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Good evening and welcome to the council
meeting of Tuesday, August 25th, 2026.

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We will begin with our land
acknowledgement statement. We would like

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to acknowledge the land on which we meet
today. For thousands of years, it has

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been the traditional land of the
Alangquin nation. Today, this meeting

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place is still the home to many
indigenous people, and we are grateful

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to have the opportunity to live and work
on this land. Thank you.

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» Uh good evening everyone and welcome to
our council meeting. Uh I'm I'm uh

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sitting in this evening for uh um uh his
worship. Uh as you're all aware, a

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couple of weeks ago um our mayor had a
mild uh stroke. Uh he's uh recovering

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very well at home. I spoke with him at
length this afternoon about um uh the

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agenda uh tonight and also um he wanted
me to convey uh uh to you as a council

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but also to the citizens uh his
gratitude for how kind everyone's been,

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the various supportive messages that
he's received and and all the kindness

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and certainly again to reiterate um how
grateful uh he is to the staff at the

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Brockl General hospital and to the
emergency responders who um were so uh

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important in making sure he's um come
out of this and going to uh have a full

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recovery. So um he sounds uh really
good. He said a little bit fatigued, but

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other than that uh very upbeat and very
interested in what we're um doing here

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and wanted to um make sure that a few of
the things that are coming through

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tonight that he could have his um input
into that. So, um, anyway, wanted to say

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just, you know, thank you so much and
we're all, uh, you know, so grateful

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that he's had such a, um, marvelous
outcome to, um, to the incident that

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he's encountered. And it speaks to the
support that a few years ago we gave to

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the Brockville General Hospital. And I
remember when we when we were talking

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about that, you know, I was saying that
at any time any citizen in this city

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could need the services of the Broville
General Hospital. So I think it really

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is important that when they when they
need help from their municipality that

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we do step up and this council uh did
and I'm proud that we did. But this is

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um this just sort of shows you when it
hits very close to home as part of our

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team that these services are very needed
and um you know uh just uh wonderful

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that we have the the facility that we do
and the excellent care that we're able

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to receive um right here in Brockville.
So uh it's it's excellent.

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Um
he wanted me to mention a few things but

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I'm going to mention it later under uh
the item about the um uh the crosswalk

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because he was very instrumental in
bringing that initiative uh forward. So

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he had just had a little bit of
background um on that that he wanted to

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make sure that was uh shared in um at
the at the council meeting. Uh so the

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other thing that's happened this week of
course is that the nomination period

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closed for the upcoming election
and because um we're going to be in a

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minority in terms of returning officers
100% for um for sure um I mean it could

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be a full turnover of uh of council. the
electors of course will decide but uh we

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will be going into lame duck and I've
asked the city manager if she'd just

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take a minute and explain um uh to
everyone what the impact of lame duck

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is.
>> Thank you through you madame chair. Uh

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so lame duck situation is encountered in
a municipality when less than 75% of the

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current council may be returning. So in
our case it's seven. So we know we have

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far less than seven incumbents running
in this next election. So that does put

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us in a lame duck or restricted acts uh
period. So under the restricted acts in

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the municipal act there's a couple of
things that are four things actually the

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there means that the appointment or
removal from office of any officer of

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the municipality. So meaning the the
clerk, the uh treasurer, the chief

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building official, uh myself as city
manager, those things cannot happen, but

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I'll talk about how it can happen or may
need to happen. the hiring or dismissal

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of any employee of the municipality.
The disposition of any real uh or

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personal property and uh
yes, the disposition of property which

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has a value exceeding $50,000
and making any expenditure or incurring

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any liability greater than $50,000. So,
of those four things, I'll just fill you

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in on how each of them can be handled
during this lame duck period. With

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regard to the appointment or removal
from office of any officer of the

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municipality in our case in the city of
Brockville, the only officer that is

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hired or fired through council is the
city manager's position. So, everything

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else including all the other employees
are under my authority to hire and or

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fire. So that has been delegated
previously through my job description

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and other means. So that will continue
as it needs to happen in the next few

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months. With regard to the disposition
of property, uh we don't foresee any

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property needing to be uh disposed of in
the next peri next little period of

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time. But if something should happen
that it becomes necessary, then I have

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been delegated authority in order to be
able to manage that process. And that's

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the same with any other experience uh
expenditures or incurring liability

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greater than $50,000 that is not in the
budget. So, for example, if we had an

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emergency and we had to to expend
greater than $50,000, I have that within

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my authority to make those uh purchases
or incur those liabilities. So,

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in other words, we're going to continue
pretty much as normal for the next few

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months. And when the new council is
installed on November 15th, there will

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be will be little to no changes uh other
than the the people that will be in this

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room. So hope if I'd be happy to answer
any questions if there are any.

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Otherwise uh that's the explanation.
>> Yeah. Very very good. If the media has

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any questions um please um uh we'll we
would handle that at the end of the

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meeting. But is there anybody on the
council floor that has a question for

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the city manager about the lame duck
period? Seeing none, we'll move on. Uh

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disclosure of uh pecuniary interest.
Seeing none. Uh adoption of council

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minutes. Uh, councelor Calivas, would
you move those and councelor Severson,

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would you second?
>> Thank you. Uh, it's moved that the

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minutes of the council meeting of July
28, 2026 be adopted.

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» Uh, thank you. And I see councelor Earl
has also just uh joined us um via Zoom.

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Uh,
any questions or comments? Seeing none,

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uh, by show of hands, all those in
favor? That's carried. Thank you.

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Correspondence and communications.
Councelor Wales, I wonder if you would

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put the first appointments to boards and
committees uh motion on and councelor

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Hobbes, would you second?
>> Thank you, Madam Chair. So, uh this is

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appointments to boards and committees
regarding the aquitarium that the

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resignation of Barry Moss and Larry
Journal from the aquitarium board be

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accepted and that councelor Fullerton
and councelor Deiri be appointed to the

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aquitarium board and that the necessary
bylaw be enacted. And I just wonder if I

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could say a few words of sincere uh
thanks and appreciation uh to both Barry

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Moss and Larry Journal uh for their long
service uh on the Aquitarium board. Um I

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have always appreciated their insights
at the table and and Barry certainly his

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leadership uh in the chair's position.
So they're both deeply missed but uh

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wished well after a a deserved
retirement from the board. Uh and of

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course my thanks to uh you for stepping
into the board at this time and also uh

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Phil for for stepping in as well. Thank
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» Yeah, great. Um yeah, happy to help and
uh yeah, I would echo those sentiments.

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Certainly both those uh gentlemen have
served on the aquitarium for quite some

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time and have done some things that are
um have been u very instrumental in

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making the equatorium a success. So well
yes, they have our our thanks for sure.

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Um, any other questions, comments?
Seeing none, by a show of hands, all

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those in favor? Carried. Thank you. Um,
item number two, councelor Deiri, would

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you put that on the floor? And councelor
Hobbs, would you second? Thank you.

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» Will, Madam Chair, uh, item number two
is a downtown Brockville photo op trail

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and full hearts and full shelves
initiative, the downtown Brockville

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business improvement area. uh that the
letter of intention related to the

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downtown Brockville photo op trail and
full hearts and full shells initiative

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be received and that the letter of
support be provided by city council for

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inclusion in the grant funding
application.

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» Yes. Uh do you want to add anything to
that? Um councelor Jerry I know you sit

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on
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uh situations where people often forget
um that many of us are very fortunate

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and uh to be able to provide some
necessary meals for a lot of people in

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the community who are or may be
struggling. Um I always like to remind

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people that we generally do this over
the Christmas holidays, but it it you

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know the the food insecure food security
issues that we have don't just happen at

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Christmas, they happen all year round.
And so if you want to um if you're

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thinking of ways to give, this is a
great way to do it. We have food drives

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that go on as well. So this is just one
other tool we have that we can help very

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vulnerable part of our community. So I'm
happy to put this on the

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» Yeah. Yeah.
>> I think both these things are wonderful

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initiatives. I like the idea of the um
of the um um photo op um locations as

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well. Um my daughter and her family have
just been on an extended uh tour and uh

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so many uh countries and cities have
different um specifically set up um

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places in their towns to go to uh to
have a picture taken so you know exactly

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where you've been and uh I think this is
a great idea for our our downtown core

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and I'm sure we'll bring people down to
um uh yeah to visit us so that'll be a

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good thing. Any other questions or
comments related to the motion? Seeing

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none, um, by show of hands, all those in
favor?

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Carried. Thank you. Uh, item number
three, uh, Councelor Wales, would you

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put that on the floor? And councelor
Sepherson, would you second? Thank you.

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» Thank you, Madam Chair. Integrity
Commissioner's annual report, July 2025

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to July 2026 from the Office of the
Integrity Commissioner that Council of

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the Corporation of the City of Brock
receive the Integrity Commissioner's

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annual report for information.
>> Great. Thank you. Um, as the report

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states, this is a uh um an annual thing
that um every year we have to have a a

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report. It isn't that there's any
unusual activity. It's that um every

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year the integrity commissioner um makes
the report um about um what the

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complaints were and what the activity
was in that particular file. Are there

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any questions or comments?
Seeing Seeing none, we'll call a

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question. All those in favor?
That's carried. Thank you. Um, moving on

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to staff reports. Councelor Calivas,
would you put the first item on and

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councelor Deiri, would you second?
>> Thank you. who would uh move that the

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fire protection grant, fire hall, bunker
gear separation and contamination

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control, that the fire chief be
authorized to prepare and submit an

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application to the province of Ontario
for the fire protection grant to support

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the renovation of a section of the main
floor of fire station number one.

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» Um, thank you. Are there any questions
or comments related to the report?

