yes she's on oh she's hooked up
great okay we're live okay we're live
and I've not quite six o'clock so is
anybody's clock anybody's clock watching
just in case
oh six o'clock there we go good evening
everybody Welcome to bman city council
Royal council meeting for uh Tuesday
April 23rd 2024 6 pm here in city
council chambers uh I want to just get
us all started with our Landing non as
we always start every meeting that is
the city of bourmont respects the
histories languages and cultures of all
First Peoples of this land whether it be
a first nation mate your anyway descent
and appreciates that their presence
continues to enrich ring communities
across the land as you gather here in
treaty 6 territory in the homeland of
the mate Nation we acknowledge that we
are all treaty people and have ongoing
responsibilities to protect and honor
the treaty and inherent rights of people
and the
land with that two short announcements
Council mov Swain is traveling with his
with his work is unable to join us this
evening and Council mcook Deputy Mayor
is uh with us remotely cat can you hear
me
okay yep I can hear you sry Council from
M cook
sorry okay 1 point2 on our agenda we
have five proclamations of evening so
all right let's Get Right started
usually one or two we got five workers
compensation day b day of morning April
28th 2024 whereas April 28th is
recognized across Canada as the day to
mourn victims of workplace accidents and
for the renewal of the pledge to make
workplace safer workplaces safer and
whereas in 2023 165 Alberta workers from
injuries or disease related to the
workplace and whereas in honoring their
memory employers and workers Can Make a
Difference by working together keep each
other safe every day and whereas the
city of bont recognizes April 28th as a
date of more in victims of workplace
accidents and bring awareness to the
need to establish safe conditions in the
workplace for all now therefore it be
resolved that I Mayor Bill danik to
hereby Proclaim April 28th 2024 as
workers compensation day of morning city
of Bowman Alberta dated 23rd of April
2024
hydrogen week April 22nd to 26 2024
whereas the city of Bulman is proud of
the Edmonton Region's long-standing
relationship and expertise leadership
and expertise in the energy sector and
whereas the city of balmont is confident
that Edmonton Region's abundant Talent
infrastructure and resources will
position Canada AS sora's Global
hydrogen superpower and whereas the Emon
region is a national leader in clean
energy has the experienced
infrastructure and resources to produce
lowcost low carbon hydrogen at a global
scale and whereas the world is
transitioning to a net zero future the
city of Bulman is ready to move
aggressively as a leader within the Eon
region to take advantage of the $2.5
trillion dollar Global opportunity for
Alberta and Canada and whereas Emon
region can help meet domestic and Global
demand and decarbonization efforts and
whereas the city of bman stands ready to
help meet Canada's emissions reduction
goals using hydrogen and whereas
Canadian International leaders from
across the entire hydrogen value chain
are coming together to discuss and
invest in the future hydrogen sector at
the Canadian hydrogen convention from
April 23rd to 25th 2024 in Edmonton
Alberta and whereas the week of April 22
to 26 2024 represents an opportunity for
the Edmonton region to Showcase its
unique strengths in hydrogen production
adoption use and Innovation and whereas
Canada's path and Net Zero runs to the
Emon region now therefore be it resolved
that I mayor Bild Downy hereby Proclaim
April 22nd and 26 2024 as hydrogen a
week in city of bemont dated April 23rd
2024
give me a
second all right Economic Development
week May 6 to 10th 2024 whereas
communities rely on economic development
professionals to promote economic
well-being and the quality of life for
communities like the city of Bulma that
means coordinating activities like
create retain and expand jobs in order
to fa facilitate gold growth enhance
wealth and provide a stable tax base and
whereas economic Developers stimulate
and incubate entrepreneurism in order to
help establish the next generation of
new businesses which is the hallmarket
of Al bsh economy and whereas economic
developers are engaged in a wide variety
of settings including rural and urban
local state provincial and federal
governments public private Partnerships
Chambers of Commerce universities and a
variety of other institutions and
whereas economic developers attract and
retain highquality jobs develop vibrant
communities and improve the quality of
life in their
regions and whereas economic develop are
engaged in a wide variety of settings
including rural and urban local state
provincial and federal governments
private Public Partnerships chamers of
Commerce universities and a wide variety
of other institutions and whereas
economic developers work in the city of
bont now therefore be resolved that I
Mayor Bill D to hereby Proclaim May 6 to
10th 2024 as economic development week
in the city of Bulman dated 23rd of
April
2024 Municipal Clerk's week this is a
big one right this is the most important
one right can I say that I guess I just
did didn't I okay missal Clerk's week
May 5th to 11 2024 whereas if Office of
the professional municipal clerk a time
honored and vital vital part of local
government that exists throughout the go
throughout the world and whereas the
office of the professional municipal
clerk is the oldest among public
servants and whereas the office of the
professional municipal clerk provides a
professional link between the citizens
local governing bodies and agenes of
government at all other levels and
whereas professional Municipal clerks
have pledged to be ever minded ful of
the neutrality and impartiality rening
rendering equal service to all and
whereas a professional municipal clerk
serves as the information center on
functions of local government and
community and whereas professional
Municipal clerks continually strive to
improve the administration of the
Affairs of the office of professional
municipal clerk through participation in
education programs seminars workshops
and the annual meetings of their state
provincial County International
professional organizations and whereas
it is most appropriate that we recognize
the accomplishments of the office of the
professional municipal clerk now
therefore be it resolved that I Mayor
Bill Dy to hereby Proclaim May 5th to 11
2024 as Municipal Clerk's week in the
city of Bowmont Alberta dated 23rd of
April
2024
sorry are many have word counting today
counting words North American
Occupational Safety and Health Week May
6 to 11 2024 whereas May 6 to 11 has
been designated as this year's North
American occup ational safety and health
week and
whereas noash is the acronym week was
first launched in June 1997 marked by
the agreement between Canada United
States and Mexico and symbolizes joint
venture cooperation and commitment to
the common goals shared by all
occupational health and safety partners
and whereas the goal during safety and
health week is to focus employers
employees partners and the public on the
importance of preventing injury and
illness in the workplace at home in the
community and we're as the city of bont
recognizes May 6 to 11 as North American
Occupational Safety and Health Week to
bring awareness for the need to
establish a healthy and safe workpl for
all now therefore it be resolved that I
Mayor Bill danik to hereby Proclaim May
6 to 11 2024 as North American
Occupational Safety and Health Week city
of Bowmont dated April 23rd
2024 that concludes our proclamations
this evening next on agenda is adoption
of the agenda Madam clerk any changes to
our agenda this evening
we have no changes to the agenda thank
you madam clerk is there have the motion
to adopt the agenda on the screen
please member Council willing to move
the motion of the adoption of the
agenda councelor Penrod oh hang on there
we go your mic's on now thank you mayor
I'll I'd like to move that the April
23rd 2024 Council agenda be adopted as
presented
thank you counselor discussion on the
motion seeing none I'll ask you to vote
on the motion before you Council McCook
how do you vote in favor thank you
Council that passes unanimously
six nil next on our agenda open Forum
any guests Madam clerk from open Forum
this evening none thank you next our
agenda is item four consent agenda would
you please put consent agenda on the
screen Madam Clerk
I'll ask member of council to move the
agenda or for
consent Mr
Mayor if you could please that'd be
great thanks sure um there are a few so
bear with me uh so on consent we have
item 5.1 the regular Council meetings
from April 9th that the April 9th 2024
council meeting minutes be approved as
presented item 5.2 special council
meeting minutes from April 16th that the
April 16th 2024 special council meeting
minutes be approved as presented item
7.3 strategic Plan
update that the April 23rd 2024 report C
Council strategic Plan
update I q1 2024 be received for
information item 7.4 Arts advisory
committee meeting amendment that Council
approved the addition of two meetings
for the Arts advisory committee to
address funding for the Arts grants item
7.5 annual council meeting schedule
Amendment
that the council meeting scheduled for
May 14th 2024 with the start time of 6
p.m. be changed to start at 5: pm and
that
Administration provide the prescribed
notice to the public of the time change
item 12.1 Regional initiatives update
that the April 23rd 2024 report Regional
initiatives update be received for
information and that the report remain
private pursuant to the freedom of and
information of protection sorry let me
try it again to the Freedom of
Information and protection of privacy
act sections 21 and
24 and section uh item
12.2 report appointment of public
members to council committees to address
vacancies that the appointment set out
in the April 23rd 2024 report
appointment of public members to council
committees to address vacancies be
approved and that the report remain
private pursuant to the Freedom of
Information and protection of privacy
act sections 17 and
29 thank you madam clerk are there any
changes to consent agenda from any
members of
council Council McCook do you have any
changes to the consent before ask for a
motion to
approve no mayor thank you member
Council willing to move the motion to
accept consent agenda as presented
councelor barnhard thank you mayor to
move
theote oh y here I I got you on there
you are thank you mayor I'm pleas pleas
to move the motion as presented thank
you counselor discussion on the motion
members of
council seeing none Council would you
please vote on the consent agenda as
circulated or presented pardon me
Council McCook how do you vote in favor
thank you counselor that also carries
unanimously 6 nil on consent agenda all
right next on our agenda is item 6.1
public hearings bylaw
1050-a portion of 42 Avenue second and
third reading readings Madam clerk would
you please outline the public hearing
procedure please thank you very much so
welcome everyone to the April 23rd 2024
city of Bowmont public hearing on bylaw
1050-a portion of 42nd Avenue in the
Russo neighborhood public hearings are
an opportunity to speak to councel and
advertise bylaws or certain resolutions
I'll spend a few moments providing an
overview of the public hearing
procedures as set out in our meeting
procedures bylaw
104-22 we have been accepting written
submissions in the week preceding the
public hearing the deadline for written
submissions was noon on April 23rd 2024
we have not received any written
submissions for this public hearing
registration to present the uh present
at the public hearing by electronic
means was required by 4M on April 22nd
20 2024 registration to present in
person is permitted in advance of the
public hearing or here today at the
public hearing mayor Danel so far we
have not received any registered
speakers for today's public hearing the
procedure for the public hearing will be
as follows Administration will first
make a presentation on the bylaw next
members of the public who are registered
to speak or those who are present here
and would like to speak will be invited
to make their respective
presentations if anyone
here uh from those sorry if if anyone
here has not yet registered to speak and
would like to do so please raise your
hand and we will get your name and add
you to the list of presenters Council
will hear first from those who are in
favor of the bylaw and then those who
are opposed and then anyone else who
wishes to be heard presenters will have
up to five minutes to present and then
Council will have the opportunity to ask
any questions of
clarification if you are presenting uh
please ensure that the microphone or
audio is working before you begin and
please state your full name your 5
minutes will start when your
presentation starts and there will be a
clock on the screen in front of you to
help you track your time please remain
at the mic once you done presenting
since Council may ask you questions
following your
presentation once Council has heard all
the presentations the public hearing
will be closed and the regular session
of council will reconvene so that
Council make may may make a decision on
the matter on a final note the city's
public hearings are recorded as a
webcast which will be made available for
viewing on the city's website thank you
mayor thank you madam clerk so with that
I will declare the public hearing open
at this time and we'll have the present
sorry presentation first then open the
public hearing open first I had it write
okay good public hearing is now open
allow entertain Administration to make
their presentation on bylaw
105024 your microphone is on and be be
begin after you state your name for the
record when you're ready please
good evening Mary Danel and members of
council my name is Georgina Campos and
I'm a development planner with
development services team I'm joined
this evening by Shan hipkiss manager of
development services this evening's
presentation follows administration's
report to Council on a ail 9th where
Council gave first reading to bylaw
1050 uh excuse me
105-24 closure of a portion of 42 Avenue
in the Russo
neighborhood Administration is here to
present bylaw
105-24 for council's consideration of
second and third reading following
public hearing
being uncooperative no there you go
there you go okay um Administration
received a request to close a portion of
