Stratford City Council
Special Council Open Session
AGENDA

Meeting #:

Date:

Thursday, December 07, 2023

Time:

6:00 P.m. - 7:00 P.m.

Location:

Council Chamber, City Hall

Council Present:

• Mayor Ritsma - Chair Presiding, 
• Councillor Beatty, 
• Councillor Biehn, 
• Councillor Burbach, 
• Councillor Henderson, 
• Councillor Hunter, 
• Councillor McCabe, 
• Councillor Nijjar, 
• Councillor Sebben, 
• and Councillor Wordofa 

Staff Present:

• Joan Thomson - Chief Administrative Officer, 
• Tatiana Dafoe - City Clerk, 
• Kim McElroy - Director of Social Services, 
• Taylor Crinklaw - Director of Infrastructure Services, 
• Karmen Krueger - Director of Corporate Services, 
• Tim Wolfe - Director of Community Services, 
• Adam Betteridge - Director of Building and Planning Services, 
• Chris Bantock - Deputy Clerk, 
• Neil Anderson - Director of Emergency Services/Fire Chief, 
• and Danielle Clayton - Recording Secretary 

To watch the Special Council and Public 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:

​​Mayor Ritsma, Chair presiding, to call the Council meeting to order.

Land Acknowledgment

Moment of Silent Reflection

2.

Declarations 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 to otherwise comply with the Act.

Name, Item and General Nature Thereof

 

3.

Report of the Director of Building and Planning Services:

3.1

Resolution - City of Stratford Official Plan Five-Year Comprehensive Review (COU23-135)

• Staff Recommendation: THAT the “Background Review Report” and associated presentation by WSP Canada Inc. for the City of Stratford Official Plan Review be received together with the accompanying “Phase 1 Background Report” of Watson & Associates Economists Ltd.;

  THAT Staff be directed to proceed with the Section 26 Official Plan Review as outlined in the WSP “Background Review Report” and this report entitled “Special and Public Meeting - City of Stratford Official Plan Five-Year Comprehensive Review”;

  AND THAT Council hears all interested parties with respect to the Official Plan Five-Year Comprehensive Review.

4.

Adjournment to a Public Meeting under the Planning Act:

• THAT the Special Council Meeting adjourn to a Public Meeting pursuant to subsection 26(3) of the Planning Act, to hear from members of the public on what revisions may be required as part of a proposed update to the City’s Official Plan and to reconvene following the Public Meeting.

5.

Reading of the By-laws:

The following By-law requires First and Second Readings and Third and Final Readings:

5.1 Confirmatory By-law

To confirm the proceedings of Council of The Corporation of the City of Stratford at its meeting held on December 7, 2023.

6.

Adjournment:

• ​THAT the December 7, 2023 Special Council Meeting adjourn.