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Yes.
>> I just wonder if we could get a brief

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overview from
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» through you. Um the Ministry of Labor
had put forth cancer prevention

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guidelines for uh firefighters because
they are very at very high risk for

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cancer. Generally, they're about I think
it's 25 to 30% more likely to die of

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cancer than general uh population. So,
these Ministry of uh labor guidelines

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are what we're supposed to be having in
the fire halls that will give the basic

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minimum protection to control
contaminants. Uh every time they're in a

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fire or even at a a car fire, some of
that that stuff comes back to the hall

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and it's on their gear. So, that's why
they have to have two sets of gear so

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they can wash one and still have another
to respond. The problem is if it comes

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back to the hall and it's just sitting
in the back bay without being contained,

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then those contaminants are coming off
and infecting anybody that comes into

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its path. So, as you know, our newest
hall is over 30 years old and our oldest

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one's 116
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of contamin decontamination is not
there. So, this is a small step, but

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it's a fairly important one to be able
to provide a barrier and negative

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pressure so that the the gear can go in
there, the contaminants can be taken out

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and not exposed to the rest of the
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» Yeah. Thank you. Yes, Councelor Wells.
>> Thanks very much. Thanks, Chief. And um

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glad to hear that there's a a a grant uh
program available uh for us to uh to

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take advantage of hopefully. So, uh we
appreciate you bringing this forward. I

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I certainly uh would say and um I think
you know as obviously the the history of

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the fire service has progressed we've
learned more about how to keep members

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safe and what the risks are and how we
have to respond differently to keep

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members safe. Uh so I appreciate the the
work that you're doing to make sure that

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happens. Thank you.
>> Chief Jones, as I read the report, I

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wondered is this a fixed dollar um grant
or is it a proportion uh grant? And I

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wondered what the city's um share would
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» So this is year three of the grant. The
first year it was 10 million divided

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amongst over 400 fire departments. Next
year it's 20 and we our portion was

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approximately I think it was 37 and
change and we use that for bunker gear

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last year
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I would expect we would get the same
amount. So it's a fixed amount based on

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fire stations.
>> Yeah. Yeah. And and what was the city's

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share of that? Is that a 50/50
contribution or it doesn't say or it

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just depends on what the price is on
what you decide um is needed.

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» It's on what we propose. So the city
share of this one would end up if we get

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the 36 or 37 the total amount is 43.
>> Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you.

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Uh any other questions or comments?
Seeing none, we'll call the question.

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» Thank you, Madam Chair. On the matter
before you, Councelor Deir, how do you

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vote?
>> Yes. Councelor Earl,

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» sorry, you're on mute. Mute. Yes. Okay.
Councelor Hobbs.

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» Yes.
>> Councelor Calvass.

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» Yes.
>> Councelor Severson.

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» Yes.
>> Councelor Wales.

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» Yes.
>> Chair Fullerton.

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» Yes.
>> That's Carrie. Thank you.

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» And just indicate for our audience that
um councelor Earl is online and he

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indicated by raised hand that he was uh
uh voting in favor. Uh moving on to the

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next item, the um item number two.
Councelor Hobbs, would you put that on

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the floor? And Councelor Severson, would
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» Thank you, Madam Chair. Uh, item
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the Veterans Memorial Crosswalk, that
council received the report for

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information.
>> Thank you. This is one of the items that

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uh his worship and I um discussed at
length this afternoon. And uh this has

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been something a pro a project that the
mayor has been working on with the uh

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Brockville uh Legion. Uh this year is um
the Legion in Canada's uh centennial. So

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it's 100red years old. And what's
heartening about that is that in

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Brockville, it was the very next year.
So Le Legion can Canada formed 100 years

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ago. Legion Brockville uh formed 99
years ago. So next year will be their

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centennial. So certainly they were
looking for um something to mark that

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particular uh occasion and uh they came
up with this um uh with this idea and

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the pictures in the uh package uh
capture this very well. But also if

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you're on Instagram, you're starting to
see this because other cities are doing

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the same thing. And so this will start
to become a national identity type of

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thing that in most cities they'll they
will have a veterans um commemorative uh

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walk which is uh excellent. um uh his
worship wanted you to know that um he's

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been working with the Legion and
certainly they visited the site and a

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number of things had to be considered in
terms of the location for this and um

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one of the reasons of course that they
picked uh courthouse uh um square is

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that uh it has the beautiful war
memorial. But one of the first things

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that they considered was perhaps the uh
the walkway right below the um the

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memorial and um in in um in consultation
with uh public works, what they realized

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is that because there's so much traffic
coming down the hill and making the turn

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that the painting on that sidewalk was
not likely to hold up um very well that

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they would be constantly having to uh to
touch that up or replace um or or

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replace the painting. And also they felt
that it might be a little bit

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distracting in terms of it is a
beautiful um view and certainly when

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we're down there for the um Remembrance
Day services you the whole uh city sort

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of stands around the base and in the and
in the street. So um where this is going

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will be behind um uh between
basically going across Broad Street. So,

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it will actually create somewhat of a
little corral uh a framework, a backdrop

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for that whole uh area. And I think
it'll look beautiful. But I think the uh

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the thought was because it's narrower,
the street uh there was less of it uh to

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do, so less less cost because it will
need to be replaced and refreshed on a

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regular um basis that this was um a good
place to put it. um they consulted with

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the DBIA and were um uh pleasantly
surprised that when they contacted them,

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the DBIA actually had been in the
process. I assume in relation to the

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other two initiatives that they were
already undertaking, they were already

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had this idea and wanted to do it as
well. So they were in full support of

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this um project uh going forward. So
this is um this is a project that has uh

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a lot of support. has had a lot of
consultation and I think is something

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that um the list of municipalities that
have one of these veteran walks in their

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community uh is growing uh um very
quickly and I think um this will really

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look great in our downtown Brockville
and is a wonderful way to mark the

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centennial of uh the Legion's uh Canada.
Yes, councelor Sverson.

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» Thank you, Madam Chair. I was just
interested if Mr. Wood would give a an

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update as well. uh to uh to the design
and I'm kind of interested I saw the

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municipalities that have this design of
how it's withtood winters and that and I

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saw you had upkeep costs but I'm more
interested probably in the red like is

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the red will the red be faded more
quickly than the rest of the design.

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Thank you.
>> So thank you and uh thank you madam

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chair. Um it's a great question. Uh we
are somewhat sort of going to learn a

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lot about this as we go. Uh as as uh
councelor Fullerton had mentioned that

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we we did for this location because it
had less turning motions. We know that

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regular crosswalks in the city um we can
do an application per year. It tends to

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fade. We topped them up uh just before
kind of the school year. So that's been

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how we do things. But we know that this
is a commemorative area and we want it

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to have the distinction that of the
detail that it has. So, um, we're sort

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of banking on having to touch it up
several times a year. I think in terms

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of the colors, that's maybe a little
outside of my expertise in terms of

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which will fade faster, but, um, but
nonetheless, we we did spend the time to

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figure out that our equipment will do
this. We can get stencils to make it

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happen nicely. We're going to plan to
try and hit it at least three times a

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year, and maybe after the first year,
we'll say two is fine. But we are going

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to certainly give this an elevated level
of service that um that hopefully

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warrants the care that uh that we wanted
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» yes,
>> oh uh councelor Earl

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» thank you uh madam chairman um this idea
it came forward a couple years ago and I

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certainly 100% support it supported it
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Now the uh two items for it. One was uh
I noticed the background is white with

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the red poppies and I I saw numerous of
the uh when we looked at this a couple

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years ago where the the background was
red uh and had much more red in it. And

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I was wondering because it is a road and
there are tires and there are dirt.

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roads aren't necessarily the most
sanitary things. If maybe more red and

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less white might be uh might be more
appropriate because uh as anybody knows

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that know wears white or has a white uh
truck or something, the uh white is is a

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pretty hard color to keep clean. So the
uh u just as a u as a suggestion or as a

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something to look at before we do a
final on this. I would hope that we

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could look at a red more more red in the
background than white just so that it

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stays stays looking good. and and
certainly red poppies go with go with uh

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remembrance day and the and the in the
senate half uh very well. So I I just

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just ask that we look at that. I don't
know what the uh the answer is, but I

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trust Mr. Wood to uh to find the right
answer for that. Uh

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» the um the red in this is actually maple
leaf, not a not a poppy. uh in this

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case. So I'll have uh counselor I'm
sorry

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» I stand I stand corrected the original
design that when we look back then was

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was poppies as opposed to maple leaf. So
um you know where where the final design

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will end I don't know but
whether it's poppies or it's maple leafs

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I just think red might stay cleaner on
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» well, I think the other thing that the
mayor wanted to um make sure that that I

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um stressed with everyone is that the
design that we're looking at is a design

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that's been approved by the Legion. The
Legion likes this design. They like the

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wording. they like they've approved
everything about this and it's gone

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through um them and um it you know it it
it's had their collaboration and they

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are very much um part of this uh this uh
project and it's you know it's to

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recognize their organization so I think
that's very important their preference

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is extremely important but um director
Woods

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» so so through you madam chair that's
that's precisely what I was going to add

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as well is that we actually presented
maybe a dozen uh designs and asked the

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Legion to say which one they like the
best. And so this was the one that they

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liked the best. And one of the things
that's nice about it from I suppose the

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staff the rigid staff point of view is
that all road applications are actually

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very prescriptive. And one of the things
we've always shied away from is adding

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any detail that isn't legislated. So the
nice thing about this is the white

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ladder bars are actually what a standard
pedestrian crossover is mandated to look

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like when you resurface. So our plan is
if is within the report is to resurface

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this area. We've been slowly but surely
assimulating some of the brick downtown

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into Asheva and where where it's been a
crossing and this will actually work

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quite well for that to add the white
ladder bars that were required to and

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the detail that the Legion wanted. So it
seemed to be quite suitable for them.

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There was lots some that were red, some
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they selected this one as you mentioned.
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» Okay. The uh if I could follow up from
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we had the other thing we had talked
about when we these things and he just

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mentioned that that we were motioning
transitioning from

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uh the uh paving stones to asphalt in
some cases. And I'm sure everyone has

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read the uh criticism of the uh of the
cement patch job. And and I and I wanted

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to do two things. One is I wanted to to
let people know that that asphalt that's

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a temporary measure for safety that and
and that's why it's done um and that

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those things will be corrected. And one
of the corrections that we had looked at

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a couple years ago and Mr. Wood and I
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them to asphalt is to take the crossings
and make them blue in honor of the of

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the river. similar to what we do with
the green with bicycle paths. So, I was

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uh I was hoping that when we do do that
consideration that that making our

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crosswalks blue to make Brock stand out
among cities for for tourism and and you

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know make each of the crosswalks I don't
think it'll ever look like a river but

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uh but to signify the river and our
crosswalks when when we go asphalt uh or

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if we go asphalt all the way. But
certainly uh I I did want to give his

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staff a break uh because they've been
taking a lot of heat on on the cement in

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the in the current uh paving stones and
and you know what you know that's not a

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a that's not a permanent fix. That's
just to keep a safety fix. Uh many of us

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have had knee problems uh uh
madame chairman included and myself and

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uh you know that that those cement
patches are to keep us from catching and

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and and falling down. So so u you know
it's it I didn't want the the citizens

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to think that was a permanent fix.

