[0:00] yes she's on oh she's hooked up
[0:18] great okay we're live okay we're live
[0:21] and I've not quite six o'clock so is
[0:24] anybody's clock anybody's clock watching
[0:26] just in case
[0:40] oh six o'clock there we go good evening
[0:42] everybody Welcome to bman city council
[0:44] Royal council meeting for uh Tuesday
[0:46] April 23rd 2024 6 pm here in city
[0:48] council chambers uh I want to just get
[0:51] us all started with our Landing non as
[0:52] we always start every meeting that is
[0:54] the city of bourmont respects the
[0:55] histories languages and cultures of all
[0:57] First Peoples of this land whether it be
[0:59] a first nation mate your anyway descent
[1:01] and appreciates that their presence
[1:02] continues to enrich ring communities
[1:04] across the land as you gather here in
[1:06] treaty 6 territory in the homeland of
[1:07] the mate Nation we acknowledge that we
[1:09] are all treaty people and have ongoing
[1:10] responsibilities to protect and honor
[1:12] the treaty and inherent rights of people
[1:14] and the
[1:15] land with that two short announcements
[1:18] Council mov Swain is traveling with his
[1:19] with his work is unable to join us this
[1:21] evening and Council mcook Deputy Mayor
[1:23] is uh with us remotely cat can you hear
[1:25] me
[1:27] okay yep I can hear you sry Council from
[1:30] M cook
[1:32] sorry okay 1 point2 on our agenda we
[1:35] have five proclamations of evening so
[1:39] all right let's Get Right started
[1:40] usually one or two we got five workers
[1:43] compensation day b day of morning April
[1:45] 28th 2024 whereas April 28th is
[1:48] recognized across Canada as the day to
[1:50] mourn victims of workplace accidents and
[1:52] for the renewal of the pledge to make
[1:54] workplace safer workplaces safer and
[1:57] whereas in 2023 165 Alberta workers from
[2:00] injuries or disease related to the
[2:01] workplace and whereas in honoring their
[2:03] memory employers and workers Can Make a
[2:05] Difference by working together keep each
[2:07] other safe every day and whereas the
[2:09] city of bont recognizes April 28th as a
[2:10] date of more in victims of workplace
[2:12] accidents and bring awareness to the
[2:14] need to establish safe conditions in the
[2:16] workplace for all now therefore it be
[2:18] resolved that I Mayor Bill danik to
[2:19] hereby Proclaim April 28th 2024 as
[2:23] workers compensation day of morning city
[2:25] of Bowman Alberta dated 23rd of April
[2:27] 2024
[2:30] hydrogen week April 22nd to 26 2024
[2:34] whereas the city of Bulman is proud of
[2:36] the Edmonton Region's long-standing
[2:37] relationship and expertise leadership
[2:40] and expertise in the energy sector and
[2:42] whereas the city of balmont is confident
[2:43] that Edmonton Region's abundant Talent
[2:45] infrastructure and resources will
[2:47] position Canada AS sora's Global
[2:49] hydrogen superpower and whereas the Emon
[2:51] region is a national leader in clean
[2:52] energy has the experienced
[2:54] infrastructure and resources to produce
[2:56] lowcost low carbon hydrogen at a global
[2:59] scale and whereas the world is
[3:01] transitioning to a net zero future the
[3:03] city of Bulman is ready to move
[3:04] aggressively as a leader within the Eon
[3:06] region to take advantage of the $2.5
[3:08] trillion dollar Global opportunity for
[3:10] Alberta and Canada and whereas Emon
[3:13] region can help meet domestic and Global
[3:15] demand and decarbonization efforts and
[3:17] whereas the city of bman stands ready to
[3:19] help meet Canada's emissions reduction
[3:21] goals using hydrogen and whereas
[3:23] Canadian International leaders from
[3:24] across the entire hydrogen value chain
[3:27] are coming together to discuss and
[3:28] invest in the future hydrogen sector at
[3:30] the Canadian hydrogen convention from
[3:32] April 23rd to 25th 2024 in Edmonton
[3:35] Alberta and whereas the week of April 22
[3:38] to 26 2024 represents an opportunity for
[3:40] the Edmonton region to Showcase its
[3:42] unique strengths in hydrogen production
[3:44] adoption use and Innovation and whereas
[3:47] Canada's path and Net Zero runs to the
[3:49] Emon region now therefore be it resolved
[3:51] that I mayor Bild Downy hereby Proclaim
[3:53] April 22nd and 26 2024 as hydrogen a
[3:56] week in city of bemont dated April 23rd
[3:59] 2024
[4:01] give me a
[4:05] second all right Economic Development
[4:07] week May 6 to 10th 2024 whereas
[4:11] communities rely on economic development
[4:13] professionals to promote economic
[4:14] well-being and the quality of life for
[4:17] communities like the city of Bulma that
[4:18] means coordinating activities like
[4:20] create retain and expand jobs in order
[4:22] to fa facilitate gold growth enhance
[4:25] wealth and provide a stable tax base and
[4:28] whereas economic Developers stimulate
[4:30] and incubate entrepreneurism in order to
[4:32] help establish the next generation of
[4:34] new businesses which is the hallmarket
[4:35] of Al bsh economy and whereas economic
[4:38] developers are engaged in a wide variety
[4:40] of settings including rural and urban
[4:42] local state provincial and federal
[4:44] governments public private Partnerships
[4:46] Chambers of Commerce universities and a
[4:48] variety of other institutions and
[4:50] whereas economic developers attract and
[4:52] retain highquality jobs develop vibrant
[4:54] communities and improve the quality of
[4:56] life in their
[4:57] regions and whereas economic develop are
[5:00] engaged in a wide variety of settings
[5:01] including rural and urban local state
[5:04] provincial and federal governments
[5:05] private Public Partnerships chamers of
[5:07] Commerce universities and a wide variety
[5:08] of other institutions and whereas
[5:10] economic developers work in the city of
[5:12] bont now therefore be resolved that I
[5:14] Mayor Bill D to hereby Proclaim May 6 to
[5:16] 10th 2024 as economic development week
[5:19] in the city of Bulman dated 23rd of
[5:21] April
[5:24] 2024 Municipal Clerk's week this is a
[5:26] big one right this is the most important
[5:28] one right can I say that I guess I just
[5:31] did didn't I okay missal Clerk's week
[5:34] May 5th to 11 2024 whereas if Office of
[5:37] the professional municipal clerk a time
[5:39] honored and vital vital part of local
[5:41] government that exists throughout the go
[5:43] throughout the world and whereas the
[5:45] office of the professional municipal
[5:46] clerk is the oldest among public
[5:48] servants and whereas the office of the
[5:50] professional municipal clerk provides a
[5:51] professional link between the citizens
[5:53] local governing bodies and agenes of
[5:55] government at all other levels and
[5:57] whereas professional Municipal clerks
[5:58] have pledged to be ever minded ful of
[5:59] the neutrality and impartiality rening
[6:02] rendering equal service to all and
[6:04] whereas a professional municipal clerk
[6:05] serves as the information center on
[6:07] functions of local government and
[6:09] community and whereas professional
[6:11] Municipal clerks continually strive to
[6:12] improve the administration of the
[6:14] Affairs of the office of professional
[6:16] municipal clerk through participation in
[6:17] education programs seminars workshops
[6:20] and the annual meetings of their state
[6:22] provincial County International
[6:23] professional organizations and whereas
[6:26] it is most appropriate that we recognize
[6:27] the accomplishments of the office of the
[6:28] professional municipal clerk now
[6:30] therefore be it resolved that I Mayor
[6:31] Bill Dy to hereby Proclaim May 5th to 11
[6:34] 2024 as Municipal Clerk's week in the
[6:37] city of Bowmont Alberta dated 23rd of
[6:39] April
[6:41] 2024
[6:45] sorry are many have word counting today
[6:48] counting words North American
[6:51] Occupational Safety and Health Week May
[6:53] 6 to 11 2024 whereas May 6 to 11 has
[6:57] been designated as this year's North
[6:58] American occup ational safety and health
[7:00] week and
[7:02] whereas noash is the acronym week was
[7:05] first launched in June 1997 marked by
[7:08] the agreement between Canada United
[7:09] States and Mexico and symbolizes joint
[7:11] venture cooperation and commitment to
[7:13] the common goals shared by all
[7:15] occupational health and safety partners
[7:17] and whereas the goal during safety and
[7:19] health week is to focus employers
[7:21] employees partners and the public on the
[7:23] importance of preventing injury and
[7:25] illness in the workplace at home in the
[7:28] community and we're as the city of bont
[7:30] recognizes May 6 to 11 as North American
[7:32] Occupational Safety and Health Week to
[7:34] bring awareness for the need to
[7:35] establish a healthy and safe workpl for
[7:38] all now therefore it be resolved that I
[7:40] Mayor Bill danik to hereby Proclaim May
[7:42] 6 to 11 2024 as North American
[7:44] Occupational Safety and Health Week city
[7:47] of Bowmont dated April 23rd
[7:51] 2024 that concludes our proclamations
[7:54] this evening next on agenda is adoption
[7:56] of the agenda Madam clerk any changes to
[7:58] our agenda this evening
[8:05] we have no changes to the agenda thank
[8:07] you madam clerk is there have the motion
[8:09] to adopt the agenda on the screen
[8:11] please member Council willing to move
[8:13] the motion of the adoption of the
[8:16] agenda councelor Penrod oh hang on there
[8:20] we go your mic's on now thank you mayor
[8:23] I'll I'd like to move that the April
[8:25] 23rd 2024 Council agenda be adopted as
[8:29] presented
[8:30] thank you counselor discussion on the
[8:33] motion seeing none I'll ask you to vote
[8:35] on the motion before you Council McCook
[8:38] how do you vote in favor thank you
[8:41] Council that passes unanimously
[8:44] six nil next on our agenda open Forum
[8:49] any guests Madam clerk from open Forum
[8:51] this evening none thank you next our
[8:53] agenda is item four consent agenda would
[8:55] you please put consent agenda on the
[8:57] screen Madam Clerk
[8:59] I'll ask member of council to move the
[9:03] agenda or for
[9:05] consent Mr
[9:07] Mayor if you could please that'd be
[9:09] great thanks sure um there are a few so
[9:12] bear with me uh so on consent we have
[9:15] item 5.1 the regular Council meetings
[9:17] from April 9th that the April 9th 2024
[9:20] council meeting minutes be approved as
[9:22] presented item 5.2 special council
[9:25] meeting minutes from April 16th that the
[9:27] April 16th 2024 special council meeting
[9:29] minutes be approved as presented item
[9:33] 7.3 strategic Plan
[9:35] update that the April 23rd 2024 report C
[9:39] Council strategic Plan
[9:41] update I q1 2024 be received for
[9:45] information item 7.4 Arts advisory
[9:48] committee meeting amendment that Council
[9:50] approved the addition of two meetings
[9:51] for the Arts advisory committee to
[9:53] address funding for the Arts grants item
[9:56] 7.5 annual council meeting schedule
[9:59] Amendment
[9:59] that the council meeting scheduled for
[10:01] May 14th 2024 with the start time of 6
[10:04] p.m. be changed to start at 5: pm and
[10:07] that
[10:08] Administration provide the prescribed
[10:10] notice to the public of the time change
[10:13] item 12.1 Regional initiatives update
[10:16] that the April 23rd 2024 report Regional
[10:19] initiatives update be received for
[10:21] information and that the report remain
[10:24] private pursuant to the freedom of and
[10:26] information of protection sorry let me
[10:28] try it again to the Freedom of
[10:29] Information and protection of privacy
[10:31] act sections 21 and
[10:33] 24 and section uh item
[10:37] 12.2 report appointment of public
[10:40] members to council committees to address
[10:42] vacancies that the appointment set out
[10:45] in the April 23rd 2024 report
[10:47] appointment of public members to council
[10:49] committees to address vacancies be
[10:51] approved and that the report remain
[10:53] private pursuant to the Freedom of
[10:54] Information and protection of privacy
[10:57] act sections 17 and
[11:00] 29 thank you madam clerk are there any
[11:03] changes to consent agenda from any
[11:05] members of
[11:07] council Council McCook do you have any
[11:09] changes to the consent before ask for a
[11:10] motion to
[11:12] approve no mayor thank you member
[11:15] Council willing to move the motion to
[11:17] accept consent agenda as presented
[11:19] councelor barnhard thank you mayor to
[11:22] move
[11:23] theote oh y here I I got you on there
[11:26] you are thank you mayor I'm pleas pleas
[11:29] to move the motion as presented thank
[11:31] you counselor discussion on the motion
[11:33] members of
[11:35] council seeing none Council would you
[11:37] please vote on the consent agenda as
[11:40] circulated or presented pardon me
[11:42] Council McCook how do you vote in favor
[11:45] thank you counselor that also carries
[11:47] unanimously 6 nil on consent agenda all
[11:50] right next on our agenda is item 6.1
[11:53] public hearings bylaw
[11:56] 1050-a portion of 42 Avenue second and
[11:58] third reading readings Madam clerk would
[12:00] you please outline the public hearing
[12:02] procedure please thank you very much so
[12:06] welcome everyone to the April 23rd 2024
[12:09] city of Bowmont public hearing on bylaw
[12:14] 1050-a portion of 42nd Avenue in the
[12:16] Russo neighborhood public hearings are
[12:19] an opportunity to speak to councel and
[12:21] advertise bylaws or certain resolutions
[12:23] I'll spend a few moments providing an
[12:25] overview of the public hearing
[12:27] procedures as set out in our meeting
[12:29] procedures bylaw
[12:31] 104-22 we have been accepting written
[12:34] submissions in the week preceding the
[12:36] public hearing the deadline for written
[12:38] submissions was noon on April 23rd 2024
[12:42] we have not received any written
[12:43] submissions for this public hearing
[12:46] registration to present the uh present
[12:48] at the public hearing by electronic
[12:50] means was required by 4M on April 22nd
[12:53] 20 2024 registration to present in
[12:57] person is permitted in advance of the
[12:59] public hearing or here today at the
[13:01] public hearing mayor Danel so far we
[13:04] have not received any registered
[13:05] speakers for today's public hearing the
[13:08] procedure for the public hearing will be
[13:10] as follows Administration will first
[13:12] make a presentation on the bylaw next
[13:15] members of the public who are registered
[13:17] to speak or those who are present here
[13:20] and would like to speak will be invited
[13:22] to make their respective
[13:24] presentations if anyone
[13:26] here uh from those sorry if if anyone
[13:29] here has not yet registered to speak and
[13:31] would like to do so please raise your
[13:33] hand and we will get your name and add
[13:34] you to the list of presenters Council
[13:37] will hear first from those who are in
[13:39] favor of the bylaw and then those who
[13:40] are opposed and then anyone else who
[13:42] wishes to be heard presenters will have
[13:45] up to five minutes to present and then
[13:47] Council will have the opportunity to ask
[13:49] any questions of
[13:51] clarification if you are presenting uh
[13:54] please ensure that the microphone or
[13:56] audio is working before you begin and
[13:58] please state your full name your 5
[14:01] minutes will start when your
[14:02] presentation starts and there will be a
[14:04] clock on the screen in front of you to
[14:06] help you track your time please remain
[14:08] at the mic once you done presenting
[14:10] since Council may ask you questions
[14:12] following your
[14:13] presentation once Council has heard all
[14:16] the presentations the public hearing
[14:18] will be closed and the regular session
[14:20] of council will reconvene so that
[14:22] Council make may may make a decision on
[14:24] the matter on a final note the city's
[14:27] public hearings are recorded as a
[14:28] webcast which will be made available for
[14:30] viewing on the city's website thank you
[14:32] mayor thank you madam clerk so with that
[14:36] I will declare the public hearing open
[14:38] at this time and we'll have the present
[14:39] sorry presentation first then open the
[14:41] public hearing open first I had it write
[14:43] okay good public hearing is now open
[14:45] allow entertain Administration to make
[14:47] their presentation on bylaw
[14:51] 105024 your microphone is on and be be
[14:54] begin after you state your name for the
[14:56] record when you're ready please
[15:13] good evening Mary Danel and members of
[15:15] council my name is Georgina Campos and
[15:17] I'm a development planner with
[15:19] development services team I'm joined
[15:21] this evening by Shan hipkiss manager of
[15:23] development services this evening's
[15:25] presentation follows administration's
[15:27] report to Council on a ail 9th where
[15:30] Council gave first reading to bylaw
[15:33] 1050 uh excuse me
[15:36] 105-24 closure of a portion of 42 Avenue
[15:39] in the Russo
[15:40] neighborhood Administration is here to
[15:43] present bylaw
[15:44] 105-24 for council's consideration of
[15:47] second and third reading following
[15:48] public hearing
[16:04] being uncooperative no there you go
[16:06] there you go okay um Administration
[16:10] received a request to close a portion of
[16:12] Road along 42 Avenue North of Russo
[16:15] School site as shown on the context map
[16:18] the proposed closure area was previously
[16:20] registered as Municipal roadway to be
[16:22] used as a temporary turnaround and
[16:24] construction access to the school site
[16:26] this area is now being proposed to be
[16:28] closed closed and Consolidated with the
[16:30] adjacent private property owned by
[16:32] qualico developments West limited access
[16:35] for school buses and other vehicles will
[16:38] be maintained through 42 Avenue and a
[16:40] new road and a temporary turnaround will
