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, 
  • Andy Bicanic, 
  • Barb Cottle, 
  • Franklin Famme, 
  • Mark Vandenbosch, 
  • Melanie Hare, 
  • Nic Flanagan, 
  • Paul Parlee, 
  • Ron Dodson, 
  • Stephen Mitchell, 
  • Trudy Jonkman, 
  • and Mayor Martin Ritsma 
Staff Present:
  • Joan Thomson - Chief Administrative Officer, 
  • Emily Robson - Corporate Initiatives Lead, 
  • Tim Wolfe - Director of Community Services, 
  • Joani Gerber - CEO of investStratford, 
  • Adam Betteridge - Director of Building and Planning Services, 
  • and Victoria Trotter - Council Committee Coordinator 

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. 
1.2024-06-17 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 June 17, 2024 be adopted as printed.

4.
Delegation Requests

 

None scheduled.

5.
New Business

 

5.1
Lessons from the Trinity Centres Foundation: Repurposing underutilized churches into community hubs and affordable housing

 

Kendra Fry, Collaborator, Creator, Church Repurposer, Housing Advocate, Arts Champion and Consultant

6.
Business Arising from Previous Minutes

 

7.
Reports of the Working Groups

 

8.
Date of Next Meeting

 

The next Ad-Hoc Grand Trunk Renewal Committee Meeting is Thursday, August 29, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, City Hall.

9.
Adjournment

 

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Meeting End Time:

  • Motion by

    THAT the July 15, 2024 Ad-Hoc Grand Trunk Renewal Committee meeting adjourn. 

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