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all right good evening everybody uh
welcome to the town of cocher Committee

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of the whole meeting for September 16th
2024 I shall call this meeting to order

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first order of business is to set an
agenda for the evening can I get a

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motion to adopt the agenda from one of
my colleagues up

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here councelor Reid also move the
adoption the agenda as presented all

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right all in favor of the agenda as
presented that is passed unanimously

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next item is the approval of the prev
minutes looking for somebody have done

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it okay mayor
janang uh happy to approve the minutes

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of our last meeting all right we have a
motion to approve the minutes all in

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favor carried unanimously and that leads
us right into delegations our first

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delegation is Rocky View foundation and
Mr Chris bro is gonna be speaking with

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us good evening uh my name is uh Chris R
and as

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CEO uh I am honored to represent Rocky
view Foundation uh an organization

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dedicated to providing affordable
housing Solutions in the Rocky View

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region today I want to provide you with
a bit of an update on some of the

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progress we've been making on a few
projects uh share some of the challenges

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that we're facing in affordable housing
in this region uh recount a couple

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stories and uh discuss some of our uh
plans for the future

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uh for those of you that might not be
that familiar Rocky view Foundation is

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the housing management body for the
Rocky View region that includes Cochran

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arre uh Crossfield a can Biser and Rocky
View County uh this past year was an

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exciting year for us uh just over a year
ago uh we opened our third supportive

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living seniors Lodge in arry uh abriel
Place uh we Pur just a uh uh Hampton in

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that had closed down during covid uh and
was able to transition that into 93 um

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senior uh living Lodge units uh adding
to our portfolio which is now over 233

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units and uh in addition to that is 84
apartment units uh for

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seniors also in 2023 uh we took over the
delivery of the rental assistance

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benefit program uh for uh um on of the
government of Alberta uh we were able to

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see the uh client base increase from 60
to 70 people to now over 130 people uh

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and uh increase of several hundred to
1.1 million in funding uh from The

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Province uh we continue to want to see
that grow as it's a incredible program

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for our residents uh and then we've also
uh had the chance in 2023 and 2024 to

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pursue new funding opportunities for new
projects uh we're we're still hopeful on

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a few of them we were successful in uh a
small Grant from cmhc for a project in

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brag Creek uh if you are uh on Media or
news at all nowadays affordable housing

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is obviously uh something that is there
all the time uh and uh oftentimes uh

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sometimes it's simplified I just want to
raise awareness of some of the

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challenges that we see on a day-to-day
basis uh from people walking in through

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our doors or or phoning uh the first
thing uh is rental market pressures uh

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this is obviously a big part of the the
of what we see and that is uh a large

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part due to vacancy rates uh in 2020 in
our region vacancy rates for rentals was

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about
6.6% uh in 2023 it's

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2.6% uh and it's probably even tighter
now most economists agree that you're

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you're probably in that five to eight%
is the best neutral Market keeps

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landlords engaged in the market and
keeps uh enough pressures off the rental

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rates to ensure that the the rates
aren't skyrocketing for tenants uh so

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with that being at 2.6% or even tighter
uh it's added a lot of pressure to the

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rental
market uh another area we see uh quite

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common is uh income versus housing cost
this is talked a lot about in media uh

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and uh in Alberta alone 22% of
households are in core housing need

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that's talked about a lot what that
means is uh about if for low to Middle

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inome families economists agree about
30% or less should go towards housing

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anything more then budget constraints
begin to uh come in and uh really

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tighten things up uh and so uh that uh
22% means that uh they're spending more

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than 30% uh in housing we all see people
come in with 40 50 or 60% of their

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income going towards
housing uh we also seeing the challenge

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of an aging population uh the majority
of our rental uh stock uh in our region

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is not senior specific uh with a ideal
dream of Aging in place this uh hinders

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that as there's not enough um barrier
free or Universal Design uh in our

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Marketplace for rental specifically for
our um for our seniors and then of

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course something that's talked about a
lot is uh just uh not enough housing

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though uh in Cochran and and ay and in
this region there's lots of development

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which is fantastic unfortunately Supply
is not keeping up with

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demand uh as I talk to my team about
this uh often we can look at uh look at

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these things but behind all the
percentages are people and behind all

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the statistics are stories uh and I want
to just share a few with you uh uh that

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we we get to uh make a difference with
I'm not going to share all these stories

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um sufficient to say that we get to see
uh resident and tenant feedback and even

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more so some families that come back and
talk to us about just the different

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outcomes uh that they're seeing in in
their loved ones lives uh we're seeing

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uh you know improv mental health and
improve uh uh physical health we're

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seeing connections to communities we're
seeing a a increase in Independence and

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these are just incredible outcomes and
we get to be take a part of every day

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um but the most important thing that we
do provide is a home and that's a big

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part for those incomes uh want to just
quickly draw you draw your attention to

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this uh this story uh we had an
individual who had grown up in uh Ro

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Alberta in this region uh he had worked
hard uh had family in the area until

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they all moved away the siblings and all
that was married uh worked all his life

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uh his his uh wife unfortunately passed
away and he continued to work into it

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into his 70s uh and got to a point where
he couldn't work anymore uh and uh and

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unfortunately uh uh he he had to uh stop
working and he had to rely solely on uh

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his government
pensions uh it was about springtime when

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he realized the government pensions was
going to cover his rent that had just

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increased and so he um he had to make a
hard decision he decided that he was

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going to move from uh the place that he
had to move out of and move into his car

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for the summer uh and the fall and
hopefully save up some money and um make

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a plan uh once the temperature started
dropping uh and that happened and in the

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fall uh it didn't get any easier uh if
he uh he had he faced the two biggest

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problems that we see in housing in our
area is if he could find a place

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availability you couldn't afford it and
uh but uh just through some uh some

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circumstances he got in contact with one
of our our lodges and talked to our team

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there and he he phoned up and he asked
that that first you know dreaded

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question do you have anything available
and and we did have units available and

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he asked the second most dreaded
question what's it cost and our team got

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to take him through the uh rank gear to
income model that we have the affordable

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uh affordability model uh and he quickly
realized that he could he could afford

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this place uh he came down quickly took
a tour of the place fell in love right

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away within a few short weeks he had
moved out of his car and into our into

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our one of our lodges and uh jumped into
the community jumped into the activities

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uh great realized his new neighbors uh
had couldn't get to uh some of their

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medical appointments and to some of
their their shopping appointments and so

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the car that he had been living in Prior
uh to that point he was Now using for

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his new neighbors to drive them around
to pay it for it uh and um you know it's

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just one one of many stories that that I
could share of just the of making a

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difference and and the life impact and
uh as we look as we look forward is we

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want to tell more of those stories
because sometimes those stories don't

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turn out super well uh and as we as we
want to tell some of those stories more

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stories in the future uh kind of a two
uh two uh parts of our plan moving

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forward is a capital main maintenance
plan uh this plan is really just to make

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sure that our existing uh uh assets
really continue uh to have be high

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quality and be sustainable into the
future so we're putting together

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comprehensive plan to make sure that
happens uh and the the next plan is to

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um develop more uh units to develop more
communities uh to build Partnerships

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pursue funding opportunities uh and look
at acquiring more

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units uh
affordable housing is not just about

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providing shelter it's about creating
opportunities for a better life uh the

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work we do at uh Rocky view Foundation
is crucial for building stronger more

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resilient
communities if you hear anything tonight

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uh hear this we don't do it Al we don't
do it alone our story that we shared

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here and the stories that we could share
is not just Rocky view Foundation

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stories uh it is the stories of uh
Cochrans and and all the communities and

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municipalities we partner with I want to
uh say really clearly tonight we thank

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you for your continued support um and uh
just your uh this community support and

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the communities that we serve support to
to see uh stories like this happen uh I

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believe that um that together we are
making a lasting difference in the lives

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of many and we're building a future a
brighter future for Alberta I want to

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thank you for uh taking the time for
hearing this

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presentation all right thank you very
much for your presentation let's move

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into questions who is First Council
flis Chris I just want to say thank you

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on behalf of council for all the hard
work you put in Chris has just been

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there a short time and as a rep for this
committee I see him in action trying to

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modernize the group and um get funding
in place and I know it's not an easy

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task but suddenly he's an expert took
over from the CAO who um retired

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recently and is doing a fabulous job
unfortunately we didn't get the funding

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for our big Hill Lodge but we're going
to keep working on it not yet my

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question is um around the um rental
assistance program carran has really

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high rents and I'm wondering what how
many people are accessing it and what

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the weight list is like uh so I should
have had those exact numbers with me I

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apologize I can get those numbers to you
and you can report on that uh but we

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have um approximately 170 people on our
weight list uh right now um and to be

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honest it probably grows every day yeah
yes I know it's a challenge we uh have a

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lot of people in need and the funding's
gone up but still not quite as high as

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it needs to be not at all no thank
you councelor Wilson thank you thanks

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for the presentation Chris I just had a
couple questions not knowing as much

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about your organization as councelor
flowers does which is an understatement

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um just uh briefly I guess ballpark how
how are you funded in percentage wise is

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it how much from the community how much
from The Province and then also just

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Cochran specific
I never realized Evergreen Manor was

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part of the portfolio and Cochran I knew
about Big Hill Lodge what's the uh

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current plan for I don't know life
cycling those out I know the big hill

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Lodge a little bit because we talk about
it so much but Evergreen Manor is it the

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same situation there yeah uh so the
majority of our funding comes through

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our rents um I don't have the exact
percentage I think about 70% of our

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funding comes through our rents uh we uh
the next largest percentage of funding

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comes through our our requisition uh and
that's through our municipality

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uh we also get um a lodge assistance
program funding uh for for the lodge

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program uh from the government of
Alberta that's um for eligible units

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it's $20 uh $20.50 per day uh per unit
uh which has increased uh just recently

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uh so that's that's important and um
your second question was C specific the

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two the two um different places in cochr
you mentioned in the slides yeah how are

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they doing life cycle wise and and what
what's the plan I suppose yeah so

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Evergreen is is in in Fairly good shape
uh we're contining to Lobby the

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government for Capital repairs and
maintenance that is a government-owned

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building which we operate
uh we are always uh lobbying the

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government for those funds and those
finances we haven't seen a lot of

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um uh additional funding for that uh I
just want to be careful here you know I

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work work with with different levels of
government so I don't want to uh trash

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anybody but uh yeah we we we need more
funding for for those things uh and

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that's really uh preventative
maintenance so we can get ahead we don't

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want a a roof leaking we want a roof
repaired when it and replac when it

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needs to be repaired or Windows or
whatever so uh big hill uh is um uh

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we're we're looking at a a replacement
plan for that uh currently and been

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working on that for number of years
we're hopeful this last round of funding

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through the government of Alberta uh for
HPP which is the affordable housing uh

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partnership program uh there were 66
million there was 75 projects applied

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for it uh eight projects got applied or
got approved 52 went to just two

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projects um so uh yeah there was a lot
of funding uh available in this La last

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round uh but we're continuing to uh yeah
apply and and try to you know see what

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different models we can look at as well
uh if it if we can't get HP GP

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money okay thank you you brought me one
more question with with something like

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the big hill Lodge when it's being when
we're looking to build the next one is

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that municipality provides the land and
Alberta Government funding sources you

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just mentioned provide the capital for
the actual uh building itself is that

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the model yeah so the model nowadays is
is you know uh it would be all three

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levels of government so we would look at
getting some cmhc uh funding as well

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there'd be some Municipal funding in
there you know through through a land

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grant or something like that
and HPP funding so HPP so government

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Alberta funds uh up to a third of the
project and that's it so um there is a

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uh a large amount remaining to to get uh
funded there I'll say okay thank thank

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you for for that you just brought me up
to speed with what some on the table

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probably probably already know and thank
you for the presentation appreciate it

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thank you over to councelor fedo uh
thank you I just have one question uh we

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know that obviously our funding was
denied are you uh are you trying any

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other creative ways to kind of approach
this situation um or is it just kind of

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apply and and continue on or are there
other you kind of mentioned that there

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are other things that you're looking at
can you kind of maybe elaborate a little

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bit on
that yeah so so we have to be Innovative

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in in this space nowadays um I would say
our our biggest challenge in in any type

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of project is funding um and the the big
announcements of federal or provincial

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governments of millions or billions of
dollars uh that's a lot harder to

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actually get in our hands so uh being
Innovative is is obviously our our

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approach we have to be Innovative so
we're looking at different Partnerships

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um you know different models that we
could uh Revenue models that we can

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maybe maximize our funding so we can
Debt Service more so um yeah there's no

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no answer today but yeah we're
continuing to review and research and we

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do a lot of reading at you know what's
working in different jurisdictions to

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know if there's a way that we can pull
some of that knowledge and wisdom on

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onto our side

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mayor janun yeah thank you U appreciate
the presentation this afternoon um

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councelor Wilson and fedo brought up a
couple of things that I was wanting to

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touch on and that's funding model and
I'm focusing my my comments tonight

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mainly on the big hill Lodge um it's no
secret around this rumor in our

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community this is something we needed
years ago and I know that you you share

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that sentiment and that we're not
adversaries in this we're we're

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collaborating to try and get this done
together um um I think um councilor

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Wilson you touched on a good point so
the operating costs are shared amongst

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the partners of the foundation but what
I learned recently uh was that capital

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is something that you don't requisition
for and that even if um Cochran or the

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viic lodge would have been successful in
the grant funding from The Province it

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wouldn't have covered the entire amount
of the capital build so that shortfall

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whatever that would would be is either
going going to have to be raised through

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fundraising which will take a period of
time or there could be a capital

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requisition to the communities that's so
um my question is and I think I've

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answered my own question is how can we
as a community help and if it's and it's

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kind of a heads up to my colleagues that
as we enter budget and we see the Rocky

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VI Foundation line item and that is
operating only and I don't have the

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number off the top of my head but if we
are to see Big Hill Lodge in the near

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future I think we're going this is my
opinion I think we're going to have to

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um get on board with a capital
requisition which might actually mean we

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convince our partners in Rocky view
Foundation the other communities to get

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on board with us or find an Innovative
way of doing it alone with the couple so

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um I guess it's more of an education and
I just is is that an accurate um train

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of thought from could have said it
better myself okay no no that's that's

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entirely true and um you know uh the the
provincial funding does does lack when I

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say it's a third um it it's a third up
to a threshold and so because the costs

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have gone up and the the model for the
HPP Grant it's more like 25 to 27% of

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the project not a third of the project
so um yeah so yeah innovative ways and

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looking at at requisitioning Capital and
and um you know partnering with our

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other communities is yeah exactly what
we need to do well and I I think it's a

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it's a heads up to my colleagues too
that if we are we could wait and see if

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we're going to get the provincial
funding then identify the shortfall in

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the build and that's going to take x
amount of time to fund raise for um it's

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my thought that we try and get that
requisition for capital in place before

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um or at the same time as we're being
granted funding so that we're on board

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and we know where the funding is coming
from and we can get the L built as soon

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as possible rather than having to Now
find a funding mechanism so um my

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promise I guess to you and the community
is that I will work with our my mayor

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colleagues and councils and other the
other communities in the Rocky B

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foundation and with yourself to try and
convince the others that this is a a

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plan that we should all be paying into
no matter where your Lodge might be next

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um we heard BR Creek I'm sure there's
more needs in aery as they continue to

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grow or the other communities so yeah
agree appreciate your support thank you

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thank
you okay councelor Reed yeah thanks

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Chris for your presentation um just
picking up on what the mayor was saying

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so if I recall correctly then so Cochran
contributed to the new Lodge in in

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Aidry uh there was not Capital
requisition we had Capital uh some

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Capital Savings uh for that uh and that
was done mainly through debt servicing

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so um the uh we had a cc of more
mortgage approved for it uh which is a

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50-year low interest uh affordable
housing mortgage uh which was approved

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by by all the councils yeah my the
second question had to do with along the

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line of innovation so you're talking
about Innovative opportunities as it

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relates to financing what about the the
construction itself um there's some

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members of council and and
administration we had an opportunity to

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see a project that was built in Toronto
um and while it doesn't sound very

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attractive in terms of ccans but it was
built out of ccans and um having seen

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their project I was really really
impressed with how the quality of the

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program and the housing that was made
available to to these families Not only

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was it the U promotion of it when we
were there was how quickly they

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FastTrack it I think they built it like
Ian Drew might know better than I but I

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think it was like six or eight months
they built this whole structure um and

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it really was quite attractive and I
thought that you know maybe that rather

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than just looking at the standard kind
of building the you know building

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another you know bricks and morar kind
of building that there might be other

