THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF NIAGARA
PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
FINAL AGENDA

PEDC 6-2024

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

1:00 P.m. - 2:00 P.m.

Council Chamber - In Person and Electronic Meeting

Niagara Region Headquarters, Campbell West

1815 Sir Isaac Brock Way, Thorold, ON

To view live stream meeting proceedings, visit: niagararegion.ca/government/council

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1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT STATEMENT

3.

DISCLOSURES OF PECUNIARY INTEREST

4.

STATUTORY PUBLIC MEETING UNDER THE PLANNING ACT

4.1

Presentation

4.1.1

Regional Official Plan Amendment Application – 502 Winston Road, Town of Grimsby 

Alex Boekestyn, Development Planner

4.2

Speakers to the Matter

4.2.1

Annette Gibbons, Resident, Town of Grimsby

4.2.2

Phil Pothen, Environmental Defence Canada

4.3

Correspondence

4.3.1

PDS-C 16-2024

Bruce McKenzie, Resident, Town of Grimsby

4.3.2

PDS-C 20-2024

Adam Mottershead

4.4

Report (For Information Only)

4.4.1

PDS 19-2024

Regional Official Plan Amendment Application – 502 Winston Road, Town of Grimsby (Statutory Public Meeting)

4.5

Summary and Next Steps

4.6

Adjournment of the Statutory Public Meeting Under the Planning Act

5.

PRESENTATIONS

6.

DELEGATIONS

6.1

Diversity Equity and Inclusion Advisory Committee Terms of Reference (PDS 21-2024 Agenda Item 7.1)

6.1.1

Ken Kawall, Resident, Town of Lincoln

6.1.2

Erika Smith, Resident, City of St. Catharines

6.1.3

Saleh Waziruddin, Resident, City of St. Catharines

6.1.4

Gabriel Gebril, Resident, City of St. Catharines

6.1.5

Desmond Sequeira, Resident, City of St. Catharines

6.1.6

Rachel Reid, Resident, City of St. Catharines

7.

ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION

7.1

PDS 21-2024

Diversity Equity and Inclusion Advisory Committee Terms of Reference

8.

CONSENT ITEMS FOR INFORMATION

8.1

PDS 20-2024

Proposed Amendments to the Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act (and BE CIRCULATED to the Towns of Pelham, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Lincoln and Grimsby, as well as the Cities of St. Catharines, Niagara Falls and Thorold)

9.

OTHER BUSINESS

10.

CLOSED SESSION

10.1

Confidential PDS 8-2024

A Matter Respecting the Proposed or Pending Acquisition or Disposition of Land by the Municipality and a Trade Secret or Scientific, Technical, Commercial, Financial or Labour Relations Information, Supplied in Confidence to the Municipality or Local Board, which, if Disclosed, Could Reasonably be Expected to Prejudice Significantly the Competitive Position or Interfere Significantly with the Contractual or Other Negotiations of a Person, Group of Persons, or Organization under s. 239(2)(c) and (i) of the Municipal Act, 2001- Properties in St. Catharines and Fort Erie

11.

BUSINESS ARISING FROM CLOSED SESSION ITEMS

12.

NEXT MEETING

​The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, Regional Headquarters.

13.

ADJOURNMENT