[16:42] be constructed further east of its
[16:44] current location as part of the Russo n
[16:47] uh excuse me Russo phase 7 subdivision
[16:50] approval shown on yellow uh in yellow in
[16:53] the
[16:54] map the proposed road closure aligns
[16:56] with the approved Russo neighborhood
[16:59] outline plan where the new road
[17:01] alignment will allow for a future
[17:03] buildout of residential lots directly
[17:05] north and will enable the construction
[17:07] of 42
[17:09] Avenue for a permanent road closure to
[17:12] occur a road closure bylaw must be C uh
[17:14] passed by Council following notification
[17:16] to adjacent land owners and affected
[17:19] parties and a public hearing after a
[17:22] road closure bylaw is approved by
[17:23] Council a sales agreement along with a
[17:25] bylaw are registered and Consolidated
[17:28] with e private property at Alberta Land
[17:32] Titles on March 25th mail notices were
[17:35] sent to adjacent land owners notifying
[17:37] them of the sale of land and public
[17:40] hearing since March 29th Administration
[17:43] has placed advertisements for the public
[17:45] Hearing in the March 29th and April 12th
[17:47] editions of
[17:50] LEL Administration recommends the
[17:52] following that following public hearing
[17:54] Council give bylaw
[17:57] 105-24 closure of portion of 42 Avenue
[18:00] in the Russo neighborhood second and
[18:02] third readings thank you and uh we're
[18:04] open to
[18:06] questions thank you very much any
[18:09] members of council have any questions
[18:11] for administration's report on this
[18:14] bylaw Council nbus you have the
[18:17] floor thank you mayor just a quick
[18:20] question had asked this earlier and I
[18:22] just want to make sure it's 100% certain
[18:25] that in our our professional opinions on
[18:27] the development side
[18:29] this land can't really be used for for
[18:31] much else a couple options I proposed is
[18:34] maybe a basketb for something along
[18:36] those lines the response that was given
[18:38] previously was that we didn't feel it
[18:39] was sufficient in terms of amounts of
[18:42] land to to put something like that on
[18:44] there I just want to confirm that that's
[18:46] still the case to the mayor thank you
[18:49] for your question um I will try
[18:51] answering it and I'll defer to Sean if
[18:54] if uh there's anything else to answer
[18:56] but yes to confirm that this area is now
[19:00] dedicated as a public road um it's not
[19:04] uh in it's not a municipal Reserve or
[19:06] environmental reserve it hasn't been
[19:08] planned for any sort of
[19:10] activation um it is uh as part of the
[19:14] Russo uh outline plan uh planned for
[19:18] residential
[19:23] development Mr
[19:25] hpus yeah I guess I can uh help out a
[19:28] little bit as well um for for this year
[19:32] um it's all part of the the over
[19:35] overarching plans that have been
[19:36] approved already along the way so uh to
[19:39] make any kind of changes now for
[19:41] something like this is is um um would be
[19:45] um problematic in in especially the
[19:47] design of the neighborhood and Community
[19:49] as it's being built
[19:53] out thank Youk hang on councelor your
[19:56] mic was off your mic's back on again
[19:58] thank than you for that so I guess it's
[19:59] just for a little Clarity because
[20:01] originally I was told that it was not
[20:02] suitable uh for something like that is
[20:05] that correct or is is that incorrect
[20:07] that is correct okay um and then just a
[20:09] last question um just want to confirm
[20:12] that the intention is for future build
[20:14] out of existing Lots not increasing
[20:16] density or adding additional housing
[20:18] units to the existing
[20:22] plan thank you through the mayor um it
[20:25] is uh propos as part of the subdivision
[20:28] um there's uh the number of lots have
[20:32] been um already approved um and are in
[20:36] alignment with the Russo line plan
[20:38] perfect thank you so much thank you
[20:41] counselor councelor McCook do you have
[20:43] any questions by any
[20:45] chance I see your hands up now counselor
[20:47] you have the floor yeah I do just um
[20:50] Clarity it says on the map there's a
[20:53] location of future temporary oh it just
[20:57] refreshed on me um um future temporary
[21:02] turnaround is this something that um
[21:05] will there always need to be a
[21:06] turnaround like is there planned for
[21:08] future
[21:09] or like why do we need a second location
[21:13] now or am I misreading
[21:16] this through the mayor thank you um
[21:19] thank you for your question uh typically
[21:21] with a new subdivision application the
[21:23] approval will um uh depending on
[21:26] engineering's recommendation will uh ask
[21:29] for a temporary turnaround just to make
[21:31] sure that there's connectivity through
[21:32] the neighborhood and and uh sufficient
[21:34] access the temporary turnaround is
[21:37] temporary and it will be built out to um
[21:40] the satisfaction of uh the municipality
[21:42] in terms of meeting the general design
[21:44] standards uh once the subdivision is is
[21:47] being built
[21:48] out okay thank you for that
[21:51] clarification that's it for me mayor
[21:53] thank you counselor any further
[21:55] questions members of council for
[21:56] administration on their presentation on
[21:58] on bylaw
[22:01] 105024 seeing none thank you very much
[22:03] for your presentation at this time I
[22:05] open the public hearing to anybody who
[22:07] deems who they wanted to speak for in
[22:09] favor of the bylaw anybody in
[22:13] public oh mam clerk Mr Mayor I was just
[22:16] going to advise that we have no
[22:18] registered speakers and no additional
[22:20] members of the public indicating they
[22:21] wish to speak so you can close uh close
[22:24] the public hearing when you're ready I
[22:26] will do that thank you madam clerk with
[22:27] that I declare the public hearing closed
[22:29] on this issue and so I will ask for
[22:32] member of council to move second reading
[22:34] of this bylaw and we will then begin
[22:36] debate of the bylaw once the motion is
[22:38] on the
[22:39] floor councelor barnhard you have the
[22:43] floor oh hang on I turn it on I you turn
[22:46] it off supposed to be
[22:48] turn thank you mayor uh I mooved that
[22:51] bylaw 10524 closure of a portion of 42nd
[22:54] Avenue in the Russo neighborhood be
[22:56] given second reading thank you councelor
[22:58] D speak to Second reading at this time
[23:00] if you want to speak to yourself uh I'm
[23:02] in favor of the uh bylaw as it stands
[23:04] right now so I don't have anything to
[23:06] add thank you counselor you can turn
[23:08] your mic off if you want I got it thank
[23:10] you I'll turn them on you guys turn them
[23:12] off okay any further comments or
[23:15] questions or debate for members of
[23:16] Council on second reading Council McCook
[23:19] do you have any questions or concerns
[23:21] for debate for second
[23:23] reading no mayor thank you counselor any
[23:27] further opportunity for debate or
[23:29] discussion or questions on second
[23:31] reading seeing none I'll ask Council
[23:34] then vote on second reading of the
[23:37] bylaw Council McCook how do you
[23:42] vote in favor thank you Council that
[23:46] carries unanimously 6 nil I'll now
[23:49] entertain a motion for members of
[23:50] Council on third reading of bylaw
[24:00] councelor
[24:03] Penrod thank you mayor I move that bylaw
[24:06] 105-24 be given third reading thank you
[24:09] counselor you wish to speak to third
[24:11] reading just to say uh I'm not always in
[24:15] favor of moving
[24:17] through uh readings in quick succession
[24:21] but in this case sounds like what we
[24:23] have in front of us is um essentially a
[24:27] bit of a blip in our planning process uh
[24:30] and we're
[24:31] just remediating that the land in
[24:34] question is already approved for the use
[24:38] that it will go back to uh I I don't see
[24:41] any need to uh drag this out any further
[24:45] so happy move into third reading
[24:47] appreciate that thank you any other
[24:49] members of councel Council on third
[24:52] reading seeing none Council I'll ask you
[24:55] to vote on third reading of the
[24:59] bylaw Council McCook how do you vote in
[25:02] favor thank you councelor that carries
[25:04] unanimously 6 nil on bylaw 105024 thank
[25:09] you Administration for your efforts on
[25:10] this and thank you to the public for
[25:12] your input on public hearing which was
[25:13] minimal but that's okay sometimes
[25:15] there's many sometimes there's not next
[25:17] on our agenda is item 7.1 Water
[25:20] Management
[25:22] strategy house administration join us at
[25:24] the table introduce yourselves and begin
[25:27] your presentation when you're ready
[25:47] please whenever you're ready yeah please
[25:50] good evening mayor and counselors I am
[25:52] Ryan rosi manager of utility and
[25:54] facility operations from infrastructure
[25:56] here with me presenting tonight is
[25:58] Tanisha kit and Michelle Jang from
[26:01] strategist from Communications although
[26:04] the three of us are presenting tonight
[26:05] several departments including
[26:07] infrastructure Communications legal and
[26:09] protective services contribute to
[26:11] enhancing this
[26:23] strategy yeah it's not working
[26:31] just be a second we'll get it figured
[26:32] out for you all
[26:35] right
[26:39] oh go one too far or
[26:42] no all right there we all right thank
[26:45] you before delving into our strategy
[26:47] I'll provide contact for why
[26:49] Administration is updating Alberta
[26:51] recently experienced an usually dry
[26:52] winter characterized by low snowfall and
[26:55] above average temperatures this has
[26:57] contributed to the the dro conditions
[26:59] across the province as
[27:01] depicted in the latest Dro conditions
[27:03] map on the screen due to these
[27:05] conditions most Reservoir levels are
[27:07] below normal for this time of year and
[27:09] challenges are expected as we move into
[27:11] the high demand water months adding to
[27:13] these Supply concerns the rapid
[27:15] expansion of both the city of bont and
[27:16] Alberta as a whole is intensifying water
[27:18] demand and further
[27:21] straining these already stressed
[27:23] conditions in response to these
[27:25] conditions Alberta environment has Resto
[27:27] to municipalities them to review and
[27:28] enhance their water management
[27:30] strategies this year Bowman encountered
[27:32] two instances of water restrictions one
[27:34] due to unforeseen outage at the epcore
[27:36] plant servicing in the Edmonton area and
[27:38] another stemming from upgrades from the
[27:39] Water Commission Phil Station in Bowmont
[27:42] both these challenges have been
[27:43] successfully addressed and the
[27:44] restrictions lifted the experien has
[27:46] provided valuable insights into the
[27:48] effectiveness of our current strategy
[27:49] and highlighted areas where enhancements
[27:51] could be
[27:54] made this brings us to our purpose of
[27:56] the presentation tonight to Implement a
[27:58] proactive strategy which updates and
[28:00] refines water man water management
[28:02] practices restrictions and the utility
[28:04] bylaw for future resilience these
[28:07] measures are crucial for the coming
[28:08] season and moving forward to ensure the
[28:11] city has sufficient water levels for
[28:13] essential uses such as fire protection
[28:15] and drinking
[28:17] water the first area that was identified
[28:19] as requiring updates is our utility
[28:21] bylaw which Administration is
[28:22] recommending be renamed the water and
[28:24] wastewater management bylaw this revised
[28:27] bylaw
[28:29] encompasses crucial elements such as
[28:31] outlining water restriction demand
[28:32] measures based on the water commission's
[28:34] recommendations and in alignment with
[28:36] other municipalities introducing
[28:38] penalties and enforcement measures for
[28:39] non-compliance and clearly defining user
[28:42] responsibilities regarding Water and
[28:43] Wastewater management these this new
[28:46] bylaw will be presented later tonight in
[28:48] more detail however I will highlight the
[28:49] demand measures with a focus on internal
[28:52] City operation
[28:56] measures Administration recommendation
[28:59] is to implement three demand measures or
[29:00] restriction levels the demand measure a
[29:03] labeled as a water conservation advisory
[29:05] represents the lowest level of
[29:06] restrictions demand measure B introduces
[29:09] a partial water band while the highest
[29:11] restriction level demand measure C
[29:13] imposes a mandatory water
[29:17] restriction demand measure a also known
[29:19] as the water conservation advisory
[29:21] primarily impacts internal City
[29:23] operations this includes reducing spray
[29:25] park hours and suspending non-essential
[29:27] water use activities such as water and
[29:29] sewer Flushing Park watering street
[29:31] sweeping vehicle fleet vehicle washing
[29:34] and certain firefighting that utilizes
[29:36] water additionally water users are
[29:39] encouraged to limit outdoor watering to
[29:40] specific hours for optimal for reducing
[29:45] evaporation demand measure B also
[29:47] referred to as a partial water band has
[29:49] implications for both City operations
[29:51] and water users City operations will
[29:54] discontinue non-essential water
[29:55] activities such as the spray park
[29:57] hydrant meter usage private development
[29:59] and infrastructure commissioning private
[30:01] development flushing Water Quality
[30:02] Investigations and all demand a
[30:05] suspensions for water users outdoor
[30:07] watering is limited to house number with
[30:09] specific hours with a maximum of two
[30:11] hours allowed per day hand watering a
[30:14] flower beds vegetable gardens and
[30:15] similar activity would be permissible at
[30:16] any time using a watering can or a hose
[30:20] with a nozzle equipped with a shot off
[30:21] to restrict water
[30:24] flow demand measure C also known as the
[30:27] water or sorry as the mandatory water
[30:29] restrictions represents the most
[30:30] stringent level of of restrictions
[30:33] reserved for extreme circumstances these
[30:36] under these measures City operations
[30:37] will suspend water use for the bsrc
[30:40] pools hot tub all water features and
[30:42] fountains along with implementing all
[30:44] demand A and B measures water users will
[30:46] be limited to essential use only
[30:48] prohibiting all outdoor water activities
[30:51] additionally water use will be
[30:52] restricted for all high demand water
[30:54] users further details on these
[30:56] restrictions will be provided on the B
[30:58] report later
[31:02] tonight there are various demand
[31:04] triggers for water demand measures or
[31:06] restrictions the city will Implement
[31:08] which are noted on the
[31:10] screen the utility team is working on
[31:12] implementing Advanced forecasting within
[31:14] our water water system software to
[31:16] assist in predicting Reservoir levels
[31:18] contributing to these triggers it is
[31:20] also important to note that each
[31:22] community in the province is unique and
[31:24] will have different triggers that affect
[31:25] their restrictions this means that the
[31:27] city of bont May Implement measures
[31:29] before the Water Commission or other
[31:31] municipalities or measures may be at a
[31:33] different level these measures will be
[31:35] placed into effect due to our own un
[31:37] unique circumstances considering all
[31:39] these triggers with the intent on
[31:40] preventing further or stronger
[31:43] measures communication is a significant
[31:46] significant part of our strategy and
[31:48] Tanisha will further elaborate on this
[31:52] aspect thank you Ryan when considering
[31:55] the role that water users play in our
[31:57] strategy it is crucial to acknowledge
[31:59] that we are dealing with people now we
[32:01] recognize that there are several types
[32:03] of water users but regardless of their
[32:05] form we are looking to take them from
[32:06] their current state to a new one getting
[32:09] them to demonstrate modified and
[32:10] potentially new behaviors so what we are
[32:13] talking about is change management
[32:15] changing human behavior requires a Clear
[32:17] Vision of how we want users to think to
[32:20] feel and to act to guide our approach to
[32:23] this change we've established three key
[32:25] pillars they are transparency
[32:27] empowerment and compliance now I want to
[32:30] walk you through what each of these
[32:31] looks like transparency means that users
[32:34] understand the water demand measures
[32:36] they receive strategic updates on Water
[32:38] Management efforts and they know what to
[32:40] expect depending on the situation or
[32:42] environment empowerment is simple it
[32:45] means that users feel part of the
[32:47] solution whether it's through practical
[32:49] water saving strategies or water
[32:51] conservation tips they are motivated to
[32:54] conserve water and finally compliance is
[32:57] a direct reflection of how we want users
[32:59] to act to encourage change behaviors
[33:01] with the goal of water conservation this
[33:03] means we must establish clear guidelines
[33:06] and uh expectations recognize and reward
[33:09] compliance all while continuously
[33:11] monitoring our reporting mechanisms for
[33:13] feedback and opportunities to optimize
[33:16] now that we've established the changes
[33:17] that we will encourage and Inspire in
[33:19] our water users I will walk you through
[33:21] some of the risks we've identified and
[33:23] how they present as opportunities for
[33:25] our water management
[33:26] strategy now as I walk you through these
[33:28] risks you'll start to notice potentially
