2007/05/17 - Municipal
Council Information
*for period ended May 17, 2007*
*Municipal*
1. Various Casino Related Correspondences incl. Case for 2 Casinos/ Symbiotic
Relationship/ Casino Niagara
2. An Inconvenient Truth
3. Invite to Stanley Avenue Business Park BBQ, Friday, May 25th @ noon, Don Murie
Street
4. Sudanese Community Open House, Sunday, May 20th, 6:30 p.m., S1. Catharines
5. City of Toronto Proclamations and Councillor Spending
6. Jean Grandoni re: Kalar Road Pumping Station
7. Kwok Chu re: Leave to Appeal Denied
8. Alley Cats
9. Roads
10. Upcoming Re-zoning Applications
11. Recreation Committee Minutes
Mayor Ted Salci
April 20, 2007
The Honourable Dalton McGuinty, Premier
Office of the Premier and Cabinet Office
Legislative Building
Queen's Park
Toronto, ON M7A IAl
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Niagara Falls, ON L2E 6X5
web site: www.niagarafalls.ca
(905) 356-7521 Ext. 4201
Fax: (905) 374-3557
tsalci@niagarafalls.ca
The presence of two casinos in Niagara Falls continues to be a tremendous
economic generator for Niagra Falls as well as the Niagara Region. In 2006, the
Niagara Falls City Council received a deputation from PKF Consulting, on behalf
of private sector stakeholders, outlining the various positive economic benefits of
maintaining both casinos within the community and a copy of the Executive
Summary was provided to you in February 2006. This submission has recently
been updated to accurately reflect the developments in our community over the
past year. A copy of the updated Executive Summary is attached.
More than $2.5 billion in private sector tourism investment has been made as a
direct result of the Province's commitment to maintaining two casinos. This
makes Niagara Falls a rare example in Ontario and the country where the private
sector has more than doubled the Province's investment in gaming, achieving the
fundamental goals of casinos to serve as a catalyst for tourism development.
Premier, once again there has been speculation of late that the future of Casino
Niagara is in jeopardy as the existing two year lease draws to an end. It is my
understanding that a significant extension to the current lease between the OLOC
and the landlord has not been finalized.
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What is at risk?
o 2000 direct jobs and tens of millions of dollars in annual payroll to
the Region's economy
o Hundreds of millions of dollars in new development.
o People Mover viability since a critical ridership demand generator
would be eliminated.
o The confidence of the financial institutions in providing capital to
our tourism stakeholders.
o Mixed signals from the Province regarding confidence in one of its
tourism icon destinations.
o The creation of the "black hole" effect at the Fallsview Casino.
We respectfully request the Province, through the OLGC, enter into a long-term
lease agreement for Casino Niagara. This will insure continued positive economic
benefits to all public and private stakeholders. I respectfully request the
opportunity to meet with you as soon as your schedule permits, to discuss this
issue in greater detail.
Your support to insure a long-term commitment in keeping both casinos open
would be very much appreciated.
Thank you for your consideration and attention to this matter of great importance.
Sincerely,
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Mayor
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Kim Craitor, MPP Niagara
Members of Niagara Falls City Council
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Fax: (905) 374-3557
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April 20, 2007
Honourable David Caplan
Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal
Mowat Block, 6th Floor
900 Bay Street
Toronto, ON M7A lL2
Dear Minister Caplan:
The presence of two casinos in Niagara Falls continues to be a tremendous
economic generator for Niagra Falls as well as the Niagara Region. In 2006, the
Niagara Falls City Council received a deputation from PKF Consulting, on behalf
of private sector stakeholders, outlining the various positive economic benefits of
maintaining both casinos within the community and a copy ofthe Executive
Summary was provided to the Premier in February 2006. This submission has
recently been updated to accurately reflect the developments in our community
over the past year. A copy of the updated Executive Summary is attached.
More than $2.5 billion in private sector tourism investment has been made as a
direct result of the Province's commitment to maintaining two casinos. This
makes Niagara Falls a rare example in Ontario and the country where the private
sector has more than doubled the Province's investment in gaming, achieving the
fundamental goals of casinos to serve as a catalyst for tourism development.
Premier, once again there has been speculation of late that the future of Casino
Niagara is in jeopardy as the existing two year lease draws to an end. It is my
understanding that a significant extension to the current lease between the OLOC
and the landlord has not been finalized.
'Honourable David Caplan
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April 20, 2007
What is at risk?
o 2000 direct jobs and tens of millions of dollars in annual payroll to
the Region's economy
o Hundreds of millions of dollars in new development.
o People Mover viability since a critical ridership demand generator
would be eliminated.
o The confidence of the financial institutions in providing capital to
our tourism stakeholders.
o Mixed signals from the Province regarding confidence in one of its
tourism icon destinations.
o The creation of the "black hole" effect at the Fallsview Casino.
We respectfully request the Province, through the OLGC, enter into a long-term
lease agreement for Casino Niagara. This will insure continued positive economic
benefits to all public and private stakeholders.
Your support to insure a long-term commitment in keeping both casinos open
would be very much appreciated. I would be pleased to discuss this issue in
greater detail should you require further information.
Thank you for your consideration and attention to this matter of great importance.
Sincerely,
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Mayor
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Members of the Provincial Cabinet
Kim Craitor, MPP Niagara
Members of Niagara Falls City Council
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ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF MAINTAINING
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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Mr. Serge Felicetti
Director of Business Deveiopment
City of Niagara Fails
4310 Queen Street
Box 1 023
Niagara Falls, Ontario
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ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF MAINTAINING 2 CASINO RESORTS IN NIAGARA FALLS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Casino gaming in Niagara Fails has been a catalyst for economic growth, attracting billions of doilars
in new investment, creating thousands of jobs - both direct and spin-off - and revitalizing Niagara's
tourism sector. The ongoing operation of Niagara's two Casino Resorts -- Casino Niagara and
Niagara Failsview Casino Resort - is the basis for the cily's Two-Casino Resort Strategy. which
continues to build on the economic momentum, gained in recent years.
Ail of these incremental impacts to date are attributable to the operation of 2 Casinos and wiil be at
risk, should the Casino Niagara Resort close.
The Casino Niagara Resort directly employs over 1,500 employees - these jobs are worth
approximately $60 Million in total employment income to the Niagara Region. Further, as a
direct result of the Casino's operations, the Clifton Hill and Victoria-Centre areas have created an
additional 1,860 jobs, with an incremental payroll of $20 Million since the opening of the Casino
Niagara Resort. The 1,500 Casino jobs as well these additional 1,860 direct jobs. together with
their associated indirect and induced economic benefits, will be at risk should Casino Niagara
Resort close in favour of the Failsview Casino Resort operation only.
The opening of Casino Niagara Resort provided the primary catalyst for a further $392 Million in
commercial and infrastruclure construction permit values in Niagara Falls between 1996 and October
2001. Since the construction of the Niagara Failsview Casino Resort began in October 2001. a further
$1 Billion in construction permit values has been influenced by both Casino Resort operations.
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Therefore the Province's investment of $1.2 Billion in the development of 2 Casino Resorts in
Niagara Falls has been more than matched by a further $1.42 Billion in private and public sector
developments in the City of Niagara Falls.
Excluding infrastructure improvements, the development in the Clifton Hill-Victoria Centre node has
been far more diversified in nature. with close to 46~ of every dollar invested in attractions and retail.
as compared to less than 1~ of every dollar in the Fallsview District A 3'" development node has also
emerged in and around the downtown core, with $130 Million invested in the recently opened Great
Wolfe Lodge and a further $90 Million planned for a proposed Aquarium. From a qualilative
perspective, the potential closure of the Casino Niagara Resort will have 4 major impacts:
. Gaming visitation levels will erode;
. The commitment to new capital investment in Clifton Hill-Victoria Centre will erode;
. The viability of those businesses currently operating in the Clifton Hill-Victoria Centre will
erode; and
. A major ioss of jobs that will have a significant impact on discretionary income in the
Niagara Region.
Without question, the development of gaming in Niagara Falls has been very successful in meeting
the Province's initial objective of providing a catalyst for economic development The mandate should
now be to expand and maintain the visitor base that generates local taxes and sustains local jobs.
Duncan Brown. former CEO ofthe Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation agreed, stating that:
"If we're going to be a sustaining industry, we have to be more than just cash
generation. It's about contributing to the economic fabric of this province in
ways that may not show up on the OLGC financial statements."
While we understand the challenges of the past few years, including the impacts of SARS and 9/11,
uncertainty around the need for passports or other secure documents. the increased Canadian dollar.
a decline in U.S. visitors, and stiffer competition from the U.S., prior~y must now be given to
maintaining and growing the economic development enjoyed by Niagara Falls, and in particular, the
Clifton Hills and Victoria-Centre development node. We trust that you can understand why the Casino
Niagara Resort needs a long-term commitment from the Provincial Government, for this node to fully
establish itself and benefrt from private sector investment The ciosure of the Casino Niagara Resort
will cripple the tourism industry in Niagara, particularly those in the Clifton Hill and Victoria-Centre
BIA.
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The Advantages and Economic Benefits of Maintaining a 2 Casino Resort Strategy for Niagara
Falls, together with the Risks Associated with the Potential Closure of the Casino Niagara Resort
have been highlighted beiow, with the documentation and suppert for our findings provided in the
following report.