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» Uh thank you.
Uh I think um I I think we want to

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stress um councelor Earl that we're not
being asked uh to make any changes to

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this. We're asking we're being asked to
receive the report for information. So I

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I don't know that there's any venue for
us to insert ourselves into the design

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process um in this particular um thing.
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» I I understand that they were talking
this, but I just wanted to get the the

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blue crosswalks on the uh in the minutes
so that they were the so that we can

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deal with them at at a later time.
>> Thank you. Thank you. Uh, are there any

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other questions or comments related to
the report?

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Seeing none, we'll call the question.
>> Thank you, Madam Chair. On the matter

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before you, Councelor Deiri, how do you
vote?

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» Yes.
>> Councelor Earl,

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» you voted yes. Councelor Hobbs,
>> yes.

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» Councelor Calvash,
>> yes.

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» Councelor Severson,
>> yes.

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» Councelor Wales,
>> yes.

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» Chair Ferton,
>> yes.

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» That's carried. Thank you.
>> Yes. Uh just for clarity, I want to uh

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I'll record that councelor Earl uh
raised his hand in support of the

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motion. Um, item number three. Uh, let's
see. Councelor Wales, would you put that

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on the floor, please? Um,
and councelor Severson, would you

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second?
>> Thank you, Madam Chair. The item is

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2026-126
adoption of zoning bylaw amendment

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general update following council's
direction from a previous meeting that

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zoning bylaw 050-204
be amended to implement the changes as

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proposed and prepared by NPG solutions
with the exclusions of section 3.21k

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home industries and 3.22 22. Oh, no.
12. Thank you. Uh, home home

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occupations. And that zoning bylaw 050 I
it just took me a second. I I don't even

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have the coffee excuse. Apologies. That
zoning bylaw 050-204

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be further amended in relation to home
industries and home occupations remain,

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but be further refined and read retail
except for the sale of goods in

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accordance with section 3.21 21 for home
industries and retail except for the

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sale of goods in accordance with section
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7 and 8 for home occupations.

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» There we go.
>> Thank you.

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» It's not good.
>> Mr. McGinness, uh I take it you can um

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provide an update for us.
Uh three you madam chair and as you do

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recall um in July or actually last
council meeting I believe it was uh the

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general amendment did come forward to
the zoning byl and there were questions

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regarding home occupations, home
industries, retailing from those

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locations as well as landscaped areas
within parking areas. Uh so staff did

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take a take it back and speak with MPG
our consultant and we have no problem

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removing
uh the preparation of food provided it's

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on a small scale. So councelor Wales is
brought had brought up at the last

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meeting about cakes, cookies, brownies
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We're still excluding restaurants. So
that gets the larger picture out of it.

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And they're also limited on size.
They're only allowed 25% of the home or

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28 square meters, whichever is lesser.
And that happens with both home industry

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and home occupations, except home
industries could do their

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industry within their detached structure
or garage. Um, we've also focused the

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retail portion. So, back to councelor
Whale's comments at that meeting about

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people coming uh in
multiple vehicles to pick things up. Uh

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councelor also brought that up. We
already have a regulation that limits it

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to two occupant or two visitors at a
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» So, all we did was limit it to not allow
a retail store,

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but in accordance with section seven and
8 and 12.

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So that references specifically to that
two clients per time at a time.

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compromise in terms of uh not not being

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a nuisance to your neighbors because
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» Now just sorry just to re or to add to
that it does not apply to home

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industries only to home occupations but
home industries are only allowed in the

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rural zone.
So you're not going to get a home

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industry on Perth Street or Charles
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out on Victoria Road.
>> Yeah.

405
00:33:36,159 --> 00:33:39,679
» And Centennial.
>> Yeah.

406
00:33:37,519 --> 00:33:43,360
» Which have larger lots. So we didn't
believe it would become an issue. Uh if

407
00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:45,760
it does though, we do issue certificates
of zoning compliance which we could

408
00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:49,120
revoke.
>> Yeah.

409
00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:53,679
» If complaints do arise.
>> Good. Uh councelor Derry.

410
00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:58,799
» Thank you. Uh thank you Mr. McInness.
Just my question was related to the 15%

411
00:33:56,159 --> 00:34:02,559
aotment for the landscaping. Was there
any specific requirement that it has to

412
00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:06,399
be within the interior of the or can it
be along the exterior or perimeter of

413
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:10,320
the property? Does it specify anything
along that or does it matter where they

414
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:13,839
make that landscaping?
>> Uh through you madam chair to couns

415
00:34:12,159 --> 00:34:18,320
councelor Derry and the rest of council.
Um so it would be within the parking

416
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:21,359
area delineated by the building. So if
the parking area is in the front yard

417
00:34:20,159 --> 00:34:26,639
» it would need to be within the front
yard. Uh for an example

418
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:32,240
um we already I'm going to use Walmart
as an example. We require say Walmart

419
00:34:29,919 --> 00:34:37,440
came tomorrow and wanted to build a new
complex. We require minimum 15%

420
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:41,919
landscaped open space. When you look at
Walmart now where would their

421
00:34:39,359 --> 00:34:45,520
landscaping be? It's in the back. No one
sees it.

422
00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:50,720
» So we've we're trying to implement it
within the parking area to beautify the

423
00:34:47,919 --> 00:34:54,639
area, make it more attractive. Um, it is
already a requirement.

424
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:59,800
We're just dictating it has to be within
that parking area if it's over 50

425
00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:59,800
parking spaces.

426
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:09,040
» So hope so the desire is that hopefully
it would lead to a few trees uh being

427
00:35:07,119 --> 00:35:12,640
» hopefully it doesn't have to be trees
that could be shrubs or something that's

428
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:14,800
easily maintained.
>> Yeah,

429
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:16,800
» as councelor Earl did bring up trees are
hard to maintain in those islands.

430
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:21,200
» Yeah,
>> they don't get enough water. No,

431
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:26,640
» not saying the owners couldn't water
them, but there are other options.

432
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:32,320
» Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Good. Are there any
other questions or comments? Yes.

433
00:35:30,720 --> 00:35:35,920
» Uh, thanks very much, Madam Chair. I
just want to thank uh Mr. McGinness for

434
00:35:34,240 --> 00:35:42,560
uh the revisions. I I think that they've
captured council's de uh debate and

435
00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:48,880
deliberation very well. Uh and also the
um the memo uh from uh Mr. opits uh and

436
00:35:46,720 --> 00:35:53,359
NPG I have found quite helpful in
explaining uh the many different reasons

437
00:35:51,599 --> 00:35:56,720
why they've considered this and the
whole heat island effect and it was very

438
00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:58,320
informative. So appreciate their work as
well.

439
00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:02,240
» Thank you.
>> Absolutely. as you're aware, I certainly

440
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:08,640
had some concerns about it, but I'm not
the expert and I um I I believe, you

441
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:15,839
know, you've had a good look at it um uh
now specifically and I do see that it,

442
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:20,480
you know, on uh 50 uh car parking area,
it means five spaces. So, to me, it's

443
00:36:18,720 --> 00:36:24,400
still not insignificant. And I know
we're going to have some um some

444
00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:29,599
properties that are challenged to meet
uh what they need to do, but I also know

445
00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:35,119
that um yeah, we we work things out
somehow. Yeah. Yeah. Uh any other

446
00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:38,560
questions or comments? Seeing none,
we'll call the question.

447
00:36:37,359 --> 00:36:40,240
» Thank you, Madam Chair. On the matter
before you, Councelor Jerry, how do you

448
00:36:39,839 --> 00:36:42,400
vote?
>> Yes.

449
00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:45,680
» Councelor Earl?
>> Yes.

450
00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:47,200
» Councelor Hog,
>> yes.

451
00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:48,640
» Councelor Calvas,
>> yes.

452
00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:51,040
» Councelor Severson,
>> yes. Councelor Wales.

453
00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:52,320
» Yes.
>> Chair Fullerton.

454
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:55,920
» Yes.
>> That's carried. Thank you.

455
00:36:53,839 --> 00:36:59,359
» Great. U moving on to the general
committee. I wonder councelor Deiri,

456
00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:03,920
would you take this agenda, please?
>> I will, Madam Chair. All matters listed

457
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:08,240
under consent agenda considered to be
routine and will be enacted by one

458
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:11,920
motion. Should a council member wish an
alternative action from the proposed

459
00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:16,880
recommendation, the council member shall
request that this matter be be moved to

460
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:20,480
separate the item uh and that the
following items as listed on the general

461
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:24,960
committee agenda are recommended by the
committee to be passed by consent

462
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:28,000
agenda. Was anyone asking for separation
from the agenda?

463
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:30,720
» Okay, seeing none, I'd ask.
>> Councelor Hobbs, um do you mind

464
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:32,800
seconding?
>> Oh, yes. Thank you.

465
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:37,040
» Thank you.
>> Yeah, thank you. Um, councelor Severson,

466
00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:41,800
if you could take one and two, and
councelor Hobbs, if you take three,

467
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:41,800
four, and five.

468
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:52,560
» Thank you, Councelor Deir. Um 2027
Ontario 55 summer games 55 plus ad hoc

469
00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:56,880
games organizing committee that an ad
hoc games organizing committee be

470
00:37:54,400 --> 00:38:01,680
established to develop and implement a
comprehensive strategy that aims to

471
00:37:58,720 --> 00:38:06,560
manage the Ontario 55 plus summer games
in 2027 along with associated

472
00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:10,880
subcommittees and that the draft terms
of reference for the ad hoc games

473
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:15,680
organizing committee be adopted and the
necessary bylaw be adopted.