Road along 42 Avenue North of Russo
School site as shown on the context map
the proposed closure area was previously
registered as Municipal roadway to be
used as a temporary turnaround and
construction access to the school site
this area is now being proposed to be
closed closed and Consolidated with the
adjacent private property owned by
qualico developments West limited access
for school buses and other vehicles will
be maintained through 42 Avenue and a
new road and a temporary turnaround will
be constructed further east of its
current location as part of the Russo n
uh excuse me Russo phase 7 subdivision
approval shown on yellow uh in yellow in
the
map the proposed road closure aligns
with the approved Russo neighborhood
outline plan where the new road
alignment will allow for a future
buildout of residential lots directly
north and will enable the construction
of 42
Avenue for a permanent road closure to
occur a road closure bylaw must be C uh
passed by Council following notification
to adjacent land owners and affected
parties and a public hearing after a
road closure bylaw is approved by
Council a sales agreement along with a
bylaw are registered and Consolidated
with e private property at Alberta Land
Titles on March 25th mail notices were
sent to adjacent land owners notifying
them of the sale of land and public
hearing since March 29th Administration
has placed advertisements for the public
Hearing in the March 29th and April 12th
editions of
LEL Administration recommends the
following that following public hearing
Council give bylaw
105-24 closure of portion of 42 Avenue
in the Russo neighborhood second and
third readings thank you and uh we're
open to
questions thank you very much any
members of council have any questions
for administration's report on this
bylaw Council nbus you have the
floor thank you mayor just a quick
question had asked this earlier and I
just want to make sure it's 100% certain
that in our our professional opinions on
the development side
this land can't really be used for for
much else a couple options I proposed is
maybe a basketb for something along
those lines the response that was given
previously was that we didn't feel it
was sufficient in terms of amounts of
land to to put something like that on
there I just want to confirm that that's
still the case to the mayor thank you
for your question um I will try
answering it and I'll defer to Sean if
if uh there's anything else to answer
but yes to confirm that this area is now
dedicated as a public road um it's not
uh in it's not a municipal Reserve or
environmental reserve it hasn't been
planned for any sort of
activation um it is uh as part of the
Russo uh outline plan uh planned for
residential
development Mr
hpus yeah I guess I can uh help out a
little bit as well um for for this year
um it's all part of the the over
overarching plans that have been
approved already along the way so uh to
make any kind of changes now for
something like this is is um um would be
um problematic in in especially the
design of the neighborhood and Community
as it's being built
out thank Youk hang on councelor your
mic was off your mic's back on again
thank than you for that so I guess it's
just for a little Clarity because
originally I was told that it was not
suitable uh for something like that is
that correct or is is that incorrect
that is correct okay um and then just a
last question um just want to confirm
that the intention is for future build
out of existing Lots not increasing
density or adding additional housing
units to the existing
plan thank you through the mayor um it
is uh propos as part of the subdivision
um there's uh the number of lots have
been um already approved um and are in
alignment with the Russo line plan
perfect thank you so much thank you
counselor councelor McCook do you have
any questions by any
chance I see your hands up now counselor
you have the floor yeah I do just um
Clarity it says on the map there's a
location of future temporary oh it just
refreshed on me um um future temporary
turnaround is this something that um
will there always need to be a
turnaround like is there planned for
future
or like why do we need a second location
now or am I misreading
this through the mayor thank you um
thank you for your question uh typically
with a new subdivision application the
approval will um uh depending on
engineering's recommendation will uh ask
for a temporary turnaround just to make
sure that there's connectivity through
the neighborhood and and uh sufficient
access the temporary turnaround is
temporary and it will be built out to um
the satisfaction of uh the municipality
in terms of meeting the general design
standards uh once the subdivision is is
being built
out okay thank you for that
clarification that's it for me mayor
thank you counselor any further
questions members of council for
administration on their presentation on
on bylaw
105024 seeing none thank you very much
for your presentation at this time I
open the public hearing to anybody who
deems who they wanted to speak for in
favor of the bylaw anybody in
public oh mam clerk Mr Mayor I was just
going to advise that we have no
registered speakers and no additional
members of the public indicating they
wish to speak so you can close uh close
the public hearing when you're ready I
will do that thank you madam clerk with
that I declare the public hearing closed
on this issue and so I will ask for
member of council to move second reading
of this bylaw and we will then begin
debate of the bylaw once the motion is
on the
floor councelor barnhard you have the
floor oh hang on I turn it on I you turn
it off supposed to be
turn thank you mayor uh I mooved that
bylaw 10524 closure of a portion of 42nd
Avenue in the Russo neighborhood be
given second reading thank you councelor
D speak to Second reading at this time
if you want to speak to yourself uh I'm
in favor of the uh bylaw as it stands
right now so I don't have anything to
add thank you counselor you can turn
your mic off if you want I got it thank
you I'll turn them on you guys turn them
off okay any further comments or
questions or debate for members of
Council on second reading Council McCook
do you have any questions or concerns
for debate for second
reading no mayor thank you counselor any
further opportunity for debate or
discussion or questions on second
reading seeing none I'll ask Council
then vote on second reading of the
bylaw Council McCook how do you
vote in favor thank you Council that
carries unanimously 6 nil I'll now
entertain a motion for members of
Council on third reading of bylaw
councelor
Penrod thank you mayor I move that bylaw
105-24 be given third reading thank you
counselor you wish to speak to third
reading just to say uh I'm not always in
favor of moving
through uh readings in quick succession
but in this case sounds like what we
have in front of us is um essentially a
bit of a blip in our planning process uh
and we're
just remediating that the land in
question is already approved for the use
that it will go back to uh I I don't see
any need to uh drag this out any further
so happy move into third reading
appreciate that thank you any other
members of councel Council on third
reading seeing none Council I'll ask you
to vote on third reading of the
bylaw Council McCook how do you vote in
favor thank you councelor that carries
unanimously 6 nil on bylaw 105024 thank
you Administration for your efforts on
this and thank you to the public for
your input on public hearing which was
minimal but that's okay sometimes
there's many sometimes there's not next
on our agenda is item 7.1 Water
Management
strategy house administration join us at
the table introduce yourselves and begin
your presentation when you're ready
please whenever you're ready yeah please
good evening mayor and counselors I am
Ryan rosi manager of utility and
facility operations from infrastructure
here with me presenting tonight is
Tanisha kit and Michelle Jang from
strategist from Communications although
the three of us are presenting tonight
several departments including
infrastructure Communications legal and
protective services contribute to
enhancing this
strategy yeah it's not working
just be a second we'll get it figured
out for you all
right
oh go one too far or
no all right there we all right thank
you before delving into our strategy
I'll provide contact for why
Administration is updating Alberta
recently experienced an usually dry
winter characterized by low snowfall and
above average temperatures this has
contributed to the the dro conditions
across the province as
depicted in the latest Dro conditions
map on the screen due to these
conditions most Reservoir levels are
below normal for this time of year and
challenges are expected as we move into
the high demand water months adding to
these Supply concerns the rapid
expansion of both the city of bont and
Alberta as a whole is intensifying water
demand and further
straining these already stressed
conditions in response to these
conditions Alberta environment has Resto
to municipalities them to review and
enhance their water management
strategies this year Bowman encountered
two instances of water restrictions one
due to unforeseen outage at the epcore
plant servicing in the Edmonton area and
another stemming from upgrades from the
Water Commission Phil Station in Bowmont
both these challenges have been
successfully addressed and the
restrictions lifted the experien has
provided valuable insights into the
effectiveness of our current strategy
and highlighted areas where enhancements
could be
made this brings us to our purpose of
the presentation tonight to Implement a
proactive strategy which updates and
refines water man water management
practices restrictions and the utility
bylaw for future resilience these
measures are crucial for the coming
season and moving forward to ensure the
city has sufficient water levels for
essential uses such as fire protection
and drinking
water the first area that was identified
as requiring updates is our utility
bylaw which Administration is
recommending be renamed the water and
wastewater management bylaw this revised
bylaw
encompasses crucial elements such as
outlining water restriction demand
measures based on the water commission's
recommendations and in alignment with
other municipalities introducing
penalties and enforcement measures for
non-compliance and clearly defining user
responsibilities regarding Water and
Wastewater management these this new
bylaw will be presented later tonight in
more detail however I will highlight the
demand measures with a focus on internal
City operation
measures Administration recommendation
is to implement three demand measures or
restriction levels the demand measure a
labeled as a water conservation advisory
represents the lowest level of
restrictions demand measure B introduces
a partial water band while the highest
restriction level demand measure C
imposes a mandatory water
restriction demand measure a also known
as the water conservation advisory
primarily impacts internal City
operations this includes reducing spray
park hours and suspending non-essential
water use activities such as water and
sewer Flushing Park watering street
sweeping vehicle fleet vehicle washing
and certain firefighting that utilizes
water additionally water users are
encouraged to limit outdoor watering to
specific hours for optimal for reducing
evaporation demand measure B also
referred to as a partial water band has
implications for both City operations
and water users City operations will
discontinue non-essential water
activities such as the spray park
hydrant meter usage private development
and infrastructure commissioning private
development flushing Water Quality
Investigations and all demand a
suspensions for water users outdoor
watering is limited to house number with
specific hours with a maximum of two
hours allowed per day hand watering a
flower beds vegetable gardens and
similar activity would be permissible at
any time using a watering can or a hose
with a nozzle equipped with a shot off
to restrict water
flow demand measure C also known as the
water or sorry as the mandatory water
restrictions represents the most
stringent level of of restrictions
reserved for extreme circumstances these
under these measures City operations
will suspend water use for the bsrc
pools hot tub all water features and
fountains along with implementing all
demand A and B measures water users will
be limited to essential use only
prohibiting all outdoor water activities
additionally water use will be
restricted for all high demand water
users further details on these
restrictions will be provided on the B
report later
tonight there are various demand
triggers for water demand measures or
restrictions the city will Implement
which are noted on the
screen the utility team is working on
implementing Advanced forecasting within
our water water system software to
assist in predicting Reservoir levels
contributing to these triggers it is
also important to note that each
community in the province is unique and
will have different triggers that affect
their restrictions this means that the
city of bont May Implement measures
before the Water Commission or other
municipalities or measures may be at a
different level these measures will be
placed into effect due to our own un
unique circumstances considering all
these triggers with the intent on
preventing further or stronger
measures communication is a significant
significant part of our strategy and
Tanisha will further elaborate on this
aspect thank you Ryan when considering
the role that water users play in our
strategy it is crucial to acknowledge
that we are dealing with people now we
recognize that there are several types
of water users but regardless of their
form we are looking to take them from
their current state to a new one getting
them to demonstrate modified and
potentially new behaviors so what we are
talking about is change management
changing human behavior requires a Clear
Vision of how we want users to think to
feel and to act to guide our approach to
this change we've established three key
pillars they are transparency
empowerment and compliance now I want to
walk you through what each of these
looks like transparency means that users
understand the water demand measures
they receive strategic updates on Water
Management efforts and they know what to
expect depending on the situation or
environment empowerment is simple it
means that users feel part of the
solution whether it's through practical
