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

Meeting #:

Date:

Monday, November 18, 2024

Time:

4:00 P.m. - 6:00 P.m.

Location:

Council Chamber, City Hall

Ad-Hoc GTR Committee Present:

• Barb Cottle, 
• Franklin Famme, 
• Mark Vandenbosch, 
• Melanie Hare, 
• Nic Flanagan, 
• Paul Parlee, 
• Ron Dodson, 
• Stephen Mitchell, 
• Trudy Jonkman, 
• Dan Mathieson - Chair Presiding, 
• Mayor Martin Ritsma, 
• and Andy Bicanic 

Staff Present:

• Joan Thomson - Chief Administrative Officer, 
• Adam Betteridge - Director of Building and Planning Services, 
• Emily Robson - Corporate Initiatives Lead, 
• Joani Gerber - CEO of investStratford, 
• and Tim Wolfe - Director of Community 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. 

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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:

• Motion by

  THAT the Minutes of the Ad-Hoc Grand Trunk Renewal Committee of The Corporation of the City of Stratford dated October 21, 2024 be adopted as printed.

4.

Delegation Requests

Robert Ritz

5.

Business Arising from Previous Minutes

5.1

Grand Trunk Renewal Project: Brownfield Considerations

David Kusturin, Chief Project Officer, Waterfront Toronto

5.2

Follow Up Grand Trunk Environmental Remediation & Parking Considerations

Joan Thompson, CAO & Taylor Crinklaw, Director of Infrastructure Services

Follow up materials from Director Taylor Crinklaw's presentation at the October 21, 2024 committee meeting.

6.

New Business

6.1

Stratford Arts and Culture Collective

Ron Dodson, Ad Hoc Grand Trunk Committee Member

7.

Reports of the Working Groups & Staff Updates

7.1

Partnership

Karen Haslam & Herb Klassen, Co-Chairs

7.2

Vision, Planning & Architecture

Melanie Hare, Chair

7.3

Real Estate, Legal & Finance

Franklin Famme, Chair

Nothing new to report at this time

7.4

Communications, Advocacy & Civic Engagement

Andrew Hilton & John Kastner, Co-Chairs

7.5

Infrastructure & Environment

Stephen Cooper, Chair

7.6

Working Group Coordinators

Alan Kasperski & Ray Harsant, Coordinators

7.7

Staff Update

Emily Robson, Corporate Initiatives Lead, City of Stratford

Joani Gerber, CEO, investStratford

8.

Date of Next Meeting

The next Ad-Hoc Grand Trunk Renewal Committee Meeting is December 16, 2024. The location is to be confirmed. Please note the December 16, 2024 meeting will not be livestreamed.

9.

Adjournment

Meeting Start Time:

Meeting End Time:

• Motion by

  THAT the November 18, 2024 Ad-Hoc Grand Trunk Renewal Committee meeting adjourn.