March 2/04 Report
Scheduled start time: 9:30 am Actual start time: 9:34. Adjournment 4.45 pm

Present: Kelly, Pearson, Ferguson, Horwath, Mitchell, McHattie, Merulla, Whitehead, DiIanni (4:20-4:30)

Also present: Braden, Bruckler (see record sheet for participation)

Media: Eric McGuinness (Spectator), Ken Mann (CHML), Kevin Werner (Brabant)

Changes to the Agenda

Six items of additional information for agenda items were circulated. Two for 7.5, and one each for 7.7, 8.1, 9.1, and 9.2. The item added to 9.2 was a request to speak to the committee by the agent of B&M Metal Recycling. The order of the agenda was also changed to move 9.2 to the beginning of the agenda.

Chairman Kelly began by noting that David Cohen had requested to speak to item 8.3 on th economic development implications of the Red Hill Creek Expressway. Kelly did not mention that Cohen had made application to speak before noon on the previous day as required by the procedural bylaw. Kelly ruled (on his own) that he would not allow Cohen to speak because this was not a public meeting. Kelly made no comment on the similar request of Russell D. Cheeseman to speak to speak to item 9.2 (see above) on behalf his client of B&M Metal Recycling. Mr. Cheeseman was allowed to speak on 9.2 without opposition or comment.

9.2 City Initiative for the Extension of an Interim Control By-law on Lands Located in the Area of Barton Street and Tiffany Street of the West Harbour Planning Study Area (PD04064)(Wards 1 and 2)

Committee was addressed by Russell Cheeseman, agent for B&M Metal Recycling who said he had read and supported the staff report. Art Zuidema, legal counsel for the City, suggested the committee go 'in camera' to receive legal advice on this item. The committee came out of camera at 9:54 am and adopted the staff recommendation.

THE AIRPORT

4.1 Representatives from Tradeport International respecting an up-date on operations at John C. Munro International Airport (No copy)

A folder was distributed to councillors at the beginning of this item containing the Annual Report of Tradeport to City Council, a report titled "The Economic Impacts of Hamilton International Airport" and several sheets on noise management and abatement measures. Richard Koroscil, President and CEO of Tradeport made a powerpoint presentation highlighting items from the above reports. Ken Mitchell was also present from Tradeport.

Koroscil: "story of good news, bad news, good news". Began with passenger growth rate: "There isn't an airport in Canada that's had this kind of success in growth rate." Exceeded 1 million passenger mark in 2003 for the first time. Cargo 90,000 tonnes in 2003 "keeping Hamilton in the largest freighter category airport in Canada". Started terminal one expansion work. $3 million spent on runway. "Phase one development now completely designed and ready to go at any time, should we choose to do so." $52 million development designed to handle 5 million passengers. Intent to start work but delayed by Westjet pullout. Also expanded parking area. Total spent in 2003 was $5.1 million, and total invested since 1996 is over $70 million.

Bad news was WestJet "realignment" causing decline in flights as of April. CanJet arrival day after WestJet leaves "which is a huge step forward for us and really builds confidence that the market is there". "We know that their [CanJet] frequency will go up." Have talked to them about doing transborder service.

Plan: (1) Keeping low cost model of operation. "This is absolutely essential for us in Hamilton competing against Pearson". "Should not overbuild." (2) Expanding passenger air service. Just been advised that Mexicana Airlines will be running 13 additional charter flights this summer. (3) Promoting regional tourism. (4) enhancing air cargo development.

Passenger services: "This is really the big ticket item. The faster we grow this service the better for all of us." Extensive work done on surveying on market potential. Communities around Hamilton not aware of airport. Want to brand as the low cost airport for the GTA/Niagara. If we can't convince new airlines to come to Hamilton, an alternative is to offer income guarantees to them. Need to work on ground transportation links.

Priorities this year (1) low-cost carrier - CanJet (2) transborder service to Florida - working on this. (3) international passenger service - Mexicana (4) full service cargo network carrier.

Catchment area is 2.1 million people "people who should see Hamilton as more convenient than Pearson". 8.4 million people within a 90 minute drive of the airport (includes Buffalo) - "it is the largest market available to any airport in Canada". So lots of opportunity. "We need to build the awareness." "going to get involved in cooperative advertising with tourist operators".

CargoJet just announced 4 new runs to Ottawa weekly. "We need to work with them in completing a new hangar facility and a new cargo facility." Also using facilities to incubate new businesses.