water saving strategies or water
conservation tips they are motivated to
conserve water and finally compliance is
a direct reflection of how we want users
to act to encourage change behaviors
with the goal of water conservation this
means we must establish clear guidelines
and uh expectations recognize and reward
compliance all while continuously
monitoring our reporting mechanisms for
feedback and opportunities to optimize
now that we've established the changes
that we will encourage and Inspire in
our water users I will walk you through
some of the risks we've identified and
how they present as opportunities for
our water management
strategy now as I walk you through these
risks you'll start to notice potentially
the strategy taking shape uh the first
risk that we've identified is
misinformation now whether it's false
claims or inaccurate information
misinformation can lead to a lack of
compliance given the unique nuances of
each municipality's Water Management
strategy as Ryan uh outlined we must
speak with a unified voice directing
users to a centralized source for
accurate and practical information now
this involves leveraging educational and
um awareness campaigns local media and
our esteemed Council serving as
Community
ambassadors the second area we've
identified is non-compliance now often
we think about users being non-compliant
it's because they either perceive these
changes is inconvenient or perhaps they
disagree with the measures as a whole
however non-compliance can also be a
lack of awareness or maybe a misunder
understanding of the restrictions to
encourage compliance we need to focus on
targeted educational campaigns regularly
check how they're performing and adjust
when necessary also being open about the
rules and how we enforce them helps
create a culture where users understand
and follow the
guidelines the third risk that we've
identified is communication overload now
when it comes to communication overload
it could be because of the amount of
information could also be due to the
complexity of the information and this
can leave users feeling apathetic
anxious you know rather than the desired
state of feeling empowered with this
information
navigating the risk of communication
overload demands clear streamlined
messaging through easily accessible
channels and here uh council members
play a pivotal role in directing users
to a single information
Hub now the final risk that we've
identified is related to maintaining
Comm during periods with several
restrictions for prolonged periods it is
crucial to maintain Cal admidst the
scarcity of a vital resource like water
users can exhibit resource hoarding
competition non-compliance and
potentially confrontational behaviors
proactive transparent messaging empowers
users with knowledge curbing behaviors
like hoarding and fostering positive
conservation practices recognizing and
reinforcing these behaviors further
encourages that
compliance so by being proactive and
transparent with our messaging in uh you
know giving them the knowledge and
curbing those behaviors it's essential
to uh EMP power those residents with
correct practical and strategic
information that we can encourage conver
conversation efforts I'm going to pass
the floor along to Michelle who will
further dive into our
strategy thank you
Tanisha so our communication strategy
involves a multifaceted approach that
launched yesterday on April 22nd and
will span the spring and summer
throughout these months as Tanisha
mentioned we will leverage our guiding
principles of transparency empowerment
and compliance to educate residents on
the reality of drought conditions and
Empower them to do what they can and
play their part in water conservation
efforts our strategy emphasizes a
collaborative approach involving all
local stakeholders and highlights the
importance of residents businesses and
the city working together as a team to
achieve water conservation it's also
important to note that this strategy is
dynamic and will go through adaptations
and refin ments as we receive feedback
and data throughout the coming
months so there are three key phases in
our strategy here the first being
education and awareness the second being
the ban phase and lastly the recovery
phase in the education and awareness
phase our focus is on transparently
communicating and educating our
residents about the reality of drought
conditions in Alberta we're also focused
on offering practical water conservation
tips for them to incorporate into their
daily routines that Empower them to take
ownership of water saving efforts in
their
homes in the band phase our priority is
to clearly communicate specific
restrictions on water usage provide
regular updates on the progress of bands
in any changes that occur and reinforce
the importance of compliance in
preserving bont's water supply lastly in
the recovery phase we are mainly focused
on communicating the lifting of water
restrictions
but we are also acknowledging residents
compliance and efforts during the ban
phase and highlighting the collective
impact that we made as a community this
is an often overlooked but crucial
component for Community morale because
it Fosters a sense of unity pride and
appreciation among residents for their
contributions and encourages continued
support and participation in future
conservation
efforts as mentioned in the education
and awareness phase we are focused on
providing residents with the Practical
water saving strategies for their homes
we've categorized these tips into indoor
and outdoor sections and further divided
them by beginner intermediate and
advanced levels this approach allows
residents to begin their water
conservation Journey at a level that
feels right for them or fits their
current situation and also prevents
overwhelming them with just a long list
of
suggestions now we are aware that some
of our Advanced tips are not immediately
actionable and our goal with these
Advanced tips is to plant a seed in
their minds and prompt them to consider
these long-term conservation strategies
for the future for example uh while
someone may not immediately think about
upgrading to water efficient appliances
it is now something that's on their
radar and they may consider this the
next time they purchase a new home so on
the screen here we've included a few
examples of beginner intermediate and
advanced tips beginner tips including
fix leaks around the house turning off
your Taps intermediate tips being
utilizing rain barrels and installing
water saving devices in your home such
as faucet air Raiders and lowf flow
showerheads and advanced tips are things
such as um water efficient appliances
and implementing graywater recycling
into your
home in terms of tactics to connect
residents to this information as Tanisha
mentioned earlier we have created a
centralized information Hub on our
website where residents can access
information about drought conditions
water saving tips links to external
resources and eventually Water band
updates if need be so essentially this
is a One-Stop shop where they can find
all the information they need as we move
through the phases of this strategy will
employ a range of tactics to connect
residents to the centralized information
Hub these tactics include digital media
and print materials and will
continuously be evaluated and refined as
we move through the strategy and receive
feedback and data data we will also rely
on leveraging our community ambassadors
which would include yourselves Council
to maximize Community involvement and
buyin so throughout the coming months we
encourage you to share water
conservation content on your platforms
reinforce the importance of being water
wise in conversations with residents and
lead by example to inspire Community
participation
thank you for your time tonight that
concludes our presentation and we're
happy to answer any questions thank you
very much very informative any questions
from members of council for
administration's presentation on the
Water Management strategy councilman
newerk you have the
floor yeah thank you and thank you for
the presentation
um I think an important piece of this as
you move forward is to acknowledge early
on in the presentation that we're a
member of the capital region us Water
Services Commission I think that was
probably a piece of information that
should come forward at the beginning of
the presentation um later on in the
demand measure triggers we do make
mention of that but uh you know the root
of a whole bunch of the information used
to make this presentation actually comes
from the um technical document entitled
water demand measures from from there so
I think it would serve well uh for the
community just for some clarity around
where this comes from so you know we're
a member of the commission we sign on to
the commission and the commission has
the water demand strategies that are
developed and reviewed to the policies
reviewed the technical document guides
water demand levels and you know that
that's where it's coming from um in the
past when we've had to put these water
demand levels in um it's been an
opportunity for education I guess for
the public to allow them to understand
or help them understand that we're a
member of that commission so
I you know I I would tighten that up a
bit uh just to make it more clear around
us being a member what the water demand
measures mean um I think you guys did a
really good job of um personalizing it
to Bowmont right because the water
demand measures are a little bit more
generic in the document and then what
you're able to do well in here um you
know throughout the examples where there
was City operations and and water uses
really personalize it so I think you
guys really hit the mark on that um so
um this conversation today is an easy
one I think in the coming days it's
going to become more trying in all
municipalities so um thank you for
coming early with this conversation and
uh I appreciate your
effort thank you counselor I appreciate
that I'll Echo some of councilman
nuker's comments um it's hard to educate
the public we all very much aware of
that and we take our lead off the Water
Commission the water commission's
responsibility is make sure there's
water for all the members on an equal
level basis you can't have water Bowman
and not in Devon or luk it's got to be
the same for everybody and the priority
for us is to have water for fire
protection and personal hygiene and
cooking uh Lawns are kind of second
fiddle compared to the first two items
of course even the water park despite
the weather sometimes is not a high
priority and it was difficult to educate
the public and I applaud the efforts
we're trying to be a little more
proactive given the anticipated drought
this season is going to have for us and
I Echo councilman comments that help
education the public that in the water
commission sets the rules and we follow
them what we're trying to do is give it
a good education to our to our residents
and the less water they use the more
money they save too which is not a bad
thing all things being equal but coun
could read my mind on that comment I do
appreciate that so councelor barnhard I
have you next on speaking thank you
mayor not exactly sure what's going on
with the mics but they don't go green
they go right to Red yeah it's weird
once we're done this we'll we'll have a
look at that in a second let's just
continue but some I saw nothing on my
screen but please continue we'll we'll
look at it in the next break here thank
thank you man' thank you um comments
aside about the commission I totally
agree that that that is uh our our
source of water and how we work
collaboratively in the region to make
sure that we have sufficient water uh
but I want to applaud the proactive
nature of this strategy uh I think it's
uh it's coming at it it's coming at the
issues very much from an education
perspective and I really think that's
important I like the transparency of it
um some of the the goals I had in mind
when I was reading it is it's forward
thinking it's looking ahead it's
environmentally conscious it's it's
raising the bar as far as what we expect
our residents to do so I so I really am
um thankful to see it here I think you
did a great job on that my question is
about um kind of the big big picture if
we get to a point and I I'm sure that
the commission would be part of this as
well but if we get to a point where we
are in uh danger of not having
sufficient water for the necessities
that we need here in
Bowmont whose responsibility is that
does that go beyond the city to the
commission to the province just speak a
bit to that what what would be the um
the next step in terms of dealing with
an emergency if it was to
happen don't want to be a negative Nelly
but you know that could happen uh
through the mayor to councelor barnhard
um it would be up to the the city's
responsibility to find I guess alternate
resources to provide the water it
wouldn't be up to the Water Commission
it' be up to the to the city to find
that so the the city and the Water
Commission together would be responsible
for that it's not the provinces we would
be the first line of defense on that
right okay um and I think the other
question that I had um mayor um if I may
just just run further you referenced a
couple of times in your comments that
later tonight we would be dealing with
the the fees the the penalties actually
we've already approved them I think if
I'm not mistaken as part of the bylaw
that was in the consent agenda am I
correct on that okay I wonder if you
could just speak to um how that would be
implemented how how are we enforcing
those uh compliance issues through the
mayor to councelor barnhard uh the
presentation later tonight's the utility
baaw um update and so it'll be going
through the bylaw that references these
demand measures and the penalties and
stuff will be in place for them I I'm
wondering if we've dealt with that
already that's was my question Madam
clerk sure I can provide a little
Clarity um we when we originally
prepared the report we anticipated
having the bylaw as part of the present
uh presented items but we did put it on
consent so yes the bylaw was approved by
consent so if I can answer councelor
barnhart's question through the mayor um
this would be dealt with the way any of
our bylaws like Community standards
bylaws would be dealt with so to ially
you would have someone make a complaint
that someone was in violation of the
bylaw and enforcement would usually take
um An Education First approach and then