[33:30] the strategy taking shape uh the first
[33:33] risk that we've identified is
[33:35] misinformation now whether it's false
[33:37] claims or inaccurate information
[33:39] misinformation can lead to a lack of
[33:41] compliance given the unique nuances of
[33:43] each municipality's Water Management
[33:45] strategy as Ryan uh outlined we must
[33:48] speak with a unified voice directing
[33:50] users to a centralized source for
[33:52] accurate and practical information now
[33:54] this involves leveraging educational and
[33:57] um awareness campaigns local media and
[34:00] our esteemed Council serving as
[34:01] Community
[34:05] ambassadors the second area we've
[34:07] identified is non-compliance now often
[34:10] we think about users being non-compliant
[34:12] it's because they either perceive these
[34:13] changes is inconvenient or perhaps they
[34:15] disagree with the measures as a whole
[34:17] however non-compliance can also be a
[34:19] lack of awareness or maybe a misunder
[34:21] understanding of the restrictions to
[34:24] encourage compliance we need to focus on
[34:25] targeted educational campaigns regularly
[34:28] check how they're performing and adjust
[34:30] when necessary also being open about the
[34:33] rules and how we enforce them helps
[34:35] create a culture where users understand
[34:37] and follow the
[34:39] guidelines the third risk that we've
[34:41] identified is communication overload now
[34:44] when it comes to communication overload
[34:45] it could be because of the amount of
[34:47] information could also be due to the
[34:49] complexity of the information and this
[34:51] can leave users feeling apathetic
[34:53] anxious you know rather than the desired
[34:55] state of feeling empowered with this
[34:57] information
[34:58] navigating the risk of communication
[35:00] overload demands clear streamlined
[35:02] messaging through easily accessible
[35:04] channels and here uh council members
[35:06] play a pivotal role in directing users
[35:08] to a single information
[35:11] Hub now the final risk that we've
[35:14] identified is related to maintaining
[35:16] Comm during periods with several
[35:18] restrictions for prolonged periods it is
[35:20] crucial to maintain Cal admidst the
[35:22] scarcity of a vital resource like water
[35:25] users can exhibit resource hoarding
[35:27] competition non-compliance and
[35:29] potentially confrontational behaviors
[35:32] proactive transparent messaging empowers
[35:34] users with knowledge curbing behaviors
[35:36] like hoarding and fostering positive
[35:38] conservation practices recognizing and
[35:41] reinforcing these behaviors further
[35:43] encourages that
[35:48] compliance so by being proactive and
[35:50] transparent with our messaging in uh you
[35:53] know giving them the knowledge and
[35:54] curbing those behaviors it's essential
[35:56] to uh EMP power those residents with
[35:58] correct practical and strategic
[36:00] information that we can encourage conver
[36:03] conversation efforts I'm going to pass
[36:05] the floor along to Michelle who will
[36:06] further dive into our
[36:11] strategy thank you
[36:13] Tanisha so our communication strategy
[36:15] involves a multifaceted approach that
[36:18] launched yesterday on April 22nd and
[36:21] will span the spring and summer
[36:23] throughout these months as Tanisha
[36:25] mentioned we will leverage our guiding
[36:27] principles of transparency empowerment
[36:29] and compliance to educate residents on
[36:32] the reality of drought conditions and
[36:33] Empower them to do what they can and
[36:35] play their part in water conservation
[36:37] efforts our strategy emphasizes a
[36:40] collaborative approach involving all
[36:42] local stakeholders and highlights the
[36:44] importance of residents businesses and
[36:47] the city working together as a team to
[36:50] achieve water conservation it's also
[36:52] important to note that this strategy is
[36:54] dynamic and will go through adaptations
[36:57] and refin ments as we receive feedback
[36:59] and data throughout the coming
[37:02] months so there are three key phases in
[37:05] our strategy here the first being
[37:07] education and awareness the second being
[37:10] the ban phase and lastly the recovery
[37:13] phase in the education and awareness
[37:16] phase our focus is on transparently
[37:18] communicating and educating our
[37:20] residents about the reality of drought
[37:22] conditions in Alberta we're also focused
[37:24] on offering practical water conservation
[37:27] tips for them to incorporate into their
[37:29] daily routines that Empower them to take
[37:31] ownership of water saving efforts in
[37:33] their
[37:34] homes in the band phase our priority is
[37:37] to clearly communicate specific
[37:39] restrictions on water usage provide
[37:42] regular updates on the progress of bands
[37:44] in any changes that occur and reinforce
[37:47] the importance of compliance in
[37:49] preserving bont's water supply lastly in
[37:52] the recovery phase we are mainly focused
[37:54] on communicating the lifting of water
[37:56] restrictions
[37:57] but we are also acknowledging residents
[37:59] compliance and efforts during the ban
[38:01] phase and highlighting the collective
[38:03] impact that we made as a community this
[38:06] is an often overlooked but crucial
[38:08] component for Community morale because
[38:10] it Fosters a sense of unity pride and
[38:13] appreciation among residents for their
[38:15] contributions and encourages continued
[38:17] support and participation in future
[38:20] conservation
[38:24] efforts as mentioned in the education
[38:27] and awareness phase we are focused on
[38:29] providing residents with the Practical
[38:31] water saving strategies for their homes
[38:34] we've categorized these tips into indoor
[38:36] and outdoor sections and further divided
[38:38] them by beginner intermediate and
[38:40] advanced levels this approach allows
[38:43] residents to begin their water
[38:45] conservation Journey at a level that
[38:46] feels right for them or fits their
[38:48] current situation and also prevents
[38:50] overwhelming them with just a long list
[38:52] of
[38:53] suggestions now we are aware that some
[38:56] of our Advanced tips are not immediately
[38:58] actionable and our goal with these
[39:00] Advanced tips is to plant a seed in
[39:03] their minds and prompt them to consider
[39:05] these long-term conservation strategies
[39:07] for the future for example uh while
[39:10] someone may not immediately think about
[39:12] upgrading to water efficient appliances
[39:14] it is now something that's on their
[39:15] radar and they may consider this the
[39:17] next time they purchase a new home so on
[39:20] the screen here we've included a few
[39:22] examples of beginner intermediate and
[39:24] advanced tips beginner tips including
[39:27] fix leaks around the house turning off
[39:28] your Taps intermediate tips being
[39:31] utilizing rain barrels and installing
[39:33] water saving devices in your home such
[39:35] as faucet air Raiders and lowf flow
[39:37] showerheads and advanced tips are things
[39:39] such as um water efficient appliances
[39:43] and implementing graywater recycling
[39:44] into your
[39:47] home in terms of tactics to connect
[39:50] residents to this information as Tanisha
[39:53] mentioned earlier we have created a
[39:55] centralized information Hub on our
[39:56] website where residents can access
[39:59] information about drought conditions
[40:00] water saving tips links to external
[40:03] resources and eventually Water band
[40:05] updates if need be so essentially this
[40:07] is a One-Stop shop where they can find
[40:09] all the information they need as we move
[40:12] through the phases of this strategy will
[40:13] employ a range of tactics to connect
[40:15] residents to the centralized information
[40:17] Hub these tactics include digital media
[40:20] and print materials and will
[40:22] continuously be evaluated and refined as
[40:24] we move through the strategy and receive
[40:26] feedback and data data we will also rely
[40:29] on leveraging our community ambassadors
[40:32] which would include yourselves Council
[40:34] to maximize Community involvement and
[40:37] buyin so throughout the coming months we
[40:39] encourage you to share water
[40:41] conservation content on your platforms
[40:44] reinforce the importance of being water
[40:46] wise in conversations with residents and
[40:49] lead by example to inspire Community
[40:52] participation
[40:58] thank you for your time tonight that
[40:59] concludes our presentation and we're
[41:01] happy to answer any questions thank you
[41:03] very much very informative any questions
[41:05] from members of council for
[41:06] administration's presentation on the
[41:09] Water Management strategy councilman
[41:12] newerk you have the
[41:14] floor yeah thank you and thank you for
[41:16] the presentation
[41:18] um I think an important piece of this as
[41:21] you move forward is to acknowledge early
[41:24] on in the presentation that we're a
[41:26] member of the capital region us Water
[41:27] Services Commission I think that was
[41:30] probably a piece of information that
[41:32] should come forward at the beginning of
[41:33] the presentation um later on in the
[41:36] demand measure triggers we do make
[41:38] mention of that but uh you know the root
[41:40] of a whole bunch of the information used
[41:42] to make this presentation actually comes
[41:44] from the um technical document entitled
[41:48] water demand measures from from there so
[41:50] I think it would serve well uh for the
[41:52] community just for some clarity around
[41:55] where this comes from so you know we're
[41:57] a member of the commission we sign on to
[42:00] the commission and the commission has
[42:02] the water demand strategies that are
[42:04] developed and reviewed to the policies
[42:06] reviewed the technical document guides
[42:08] water demand levels and you know that
[42:11] that's where it's coming from um in the
[42:13] past when we've had to put these water
[42:15] demand levels in um it's been an
[42:18] opportunity for education I guess for
[42:21] the public to allow them to understand
[42:24] or help them understand that we're a
[42:25] member of that commission so
[42:27] I you know I I would tighten that up a
[42:29] bit uh just to make it more clear around
[42:32] us being a member what the water demand
[42:34] measures mean um I think you guys did a
[42:36] really good job of um personalizing it
[42:40] to Bowmont right because the water
[42:41] demand measures are a little bit more
[42:43] generic in the document and then what
[42:45] you're able to do well in here um you
[42:47] know throughout the examples where there
[42:49] was City operations and and water uses
[42:52] really personalize it so I think you
[42:53] guys really hit the mark on that um so
[42:56] um this conversation today is an easy
[43:00] one I think in the coming days it's
[43:02] going to become more trying in all
[43:04] municipalities so um thank you for
[43:06] coming early with this conversation and
[43:09] uh I appreciate your
[43:11] effort thank you counselor I appreciate
[43:13] that I'll Echo some of councilman
[43:14] nuker's comments um it's hard to educate
[43:17] the public we all very much aware of
[43:18] that and we take our lead off the Water
[43:21] Commission the water commission's
[43:22] responsibility is make sure there's
[43:23] water for all the members on an equal
[43:25] level basis you can't have water Bowman
[43:27] and not in Devon or luk it's got to be
[43:29] the same for everybody and the priority
[43:31] for us is to have water for fire
[43:33] protection and personal hygiene and
[43:35] cooking uh Lawns are kind of second
[43:37] fiddle compared to the first two items
[43:39] of course even the water park despite
[43:41] the weather sometimes is not a high
[43:42] priority and it was difficult to educate
[43:44] the public and I applaud the efforts
[43:46] we're trying to be a little more
[43:47] proactive given the anticipated drought
[43:49] this season is going to have for us and
[43:52] I Echo councilman comments that help
[43:55] education the public that in the water
[43:57] commission sets the rules and we follow
[43:58] them what we're trying to do is give it
[44:00] a good education to our to our residents
[44:02] and the less water they use the more
[44:03] money they save too which is not a bad
[44:05] thing all things being equal but coun
[44:08] could read my mind on that comment I do
[44:09] appreciate that so councelor barnhard I
[44:11] have you next on speaking thank you
[44:13] mayor not exactly sure what's going on
[44:15] with the mics but they don't go green
[44:17] they go right to Red yeah it's weird
[44:19] once we're done this we'll we'll have a
[44:20] look at that in a second let's just
[44:21] continue but some I saw nothing on my
[44:24] screen but please continue we'll we'll
[44:26] look at it in the next break here thank
[44:27] thank you man' thank you um comments
[44:30] aside about the commission I totally
[44:31] agree that that that is uh our our
[44:33] source of water and how we work
[44:35] collaboratively in the region to make
[44:36] sure that we have sufficient water uh
[44:39] but I want to applaud the proactive
[44:41] nature of this strategy uh I think it's
[44:44] uh it's coming at it it's coming at the
[44:46] issues very much from an education
[44:48] perspective and I really think that's
[44:50] important I like the transparency of it
[44:53] um some of the the goals I had in mind
[44:56] when I was reading it is it's forward
[44:58] thinking it's looking ahead it's
[45:00] environmentally conscious it's it's
[45:02] raising the bar as far as what we expect
[45:03] our residents to do so I so I really am
[45:06] um thankful to see it here I think you
[45:08] did a great job on that my question is
[45:12] about um kind of the big big picture if
[45:16] we get to a point and I I'm sure that
[45:18] the commission would be part of this as
[45:20] well but if we get to a point where we
[45:22] are in uh danger of not having
[45:24] sufficient water for the necessities
[45:27] that we need here in
[45:29] Bowmont whose responsibility is that
[45:31] does that go beyond the city to the
[45:34] commission to the province just speak a
[45:36] bit to that what what would be the um
[45:40] the next step in terms of dealing with
[45:42] an emergency if it was to
[45:46] happen don't want to be a negative Nelly
[45:48] but you know that could happen uh
[45:50] through the mayor to councelor barnhard
[45:52] um it would be up to the the city's
[45:54] responsibility to find I guess alternate
[45:57] resources to provide the water it
[45:59] wouldn't be up to the Water Commission
[46:00] it' be up to the to the city to find
[46:02] that so the the city and the Water
[46:04] Commission together would be responsible
[46:06] for that it's not the provinces we would
[46:09] be the first line of defense on that
[46:11] right okay um and I think the other
[46:15] question that I had um mayor um if I may
[46:18] just just run further you referenced a
[46:21] couple of times in your comments that
[46:23] later tonight we would be dealing with
[46:25] the the fees the the penalties actually
[46:28] we've already approved them I think if
[46:31] I'm not mistaken as part of the bylaw
[46:33] that was in the consent agenda am I
[46:35] correct on that okay I wonder if you
[46:37] could just speak to um how that would be
[46:40] implemented how how are we enforcing
[46:43] those uh compliance issues through the
[46:46] mayor to councelor barnhard uh the
[46:48] presentation later tonight's the utility
[46:50] baaw um update and so it'll be going
[46:53] through the bylaw that references these
[46:54] demand measures and the penalties and
[46:56] stuff will be in place for them I I'm
[46:58] wondering if we've dealt with that
[46:59] already that's was my question Madam
[47:00] clerk sure I can provide a little
[47:02] Clarity um we when we originally
[47:05] prepared the report we anticipated
[47:07] having the bylaw as part of the present
[47:10] uh presented items but we did put it on
[47:13] consent so yes the bylaw was approved by
[47:15] consent so if I can answer councelor
[47:17] barnhart's question through the mayor um
[47:20] this would be dealt with the way any of
[47:22] our bylaws like Community standards
[47:24] bylaws would be dealt with so to ially
[47:27] you would have someone make a complaint
[47:29] that someone was in violation of the
[47:31] bylaw and enforcement would usually take
[47:34] um An Education First approach and then
[47:38] if they could not resolve the matter
[47:39] then then they would just proceed with a
[47:42] ticket just as you would under the
[47:43] Community standards bylaw okay thank you
[47:46] mam clerin and if uh members of the
[47:48] public wanted to see what those
[47:49] penalties were that that bylaw is
[47:51] available for them to see that online uh
[47:53] it's in the agenda package and it will
[47:56] be updated on our website following
[47:57] today's meeting or they can contact our
[47:59] office and we can send them a copy
[48:01] directly but it will be on the public
[48:03] website on the bylaws page along with
[48:05] all our other bylaws appreciate that
[48:08] thank you and thank you again for the
[48:09] work on
[48:10] this thank you councel I'll go to
[48:12] councelor Penrod followed by councilman
[48:13] Yer for a follow-up question councelor
[48:16] Penrod thank you mayor uh just a
[48:18] procedural double check and maybe that I
[48:21] just missed this but in my agenda I have
[48:26] uh 8.2 bylaw 10
[48:30] 52-24 uh Mark flagged as potentially
[48:34] being on the cons consent agenda but in
[48:37] my notes the consent agenda that we
[48:40] actually approved does not include 8.2
[48:43] did I miss that Madam
[48:52] clerk thank you very much councelor