474
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:20,640
2026
118 museum collection policy that the

475
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:27,119
brothel museum collection policy be
adopted as amended to reflect a review

476
00:38:23,119 --> 00:38:32,960
period of four years rather than three.
Item number 3 2026-19

477
00:38:30,240 --> 00:38:37,520
the museum exhibition policy that the
Brockville Museum exhibition policy be

478
00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:43,520
adopted as amended to reflect a review
period of four years rather than three.

479
00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:48,800
Item 4, 2026-120.
The museum membership program new user

480
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:52,720
fee. That the new user fee for museum
membership offered by the broughtful

481
00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:59,359
museum be approved and that the
necessarily necessary bylaw be amended.

482
00:38:56,800 --> 00:39:06,400
Item 5, 2026-121,
the June 2026 capital status report that

483
00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:11,359
report 2026-121
June 2026 capital status report be

484
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:17,920
received.
>> Thank you. Um, so by uh roll call, I

485
00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:20,320
will call the question.
>> Thank you, Chair Fullerton. On the

486
00:39:19,119 --> 00:39:22,079
matter before you, Councelor Deir, how
do you vote?

487
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:25,599
» Yes.
>> Councelor Earl?

488
00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:27,280
» Yes.
Councelor Hobbs,

489
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:28,640
» yes.
>> Councelor Calvas,

490
00:39:28,240 --> 00:39:30,240
» yes.
>> Councelor Severson,

491
00:39:29,599 --> 00:39:31,520
» yes.
>> Councelor Wales,

492
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:36,359
» yes.
>> Chair Fullerton,

493
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:36,359
» yes. Thank you. That's carried.

494
00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:44,720
» Uh, councelor Calivas, will you take the
next item, please? And councelor

495
00:39:41,599 --> 00:39:51,280
Severson, will you second?
>> Okay. It's moved that uh project 260036

496
00:39:49,119 --> 00:39:55,760
Murf Ball Diamonds and Pickle Ball
Excavation Tender that the report

497
00:39:53,359 --> 00:40:00,240
2026124
project 260036

498
00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:06,800
Murf Ball Diamonds and Pickle Ball
Excavation Tender be received.

499
00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:12,480
» Uh thank you. Um, one of the things that
was noted at our general uh, committee

500
00:40:09,599 --> 00:40:18,720
meeting is that there were uh, a few
things on this um, on this uh, agenda

501
00:40:16,240 --> 00:40:23,440
that related to the multi-use recreation
facility and the fact that it's moving

502
00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:28,800
forward. And um at the time we had uh
the fundraiser for the new um uh project

503
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:34,800
was in the room and certainly spoke to
um uh you know the fundraising efforts

504
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:41,680
that are going to um begin to happen.
And um this is again part of the project

505
00:40:38,240 --> 00:40:46,320
that we are um you know taken off so
that we have a little bit of it done and

506
00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:50,720
we're working toward it. And it was
certainly noted that u the city has

507
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:57,599
already acquired and paid for the land.
We've already uh contracted and paid for

508
00:40:54,400 --> 00:41:03,839
the uh design. So, we have a shovel
ready project that's um that's ready to

509
00:41:00,319 --> 00:41:09,680
go. We've got a fundraiser uh in place
and uh we're waiting for our upper level

510
00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:16,400
um government announcements for funding
and uh we have a very strong uh project

511
00:41:12,720 --> 00:41:23,920
to put forward. So, um so this was very
exciting. Um, yes, Councelor Severson.

512
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:29,920
» Thank you, Madam Chair. Um, I might ask
Mr. Wood to speak. Uh, again, um, I I

513
00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:34,800
ask that these the item one and two be
pulled from our consent agenda because I

514
00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:41,440
think it's a very big project within the
city and also a very exciting time

515
00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:46,640
hopefully uh, within the next year. and
um and councelor Wales and myself went

516
00:41:44,079 --> 00:41:52,240
on a tour to check out the new roof that
was uh being finished and hopefully this

517
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:56,880
week will be finished. So maybe Mr. Wood
could give us an update on that.

518
00:41:56,319 --> 00:41:59,839
» Certainly.
>> Thank you.

519
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:04,480
» Thank you. And through you, Madam Chair.
Um well, I'm going to start with just a

520
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:09,280
quick update on the roof. Um, so despite
the fact that I understand this to be

521
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:12,960
the wetest July in history and possibly
I'm assuming the wetest August in

522
00:42:10,720 --> 00:42:19,839
history, um, our roof project has
proceeded and is planned to be complete

523
00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:24,480
on budget and on time. Uh, the, uh, as I
understand, our first ice booking is

524
00:42:21,359 --> 00:42:28,400
actually the 31st of August, and we are
planning to have ice built for then. So,

525
00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:33,839
I know there's a lot of moving parts and
there's a lot of uh maybe a little

526
00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:38,240
excitable folk in our in our barn at the
moment, but uh the uh the contractor's

527
00:42:36,319 --> 00:42:41,839
been excellent to deal with and uh been
very forward when we found issues. We

528
00:42:39,839 --> 00:42:46,000
worked them through and um and they've
done a very good job at completing the

529
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:50,160
job as we've asked. So, um, right now
we're in a position where provided

530
00:42:48,079 --> 00:42:54,400
there's no enormous surprises between
now and the end of the week, we should

531
00:42:51,839 --> 00:42:58,720
have, uh, we should have all of that,
uh, ready to go to start building ice.

532
00:42:56,560 --> 00:43:02,240
So, again, um, those who have been
inside, I I think will be impressed.

533
00:43:00,319 --> 00:43:05,760
It's an enormous facelift on the inside,
even though we haven't made any

534
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:10,000
structural changes. Um, you know, it's a
much brighter, renew, rejuvenated

535
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:13,599
building when you're inside. And I must
admit, it's sort of um an interesting

536
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:17,920
feeling when you're standing at Center
Ice and looking up at the sky. So, it's

537
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:22,000
it's been impressive. So, yes, the
memorial center is is uh on its way.

538
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:24,880
We're, like I said, planning to build
ice in the very near future. I think

539
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:28,640
it'll probably be some allnighters by
staff to get it done on time, but we are

540
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:32,880
hitting our marks. So, that's positive.
>> Yeah.

541
00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:38,480
» We have a doors open uh project coming
uh day coming on uh September the 18th,

542
00:43:36,319 --> 00:43:42,160
I believe. Uh, is the memorial center
going to be one of those doors that that

543
00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:45,839
is open?
>> Well, the uh, you know, manager of

544
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:48,240
tourism would have been probably an
excellent person to answer that question

545
00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:52,400
because I'm not specifically sure. I
know that the Gourd Watts building is

546
00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:57,200
and so forth, but there will certainly
be people skating on it by the time the

547
00:43:54,079 --> 00:44:01,440
doors open happens. So, hopefully we'll
we'll all be, you know, in very pleased

548
00:43:59,920 --> 00:44:06,319
mood when we see that. But,
>> yeah. Um so yeah, if uh you'll indulge

549
00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:11,440
me, I'll I can speak to the the outside
project which is sort of the matter of

550
00:44:07,599 --> 00:44:16,240
the report. Um so uh maybe I'll start
quickly that um this this project and

551
00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:22,560
what we're discussing constitutes
probably a third or more of the

552
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:27,040
component of the greater MURF project in
terms of the outside facility. So when

553
00:44:25,119 --> 00:44:30,880
we if if you recall and I'll paraphrase
but the uh the report of the costs of

554
00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:34,160
the project actually was approximately
20 million for the new build

555
00:44:32,240 --> 00:44:37,760
approximately $5 million for the outside
work and approximately $5 million for

556
00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:40,319
the inside work plus then you have
contractor markups and some

557
00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:46,880
contingencies and these sort of things
and that is how the cost estimate was

558
00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:50,480
presented by the the consultant. So um
of the of the renovation I'll start with

559
00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:54,160
that of the renovation approximately $2
million of that was to do the roof. So,

560
00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:57,200
we've checked that box. Now, we have
approximately $3 million worth of

561
00:44:55,440 --> 00:45:00,400
renovations in the inside. When we get
to that point in terms of the outside

562
00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:05,760
facilities, uh again, it was
approximately $5 million worth of work.

563
00:45:02,319 --> 00:45:10,000
Um if we built if we intended to proceed
with the ball fields and pickle ball the

564
00:45:07,599 --> 00:45:14,000
way that it was designed, it's probably
$2 million or more worth of work. Um

565
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:18,000
that would include landscaping the
entire property. And to be perfectly

566
00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:20,480
honest and that would be the perfect
world for how to build it according to

567
00:45:19,359 --> 00:45:24,720
the way the designers did it but it
would actually result in a gap in our

568
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:29,280
ability to deliver services to our user
groups. So for instance the co-ed men's

569
00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:34,640
and and ladies ball uh leagues would
have to pause while grass group for

570
00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:39,839
instance while we did this. Um the way
this is done um is actually going to be

571
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:44,560
staff managing this in terms of the
landscapes that we have. the end product

572
00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:48,560
will be just as good, but it won't be as
I suppose complete as as the way it was

573
00:45:47,119 --> 00:45:53,680
designed where the whole landscape would
be leveled to one level and that sort of

574
00:45:50,640 --> 00:45:59,040
thing. Um, not I suppose ironically the
um the budget for this as I mentioned uh

575
00:45:56,880 --> 00:46:03,520
was probably two more than $2 million to
do it the way it was designed. um staff

576
00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:08,079
will be doing this in-house using um our
own contract administration capabilities

577
00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:13,760
and our own I suppose landscape the way
it is and we'll be approximately 954,000

578
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:17,280
in terms of the budget that was set out
that was roughly equivalent not

579
00:46:15,599 --> 00:46:22,000
ironically to the amount that the
Ontario government gave us to do the

580
00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:26,240
roof. Um so we've had to set this up in
a way that was strategic for both the

581
00:46:23,359 --> 00:46:29,839
city and for staff uh ability to manage
this. So it was broken up into four

582
00:46:28,319 --> 00:46:32,960
smaller projects. one being the
excavation. That's the meat and potatoes

583
00:46:31,359 --> 00:46:36,400
of what this report is. So, it's talking
about how we we carved out the

584
00:46:35,119 --> 00:46:40,720
components that were just machine work
on site, land, earth moving and all that

585
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:44,319
good stuff. Um, that's the part that
we've completed. Now, part of what the

