The committee recommends approval

1511
03:25:37,775 --> 03:25:40,055
of the request to demolish the bind that is partially

1512
03:25:40,055 --> 03:25:43,528
collap. Collapsed. Okay. And, Mr. Clerk, can you just guide

1513
03:25:43,528 --> 03:25:46,928
council on this, just so everybody understands? This is. The

1514
03:25:46,928 --> 03:25:49,728
committee recommendation. So if you didn't agree with the committee

1515
03:25:49,728 --> 03:25:52,888
recommendation, you would want to vote no if you wanted

1516
03:25:52,888 --> 03:25:56,568
to support the committee's recommendation. Be yes if the committee's.

1517
03:25:56,568 --> 03:25:59,368
Recommendation is defeated, that we would then go back to

1518
03:25:59,368 --> 03:26:01,790
a new recommendation. Mr. Clerk, just walk us through. That

1519
03:26:01,790 --> 03:26:04,190
is absolutely correct. You would vote on that? If it

1520
03:26:04,190 --> 03:26:08,563
is. Upheld as it's written. As in the minutes we

1521
03:26:08,563 --> 03:26:11,003
go no further. If it is defeated, then we have

1522
03:26:11,003 --> 03:26:15,093
the ability to. Bring the original staff recommendation back. And

1523
03:26:15,093 --> 03:26:19,024
it'll be moved, as in the report. So we'll have

1524
03:26:19,024 --> 03:26:20,864
some discussion on it. We've already had quite a bit,

1525
03:26:20,864 --> 03:26:23,944
but. Do you have any other discussion on the motion

1526
03:26:23,944 --> 03:26:25,464
that's in front of us right now? Which is to

1527
03:26:25,464 --> 03:26:31,538
adopt the recommendation of the MHC committee. Recorded, votes requested.

1528
03:26:31,538 --> 03:26:35,338
Very good. Thank you, councilor. Councilor Tropida. Further discussion. Just

1529
03:26:35,338 --> 03:26:40,018
one. Point of clarification. That property is listed or it

1530
03:26:40,018 --> 03:26:42,658
is not listed. Let's get that done. Madam director, can

1531
03:26:42,658 --> 03:26:45,818
you please help us out through the chair? The property

1532
03:26:45,818 --> 03:26:50,045
is listed that's. What I thought. Let's get clarification, though,

1533
03:26:50,045 --> 03:26:53,969
on the pieces involved, please. Yeah. Can you please just

1534
03:26:53,969 --> 03:26:57,649
clarify? Sure. Through the chair. So the property itself is

1535
03:26:57,649 --> 03:27:00,929
listed on the municipal heritage register, but there are no

1536
03:27:00,929 --> 03:27:05,009
specific protections in place for any of the buildings or

1537
03:27:05,009 --> 03:27:10,700
use of the property through that listing. Thank you, Councilor

1538
03:27:10,700 --> 03:27:13,500
Weens. Further question, but I want to clarify. It's on

1539
03:27:13,500 --> 03:27:18,095
the registry listed. It's not part four or part five.

1540
03:27:19,836 --> 03:27:22,796
Correct. Through the chair? That's correct. What's the criteria to

1541
03:27:22,796 --> 03:27:30,883
get on the registry? Okay, Madam director. Through the chair.

1542
03:27:30,883 --> 03:27:37,159
Through previous evaluations of the properties we had considered. Many

1543
03:27:37,159 --> 03:27:42,279
years ago. Several properties within the town just general evaluations

1544
03:27:42,279 --> 03:27:46,279
regarding heritage interest and value with regard to this specific

1545
03:27:46,279 --> 03:27:48,519
property. I can look back through our files to get

1546
03:27:48,519 --> 03:27:50,319
more information on that. And I'd be happy to follow

1547
03:27:50,319 --> 03:27:52,999
up with you. No, that's fine, but just. To clarify,

1548
03:27:52,999 --> 03:27:57,152
when the demolition came up, you looked. At the two

1549
03:27:57,152 --> 03:28:00,312
barns. The one collapsed and the other one. And the

1550
03:28:00,312 --> 03:28:04,112
silo, and it was. Your professional recommendation that there is

1551
03:28:04,112 --> 03:28:07,866
no heritage value there. Am I correct? Through the chair?

1552
03:28:07,866 --> 03:28:13,147
Yes, that it was heritage staff's evaluation and recommendation. Thank

1553
03:28:13,147 --> 03:28:18,617
you. So court of Mood has been requested. So recorded

1554
03:28:18,617 --> 03:28:22,097
vote on the matter, Mr. Clerk, beginning with councilor. Burrows.

1555
03:28:22,097 --> 03:28:31,497
Yes. Councilor Balashuk. No, Councilor Sharapata. No, councilor. Mabritis? No.