[48:54] Penrod you are correct so we will have
[48:56] to deal with those readings once we get
[48:58] to that bylaw sorry that that was an
[49:00] oversight on our part it was not in fact
[49:03] on the consent agenda so we will make
[49:05] sure that we deal with that once we get
[49:06] to that bylaw and just to note the same
[49:09] is true for 83 yes I see that okay so
[49:12] we'll have a we'll have lots of fun with
[49:14] motions when we get there thank you
[49:16] thank
[49:17] you Al righty then thank you councelor
[49:20] Penrod councelor by nuc followed by
[49:22] councelor n
[49:24] Telus yeah you bet uh so in February I
[49:27] did a little bit of foreshadowing and I
[49:29] asked some questions about how much
[49:31] water our spray park uses so I'm going
[49:33] to regil with some numbers right now
[49:35] because this is exactly why um I asked
[49:38] the questions around that so we talked
[49:40] about water demand a and water demand B
[49:42] and C and you know when the spray park
[49:44] turns off and why and uh basically in
[49:47] 2023 uh with the water the spray park at
[49:51] eight hours a day the water usage was
[49:53] estimated at 4.4 million liters a month
[49:57] 149,000 lers per day which translates to
[50:02] 18,6 125 L per hour of water big big
[50:07] water usage out of our out of the spray
[50:09] park and over a 3mon period that results
[50:12] in 13.4 million lers of water being used
[50:15] in the spray park and it's onetime use
[50:17] water in our spray park um so you know
[50:20] there's a lot lot of numbers there um
[50:22] that was included as a counselor inquiry
[50:24] back in February so it is you know that
[50:26] they answer to that is uh obviously
[50:28] public information and that's why I
[50:30] brought it Forward here and then in 2022
[50:32] on a on a 12-hour day operating all
[50:35] those numbers are bigger quite bigger
[50:37] right so it's very very important for
[50:40] residents to understand because I know
[50:42] one of the first friction points is the
[50:44] spray park being turned off in water
[50:47] demand situations but I just really
[50:50] really want everyone to understand the
[50:51] amount of water treated water that is
[50:54] used in that apparatus we love it
[50:57] there's good usage of it but it's turned
[50:59] off in these water demand uh situations
[51:02] for for good reason and there's millions
[51:04] of reasons right there as millions of
[51:06] liters of water are used there so anyhow
[51:09] uh this was the opportune time to bring
[51:10] that forward and remind everyone of that
[51:12] usage so thank you mayor no that was a
[51:14] great inquiry I was expecting those
[51:17] numbers but they're actually higher than
[51:18] I thought they were going to be so
[51:19] that's a very good information to have I
[51:20] appreciate that Council tbus followed by
[51:22] councelor
[51:24] mcook thank you mayor thank you for the
[51:27] presentation I I think anyone would be
[51:29] naive to uh to assume that there there
[51:31] isn't a shortage of water especially
[51:33] when we hit some of those hot months and
[51:35] and the drought concerns that do exist
[51:36] within Alberta and all across all across
[51:38] the world
[51:40] realistically sorry no worries um so
[51:44] yeah so it's important that we come up
[51:45] with an approach um I I do just have a
[51:48] couple concerns in terms of
[51:49] communication I I know we're going to
[51:51] get into the bylaw here but uh within
[51:53] the bylaw it says City will do its best
[51:55] to give 24 hour or notice um that
[51:58] doesn't give people a lot of time to
[52:00] receive the message um so I did
[52:03] appreciate uh the comment that was made
[52:05] that in terms of enforcement we'll
[52:07] always go the education route first um
[52:09] and I hope that is the approach we take
[52:11] because uh we're looking at fines of
[52:13] $500 here which is pretty significant so
[52:16] um my only concern would be the
[52:17] communication side 24 hours isn't much
[52:20] um yeah to be able to deal with that and
[52:23] then I guess second to that you guys had
[52:24] mentioned uh reward compliance so what's
[52:28] kind of that approach what what kind of
[52:29] reward system are we looking at for
[52:31] those that are
[52:32] complying uh through the mayor to
[52:35] counselor and nellan boss uh when we
[52:37] speak about rewarding it's a lot of
[52:38] intrinsic value for residents to feel
[52:40] like they are part of a larger purpose
[52:43] um so when we look at motivating it's a
[52:46] lot of intrinsic motivation to say when
[52:48] you look at your neighbors and you look
[52:49] at your community and you look at the
[52:51] larger region that we're part of we're
[52:53] all here working towards that same goal
[52:55] which is that constant reminder of
[52:56] having potable water for drinking and
[52:59] resources for
[53:02] firefighting perfect thank you uh just
[53:05] one last comment and and and this will
[53:06] probably be a followup uh motion that I
[53:08] put down the line here but I've been to
[53:10] the spray park for example which I do uh
[53:12] feel consumes a lot of water but it's an
[53:14] essential part for the kids to go out
[53:15] and have fun but I've also been there
[53:17] where it's completely empty and water
[53:19] spraying so maybe exploring some other
[53:21] opportunities where there's a a switch
[53:23] that we put in place where people can
[53:24] turn it on when they're actually using
[53:26] it as opposed to water being wasted but
[53:28] that's secondary to this conversation I
[53:30] appreciate the
[53:31] presentation thank you councelor I
[53:33] appreciate that one thing I can say on
[53:35] the notice period having Serv the Water
[53:36] Commission for the last almost seven
[53:38] years um notice in the Water Commission
[53:40] usually tends be 48 to 72 hours
[53:42] sometimes it's only 24 do for unforeseen
[53:45] circum at the Water Commission level
[53:47] they try and anticipate usage
[53:48] restrictions but sometimes unforeseen
[53:51] that it becomes very very short so point
[53:52] taken on the notice period but if water
[53:55] only gives us 24 hours notice it's
[53:58] usually because of the Water Commission
[53:59] having to make a very snap decision uh
[54:02] normally we try and give the Water
[54:03] Commission 40 to 72 hours sometimes or
[54:06] five days of an anticipated usage
[54:08] constriction so point taken but
[54:10] sometimes it is unforeseen circumstances
[54:12] just to address your concerns as best I
[54:13] could based on my own experience I have
[54:16] uh councelor mcook and then I have
[54:18] councelor
[54:19] barnhard thank you um I think most of my
[54:23] um comments and stuff were covered by
[54:25] Council van K and uh my questions by
[54:28] councelor barnhard as well um just a
[54:31] comment that um perhaps when we are
[54:34] doing some of the education campaigns I
[54:36] know that um really adding statistics
[54:40] and like facts and figures um to council
[54:43] R new Kirk's point with bringing up um
[54:46] how much water gets used in the spray
[54:48] park and stuff just so people can really
[54:50] wrap their head around you know the
[54:53] impact of some of this stuff and then
[54:55] perhaps the impact of not following
[54:57] through with some of these things I
[54:59] think when people can see those hard
[55:01] numbers and and really put that into
[55:03] perspective um it helps them understand
[55:05] a little bit as to uh what the impacts
[55:08] are but otherwise agree to all the
[55:11] comments um very relevant and timely
[55:14] presentation and appreciate um that
[55:16] we're looking forward to to the
[55:19] education and awareness piece of this
[55:21] because I think this will be a really
[55:22] really important um aspect to to helping
[55:25] people understand understand um why we
[55:28] have to put in some of these
[55:28] restrictions and to council R Kirk's
[55:31] point that it's not always necessarily
[55:33] just bont's decision to to restrict
[55:35] people it's the Water Commission and
[55:38] kind of the region as a whole as we all
[55:40] work together so thank you thank you
[55:44] councelor and just the record too
[55:45] councelor Mook sits with me on the Water
[55:48] Commission councilman newer is our
[55:49] backup the last couple years so we're
[55:51] we're well versed in the working of the
[55:52] Water Commission because we understand
[55:54] bringing water to your TAP is ated
[55:56] process not quite as easy as people
[55:58] think it is actually so having you said
[55:59] that Council barnhard you have the floor
[56:02] thank you mayor and I too have sat on
[56:04] the Water Commission in my past history
[56:06] so we have lots of lots of water people
[56:08] here where where we know how uh we think
[56:10] we know how most of it works um my last
[56:13] question is regarding the stakeholder
[56:15] engagement and on the very last slide
[56:17] you mentioned the community ambassadors
[56:19] I wonder if you just want to speak to
[56:20] that a little bit more is are these
[56:22] ambassadors already chosen are you
[56:24] looking for people just what what is the
[56:26] intention there with Community
[56:30] ambassadors through the mayor to
[56:32] councelor Barnhart so when we look at
[56:34] Community ambassadors these are both
[56:36] formal and informal positions of
[56:37] leadership so we're looking at
[56:39] individuals who have a strong voice such
[56:41] as yourselves who have also formal
[56:43] leadership and great eyes on you and
[56:45] looking for for that leaderships when we
[56:48] look at our community ambassadors you
[56:50] know these might be business owners
[56:51] these might be your your average person
[56:53] you see on the street you know community
[56:55] ambassadorship does not necessarily mean
[56:57] that they come with a title but that
[56:59] they do have eyes and influence so when
[57:01] we look at engaging those Community
[57:03] ambassadors it could be at all levels it
[57:05] could be your owner of Spice Valley who
[57:07] reshares on their Facebook platform all
[57:10] the way up to yourselves so more of an
[57:12] informal process it isn't a formal
[57:14] program that we're looking at correct
[57:16] yes well again I I applaud the
[57:17] proactivity of this and uh I'm sure
[57:20] we're going to do well thank
[57:23] you thank you counselor appreciate that
[57:27] any further comments from members of
[57:30] council and seeing none report is
[57:32] information so we do appreciate your
[57:34] presentation this evening answer all of
[57:35] our questions thank you very much next
[57:38] to our agenda is item 7.2 Council naming
[57:41] policy Mr sud oh madame clerk sorry
[57:44] could we get a motion to accept the
[57:46] report for
[57:47] information yes I forgot we're not
[57:49] committing the whole we're actually in
[57:50] council meeting so I'll entertain a
[57:51] motion member of council to receive his
[57:53] information councilman newerk
[57:57] thank you mayor I would motion that the
[57:59] April 23 2024 report Water Management
[58:02] strategy be received as information
[58:04] thank you thank you councelor you wish
[58:05] to speak to the motion you're good thank
[58:07] you members of council any discussion on
[58:09] the motion see none Council I'll ask you
[58:12] to vote on the motion Before 40 to
[58:14] accept as information Council McCook how
[58:16] do you vote in favor thank you Council
[58:19] that carries unanimously 6
[58:21] nil all right now we're on to item 7.2
[58:25] Council naming policy Mr suder I believe
[58:27] you'll be presenting this evening and
[58:29] your microphone is on sir thank you your
[58:32] worship good evening mayor and Council
[58:33] Paul director of community services I'm
[58:36] also joined this evening for this report
[58:38] by manager of long-range planning
[58:39] Johannes Wong he's on Zoom believe he's
[58:43] online yeah thank you yeah we're here
[58:46] this evening for options for Council to
[58:48] consider for updating the council naming
[58:50] policy c31 revision 2 the background on
[58:53] this is November 14th the administration
[58:55] was directed Ed after a conversation
[58:57] that Council had about a renaming a a
[58:59] park and we were directed to come up
[59:02] with some options for uh reviewing
[59:05] revising uh the uh policy the council
[59:07] policy c31
[59:10] R2 the background on this is the current
[59:13] policy was in place since 2008 with a
[59:15] revision in September of 2015 the policy
[59:18] sets out the policy and procedures for
[59:20] selecting and applying names to roads
[59:23] neighborhoods Parks trails and Municipal
[59:25] facilities
[59:26] it states that the primary function of
[59:28] naming is to recognize and commemorate
[59:30] noteworthy persons associated with bont
[59:33] reflect bont's Heritage and to recognize
[59:35] the flora fauna and natural features of
[59:38] the community it also establishes the
[59:40] criteria for the inclusion or non
[59:42] inclusion of a name or a person to be
[59:44] used in Bowmont so Administration has
[59:48] three options for council's
[59:49] consideration we're seeking some
[59:50] direction tonight before we proceed with
[59:52] those options I'm going to invite uh
[59:54] Johannes if he has any comments at this
[59:55] time make could weigh
[59:57] in Mr
[1:00:01] Juan no I don't have any comments so
[1:00:04] Paul can go on with the uh presenting
[1:00:06] the three options and there will be a
[1:00:08] discussions and um we'll just move
[1:00:10] forward with that thank
[1:00:12] you thank you Mr Wong appreciate
[1:00:16] that okay on that note I'll proceed with
[1:00:19] the options so option one is uh no
[1:00:21] changes status quo the current policy is
[1:00:25] uh working although it needs to be
[1:00:27] revised to some degree um so option two
[1:00:31] would be a minor administrating review
[1:00:33] this year we can undertake the work and
[1:00:36] when we look through that policy there's
[1:00:38] changes that are immediately jumping out
[1:00:39] at us the organizational changes that
[1:00:42] we've made since 2008 and even since
[1:00:44] 2015 where there's titles in there and
[1:00:48] organizational structure references that
[1:00:49] are not applicable as well we've
[1:00:51] introduced other policies that may or
[1:00:53] may not align properly with this policy
[1:00:56] comes to mind is uh Council policy c33
[1:00:59] sponsorship and naming rights which may
[1:01:01] or may not be aligned on this naming
[1:01:03] policy for especially when it comes to a
[1:01:05] space a facility or a room within a
[1:01:07] facility sort of thing um so that those
[1:01:10] are something that I think needs to be
[1:01:11] cleaned up regardless and then option
[1:01:13] three would be a fullsome undertaken to
[1:01:16] review this and that would include
[1:01:18] Community engagement which I think could
[1:01:20] be a something for Council consider as a
[1:01:22] very valuable piece to this exercise
[1:01:24] having said that that would take some
[1:01:26] more time and um that would be something
[1:01:28] we'd propose for the 25 budget it would
[1:01:30] be a one-time operational project to do
[1:01:31] that work involve the community in this
[1:01:34] process to make sure we're in line with
[1:01:36] uh you know our times have changed
[1:01:38] significantly since 2008 and 2015 and
[1:01:41] when you look at
[1:01:42] Equity diversity and inclusion per se
[1:01:45] and how that applies to a policy when
[1:01:47] you're naming something and uh even
[1:01:50] potentially how you would rename
[1:01:52] something that we have currently that
[1:01:54] may or may not align with the uh what we
[1:01:56] want to do so those are the three
[1:01:58] options uh option three like I say would
[1:02:00] be something we could bring back at
[1:02:01] budget because there would be a
[1:02:02] budgetary component to it um I don't
[1:02:05] have a a price tag in mind that would be
[1:02:06] something we'd have to look in because
[1:02:08] we haven't Define the scope and then of
[1:02:10] course we would have to look at it from
[1:02:11] there for Budget conversation so with
[1:02:13] that unless Johan got anything further
[1:02:15] I'll turn it back to your worship thank
[1:02:18] you Mr sud I do have a quick question
[1:02:19] before I go to councilman newer Follow
[1:02:21] by councelor Penrod so with option two
[1:02:24] Mr sudor I'm assuming we have the
[1:02:26] resources and the horsepower to do
[1:02:27] option two internally addition what any
[1:02:30] additional cost in this fiscal year
[1:02:32] whereas option three may involve
[1:02:34] potentially outside uh resources hence
[1:02:36] some of the budgetary uh asset may come
[1:02:39] with option three is that a reasonable
[1:02:40] assessment on the on the report yes
[1:02:42] that's correct R thank you good enough
[1:02:45] uh councilman ner followed by Council
[1:02:47] penro followed by Council tbus followed
[1:02:49] by Council
[1:02:50] Mook councelor Van Kirk yeah thank you
[1:02:53] mayor and thank you to Administration
[1:02:55] for for for pulling this together um for
[1:02:58] for me it seems like we have a little
[1:03:00] bit of an opportunity here to make some
[1:03:03] simple changes and then you know and
[1:03:04] then consider a piece of budget right so
[1:03:07] uh where where my head is at on this
[1:03:09] tonight mayor would be uh moving option
[1:03:12] two to allow Administration to to to get
[1:03:15] some work and make those simple updates
[1:03:17] and then uh option three could come back
[1:03:20] at at budget as a one pager you know um
[1:03:23] you know un unfunded and council could
[1:03:25] consider that that work at budget so the
[1:03:28] you know so that's where my head is at
[1:03:30] tonight so um I don't know if you want
[1:03:32] to hear from others or if uh you know if
[1:03:34] I should make a motion now or okay on
