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All Items for Consideration and Consent not separated for discussion purposes. Item 6.1.2, 6.1.3, 6.1.4 were separated for discussion purposes.

A. THAT Official Plan Amendment Application OP-05-18, submitted by Cachet Developments (Brantford) Inc., affecting lands located at 573-585 Colborne Street to redesignate these lands to “Mixed Commercial - Residential Area” and to amend Modified Policy Area 52 to permit a 5 storey apartment building, a 9 storey apartment building, 16 mixed use townhouse units, 92 stacked townhouse units, and 50 back-to-back townhouses, BE APPROVED in accordance with Section 8.1 of Report 2020-5; and B. THAT Zoning By-law Amendment Application PZ-16-18, submitted by Cachet Developments (Brantford) Inc., affecting lands located at 573-585 Colborne Street to change the zoning to “Mixed Commercial Residential - Exception 18 Zone (C3-18)” to permit a 5 storey apartment building, a 9 storey apartment building, 16 mixed use townhouse units, 92 stacked townhouses, and 50 back-to-back townhouses, BE APPROVED, subject to the application of a ‘Holding’ provision and in accordance with the applicable provisions as noted in Section 8.2 of Report 2020-5; and C. THAT the By-law to remove the “Holding (H)” provision from the subject lands not be presented to Council for approval until the following provisions have been satisfied: i. That the applicant has satisfied the requirements of the City of Brantford relating to the Noise Impact Assessment; and ii. That the applicant has satisfied the requirements of the City of Brantford relating to the Transportation Impact Study (TIS); and iii. That the applicant ha

THAT Clause A BE AMENDED to include a 400 metre setback. Recorded vote on amendment YES: (10): Mayor Davis, Councillor Weaver, Councillor Utley, Councillor Sless, Councillor McCreary, Councillor Martin, Councillor Carpenter, Councillor Antoski, Councillor VanTilborg, and Councillor Wall

THAT all Items for Consideration and Consent Items separated for discussion purposes BE APPROVED. The Committee then considered the following Items for Consideration that were separated for discussion purposes: 6.1.2 Greyfields Revitalization Strategy – Project Update [Financial Impact – none], 2020-3 THAT Report 2020-3, Greyfields Revitalization Strategy – Project Update, BE RECEIVED. Recorded vote on Item 6.1.2 YES: (5): Mayor Davis, Councillor Sless, Councillor Carpenter, Councillor Antoski, and Councillor Wall 7 NO: (4): Councillor Weaver, Councillor Utley, Councillor McCreary, and Councillor Martin

THAT Clause B BE AMENDED to include Option 4.

THAT Option 1 (3 year transition) of Clause B BE AMENDED to include the requirement of membership for the 2019 and 2020 season.

THAT the following BE ADDED as Clause E: 9 E. THAT City of Brantford staff BE DIRECTED to further negotiate the Service Client Model with additional neighbouring Municipalities and report back to Council on these negotiations. Recorded vote on amendment YES: (9): Mayor Davis, Councillor Weaver, Councillor Utley, Councillor Sless, Councillor McCreary, Councillor Martin, Councillor Carpenter, Councillor Antoski, and Councillor Wall

WHEREAS, on October 17, 2018, the Government of Ontario passed Bill 36, the Cannabis Statute Law Amendment Act, 2018 which enacted the Cannabis Licence Act, 2018 and amended the Cannabis Act, 2017 to establish the Cannabis Control Act, 2017; and WHEREAS the Cannabis Licence Act, 2018 established a scheme for the retail sale of cannabis by licensed retail operators; and WHEREAS municipalities across Ontario were given until January 22, 2019 to choose if retail cannabis stores would be prohibited within their borders; and WHEREAS City Council, at its special meeting held on January 15, 2019, resolved to prohibit cannabis retail stores from locating within the City of Brantford, requested that staff monitor the implementation of cannabis retail stores throughout the Province of Ontario, and directed the Mayor to collaborate with the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) and other municipalities who opted out of the cannabis retail store regime in order to lobby for improvements to the cannabis retail sales regime; and WHEREAS City Council, at its meeting of June 25, 2019, endorsed the resolution of the Large Urban Mayors’ Caucus of Ontario (LUMCO) calling for, among other 10 things, additional local regulatory controls to be approved by the Province of Ontario around retail cannabis stores, including increasing the municipal share of excise tax collected by the Province on the sale of cannabis; and WHEREAS the Mayor has met several times with the Honourable Doug Downey,