1556
03:28:31,497 --> 03:28:39,594
Councilor niven? No. Councilor O'Connor. No. Councilor bizarre, no. Deputy

1557
03:28:39,594 --> 03:28:43,994
Lord Marwiens. No. And the Lord mayor. No. So that

1558
03:28:43,994 --> 03:28:48,394
is defeated. And now we can receive the new motion

1559
03:28:48,394 --> 03:28:50,834
to receive the report. Can I get a mover and

1560
03:28:50,834 --> 03:28:54,354
a seconder? To introduce that councilor Maritis, councilor Niven and

1561
03:28:54,354 --> 03:28:57,554
Mr. Clerk, if you can. Read that out for us.

1562
03:28:57,554 --> 03:29:01,947
Moved by councilor Marvin second. Seconded by Councilor Niven. That

1563
03:29:01,947 --> 03:29:05,107
the notice of intent to demolish the two barn or,

1564
03:29:05,107 --> 03:29:09,747
sorry, the two barn structures located at 766, 774 and

1565
03:29:09,747 --> 03:29:13,867
796 Four Mile Creek Road. Be approved subject to the

1566
03:29:13,867 --> 03:29:18,187
following conditions that the property be photo documented prior to

1567
03:29:18,187 --> 03:29:20,987
demolition and that the photographs be provided to the Niagara

1568
03:29:20,987 --> 03:29:23,725
on the lake mus. Museum and town for their records.

1569
03:29:23,725 --> 03:29:27,605
The property at 766 Four Mile Creek Road is retained

1570
03:29:27,605 --> 03:29:31,925
as listed property on the municipal heritage registrar and that

1571
03:29:31,925 --> 03:29:34,965
any viable material be salvaged from the buildings. Or offered

1572
03:29:34,965 --> 03:29:39,365
to salvage companies to reduce high quality materials from entering

1573
03:29:39,365 --> 03:29:45,828
the landfill. Any discussion. Call the question. All in favor?

1574
03:29:47,679 --> 03:29:55,289
And any opposed. That's carried. Okay. And that brings us

1575
03:29:55,289 --> 03:30:00,875
to motions, right? Item 17, correct? That is correct. Okay.

1576
03:30:00,875 --> 03:30:04,755
First item is from councilor Visari. Mr. Clerk, if you

1577
03:30:04,755 --> 03:30:08,273
don't mind. Do we have a mover and secondary? Moved

1578
03:30:08,273 --> 03:30:10,513
by councilor Rosari. Seconded by council ravides. Do you want

1579
03:30:10,513 --> 03:30:13,913
me to just. Read the enactment clause. Sure. The enactment

1580
03:30:13,913 --> 03:30:17,033
clause is therefore, be it resolved that the council of

1581
03:30:17,033 --> 03:30:19,673
the town of Niagara on the lake formally request that

1582
03:30:19,673 --> 03:30:22,673
Niagara region place a hold on the St. David's roundabout

1583
03:30:22,673 --> 03:30:27,945
project until completion of the forthcoming transportation master plan. Transportation.

1584
03:30:35,902 --> 03:30:43,519
Any speakers to this? Councilor Visare. Go ahead. Thank you.

1585
03:30:43,519 --> 03:30:51,350
Are you able to hear me? Yes, go ahead. Thank

1586
03:30:51,350 --> 03:30:55,278
you. Okay. Thank you. I just wanted to comment. This

1587
03:30:55,278 --> 03:30:58,998
motion is not about opposing a roundabout. Or is it

1588
03:30:58,998 --> 03:31:02,358
about delaying? Infrastructure for the sake of delay. The region

1589
03:31:02,358 --> 03:31:06,038
is currently updating its Transportation Master plan, which will guide

1590
03:31:06,038 --> 03:31:10,278
long term transportation decisions across Niagara. Given that this work

1591
03:31:10,278 --> 03:31:13,718
is underway, it is reasonable to ensure that any major

1592
03:31:13,718 --> 03:31:16,638
investment. In St. David's aligns with that updated plan once

1593
03:31:16,638 --> 03:31:20,478
it's finalized. So this motion asks the region to pause

1594
03:31:20,478 --> 03:31:23,878
significant construction under the broader planning frame until this broader

1595
03:31:23,878 --> 03:31:27,118
planning framework is complete, so decisions are made with the

1596
03:31:27,118 --> 03:31:31,519
best and most current information available. So I'm happy to

1597
03:31:31,519 --> 03:31:34,839
answer any questions if my motion isn't clear. Okay, thank

1598
03:31:34,839 --> 03:31:39,314
you. Deputy Lorraine. Mayor is not here. Councilor Balser. Go

1599
03:31:39,314 --> 03:31:45,394
ahead. Thank you. Through you, I guess. It's. A question

1600
03:31:45,394 --> 03:31:50,313
for staff. I'm just wondering about the deadlines. When there

1601
03:31:50,313 --> 03:31:53,353
is a projected deadline for the completion of the roundabout

1602
03:31:53,353 --> 03:31:56,513
or the beginning of the work. On the roundabout. And

1603
03:31:56,513 --> 03:32:03,170
is there a projected. Completion date for the transportation master.