[1:03:37] that note um Madame clerk my understand
[1:03:40] is U Council ner can make a motion now
[1:03:43] if he wishes to or he's free to yield
[1:03:46] the floor other questions and do a
[1:03:48] motion later is that correct that is
[1:03:50] correct Mr Mayor uh since councilor van
[1:03:52] newerk has the floor it's it's his
[1:03:53] choice if he'd like to move the motion
[1:03:55] if you would rather wait that that's
[1:03:58] also acceptable okay so procedurally I
[1:04:00] tend to always ask for questions first
[1:04:01] but procedurally anybody can make a
[1:04:03] motion anytime because now we're looking
[1:04:05] at this part of the decision-making
[1:04:07] process so just to be clear you can make
[1:04:09] a motion any time and Council yerk I'll
[1:04:11] go back to you for a motion now if you
[1:04:13] if you choose to or do you want to yield
[1:04:14] the floor yeah I think I'll make a
[1:04:16] motion for option two and then that
[1:04:18] still allows uh you know questions to be
[1:04:21] asked around that and so I think we can
[1:04:22] kind of work this out here so okay I'll
[1:04:25] uh
[1:04:28] y I understood that you also wanted us
[1:04:31] to proceed with option three to have the
[1:04:32] one pager brought forward at the budget
[1:04:35] yeah can we include that in one or do
[1:04:37] should we do two we can include that in
[1:04:38] one we can say that um options two and
[1:04:41] three as set out in the report be
[1:04:44] approved sure yeah let's do that if that
[1:04:46] provides good Clarity we'll take a
[1:04:48] second and let Madam clerk sort of word
[1:04:50] Smith the motion for councilman UK
[1:04:51] consideration and once you approve the
[1:04:53] wording Steve will ask you to move it
[1:04:55] and then we'll go to discussion on the
[1:04:57] motion which may include some question
[1:04:58] from counselors that may even be in
[1:05:00] their minds as part of the discussion on
[1:05:02] the motion so for second sounds good
[1:05:05] yeah and I'll uh I'll move that options
[1:05:07] two and three as set out in the April
[1:05:09] 23rd 2024 options for updating the
[1:05:12] council naming policy and developing a
[1:05:13] commemorative names program be approved
[1:05:15] and I guess I'll speak to it Bri thank
[1:05:17] you councelor do you wish to speak to
[1:05:18] your motion yeah so I think as I said
[1:05:20] earlier the the opportunity here is to
[1:05:23] uh get some administrative work done in
[1:05:25] off option two during this current
[1:05:28] period ahead of budget then at budget
[1:05:32] option three brings forward a one pager
[1:05:34] unfunded that would be considered as
[1:05:37] part of the budget deliberation so I
[1:05:39] think that allows us to to start moving
[1:05:41] this forward and doing some simple
[1:05:43] updates that are administratively
[1:05:44] required uh under current workload and
[1:05:49] uh and then consider the budgetary pie
[1:05:51] at budget so we'll see what council
[1:05:53] thinks of that thank you thank you
[1:05:54] counselor so
[1:05:56] I have a quick question don't mind for
[1:05:57] administration Mr sudor um operationally
[1:06:01] speaking capacity wise I don't see this
[1:06:04] as being is this a doable way of uh
[1:06:06] presenting this uh while one page or
[1:06:08] come for Budget time without having a
[1:06:09] lot of work from your department to
[1:06:11] incurring additional
[1:06:12] expense I'm GNA make too an us to all
[1:06:15] the work no I'm just kidding yeah we we
[1:06:16] can manage it that's why we set it up
[1:06:18] that way worship yeah okay good that's I
[1:06:20] just to clear so other Comm of council
[1:06:21] know we have capacity to if should this
[1:06:24] motion pass all right go to counselor
[1:06:26] Penrod first Follow by councelor Telus
[1:06:28] Follow by councelor McCook Follow by
[1:06:29] councelor barnhard councelor
[1:06:32] Penrod thank you may
[1:06:35] um thanks to council van nuker for
[1:06:38] making the motion it's very much in line
[1:06:40] with uh what I was thinking but I do
[1:06:43] just want to start my remark by saying
[1:06:45] I'm a little bit confused the way this
[1:06:47] came back um my understanding and just
[1:06:51] going back and reviewing some of the
[1:06:53] wording um so one of these
[1:06:55] communication's always harder than it it
[1:06:58] seems on the face of it my understanding
[1:07:00] was that we had essentially asked for
[1:07:02] three and uh and then we we got what we
[1:07:07] got today which is kind of three options
[1:07:09] uh and so I'm just wondering if you can
[1:07:12] give us some clarity or background I'm
[1:07:15] I'm wondering is at if as you began to
[1:07:18] do the work did you realize that maybe
[1:07:22] there was going to be a more significant
[1:07:24] amount of Labor and research involved
[1:07:26] and and
[1:07:29] thus thus we returned what what has been
[1:07:32] returned
[1:07:33] today yeah thanks for the question um
[1:07:36] the the request was to provide options
[1:07:38] and I I won't speak for Jo I'll let him
[1:07:40] weigh in if he wants he was the one
[1:07:42] behind most of this report um but I
[1:07:44] don't think this was planned activity
[1:07:46] until that conversation with Council
[1:07:48] about renaming the park and then when we
[1:07:50] looked at that we realized this is you
[1:07:52] know potentially out of Step or out of
[1:07:54] alignment with today today's world so um
[1:07:57] even in the processes May more clearly
[1:08:00] defined would help but I'll let Jo offer
[1:08:02] him a chance to potentially answer
[1:08:05] that thank you thank you councilor panro
[1:08:08] for the questions and uh since the uh
[1:08:12] the council approved this motion and
[1:08:14] administration began to think about uh
[1:08:17] the um what what kind of work uh has to
[1:08:20] be undertaken to update the the policy
[1:08:24] and uh and then we realize that in order
[1:08:26] to have a fome review of the policy it
[1:08:29] will take a lot of resources and time
[1:08:32] and uh and that and also I think the the
[1:08:36] uh the majority of the uh the project
[1:08:39] will be uh public engagement because a
[1:08:42] lot of the um um uh concerns with uh
[1:08:46] naming uh particularly the the several
[1:08:49] uh within the last several years uh a
[1:08:52] lot of the um uh the issues around how
[1:08:55] to name uh a street a building or
[1:08:58] whatever so uh when we when we reval
[1:09:01] that we think that it is bigger than you
[1:09:04] know um uh what we can do uh in 2024 and
[1:09:08] we would require resources and at the
[1:09:11] time we have a a a budget approved in in
[1:09:14] December so we thought 2025 and also
[1:09:17] this year there there are uh uh designed
[1:09:20] or planned projects already so it may
[1:09:23] not be u a good investment of of St time
[1:09:27] in doing this so we're thinking maybe it
[1:09:30] it's better for 2025 but instead you
[1:09:33] know of waiting until 2025 there is an
[1:09:35] opportunity to uh uh update
[1:09:38] administratively because like for
[1:09:40] example uh the policy refers to the um
[1:09:43] to the to the city as the still the town
[1:09:46] of bont so and those are the things that
[1:09:48] maybe we can just immediately do to uh
[1:09:51] clean the policy up and as uh Mr sud was
[1:09:55] saying uh there are several things that
[1:09:57] uh we have to make the alignment with uh
[1:10:01] other policies uh that has Council uh
[1:10:04] approv over over this years so there are
[1:10:07] several things that Administration can
[1:10:08] do uh to clean it up and then if Council
[1:10:11] desires to uh have this full review next
[1:10:14] year then we will Embark uh on defining
[1:10:17] the scope and everything next
[1:10:20] year thank you Mr Wong Mr thank you Mr
[1:10:23] Wong that really helpful um kind of bit
[1:10:26] of a backgrounder there uh gives me a
[1:10:29] bit more color on the thought and uh
[1:10:32] work that's gone into bring bringing
[1:10:34] forward this approach so really
[1:10:35] appreciate that um maybe one more
[1:10:38] clarification before I'll just speak
[1:10:40] more directly to the motion are we aware
[1:10:43] if if we do go with what councilor Ben
[1:10:46] newerk has
[1:10:49] suggested um are we aware of any of our
[1:10:52] partners um or FKS that we work with
[1:10:56] closely whether it be developers or our
[1:11:00] friends and at the school boards um are
[1:11:03] we aware of anyone else that's doing
[1:11:05] work that might inadvertently get hung
[1:11:08] up waiting for us to do this
[1:11:17] piece I'm not aware of this but uh as we
[1:11:21] probably working on the um uh working on
[1:11:24] option to uh we can reach out to um the
[1:11:27] stakeholders I like to mention about
[1:11:29] developers and the school boards uh we
[1:11:31] have very close relationship with them
[1:11:33] so we can just uh reach out to them and
[1:11:35] ask them for some feedback and input
[1:11:38] definitely appreciate that yeah we just
[1:11:40] always want to avoid um un unintentional
[1:11:44] consequences right so um then I'll just
[1:11:48] if I could M speak briefly to the motion
[1:11:50] yeah um please proceed I do believe that
[1:11:52] this is important work and and of option
[1:11:55] three that more fullsome kind of uh
[1:11:58] review and uh rethink of our policy is
[1:12:04] important work but it's hard given the
[1:12:06] current capacity of administration and
[1:12:09] other I would say more pressing issues
[1:12:11] in the community it's it's hard to um
[1:12:14] characterize this work as urgent uh and
[1:12:18] so I think councilor van New kerk's
[1:12:21] Motion strikes a good balance we have
[1:12:23] the opportunity to kind of pick of that
[1:12:25] low hanging fruit to clean up our
[1:12:27] current bylaw uh or policy at pardon me
[1:12:32] um while we wait doing that further work
[1:12:34] I will also point out that at present
[1:12:36] our Equity diversity and inclusion
[1:12:38] committee is still paused and awaiting
[1:12:41] the hiring of a new administrative lead
[1:12:43] and I believe their involvement in this
[1:12:45] work will be critical to uh turning out
[1:12:49] a policy that's excellent and can stand
[1:12:51] the test of time so I'd like to see us
[1:12:53] wait on a more major update of the
[1:12:54] naming policy until such a such a time
[1:12:57] as the EDI staff and the committee are
[1:12:59] in place and functioning well so that
[1:13:02] they can give us that Frontline feedback
[1:13:04] and I think Mr Wong spoke to that in his
[1:13:07] uh response to my first question too I
[1:13:10] would uh ask if we could
[1:13:13] suggest
[1:13:15] um a couple items that we'd like to see
[1:13:19] uh with this kind of option to could we
[1:13:24] ask um that
[1:13:26] perhaps only names already vetted and
[1:13:31] currently on the maintained roster would
[1:13:33] be considered until such a time as a
[1:13:36] more fome review can be undertaken I'm
[1:13:39] I'm thinking it may not happen in may
[1:13:42] not happen that this is funded in 2025
[1:13:45] we have more priorities in bulm than we
[1:13:48] can manage in any given year and again I
[1:13:51] think this is work that we want to do
[1:13:52] really
[1:13:53] well and I it's important but it
[1:13:58] probably won't be urgent in the way that
[1:14:01] um School sites for high school are and
[1:14:03] things like that so um these two
[1:14:06] suggestions are really if this gets
[1:14:08] pushed out a few years I think um these
[1:14:11] two suggestions would help me vote in
[1:14:13] favor of this number two option so again
[1:14:16] just um essentially not taking more
[1:14:20] names onto the roster that we maintain
[1:14:23] and second um
[1:14:25] asking that preference be given to flora
[1:14:27] fauna and natural features um of the
[1:14:30] community in the interim that's already
[1:14:32] in our policy so it's not a change it's
[1:14:35] more of a change of an emphasis I'm just
[1:14:37] suggesting that we'd be less likely to
[1:14:40] run into problems with names based on
[1:14:42] Flor FAA or natural features then we
[1:14:45] would uh based on a a name from an
[1:14:48] individual thank
[1:14:50] you thank you counselor any yeah through
[1:14:53] theic P I wouldn't see us making any
[1:14:55] significant changes to existing names on
[1:14:58] the on the roster to point I think this
[1:15:00] is this would be just more of a cleanup
[1:15:02] so that it's at least in alignment with
[1:15:04] the terminology that we're using today
[1:15:05] with other policies and the
[1:15:07] organizational structure and even more
[1:15:09] modern verbiage around that but those
[1:15:11] sort of significant changes would would
[1:15:13] be tied to option three because that
[1:15:15] would likely involve the community's say
[1:15:17] and how that is formed for the future
[1:15:20] because um if we're going to entertain
[1:15:21] new names and how how do we make those
[1:15:24] decisions um in today's world so yes
[1:15:27] that if I've answered your question
[1:15:29] thank you very much councilor telis
[1:15:31] followed by councelor mcook councelor
[1:15:33] Tas you have the floor thank you mayor I
[1:15:36] I think this one's an no-brainer I well
[1:15:38] councelor van Newark beat me to uh to
[1:15:40] the button here um he's he's managed to
[1:15:44] capture post scenario one where we can
[1:15:45] re-evaluate and prioritize come budget
[1:15:47] time um but the second one which is most
[1:15:50] important we're looking at a policy
[1:15:52] that's roughly 10 years old um and
[1:15:54] obviously requires a little bit of
[1:15:56] massaging uh to update it and modernize
[1:15:58] it so um I think that's the route we
[1:16:00] need to go sooner than later and the
[1:16:02] fact that it won't have any Financial
[1:16:04] impact I is very significant and yeah
[1:16:08] option one I I don't really think is an
[1:16:10] option so I'm in alignment with uh with
[1:16:13] the proposal here thank you councelor
[1:16:15] appreciate that Council M cook followed
[1:16:16] by councelor barard counc cook you have
[1:16:19] the floor thank you um once again most
[1:16:22] of my uh comments were um clarified
[1:16:25] especially surrounding the EDI portion
[1:16:27] of it um councelor Penrod captured that
[1:16:31] um nicely and uh Mr Wong clarified some
[1:16:34] of that so um agree with everything that
[1:16:38] said and um I'm in support of this
[1:16:40] motion as
[1:16:41] well thank you councelor councelor
[1:16:43] burnhard you have the
[1:16:45] floor thank you mayor um I don't have a
[1:16:49] problem with the direction this is going
[1:16:50] if I understand it correctly but the
[1:16:53] motion has me a bit confused
[1:16:56] um and Madam clerk maybe you can help me
[1:16:58] here if I read that literally it means
[1:17:01] that option three which says to bring it
[1:17:04] back as a one-time project that's
[1:17:06] essentially approving it and I think we
[1:17:10] have to do that at budget time so I'm
[1:17:13] I'm just a little bit uncomfortable with
[1:17:15] the way the motion is read Madam clerk
[1:17:18] thank you thank you Mr Mayor through you
[1:17:20] to counselor barnhard option three is
[1:17:23] about bringing the one pager forward to
[1:17:25] the budget so it would be pending
[1:17:27] Council approval at budget so it's just
[1:17:30] developing the plan for the budget
[1:17:32] process for consideration by Council
[1:17:34] would an amendment uh be be in order
[1:17:38] then to
[1:17:39] say if approved no it's not necessary
[1:17:43] because option three is simply to
[1:17:45] prepare the proposal for the budget so
[1:17:48] it does not approve the action it just
[1:17:50] approves preparing a proposal for the
[1:17:53] budget
[1:17:55] I wish I felt more comfortable but I'm
[1:17:57] looking at the report and how it's
[1:17:58] written and it it does I think it's
[1:18:02] great I think in the room we all agree
[1:18:04] with what you're saying but I wouldn't
[1:18:07] want someone else to see the words and
[1:18:08] think differently so this would be
[1:18:10] brought forward as a one-time project
[1:18:12] for the 2025 operational
[1:18:16] budget we could and would be voted on it
[1:18:19] at budget R part I know that's our
[1:18:20] intent I just want to make sure that
[1:18:22] it's not misunderstood that's
[1:18:28] attention and and I know this is
[1:18:31] councelor brand new Kirk's but motion so
[1:18:33] I'll go to Council maner in a moment
[1:18:35] here and see how he feels about it tell
[1:18:37] me if he thinks that's okay I understand
[1:18:38] your concern but to me it's pretty
[1:18:39] straightforward but I understand your
[1:18:40] concern for interpretation so let's just
[1:18:42] take a second here and see what we can
[1:18:44] come up
[1:18:47] with Council ner you want to speak to
[1:18:49] this right now while we're we're
[1:18:51] smithing it a bit your microphone is on
[1:18:55] hang on now it's on yeah thank you mayor
[1:18:58] um it might put councelor barnhart's
[1:19:00] minded ease if it just said unfunded in
[1:19:02] in the motion U somehow like what I
[1:19:05] would say is the whole proposed budget
[1:19:07] is unfunded until we approve it right
[1:19:10] and so the uh I I wording that would
[1:19:13] have probably put you at ease in the
[1:19:15] report tonight would have been this
[1:19:17] would be brought forward as an unfunded
[1:19:20] comma one-time project in the right so I
[1:19:22] think that maybe if we can include that
[1:19:25] unfunded piece in there that might put
[1:19:26] your concerns at ease maybe councilor
[1:19:31] Barnhart hang on mics are being ready
[1:19:34] okay now your mic's on thank you and
[1:19:36] thank you councelor vanar my my
[1:19:38] intention is to really look at it when
[1:19:39] it comes I mean that that's what I want
[1:19:41] to do I don't want to preclude that
[1:19:43] conversation uh again uh I don't know
[1:19:46] what everyone has in mind in terms of
[1:19:47] changes we're we're not having that
