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Good to go.

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Welcome, everyone, to our regularly scheduled council meeting from Monday, September 16th. I now call this meeting to order in the motion to adopt the agenda. Councilor Hansen's made that motion on favor. And that motion is carried unanimously.

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I now need a motion to accept the proposed consent agenda and respective recommendations. Councilor Beckett's made that motion on favor. And that is carried

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do unanimously.

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Do we have, Chris, anybody for public commentary tonight?

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Yes, your worship. We have one speaker registered or for public commentary. No.

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Sorry. I'm jumping ahead of the public hearing. No, we have no one.

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Perfect. Well, we'll go right to the public hearing. And so we have one public hearing on the

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agenda today. This public hearing is for a by-law that is required to have a public hearing by the MGA.

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The following are the hearing procedures for the by-law.

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The by-law will be addressed in a public hearing and will already have had received

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first reading prior to second and third readings.

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The MGA requires that a public hearing be held.

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After public hearing is concluded, the by-law will be dealt with under the by-law section

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of the agenda later in the meeting.

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At that time, council will consider all the information that was presented in the public

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hearing before making any decisions.

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Council welcomes any person, group of person or persons representing a group that claims

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to be affected by the by-law in question, the opportunity to make a presentation to

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the City Council during a public hearing.

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Speakers will go to the microphone before speaking and clearly see if their name and address

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for the record.

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I now declare that public hearing for by-law 1189-2024 open, this by-law will amend the

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Land Use By-Law, 809 2013, Section 17.0,

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Establishment of Direct Control Districts in Section 27.0,

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Land Use Map.

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By redistricting, Plan 2880TR,

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Block 24, Law 3, known as 5404, 47th Street.

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From GC, General Commercial,

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to DC, Direct Control, Distinctive Design.

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This redistricting will support a site-specific development on the lands planned for commercial

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uses on the main floor and three stories above for 60 mixed-market residential units.

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This public hearing has been advertised in accordance with the MGA and the advertisement

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by-law, number 104-3 2019.

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Have there been any written submissions?

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No, Your Worship.

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Council will now hear from Kelly.

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Go ahead, Kelly.

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Thank you.

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Good evening, council members, your worship and members of the public.

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By the 1189-2024 is before you this evening to redistrict 54-04-473 to D.C., direct control,

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distinctive design zoning.

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So to start, let me provide context for the property.

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It's located at the cross streets of 54th Avenue on 47th Street, so it's a few blocks north

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of Main Street and nearby downtown. It's just over 4,000 meters squared, which is roughly

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about an acre in size. And in 2023, the city purchased the land through dementia borrowing.

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And then in early 2024, the city administration conducted a negotiated request for proposal,

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so an NRFP process that was to explore partnership or project opportunities to address housing needs

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in LeDuke. So through the NRFP process, there was a proponent and conceptual project

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selected from TLA developments or TLA group of holding companies and representatives

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of TLA are in attendance with us this evening over here. Next slide please. Oh, actually,

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the next slide as well. Forgive me. There we go. So following the NRFP process in the spring,

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Administration by the Development Authority began working with TLA on preliminary drawing

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reviews and revisions drafting of the direct control by law as well as a community consultation

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and engagement review and that's with alignment with the best practices in accordance with

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the City of Luke Landy's by law as well as the public engagement framework.

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So although the land sale is simultaneous and related to this project, the purpose of this

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evening is to discuss the redistricting on the lands which would enable a development permit

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to be issued.

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Next slide, perfect. So the by-law proposes to redistrict the lands from general

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commercial to direct control. General commercial does not support all of the elements of the project

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and therefore by-law 1189 has been drafted with site-specific regulations for those unique elements.

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And so all other aspects of the development will comply with the general commercial district

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or other relevant sections of VILA as needed.

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Next slide, please.

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So direct controls or DCs can be used in two instances.

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One instance is a pilot project, an emerging trend or something not available within our

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land use VILA.

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And that's probably been the most common type that council has seen for direct controls.

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And then the other is where it's a site-specific direct control being used to accommodate desirable

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development, which unique characteristics that require specific regulation and would not

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not normally be approved in a traditional land use district.

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So in the case of bylaw 1189, which takes into account unique development proposals,

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the proximity of the site to the downtown, nearby amenities, including grocery stores,

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professional services, and transit, as well as other local goods, services, and employment areas.