ADVANTAGES OF MAINTAINING A 2 CASINO RESORT STRATEGY FOR NIAGARA FALLS
1. Close to 11 Million Patrons in 2005/06 with 2 Casino Resorts
With the opening of the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort in June 2004, the combined
visitation to both Casino Resorts escalated to 10.5 Miliion patrons during the 2004/05 fiscai
year, improving by 1.3% to 10.7 Million patrons by year-end March 2006.
2. Maintaining 2 Casino Resort Operations has created 1,500 !!!lY!!. jobs
Both Casino Resorts currently employ an estimated 5,400 persons on a full-time and part-
time basis. Formerly the Casino Niagara operation employed 3,900 positions. Therefore
maintaining the 2 Casino Strategy Resort will support 1,500 new jobs, with a payroll
estimated at $200 Million.
3. Linking the Activity Nodes
Maintaining two Casino Resorts in Niagara Falls forms 2 anchors between the activity nodes
of Clifton Hill and Fallsview. This provides for the flow of visitors between the nodes, rather
than the creation of a dumb bell effect should there only be one Casino, by drawing all
visitors to the Fallsview area and away from Clifton Hill- thereby leaving a black hole.
Similar peak day visitation volumes generated by the Fallsview and Clifton Hill Nodes
indicates that both Nodes are of equal relative importance to the City of Niagara. The main
reason for their impertance can be attributed to the Casino Resorts located in each Node -
Closing the Casino Niagara would have a significant impact on the peak day visitation level to
the Clifton Hill Node - thereby causing financiai distress in local businesses within the Clifton
Hill.
The Casino Niagara Resort and the various uses located aiong Clifton Hill currently comprise the
main acilvity node for tourists. The opening of the Fallsview Casino Resort has created a
second activity node, while the development of the Great Wolfe Lodge has created a third
activity node In the northern Glenview area of the City. It is important to ensure that all key
nodes contain a wide range of commercial uses and function as impertant tourist destinations.
The operation of the Fallsview Casino Resort only must not negatively impact the other two key
nodes - Clifton Hili and the Glenview area of the City.
4. OLG Recommends Developing Sustainable Strategies
Maintaining a 2 Casino Resort Strategy for Niagara Falls fits within the Province's
recommended sustainable strategic direction for gaming at 3 levels by:
. Providing the visitor with two high quality gaming experiences at two quality facilities;
. Protecting the local private-sector investments made in both the Clifton Hill-Victoria
Centre and Fallsview Districts; and
. Ensuring the strongest economic benefits for the local community, through the
Casino Resorts' consolidated $200 Million payroll and purchases of local suppiies
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and services, as well as the economic benefits derived from the balance of Niagara's
tourism infrastructure.
5. People Mover System
Maintaining a 2 Casino Resort strategy supports the City's Tourist Area Deve/opment strategy.
Plans are currently underway for the development of a People Mover System to allow the
benefits of both Casinos to ftow throughout the community by:
o Linking the Queen Victoria Park with the balance of the City and its development nodes;
o Drawing viSITOrs into the City and ITS commercial attractions;
o Providing viSITOrs WITh direct connections between remote parking lots and the Falls; and
o Encouraging pedestrian movement between the 2 Casinos Resorts,
While not finalized to date, the proposed route centres around the City's Primary Tourist
Area. which is generally bounded by an area that extends from the north of Highway 420; to
the Rapidsview Parking area, to the south; the Niagara River to the east; and Stanley Avenue
to the west. This area includes Queen Victoria Park, within the Niagara Parks Commission
property. Lundy's Lane is an east-west arterial extending west of Stanley Avenue beyond
Garner Road. Although it is not geographically within the Primary Tourist Area, the Lundy's
Lane corridor includes a major tourist area comprising many attractions and accommodation
facilities. and therefore has been considered within the context of providing efficient viSITor
mobility services for the City.
Ridership projections have been based on 20 Million visitors at the high end and 15 Million at
the low end, By closing Casino Niagara Resort. key ridership demand will be lost, thereby
jeopardizing the importance of this activity node to the overall ridership of the system.
6. Demand Generators
Most of Niagara Falls' Attraclion development has taken place in the Clifton HillsNictoria-
Centre District, forming additional demand generators to the Casinos and the Falls. Demand
generators provide the visitor WITh a reason to visit Niagara and increase their length of stay.
versus Hotels, which draw on the demand generators.
7. Two Demand Generators Needed to Support Each Development Node
Clifton Hills has traditionally been a 20d tier development location, which has been enhanced
by the Niagara Casino Resorts. Closing Niagara Casino in favour of the Fallsview Casino
Resort only, will intensify Fallsview development, while diminishing Clifton Hill as a
development node. Developed on its own. the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort will not only
add a primary attraction at Fallsview, but will remove the attraction at Clifton Hili. From a
development perspeclive, it is better to maintain a demand generator in each development
node in order to support each area.
Under the 2 Casino Resorts strategy. visitors will be more inclined to get out of the Casinos
and see what other activities/attractions the City has to offer.
8. Niagara Falls Has Become a Year-Round Destination
Niagara Fall's historic dependency on summer viSITation has decreased since the opening of
Casino Niagara Resorts. In 2000, 39% of the overall visitation occurred during the peak
summer months, as compared to 45% pre-Casino. ViSITation levels during the winter and fall
months have almost doubled, largely due to the popularity of the gaming. WITh 2 Casino
Resorts operating in Niagara Falls Canada, the area will become better pOSITioned as a year
round gaming destination, thereby further decreasing the City's reliance on the summer tourist
market.
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9. Proposed Developments - The Renaissance Continues
With the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort and Casino Niagara now both operating, the
interest level in Niagara Falls' continued development remains high, with a further 15 hotei
developments. 9 attractions and a Tier 1 Convention Centre currently seeking funding
approval. The Convention Centre is anticipated to generate add~ional visitation for the
Niagara Casinos, resulting in incremental gaming revenues of $13.3 million annually. It
remains to be seen how much of this development will be realized in the short to mid term.
However. ~ can be argued that market support for further development will be stronger with 2
Casino Resorts operating in the C~y. as opposed to 1 Casino Resort.
ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF MAINTAINING A 2 CASINO RESORT STRATEGY
1. 4 to 6 Million More Visitors Annually Since Casino Niagara Resort Opened
Since the opening of Casino Niagara, visitation to Niagara Falls has improved by 70%, from 9.0
Million vis~ors in 1996 to 14.4 Million in 2000, 15.4 Million in 2001 and 15.2 Million in 2002,
before decreasing to 13.4 Million in 2004.
2. 55% Increase in Overnight Visitors
There has been a 60% increase in the number of overnight visitors to Niagara Falls, with 4.6
Million overnight visitors in 2004 as compared to 2.9 Million in 1996.
3. Total Visitors Expenditures Have More than Doubled
Visitor spending in Niagara Falls has more than doubled since the opening of Casino Niagara.
from $706 Million in 1996 to an estimated $1.698 Million in 2004. Based on our analysis.
approximately $803 Million or 47% of the 2004 expenditures are considered NET new
incremental tourism spending to the Niagara Falls marketplace - that is spending that would
not have occurred if Casino Niagara had not opened.
4. Tourists Are Spending More
Average expend~ures per vis~or have increased from $78.70 per person in 1996 to $127.16
per person in 2004, representing a 62% increase.
5. Rooms Supply Up by 35%
The Niagara Falis market had an estimated 9,600 rooms in 1996, pre-Casino. From 1998 to
2006, 28 new hotels andlor expansions have been added in Niagara Falls, increasing rooms
supply to close to 14,000 rooms - a 46% increase. A further 1,500+ rooms are currently under
construction and expected to enter the Niagara Falls market by mid 2010.
6. 971,000 Incremental Room Nights Generated
Total overnight demand in Niagara Falls Increased from 1.915 Million room nights in 1996 to
3.045 million room nights in 2006, representing an increase of 1.13 Million room nights.
Approximately 86% or 971,420 room nights are attributable to incremental leisure demand
generated by Casino Niagara and the add~ion of 4.615 new rooms in the market (representing
28 new hotels or expansions).
7. Capital Developments
W~hout question, Casino Niagara has created a positive impetus for further economic
development and investment in Niagara Region.
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From 1990 to 1995 there were only two new job-<:reation developments (over $2 Million)
in Niagara Region.
1 Casino Catalvst (1996 to October 20011
During this 7 -year period, the opening of Casino Niagara Resort provided the primary catalyst
for a further $392 Million in commercial and infrastructure projects in the City of Niagara
Falls.
NOTE: $392 Million in construction permit value = $1.5 to $1.7 Billion in total investment
value.
2 Casinos Catalvst (October 2001 to 2006)
Since the construction of the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort began in October 2001, a
further $1.4 Billion in construction permit values has been influenced by both Casino
operations.
NOTE: $1.4 Billion In construction permit value = $4 to $5 Billion in total investment value.
8. Close to $1 Billion in Construction Investment
Prior to Casino Niagara, the City's Building Department issued $59 Million worth of building
permrts in 1994. However, since the introduction of Casino Niagara, the value of building
permrts issued has risen each year, from $75.4 Million in 1996, to $86.9 Million in 1997, to
$109.1 Million in 1998 to $167.9 Million in 1999 to $149.6 Million in 2000 and $116 Million in
2001. . In 2002, building permit values more than tripled to $409 Million. largely due to the
Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort development. With the development of the 2"' Casino
Resort the City has continued its building boom, with building permit values ranging from
$106 to $172 Million per year from 2003 to 2006.
9. 5011 of Every Dollar Invested in Accommodation Sector
The majority of this recent re-investment in Niagara Falls' tourism infrastructure has been by
the Accommodation sector - with $710 Million in construction value since 1996.