[1:19:49] conversation yet and I guess that's the
[1:19:51] one thing that I was kind of going to
[1:19:53] say as well is that if we wait until
[1:19:56] budget time to have the conversation you
[1:19:58] know how we all are rushed and have
[1:20:00] other things on our mind at budget time
[1:20:02] I wonder and this is a wondering out
[1:20:04] loud whether this ought to come back uh
[1:20:07] at a certain time that gives us enough
[1:20:08] time to debate some of the issues around
[1:20:10] it rather than just be at budget time
[1:20:12] because I think look at the amendment
[1:20:15] and I'll see if that's okay from your
[1:20:16] perspective I'll ask councilor R newerk
[1:20:17] if he's okay with it my understanding is
[1:20:19] option two will come back to us before
[1:20:21] budget in the fall right option come
[1:20:24] back to us and if Council approves
[1:20:25] option two based on the on the rework it
[1:20:28] won't be an option three a budget
[1:20:29] because we've already approved it if we
[1:20:31] say nope it needs more work we'll
[1:20:33] consider option three of budget that
[1:20:34] allows us to do that uh is the amended
[1:20:37] wording to your satisfaction Council dep
[1:20:39] before govern counil nuker to approve
[1:20:41] the friendly Amendment sure that works
[1:20:43] for me uh mayor see said Council newerk
[1:20:47] does the amended wording meet your
[1:20:50] satisfaction on the motion yeah thank
[1:20:52] you I think that provides a little bit
[1:20:54] more clarity uh just on the concerns I
[1:20:56] heard councelor Barnhart rais and
[1:20:58] there's a couple gates to to step
[1:21:00] through on this now for us right the
[1:21:02] option two comes then option three um is
[1:21:05] prepared as an unfunded one pager we can
[1:21:07] discuss alongside everything else and
[1:21:09] prioritize up or down um you know if and
[1:21:12] when we hear back on option two then you
[1:21:14] know if there's a discussion brought
[1:21:15] forward you know we could motion at that
[1:21:17] point as well so uh thank you
[1:21:19] Administration um so I uh do you need me
[1:21:22] to move the amended motion sure might be
[1:21:25] good just have sure let's do that yeah
[1:21:27] so an I will move the amended motion uh
[1:21:29] that option to housekeeping housekeeping
[1:21:32] amendments and option three preparing an
[1:21:35] unfunded one pager for Budget as set out
[1:21:38] in the April 23 2024 options for
[1:21:41] updating the council lement policy and
[1:21:43] developing a commemorative names program
[1:21:45] be approved thank you thank you
[1:21:47] counselor appreciate the the discussion
[1:21:49] M all members of council Council M
[1:21:51] cookie your hands not up that's good I
[1:21:53] don't see any hands up there so having
[1:21:54] said that any final comments councilman
[1:21:56] newerk on your motion none thank you
[1:22:00] Council I'll ask you to vote on the
[1:22:02] motion before
[1:22:04] you Council McCook how do you vote in
[1:22:08] favor thank you councelor that carries
[1:22:10] unanimously Council 6 nil appreciate
[1:22:13] that next on our agenda is bylaw 8.1
[1:22:16] bylaw 1045 d24 property tax and
[1:22:19] supplementary property tax first second
[1:22:21] and third reading Mr deblanco I believe
[1:22:23] you're presenting this evening and I'll
[1:22:24] just find the microphone that you're
[1:22:25] sitting at give me one second there yep
[1:22:27] your microphone is on when you're ready
[1:22:32] sir thank
[1:22:34] you good evening to the mayor and
[1:22:36] councel uh I'm ctis deblanco I'm the
[1:22:38] Director of Finance for the city um
[1:22:41] before Council this evening is a report
[1:22:43] on the 2024 property tax uh bylaw and
[1:22:47] supplementary tax bylaw Council approved
[1:22:51] the 2024 Municipal operating budget and
[1:22:54] which includes a 6.45 property tax
[1:22:57] increase uh this was subject to
[1:22:59] adjustments based on the finalized
[1:23:01] property assessments and the amended
[1:23:03] budget was passed last week reflects
[1:23:05] these final
[1:23:07] adjustments okay um the this bylaw has
[1:23:12] been prepared based on the amended
[1:23:13] budget that was approved last week uh
[1:23:15] the bylaw allows the city to collect 28
[1:23:18] million
[1:23:19] 322,000 in Municipal Taxes and 9,9
[1:23:24] 26,500 in requisition taxes thank you uh
[1:23:28] that are then remitted to the respective
[1:23:30] requisitioning entities um although the
[1:23:33] Blended tax levy which is net of growth
[1:23:35] has increased 6.5 45% the the impact of
[1:23:39] this increase uh between properties will
[1:23:41] vary um tonight as part of the report we
[1:23:44] brought a a presentation on uh how tax
[1:23:47] rates get uh get set to better inform
[1:23:50] both Council and the public on on how
[1:23:53] tax rates are set administ ation uh has
[1:23:55] the report that outlines the process so
[1:23:58] the process is Guided by Council policy
[1:24:00] c48 which is the taxation policies and
[1:24:03] this ensures taxes are levied in a fair
[1:24:05] transparent and Equitable manner uh with
[1:24:08] that the first step in setting tax rates
[1:24:10] is to determine the revenue requirement
[1:24:12] which is of course city council
[1:24:14] approving a budget within the budget are
[1:24:17] many sources of of Revenue and expenses
[1:24:20] uh and the difference between any non-t
[1:24:22] tax sources of revenue things like fees
[1:24:24] permits uh investment uh income uh and
[1:24:28] the budgeted expenses creates the Delta
[1:24:30] which is known as the revenue
[1:24:31] requirement this Revenue requirement is
[1:24:33] the amount needed to be levied through
[1:24:35] taxation in order to balance the
[1:24:38] budget uh the revenue requirement was
[1:24:40] set at the number that is on the screen
[1:24:42] the 28,38 20000 uh as part of the budget
[1:24:46] approval in
[1:24:47] December and this included a estimate of
[1:24:51] 1,200 500 for growth Revenue once again
[1:24:54] reflects that 6.45% tax
[1:24:58] increase uh the next step in setting tax
[1:25:01] rates is to finalize the assessment
[1:25:03] which becomes known in January uh the
[1:25:05] city's Municipal assessment finalizes
[1:25:07] the assessment for the year ass
[1:25:09] assessment notice are sent out uh or
[1:25:11] mailed out in in
[1:25:13] February and the budgeted forecast for
[1:25:16] growth which is that 1.25 million gets
[1:25:18] removed and replaced with the
[1:25:20] actual uh once the amended finalized
[1:25:23] Revenue requirement is known uh which is
[1:25:26] why the budget amendment always comes
[1:25:28] before the tax bylaw so on the slide on
[1:25:30] the screen we see uh the top kind of set
[1:25:32] of numbers there is is that originally
[1:25:34] approved budget add in what the actual
[1:25:37] growth number is as well as the increase
[1:25:39] on the actual growth uh that's 6.45% and
[1:25:43] reduce the the estimate from the amount
[1:25:45] and that gets us to the the unrounded
[1:25:48] revenue requirement which is that 20 28
[1:25:51] milon 322 uh 098
[1:25:55] um and as we see on the bottom table
[1:25:56] there is is what goes in the amended
[1:25:58] budget we round to the nearest 100 so we
[1:26:01] see the actual Revenue requirement um
[1:26:03] after the finalized
[1:26:06] assessment
[1:26:08] uh on this slide is a A visual
[1:26:10] representation of what that process
[1:26:12] looks like uh where the blue squares
[1:26:14] represent how a city's tax base grows
[1:26:17] from one year to the next uh the blue
[1:26:20] square on the left reflects the amount
[1:26:22] of Municipal taxes collected in 2023
[1:26:25] which is uh 25.4
[1:26:28] million uh the green bar on the top on
[1:26:32] that left Square represents uh increased
[1:26:35] revenue from the physical growth of the
[1:26:36] city so new buildings uh what have you
[1:26:39] uh the orange bar on the right that
[1:26:42] reflects the approved tax increase
[1:26:44] through the budget process that's
[1:26:46] 6.45% and then there's a small yellow
[1:26:49] Square in the top quarter which re which
[1:26:51] uh reflects the impact of the increase
[1:26:53] on the growth so that was that
[1:26:56] 76,5 76 on this
[1:27:00] slide uh adding these components
[1:27:02] together brings the city to its new tax
[1:27:04] base for 2024 which is the blue square
[1:27:06] on the
[1:27:08] right next step is to determine uh the
[1:27:11] amount of tax re Revenue that's
[1:27:13] applicable to setting a rate so uh
[1:27:16] within the overall budget for Municipal
[1:27:18] Taxes there are forecasts for for items
[1:27:21] like supplemental taxes adjustments as
[1:27:24] well as Annex properties the city's
[1:27:26] assessment does include Annex properties
[1:27:28] that uh at one point were a part of luk
[1:27:31] County and so per the annexation
[1:27:34] agreement are still taxed at luk
[1:27:35] County's rates or the lesser of the
[1:27:37] cities or luk County's rates rather and
[1:27:40] therefore they're not used to calculate
[1:27:41] the city's actual
[1:27:44] rate so removing those items gets us to
[1:27:47] that bottom number which is the actual
[1:27:50] Revenue requirement for rate setting
[1:27:54] um after that what uh the next step for
[1:27:57] administration takes is converting any
[1:27:59] non-residential assessment so the city's
[1:28:01] taxation policy uh sets a general
[1:28:04] Municipal tax ratio of 1.4 to1 for
[1:28:07] non-residential versus residential rates
[1:28:10] uh the municipal government act
[1:28:11] specifies that this ratio cannot exceed
[1:28:13] 5 to
[1:28:14] one uh
[1:28:16] so calculation on the screen brings
[1:28:19] essentially the residential and non-res
[1:28:21] residential assessment on par to set the
[1:28:25] rate next St step which is just
[1:28:28] calculating the rate so we take that
[1:28:30] number which has the the r beside it is
[1:28:33] the numerator the assessment becomes the
[1:28:36] denominator and that calculates the
[1:28:38] residential rate uh multiplying the
[1:28:41] residential rate by the ratio set forth
[1:28:44] in in Council policy c48 which is that
[1:28:46] 1.4 ratio provides the non-residential
[1:28:49] rate uh rates commonly are displayed in
[1:28:53] in Mills which refers to $1,000 worth of
[1:28:55] assessment value um believe this is
[1:28:57] where the term mill rate comes from my
[1:28:59] latin's not very good but I believe
[1:29:01] that's Latin um anyway that so that gets
[1:29:04] us to how we commonly see rates
[1:29:07] displayed on the bottom right corner
[1:29:08] which is
[1:29:10] 6855 for the residential rate and 9. 597
[1:29:15] and change for the the non-residential
[1:29:17] um other items uh that rates are set for
[1:29:21] are requisition taxes uh the same
[1:29:23] process C for dividing the required
[1:29:25] Revenue to to requisition is is design
[1:29:28] or divided by the applicable assessment
[1:29:29] to set the rates um and as already
[1:29:32] mentioned 9.9 million is the amount that
[1:29:34] gets collected by the city as
[1:29:36] requisition taxes and then further
[1:29:38] remitted to each of the the entities on
[1:29:40] the right hand side of that
[1:29:42] slide um the numbers on the screen are
[1:29:46] the the the finalized uh screenshots
[1:29:49] from the the tax bylaw um the city
[1:29:52] provides both the the overall assessment
[1:29:54] the rate and then the uh the tax levy
[1:29:57] that gets yielded from that rate which
[1:29:59] matches what is in the amended budget uh
[1:30:02] the table on the left shows uh a rate
[1:30:05] payer what their overall rate would be
[1:30:08] including uh requisition taxes such as
[1:30:10] school authorities and the wuk Regional
[1:30:13] Housing foundation and designated
[1:30:15] industrial property uh if it's
[1:30:19] applicable um one important concept
[1:30:22] within the city's city of bont taxation
[1:30:24] policy is revenue neutrality um this is
[1:30:27] especially important to realize as rate
[1:30:29] payers review their assessment notices
[1:30:32] uh so the city's Municipal property tax
[1:30:34] revenues shall not increase or decrease
[1:30:37] due to market assessment value increases
[1:30:40] or
[1:30:40] decrease this approach protects both the
[1:30:43] city and taxpayers from large shifts in
[1:30:45] in property taxation resulting from
[1:30:48] market value fluctuation so as things
[1:30:50] like inflation go up or down that
[1:30:53] doesn't impact the amount of of tax that
[1:30:55] the revenue uh the city
[1:30:57] collects um so the example on the screen
[1:31:00] what we see is uh it really how A
[1:31:03] individual taxpayers bill is affected is
[1:31:05] based
[1:31:06] on how uh how much their assessment
[1:31:09] either went up or down in comparison to
[1:31:11] the average so the I'll I'll flip to the
[1:31:13] next screen it might be a little more
[1:31:14] helpful the average for the year was an
[1:31:17] increase of 5.4 so uh a rate payer whose
[1:31:20] assessment went up 5.4% would expect to
[1:31:23] have a tax bill that was exactly that
[1:31:26] 6.5 45% increase there are two factors
[1:31:29] that influence the rate payers bill
[1:31:31] that's assessment and tax rate um like I
[1:31:34] said if their assessment increased in
[1:31:36] line with inflation that's when you're
[1:31:38] going to see that exact
[1:31:40] 6.45% flipping back to this one if a
[1:31:43] rate pairs assessment was lower than
[1:31:46] that
[1:31:47] 5.4% they would expect their tax bill to
[1:31:49] increase less than 6.45 in turn if their
[1:31:53] assessment was up more than
[1:31:56] 5.4% they would expect to see a bill
[1:31:58] higher than that 6.45% a lot of numbers
[1:32:01] a lot of ins and outs but um trying to
[1:32:04] have display it on the screen is is
[1:32:06] transparent and easy for uh the folks at
[1:32:09] home as well as everyone in the room to
[1:32:10] understand is is a challenge and we're
[1:32:12] we're this is why the information is
[1:32:14] being presented as such tonight um as I
[1:32:18] already mentioned the rate payer impact
[1:32:19] from 23 to 24 on an average property or
[1:32:23] a property within average inflationary
[1:32:25] increase rather is 5.4% is approximately
[1:32:28] $196 a
[1:32:31] year uh a useful
[1:32:34] uh practice to undertake on an annual
[1:32:38] basis is benchmarking and looking at
[1:32:40] where the city's rates compare uh
[1:32:42] against Regional competitors um items to
[1:32:45] consider looking at are residential tax
[1:32:47] rate non-residential tax rate uh tax
[1:32:50] ratios of different municipalities
[1:32:52] assessment split and then year-over-year
[1:32:54] change in assessment split um
[1:32:56] Administration compiled information from
[1:32:58] 2023 on the from the municipalities on
[1:33:01] the screen reason we use 2023 data is um
[1:33:04] a lot of M Valle is are in the exact
[1:33:06] same process we are in right now and
[1:33:07] that data is not available just yet for
[1:33:10] 2024 um so on the screen we're looking
[1:33:13] at the residential rate of uh Regional
[1:33:16] comparators for
[1:33:18] 2023 uh as you can see the city of
[1:33:20] Bowmont sits approximately right in the
[1:33:22] middle is actually the median I believe
[1:33:24] of of the municipality selected um you
[1:33:27] see there's there's a lot of reasons for
[1:33:30] the variation in the rates you look at
[1:33:32] the the bottom end of the screen you
[1:33:33] have the counties that AO will have much
[1:33:35] different situations than a than an
[1:33:37] urban municipality a lot of Farmland
[1:33:40] will impact their rates and then as we
[1:33:42] look at the top of the screen we're
[1:33:44] getting further away from the city uh uh
[1:33:46] the city of medmont with the city of
[1:33:48] Camrose and city of watas and they're
[1:33:49] going to have different factors includ
[1:33:51] their impact their rates including
[1:33:53] things like uh the assessment value of
[1:33:56] an average home in each of those cities
[1:33:58] but um once again it's useful to
[1:34:00] Benchmark against uh Regional
[1:34:02] competitors uh next up is
[1:34:04] non-residential tax rates with the
[1:34:07] municipality selected City bont sits
[1:34:10] kind of in that lower third on uh
[1:34:13] non-residential tax rates a big factor
[1:34:15] on this is where each of the
[1:34:16] municipalities set their res non-res
[1:34:19] ratio um but as we can see on the screen
[1:34:22] City with taskman City up Ed up in that
[1:34:25] um 20 number 20 Mills as we we call it
[1:34:29] um City camro 13 City St Albert 12 and
[1:34:32] then very comparable with town of Devon
[1:34:35] city of luk and town of warville is
[1:34:37] where the city of bowan RAR
[1:34:40] um next indicator is just where those uh
[1:34:44] res non-res ratios are as you can see
[1:34:46] the city Edmonton sets there is at at
[1:34:48] almost three times their res rates L
[1:34:51] County sets there is at two and a
[1:34:52] quarter Tasco looks like they have their
[1:34:54] is exactly double and the City of wont
[1:34:56] has Set uh within taxation policy at 1.4
[1:35:00] it's been 1.4 for uh a number of
[1:35:05] years uh next one is just
[1:35:06] non-residential assessment uh is as
[1:35:09] everyone in the room well know city bont
[1:35:11] is is quite low on non-residential
[1:35:12] assessments compared to um other
[1:35:16] municipalities in the region um areas
[1:35:18] like uh lud the county stona county lud
[1:35:21] County are much much different
[1:35:22] situations than uh the city of bont as
[1:35:25] is Fort City of forts asasin um but all
[1:35:29] of those factors contribute to where the
[1:35:31] city's rates ultimately get set and the
[1:35:33] budget that a council sets for for a
[1:35:35] city of
[1:35:36] Bowmont um lastly is just looking at the
[1:35:39] fiveyear trend on assessment split um as
[1:35:43] we not a whole lot of fluctuation in the
[1:35:45] past five years between residential and
[1:35:47] farmland vers non-res um it's not that