if they could not resolve the matter
then then they would just proceed with a
ticket just as you would under the
Community standards bylaw okay thank you
mam clerin and if uh members of the
public wanted to see what those
penalties were that that bylaw is
available for them to see that online uh
it's in the agenda package and it will
be updated on our website following
today's meeting or they can contact our
office and we can send them a copy
directly but it will be on the public
website on the bylaws page along with
all our other bylaws appreciate that
thank you and thank you again for the
work on
this thank you councel I'll go to
councelor Penrod followed by councilman
Yer for a follow-up question councelor
Penrod thank you mayor uh just a
procedural double check and maybe that I
just missed this but in my agenda I have
uh 8.2 bylaw 10
52-24 uh Mark flagged as potentially
being on the cons consent agenda but in
my notes the consent agenda that we
actually approved does not include 8.2
did I miss that Madam
clerk thank you very much councelor
Penrod you are correct so we will have
to deal with those readings once we get
to that bylaw sorry that that was an
oversight on our part it was not in fact
on the consent agenda so we will make
sure that we deal with that once we get
to that bylaw and just to note the same
is true for 83 yes I see that okay so
we'll have a we'll have lots of fun with
motions when we get there thank you
thank
you Al righty then thank you councelor
Penrod councelor by nuc followed by
councelor n
Telus yeah you bet uh so in February I
did a little bit of foreshadowing and I
asked some questions about how much
water our spray park uses so I'm going
to regil with some numbers right now
because this is exactly why um I asked
the questions around that so we talked
about water demand a and water demand B
and C and you know when the spray park
turns off and why and uh basically in
2023 uh with the water the spray park at
eight hours a day the water usage was
estimated at 4.4 million liters a month
149,000 lers per day which translates to
18,6 125 L per hour of water big big
water usage out of our out of the spray
park and over a 3mon period that results
in 13.4 million lers of water being used
in the spray park and it's onetime use
water in our spray park um so you know
there's a lot lot of numbers there um
that was included as a counselor inquiry
back in February so it is you know that
they answer to that is uh obviously
public information and that's why I
brought it Forward here and then in 2022
on a on a 12-hour day operating all
those numbers are bigger quite bigger
right so it's very very important for
residents to understand because I know
one of the first friction points is the
spray park being turned off in water
demand situations but I just really
really want everyone to understand the
amount of water treated water that is
used in that apparatus we love it
there's good usage of it but it's turned
off in these water demand uh situations
for for good reason and there's millions
of reasons right there as millions of
liters of water are used there so anyhow
uh this was the opportune time to bring
that forward and remind everyone of that
usage so thank you mayor no that was a
great inquiry I was expecting those
numbers but they're actually higher than
I thought they were going to be so
that's a very good information to have I
appreciate that Council tbus followed by
councelor
mcook thank you mayor thank you for the
presentation I I think anyone would be
naive to uh to assume that there there
isn't a shortage of water especially
when we hit some of those hot months and
and the drought concerns that do exist
within Alberta and all across all across
the world
realistically sorry no worries um so
yeah so it's important that we come up
with an approach um I I do just have a
couple concerns in terms of
communication I I know we're going to
get into the bylaw here but uh within
the bylaw it says City will do its best
to give 24 hour or notice um that
doesn't give people a lot of time to
receive the message um so I did
appreciate uh the comment that was made
that in terms of enforcement we'll
always go the education route first um
and I hope that is the approach we take
because uh we're looking at fines of
$500 here which is pretty significant so
um my only concern would be the
communication side 24 hours isn't much
um yeah to be able to deal with that and
then I guess second to that you guys had
mentioned uh reward compliance so what's
kind of that approach what what kind of
reward system are we looking at for
those that are
complying uh through the mayor to
counselor and nellan boss uh when we
speak about rewarding it's a lot of
intrinsic value for residents to feel
like they are part of a larger purpose
um so when we look at motivating it's a
lot of intrinsic motivation to say when
you look at your neighbors and you look
at your community and you look at the
larger region that we're part of we're
all here working towards that same goal
which is that constant reminder of
having potable water for drinking and
resources for
firefighting perfect thank you uh just
one last comment and and and this will
probably be a followup uh motion that I
put down the line here but I've been to
the spray park for example which I do uh
feel consumes a lot of water but it's an
essential part for the kids to go out
and have fun but I've also been there
where it's completely empty and water
spraying so maybe exploring some other
opportunities where there's a a switch
that we put in place where people can
turn it on when they're actually using
it as opposed to water being wasted but
that's secondary to this conversation I
appreciate the
presentation thank you councelor I
appreciate that one thing I can say on
the notice period having Serv the Water
Commission for the last almost seven
years um notice in the Water Commission
usually tends be 48 to 72 hours
sometimes it's only 24 do for unforeseen
circum at the Water Commission level
they try and anticipate usage
restrictions but sometimes unforeseen
that it becomes very very short so point
taken on the notice period but if water
only gives us 24 hours notice it's
usually because of the Water Commission
having to make a very snap decision uh
normally we try and give the Water
Commission 40 to 72 hours sometimes or
five days of an anticipated usage
constriction so point taken but
sometimes it is unforeseen circumstances
just to address your concerns as best I
could based on my own experience I have
uh councelor mcook and then I have
councelor
barnhard thank you um I think most of my
um comments and stuff were covered by
Council van K and uh my questions by
councelor barnhard as well um just a
comment that um perhaps when we are
doing some of the education campaigns I
know that um really adding statistics
and like facts and figures um to council
R new Kirk's point with bringing up um
how much water gets used in the spray
park and stuff just so people can really
wrap their head around you know the
impact of some of this stuff and then
perhaps the impact of not following
through with some of these things I
think when people can see those hard
numbers and and really put that into
perspective um it helps them understand
a little bit as to uh what the impacts
are but otherwise agree to all the
comments um very relevant and timely
presentation and appreciate um that
we're looking forward to to the
education and awareness piece of this
because I think this will be a really
really important um aspect to to helping
people understand understand um why we
have to put in some of these
restrictions and to council R Kirk's
point that it's not always necessarily
just bont's decision to to restrict
people it's the Water Commission and
kind of the region as a whole as we all
work together so thank you thank you
councelor and just the record too
councelor Mook sits with me on the Water
Commission councilman newer is our
backup the last couple years so we're
we're well versed in the working of the
Water Commission because we understand
bringing water to your TAP is ated
process not quite as easy as people
think it is actually so having you said
that Council barnhard you have the floor
thank you mayor and I too have sat on
the Water Commission in my past history
so we have lots of lots of water people
here where where we know how uh we think
we know how most of it works um my last
question is regarding the stakeholder
engagement and on the very last slide
you mentioned the community ambassadors
I wonder if you just want to speak to
that a little bit more is are these
ambassadors already chosen are you
looking for people just what what is the
intention there with Community
ambassadors through the mayor to
councelor Barnhart so when we look at
Community ambassadors these are both
formal and informal positions of
leadership so we're looking at
individuals who have a strong voice such
as yourselves who have also formal
leadership and great eyes on you and
looking for for that leaderships when we
look at our community ambassadors you
know these might be business owners
these might be your your average person
you see on the street you know community
ambassadorship does not necessarily mean
that they come with a title but that
they do have eyes and influence so when
we look at engaging those Community
ambassadors it could be at all levels it
could be your owner of Spice Valley who
reshares on their Facebook platform all
the way up to yourselves so more of an
informal process it isn't a formal
program that we're looking at correct
yes well again I I applaud the
proactivity of this and uh I'm sure
we're going to do well thank
you thank you counselor appreciate that
any further comments from members of
council and seeing none report is
information so we do appreciate your
presentation this evening answer all of
our questions thank you very much next
to our agenda is item 7.2 Council naming
policy Mr sud oh madame clerk sorry
could we get a motion to accept the
report for
information yes I forgot we're not
committing the whole we're actually in
council meeting so I'll entertain a
motion member of council to receive his
information councilman newerk
thank you mayor I would motion that the
April 23 2024 report Water Management
strategy be received as information
thank you thank you councelor you wish
to speak to the motion you're good thank
you members of council any discussion on
the motion see none Council I'll ask you
to vote on the motion Before 40 to
accept as information Council McCook how
do you vote in favor thank you Council
that carries unanimously 6
nil all right now we're on to item 7.2
Council naming policy Mr suder I believe
you'll be presenting this evening and
your microphone is on sir thank you your
worship good evening mayor and Council
Paul director of community services I'm
also joined this evening for this report
by manager of long-range planning
Johannes Wong he's on Zoom believe he's
online yeah thank you yeah we're here
this evening for options for Council to
consider for updating the council naming
policy c31 revision 2 the background on
this is November 14th the administration
was directed Ed after a conversation
that Council had about a renaming a a
park and we were directed to come up
with some options for uh reviewing
revising uh the uh policy the council
policy c31
R2 the background on this is the current
policy was in place since 2008 with a
revision in September of 2015 the policy
sets out the policy and procedures for
selecting and applying names to roads
neighborhoods Parks trails and Municipal
facilities
it states that the primary function of
naming is to recognize and commemorate
noteworthy persons associated with bont
reflect bont's Heritage and to recognize
the flora fauna and natural features of
the community it also establishes the
criteria for the inclusion or non
inclusion of a name or a person to be
used in Bowmont so Administration has
three options for council's
consideration we're seeking some
direction tonight before we proceed with
those options I'm going to invite uh
Johannes if he has any comments at this
time make could weigh
in Mr
Juan no I don't have any comments so
Paul can go on with the uh presenting
the three options and there will be a
discussions and um we'll just move
forward with that thank
you thank you Mr Wong appreciate
that okay on that note I'll proceed with
the options so option one is uh no
changes status quo the current policy is
uh working although it needs to be
revised to some degree um so option two
would be a minor administrating review
this year we can undertake the work and
when we look through that policy there's
changes that are immediately jumping out
at us the organizational changes that
we've made since 2008 and even since
2015 where there's titles in there and
organizational structure references that
are not applicable as well we've
introduced other policies that may or
may not align properly with this policy
comes to mind is uh Council policy c33
sponsorship and naming rights which may
or may not be aligned on this naming
policy for especially when it comes to a
space a facility or a room within a
facility sort of thing um so that those
are something that I think needs to be
cleaned up regardless and then option
three would be a fullsome undertaken to
review this and that would include
Community engagement which I think could
be a something for Council consider as a
very valuable piece to this exercise
having said that that would take some
more time and um that would be something
we'd propose for the 25 budget it would
be a one-time operational project to do
that work involve the community in this
process to make sure we're in line with
uh you know our times have changed
significantly since 2008 and 2015 and
when you look at
Equity diversity and inclusion per se
and how that applies to a policy when
you're naming something and uh even
potentially how you would rename
something that we have currently that
may or may not align with the uh what we
want to do so those are the three
options uh option three like I say would
be something we could bring back at
budget because there would be a
budgetary component to it um I don't
have a a price tag in mind that would be
something we'd have to look in because
we haven't Define the scope and then of
course we would have to look at it from
there for Budget conversation so with
that unless Johan got anything further
I'll turn it back to your worship thank
you Mr sud I do have a quick question
before I go to councilman newer Follow