10. $313 Million Developed in Clifton HiIINictoria-Centre and $448 Million in Fallsview
Approximately 22% of the City's total commercial and infrastructure investment has been
spent in the Clifton HiIINictoria-Centre Planning District, directly as a result of Casino Niagara
Resort's development. In comparison, $135 Million more has been invested by the private
sector in the Fallsview Planning District, at $448 Million or 31% of the City's total commercial
and infrastructure (excluding both Casino Resorts).
11. Fallsview Has Invested in Accommodation Versus Diversified Investment in Clifton
Hill-Victoria Centre
Since 1996, over 93% of the investment in the Fallsview District has been in the
accommodation sector. as compared to the Clifton HillNictoria-Centre area which has not
only added and renovated its rooms product, but has also heavily invested in the attraction
and restaurant sectors (49% of total investment).
12. $170 Million in Infrastructure, Institutional and Government Projects
In order to keep pace with increased visitor volumes and residential growth, the Crty of
Niagara Falls has issued over $170 Million in infrastructure. institutional and government
building permits since the opening of Casino Niagara Resort.
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13. 1,500 Jobs and $60 Million Payroll
It is estimated that the Casino Niagara Resort creates over 1,500 jobs within the Niagara
Region. These jobs are estimated to pay $60 Million in salaries and wages and contribute
$67 Million to GDP within the Niagara Region.
IMPROVEMENTS TO CLIFTON HILL AND VICTORIA-CENTRE BIA's DUE TO CASINO NIAGARA
RESORT
1. Local Sales Volumes In Clifton Hill & Victoria-Centre BIA Are 2.4 Times Higher Since
Casino Niagara Opened
The development and operation of Casino Niagara has had a positive impact on sales
voiumes, with 88% of businesses realizing a 50% increase in their 2002 sales volumes
relative to pre-Casino levels. Despite the tourism setback experienced in Niagara in 2003
and 2004, 2006 sales volumes were 2.4 times the levels achieved prior to the Casino.
2. Local Employee Levels In Clifton Hill & Victoria-Centre have Doubled Since Casino
Niagara Resort Opened, with Full-time positions Tripling.
Pre-Casino. three-quarters of the employee positions in the Clifton Hill and Victoria-Centre
BIA's were part-time or seasonal. Due to the presence of the Casino Niagara Resort and its
year round demand levels. employment patterns have changed with 1-in-3 positions now
being full-time.
3. Capital Investments of $273 Million in Clifton Hill and Victoria-Centre BIA
Over the past 11 years (1995 to 2006). $273 Million in capital expenditures has been
invested by local businesses in the immediate vicinity of the Casino Niagara Resort.
4. Casino Niagara Resort Cited as the Primary Reason For Investment in Clifton Hill &
Victoria-Centre
Casino Niagara Resort's ability to draw visitors to the Clifton HillfFalls Avenue area was cited as
a major infiuencer in local business owners' decision to invest $273 Million in capital during the
1995 to 2006 - Only 2% of the capital investment ($7 Million) during the past 11 years, was not
driven by the ongoing operation of two Resort Casinos.
5. 6510 of Every Dollar Invested in New Developments in Clifton Hill & Victoria-Centre
For every dollar invested in the Clifton Hill and Victoria-Centre BIA, 65~ has been invested in
new developments, with a further 24~ invested in expansions to existing businesses and 11~
going towards renovations of existing enterprises.
6. A Further $320 Million in Proposed Developments Planned for Clifton Hill & Victoria-
Centre
BIA members surveyed in the Clifton Hill and Victoria-Centre BIA have plans to invest a
further $320 Million in the District over the next five years, with 94~ of every dollar invested in
new developments to further expand the area as a primary tourist activity node.
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RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE POTENTIAL CLOSURE OF CASINO NIAGARA RESORT
1. An estimated $273 Million in Commercial and Infrastructure Development in Clifton Hill
and Victoria-Centre BIA at Risk
The $273 Million that has been invested in the Clifton Hiii and Victoria-Centre BIA's. directly
as a result of Casino Niagara's development. wiii be at risk with the loss of the area's primary
demand generator - Casino Niagara Resort.
2. $71 Million in Incremental Sales Volumes Generated in Clifton Hill & Victoria-Centre
BIA at Risk
The Clifton Hiii and Victoria-Centre areas have generated an incremental $71 Million in sales
volumes as a direct result of Casino Niagara Resort - these volumes will be at risk should the
Casino Niagara close.
3. 1,860 Direct Jobs and $20 Million in Payroll at Risk
Excluding the Casino Niagara operation itself, the Clifton Hill and Victoria-Centre areas have
created an additional 1 ,860 jobs, with an incremental payroll of $20 Million since the opening
of the Casino Niagara Resort. These 1,860 direct jobs, together with their associated indirect
and induced economic benefits, wili be at risk should Casino Niagara Resort close in favour
of the Fallsview Casino Resort operation oniy.
4. Potential Closing of Casino Niagara Resort - Local Investors Would Defer Capital or
Cancel Investment Plans - $314 Million At Risk
If the Casino Niagara Resort were to close in the next fIVe years. 98% all of the surveyed BIA
members would cancel their capital plans, or they would defer their decision until a later date
- presumably to determine if the market levels could support their plans.
5. Fosters a Negative Investment Climate
Not knowing the future of Casino Niagara Resort has put 1.500 employees on edge, which in
turn impacts their expenditure behavior. Major purchases, such as homes, automobiles and
household renovations and other expenditures have been put on hold until employees know
the status of their employment. Likewise, if the OLG were to close Casino Niagara - a $160
Million investment that attracts 5 Million visitors per year - it will send a "red flag" to the
financial institutions, shaking their business confidence in Niagara Falls as a place to invest.
6. Ridership of People Mover System at Risk
Plans for the People Mover call for the system to start at Bender Hiii and move south through
the City. connecting to Marlneland. By closing the Casino Niagara Resort, key ridership
demand will be lost, thereby jeopardizing the importance of this activity node to the overall
ridership of the system.
7. Additional 1,500 Jobs and $40 Miiiion Payroll at Risk
it is estimated that should the Casino Niagara Resort operation close, over 1,500 jobs wouid
be impacted. It has been assumed that 500 would reiocate outside of the Niagara Region to
find a job paying a similar wage to what they were eaming at the Casino, while the balance of
these workers would be expected to be unemployed or take on multipie jobs to achieve the
same level of financial wellbeing as they enjoyed while empioyed at the Casino. The
relocation and loss of jobs is estimated to have a $40 Million impact on the total employment
income in the Niagara Region.
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IN SUMMARY
It is our opinion that the advantages of maintaining a 2 Casino Resort Strategy far outweighs the
disadvantages and risks associated with the closure of the Casino Niagara Resort, as evidenced by
both the investment to date and the pians for additional investment In the Clifton Hill and Victoria-
Centre Districts. Maintaining Niagara's 2 Casino Resort Strategy is seen as one of the cornerstones
of Niagara's economic growth strategy, which is aimed at helping to improve the business climate and
quality of life in the Niagara Region. We trust that the Provincial Government can understand the
direct and induced implications to the Niagara Region's labour market associated with the closure of
the Casino Niagara, especially at a time when the object is to rebuild and expand business in light of
the challenges of the past few years - SARS, the rise in the Canadian dollar, uncertainty surround
the WHTI implications, a decline in U.S. traffic and increased US competition. It is clear that it would
be In poor business sense to not undertake a long-term 2 Casino Resort Strategy for gaming in
Niagara Falls.
in addition to the quantitative impacts resulting from the closure of the Casino Niagara Resort, there
would undoubtedly be qualitative impacts as well. ranging from an eroding quality of life for the
Region's residents. to increased pressure on the Region's social support infrastructure.
ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF MAINTAINING
TWO CASINO RESORTS IN NIAGARA FALLS - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
PKF Consulting
April 2007
Ministry of Labour
Ministere du Travail
Office of the Minister
Bureau du ministre
400 University Avenue
14th Floor
Toronto ON M7A iT?
Tel: 416326-7600
Fax: 416326-1449
400, avenue University
14" etage
Toronto ON M7A 1T7
Tel. : 416326-7600
Telee. : 416 326-1449
MAY I 0 2007
His Worship R.T. (Ted) Saki
Mayor
City of Niagara Falls
City Hall
4310 Queen Street
PO Box l023
Niagara Falls, Ontario
L2E 6X5
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As you know, the matter you raise falls under the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLGC).
As the OLGC is an agency of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal, I have forwarded your
letter to the Honourable David Caplan, Minister of Public Infrastructure Renewal, for his
consideration.
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His Worship Ted Salci
Mayor
City of Niagara Falls
City Hall
4310 Queen Street, PO Box 1023
Niagara Falls ON L2E 6X5
Dear Mayor Salci:
Thank you for your letter of April 20, 2007, expressing your concerns about the future of Casino
Niagara. I also acknowledge receipt of the Executive Summary of the report by PKF Consulting
on the economic benefits of maintaining two casinos in Niagara Falls. I appreciate being made
aware of the situation regarding the lease renewal for Casino Niagara, and I am pleased to
respond.
The Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services is responsible for the safety of
communities across Ontario through effective policing, correctionai services and emergency
services programs. Issues regarding the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation do not fail
under the jurisdiction of this ministry, but rather under that of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure
Renewal. Accordingly, I have fOlWarded a copy of your correspondence to my colleague the
Honourable David Caplan, Minister of Public Infrastructure Renewal, for his consideration.
