[0:09] Test.
>> There we go.
[0:11] » There we go. Okay,
>> there it is.
[0:13] » Should I start again or are we good? I
think we're good. You go ahead.
[0:17] » Okay.
>> First order of business.
[0:18] » Thank you. First is the delegation for
an appeal by the owner be received and
[0:23] further that council uphold the decision
to collect the incurred service costs in
[0:28] the amount of $53,1052
pursuant to the city's nuisance noxious
[0:34] or offensive trade health and safety
bylaw for the property located at 44843
[0:40] South Sum Road. And Mr. Shipper will
provide a brief presentation to council
[0:44] first.
>> Uh should we put it on the floor? Move
[0:48] councelor include second councelor west.
Mr. Shepard
[0:55] still got there we go. Oh it can't
blinking on and off.
[1:02] Okay you got it.
>> Good afternoon your worship and members
[1:05] of council. Today I'll be providing you
with a brief background with respect to
[1:10] the sub subject property located at
44843
[1:14] south sumass road. So on October 2nd,
2025, the Chilowak RCMP executed a
[1:20] search warrant at the above noted
address. As a result, a large active
[1:25] Clandiststein lab was found to be
operating within within one of the farm
[1:29] buildings located on the property. At
the request of the RCMP by law
[1:34] enforcement staff attended the property
on October 6, 2025 to conduct an
[1:38] inspection and post no occupancy notice
on the building in question.
[1:43] The property owner was sent a letter the
same day informing him that as a result
[1:47] of the search warrant findings during
inspection, the property was now
[1:51] considered a controlled substance
property
[1:54] as per the noxious and offensive trades
bylaw. There are provisions in this
[1:59] bylaw that grants the city the authority
to collect service costs as well as
[2:03] require the building to be remediated
and made safe.
[2:07] » [snorts]
>> The RCMP and the hazardous materials
[2:10] cleanup personnel were on scene for a
total of nine days at the subject's
[2:14] property.
In this case, the service costs in the
[2:17] amount of 53,000 the city has invoiced
the property for only covers a fraction
[2:23] of the actual cost involved in the
cleanup of this lab.
[2:27] The actual cost for the dismantling and
the cleanup of this lab was in the
[2:31] hundreds of thousands of dollars. Much
of the costs were covered through the
[2:34] RCMP funding sources such as provincial
tactical enforcement priority funding
[2:40] which contributed several hundred,000
towards the costs associated to the safe
[2:46] dismantling of the clan lab as well as
the cost of other placing expenses.
[2:52] To date, the no occupancy order still
stands and the buildings involved have
[2:55] not yet been remediated.
I'm happy to answer any questions.
[3:00] » Council
[3:05] Go Reed.
>> Thank you worship. Um just a question
[3:08] through to Mr. Shipper. The building
hasn't been remediated. Is this
[3:12] projected cost or these are the 53,000
has already been incurred plus we think
[3:16] that there will be additional charges.
>> Your worship through to councelor Reid.
[3:21] The cleanup cost that we are here today
for are costs associated with the
[3:27] initial cleanup of the clan lab.
Now that the property owner is to
[3:32] remediate the property and make it safe,
those costs come out of his own pocket.
[3:37] » Thank you.
>> Okay, Mr. Shields worship and through
[3:42] Mr. Shippers. So, had the RCMP
not busted this lab and these tenants
[3:49] had moved out, the landlord would have
been responsible for any cost to
[3:55] remediate his property back to its a
livable state.
[3:58] » Is that correct? your worship through
the councelor Shields. That is correct.
[4:04] If the RCMP had not executed the search
warrant on the property and we were not
[4:08] aware of this, we would not have been
involved in it at all. So, it would have
[4:12] fallen on the property owner.
>> Okay. Thank you, Mr. West.
[4:16] » Thanks, Bishop. I might have not missed
it, but um you can you tell me roughly
[4:20] what the total cost would be then like
around $250,000 for the remediation
[4:25] » dear worship through the council
westing. I don't have the exact costs of
[4:31] it, but I do know that it was upwards of
hundreds of thousands of dollars, like
[4:37] three $400,000. Okay. Thanks.