1604
03:32:03,170 --> 03:32:06,912
The region's transportation master plan. Mr. Co, do we have

1605
03:32:06,912 --> 03:32:11,520
any information like that? As it's a regional project. I

1606
03:32:11,520 --> 03:32:17,223
don't have the details. Specific to those. So. I'll say

1607
03:32:17,223 --> 03:32:22,339
so. I called the director and I asked him. What

1608
03:32:22,339 --> 03:32:26,756
his thoughts and advice would be. For doing something like

1609
03:32:26,756 --> 03:32:30,983
this. And I wrote down what he said and. He

1610
03:32:30,983 --> 03:32:33,143
said the regional master plan, which is what I think

1611
03:32:33,143 --> 03:32:37,541
we're referring to, not the. Towns just for clarification. Is

1612
03:32:37,541 --> 03:32:42,585
a macro level study. He said to me that in

1613
03:32:42,585 --> 03:32:48,408
transportation expertise, And Dr. Jordan might pick up on this,

1614
03:32:48,408 --> 03:32:55,322
too. That. That level study. Will not dictate. The level

1615
03:32:55,322 --> 03:33:05,276
of service. And suggest. Suggested infrastructure for. A particular piece

1616
03:33:05,276 --> 03:33:08,596
of infrastructure. Again, he sits a macro level study, so

1617
03:33:08,596 --> 03:33:11,316
it will have actually nothing. To do with that, he

1618
03:33:11,316 --> 03:33:14,941
says. A macro level study. Will look at the movement

1619
03:33:14,941 --> 03:33:19,706
of goods and corridors. And the movement of active transportation.

1620
03:33:21,820 --> 03:33:27,765
And. Will not dictate the type of infrastructure. That would

1621
03:33:27,765 --> 03:33:31,947
be placed in that. I just wanted to pass that

1622
03:33:31,947 --> 03:33:33,707
along because I think that's a critical piece of information.

1623
03:33:35,098 --> 03:33:37,738
That you should have before you do something like this.

1624
03:33:40,042 --> 03:33:45,823
Okay, Councilor Maria, thank you. Through you, Lord Mayor. Can

1625
03:33:45,823 --> 03:33:49,724
I ask a question? It's council. So I just wanted

1626
03:33:49,724 --> 03:33:54,734
to ask councilor Rosari. What the end intent was with

1627
03:33:54,734 --> 03:33:57,574
the motion, because the way that I understood it was

1628
03:33:57,574 --> 03:34:02,053
that. In our conversations that you wanted to guarantee that.

1629
03:34:04,429 --> 03:34:10,220
There are the sidewalks, all the safety for walkability. Was

1630
03:34:10,220 --> 03:34:14,564
included. And that the idea was through this master regional

1631
03:34:14,564 --> 03:34:18,626
master transportation plan. It would be addressed. And now I'm

1632
03:34:18,626 --> 03:34:23,312
thinking, from hearing this information, That maybe it's something else.

1633
03:34:23,312 --> 03:34:29,171
So maybe if we could amend. This motion to align

1634
03:34:29,171 --> 03:34:32,651
more with what the end goal was. Is it okay

1635
03:34:32,651 --> 03:34:35,131
to ask? I'll? Leave her to speak last. It's her

1636
03:34:35,131 --> 03:34:37,291
motion, so I'll let others bring questions so she can

1637
03:34:37,291 --> 03:34:40,131
take that question away. And if the counselor wants to

1638
03:34:40,131 --> 03:34:42,771
address that, she can. If she has expertise to do

1639
03:34:42,771 --> 03:34:46,201
that. It's not expertise. What I'm asking is what the

1640
03:34:46,201 --> 03:34:50,907
intent is, what the end? Goal is. Councilor Nibbon thank

1641
03:34:50,907 --> 03:34:54,267
you, mayor. So I guess just a question from background.

1642
03:34:54,267 --> 03:34:57,307
So when the region did their original transportation master plan.

1643
03:34:57,307 --> 03:35:01,067
Isn't that the plan that highlighted the roundabout to begin

1644
03:35:01,067 --> 03:35:08,233
with. Anybody want to answer that? I have my answer,

1645
03:35:08,233 --> 03:35:11,289
but I'm not the staff. Again. I'm not in a

1646
03:35:11,289 --> 03:35:16,306
position. To speak on how the region prepared their master

1647
03:35:16,306 --> 03:35:21,387
plan. The request for the infrastructure review was requested by

1648
03:35:21,387 --> 03:35:25,387
the community and that went to the region before our

1649
03:35:25,387 --> 03:35:30,921
time. That answers your question. Actually, that was my next

1650
03:35:30,921 --> 03:35:36,397
question. So if safety. Is there a way to maybe

1651
03:35:36,397 --> 03:35:39,277
amend the motion also to ask just for an additional

1652
03:35:39,277 --> 03:35:42,797
safety review? And community consultation. I know we've done that,

1653
03:35:42,797 --> 03:35:46,392
right, but. The councilor Maritis point is the concern and

1654
03:35:46,392 --> 03:35:49,360
what we're looking to get out. Of this. To just

1655
03:35:49,360 --> 03:35:53,269
really address possibly additional safety concerns. That have come out.