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Mayor Ted Salci
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Dear Mayor Salci;
Thank you for your letter dated April 20, 2007 and enclosed report, concerning the lease for
Casino Niagara. I appreciate receiving your correspondence and have noted your concerns.
As Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, I do understand the benefits that the casinos have
brought to municipalities like the City of Niagara Falls_
Matters related to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation are the responsibility of my
colleague - the Honourable David Caplan, Minister of Public Infrastructure Renewal. I have
therefore taken the liberty of forwarding a copy of your letter and report to Minister Caplan for
his consideration.
Once again, thank you for writing and for bringing this matter to my attention.
The Honourable David Caplan, Minister of Public Infrastructure Renewal
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His Worship Ted Salci
Mayor
City of Niagara Falls
4310 Queen Street
PO Box 1023
Niagara Falls ON L2E 6X5
Dear Mayor Salci:
Thank you for your letter of April 20, 2007, regarding Casino Niagara and the Ontario
Lottery Gaming Corporation (OLG). As Minister of Government Services, I am pleased
to respond.
The issue you raise falls under the purview of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure
Renewal (PIR) who oversees the OLG. Accordingly, I have taken the liberty of
forwarding a copy of your correspondence to my colleague, the Honourable
David Caplan, Minister of Public Infrastructure Renewal, for his consideration.
Again, thank you for writing.
Sincerely,
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May 7, 2007
The Honourable David Caplan
Minister of Public Infrastructure Renewal
6th Floor Mowat Block
900 Bay Street
Toronto, ON M7A IL2
Dear Minister:
As you are aware, Niagara Falls City Council recently passed the following
resolution:
ORDERED on the motion of Councillor Diodati, seconded by
Councillor loannoni that a meeting be set up between His Worship
Mayor Ted Salci, John MacDonald, Chief Administrative Officer, City
of Niagara Falls, Kim Craitor, M.P.P., Niagara Falls, the Honourable
David Caplan, Minister of Public Infrastructure Renewal and Art
Frank, President, Niagara Casinos to discuss the importance of the
symbiotic relationship between the Casinos and the local community.
Carried Unanimouslv
Casinos were brought to our community to act as a catalyst for economic
development in the Niagara Region. Although casinos, obviously, have a bottom
line to be mindful of, there was always an understanding that the Niagara Casinos
would work cooperatively with various organizations in the community, not try to
undercut other businesses and provide a positive working environment.
Unfortunately, recent developments appear to be contrary to the original good
intentions of the Niagara Casinos. We have learned that the Casino has cut back
on co-operative marketing endeavours and sponsorships, undercut local businesses
by offering various "comps" to their players so that small businesses cannot
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compete with the casinos. The casinos have also appeared to eliminate various
Associate positions with little notice and without giving those Associates an
opportunity to bid on other jobs.
The last thing we want is for Niagara Falls casinos to become isolated from our
business community. With l4 million visitors a year, there is enough business for
the Niagara Casinos to realize a substantial profit, not to the detriment of other
local business.
I appreciate your comments in the media that you are willing to sit down for a
meeting with the pertinent individuals. Please have your staff contact my office
(Cathy Crabbe, 905-356-752l, Ext. 4202) to arrange this meeting at the earliest
date and time convenient to your schedule.
Sincerely,
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Mayor
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To Whom It May Concern:
It is with great interest that I have been following the two articles in the St. Catharines
Standard in regards to the concern over Art Frank and the running of our two casinos.
Admittedly, I am not a writer and have trouble expressing myself on paper. In fact, I will
appear to be rambling but it is the best I can do.
I am a gambler who loves going to Casino Niagara and always have for the social aspect
and of course, the ever present opportunity to win some money. Dutifully, I went to see
Fallsview Casino and try my hand there but never ever liked the place. Yes, it is pretty but
it has its drawbacks and myself and many other regular gamblers do not like the place one
bit. For us older people it is too far to walk to get anywhere. There are no fun promotions
like Casino Niagara has with Silver Aces Tuesdays, Hot Slot Fridays, Friday Diva nights
which I rarely miss even though I have never won. There are many other promotions
which keep me going back just for the fun of it. The staff at Casino Niagara have become
like friends over the years: friendly greetings, inquiries after family and health, a good
joke here and there. Fallsview is one vast huge bright room filled with slot machines and
that is all you can say about it. Casino Niagara has smaller more intimate areas which
lends itself to a cosiness that most gamblers like. Being a sport fan I like to go down to
the second floor and watch the big sports screens for awhile, just to regroup before
playing again. On the weekends I really enjoy the bands that play there live at Niagara and
have taken many visitors to gamble, but also to have a beer and watch the band.
There is a point to my rambling and that is the very real fear that Art Frank will close
Casino Niagara which is so dear to my heart. If he thinks it will force gamblers to go to
Fallsview he is sadly mistaken. There are two distinct types of crowds between the two
casinos. Niagara draws an older crowd and lots of handicapped people go there and
people who gamble on a regular basis, Fallsview is touristy and rather boisterous at times
on the weekends, not to my liking. It can be too crowded at Fallsview on the weekends
with people just milling and talking and walking about looking, taking up space and
blocking pathways. I have no patience for that.
Since Art Frank has taken over the helm, as a gambler you immediately got the sense that
people no longer mattered, now, it was all about profit, profit, profit. We have all talked
about it amongst ourselves many many times at Casino Niagara. I do not know the names
of the people I talk with but we all know each other as regulars and we look out for each
other and we talk. There was the feeling that he was trying to undermine Casino Niagara
as much as possible by the brutal firings of people who had been there for lO years
service and never missed a day of work. Jobs were eliminated left and right and those
workers who remained now have to multitask and do several jobs. On busy nights you
may have to wait a long time to get paid a jackpot because there are not as many workers
on the floor. If you have a problem and put on your change light, you wait and wait and
wait. If there is a line up to do your parking ticket you wait because the Perks Cafe
workers have to do bothjobs now, the cafe line up and the parking tickets.
Thank you for the opportunity to express my views and just to vent. I sincerely hope my
beloved casino does not close. My heart goes out to all those persons who were let go in
such a brutal manner: a person at that mass firing used those words to tell me what went
on. Grown men cried. Fathers and mothers with a new baby were worried financially as
were those who had recently bought new homes with dreams of living there because they
loved their casino job and had no inkling these mass firings would happen.
I wish you success in your talks with Art Frank. Someone needs to have a social
conscience.
Yours truly,
Evelyn Tkachuk
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Edifice Mowat
Queen's Park
Toronto ON M7A 1L2
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May 9, 2007
Mr. Dean Iorfida
City Clerk
City of Niagara Falls
4310 Queen Street
PO Box l023
Niagara Falls ON L2E 6X5
Dear Mr. Iorfida,
Thank you for your letter sharing the motion passed by the Niagara Falls City Council that it be
mandatory for students to watch the documentary An Inconvenient Truth as part of the school
curriculum. I am pleased to reply.
While the Ministry of Education is responsible for developing curriculum policy, implementation
of policy is the responsibility of school boards. A movie such as An Inconvenient Truth is a
resource that a school board, school, or teacher may adopt as a means of helping students acquire
the expectations in the curriculum documents.
The Ministry is aware of the importance of providing for the environmental and ecological
literacy of Ontario's students, and of the role that education plays in helping citizens of Ontario
understand the complex environmental and ecological issues of global warming that affect their
daily lives.
Our government has created an independent Curriculum Council that gives community leaders a
stronger voice in the issues affecting elementary and secondary curriculum. The Curriculum
Council is composed of a Chair, Dr. Dennis Thiessen, and ten members from both the English-
and French-language sectors.
The environment in the elementary and secondary curriculum will be the first issue under
consideration by the Council. The first working group, chaired by Dr. Roberta Bondar, will be
comprised of community leaders with expertise in environmental issues and will engage others
in consultation on this matter to inform deliberations if necessary.
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Toronto marks more than 170 honorary days and months; Councillor asks,
When is Thong Day?
May 05, 2007
JIM BYERS
CITY HALL BUREAU CHIEF
Ed Mirvish Day was no problem. Ditto for Bob Marley Day and Daffodil
Month and Storytelling Week and Lunch Money Day. But when someone
called the City of Toronto and asked for recognition of Giobal Love Day,
officials had to say no.
"We thought it was a little out there," said Barbara Sullivan, the city's chief
of protocol, "I don't have the person's name but they were from California.
The City of Toronto last year put out 173 proclamations, most for health
awareness or social causes. They also issued 2,300 birthday and
anniversary scrolls for Torontonians celebrating special occasions, and put
out a coupie of thousand more for other events.
Anyone can proclaim a day on their own, such as World Laughter Day,
which is being celebrated tomorrow without any formal Toronto City Hall
declaration. But there's a special procedure that has to be followed for
anyone wishing official recognition from the mayor. Still, Sullivan said it's
rare that a group doesn't get at least a letter or a scroll.
"We don't get involved with profit-making enterprises," she said.
"And it has to be in line with city policies and bylaws. We wouldn't, for
example, proclaim Love Your Car day when the city is trying to promote
the environment."
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This month alone Toronto marks Asian Heritage Month, Green Ribbon of
Hope Month, Huntington Disease Awareness Month, MS Awareness Month,
South Asian Heritage Month and Variety Village Sunshine Month. Monday
kicks off Be Kind to Animals Week, Children's Mental Heaith Week, Building
Safety Week, Nursing Week and Mental Health Week. Monday and Tuesday
of next week are School Crossing Guard Appreciation Days.