>> Okay,
[4:42] Mercer.
>> Yeah, just quickly um and just asking
[4:45] the obvious, but just for the record, um
the figures that you're providing us
[4:52] um don't in any way, shape, or form, um
represent the true
[4:58] value of this from start to finish. It
doesn't include police costs which the
[5:01] taxpayers of the city pay for. It
doesn't include the costs that the
[5:05] federal government and the province have
paid for in policing with bringing teams
[5:09] from as far as way as Alberta to deal
with this. And absolutely none of those
[5:14] costs which I would suggest are in the
order of over a million dollars are not
[5:20] included in anything that you're talking
about today for the record.
[5:24] your worship through to councelor
Mercer. Yes, that is correct. The
[5:29] service costs with respect to the
cleanup are only involved from the
[5:33] instant that the search warrant was
executed till the time that the RCMP
[5:37] left the property and those cleanups
associated that the investigation all
[5:42] those peripheral things relating to
something like this even the in the
[5:46] front end and the back end are not
included in these costs.
[5:50] » Okay, let me get your light on. Are you
good? Uh thank you your worship and
[5:55] maybe uh I'm not sure if Mr. Shep can
shed light on this but when when um an
[6:00] investigation like this happens are they
looking at um like potential for ongoing
[6:06] contamination as a result of what was
happening on that property? looking at
[6:10] potential of contamination to actually
leak out beyond property lines and other
[6:16] you look at where this is you look at
its proximity to a school to you know
[6:20] water courses all those things. So, are
they how indepth are they investigating
[6:25] some of this uh some of this work? And
then what would be involved later on
[6:29] down the road when they actually
identify that this property is clean and
[6:32] doesn't pose uh an environmental or
hazard risk both now or into the into
[6:38] the future? Mr. Shipper,
>> uh your worship through to councelor L.
[6:42] So, two-part question. Um the first
whether the RCMP are investigating where
[6:49] some of this materials have been dumped.
I'm not entirely certain on that. I do
[6:54] know that as a result of this file that
there was other files that went out from
[7:00] it. So I'm I can't really speak to that.
But with respect to the remediation of
[7:05] the building and surrounding the
building, that will be part of the
[7:09] cleanup process. The owner will be
required to retain a certified
[7:15] industrial hygienist to make sure that
the property and the surrounding area
[7:19] just based on the complexities of this
clan lab have been addressed. And um
[7:25] there will also have to be a
determination made whether it's even
[7:28] able to remediate that building or if it
can't be remediated. It might have to be
[7:33] torn down. But that's a decision the
property owner needs to make.
[7:39] » I see no more lights on. Thank you. Oh,
>> thank you through you to [clears throat]
[7:44] Mr. Shipper. Um if this is um passed
here today, what is the likelihood of
[7:49] retrieving those costs? It could be
dragged on, I imagine, by the homeowner.
[7:54] » These costs, if it is approved by
council today, can be added to the taxes
[8:00] if they're not paid by a certain amount
of time and it'll go on property taxes.
[8:04] Okay. Thank you.
Again, thank you, Mr. Shipper, for your
[8:09] preamble. Um, is is said person in in
chambers? Okay. If you could come up to
[8:17] the mic and just give me your name and
your address. Just the Part of the
[8:20] record, please sir.
[8:24] » Name is uh Satnam Gak Satnast
name G H A G.
[8:32] » Welcome.
>> Go ahead.
[8:34] » And the address uh 44843
South Zumass.
[8:39] Uh couple of things. One is what Mr.
Shipper said when they posted the
[8:45] notices.
They not only posted the notices on this
[8:50] place where they were doing illegal
activities, they also posted a notice on
[8:56] a building that is separate from it. And
I had two meetings with him and he said
[9:02] that the RCMP and uh the city was still
dealing with it. That notice still
[9:08] stands. We have no understanding why
he's doing that. that is a separate
[9:14] building removed from the the building
where the illegal activities were
[9:21] happening.
