2007/12/10 (3) The City of Niagara Falls, Ontario
Resolution
December 10, 2007
No. 34
Moved by Councillor Thomson
Seconded by Councillor Ioannoni
WHEREAS the Regional Municipality of Niagara (the Region) approved the Public Domain Incentives
Program; and
WHEREAS the pilot is a part of the Region's Smarter Niagara Incentives program; and
WHEREAS municipalities that have a Community Improvement Plan (CIP) in place and are participating in
the Smarter Niagara Incentives program can apply for funding to a maximum amount of $100,000; and
WHEREAS the eligibility guidelines for the Public Domain Incentives Program indicate that to be available
for funding a project must be a public realm improvement included within a CIP; and
WHEREAS priority will be given to streetscape improvement projects; and
WHEREAS Niagara Falls City Council adopted the Downtown CIP on December 6, 2004; and
WHEREAS integral to the Downtown CIP are Urban Design Guidelines and Streetscape Improvements; and
WHEREAS the Streetscape Design Study is near completion; and
WHEREAS the City of Niagara Falls intends to commence the first phase of its Streetscape Plan in 2008.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of Corporation of the City of Niagara Falls supports an
application to Regional Municipality of Niagara for funding under the Public Domain Incentives Program for
the Streetscape Improvements for Downtown.
AND The Seal of the Corporation be hereto affixed.
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DEAN I IDA R. T. (TED). SALCI
CITY CLERK 1`~[A.~'t7R