Airport Trends: "Air transit grows at double the rate of the economy. Of course in the last few years that hasn't been the case but in the last five or six months we've seen constant growth that is happening." "We should see strong growth in the next few years, barring any additional security issues." "Leisure travel accounts for about half of all air travel." Low-cost carriers now have 25% of the market in Canada. "The expectation is that they will move up to about 50% of the total market." "Cargo traffic continues to grow at three times the rate of the economy". Forecast of 300% growth by 2017.

Focus on keeping airliner fees as low as possible in Hamilton.

Requests to City:

(1) "We are asking the City and all local businesses to take on a Fly Hamilton First or value purchasing policy". Need to look at true cost of trip including ground transportation, parking fees, travel time. (2) Asking City to formally adopt their master plan. Will be finalizing this soon. (3) Adopt the Airport Gateway Opportunity Study and take action. "Highway 6 lands, certainly bring them within the urban boundary, so that we can push hard on airport-related development." (4) Airport vicinity protection area: "This is a big concern for us." "We have some big advantages over Toronto, one of them is our 24-hour operation and for us to continue to have that advantage we must make sure that we don't see development taking place in close proximity to the airport, or we'll end up in conflict with residents." (5) Highway 6 connection very welcome. It "will make a big difference". "But for people who live out St. Catharines, Niagara, Buffalo way, we don't have a connection. The Red Hill will get us part way there, but doesn't bring us the full connection to the airport. And we'd like the City to consider the Highway 6 connection to Red Hill." (6) "For us to get that full catchment area, the 8.4 million people, the Mid-Pen will be a critical piece of that access for the future." (7) "Make sure that hard services are available before they are actually needed, both inside and outside the airport. There is very little land we can look at today." Difficulty in accommodating a big carrier "because the services are not available."

"Fly Hamilton First" important. "Happy the Mayor's said that he's willing to push along that with us."

Economic Impact of the Airport to 2022 is 1.5 to 2.6 billion dollars. "So it can be a huge economic driver for this community."

McHattie: asks about "risk factors involved in the airline industry" such as climate change and the expected peak in oil production. "Industries that are highly dependent on fuel and fuel costs may have a difficult time". How might this affect the future of the airport. Do you take these issues into account. Koroscil: "The numbers that we're putting in front of you come from much bigger minds than mine. They are economists that are associated with the industry and my understanding is that they have taken some of those things into consideration." To the degree that you're wondering, I'm not certain". "History has clearly shown the growth rates that have taken place. Whether or not they will continue I don't know but we're using the best minds that are out there." "One of the things that we'd like to talk to the provincial government about is light rail transit to the airport to reduce the amount of vehicle traffic." Also says there would be huge savings in fuel if people close to Hamilton used their airport instead of Pearson. "The amount of time that would be saved on the highway and driving would be huge, just by them coming to Hamilton instead of driving all the way to Pearson and dealing with all the congestion in Pearson." Save one lane of traffic on the QEW.

McHattie: What about the Pickering airport plans? Koroscil. The GTAA is pushing forward with this. "Our sense is that it's probably 8-10 years away at the earliest because of the environmental processes they need to go through." Question the wisdom of Pickering when 70% of GTA growth will be westward.

McHattie: Explain community based revenue commitment plan? Koroscil: Go to community, mainly business, to get them to commit certain travel dollars to fly on a carrier (such as to the U.S.). This is to give level of comfort to attract a new carrier. "The second piece is a revenue guarantee that says if you don't maintain a certain load factor then we would kick in some dollars to do that. Again we would go to the business community and the community at large to support that."

McHattie: to Neil Everson of staff: status of consolidating airport lands and servicing? Everson: "the issue still remains servicing. We are proceeding with the $8.1 million looping water project. We have some sanitary sewer issues to address on those properties immediately surrounding the airport."

McHattie: what's strategy to consolidate the lands? Everson: not actual consolidation, just getting them shovel ready.

McHattie: can planning staff look at climate change and oil peak and air quality issues and provide "comment on some of the long range planning issues that are associated with providing additional investments in the airport. It will be a large investment for the City of Hamilton." Paul Mason: GRIDS study process will be evaluating options and "includes an assessment of environmental and health issues as well as economic." McHattie: are oil peak and climate change being evaluated. Mason: "we'll be looking at the overall environmental and health issues of the options. The issue pertaining to the cost of energy is one where people's intuitive sense of the effect it has on our lifestyle and the actual effect it has are two different things. It can be a little complicated." "The models perhaps won't evalute these issues in the way the councillor is hoping."

