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150115 Development MINPage 11 The Corporation of the Town of Tillsonburg TOWN OF TILLSONBURG DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MINUTES DATE: Thursday, January 15, 2015 TIME: 7:30 am LOCATION: Board Room, Customer Service Centre -10 Lisgar Ave Committee Members in Attendance: Chair Lisa Gilvesy, Mayor Stephen Molnar, Kirby Heckford, Scott McLean, Randy Thornton, Cedric Tomico, Jim Hayes Staff Present: David Calder, Cephas Panschow, Lana Lund Regrets: Mike Bossy, Henry Spanjers, Melissa Verspeeten 1) Call to Order Meeting was called to order at 7:32 AM. 2) Adoption of Agenda R. Thornton -1st C. Tomico -2 nd "Carried" 3) Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest None 4) Adoption of Minutes of November 13, 2014 S. McLean -1st R. Thornton -2nd "That the minutes of December 17, 2014 be approved" "Carried" Page 12 5) Community Strategic Plan This is a regularly occurring Agenda item, and will remain so throughout the process. The CAO reported that Council had been updated on the implementation process, and he will be reporting further to Council on specific items. Things have been moving forward internally. 6) Post-Secondary Education Institution Update This too will remain an Agenda item. C. Panschow reported that a meeting is scheduled for Monday with another institution, to discuss any interest. He will report back on that at the next Development Committee meeting. 7) Tillsonburg Hydro Inc -Status C.Panschow noted the Committee had asked for information on this. We have approximately 100 megawatts of capacity into Tillsonburg and broke that down into current usage and what we have remaining for future development. Mayor Molnar noted the importance of further evaluation, so we have absolute answers. D. Calder noted that the Hydro Board is well aware and is monitoring this. We are not in a critical situation now, but we need to keep an eye on it. 8) Economic Development Update (a) 253 Broadway C. Panschow reported that Council had approved this, so we now have an accepted offer with conditions, supporting the development of a 3-storey, multi-use building with commercial on the main floor and 19 residential units on the upper floors. It's looking very positive. The report and site plan to be circulated to Committee members. It was suggested a letter be sent to the other person that had submitted an offer, thanking them for their interest. C. Panschow to follow-up with that. With respect to the BIA signage that is currently located on the subject property, there has been discussion. It will be the new owner's cost to move the signage, subject to conversations with the BIA. Engineering had determined it should likely be moved, as it's currently located in the site triangle. (b) Highway 401 Interchange Improvements It was suggested that we should communicate this to our companies. D. Calder to discuss this with the Director of Operations and report back to this Committee. Page 13 It was noted that upcoming work is also scheduled for Culloden Road as well as Highway 3. (c) Economic Developers Council of Ontario Awards C. Panschow reported. We had submitted applications for two awards, and won honourable mention for one, came in second. We will be marketing this as being recognized one of the best. The award will be presented in Toronto in February. This is scheduled right before the home show, providing opportunity for a media campaign recognizing our award. (d) Response from Minister Duguid Regarding Funding for Industrial Park Development C. Panschow reported on the response. It's saying there is not any funding specifically for industrial development. The certified site program is a good option. There are some costs, but we can offset some of those. 9) Chamber Update Chair Gilvesy reviewed the update circulated yesterday by M. Bossy. She spoke to the 3 vacancies on the Chamber Board. The AGM is scheduled for March 18. There will be more opportunities with the Chamber website. The Annual Awards Event is scheduled for May 7. 10) BIA Update C. Tomico provided an update. With respect to beautification, the BIA is looking at budget this year to revamp the Christmas decor. They are looking at purchasing new or partnering with a group or association. There are dead trees that need to be removed. Rick Cox and his staff have agreed to handle that. Page 14 Fac;ade Improvement Grants -There are 2 new approved applications -the Manulife building on Harvey for $7,000+ and the Manse building for $10,000. D. Calder noted that matching funds have been put in the Town budget as well. There are still loans available, but since this program was launched a few years ago, it has taken over. Community Improvement Plans will be updated as well. The Promotions Committee held a Christmas Crawl. More notice would have been beneficial. Because of the Crawl, the Committee opted out of fireworks. Turtlefest plans are underway. A sub-committee has been formed and Laurie Arnold and Virginia Armstrong will be out block party organizers for 2015. Nothing new on wifi. Carolyn Lamers resigned from the Board. Max Adam is our Council rep. Snow removal in the parking lots has been going well. Very positive comments were received about Broadway and other main streets being cleared so quickly and so well. Mayor Molnar asked if there was an acute change that made that happen. 11) Real Estate Board Update L. Gilvesy noted there was no update provided. Real estate is very slow at this time. 12) Physician Recruitment Appointments will be made at the January 26 Council Meeting. Following that, a Physician Recruitment and Retention Committee Meeting will be scheduled. 13) Roundtable Boston Pizza is doing well. D. Calder confirmed that the signage by-law was approved for them. C. Panschow will be meeting with Ottawa Fiber in January. The Budget Process gets underway today. C. Panschow was asked touch base with SWIFT. Staff have been meeting with Soccer reps and that will come before Council at some time. Trails are not part of the application, as the Town has no funding. C. Tomico noted that the Kinsmen had been interested in that. D. Calder to pass that on to Rick Cox. The Tillsonburg News will be relocating back downtown, 41 Broadway. Page IS C. Panschow reported that Siemens are doing a national marketing campaign highlighting investment in Canada. We are trying to determine time frames so we can do our own mini-marketing ourselves. That will be circulated when available. D. Calder reported that the Tillsonburg Transportation Steering Committee made a presentation to Council Monday night, and there is a grant available of up to $100,000 to study and make a proposal in terms of transportation in Tillsonburg. He has been directed to prepare a report on the application itself and the Town's involvement in that. That will be coming forward January 26. Deadline for the application is January 30. 14) Date of Next Meeting -Tuesday, February 10, 2015 @ 7:30 AM 15) Adjourned at 9:44 AM R. Thornton moved that the meeting be adjourned at 9:44 AM.