The property was bought by by my parents
[9:26] I I'm guessing about 15 years ago. My
father used to look after everything
[9:34] uh along with other properties. I think
the all of the property that we own in
[9:41] Chelawak. I think our taxes combined is
around 70,000 a year.
[9:48] And to answer the question, if this is
upheld, uh obviously we pay our bills
[9:55] and and that's the decision of the
council. Uh we we will take care of
[10:02] that.
We just think after for 56 years.
[10:08] We first uh came to Chelawak in 1970
and that's a property on 44
[10:16] 594 Watson Road and since then we
expanded mainly into farming that's in
[10:24] the Chilawak area and we never had an
unfortunate situation like this one. Uh
[10:33] I think part of the reason is my mom uh
she passed away uh last year in June. Uh
[10:40] she was 94 years old. Couldn't get
around and dad passed away before that.
[10:46] Uh
you know that's not an excuse but that
[10:51] is what happened. She was not mobile.
She uh obviously didn't do the due
[10:57] diligence, didn't do the inspections
and
[11:01] Unfortunately, what happened happened.
If uh the amount can be reduced, we
[11:08] would appreciate it.
It's not something that we have dealt
[11:12] with before. So, we can only request
that that
[11:18] 53,000
can be eliminated. Obviously, that would
[11:21] be the best thing. But if it can be
reduced,
[11:26] that that would be appreciated.
Okay. And we would request that the the
[11:34] sign that is on the building that had
nothing to do with with the this uh
[11:42] illegal activities be removed. There's
no reason for him to have that on there.
[11:48] » Well, there's still a police
investigation on on the piece of
[11:52] property, I believe.
>> Uh I phoned after talking to Mr.
[11:56] Shipper, I phoned the chief
investigator.
[11:59] He said, "We're done with it. It's your
property. You do what you want to do."
[12:04] That's the chief investigator.
When they first, uh, I guess got the
[12:10] search warrant.
Uh, nobody presented to us. We just
[12:15] found out from the neighbors that there
was RCMP on our property.
[12:20] And after I think second or third day
when he came and talked to me, he wanted
[12:26] to look at other buildings including the
house. We opened everything up for them
[12:31] and they had a good look and uh it's not
like we didn't cooperate with them. So
[12:37] far as I know, RCMP is not uh
investigating. They're done. They were
[12:42] done a long time ago. According to him,
they were done on I can't remember the
[12:46] date he gave me, but it was the date
they left.
[12:50] Okay. Well, that's a separate issue so
that I can deal with, you know, staff
[12:55] and get you back some information that I
wasn't aware of that, but uh um we're
[13:00] dealing with the issue, you know, at
hand here. Um questions from council
[13:05] Mercer.
>> Thank you, worship. Um you know, after
[13:09] [clears throat] 35 years in policing, I
thought I'd heard it all, but I've never
[13:13] heard anybody blame their mother.
>> Not blaming the mother. Um on I'm just
[13:19] curious um
like
[13:23] I'm a little bit baffled. Um on what
planet do you think it would be okay for
[13:28] the citizens of Chilowak in their
taxpayer money
[13:32] to pay the costs for the cleanup and the
fines on your property?
[13:38] It's a simple business model.
>> It's people pay taxes
[13:43] and um we carry on as a city. I I can't
think of any place in the world that
[13:49] would want the citizens of their
community to pay for something like this
[13:55] that would happen on your property that
put Chilowak on the map in a very
[14:00] negative way. And it's clearly to me
just simple abdication of your
[14:04] responsibilities to that property.
>> And I'll allow you to answer that, but I
[14:08] don't want to go, you know, back and
forth. But go ahead if you want to
[14:11] respond to that, please. Let me I don't
know how he misinterpreted that I was
[14:16] blaming my mother. All I simply said was
she was 94 years old, didn't get around.