586
00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:50,079
report says is that the amount that we
had we had estimated that to be the cost

587
00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:53,520
came in more than that. Um, the second
part of that is lighting which we are

588
00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:56,319
tendering at the moment, the fencing and
then also the sports material. This is

589
00:46:55,359 --> 00:47:01,119
the clay and things going on the
infield. By managing them independently

590
00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:04,640
and in house gives us the ability to do
two things. We can be strategic about it

591
00:47:02,560 --> 00:47:08,319
as I mentioned and by strategic I mean
that we're not actually going to

592
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:11,599
interrupt any any services we provide.
Our plan is to phase in things so that

593
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:16,319
the ball diamond that needs to be
complete will be complete on time for

594
00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:19,599
use in 2027. Provided that goes well, we
can use one of the existing ball fields,

595
00:47:18,240 --> 00:47:24,560
that's the way the landscaping is, to
build the pickle ball. And then the

596
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:30,319
third component is the second diamond
and that uh can be finished by 2028. So

597
00:47:27,839 --> 00:47:35,280
this phasing the the way that we're
we're doing it in partition allows us to

598
00:47:32,720 --> 00:47:40,960
be strategic to manage it within ideally
a smaller budget more contained project

599
00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:44,400
just as good as a final product and uh
something that we've been able actually

600
00:47:42,240 --> 00:47:49,200
to procure inhouse and and deliver
ideally to the public in a in a in a

601
00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:54,720
very good way. This is actually very
similar to how we did the um the um

602
00:47:52,560 --> 00:47:57,760
docks at the Ernie Fox key and the
tunnel. This was something that was

603
00:47:56,079 --> 00:48:03,839
designed in cooperation with an a
designer, delivered using a local uh

604
00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:08,800
contractor to fabricate them being Kho
and then actually contract administrated

605
00:48:05,599 --> 00:48:11,440
by staff. What it means is as staff get
to these different milestones, we may

606
00:48:10,160 --> 00:48:14,560
come back to council and say, you know,
we were a little good on this one. We we

607
00:48:12,960 --> 00:48:18,480
were under our budget expectations or
this one was a little a little beyond.

608
00:48:17,040 --> 00:48:21,520
The other thing with the phasing is that
we can actually bring this back to a

609
00:48:19,920 --> 00:48:24,960
future capital project or capital
budget. So council can actually

610
00:48:23,040 --> 00:48:29,520
interpret the cost as we've tendered
them and make you know decisions on the

611
00:48:27,760 --> 00:48:33,200
budget implications through the budget
process as opposed to me coming in the

612
00:48:31,359 --> 00:48:36,720
middle of a budget year saying this is
ahead or behind. So apologize it for

613
00:48:35,520 --> 00:48:40,720
being a little more complicated than
normal but this is kind of the way that

614
00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:44,079
we'll do it that uh that allows us to
have our finger on the pulse, manage it

615
00:48:42,240 --> 00:48:49,200
inhouse and deliver those answers to
council as we go. there's uh lots of

616
00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:52,880
moving parts and uh I think uh you know
the usual if you hire a general

617
00:48:51,200 --> 00:48:58,720
contractor to do all these things
doesn't it add 20% of um to the project

618
00:48:56,079 --> 00:49:04,480
cost. So I think this is a an excellent
uh approach and as you say um you know

619
00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:10,319
our citizens are worried about losing um
access to uh um to certain of their uh

620
00:49:08,079 --> 00:49:15,280
facilities. So, um, being able to keep
those diamonds, uh, going when people

621
00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:20,319
want to play play ball is, uh, a really
important, uh, feature of the way that

622
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:25,359
you're, uh, uh, taking this job on. So,
it's good. It's good. Other questions or

623
00:49:23,280 --> 00:49:28,160
comments?
>> Seeing none, we'll call the question.

624
00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:30,079
» Thank you, Madam Chair. On the matter
before you, Councelor Deiri, how do you

625
00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:33,960
vote?
>> Yes.

626
00:49:30,559 --> 00:49:33,960
» Councelor Earl,

627
00:49:34,240 --> 00:49:38,079
» yes.
>> Councelor Hobbs,

628
00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:39,599
» yes. Councelor Calvas,
>> yes.

629
00:49:38,559 --> 00:49:40,880
» Councelor Severson,
>> yes.

630
00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:42,160
» Councelor Wales,
>> yes.

631
00:49:41,280 --> 00:49:44,160
» Chair Fullerton,
>> yes.

632
00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:47,520
» That's carried. Thank you.
>> Councelor Hobbs, will you put the next

633
00:49:45,680 --> 00:49:49,119
item on? And councelor Wales, would you
second?

634
00:49:48,319 --> 00:49:54,319
» Thank you.
>> Thank you, Madam Chair. Item number two,

635
00:49:51,599 --> 00:50:00,440
2026-122
inind fundraising policy for the MURF

636
00:49:56,720 --> 00:50:00,440
fundraising campaign.

637
00:50:00,559 --> 00:50:08,720
that report 2026-122
inind fundraising policy for the MURF

638
00:50:06,640 --> 00:50:14,480
fundraising campaign be received and
approved and that the inind fundraising

639
00:50:11,520 --> 00:50:21,520
policy be implemented accordingly and
that authorization of inind donations in

640
00:50:17,359 --> 00:50:24,640
accordance with the policy be accepted.
Are there questions or comments? Yes,

641
00:50:23,280 --> 00:50:28,800
Councelor Severson.
>> Thank you, Madam Chair. Um I got this

642
00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:32,480
one confused at committee. I was
thinking because we had Joan Simon here

643
00:50:30,720 --> 00:50:37,359
that that's what we were talking about
and I did read it but I just got you

644
00:50:34,720 --> 00:50:43,920
know all excited about raising money but
um Emily Wood prepared for us a great

645
00:50:40,559 --> 00:50:48,240
inind fundraising policy and uh while
Joan was here she gave us an update and

646
00:50:45,599 --> 00:50:52,800
she said it's much easier to uh have
this in place when she's starting to

647
00:50:50,559 --> 00:50:57,040
raise money because anybody that wants
to donate money in the community needs

648
00:50:54,640 --> 00:51:01,760
to have it in front of them that it's
factual and that we uh or ducks in a

649
00:50:59,760 --> 00:51:06,000
row, so to speak. I wouldn't mind if
Miss Wood would give us a little bit of

650
00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:09,119
an update on how she put this together
um and uh how she sees it proceeding.

651
00:51:08,720 --> 00:51:11,040
» Yeah.
>> Thank you.

652
00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:15,520
» Thank you.
>> Thank you. And through you, Madam Chair.

653
00:51:12,960 --> 00:51:20,000
Uh so yes, this policy was developed uh
from the request of the immensely

654
00:51:17,440 --> 00:51:24,960
talented Joan Simon. Uh so she's asked
us to consider inkind donations. In our

655
00:51:22,480 --> 00:51:30,960
current policy, it's limited at $5,000
and uh for a project of this size, uh

656
00:51:27,760 --> 00:51:37,440
she was hoping uh that there would be
interested parties that would maybe give

657
00:51:33,119 --> 00:51:42,480
more. So, um we've developed a formal
process for engaging local companies uh

658
00:51:40,319 --> 00:51:47,440
that may wish to support the project
through things other than a cash

659
00:51:43,920 --> 00:51:51,280
donation. This policy is uh going to
provide us with an accountable framework

660
00:51:49,359 --> 00:51:57,760
uh to accept these contributions while
protecting our procurement integrity uh

661
00:51:54,160 --> 00:52:02,640
ensuring that there's fair access to um
for potential donors and establishing

662
00:52:01,040 --> 00:52:07,680
appropriate safeguards for quality
workmanship and it allow us to recognize

663
00:52:05,280 --> 00:52:12,720
new and existing community partners with
the intent of offsetting those costs

664
00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:17,040
associated with this project. Uh and so
in terms of roll out uh there was a

665
00:52:14,720 --> 00:52:24,240
question uh a general committee of how
we are uh going to proceed with this and

666
00:52:20,720 --> 00:52:28,880
um uh in the beginning uh we'll probably
do an expression of interest uh getting

667
00:52:26,960 --> 00:52:36,000
some information from folks who
businesses that are interested in um

668
00:52:33,680 --> 00:52:41,680
contributing in this way. Uh in kind
again is you know free uh items for the

669
00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:45,440
city. So, not all businesses will be
doing that. Um, but we will put out the

670
00:52:44,240 --> 00:52:48,720
expression of interest through our
social media channels, through the

671
00:52:46,559 --> 00:52:53,920
city's website. We will allow that to be
open for a while. And once we get an

672
00:52:50,960 --> 00:53:01,839
idea of who is interested in donating,
we will pull from our design and we will

673
00:52:58,240 --> 00:53:05,599
pull uh the design information and
specifications for the items that we're

674
00:53:03,520 --> 00:53:10,720
looking for and see if it matches what
those folks that have expressed interest

675
00:53:08,160 --> 00:53:16,160
uh are willing to donate. Uh and then
from there we would quantify um you know

676
00:53:13,839 --> 00:53:21,359
numbers, values, timelines and we would
set out an agreement with those parties

677
00:53:18,880 --> 00:53:26,800
um so that they we all understand the
same thing. So, um that they would need

678
00:53:24,960 --> 00:53:33,920
to keep things until we're ready for
them. That um you know, their names

679
00:53:30,400 --> 00:53:38,880
would be written into the tender with a
uh contact information for the potential

680
00:53:36,480 --> 00:53:44,720
biders or the future biders hopefully uh
to reach out to them and understand what

681
00:53:41,040 --> 00:53:49,280
product they're providing and um just to
be very clear during that process so

682
00:53:46,319 --> 00:53:54,960
nothing falls between the cracks. So um
uh we hope in the next uh couple of

683
00:53:52,240 --> 00:53:59,440
months to be issuing uh a post for
expression of interest and then we would

684
00:53:57,119 --> 00:54:04,000
go from there. For other items, we
talked about the fundraising campaign

685
00:54:01,119 --> 00:54:09,920
needing some potential uh folks that
might want to provide food services to

686
00:54:07,599 --> 00:54:15,040
any events. um we would specifically
post what we were looking for in the in

687
00:54:11,760 --> 00:54:19,920
that regard, saying we're looking for um
businesses that might be interested in

688
00:54:16,960 --> 00:54:24,800
providing inind services. We're seeking
quantities of sandwiches or whatever

689
00:54:22,400 --> 00:54:28,960
that might look like. But uh that's
essentially the mechanism and the

690
00:54:26,559 --> 00:54:34,480
process that we're hoping to use if this
policy is approved.

