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Regular Meeting of Council
January 11, 2021
What was decided (20 motions)
20 carried, 0 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
Motion to adopt the Agenda as amended.
Moved by Todd Bennett, seconded by Syd Gardiner
Carried
Motion to go into the Committee of the Whole.
Moved by Glen Grant, seconded by Carilyne Hébert
Carried
Motion to adopt the Minutes of December 14, 2020 as presented.
Moved by Elaine MacDonald, seconded by Maurice Dupelle
Carried
Motion to refer the request for funding in the amount of $35,000 from the Eastern Ontario Agri-Food Network to Administration for a report.
Moved by Eric Bergeron, seconded by Claude E. McIntosh
Carried
Motion to adopt the Consent Items 15.2 and 15.4 as presented.
Moved by Glen Grant, seconded by Syd Gardiner
Carried
Motion to enact the application dated June 9th, 2020, from Marc Brisson (2422647 Ontario Inc.), to subdivide the lands as shown on a Plan of Survey dated June 10, 2020, prepared by Kim Adams, O.L.S., be given Draft Plan approval, subject to fulfilment of the Draft Plan Conditions listed in Appendix "A" to the Resolution and articulated through an executed Subdivider's Agreement and Zoning By-law Amendments be in effect.
Moved by Glen Grant, seconded by Elaine MacDonald
Carried
a. Motion to direct Administration to undertake the necessary data collection and analysis in the Spring of 2021; b. Motion to direct Administration to bring a report back to Council summarizing the findings of the traffic analysis complete with recommendations.
Moved by Glen Grant, seconded by Carilyne Hébert
Carried
Motion to continue the current two hour free parking in the Downtown and Le Village for the next six weeks.
Moved by Justin Towndale, seconded by Claude E. McIntosh
Carried
Motion to create a working group to find a permanent solution for the parking program with a report brought back to Council.
Moved by Todd Bennett, seconded by Glen Grant
Carried
Motion to receive the Unfinished Business Listing for January, 2021.
Moved by Maurice Dupelle, seconded by Glen Grant
Carried
a. Motion to approve Phase 2 of the Draft Plan of Subdivision as outlined in Report 2021-14-PDR b. Motion to approve the application to rezone the subject lands from Manufacturing 20 with a Hold (H) (MFR 20 (H)) to Residential 20 with Exceptions (RES 20 EXC) as outlined in Report 2021-14-PDR
Moved by Glen Grant, seconded by Elaine MacDonald
Carried
Motion to refer the Petition on the Traffic on Riverdale Avenue to Administration to prepare a report for the February 22, 2021 Council meeting.
Moved by Glen Grant, seconded by Syd Gardiner
Carried
Motion to direct Administration to prepare a report on the feasibility of implementing a Vacant Properties Tax.
Moved by Syd Gardiner, seconded by Dean Hollingsworth
Carried
Motion to direct Administration to prepare a report which would include the following information: a. How the City of Cornwall acquired Locomotive #17, with details of any obligations we assumed at the time and a summary of the care we have taken in its regard; and b. The continued willingness of the Railway Museum personnel to accept Locomotive #17 after they have had an opportunity to assess its current condition: and c. The cost of transporting Locomotive #17 to the on-site sheds at the Smiths Falls Museum where the refurbishment would take place.
Moved by Elaine MacDonald, seconded by Claude E. McIntosh
Carried
Motion to request the Eastern Ontario Health Unit and the Province of Ontario to enforce businesses, that are allowed to be open for in- store purchases, only be allowed to sell goods or services deemed essential to in-store customers.
Moved by Eric Bergeron, seconded by Justin Towndale
Carried
Motion to request the Eastern Ontario Health Unit to release data on cases by industry sector such as retail stores, restaurants, fitness centers, recreational facilities, barbers and hair salons, small businesses, schools, health care, distribution centers and manufacturing, public sector, grocery stores among others.
Moved by Eric Bergeron, seconded by Dean Hollingsworth