[1:35:50] non-residential assessment is not
[1:35:51] growing in the city but residential uh
[1:35:54] and uh assessment has seen substantial
[1:35:57] growth and is slightly outpacing
[1:35:59] non-residential assessment over the
[1:36:01] fiveyear
[1:36:03] term uh with that the approval of the
[1:36:06] bylaw will allow the city to Levy uh
[1:36:08] Municipal Taxes totaling 28
[1:36:11] m322 100 um including Revenue attributed
[1:36:15] to real property growth of 1,
[1:36:18] 2,6 263,000 sorry of numbers I rattled
[1:36:24] off tonight um once again this includes
[1:36:27] an estimate of 79,000 for manx
[1:36:29] properties and an estimate of 12,600 for
[1:36:32] supplemental taxes and
[1:36:34] adjustment um with that uh a property
[1:36:37] with an average inflationary increase
[1:36:38] we'll see an increase of 6.45 on the
[1:36:41] municipal portion of their tax notice
[1:36:44] that concludes my presentation for this
[1:36:46] evening I'll turn it back over to
[1:36:47] council and I'm happy to answer any
[1:36:49] questions thank you thank Mr Blanco
[1:36:51] appreciate that so here's how we're
[1:36:52] going to proceed we are doing all three
[1:36:54] readings this evening as you do every
[1:36:55] year with this kind of this particular
[1:36:56] Bogue at this time of year so at this
[1:36:58] time I'll entertain clarifying questions
[1:37:00] from Council at this point it's not the
[1:37:03] point to entertain your opinions or
[1:37:05] concerns or observations clarifying
[1:37:07] questions first reading at second
[1:37:09] reading that's the time to entertain any
[1:37:11] concerns you have as a counselor
[1:37:12] observations concerns um criticisms uh
[1:37:16] endorsements of the policy that's for
[1:37:18] second reading okay so right now I'll
[1:37:20] entertain clarifying questions only
[1:37:21] before I go to First reading councelor
[1:37:23] Penrod you have the floor thanks May
[1:37:26] Danel and appreciate uh your coaching on
[1:37:28] the process there um so as a clarifying
[1:37:32] piece uh I'm looking at page two of the
[1:37:38] council
[1:37:40] report uh towards the bottom of the page
[1:37:43] therefore uh so right after the
[1:37:45] quote um given to illustrate Revenue
[1:37:50] neutrality so this is not a
[1:37:53] catch I gotcha I just actually caught
[1:37:56] this myself so just for clarity for the
[1:37:58] public record um I think this is a typo
[1:38:01] it reads therefore the city does see
[1:38:04] additional revenue from increased
[1:38:06] housing prices your presentation made it
[1:38:09] clear the city does not so that's just a
[1:38:11] typo yes through the through the May to
[1:38:13] council Penrod that would be a typo so
[1:38:15] yes the city does not see any additional
[1:38:17] revenue from from inflation on on
[1:38:19] housing
[1:38:21] prices thank you counselor that's a
[1:38:22] great catch didn't catch that myself
[1:38:24] either when I read through it appreciate
[1:38:26] that see no further questions for
[1:38:28] clarifying purposes we can part of
[1:38:30] debate in the second reading ask some
[1:38:31] clarifying questions at that point if
[1:38:33] something else comes to mind so with
[1:38:35] that I'll close clarifying questions
[1:38:36] I'll ask remember Council to move first
[1:38:40] reading of bylaw 1045 d24 Hower Penrod
[1:38:45] you have the floor thank you mayor Danel
[1:38:48] I move at bylaw 1045 d24 property tax
[1:38:53] and supplementary property tax be given
[1:38:55] first reading thank you counselor
[1:38:57] discussion on the motion for first
[1:38:59] reading seeing none Council would you
[1:39:01] please vote on first reading of the
[1:39:04] bylaw Council McCook how do you vote in
[1:39:08] favor thank you counselor that also
[1:39:10] carries unanimously 6 nil at this time
[1:39:13] I'll entertain a motion for second
[1:39:14] reading after which time we'll be be the
[1:39:17] debate process comments concerns and so
[1:39:19] on members of council as a member of
[1:39:21] councel council from newerk I see your
[1:39:22] hand is up please have the floor yeah
[1:39:25] thank you mayor I'll move that bylaw
[1:39:28] 1045 d24 be given second reading thank
[1:39:31] you thank you counselor you wish to
[1:39:33] speak to the motion at this point Thank
[1:39:35] You members of council who wish to speak
[1:39:37] to the mo the
[1:39:39] coun speak to the bylaw tonight too many
[1:39:42] words tonight way too many words speak
[1:39:44] to the bylaw on second reading Council
[1:39:45] from the Telus you have the
[1:39:48] floor thank you mayor uh I guess just
[1:39:51] just one question for clarification
[1:39:53] to Mr deblanco there in terms of the
[1:39:56] assessment split it's interesting to see
[1:39:57] these numbers and and I can appreciate
[1:40:00] how you kind of give a little more
[1:40:01] clarity that because we're seeing more
[1:40:04] significant growth on the residential
[1:40:06] side it's negatively impacting our
[1:40:08] non-residential
[1:40:09] numbers um in terms of uh capacity and
[1:40:14] and availability of of these businesses
[1:40:17] are we trending to see a continuous
[1:40:19] reduction based off of your knowledge in
[1:40:21] terms of non-residential versus is
[1:40:23] residential if we continue to grow at
[1:40:26] the rate we are Mr Blan your mic is
[1:40:33] on but thank you for the question and
[1:40:35] and through the mayor to counselor and N
[1:40:37] tell boss looking just at the past five
[1:40:40] years and doing a a basic Trend analysis
[1:40:42] what we do see is is residential growth
[1:40:45] is outpacing non-residential um we see
[1:40:47] on on each of the years there is a a
[1:40:50] very slight percentage Point tick in the
[1:40:53] the opposite direction that is really
[1:40:55] intended but um if there's any more
[1:40:58] clarity on on non-residential growth
[1:41:00] versus residential I mean colleagues in
[1:41:03] in planning and development can can
[1:41:04] speak to that but yes it's just looking
[1:41:06] at the numbers alone on on the last
[1:41:08] slide there's been a trend in the last
[1:41:10] five years going the the direction where
[1:41:13] uh non-residential percentage as it
[1:41:16] makes up assessment is
[1:41:18] reducing perfect thank you for that
[1:41:20] response and then I I guess just for
[1:41:22] myself more so Clarity for the public um
[1:41:25] voting on this bylaw is obviously voting
[1:41:27] on The the process and supporting how
[1:41:30] the decisions were made in the numbers
[1:41:31] that were put together um I just want to
[1:41:33] make it clear my standpoint I I didn't
[1:41:36] necessarily agree with all the increases
[1:41:37] within the budget um but I do appreciate
[1:41:40] the process and and everything that was
[1:41:41] followed to get us to this point so I'm
[1:41:43] not voting in favor of the increase but
[1:41:45] I'm in voting in favor of the process
[1:41:48] thank you counselor I do appreciate that
[1:41:50] I think all of us at budget Workshop not
[1:41:52] every single do we agree with
[1:41:54] individually but you either pass the
[1:41:55] budget or you don't and I appreciate
[1:41:57] your comment on voting for the process
[1:41:59] not necess the number itself and I do
[1:42:01] appreciate that perspective we all of us
[1:42:02] have to go through budget best we can
[1:42:04] make our best decisions we possibly can
[1:42:06] and I appreciate that uh any further
[1:42:08] questions for members of Council on
[1:42:10] second reading I have one question for
[1:42:12] go to councelor penro if you don't mind
[1:42:14] uh Mr Blanco the revenue neutral um
[1:42:17] slide is extremely helpful um it does
[1:42:20] help paint the picture of how things are
[1:42:22] assessed and how the tax rate work it's
[1:42:24] very very good work and I think um we
[1:42:26] should maybe put that in a maybe a
[1:42:28] newspaper article Mr bar I do new well
[1:42:31] I'll talk about that a later time but
[1:42:32] it's very very help it's very helpful
[1:42:34] and clear understand how the process
[1:42:36] works that assessment goes up or down
[1:42:37] and tax up or down it's confusing at
[1:42:39] times and this is very very helpful and
[1:42:41] it took some time to get that put
[1:42:42] together I want to thank you for that on
[1:42:44] behalf of council and our citizens Mr
[1:42:46] Penrod you have the
[1:42:47] floor thanks mayor uh just want to
[1:42:51] continue on the along the line of giving
[1:42:54] Kudos thank you for the excellent report
[1:42:57] um and thank you for the work that's
[1:42:58] going in to uh not just making sure our
[1:43:03] financials are done the way they need to
[1:43:06] be done but then taking that extra step
[1:43:08] to make sure that we're communicating as
[1:43:10] best we can to the public who isn't um
[1:43:14] thinking about this stuff every single
[1:43:16] day kind of thing right sometimes we get
[1:43:18] so familiar with the data or the the
[1:43:21] terminology it can be difficult to
[1:43:24] remember that uh not everybody speaks
[1:43:27] Latin you know what is a Mill and things
[1:43:29] like that so really appreciate the
[1:43:31] effort that's gone into communicating
[1:43:33] this will and I want to turn around too
[1:43:35] and thank the members of the public that
[1:43:37] have taken an interest and dug into
[1:43:40] these reports and reached out for extra
[1:43:42] clarification I know reached to
[1:43:44] Administration or reached to other
[1:43:46] elected officials know that you're heard
[1:43:49] and that we know that this is a um this
[1:43:52] is an area we want to strive for
[1:43:55] continual Improvement right in in all
[1:43:58] all of our procedures and so thanks for
[1:44:01] administration for demonstrating that so
[1:44:03] well and we'll continue to continue to
[1:44:06] approve our processes and I know there's
[1:44:08] some um tweaks to our budget Workshop
[1:44:12] process and the way we do all of this
[1:44:14] work based on your feedback again so I I
[1:44:17] just want the public to hear that and
[1:44:19] and I want to say um Mary you pointed
[1:44:22] out the
[1:44:24] um the slide on Revenue neutrality I
[1:44:29] actually I think page four the tax base
[1:44:32] 2023 versus 2024 I almost skipped over
[1:44:36] that slide because it doesn't look too
[1:44:38] busy I'm really glad that you took the
[1:44:40] time to explain that and I would it
[1:44:43] maybe that we could tweak that even more
[1:44:44] so that because when you explained what
[1:44:47] all is included in that slide um it
[1:44:50] really brought some things clear that
[1:44:52] are are sometimes tricky to understand
[1:44:54] with with this process so thanks for
[1:44:56] that and I I think that's an innovation
[1:44:58] right like that's something that we put
[1:45:00] together for this presentation uh yes
[1:45:03] that's correct it was brought from for a
[1:45:06] number of reasons just to bring uh
[1:45:07] transparency as well as uh uh re-educate
[1:45:11] Council on just our process to as well
[1:45:13] as the public on on how the city of bont
[1:45:16] sets its tax rates yeah so I appreciate
[1:45:18] that and I'd encourage anyone who finds
[1:45:20] this process a little mysterious to
[1:45:22] really
[1:45:23] kind of go back and and review your part
[1:45:26] your presentation specifically on that
[1:45:28] infographic because I think there's a
[1:45:30] lot of helpful information there um last
[1:45:32] thing I just wanted to say mayor thanks
[1:45:33] for clarifying again it it is annually
[1:45:36] our practice to pass this particular
[1:45:39] bylaw for second and third reading in
[1:45:42] one meeting just wondering if you could
[1:45:43] give us some color on uh why that is um
[1:45:47] I think what it comes down to is Mr
[1:45:48] Blanco will enlighten me if I missed
[1:45:50] something but I think it's more a matter
[1:45:51] of timing um because we have to get the
[1:45:53] assessment the notice is out in a in a
[1:45:55] timely fashion to our residents and to
[1:45:56] give Mr deblanco enough time to make
[1:45:58] sure there's nothing else unforeseen
[1:45:59] that pops up that could affect the
[1:46:00] budget tax increase that's the Reader's
[1:46:02] Digest version I probably missed a
[1:46:04] couple of key points but that's why we
[1:46:05] tend to do it in this last meeting in
[1:46:07] April to have enough time get the
[1:46:08] assessments out to residents for July 1
[1:46:11] Mr Blanco did I miss anything sure I can
[1:46:14] provide a a little bit more detail uh a
[1:46:17] few reasons uh there there's a bit of an
[1:46:20] order of operations that goes with the
[1:46:22] timing of
[1:46:23] uh the yearend process and the audit as
[1:46:26] well as the budget amendment and and
[1:46:28] setting of the tax rates um in past
[1:46:33] years like let's say five six years ago
[1:46:35] some of this these items were brought
[1:46:37] all on the same day and in doing that
[1:46:39] their their risks um you know
[1:46:41] adjustments to the budget or changes
[1:46:44] stemming from the from the year end that
[1:46:46] wouldn't get reflected um or have
[1:46:49] Administration wouldn't have the ability
[1:46:50] to update the tax bylaw in a timely
[1:46:52] manner so the ideal order operations is
[1:46:54] bringing the the financial statements
[1:46:56] and the year end Surplus and any
[1:46:58] reallocation now there was a a delay
[1:47:00] with that um that was approved at at the
[1:47:02] last council meeting but that will
[1:47:04] brought in May but um with the budget
[1:47:06] the budget needs to get passed first and
[1:47:08] that's allows Administration then set
[1:47:10] rates there is another piece around the
[1:47:12] annex properties we uh at the city bont
[1:47:15] we do need to wait to see what liue
[1:47:17] county sets their rates at because
[1:47:19] although it's a non-material amount it
[1:47:21] does allow us to set
[1:47:23] uh basically to that six decimal point
[1:47:25] what the city B mons rate in absence of
[1:47:28] that we would be estimating and could
[1:47:29] potentially be off uh some thousands of
[1:47:32] dollars but there is there is a stage
[1:47:34] there where we do need to wait for L
[1:47:36] County to set their rates which they did
[1:47:37] today thank you and am I correct in
[1:47:41] saying that part of what we're waiting
[1:47:43] on is not just luk County but also the
[1:47:45] province to set the rates for the school
[1:47:48] requisitions absolutely that would be
[1:47:50] the other piece is is they don't act
[1:47:52] they don't confir confirm them until a
[1:47:53] little bit later they do give us
[1:47:55] advanced notice of what the requisition
[1:47:56] amounts will be as well as our equalized
[1:47:59] assessment but getting the actual final
[1:48:01] confirmation comes a little bit later so
[1:48:03] yes that's absolutely correct thank you
[1:48:05] so just to summarize I think what I'm
[1:48:07] learning in this process is that um
[1:48:09] there's a lot of information coming from
[1:48:11] many directions and the city's doing the
[1:48:14] best we can to compile all that
[1:48:17] information bring it to full public view
[1:48:21] uh and then move down the road to
[1:48:24] operations so that everybody can get
[1:48:26] their notices in time and and pay their
[1:48:28] tax bills on time exactly thanks mayor
[1:48:31] thank you counselor appreciate that
[1:48:32] thanks Mr Banco additional information
[1:48:35] on the explanation uh seeing no further
[1:48:38] comments for members of council we are
[1:48:40] at second reading so with that Council
[1:48:42] I'll ask you to vote on second reading
[1:48:45] of the bylaw Council McCook how do you
[1:48:48] vote in favor thank you councelor that
[1:48:51] passes unanimously six nail
[1:48:53] Council the next step is to ask for
[1:48:55] consideration and a motion to move to
[1:48:57] third reading if this is not passed
[1:49:00] unanimously third reading is delayed on
[1:49:02] the next council meeting which should
[1:49:04] that happen it'll probably upset the
[1:49:06] apple card a little bit in our procedure
[1:49:08] just so you know and there's one budget
[1:49:09] I mentioned earlier is it is coming back
[1:49:11] in one night but that's how we tend to
[1:49:12] do it given all the factors that are
[1:49:14] involved so with that I will move that
[1:49:18] bylaw 1045 d24 be considered for the
[1:49:20] third reading any discussion on that
[1:49:24] motion seeing none Council I'll ask you
[1:49:27] to vote on consideration of moving to
[1:49:29] third reading councelor mcook how do you
[1:49:32] vote in favor thank you councelor that
[1:49:35] pass unanimously thank you council with
[1:49:38] that I'll entertain a motion from any
[1:49:39] members of council to move to third
[1:49:42] reading of bylaw 1045 d24 councelor
[1:49:46] barnhard you have the floor thank you
[1:49:48] mayor I move the bylaw 1045 d24 be given
[1:49:51] third reading thank you than you
[1:49:52] councelor discussion on the
[1:49:55] motion see none councelor would you
[1:49:57] please vote on third reading of the
[1:50:00] bylaw Council McCook how do you vote in
[1:50:03] favor thank you counselor that passed
[1:50:05] unanimously 6 nil with that it's 749
[1:50:08] we're going to take a 10-minute break
[1:50:10] back 8 o'clock promptly we have two more
[1:50:12] bylaws to go through it shouldn't take
[1:50:13] too long I don't think we've got a
[1:50:15] procedure down pretty good
[1:50:20] tonight thank you we are back after a
[1:50:22] short break it's 802 here in uh back in
[1:50:25] council chambers we're continue with our
[1:50:27] agenda which is item 8.2 bylaw 10522 for
[1:50:31] water and wastewater first second and
[1:50:33] third reading Administration already did
[1:50:35] a presentation on this there's no need
[1:50:37] to redo the presentation so with that I
[1:50:39] will entertain a motion to go to First
[1:50:41] reading and then we can ask any
[1:50:42] clarifying questions as part of uh uh
[1:50:45] second reading if we could as part of