by councelor Penrod so with option two
Mr sudor I'm assuming we have the
resources and the horsepower to do
option two internally addition what any
additional cost in this fiscal year
whereas option three may involve
potentially outside uh resources hence
some of the budgetary uh asset may come
with option three is that a reasonable
assessment on the on the report yes
that's correct R thank you good enough
uh councilman ner followed by Council
penro followed by Council tbus followed
by Council
Mook councelor Van Kirk yeah thank you
mayor and thank you to Administration
for for for pulling this together um for
for me it seems like we have a little
bit of an opportunity here to make some
simple changes and then you know and
then consider a piece of budget right so
uh where where my head is at on this
tonight mayor would be uh moving option
two to allow Administration to to to get
some work and make those simple updates
and then uh option three could come back
at at budget as a one pager you know um
you know un unfunded and council could
consider that that work at budget so the
you know so that's where my head is at
tonight so um I don't know if you want
to hear from others or if uh you know if
I should make a motion now or okay on
that note um Madame clerk my understand
is U Council ner can make a motion now
if he wishes to or he's free to yield
the floor other questions and do a
motion later is that correct that is
correct Mr Mayor uh since councilor van
newerk has the floor it's it's his
choice if he'd like to move the motion
if you would rather wait that that's
also acceptable okay so procedurally I
tend to always ask for questions first
but procedurally anybody can make a
motion anytime because now we're looking
at this part of the decision-making
process so just to be clear you can make
a motion any time and Council yerk I'll
go back to you for a motion now if you
if you choose to or do you want to yield
the floor yeah I think I'll make a
motion for option two and then that
still allows uh you know questions to be
asked around that and so I think we can
kind of work this out here so okay I'll
uh
y I understood that you also wanted us
to proceed with option three to have the
one pager brought forward at the budget
yeah can we include that in one or do
should we do two we can include that in
one we can say that um options two and
three as set out in the report be
approved sure yeah let's do that if that
provides good Clarity we'll take a
second and let Madam clerk sort of word
Smith the motion for councilman UK
consideration and once you approve the
wording Steve will ask you to move it
and then we'll go to discussion on the
motion which may include some question
from counselors that may even be in
their minds as part of the discussion on
the motion so for second sounds good
yeah and I'll uh I'll move that options
two and three as set out in the April
23rd 2024 options for updating the
council naming policy and developing a
commemorative names program be approved
and I guess I'll speak to it Bri thank
you councelor do you wish to speak to
your motion yeah so I think as I said
earlier the the opportunity here is to
uh get some administrative work done in
off option two during this current
period ahead of budget then at budget
option three brings forward a one pager
unfunded that would be considered as
part of the budget deliberation so I
think that allows us to to start moving
this forward and doing some simple
updates that are administratively
required uh under current workload and
uh and then consider the budgetary pie
at budget so we'll see what council
thinks of that thank you thank you
counselor so
I have a quick question don't mind for
administration Mr sudor um operationally
speaking capacity wise I don't see this
as being is this a doable way of uh
presenting this uh while one page or
come for Budget time without having a
lot of work from your department to
incurring additional
expense I'm GNA make too an us to all
the work no I'm just kidding yeah we we
can manage it that's why we set it up
that way worship yeah okay good that's I
just to clear so other Comm of council
know we have capacity to if should this
motion pass all right go to counselor
Penrod first Follow by councelor Telus
Follow by councelor McCook Follow by
councelor barnhard councelor
Penrod thank you may
um thanks to council van nuker for
making the motion it's very much in line
with uh what I was thinking but I do
just want to start my remark by saying
I'm a little bit confused the way this
came back um my understanding and just
going back and reviewing some of the
wording um so one of these
communication's always harder than it it
seems on the face of it my understanding
was that we had essentially asked for
three and uh and then we we got what we
got today which is kind of three options
uh and so I'm just wondering if you can
give us some clarity or background I'm
I'm wondering is at if as you began to
do the work did you realize that maybe
there was going to be a more significant
amount of Labor and research involved
and and
thus thus we returned what what has been
returned
today yeah thanks for the question um
the the request was to provide options
and I I won't speak for Jo I'll let him
weigh in if he wants he was the one
behind most of this report um but I
don't think this was planned activity
until that conversation with Council
about renaming the park and then when we
looked at that we realized this is you
know potentially out of Step or out of
alignment with today today's world so um
even in the processes May more clearly
defined would help but I'll let Jo offer
him a chance to potentially answer
that thank you thank you councilor panro
for the questions and uh since the uh
the council approved this motion and
administration began to think about uh
the um what what kind of work uh has to
be undertaken to update the the policy
and uh and then we realize that in order
to have a fome review of the policy it
will take a lot of resources and time
and uh and that and also I think the the
uh the majority of the uh the project
will be uh public engagement because a
lot of the um um uh concerns with uh
naming uh particularly the the several
uh within the last several years uh a
lot of the um uh the issues around how
to name uh a street a building or
whatever so uh when we when we reval
that we think that it is bigger than you
know um uh what we can do uh in 2024 and
we would require resources and at the
time we have a a a budget approved in in
December so we thought 2025 and also
this year there there are uh uh designed
or planned projects already so it may
not be u a good investment of of St time
in doing this so we're thinking maybe it
it's better for 2025 but instead you
know of waiting until 2025 there is an
opportunity to uh uh update
administratively because like for
example uh the policy refers to the um
to the to the city as the still the town
of bont so and those are the things that
maybe we can just immediately do to uh
clean the policy up and as uh Mr sud was
saying uh there are several things that
uh we have to make the alignment with uh
other policies uh that has Council uh
approv over over this years so there are
several things that Administration can
do uh to clean it up and then if Council
desires to uh have this full review next
year then we will Embark uh on defining
the scope and everything next
year thank you Mr Wong Mr thank you Mr
Wong that really helpful um kind of bit
of a backgrounder there uh gives me a
bit more color on the thought and uh
work that's gone into bring bringing
forward this approach so really
appreciate that um maybe one more
clarification before I'll just speak
more directly to the motion are we aware
if if we do go with what councilor Ben
newerk has
suggested um are we aware of any of our
partners um or FKS that we work with
closely whether it be developers or our
friends and at the school boards um are
we aware of anyone else that's doing
work that might inadvertently get hung
up waiting for us to do this
piece I'm not aware of this but uh as we
probably working on the um uh working on
option to uh we can reach out to um the
stakeholders I like to mention about
developers and the school boards uh we
have very close relationship with them
so we can just uh reach out to them and
ask them for some feedback and input
definitely appreciate that yeah we just
always want to avoid um un unintentional
consequences right so um then I'll just
if I could M speak briefly to the motion
yeah um please proceed I do believe that
this is important work and and of option
three that more fullsome kind of uh
review and uh rethink of our policy is
important work but it's hard given the
current capacity of administration and
other I would say more pressing issues
in the community it's it's hard to um
characterize this work as urgent uh and
so I think councilor van New kerk's
Motion strikes a good balance we have
the opportunity to kind of pick of that
low hanging fruit to clean up our
current bylaw uh or policy at pardon me
um while we wait doing that further work
I will also point out that at present
our Equity diversity and inclusion
committee is still paused and awaiting
the hiring of a new administrative lead
and I believe their involvement in this
work will be critical to uh turning out
a policy that's excellent and can stand
the test of time so I'd like to see us
wait on a more major update of the
naming policy until such a such a time
as the EDI staff and the committee are
in place and functioning well so that
they can give us that Frontline feedback
and I think Mr Wong spoke to that in his
uh response to my first question too I
would uh ask if we could
suggest
um a couple items that we'd like to see
uh with this kind of option to could we
ask um that
perhaps only names already vetted and
currently on the maintained roster would
be considered until such a time as a
more fome review can be undertaken I'm
I'm thinking it may not happen in may
not happen that this is funded in 2025
we have more priorities in bulm than we
can manage in any given year and again I
think this is work that we want to do
really
well and I it's important but it
probably won't be urgent in the way that
um School sites for high school are and
things like that so um these two
suggestions are really if this gets
pushed out a few years I think um these
two suggestions would help me vote in
favor of this number two option so again
just um essentially not taking more
names onto the roster that we maintain
and second um
asking that preference be given to flora
fauna and natural features um of the
community in the interim that's already
in our policy so it's not a change it's
more of a change of an emphasis I'm just
suggesting that we'd be less likely to
run into problems with names based on
Flor FAA or natural features then we
would uh based on a a name from an
individual thank
you thank you counselor any yeah through
theic P I wouldn't see us making any
significant changes to existing names on
the on the roster to point I think this
is this would be just more of a cleanup
so that it's at least in alignment with
the terminology that we're using today
with other policies and the
organizational structure and even more
modern verbiage around that but those
sort of significant changes would would
be tied to option three because that
would likely involve the community's say
and how that is formed for the future
because um if we're going to entertain
new names and how how do we make those
decisions um in today's world so yes
that if I've answered your question
thank you very much councilor telis
followed by councelor mcook councelor
Tas you have the floor thank you mayor I
I think this one's an no-brainer I well
councelor van Newark beat me to uh to
the button here um he's he's managed to
capture post scenario one where we can
re-evaluate and prioritize come budget
time um but the second one which is most
important we're looking at a policy
that's roughly 10 years old um and
obviously requires a little bit of
massaging uh to update it and modernize
it so um I think that's the route we
need to go sooner than later and the
fact that it won't have any Financial
impact I is very significant and yeah
option one I I don't really think is an
option so I'm in alignment with uh with
the proposal here thank you councelor
appreciate that Council M cook followed
by councelor barard counc cook you have
the floor thank you um once again most
of my uh comments were um clarified
especially surrounding the EDI portion
of it um councelor Penrod captured that
um nicely and uh Mr Wong clarified some
of that so um agree with everything that
said and um I'm in support of this
motion as
well thank you councelor councelor
burnhard you have the
floor thank you mayor um I don't have a
problem with the direction this is going
if I understand it correctly but the
motion has me a bit confused
um and Madam clerk maybe you can help me
here if I read that literally it means
that option three which says to bring it
back as a one-time project that's
essentially approving it and I think we
have to do that at budget time so I'm
I'm just a little bit uncomfortable with
the way the motion is read Madam clerk
thank you thank you Mr Mayor through you
to counselor barnhard option three is
about bringing the one pager forward to
the budget so it would be pending
Council approval at budget so it's just
developing the plan for the budget
process for consideration by Council
would an amendment uh be be in order
then to
say if approved no it's not necessary
because option three is simply to
prepare the proposal for the budget so
it does not approve the action it just
approves preparing a proposal for the
budget
I wish I felt more comfortable but I'm
looking at the report and how it's
written and it it does I think it's
great I think in the room we all agree
with what you're saying but I wouldn't
want someone else to see the words and
think differently so this would be
brought forward as a one-time project
for the 2025 operational
budget we could and would be voted on it
at budget R part I know that's our
intent I just want to make sure that
it's not misunderstood that's
attention and and I know this is
councelor brand new Kirk's but motion so
I'll go to Council maner in a moment
here and see how he feels about it tell
me if he thinks that's okay I understand
your concern but to me it's pretty
straightforward but I understand your
concern for interpretation so let's just
take a second here and see what we can
come up
