The Corporation of the City of StratfordAd-Hoc Grand Trunk Renewal CommitteeOpen SessionAGENDAMeeting #:Date:Monday, March 17, 2025Time: 4:00 P.m. - 6:00 P.m.Location:City Hall AuditoriumAd-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 1.Call to Order The Chair to call the Meeting to Order.Land Acknowledgement.Moment of Silent Reflection. Regrets provided from Melanie Hare and Stephen Mitchell.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 Interest3.Adoption of Previous Minutes: 1.20250211 - Ad-Hoc Grand Trunk Renewal Committee Minutes Draft.pdfMotion byTHAT 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.4.Delegation Requests None5.Business Arising from Previous Minutes 5.1Follow-Up on Key recommendations to Council Discussion facilitated by Dan Mathieson, Chair6.New Business 6.1Development Strategy: Planning and Process 1.Cooper Block - Business Plan Considerations Final.pdfJoe Svec, Svec GroupRock Wang, President, UrbanEdge Advisors7.Working Group and Staff Updates 7.1Partnership Herb Klassen & Karen Haslam, Co-ChairsNo report7.2Vision, Planning & Architecture Melanie Hare, ChairNo report7.3Real Estate, Legal & Finance Franklin Famme, ChairNo report7.4Communications, Advocacy, Civic Engagement Andrew Hilton & John Kastner, Co-ChairsNo report7.5Infrastructure & Environment 1.Working Group Report-2025-03-10.pdfStephen Cooper, ChairReport dated March 10, 20257.6Working Group Coordinators Alan Kasperski & Ray Harsant, CoordinatorsNo report7.7Staff Update 1.STAFF GTR Q3_Q4 Work Plan_March 2025 Update.pdfEmily Robson, Corporate Initiatives Lead, City of StratfordJoani Gerber, CEO, investStratford- Updated work plan will be presented in April based on direction provided by Council at the February 24th meeting.8.Date of Next Meeting The next Ad-Hoc Grand Trunk Renewal Committee Meeting is Tuesday, April 22, 2025 in the Auditorium, City Hall.9.Adjournment Meeting Start Time:Meeting End Time:Motion byTHAT the March 17, 2025 Ad-Hoc Grand Trunk Renewal Committee meeting adjourn. No Item Selected This item has no attachments.1.STAFF GTR Q3_Q4 Work Plan_March 2025 Update.pdf1.20250211 - Ad-Hoc Grand Trunk Renewal Committee Minutes Draft.pdf1.Working Group Report-2025-03-10.pdf1.Cooper Block - Business Plan Considerations Final.pdf