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innovative ways that are both faster and
More costeffective in terms of being

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Innovative and I'm not sure if that is
on your on your radar in terms of

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looking opportunities in terms of
construction as opposed to just not

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shouldn't say just financing
opportunities but you know what I mean

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like being Innovative outside of the box
in terms of the construction itself no

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absolutely I appreciate the comment and
um in in a former life I I worked in

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another affordable housing division I
the the pro project you're probably

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talking about got a rapid Housing
Initiative through cmhc yeah to um do

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these so I've done modular housing you
turn projects around in in eight to 12

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months where you know you're you're
putting stuff up super quick and you're

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seeing you know changes right away it's
yeah no that's that's definitely another

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area that we're looking at and uh the
the rapid housing there's no current um

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CC announcement coming down the pipe but
there're you know every few years they

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bring that back out so yeah that's I
think I think again for your important

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work and presentation
tonight Council M Fen thank you very

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much uh Mr Ro it's a pleasure to meet
you um I had uh volunteered uh on the

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rocky Foundation a time or two and so
had a pleasure working with with Carol

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and was always impressed by um how well
the rocky Foundation is is managed and

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the important service that you fill so
congratulations and thank you for for

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stepping up to the helm I know you will
not be bored in this role absolutely so

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my colleagues have done have like uh
kind of highlighted uh the big hill

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Lodge and of course we were disappointed
not to be able to get uh that Grant to

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uh advance that solution of replacing
the the lodge um but one of the and you

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did highlight uh in your presentation
there and I certainly see the growing

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need for more of the manor uh type of
solution and so um is there a solution

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in play to perhaps develop more manners
uh within your sphere absolutely yes uh

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um
no no no announcements but uh you when

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it comes to projects like this um uh you
know big hill or affordable housing

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manners um all these different projects
um you know my my take on it is get as

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many irons in the fire uh because you
don't know where the funding is going to

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come so uh we we have projects a lot of
them are just in their initial stages

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but you know talking um you know about
land acquisition or or you know land

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grants and different communities we have
land in Brad Creek uh you know looking

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at how we can do more uh even in
different areas here in Cochran so uh

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yes it's definitely on our radar and uh
when I said we uh we want to um do more

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build more uh that's is obviously um big
Hills is a big part of that and a big

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focus on that but that's not the the
only one we want to continue to uh uh

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you develop as many opportunities as we
can and I haven't had a chance to

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tourers to see it yet but the the
renovated hotel in uh Aidry I mean

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congratulations on that I know you came
in through that but um and to my

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colleagues point like I thought really
thought that was an Innovative solution

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and yeah so I'm glad to hear you're just
keeping open ears and to all the

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different type of opportunities might be
out there um so then I guess uh kind of

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reflecting on the mayor's point that you
know if we want to if the municipality

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wants to be ready uh to support this
growing need and our demographics and

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our stats are all pointing to this a
growing need that we have to take

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seriously sooner rather than later um
and the mayor had Ed edified that we

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might need to start uh suppor supporting
a capital

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requisition um so my question kind of
comes through is over the years I've

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seen the rock view uh Foundation
requisition has always been like minimal

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increases which uh from a taxpayer's
point of view it's I think always

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reflected that we're getting like full
value for every dime out of those

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requisitions but are you looking at a
different strategy on both your

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operational requisition and then uh
perhaps also uh advocating for a capital

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requisition as well are we are we going
to be seeing perhaps a change in

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strategy there uh yes yeah we'll be
we'll be looking at a two-prong approach

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to the requisition for sure one one is
uh that's just as you are aware being uh

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you know connected with Rocky View uh
Foundation uh one is board approval one

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is the C the capital side has to be
approved by every municipality so uh

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there's a bit of a different approach to
that but yes so that's what we're

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looking at as well okay excellent yeah
and it it uh it fits a need um we keep

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you know we always go through the
economic Cycles when you're like man why

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didn't we address affordable housing
when we had the chance and then the

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cycle switches and you know focus on it
so much anymore but I think um you know

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we we really do need to start looking
ahead uh especially you know uh growth

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pressures the housing pressures you know
across the country but also in

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particular in the Cochran context when
we're seeing such high growth pressures

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and that affordability press really
seems to be increasing so um I guess all

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of it that to say you know thank you for
stepping up into the role I'm sure we'll

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keep you busy and I'm looking forward to
to uh partnering and and helping assist

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you with as many wins as we can get
appreciate that thank you thank you all

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right councelor Wilson thank you for
indulging me one more time as I sit here

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thinking about the financing we were
talking about it still didn't quite add

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up for me um I agree with what councelor
mcaden just said about helping you any

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way we can with with the big hill Lodge
so so actually um having a new Big Hill

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Lodge come to fruition if I understand
it right the best case scenario for us

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would be a one-third cmhc so Federal
contra bution a one3 provincial or HPP

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so yeah um I don't want to get into the
weeds here but I would I'm a finance guy

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so I'd love to but um uh yeah so their
threshold HPP so government of Alberta

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255,000 per unit um so uh that's uh and
then 33% of that so our per unit cost

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because cost of construction have gone
up is well over 255,000 now so um the

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last alst costing we got it was close to
400,000 so you can see the shortfall

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there uh cmhc is all about debt
servicing uh so uh there's no uh one

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component to it we could um technically
uh get approved up to probably uh 90 95%

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uh financing uh the difficulty with that
is that's huge debt servicing so um uh

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yeah but they they're yeah that's and
that's not fund that's not grants that's

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that's mortgage yeah
thank you and then the other part that I

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um I guess we we didn't talk about was
the the actual land itself is that so in

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the airry example the municipality
didn't have to contribute any land

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because it was already there you're
turning an old building into it in

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Cochran's context it's more likely that
we'd be also looking at land from the

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Cochran perspective if we that's what
we're supplying essentially that's one

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of the things yes yeah yeah that's the
plan okay okay thank you for clarifying

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all that for me appreciate
it okay anything else from Council any

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from Administration would uh would a
presenter like to add any final words no

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thank you all right thank you very much
it's been great so next up on the agenda

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is the Willows land use Amendment and we
have joining us uh Miss Anna Caro Deputy

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Mayor Nagel I just wanted to advise
Council that um the live streaming is

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currently not working it's an issue
between YouTube and our um contracted

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service provider so it's nothing that we
can actually um do anything about we are

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recording um and so therefore the
meeting will be uploaded uh later on

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once the service is available okay so
we're not procedurally required to pause

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the meeting or anything no there's no
requirement for the meeting to be live

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streamed just that it's available to the
public to attend okay excellent thank

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you right carry
on okay good evening Deputy Mayor mayor

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and members of council this evening I am
here to present an update to bylaw 18

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2024 which is a land use amendment in
the community community of the

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Willows this application again is for a
land use Amendment which will amend

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mapping in the land use bylaw the
application may also require amendments

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to the Willows of River Heights
neighborhood plan as one of the land use

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Concepts the applicant is seeking
Council feedback on involves infilling a

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wetland which policy in the neighborhood
plan originally intended to

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preserve this application was originally
submitted in June of 2023 and in October

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of 2023 the applicant held a public open
house to answer questions and gather

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initial feedback from
residents in April of 2024 the

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application went forward to the
committee of the whole for

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information uh on April 22nd the
application received first reading with

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a public hearing date set for May
13th at the public hearing Council

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received a presentation from the
applicant as well as presentations from

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members of the public feedback received
from the public prompted the to create a

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second land use concept for
consideration by Council which is the

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purpose of this second Committee of the
whole meeting the applicant is

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requesting Council feedback on both the
original land use concept and the New

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Concept both of which will be detailed
in this

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presentation Council feedback will
inform which concept the applicant

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brings forward to second and third

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reading this application relates to
lands in Willows West which are outlined

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on the community map here the these are
some of the last lands in the Willows to

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be developed and will facilitate
completion of the

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community development in the Willows is
Guided by the River Heights area

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structure plan approved in 2011 which
provides highlevel policy guidance for

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how the community will be developed and
the Willows of River Heights

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neighborhood plan approved in
2012 the purpose of a neighborhood plan

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is to provide an overarching plan for
the community in more detail than is

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provided at the area structure plan
level and provide policy guidance for

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subsequent application
the subject lands in Willows West did

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already receive land use in 2014 and
some amendments to the land use took

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place in 2018 and
2022 in response to changing market and

412
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environmental conditions the applicant
is now requesting further amendments to

413
00:32:14,799 --> 00:32:18,679
the land use which is the purpose of
this

414
00:32:19,399 --> 00:32:24,799
application this is the current land use
concept from The Willows of River

415
00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:28,360
Heights neighborhood plan and indicates
the land use that was originally planned

416
00:32:26,559 --> 00:32:32,240
for the community
the concept shows two Wetlands to be

417
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:36,840
preserved in the neighborhood including
one off of River Heights Drive which is

418
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:41,960
in the subject area for this application
with high density multi-unit housing

419
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:41,960
proposed to surround the

420
00:32:42,399 --> 00:32:48,000
Wetland as mentioned when the Willows
neighborhood plan was written in 2012

421
00:32:46,279 --> 00:32:53,519
two Wetlands were identified to be
protected and retained as environmental

422
00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:58,559
Reserve titled Wetland 80 and Wetland 91
which are shown on this map image from

423
00:32:55,880 --> 00:33:04,519
2012 Wetland 80 was classified as a
class 4 Wetland and Wetland 91 a class 3

424
00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:08,279
Wetland with Wetland 80 indicated as the
largest and most productive wetland in

425
00:33:06,159 --> 00:33:12,279
the plan area at the time of writing the
neighborhood

426
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:15,159
plan as the communities of the Willows
River Crest and River Heights have

427
00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:19,559
advanced and Urban Development has
occurred surrounding the wetlands water

428
00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:23,799
flow to the wetlands has been
reduced both wetlands are in the same

429
00:33:21,799 --> 00:33:28,360
catchment area and fed through surface
water so with reduced water flow they

430
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:33,399
are rece with the reduced water they are
receiving they have been drying

431
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:36,480
up uh the water levels do fluctuate
depending on

432
00:33:34,919 --> 00:33:39,799
precipitation understanding the current
environmental conditions the applicant

433
00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:45,360
sought Alberta environment's approval to
infill Wetland 80 to provide further

434
00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:45,360
residential development in the

435
00:33:46,519 --> 00:33:52,360
community this is the land use concept
that was presented to council at the

436
00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:56,919
original Committee of the whole meeting
as well as first reading and the public

437
00:33:54,440 --> 00:34:01,440
hearing the concept proposes to develop
medium density housing in the center of

438
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:05,559
the plan area with park space integrated
on both sides which will provide

439
00:34:03,039 --> 00:34:10,200
Pathways amenity space and a physical
buffer between existing residences in

440
00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:14,159
the Willows and the new proposed
development this concept also red

441
00:34:12,399 --> 00:34:19,560
designates a few small Parcels in the
south of the plan area down

442
00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:23,480
here uh which will help support the
planned alall link

443
00:34:21,079 --> 00:34:27,240
realignment this proposal is predicated
on the infill of wetland 80 which is

444
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:30,440
within the area currently zon community
service

445
00:34:28,919 --> 00:34:34,359
I did want to note that the original
application you saw included a segment

446
00:34:32,839 --> 00:34:38,839
of affordable housing which was to
receive funding through the

447
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:42,560
cmhc the funding is now no longer
available so while this concept adds the

448
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:47,280
opportunity for more housing options in
the community there's no longer an

449
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:47,280
affordable housing

450
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:55,560
component the Alberta Wetland policy
dictates that any activity that may

451
00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:58,680
impact a wetland requires either a Water
Act approval or a code of practice

452
00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:01,599
notice
this means that in order to proceed with

453
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:06,320
any development on the future
environmental Reserve lands that contain

454
00:35:04,240 --> 00:35:11,160
Wetland 80 Water Act approval from
Alberta environment must be

455
00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:16,280
obtained The Province granted approval
to infill Wetland 80 for the purpose of

456
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:20,720
residential development on May 18th
2023 the approval was informed by a

457
00:35:18,599 --> 00:35:24,200
wetland assessment and impact report
that was prepared for the applicant in

458
00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:31,760
2022 the Wetland impact assessment
report used in the province's approval

459
00:35:30,079 --> 00:35:36,359
identified and classified on-site
Wetlands evaluated the wetlands assessed

460
00:35:34,599 --> 00:35:40,359
potential impacts to the wetlands as a
result of development in Willows West

461
00:35:38,400 --> 00:35:44,560
and described mitigation
actions if this land use concept is

462
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:48,640
supported by Council the applicant is
proposing to provide replacement of

463
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:52,440
wetland 80 through an inl payment based
on the Wetland value established in this

464
00:35:54,119 --> 00:35:59,800
report with the removal of the community
service parcel contain meaning the

465
00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:03,920
former Wetland the applicant is
proposing to integrate new public park

466
00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:08,079
and amenity space uh as Illustrated in
the draft concept shown on this

467
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:11,480
slide although the Wetland is currently
on privately owned land it has been

468
00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:15,640
informally used by residents as a
skating rink in the winter months the

469
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:19,079
applicant is proposing a floodable
sports

470
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:22,960
amenity uh in the new park space which
can be a safe and publicly accessible

471
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:25,960
skating rink for the community that is
not currently present and would not

472
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:29,480
otherwise be
available there is also a public

473
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:33,520
playground proposed in the west portion
of the plan area which provide would

474
00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:38,240
provide another additional new
amenity the park space located on the

475
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:42,599
east side of the plan area will serve as
a buffer between the existing residen uh

476
00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:46,480
residences in the Willows and the
proposed medium density

477
00:36:44,359 --> 00:36:51,400
residential the pathway shown in these
Concepts would also provide connectivity

478
00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:51,400
through the plan area and

479
00:36:52,319 --> 00:36:57,920
neighborhood again the details of land
use concept one were all presented to

480
00:36:56,079 --> 00:37:02,040
council at the public Hearing in May of
this year at the public hearing Council

481
00:37:00,839 --> 00:37:05,800
received a presentation from the
applicant detailing the history of the

482
00:37:04,119 --> 00:37:09,920
wetlands and the reasoning behind the
development proposal as well as

483
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:14,280
presentations from residents for which
opinion was overwhelmingly in support of

484
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:19,280
preserving Wetland
80 Council heard from 24 members of the

485
00:37:17,079 --> 00:37:22,880
public who spoke to the environmental
recreational and social value Wetland 80

486
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:26,800
brings to the
community main themes from the public

487
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:31,640
presentations included the loss of
habitat and species that infilling the

488
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:35,000
Wetland would result in that the Wetland
was a primary selling future when

489
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:39,520
purchasing homes in the area and
removing it would change the area

490
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:44,200
residents bought into that the proposal
to remove the Wetland goes against

491
00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:47,960
existing Town policy and the perception
that removing the Wetland will decrease

492
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:53,040
surrounding property
values uh and result in a decreased

493
00:37:50,119 --> 00:37:56,280
sense of privacy sense of privacy there
were also concerns over drainage and how

494
00:37:54,839 --> 00:37:59,440
removing the Wetland would impact
surrounding development

495
00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:05,720
in response to this feedback the
applicant provided a second land use

496
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:08,960
concept for consideration by Council
this

497
00:38:06,839 --> 00:38:13,599
evening uh the applicant is seeking
feedback on both this and the original

498
00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:16,599
land use concept to inform uh which
concept to bring forward for a second

499
00:38:15,079 --> 00:38:20,640
and third
reading this proposal retains Wetland 80

500
00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:25,400
which is intended to become
environmental Reserve when the lands are

501
00:38:23,119 --> 00:38:29,520
subdivided the municipal government act
dictates that all environmental Reserve

502
00:38:27,119 --> 00:38:34,319
Land must be left in its natural state
or be used as a public park if this

503
00:38:32,319 --> 00:38:37,599
concept were to be approved by Council
the Wetland would remain in its natural

504
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:40,319
state and the ER lands would be
transferred to town ownership when

505
00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:43,920
subdivision
occurs while residents currently access

506
00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:47,599
the private lands that contain the
Wetland for skating in the winter for

507
00:38:46,079 --> 00:38:51,480
safety purposes the town would not
permit skating when the lands become

508
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:55,000
public and no surrounding infrastructure
Forest skating rate could be developed

509
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:58,920
due to the ER
designation this land use concept

510
00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:03,240
proposes medium density housing around
the Wetland to the west and south with

511
00:39:01,359 --> 00:39:06,920
with park space in the northeast corner
of the subject

512
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:11,119
lands this option provides more
flexibility in housing form than the

