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

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City Hall Auditorium
Ad-Hoc GTR Committee Present:
  • Dan Mathieson - Chair Presiding, 
  • Mayor Martin Ritsma, 
  • Barb Cottle, 
  • Franklin Famme, 
  • Mark Vandenbosch, 
  • Melanie Hare, 
  • Nic Flanagan, 
  • Paul Parlee, 
  • Ron Dodson, 
  • Stephen Mitchell, 
  • Trudy Jonkman, 
  • Ryen Ropp Robinson, 
  • and Zach Schultz 
Staff Present:
  • Joan Thomson - Chief Administrative Officer, 
  • Emily Robson - Corporate Initiatives Lead, 
  • Joani Gerber - CEO of investStratford, 
  • Adam Betteridge - Director of Building and Planning Services, 
  • Tim Wolfe - Director of Community Services, 
  • and Victoria Trotter - Recording Secretary 

The Chair to call the Meeting to Order.


Land Acknowledgement.


Moment of Silent Reflection. 


Regrets provided from Melanie Hare and Stephen Mitchell.

​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

  • Motion by

    THAT the Minutes of the Ad-Hoc Grand Trunk Renewal Committee of The Corporation of the City of Stratford dated February 11, 2025 be adopted as printed.

Discussion facilitated by Dan Mathieson, Chair

Herb Klassen & Karen Haslam, Co-Chairs


No report

Melanie Hare, Chair


No report

Franklin Famme, Chair


No report

Andrew Hilton & John Kastner, Co-Chairs


No report

Stephen Cooper, Chair


Report dated March 10, 2025

Alan Kasperski & Ray Harsant, Coordinators


No report

Emily Robson, Corporate Initiatives Lead, City of Stratford


Joani Gerber, CEO, investStratford


- Updated work plan will be presented in April based on direction provided by Council at the February 24th meeting.

The next Ad-Hoc Grand Trunk Renewal Committee Meeting is Tuesday, April 22, 2025 in the Auditorium, City Hall.

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  • Motion by

    THAT the March 17, 2025 Ad-Hoc Grand Trunk Renewal Committee meeting adjourn.