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Hi everybody and welcome to our council
meeting. We're getting through. It's the

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middle of August. The weather is great
and council you see before you

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an agenda and I don't see anything out
of the kid. Although I do some see some

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messaging about e-bikes and e-scooters.
Should be a good conversation hopefully

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tonight. So to adopt the agenda I need a
motion and moved by Councillor Fry.

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Thank you and seconded by Councillor
Deputy Mayor Lock. All in favor? Those

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opposed? And that's carried. Um
in recognition of the city of Mount

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Pearl's commitment to foster respectful
and collaborative relationships with

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indigenous peoples here in the city of
Mount Pearl and beyond.

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We hereby acknowledge that the land on
which we gather is the ancestral and

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unceded territory of the Beothuk and the
Mi'kmaq. Mount Pearl and the broader

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metro region continue to be home to
diverse indigenous peoples including

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First Nations, Inuit and Métis.

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Once said a minute's there an action
report from July 26th before we discuss

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any business arising council need your
approval for these minutes. So any

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errors or omissions?

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All good?
Everybody good?

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All right. Calling for motion moved by
Councillor Rice and seconded by

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Councillor Antle that we approve those
minutes. All in favor?

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And opposed? And that's carried.
Business arising please quote the number

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in the minutes or the action report.

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No business arising tonight. There is no
proclamations. There's no presentations

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or correspondence but we do have
corporate services

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and I believe taking the lead there will
be Councillor Antle. You're yours.

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» Thank you, Your Worship. And now we have
to pay our bills. We have a lot of work

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to do in the city.
And the first one is our payment

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register for August 18th,
2026. And for the payment register for

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July 1st to the 31st, 2026 for the for a
total of 4,572,818.56.

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And the purchase card report from May
28th, 20 May 28th, 2026 to June 25th,

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2026 for a total of 445,060.59.

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And if you look at your kit there on the
the

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uh
items to pay, there's a few large ones

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there, one in particular for Dexter
Construction for $797,000.

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That's up there on Jackman Drive.
And there's three different to the city

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of St. John's for our regional services,
and they total for $700,000 or

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thereabouts. And you can see in your
kit, and they're all good, and I so

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move.
>> It is moved by Councillor Antle and

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seconded by Deputy Mayor Lock. Any
questions?

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Hearing none, I'll call for approval of
the payment register and purchase card

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report. All in favor? Contra-minded?
Thank you. Carried.

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» And number two has to do with
professional development. And you know,

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with professional development, I guess I
stated there last uh 2 weeks ago, it's

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so good for us to be able to travel
around to different parts of the country

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to see what other communities are doing,
what other councilors are doing.

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And this one has to do with economic
development, and that's for myself. And

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the Economic Development Association
this year is going to be held in Moncton

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from September the 14th to the 7th from
September 14th to 7th, 2026. And I so

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move.
>> Thank you for the motions, Councillor

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Antle and Deputy Mayor Lock. This is in
accordance with policy, and even though

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it's not routine, it does come It is
routine, but it does come to this table

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for approval.
All in favor?

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And those opposed? And that's carried,
thanks.

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» And our next professional development,
this is really good to see. It's for

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Deputy Mayor Locke for the Atlantic
Planners Institute and this is held in

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PEI and it's really good to get together
with other planners and I'm sure our

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planners will learn this is a great
conference to take an effect and it

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starts from October 7th to the 9th, 2026
and I so move.

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» Again, moved by Councillor Antle,
seconded by the Deputy Mayor. All in

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favor?
Opposed? Nets carried as well.

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» And uh number four is a professional
development request. This is for Mayor,

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Deputy Mayor and all counselors, I would
think. Well, no, I'm sorry, it's for

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Counselors Fry and Antle and this is for
MNL here in St. John's. All right, and

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this is a great conference on November
5th to the 7th and we're very lucky to

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have the uh Vice President of MNL here
in our chambers as well as Councillor

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Fry. This is a great uh
opportunity for us to

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to chat with other counselors and this
goes from November 5th to the 7th and I

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so move.
>> Again, moved by Councillor Antle,

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seconded by Deputy Mayor for these four
members of our council to go to MNL in

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the fall. All in favor?
Opposed? Carried, thanks.

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» And another professional development
request for our CAO, Cassie Rideout, to

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attend the same conference, MNL here in
St. John's and I so move.

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» Moved and seconded. All in favor?
Opposed? Thank you, carried.

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» And number six is another professional
development training and again, it's a

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fabulous to see. It's for our Director,
Jason Collins, to handle a

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recreation and community safety event at
Sombra 2026

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in Shediac, New Brunswick from September
the 8th to the 11th and I so move.

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» Again, moved by Councillor Antle,
seconded by Deputy Mayor Locke. All in

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favor?
Opposed? Again, carried, thank you.

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That's everything for corporate
services, your worship. Thank you.

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Going to move on to the public works
report, and that is Councillor Fry,

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please.
>> Thank you, your worship.

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Our report this evening is just for
information purposes, just to give

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everybody an update on what our crews
have been doing cuz they're very, very

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busy and they work very hard.
Our roads division, the repairs on

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maintenance holes, catch basins, curbs,
sidewalks, lawn, and and asphalt

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continues.
And street sweeping is ongoing. For our

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parks division, there's of course
maintenance on our our sports fields,

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that continues. Our flower plant
planters and baskets have been installed

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and they look amazing, too, by the way.
Uh our commemorative bench installations

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and required maintenance, providing
ground maintenance for summer

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tournaments, and that's busy this
summer.

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Grass cutting throughout the city is
ongoing, providing support throughout

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the summer for community events, court
resurfacing projects are underway and I

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think people have seen those on social
media, they're doing a great job there.

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And playground structures for Farrell
Drive and Branscombe Pond have arrived

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and the installation will start uh soon
in late summer.

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Our fleet division is ongoing uh ongoing
service and maintenance, and our UTM

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division of course have their general
calls, their water and sewer repairs,

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leak detection, which is always
important, fire hydrant inspection and

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maintenance are ongoing, the water main
valve servicing and exercising, the lift

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station inspections and maintenance,
catch basin and storm sewer cleaning,

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and as always, you can see in your kit
here the water levels of Bable's Big

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Pond as of August the 10th, taken a
little bit of a dip, but still quite

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healthy.
And that's it for our report, your

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worship.
Thank Thank very much. Now we're going

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to turn to recreation and in the absence
of the Deputy Mayor Kylie, I should say,

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who is on a leave of absence and without
Councillor Lane, I'm going to turn to

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Councillor Fry and Councillor Rice.

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» Always happy to talk about our
recreation department.

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Okay, so we have a request for milestone
funding for an event for Ladies

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Auxiliary Knights of Columbus for their
50th anniversary and they're planning on

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having an anniversary dinner.
Be it resolved that the requested

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funding of $3,500 through milestone
event funding be released to the Ladies

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Auxiliary Knights of Columbus once all
receipts have been submitted for their

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50th anniversary celebration dinner on
October the 24th.

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So, the Ladies Auxiliary submitted a
request advising that they will hold a

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dinner to celebrate the past and present
of the Ladies Auxiliary,

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which was founded in 1976 as a church
ministry.

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The ministry involved volunteering with
church functions, supporting food banks,

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and providing assistance to the Knights
of Columbus with all their events.

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The Ladies Auxiliary Knights of Columbus
is a long-standing and valued community

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organization with a significant history
of contributions within the City of

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Mount Pearl.
So, therefore, the committee recommends

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approval to provide the Ladies Auxiliary
Knights of Columbus with written

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confirmation
of the requested $3,500 for their 50th

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anniversary celebration dinner on
October the 24th, 2026.

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And furthermore, it is recommended that
the funds approved by council, $3,500,

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be released once all receipts have been
submitted, ensuring the cost of the

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event is or exceed the requested amount.
And I so move.