513
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:15,400
current rmx land use and retains the
Wetland as a natural feature but does

514
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:19,280
not include the park space behind
existing residences that concept one

515
00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:23,200
provides to compensate for the removal
of the

516
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:28,560
Wetland concept 2 also rezones the
utility Corridor to the West at to

517
00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:34,640
community service and three small
Parcels again these ones the same as

518
00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:37,599
concept one uh to help ACC accommodate
the planned alink

519
00:39:40,359 --> 00:39:46,280
realignment this slide presents a
summary of the impacts of both landies

520
00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:50,440
concept one and
two through concept one Wetland 80 and

521
00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:54,920
the surrounding habitat will be
permanently revie removed with

522
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:59,240
compensation being provided through inlo
payment through concept two the Wetland

523
00:39:57,440 --> 00:40:02,680
will continue to exist but the
surrounding conditions will likely

524
00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:07,480
result in it no longer serving a wetland
function over time while Wetland 80 has

525
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:11,680
been informally used as a skating rink
it has been on private property and if

526
00:40:09,599 --> 00:40:17,400
it were to be if it were to remain and
be designated as ER skating would not be

527
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:21,280
permitted the amenity Concepts proposed
within the neighborhood plan provide as

528
00:40:19,359 --> 00:40:24,880
floodable Sports amenity which can act
as a safe and publicly accessible

529
00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:29,440
skating rink in the winter months the
plan also proposes an additional

530
00:40:26,720 --> 00:40:33,880
playground that currently does not
exist the new land uses within concept

531
00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:37,440
one add park space behind all of the
existing residences in the Willows

532
00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:40,640
whereas in concept two there's
residential zoning adjacent to most of

533
00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:45,440
the existing
properties concept one allows more

534
00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:50,160
opportunity for diverse housing options
and concept 2 offers the opportunity for

535
00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:54,319
some medium density housing but fewer
units and in a more constricted space

536
00:40:52,119 --> 00:40:58,640
which limits design
opportunities the location of park space

537
00:40:56,520 --> 00:41:02,240
in concept one allows for added Pathways
and connectivity through the plan area

538
00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:05,119
and in concept two there would be fewer
Pathways with the majority of Green

539
00:41:03,599 --> 00:41:08,359
Space being located in the center of the
plan

540
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:13,000
area the resulting impacts of the
current land use versus the impacts of

541
00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:16,240
land use in concept 2 are not materially
different so they're not shown for

542
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:18,800
comparison on this slide but I will be
touching on it

543
00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:27,720
shortly Administration also completed an
analysis on how each of these land use

544
00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:32,760
Concepts aligns with existing town
policy the current Municipal development

545
00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:37,599
plan sustainability plan Council
strategic plan and River Heights area

546
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:41,760
structure plan were all evaluated for
policy relevant to this

547
00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:45,920
application all of the documents have
policy which relate to providing a

548
00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:49,760
diverse housing mix physical
connectivity and pedestrian pathway

549
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:54,000
systems providing a variety of
recreational opportunities and the

550
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:58,400
preservation of ecologically significant
areas including

551
00:41:56,240 --> 00:42:01,839
wetlands this table to the right
outlines how each of the land use

552
00:41:59,839 --> 00:42:06,680
Concepts responds to policy guidance
compared to the current land

553
00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:11,319
use concept one increases housing
diversity compared to the current uh

554
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:14,599
zoning by rezoning the area to medium
density housing and expanding the

555
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:19,160
current developable land
base concept two would increase housing

556
00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:22,720
diversity by a smaller degree as there
is a much more limited space and not as

557
00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:26,559
much opportunity to provide different
housing

558
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:30,240
forms concept one enhances connectivity
in the neighborhood with the new design

559
00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:33,720
and orientation of park space while
concept 2 would provide the same amount

560
00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:37,800
of connectivity as the land use that's
currently

561
00:42:35,079 --> 00:42:42,160
approved concept one enhances Community
amenities by providing a new allseason

562
00:42:40,119 --> 00:42:46,319
amenity space and a new
playground because concept 2 wouldn't

563
00:42:44,599 --> 00:42:50,160
allow for public skating once the
Wetland transitions to environmental

564
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:54,319
reserve the neighborhood would be losing
an amenity space they were previously

565
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:59,079
taking advantage
of with the removal of wetland 80

566
00:42:57,200 --> 00:43:02,800
concept one is decreasing alignment with
policy advocating for Environmental

567
00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:06,800
Protection acknowledging that the
province is the body responsible for

568
00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:11,280
making development decisions on
Wetlands concept 2 maintains current

569
00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:16,000
policy alignment for environmental
preservation as Wetland 80 will remain

570
00:43:13,839 --> 00:43:19,160
as Reserve Land following subdivision
and left in its natural

571
00:43:20,079 --> 00:43:25,760
state as so this slide will provide one
last summary of the three land use

572
00:43:24,240 --> 00:43:29,480
scenarios that are to be considered by
Council

573
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:34,200
this is the approved land use that
currently applies to the plan area under

574
00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:38,599
the current zoning Wetland 80 would be
retained and transition to ER and the

575
00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:43,440
surrounding area would be developed as
residential mix housing when the wet uh

576
00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:47,079
Wetland transitions to town ownership
there will be no authorized skating in

577
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:52,359
the winter
months land use concept one proposes to

578
00:43:50,079 --> 00:43:57,119
infill Wetland 80 and comprehensively
develop the area as medium density

579
00:43:54,599 --> 00:44:01,599
housing there will be an additional Park
and for Seas an amenity space that will

580
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:05,119
not otherwise exist additional pathway
connections and the rezoning of the

581
00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:08,160
small Parcels to the South to
accommodate the ult link

582
00:44:08,359 --> 00:44:14,720
realignment land use concept 2 would
retain Wetland 80 and the surrounding

583
00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:18,960
area would be developed under the
residential medium density Zone the

584
00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:23,680
applicant has advised that there will be
little to no difference in the number of

585
00:44:20,359 --> 00:44:28,319
units provided under rmx versus rmd but
the rmd zoning provides more flexibility

586
00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:32,200
in the design and orientation of
units as with the current land use

587
00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:38,079
skating would not be permitted in the
winter months and like land use concept

588
00:44:35,319 --> 00:44:42,839
one concept two red designates those few
small Parcels in the south of the plan

589
00:44:39,720 --> 00:44:42,839
area for the alter link

590
00:44:43,960 --> 00:44:48,800
realignment uh next steps for this
application include council's

591
00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:52,640
consideration of second and third
reading following council's feedback

592
00:44:51,079 --> 00:44:56,280
from this meeting the applicant will
proceed with their chosen option which

593
00:44:54,640 --> 00:45:00,960
will be reviewed by Administration and
brought back to council for a decision

594
00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:04,520
once land use has been uh established
subdivision will occur followed by

595
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:09,920
development and building permits and
then construction completion estimated

596
00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:09,920
for 2026 to

597
00:45:10,559 --> 00:45:16,920
2027 that concludes my presentation I
will now be joined by Mark kinsky our

598
00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:20,319
director of community growth to answer
any

599
00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:23,680
questions uh thank you for the
presentation before we head into

600
00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:26,359
questions can I just clarify uh what
administration is looking for from

601
00:45:24,960 --> 00:45:29,480
Council since we don't normally make
decisions

602
00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:33,200
uh in these
meetings yeah thank you for the question

603
00:45:31,599 --> 00:45:38,200
uh Deputy Mayor eagel what we're really
looking for is a commentary for members

604
00:45:35,359 --> 00:45:42,520
of council as to a preferred uh concept
that will inform uh the applicant's

605
00:45:40,200 --> 00:45:47,040
decision on which concept to proceed
with in the second and third reading if

606
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:53,760
uh Council would like to provide their
uh opinions and discussion okay great uh

607
00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:57,359
who would like to share their opinion
mayor

608
00:45:54,599 --> 00:46:01,480
janang happy to kick off the commentary
and I appreciate your question Deputy

609
00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:06,200
Mayor about how to proceed uh this is
kind of unknown territory for us and how

610
00:46:03,559 --> 00:46:10,200
we provide feedback and um my first
comment is I really like this approach I

611
00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:14,640
appreciate that we've heard something at
a public hearing it might be uh well we

612
00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:19,720
we heard from as you say
24 U people in our community that are

613
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:24,000
really upset with the with a proposal
and then uh to working with the

614
00:46:21,599 --> 00:46:27,640
applicant and coming back with options
and using the committee the whole this

615
00:46:25,359 --> 00:46:32,880
way I think is is really really good
approach so I appreciate that um I was

616
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:37,240
going to get into a bit of commentary
around like one of the options Council

617
00:46:34,760 --> 00:46:42,920
has is to do nothing which is to leave
as is but you touched on that at the

618
00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:49,960
very end so I appreciate that um one
question I have is in regards to um the

619
00:46:46,440 --> 00:46:54,040
Ala link realignment if concept two were
to proceed does that allow for that

620
00:46:52,240 --> 00:47:00,520
realignment because I believe that
impacts other communities to the South

621
00:46:58,240 --> 00:47:05,559
through the chair that is correct so yes
the Ala link is taken care of through

622
00:47:03,640 --> 00:47:08,960
the chair yes concept to would address
uh the land use changes required that

623
00:47:07,480 --> 00:47:15,680
would help increase alignment with the
alic uh relocation all right thank you

624
00:47:12,559 --> 00:47:22,040
um I guess um what I like about the
approach that's being taken with Concept

625
00:47:17,319 --> 00:47:25,960
2 is the preservation of the Wetland and
what I think wasn't clear in the public

626
00:47:24,480 --> 00:47:30,800
hearing and I think there might be a
misconcept ception with some of the land

627
00:47:27,880 --> 00:47:35,599
owners in the area is if Council were to
choose the option to do nothing

628
00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:40,319
something is still happening there um so
I I just wanted to put that out in the

629
00:47:37,599 --> 00:47:44,559
public commentary that uh um regardless
of what decision we make and I guess if

630
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:51,160
it's to do nothing there are going to be
some or there is going to be some

631
00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:54,440
development in that area um the and this
this is more of a comment than a

632
00:47:52,319 --> 00:47:57,599
question obviously but as with most
decisions that we are faced with there's

633
00:47:56,040 --> 00:48:02,520
no right and there's no no wrong here
there's pros and cons to each and I

634
00:48:00,319 --> 00:48:08,440
guess while I would lean to the
environmental aspect of this of concept

635
00:48:05,359 --> 00:48:11,960
to in preserving the Wetland it's not
the ideal setting to preserve the

636
00:48:10,200 --> 00:48:16,400
Wetland into the future because of some
of the development that's already

637
00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:21,119
occurred that ship is sailed and the
waters that can be directed into a

638
00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:27,000
natural Wetland through Alberta
environment are restricted to natural

639
00:48:23,720 --> 00:48:31,400
sources not runoff from communities am I
correct on that uh through the chair

640
00:48:28,720 --> 00:48:36,319
that is correct original so we could be
in a in a position down the road where

641
00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:39,960
we choose concept to preserve the wet
land everybody's happy today but the wet

642
00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:45,480
land dries up and we're left with a
different problem into the future uh

643
00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:52,319
through the chair that is correct okay
all right I at this point I I appreciate

644
00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:55,400
the approach and I'm leaning towards the
I don't know if that's what you're

645
00:48:53,240 --> 00:48:59,359
looking for as a pro and a thumb up or
down on which concept I'm leading

646
00:48:57,119 --> 00:49:03,000
towards concept to uh through the chair
uh yes that is correct Mong we're really

647
00:49:01,079 --> 00:49:06,839
looking for commentary that can help
shape the decision by the applicant on

648
00:49:05,640 --> 00:49:10,599
uh which direction they would like to
proceed for second and third reading so

649
00:49:08,799 --> 00:49:15,359
thank you for your uh your
Insight councelor Wilson thank you uh

650
00:49:13,680 --> 00:49:19,559
the mayor asked my first question which
was there's no alternative way to get

651
00:49:17,599 --> 00:49:23,040
water into the Wetland simply because of
provincial legislation that's what I

652
00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:26,240
just heard that it's essentially going
to dry up it sounds like I know

653
00:49:24,640 --> 00:49:30,280
obviously we can't predict the future
but it uh the way it's been trending

654
00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:34,680
since 2012 is a slow evaporation of the
wet Wetland does that seem reasonable to

655
00:49:32,280 --> 00:49:37,559
think that it is going to dry up uh
through the chair based on some of the

656
00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:42,040
reports that we reviewed we believe
there is an indication uh that the

657
00:49:39,200 --> 00:49:46,240
Wetland is uh moving in the direction
and failing uh especially in relation to

658
00:49:44,359 --> 00:49:50,880
other Wetlands we've seen uh in the
vicin in the vicinity thank you and you

659
00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:54,680
just confirmed with the mayor that there
is no way to direct water to the Wetland

660
00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:58,839
that's outside of our control that's an
Alberta regulation uh through the chair

661
00:49:57,280 --> 00:50:04,240
uh there are some very specific
regulations about how to direct water

662
00:50:00,720 --> 00:50:09,280
into a wetland but as the uh
mej ask the question directing storm

663
00:50:07,119 --> 00:50:13,760
water directly into the Wetland without
significant additional uh investment and

664
00:50:11,760 --> 00:50:17,480
Remediation efforts uh is not
appropriate I believe the applicant had

665
00:50:15,720 --> 00:50:23,280
PRI tried previously and been directed
to stop by Alberta environment as

666
00:50:21,240 --> 00:50:27,520
well those are very disappointing
answers not not that we control much of

667
00:50:25,839 --> 00:50:31,359
any of that it sounds like but it's
disappointing nonetheless to me and so

668
00:50:29,240 --> 00:50:34,880
as I said here then I I appreciate the
mayor just pointing out that there's

669
00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:38,559
three options before us no option
includes nothing happening there and

670
00:50:37,160 --> 00:50:42,839
absolute status quo because there's
already Zoning for houses to go in there

671
00:50:40,760 --> 00:50:48,079
and so my next question is between
what's the existing Lan use and concept

672
00:50:45,880 --> 00:50:52,119
2 I had a little trouble it looked like
it was virtually the same except for the

673
00:50:49,920 --> 00:50:57,000
housing type might be slightly different
and the reason I'm asking this is I try

674
00:50:54,200 --> 00:51:00,280
to when I'm making suggestions or or
when I'm making decisions up here I've

675
00:50:58,559 --> 00:51:04,280
I've got two hats on I've got the entire
Community hat on and I've got the what

676
00:51:02,319 --> 00:51:08,559
if I were a resident living right there
hat on that I'm thinking about and with

677
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:13,280
the if I was living right there is is it
fair to say that the housing type I

678
00:51:10,720 --> 00:51:16,040
think I heard is likely to be more mixed
and possibly more attractive to the

679
00:51:14,839 --> 00:51:20,880
neighbors that are currently living
there with Concept 2 rather than current

680
00:51:17,960 --> 00:51:25,520
land use is that too simple to say
through the chair councel Wilson uh the

681
00:51:22,839 --> 00:51:29,640
medium density land use to provide a gr
a greater range of alternativ to inform

682
00:51:27,760 --> 00:51:34,359
uh the development of the site so that
is uh that is correct however densities

683
00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:39,880
due to the uh fiscal restrictions of the
site are unlikely to vary significantly

684
00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:44,599
uh between the two different land uses
right I did hear that okay and so in in

685
00:51:42,680 --> 00:51:48,520
a nutshell for me if I've understood it
all correctly if I'm a resident living

686
00:51:46,359 --> 00:51:54,480
there the two choices I have before me
are um would I like a park or would I

687
00:51:52,280 --> 00:51:58,839
like a wetland that's likely to dry up
but we're not sure the the two things

688
00:51:56,720 --> 00:52:03,319
that sit before us right now and that's
not real attractive I I suppose if I

689
00:52:00,520 --> 00:52:06,920
live there I would say um I would I
would probably appreciate the the park

690
00:52:05,280 --> 00:52:11,319
option but I heard loud and clear from
the public hearing that there is a large

691
00:52:09,920 --> 00:52:17,559
number of people that would like it to
remain in its environmental State and so

692
00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:22,480
um listening as I do I I would say that
concept 2 appeals more to me right now

693
00:52:20,480 --> 00:52:26,280
which is what we're sitting here trying
to determine so I guess that's my two

694
00:52:24,359 --> 00:52:30,319
cents if if I me through the chair just
because because I just listening to this

695
00:52:27,720 --> 00:52:34,480
questioning I think um my recollection
of the public hearing is as well that