It's a crowded calendar, and it can lead to some interesting dynamics.
March of this year, for example, was home to both Irish Heritage and
Cultural Appreciation Month and Liver Health Month.
Oscar Peterson, Ronnie Hawkins and Roger Ebert have had days named
after them in Toronto. Of course, there are some choices that, in hindsight,
were regrettabie.
Aug. 1, 2001 was named Vince Carter day in honour of the one-time
Raptor who now gets booed whenever he comes to town.
Cities all over North America take deiight in proclaiming speciai days.
Minneapolis once declared an Uncle AI Day, while Middleton, Conn.,
declared a No Cooking Day, which is taking climate change policy to a
whole other level.
According to the website earthcalendar.net, Dec. 23 in the u.s. marks
Festivus Day, in honour of the faux holiday Frank Costanza made up - "A
Festivus for the rest of us" - in a Seinfeld TV episode.
Also down south, Sept. 19 is Talk Like A Pirate Day. The official website
even gives tips on how to utter phrases like "walk the plank" in German.
And, no, we're not making that up.
October south of the border is Cookbook Month, Pasta Month, Pizza Month,
Popcorn Poppin' Month, Pork Month and Seafood Month. Oh, and
Vegetarian Awareness Month. If you're sick from all of those, this month in
the U.S. marks Allergy/Asthma Awareness Month, Arthritis Awareness
Month, Better Hearing and Speech Month, Better Sleep Month, Breathe
Easy Month, Correct Posture Month, Digestive Diseases Awareness Month,
Hepatitis Awareness Month and Stroke Awareness Month, among others.
No word about this being National Hypochondriac Month, but it sounds like
it should be.
Toronto Councillor Brian Ashton (Ward 36, Scarborough Southwest) says
it's hard for city council members to keep up with all the proclamations.
"Council will probably end up declaring Monday Thong Day in Toronto and
I'll have to rush out and buy one. That's how crazy it is."
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ROYSON JAMES
Hell hath no fury like a politician exposed as a big spender of taxpayers'
money.
So it was this week that city council's executive committee - the most
exalted and powerful hand-picked votaries of Mayor David Miller _
pushed its considerable weight to crush council's notorious penny-
pinchers,
Why?
Apparently, Councillors Rob Ford and Doug Holyday spend too little of
taxpayers' money, More to the point, the two skinflints make it a duty to
point out the wastrel ways of council colleagues, many of whom sit on
said executive committee.
The annual expense report was released this week. It showed, for example, that executive committee
member Gloria Lindsay Luby spent more on travel in a one-month period last year than Mayor Miller did all
year. And 24 of the 44 councillors, and the mayor, racked up travel expenses of $138,650.
In addition, counciilors spent $2.3 million to run the 44 ward offices. Each gets a maximum of $53,100 for >
postage, cellphone, office furniture, printing of newsletters, advertising and promotion, and to hire additional
staff as well as rent out extra office space. Top spender was Adam Giambrone at $52,922.
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Joe Mihevc, Mark Grimes, Cesar Palacio, Glen De Baeremaeker, Michael Walkeri Paula Fletcher and Sandra
Bussin all spent more than $50,000.
Holyday spent just $1,471.
Ford? Try zero. Not a penny.
That's not how to win friends at city hall.
Ford has another strike against him. Last week, during budget debate, he placed numerous motions before
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Ford received more publicity than usual this year because there was so little to write or talk about. Faced
with a bulging budget, depleted reserves, escalating debt, inflationary costs running at $250 million a year
and senior staff fretting the city could go broke, council acted like everything was just fine, thank you.
In near-record time for a megacity budget, debate on the $7,9-billion spending package was wrapped up in
just over a day. There were no rearguard actions on the part of council's right wing to show where a few
pennies could be saved. The mayor didn't offer to cut back on the almost $3 million for expansion of his office
and new committee rooms.
So anyone looking for something other than the state-ordered propaganda that the city's fiscal problems are
entirely the fault of the province had to turn to Ford.
What the pubiic saw was council's refusal to symbolically cut their own perks, in the face of what they say is
a fiscal crisis.
Free golf passes? Free passes to the zoo and the Ex/ free Metropasses and the like?
There was considerable public discontent over this and no doubt some councillors felt the sting. So it
shouldn't have been a surprise that councillors struck back this week.
First, they want Ford and Holyday investigated by the auditor and Integrity commissioner to uncover how the
thrifty twins manage to spend so little running their office.
Is someone secretly financing their office expenses? Are they beholden to some secret sugar daddy, some
influence peddler?
Earlier, Giorgio Mammoliti's staff collected video evidence to "prove" that both Ford and HOlyday were using
generic, common space set aside for all councillors at the Etobicoke Civic Centre as constituency offices,
without claiming it as such - a practice council deemed unconscionable - and ordered the pair to pay
$1,120.20.
They've refused. Holyday sent a letter to the clerk and the mayor, explaining that since all Etobicoke
councillors have a key to the office and have ready access, this "clearly indicates that I do not have control
over the office and therefore it could not be conSidered to be my constituency office."
Mammoliti wasn't done.
Council has a bylaw prohibiting councillors from using their own money to send out newsletters and pay for
normal office expenses.
So if Ford Is using his own money to pay for stamps and letterhead and envelopes, as Ford has said, then he
is in violation of the policy.
The executive committee gladly concurred and wants council to approve an investigation by the city auditor
and integrity commissioner.
The bylaw does exist. That clause should be expunged.
Ford and Holyday may not be your favourite people, but they don't deserve to be hounded because they ride
a one-trick pony - one that embarrasses council. In fact, the current council, more than any in memory,
needs some dissenting voices.
Ford says his costs to the taxpayer are next to nothing because about seven years ago he bought 10,000)
letterheads, envelopes and business cards for about $500, He still has leftovers.
When he needs pens or markers, "I grab a couple hands full at the dollar stores."
"I don't know what's criminal about spending my own money on my own constituents. I have a barbecue
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"The public's amazed when they hear this. They are shaking their heads, asking. . It's a joke, right?' 1 tell
them, . No, there's really going to be an investigation.' Why? Because (1) don't spend taxpayers' money."
The reason for the bylaw, city officials say, is to prevent some rich councillor from using his personal bank
account to spend wildly above poor councillors.
What nonsense. There is a spending limit of $53,100. The same buying power is exerted whether the money
comes from city hall or the councillor's pocket.
Obviously, third-party funding of councillors' office budgets would remain a no-no,
But it's plain wrong, under the guise of protecting the public, to go after a guy for being "frugal in my pubiic
and my private iife ... if 1 can pick up a penny, 1 will."
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May ll, 2007
Ms, Jean Grandoni
P,O, Box 714 Station Main
4500 Queen Street
Niagara Falls ON L2E 2L5
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Dear Ms. O~dom:
Re: Kalar Road Pump Station Sanitary Service Area
Basement Flooding Abatement
Schedule B Class Environmental Assessment
Thank you for your letter dated April 30th. Rest assured, Niagara Falls City Council will receive a
copy of your correspondence at the most appropriate time, In fact, the following actions will be
taken regarding your letter:
,( The correspondence will be part of a future Council Information e-mail. Council members
are e-mailed a variety of correspondence that are unrelated to current agenda items. I hope
to have the next Council Information e-mail out in the next week or so.
,( CH2M Hill, the consultants on the EA have been given a copy of your correspondence and
will respond directly to you.
,( Mr. GeoffHolman, Director of Infra structure Services, informs me that the matter will come
to Council possibly by late June. Your correspondence will be included as part ofthe agenda
when the matter comes to Council for a decision. Clearly, it may be difficult to produce all
public comments gathered from, or as a result of, all the Public Information Centres,
nonetheless, since you have made a request, I will include your correspondence.
To reiterate, Council will receive your correspondence electronically in the coming weeks. The
correspondence will be reproduced when there is a Council decision to be made. Finally, the
consultants will be responding to your concerns.
Sincerely,
pJ1}A/
c. GeoffHolman,
Dean Iorfida
City Clerk
of Infrastructure Services
Working Together to Serve Our Community
Corporate Services Department
Clerks
Ex! 4271 Fax 905-356-9083
diorfida@niagarafalls.ca
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Jean Grandoni
P.O. Box 714 Station Main
4500 Queen SI.
Niagara FaUs, Ontario
City of Niagara Falls
Mr. GeolfHolman, C.E.T.
Manager of Development
4610 Queen St
Niagara Falls, Ontario
April 30, 2007
Dear Mr. Holman:
Re: Kalar Road Pump Station Sanitary Service Area Basement Flooding
Schedule B Class Environmental Assessment
I am writing to express my concerns and position on the above malter resulting from
comments made at the Public Information Centre of April and the Consultants Bulletin which contained
Recommendations for Source Control and Conveyance Control.
I stand opposed to reconstruction and replacement of the sanitary sewer from Beaverdams Rd. to
Thorold Stone Rd. on Kalal' Rd. for the following reasons.
The main cause for the problem of basement flooding has been recognized both bv the City in
earlierrepOlts of Sept. and Oct. of2005 and now at the PIC Meeting with CH2MHill as being the need to
remove stOlm water-.weeping tile water-- from the sanitary sewer system. Mavor Salci admitted to this at
the PIC Open House.
To date the best recognized method to achieve this Source Control measure is by means of a
Sump Pump which would receive weeping tile water into a concrete hole and then Dump it into the storm
sewer or onto the ground at a recommended distance from the house foundation.