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» Thank you. Moved by Councillor Fry,
seconded by Councillor Rice. Any

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comments?
Coming out of policy overdue, Councillor

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Anstey.
>> Just a quick question. I'm a member of

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Knights of Columbus. Am I in a conflict
on this, Your Worship? Thank you.

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» Only
if you are on the executive of the

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ladies auxiliary.
>> I'm not, so I guess I'm good. Thank you.

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» Further?
Call the question then. All in favor?

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And those who are opposed?
None? Thank you. Carried.

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» Finally, for the recreation department,
is just some information notes here.

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Information for the for the attention
and consideration of council and the

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public.
Registration for swim lessons, the Mount

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Pearl Seniors Independence Group fitness
programs, general recreation programs,

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as well as the time and care programs
will open on the following dates.

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The Mount Pearl Seniors Independence
Group fitness programs for Mount Pearl

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residents is August 25th at 1:00 p.m.
And for non-residents, August 27th at

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1:00 p.m.
The general fitness programs, now of

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course, proof of residency residency is
required for resident registration.

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Mount Pearl residents will register for
general fitness programs on August the

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25th at 5:00 p.m. and non-residents,
August 27th at 5:00 p.m.

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The time program, and this program
requires a referral before participants

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can register. For Mount Pearl residents,
it's August 25th at 5:00 p.m. and

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non-residents, August 27th at 5:00 p.m.
And our care program, this program also

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requires a referral before participants
can register.

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Again, Mount Pearl residents will
register on August 25th at 5:00 p.m. and

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non-residents, August 27th at 5:00 p.m.
And swim lessons registration, of

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course, this one's always popular.
And proof of residency is required for

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resident registration here as well.
Mount Pearl residents will register for

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this one on August the 31st at 5:00 p.m.
and non-residents September the 2nd at

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5:00 p.m.
As I mentioned, residents are required

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to provide a valid proof of residency
prior to the registration date and

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participants are encouraged to register
early as programs program spaces are

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limited and may fill up quickly.
So, for more information, please visit

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the city of Mount Pearl website. And
that's it for this report, Your Worship.

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Thank you.
>> Thank you very much. Nothing for

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community safety, this meeting,
engineering, Councillor Rice.

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» Thank you, Your Worship. Our first one
in our

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our kit here tonight is a uh
is a contract award for electrical

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maintenance services, which is our
TP-26-017.

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So, uh the council uh approval is
requested to award the contract for

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electrical services. This approval will
allow the city to engage in preferred

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proponent
to complete electrical maintenance and

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services throughout the city.
The tender for the electrical

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maintenance services TP-26-017
closed on July the 27th, 2026

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and four bids were received. The lowest
qualified bidder was Pro Circuit

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Electrical Incorporated for the bid
amount of $129,375

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HST included.
So, this contract is for an initial

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period of 3 years from September the
1st, 2026

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until August the 31st, 2029.
The city reserves the right to extend

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the contract by increments of 1 year for
a period of up to

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not more than 2 years upon the same
terms and conditions provided both

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parties agree.
So, planning, engineering, and

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development recommends that the contract
for electrical maintenance services

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TP-26-017
be awarded to the lowest qualified

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bidder
Pro Circuit Electrical Incorporated for

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the bid amount of $129,375
HST included for the period of September

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the 1st, 2026 to August the 31st, 2029
with the right to extend the contract by

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increments of 1 year period for the
period of the not more than 2 years, and

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I so move.
>> Move by Councillor Rice and seconded by

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Councillor Antle. Any questions?
3 to 5 years. It's like a sentence.

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But it's a tender.
All in favor.

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Those opposed.
Thank you, sir. It's carried. Over to

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you for plumbing.
>> Thank you. Our second one is our

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contract award for a plum plumbing
maintenance services TP-26-018.

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So, this one council approval is also a
contract

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required or requested for the plumbing
maintenance services. This approval will

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allow the city to engage in preferred
performance to complete the plumbing

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plumbing maintenance and services
throughout the city.

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Uh so, the background this one is the
tender for plumbing maintenance services

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TP-26-018

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closed on July the 28th, 2026, and one
bid was received. The lowest qualified

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bidder was King's Plumbing and Heating
Limited

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for a bid amount of $60,375,
HST included.

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Uh this contract is for initial period
of 3 years from September the 1st, 2026

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to August 31st, 2029. The city reserved
the right to extend the contract by

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increments of 1 year for period of up to
not more

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to no more than 2 years upon the same
terms and conditions provided both

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parties agree.
So, the planning engineering development

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recommends
that the contract for plumbing

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maintenance services TB-26-018
be awarded to the lowest qualified

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bidder
King's Plumbing and Heating Limited for

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the bid amount of $60,375,
HST included for the period of September

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the 1st, 2026 until August the 31st,
2029 with the right to extend the

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contract by increments of 1 year for a
period of not more than 2 years and I

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shall move.
>> Moved again by Council Rice, seconded.

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Thank you by Council Antle. All in
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» Aye.
>> Those opposed?

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Seeing no cut hands up and that's
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» Our third one is our adoption of the
National Building Code 2025 part nine,

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the energy efficient requirements.
Just a little background on this one.

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The province of Newfoundland and
Labrador has adopted the 2025 National

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Building Code. However, municipalities
retain authority to adopt part nine

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residential energy efficiency
requirements

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and determine the applicant energy
performance tier one

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tier for one and two
family dwelling units. Council must

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therefore determine whether the adoption
section 9.36, which is the energy

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efficiency and establish an
implementation approach for the city of

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Mount Pearl.
So background on this one. The 2025

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Building Code and National Fire Code
came into

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force in Newfoundland and Labrador on
July the 12th, 2026.

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While the province adopts most
provisions of the National Building Code

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part nine residential require
part nine residential requirements

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related to one and two family dwellings
remain subject to municipality

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adoptions. As a result, municipalities
must independently determine whether the

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adoption section 9.36
energy efficiency efficiency and

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establish the applicant applicable
minimum

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compliance tier. So section 9.36
introduced a five-tier residential

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energy efficiency framework ranging from
tier one, which is the base compliance,

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to tier five, which is the net zero
energy ready.

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Uh so, the city of Mount Pearl, just a
second, I'll just get down to the bottom

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here. The committee recommends that the
council adopt National Building Code

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2025 part nine, including section 3.3
9.36,

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and the energy efficiency for one and
two family dwellings within city of

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Mount Pearl, and establish tier two as
the initial mandatory compliance

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standard.
Staff further further recommended

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uh that council consider a future review
of tier tier three

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implementation once municipal processes,
industry readiness, and staff capacity

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have been established. Tier four and
tier five are not recommended at this

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time, and I so move.
>> Again, moved by Councillor Rice,

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seconded by Councillor Antle.
Come to you, Councillor Deputy Mayor

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Lock.
>> Uh thank you, Mayor.

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» Thank you, Councillor Rice.
>> You know, just just for clarity here, I

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know Councillor Rice indicated that
there's up to tier five tiers in this

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particular uh part nine of the National
Building Code, and it seems that we're

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only achieving
tier two of a possible five. And the

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rationale for that, of course, is um I
mean, this will be mandatory

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requirements if if and council discussed
this at large with with staff and based

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on staff recommendations.
If we were to adopt mandatory tier five,

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that would that would increase the cost
of housing tremendously. That it

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wouldn't be it wouldn't be viable. So,
um we figured the most prudent thing to

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do was tier up to tier two, which is
still energy efficient. I don't want to

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get the I don't want the message out
there that Mount Pearl is sort of

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reneging on energy efficiency and
climate initiatives, because we are not.