696
00:52:32,079 --> 00:52:39,880
there's really um some sensitivity from
existing residents and I think

697
00:52:36,079 --> 00:52:44,839
reasonably as to what their um interface
would be with this property um after a

698
00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:47,680
potential change and um I haven't heard
in the dialogue with Council which is

699
00:52:46,079 --> 00:52:54,200
the only reason I I raise this and I
look for um Mark to confirm this is that

700
00:52:50,920 --> 00:52:58,440
um in land use concept two a significant
amount of those properties would have

701
00:52:55,839 --> 00:53:04,799
direct interface with the residential
development where is in land use concept

702
00:53:01,520 --> 00:53:08,720
one um I think that there is a green
space or a public space that would serve

703
00:53:07,280 --> 00:53:12,520
as an interface there so I just point
that out as a distinction that I think

704
00:53:10,119 --> 00:53:16,000
would be meaningful if again if I think
councelor Wilson like you said if I put

705
00:53:13,920 --> 00:53:20,079
my resident hat on there there's a
pretty big difference between backing

706
00:53:17,319 --> 00:53:23,839
onto a park versus backing directly onto
another residential development as well

707
00:53:21,880 --> 00:53:28,160
so that's just a um something that I
wanted to um share I don't know Mark if

708
00:53:26,079 --> 00:53:33,480
you have any anything to add to that
through the chair uh CEO mik DK that is

709
00:53:31,280 --> 00:53:38,920
correct there could be development that
would uh back on to existing residents

710
00:53:36,280 --> 00:53:43,760
uh under either the existing or concept
2 of course all of the uh setback

711
00:53:41,720 --> 00:53:47,319
requirements with in the existing land
use bylaw would still uh would still

712
00:53:45,799 --> 00:53:51,319
comply but they would no longer back on
to an undeveloped parel that's an

713
00:53:49,559 --> 00:53:54,240
excellent point I'm glad the CEO brought
that up again that was what I was

714
00:53:52,680 --> 00:53:58,359
thinking if I was a if I was a resident
living there and I had all this

715
00:53:55,880 --> 00:54:02,319
information in front of me the concept
one would be my preference knowing

716
00:54:00,359 --> 00:54:06,160
everything that we know I'm not sure if
everybody that was at the public hearing

717
00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:12,000
understood the consequences I'm I'm not
sure um what I do know is that the

718
00:54:09,280 --> 00:54:18,200
overwhelming maybe all the entire
everybody in the gallery um seem to

719
00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:24,240
propose the or support the um leaving it
in its natural state and so um hopefully

720
00:54:21,760 --> 00:54:27,359
there's there's some more thought about
this from the local residents I guess

721
00:54:25,680 --> 00:54:31,040
the only other the other thought going
through my head right now is that in a

722
00:54:28,839 --> 00:54:35,040
zoomed out more Cochran approach what
what is better for Cochran it does seem

723
00:54:33,160 --> 00:54:39,319
that concept one with the increased
connectivity and perhaps extra amenities

724
00:54:37,640 --> 00:54:46,359
is better for the community as a whole
but um a lot to weigh and I I suppose I

725
00:54:43,960 --> 00:54:52,000
would still land toward lean towards um
concept two provided tonight although

726
00:54:49,079 --> 00:54:56,400
like I said I I'm pretty gray on this
I'll I'll let the others talk it out

727
00:54:53,760 --> 00:55:02,200
here it's a l it's a lose lose it does
sound like to me over to councelor foro

728
00:55:00,359 --> 00:55:06,559
uh thank you through Mr Jericho to Mr
kazinski I just wanted to talk about the

729
00:55:04,359 --> 00:55:13,040
interface uh so you said the interface
from the existing plan the current land

730
00:55:09,160 --> 00:55:16,880
use to concept 2 is is the same is that
what I kind of

731
00:55:14,160 --> 00:55:21,599
heard uh through the chair councelor
Fido uh yes the interface between the

732
00:55:19,079 --> 00:55:26,480
existing residents and a uh residential
medium density District as well as a

733
00:55:24,160 --> 00:55:30,880
residential uh MX District would be
relatively similar the closest that we

734
00:55:28,799 --> 00:55:33,559
probably have within our land use yeah
like the current land use that's we've

735
00:55:32,440 --> 00:55:38,039
has already been approved it's going to
be the same as what's being in concept

736
00:55:35,720 --> 00:55:41,880
to there is a slight difference the uh
through the chair the land use that is

737
00:55:39,720 --> 00:55:45,960
being requested is uh residential medium
density uh for a portion of it and it is

738
00:55:44,200 --> 00:55:51,119
currently residential
mixies okay um sorry mixed with with

739
00:55:49,319 --> 00:55:55,799
this New Concept was there any public
engagement done with it has this gone

740
00:55:53,039 --> 00:56:01,160
back out to uh the residents or is it
just you know something that was

741
00:55:57,559 --> 00:56:05,520
designed from the developer side or just
trying to gain kind of where the

742
00:56:02,440 --> 00:56:07,920
residents fit into in the picking of
these two

743
00:56:10,119 --> 00:56:19,440
plans uh through the chair 2 councelor
fedo the new land use concept didn't go

744
00:56:15,480 --> 00:56:23,200
out for um public engagement as it was
responding directly to the feedback that

745
00:56:21,760 --> 00:56:26,760
the applicant received from the public
at the public

746
00:56:24,640 --> 00:56:30,480
hearing um
the land use is still the same

747
00:56:28,520 --> 00:56:34,200
surrounding the Wetland so the change is
just retaining the Wetland versus

748
00:56:33,079 --> 00:56:39,680
infilling the
Wetland so no there wasn't direct public

749
00:56:36,640 --> 00:56:43,119
engagement on this concept specifically
um emails did go out to the public

750
00:56:41,480 --> 00:56:47,640
informing them of this meeting so that
they can be advised and up to date on

751
00:56:45,680 --> 00:56:50,760
the current changes okay so I'll give
you my opinion I would vote to uh leave

752
00:56:49,240 --> 00:56:53,760
it the same at the current landies for
right now until we can uh hear from the

753
00:56:52,480 --> 00:56:59,119
residents so that they also have an
opportunity to give their opinion on

754
00:56:56,079 --> 00:57:03,440
what plan possibly might uh be better or
impact them less I'm not willing to uh

755
00:57:01,760 --> 00:57:07,119
give an opinion on concept one or
concept two until iosi engage with the

756
00:57:07,799 --> 00:57:15,240
residents counselor
flowers it is a dilemma there's no right

757
00:57:13,520 --> 00:57:20,599
answer I guess there's not going to be
any skating on any of the options

758
00:57:17,880 --> 00:57:26,520
right uh through the chair counc of
flowers uh in concept one the applicant

759
00:57:23,520 --> 00:57:30,160
is proposing uh to construct a new uh
for season amenity that would include

760
00:57:28,359 --> 00:57:34,240
basketball carts uh during the summer
months and then a floodable skating rink

761
00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:39,079
uh in the winter which would provide
skating amenity but then we would lose

762
00:57:36,400 --> 00:57:43,440
the Wetland with the goal being the
Wetland um being preserved I know that's

763
00:57:41,440 --> 00:57:47,480
what the people want and the petition
that was signed that that's really what

764
00:57:45,480 --> 00:57:54,119
people want so I I don't think they're
going to be happy with um the end result

765
00:57:50,920 --> 00:57:58,799
but I do think the option two is um the
best choice considering everything that

766
00:57:55,799 --> 00:58:04,000
we've had in front of us and um I'm
hoping that somehow the Wetland Will

767
00:58:01,880 --> 00:58:07,880
Survive and with new technology and new
ways of dealing with the environment

768
00:58:05,520 --> 00:58:10,520
somehow we can save it and make sure
that it's there

769
00:58:11,359 --> 00:58:19,520
forever councilor Reed yeah it is quite
a dilemma um you know wetlands are an

770
00:58:17,200 --> 00:58:24,640
important U diminishing return or
resource in terms of our any community

771
00:58:21,240 --> 00:58:29,319
and critically important um I guess from
my perspective I I

772
00:58:26,760 --> 00:58:34,079
I think it you know it's the as the
mayor kind of suggested it's a choosing

773
00:58:31,119 --> 00:58:39,200
between two evils so to speak um for me
I I would prefer a concept one I think

774
00:58:36,799 --> 00:58:44,760
if if I were a resident in that area
having this additional information and

775
00:58:41,319 --> 00:58:49,319
being what it is um with the concern
that that wet land will dry up

776
00:58:47,119 --> 00:58:53,480
inevitably it would be my take on it
that what uh concept one would

777
00:58:50,880 --> 00:59:00,119
definitely be appropriate in terms of
the um Pathways the recreational use the

778
00:58:58,119 --> 00:59:04,640
uh proximity of other homes to the
current homes I I just think you know as

779
00:59:02,799 --> 00:59:09,319
Council Wilson said if you look back up
what's best for for all of Cochran and I

780
00:59:07,240 --> 00:59:12,920
think I you know I feel that way for the
residents of this community having this

781
00:59:11,240 --> 00:59:16,079
additional information that would be the
that's where I would go concept

782
00:59:16,839 --> 00:59:24,400
one Council mcf um yes thank you very
much uh first question just for

783
00:59:22,119 --> 00:59:30,559
clarification uh in all three of the
options uh proceed or um concept one or

784
00:59:28,119 --> 00:59:35,119
two uh all of them have spoken to the
alter link alignment correct there is a

785
00:59:32,720 --> 00:59:39,559
solution for alter Link in all three uh
through the chair uh counselor mcfaden

786
00:59:37,680 --> 00:59:43,760
uh in the in the event that neither
concept one nor concept two were

787
00:59:41,400 --> 00:59:47,839
supported then uh there's still ability
for the alter link transmission line to

788
00:59:45,760 --> 00:59:52,520
go through however would not um support
the land use change um that would help

789
00:59:49,720 --> 00:59:56,640
enable that there is an option uh of
course to work with the applicant if

790
00:59:54,119 --> 01:00:02,400
they desired to still proceed with
second or third reading of the land use

791
00:59:58,520 --> 01:00:08,240
change solely for the uh two Parcels
impacted by the uh alter link

792
01:00:04,520 --> 01:00:12,400
realignment okay so okay so staying in
the current land

793
01:00:10,359 --> 01:00:16,039
use the uh we're going to have to work
with the applicant to find a a solution

794
01:00:13,960 --> 01:00:20,039
for the alter link realignment still is
that correct through the chair that is

795
01:00:17,720 --> 01:00:24,400
correct okay all right I just want to
understand that and so um just thinking

796
01:00:22,160 --> 01:00:30,680
back it was on Council when uh the
Willows application first came

797
01:00:26,839 --> 01:00:34,359
um to council chambers and um one of the
the highlights and I remember to this

798
01:00:32,200 --> 01:00:40,359
day was how important the preservation
of this Wetland uh really was to the

799
01:00:36,680 --> 01:00:46,520
community um even way back when so uh I
wasn't uh surprised at all that when the

800
01:00:43,480 --> 01:00:51,880
proposal to uh remove the wetlands uh
came forward um that we had such uh

801
01:00:50,160 --> 01:00:56,359
substantial public interest in
preserving the wetlands it's a really

802
01:00:53,400 --> 01:01:01,480
important feature to our residents um
and supportingly I think what 525 folks

803
01:00:59,680 --> 01:01:06,799
uh signed the petition and we had such
extensive uh public hearing on this item

804
01:01:04,240 --> 01:01:11,960
that uh I think you know is loud and
clear that we value keeping the wetlands

805
01:01:09,000 --> 01:01:16,079
here um I certainly uh hear and have
heard since the very beginning that uh

806
01:01:14,799 --> 01:01:20,520
their ability to preserve themselves in
their current state is at risk but um

807
01:01:18,839 --> 01:01:26,440
what I really heard from the residen is
they really want to keep um the Green

808
01:01:23,480 --> 01:01:31,760
Space of that and so I think even if
uh the Wetland changes in its nature due

809
01:01:28,839 --> 01:01:36,480
to the buildout around it um as a green
space it is still highly valuable to the

810
01:01:33,640 --> 01:01:41,319
residents um and I think a lot of um the
residents the folks that participated in

811
01:01:38,119 --> 01:01:45,400
the process um you know did hear the the
potential of different types of uh

812
01:01:44,000 --> 01:01:48,880
amenities to that whether it was keeping
it in the natural Green Space or the

813
01:01:47,559 --> 01:01:55,240
different amenities and connectivities
uh that the developer has proposed um

814
01:01:52,359 --> 01:01:59,760
but um you know for my lens I think the
community is spoken very loudly that

815
01:01:57,680 --> 01:02:05,440
they wanted to keep that and so that's a
priority for me um my challenge I think

816
01:02:02,920 --> 01:02:10,400
back to yourselves and the developer is
to come up with as much of a a

817
01:02:07,599 --> 01:02:14,520
mitigating strategy and a buffer between
the existing uh homes and the new ones

818
01:02:12,680 --> 01:02:18,359
that are going to be built out you'd
identify that there is going to be you

819
01:02:16,240 --> 01:02:23,359
know the required setbacks there so I
would really ask that we get um you know

820
01:02:21,319 --> 01:02:28,799
creative in considering how we can
mitigate negative impacts there um

821
01:02:26,480 --> 01:02:33,960
but I also um wanted to flag that I
highly agree with councelor fedo that I

822
01:02:31,720 --> 01:02:39,480
actually I view this as a substantial
change the uh application and um I think

823
01:02:38,319 --> 01:02:44,319
we really do need to ensure that we
build in an opportunity for public

824
01:02:42,079 --> 01:02:48,480
feedback on this change and so if that
requires a second public hearing I would

825
01:02:46,559 --> 01:02:52,359
certainly support this I I feel this is
a substantial enough change that it does

826
01:02:50,599 --> 01:02:58,920
warrant allowing the public to
communicate um their feelings on this so

827
01:02:55,400 --> 01:03:02,599
that's my at this time and uh echoing
councelor fco's thoughts um I'm looking

828
01:03:01,440 --> 01:03:07,920
forward to being able to hear back from
our residents what they think of the

829
01:03:04,200 --> 01:03:10,520
proposed changes thank you so I believe
everybody on Council has had an

830
01:03:08,839 --> 01:03:15,160
opportunity to speak I'm going to weigh
in before doing round two of comments um

831
01:03:13,599 --> 01:03:19,799
so can you please clarify what the
difference is between uh rmd and rmx for

832
01:03:17,839 --> 01:03:22,640
myself and anybody else who's watching
the

833
01:03:20,520 --> 01:03:26,279
presentation uh through the chair I'd be
happy to uh deputy mayor uh Council

834
01:03:25,400 --> 01:03:31,000
Nagel
uh so some of the primary differences

835
01:03:28,480 --> 01:03:36,640
between rmx zoning and rmd Zoning is
there is a ability to go to an extra 2

836
01:03:33,920 --> 01:03:43,440
meters higher in Building height and the
rmx zoning allows up to a maximum of 65

837
01:03:39,839 --> 01:03:49,480
units per hectare whereas rmd zoning has
a range of about 35 uh units per Hector

838
01:03:46,520 --> 01:03:53,200
to 60 or to 95 units per Hector so rmx
actually falls right directly in the

839
01:03:51,000 --> 01:03:56,240
middle uh as I mentioned previously due
to some of the physical constraints of

840
01:03:54,880 --> 01:04:00,599
the lot sizes
um in the land and the nature of how it

841
01:03:58,599 --> 01:04:05,240
uh remains for the development of the
rmd it is unlikely to result in

842
01:04:03,760 --> 01:04:09,640
significant increase in the number of
units or density uh within the rmd

843
01:04:07,440 --> 01:04:13,240
zoning uh also based on conversations
that we've had with the applicant that's

844
01:04:11,480 --> 01:04:17,359
really to provide additional uh
flexibility in how they design uh how

845
01:04:16,119 --> 01:04:23,520
they design their development on the
site which could enable uh more units um

846
01:04:21,559 --> 01:04:28,119
being adjacent to each other uh with a
shared party wall than would be

847
01:04:24,799 --> 01:04:33,680
permitted in an RM RX landies and the
higher height was that in rmx or rmd the

848
01:04:31,119 --> 01:04:37,720
higher height is in rmd and also comes
with the ability for if the applicant

849
01:04:35,960 --> 01:04:40,960
went to that height uh for the
Development Authority to request uh

850
01:04:39,640 --> 01:04:46,039
additional
setbacks okay um having seen and being

851
01:04:44,160 --> 01:04:50,119
part of a number of public hearings over
the past I guess year and a half in this

