Motion #1
Moved by Councillor Stewart, Seconded by Councillor Hildebrandt:
WHEREAS Council for the Town of Pelham wishes to explore the potential of requiring that development proponents be mandated to engage the surrounding neighbourhood of their proposed development area in a pre-application public meeting prior to submitting development proposals to the Town for consideration and approval;
AND WHEREAS Council is aware that the City of Burlington has adopted a process to successfully mandate this process;
AND WHEREAS Council believes this process will serve to build community confidence in a development proposal whereby developers and community stakeholders would have an opportunity to engage with each other with a view toward working together for the betterment of all;
AND WHEREAS it is believed that this will result in cost-savings for developers in that it will demonstrate that community concerns have been taken into consideration prior to the formal application process beginning;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Council direct Staff to engage with the City of Burlington to investigate the pre-application public meeting process the City has enacted and report back to Council on how the Town of Pelham might adopt a similar model to benefit the growing community of Pelham.
Motion #2:
Moved by Councillor Haun, Seconded by Councillor Stewart
BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council for the Town of Pelham approve the creation of a short-term working group for the Councillor Ciolfi Dedication project. The specific purpose of this working group is to assess and make recommendations for alterations and enhancements to the second floor bar/servery area at the Meridian Community Centre. This Working Group will be provided with an initial budget from the Ciolfi family memorial fund and fundraising through community donations;
AND THAT Council appoint myself, Councillor Lisa Haun to Chair said working group;
AND FURTHER THAT Council appoint Vickie van Ravenswaay, Director of Recreation, Culture and Wellness as staff liaison to the working group;
AND FURTHER THAT Council appoints Michelle Ciolfi, Patricia Shannon Chair of the Hospitality Committee and Ward One Councillor Stewart as working group members;
AND FURTHER THAT should other members of Council be interested and willing to participate, to indicate such interest at this time, recognizing that a maximum of three Members of Council would be appointed to ensure compliance with quorum restrictions;
AND FURTHER THAT Council direct a report back with recommendations by January 2021
Motion #3
Moved by Mayor Junkin, Seconded by Councillor Olson
WHEREAS the Town of Pelham contains the headwaters of two branches of the Twelve Mile Creek, which is the last remaining year-round cold water stream in the Region of Niagara,
AND WHEREAS the Twelve Mile Creek is a habitat for Brook Trout;
AND WHEREAS Council for the Town of Pelham is committed to working with the environment;
AND WHEREAS Members of Trout Unlimited, an organization that the Town has a Memorandum of Understanding with, have brought to this Council’s attention that the Stormwater Management Pond located at the southwest corner of Rice Road and Regional Road 20 is not operating as designed,
AND WHEREAS two defects in the Stormwater Management Pond cited are:
Firstly, the water outflowing from the pond is causing severe erosion on the north side of Regional Road 20; and
Secondly, the water flowing from the pond is at an unacceptable temperature when it enters the stream flowing to the Twelve Mile Creek, as determined by sensors placed by Trout unlimited;
AND WHEREAS the erosion is causing significant sediment problems further downstream, which is negatively impacting the fish habitat;
AND WHEREAS, as the Town continues to develop the land area draining into this Stormwater Management Pond, the runoff into the pond will continue to escalate, discoursing more water into the stream in what is obviously an unsatisfactory manner;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council for the Town of Pelham does hereby instruct the appropriate Town staff, in consultation with any Regional Niagara officials and any engineering firms that planned and designed this Stormwater Management Pond, to conduct a technical review of all aspects of the pond, including but not restricted to:
1. Determining the total land area draining into the pond and determining whether the pond is properly sized to accommodate the water being received;
2. Determining what mechanisms are in place to slow the outflow and investigating why are they not working;
3. Recommending what further steps can be taken to reduce the temperature of the outflowing waters;
AND FURTHER THAT before the report is brought to Council, all technical information be provided to Trout Unlimited for their review and comment.