City Council

With respect to the December 17, 2018 City Council meeting, we recommend that the agenda as printed, including any additional information and new business, be confirmed .

The Minutes of the following Meetings of the Thunder Bay City Council, to be confirmed: 1. The Thunder Bay City Council held on December 10, 2018.

With respect to the December 10, 2018 Committee of the Whole minutes, we recommend that the resolution relative to Report No. R 124/2018 (Community Services) Enhanced Park Programming and Dease Pool, be deferred to January 14, 2019 for ratification.

The Minutes of the following Committee of the Whole meetings, to be adopted: 1. December 10, 2018 Committee of the Whole.

With respect to Report No. 2018CLS.038 (Legal Services) we recommend that Administration proceed as directed in Closed Session. PAGE 3 OF 8 City Council – December 17, 2018

WITH respect to Report No. 2018CLS.041 (Realty Services), we recommend that the following four properties and easement interests described in this Report be declared surplus to the City's requirements pursuant to the City's policies, and be disposed of in accordance with the method set out in this Report; THAT public notice of the proposed disposals be given in the manner set out in this Report; AND THAT the City grant an easement interest over Part of Block 5, Registered Plan W-42 Neebing, municipally known as 408 Montreal Street (A94), for utility purposes at the request of Bell Canada at the appraised market value of $6,087.50; AND THAT the City's interest in the vacant property, being Part of Lot 1, Block 15, Registered Plan W-148 Neebing, municipally known as 639 Brown Street (A95), be sold to the abutting property owner of 637 Brown Street (Ryan Harold Hill), for lot enlargeme nt purposes at the appraised market value of $14,752.00; AND THAT the City's interest in the lane adjacent to 1900 Frederica Street West, being Part of Lane, Block 6, Registered Plan W-185 Neebing (A96), be closed and sold to the abutting property owner (2 122336 Ontario Ltd.) for lot enlargement purposes at the appraised market value of $25,279.00; AND THAT the City’s easement interest over a portion of Block 65, Part Lot PA, Registered, municipally known as 545 Cumberland Street North (E88), being e asement #6, Part of North Subdivision of Section 37 , Township of McIntyre be released and transf

With respect to VIA Rail’s awarding of a $1 billion contract to build and supply rail cars for Canadian passenger rail transportation, we recommend that City Council express their profound disappointment that a Federal Crown Corporation made the decision not to make better use of the existing skills, talents and resources our City has available to contribute to the growth of safe, accessible and reliable transportation of people through rail passenger services in Canada in failing to have a Canadian content policy to better position Bombardier Transportation to compete; AND THAT we forward this motion to the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce, N.O.M.A., UNIFOR, local M.Ps, M.P.Ps, relevant Federal and Provincial Ministers and the Prime Minister of Canada and the Premier of Ontario.

THAT the following By-law be introduced, read, dealt with individually, engrossed, signed by the Mayor and Clerk, sealed and numbered: PAGE 6 OF 8 City Council – December 17, 2018 1. A By-law to amend By-law Number 100-2010, as amended (The Zoning By-law), of The Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay (493 Oliver Road). By-law Number: BL 133/2018 2. A By-law to amend By-law 390-1981, being a By-law to designate an improvement area. By-law Number: BL 135/2018 3. A By-law to amend By-law 128-2012, being a By-law to govern the proceedings of meetings of City Council and its Committees By-law Number: BL 136/2018

THAT the following By-law be introduced, read, dealt with individually, engrossed, signed by the Mayor and Clerk, sealed and numbered: 1. A By-law to confirm the proceedings of a meeting of Council, this 17th day of December, 2018 By-law Number: BL 134/2018