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So bylaw 1189 supports a four-story mixed use development.

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The main floor is dedicated to commercial with the second, third, and fourth floor,

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housing 59 residential units.

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So the 59 units are mixed market, which means that there are some units that are below

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market rental rates, there are some that are near market rates, and then there are some

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that are at market rates.

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And so the mixed market component of the project is one of those unique characteristics

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that, and reasoning for the direct control.

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So mixed market has different needs than other traditional developments.

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A DC by-law can be used by way of reducing requirements or restrictions that would

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would otherwise hinder the ability to provide below market or near market units.

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And the by-law provides modification to the regulations to make them specific and functional

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to that specific site while at the same time reducing those costs that could prevent the

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affordability of the project or the units themselves.

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So another unique characteristic of this development is the commercial uses.

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So TLA alongside the city administration, we're intentional with the uses in comparison

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into the General Commercial District.

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The direct control accommodates the current proposal of a daycare medical as well as an

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on-site professional office for the building management, the local housing provider.

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But additionally, the DC would also accommodate personal services, financial or other professional

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uses, and a neighborhood retail store.

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So there are substantially less uses than in comparison to the General Commercial, with

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with the purpose of ensuring that the building has useful amenities for the neighborhood,

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and that the commercial component is well integrated with the residential component.

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Moving on to parking and transit, and this being that it's mixed use, or sorry, mixed

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market, there are unique needs just in that.

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The residents are inclined towards less inclined towards car ownership, and they rely on multi-modal

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transportation, so that includes pedestrian connections, bicycles and transit.

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This proposal will have 60 on-site parking spaces as opposed to the 117 that are required

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under the general commercial.

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So the site will supply parking space for the commercial components from 47th Street and

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then the lane access to the south will accommodate both the residences and the employees.

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And then in addition, the building was designed with an abundance of bicycle parking as well

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storage and that's both inside and outside and it's more, again, more heavily relied

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upon for transportation style for this type of mixed market development.

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So further, the site is fronting onto 47th Street where the city is anticipating construction

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of a multi-way trail beginning in 2025 and so that just overall increases pedestrian and

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bicycle access to the community as well as other local amenities and transit stops.

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And then, finally, there's other minor adjustments with the direct control, as compared to what the typical annus-bila covers.

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That would be in the form of setbacks, density, or site coverage.

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And so with all these pieces in mind, the development is better suited to provide residents and necessary services,

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amenities and employment areas needed at a rental rate they can afford.

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So as the redistricting is proposed as a direct control administration directed TLA to carry a community constitution program.

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And that reflected, again, the line use by law in the public engagement framework.

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So TLA created a consultation program that administration then reviewed and approved

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prior to commencing the engagement.

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And this was to ensure the best practices were incorporated and that the relevant stakeholders

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were identified.

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So within the attachments of the report, you'll see a detailed what we heard prepared and

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submitted by TLA but in summary over the past few months, I'll just review what was completed.

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So TLA did a local door knocking within the neighborhood to speak about their development

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proposal and answer questions of the tenants or residents.

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TLA also did a landowner letter for the registered property owners with slightly bigger than

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a 61 meter or 200 foot radius.

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On July 31st, TLA held a public open house at Telford Health and that's where they had

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display boards and staff members of TLA to answer questions of the public if there's anything

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and showcase the development and then city administration also attended that event.

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And then next the city administration notified the landowners of the redistricting and public

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hearing and no feedback was received by administration ahead of this meeting and then city administration

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just last week was actually notified of a person in opposition to the development with what

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What appeared to be matters that are somewhat unrelated to the redistricting?

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Administration did attempt to contact that person by phone and email, but was unable to connect

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with them prior to this meeting.

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And then following the submission of the report, there were no other comments or feedback received by

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administration.

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So that concludes the presentation for by law at 1189, and I'm happy to answer any questions

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Council may have.

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Okay.

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Does Council have any questions?

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Just a comment.

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If I could, Kelly.

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Thank you very much.

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That was very thorough.

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I'm probably more descriptive of the need for D.C. than we've had in the past.

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So, thanks. I appreciate the detail and the report, and I appreciate you going through it for us.

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Thank you. Go ahead, Councillor Tullich.

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So, I have a question. I'm not sure if it's to you, or if it's at a later date that I'll receive this information,

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but I have a voice before, and I'm still concerned in regards to the no-on-street parking.

