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um I think

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okay I'll call to order the regular
council meeting Tuesday September 19th

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2023 7 pm
we'd like to take this opportunity to

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acknowledge the traditional territories
of the indigenous peoples of the treaty

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7 region and the metis nation of Alberta
region 3. we respect the histories

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languages and cultures of the First
Nations metis Inuit and all First

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Peoples of Canada whose presence can
continue to enrich our community

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okay item 2.1 the agenda for September
19 2023 any changes to the agenda

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if there are no changes can I get a
motion please

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I've always been September 19 2023 Jenna
be accepted as prepared all in favor all

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right motion carried item 3.1 September
5th 2023 regular council meeting

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any additions or changes to that
if there aren't any can I get a motion

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here's the chair go ahead I'll make the
motion that the September 19th minutes

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be accepted as prepared presented
September 5th or September 5th sorry

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thank you all in favor
motion carry item 3.2 any changes to the

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special counsel meeting
foreign

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motion please
through the chair I'll make the motion

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that the minutes of the September 7th
2023 special counts for meeting be

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accepted as presented all in favor
um motion carried

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309 item 4.1 delegations ear drcmp
quarterly update

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um Sergeant Greg tillick come on out
good evening everybody good evening

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apologize I'm super distracted as I
walked in something happening in the far

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southeast of the Detachment area that I
had a hard time not staying involved in

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but uh if it's Crossfield you can go
yeah Southwest

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no no it sounds like it's wrapped itself
up anyway so we're good now

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uh since the last time I was here in
June uh I'd say that uh things have been

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fairly normal uh obviously coming to the
council meeting in June kind of is

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halfway through this recorder that uh
I'm reporting on anyway so some of the

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things that I talked about at that time
when I go through the calls kind of uh

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dealt with the stats that have been
presented to you already and if you if

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you're to look at the stats uh presented
in this most recent quarterly report

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you'd see that uh number is pretty much
across the board are quite a ways down

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other than assaults
of course they're up 38 but that's a

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difference of three
instances uh from the year before and if

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you compared to the years before that uh
it's pretty much right within the

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deviation
uh and of course when I'm talking about

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those things uh we're not talking about
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stranger incidents or anything like that
typically a family or domestic violence

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related which doesn't diminish the
problem but uh takes it away from being

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a the same kind of public safety issue
so when I went through calls that have

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come in for Cross Field between the last
times here and now uh I came up with 119

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calls for for the town of Crossfield I
noticed we've had uh several B and E's

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over this time period which to me seemed
like a little bit more than

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um
a little bit more than what I expected I

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guess of of those two of them were
fairly uneventful where somebody uh

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found a way into a garage because there
was an unlocked car in the driveway and

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then didn't end up taking anything of
the other ones there was five of them

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where there was a you know an actual B
and E maybe involving a stolen vehicle

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or some stolen things out of uh like the
ASO down the streets

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Etc like that
of those I see that we have identified

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suspect in one
problem with bnes is that

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they're exceedingly frustrating trying
to find somebody involved especially

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when it's one of those uh bad guy was
stolen vehicle going up to a business

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and then dumping the vehicle later
there's very little for us

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uh otherwise

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um another thing that uh has kind of
come up fairly recently a fair bit of

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car prowling it seems like and there's I
believe uh two separate not instances

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but uh
an individual and one that's responsible

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for several and uh either a individual
or a pair Associated to a vehicle

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responsible for the others I was told
that we have some information that's

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probably going to lead to us uh dealing
with the individual

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um
but again uh the best hope of that is

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that we put a stop to it may not end up
with retrieving things that we're taking

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out of cars but uh more often than not
the ones that are doing those car

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prowling sorts of things it's a matter
of convenience because they're out

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looking around with nothing to do and
find their way into unlocked Vehicles

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which takes me back to my broken record
speech as always uh

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anytime it's possible to get the word
out which is something we that we do but

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uh through the through the towns as well
um you know lock your doors secure your

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properties and basically just protect
your stuff and more often you're not

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changes you'll be safe but I'm expecting
some good news on that front

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at that one anyway well that's good to
hear and I think on the flip side of

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that too I mean
I get lock your vehicles and everything

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else but uh
you know the onus is on the person

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stealing absolutely and I would rather
have them found and not in our community