691
00:54:30,559 --> 00:54:39,119
» Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. Yes, please. If I
may, Madam Chair, I just wanted to add

692
00:54:36,720 --> 00:54:44,640
that this is uh the first time that city
of brothel has attempted this type of

693
00:54:41,119 --> 00:54:48,480
inind policy and it's not uh Mr. Wood
and I were at the Association of

694
00:54:46,319 --> 00:54:53,440
Municipalities of Ontario conference
last week and it's not something that

695
00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:57,359
happens very often. So, this is a trial.
We're really quite excited about it. We

696
00:54:55,599 --> 00:55:02,800
think it could provide some great
opportunities for the city moving

697
00:54:59,680 --> 00:55:09,200
forward on on larger capital projects
especially, but uh let's treat this as a

698
00:55:06,079 --> 00:55:12,880
test case and uh we're hoping that we'll
see good results from it and we'll be

699
00:55:10,800 --> 00:55:16,640
able to implement it for future projects
as well.

700
00:55:14,480 --> 00:55:22,000
I can certainly remember um when I was a
counselor in Augusta, we had a large

701
00:55:18,559 --> 00:55:29,200
fundraiser for the uh library and uh so
the library board had uh an auction and

702
00:55:26,079 --> 00:55:35,599
um we had things donated like um you
know 10 yards of top soil and we had a

703
00:55:32,720 --> 00:55:40,640
lot of that that sort of donation is
dirt there. There are a lot of pits and

704
00:55:37,680 --> 00:55:45,760
things in Augusta. And uh when I first
saw the list, I was a little bit I

705
00:55:42,800 --> 00:55:51,040
thought this not very interesting. I was
shocked at how we got full price for all

706
00:55:48,319 --> 00:55:56,559
of um for all of the you know the
aggregate and we had you know different

707
00:55:53,440 --> 00:56:00,799
kinds of things um uh donated. And you
have people too that have seasons

708
00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:07,040
tickets for um you know sens games and
that kind of thing that are willing to

709
00:56:02,640 --> 00:56:11,280
uh to donate um uh uh tickets and um you
know they have a value they have a set

710
00:56:08,720 --> 00:56:15,040
value printed right on them and often um
you know they'll donate their parking

711
00:56:12,799 --> 00:56:20,000
pass with it and um it's really
something that you can monetize uh very

712
00:56:17,280 --> 00:56:23,359
well and that is marketable but it but
it's a little harder for them to just

713
00:56:21,599 --> 00:56:28,240
reach in the pocket sometimes and say
I'm going to give cash for this. Um, but

714
00:56:25,839 --> 00:56:31,920
to say, "Yeah, I'm not going to use all
of these tickets anyway. I'm quite happy

715
00:56:30,240 --> 00:56:36,480
to give a couple away." So, it's
surprising the different applications.

716
00:56:34,000 --> 00:56:43,280
And on the Brock Trail, too. We've had
trees donated and rocks uh donated to

717
00:56:39,839 --> 00:56:49,440
put our plaques on and uh uh we've had
uh engineering services uh donated.

718
00:56:45,760 --> 00:56:55,040
We've had design services uh donated. So
um when uh when it's the citizens group

719
00:56:52,799 --> 00:57:00,240
um working like a lot of times yeah
people can give you u what they do but

720
00:56:58,400 --> 00:57:05,119
you know it's it's a little harder for
them to just to write a check for it. So

721
00:57:03,119 --> 00:57:10,400
uh I think this is a great step forward.
It's a big project so I I think there's

722
00:57:08,240 --> 00:57:16,319
lots of opportunities and I'm glad that
it'll be another tool that u Miss uh

723
00:57:13,440 --> 00:57:21,760
Simon has uh in order to reach her uh
fundraising goal for us. So very

724
00:57:18,319 --> 00:57:28,880
exciting. Are there questions, comments?
Uh yes, councelor Earl.

725
00:57:24,480 --> 00:57:33,359
» Yeah, I just wanted to uh to say that,
you know, you're looking at it from the

726
00:57:30,400 --> 00:57:39,040
city side, but I I wanted to, you know,
give you a view from the contractor

727
00:57:35,119 --> 00:57:44,960
side. Many contractors are reluctant to
donate money

728
00:57:41,280 --> 00:57:50,720
so that so that the the city can hire
their competitor.

729
00:57:46,880 --> 00:57:56,640
So like uh you know like so if you are
say you wanted to donate

730
00:57:53,599 --> 00:58:05,520
you mention aggregate uh aggregate for a
project and so you donated strictly as a

731
00:58:00,880 --> 00:58:09,599
cash basis let's say $5,000 in aggregate
and then they went and bought it from

732
00:58:07,119 --> 00:58:14,480
another contractor that kind of leaves
you with a sour taste. So, so this way

733
00:58:12,559 --> 00:58:21,920
it, you know, this this type of
donation, you know, allows uh allows the

734
00:58:19,520 --> 00:58:27,839
uh contractor to actually physically
donate something and it goes directly to

735
00:58:24,640 --> 00:58:33,359
the project and not directly to to his
com competitors. And you know, I guess

736
00:58:30,000 --> 00:58:41,599
you you used a a sandwich analysis. I
think this would end a sandwich. Well,

737
00:58:38,640 --> 00:58:48,960
if you were a
sandwich emporium. Uh I think you would

738
00:58:45,119 --> 00:58:53,280
be reluctant to uh to to go and buy all
your sandwiches from the competitor to

739
00:58:51,280 --> 00:58:58,799
donate to the city. You'd want to do it
yourself. So, so I I think this

740
00:58:55,520 --> 00:59:06,240
recognizes uh you know the uh the the
the ability of local contractors or

741
00:59:02,640 --> 00:59:11,760
local businesses to have an impact but
uh you know to to put more of their

742
00:59:09,280 --> 00:59:17,440
their signature their face on the on the
donation.

743
00:59:14,480 --> 00:59:22,400
» I think Mrs. uh Miss Simon's um remark
was that giving should be easy and this

744
00:59:20,160 --> 00:59:25,680
makes it easier. So it's a good thing.
Councelor Deiri.

745
00:59:23,920 --> 00:59:29,280
» Uh, thank you, Madam Chair. I also
wanted to point out too that what we've

746
00:59:27,680 --> 00:59:34,960
Miss Woods put together here also
ensures the integrity portion, which is

747
00:59:31,839 --> 00:59:40,880
if we did receive an inind donation that
doesn't in any way uh make preferential

748
00:59:38,480 --> 00:59:43,839
purchasing as well. So, we are still
going to maintain that integrity. We're

749
00:59:42,640 --> 00:59:50,960
going to make sure that we're getting
the best possible service or product for

750
00:59:47,599 --> 00:59:53,680
our uh taxpayers. So, yeah. Yeah.
Exactly.

751
00:59:52,319 --> 00:59:57,440
Are there any other questions or
comments?

752
00:59:55,440 --> 01:00:00,160
Seeing none, we'll call the question.
>> Thank you, Madam Chair. On the matter

753
00:59:58,799 --> 01:00:01,359
matter before you, councelor Deiri, how
do you wish to vote?

754
01:00:00,880 --> 01:00:03,680
» Yes.
>> Councelor Earl,

755
01:00:02,559 --> 01:00:05,119
» yes.
>> Councelor Hobbs,

756
01:00:04,640 --> 01:00:06,640
» yes.
>> Councelor Calvass,

757
01:00:06,160 --> 01:00:08,160
» yes.
>> Councelor Severson,

758
01:00:07,760 --> 01:00:09,359
» yes.
>> Councelor Wales,

759
01:00:08,960 --> 01:00:10,480
» yes.
>> Chair Fullerton,

760
01:00:10,160 --> 01:00:15,520
» yes.
>> That is carried. Thank you.

761
01:00:13,040 --> 01:00:19,520
» So, um, moving on to new business, we
have reports from, uh, members of

762
01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:22,640
council, the recreation committee. Um,
is there anything new to report?

763
01:00:20,799 --> 01:00:28,000
Councelor Severson,
>> no report. I think we've kind of

764
01:00:24,400 --> 01:00:31,920
exhausted uh recreation uh for now. So,
most of what was discussed at our

765
01:00:29,839 --> 01:00:35,359
meeting has been talked about tonight.
So, thank you.

766
01:00:32,960 --> 01:00:41,839
» Uh thank you. Um Brock Trail, I don't
believe we've had a a meeting uh since

767
01:00:38,799 --> 01:00:47,520
uh we we talked last, but certainly um
there's lots of activity going on at

768
01:00:43,760 --> 01:00:52,400
John Taylor Park and um there's uh the
committee members are extremely excited.

769
01:00:49,920 --> 01:00:57,359
They're sharing pictures of the footings
going in for the different um uh park

770
01:00:55,599 --> 01:01:01,839
benches that are going to be part of
that project and also for the uh C10

771
01:01:00,079 --> 01:01:06,400
figures which are going to be there's
the metal sculpture that's going to be

772
01:01:03,440 --> 01:01:11,920
part of that park. So, we're uh excited.
The U footings have gone in for the um

773
01:01:09,920 --> 01:01:17,680
uh there's going to be a rod iron uh
decorative uh fence. So, uh, uh, those

774
01:01:14,960 --> 01:01:24,640
are starting to be poured and, um, yeah,
very, very excited to see that project

775
01:01:20,319 --> 01:01:31,119
coming to fruition. So, uh, yeah.
Um, councelor Calabas or councelor Oh.

776
01:01:28,480 --> 01:01:34,480
Oh, sorry, I've skipped. Um, Katarok Way
Conservation Authority. Councelor Hobbs

777
01:01:33,040 --> 01:01:37,920
or Councelor Earl? I need to report.
>> The meeting's tomorrow night, so you

778
01:01:37,040 --> 01:01:41,760
could skip us.
>> Great. Next month, we'll hear we'll

779
01:01:39,680 --> 01:01:44,880
we'll hear about that. Uh, councelor
Calivas or councelor Severson on St.