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Uh so, we recognize, in consultation,
you know, with the the builders, that uh

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most of the tier two requirements are
already being undertaken. So, by making

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that mandatory in the city of Mount
Pearl, we're not causing any undue

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hardship or any increased costs on
potential home buyers. With that said,

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we have committed to review the
requirements for tier three in

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consultation with the builders and the
experts in the field and our staff and

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maybe we can move to adopt that in the
years to come. So, I just want to make

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that point of a clarification there,
Mayor. Thank you.

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» Yeah, what's the staff? Director Bett,
are we one of the first to do this and

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uh
how far ahead of everybody else are we?

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Um I think it's a good thing as
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but uh
um I'm glad to see the initiative being

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undertaken by you and your department.

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» Yeah, I'm not sure if we're one of the
first, but there's conversation around

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municipalities on Northeast Avalon.
Um what approaches are being taken. Um

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at a staff level, we've been
coordinating back and forth on where we

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believe is the appropriate path. Uh
that's been communicated to the other

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municipalities as well. But, as
Councillor Locke said, uh tier two is

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uh
not far off from what we're already

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achieving with most modern homes. So,
that's a good place to start with, you

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know, ambition to move forward uh as we
understand the process more.

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» Would this apply to uh renovations or is
it just new builds? How does that

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carry itself through the processes?
>> It is primarily new builds. Renovation

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would have to classify for a certain
area to be renovated in order to comply.

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Otherwise, it would be I'd say
grandfathered under prior building

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codes.
>> Uh no, Councillor Angel, and then you,

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Deputy Mayor. Sorry about that. No
worries.

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» Uh just a quick question. I know this
comes in effect in the province July the

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12th. When is it effective for the city
of Mount Pearl and does the builders get

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some
a notification? Thank you.

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» Yeah.
>> so after it's been adopted tonight, it

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would be into effect. However, we
wouldn't we would give a grace period

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and a notification period to developers
and contractors before we roll it out

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officially. Um I'm expecting probably
late fall to make it uh a mandatory

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compliance criteria. It'll give us some
time to get our forms and policies in

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order uh to check to make sure this is
being achieved.

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» Uh thank you, Director. Uh just for the
question, Mayor, based on on your

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question earlier, I know we we give out
grants for people to upgrade, put in

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subsidiary basement apartments. And I
I'm just thinking back to past years, if

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people wanted to if they had their
apartment deregistered and then wanted

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to register it again, they'd have to
upgrade it to existing standards.

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So, would that apply to the funding that
we're giving, the grants that we've been

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giving out
under the Housing Accelerator Fund, they

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would have to meet this
this new building code or this this

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national building standard here?
>> Or is that just egress?

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» I believe they would have to meet that
as well, but it's not an onerous

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standard to meet. Tier two is is fairly
basic with most modern homes.

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» Further thoughts, anybody or everybody?
Hearing none, I'll call the question.

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Then, all in favor?
Opposed? And we've adopted it. Thank

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you.

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» Thank you. Our next one is I want to
give an update on our capital work

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capital work projects that's happening
around the city.

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Uh so, this is just for information
purposes only. So, Farrell Drive

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pumphouse upgrades construction is
ongoing on that project is around 80%

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complete.
Our 2025 concrete works

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uh construction is around 99% complete.
Uh work is ongoing. Our White Boulevard

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upgrades construction is 85% complete on
that project and work is ongoing up on

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that project. Our sewage lift station,
which is on Mount Carson Avenue,

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construction is ongoing on that one.
That one is around 99% complete. Jackman

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Drive upgrades, if you've been over in
that area, you can certainly see that

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they're moving along with that project
and that one is around 80% complete. Uh

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work is ongoing. Uh our water tower
access road construction is 85% complete

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and work is ongoing on that project. Our
water storage tank, which is our design

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build construction, is 64% complete.
Work is ongoing on that project as we

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speak. Our Trailway Crossing
Commonwealth Avenue construction is 85%

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complete. Work ongoing and hopefully
have that open up in the next couple of

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weeks. Our 2026 our 2028 street markings
is 85% complete. Work is ongoing on that

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project as well. And our 2026 asphalt
services uh work is expected to start in

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August of 20 26. That's it for that one
project. That's the end of the report.

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» a question.
Councilor Rice, yeah.

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» Just a quick question. I'm sorry because
I get this I I get this question almost

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daily and you know what I'm going to
ask. I think Councilor Rice said it

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though. The Trailway Crossing, is it 85%
complete? You said in a couple of weeks,

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so we we think we'll have it done before
September 1st. All right. I know it's

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almost there. I I stopped doing some
electrical work the other day, so I'm

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looking forward to see that done. But
people do ask cuz one or two people

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watch.
I want to know what to ask that

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question. Thank you.
>> Is that a question or just commentary?

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» I have a question, but go you go first,
Councilor Rice, unless you're continuing

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your report.

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» I can go back to you. Does it matter?
No, I I just wanted to add to that one

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that we had some work there that Lake
and Power had to do down in that area

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for uh
because there are two uh poles that are

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going to go
that's going to carry the uh I guess the

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sign is out over the street there. We're
too close to the wires, but those wires

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have been moved. Moved up and uh so
hopefully now over the next couple of

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weeks we'll get the uh pole bases down
and everything will move along there and

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get the crosswalk put in. So, that's the
next plan.

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» Sounds good. No, I'm good. Thank you
very much. Anybody else?

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Um let's move on, sir, to I guess you're
going to occupancy. Are you?

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» Yeah, okay.
>> So, these are already pre-approved by

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our director of engineering. Uh so, I
just want to uh

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just read that anyway. Occupancy permit
listing from uh June the 1st to July uh

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31st, 2026.
You'll see four there in your kit.

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And that's that just for information
purposes only.

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And our next one is our building
I got to open up here.

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Next one is our building
uh permit listing, which is also

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pre-approved. This one runs from June
the 1st to July the 31st.

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And you see uh quite the substantial
amount there. There's 85 listed off in

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our kit there.
And they range in uh from accessory

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buildings
to patio, decks, verandas, uh basically

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uh
you know, home round Most of these are

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actually uh that are renovations or
I guess they're uh putting new decks on,

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verandas, exterior renovations around
their homes. As you know, Mount Pearl is

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an aging uh city. So, we got uh
retaining walls and fences being

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repaired. It's nice to see actually uh
residents keeping up their properties in

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the city. We got a certain standard here
in the city and uh it's nice to see

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these 85. And I'm encouraging every time
I uh

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you know, you're always got residents
asking, you know, so you got to put in a

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permit for that, right? And you know,
you got to put in a permit and get a

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permit and get it approved before you do
it. If that's If that's a new shed,

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extension to a house, or fence,
retaining wall, or anything that's to do

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with your property, you need to uh get a
permit. And that's it for our report.

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Thank you, Your
>> Okay, thank you very much. We're going

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to go to planning and development,
Deputy Mayor Lock.

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» Thank you, Mayor. Three items here. The
first is stop development order

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confirmation.
A council decision is required here

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to confirm an order to cease commercial
activity at a residential property.

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Pursuant to the Mount Pearl development
regulations, council has the delegated

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authority.
Has the authority to delegate authority

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to an employee of council to issue an
order in accordance with our

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regulations. And this order is required
to be confirmed by a majority of council

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at the next public meeting on July 23rd.
Our director of planning and engineering

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development issued the attached stop
development order pursuant to a

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delegated authority resolution of
council. So, here we're just

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recommending that council confirm the
order to cease an unpermitted automated

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automotive-related business. And this
activity is taking place at 20 Gadwall

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Place, and I so move.

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» Is there a motion required to confirm
this order? I'm going to ask the

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legislative officer just to make sure,
right?

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» I think so.
>> Because if we delegated the authority to

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the director,
it still has to come here. Okay, just

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making sure.
I'm going to need Councillor Fry, I

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think, to second that. And thank you for
to both of you. Any further questions?

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Councillor Rice.