Some experts want to see it put into the stonn sewer directly while others want to drain it onto the
lawn. When draining onto the lawn, the weeping tile water or roof water could still end up in the weeping
tile again via the underground water table, due to the tendency of water to follow the path of least
resistance.
Groundwater can enler the weeping tile even in dry weather not just when it rains. Also when
people water lheir lawns and emply their swim pools, this can enter the weeping tile.
Therefore your Source Control measure of " Roofleader Disconnection" is not enoul!h. You
must still dig and DISCONNECT the weeping tile from the sanitary sewer. You have not even mentioned
Sump pumps as a Source Control Recommendation although it is listed under alternative solutions.
Importance of Groundwater (Weeping Tile Water)
Under agricultural conditions this weeping tile water was the rainfall that not only fed our streams
but fed the underground water table that fed both farm wells and also contributed to base flow of our fish
spawning streams, --your food snpply. Base flow is groundwater which seeps into our streams through the
underground water table when it is not raining in fonn of direct seepage to the stream bed or via a spring.
To date attempts by urban governmeut to manage rainwater so that maximum recharge of
groundwater occurs has not been well done.
You owe farmers and fish this weeping tile water as a source of well water and stream supply. It
must be retrieved, NOT WASTED by sending it to the pollution plant via a sanitary sewer where it is
costing millions to needlessly treat In this case it is also being diverted to a different watershed, after
leaving the Pollution Control Plant, thus adversely impacting base flow to Shriners Creek., the natural
flow direction and ranti wells,
To ahieve agricultural infiltration in an urban settting, and to avoid downstream flooding, it might
be desirable to drain some of the water directly to the stream via the stOlm sewer and some onto the lawn.
In either case, one must disconnect the system from the sanitary sewer.
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Argument That You Can't Install Sumns In Existing Homes is lnvaiid
]n the past, since 1988 Sump Pump By-Law, the City has successfully convinced existing
homeowners with basement flooding east of Q.E. W. Highway to install sump pumps. There have been
some one hundred sump ptunps installed in Taro Pump Station Sanitary Sewer Area and forty in the
Rolling Acres Area long after these subdivisions were built in the late 1950's. Meeting with and educating
the homeowners, achieved this.
Sump Pump Costs
Consultant CH2MHiIl --... $6000 per house but when questioned on this figure they admitted
this to be Toronto costs not local
City repOlt MW 2005-118, Oct 17/05.. $2000 per house a local estimate
Outside Installation Costs .-. not provided
One homeowner quoted a figure per house somewhere between these two costs depending on the degree to
which the basement was "finished". Some 1600 homes according to Report MW 2005-118, Oct 17/05 need
sumps, resulting in a "capital expenditure of $3.2 million while providing development capacity within
the system, reducing basement flooding and deferring capital expansion costs".
Outside installation costs were not given and shonld be in order to fairly compare and might be
more easily accepted by the homeowner.
The proposed enlarged pipe is estimated to cost $5.8 million., and still leaves us with the cost of
Treating storm water at the Pollution Plant.
Reduced Costs of Treating Storm Water and Groundwater at Pollution Plant
The cost, according to City report MW -2005..118, to treat rainwater from a recent 100 year storrn alone,
was $4000. Retrieving this rainwater and groundwater on a daily basis must be the goal if dollars are to
be saved by eliminating unnecessary processing at the Pollution Plant. Sump Pumps would achieve this
goal.
How much money would be saved at the Pollution Plant with every rain and every dry day -every
day- - considering that water from various sources can enter the system through weeping tile connections to
the sanitary sewer long after it has stopped raining?
Roofleader Disconnections
The costs of treating storm water that would enter the system with only Roofleader
Disconnections (Eaves Troughs) and no sumps has not been presented.
Backflow Valves
The installation of some 150 Back Flow valves helps the involved homeowner but dumps the
sewage onto someone else~ either different basernents will now flood or you will dump the excess sewage
into the creeks via sanitary sewer overflows into the storm sewers, resulting in dead fish, sick people and
contaminated fann crops.
)\Ieed of Urbanites For Groundwater
Should a national disaster, snch as a nuclear attack, occur and urban source water systems are polluted, yon
would have to resort to groundwater as a source. A recent television Documentary revealed how
Australia is short of water because of the way they have wasted and mismanaged their rainwater and
groundwater. It is worthy to note that the authors drew attention to the fact that the furmers saw this
problem coming.
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Buildil1l? in Natural Areas
Another consideration which no one seems to dare mention is to stop building hOlises in creek beds,
floodplains, and wetlands etc. It should be law that the homeowner be notified at time of lot purchase, that
his basement is being built in a wet area. This would soon stop developer greed, We put warning clauses
in such bills of sale for noise why not a warning about greater risk in this location of a basement flood.
Clearance Certificates
The City should not issue servicing clearance Certificates for subdivisions within such a short time of being
built. Developers and builders should be held more accountable for basemeut flooding by delaying the
issuance of such certificates for a much longer time.
PROPOSED EXISTING PIPE ENLARGEMENT ON KALAR RD. between Beaverdams Rd. and
Thorold Stone Rd.
Replacing the exist~Kalar Rd. pipe with a larger pipe will transfer the problem even faster to the
area of Thorold Stone Acres Subdivision where basements are also flooding and where the Kalar Pump
Station and trunk sewers meet.
This enlar~ed pive will increase both the freauency and volume of sanitary se\ver overflmv intQ
Shriners Creek which traverses fann properties. E-coli counts in Shriners Creek Tributary W-5-3 as per
my water samples far exceed pennissible MOE levels even now,
You will probably overflow the system in the Ascot Woods Subdivision, south of Woodbine St.,
into the W-54 Tributal"} ofShriners Creek which also traverses the family fmm. E-coli counts here are
also already above permissible levels,
You will be simply dumping vour basement flooding problems onto the shoulders of the rural
people as you have been doing for decades. I will no longer tolerate this and the law dictates that no one
has to.
You will be wasting millions, because ifvou remove the rainwater FIRST via sump pumps, you
may not need the proposed enlarged pipe. There is not such a pipe coming down Kalar Rd. from North of
"Thorold Stone Rd, to service that area which has the advantage of sump pumps.
If this pipe is a major issue, why was it not made this size in the first phases of development?
Surely one would realize such a big need sooner.
This pipe should he paid for by the initial developers and builders who caused the problem ....
then you would see how fast sump pumps would be advocated. These developers and builders fought for
years to stop the use of sump pumps. Only when downstream people threatened comt action for stream
pollution did they concede. We can go to court again,
The proposed pipe is verhally said to provide a five year stOlm protection, You could never build
it hig enough 10 provide the protection that a sump pump could provide.
The same comments made by the City in Report MW-2005.118, Ocl. 17/05, regarding estnnation of
storage tarue size and costs for mqjor storms, also apply to the pipe size-- you cau't build it big enough and
if you did the costs are prohibitive, Council should also refer to MW.2005-112, Sept. 19/05.
With the proposed enlarged five year storm pipe, you could still get a six year storm, a seven year
storm and so on and beyond a 100 year storm and get flooded basements without sumps. Anyone ofthese
"~year" stonns could occur over a one year period~~ several different ages of storms in one year,
An enlarged pipe is same logic as trying to enlarge evelY pipe in the subdivision and you still
haven't removed the storm water, the main problem.
The problem is in the subdivision--picture it as a funnel-- it backs up in the basements before it
ever leaves the funnel.
Stormwater will have to be removed by way of a sump pump in the end as is already proven. For
example in the Taro Pump Station Area, east ofQEW, the city spent some 700 thousand in the 1980's on an
underground storage tank but in the end in the 1990' s had to install some 100 sumps to alleviate basement
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back ups. Storage tanks can fill with groundwater before a stonn ever comes, making them almost useless,
Building an enlarged pipe is subsidizing developers of existing subdivisions and those who want to
expand urban boundaries. Once sump pumps are in, any reserve capadrj that results from removal of
rainwater in any pipe should be reserved for development and redevelopment potential within urban
boundary and to clean up overflows both east and west of the QEW highway, NOT for urban boundary
Expausion. This would be in keeping with Provincial Policy.
Further with the current Official Plan Review, there are proposals to use eight hundred acres of
industrially zoned land in the inner city and to the south of Hwy. Twenty, for residential development.
This would negate any need for undesirable w'ban boundary expansion onto the prime fruit and
grapelands abutting the proposed enlarged sanitary sewer pipe. Therefore, recovering costs of this pipe
will be difficult if ever intended to be recouped by extending the boundary.
The proposed enlarged pipe is contrary to the objectives of the Provincial Policy Statement, smart growth
and nIe Growth Plan.
The Niagara Falls Council voted in summer of 2006 to request the Region to look into amending
their mapping to properly designate the lands between Niagara Falls and Thorold as good grape and good
fruit as already proven in 1978 Ontario Municipal Board Hearings.
Costs Never Counted by Citv or Consultants
Costs to aU of us: Spread of disease. A recent farm newspaper revealed that sars is carried in raw
sewage. Two conservation workers got sick working in Shriners Creek. Scientists have proven that our
oceans are dying due to human sewage pollution. There is little clean water for wildlife. Deer have been
observed beating a path to the spring on Shriners Creek rather then drinking from the creeks and ponds.
The fish food supply is near extinction for pike numbers. The late Jack Muh' said at one time pike in
these streams were so plentiful you couldn't see the bottom of the stream when they would come upstream
to spawn. Lake Ontario Beaches close due to sewage pollution not industrial effluent.
The Shriners Creek, Beaverdams Creek and the Ten Mile Creek all empty into Lake Ontario.