Mitchell: "Ken [Mitchell] keeps me updated on a regular basis cause the airport's out in Ward 11." Issue of name of airport - people still call it Mount Hope. Suggests report from Tradeport be more frequent (2-3 times a year) "because I think the future of Hamilton's economic growth has a lot to do with Tradeport."

Kelly: "That was part of the discussion Mayor DiIanni and I had with the Tradeport folks a couple of months ago. It's one of the reasons why they are here and we agreed at that meeting to do this on a more frequent basis, at least semi-annual anyway."

Whitehead: Master plan? Koroscil: currently updating the 1996 Master Plan and will bring back to City in the next few months.

Whitehead: Urban boundary expansion. Concerns about whether it pays for itself? Ken Mitchell (Tradeport): referring to lands along Highway 6. Hamilton suffers from a dearth of such lands along highways. These lands are ideal for locating the kinds of businesses we want to bring to the airport - cargo companies, freight forwarders. Price Waterhouse study on Airport Gateway Opportunity Study suggested this. Want to see the recommendations implemented.

Whitehead: who's making the decision on Pickering? How can we lobby on this issue? Mitchell: GTAA and Transport Canada. Need to talk to the federal minister of Transportation [Tony Valeri].

Whitehead: odd complaint about noise. Expansion in ward 8 is southward. What is response of airport? Koroscil: noise is a big issue, complaints lowest ever in 2003. Complaints should be directed to Tradeport. Have asked the City Council "to make sure that we don't see further encroachment on the airport of housing development."

Whitehead: cost of serving airport lands, what is the strategy with regards to paying for it? Paul Mason: looked at this last year in the Industrial Business Parks Review. Looked at costs of going beyond current urban boundaries in a couple of selected sites. "Those costs are formidable." "The airport is pretty much at the limit of our current infrastructure service system. In order to significantly expand urban developments around the airport, we're going to need a major new infrastructure solution and it will be one of the factors we're going to consider in the GRIDS process." "Preliminary indications are that the costs will be formidable, and I mean TENS of millions of dollars before we can even begin to put a shovel in the ground. We're in that order of magnitude and that's the kinds of things that the GRIDS process is intending to evaluate."

Whitehead: "what are possible revenue sources to cover those extraoordinary costs?" Mason: don't know at this time. "We would have to find exceptional revenue sources, that's my personal judgement at this point in time, beyond the normal taxes and development charges."

Horwath : "It's of great concern to me to know that we aren't really looking at current scientific thought around depletion of fossil fuels in the way that were doing our long term planning." "Not just a matter of increasing costs "It seems like we really need to rethink where we are going as a community" Would hope that some of these issues are addressed "in a more serious way" either through GRIDS or a parallel process. Asks that staff come back with a suggestion of how to factor climate change and oil shortages into GRIDS process.

Ferguson: Forecast for passenger traffic in 2004? Koroscil: 700-750,000. 2005 numbers might come down because WestJet full schedule into April. Predicts 650-700,000 if no improvement.

Ferguson: projections on freight? Koroscil: It will continue to grow at pretty much double GDP.

Ferguson: "Did I hear you say we're the largest freight airport in Canada?" Koroscil: "That's correct. Freighter airport. "We don't handle the largest amount of freight, but we're the largest freighter airport."

Ferguson: noise regulation phase in? Mitchell: "We haven't reached the final stage because not yet agreed on." 'Chapter four, there is no timeline, and the prevailing debate is that because aircraft are lasting longer, reticent to phase them out."

Ferguson: What drives more employment, freight or passenger? Mitchell: "For every one job created through passenger traffic, two jobs would be created through cargo flights. . Cargo is where the jobs are."

Braden : Wish you the best of luck, I'm a user and a bit of a promoter. I'm a worrier about energy. I hear you quote industry standards such as air transit will grow at two times the rate of economic growth, and I'm inclined to agree when things are pretty good that that happens. I think the other one was cargo growth might go up at triple the rate of economic growth." "There's a flip side. What are the worries are for you in growth?" If there's a big blip in energy costs will air cargo be hit harder than any other sector in transportation. "It's my understanding that if we have an energy spike, that air cargo is the first thing that goes." How will you respond and what's your projection? Koroscil: we have info on what did happen back in the eighties. "Not only did that spike happen, but in fact the recovery happened afterwards, and in fact has happened with every major issue that has happened in our industry whether it be 911 or the Gulf War." "If history is a lesson, we will see recovery periods take place." On 9/11 "forecasters all say that we'll get back up to levels we were at before." In Hamilton, even WestJet affair has caused us difficulties so "it tells us that our strategy of not overbuilding is the absolute correct strategy to have." Keep our cost structure down to stay flexible. We're trying to mitigate the risk.

