# General Issues Committee approves Environmental Remediation and Site Enhancement Redevelopment Grant Application... 10-0

The motion carried 10 to 0, with 5 absent at the Monday, September 28, 2026 meeting.

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## Record

Meeting: General Issues Committee
Date: Monday, September 28, 2026
Item: Motion
Result: Carried 10-0
In the recording: 1:46:06

## Report

General Issues Committee voted 10 to 0, with 5 absent on Environmental Remediation and Site Enhancement Redevelopment Grant Application... at its Monday, September 28, 2026 meeting. The motion carried.

The motion, as recorded in the minutes:

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Remediation and Site Enhancement Redevelopment Grant Application (ERG-24- 04), 290 Fennell Avenue West, Hamilton (Ward 8), be received and the following recommendations be approved: (a) That Environmental Remediation and Site Enhancement Redevelopment Grant Application ERG-24-04, submitted by Schlegel Villages Inc., owner of the Site 290 Fennell Avenue West, Hamilton be approved for an Environmental Remediation and Site Enhancement Redevelopment Grant not to exceed $12,030,686 for estimated eligible remediation costs to be provided over a maximum of 10 years, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Environmental Remediation and Site Enhancement General Issues Committee September 28, 2026 Minutes – GIC 26-013 Page 6 of 32 Please refer to the October 7, 2026 Council Minutes for the disposition of these matters. Redevelopment Agreement; (b) That the General Manager of the Planning and Economic Development Department be authorized and directed to execute the Environmental Remediation and Site Enhancement Redevelopment Agreement together with any ancillary documentation required, to give effect to the Environmental Remediation and Site Enhancement Redevelopment Grant for Schlegel Villages Inc., owner of the Site 290 Fennell Avenue West, Hamilton in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor; and, (c) That the General Manager of the Planning and Economic Development Department be authorized and directed to administer the Grant and Grant Agreement including but not limited to: Deciding on actions to take in respect of events of default and executing any Grant Amending Agreements, together with any ancillary amending documentation, if required, provided that the terms and conditions of the Environmental Remediation and Site Enhancement Redevelopment Grant, as approved by City Council, are maintained and that any applicable Grant Amending Agreements are undertaken in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.
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This item comes up about 1:46:06 into the [meeting recording](https://pub-hamilton.escribemeetings.com/Players/ISIStandAlonePlayer.aspx?Id=e84cbce7-c79c-4cb3-a5cb-1fe7bb344664). The recording is the city's own. Local Wire does not transcribe it or attribute remarks from it.

Every figure above comes from the [official minutes](https://pub-hamilton.escribemeetings.com/FileStream.ashx?DocumentId=510605) and the recorded vote they contain. The roll call shows how each member voted.

## Sources

[1] Amended by Council on October 7, 2026 - GIC Minutes 26-013 - September 28, 2026: General Issues Committee, Monday, September 28, 2026 — https://pub-hamilton.escribemeetings.com/FileStream.ashx?DocumentId=510605
[2] General Issues Committee, Monday, September 28, 2026 (City of Hamilton eSCRIBE meeting record) — https://pub-hamilton.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=e84cbce7-c79c-4cb3-a5cb-1fe7bb344664&lang=English