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» No, I'm glad this one is coming. This is
happening happening quite frequently in

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the city now, and I know we got other
areas in the city that that, you know,

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residents think they're sticking up
right in a commercial or business out of

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their property, but that's not the case.
I mean, we have several other areas as

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well in the city that that this is
happening, and it's not allowed in a

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residential area. I'm glad this is
coming through, and I drove over there

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this afternoon, and I just want to have
a quick look, and there was five or six

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cars in the driveway in that area. So,
something happening there and I'm I'm

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glad, you know, our inspectors and our
municipal enforcement, whoever's doing

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the inspection on those are are
traveling there and uh and reporting

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that back. Uh this stuff is not you
know, if you want to operate a garage or

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something like that, you go to a proper
location and set it up. So, uh that's

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just my view on that one.
And I'm glad this happening. Thanks.

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» Yep, well said. You uh live in a
residential area, you should be able to

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enjoy living in a residential area, not
living in a commercial area or have

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commercial activity.
I'm going to call the question. All in

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favor? And those opposed? And that's
carried. Thank you.

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» Uh thank you, Mayor. Uh the next item is
the St. John's urban regional urban

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region regional plan amendment number
110 2025. This is an update here.

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And it's again it's for the attention
and consideration of my members of

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council as well as the public. Um it's a
public consultation summary regarding uh

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the St. John's urban regional plan
amendment. No objections were received

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during the referral and consultation
process

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of this urban regional plan uh which
closed on August 10th of 2026. In

421
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:57,120
summary, the city received four
responses

422
00:29:55,640 --> 00:30:00,920
from our neighboring municipalities,
CBS, St. John's, Bay Bulls, Portugal

423
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:05,400
Cove, St. Philip's, and none of the
responses raised any concerns nor

424
00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:08,880
objections regarding the proposed
provincial amendment.

425
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:12,040
We did, however, receive one email from
a resident and they were seeking

426
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:16,640
clarification
as to how this might impact their

427
00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:20,080
individual residential property, but
after discussing this with our staff, uh

428
00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:23,800
the resident did not express any
objection again to this proposed

429
00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:27,520
provincial amendment.
Now, next steps. It's a very thorough

430
00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:33,560
process as we know here trying to get
our municipal plan uh Mount Pearl's city

431
00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:38,280
municipal plan updated. So, these are
the required upcoming steps.

432
00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:42,080
Um we await confirmation from the
province regarding this proposed St.

433
00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:45,520
John's urban region regional plan
amendment. We're expecting that late

434
00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:49,640
August.
Then we're going to resubmit a revised

435
00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:53,960
draft municipal plan and development
regulations

436
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:57,800
spanning 2026 to 2036. This of course is
based on internal revisions, the outcome

437
00:30:56,520 --> 00:31:01,080
of the amendment that we just
referenced, and response to general

438
00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:05,960
commentary and review comments from the
province. Um so we're expecting this by

439
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:09,160
mid-September.
Then we're going to await section 15

440
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:13,760
release
for the um municipal plan development

441
00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:17,040
regulations 2026 to 2036 from the
province. We're expecting that late

442
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:20,200
September.
Then we'll proceed with the adoption of

443
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:24,680
our municipal plan development
regulations by the by our public

444
00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:27,200
council. Again, late September, early
October.

445
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:31,800
Then we have to schedule and hold a
joint public hearing. We're expecting

446
00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:35,680
that in mid-October. Then we'll await
the public commissioner's report,

447
00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:39,680
council approval of our municipal plan
development regulations, submit the plan

448
00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:44,640
and regulations to the province for
ministerial register registration. We're

449
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:48,480
expecting that in early November. Then
we'll um

450
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:53,360
await uh ministerial registration letter
from the province. Again, late November,

451
00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:56,520
early December. And finally, publish the
notice of registration in the

452
00:31:54,640 --> 00:32:00,800
Newfoundland and Labrador Gazette. And
that's estimated at the end of December.

453
00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:04,320
This will then conclude the required
process. And the Mount Pearl uh the new

454
00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:10,000
Mount Pearl municipal plan and
development regulations for 2026 to 2036

455
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:13,720
will officially come into effect on the
date that the notice of registration is

456
00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:19,720
published in the Newfoundland and
Labrador Gazette. So this is a very a

457
00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:22,480
fullsome and and thorough process here.
And we are following due process. So I

458
00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:24,920
just wanted to provide that update
there, Mayor.

459
00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:35,080
And the last uh for our report
is the um development permit listing

460
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:38,400
from uh June 1st to July 31st of 2026.
And you can see that there are 11 listed

461
00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:42,800
there.
And um we're open any questions should

462
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:47,680
council have any questions on this.
>> I think Councillor Antle does.

463
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:50,880
» Just a question and maybe uh
we can answer this. I noticed this is

464
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:55,200
just for our FYI,
right? But it stated June the 1st uh to

465
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:58,240
running through to July 20th. Is there
any way we can have that earlier like

466
00:32:56,800 --> 00:33:03,920
instead of having
already happened? What's going to

467
00:32:59,960 --> 00:33:03,920
happen? Is that a possibility?

468
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:11,360
Well, no. Well, this is uh this is uh
development permit listings that are

469
00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:14,080
happening like you know what? Open air
assembly that happened on June the 16th.

470
00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:17,280
There were hockey tournament that
happened over top the road. I didn't

471
00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:20,320
know that was happening. But if we had a
known it if we have it beforehand. Is

472
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:25,560
there any way you can have it beforehand
like it's going to happen in September?

473
00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:28,960
No, I think things don't I'm asking
instead of having it now as an FYI that

474
00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:33,200
already happened.
Like is an FYI that already happened.

475
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:36,720
I'd like to know what's going to happen.
>> Well, I guess the only thing we could do

476
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:41,960
is if is show permits have been approved
right up to today I'll say to exaggerate

477
00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:46,600
the case perhaps.
But we can't really forecast into the

478
00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:50,960
future unless you're talking about an
activity that was approved

479
00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:53,960
that may happen in the future. But
they're all future oriented, right?

480
00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:59,640
Because when the permit's issued it's
about to you're about to do something.

481
00:33:56,200 --> 00:34:04,160
So, help me out here either director or
CAO. I'm trying to answer Councillor

482
00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:07,280
Antle it would in a practical way, but
uh

483
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:11,200
could we get them earlier?
Um or more up to date for lack of a

484
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:16,760
better word. I don't mean that to be
critical. Just asking the question.

485
00:34:14,679 --> 00:34:23,560
» No, I mean listen. I we can certainly
take it away. I I don't see um

486
00:34:20,879 --> 00:34:27,840
a procedural way to provide guaranteed
advance notice of all permits issued

487
00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:34,360
because our permits are processed based
on event date. So, or activity date. So,

488
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:38,000
I I can't guarantee you that cuz we may
not even be in receipt of the permit

489
00:34:35,679 --> 00:34:41,879
application 2 months out from an event
happening. We may only be able to issue

490
00:34:39,879 --> 00:34:45,080
the permit in that appropriate time
period. So, unfortunately, I think we

491
00:34:43,720 --> 00:34:48,760
have to take that away and give it more
consideration as to how we can achieve

492
00:34:46,679 --> 00:34:53,000
and I know what you're asking for,
but I I, you know, the it's a manual

493
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:56,200
process to deliver that and so we have
to give that more consideration.

494
00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:59,880
» Yeah, just to go back on that one. Like
for the ball hockey tournament, that's

495
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:05,280
one I was just noticed that was
happening on July the 9th. You know, and

496
00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:08,160
this is a it was an FYI. Like I didn't I
walked over it. I didn't know what was

497
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:12,160
happening. Is there any way that we know
if something's happening in September?

