2012/07/24 (3)The City of Niagara Falls, Ontario
Resolution
July 24, 2012
No. 21
Moved by Councillor Pietrangelo
Seconded by Councillor Gates
WHEREAS the Government of Canada, through the Department of Canadian Heritage, has created
nationally the Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage Program; and
WHEREAS the Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage Program Component III Legacy
Fund provides funding for community capital projects that commemorate a local historical anniversary
of 100 years or greater, in increments of 25 years; and
WHEREAS the Friends of the Lundy's Lane Battlefield's "Lundy's Lane Battlefield Commemorative
Park" (the "Project ") is a capital project that will restore, renovate, and transform an existing building
or exterior space by restoring a key part of the US position at the War of 1812 battle site; expanding
the park land; improving the viewscape from the British position and interpretive capabilities at the site
by removing a serious constraint; and creating memorials marking the US position and commemorating
the Black, Aboriginal and Women's History associated with the site, and a Celebration Place supporting
other nearby Black history sites; and
WHEREAS a letter of support from the municipal administration or equivalent authority that includes
endorsement of the capital project to commemorate the anniversary is a required part of an application
to the Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage Program Component III Legacy Fund;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Corporation of the City of Niagara Falls hereby endorses
the Project commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Lundy's Lane .
AND The Seal of the Corporation be hereto affixed.
DEAN IOIIFIDA JAMES M. DIODATI
Carried Unanimously
CITY CLERK
MAYOR