852
01:04:48,480 --> 01:04:54,640
General vicinity I think people want us
to pack less houses in not more and so

853
01:04:52,400 --> 01:05:00,359
I'm definitely on the housing style in
favor of option three nothing uh with

854
01:04:57,240 --> 01:05:03,279
regards to the actual Wetland I agree
with something I think Council M faten

855
01:05:01,799 --> 01:05:06,640
was touching on that just a natural
space even if it is drying up I think

856
01:05:04,760 --> 01:05:11,680
people just are happy with the natural
space but uh I would also just suggest

857
01:05:09,200 --> 01:05:15,039
that this um this kind of indicates a
failure in our general policy which I

858
01:05:13,599 --> 01:05:21,079
think this group has never really worked
on is uh our Wetland policy if we if we

859
01:05:18,559 --> 01:05:24,079
zoned or past councils zoned to protect
this Wetland and then what was built

860
01:05:22,520 --> 01:05:27,680
around it has destroyed the Wetland that
means our Wetland Conservation has has

861
01:05:25,839 --> 01:05:30,880
failed and now the developer is telling
us well what you approved actually

862
01:05:29,119 --> 01:05:34,720
didn't protect the white land so I think
in future applications we need to be um

863
01:05:33,680 --> 01:05:38,480
looking for a different policy that
actually ensured that Wetlands we trying

864
01:05:36,119 --> 01:05:44,000
to protect are being protected because
obviously we did not protect this one um

865
01:05:41,400 --> 01:05:50,400
okay so I'm an option three kind of guy
uh mayor J yeah thank you I just wanted

866
01:05:47,920 --> 01:05:54,799
to clarify something we're hearing about
public engagement and uh at all I'm not

867
01:05:53,319 --> 01:05:58,920
trying to suggest that we we don't
listen to the public I think we're we're

868
01:05:56,960 --> 01:06:04,760
all here we've had the public hearing is
what's generating uh this discussion um

869
01:06:02,160 --> 01:06:10,119
my question is and I think I know the
answer but if the applicant were to do

870
01:06:07,720 --> 01:06:14,400
nothing or change nothing the current
land use there is no obligation

871
01:06:11,799 --> 01:06:19,000
whatsoever to do any public hearing or
any public engagement because that was

872
01:06:16,920 --> 01:06:23,200
that ship sailed years ago when that
application was first brought before the

873
01:06:21,079 --> 01:06:26,079
council at that time uh through the
chair that is correct there isn't public

874
01:06:24,599 --> 01:06:33,119
engagement required with the current
approval in place so choosing to do

875
01:06:29,599 --> 01:06:37,599
nothing is there is absolutely no public
engagement in that so really what we're

876
01:06:35,000 --> 01:06:42,400
faced with tonight is or at second
reading is concept one is what the

877
01:06:40,039 --> 01:06:50,720
public hearing was about and it was
about filling in the land or into the uh

878
01:06:46,240 --> 01:07:00,000
Wetland concept two is a
re design I guess of the of the current

879
01:06:55,640 --> 01:07:05,520
approved land use is that a a fair
assessment of other than the changing

880
01:07:02,079 --> 01:07:10,680
from rmx to rmd and the ELA link uh
realignment there's relatively nothing

881
01:07:07,760 --> 01:07:14,279
changing from status quo uh through the
chair that's correct uh Marin the only

882
01:07:12,599 --> 01:07:18,240
thing I would add is that there would
have been public engagement when the

883
01:07:16,039 --> 01:07:22,599
land use was put in place originally in
either 2014 or 2018 when the current

884
01:07:20,480 --> 01:07:28,000
approved land use uh was
approved right so I my the Crux of my

885
01:07:26,160 --> 01:07:36,480
question is going to be that if Council
were to choose option or concept two uh

886
01:07:32,880 --> 01:07:42,240
and want more public engagement um is
that an option does what what is how

887
01:07:39,400 --> 01:07:45,119
does that work uh through the chair uh a
second public hearing is not

888
01:07:43,480 --> 01:07:48,559
legislatively required as the changes
made to the application or indirect

889
01:07:46,680 --> 01:07:52,200
response to the feedback heard from the
public hearing however Council does have

890
01:07:50,400 --> 01:07:56,160
the ability to request another public
hearing should they desire okay thank

891
01:07:55,319 --> 01:08:00,039
you
okay and I believe Drew Mr Hinman

892
01:07:57,799 --> 01:08:04,400
wanteded to hop in yeah um thank you
Deputy Mayor Nel I just wanted to share

893
01:08:02,880 --> 01:08:09,119
uh with Council and pick up on some of
the comments that the mayor was saying I

894
01:08:06,480 --> 01:08:15,440
think uh land use concept number two is
in direct response to the feedback that

895
01:08:11,400 --> 01:08:18,960
came at the uh public hearing I think uh
the community spoke indicated the

896
01:08:17,319 --> 01:08:24,279
importance of this Wetland and that
space in

897
01:08:20,159 --> 01:08:28,159
particular um and wish to retain that so
in terms of the developer responding and

898
01:08:26,279 --> 01:08:32,560
why one of the additional reasons we're
bringing this before Council and

899
01:08:29,759 --> 01:08:39,679
providing this in this form is Council
needs to understand if the um applicant

900
01:08:36,679 --> 01:08:43,920
had decided to not proceed with land use
concept 2 they could have proceeded to

901
01:08:42,520 --> 01:08:49,239
they have a stripping and Grading
application in right now they could have

902
01:08:46,960 --> 01:08:54,799
proceeded with that stripping and
Grading application and began working on

903
01:08:51,279 --> 01:08:58,799
that property we have residents who are
very uh passionate about their

904
01:08:56,319 --> 01:09:03,679
communities came to an open house or to
a public hearing heard about the

905
01:09:00,600 --> 01:09:08,040
potential of losing a wetland spoke
voice their concerns administration's

906
01:09:06,359 --> 01:09:15,199
very feels it's very important to bring
this information forward so if that did

907
01:09:11,520 --> 01:09:18,839
occur that um uh equipment was going out
on site the residents in that Community

908
01:09:17,359 --> 01:09:22,640
had a clear understanding of what was
going to happen on that property and

909
01:09:20,799 --> 01:09:26,239
didn't feel like oh okay now we're
losing the Wetland I thought we had

910
01:09:24,080 --> 01:09:32,679
spoken so hopefully provides a little
bit of context of why this is here and

911
01:09:28,839 --> 01:09:38,799
the manner in which it is here again um
there are uh some important decisions uh

912
01:09:35,799 --> 01:09:42,239
that this will come back at a uh future
uh council meeting for second and third

913
01:09:40,359 --> 01:09:47,679
reading but we felt it was important to
have this discussion and get council's

914
01:09:44,759 --> 01:09:51,560
feedback okay thank you uh councelor
Wilson thank you those those comments

915
01:09:49,920 --> 01:09:55,080
around the table really help formulate
what what I'm thinking and that's that

916
01:09:53,640 --> 01:09:59,880
if there is a way to get to another
public hearing I think that would be

917
01:09:56,760 --> 01:10:04,199
very useful to me um from My Lens
concept one is the preferred outcome

918
01:10:02,520 --> 01:10:08,239
here if I if I were a neighbor living
there I don't live far from there anyway

919
01:10:05,880 --> 01:10:12,120
as a Cochran resident concept one seems
to be the preferred one to me but I

920
01:10:10,360 --> 01:10:17,000
heard loud and clear from the gallery
that um they want they didn't want that

921
01:10:15,120 --> 01:10:20,880
um what I'm worried about is that that
Gallery didn't understand the

922
01:10:18,199 --> 01:10:24,159
consequences before them um and with
everything laid out on the table here I

923
01:10:22,199 --> 01:10:28,120
would love to hear from people again
which of these options they would like

924
01:10:26,080 --> 01:10:32,640
because to me one seems Superior and
that's the one we're not choosing so um

925
01:10:31,440 --> 01:10:37,000
if there's a way to get to a public
hearing I just heard that potentially

926
01:10:34,199 --> 01:10:42,800
there would be if we uh went with land
use concept too I think that's the way I

927
01:10:39,640 --> 01:10:49,840
would like to go um would like to hear
what others have to say about that

928
01:10:46,159 --> 01:10:54,719
opinion um councelor fedo uh through Mr
D Mr kazinski um I just uh wanted to

929
01:10:52,880 --> 01:10:59,719
point out a couple things yes I realized
that um obviously the developer could

930
01:10:56,600 --> 01:11:03,280
just go through and proceed um but keep
in mind that a lot of people that have

931
01:11:01,840 --> 01:11:09,480
purchased homes in the Willows would
have already know what to expect um when

932
01:11:06,520 --> 01:11:15,239
they purchase back in 2018 2014 a lot of
them already knew the plan right then

933
01:11:11,400 --> 01:11:18,480
the plan has shifted to concept one um
so then all of a sudden a bunch of

934
01:11:16,960 --> 01:11:22,440
people that's where people were upset
because what they originally bought into

935
01:11:20,159 --> 01:11:26,199
had changed now I believe that we're
coming forward with another concept

936
01:11:24,600 --> 01:11:30,360
which I think actually if it goes maybe
out to the public and to the community

937
01:11:28,800 --> 01:11:34,440
you actually might actually receive
quite a bit of support and and a little

938
01:11:32,800 --> 01:11:39,239
cheering going on that you're actually
looking at and protecting uh that

939
01:11:36,920 --> 01:11:43,520
Wetland the thing that I have a problem
with is that just not having any public

940
01:11:41,360 --> 01:11:47,280
hearing and we sit around the table and
we're making that decision tonight and

941
01:11:44,840 --> 01:11:51,560
not allowing those people to come back
um that's just that's that's just not

942
01:11:49,480 --> 01:11:54,920
good in my opinion um I won't approve
anything without a public hearing so

943
01:11:53,600 --> 01:11:58,000
let's please have a public hearing and
allow people with the opportunity to

944
01:11:56,239 --> 01:12:00,239
come back and speak share their opinion
and you just might be surprised that

945
01:11:59,120 --> 01:12:02,920
it's not going to be negative it
actually might be positive but not

946
01:12:01,560 --> 01:12:06,639
allowing them to talk at all I don't
think is the right way uh to approach

947
01:12:05,000 --> 01:12:10,840
this and if anything you're just going
to get a bunch of push back and blowback

948
01:12:09,560 --> 01:12:15,000
from the community that once again
council is not really hearing the people

949
01:12:12,639 --> 01:12:19,560
that live there and uh that's not how I
want to

950
01:12:16,360 --> 01:12:22,239
proceed okay councel Reed yeah I just
want to pigy back on what council Wilson

951
01:12:21,120 --> 01:12:27,080
was saying so if I understood you
correctly Council has the authority and

952
01:12:24,800 --> 01:12:30,679
it won't contravene any processes or
violate any any of our bylaws in terms

953
01:12:29,159 --> 01:12:35,360
of being able to have a second public
hearing on on these proposed changes is

954
01:12:32,840 --> 01:12:38,239
that correct uh through the chair based
on the conversations we've had

955
01:12:36,520 --> 01:12:43,560
internally it's my understanding that no
we're not violating any pro processes if

956
01:12:40,639 --> 01:12:48,760
we request a second Public Act yeah I
would support uh that request I know we

957
01:12:46,480 --> 01:12:51,320
can't vote tonight but if it were to if
Administration is looking for feedback I

958
01:12:50,280 --> 01:12:54,639
think that there is some kind of
consensus that that that might be the

959
01:12:52,880 --> 01:12:59,239
way to go forward in terms of being able
to hear further from our residents given

960
01:12:57,280 --> 01:13:02,280
what they now know or what we now know
and they will then have available to

961
01:13:00,480 --> 01:13:06,000
them as in a way of additional
information uh through the chair Council

962
01:13:04,239 --> 01:13:10,080
read I could add I think the uh for
council's benefit one thing to keep in

963
01:13:07,679 --> 01:13:16,400
mind with this is that the site during
the in the area structure plan was also

964
01:13:12,239 --> 01:13:20,920
zoned for uh residential mixed use or
mixed dwelling development which in the

965
01:13:18,639 --> 01:13:24,960
multi-use development in the previous uh
land use bylaw was the highest density

966
01:13:22,800 --> 01:13:29,040
Zoning for the site so there would have
been that information available at the

967
01:13:26,639 --> 01:13:33,120
time of purchase by the residents that
the site was always uh intended for

968
01:13:31,600 --> 01:13:38,760
highdensity
development which these land uses are

969
01:13:36,080 --> 01:13:43,120
below I would feel it's important to
identify okay thanks for proving that

970
01:13:41,440 --> 01:13:47,920
information any further comments from
Council anything else from

971
01:13:45,120 --> 01:13:52,199
Administration anything else from our
presenters okay great thank you very

972
01:13:50,320 --> 01:13:56,159
much do you have everything you need
from us I guess is my last question to

973
01:13:53,800 --> 01:13:58,679
you uh through the chair I I believe we
have the information that we need to

974
01:13:57,159 --> 01:14:01,520
proceed and we'll have to take this away
have some discussions with the applicant

975
01:14:00,040 --> 01:14:05,600
on how they'd like to proceed with the
application okay thank you thank you

976
01:14:04,239 --> 01:14:08,719
okay next up on the agenda we've been
here for an hour and 15 minutes does

977
01:14:06,719 --> 01:14:16,080
anybody need a quick watch we're going
to take uh six minutes come back

978
01:14:11,400 --> 01:14:16,080
7:20 I just like round numbers

979
01:14:34,239 --> 01:14:41,880
well my computer's clock is faster than
that clock in here so we may as well not

980
01:14:39,400 --> 01:14:47,639
sit around in awkward silence um let's
get back to it our next agenda item is

981
01:14:44,199 --> 01:14:53,120
community growth uh Mark kin krinski is
going to be giving us a presentation and

982
01:14:49,080 --> 01:14:53,120
introducing a few other people as

983
01:14:53,760 --> 01:15:00,080
well good
good evening again uh Deputy Mayor and

984
01:14:58,600 --> 01:15:03,639
members of council thank you for having
me and the rest of my management team

985
01:15:01,880 --> 01:15:08,840
here for the presentation of community
growth 2024 midye report I'm joined

986
01:15:07,440 --> 01:15:12,239
today by the community growth leadership
team representing the respective

987
01:15:10,199 --> 01:15:17,440
departments Justin parin manager of
safety codes Robel Clair manager of

988
01:15:14,239 --> 01:15:21,360
planning services and Nicole Hannah the
recently recruited manager of Economic

989
01:15:19,600 --> 01:15:25,320
Development before I dive into the
midyear report I want to ask you to

990
01:15:23,320 --> 01:15:29,760
please join me in welcoming Nicole uh as
the new manager within uh Community

991
01:15:27,000 --> 01:15:33,520
growth of Economic Development Nicole is
a born and raised Alberton whose first

992
01:15:31,440 --> 01:15:37,040
job was working on a local Ranch uh this
experience solidified Cochran as a

993
01:15:35,199 --> 01:15:41,440
special Community for Nicole as she
pursued her career and life Ambitions in

994
01:15:39,920 --> 01:15:44,719
addition to her Grassroots Western
Heritage experience Nicole has

995
01:15:43,199 --> 01:15:48,080
significant municipal government
Economic Development and Business

996
01:15:46,239 --> 01:15:52,440
Development experience they will be
invaluable in helping nurture grow and

997
01:15:50,159 --> 01:15:57,480
evolve Cochran's economic potential now
and into the future most recently Nicole

998
01:15:55,440 --> 01:16:01,000
was employed as a business strategist at
the City of Calgary and before that as

999
01:15:59,199 --> 01:16:05,280
an instructor at Sate where she
developed Implement managed and

1000
01:16:02,639 --> 01:16:09,520
sustained an Innovative and experiential
learning opportunity for the faculty of

1001
01:16:07,159 --> 01:16:13,320
hospitality and trism management
academic academically Nicole has a

1002
01:16:11,719 --> 01:16:16,639
masters of food and resource economics
from the University of British Columbia

1003
01:16:15,320 --> 01:16:20,120
a bachelor of Economics from the
University of Alberta and an

1004
01:16:18,320 --> 01:16:23,520
architecture and building science
diploma from

1005
01:16:23,920 --> 01:16:30,560
Sate welcome
Nicole so as you're well aware Community

1006
01:16:29,080 --> 01:16:34,159
growth has three departments within it
planning Services Economic Development

1007
01:16:32,360 --> 01:16:40,480
and safety
codes for 2024 to 2026 Community growth

