The Corporation of the City of Stratford
Ad-Hoc Grand Trunk Renewal Committee
Open Session
AGENDA

Meeting #:
Date:
Time:
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Location:
Council Chamber, City Hall
Ad-Hoc GTR Committee Present:
  • Andy Bicanic, 
  • Barb Cottle, 
  • Franklin Famme, 
  • Mark Vandenbosch, 
  • Melanie Hare, 
  • Nic Flanagan, 
  • Paul Parlee, 
  • Ron Dodson, 
  • Stephen Mitchell, 
  • Trudy Jonkman, 
  • Dan Mathieson - Chair Presiding, 
  • and Mayor Martin Ritsma 
Staff Present:
  • Emily Robson - Corporate Initiatives Lead, 
  • Joan Thomson - Chief Administrative Officer, 
  • Tim Wolfe - Director of Community Services, 
  • Joani Gerber - CEO of investStratford, 
  • and Adam Betteridge - Director of Building and Planning Services 

To watch the Ad-Hoc Committee meeting live, please click the following link: https://video.isilive.ca/stratford/live.html

A video recording of the meeting will also be available through a link on the City's website
https://calendar.stratford.ca/meetings following the meeting. 

1.
Call to Order

 

The Chair to call the Meeting to Order.


Land Acknowledgement.


Moment of Silent Reflection. 

2.
Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest and the General Nature Thereof

 

​The Municipal Conflict of Interest Act requires any member of Council declaring a pecuniary interest and the general nature thereof, where the interest of a member of Council has not been disclosed by reason of the member’s absence from the meeting, to disclose the interest at the first open meeting attended by the member of Council and otherwise comply with the Act.

Name, Item and General Nature of Pecuniary Interest

3.
Adoption of Previous Minutes:

This item has attachments. 
1.2024-04-15 Ad Hoc GTR Committee Minutes_Draft.pdf
  • Motion by

    THAT the Minutes of the Ad-Hoc Grand Trunk Renewal Committee of The Corporation of the City of Stratford dated April 15, 2024 be adopted as printed.

4.
Delegation Requests

 

None

5.
Business Arising from Previous Minutes

 

5.1
Updates & Housekeeping

 

Dan Mathieson, Chair

  • Proposed change to meeting time
  • August meeting
  • Work plan update

5.2
Draft Guiding Principles & Community Engagement Updates

 

Emily Robson, Corporate Initiatives Lead

  • Council report on draft guiding principles
  • Pop-Up community engagement activities

Barb Cottle, Committee Member

  • What we've heard at the pop-ups

5.3
investStratford & Work Plan Implementation

 

Joani Gerber, CEO, investStratford

6.
New Business

 

6.1
Partnership Models for Urban Revitalization

 

Jed Kilbourn, Director, Development & Planning, Waterfront Toronto

7.
Reports of the Working Groups

 

7.1
Communications, Advocacy, and Civic Engagement Working Group

This item has attachments. 
1.Communications Proposal - Working Group June 10.pdf

Andrew Hilton, Co-Chair

  • Communications proposal for project narrative

7.2
Vision, Planning, and Architecture Working Group

This item has attachments. 
1.Vision Planning Architecture WG Update June 17 2024.pdf

Melanie Hare

  • Vision & guiding principles update and next steps

8.
Date of Next Meeting

 

The next Ad-Hoc Grand Trunk Renewal Committee Meeting is July 15, 2024 in the Council Chamber, City Hall.

9.
Adjournment

 

Meeting Start Time:


Meeting End Time:

  • Motion by

    THAT the June 17, 2024 Ad-Hoc Grand Trunk Renewal Committee meeting adjourn. 

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