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It's in an alleyway, and it's on a street that there is no on-street parking.

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So, just curious if administration has anything in regards to that, with it being possible

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daycare, where do people park to drop off, if there's only 60 stalls and, you know,

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that many apartments, and then there's daycare workers, there's medical staff, where

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are they supposed to park?

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So, I don't know if it's a U-question or if it's somebody else's question.

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Thank you, through your worship to Councillor Tilleck.

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As far as the city's administrative perspective, we have reviewed so the commercial component is about seven spaces including a barrier for your an accessible parking space.

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And so that would accommodate the drop off and pick up which are typically what we call typical shared parking so be off times of what the other business is probably going to operate like a clinic or something in there.

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And then there's also, we've been in contact with the housing provider, we've surveyed the

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past developments where there is a subsidized component of housing to see where we have

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made parking reductions.

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Any of those parking reductions that we've made, there is still a huge oversupply of parking.

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So from an administrative standpoint, that's where we have looked and researched it, and

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And the housing provider and the development may have additional comments to add, but I know that they have been also been researching it as well.

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So I have a follow up, so thank you for that information so far.

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So you're saying that there are seven parking stalls that are going to be for the daycare and the medical location and whatever else there may be there.

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And so those seven installs are supposed to be for pick up and drop off or clients coming

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patients coming to and from so where do their staff park then?

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Yeah, through your worship to Councillor Tilleck. I

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reconfirmed that information today of the

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Development team as well as the housing provider and the backside would be where the employees of the commercial

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components would share with the residents. So some of the residents will have a car and will have

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the desire and means to have a car. And I think that is the intention of having the mixed market

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development. However, there are still quite a few units that will not have a car and so that's where

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the sharing comes into. I have more questions. Okay, so just to be clear. So you have seven parking

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stalls for the commercial and those are for the people that are coming to spend the money or get

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the care and then you have $57.59 parking stalls for residents but that's also where the staff

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are supposed to park in the event that they don't have a car. But if they do have a car and maybe

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they take transit to go to work then their car is so parked there and then the staff will have it.

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So this is where I hear what you're saying and I understand that you've done the research

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I still have a lot of concerns that there is not adequate parking and that it will become

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a problem for the people that live within the area, they're going to be parking on their

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street, maybe it's a few blocks away, but it's still going to be in front of someone's

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house.

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And there's not a ton of parking really in that older neighborhood to begin with.

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And then just the off chance that maybe someone might not have a car that's living there because

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it's an affordable housing.

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So that the staff could park there instead, it just, it just seems, I don't know, it just doesn't seem like that's a great plan to be banking on. So, for sure, through your worship to Councillor Tillack. Today, again, that was part of the discussion and forgive me. Maybe I didn't elaborate on it well, but they do plan to have daytime. So if you were an employee, you were, you're a lot of daytime parking within that back space, but then. And so they have sharing planned between their tenants, and I'm probably not describing it.

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all in details it should because it's not really something that the city fully administers

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other than that we recognize that they have shared parking, they had parameters that

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are not all memorized my head but they had rules and guidelines of how that was going

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to be. And I did, through my review, compare it to other development projects similar, some

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of the links for garden and gates landing and did surveys again, those were reduced parking

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may be a little bit higher, but statistically speaking, the lots are always, their space

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is available, and if you actually physically walk through those developments, you'll

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see bicycle, bicycle, bicycle, you know, like on balconies, and it's just a different,

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a different multimodal transit than I think the rest of LeDuke might be used to for traditional

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developments.

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Yep, go ahead, Councillor Hanson.

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Thank you, Horsship.

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Going off some of those comments that you just made, and you talked about it a little bit

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in the presentation. The ability with this development to have extra bike racks, there's

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going to be multi-way coming in 2025, which will be great. So I think that's one thing that's

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looking good at the development is the other opportunities for transit, right? Whether it's

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active transit or public transit. With the bus stop you added in your presentation, roughly how far

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ways that bus stop from the development?

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Through your worship, to Councillor Hansen.

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So there are two stops. There's one traditional and there's an on-demand. They're both from

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my remembering of the calculations just over 300 meters. However, our transit group indicated

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that if there is the need for a space closer to occupancy, they can absolutely tack that

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on. So the current stops, if you were to survey them, are not perfectly ideal. That's

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a little bit of a walk if you wanted to, but they can accommodate that.

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Perfect, thank you.

