Corporate Services Committee

That Report CLK 11-2021 BE

That Report CSD 72-2021, dated December 8, 2021, respecting Development Charge Demolition Credit Extension Request – Brownfield Redevelopment, Pelham, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendation BE APPROVED: 1. That the eligibility period for the Regional Development Charge demolition credits associated with the brownfield redevelopment located at 105 Highway 20 East, Pelham, BE EXTENDED to October 17, 2024, as per Table 2 in Report CSD 72-2021, in accordance with section 18 (c) of By-law 2017-98.

That Report CSD 75-2021, dated December 8, 2021, respecting Approval of 2022 Interim Levy Dates and Amounts, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendations BE APPROVED: 1. That the interim Regional levy amounts and dates BE APPROVED in accordance with Appendix 1 to Report CSD 75-2021; 2. That the appropriate by-law BE PREPARED for presentation to Regional Council for consideration and approval; and 3. That Report CSD 75-2021 BE CIRCULATED to the Local Area Municipalities for information.

That Report CSD 79-2021, dated December 8, 2021, respecting Repealing Heritage Tax Rebate By-law, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendations BE APPROVED: 1. That By-law 36-2008 authorizing the Region to provide matching funding for Fort Erie’s Heritage Tax Rebate Program BE REPEALED; 2. That the Region CEASE participation in funding all such Heritage Tax Rebate Programs, effective December 31, 2021; and 3. That staff BE AUTHORIZED to notify the local area municipalities and take any necessary steps accordingly. A request was made to vote on Clause 1 separately. The Committee called the vote on Clause 1 as follows: 1. That By-law 36-2008 authorizing the Region to provide matching funding for Fort Erie’s Heritage Tax Rebate Program BE REPEALED.

That Report CSD 78-2021, dated December 8, 2021, respecting Q3 2021 Financial Update, BE RECEIVED for information.

That Report CSD 71-2021, dated December 8, 2021, respecting Additional Information Regarding 135 Queen Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake, BE RECEIVED for information. The following friendly amendment was accepted by the Committee Chair, and the mover and seconder of the motion as follows: That staff BE DIRECTED to provide a rebate in the amount of $72,389 for the Development Charges paid respecting the property located at 135 Queen Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake. The Committee Chair called the vote on the motion, as amended, as follows: That Report CSD 71-2021, dated December 8, 2021, respecting Additional Information Regarding 135 Queen Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake, BE RECEIVED for information; and That staff BE DIRECTED to provide a rebate in the amount of $72,389 for the Development Charges paid respecting the property located at 135 Queen Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake.

That Correspondence Item CSC-C 36-2021, being a letter to Councillor Rob Foster, Chair, and Members of the Corporate Services Committee, from M. Bain and D. Zimmermann, Campaign Co-Chairs, Life In Every Moment Campaign, dated November 25, 2021, respecting McNally House Hospice, Life in Every Moment Campaign, BE RECEIVED for information.

That Confidential Report CSD 15-2021, dated December 8, 2021, respecting A Matter Regarding a Proposed Acquisition of Land by the Municipality under s. 239(2) of the Municipal Act, 2001- Regional Road 81, St. Catharines, BE RECEIVED and the recommendations contained therein, BE APPROVED.

That Confidential Report CSD 70-2021, dated December 8, 2021, respecting A Matter Regarding a Proposed Acquisition of Land by the Municipality under s. 239(2) of the Municipal Act, 2001 - Reixinger Road, Niagara Falls, BE RECEIVED and the recommendations contained therein, BE APPROVED.

That Confidential Report COM 32-2021, dated December 7, 2021, respecting Information Explicitly Supplied in Confidence to the Municipality by the Province of Ontario under s. 239(2)(h) of the Municipal Act, 2001, Pertaining to a Potential Funding Opportunity and Related Agreements for the Construction of a Bridge Housing Project, BE RECEIVED for information.