780
01:01:43,920 --> 01:01:50,079
Lawrence Lodge.
>> Nothing to report. It'll be next month.

781
01:01:46,960 --> 01:01:53,440
» Okay. Thank you. Uh, councelor Wales uh,
Aquitarium.

782
01:01:51,440 --> 01:01:56,319
» Uh, just the update we had at the
beginning of the meeting. So, we're

783
01:01:54,400 --> 01:02:00,480
welcoming new members, but also uh, the
Aquitarium members. So, that's the city

784
01:01:58,400 --> 01:02:06,720
of Brockville and Btown Brigantine had
their AGM uh, this week as well, which

785
01:02:03,599 --> 01:02:09,760
went well. Um, and uh, we're looking
forward to uh, the board meeting I think

786
01:02:08,480 --> 01:02:11,119
again for a regular meeting in
September.

787
01:02:10,160 --> 01:02:15,040
» Yes. Yes.
>> And uh on to the library board. Uh we

788
01:02:13,760 --> 01:02:19,520
don't have a meeting in August, so
September.

789
01:02:16,559 --> 01:02:23,599
» Okay. DBIA councelor Derry.
>> Uh not a lot to report, just that we're

790
01:02:21,599 --> 01:02:27,599
four weeks away from our September shop
the street culture days. So I'll just

791
01:02:25,920 --> 01:02:32,640
keep reminding everybody every time we
have these announcements.

792
01:02:29,680 --> 01:02:37,160
» Excellent. Excellent. So we have no
unfinished business uh bylaws.

793
01:02:42,880 --> 01:02:49,520
Okay.
>> Yes. Okay. So I So I read this or

794
01:02:48,079 --> 01:02:54,319
councelor Deir read.
>> Yes. Okay. So uh the reading of the

795
01:02:52,000 --> 01:02:56,880
bylaws. Councelor Deir, would you read
those? And councelor Wes, would you

796
01:02:56,000 --> 01:03:02,079
second that? I will.
>> Yes. Thank you.

797
01:02:58,720 --> 01:03:09,599
» Okay. Hey, that bylaws numbered 056206
and 6 060 2026 to 063 2026

798
01:03:07,280 --> 01:03:12,480
be introduced and the same be now read a
first, second, and third time signed by

799
01:03:11,200 --> 01:03:16,760
the mayor and the clerk sealed with the
seal of the corporation and be recorded.

800
01:03:16,960 --> 01:03:25,599
Thank you. Um
all those in favor

801
01:03:22,160 --> 01:03:30,960
carried. Thank you. Um I have no
announcements. Uh

802
01:03:28,319 --> 01:03:35,520
media question period.
>> Thank you. Um John Lawless with the

803
01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:39,680
Recorder and Times. I had a few
questions about the uh MURF project and

804
01:03:37,839 --> 01:03:41,760
as well as a couple about the crosswalk.
So

805
01:03:40,400 --> 01:03:46,079
» um I'll try not to take up too much of
your time, but uh I was trying to

806
01:03:43,839 --> 01:03:50,000
visualize the project based on the
design and I was wondering are any it

807
01:03:48,559 --> 01:03:54,960
might be for Mr. Wood. Are there any
baseball diamonds being removed at uh at

808
01:03:52,720 --> 01:03:59,359
the Murf project? I'm just wondering how
the total will stack up, I guess.

809
01:03:56,799 --> 01:04:04,240
» Yes, Director Woods.
>> Uh thank you. So, in reality, when the

810
01:04:02,000 --> 01:04:09,200
project is fully underway, when the new
expansion is going, um two diamonds will

811
01:04:06,799 --> 01:04:13,520
have to be relocated. So, part of what
we're doing today actually establishes

812
01:04:11,039 --> 01:04:17,280
two new diamonds to make way for that
expansion when it happens. And again,

813
01:04:15,440 --> 01:04:21,200
part of the the key to the way we're
doing it actually is that uh we'll have

814
01:04:19,520 --> 01:04:26,480
one of the new ones ready to go for
spring 27 and then the next one ready

815
01:04:23,440 --> 01:04:29,359
for 2028. So conceivably we will have
one extra diamond by the spring,

816
01:04:28,400 --> 01:04:32,799
» right?
>> Then one will be removed and made into

817
01:04:30,960 --> 01:04:37,119
pickle ball. So it is a bit of a domino
effect, but the reason we're phasing it

818
01:04:34,720 --> 01:04:40,400
as you kind of identified is that um was
that we don't lose any capacity. Nobody

819
01:04:39,039 --> 01:04:42,160
has to be put out to play somewhere
else.

820
01:04:40,799 --> 01:04:46,960
» Right. And are the Ball diamonds are
they softball or hard ball or little

821
01:04:44,559 --> 01:04:50,240
league or any mix of the the three or
>> an excellent question. It's almost been

822
01:04:48,480 --> 01:04:53,119
at one of our meetings.
>> I'm just a big baseball fan.

823
01:04:51,359 --> 01:04:57,200
» Yeah. Yeah. So So the reality is is that
the diamonds are being built to baseball

824
01:04:55,200 --> 01:05:01,520
standards, but we know that
predominantly it's softball that's

825
01:04:59,119 --> 01:05:05,599
played there. Now by bailing them to to
baseball standards with clay and and a

826
01:05:03,440 --> 01:05:10,480
larger infield, both can happen. So,
we're really hoping that that any

827
01:05:08,240 --> 01:05:14,880
changes we make with the MURF in general
allows a venue so that more can happen.

828
01:05:13,119 --> 01:05:18,799
We want we really want to maximize any
of these kind of elements that we're

829
01:05:16,480 --> 01:05:23,200
installing. So, um we know that softball
is on the rise and we know that that

830
01:05:20,480 --> 01:05:26,240
that adult softball has been doing very
well. So, sorry, little league is on the

831
01:05:24,720 --> 01:05:30,480
rise and adult softball has always been
very good. We don't have youth softball

832
01:05:28,240 --> 01:05:33,359
in the city and we don't have adult
baseball in the city. So hopefully by

833
01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:35,920
arranging these things the way we're
doing, we can allow all of those things

834
01:05:35,039 --> 01:05:40,559
to happen.
>> Absolutely. And um my other question was

835
01:05:38,400 --> 01:05:44,559
about the pickle ball. Um so is it being
built on the current ball diamond that's

836
01:05:42,640 --> 01:05:46,799
right in behind the memorial center? Is
that

837
01:05:45,039 --> 01:05:49,599
» So So again, for reference, the the one
directly behind is the Goldie

838
01:05:48,160 --> 01:05:53,680
Christopher. That's typically been where
the co-ed teams will play. Um the one

839
01:05:51,920 --> 01:05:58,640
that's going to be available in 2028
will be the new Goldie, so to speak. Um,

840
01:05:56,400 --> 01:06:02,720
so basically create that capacity for
when the goalie has to be demolished for

841
01:06:00,880 --> 01:06:07,920
the expansion, which again we don't have
a date for necessarily, but we're going

842
01:06:04,160 --> 01:06:11,359
to be be prepared for. Um, the Kinsman
uh, one diamond will be the location of

843
01:06:09,839 --> 01:06:14,720
the pickle ball, the one that's the
southmost of the Kinsman diamonds. So

844
01:06:13,599 --> 01:06:18,000
that's going to be the location of the
pickle ball and the location of a good

845
01:06:16,400 --> 01:06:22,480
deal of the new parking lot when the
expansion happens. So again, the new the

846
01:06:20,880 --> 01:06:26,720
the ball diamond that'll be ready in
2027 will be the new Kinsman Diamond and

847
01:06:24,960 --> 01:06:31,119
the one that's ready in 2028 will be the
new Goldie and then the existing one

848
01:06:29,200 --> 01:06:34,880
Kinsman diamond can become pickle ball
and the existing Goldie can operate

849
01:06:33,359 --> 01:06:39,440
until we're ready to expand.
>> Okay. And I know in the back part of the

850
01:06:37,280 --> 01:06:42,720
memorial center there's an open field. I
believe there's some youth rugby that

851
01:06:40,880 --> 01:06:46,240
takes place there, soccer. Is there
going to be any impact on those

852
01:06:44,240 --> 01:06:49,920
organizations and that space as well or?
>> So another great question. So that is

853
01:06:47,839 --> 01:06:55,280
precisely why we built the new soccer
field uh on Laurier. So we spoke with

854
01:06:53,119 --> 01:06:59,200
the local uh rugby and we spoke with the
local soccer uh groups and they

855
01:06:57,440 --> 01:07:03,520
basically worked with us to say you know
we have this space if we build something

856
01:07:01,440 --> 01:07:08,640
then you can maybe transplant a lot of
the youth soccer because it's about 90%

857
01:07:06,160 --> 01:07:11,520
the size of a full pitch. Um from what
they said is that some of the gentlemans

858
01:07:10,000 --> 01:07:14,559
will love the gentleman league will love
to play on a smaller pitch because you

859
01:07:13,119 --> 01:07:19,599
know I certainly would play on a smaller
rank if I could. Um but uh but anyways

860
01:07:17,599 --> 01:07:24,559
the idea was that that capacity then
allows transformation of that that

861
01:07:22,079 --> 01:07:28,720
activity to move to the north side and
that the rugby uprights will be actually

862
01:07:26,720 --> 01:07:33,520
transplanted to one of the full-size
pitches there so that rugby can continue

863
01:07:30,960 --> 01:07:36,720
to play in cooperation with soccer and
they gain some more capacity with the

864
01:07:35,200 --> 01:07:39,599
new pitches there. So all of these
things have been set up like dominoes

865
01:07:38,079 --> 01:07:42,400
and they're starting to fall
>> as we had planned and I think your

866
01:07:41,200 --> 01:07:44,240
questions hit those nails on the head
for sure.