498
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:15,200
It was going to be an FYI or October.
Maybe it doesn't happen, but that'd be

499
00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:19,080
nice to know
if it's going to happen. Something like

500
00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:22,120
» That's the takeaway, I think. That's the
one you've got to

501
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:26,360
But I would ask this,
um not for decision tonight, but to

502
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:29,800
Councillor Angel's point, if the if the
report is being prepared the Friday

503
00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:33,520
before the Tuesday, maybe the cut-off
could be the Thursday before the council

504
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:38,720
meeting. And the spreadsheet, which I'm
assuming this is what this is, could be

505
00:35:36,240 --> 00:35:42,080
uh tabulated. The other issue, I think
we're going to leave that in your hands

506
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:44,880
until next meeting. Uh Councillor Angel,
that work for you?

507
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:50,920
Okay. Um that report was from Deputy
Mayor Locker. You finished, sir?

508
00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:56,520
» sir. Thank you.
>> I'm going to move to round table.

509
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:56,520
Councillor uh Rice, please.

510
00:35:57,520 --> 00:36:02,880
» No, just a couple things for me there.
Uh I just wanted to uh

511
00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:07,360
just wanted to add about the city
website. Uh also, there's a couple

512
00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:10,160
things I wanted to highlight actually,
uh because a couple of people uh

513
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:13,680
residents called me about a couple of
things happening in the city and one of

514
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:17,080
them was a citizen's alert about signing
up for the citizen alert. Anything

515
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:21,120
that's happening in the city, you get it
through that uh

516
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:23,880
through that, you know, process there
because you you once you sign up and

517
00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:26,000
give your email, you'll get notification
of it cuz a couple people mentioned to

518
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:29,520
me that they didn't know what was
something was happening, but if you sign

519
00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:34,040
up for that, you will get it. Also, the
construction is notices are all up there

520
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:37,080
as well on the city site. Very important
because I know we got lots of

521
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:42,320
construction happening now around the
city. Uh you know, uh you over on uh

522
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:45,960
you know,
up around Farrell Drive area is a lot of

523
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:50,360
stuff happening up in that area, so you
know, uh same thing as well. And uh the

524
00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:53,840
other the other one I want to mention is
the Hey Mayor Pearl uh

525
00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:57,200
Your Voice. So, you can go down that app
and you can put actually on the Hey

526
00:36:55,600 --> 00:37:00,280
Mayor Pearl, you can actually click on
the on the link there

527
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:03,480
and you can go in and give your opinion
on stuff, upcoming stuff in the city.

528
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:05,880
So, I just want to That's it for me.
Thank you.

529
00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:10,840
» Yeah, citizen alerts really valuable,
especially for service notifications or

530
00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:17,480
uh or emergencies.
Um okay, so thank you, Councillor Race.

531
00:37:13,240 --> 00:37:17,480
Over to you, Councillor Fry.

532
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:22,520
» Thank you, Mayor.
There are two things I want to speak

533
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:25,560
about tonight. The first one is
something I think we'll all be

534
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:30,760
interested in and that's of course,
e-bikes and uh scooter regulations.

535
00:37:29,240 --> 00:37:34,320
As um
as part of Municipalities Newfoundland

536
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:40,080
and Labrador, I've been involved with
meeting with the province and the team,

537
00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:44,920
Minister Goosney and his team there
in terms of what how to go forward in

538
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:49,160
terms of regulating this. Of course,
this is all so new. It's new technology

539
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:52,840
and we're still trying to trying to
catch up with it.

540
00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:57,040
But, everyone agrees that regulations
are needed for for a number of reasons.

541
00:37:55,200 --> 00:38:02,160
I mean, first of all, you've got a lot
of young people using these. They don't

542
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:07,000
know the rules of the road. They haven't
applied for a permit and did a test and

543
00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:12,800
then did their driver's training and
then had to do another test. Like, it is

544
00:38:10,240 --> 00:38:15,560
kids are kids and of course, as kids,
kids do things that they probably

545
00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:21,000
shouldn't do. They don't have the fear,
so we need regulations first of all to

546
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:25,040
keep them safe.
But, also, I know after talking to a lot

547
00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:29,560
of people over the last couple of weeks,
especially, there are a lot of people

548
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:33,760
who have had near misses with people on
e-bikes and e-scooters. I know I have.

549
00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:39,400
And uh
I can't imagine if I had hit somebody. I

550
00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:42,760
mean, I would never be the same again.
It would You know, that's something that

551
00:38:40,720 --> 00:38:47,160
stays with you. So, we also, of course,
need to protect the drivers as well. So,

552
00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:52,360
I think we're moving in the right
direction. I I I'm so impressed with uh

553
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:55,280
with Minister Goosney and his team. I
believe they've taken this very

554
00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:59,200
seriously, and
they've done a lot of consultations and

555
00:38:57,160 --> 00:39:02,880
a lot of research, and and that's
including with e-bike manufacturers, and

556
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:05,640
and I've learned a few things about
that, too.

557
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:10,320
So,
the province has now launched a public

558
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:14,560
engagement survey, and this is focused
on strengthening road safety, including

559
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:19,320
the regulation and safe operations of
e-bikes and e-scooters.

560
00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:22,600
So, I encourage people to go into that
site

561
00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:26,880
and participate in the survey and share
their views on how road safety can be

562
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:31,000
improved for all users. And I do believe
that we're going to get a lot of similar

563
00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:35,760
things, you know, like a lot of repeat
things, but there's probably going to be

564
00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:38,840
one or two those little gems in there
that's going to make a difference. So,

565
00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:41,600
everybody's Everybody's views are
important there.

566
00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:45,720
And the survey can be found at
engageNL.ca.

567
00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:49,720
And uh this stems from growing public
discussions across the province

568
00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:53,480
regarding e-bike and e-scooter safety.
And it includes concerns raised by

569
00:39:51,720 --> 00:39:57,920
municipalities, residents, and law
enforcement. So, of course, the city of

570
00:39:55,520 --> 00:40:01,440
Mount Pearl will also complete a survey
as it's open to municipalities as well

571
00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:07,000
as the general public.
And uh I I'd strongly encourage people

572
00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:11,000
to uh to have their say. And this is
this is new. It's kind of like when

573
00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:14,040
seatbelt regulations first came in. You
know, nobody wanted it, but now it's

574
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:17,120
just
now it just keeps us all safe and it's

575
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:22,320
just um
a habit. So, we're at a place now where

576
00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:27,640
this is coming into play and it's
something that people should should have

577
00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:30,800
their have their voices heard.
So, that's one thing I wanted to talk

578
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:34,000
about there. I don't know if anybody
else wanted to comment.

579
00:40:37,240 --> 00:40:42,400
The other thing I wanted to talk about
is um

580
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:45,000
I've
as you guys all know, I'm an animal

581
00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:49,600
lover.
And I've had a number of residents reach

582
00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:54,360
out to me over the summer with concerns
that our animal when when they call in,

583
00:40:52,280 --> 00:41:00,360
if they if they've captured a stray
animal, when they call in, they're told

584
00:40:57,120 --> 00:41:04,400
that we don't collect stray animals
if they're in custody.

585
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:08,240
So, this
this got some people shaking their heads

586
00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:11,520
because I mean, if you see a stray cat,
you're going to

587
00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:15,280
entice them somewhere,
enclose them, and then call animal

588
00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:17,520
regulations and say, "Please come get
this."

589
00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:22,680
But, they're being told now, "If you
have If you have the animal,

590
00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:25,840
we're not coming to take it." So, this
is something of concern. I just bring it

591
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:30,240
forward because I've had a number of
residents reach out to me on this.