1008
01:16:38,199 --> 01:16:45,800
uh established three primary objectives
uh in the 2024 to 2026 budget process

1009
01:16:43,760 --> 01:16:49,360
those were in Vision coch in 2050 to
ensure that in Vision coch in 2050 our

1010
01:16:47,800 --> 01:16:53,400
Municipal development plan is in
alignment with council's strategic plan

1011
01:16:51,520 --> 01:16:57,560
and continues to advance on schedule and
on budget

1012
01:16:55,120 --> 01:17:00,639
uh this will provide the community with
the benefit of a structured and

1013
01:16:58,800 --> 01:17:04,360
sustainable plan for growth and ensure
the community's vision is realized the

1014
01:17:03,040 --> 01:17:08,120
second objective was to support and
Foster Innovation and Entrepreneurship

1015
01:17:06,040 --> 01:17:11,800
in Cochran with the Cochran station
incubator program and other initiatives

1016
01:17:10,280 --> 01:17:16,080
such as Smart Start that help
entrepreneurs and local businesses

1017
01:17:13,199 --> 01:17:20,760
Thrive innovate and contribute to posit
positively to our community's economic

1018
01:17:18,719 --> 01:17:24,040
growth the third objective was to
implement risk mitigation strategies and

1019
01:17:22,560 --> 01:17:28,280
resourcing plans to ensure
organizational RIS resiliency and

1020
01:17:25,920 --> 01:17:32,679
business continuity and to maintain an
Advan efficient and effective service

1021
01:17:30,480 --> 01:17:37,199
levels that can consistently be relied
upon by our partners in the development

1022
01:17:34,280 --> 01:17:42,280
community and citizens of Cochran all
these objectives are either in progress

1023
01:17:38,800 --> 01:17:45,679
or on schedule for completion and uh or
complete which you uh will hear more

1024
01:17:44,239 --> 01:17:50,239
about from each of my managers in the
respective departments in this mid in

1025
01:17:48,040 --> 01:17:53,320
this midyear report for their areas
please join me in welcoming Rob O Clair

1026
01:17:51,880 --> 01:17:57,280
manager of planing Services who will
walk you through the mid year report for

1027
01:17:54,840 --> 01:18:01,360
planning services and uh we'll do
questions for each component at the end

1028
01:17:59,199 --> 01:18:01,360
thank

1029
01:18:02,730 --> 01:18:09,719
[Music]
you thank you Mark good evening Deputy

1030
01:18:07,400 --> 01:18:13,040
Mayor and Council my name is Rob O Clair
and I am the manager of planning

1031
01:18:11,080 --> 01:18:18,280
services and I'm pleased to be here
tonight to share my midyear RBA

1032
01:18:16,040 --> 01:18:24,639
information with
you 2024 has been a busy year for

1033
01:18:21,800 --> 01:18:29,960
planning um as of the end of June we
have received 137 development permit

1034
01:18:27,560 --> 01:18:35,040
applications and are on track to
complete approximately 270 uh

1035
01:18:32,600 --> 01:18:41,920
development permits by the end of the
year this is a 150% increase from

1036
01:18:39,239 --> 01:18:46,800
2023 we have seen significant increase
in secondary Suites which are projecting

1037
01:18:44,760 --> 01:18:52,320
or which are projected to increase as
the year progresses we are ant

1038
01:18:49,440 --> 01:18:58,080
anticipating over 100 Suite
applications we have also completed 3 47

1039
01:18:55,719 --> 01:19:02,239
certificate of compliance applications
and anticipate completing appr

1040
01:19:00,120 --> 01:19:08,440
approximately 700 increasing the amount
of compliance applications seen in

1041
01:19:04,840 --> 01:19:14,040
2023 at midyear 2024 we have already Sur
surpassed the number of council reports

1042
01:19:10,800 --> 01:19:19,679
from 2023 we are uh on track to bring
approximately 100 reports to council by

1043
01:19:16,920 --> 01:19:25,080
Year's end this is the third year of
increased reports to

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01:19:22,040 --> 01:19:28,920
council all this work has been completed
by a total of nine staff which is a

1045
01:19:27,320 --> 01:19:33,400
decrease in Staffing levels from the
previous two

1046
01:19:31,159 --> 01:19:37,440
years the municipal government act
dictates the allowable time that a

1047
01:19:35,040 --> 01:19:42,360
Development Authority must one deem an
application complete which is 20 days

1048
01:19:40,199 --> 01:19:47,719
and two provide a decision back to the
applicant which is 60 days planning

1049
01:19:45,120 --> 01:19:51,920
Services uses this criteria to track how
well we do against these

1050
01:19:49,520 --> 01:19:56,159
timelines as of midye we are hitting our
Targets on approximately 72% of our

1051
01:19:54,239 --> 01:20:00,880
applications
for both deem complete and date of

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01:19:58,560 --> 01:20:05,560
decision this speaks to the influx of
work within the planning Services as as

1053
01:20:03,719 --> 01:20:10,679
I stated in the previous slide as well
as the reduction of resources that we

1054
01:20:08,000 --> 01:20:16,040
have seen in the previous two
years we have seen 11 subdivision

1055
01:20:13,320 --> 01:20:18,760
applications which is already 79% of the
amount we saw in

1056
01:20:18,840 --> 01:20:26,920
2023 uh these comprise of 440 new
residential lots and two commercial Lots

1057
01:20:25,719 --> 01:20:30,280
additionally we have seen the
advancement of 460 dwelling units

1058
01:20:28,880 --> 01:20:34,080
through multif family and secondary
Suite development permit

1059
01:20:32,440 --> 01:20:38,440
applications this year we are
forecasting the advancement of

1060
01:20:36,159 --> 01:20:43,040
approximately 1,800 dwelling units
through the subdivision development and

1061
01:20:40,199 --> 01:20:47,880
permit phases of the development
Continuum these are now ready to or

1062
01:20:45,880 --> 01:20:51,960
ready for the Final Phase of development
in the development Continuum which is

1063
01:20:49,920 --> 01:20:57,000
building
permits just some accomplishments in

1064
01:20:54,960 --> 01:21:02,639
2024 we have completed the rolling
Trails Area Redevelopment plan which was

1065
01:20:59,360 --> 01:21:07,480
Cochran's first ever ARP submission to
cmrb we we have completed the growth

1066
01:21:05,120 --> 01:21:12,199
study which will be presented at coun uh
to Council in

1067
01:21:09,320 --> 01:21:17,480
Q4 we have completed the phase two of
Engagement and launched the draft plan

1068
01:21:14,360 --> 01:21:21,840
for Envision Cochran 2050 the final
draft will be coming to council later

1069
01:21:19,639 --> 01:21:21,840
this

1070
01:21:22,199 --> 01:21:29,480
year we completed the First Street Road
closure with con with the consolidation

1071
01:21:26,920 --> 01:21:35,159
plan being completed or anticipated to
be completed by Q4 we have onboarded uh

1072
01:21:33,560 --> 01:21:41,080
myself the new manager of planning
services and created more structure and

1073
01:21:37,480 --> 01:21:41,080
better alignment through our planning

1074
01:21:41,960 --> 01:21:48,159
process our outdated technology has
created significant impacts on our

1075
01:21:46,360 --> 01:21:53,520
application timelines as well as our
deem complete and decision date uh

1076
01:21:50,639 --> 01:21:58,360
compliance rates additionally the
reduction in our staff is contributing

1077
01:21:55,520 --> 01:22:02,600
towards business continuity employee
satisfaction and customer service

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01:22:00,120 --> 01:22:02,600
related

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01:22:02,800 --> 01:22:09,199
risks looking at next steps we are
looking into Technology Solutions which

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01:22:07,120 --> 01:22:14,199
will ultimately help application
timelines introducing more structure to

1081
01:22:11,960 --> 01:22:17,480
our processes to increase consistency
and

1082
01:22:15,320 --> 01:22:22,080
productivity uh looking at succession
planning and investments into continuous

1083
01:22:22,320 --> 01:22:29,120
education thank you that concludes my
portion of the presentation I will now

1084
01:22:26,639 --> 01:22:33,080
hand it over to Nicole H to go through
her portion of the presentation thank

1085
01:22:33,840 --> 01:22:44,280
you thank you rob Council excellent to
meet you my name is Nicole hen uh I the

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01:22:42,120 --> 01:22:48,639
new manager of Economic Development I'm
excited to be working back here in

1087
01:22:46,040 --> 01:22:52,880
Cochran Economic Development supports
entrepreneurship innovation in order to

1088
01:22:51,239 --> 01:22:57,280
contribute to a Vibrant Community here
in Cochran the the department offers

1089
01:22:55,440 --> 01:23:01,239
Support Services to existing local
businesses while also broadening

1090
01:22:59,000 --> 01:23:05,840
Cochran's sustainable economic growth
through business retention investment

1091
01:23:03,239 --> 01:23:08,199
attraction tourism development and
Regional

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01:23:09,199 --> 01:23:18,239
collaboration how much this year as of
July 24th 2,230 business business

1093
01:23:15,840 --> 01:23:25,080
licenses have been approved this is an
increase of 58 more than 2023 is total

1094
01:23:22,520 --> 01:23:29,199
non-residential licenses have the strong
strongest growth at

1095
01:23:26,679 --> 01:23:35,800
5.4% increasing year-over-year
business licenses are projected to set a

1096
01:23:31,719 --> 01:23:40,800
record in 2024 with a 5 per increase and
again still continued growth overall

1097
01:23:38,600 --> 01:23:45,800
we've seen a 14% increase in total
licenses since 2020 which is

1098
01:23:43,280 --> 01:23:48,920
approximately 281 additional business
licenses that have been

1099
01:23:49,600 --> 01:23:55,000
added Cochran has collaborated with
economic development partner innovate

1100
01:23:54,120 --> 01:24:01,239
cochr
to deliver a $950,000 prairie scan Grant

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01:23:58,520 --> 01:24:05,800
with funding over the next 3 years along
with the town's contribution 30

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01:24:03,600 --> 01:24:10,080
different mentors coaches and experts
from the community have contributed to

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01:24:07,800 --> 01:24:15,760
programs with over 260 hours of
volunteer time programming has continued

1104
01:24:13,199 --> 01:24:22,400
to advance in the incubator establishing
roundt founder roundtables five weekly

1105
01:24:18,880 --> 01:24:22,400
expert sessions and one-on

1106
01:24:23,120 --> 01:24:30,760
ones to date 21 organizations have
participated in business and Innovation

1107
01:24:28,440 --> 01:24:35,159
programs funded or supported by the town
of Cochran Cochran business incubator

1108
01:24:33,440 --> 01:24:40,360
currently has eight companies in
Residence and our Smart Start program

1109
01:24:38,239 --> 01:24:43,840
which was launched in the spring will
graduate all seven participants this

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01:24:42,199 --> 01:24:48,440
fall in the upcoming
October the community Innovation

1111
01:24:46,080 --> 01:24:53,000
ecosystem successfully trained six
participants in partnership with Unbound

1112
01:24:50,760 --> 01:24:58,880
thinking and innovate Cochran and the
town itself three of eight companies

1113
01:24:56,080 --> 01:25:02,880
have had their first Revenue 62% of
those in the incubator currently had

1114
01:25:00,800 --> 01:25:07,119
Revenue prior to entering to the program
and 25% of those companies have hired

1115
01:25:04,760 --> 01:25:07,119
their first

1116
01:25:08,719 --> 01:25:15,520
employee these are definitely not my
accomplishments but they will be uh

1117
01:25:14,000 --> 01:25:19,440
Community growth has filled the vacant
position of manager of Economic

1118
01:25:17,560 --> 01:25:23,280
Development and work has already started
on advancing an updated Economic

1119
01:25:21,239 --> 01:25:26,800
Development strategy which includes
opportunities to explore or

1120
01:25:24,480 --> 01:25:31,840
postsecondary Partnerships within
Cochran this expands on The Bold

1121
01:25:29,080 --> 01:25:36,360
workshops and xyc design presentation on
hidden density from the previous year

1122
01:25:34,719 --> 01:25:40,920
Economic Development has ensured
sustained momentum for critical Economic

1123
01:25:38,760 --> 01:25:44,760
Development initiatives despite
significant employee

1124
01:25:42,480 --> 01:25:48,840
turnover we have decreased safety
incidences since the integration of

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01:25:46,760 --> 01:25:53,679
Station security as part of the
short-term station sustainment plan we

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01:25:51,480 --> 01:25:57,159
will be meeting later this month to kind
of continue on with this

1127
01:25:57,960 --> 01:26:05,159
planning emerging risks we have ongoing
challenges with business continuity and

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01:26:03,360 --> 01:26:09,880
resourcing with the transfer of
resources from Economic Development to

1129
01:26:07,520 --> 01:26:14,840
customer service admin along with the
integration of the visitor information

1130
01:26:11,639 --> 01:26:19,679
system center and the responsibilities
as now part of our short-term station

1131
01:26:17,119 --> 01:26:24,400
sustainment plan additionally we've
identifi identified some challenges in

1132
01:26:21,639 --> 01:26:28,360
data collection and process Improvement
with limited Staffing Resources

1133
01:26:26,560 --> 01:26:32,719
currently one full-time staff member
handles all of our business licenses for

1134
01:26:30,600 --> 01:26:32,719
the

1135
01:26:32,920 --> 01:26:41,600
town next steps economic development in
collaboration with Cochran tourism will

1136
01:26:39,119 --> 01:26:46,639
create a joint tourism strategy with an
organizational Focus together we will

1137
01:26:44,360 --> 01:26:51,199
explore current state allowing us to
accurately identify the most effective

1138
01:26:48,960 --> 01:26:55,920
policies and actions for bringing up the
advancement of Cochran tourism and

1139
01:26:53,600 --> 01:27:00,440
economic development mment we are
working closely with innovate Cochran to

1140
01:26:58,600 --> 01:27:05,440
meet all reporting criteria for our
Prairie scan Grant and we have a project

1141
01:27:03,320 --> 01:27:09,320
Charter in place for the incubator
leading up to our first reporting

1142
01:27:06,960 --> 01:27:14,400
deadline in January of
2025 recommendations for the creation of

1143
01:27:12,080 --> 01:27:18,920
a Cochran station operation and
programming committee which will ensure

1144
01:27:16,960 --> 01:27:24,639
a greater alignment and encourage
ongoing corporate collaboration will

1145
01:27:21,880 --> 01:27:29,560
provide Clarity and assigned resources
and responsibilities to the correct

1146
01:27:26,800 --> 01:27:34,520
subject matter expertise to maintain
operate and sustain the station

1147
01:27:32,440 --> 01:27:39,000
programs as part of our short-term
station sustainment plan increasing

1148
01:27:36,840 --> 01:27:43,040
workspaces at the station is underway
with an intent to bolster activity uh

1149
01:27:41,679 --> 01:27:48,080
for the downtown
location that is it for me up next is

1150
01:27:49,239 --> 01:27:57,600
Justin thank you Nicole good evening
Deputy Mayor and council members uh my

1151
01:27:54,520 --> 01:28:02,159
name is Justin parin and I'm the manager
of the safety codes area the town of

1152
01:28:00,119 --> 01:28:06,199
Cochran is an accredited municipality
under the safety codes Council of

1153
01:28:03,440 --> 01:28:10,440
Alberta the safety codes leg legislation
provides us the ability to employ safety

1154
01:28:08,239 --> 01:28:14,800
codes officers permit issures to
administer the provincially adopted

1155
01:28:12,040 --> 01:28:19,480
codes and standards here in Alberta we
issue permits and inspect work to ensure

1156
01:28:17,239 --> 01:28:23,639
Code Compliance is met for new
construction and Renovations within the

1157
01:28:21,840 --> 01:28:28,840
Cochran's Municipal boundaries both
residential and non-residential

1158
01:28:26,440 --> 01:28:32,639
with the continued growth within the
town permits and inspections are

1159
01:28:30,360 --> 01:28:36,280
trending to exceed last year's totals
and overall construction value

1160
01:28:34,199 --> 01:28:41,679
investment in the community is expected
to be an all-time high continued support

1161
01:28:39,560 --> 01:28:46,440
for capacity in our area helps our team
continue to provide our legislative

1162
01:28:43,679 --> 01:28:46,440
services to the

1163
01:28:46,760 --> 01:28:53,679
community we have maintained our quality
management plan or qmp compliance Target

1164
01:28:51,760 --> 01:28:57,119
for permit issuance and inspection
schedule

1165
01:28:54,639 --> 01:29:01,800
uh targets supported by continued
process Improvement efficiencies and