1656
03:35:53,269 --> 03:35:57,147
That's what I'm just trying to additionally figure out. Just

1657
03:35:57,147 --> 03:35:58,827
suggest if you had an amendment you wanted to make,

1658
03:35:58,827 --> 03:36:01,307
you could do that. We could be. Debated and discussed

1659
03:36:01,307 --> 03:36:05,101
and added in, if we so choose. Are you complete?

1660
03:36:06,954 --> 03:36:09,434
I guess, just to amend possible an amendment to request

1661
03:36:09,434 --> 03:36:13,746
additional safety review or community consultation. Do you have a

1662
03:36:13,746 --> 03:36:19,232
second? Councilor Maritis. And so we'll just make sure we

1663
03:36:19,232 --> 03:36:23,512
get clarification that we're looking for an additional safety review.

1664
03:36:25,360 --> 03:36:32,774
Of. Sorry, Lord Mary. I'm just trying to work with

1665
03:36:32,774 --> 03:36:37,448
the motion. I'm just trying to pull out based. On.

1666
03:36:38,700 --> 03:36:41,941
Your comments, if that's the goal. If there's some feelings

1667
03:36:41,941 --> 03:36:44,701
that there may be some safety issues as we go

1668
03:36:44,701 --> 03:36:48,141
forward with this. Maybe pull those safety mechanisms out of

1669
03:36:48,141 --> 03:36:51,714
the transportation master plan when it comes up. And present

1670
03:36:51,714 --> 03:36:56,883
it back. Is that even more confusing for you? Sorry.

1671
03:36:58,326 --> 03:36:59,966
Put something in writing and bring it up to us,

1672
03:36:59,966 --> 03:37:03,457
and we'll be happy to deal. With it. The clerk

1673
03:37:03,457 --> 03:37:06,097
is also saying that if you want to refer it

1674
03:37:06,097 --> 03:37:08,697
back to committee and let them talk about it some

1675
03:37:08,697 --> 03:37:13,681
more, but that's up to you. Can't do that. Yeah.

1676
03:37:13,681 --> 03:37:21,211
Upload. Any other speakers. Before I go back to councilor

1677
03:37:21,211 --> 03:37:25,431
bizarre to close this out. So if there's no other

1678
03:37:25,431 --> 03:37:26,791
speakers, I'm going to go back to council for. Zora

1679
03:37:26,791 --> 03:37:29,071
to close this out, and she can wrap this up,

1680
03:37:29,071 --> 03:37:32,511
and we'll go from there, Councilor Vazari. Thank you. Through

1681
03:37:32,511 --> 03:37:35,991
you, Lord mayor. I think what you're suggesting almost aligns

1682
03:37:35,991 --> 03:37:38,991
with my motion in a way that, looking at St.

1683
03:37:38,991 --> 03:37:44,100
David's as a whole and. How? Transportation is moved around

1684
03:37:44,100 --> 03:37:47,632
it. We've now decided on a massive piece of infrastructure.

1685
03:37:49,118 --> 03:37:52,598
Within St. David's. And I'm suggesting that if we're doing

1686
03:37:52,598 --> 03:37:56,592
a transportation master plan for the area. That we pause

1687
03:37:56,592 --> 03:37:59,592
that to make sure that we look at what exactly

1688
03:37:59,592 --> 03:38:04,014
this plan suggests. So. I'm obviously not an expert on

1689
03:38:04,014 --> 03:38:06,654
this. I'm sitting on this committee, but I. Do think

1690
03:38:06,654 --> 03:38:10,974
there's some alignment in that, in what this suggestion is?

1691
03:38:13,540 --> 03:38:16,700
From town staff or this recommendation, so I don't know

1692
03:38:16,700 --> 03:38:21,817
if that helps with the motion. But. That's the motion.

1693
03:38:21,817 --> 03:38:23,540
Thank you. Staying as is. Okay, so we've gone around

1694
03:38:23,540 --> 03:38:29,571
the table. Let's call the question. Call the question. Point

1695
03:38:29,571 --> 03:38:32,211
of order, councilor. Go ahead. Yeah. Just for clarity, Lord

1696
03:38:32,211 --> 03:38:36,371
Mayor, so was that, councilor. Niven giving a friendly amendment

1697
03:38:36,371 --> 03:38:39,651
and councilor Lazari saying she wasn't going. To take it

1698
03:38:39,651 --> 03:38:42,287
well. I don't hear a motion come out of the

1699
03:38:42,287 --> 03:38:47,535
counselor. Did we have a motion? I thought I seconded

1700
03:38:47,535 --> 03:38:50,923
it. Oh, we're waiting for some wording. Yeah. Sorry. I

1701
03:38:50,923 --> 03:38:55,234
appreciate waiting for somebody. I don't have wording for you

1702
03:38:55,234 --> 03:38:58,268
because I don't know what you want. To do. I

1703
03:38:58,268 --> 03:39:01,858
would need it in writing. Right. Okay. Yeah. I just

1704
03:39:01,858 --> 03:39:02,498
wanted to. No worries.