Costs to farmers: Loss of right to diversifr-.-::fannot pasture any;;nimal near land flooded by a polluted
stream, loss of enjoyment ofproperty~ loss of cropland ~-overf1ows cause even more flooding ~~you cannot
feed contaminated hay to any animal, loss of trees to disease from polluted water.
Coyotes chewed up my garden hose last year---were they looking for clean water 01' just water?
The watershed has a problem win. both quality and quantity of water both in wet and dry weather due to
mismanagement. Sump Pumps would increase the supply of water to base flow of the stream even in dry
weather.
Polluted groundwater is a possibility with use of sanitary sewer overflows. Then there is the cost
oflegal action.
We are aware of the inlll1mellt Clean Water Act.
The clean liD costs of downstream watercourses which have the life choked out ofthem bv cattails
produced Ii'om sewage contamination, must be counted if implementing an enlarged pipe together with raw
sewage overflows as one ofyoUl' immediate major solutions to basement flooding rather than using sump
pumps as the first answer.
Conservation Authority and Provincial Ministries approve the sewer works, developments,
and sewage overflows to provide larger developer profits, then come back looking for taxpayer money to
fix the damages caused by their own approvals. Local Councils are just as guilty.
Sllll1p Pump installation should be made the top immediate solution to homeowner basement
flooding, not the proposed enlarged pipe. In their owu reports, city engineers admit that sumps are the
long term solution. Ail the more reason to implement them in the short tenn.
Homeowners must realize that all, including those who are not flooded, must use sumps. Only
if'
those who are at the higher elevation might avoid them as they can drain by gravity to the storm sewer
pipe---I am not aware if the Provincial Law for sumps may have eliminated this option.
If difficultv to calculate were a measure of costs saved _ then sump pumps should be the "riority.
The benefits ofsumvs reach far bevond iust the homeowner -- thev touch all forms of Hfe.
SECOND ISSUE -- Amendment NO, 196 Connection to Kalar Pump Station -- Club Italia. Chureh of
the lj.edeemer Applications
The proposed addition of some 186 acres or 1800 units, to this sewage system should not be
allowed. The Consultant stated that because it would be new development and a dry system with sump
pumps, that new connibuting flows from this Northwest Quadrant, would be quote "insignificant".
Let me say that the City has been adding "dry" systems--new subdivisions with ,mop pumps-- for
twenty years and you still have basement flooding and sewage overflows into our streams. Stop
misrepresenting the facts.
Everyone knows that when a glass of water is full , that whether you add more water or a solid that
the glass will still overflow.
The same planning arguments listed above for the area south of Thorold Stone Rd. also apply to
this area north of Thorold Stone Rd.
Yours truly,
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Fax 416.499.4687
March 8, 2007
Dean Iorfida
City of Niagara Falls
4310 Queen Street
Box 1023
Niagara Falls ON L2E 6XS
Re: Kalar Road Pump Station Sanitary Service Area Basement Flooding Abatement
Class Environmental Assessment Public Information Centre (PIC)
CH2M HILL Canada Limited has been retained to assist the City of Niagara Falls and the Regional
Municipality of Niagara to complete a Class Environmental Assessment (EA) Study to identify
measures to reduce and/ or eliminate the occurrence of basement flooding and other damage
associated with stormwater overflows in the drainage basin of the Kalar Road Pump Station. This
study is being conducted in accordance with the requirements for Schedule B projects as described in
the Municipal Engineers Association's Class EA document (June 2000).
This Class EA is being performed as part of a larger Master Plan or Pollution Control Plan (PCP) for
the City of Niagara Falls. The purpose of the PCP is to plan for long-range water pollution control
and sanitary servicing needed to accommodate future growth. Due to the nature and severity of the
basement flooding in the Kalar Road Pump Station area, however, this Class EA has been made a
priority,
At this time, we wish to inform you of a Public Information Centre being held for any stakeholders
and interested parties. Please find enclosed a notice outlining the details. For questions or
comments, please contact the undersigned at the above address, by telephone at 416-499-0090, ex!.
346, or via e-mail atSabrina.Coletti@ch2m.com.
Sincerely I
CH2M HILL Canada Limited
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Sabrina Coletti, MCIP, RPP
Environmental Planner
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P5/17/2007) Dean iorfida - Re: Kwok Chu
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Iorfida, Dean
5/14/2007 11:58 AM
Re: Kwok Chu
He was denied leave to appeal. this can be done by correspondence now. Ken
>>> Dean Iortida 5/14/200711:43 AM >>>
Did this actually go to the S.c.c. or was it more of an administrative rejection i.e. no standing, improper forum etc?
>>> Ken Beaman 5/14/200711:41 AM >>>
The Supreme court of Canada has dismissed Mr. Chu's appeal. Ken
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION & PUBLIC MEETING
ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT APPLICATION
CITY FILE: AM-13/2007
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE PLANNING ACT
You are invited to attend a public meeting where City Council will consider an application to
amend Zoning By-law No. 79-200. The meeting will be held on:
Monday, June 11, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 4310 Qneen Street.
The amendment is reqnested for the land known as 7209 Drummond Road, as shown on
Schedule 1. The applicant is proposing to replace the existing automobile service station with
a gasoline bar and a retail (convenience) store. Schedule 2 shows details of the proposed
development.
The land is zoned General Commercial (Ge) which does not permit a gasoline bar. The applicant
is requesting the land be rezoned to Automobile Service Station and Gasoline Bar (AS), with site
specific modifications to the lot frontage, rear yard depth, side yard width, canopy setback and lot
coverage provisions contained in this zone, as well as site specifically adding a retail store as a
permitted use in the AS zone, to permit the proposed development.
The meeting is being held to inform you about the application and to provide you with an
opportunity to express your views. Your comments may be given verbally or as a written submission.
Written comments should be submitted to the Director of Planning and Development, City
Hall, 4310 Queen Street, Niagara Falls, Ontario, L2E 6X5 prior to May 29, 2007. Please refer
to City File AM-13/2007.
The comments you provide, as well as the report of City staff, will help Council make a decision on
the application. Council may ask for revisions to the proposal or attach conditions to its decision.
If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed amendment you must make a written
request to the Director of Planning & Development.
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meeting or make written submissions to the City of Niagara Falls before the by-law is passed, the
person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision ofthe Niagara Falls City Council to the
Ontario Municipal Board.
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submissions to the City of Niagara Falls before the by-law is passed, the person or public body may
not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the
opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to do so.
A copy of the Planning and Development Division's Recommendation Report on the application will
be available after 4:00 p.m. on June 5, 2007.
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from the Planning and Development Division, second floor, City Hall, between the hours of 8:30
a.m. and 4:30 p.m. or by telephoning (905) 356-752l, extension 4232.
This notice is dated at Niagara Falls, Ontario this lltb day of May, 2007.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION & PUBLIC MEETING
ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT APPLICATION
CITY FILE: AM-I0/2007
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE PLANNING ACT
You are invited to attend a public meeting where City Council will consider an application to
amend Zoning By-law No. 79-200. The meeting will be held on:
Monday, Juue 11, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 4310 Queen Street.
The amendment is requested for the land known as 4077 Hickson Street, as shown on Schedule
1. The applicant is requesting that the existing triplex on the property be recognized in the
Zoning By-law. Refer to Schedule 2 for the details of the property.
The land is currently zoned Residential Single Family and Two Family (R2). The applicant is
requesting the zoning of the property be changed to a site specific Residential Mixed (R3) zone to
recognize the existing dwelling as a triplex and to permit the proposed parking arrangement.
The meeting is being held to inform you about the application and to provide you with an
opportunity to express your views. Your comments may be given verbally or as a written submission.
Written comments should be submitted to the Director of Planning and Development, City
Hall, 4310 Queen Street, Niagara Falls, Ontario, L2E 6X5 prior to May 29, 2007. Please refer
to City File AM-I012007.
The comments you provide, as well as the report of City staff, will help Council make a decision on
the application. Council may ask for revisions to the proposal or attach conditions to its decision.
If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed amendment you must make a written
request to the Director of Planning & Development.
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Board (O.M.B.). However, if a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public
meeting or make written submissions to the City of Niagara Falls before the by-law is passed, the
person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision ofthe Niagara Falls cru-Y_CounciUo_the___..,
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opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to do so.
A copyofthe Plarming and Development Division's Recommendation Report on the application will
be available after 4:00 p.m. on June 5, 2007.
Additional information related to the application and the proposed amendments may be obtained
from the Planning and Development Division, second floor, City Hall, between the hours of 8:30
a.m. and 4:30 p.m. or by telephoning (905) 356-752l, extension 4232.
This notice is dated at Niagara Falls, Ontario this II th day of May, 2007.
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ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT APPLICATION
CITY FILE: AM-OS/2007
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE PLANNING ACT
You are invited to attend a public meeting where City Council will consider an application to
amend Zoning By-law No. 79-200. The meeting will be held on:
Monday, June 11,2007 at 7:00 p.m.
in the Conncil Chambers, City Hall, 4310 Queen Street.
The amendment is requested for the lands known as 6911 and 6921 Barker Street and part of
the lands known as 6019 Dorchester Road, as shown on Schedule 1. A legal non-conforming
apartment dwelling is located on 6911 and 6921 Barker Street, while a single detached
dwelling is located on the front portion of 6019 Dorchester Road. The applicant is proposing
to sever off the rear portion of 6019 Dorchester Road and merge this parcel with 6911 and
6921 Barker Street, in order to provide additional parking for the apartment dwelling. Details
of the proposal are shown in Schedule 2.