with Council ner you want to speak to
this right now while we're we're
smithing it a bit your microphone is on
hang on now it's on yeah thank you mayor
um it might put councelor barnhart's
minded ease if it just said unfunded in
in the motion U somehow like what I
would say is the whole proposed budget
is unfunded until we approve it right
and so the uh I I wording that would
have probably put you at ease in the
report tonight would have been this
would be brought forward as an unfunded
comma one-time project in the right so I
think that maybe if we can include that
unfunded piece in there that might put
your concerns at ease maybe councilor
Barnhart hang on mics are being ready
okay now your mic's on thank you and
thank you councelor vanar my my
intention is to really look at it when
it comes I mean that that's what I want
to do I don't want to preclude that
conversation uh again uh I don't know
what everyone has in mind in terms of
changes we're we're not having that
conversation yet and I guess that's the
one thing that I was kind of going to
say as well is that if we wait until
budget time to have the conversation you
know how we all are rushed and have
other things on our mind at budget time
I wonder and this is a wondering out
loud whether this ought to come back uh
at a certain time that gives us enough
time to debate some of the issues around
it rather than just be at budget time
because I think look at the amendment
and I'll see if that's okay from your
perspective I'll ask councilor R newerk
if he's okay with it my understanding is
option two will come back to us before
budget in the fall right option come
back to us and if Council approves
option two based on the on the rework it
won't be an option three a budget
because we've already approved it if we
say nope it needs more work we'll
consider option three of budget that
allows us to do that uh is the amended
wording to your satisfaction Council dep
before govern counil nuker to approve
the friendly Amendment sure that works
for me uh mayor see said Council newerk
does the amended wording meet your
satisfaction on the motion yeah thank
you I think that provides a little bit
more clarity uh just on the concerns I
heard councelor Barnhart rais and
there's a couple gates to to step
through on this now for us right the
option two comes then option three um is
prepared as an unfunded one pager we can
discuss alongside everything else and
prioritize up or down um you know if and
when we hear back on option two then you
know if there's a discussion brought
forward you know we could motion at that
point as well so uh thank you
Administration um so I uh do you need me
to move the amended motion sure might be
good just have sure let's do that yeah
so an I will move the amended motion uh
that option to housekeeping housekeeping
amendments and option three preparing an
unfunded one pager for Budget as set out
in the April 23 2024 options for
updating the council lement policy and
developing a commemorative names program
be approved thank you thank you
counselor appreciate the the discussion
M all members of council Council M
cookie your hands not up that's good I
don't see any hands up there so having
said that any final comments councilman
newerk on your motion none thank you
Council I'll ask you to vote on the
motion before
you Council McCook how do you vote in
favor thank you councelor that carries
unanimously Council 6 nil appreciate
that next on our agenda is bylaw 8.1
bylaw 1045 d24 property tax and
supplementary property tax first second
and third reading Mr deblanco I believe
you're presenting this evening and I'll
just find the microphone that you're
sitting at give me one second there yep
your microphone is on when you're ready
sir thank
you good evening to the mayor and
councel uh I'm ctis deblanco I'm the
Director of Finance for the city um
before Council this evening is a report
on the 2024 property tax uh bylaw and
supplementary tax bylaw Council approved
the 2024 Municipal operating budget and
which includes a 6.45 property tax
increase uh this was subject to
adjustments based on the finalized
property assessments and the amended
budget was passed last week reflects
these final
adjustments okay um the this bylaw has
been prepared based on the amended
budget that was approved last week uh
the bylaw allows the city to collect 28
million
322,000 in Municipal Taxes and 9,9
26,500 in requisition taxes thank you uh
that are then remitted to the respective
requisitioning entities um although the
Blended tax levy which is net of growth
has increased 6.5 45% the the impact of
this increase uh between properties will
vary um tonight as part of the report we
brought a a presentation on uh how tax
rates get uh get set to better inform
both Council and the public on on how
tax rates are set administ ation uh has
the report that outlines the process so
the process is Guided by Council policy
c48 which is the taxation policies and
this ensures taxes are levied in a fair
transparent and Equitable manner uh with
that the first step in setting tax rates
is to determine the revenue requirement
which is of course city council
approving a budget within the budget are
many sources of of Revenue and expenses
uh and the difference between any non-t
tax sources of revenue things like fees
permits uh investment uh income uh and
the budgeted expenses creates the Delta
which is known as the revenue
requirement this Revenue requirement is
the amount needed to be levied through
taxation in order to balance the
budget uh the revenue requirement was
set at the number that is on the screen
the 28,38 20000 uh as part of the budget
approval in
December and this included a estimate of
1,200 500 for growth Revenue once again
reflects that 6.45% tax
increase uh the next step in setting tax
rates is to finalize the assessment
which becomes known in January uh the
city's Municipal assessment finalizes
the assessment for the year ass
assessment notice are sent out uh or
mailed out in in
February and the budgeted forecast for
growth which is that 1.25 million gets
removed and replaced with the
actual uh once the amended finalized
Revenue requirement is known uh which is
why the budget amendment always comes
before the tax bylaw so on the slide on
the screen we see uh the top kind of set
of numbers there is is that originally
approved budget add in what the actual
growth number is as well as the increase
on the actual growth uh that's 6.45% and
reduce the the estimate from the amount
and that gets us to the the unrounded
revenue requirement which is that 20 28
milon 322 uh 098
um and as we see on the bottom table
there is is what goes in the amended
budget we round to the nearest 100 so we
see the actual Revenue requirement um
after the finalized
assessment
uh on this slide is a A visual
representation of what that process
looks like uh where the blue squares
represent how a city's tax base grows
from one year to the next uh the blue
square on the left reflects the amount
of Municipal taxes collected in 2023
which is uh 25.4
million uh the green bar on the top on
that left Square represents uh increased
revenue from the physical growth of the
city so new buildings uh what have you
uh the orange bar on the right that
reflects the approved tax increase
through the budget process that's
6.45% and then there's a small yellow
Square in the top quarter which re which
uh reflects the impact of the increase
on the growth so that was that
76,5 76 on this
slide uh adding these components
together brings the city to its new tax
base for 2024 which is the blue square
on the
right next step is to determine uh the
amount of tax re Revenue that's
applicable to setting a rate so uh
within the overall budget for Municipal
Taxes there are forecasts for for items
like supplemental taxes adjustments as
well as Annex properties the city's
assessment does include Annex properties
that uh at one point were a part of luk
County and so per the annexation
agreement are still taxed at luk
County's rates or the lesser of the
cities or luk County's rates rather and
therefore they're not used to calculate
the city's actual
rate so removing those items gets us to
that bottom number which is the actual
Revenue requirement for rate setting
um after that what uh the next step for
administration takes is converting any
non-residential assessment so the city's
taxation policy uh sets a general
Municipal tax ratio of 1.4 to1 for
non-residential versus residential rates
uh the municipal government act
specifies that this ratio cannot exceed
5 to
one uh
so calculation on the screen brings
essentially the residential and non-res
residential assessment on par to set the
rate next St step which is just
calculating the rate so we take that
number which has the the r beside it is
the numerator the assessment becomes the
denominator and that calculates the
residential rate uh multiplying the
residential rate by the ratio set forth
in in Council policy c48 which is that
1.4 ratio provides the non-residential
rate uh rates commonly are displayed in
in Mills which refers to $1,000 worth of
assessment value um believe this is
where the term mill rate comes from my
latin's not very good but I believe
that's Latin um anyway that so that gets
us to how we commonly see rates
displayed on the bottom right corner
which is
6855 for the residential rate and 9. 597
and change for the the non-residential
um other items uh that rates are set for
are requisition taxes uh the same
process C for dividing the required
Revenue to to requisition is is design
or divided by the applicable assessment
to set the rates um and as already
mentioned 9.9 million is the amount that
gets collected by the city as
requisition taxes and then further
remitted to each of the the entities on
the right hand side of that
slide um the numbers on the screen are
the the the finalized uh screenshots
from the the tax bylaw um the city
provides both the the overall assessment
the rate and then the uh the tax levy
that gets yielded from that rate which
matches what is in the amended budget uh
the table on the left shows uh a rate
payer what their overall rate would be
including uh requisition taxes such as
school authorities and the wuk Regional
Housing foundation and designated
industrial property uh if it's
applicable um one important concept
within the city's city of bont taxation
policy is revenue neutrality um this is
especially important to realize as rate
payers review their assessment notices
uh so the city's Municipal property tax
revenues shall not increase or decrease
due to market assessment value increases
or
decrease this approach protects both the
city and taxpayers from large shifts in
in property taxation resulting from
market value fluctuation so as things
like inflation go up or down that
doesn't impact the amount of of tax that
the revenue uh the city
collects um so the example on the screen
what we see is uh it really how A
individual taxpayers bill is affected is
based
on how uh how much their assessment
either went up or down in comparison to
the average so the I'll I'll flip to the
next screen it might be a little more
helpful the average for the year was an
increase of 5.4 so uh a rate payer whose
assessment went up 5.4% would expect to
have a tax bill that was exactly that
6.5 45% increase there are two factors
that influence the rate payers bill
that's assessment and tax rate um like I
said if their assessment increased in
line with inflation that's when you're
going to see that exact
6.45% flipping back to this one if a
rate pairs assessment was lower than
that
5.4% they would expect their tax bill to
increase less than 6.45 in turn if their
assessment was up more than
5.4% they would expect to see a bill
higher than that 6.45% a lot of numbers
a lot of ins and outs but um trying to
have display it on the screen is is
transparent and easy for uh the folks at
home as well as everyone in the room to
understand is is a challenge and we're
we're this is why the information is
being presented as such tonight um as I
already mentioned the rate payer impact
from 23 to 24 on an average property or
a property within average inflationary
increase rather is 5.4% is approximately
$196 a
year uh a useful
uh practice to undertake on an annual
basis is benchmarking and looking at
where the city's rates compare uh
against Regional competitors um items to
consider looking at are residential tax
rate non-residential tax rate uh tax
ratios of different municipalities
assessment split and then year-over-year
change in assessment split um
Administration compiled information from
2023 on the from the municipalities on
the screen reason we use 2023 data is um
a lot of M Valle is are in the exact
same process we are in right now and
that data is not available just yet for
2024 um so on the screen we're looking
at the residential rate of uh Regional
comparators for
2023 uh as you can see the city of
Bowmont sits approximately right in the
middle is actually the median I believe
of of the municipality selected um you
see there's there's a lot of reasons for
the variation in the rates you look at
the the bottom end of the screen you
have the counties that AO will have much
different situations than a than an
urban municipality a lot of Farmland
will impact their rates and then as we
look at the top of the screen we're
getting further away from the city uh uh
the city of medmont with the city of
Camrose and city of watas and they're
going to have different factors includ
their impact their rates including
things like uh the assessment value of
an average home in each of those cities
but um once again it's useful to
Benchmark against uh Regional
competitors uh next up is
non-residential tax rates with the
municipality selected City bont sits
kind of in that lower third on uh
non-residential tax rates a big factor
on this is where each of the
municipalities set their res non-res
ratio um but as we can see on the screen
City with taskman City up Ed up in that
um 20 number 20 Mills as we we call it
um City camro 13 City St Albert 12 and
then very comparable with town of Devon
city of luk and town of warville is
where the city of bowan RAR
um next indicator is just where those uh
res non-res ratios are as you can see
the city Edmonton sets there is at at
almost three times their res rates L
County sets there is at two and a
quarter Tasco looks like they have their
is exactly double and the City of wont
has Set uh within taxation policy at 1.4
it's been 1.4 for uh a number of
years uh next one is just
non-residential assessment uh is as