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Any other questions?

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So Kelly, just to go back, so then, basically what you're telling us for parking is that you've looked at this regardless.

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You looked at the willows, you looked at where else as well.

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And so from the information we get from the organization that is managing those,

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Because they don't have problems with parking because their residents don't usually require the amount of parking that a traditional housing development needs, is that correct?

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Your worship that is correct, so the amount of parking that we require is substantially higher to what their tenants require, even when you think of per unit or vehicles per household if they are of the income level.

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They have a vehicle, they probably wouldn't have one and two and three vehicles, which are you see more commonly in other development areas?

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Yeah, so yeah, no, I'm very sure that with the, because this isn't the first building of this type in LeDuke, and I take a look at other facilities that have similar types of clients in there, and they always have sufficient parking.

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There will always be those occasions when they have special events, but that's true of any facility that we have.

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There are times when the LRC doesn't have enough parking, but majority of times it does.

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So I'm very confident that with the information you've given us that we've done our research and

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we know that there's going to be adequate parking for this facility.

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So thank you.

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No other questions?

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Thank you so much, Kelly.

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Is there anyone else who would like to make a presentation?

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Yes, your worship. We have Goron Church. Excuse me. Goron Trincovitch. Register to speak.

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Hi,

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my name is Goron Trincovitch. I address 269 South Fork Drive. I just like to

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voice my support of the project and we need more like this. We have a housing crisis right now,

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not a parking crisis. We need more of this, especially in an area where transit is so competitive with

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with other modes to get to even downtown Edmonton,

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and the university, it's under an hour to get there by transit

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and it's just such an excellent proposal in every way.

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Thank you.

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Thank you for your proposal, for your presentation.

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Okay, is there anybody else who would like to make a presentation?

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Is there no further presentations?

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I declare the public hearing for by-law number 1189-2024 closed.

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So now we will move into by-laws.

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First by-law is by-law 1189-2024.

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So go ahead, Councillor Beckett.

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Thank you.

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Where should I move that council give by-law number 1189-2024 second reading?

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Second reading has been moved, all in favour?

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And that is carried unanimously.

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Councillor Hamilton?

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I would move the Council to give bylaw number 1189-2024 third reading.

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Third reading has been moved all in favor and that motion is carried in

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anonymously. Next is bylaw number 1190-2024.

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Oh, no, sorry, that's first reading. Both of those bylaws have been

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consented. Sorry.

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Well, next this goes to our youth council. So we have a presentation from our

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youth council.

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Take it away, Noah.

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Hello, Mayor and Council. My name is Noah Martin. You all know me. I'm the Chair of the Youth Council and I have been on the Council for three years now.

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Next slide.

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A little bit about the Council. Our vision is a safe and environmentally sustainable future forward providing purpose and direction for the Youth Council members.

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Our mission is to provide a forum for young people to participate in local government

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by researching, advising, proposing and planning actions to the LIDUKI Council.

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Our values are awareness, education, community connection, diversity, and inclusion, resilience

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to life transition, supports and resources, sense of belonging, safe environment, and youth

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engagement.

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Next slide.

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I wanted you guys have the opportunity to meet youth council so this year we have ten

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councillors who you can see up on the screens. We're also joined by two city councillors,

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Councillor Lars Hansen and Councillor Laura Tillack and we also have the support of our

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liaison Christine Sandberg. Next slide. This year we created three strategic

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priorities rather than pillars which we have used in the past years, in order to refocus

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and guide our actions throughout the year, those three are youth engagement which is

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understanding what youth and Laduk are looking for in their community youth services which

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is reducing barriers for youth and Laduk to access essential services and community action

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which is taking part in and promoting volunteerism within the community.

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and specifically for youth in the Duke.

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Next slide.

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What does council do?

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So we give youth and the opportunity

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to participate in local government

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by researching, advising, proposing,

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and planning actions that are put

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through the City Council.

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As community leaders, youth council,

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host events, and programs each year designed

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to support their key priorities.

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In 2024, the lead of youth councils

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those worked on the following programs, the Youth Ambassadors Program, which has been

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a huge success.

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We've had a total of 10 registrants, which makes them equal to the amount of Councillors

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we have, the Duke Volunteer Fest, where a couple of our Councillors were able to emcee

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Arbor Day tree planting where we assisted in planting trees and doing the land acknowledgement

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and the team takeovers where we give our opinions to the planners of team takeover in order to make sure that youth voices are being heard.