[14:21] She had a walker to go to the bathroom.
She didn't do an inspection. So I don't
[14:26] know how, you know, with your experience
as a police officer, you can interpret
[14:30] simple statement like that to say I'm
blaming her. Far from it. I just simply
[14:36] said that my father who went and
inspected everything throughout the
[14:42] Chillowak, the properties that we own,
mom couldn't do it. I'm blaming her. She
[14:48] just physically couldn't do it.
>> Okay. Yeah.
[14:51] » So, I just want that on the record to
>> No, I think that's [snorts] I think I
[14:56] think that's an adequate um discussion
that that we've had here. And uh uh if
[15:02] there's nothing further from
from council. Uh, I'm going to call the
[15:08] question. Uh, staff's recommendation.
Um, have we got a mover in a second?
[15:15] Move. Councelor Reid, second councelor
Westbank. Any further discussion? All
[15:20] those in favor? The motion carries.
Thank you for being here. Thank you.
[15:25] Appreciate that. Next order of business,
please, madam clerk.
[15:31] » Next is set the minutes. of the special
regular meeting of council held August
[15:34] 13th, 2026 and the meet minutes of the
regular meeting of council held August
[15:39] 18th, 26 be adopted as circulated.
>> Councelor Westing, second councelor
[15:43] Reid. All those in favor? Opposed?
Motion carried. Next item.
[15:46] » Next is a recommendation that the
consent agenda be approved as presented.
[15:50] » Move councelor Lum. Second councelor
Mercer. Discussion. Seeing none. Those
[15:54] in favor opposed. Motion carried. Next
item.
[15:58] The next item is a recommendation that
council award the tender for organic
[16:02] waste transportation to Bio Central
Green Depot Limited in the estimated
[16:06] amount of $1,562,37
[16:11] for a term from October 1st, 2026 to May
31st, 2029 with the option to renew for
[16:18] up to two additional one-year terms.
>> Councelor Wester, second councelor
[16:22] Shields. Discussion
seeing none. All those in favor?
[16:26] Opposed? Motion carried. Next item.
>> The next item is a recommendation that
[16:29] council authorize staff to submit an
application for Transport Canada's
[16:33] Railway Safety Improvement Program for
funding towards upgrades to the Evans
[16:39] Road and Southern Rail BC at grade
crossing.
[16:43] » Councelor Mercer second. Councelor Clue.
Councelor
[16:46] » Cl. Thank you, Richard. Just to staff,
if I re read correctly, these
[16:49] improvements need to be done by January
1st. Is that correct?
[16:55] I believe that's January 1st, 2028.
>> Okay. Oh, yeah. It does say the detailed
[17:01] designs and then scheduled for summer of
2027. Um, just [clears throat] a quick
[17:05] question. If um when would we anticipate
hearing a response? Is there a certain
[17:10] date that they announce the projects
that they will be funding across the
[17:13] country?
>> M. Jeffers,
[17:15] » I I don't think we have a date when we
will be hearing. Um it's been a couple
[17:21] of years since we um needed to apply to
this program.
[17:25] » And then my final question on this is uh
it appears by the um the diagram or the
[17:30] rendering it looks will the travel lanes
slightly shift over. Is that what I'm
[17:35] seeing because they're placing a a bit
of a boulevard
[17:40] either side of the tracks?
>> Um through your worship I'll see if
[17:43] Kevin Pard's coming up. he's been more
plugged into the design process.
[17:49] » Thanks, Mr. Polard.
>> Uh, yeah. So, we're just about completed
[17:55] the detailed design now, and it includes
a center median. If you can picture the
[17:59] crossing at Young Road where we have the
mass in the center. So, in order to
[18:04] accommodate the median and maintain the
four travel lanes, we have to do a bit
[18:08] of a taper uh with the travel lanes
around that new median.
[18:13] » Okay. Thank you.
>> Okay.
[18:15] West.