The lands are zoned Residential Single Family IC Density (RIC), which does not permit apartment
dwellings. The applicant is requesting a site specific Residential Apartment 5ADensity (R5A) zone
for a portion ofthe lands to recognize the apartment dwelling and its configuration and allow the rear
portion of 6019 Dorchester Road to be used as parking for the apartment dwelling. The applicant
is also seeking a reduction in the amount of parking required for an apartment dwelling from 1.4
spaces per dwelling unit to 1 space per dwelling unit. The front part of60l9 Dorchester Road is to
remain under the Rl C zone.
The meeting is being held to inform you about the application and to provide you with an
opportunity to express your views. Your comments may be given verbally or as a written submission.
Written comments shonld be submitted to the Director of Planning and Development, City
Hall, 4310 Queen Street, Niagara Falls, Ontario, L2E 6XS prior to May 29, 2007. Please refer
to City File AM-OS/2007.
Working Together to Serve Our Community
Community Services Department
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Ext 4230 Fax 905-356-2354
ddarbyson@niagarafalls.ca
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The comments you provide, as well as the report of City staff, will help Council make a decision on
the application. Council may ask for revisions to the proposal or attach conditions to its decision.
If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed amendment you must make a written
request to the Director of Planning & Development.
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Board (O.M.B.). However, if a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public
meeting or make written submissions to the City of Niagara Falls before the by-law is passed, the
person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision ofthe Niagara Falls City Council to the
Ontario Municipal Board.
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submissions to the City of Niagara Falls before the by-law is passed, the person or public body may
not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the
opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to do so.
A copy of the Planning and Development Division's Recommendation Report on the application will
be available after 4:00 p.m. on June 5, 2007.
Additional information related to the application and the proposed amendments may be obtained
from the Planning and Development Division, second floor, City Hall, between the hours of8:30
a.m. and 4:30 p.m. or by telephoning (905) 356-752l, extension 4232.
This notice is dated at Niagara Falls, Ontario this 11'h day of May, 2007.
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ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT APPLICATION
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PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE PLANNING ACT
You are invited to attend a public meeting where City Council will consider an application to
amend Zoning By-law No. 79-200. The meeting will be held on:
Monday, Jnne 11, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 4310 Queen Street.
The amendment is requested for the land known as 6306 to 6378 Pinestone Road and 6339 to
6367 Pinestone Road, as shown on Schedule 1. The lands are currently vacant and zoned for
single detached dwellings. The applicant is proposing to develop 19 on-street townhouse
dwellings on these lots, as shown on Schedule 2.
The subject lands are currently zoned Residential Single Family lA Density - 427 (RlA-427) in
part and Residential Single Family lE Density - 429 (RlE-429) in pm"!. The applicant is requesting
the lands be rezoned to the same site specific Residential Mixed - 430 (R3-430) zone that applies
to the lands to the northwest of the subject lands, to permit townhouse dwellings. In addition, the
units on the lands known as 6306 to 6378 Pinestone Road are proposed to have an increased rear
yard setback of 10 metres (32.8 feet).
The meeting is being held to inform you about the application and to provide you with an
opportunity to express your views. Your comments may be given verbally or as a written submission.
Written comments should be submitted to the Director of Planning and Development, City
Hall, 4310 Queen Street, Niagara Falls, Ontario, L2E 6X5 prior to May 29, 2007. Please refer
to City File AM-07/2007.
The comments you provide, as well as the report of City staff, will help Council make a decision on
the application. Council may ask for revisions to the proposal or attach conditions to its decision.
If you wish to be notified of the adoption of the proposed amendment you must make a written
request to the Director of Planning & Development.
Working Together to Serve Our Community
Community Services Department
Planning & Development
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Board (O.M.B.). However, if a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public
meeting or make written submissions to the City of Niagara Falls before the by-law is passed, the
person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision ofthe Niagara Falls City Council to the
Ontario Municipal Board.
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submissions to the City of Niagara Falls before the by-law is passed, the person or public body may
not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Municipal Board unless, in the
opinion of the Board, there are reasonable grounds to do so.
A copy ofthc Planning and Development Division's Recommendation Report on the application will
be available after 4:00 p.m. on June 5, 2007.
Additional information related to the application and the proposed amendments may be obtained
from the Planning and Development Division, second floor, City Hall, between the hours of 8:30
a.m. and 4:30 p.m. or by telephoning (905) 356-752l, extension 4232.
This notice is dated at Niagara Falls, Ontario this II th day of May, 2007.
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RECREATION COMMITTEE
TUESDAY, APRIL 10,2007
AT 6:30 P.lVI.
WHITE OAKS CONFERENCE RESORT & SPA
MINUTES OF MEETING
Present:
Paisley J anvary- Pool, Pat Mascarin, Glen Mercer, Rich Merlino, Rob DeGiuli, Mick
Wolfe, Enzo Della Marca, Councillor Jim Diodati, Joe Talarico, Dan Cummings,
DelphinaPietrangelo, Dolores Sacco (Secretary), Jason MacLean (Staff) and Denyse
Morrissey (Staff)
Regrets:
Don Jackson, Paul Campigotto
Denyse Morrissey, Director of Parks, Recreation & Culture introduced and welcomed Jason
MacLean, Community Development Coordinator as the new Liaison for the Recreation
Committee.
1. Adoption of Minutes
Recreation Committee Meeting of February 20,2007
IT WAS MOVED BY Paisley J an vary-Pool, seconded by Dan Cummings, that the minutes of
the meeting of February 20,2007, be approved as written.
Motion Carried
2. Business Arisin!! from the Minutes of Februarv 20. 2007
a) Revisions of Activity Subsidy Fund Policy
IT WAS MOVED BY Paisley Janvary-Pool, seconded by Mick Wolfe, that the proposed
revisions to the Activity Subsidy Fund for Physically, Mentally or Socially Challenged
Individuals Policy be approved and forwarded to Council for approval.
Motion Carried
3. Communications
a) Letter dated March 8, 2007 regarding 2007 Provincial Trails Summit
IT WAS MOVED BY Paisley J an vary-Pool, seconded by Pat Mascarin, that a representative
from this Committee attend the 2007 Provincial Trails Summit.
Motion Carried
It was noted that if anyone is interested in attending the 2007 Provincial Trails Summit to be held
in Niagara Falls from May l5 to May 17, 2007, please notify Jason MacLean or Dolores Sacco.
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b) Committee Protocol
c) Notice of Special Council Meeting - Proposed Arena Development on Cytec Lands
Mick Wolfe briefly updated everyone on the proposed new arena developments and advised that
he would volunteer to represent this Committee at the Special Council meeting to advise Council
that this Committee unanimously supports the City's decision to move forward with the new arena
on the Cytec property.
IT WAS MOVED BY Joe Talarico, seconded by Rob DeGiuli, that Mick Wolfe will represent
this Committee at the Special Council meeting to be held on Wednesday, April 11, 2007, to
advise Council that the Recreation Committee unanimously supports the City of Niagara Falls
in moving forward on building the new arena on the Cytee property.
Motion Carried
IT 'VAS MOVED BY Enzo Della Marca, seconded by Delphina Pietrangelo, that the above
communications be received and filed for information.
Motion Carried
4. "Action ReQuired" Items
a) City of Niagara Falls Provincial, International Competition
Grant Application
i) Niagara Falls Girls Soccer Club - Levels 1 & 2 Coaching Clinic - at St. Catharines
Concord Club on March 4, 2007 and Grimsby Town Youth Soccer Club on March
4,2007.
All applicants requesting funding.
. Wayne Fansolato
. Bob Berlingeri
. Ami Lundale
IT WAS MOVED BY Paisley Janvary-Pool, seconded by Enzo Della Marca, that the above
applicants be approved $45.00, snbject to receiving official receipts.
Motion Carried
ii) Niagara Falls Boys Soccer Club - Level 3 Coaching Clinic - at St. Catharines, St.
Denis School on March 24 & 25, 2007.
All applicants reqnesting funding.
. Carlo Felicetti
. Tony Visa . Dan Pietrangelo
. John Abbruscato
. John Domanico . Tony Di Carlo
IT WAS MOVED BY Enzo Della Marca, seconded by Pat Mascarin, that the above applicants
be approved $45.00, snbject to receiving official receipts.
Motion Carried
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b) Citv of Nia2ara Falls Provincial, National, International Competition Grant
Application
i) 2007 Ontario Provincial Gymnastics Championships. This event will be held on
April 27 ,28 & 29,2007, in Grimsby, Ontario. (2 applicants requesting $70.00
each)
· Taylor Ellis
· Jennifer Harrigan
IT WAS MOVED BY Joe Talarico, seconded by Pat Mascarin, that the above applicants be
approved $70.00, subject to receiving official receipts.
Motion Carried
5. New Business
a) Mick Wolfe advised that he had received a package from Mr. Ed Strohak regarding the
"Be Prepared" Program. He explained that the purpose of the program would be to offer
information to all ice users in setting up a plan of action in case a hockey player becomes
a victim of a heart-related incident. It was decided that Staffwould investigate this further
and report back to the Committee.
Staffwill forward a letter of thanks to Mr. Stohak for this information.
6. Next Committee Meetin2
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
MacBain Community Centre Board Room
7. Adiournment
IT WAS MOVED BY Rob DeGiuli, seconded by Delphina Pietrangelo that the meeting be
adjourned at 8:00 p.m.
Motion Carried
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