592
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:36,440
This is the season when the you know,
you've got a lot of animals roaming and

593
00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:40,640
they're we're coming into kitten season,
and you don't want an excess of animals

594
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:44,160
on the streets.
Plus, you also don't want, you know, for

595
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:48,160
the safety of the animals as well. So,
this is something I just wanted to bring

596
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:51,720
forward for future discussion. I just
wanted to table it here today and and

597
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:55,000
let residents know that this is
something on our radar and we're going

598
00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:57,480
to revisit it.
And that's it for me, Your Worship.

599
00:41:56,080 --> 00:42:01,240
Thank you.
>> Yeah, I guess part of your plea is is it

600
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:05,040
something new we're doing or not doing,
whatever the case may be, but

601
00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:11,040
yeah, it's nice to be able to
communicate that to residents.

602
00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:16,480
» We used to We used to collect animals.
Um and I believe it changed in 2019. So,

603
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:19,760
I'm just asking that it be revisited
because this is something, you know,

604
00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:24,040
like I said, we don't want we don't want
animals on on the street and you've got

605
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:28,240
all these good Samaritans who are
collecting and are trying to save

606
00:42:26,080 --> 00:42:32,920
animals and trying to get them off the
street. And if people won't come and if

607
00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:36,080
our if our
if our

608
00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:39,160
bylaws say that we won't go collect
them, what are they going to do with

609
00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:43,240
them? Put them back out on the street.
And we don't want that. So, um I just

610
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:45,320
wanted to bring it forward and have it
revisited.

611
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:49,200
Thank you.
>> So, the direction is will staff take it

612
00:42:47,240 --> 00:42:52,520
away? I think that's what I'm sensing,
right? That's your plea? Yeah, good

613
00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:56,360
stuff. Okay, thanks so much. Over to
Deputy Mayor.

614
00:42:55,000 --> 00:43:00,000
» Uh thank you, Mayor. Two quick things.
Well, the first about the e-bikes, I

615
00:42:57,840 --> 00:43:04,040
won't go on at length because I'm uh
Councillor Fry summarized it uh

616
00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:08,240
nicely there. I'm just delighted to see
the province uh

617
00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:12,480
you know, taking an initiative and and
and reaching out seeking feedback, but

618
00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:16,080
as Councillor Fry said, I think
I think there's going to be significant

619
00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:20,120
overlap um
in the responses. So, I I await that. Um

620
00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:23,240
I also want to just extend the
congratulations to the event Sunday, the

621
00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:26,680
uh
the Sunset Market out here out front. I

622
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:30,720
mean, people were just they were
charmed. I got to say. Um so many people

623
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:33,640
came and said, "What a lovely event." It
was pop-up. Some people said, "I didn't

624
00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:37,800
know about it. I heard the music. I was
over the tennis courts. I decided to

625
00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:42,680
drop down." The music was great.
The um the food was great. The uh you

626
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:45,840
know, all the vendors. So, I just want
to extend congratulations Director

627
00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:48,520
Collins and others who were involved in
that

628
00:43:46,720 --> 00:43:52,840
uh making that such a success. That's it
for me, Mayor. Thank you.

629
00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:56,520
» Thank you.
And over to you, Councillor Antle, and

630
00:43:54,840 --> 00:43:59,960
uh let's talk about e-bikes. Go ahead.
>> I I have a

631
00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:03,560
two things to talk about. One, I'll talk
about e-bikes, believe it or not. I just

632
00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:07,680
filled out Engage NL.
I have a call in to the minister. and to

633
00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:11,520
chat with the minister because I I am on
a knee bike.

634
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:14,840
And I'm I'm on the bike and trail every
week every day.

635
00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:17,440
And I stopped talking to people most
times to ask them about how they feel

636
00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:20,440
about e-bikes.
And a lot of people do we have to

637
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:24,760
there's distinguish between e-bikes.
E-bikes are pedal assisted e-bikes and

638
00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:28,360
e-bikes without pedals.
And we got to make sure that we're not

639
00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:31,520
going to ban e-bikes that pedal
assisted. I think I know minister even

640
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:35,320
said we're not looking for a banning
e-bikes with pedals. Pedal assisted

641
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:39,600
bikes I mean we got to there's car what
is two there's a big difference.

642
00:44:37,640 --> 00:44:44,160
And I won't go on about that too much.
But you know Sunday when I went up from

643
00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:48,400
my house to CBS 90% of the bikers were
e-bikers on the trails and they were

644
00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:52,640
following rules of the road.
Now I'll get to my topic and I'll just

645
00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:56,760
get into that. I was up on uh
Saint David's and I contacted a

646
00:44:54,720 --> 00:45:00,560
counselor Wednesday or Thursday last
week with my grandchildren.

647
00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:04,080
And when I went there there was six
youngsters and they were they were

648
00:45:02,120 --> 00:45:08,200
electric dirt bikes or whatever these
called pedal they never had no pedals.

649
00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:10,440
And they were going across Saint David's
field

650
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:14,240
in the parkway and I'd say they were
doing 40 or 50 km an hour. They were

651
00:45:12,640 --> 00:45:17,840
flying. I mean there was youngsters all
over the field. My youngsters were

652
00:45:15,400 --> 00:45:20,480
there. My grandchildren were there.
There was other children there playing.

653
00:45:19,040 --> 00:45:24,520
We our parks
our parks and rec were playing with

654
00:45:21,720 --> 00:45:28,480
their kids. I contacted our CEO and I
said this is terrible. I mean this is we

655
00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:31,200
have to do something. So I stopped I
chatted with other parents while I was

656
00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:36,480
there.
And a lot of people don't realize that

657
00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:41,760
these motor these e-bikes without motors
are not legal here in the city of Mount

658
00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:45,840
Pearl. They can be confiscated.
So one of our MEOs came by and I chatted

659
00:45:43,720 --> 00:45:50,040
with one of our MEOs and we talked about
this like they can confiscate these

660
00:45:47,720 --> 00:45:53,960
bikes. I think what we have to do is let
parents know like right up front they're

661
00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:58,120
illegal in the city of Mount Pearl and
we can confiscate them. They're in our

662
00:45:55,360 --> 00:46:02,880
bylaws. We had them sent out today that
our bylaw states that we can confiscate

663
00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:08,560
motorized vehicles within city of Mount
Pearl. And e-bikes without pedals can be

664
00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:12,440
confiscated. I think what we need to do
is put a on our website, on our

665
00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:15,600
Facebook, that we're going to start
confiscating these bikes. Parents need

666
00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:18,600
to know they're illegal in the city of
Mount Pearl. Somebody's going to get

667
00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:21,800
hurt. The bylaws, like Counselor Friel
just said, the minister's working on

668
00:46:20,080 --> 00:46:26,440
something.
But our bylaws are already in the city.

669
00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:30,720
Our MEOs can pick up a bike and
confiscate that bike. Now, as regards to

670
00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:34,920
scooters, I don't know how the scooters
work. But the scooters are just as

671
00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:37,960
dangerous as If they don't have pedals,
someone's going to get hurt on these

672
00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:41,320
bikes. But right now, we already have
the bylaws in our city that we can

673
00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:45,000
confiscate the bikes. I think what we
need to do is put out a some kind of

674
00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:48,920
notification within the next 30 days or
next 2 weeks, we're going to start

675
00:46:46,400 --> 00:46:52,240
confiscating. And I think that will stop
people from using Parents don't know

676
00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:56,200
that they're illegal.
Yeah. I was up in Costco

677
00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:59,600
a couple of days ago. They're selling
scooters now for I won't say the price,

678
00:46:58,320 --> 00:47:02,440
but they're selling People are buying
them all over the place. Parents need to

679
00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:06,360
know they're illegal in the city of
Mount Pearl. And however we do that, we

680
00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:09,760
can put a sign on the beginning of We
have signs all the times.