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We've also focused on bringing impactful community members, organizations, and groups to educate council on ways to get involved and

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building connections for future collaborations.

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Planning for the future, youth council hopes to grow its initiatives based on the newly set key priorities growing with the Duke and

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and evolving with the needs of the city.

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We want to collaborate with other youth groups and

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leaders in the community, such as the Boys and Girls Club,

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exploring services for the Duke's unhoused youth and young adults,

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and promote volunteering educating youth on the benefits and impacts of doing so, next slide.

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How will we reach our goals?

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We are dedicated to achieving our goals through fostering collaboration, innovation and

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active engagement among members. Through focus initiatives and continuous community outreach

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the council will work to fulfill its key priorities ensuring that the youth voices

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are heard and their contributions drive meaningful change within the community. In the future

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we plan to continue to grow and diversify the council to ensure that various youth perspectives

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are represented. Next question? Oh, sorry. Next slide, any questions? There we go.

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Furious slip. So, from the council, are there any questions about each council?

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Questions, councilor Hanson. Thank you, worship, and thanks for the presentation.

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No, a long time, no see. You just saw each other on Tuesday at you, council.

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A couple of things that I really wanted to highlight from your presentation that I thought were great

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is the first one being the Youth Council itself has taken ownership over some youth initiative.

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So, for example, the Influencers Awards, you know, at one point, that was, I think, the Mayor's Youth Awards,

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and there was a sit-down kind of meal, and now it's aversory that's celebrated,

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volunteer fest, and the Youth Council are the ones that judge who wins.

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And I think you guys have done a bang-up job with that,

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and that's a real success of the Youth Council.

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And then additionally, over other initiatives like

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the team take over in Symposium,

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you folks are involved with some of the planning

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and the events itself.

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And the one that I'm most proud of,

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and really you should be proud of,

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because you were a part of this,

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is the volunteer fest.

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The MC of that event,

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you and the rest of the Youth Council did an absolute phenomenal job.

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And I think you really made the Council proud,

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you made the community proud,

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so good work on that. And the last piece, and this is really funny. So on Tuesday, we talked

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with the youth council meeting, and there was some information about the downtown redevelopment area

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plan and the ask for feedback from the youth council. I think that's always been an issue or something

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that we've had troubles with is trying to get young people to give input on initiatives and things

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things that are happening in the community, and it was funny because I thought it might

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have been a hard sell to get some of the youth council members or ambassadors to say

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that yes, they want to be included in the survey, but there was a number of them that were

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interested, so it's that opportunity that the youth council offers young people in our

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community to have input on planning is great.

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The last thing I wanted to say is just thank you Noah for the great work you've done

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is chair. You've really led the group with annual strategic planning, the meetings, and all

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sorts of different things. You've done a really great job, and you should be proud of that.

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And then I know one of our other youth council members I end is here as well, so thank you as

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well for your contributions to the council. And lastly, thank you to our administrative staff,

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Christine and Carly. You guys are the ones that help run things behind the scenes, and it's

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It's greatly appreciated, so thank you for that.

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Awesome, thank you, Councillor Hanson.

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Go ahead, Councillor Beckett.

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Thank you, Mr. So, thank you, Noah,

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and to your entire Youth Council.

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I'm very impressed with the leadership

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that is coming out of this Youth Council.

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And I think what is standing you apart

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from anything that we've ever done in this community

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with regards to youth is that we're listening to youth.

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We are driven by your ask, and not only do you ask, but you're there to do the work.

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You don't just stand there, but we want this and not prepared to do anything about it.

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That's not true.

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Every single event that I've ever attended, that Youth Council was there, you're always there,

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and you share the lion's work.

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And so thank you, thank you, thank you.

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And I do hope that other use in the community will be seeing us as positive and how to make

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a difference in our community, and that's exactly what you're doing, and I'm so proud

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of you.

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Thank you, Councilor Beckett.

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Councilor Tillock.

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Yeah, so thanks.

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We just had our meeting last week, so we got to go over a lot of things and Lars basically

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said a lot of the things that I wanted to say, but his time went up first, so that's

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what happened.

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But one thing he did miss is that we do have quite a few of our youth council aging out.

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And so we're hoping that maybe we can have more youth apply.

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I think on our social media we have how to apply on our website on how to apply.

