Month: July 2024

Recently, I asked TOFE Council to support a pilot project to allow for Kayaks and Paddle Boards at the Bay Beach public beach facility. I am happy to report that I was successfully in achieving this goal and thank TOFE Council and Staff for their support in making this happen for the 2024 season.

The TOFE has now updated the website to reflect the changes at Bay Beach and posted a survey. The survey will up until the end of the 2024 beach season to capture all feedback.

You can find additional information on this page: https://www.forterie.ca/en/recreation-and-culture/beach-rules.aspx

You can also find a Let’s Talk Fort Erie page with the survey there as well. https://letstalk.forterie.ca/stand-up-paddle-boards-use-at-bay-beach

The Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT) advising that the appeal filed by a citizens group called the Fort Erie Neighbourhood Preservation Group (OLT OLT-24-000248 and OLT-24-000249) regarding both the Town of Fort Erie’s Zoning By-law Amendment and Official Plan Amendment for Short Term Rentals (01-2024 and 02-2024) was dismissed on June 6, 2024, following Royal Assent of Bill 185.

Anyone with questions concerning this matter can be directed to the following Email: OLTGeneral.Inquiry@Ontario.ca or Phone: (416) 212 6349 or toll free (866) 448 2248

For more information on Fort Erie Short Term Rentals visit click here

If you are looking to obtain a Short Term Rental Licence click here

Tonight Council received Report CAO-10-2024 regarding the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Training Workplan and proposed next steps for information purposes.

The purpose of this report is to provide an information update on the status of the EDI training
workplan and facilitated next steps to strengthen EDI competencies of all Town employees,
Town Council, with support from the Fort Erie Diversity and Inclusion Coalition. As part of the
facilitated training, the creation of an on-going training plan and an EDI Action Plan for
embedding inclusion will be developed for all facets of the organization.