Braden to Mason: What kind of planning needs to be done. What's the time period for planning to bring the lands onstream. Costs for Glanbrook, Flamborogh and Ancaster average of $45 million each. "And I think the conclusion that our staff and consultants have agreed on is that nothing is going to happen unless we front all or most of the money, and until that happens there are going to be no jobs." Doesn't expect federal and provincial money. What's realistic in terms of getting those lands on board. Paul Mason: Provincial greenbelt protection act applies so can't provide timing on the planning. Development costs for servicing. "Our analysis looked at lands that are currently designated industrial in the airport area and it's in the order of $45 million." But that's an all-in costs including private and public investment. Not out of line with normal development costs. Hemson report noted that "In Hamilton, our industrial land market does not support prices that are sufficiently high enough to justify the private sector landowner making those investments and that is an inherent economic constraint which all our industrial parks are under. The airport industrial park as indicated the Airport Gateway Opportunity Study has a real opportunity to escape that because if we focus development on users which are key to airport operation and need airport relationships strongly, then they'll pay pay market prices to the level where an appropriate return on investment is feasible."

Braden: is there substantial upfront infrastructure funding. "For instance, at Clappison's don't we need a water tower before we can start, and in Ancaster don't we need a whole storm sewer program before we even start?" Kelly: "we're getting off topic here." Like to focus back on airport.

Mason: "Councillor is correct. There are different needs in different parks." "With the watermain looping project that's proceeding now, or will be proceeding soon in the airport industrial park, a number of the constraints for the currently designated industrial land, and I emphasize that land only, will be relieved. And there are constraints to the airport facilities with in terms of sewage treatment capacity that still have to be addressed."

Pearson: Noise issues. Complaints have gone down and she appreciates it. "On the issue of the fuels that's being mentioned around here, all industry that uses fossil fuels I'm sure are working on measures that will address future requirements and needs and I'm hoping that's also in place for the air industry."

Consent Items:

Items 6.1 to 6.14 were adopted without debate, except that Councillor Horwath asked that items 6.9 and 6.10 be tabled for a future meeting.

6.1 Demolition Permit - 1272 Cannon Street East (PD04051) (Ward 4)

Residence being replaced by a new residence.

6.2 Demolition Permit - 35 Dundurn Street South (PD04052) (Ward 1)

6.3 Demolition Permit - 33 Dundurn Street South (PD04053) (Ward 1)

6.4 Demolition Permit - 25 Dundurn Street South (PD04054) (Ward 1)

6.5 Demolition Permit - 21 Dundurn Street South (PD04055) (Ward 1)

Same owner for 6.2-65 planning to replace four residential buildings with semi-detached two-family residential. Same owner has already done this at 39-41 Dundurn Street South. Owner is 1333664 Ontario Inc, 7049 Twenty Road East.

6.6 Demolition Permit - 3 Emerald Street South (PD04056) (Ward 3) House being replaced by empty lot by Church of Latter Day Saints. Potential loss of housing issue.

6.7 Demolition Permit - 99 Stone Church Road West (PD04057) (Ward 8)

Crystal Homes, 161 Rebecca Street, Hamilton is removing a house to make way for a townhouse development. This is a large property on the corner of Stone Church and West 5 th .

6.8 Demolition Permit - 181 Homewood Avenue (PD04058) (Ward 1)

The owner lives next door at 179 Homewood and is demolishing the house and planning to leave the land vacant. Potential loss of housing issue.

6.9 Demolition Permit - 119 Young Street (PD04059) (Ward 2) TABLED

6.10 Demolition Permit - 121 Young Street (PD04060) (Ward 2) TABLED

Same owner for 6.9 and 6.10. Oliver Nagy who lives at 117 Young Street. Approval includes requirement that the two houses be replaced within two years. There is a LACAC interest in the existing houses.