1705
03:39:19,921 --> 03:39:26,310
So if this works, you so. Request briefing for additional

1706
03:39:26,310 --> 03:39:28,350
safety review or community consultation.

1707
03:40:17,942 --> 03:40:19,502
And I'll have a quick read it out and then

1708
03:40:19,502 --> 03:40:20,702
we can consider that amendment.

1709
03:40:32,988 --> 03:40:36,348
Request additional safety review or community consultation based off the

1710
03:40:36,348 --> 03:40:43,980
regional transportation master plan. So that's an amendment. All right,

1711
03:40:43,980 --> 03:40:49,187
discussion on the amendment. Councilor Burrows. I'd like to hear.

1712
03:40:49,187 --> 03:40:53,687
What? The mover of the motion. It's an amendment. We're

1713
03:40:53,687 --> 03:40:59,187
suggesting. As councilor bizarre in agreement. Let her speak to

1714
03:40:59,187 --> 03:41:02,845
it when her time goes up. Anybody else want to

1715
03:41:02,845 --> 03:41:04,765
speak? Councilor Vizard, do you want to speak to the

1716
03:41:04,765 --> 03:41:14,299
amendment? Sorry. Unfortunately, nobody was. People weren't using their mic

1717
03:41:14,299 --> 03:41:16,779
for a minute. Can you just. Okay. We'll get it

1718
03:41:16,779 --> 03:41:19,659
reread for you. Councilor nevering. Could you just read? It.

1719
03:41:21,159 --> 03:41:24,999
Request additional safety review or community consultation based off the

1720
03:41:24,999 --> 03:41:29,612
regional transportation master plan. I would suggest that could be

1721
03:41:29,612 --> 03:41:38,652
as the final enactment clause. Okay. Council for zuri.

1722
03:41:42,013 --> 03:41:47,578
You're last to speak. On the amendment. Thank you. I

1723
03:41:47,578 --> 03:41:53,047
guess I don't really understand the amendment. In the sense

1724
03:41:53,047 --> 03:41:57,532
of just that, something that's coming back to staff. And

1725
03:41:57,532 --> 03:42:01,052
town staff. Can I just get clarity on the amendment?

1726
03:42:02,307 --> 03:42:05,067
I think the intention was to request that the region

1727
03:42:05,067 --> 03:42:14,203
review that. Okay, Councilor Frazeri, any other questions?

1728
03:42:16,942 --> 03:42:21,062
No other questions. Sure. Okay. Yes. The amendment. I'm fine

1729
03:42:21,062 --> 03:42:23,862
with you. Okay, we'll. Call the question on the amendment.

1730
03:42:27,858 --> 03:42:33,377
All in favor of the amendment. Any opposed? Obviously me.

1731
03:42:35,079 --> 03:42:38,913
Carried. Okay, so we have a motion. Are we clear?

1732
03:42:38,913 --> 03:42:43,861
It's amended. It says amended. It's moved and seconded. By.

1733
03:42:45,250 --> 03:42:50,962
Councilor Bazari and Councilor Maritis any further discussion. Okay. All

1734
03:42:50,962 --> 03:42:58,110
in favor? And those opposed. That's carried right click. Okay,

1735
03:42:58,110 --> 03:43:03,470
next item. 17.2. Councilor Vazari. Maybe. The kirk can read

1736
03:43:03,470 --> 03:43:06,868
this one out for you. Would you like? Just the

1737
03:43:06,868 --> 03:43:10,788
enactment clause. Right again. Sure. All right. Move by councilor.

1738
03:43:12,329 --> 03:43:16,089
Moved by Councilor Visari. Seconded by Councilor Mabritis. Therefore, be

1739
03:43:16,089 --> 03:43:17,969
it resolved. That the Council of the town of Niagara

1740
03:43:17,969 --> 03:43:20,929
and the Lake respectfully urges the government of Ontario. Through

1741
03:43:20,929 --> 03:43:24,849
the Ministry of Education to incorporate mandatory water safety and

1742
03:43:24,849 --> 03:43:28,489
swim to survive training into the elementary school curriculum for

1743
03:43:28,489 --> 03:43:31,249
all Ontario students and be it further resolved that a

1744
03:43:31,249 --> 03:43:33,742
copy of this resolution. Be forwarded to the Honorable Minister

1745
03:43:33,742 --> 03:43:37,742
of Education of Ontario, local members of provincial parliament, the

1746
03:43:37,742 --> 03:43:41,822
association of Municipalities of Ontario and all Ontario municipalities with

1747
03:43:41,822 --> 03:43:46,445
a request for their endorsement. Thank you. And comments or

1748
03:43:46,445 --> 03:43:53,986
questions? Seeing none. All in favor? Any opposed?

