06/22/2017 The City of Niagara Falls, Ontario
Resolution
June 22, 2017
Moved by: Councillor Thomson
Seconded by: Councillor Morocco
WHEREAS Niagara's two resort casinos are now included in the Ontario Lottery &
Gaming Corporation's OLG modernization framework; and
WHEREAS being part of the OLG's modernization framework will allow Niagara's two
resort casinos to realize their true, full potential to become compelling and integral
elements in attracting tourists to the city of Niagara Falls; and
WHEREAS in order to ensure that Niagara's Casinos retain their role as a vital local
and regional employer, and build upon their role as a tourism attractor and generator of
Provincial revenue, Niagara Falls City Council had respectfully requested by resolution
on May 10, 2016 that the municipality play a significant role in the structuring of the
Request for Pre Qualifications (RFPQ) and Request for Proposals (RFP), to ensure job
retention and creation, economic development and investment are priorities and are
weighted heavily in the selection process; and
WHEREAS Niagara Falls City Council had respectfully requested by resolution on
October 25, 2016 that to ensure the City's and Region's objectives of job retention and
creation, investment and economic development are respected and incorporated into
the process and weighted just as strongly as revenue or greater in the RFP and the
municipality is involved in the structure of the RFPQ and RFP, Council strongly requests
this RFPQ be post-poned until the City's goals and objectives are incorporated and we
are treated as key partners in the process.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that The City of Niagara Falls explore all available
legal avenues to cause Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation to bring an end to the
ongoing flawed Request for Quotation (RFQ) process concerning the operating
contracts for Casino Niagara and the Fallsview Casino Resort and to persuade the
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation to honor the terms and spirit of the original
agreements between the City of Niagara Falls and Ontario Lottery and Gaming wherein
it was promised to the City of Niagara Falls that the casino(s) situated in the City of
Niagara Falls, Casino Niagara and the Fallsview Casino Resort would be operated as
drivers of the local economy of the City of Niagara Falls and in turn the entire Region of
Niagara; and
FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Niagara Falls will seek the assistance of
and align with the Niagara Region in the pursuit of this goal; and
FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that as the Niagara Casinos are the region's largest
employer, which impact residents in all of Niagara's 12 communities, that this resolution
be circulated to Niagara Regional Council and Niagara's municipal councils for their
consideration and support."
Carried Unanimously
AND The Seal of the Corporation be hereto affixed.
BILL MATSON JAMES M. DIODATI
ACTING CITY CLERK MAYOR
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