6.11 Parkland Dedication By-Law Amendment (PD03171(a)) (City Wide) To correct typographical errors.

6.12 Main Street West Business Improvement Area (B.I.A.) Appointment of the 2004-2006 Board of Management (PD04067) (Ward 1)

6.13 Main Street West Business Improvement Area (B.I.A.) Proposed Budget and Schedule of Payment for 2004 (PD04068) (Ward 1)

6.14 Heritage Permit Application (HP2004-001) under Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act to Permit Alterations to the Designated Property at 23 Melville Street (Cross-Melville Heritage Conservation District), in the City of Hamilton (PD04069) (Ward 13) This is for an addition to Knox Presbyterian Church in Dundas to the west annex to provide storage facilities.

7.1 Applications to Amend the City of Hamilton Official Plan and Zoning By-law for Lands Located at 5 Hunt Street (Hamilton) (PD04066) (Ward 1)

This property is at the corner of Dundurn and Hunt Street immediately adjacent to the gas station at the corner of King and Dundurn. The amendment sought by Imperial Oil is to use the additional lands for parking and "landscaping". This is not in accordance with the neighbourhood plan that designates this property as residential. The application "has been exempted from the preliminary circulation requirements" that would normally inform nearby property owners. The reason given for this exemption is that the property is being added to an adjacent property which did have a public notice and meeting. The adjacent neighbour spoke in favour of the application, as did the proponent. It was adopted without opposition.

7.2 Application for a Modification in Zoning for Lands Located at 47 Caroline Street North (Hamilton) (PD04062) (Ward 2)

Applicant is Silvestri Investments 456941 Ontario Ltd. Property is located at the corner of Napier and Caroline and is currently vacant. Proposal is for a six-storey 57 unit condominum apartment building. It is slightly denser than the guidelines (which permit 51 units) and two stories higher but supported by staff because the top three floors are stepped back and there are rooftop gardens. The building does not conform with required setbacks on all four sides, and the landscaped area is only 14% instead of the required 40%. The applicant supported the staff recommendation to approve the project. An adjacent neighbour spoke in favour of the application and thanked the proponent, city staff and the ward councillor Andrea Horwath. Horwath congratulated Silvestri on implementing the vision of the downtown. The proposal was adopted without opposition.

7.3 Application for a Modification to the Established Zoning for the Lands Known as 2418 Barton Street East (Hamilton) (PD04065) (Ward 5)

Applicant is 1498448 Ontario Inc (Lorrie Gruhl). The adjacent property owners have not been notified because the change is considered minor by staff. The proposed use is a Hertz construction equipment rental outlet. The property is currently zoned restricted light industrial. It is a long property stretching back from Barton and the rear portion is adjacent to housing. The Kentley neighbourhood plan calls for the back area to be housing, so this amendment requires a change to the neighbourhood plan. The lands are currently in use as a repair garage and collision centre. John Ariens spoke on behalf of the proponent and in favour of the application and the staff report. It was adopted without opposition.

ELEANOR MEADOWS

7.4 Application for Approval of a Draft Plan of Subdivision, "Eleanor Meadows", and Change in Zoning for Lands on the North Side of Bolzano Drive (Known Municipally as 1468 Upper Gage Avenue) (Hamilton) (PD04061) (Ward 7)

The applicant is Casablanca Properties. The owner appears to be Anthony DiSilvestro of 161 Rebecca Street in Hamilton. The lands are located east of Upper Sherman and north of Rymal Road, just east of Eleanor Avenue and occupy about 70% of an apparent open space, the other 30% being the City parkland. This proposal is for 56 single-detached homes on 3.5 hectares (16 units per hectare) and is strongly opposed by some people in the neighbourhood including the Eleanor Neighbourhood Community Council. It is surrounded on three sides by residential properties and on the fourth by a City park. The park is apparently the only one in the area bordered by Rymal, Upper Sherman, Upper Gage and Stone Church and the City has decided to take cash in lieu of 5% of the land to add to the park. The addition if taken in land would be 8 metres wide along the edge of the park. The property was supposed to be a public school and was sold by the Board, apparently without the knowledge of the local community. The City would have been given an opportunity to purchase it, but didn't do so. Staff are describing the proposal as an appropriate infill development.The neighbourhood plan designates it as Civic and Institutional and the Official Plan designates it as Major Institutional. The proposal requires widening of Bolzano Drive (southern boundary of property) from 10 metres to 20 metres. A new road will be required to serve the proposed houses. It will be a crescent. "In accordance with Council policy" it will NOT include a sidewalk. The community council asked for two public walkways so that existing and new residents could access the park which the community has apparently done substantial work on. The City staff did not support this request. Students from the new development would apparently be directed to Templemead which is overcrowded and already has portables.

Applicant's agent supported staff report.