>> Thanks, Bishop. I just want to thank
[18:18] staff for always looking forward or
looking for ways to stretch the
[18:21] taxpayers's dollars and going after
those grants and uh you know there's
[18:24] it's a big improvement to the city and
not a big hit on the uh on the tax bill.
[18:28] So, good job. Thanks.
>> Shields. Thank you. And this was just
[18:32] further on to the design here. Um is
just with those boulevards, is that a
[18:36] requirement now? Like a safety
requirement through through Transport
[18:40] Canada, I guess.
>> Sorry, Kevin. I should have got you to
[18:43] stay up there, but I looked at it too
and I thought, "Wow, there's a whole
[18:46] bunch of extra stuff in there." And I
didn't uh
[18:49] » Yeah, as soon as um as soon as you have
a road cross-section of four lanes,
[18:54] » uh basically the mast length starts to
get difficult to come across two travel
[18:59] lanes. And that's why the you under the
grade crossing standards, the federal
[19:02] grade crossing,
>> you need to have that median to place uh
[19:07] the mast.
>> Okay. Right. Right. Because if it was
[19:10] just two lanes, well, they could easily
get across. Yep. Okay, that makes sense.
[19:13] Thank you.
Okay, we're all done. All questions in
[19:16] favor post. Motion carry. Next item.
[19:21] » Next item. Your worship is a
recommendation that council accept the
[19:24] proposal for uniform security guard
services from the lead proponent Griffin
[19:29] Investigation and Security Services
Limited in the amount of 2,592,87386.
[19:39] » Moved by Council West. Second councelor
Reid. Councelor Reid.
[19:44] » Thank you, Bishop. Uh just a quick
question. Is what is the uh change in
[19:49] rate um over the past contract? Is there
been a significant increase or
[19:54] » I actually haven't examined that, but
the bulk of the cost is the addition of
[19:59] the 24-hour patrol that we've overtaken
from BC Housing
[20:03] » BC Housing the Partnership.
>> Right. Okay. Thank you very much,
[20:08] » Mercer. Thank you. That uh uh was sort
of going to be my question. Has there
[20:14] been any discussion uh either through
yourself or staff to your knowledge with
[20:20] BC Housing? Is there any movement from
them
[20:23] » that they might buy back into a problem
that's theirs not ours? And
[20:28] » ongoing discussion councelor Mercer uh
both uh Mr. Shipper and I attend uh
[20:34] meetings with BC Housing and all of the
service providers uh specifically in the
[20:39] rain city and Phoenix
area. Um we sit at those tables um and
[20:45] we voice our concerns and uh try and
prompt uh partnerships as often as we
[20:51] can. Uh they see the value in the
private security as even uh the uh
[20:58] facility caretakers are phoning for
assistance from time to time. Not only
[21:02] are they looking after their own
properties, but they're looking out for
[21:06] issues that are occurring on neighboring
properties and businesses as well. So
[21:11] the good neighbor agreements with those
facilities uh seem to be working. Um
[21:16] it's just bringing the funer back to the
table to buy into uh what is now being
[21:25] very apparent as a need uh for this type
of uh
[21:30] activity on those properties and in
those neighborhoods.
[21:33] » Yeah, I understand that.
As you're aware, I'm a aware of the good
[21:37] neighbor agreement, but part of the good
neighbor agreement included BC Housing,
[21:40] and they're no longer being a good
neighbor. Um, I suspect that the people
[21:44] you're dealing with aren't at the pay
grade for decision [clears throat] to
[21:48] cancel BC Housing's portion of the
security payment. I don't believe that
[21:53] decision probably rests with them. And
I'm just wondering if
[21:57] » if we as staff through Miss Stanton or
anybody else through your office, your
[22:01] worship,
>> have we explained to um BC Housing in a
[22:06] letter that uh we've now been put in the
position of raising our security costs
[22:11] to the detriment of the taxpayers of
Chillowak because they simply have
[22:14] dropped the ball.
>> Yeah, I'm I'm not aware of any
[22:18] correspondence with BC Housing on that
point or did I I can't remember but I
[22:23] can certainly check it. Oh, go ahead.