681
00:47:08,680 --> 00:47:12,760
Yeah.
And And you know, that's uh

682
00:47:11,480 --> 00:47:14,720
me on e-bikes. So, anybody else?
>> passionate. You're a bit of a cyclist

683
00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:18,640
from what I understand.
>> I'm on the e-bike. I talked to lots of

684
00:47:16,160 --> 00:47:22,520
people in the city, right? You know, my
age around the e-bikes, and I contacted

685
00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:25,840
I put on the Engage NL, and I put a sign
my name, and I said you can give me a

686
00:47:23,880 --> 00:47:29,120
call. I talked to e-bikes. You can go
down on the trail, and I just rode my

687
00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:32,640
bike across the walk, and I talked to
people on the e-bikes.

688
00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:36,880
And I stress that. I think any of us are
looking We don't want to ban e-bikes.

689
00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:42,360
Pedal-assisted e-bikes are what are
safe. It's the speed and these motorized

690
00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:45,040
dirt bikes have to be banned. And we
have the laws in place to confiscate

691
00:47:43,880 --> 00:47:48,840
them.
And that's my rant on that one.

692
00:47:46,720 --> 00:47:52,320
» Unfortunately, we don't Well, it depends
on the classification. Electric dirt

693
00:47:50,440 --> 00:47:55,800
bikes, these little guys that go, you
know what I mean? Like like the old

694
00:47:53,640 --> 00:47:59,000
Yammie, remember the old Yammies? They
are classified as off-road vehicles in

695
00:47:57,720 --> 00:48:03,280
the city of Mount Pearl and they are
enforceable. Right now e-bikes with

696
00:48:01,240 --> 00:48:07,840
pedals and e-scooters are permitted
within the city because to see a sign

697
00:48:06,240 --> 00:48:11,880
doesn't always define what the
regulation is and the regulations don't

698
00:48:09,960 --> 00:48:15,080
necessarily back that up and we're
trying to coordinate with the province

699
00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:19,800
and
I got the CAO and I saw the corner of my

700
00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:24,200
eye Deputy Mayor Lock. Can you expand on
that as I know we had some notes done up

701
00:48:22,280 --> 00:48:28,800
and but Councillor is right, speed is
the issue. I'm not sure I agree with him

702
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:33,040
on the pedal assist bikes but e-scooters
and e-bikes it's free range

703
00:48:30,720 --> 00:48:37,960
unfortunately. Is that a fair statement
unless we ban them specifically just

704
00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:37,960
from our infrastructure?

705
00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:47,760
» Um listen, no doubt that this is a topic
of interest particularly with the news

706
00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:51,360
as of late. So the city is working on a
submission

707
00:48:49,680 --> 00:48:54,840
outlining many of the concerns raised
here today but Mayor is right. It's very

708
00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:59,360
clear legislatively in our own
regulations around e-bikes without

709
00:48:57,400 --> 00:49:04,400
pedals because they don't have to propel
they cannot operate on a propel assist.

710
00:49:02,360 --> 00:49:08,640
So we do have regulations support that
we do not have the support of

711
00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:14,440
regulations for e-scooters or e-bikes
and so at this point in time

712
00:49:11,160 --> 00:49:18,640
any enforcement is limited in terms of
what we can do as a municipality so we

713
00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:21,360
have to work with the province. We have
to govern

714
00:49:20,040 --> 00:49:27,400
we have to work from a governance and
advocacy perspective to find a path

715
00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:31,360
forward on that. So we're doing what we
can. We are enforcing the regulations

716
00:49:29,960 --> 00:49:36,040
that are within our control. So for
example helmets helmets are required

717
00:49:34,480 --> 00:49:41,440
under our current regulations and our
municipal enforcement team have been

718
00:49:38,800 --> 00:49:46,000
enforcing helmet
regulations and requirements more so and

719
00:49:44,520 --> 00:49:49,640
and Director Collins has given this
direction to his team

720
00:49:47,920 --> 00:49:55,080
to ensure that we are stopping we are
working with youth

721
00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:59,240
for e-bikes e-dirt bikes, sorry. and It
is all very complicated, but for e-dirt

722
00:49:57,520 --> 00:50:02,160
bikes, we are
we have given the direction to our

723
00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:06,400
enforcement team to confiscate where
appropriate, and if you're operating

724
00:50:04,600 --> 00:50:11,360
outside of that to call a parent and
ensure the parent comes to collect the

725
00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:14,840
bike in those times. So, the challenge,
you know, the challenge is around

726
00:50:12,720 --> 00:50:17,360
enforcement of e-scooters and and
e-bikes that have

727
00:50:16,720 --> 00:50:22,760
um
pedal pedals with them because our

728
00:50:20,080 --> 00:50:25,920
ability to enforce is limited. However,
we are working more on an awareness

729
00:50:24,400 --> 00:50:30,120
angle right now, and we're we're going
to work with the province to support

730
00:50:28,480 --> 00:50:33,000
better legislation that we can better
enforce.

731
00:50:32,120 --> 00:50:36,160
» I'm going to save you for last,
Councillor Rental, because you started a

732
00:50:34,680 --> 00:50:39,360
great conversation, but I think we've
got two colleagues that want to speak,

733
00:50:37,640 --> 00:50:42,000
and maybe more for all I know, but I'm
going to go to Deputy Mayor Lock and

734
00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:45,200
then Councillor Fry.
>> Uh thank you, Mayor. I just further to

735
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:48,600
what Councillor Rental was saying, I I
mean, he's dead on the money here,

736
00:50:47,400 --> 00:50:53,560
but I think we got to get into the
semantics because we're using the term

737
00:50:51,120 --> 00:50:58,280
e-bikes, but and I think that's where
the confusion comes, Councillor Rental.

738
00:50:55,880 --> 00:51:00,960
It's it's the e-motorcycle
that we're we're concerned about because

739
00:50:59,840 --> 00:51:04,080
I know
I mean, I was reading here today some

740
00:51:02,480 --> 00:51:08,560
information that was sent to us about
micro-mobility devices.

741
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:13,960
And then the examples that were given
here, e-bikes, pedal-assist bikes,

742
00:51:12,160 --> 00:51:17,320
e-scooters, electric skateboards, and
Segways.

743
00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:22,000
But to me, what distinguishes an e-bike
from a pedal-assist bike? In my mind,

744
00:51:19,520 --> 00:51:25,360
they're the same. It's the e-motorcycles
is what we're

745
00:51:23,600 --> 00:51:29,720
I think what what you're referring to
here, right? But

746
00:51:27,080 --> 00:51:33,680
or electric dirt bike, right? But, you
know, a bicycle a

747
00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:36,920
The pedal-assist is what we permit. As
long as you got pedals that you can

748
00:51:34,920 --> 00:51:41,240
propel with your feet,
that's what's permissible.

749
00:51:39,560 --> 00:51:45,080
Of course, and I said that a couple of
weeks ago, that I'm on the trail

750
00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:50,440
sometimes, and people on
you know, you know, mountain bikes that

751
00:51:47,360 --> 00:51:54,960
aren't e electric, they're exceeding the
speeds on our trails. So, you know, but

752
00:51:53,200 --> 00:51:58,120
we need to we and I'm sure the province
is going to do this, they need to

753
00:51:56,080 --> 00:52:02,440
clarify to your point, Councillor
Randell, so that parents know what's

754
00:52:00,280 --> 00:52:05,400
legal, what's not.
What's not legal in the city of Mount

755
00:52:03,800 --> 00:52:08,800
Pearl. Thank you, Mayor.
Councillor Fry. And Councillor Racey,

756
00:52:07,280 --> 00:52:11,680
are you next in the queue or you want to
wait? You going to You're going to pass

757
00:52:10,520 --> 00:52:16,000
for now. I think it's all being
discussed. Councillor Fry and then

758
00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:20,120
Councillor Randell.
>> I just wanted to add because there was

759
00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:25,160
one thing that I I learned this week.
These uh scooters, you know, the ones

760
00:52:22,160 --> 00:52:30,920
that kids have, they come in factory uh
from the factory at set at 30 km/h.