867
01:07:42,799 --> 01:07:47,359
» Perfect. Thank you. And just one last
question about the um I think it was

868
01:07:46,000 --> 01:07:50,720
about the roof. Just for clarification,
you said it will potentially it should

869
01:07:49,119 --> 01:07:54,480
be done by the end of this week and then
ice will be in and people will be able

870
01:07:52,400 --> 01:07:57,520
to use it soon, I guess.
>> Yeah, actually. So So our staff are

871
01:07:56,160 --> 01:08:01,440
planning to be building ice probably
around the clock for the next uh several

872
01:07:59,520 --> 01:08:04,559
days leading up to the weekend. So Okay.
>> Um I I haven't actually checked in with

873
01:08:02,960 --> 01:08:07,599
that supervisor specifically because I
was out of the office today and

874
01:08:05,440 --> 01:08:11,039
yesterday, but but when I had last
checked in with it, everything was going

875
01:08:08,960 --> 01:08:16,400
to plan. All of the roof over the rink
is complete. Um then for I guess the

876
01:08:13,920 --> 01:08:19,359
public's consumption um you will notice
that there will still be people working

877
01:08:17,679 --> 01:08:21,759
on the outside. So the roof itself is
complete.

878
01:08:20,159 --> 01:08:24,319
» The flashing will take a little while.
The flat roofs will then have some

879
01:08:23,040 --> 01:08:27,199
ballast added to them. So there'll be
lots of activity always happening on the

880
01:08:25,759 --> 01:08:32,239
outside probably right through till
maybe October. But the site itself is

881
01:08:30,880 --> 01:08:35,920
currently a construction site. Will be
handed back over for the city's careman

882
01:08:34,159 --> 01:08:38,640
care and control and then we'll be
building ice and have regular operations

883
01:08:37,520 --> 01:08:41,040
on the inside.
>> Perfect.

884
01:08:39,040 --> 01:08:44,080
» That's the plan. And I might have a few
more for you if that's okay.

885
01:08:42,719 --> 01:08:48,719
» This time about the crosswalk. Yeah,
sure. Um I I believe if I understood the

886
01:08:46,799 --> 01:08:51,920
report correctly, there'll be a further
report coming to council for something a

887
01:08:50,400 --> 01:08:56,000
little more definitive. I was just
wondering if there's might be a target

888
01:08:53,199 --> 01:08:59,040
date uh on when the crosswalk might be
painted. I'm thinking like will it be

889
01:08:57,520 --> 01:09:00,880
done for Remembrance Day kind of thing.
Is that

890
01:08:59,279 --> 01:09:03,679
» So So again, we uh we were just looking
to coordinate kind of our own resources

891
01:09:02,400 --> 01:09:07,040
in house because we're going to remove
all the uh interlock and paving stone

892
01:09:05,359 --> 01:09:11,520
that makes up that current crosswalk.
And so that'll require us to close that

893
01:09:09,520 --> 01:09:17,520
part of our street briefly just to pull
that out, prepare it, pave it, tamp it,

894
01:09:14,480 --> 01:09:21,199
open it back up, and then uh in I think
it's the plan is uh midepptember to late

895
01:09:19,759 --> 01:09:25,040
September. Then we're going to again
bring people in. We we have a a night

896
01:09:23,199 --> 01:09:28,719
shift that does painting at like 2 a.m.
So we'll come in, close it again.

897
01:09:27,120 --> 01:09:32,239
» There'll be a crew that takes it on and
then ideally is open it up for the next

898
01:09:30,719 --> 01:09:35,279
day's worth of traffic. And if we need
to do a second night, then we'll go at

899
01:09:33,600 --> 01:09:40,319
it. Again, that's part of what I tried
to convey in the in the um in the report

900
01:09:38,159 --> 01:09:43,759
is that we're great at painting roads. I
don't know how artistic we can be with

901
01:09:42,560 --> 01:09:46,960
machinery we have, but we're going to
figure it out. It's going to be very

902
01:09:45,359 --> 01:09:50,080
presentable and and respective
respectable. So,

903
01:09:48,239 --> 01:09:52,560
» we also don't know 100% how much upkeep
it'll take. So, we may have to repeat

904
01:09:51,279 --> 01:09:56,480
that throughout the year. And the number
that you're referring to, um everything

905
01:09:54,880 --> 01:10:01,440
we've got pretty much at this point, we
can handle within the established budget

906
01:09:57,920 --> 01:10:04,000
and manpower that we have. But uh to
keep this in good condition, we'll

907
01:10:02,960 --> 01:10:07,840
probably have to come back and budget
and say this is the increment that it

908
01:10:05,679 --> 01:10:10,320
takes to do this sort of thing. So it's
not like a crosswalk that we do once a

909
01:10:09,360 --> 01:10:14,000
year. We're going to have to come back
and have some folks on night shift to

910
01:10:12,560 --> 01:10:16,800
touch it up and keep it clean and keep
it good.

911
01:10:14,960 --> 01:10:20,480
» Yeah. And Yeah. Do you think it would be
done by remembrance day then? Is that

912
01:10:18,640 --> 01:10:22,640
kind of a thing? I thought you mentioned
mid September.

913
01:10:21,120 --> 01:10:26,159
» Mid September I think is when we'll plan
to do it. Um the other thing is for

914
01:10:24,560 --> 01:10:29,040
paint has to be warm out. So we got to
work with the weather as well. So that's

915
01:10:27,760 --> 01:10:32,640
that's the criteria we're working with
and it is a bit of discovery as we go as

916
01:10:31,040 --> 01:10:36,320
every municipality I've sort of looked
into has kind of figured it out a little

917
01:10:34,080 --> 01:10:39,840
bit but it has to be uh weather
conditions are favorable for all the

918
01:10:38,560 --> 01:10:44,000
right reasons. So yeah should be
September that's that's done and um we

919
01:10:42,640 --> 01:10:47,040
do have a project landing page at the
city that we're trying to keep up to

920
01:10:45,199 --> 01:10:50,480
date with some information so that you
know folks don't have to wonder what's

921
01:10:48,400 --> 01:10:53,360
going on. So ideally update that as we
go and it usually hits social media so

922
01:10:52,400 --> 01:10:56,400
it should be something fairly
conspicuous I hope.

923
01:10:54,480 --> 01:10:59,679
» Perfect. And I my final question was
just about the design. I know there were

924
01:10:57,840 --> 01:11:03,760
some discussions about the design and
the photo that was included in the

925
01:11:01,280 --> 01:11:08,320
report. So is that kind of the template
with maybe there might be some kind of

926
01:11:06,560 --> 01:11:10,000
» deviation depending on suggestion or
things like that or

927
01:11:08,960 --> 01:11:13,600
» That's right. When we spoke to the
legion actually and I think councelor

928
01:11:11,840 --> 01:11:17,280
pointed out as well is that there was
idea of poppies. Poppies are actually a

929
01:11:15,199 --> 01:11:21,840
trademark of the legion. Um there was
lots of little things that we could do

930
01:11:19,199 --> 01:11:25,360
figures and and and and nomenclature and
all kinds of things. So when the legion

931
01:11:23,760 --> 01:11:29,040
looked at it, they actually selected the
one that has been widely used in a lot

932
01:11:27,520 --> 01:11:32,960
of municipalities. So it uses the white
ladder bars as I mentioned is required

933
01:11:30,800 --> 01:11:36,640
to include but also has you know a bit
of memory a bit of messaging as a

934
01:11:35,120 --> 01:11:40,159
commemoration and also the maple leafs
and these sort of things. So it's very

935
01:11:38,719 --> 01:11:42,800
similar to the ones I actually mentioned
in the report and I can't name off the

936
01:11:41,280 --> 01:11:46,400
top of my head but yeah
>> this same one has been scaled up and

937
01:11:44,640 --> 01:11:50,239
down in many communities. So that seems
to be maybe the the new standard so to

938
01:11:48,480 --> 01:11:52,960
speak but that's where it came from and
that's what we're playing about. Yeah.

939
01:11:51,360 --> 01:11:55,760
» Right. Thanks for letting me grill you
for a bit. Anyhow, that's it for me.

940
01:11:54,719 --> 01:12:00,320
Thank you,
>> Councelor Severson.

941
01:11:58,080 --> 01:12:03,760
» Not a media question, but uh we I think
we missed on all the work going on at

942
01:12:02,560 --> 01:12:07,600
the Memorial Center. I've had some
questions on the south side of the

943
01:12:05,600 --> 01:12:11,840
memorial center is the skateboard park.
Can you just confirm that that's going

944
01:12:09,440 --> 01:12:14,480
to remain where where it is and yes,
all's good for the skateboarders?

945
01:12:13,280 --> 01:12:19,520
» Yes. Yes, all is good for the
skateboarders. Um yeah, so there's no uh

946
01:12:16,640 --> 01:12:23,280
plan to change that at all. Um, in fact,
if I would love to actually share the

947
01:12:22,000 --> 01:12:28,560
designs with anybody who's interested,
but uh the the actual MURF project will

948
01:12:26,400 --> 01:12:32,400
see a road come in between the existing
moral center and the skate park and then

949
01:12:31,040 --> 01:12:36,239
enter a brand new parking lot at the
back and then come back around on the

950
01:12:34,159 --> 01:12:39,280
west side. So, um, there's a lot of
detail. Well, it's all you, of course,

951
01:12:37,679 --> 01:12:42,719
engineering plots and stuff like that.
But I' be happy to share them to show

952
01:12:41,440 --> 01:12:46,640
people because it's actually quite
exciting when you see pickle ball,

953
01:12:44,400 --> 01:12:51,520
skateboard park, ball diamonds, rock
trail, play structures, rink facility,

954
01:12:49,600 --> 01:12:54,800
walking track, community halls, all in
one spot. And that's kind of the essence

955
01:12:52,800 --> 01:12:58,880
that we've we've tried to actually
characterize is not just a rink because

956
01:12:57,520 --> 01:13:07,199
it certainly isn't.
>> Yeah. Awesome. Uh that's good. Okay. Um

957
01:13:03,360 --> 01:13:12,560
we do have an in camera uh session. So
uh why don't uh we'll take a couple

958
01:13:10,960 --> 01:13:18,159
minutes. Should we read the motion
before or when we get back?

959
01:13:16,320 --> 01:13:23,360
» Read it now. Okay.
>> Oh, okay. So we'll take a two-minut

960
01:13:20,640 --> 01:13:29,560
break to allow our uh guests to vacate
the room and then we'll have a um an in

961
01:13:26,560 --> 01:13:29,560
camera