Council Meeting

That the agenda dated January 11, 2021 be confirmed, as amended to include Memo from Steve Shypowskyj, Manager of Projects & Design - CSO Control Funding Application.

That the minutes of the special and regular meetings of Council, held on December 14, 2020, be approved as amended.

That items 7.1 and 7.2 be approved, and the recommendations contained therein be adopted.

That items 8.1 to 8.6 be received for information.

That Corporate Services Department Report 2021-15 be received; That the City of Port Colborne request the Region of Niagara to submit a service order to Via Mobility LLC to amend its master terms agreement for the deployment of a turnkey, on-demand transit service to include the service area of Port Colborne and the integration and alignment of the Port Colborne service into the Niagara Regional Transit (NRT) OnDemand mobile application; and That subject to approval by the Niagara Region’s Public Works Committee and Council:  Port Colborne Transit be integrated into the NRT OnDemand program (including related Provincial Gas Tax Funding) as outlined in this report;  The City of Port Colborne provide funding to the Niagara Region as outlined in this report;  The City of Port Colborne extend its appreciation to the City of Welland for their long-standing service as the City of Port Colborne Transit provider and for that contract to stop when the OnDemand service begins;  The City of Port Colborne extend its warmest thank you to the Port Colborne Transit Advisory Committee for their previous service and for that committee to be dissolved;  The Chief Administrative Officer and Director of Corporate Services / Treasurer be authorized to sign and execute the necessary documents to complete the approved recommendations in this report.

That Council delegates authority to the Chief Building Official to issue a conditional permit agreement for the SouthPort Condo Inc. property; and That Council direct the Director of Engineering and Operations to close West Street from Adelaide Street to Victoria Street until December 2023 or project completion.

That Planning and Development Department Report 2021-07 be received; and That Council support the correspondence received from the Regional Municipality of Niagara Police Services Board attached as Appendix A; and That Council support the correspondence item attached as Appendix B from the Township of Blandford-Blenheim regarding Cannabis Production.

That the Zoning By-law Amendment attached as Appendix A to Planning and Development Department Report 2021-09 be approved, rezoning the subject property from I - Institutional and R4 – Fourth Density Residential to R4-56; That Planning and Development staff be directed to prepare and circulate the Notice of Passing in accordance with the Planning Act; and That the Zoning By-law Amendment be amended by striking out section 3 j) and adding the following thereto: j) Minimum Number of Parking Spaces 1 space per residential dwelling unit

That the resolution received from the Niagara Region - 2021 Water and Wastewater Operating Budget, Rate Setting and Requisition, be received for information.

That the resolution received from the Niagara Region - 2021 Waste Management Operating and Rate Requisition Budget, be received for information.

That the resolution received from the City of St. Catharines - Hospice Workers, be supported.

That the resolution received from the City of Niagara Falls - Mental Health, Homelessness and Addiction, be supported.

That the resolution received from the Town of Pelham - 988 Crisis Line, be supported.

That the correspondence received from Jennefer Driver - Comments regarding Chestnut Street Park, be received for information.

That Engineering and Operations Department, Engineering Division, Report No. 2020-146, Subject: Michener Municipal Drain Meeting to Consider, be reconsidered.

That the Mayor and Clerk be directed to execute a by-law to provisionally adopt the Michener Municipal Drain Engineer’s Report, dated May 7, 2020, prepared by Paul Marsh, P. Eng. of EWA Engineering Inc., under Section 78, Chapter D.17 of the Drainage Act R.S.O. 1990; That staff be directed to advance the Michener Municipal Drain Engineer’s Report to that of the Court of Revision, as per Section 46(1), Chapter D.17 of the Drainage Act R.S.O. 1990; and That Councillor Wells, Councillor Bagu and Councillor Bodner be appointed as a members of the Michener Municipal Drain Court of Revision and Councillor Danch be appointed as an alternate to be tentatively scheduled for December 9, 2020; and That Council support the members of the Michener Municipal Drain Court of Revision in the decisions to be made at the upcoming second sitting of the Court of Revision.

That the minutes of the Environmental Advisory Committee meeting, held on October 14, 2020, be approved as presented.

That items 19.2 and 19.3 be enacted and passed.

That Council do now proceed into closed session in order to address items 20.1 to 20.7.