Most
[22:26] » Miss Stanton has written a letter.
>> Okay, that's what I thought we did.
[22:29] Yeah.
>> And uh at the table I voice it to my
[22:33] counterparts at BC Housing as often as I
can and they assure me that the message
[22:37] is being uh sent up loud and clear.
>> So on that same line um if by some
[22:45] miracle they do come to the table would
we claw back this uh um amount of money
[22:51] that we're about to approve to Griffin
that amount or what would be the the uh
[22:58] strategy there?
>> My hope that would uh they would either
[23:02] reinstate fulltime static guard at that
site to alleviate the need uh to pull
[23:08] those resources from the downtown core.
Um even better would be for them to
[23:13] reinstate their 50% share of the mobile
patrol that serves all of the supportive
[23:18] housing and shelter locations throughout
the city.
[23:21] » Fingers crossed. Thanks.
>> Okay. So, this number wouldn't change
[23:25] then if they did come to the table. It
would just be enhanced with with more
[23:30] » well it would be enhanced but we'd gain
in that we'd have more patrol activity
[23:37] in the downtown core and around other
service areas.
[23:41] » Okay.
>> Yeah. Thank you. Uh thank you for uh the
[23:46] report and um just for myself I I find
it a little bit ironic that um the
[23:52] province speaks about um safer
communities and yet simultaneously
[23:57] removes funding for a visible deterrent
within our community and and I recall
[24:01] when they came before us how they uh
they promised a lot and uh project gets
[24:07] uh finally built after a number of years
in this case. Um, and then ironically
[24:12] they maybe that the partnership has
shifted on their end which is very
[24:16] unfortunate and extremely frustrating.
And I know for myself if I'm fortunate
[24:20] enough to sit around this table in the
future and they come forward with a
[24:22] proposal um I would be viewing it
through a different lens because I'm not
[24:26] 100% confident that what's promised
actually continues to materialize. Thank
[24:32] you.
>> Good point. Councelor Shields. Thank you
[24:35] worship. Just on a side note, I think uh
it's nice to see Griffin uh once again
[24:41] retain this contract. They've been
working for the city for a lot of years.
[24:44] They do a bit of a thankless job
downtown. I think they do quite well.
[24:49] So, uh you know, opportunity to thank
them for their past work and uh you
[24:54] know, going forward, they work well with
our bylaw, they work well with the RCMP,
[24:58] they work well with all the players in
town. So, it's good to hear that they're
[25:01] back on.
>> Okay, nothing else. Call the question.
[25:05] All those in favor? Opposed? Motion
carried. Next item.
[25:08] » Next item. Your worship is a
recommendation that council approve the
[25:11] renewal of temporary use permit 219 with
respect to property located at 45657
[25:16] Stevenson Road. Subject to the
recommendations as stipulated within the
[25:19] draft permit.
>> Move council read. Second councelor
[25:22] clute. Discussion. Seeing none. All
those in favor opposed. Motion carried.
[25:26] Next item.
>> Next are the mayor and counselor's
[25:28] reports.
>> Let's go. Councelor Mercer.
[25:34] Thank you, worship. Um, short couple of
weeks for me on the 27th
[25:38] of um, August uh, be my last BIA
meeting, which was uh, um, sad but
[25:47] happy, so to speak. A great group of
people down there looking after our
[25:51] downtown and advocating uh, for
everything that's good under the great
[25:55] leadership of Trevor McDonald.
And uh shortly before that uh on the
[26:00] 19th along with councelor Shield's
monthly public safety advisory committee
[26:06] meeting and that's it for me except my
comment that school's coming back and uh
[26:12] everybody needs to pay attention.
