THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF NIAGARA

PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

FINAL AGENDA

Meeting #:	PEDC 5-2019
Date:	Wednesday, May 08, 2019
Time:	1:00 P.m. - 4:00 P.m.
Location:	Council Chamber Niagara Region Headquarters, Campbell West 1815 Sir Isaac Brock Way, Thorold, ON

---

1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

DISCLOSURES OF PECUNIARY INTEREST

3.

PRESENTATIONS

3.1

Niagara Economic Update (Agenda Item 6.1)

Blake Landry, Manager, Economic Research and Analysis

3.2

Visitor Rebate Program

Sebastian Prins, Director of Government Relations (Ontario), Retail Council of Canada

3.3

Regional Incentives Financial Information (Agenda Item 6.4)

Doug Giles, Director, Community and Long Range Planning

3.4

Niagara Biennial Awards Program (Agenda Item 6.3)

Julia van der Laan de Vries, Urban Designer, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture

4.

DELEGATIONS

5.

ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION

5.1

PDS 18-2019

Creating the Ohnia:kara UNESCO Global Geopark

5.2

PDS 20-2019

St. Catharines GO Station Primary Access - Ridley College Memorandum of Understanding

6.

CONSENT ITEMS FOR INFORMATION

6.1

ED 5-2019

Niagara Economic Update

6.2

ED 6-2019

Niagara Ambassador Program

6.3

PDS 19-2019

Niagara Biennial Awards Program (and BE CIRCULATED to the Local Area Municipalities)

6.4

PDS 22-2019

Regional Incentives Financial Information (and BE CIRCULATED to the Local Area Municipalities)

7.

OTHER BUSINESS

8.

CLOSED SESSION

9.

NEXT MEETING

​The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, Regional Headquarters.

10.

ADJOURNMENT