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, 
  • Barb Cottle, 
  • Franklin Famme, 
  • Mark Vandenbosch, 
  • Mayor Martin Ritsma, 
  • Melanie Hare, 
  • Nic Flanagan, 
  • Paul Parlee, 
  • Ron Dodson, 
  • Stephen Mitchell, 
  • Trudy Jonkman, 
  • Zach Schultz, 
  • and Ryen Ropp-Robinson 
Staff Present:
  • Adam Betteridge - Director of Building and Planning Services, 
  • Emily Robson - Corporate Initiatives Lead, 
  • Joan Thomson - Chief Administrative Officer, 
  • Joani Gerber - CEO of investStratford, 
  • 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. 

​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 December 16, 2024 be adopted as printed.

Robert Ritz (10 mins)

Andrew Hilton & John Kastner, Co-Chairs, Communications, Advocacy and Civic Engagement Working Group

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


No report

Alan Kasperski & Ray Harsant, Coordinators


No report

Emily Robson, Corporate Initiatives Lead, City of Stratford


Joani Gerber, CEO, investStratford

The next Ad-Hoc Grand Trunk Renewal Committee Meeting is February 18, 2025 in a location to be determined.

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  • Motion by

    THAT the January 20, 2025 Ad-Hoc Grand Trunk Renewal Committee meeting adjourn.