everyone in the room well know city bont
is is quite low on non-residential
assessments compared to um other
municipalities in the region um areas
like uh lud the county stona county lud
County are much much different
situations than uh the city of bont as
is Fort City of forts asasin um but all
of those factors contribute to where the
city's rates ultimately get set and the
budget that a council sets for for a
city of
Bowmont um lastly is just looking at the
fiveyear trend on assessment split um as
we not a whole lot of fluctuation in the
past five years between residential and
farmland vers non-res um it's not that
non-residential assessment is not
growing in the city but residential uh
and uh assessment has seen substantial
growth and is slightly outpacing
non-residential assessment over the
fiveyear
term uh with that the approval of the
bylaw will allow the city to Levy uh
Municipal Taxes totaling 28
m322 100 um including Revenue attributed
to real property growth of 1,
2,6 263,000 sorry of numbers I rattled
off tonight um once again this includes
an estimate of 79,000 for manx
properties and an estimate of 12,600 for
supplemental taxes and
adjustment um with that uh a property
with an average inflationary increase
we'll see an increase of 6.45 on the
municipal portion of their tax notice
that concludes my presentation for this
evening I'll turn it back over to
council and I'm happy to answer any
questions thank you thank Mr Blanco
appreciate that so here's how we're
going to proceed we are doing all three
readings this evening as you do every
year with this kind of this particular
Bogue at this time of year so at this
time I'll entertain clarifying questions
from Council at this point it's not the
point to entertain your opinions or
concerns or observations clarifying
questions first reading at second
reading that's the time to entertain any
concerns you have as a counselor
observations concerns um criticisms uh
endorsements of the policy that's for
second reading okay so right now I'll
entertain clarifying questions only
before I go to First reading councelor
Penrod you have the floor thanks May
Danel and appreciate uh your coaching on
the process there um so as a clarifying
piece uh I'm looking at page two of the
council
report uh towards the bottom of the page
therefore uh so right after the
quote um given to illustrate Revenue
neutrality so this is not a
catch I gotcha I just actually caught
this myself so just for clarity for the
public record um I think this is a typo
it reads therefore the city does see
additional revenue from increased
housing prices your presentation made it
clear the city does not so that's just a
typo yes through the through the May to
council Penrod that would be a typo so
yes the city does not see any additional
revenue from from inflation on on
housing
prices thank you counselor that's a
great catch didn't catch that myself
either when I read through it appreciate
that see no further questions for
clarifying purposes we can part of
debate in the second reading ask some
clarifying questions at that point if
something else comes to mind so with
that I'll close clarifying questions
I'll ask remember Council to move first
reading of bylaw 1045 d24 Hower Penrod
you have the floor thank you mayor Danel
I move at bylaw 1045 d24 property tax
and supplementary property tax be given
first reading thank you counselor
discussion on the motion for first
reading seeing none Council would you
please vote on first reading of the
bylaw Council McCook how do you vote in
favor thank you counselor that also
carries unanimously 6 nil at this time
I'll entertain a motion for second
reading after which time we'll be be the
debate process comments concerns and so
on members of council as a member of
councel council from newerk I see your
hand is up please have the floor yeah
thank you mayor I'll move that bylaw
1045 d24 be given second reading thank
you thank you counselor you wish to
speak to the motion at this point Thank
You members of council who wish to speak
to the mo the
coun speak to the bylaw tonight too many
words tonight way too many words speak
to the bylaw on second reading Council
from the Telus you have the
floor thank you mayor uh I guess just
just one question for clarification
to Mr deblanco there in terms of the
assessment split it's interesting to see
these numbers and and I can appreciate
how you kind of give a little more
clarity that because we're seeing more
significant growth on the residential
side it's negatively impacting our
non-residential
numbers um in terms of uh capacity and
and availability of of these businesses
are we trending to see a continuous
reduction based off of your knowledge in
terms of non-residential versus is
residential if we continue to grow at
the rate we are Mr Blan your mic is
on but thank you for the question and
and through the mayor to counselor and N
tell boss looking just at the past five
years and doing a a basic Trend analysis
what we do see is is residential growth
is outpacing non-residential um we see
on on each of the years there is a a
very slight percentage Point tick in the
the opposite direction that is really
intended but um if there's any more
clarity on on non-residential growth
versus residential I mean colleagues in
in planning and development can can
speak to that but yes it's just looking
at the numbers alone on on the last
slide there's been a trend in the last
five years going the the direction where
uh non-residential percentage as it
makes up assessment is
reducing perfect thank you for that
response and then I I guess just for
myself more so Clarity for the public um
voting on this bylaw is obviously voting
on The the process and supporting how
the decisions were made in the numbers
that were put together um I just want to
make it clear my standpoint I I didn't
necessarily agree with all the increases
within the budget um but I do appreciate
the process and and everything that was
followed to get us to this point so I'm
not voting in favor of the increase but
I'm in voting in favor of the process
thank you counselor I do appreciate that
I think all of us at budget Workshop not
every single do we agree with
individually but you either pass the
budget or you don't and I appreciate
your comment on voting for the process
not necess the number itself and I do
appreciate that perspective we all of us
have to go through budget best we can
make our best decisions we possibly can
and I appreciate that uh any further
questions for members of Council on
second reading I have one question for
go to councelor penro if you don't mind
uh Mr Blanco the revenue neutral um
slide is extremely helpful um it does
help paint the picture of how things are
assessed and how the tax rate work it's
very very good work and I think um we
should maybe put that in a maybe a
newspaper article Mr bar I do new well
I'll talk about that a later time but
it's very very help it's very helpful
and clear understand how the process
works that assessment goes up or down
and tax up or down it's confusing at
times and this is very very helpful and
it took some time to get that put
together I want to thank you for that on
behalf of council and our citizens Mr
Penrod you have the
floor thanks mayor uh just want to
continue on the along the line of giving
Kudos thank you for the excellent report
um and thank you for the work that's
going in to uh not just making sure our
financials are done the way they need to
be done but then taking that extra step
to make sure that we're communicating as
best we can to the public who isn't um
thinking about this stuff every single
day kind of thing right sometimes we get
so familiar with the data or the the
terminology it can be difficult to
remember that uh not everybody speaks
Latin you know what is a Mill and things
like that so really appreciate the
effort that's gone into communicating
this will and I want to turn around too
and thank the members of the public that
have taken an interest and dug into
these reports and reached out for extra
clarification I know reached to
Administration or reached to other
elected officials know that you're heard
and that we know that this is a um this
is an area we want to strive for
continual Improvement right in in all
all of our procedures and so thanks for
administration for demonstrating that so
well and we'll continue to continue to
approve our processes and I know there's
some um tweaks to our budget Workshop
process and the way we do all of this
work based on your feedback again so I I
just want the public to hear that and
and I want to say um Mary you pointed
out the
um the slide on Revenue neutrality I
actually I think page four the tax base
2023 versus 2024 I almost skipped over
that slide because it doesn't look too
busy I'm really glad that you took the
time to explain that and I would it
maybe that we could tweak that even more
so that because when you explained what
all is included in that slide um it
really brought some things clear that
are are sometimes tricky to understand
with with this process so thanks for
that and I I think that's an innovation
right like that's something that we put
together for this presentation uh yes
that's correct it was brought from for a
number of reasons just to bring uh
transparency as well as uh uh re-educate
Council on just our process to as well
as the public on on how the city of bont
sets its tax rates yeah so I appreciate
that and I'd encourage anyone who finds
this process a little mysterious to
really
kind of go back and and review your part
your presentation specifically on that
infographic because I think there's a
lot of helpful information there um last
thing I just wanted to say mayor thanks
for clarifying again it it is annually
our practice to pass this particular
bylaw for second and third reading in
one meeting just wondering if you could
give us some color on uh why that is um
I think what it comes down to is Mr
Blanco will enlighten me if I missed
something but I think it's more a matter
of timing um because we have to get the
assessment the notice is out in a in a
timely fashion to our residents and to
give Mr deblanco enough time to make
sure there's nothing else unforeseen
that pops up that could affect the
budget tax increase that's the Reader's
Digest version I probably missed a
couple of key points but that's why we
tend to do it in this last meeting in
April to have enough time get the
assessments out to residents for July 1
Mr Blanco did I miss anything sure I can
provide a a little bit more detail uh a
few reasons uh there there's a bit of an
order of operations that goes with the
timing of
uh the yearend process and the audit as
well as the budget amendment and and
setting of the tax rates um in past
years like let's say five six years ago
some of this these items were brought
all on the same day and in doing that
their their risks um you know
adjustments to the budget or changes
stemming from the from the year end that
wouldn't get reflected um or have
Administration wouldn't have the ability
to update the tax bylaw in a timely
manner so the ideal order operations is
bringing the the financial statements
and the year end Surplus and any
reallocation now there was a a delay
with that um that was approved at at the
last council meeting but that will
brought in May but um with the budget
the budget needs to get passed first and
that's allows Administration then set
rates there is another piece around the
annex properties we uh at the city bont
we do need to wait to see what liue
county sets their rates at because
although it's a non-material amount it
does allow us to set
uh basically to that six decimal point
what the city B mons rate in absence of
that we would be estimating and could
potentially be off uh some thousands of
dollars but there is there is a stage
there where we do need to wait for L
County to set their rates which they did
today thank you and am I correct in
saying that part of what we're waiting
on is not just luk County but also the
province to set the rates for the school
requisitions absolutely that would be
the other piece is is they don't act
they don't confir confirm them until a
little bit later they do give us
advanced notice of what the requisition
amounts will be as well as our equalized
assessment but getting the actual final
confirmation comes a little bit later so
yes that's absolutely correct thank you
so just to summarize I think what I'm
learning in this process is that um
there's a lot of information coming from
many directions and the city's doing the
best we can to compile all that
information bring it to full public view
uh and then move down the road to
operations so that everybody can get
their notices in time and and pay their
tax bills on time exactly thanks mayor
thank you counselor appreciate that
thanks Mr Banco additional information
on the explanation uh seeing no further
comments for members of council we are
at second reading so with that Council
I'll ask you to vote on second reading
of the bylaw Council McCook how do you
vote in favor thank you councelor that
passes unanimously six nail
Council the next step is to ask for
consideration and a motion to move to
third reading if this is not passed
unanimously third reading is delayed on
the next council meeting which should
that happen it'll probably upset the
apple card a little bit in our procedure
just so you know and there's one budget
I mentioned earlier is it is coming back
in one night but that's how we tend to
do it given all the factors that are
involved so with that I will move that
bylaw 1045 d24 be considered for the
third reading any discussion on that
motion seeing none Council I'll ask you
to vote on consideration of moving to
third reading councelor mcook how do you
vote in favor thank you councelor that
pass unanimously thank you council with
that I'll entertain a motion from any
members of council to move to third
reading of bylaw 1045 d24 councelor
barnhard you have the floor thank you
mayor I move the bylaw 1045 d24 be given
third reading thank you than you
councelor discussion on the
motion see none councelor would you
please vote on third reading of the
bylaw Council McCook how do you vote in
favor thank you counselor that passed
unanimously 6 nil with that it's 749
we're going to take a 10-minute break
back 8 o'clock promptly we have two more
bylaws to go through it shouldn't take
too long I don't think we've got a
procedure down pretty good
tonight thank you we are back after a
short break it's 802 here in uh back in