1166
01:28:59,320 --> 01:29:01,800
Staffing

1167
01:29:02,520 --> 01:29:08,719
capacities continued investment in our
business unit has reduced our Reliance

1168
01:29:06,360 --> 01:29:12,040
on contract Service all while trending
towards record sending perent Revenue

1169
01:29:10,679 --> 01:29:14,920
due to the amount of construction
investment within the

1170
01:29:17,880 --> 01:29:25,080
community within the first half of 2024
we have reduced our contract Service

1171
01:29:22,560 --> 01:29:29,520
cost completed multi successful
recruitments maintained our qmp

1172
01:29:27,239 --> 01:29:33,800
compliance Target supported our
employees continuing education goals and

1173
01:29:32,080 --> 01:29:38,119
focused on customer service and
communication Improvement through

1174
01:29:35,159 --> 01:29:38,119
ongoing website

1175
01:29:38,880 --> 01:29:46,280
improvements business continuity Still
Remains as a risk and code

1176
01:29:42,880 --> 01:29:46,280
non-compliances are trending

1177
01:29:47,080 --> 01:29:53,360
upwards as we look ahead we are focusing
on succession planning and continuous

1178
01:29:51,719 --> 01:29:57,480
education initiatives for staff
development and and career growth

1179
01:29:55,560 --> 01:30:02,360
looking into ways to that allow us to
utilize our permitting software to Aid

1180
01:29:59,480 --> 01:30:06,920
other business units and focus on a code
requirement education initiative to

1181
01:30:04,119 --> 01:30:11,040
support owners contractors understanding
of provincial code

1182
01:30:08,679 --> 01:30:14,920
requirements um thank you for your time
I'll pass this back to mark for final

1183
01:30:16,719 --> 01:30:24,119
thoughts thank you so uh all these are
all these objectives together so cochr

1184
01:30:22,000 --> 01:30:27,360
continues to be a community of choice uh
for investment by the development

1185
01:30:25,400 --> 01:30:31,560
Community as evidenced by the record
setting volume and pace of activity in

1186
01:30:29,040 --> 01:30:34,920
Cochran over the first half of this year
as you have heard we are on Pace to for

1187
01:30:33,280 --> 01:30:38,360
a record setting year for development in
Cochran uh Community growth is

1188
01:30:36,560 --> 01:30:42,119
projecting new records for development
permits building permits inspections

1189
01:30:40,560 --> 01:30:46,719
reports to council and annual
construction value which is exceeded 220

1190
01:30:44,480 --> 01:30:50,480
Million by midye and projected to exceed
300 million by the end of the year we're

1191
01:30:48,880 --> 01:30:54,199
also maintaining positive momentum at
the station expansion of support for

1192
01:30:52,159 --> 01:30:57,719
entrepreneurship and innovation with the
recent prair can grant we received

1193
01:30:56,000 --> 01:31:03,040
completion of the inaugural Community
Innovation ecosystem program and

1194
01:30:59,520 --> 01:31:08,320
initiative initiation of smart
start looking forward uh to the

1195
01:31:05,400 --> 01:31:13,440
remainder of 2024 and into 2025
Community growth will be focusing on the

1196
01:31:09,800 --> 01:31:18,719
following areas uh and the and for the
remainder 2024 and the 2025 2027 budget

1197
01:31:16,000 --> 01:31:21,760
exercise which is which is looking for
additional resources exploring

1198
01:31:20,119 --> 01:31:27,320
Technology Solutions and process
improvements investigating opportunity

1199
01:31:24,000 --> 01:31:31,600
ities uh to generate Revenue as well as
advancing plans and strategies that

1200
01:31:29,080 --> 01:31:36,239
align with vision C in 2050 and improve
customer service and service lines with

1201
01:31:34,280 --> 01:31:40,400
that I'm happy to answer any questions
that you may

1202
01:31:37,639 --> 01:31:42,920
have all right I believe Council Reed
was first of the

1203
01:31:43,080 --> 01:31:50,639
buch yeah I had a a comment uh a
question of clarity and then a question

1204
01:31:48,679 --> 01:31:54,239
itself so I'm really pleased to hear
what I heard about the investment

1205
01:31:52,119 --> 01:31:58,639
Council made in terms of the safety area
that that sounds uh that it's trending

1206
01:31:56,199 --> 01:32:03,320
in the right direction and I'm just
looking for uh Clarity around I'm

1207
01:32:00,960 --> 01:32:08,080
uncertain if we were if we were just
pitched a pre-budget request for staff

1208
01:32:05,440 --> 01:32:12,400
and technology or if it's just a an are
we experiencing a challenge in terms of

1209
01:32:09,880 --> 01:32:16,719
finding and hiring good people and not
having enough time to effectively assess

1210
01:32:14,080 --> 01:32:22,639
a technology that is already currently
budgeted so are we looking is this a

1211
01:32:19,600 --> 01:32:25,880
pre-budget request is that that we're
hearing the first pitch of

1212
01:32:24,440 --> 01:32:29,600
uh through the chair I I wouldn't say a
pre-budget request but it is a just a

1213
01:32:28,320 --> 01:32:36,159
heads up of what community growth is
looking for uh moving forward correct

1214
01:32:33,119 --> 01:32:40,639
okay um and then with the economic
development and the incubation Center uh

1215
01:32:38,560 --> 01:32:45,199
what were the measures of
success Beyond just graduation what what

1216
01:32:43,840 --> 01:32:50,400
are the measures of success for the
incubation Center uh through the chair

1217
01:32:48,360 --> 01:32:55,320
uh councilor read some of the measures
for success as defined by pris scan are

1218
01:32:53,199 --> 01:32:59,480
a minimum number number of uh science
Technology and Engineering and math

1219
01:32:57,239 --> 01:33:04,920
positions created as well as a number of
hqp so high quality professional

1220
01:33:02,159 --> 01:33:09,119
positions uh created through the through
the program uh so what we're working on

1221
01:33:07,880 --> 01:33:13,320
right now is the completion of the
project chart as'll identify how we'll

1222
01:33:11,080 --> 01:33:18,719
work with our other partners to deliver
the sueda programs of uh Community

1223
01:33:15,800 --> 01:33:23,239
Innovation ecosystem the incubator and
Smart Start to deliver uh on those

1224
01:33:21,360 --> 01:33:26,800
positions I'm wondering if it's possible
to get a one page document just indicate

1225
01:33:25,040 --> 01:33:30,520
what the measures of success are and
what they were with this graduating

1226
01:33:28,760 --> 01:33:33,560
class that would be I would appreciate
that I think that might be worthwhile in

1227
01:33:31,960 --> 01:33:38,280
terms of our community given the
investment that council's made on that

1228
01:33:35,440 --> 01:33:42,119
in that invest uh incubator Center uh
through the chair we'd be happy to

1229
01:33:39,400 --> 01:33:48,520
prepare something for thank
you okay councelor foro uh through Mr

1230
01:33:45,159 --> 01:33:52,119
jerich to Mr krinski um I think that
there was a comment and it says in here

1231
01:33:49,840 --> 01:33:56,719
that there was a decrease of Staff uh
from the past two years I guess I'm just

1232
01:33:54,760 --> 01:33:59,679
curious are people moving on for other
opportunities or is there a reason for

1233
01:33:58,520 --> 01:34:03,119
that decrease I guess I'm a little
surprised that this is kind of the the

1234
01:34:01,840 --> 01:34:06,560
first time that council's being made
aware especially when we know how busy

1235
01:34:04,800 --> 01:34:12,440
the planning department actually
is uh through the chair uh councelor

1236
01:34:09,480 --> 01:34:16,800
foro uh the resources reallocated to an
area of Greater impact uh within the

1237
01:34:14,400 --> 01:34:20,719
organization and uh was uh something
that was done in discussion with myself

1238
01:34:18,440 --> 01:34:24,800
and understanding of the opportunity to
address a greater need and then I know

1239
01:34:23,560 --> 01:34:29,239
that that I was brought up about
licensing that I believe there's only

1240
01:34:26,360 --> 01:34:32,679
one person doing licensing but um and I
and I'm assuming that's at the station

1241
01:34:31,320 --> 01:34:36,040
that there's one person doing licensing
at the station is that kind of where it

1242
01:34:34,320 --> 01:34:40,080
was related to uh through the chair
Council fedo yes we have uh one resource

1243
01:34:38,520 --> 01:34:43,000
uh currently assigned to business
licensing because I do know that there

1244
01:34:41,760 --> 01:34:47,400
was some staff down there but there was
some shifting of Staff some people left

1245
01:34:45,159 --> 01:34:50,679
I'm just curious as to and that was
quite a while ago a few months ago so

1246
01:34:48,760 --> 01:34:54,800
I'm just curious as to why we don't have
other people down there quite yet to be

1247
01:34:52,880 --> 01:34:58,960
able to help out because obviously some
people it's not like they they have

1248
01:34:57,040 --> 01:35:02,040
budgeted money for their jobs right so
is it the fact that we just haven't been

1249
01:35:00,080 --> 01:35:05,000
able to find Qualified staff or I'm just
trying to get a handle on what's

1250
01:35:03,520 --> 01:35:09,560
happening with the Staffing comp
component yeah uh through the chair uh

1251
01:35:07,400 --> 01:35:13,920
the comment was specific to uh the
Staffing within Community growth and uh

1252
01:35:11,760 --> 01:35:18,280
Economic Development so the previous
resources uh in economic development

1253
01:35:16,080 --> 01:35:22,560
that were re allocated were not
responsible for business licensing uh

1254
01:35:20,639 --> 01:35:26,040
they had primarily visitor information
center functions which have actually

1255
01:35:24,400 --> 01:35:29,719
been transferred to another group in
customer service and admin who is

1256
01:35:28,000 --> 01:35:32,960
helping support us by taking on those
functions um as well as trying to help

1257
01:35:31,840 --> 01:35:38,400
support them with their business
continuity as well by ensuring we have a

1258
01:35:35,560 --> 01:35:41,880
sufficient Staffing level in both areas
okay and I was kind of uh similar to

1259
01:35:40,760 --> 01:35:46,159
councilor Reed I was just kind of
curious what the budget asked was kind

1260
01:35:44,199 --> 01:35:50,960
of looking like and also whether or not
you believe um safety codes needs to

1261
01:35:48,400 --> 01:35:55,040
have additional resources I I look at it
this way um wearing a completely

1262
01:35:52,960 --> 01:35:58,520
different hat that I have uh there
there's some interesting things going on

1263
01:35:56,639 --> 01:36:02,600
when it comes to development right now
and I do believe that it's it's hard to

1264
01:36:00,719 --> 01:36:07,040
keep up with all the stuff going on when
you have a limited amount of people

1265
01:36:04,440 --> 01:36:10,520
doing checks and balances and and that
to me becomes a little bit scary because

1266
01:36:08,600 --> 01:36:14,920
once things are built you're not taking
them down so I'm just curious from the

1267
01:36:12,600 --> 01:36:19,119
group of view is it do you need more
people on the planning side do you need

1268
01:36:16,480 --> 01:36:23,719
more people on the Safety Code side um
or what kind of is that balance um are

1269
01:36:21,480 --> 01:36:27,119
you kind of thinking yeah through the ch
councelor FCO uh I think one of the

1270
01:36:25,320 --> 01:36:31,360
messages we're hoping to convey is the
support from Council uh for safety codes

1271
01:36:30,000 --> 01:36:35,119
and the work of our partners and
administration and helping us develop a

1272
01:36:33,040 --> 01:36:41,480
resourcing plan has had a positive
impact um on their ability to uh handle

1273
01:36:38,960 --> 01:36:45,440
a significant increase in volume uh and
we do appreciate that uh from all

1274
01:36:43,360 --> 01:36:48,960
participants uh on the planning side of
course we are seeing significant

1275
01:36:47,080 --> 01:36:53,639
increases in volume which also comes
with increases the complexity uh as the

1276
01:36:51,239 --> 01:36:58,080
municipality grows over time and uh
additional resources definitely help us

1277
01:36:55,920 --> 01:37:03,880
uh achieve a higher quality uh of
development for uh for the municipality

1278
01:37:00,880 --> 01:37:08,960
while maintaining uh uh alignment with
expectations of members of the community

1279
01:37:06,360 --> 01:37:11,360
as including the development community
and if and if you have challenges in the

1280
01:37:10,440 --> 01:37:14,880
planning department have you thought
about just like kind of slowing down I I

1281
01:37:13,199 --> 01:37:18,560
know that that's not exactly an easy
thing to be able to go to people because

1282
01:37:16,360 --> 01:37:23,159
then you make somebody else angry within
the process but I'm I'm just curious is

1283
01:37:20,360 --> 01:37:27,520
there you know that that thought to just
take take a deep breath pause and just

1284
01:37:25,840 --> 01:37:30,679
I'm not saying cancel anything but just
take a deep breath and maybe slow things

1285
01:37:29,119 --> 01:37:33,159
down so that we're not rushing because
when you're rushing and everything's

1286
01:37:31,880 --> 01:37:37,920
getting done all at once I go back to
what I said before the end product is uh

1287
01:37:35,960 --> 01:37:42,480
what ends up suffering right
so uh through the chair Council Deco I

1288
01:37:40,280 --> 01:37:46,239
think uh in my experience uh over the
past year I think we've tried to balance

1289
01:37:44,719 --> 01:37:49,520
uh ensuring that we meet the
expectations of the development

1290
01:37:47,320 --> 01:37:53,599
Community as well as particularly our
MGA uh requirements for for timelines

1291
01:37:52,159 --> 01:37:57,280
that we're constantly endeavoring to
achieve while also making sure we

1292
01:37:55,280 --> 01:38:01,960
prioritize uh mental health and
well-being um of our resources and take

1293
01:37:59,520 --> 01:38:06,880
a long-term business continuity look to
ensure that we are not uh either

1294
01:38:04,000 --> 01:38:12,280
jeopardizing the quality uh of the work
that we do uh or uh the ability for us

1295
01:38:10,320 --> 01:38:17,520
to maintain continuity of the service
levels that have been established

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01:38:14,480 --> 01:38:20,960
previously so I believe we're are taking
a balanced approach okay thank you

1297
01:38:19,440 --> 01:38:27,719
that's all the questions that I have for
now coun f

1298
01:38:24,760 --> 01:38:32,920
um yeah thank you um very much I wanted
to say first off uh kudos to yourself

1299
01:38:30,480 --> 01:38:38,119
and to your team um what I see
throughout your report here is just

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01:38:35,840 --> 01:38:41,760
increase in efficiency and improve
Service delivery to uh our residents so

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01:38:40,320 --> 01:38:46,239
thank you very much uh to you and your
team and all your team members for the

1302
01:38:43,800 --> 01:38:49,880
great work it's much appreciated um and
while I can appreciate counc goes I was

1303
01:38:48,679 --> 01:38:54,920
like let's make sure we're doing it
right I know there are a lot of

1304
01:38:51,360 --> 01:38:58,920
pressures on you um to make sure you are
delivering these services in as timely

1305
01:38:56,480 --> 01:39:02,760
manner as possible so you know any delay
in getting a housing permit affects

1306
01:39:01,239 --> 01:39:06,400
somebody's ability to move in and find a
new home affects the business that

1307
01:39:04,239 --> 01:39:11,520
surrounds that those type of things so
um yeah so first of all Kudos uh to that

1308
01:39:09,840 --> 01:39:14,800
um a lot of information presented there
and I was kind of tempted to put a break

1309
01:39:13,040 --> 01:39:19,360
on after each of your presenters so I
could uh drill down um but we didn't so

1310
01:39:17,960 --> 01:39:24,159
we'll have to see how many of my notes I
could go back to if that's all

1311
01:39:20,960 --> 01:39:29,679
right what I did here overall
um was uh your challenges which I I

1312
01:39:27,639 --> 01:39:33,639
appreciate you identifying and and as
our colleagues have identified is it a

1313
01:39:31,400 --> 01:39:38,800
is it a pre-budget Lobby in which case
well done um but you'd identified the

1314
01:39:35,800 --> 01:39:43,159
business uh continuity uh as a challenge
across the board I feel and so what is

1315
01:39:41,159 --> 01:39:47,400
that business continuity is that just a
staff turnover or what is that actually

1316
01:39:44,599 --> 01:39:51,920
speaking to uh through the chair uh
counselor mcfaden I think there are a a

1317
01:39:49,520 --> 01:39:57,080
couple of opportunities uh we currently
have some fairly outdated software that

1318
01:39:54,040 --> 01:40:01,960
we uh manage our planning Services
Department through so it's not just uh