Schools always exist for a purpose and
[26:17] uh if you speed through them I hope you
get exactly what you deserve. Thank you
[26:21] very much. You got a little bit of a
burn your bonnet today don't you don't
[26:25] read. Thank you. Worship. On August the
26th, they attended the congregate
[26:29] housing meeting. Uh bringing together a
lot of the service providers, trying to
[26:33] find unique ways for the um community
and service providers to um bring people
[26:39] together for housing. So, different
alternatives um and and creative ways of
[26:44] doing that. Was a great meeting on
August the 27th. Um I met with the
[26:49] Compassionate Neighbors, the seniors um
group. It was supposed to be at Gwin
[26:53] Vaughn, but it looked like the weather
was going to be bad. So we met inside
[26:56] and had a a lively conversation with the
seniors in Chilowak looking for uh well
[27:03] congregate housing options. So that was
a timely meeting. And then uh on August
[27:09] the 28th I had the honor to um welcome
the RCMP musical ride on your behalf.
[27:17] And it was a great uh great event.
There's lots of people there at the at
[27:22] the um fairgrounds in the back and um
just a real honor to be able to stand
[27:28] there uh in your in your presence. So,
thank you for that. And just echoing the
[27:33] comments of school, watch out for those
kiddos walking to school for the first
[27:37] time, maybe on their own. Uh keep them
safe and uh and yeah, be safe.
[27:44] » Dr. Shields
worship. Uh yeah, relatively quiet
[27:48] couple of weeks for me. As council
Mercer mentioned, the public safety
[27:51] advisory committee meeting. Um and then
I too on Friday night was at the RCMP
[27:56] musical ride. What a wonderful show and
and perfect night for it and and pretty
[28:02] much a sold sold out uh arena. So um
they ever come back and anybody gets a
[28:10] chance, it's well worth going to. Um,
and yeah, getting back to the kids going
[28:15] to school, kids or parents, tell your
kids to also watch out for cars and
[28:22] scooters and other vehicles. They need
to be be well aware of it, too. So,
[28:26] let's make sure that we get through
September without so much as a scratch.
[28:34] » Thank you. Um, I also uh attended the uh
RCP musical ride. The weather was
[28:39] perfect. I think uh what was clear is
there's probably enough grandstand
[28:42] seating in that area. So definitely
worth a consideration in the future. Um
[28:47] also as was mentioned school starting
but there's also thousands of ton of
[28:51] corn that's going to be harvested in the
month of September. So there's going to
[28:54] be a lot of farm vehicles on the road.
So keep an eye out for for the big rigs
[28:59] and with it getting dark now near 8:00
which is kind of weird. I guess we're
[29:02] going into fall full steam but uh yeah
there will be a lot of activity out in
[29:07] the field. just ask people in tractors
and outside of tractors to please be
[29:11] cautious and use the rules of the road.
Thank you,
[29:14] » Mr. West.
>> Nothing to report your worship.
[29:17] » Okay.
>> Thank you. Uh your worship on the uh
[29:21] 24th uh had a meeting at the economic
development office downtown with Brian
[29:26] Kums later in the day. Had the
opportunity to welcome uh the Redberry
[29:32] Restaurants franchise Jersey Mike to
town. They opened a new sub shop and uh
[29:39] 28 28 new jobs in the city of Chilowak.
Interesting. Redberry is one of the
[29:45] largest restaurant franchises across
Canada and uh they own the exclusive
[29:49] rights to a number of different
restaurants and this is one of the the
[29:53] the first two in uh in BC. Uh later that
day I had a meeting with the province
[29:58] British Columbia around manufacturing
initiatives uh here and the Fraser
[30:03] Valley Regional District has a a
resolution going forward to the UBCM
[30:08] around uh industrial land preservation
and uh the importance of that to uh to
[30:12] our communities on the 31st uh yesterday
had opportunity to join the Fraser River
[30:18] Challenge Expedition which is a 40
kilometer well it's a a paddle from the
[30:22] headarters of the Fraser all the way to
the ocean and Uh we did a section 40
[30:27] kilometers from uh Agassy at the Champ
Fishing Village out to Mission, get to
[30:32] paddle in a canoe and uh kind of see the
water uh or see the uh the city from
[30:37] from a different perspective out in the
water. And this is an uh this is an
[30:41] initiative to raise awareness around um
uh around protecting uh the Fraser and
[30:46] the habitat that all five different
species of salmon utilize the Fraser as
[30:52] spawning habit. in critical habitat.