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so you can look at Youth Council on Instagram, LaDuke Youth Council, and see how

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So you are, if you are a parent looking, 16-21, if you want your child to be a part of a board with the city, please get them to apply, because we will be taking applications right away for the new year. So I wanted to put that little plug in, that Lars missed. But thank you. Thank you, Councillor. Also, if you have any youth age 12-15, ambassadors has a rolling, like we take anyone throughout the year.

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So it's a good way to get involved if they're not quite old enough yet for for youth councils

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So perfect any other questions?

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Well, thank you Noah. You get off easy tonight. Thank you so much again great job you guys did on the

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Volunteer Fest and you know as you'll find out is that very few people do the majority of work for a community

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And so you guys should be congratulated for stepping up and helping shoulder some of the load

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So thank you very much and keep up the good work.

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Thank you, Mary Young.

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Thank you, Council.

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Okay, next is meeting schedule options, Mr. Belkey.

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Thank you, Mary Young.

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So your worship members of council,

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what we have presented for you is a couple of proposed options

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that you could consider for the scheduling

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of next year's meetings.

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This is an item that will be brought

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for Council consideration on October 28 so in six weeks from today. So we've put

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together two options with slight variations in the scheduling and we're

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looking for some input or feedback from any of you who may have concerns or

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suggestions or preferences in terms of the options that are presented.

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between option one and option two, what you'll see is what's basically similar for both of them.

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Here's the pattern of meetings is very similar to what we've traditionally done over the past number of years.

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The major difference between option one and option two is the meetings in between nomination day, which is September 22nd.

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and Election Day which is October 20th.

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So option one shows the meetings continuing as per any other

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year during the term during that period.

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Sorry, that's the second option shows them can

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I've got it backwards again.

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Okay, so we have two options, the first one.

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Yes, the first one has no meetings proposed

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from nomination day until election day, option two has the normal schedule, normal pattern of meetings occurring during that period.

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And that consideration, it's entirely up to Council by what is fairly common in a number of municipalities in the capital region and actually throughout the province is not holding meetings during that time.

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There is a perception among some people that it gives an unfair advantage for any members of the current council who are running for reelection, having the profile of being in a public council meeting during that period after nominations are closed.

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So as I say some municipalities have chosen to cancel meetings during that period or not schedule meetings during that period.

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If any urgent business comes up or anything that requires council's attendance or attention

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during that period of time we can always call a special council meeting to deal with

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those sort of items if we went with that option.

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So other than that the pattern of the things that are proposed look pretty similar and pretty

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familiar on the other things that will be specified in the motions that will be considered

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at the org meeting. Excuse me is the specification of the locations for regular scheduled meetings

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and the times for the meetings. So what we proposed at this point is keeping those things basically

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the same that council meetings would all be held in this room in the strategic planning.

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Meeting would be held in the lady room and we're proposing a 530 start as we've had for the past

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years. And again those are things that could be altered or changed as per council's will.

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Okay, so go ahead, Councillor Chilik.

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Well, first I was going to let you know that there is an error in option two for Saturday

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March.

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It should say first, not third, but I don't want that option anyway.

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In case you guys ended up wanting it, you would have to edit that.

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But I think that the option one, I do like your reasoning that we really shouldn't have council

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meetings after our nomination papers for those who have decided to run are submitted

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I did as it does give an unfair advantage, so I would agree with that reason and it would want option one.

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Yep. Now Councillor Fitzgerald, he knows he wants option one. Is there anybody who doesn't want option one?

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Okay, option one it is.

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Okay, so we will prepare a report for presentation.

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Organization will be in the room.

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Yeah, it'll have option one presented.

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00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:31,100
So, if there's any circumstances or things that come up in between now in the next six weeks,

439
00:35:31,100 --> 00:35:38,620
that might want us to put forward a change to let me know sometime before we get to that meeting.

440
00:35:38,820 --> 00:35:39,400
Yep, perfect.

441
00:35:39,740 --> 00:35:39,980
Thank you.

442
00:35:40,700 --> 00:35:42,760
Okay, need a motion to go into closed session.

443
00:35:43,460 --> 00:35:45,680
Councillor Hansen has made the motion. All in favor?

444
00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:49,480
And we are now going to go into closed session.

445
01:03:41,460 --> 01:03:48,220
Councilor Hansen's made that all in favor and that is carried unanimously and this meeting is now adjourned.