1319
01:39:59,400 --> 01:40:06,679
Staffing levels but of course uh
additional staff allows us to succession

1320
01:40:03,960 --> 01:40:11,960
plan and ensure that we have additional
uh backup and support for

1321
01:40:08,960 --> 01:40:18,159
unforeseen uh absences whether that be
leave or um moving off from the

1322
01:40:15,320 --> 01:40:22,760
organization so which do have impacts uh
of course okay on maintaining levels

1323
01:40:20,599 --> 01:40:25,080
sorry okay and so when I did hear that
that

1324
01:40:24,040 --> 01:40:29,000
if I understood the presentation
correctly that currently understaff in

1325
01:40:27,000 --> 01:40:34,679
both planning and economic uh
development um not in safety codes but

1326
01:40:32,840 --> 01:40:38,719
what is your strategy for understaffed
and so and I not sure if I heard in your

1327
01:40:36,719 --> 01:40:44,480
presentation that those resources have
been allocated elsewhere in the res in

1328
01:40:40,639 --> 01:40:49,119
the in the organization but did I hear
that correctly that we've been taking

1329
01:40:46,760 --> 01:40:53,000
for your team to put those resources to
other parts of the organization or are

1330
01:40:51,199 --> 01:40:57,719
those resources being reallocated within
your Department uh through the chair I

1331
01:40:55,480 --> 01:41:01,760
wouldn't say per per se taking as I was
involved in all of those conversations

1332
01:40:59,360 --> 01:41:05,320
but have been reallocated to areas uh of
Greater need I I would also draw

1333
01:41:03,639 --> 01:41:10,440
attention to us having a unique
opportunity with uh two new members of

1334
01:41:08,520 --> 01:41:13,800
uh coch Administration with the manager
of planning services and a manager of

1335
01:41:11,880 --> 01:41:18,159
Economic Development so I believe it's
important to involve them in that uh

1336
01:41:16,199 --> 01:41:22,239
resourcing plan once they have an
opportunity to identify uh what the

1337
01:41:20,280 --> 01:41:26,480
greatest challenges are and how best to
overcome them to make sure that is in

1338
01:41:24,000 --> 01:41:30,920
alignment with uh with their style of
management and approach so um there is

1339
01:41:29,599 --> 01:41:35,480
of course a need and I think we've dealt
with challenges this year with a couple

1340
01:41:32,520 --> 01:41:38,560
of absences in our management team but
uh I don't believe that we've put

1341
01:41:37,040 --> 01:41:41,920
ourselves at a critical level the
Highlight is more the plan that we've

1342
01:41:40,360 --> 01:41:46,679
put in place I think with safety codes
has been effective and is yielding very

1343
01:41:43,960 --> 01:41:50,960
positive uh results which we are Midway
through implementation of uh of that

1344
01:41:48,719 --> 01:41:55,599
plan uh which did request additional
resources in future years as well so

1345
01:41:53,679 --> 01:42:00,360
it's important for me in your in your
strategy that as your um your staff is

1346
01:41:58,840 --> 01:42:04,679
delivering we're seeing at the numbers
here in your report um that part of your

1347
01:42:03,159 --> 01:42:10,440
HR strategy also ensures that we're not
burning good people out um and so I'd

1348
01:42:08,480 --> 01:42:16,679
like to make sure that I see these great
faces year after year and not like here

1349
01:42:13,199 --> 01:42:21,280
and G on um so then the other piece I
saw and I think you spoke a little bit

1350
01:42:18,239 --> 01:42:24,840
to it was around uh you've got new
managers coming on you want to give them

1351
01:42:22,679 --> 01:42:30,599
some space to kind of develop their own
strategies but has there been a change

1352
01:42:27,760 --> 01:42:34,840
in service level Focus around um at the
station around uh supporting the tourism

1353
01:42:32,960 --> 01:42:38,560
and the information booth I know I've
got I received a lot of comments about

1354
01:42:36,679 --> 01:42:42,480
that and that it is a missed resource in
our community um can you talk to me

1355
01:42:40,280 --> 01:42:47,199
about what your strategy is there yeah
through the chair uh Council mcfaden uh

1356
01:42:44,960 --> 01:42:50,440
in the short-term sustainment plan we
believe that we actually were able to

1357
01:42:48,520 --> 01:42:56,000
provide a more sustainable level of
service by the transfer of resources to

1358
01:42:53,360 --> 01:42:59,960
area which provided more consistent um
service levels uh we were sta very lean

1359
01:42:58,920 --> 01:43:06,320
historically with the visitor
information center uh to the point where

1360
01:43:02,760 --> 01:43:12,520
it was difficult if uh if possible uh to
provide coverage for um for vacations

1361
01:43:09,719 --> 01:43:16,440
and leaves of absences this has provided
uh more sustainability I believe in in

1362
01:43:14,360 --> 01:43:20,360
both teams uh in terms of the moving
forward plan for cckr and tourism we're

1363
01:43:18,280 --> 01:43:23,960
actually looking to be uh develop a
strategy that's more comprehensive

1364
01:43:21,679 --> 01:43:27,760
working with all Partners in the the uh
Cochran Community not just Cochran

1365
01:43:25,920 --> 01:43:33,239
tourism but also see our partners with
Cochran Chamber of Commerce and Council

1366
01:43:30,080 --> 01:43:36,440
Administration to develop a long-term uh
Cochran tourism strategy over the course

1367
01:43:35,599 --> 01:43:43,360
of
2025 we'll be looking to uh Charter um

1368
01:43:41,080 --> 01:43:47,159
the work to start working with them and
uh put some pend of paper working with

1369
01:43:44,920 --> 01:43:50,560
all participants to develop a long-term
plan that will frame some of the

1370
01:43:48,719 --> 01:43:54,560
priorities but in the a term there have
already been uh initial conversations

1371
01:43:52,280 --> 01:43:58,239
with myself and uh the executive
director of CAU and tourism as well as

1372
01:43:56,599 --> 01:44:02,040
the new manager of Economic Development
who stepped in and uh uh started

1373
01:44:00,760 --> 01:44:06,080
fostering a positive working
relationship with that organization as

1374
01:44:03,639 --> 01:44:10,400
well okay uh from My Lens I think it is
really important that we find a way to

1375
01:44:08,400 --> 01:44:14,199
uh have that face face engagement for
the tourism visitor information all

1376
01:44:12,239 --> 01:44:17,440
those pieces um I think that's a party
for me and I think I've certainly been

1377
01:44:15,360 --> 01:44:20,440
hearing that it's missed and certainly
folks have identified the inconsistency

1378
01:44:19,199 --> 01:44:24,440
that was going through in your Staffing
challenges but for my side that is a

1379
01:44:22,679 --> 01:44:29,199
priority to make sure we are having that
face Toof face engagement um at the

1380
01:44:26,480 --> 01:44:33,480
station um I think my last question for
now and I do appreciate all your

1381
01:44:30,599 --> 01:44:39,520
responses in regards to the is it the
Prairie can grant that's where the chair

1382
01:44:36,440 --> 01:44:43,639
Council make F Prairie's can right
that's what I meant to say thanks for

1383
01:44:41,040 --> 01:44:49,840
that um prairies can grant of just under
a million bucks is that the one that was

1384
01:44:46,040 --> 01:44:55,000
uh in partnership with um innovate
Cochran uh the council in mcf that is

1385
01:44:52,159 --> 01:44:59,199
correct okay all righty um yeah and
again I just wanted to say I really

1386
01:44:56,560 --> 01:45:02,880
appreciate um these reports and the
details in your metrics uh I really

1387
01:45:01,520 --> 01:45:07,719
appreciate being able to see the service
levels there um the only thing I think I

1388
01:45:06,119 --> 01:45:12,760
know it's buried in here and you you did
capture it in your presentation but um

1389
01:45:11,520 --> 01:45:18,599
it might just be me but it would be
great to see both um I see these reports

1390
01:45:15,760 --> 01:45:23,560
as reporting on your core workor but if
there could be maybe a different report

1391
01:45:20,840 --> 01:45:27,719
that also highlighted um your lishments
against supporting uh council's

1392
01:45:25,639 --> 01:45:32,719
priorities if that makes
sense all right thank you for your time

1393
01:45:29,960 --> 01:45:35,880
and again Kudos uh to you and your team
I hope everybody's proud of the work

1394
01:45:33,800 --> 01:45:41,840
they do for coner thank
you okay councelor clars thanks for all

1395
01:45:39,280 --> 01:45:47,560
the information the updates it's a very
busy area important and um so much

1396
01:45:45,320 --> 01:45:52,199
growth and so many changes to deal with
that um we have a lot of questions

1397
01:45:49,679 --> 01:45:56,840
tonight I was really uh happy to hear
about the increase s the applications

1398
01:45:54,080 --> 01:46:01,159
for secondary Suites so I think that's
one solution to affordable housing and

1399
01:45:59,800 --> 01:46:04,840
um people are seeing it in they're
following through but I'm wondering what

1400
01:46:02,679 --> 01:46:11,000
the challenges are and is there any
programs available to help people get

1401
01:46:07,760 --> 01:46:15,040
educated on how to do that or to um
programs to help them make it happen uh

1402
01:46:13,880 --> 01:46:17,840
through the chair Council fathers I'm
actually going to ask my manager of

1403
01:46:16,280 --> 01:46:23,199
planning services to help out with this
one because he see secondary sweets on a

1404
01:46:19,920 --> 01:46:26,119
on a very consistent basis and I uh C
Planning Commission as well

1405
01:46:27,040 --> 01:46:33,760
Rob thank you through the chair to
councelor filers um we have

1406
01:46:31,239 --> 01:46:39,360
pre-application processes where anyone
can ask questions of the planning team

1407
01:46:36,000 --> 01:46:43,280
of specific requirements or um anything
to do with the land use bylaw in terms

1408
01:46:41,000 --> 01:46:49,119
of secondary Suite applications so we
are absolutely there to coach anyone

1409
01:46:45,840 --> 01:46:54,560
through that process I know it can be an
extensive process for sure um but uh the

1410
01:46:52,199 --> 01:46:59,080
jobs of the planners are to be there as
the point person to guide them through

1411
01:46:56,520 --> 01:47:04,000
that that application process good to
hear Do we have any rules about how many

1412
01:47:01,280 --> 01:47:08,520
can be per block I can't remember uh
through the chair to councelor flowers

1413
01:47:05,520 --> 01:47:17,159
we do have uh in the land use bylaw
there is um there is a clause uh sorry

1414
01:47:14,880 --> 01:47:21,639
it's it's in the land use pyo but
doesn't it doesn't actually say a

1415
01:47:19,159 --> 01:47:26,960
specific number it is more of a an
Administration uh discretion of of how

1416
01:47:24,719 --> 01:47:32,880
many of what percentage of the block
face of of how much of that can be

1417
01:47:29,920 --> 01:47:38,920
secondary Suites uh so we do have a me
mechanism there I believe the number is

1418
01:47:36,679 --> 01:47:42,480
uh I can't tell you off the top of my
head I'd have to look at the land use

1419
01:47:40,239 --> 01:47:47,199
bylaw uh but there is a mechanism for
that for sure but uh basically what

1420
01:47:45,159 --> 01:47:50,560
happens in in those situations is we
would refer the secondary Suite

1421
01:47:48,800 --> 01:47:54,400
applications to the Cochran Planning
Commission for their review uh because

1422
01:47:53,199 --> 01:47:59,679
then they become the Development
Authority on those on those

1423
01:47:56,480 --> 01:48:05,560
applications good to hear thank you for
that um what other question do I have I

1424
01:48:03,159 --> 01:48:11,920
I too was concerned about the um visitor
information center such as um Council

1425
01:48:09,159 --> 01:48:15,199
mcfaden was talking about um I've heard
things that people aren't are having

1426
01:48:13,800 --> 01:48:19,520
trouble getting answers to their
questions and that it's not not

1427
01:48:17,159 --> 01:48:24,880
consistent so I too would really like to
see a plan in place for improving that

1428
01:48:22,199 --> 01:48:28,520
service and making sure it's
adequate uh through the chair of council

1429
01:48:26,760 --> 01:48:33,320
flowers we can assure you that we are
looking at strengthening that and uh I

1430
01:48:31,000 --> 01:48:37,520
do want to give uh kudos to our uh our
partners and customer service and admin

1431
01:48:34,920 --> 01:48:41,960
who I believe have uh provided uh some
great excellent uh customer service and

1432
01:48:39,840 --> 01:48:46,199
we to give a little bit of assurance
we've uh even been hosting some training

1433
01:48:44,520 --> 01:48:50,920
sessions where we provide opportunities
for Cochran tourism uh to share uh

1434
01:48:49,000 --> 01:48:55,679
opportunities and about what you can do
in Cochran for visitors who are looking

1435
01:48:53,000 --> 01:48:59,599
for the face tof face uh interaction
however also looking to the Future and

1436
01:48:57,560 --> 01:49:04,639
asking ourselves how best do people want
to receive information uh as a visitor

1437
01:49:02,880 --> 01:49:08,880
and whether that is face to face and and
where the trends are changing so I know

1438
01:49:06,639 --> 01:49:13,560
cochr tourism has a lens on that as well
as our manager of Economic Development I

1439
01:49:11,960 --> 01:49:18,800
appreciate that people are filling in
and I always think face to face is the

1440
01:49:15,360 --> 01:49:24,400
best especially someone outside the
community um what else um oh and the

1441
01:49:22,440 --> 01:49:27,679
commit comme to assist with the
programming at the station I think

1442
01:49:26,040 --> 01:49:31,560
that's a really great idea we talked
about that way back at the beginning and

1443
01:49:29,280 --> 01:49:37,760
I don't think it ever happened but to
bring in experts and have other um views

1444
01:49:34,840 --> 01:49:42,840
on the programming I think is
excellent I think that was um all that I

1445
01:49:40,679 --> 01:49:47,000
had thank you very
much okay um last question for me

1446
01:49:45,639 --> 01:49:50,599
something I brought up with Mr derot
earlier but I want to bring up our

1447
01:49:47,880 --> 01:49:54,560
meeting today um with on the topic of
growth it's our off-site Levy bylaw is

1448
01:49:52,360 --> 01:49:58,119
the thing that's of most concern to me
just making sure we're keeping up with a

1449
01:49:55,639 --> 01:50:03,480
plan for our capital and paying for it
uh do we know when council's going to

1450
01:49:59,920 --> 01:50:07,119
have an update on updating our offsite
Levy bylaw I'm not sure if this team

1451
01:50:05,520 --> 01:50:10,560
would be the appropriate people but the
growth topic is the appropriate time to

1452
01:50:08,599 --> 01:50:15,199
bring it up uh through the chair uh the
offsite Levy bylaw is being run by a

1453
01:50:13,159 --> 01:50:18,480
partner of mine actually the uh director
of engineering and Asset Services so I

1454
01:50:16,719 --> 01:50:23,719
would be remiss to try and comment on
their behalf but uh okay perhaps uh Mr

1455
01:50:21,760 --> 01:50:28,840
Heyman has a an update or we can provide
another one for Council later for the uh

1456
01:50:26,440 --> 01:50:34,119
benefit of council uh we are working on
that it'll likely be uh in the first

1457
01:50:30,920 --> 01:50:39,320
quarter of uh 2025 you will get the
update with the updated values uh again

1458
01:50:37,440 --> 01:50:42,760
there's been a lot of focus uh we work
in in partnership with our finance team

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01:50:41,040 --> 01:50:47,239
and they're working on uh obviously
we're all working on budget so uh that's

1460
01:50:45,480 --> 01:50:51,360
the timeline that we're looking for to
have those in front of council okay

1461
01:50:49,320 --> 01:50:54,800
early in the New Year okay yeah and I
just want to bring that up because as

1462
01:50:52,440 --> 01:50:57,520
your your report mentioned tonight we're
um growing very very quickly and we need

1463
01:50:56,199 --> 01:51:01,520
to make sure we're planning adequately
to pay for Capital to accommodate all

1464
01:50:59,320 --> 01:51:04,920
that growth that's it for me anything
else from Council anything else from

1465
01:51:03,480 --> 01:51:10,599
Administration anything else from our
pres presenters thank you for your time

1466
01:51:07,880 --> 01:51:14,400
okay thank you and that I believe is the
close of the public portion of this

1467
01:51:12,079 --> 01:51:19,639
meeting we do have an in camera this
evening can I get a motion to on camera

1468
01:51:17,760 --> 01:51:27,159
for one of my colleagues coun faten
makes the motion all in favor

1469
01:51:23,520 --> 01:51:27,159
and we are in camera