1749
03:43:56,509 --> 03:44:02,748
Did you get account? Okay. All in favor of this

1750
03:44:02,748 --> 03:44:11,440
motion? Any opposed? That's carried. Yes, it's carried.

1751
03:44:12,826 --> 03:44:18,857
All right. Council. I didn't expect that. Guy's always getting

1752
03:44:18,857 --> 03:44:21,777
a guessing here. Councilor O'Connor has a motion, and Mr.

1753
03:44:21,777 --> 03:44:23,977
Clerk if you want to read us or move her

1754
03:44:23,977 --> 03:44:29,323
and seconded by and then. It's moved by Councilor O'Connor,

1755
03:44:29,323 --> 03:44:33,283
seconded by councilor Burrows and reading. The enactment clause. It's

1756
03:44:33,283 --> 03:44:35,123
therefore, be it resolved that the council of the town

1757
03:44:35,123 --> 03:44:38,283
of Nagar on the lake endorsed the motion approved by

1758
03:44:38,283 --> 03:44:42,123
the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority regarding the consolidation of the

1759
03:44:42,123 --> 03:44:47,163
NPCA into a new Western Lake Ontario Regional Conservation Authority.

1760
03:44:47,163 --> 03:44:51,857
For reasons noted. In the resolution. And. Be it further

1761
03:44:51,857 --> 03:44:55,617
resolved that this endorsement before it to the Chief Conservation

1762
03:44:55,617 --> 03:44:59,417
executive, Hussein Bethat, and the other organizations noted in the

1763
03:44:59,417 --> 03:45:05,170
resolution. Comments, councilor Connor. Okay. Through you, Lord Mayor.

1764
03:45:09,991 --> 03:45:12,991
The negative Peninsula Conservation for a held a special meeting

1765
03:45:12,991 --> 03:45:17,351
on December 5, 2025, to address the provincial government's amendment

1766
03:45:17,351 --> 03:45:21,751
to the Conservation Authorities act through Bill 68. They passed

1767
03:45:21,751 --> 03:45:26,591
a motion which is very lengthy and is in this

1768
03:45:26,591 --> 03:45:30,703
motion here noting that grave concerns. With this development. And

1769
03:45:30,703 --> 03:45:33,983
so I'd like to summarize the main issues for Niagara.

1770
03:45:33,983 --> 03:45:37,383
And the lake. First of all, conservation authorities operate on

1771
03:45:37,383 --> 03:45:41,943
a watershed basis to prevent flooding, conserve natural areas and

1772
03:45:41,943 --> 03:45:48,640
safeguard water quality. After the NPCA government governance restructuring a

1773
03:45:48,640 --> 03:45:53,343
few years ago. This was a prior one. We lost

1774
03:45:53,343 --> 03:45:58,703
our direct appointed representative on that conservation rate. There is

1775
03:45:58,703 --> 03:46:01,943
a Naga region as representation, but. No longer did Nagar

1776
03:46:01,943 --> 03:46:07,023
and lake representative. Now the MPCA will be consolidated into

1777
03:46:07,023 --> 03:46:13,010
this new Western Lake Ontario Regional Conservation Authority, which. Was

1778
03:46:13,010 --> 03:46:21,330
spanned through Niagara, Hamilton, Holton, Peele, serving 828 municipalities and

1779
03:46:21,330 --> 03:46:30,273
nearly 2 million people. Across approximately 4900 km². Niagara. The

1780
03:46:30,273 --> 03:46:34,833
region is almost 50% of the land area jurisdiction of

1781
03:46:34,833 --> 03:46:39,633
this new conservation authority. But only about 25% of the

1782
03:46:39,633 --> 03:46:44,757
population. This change would be risking local representation at the

1783
03:46:44,757 --> 03:46:48,997
regional of an Agar region and Nagara Nalitz input and

1784
03:46:48,997 --> 03:46:54,635
the delivery of locally focused programs and services. Restructuring at

1785
03:46:54,635 --> 03:46:59,654
this scale would erode local decision making. Weaken municipal accountability

1786
03:46:59,654 --> 03:47:03,934
and disrupt long standing community partnerships that are central to

1787
03:47:03,934 --> 03:47:11,475
delivering. Responsive watershed management. Considering that the provincial transfer payment.