They've traced um they've traced salmon
[30:58] from all over the province including up
in the interior all the way to the the
[31:02] the spawning coo uh coming up coming
back from the ocean that utilize our in
[31:07] particular our reach of the Fraser and
uh so critically important to raise
[31:11] awareness. There's a lot of really nice
uh things said about uh about the city
[31:16] and the the work and the partnership
that our staff have done with uh with
[31:20] the Pal Nations at Gilbar in particular
and turning what was quite quite a
[31:27] nightmare into uh you know we stopped at
Gil and uh you know I remember walking
[31:33] through there prior to some of the
cleanups and I think at one point there
[31:36] was a a burnt out vehicle up a tree
somewhere. There was there was just an
[31:41] absolute mess there.
>> And uh it uh it's very different uh
[31:47] today. It's quiet. You could hear the
birds singing. Um and uh I was there.
[31:51] Eddie Gardner was one of the ones
leading the trip and uh I think he was
[31:57] one of the only ones who kept paddling
the whole time. There's a few coasters
[32:00] on the
on the yesterday, but not any. Anyways,
[32:06] uh he had a lot of positive things to
say about staff and and and council and
[32:11] all the the support they received from
the city. Um other than that, that's uh
[32:16] that's all for Oh, actually, sorry.
Today, I met briefly prior to council
[32:20] with Lord Fraser flood committee talking
about um their upcoming uh presentation
[32:25] to the UBCM. a session all participating
talking about just reducing some of the
[32:32] silos and working together uh to attract
some of the investment that's going to
[32:36] be required to build resilience in our
communities. Uh I think it's really
[32:40] timely uh especially considering uh you
know the the federal government in
[32:45] particular talking about trade corridors
some of the things you worship that I
[32:48] think you were meeting with the Siri
board of trade uh last week so right up
[32:55] » uh right in line with some of those
conversations. So that's all for me.
[33:00] » Good good uh ju just a couple things.
Last week I um had the pleasure of
[33:05] having a tour of the Veter River and
experienced the uh uh sediment removal
[33:11] in action. And uh I I I visited two of
the 10 spots that they are going to be
[33:18] removing some gravel and and uh had some
good good conversation with the
[33:22] contractor about how they're doing it
and and uh the fish enhancement along
[33:29] the lines of what you just said as well.
So, it uh it's a necessary evil if I if
[33:34] I say it that way. It's got to be done.
So, uh folks who use a rotary trail,
[33:39] just just be careful. It's it's well
marked off. There are some gravel trucks
[33:43] that do uh transfer the material on the
trail actually and across the road. And
[33:50] so, it's a it's quite a uh
strategy that they're taking, but it's
[33:55] like I say, it's something that's needed
to be done. And then um On the 26th
[34:01] along with staffer Tara Fzen and the
mayor of Hope, we took a drive into
[34:07] Suriri, met with Minister Green that you
know as a round table uh on on on behalf
[34:13] of the West Coast Corridor Resiliency
Partnership that's with uh myself and
[34:19] four other mayors and we're advocating
hard for some federal funding to be a
[34:24] line item uh you know because the floods
are going to continue to happen and uh
[34:29] It's been four years with uh not a lot
of uh well money for sure but work done
[34:36] yet but it was an interesting uh um
conversation.
[34:40] I was hosted by the Siri board of trade
and actually the lady said hello
[34:46] to you. Um I yeah she said she remembers
you from UBCM. So interesting
[34:52] conversation and yeah that's all for me.
Uh next item please madam clerk. Next is
[34:56] a motion to adjourn to a close session
session pursuant to section 91 I of the
[35:02] community charter.
>> Move councelor love second councelor
[35:05] read. All those in favor opposed. We are
done.