[1:50:46] the debate process so is a member of
[1:50:47] council willing to move first reading of
[1:50:50] the bylaw
[1:50:53] councelor
[1:50:54] Penrod thank you thank you mayor I move
[1:50:56] that bylaw 1052 d24 the water and
[1:50:59] wastewater bylaw be given first reading
[1:51:02] thank you counselor again no clarifying
[1:51:05] questions because we already had the
[1:51:05] presentation already and we already
[1:51:07] asked those a few minutes ago so I'll go
[1:51:08] straight to the vote on first
[1:51:10] reading Council please vote on first
[1:51:12] reading Council McCook you're with us
[1:51:14] how do you vote in favor thank you
[1:51:17] Council that pattered unanimously 6 nil
[1:51:19] I'll now entertain a motion from Council
[1:51:21] for a second reading which which time
[1:51:23] you do some debating and ask any
[1:51:24] additional clarifying questions
[1:51:26] councilman newerk thank you mayor I'll
[1:51:28] move that bylaw 10 52-24 be given second
[1:51:32] reading thank you thank you councelor do
[1:51:34] you wish to speak to the motion at this
[1:51:35] time thank you any members of council
[1:51:38] have any clarifying questions in
[1:51:39] retrospect from what was presented
[1:51:40] earlier or any concerns comments on
[1:51:43] second reading of the
[1:51:46] bylaw seeing none from any members of
[1:51:48] council Council mcook I don't see your
[1:51:49] hand up you're okay just to make sure
[1:51:51] you're clear
[1:51:54] you're good no questions yep good thank
[1:51:56] you thank you counselor with that
[1:51:59] councelor I'll ask you to vote on second
[1:52:00] reading of the
[1:52:03] bylaw Council McCook how do you vote in
[1:52:06] favor thank you councelor that carries
[1:52:08] unanimously 6 nil we are now at the
[1:52:12] third reading point I do have the a
[1:52:14] motion to be considered for third
[1:52:16] reading same procedure follows if this
[1:52:18] is not done unanimously third reading
[1:52:21] will be postponed the next Council
[1:52:22] meting meeting which is May 14th so with
[1:52:24] that I will move that bylaw 1052 d24 be
[1:52:27] considered for third
[1:52:29] reading Council how do you vote oh sorry
[1:52:32] any questions on the consideration see
[1:52:36] none Council how do you vote please vote
[1:52:38] on consideration four third reading
[1:52:42] councilor McCook how do you vote in
[1:52:44] favor thank you counselor again that
[1:52:47] passes unanimously 6 nil with that
[1:52:49] Council I will entertain a motion for
[1:52:51] member of council that bylaw 1052 d24 be
[1:52:54] given third
[1:52:58] reading I'll move it myself that bylaw
[1:53:00] 1052 d24 be given third reading this
[1:53:04] evening any discussion for members of
[1:53:05] Council on third
[1:53:07] reading seeing none Council would you
[1:53:09] please vote on third reading of the
[1:53:12] bylaw Council McCook how do you vote in
[1:53:15] favor thank you councelor that also
[1:53:18] count casses unanimously 6 nil thank you
[1:53:21] Council
[1:53:22] next we have an item on our agenda 8.3
[1:53:25] bylaw 1053 d24 Community standards bylaw
[1:53:28] Amendment first second and third reading
[1:53:31] uh now we did not debate this earlier so
[1:53:34] Madame clerk how do we proceed here um
[1:53:37] Mr Mayor I can quickly introduce this
[1:53:39] item and then Council can consider the
[1:53:41] readings so this is just the
[1:53:43] housekeeping amendment required for the
[1:53:46] change the community standards bylaw in
[1:53:48] alignment with the alcohol um in parks
[1:53:53] so you'll recall that we did make a
[1:53:55] expansion to that program so that we are
[1:53:57] allowing alcohol in one additional Park
[1:54:00] in the upcoming um summer season uh so
[1:54:04] the change to the bylaw is really just
[1:54:06] to allow alcohol to be consumed in
[1:54:09] public in those designated alcohol sites
[1:54:12] while we were making that Amendment we
[1:54:14] also noticed a few typos that were
[1:54:17] needing to be addressed so they are also
[1:54:20] addressed in the amending bylaw and with
[1:54:23] that Mr Mayor I'll turn it back to you
[1:54:25] and to council if there are any
[1:54:26] questions thank you madam clerk I
[1:54:28] appreciate
[1:54:29] that any questions from members of
[1:54:32] council for clarification councelor
[1:54:34] Penrod you have the
[1:54:35] floor yeah maybe just one quick
[1:54:38] clarification Mr Mayor
[1:54:40] um my understanding is the the expansion
[1:54:43] of the program is it's all within the
[1:54:46] contiguous Park Four Seasons Park but
[1:54:49] now an additional area within four
[1:54:51] seasons Park
[1:54:52] okay Madame
[1:54:54] clerk uh the expansion was the I'm going
[1:54:58] to get the name wrong now the Lions
[1:55:02] RV Mr liwicki would you care to jump in
[1:55:05] on this conversation let me find your
[1:55:06] mic hang on a second your mic is on yeah
[1:55:10] through the mayor to councelor Penrod it
[1:55:12] was the Jerry Petula RV Park area there
[1:55:16] was a there was a section in the
[1:55:18] previous in a different report where we
[1:55:20] outlined the
[1:55:23] areas in that Park and then around Don
[1:55:26] Sparrow there's the two separate areas
[1:55:28] that were considered and that the RV
[1:55:31] park was the
[1:55:33] expansion thank you and the areas will
[1:55:37] be signed as
[1:55:39] well okay CC pen that answer your
[1:55:42] question thank you very
[1:55:44] much Council tbus you have the floor
[1:55:48] thank you mayor uh the only concern I
[1:55:50] have it it was a concern that I I raised
[1:55:52] initially in regards to this was the
[1:55:54] type of containers within public parks
[1:55:56] uh we have a lot of children playing
[1:55:58] within these areas and I see that uh
[1:56:00] we've decided against uh restricting the
[1:56:03] type of containers so my concern is that
[1:56:05] there's the potential for intoxication
[1:56:08] uh which is one thing but broken glass
[1:56:10] throughout our parks and and children in
[1:56:12] and around there so I'm just curious as
[1:56:14] to why it was recommended against uh
[1:56:17] restricting types of containers that we
[1:56:20] uh transporter consumer alcohol
[1:56:25] oh coun or Madame clerk please thank you
[1:56:29] uh through the mayor to councelor Nell
[1:56:31] OSS we did look at that and try to find
[1:56:34] some options there wasn't really a
[1:56:36] viable option that was an easy amendment
[1:56:39] to our community standards bylaw that
[1:56:41] wouldn't then raise other questions
[1:56:43] about what containers you could carry
[1:56:45] other liquids in um so on the advice of
[1:56:49] legal and in consultation with RCMP and
[1:56:52] Municipal enforcement because there were
[1:56:54] no incidents recorded we we are opting
[1:56:57] not to we're recommending not to try and
[1:57:01] capture that in the bylaw however this
[1:57:03] is a very small um expansion of the
[1:57:07] program so we feel that we can continue
[1:57:10] to monitor for any issues that arise and
[1:57:12] continue to make adjustments if that
[1:57:14] were to become an issue we would need to
[1:57:16] find a way to address it of
[1:57:20] course perfect thank you sir just to
[1:57:22] clarify procedurally if if this does
[1:57:24] become an issue we'll come up with a
[1:57:26] solution to prevent this from
[1:57:28] reoccurring or occurring Madam clerk yes
[1:57:32] thank you Mr Mayor through you to
[1:57:33] counselor Nell and boss yes we want to
[1:57:35] continue to re-evaluate the program
[1:57:37] that's why we were really recommending a
[1:57:39] very gradual growth rather than a more
[1:57:42] significant expansion of the program to
[1:57:44] all parks let's say which would probably
[1:57:47] invite a lot of other unforeseen issues
[1:57:50] so we just want to be cautious with how
[1:57:53] we're expanding this program perfect
[1:57:55] thank you Madame clerk I appreciate your
[1:57:57] knowledge throughout all departments
[1:57:59] within Administration so thank you thank
[1:58:02] you
[1:58:02] counselor member Council willing to move
[1:58:04] first
[1:58:06] reading councelor pen
[1:58:08] rod thank you I'd like to move that
[1:58:11] bylaw 1053 20-24 Community standards
[1:58:15] bylaw amending bylaw be given first
[1:58:17] reading thank you counselor discussion
[1:58:19] on the
[1:58:20] motion say none Council would you please
[1:58:23] vote on first
[1:58:26] reading Council McCook how do you
[1:58:29] vote in favor thank you councelor that
[1:58:32] carries unanimously 6
[1:58:34] nil is a member of council willing to
[1:58:36] move second reading of the bylaw which
[1:58:39] allow us to move to any debate or
[1:58:41] further comments members of
[1:58:43] council pardon me I'll move that bylaw
[1:58:46] 10 53-24 be given second reading I will
[1:58:49] not speak to the motion at this time
[1:58:50] I'll members of council speak to it
[1:58:52] Council tbus you have the floor sorry
[1:58:55] mayor that was just to move the motion
[1:58:56] oh I'm sorry I didn't see it on my
[1:58:58] screen I apologize um I'll come to you
[1:59:00] for something else then later on thank
[1:59:02] you counselor any discussion
[1:59:04] on sorry any uh current discussion
[1:59:07] comments uh debate on second reading of
[1:59:09] the
[1:59:12] bylaw seeing none Council I'll ask you
[1:59:14] to vote on second reading of the bylaw
[1:59:18] Council McCook how do you vote in favor
[1:59:22] thank you Council that carries you
[1:59:23] unanimously 6 nil also at this time we
[1:59:27] are going to need a motion for
[1:59:29] consideration to move to third reading
[1:59:31] and to reiterate earlier comments should
[1:59:34] consent by third reading four third
[1:59:36] reading not be carried unanimously third
[1:59:38] reading will be delayed till next
[1:59:39] council meeting which is which is May
[1:59:41] 14th is a member of council willing to
[1:59:43] move consideration for third reading
[1:59:45] counc from the Tellus you have the floor
[1:59:47] thank you mayor I move that bylaw 10
[1:59:49] 5324 be considered for third reading
[1:59:52] thank you
[1:59:54] counselor Council would you please vote
[1:59:56] on the motion to give consideration to
[1:59:59] third reading this evening Council
[2:00:01] McCook how do you vote in favor thank
[2:00:04] you that carries anity Council 6 nil
[2:00:07] with that move on to the final stage uh
[2:00:09] for bylaw 10
[2:00:11] 53-24 Amendment uh for third reading is
[2:00:14] a member of council willing to move
[2:00:15] third reading of the bylaw councilman
[2:00:17] newerk you have the floor thank you
[2:00:20] mayor I would move that bylaw 1 0 53-24
[2:00:23] be given third reading thank you thank
[2:00:25] you counselor discuss on the motion no
[2:00:27] thank you thank you seeing none Council
[2:00:30] would you please vote on third reading
[2:00:32] of the bylaw Council MC cook how do you
[2:00:34] vote in favor thank you councelor that
[2:00:37] car J amsley 6 nil thank you Council and
[2:00:40] administration for the work on this
[2:00:42] bylaw Amendment next our agenda is item
[2:00:45] nine councel and inquiries responses and
[2:00:47] reports councelor Barner I believe you
[2:00:49] have an inquiry this evening you have
[2:00:51] the floor
[2:00:53] thank you mayor I have two inquiries
[2:00:55] actually I right two so the first one
[2:00:58] would be uh if the administration could
[2:01:02] come back with a information on when and
[2:01:04] how often we'll hear updates on our
[2:01:07] social master plan uh I I'm just that's
[2:01:10] coming from the Strategic plan I thought
[2:01:12] there could be more information added in
[2:01:13] there uh it it covers affordable housing
[2:01:16] seniors age friendly Etc so I'd like to
[2:01:19] see that come back if I could uh as to
[2:01:21] how often will come back and the second
[2:01:24] inquire if I
[2:01:25] may
[2:01:27] um yes a a resident asked me and I also
[2:01:30] would like to know the the answer to
[2:01:32] this question um when street cleaning is
[2:01:34] being uh done carried out as it was
[2:01:37] again and and early in the uh early in
[2:01:39] the year the spring season uh are
[2:01:42] notifications put out for the Ken nickl
[2:01:45] area for the park and ride and on a
[2:01:48] timely basis just a little bit of
[2:01:50] information on that uh res were caught
[2:01:52] off guard so that would be helpful thank
[2:01:56] you okay we'll Administration get back
[2:01:58] to almost those two inquiries thank you
[2:02:00] counselor any further couns or inquiries
[2:02:02] this evening um or reports from members
[2:02:05] of
[2:02:07] council see them we do have councelor
[2:02:09] Barnard's report has been submitted
[2:02:11] information is part of our agenda
[2:02:13] package thank you for doing that uh next
[2:02:14] our agenda then is item 10 uh see update
[2:02:19] Deputy pre Deputy Premier you just got
[2:02:21] elevated
[2:02:23] Deputy CEO Miss O'Neal would you care to
[2:02:26] look after that for us this evening you
[2:02:28] bet thank you for the promotion mayor oh
[2:02:30] you're welcome no problem there no pay
[2:02:32] increase by the way just it's just a
[2:02:34] title well good evening Council I'm
[2:02:36] pleased to provide the following update
[2:02:37] on behalf of CAO Schwarz last week mayor
[2:02:41] Danel and CAO Schwarz attended the
[2:02:42] Alberta motor transport association's
[2:02:44] annual conference this proved to be a
[2:02:47] really great networking event and
[2:02:48] government relations uh for mayor and
[2:02:51] ceao since Premier Smith and ministers
[2:02:53] Ellis and dran were attendance so well
[2:02:56] well worth it Well
[2:02:58] Done uh in Economic Development uh to
[2:03:01] support our efforts we have a series of
[2:03:04] invest in bont posts going out on our
[2:03:06] social media weekly we encourage folks
[2:03:09] to look at these posts and to share them
[2:03:11] with their networks and a comprehensive
[2:03:13] investment attraction marketing plan
[2:03:15] will be presented to Council in June so
[2:03:17] it's all going to tie you back
[2:03:19] together in infrastructure speaking of
[2:03:22] street sweeping um residential street
[2:03:24] sweeping is in progress and will
[2:03:26] continue for the next two months
[2:03:28] sweeping occurs from 8:00 a.m. until
[2:03:30] 6:00 p.m. on weekdays with no weekend
[2:03:32] sweeping we ask residents to watch for
[2:03:35] signs in your neighborhood for scheduled
[2:03:37] sweeping and to ensure vehicles are off
[2:03:39] the streets during your scheduled times
[2:03:41] to avoid getting a ticket and of course
[2:03:44] please be mindful of Crews and Equipment
[2:03:46] as we navigate uh during your daily
[2:03:49] commute we are 3 weeks into the new
[2:03:52] expanded Transit service and we have
[2:03:54] seen a slight uptick in our ridership
[2:03:57] we're three weeks in but Administration
[2:03:59] will continue to share ridership
[2:04:01] information through CAO updates to
[2:04:04] council and lastly as Bowmont continues
[2:04:07] to grow safely navigating through the
[2:04:10] city remains a top priority from April
[2:04:12] 18th to April 30th residents are invited
[2:04:15] to help shape a safer Community by using
[2:04:17] the safe step tool on the city websites
[2:04:20] to suggest up to three crosswalks that
[2:04:23] could benefit from safety
[2:04:25] improvements that's it short and sweet
[2:04:27] today thank you thank you Miss O'Neil
[2:04:30] appreciate that any questions for Mr
[2:04:32] O'Neal for our CEO's report councelor
[2:04:36] Penrod thanks mayor uh not a question
[2:04:39] but a Kudos we had some resident
[2:04:41] feedback that they had more to say than
[2:04:43] what the character limit would allow
[2:04:45] within the survey that you mentioned
[2:04:47] last and uh couple quick emails and that
[2:04:51] issue was resolved and residents are
[2:04:54] free to tell us exactly how they say
[2:04:56] sayfe they want particular intersection
[2:04:59] so that I think that kind of
[2:05:00] responsiveness is so appreciated and
[2:05:02] goes a long ways towards our uh making
[2:05:05] sure that people continue the the level
[2:05:07] of Engagement we want to see so
[2:05:08] fantastic great work thank you thank you
[2:05:10] councelor do appreciate that comment it
[2:05:12] was nice to have that quick response and
[2:05:14] give our residents chance to provide
[2:05:16] more feedback that's that's ideal thank
[2:05:18] you very much are there any noes of
[2:05:20] motion this evening from MERS of council
[2:05:23] I'm not aware of any but some may have
[2:05:24] popped up uh today at some
[2:05:27] point seeing none I'll do a quick
[2:05:29] announcement before we move to the agend
[2:05:31] end of our gourment here uh this past
[2:05:33] week uh I was elected by my fellow
[2:05:37] Mayors uh to be the vice chair of the
[2:05:39] shareholders group of Evington Global uh
[2:05:41] that sounds very grandiose but it's
[2:05:43] really not that grandiose it's more a
[2:05:45] matter of the Emington the mayors of the
[2:05:47] of the global get together and we choose
[2:05:48] a chair and a vice chair to Advocate on
[2:05:50] behalf of Mayors in terms of Emon Global
[2:05:52] I'm also in the working group on
[2:05:53] restructuring mton Global as well too
[2:05:56] and I will be attending a a trade
[2:05:57] Mission the first week in May I'm going
[2:05:59] to Ottawa for three days Eon Global to
[2:06:01] meet with parliamentary uh committees as
[2:06:04] well as MPS on promoting business for
[2:06:06] Edmonton region so I'm pretty excited
[2:06:08] about doing that on behalf of Bowmont
[2:06:10] and of course the Eon Global region as a
[2:06:11] whole so um and have no further
[2:06:14] announcements this evening uh with that
[2:06:16] we have nothing in our closed sessions
[2:06:17] all on on consent agenda so with that uh
[2:06:20] no further business cont us this evening
[2:06:22] at 8 819 we are adjourned thank you and
[2:06:24] enjoy your evening