1788
03:47:13,017 --> 03:47:16,457
Is only 0.5% of the budget, so that's all the

1789
03:47:16,457 --> 03:47:22,105
province gives for. Conservation authority activities. Or that's less than

1790
03:47:22,105 --> 03:47:26,865
1%. We, the municipalities, should determine the direction of the

1791
03:47:26,865 --> 03:47:32,550
organization. But that's not what's happening. The Roma Rural Ontario

1792
03:47:32,550 --> 03:47:39,113
Municipalities associations, they state about this development. The scale. Of

1793
03:47:39,113 --> 03:47:42,113
the proposed seven regional conservation authorities, at seven for the

1794
03:47:42,113 --> 03:47:46,993
whole of the province, could negatively impact real time emergency

1795
03:47:46,993 --> 03:47:53,108
response. Erode local decision making and accountability and underlying conservation

1796
03:47:53,108 --> 03:47:58,868
authority's ability to effectively balance watershed management and community growth

1797
03:47:58,868 --> 03:48:04,347
plan. Amo or association of Municipalism. Ontario is concerned that

1798
03:48:04,347 --> 03:48:09,219
the scale and pace of the proposed changes. Risks increasing

1799
03:48:09,219 --> 03:48:14,699
regulatory burden and costs and also eroding responsive local decision

1800
03:48:14,699 --> 03:48:18,979
making. I understand the province wants to build things faster,

1801
03:48:18,979 --> 03:48:25,141
and they see that. The conservation authorities may be holding

1802
03:48:25,141 --> 03:48:30,680
the timelines back. But. This particular. Development. I don't think.

1803
03:48:32,000 --> 03:48:34,080
Is going to help them in their long term goal.

1804
03:48:35,947 --> 03:48:39,187
This is a background that I and council burls have.

1805
03:48:39,187 --> 03:48:44,307
The reason why we propose this. Motion to endorse. Basically

1806
03:48:44,307 --> 03:48:49,317
endorse the motion from the Negro Peninsula Conservation Authority. And

1807
03:48:49,317 --> 03:48:51,957
if we approve this motion would place us with several

1808
03:48:51,957 --> 03:48:56,239
other municipalities. Letting the province know where we stand on

1809
03:48:56,239 --> 03:49:00,399
the issue and how important flood protection and water quality

1810
03:49:00,399 --> 03:49:03,639
along with the environment is to us. Now I know

1811
03:49:03,639 --> 03:49:10,625
we've passed. The official date of informing the environmental registry,

1812
03:49:10,625 --> 03:49:13,425
but I think it still is important for us to

1813
03:49:13,425 --> 03:49:17,345
stand out up and have our position known to our

1814
03:49:17,345 --> 03:49:23,718
residents and to anyone else. Who is. Viewing this particular

1815
03:49:23,718 --> 03:49:27,959
situation. And it's basically to urge the province to look

1816
03:49:27,959 --> 03:49:31,279
at these issues and think that we think there's a

1817
03:49:31,279 --> 03:49:33,639
better way of going about this if they examine it

1818
03:49:33,639 --> 03:49:36,559
a little further. And so I'm asking your support for

1819
03:49:36,559 --> 03:49:44,053
this motion. Thank you. Okay. Any other comments? Councilor reins.

1820
03:49:46,581 --> 03:49:49,381
So thank you, Councilor O'Connor, for bringing this forward. Councilor

1821
03:49:49,381 --> 03:49:53,024
Burrows, for second. Me? It, and I think. What it

1822
03:49:53,024 --> 03:49:57,433
has done. If there's a silver lining. It's brought to

1823
03:49:57,433 --> 03:50:01,513
our attention how important NPCA is and also how important

1824
03:50:01,513 --> 03:50:06,153
are getting representation down here in Niagara Lake. Councilor O'Connor

1825
03:50:06,153 --> 03:50:10,100
quite rightly said that, I think. We represent 50%. Of.

1826
03:50:10,956 --> 03:50:15,236
The land affected, yet we have no real representation, and

1827
03:50:15,236 --> 03:50:19,730
that's a concern. And along with this, I think we

1828
03:50:19,730 --> 03:50:23,690
should moving forward and councilor O'Connor has committed. To also

1829
03:50:23,690 --> 03:50:28,175
working towards. Getting us some representation here in Niagara on

1830
03:50:28,175 --> 03:50:31,439
the lake in regards to how we move forward. So

1831
03:50:31,439 --> 03:50:36,180
thank you for bringing this very important issue forward. And

1832
03:50:36,180 --> 03:50:40,700
we did do some offline conversations at Roma because it's

1833
03:50:40,700 --> 03:50:44,540
important. It's. Important that Niagara gets represented in regards to

1834
03:50:44,540 --> 03:50:48,001
these issues. If. We're going to be the leader that

1835
03:50:48,001 --> 03:50:49,521
we always want to be in that with our commanding

1836
03:50:49,521 --> 03:50:52,121
us to be, then we also want the representation there.

1837
03:50:52,121 --> 03:50:55,831
So I do support this. And I think it's a

1838
03:50:55,831 --> 03:51:01,048
wonderful motion. Thanks. Any other comments for all, call the

1839
03:51:01,048 --> 03:51:09,049
question. All in favor? And any opposed. That's unanimous. Okay.

1840
03:51:10,286 --> 03:51:14,777
Next up, bylaws. That we have none of this is

1841
03:51:14,777 --> 03:51:17,697
a motion, so the bylaws and can I get. A

1842
03:51:17,697 --> 03:51:20,457
mover in second or for the bylaws. Councilor Balasuk. Councilor.