761
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:35,400
That's what is recommended, 30 km/h.
But apparently, there's a way you can, I

762
00:52:33,600 --> 00:52:40,840
don't know, YouTube it or something and
this is what kids are doing. There's a

763
00:52:36,680 --> 00:52:45,840
way to override that 30 km/h. So, now
you've got these scooters that should be

764
00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:50,520
going 30 km/h and they're going much,
much faster. So, that's one of the

765
00:52:48,200 --> 00:52:54,120
things that we need to
keep in mind, too, when you're talking

766
00:52:52,040 --> 00:52:59,080
about speeds and and e-scooters. Like,
there's You've got the ones from the

767
00:52:55,920 --> 00:53:04,120
factory that are 30 km and then others
that can go much faster.

768
00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:09,280
Uh I also wanted just to to I think
uh CAO Rideout hit the ball hit the nail

769
00:53:06,680 --> 00:53:12,920
right on the head because in terms of
regulation, we need provincial

770
00:53:11,400 --> 00:53:17,240
regulation. We need to keep it
consistent across across the province

771
00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:22,080
across municipal boundaries. And by
having provincial regulation, that will

772
00:53:19,840 --> 00:53:26,800
help in terms of enforcement and giving
more more clout to enforcement. And uh

773
00:53:25,200 --> 00:53:31,680
that's all I just wanted to say. I just
I was fascinated about the I was down at

774
00:53:28,920 --> 00:53:36,160
the e-bike shop and they have what they
call moto bikes or something and they

775
00:53:34,560 --> 00:53:39,920
look really amazing. There was one there
like $20,000.

776
00:53:38,080 --> 00:53:43,280
But it is I mean, there's the technology
is there and one of something else that

777
00:53:41,360 --> 00:53:48,440
he said that I found was interesting,
too. He said, "This is new here, but

778
00:53:46,320 --> 00:53:52,440
people tourist come and they want to
rent these bikes because they've they're

779
00:53:50,400 --> 00:53:56,360
so used to having them in other parts of
Canada that when they come, they know

780
00:53:54,680 --> 00:54:02,000
how to use them and that's that's their
mode of transportation. So, we're just a

781
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:05,360
little bit uh I guess a little bit later
getting it here, but it's like the

782
00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:07,400
Cabbage Patch effect, you know, one kid
gets it, everybody else wants one,

783
00:54:06,720 --> 00:54:10,640
right?
>> Now, you're dating yourself.

784
00:54:08,840 --> 00:54:12,760
» Yeah.
>> Coun. Tilley,

785
00:54:11,600 --> 00:54:16,200
you stared at this.
>> How do you want to finish, sir?

786
00:54:13,880 --> 00:54:20,400
» Just on a high note. I talked to some
kids that use scooters and I thought

787
00:54:18,080 --> 00:54:23,920
this was fabulous. Couple of scooters,
like you can leave my house for any

788
00:54:21,840 --> 00:54:27,520
Mount Pearl now and you can take these
scooters and that's what they're

789
00:54:24,960 --> 00:54:31,400
planning to do, go right to university,
10 km from Mount Pearl, 10 km on our

790
00:54:29,480 --> 00:54:34,320
trails and it's nice trails and they can
take the scooters, put them in their

791
00:54:32,560 --> 00:54:37,920
backpack and put them in the locker. So,
it's ideal for university students.

792
00:54:36,400 --> 00:54:42,560
There is a way we can keep these
scooters and work with these. Like the

793
00:54:39,320 --> 00:54:46,320
mayor said, speed is the key. 20 km on
our trails, that's it. If you do 20 km,

794
00:54:44,880 --> 00:54:50,080
with something director Collins, we both
have e-bikes and you know, we do speed

795
00:54:47,920 --> 00:54:54,600
them at 20 km. It's no problem. I have
an e-bike, my son has a regular bike, I

796
00:54:52,480 --> 00:54:58,440
cannot keep up with him. I have an
e-bike, my bike tops out at 28 km, it

797
00:54:56,680 --> 00:55:02,240
won't go any faster in life.
I can't keep up with Ryan. This is just

798
00:55:00,200 --> 00:55:05,480
impossible. It's just So, it's it's
speed. Any other I'll go on and that's

799
00:55:03,680 --> 00:55:09,160
it. So, we can go on that. My last one
is really uh it's good news.

800
00:55:07,680 --> 00:55:13,720
And I think we need to send out a letter
congratulations to Read Music.

801
00:55:11,560 --> 00:55:17,760
Junior and Junior Reed are celebrating
35 years of successful business here in

802
00:55:16,080 --> 00:55:21,000
the city of Mount Pearl.
Junior and Junior started our business

803
00:55:19,480 --> 00:55:24,680
off here on number three Commonwealth
Avenue, all right? And one they had one

804
00:55:23,840 --> 00:55:27,400
little
office there off Amulree Electric.

805
00:55:26,080 --> 00:55:31,240
That's where he started, a little tiny
office. It was just They had a couple of

806
00:55:29,320 --> 00:55:34,240
guitars and a piano and they started off
35 years ago.

807
00:55:33,000 --> 00:55:38,560
And now you look at them, they're over
on Topsail Road, they have the I think

808
00:55:35,960 --> 00:55:41,560
the top floor, they have classes. They
have

809
00:55:40,080 --> 00:55:45,760
I've taught so many people how to play
music here in City Mount Pearl.

810
00:55:44,120 --> 00:55:50,480
If any time we want any kind of
donation, you call Junior and Janior and

811
00:55:48,240 --> 00:55:53,360
they're there right away. So, for 35
years successful business here in City

812
00:55:51,920 --> 00:55:56,840
Mount Pearl, congratulations from
almost, I'm sure, and a nice letter from

813
00:55:54,920 --> 00:56:00,160
the City Mount Pearl would be nice.
And uh maybe we can drop over and uh

814
00:55:59,160 --> 00:56:02,000
drop it off to him. And that's
everything from me, Your Worship. Thank

815
00:56:01,200 --> 00:56:05,000
you.
>> Consider it done. I'm going to finish

816
00:56:03,400 --> 00:56:08,960
with a few thank yous. Thank you to
Carrie Hotter in our community city

817
00:56:07,360 --> 00:56:14,040
communications for putting together all
these great e-bike and e-scooter and

818
00:56:11,880 --> 00:56:17,600
e-messaging
uh for the city. Thank you very much uh

819
00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:22,120
Carrie. Uh thank you to council and
staff for um Mount Pearl putting the

820
00:56:19,880 --> 00:56:26,320
initiative in through MNL to uh put a
resolution on the table so that

821
00:56:24,160 --> 00:56:29,720
Councillor Fry, who's the vice president
of MNL and is also, I think, head of

822
00:56:28,360 --> 00:56:33,520
advocacy,
uh could meet with Minister Goosney

823
00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:38,240
along with her colleagues at MNL. Um but
I can also give you an update. I think

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the minister is very confident in the
process and it's going to be very

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thorough, but there are timelines. And
he, I believe, mentioned to me yesterday

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that they're hoping to bring in some
legislation the fall. They're they're

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not dithering cuz he's not just hearing
it, say, from the City of Mount Pearl. I

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think all quarters are are speaking to
it.

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Um
and I think CAO, we talked about

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setting up a meeting with Minister
Goosney just to follow up our

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engagement. I believe we would have no
trouble getting Councillor Antle to go.

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Yeah. So.
With that in mind, uh

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thank you everybody for your attention,
your discussion of the issues, and

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giving up um
um the evening of your Tuesday, which is

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a quite evening outdoors, and I'm going
to now call for a motion, please, to

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adjourn the meeting. Moved by Councillor
Fry, seconded by Councillor Rice.