council chambers we're continue with our
agenda which is item 8.2 bylaw 10522 for
water and wastewater first second and
third reading Administration already did
a presentation on this there's no need
to redo the presentation so with that I
will entertain a motion to go to First
reading and then we can ask any
clarifying questions as part of uh uh
second reading if we could as part of
the debate process so is a member of
council willing to move first reading of
the bylaw
councelor
Penrod thank you thank you mayor I move
that bylaw 1052 d24 the water and
wastewater bylaw be given first reading
thank you counselor again no clarifying
questions because we already had the
presentation already and we already
asked those a few minutes ago so I'll go
straight to the vote on first
reading Council please vote on first
reading Council McCook you're with us
how do you vote in favor thank you
Council that pattered unanimously 6 nil
I'll now entertain a motion from Council
for a second reading which which time
you do some debating and ask any
additional clarifying questions
councilman newerk thank you mayor I'll
move that bylaw 10 52-24 be given second
reading thank you thank you councelor do
you wish to speak to the motion at this
time thank you any members of council
have any clarifying questions in
retrospect from what was presented
earlier or any concerns comments on
second reading of the
bylaw seeing none from any members of
council Council mcook I don't see your
hand up you're okay just to make sure
you're clear
you're good no questions yep good thank
you thank you counselor with that
councelor I'll ask you to vote on second
reading of the
bylaw Council McCook how do you vote in
favor thank you councelor that carries
unanimously 6 nil we are now at the
third reading point I do have the a
motion to be considered for third
reading same procedure follows if this
is not done unanimously third reading
will be postponed the next Council
meting meeting which is May 14th so with
that I will move that bylaw 1052 d24 be
considered for third
reading Council how do you vote oh sorry
any questions on the consideration see
none Council how do you vote please vote
on consideration four third reading
councilor McCook how do you vote in
favor thank you counselor again that
passes unanimously 6 nil with that
Council I will entertain a motion for
member of council that bylaw 1052 d24 be
given third
reading I'll move it myself that bylaw
1052 d24 be given third reading this
evening any discussion for members of
Council on third
reading seeing none Council would you
please vote on third reading of the
bylaw Council McCook how do you vote in
favor thank you councelor that also
count casses unanimously 6 nil thank you
Council
next we have an item on our agenda 8.3
bylaw 1053 d24 Community standards bylaw
Amendment first second and third reading
uh now we did not debate this earlier so
Madame clerk how do we proceed here um
Mr Mayor I can quickly introduce this
item and then Council can consider the
readings so this is just the
housekeeping amendment required for the
change the community standards bylaw in
alignment with the alcohol um in parks
so you'll recall that we did make a
expansion to that program so that we are
allowing alcohol in one additional Park
in the upcoming um summer season uh so
the change to the bylaw is really just
to allow alcohol to be consumed in
public in those designated alcohol sites
while we were making that Amendment we
also noticed a few typos that were
needing to be addressed so they are also
addressed in the amending bylaw and with
that Mr Mayor I'll turn it back to you
and to council if there are any
questions thank you madam clerk I
appreciate
that any questions from members of
council for clarification councelor
Penrod you have the
floor yeah maybe just one quick
clarification Mr Mayor
um my understanding is the the expansion
of the program is it's all within the
contiguous Park Four Seasons Park but
now an additional area within four
seasons Park
okay Madame
clerk uh the expansion was the I'm going
to get the name wrong now the Lions
RV Mr liwicki would you care to jump in
on this conversation let me find your
mic hang on a second your mic is on yeah
through the mayor to councelor Penrod it
was the Jerry Petula RV Park area there
was a there was a section in the
previous in a different report where we
outlined the
areas in that Park and then around Don
Sparrow there's the two separate areas
that were considered and that the RV
park was the
expansion thank you and the areas will
be signed as
well okay CC pen that answer your
question thank you very
much Council tbus you have the floor
thank you mayor uh the only concern I
have it it was a concern that I I raised
initially in regards to this was the
type of containers within public parks
uh we have a lot of children playing
within these areas and I see that uh
we've decided against uh restricting the
type of containers so my concern is that
there's the potential for intoxication
uh which is one thing but broken glass
throughout our parks and and children in
and around there so I'm just curious as
to why it was recommended against uh
restricting types of containers that we
uh transporter consumer alcohol
oh coun or Madame clerk please thank you
uh through the mayor to councelor Nell
OSS we did look at that and try to find
some options there wasn't really a
viable option that was an easy amendment
to our community standards bylaw that
wouldn't then raise other questions
about what containers you could carry
other liquids in um so on the advice of
legal and in consultation with RCMP and
Municipal enforcement because there were
no incidents recorded we we are opting
not to we're recommending not to try and
capture that in the bylaw however this
is a very small um expansion of the
program so we feel that we can continue
to monitor for any issues that arise and
continue to make adjustments if that
were to become an issue we would need to
find a way to address it of
course perfect thank you sir just to
clarify procedurally if if this does
become an issue we'll come up with a
solution to prevent this from
reoccurring or occurring Madam clerk yes
thank you Mr Mayor through you to
counselor Nell and boss yes we want to
continue to re-evaluate the program
that's why we were really recommending a
very gradual growth rather than a more
significant expansion of the program to
all parks let's say which would probably
invite a lot of other unforeseen issues
so we just want to be cautious with how
we're expanding this program perfect
thank you Madame clerk I appreciate your
knowledge throughout all departments
within Administration so thank you thank
you
counselor member Council willing to move
first
reading councelor pen
rod thank you I'd like to move that
bylaw 1053 20-24 Community standards
bylaw amending bylaw be given first
reading thank you counselor discussion
on the
motion say none Council would you please
vote on first
reading Council McCook how do you
vote in favor thank you councelor that
carries unanimously 6
nil is a member of council willing to
move second reading of the bylaw which
allow us to move to any debate or
further comments members of
council pardon me I'll move that bylaw
10 53-24 be given second reading I will
not speak to the motion at this time
I'll members of council speak to it
Council tbus you have the floor sorry
mayor that was just to move the motion
oh I'm sorry I didn't see it on my
screen I apologize um I'll come to you
for something else then later on thank
you counselor any discussion
on sorry any uh current discussion
comments uh debate on second reading of
the
bylaw seeing none Council I'll ask you
to vote on second reading of the bylaw
Council McCook how do you vote in favor
thank you Council that carries you
unanimously 6 nil also at this time we
are going to need a motion for
consideration to move to third reading
and to reiterate earlier comments should
consent by third reading four third
reading not be carried unanimously third
reading will be delayed till next
council meeting which is which is May
14th is a member of council willing to
move consideration for third reading
counc from the Tellus you have the floor
thank you mayor I move that bylaw 10
5324 be considered for third reading
thank you
counselor Council would you please vote
on the motion to give consideration to
third reading this evening Council
McCook how do you vote in favor thank
you that carries anity Council 6 nil
with that move on to the final stage uh
for bylaw 10
53-24 Amendment uh for third reading is
a member of council willing to move
third reading of the bylaw councilman
newerk you have the floor thank you
mayor I would move that bylaw 1 0 53-24
be given third reading thank you thank
you counselor discuss on the motion no
thank you thank you seeing none Council
would you please vote on third reading
of the bylaw Council MC cook how do you
vote in favor thank you councelor that
car J amsley 6 nil thank you Council and
administration for the work on this
bylaw Amendment next our agenda is item
nine councel and inquiries responses and
reports councelor Barner I believe you
have an inquiry this evening you have
the floor
thank you mayor I have two inquiries
actually I right two so the first one
would be uh if the administration could
come back with a information on when and
how often we'll hear updates on our
social master plan uh I I'm just that's
coming from the Strategic plan I thought
there could be more information added in
there uh it it covers affordable housing
seniors age friendly Etc so I'd like to
see that come back if I could uh as to
how often will come back and the second
inquire if I
may
um yes a a resident asked me and I also
would like to know the the answer to
this question um when street cleaning is
being uh done carried out as it was
again and and early in the uh early in
the year the spring season uh are
notifications put out for the Ken nickl
area for the park and ride and on a
timely basis just a little bit of
information on that uh res were caught
off guard so that would be helpful thank
you okay we'll Administration get back
to almost those two inquiries thank you
counselor any further couns or inquiries
this evening um or reports from members
of
council see them we do have councelor
Barnard's report has been submitted
information is part of our agenda
package thank you for doing that uh next
our agenda then is item 10 uh see update
Deputy pre Deputy Premier you just got
elevated
Deputy CEO Miss O'Neal would you care to
look after that for us this evening you
bet thank you for the promotion mayor oh
you're welcome no problem there no pay
increase by the way just it's just a
title well good evening Council I'm
pleased to provide the following update
on behalf of CAO Schwarz last week mayor
Danel and CAO Schwarz attended the
Alberta motor transport association's
annual conference this proved to be a
really great networking event and
government relations uh for mayor and
ceao since Premier Smith and ministers
Ellis and dran were attendance so well
well worth it Well
Done uh in Economic Development uh to
support our efforts we have a series of
invest in bont posts going out on our
social media weekly we encourage folks
to look at these posts and to share them
with their networks and a comprehensive
investment attraction marketing plan
will be presented to Council in June so
it's all going to tie you back
together in infrastructure speaking of
street sweeping um residential street
sweeping is in progress and will
continue for the next two months
sweeping occurs from 8:00 a.m. until
6:00 p.m. on weekdays with no weekend
sweeping we ask residents to watch for
signs in your neighborhood for scheduled
sweeping and to ensure vehicles are off
the streets during your scheduled times
to avoid getting a ticket and of course
please be mindful of Crews and Equipment
as we navigate uh during your daily
commute we are 3 weeks into the new
expanded Transit service and we have
seen a slight uptick in our ridership
we're three weeks in but Administration
will continue to share ridership
information through CAO updates to
council and lastly as Bowmont continues
to grow safely navigating through the
city remains a top priority from April
18th to April 30th residents are invited
to help shape a safer Community by using
the safe step tool on the city websites
to suggest up to three crosswalks that
could benefit from safety
improvements that's it short and sweet
today thank you thank you Miss O'Neil
appreciate that any questions for Mr
O'Neal for our CEO's report councelor
Penrod thanks mayor uh not a question
but a Kudos we had some resident
feedback that they had more to say than
what the character limit would allow
within the survey that you mentioned
last and uh couple quick emails and that
issue was resolved and residents are
free to tell us exactly how they say
sayfe they want particular intersection
so that I think that kind of
responsiveness is so appreciated and
goes a long ways towards our uh making
sure that people continue the the level
of Engagement we want to see so
fantastic great work thank you thank you
councelor do appreciate that comment it
was nice to have that quick response and
give our residents chance to provide
more feedback that's that's ideal thank
you very much are there any noes of
motion this evening from MERS of council
I'm not aware of any but some may have
popped up uh today at some
point seeing none I'll do a quick
announcement before we move to the agend
end of our gourment here uh this past
week uh I was elected by my fellow
Mayors uh to be the vice chair of the
shareholders group of Evington Global uh
that sounds very grandiose but it's
really not that grandiose it's more a
matter of the Emington the mayors of the
of the global get together and we choose
a chair and a vice chair to Advocate on
behalf of Mayors in terms of Emon Global
I'm also in the working group on
restructuring mton Global as well too
and I will be attending a a trade
Mission the first week in May I'm going
to Ottawa for three days Eon Global to
meet with parliamentary uh committees as
well as MPS on promoting business for
Edmonton region so I'm pretty excited
about doing that on behalf of Bowmont
and of course the Eon Global region as a
whole so um and have no further
announcements this evening uh with that
we have nothing in our closed sessions
all on on consent agenda so with that uh
no further business cont us this evening
at 8 819 we are adjourned thank you and
enjoy your evening