1843
03:51:20,457 --> 03:51:22,617
Maritis and Mr. Clerk, if you don't mind. Take us

1844
03:51:22,617 --> 03:51:27,817
through them. Move by councilor. Balashuk seconded by councilor maritis

1845
03:51:27,817 --> 03:51:31,737
that leave be given to introduce bylaw number 41 52.

1846
03:51:31,737 --> 03:51:37,639
G 20. Six signing officers. Bylaw number 45 88 d

1847
03:51:37,639 --> 03:51:44,239
26. Noise bylaw amendment bylaw number 51. 92 b 26

1848
03:51:44,239 --> 03:51:48,959
property standards bylaw amendment bylaw number 2026, two bylaw to

1849
03:51:48,959 --> 03:51:53,242
authorize assumption of municipal services. For 16. Four mile Creek

1850
03:51:53,242 --> 03:51:58,882
Subdivision 16 on four mile Creek subdivision bylaw number 2026.

1851
03:51:58,882 --> 03:52:04,842
Three designation bylaw 1791, concession two. Road bylaw number 20260

1852
03:52:04,842 --> 03:52:09,722
zero four. Designation bylaw for 263 Regent street. And then

1853
03:52:09,722 --> 03:52:15,104
the council proceedings bylaw number. 2026. For the proceedings of

1854
03:52:15,104 --> 03:52:19,024
January 27, 2026, and let the same be considered. Read

1855
03:52:19,024 --> 03:52:21,944
a first, second and third time and past this 27th

1856
03:52:21,944 --> 03:52:28,383
day of January, 2026. Thank you. All in favor? You

1857
03:52:28,383 --> 03:52:38,217
can ask questions. Sorry. I'm supportive of the bylaws. I

1858
03:52:38,217 --> 03:52:43,138
guess in the first one. The noise by law. If

1859
03:52:43,138 --> 03:52:47,176
you read the body of the bylaw, it says. May

1860
03:52:47,176 --> 03:52:51,937
cause or permit sound. Bylaw or vibration at any time

1861
03:52:51,937 --> 03:52:56,297
which is likely disturbed a quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort

1862
03:52:56,297 --> 03:53:01,930
or convenience of the inhabitants of the town. It's so

1863
03:53:01,930 --> 03:53:06,650
broad that I'm just concerned that we pass this bylaw.

1864
03:53:06,650 --> 03:53:12,255
We're going to have 150 complaints under this bylaw. It's

1865
03:53:12,255 --> 03:53:18,710
not clear enough. Okay to the director. Thank you for

1866
03:53:18,710 --> 03:53:23,687
the question through the Lord mayor. With this bylaw amendment.

1867
03:53:23,687 --> 03:53:26,447
Is this an amendment so that this clause can have

1868
03:53:26,447 --> 03:53:29,367
an amps? Fine applied to it. That clause already exists

1869
03:53:29,367 --> 03:53:31,407
within our bylaw. This is not a new clause. To

1870
03:53:31,407 --> 03:53:35,367
it. But currently, when any of these incidents happen, staff

1871
03:53:35,367 --> 03:53:37,247
have to go out and just have a conversation with

1872
03:53:37,247 --> 03:53:39,287
somebody and try to get them to stop where now

1873
03:53:39,287 --> 03:53:41,047
we actually have the ability to show up on, apply.

1874
03:53:41,775 --> 03:53:44,245
Applying amps, fine. If it does not stop. That is

1875
03:53:44,245 --> 03:53:48,325
the intent of clarification, director. Increasing the enforceability of our

1876
03:53:48,325 --> 03:53:51,605
current bylaw. Thank you. Here we go. Lord Mayor, I

1877
03:53:51,605 --> 03:53:55,285
appreciate that it's an update and the ability to add

1878
03:53:55,285 --> 03:53:57,925
it to amps. I get that. That's what they're all

1879
03:53:57,925 --> 03:54:03,331
doing. My concern is the generality of the bylaw itself.

1880
03:54:04,710 --> 03:54:07,510
Makes a fourth item for new business then, because that

1881
03:54:07,510 --> 03:54:09,510
was not actually part of the. So I'll bring them

1882
03:54:09,510 --> 03:54:13,910
up next time on all of the bylaws. The wording

1883
03:54:13,910 --> 03:54:16,750
is poor. Look forward to it. Perfect. Thank you. Several

1884
03:54:16,750 --> 03:54:18,870
opportunities to kick at it. And first we heard it

1885
03:54:18,870 --> 03:54:25,499
tonight. Okay. All in favor? Any opposed? That's carried. Thank

1886
03:54:25,499 --> 03:54:31,627
you. And a motion to adjourn. Councilor wayne. Councilor burrows.

1887
03:54:32,950 --> 03:54:37,911
All in favor? Any opposed? Were adjourned to our next

1888
03:54:37,911 --> 03:54:38,951
meeting. Thank you very much, everybody.