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:
  • Dan Mathieson - Chair Presiding, 
  • Mayor Martin Ritsma, 
  • Andy Bicanic, 
  • Barb Cottle, 
  • Franklin Famme, 
  • Georgia Neely, 
  • Mark Vandenbosch, 
  • Melanie Hare, 
  • Nic Flanagan, 
  • Paul Parlee, 
  • Ron Dodson, 
  • Stephen Mitchell, 
  • and Trudy Jonkman 
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, 
  • Lindsay Van Gestel - Recording Secretary, 
  • 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. 

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. 
1.2024-02-20 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 February 20, 2024 be adopted as printed.

4.
Delegation Requests

 
  • Motion by

    THAT the delegation by Paul Brown be heard.

4.1
Request for Delegation by Paul Brown

 

Paul Brown

  • Paul Brown has requested a delegation regarding a community Home Care Hub as part of the Grand Trunk Renewal project. Mr. Brown wishes to share his findings from recent work exploring transformative home care services for Stratford.

5.
Business Arising from Previous Minutes

 

5.1
YMCA of Three Rivers: A New Facility for Stratford

 

Mike Ennis, CEO & Jay Colquhoun, Operations Manager – Health & Wellness
YMCA of Three Rivers

    • Mike Ennis and Jay Colquhoun will share the organization's aspirations for a new facility in Stratford and the thinking and process by which this aspiration becomes a reality.

5.2
Generative Conversation on Vision & Guiding Principles

 

Emily Robson, Corporate Initiatives Lead

  • Committee to discuss draft principles

6.
New Business

 

None

7.
Reports of the Working Groups

 

7.1
Partnerships

 

Karen Haslam & Herb Klassen, Co-Chairs

7.2
Vision, Planning & Architecture

 

Melanie Hare, Chair

7.3
Real Estate, Legal & Finance

 

Franklin Famme, Chair

7.4
Infrastructure & Environment

 

Stephen Cooper, Chair

7.5
Communication, Advocacy & Civic Engagement

 

Andrew Hilton & John Kastner, Co-Chairs

7.6
Working Group Coordinators

 

Alan Kasperski & Ray Harsant

8.
Date of Next Meeting

 

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

9.
Adjournment

 

Meeting Start Time:


Meeting End Time:

  • Motion by

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

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