Pearson: reasoning for not requiring a walkway into the park since there are 56 houses being built? [none will have direct access to the park because a fence will separate the subdivision from the park]. Kelly comments that this was a hot issue at the public meeting and ask staff planner Heather Boles to respond. Boles: "the way we determine whether a walkway will be included is whether or not including the walkway provides a significantly shorter journey into the park". "We thought that in this case the benefit would not significantly shorten the journey, and that the potential problems associated with walkways being vandalism, safety issues, maintenance issues actually outweighed any benefits". "The ward councillor [Bill Kelly] expressed that he has had some issues with walkways in the neighbourhood in the past and for those reasons we determined that it would not be necessary to add a walkway." Kelly: "There was mixed reaction, and the problem is, as Heather has already talked about, we find that more and more, invariably these things were put into subdivisions and one by one the neighbourhoods come back to us some years later and say please close it because of some of the safety concerns, the vandalism that goes on, things of this nature. I know there's a number of them in ward 8. I know Councillor Collins has had a number and so have I in ward 7 over the last little while, so staff have taken that into the plan and requested that one not be here because it would just be causing more problems. I will tell you there are members of the public that would like to see it in there so it was somewhat of a hot button issue when we did have a public meeting."

Whitehead: 200 plus car trips per day generated by the new survey. What's the impact? Mr. Fletcher (staff): quite a bit of discussion on this, including how much traffic would have been generated by a school if it had been there instead of the subdivision. Cars from subdivision in and out at various times, but school would have peak time before and after school. "Densities in the subdivision are actually lower than the densites that are normally projected for a neighbourhood. With a full buildout we are somewhere around 65 people per hectare versus the 90 that are in our plan."

Braden: Why are the densities not higher. "In view of the philosphical intention to promote sustainable development and higher densities for public transit and everything, what does the staff have to say about the size of the lots and inefficient use of land in the back of the lots?" Fletcher: "Lots are a little bit larger than normal. The road pattern only allows for certain designs of the lots as well." "Issue of compatability with the neighbourhood must be considered as well". Braden: Do you think this is wise for the long term? May have to re-intensify in 20 or 30 years. Fletcher: Not sure this would happen. Haven't experienced that in 20 year old neighbourhoods. Other staffer: drawings are not to scale, distorted. Kelly: "Do know that when we looked at the plan it was also compatible with most of the other houses in the neighbourhood."

Braden: Why are we paying for the fence? Staffer: City policy.

Public Presentations

Manfred Rudolf representing Dan Rosenkrantz of 1 Reita Place. Owner is having discussion with proponent to obtain access to the public park which will be cut off by the subdivision. Asks if minor changes are still possible. Staff say yes.

Individual calls out from the gallery: "Why wasn't it a school? Does anyone know?" Kelly responds that school boards bought properties in the 1950s and 1960s. Problem with the new funding formula of the province forcing boards to sell lands to pay for new schools. "It's the school board's decision. Beyond our control. They needed the money. They're building a brand new school up in the Chapel East neighbourhood and as a result they decided to sell this parcel of land. Actually this was a land swap." Blames real estate agencies for not telling people that land use had changed.

Application approved without opposition.

WINONA URBAN BOUNDARY

7.5 Application to Expand the Winona Urban Community for a portion of 10 Lorado Drive (Stoney Creek) (PD04063) (Ward 11)

See report on this item separate

Committee recesses for about 30 minutes. (Remainder of meeting to come on items listed below)

7.6 Enterprise Zone Municipal Realty Tax Incentive Grant Program- Downtown Hamilton Community Improvement Plan Amendment PD00139(l)/FCS01055(g)) (Ward 2)

7.7 Mr. Scott Snider respecting the West End Restaurant, 151 Emerson Street

7.8 Mr. Dale Wilson respecting Hover Transit Services

8.1 GIS Update (No copy)

8.2 Hamilton's Sustainability Indicator Report (PD04044) (City Wide)

8.3 Economic Development Implications - Red Hill Creek Expressway; Mr Ray Simpson, Hemson Consulting

Staff Report ECO03020 is attached for information purposes only Hemson Report to be distributed to Committee Members under separate cover.

9.1 Mr. Ron Williams respecting his request for a building permit at 8 Lakeside Drive, Stoney Creek. (Matter referred from Planning and Economic Development Committee on February 17, 04)

9.3 Capital Budget Pre Approval (ECO04002) - (Ward 12 & City Wide)

10.1 Industrial District Energy and Co-Generation-Councillor Powers