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anymore
although based on the age that this

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person might be
I'm sure they're going to be in our

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community for a while you're you're 100
right it all does come down to that and

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unfortunately my experience with with
these instances is kind of like you've

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implied uh often young people often out
maybe when they probably shouldn't be

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and uh unfortunately haven't kind of
been rained in by Ma and PAW so uh

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there's a whole bunch of facets to that
problem and it doesn't just uh it

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doesn't just stick the car prowling
there's all kinds of other things that

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can be can be managed through some solid
parenting but unfortunately it's not

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necessarily your problem or mine it's
something that we just have to deal with

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so I'm just curious you know what kind
of message to our residents can you put

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out there on the importance of reporting
these incidents to you because if

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they're not reported
then it's pretty hard to find somebody

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to catch somebody or link them to other
crimes so maybe if you can speak to that

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and that uh that's something that we
talk about fairly regularly too often uh

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during things like real crime watch
meetings or citizens on patrol meetings

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but um
of late there's been a couple of things

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that have developed where we have the
RCMP app and the ability to report

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crimes online because we know that a lot
of people aren't

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and I want to say unwilling but I don't
feel like it's worth our time to call on

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and say that they saw
a suspicious person at such and such a

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time and uh
and probably they felt like that wasn't

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getting anywhere because you know cop
doesn't isn't able to do anything with

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it most of the time anyway but given
enough people seeing things and saying

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things it allows to build a bit of a
database and in case there is this one

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person that I'm I'm hoping that we're
able to link to some of these things

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uh
if we have all of them reported and are

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able to link them to all of them instead
of just a couple you know that that

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sends you a much clearer message so as
always to anybody that's listening or or

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paying attention
um if you see it we'd like to hear about

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it and with those new uh
with those new options for reporting if

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you're concerned about wasting anybody's
time it's not being wasted anymore

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because those things are kind of being
managed in a much more efficient manner

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excellent thank you for that
and I mean other than that uh I don't

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think I have anything else that's
a burning issue that I need to bring

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forward so anybody else that has
Christians or concerns

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any questions for great
to the chair yeah go ahead uh do you

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typically see a spike around September
like School season or is it mostly left

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back in summer when it's warmer out
type thing or is it more specific to the

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crime
I would say it would see a change

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uh but a spike
like we may see we may see that the

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change in the time frames happens where
through the summer uh you know car

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prowlings might take place any night of
the week

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when September October hits we might see
that they're more relegated towards the

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weekends because
obviously parents are paying more

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attention to kids being at home in the
evenings on school nights whereas a

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little bit more relaxed on the weekends
and then clearly as the uh

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winter months
come in as cold or people start uh

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turning their vehicles on
in the morning and uh not having the

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doors Locker or warming up the car with
the key in it whether the doors are

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locked or not that's when we always
start seeing Vehicles get stolen

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so uh to say that it it's uh spiking I
don't think I would say that but we

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might see that some of the instances are
are more Consolidated at certain times

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of the week but uh
I don't have the data in front of me to

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support no not fair enough mostly
satisfying curiosity in any way

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appreciate it sir
it's a Greg um there's a perception I

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think in our community we we have the
one RCMP that's here 40 hours a week and

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but we also get assistance
from other Patrols in the area so maybe

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you can just speak to that and and to
speak to you you know they could be here

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in the day or nighttime or on weekends
there's like maybe just flush that out a

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little bit
uh so as uh

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as has been the case now for
a better part of two and a half years or

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so the energy
the energy Detachment has been

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I guess Amalgamated with the bicycle
Detachment which has allowed our

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strength to increase from
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back when I used to be a Watch Commander
we would have eight rural resources in

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total there was a period of time where
we had overtime shifts somebody would

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come work uh periodically out in
Crossfield for a night shift

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uh all that has changed now where
character rural has increased to 12

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constables uh that periodic
overtime night shift has turned into a

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full-time enhanced position which you're
mentioning uh with the addition of

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bicycle to our unit that's another four
constables plus two supervisors and

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myself uh
we end up having 20 members in total

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that uh
at any given time you might see as many

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as six or seven working and available to
be here if needed uh that in addition to

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another enhanced position that we have
uh sponsored by Rocky County allows us

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to dip into our crime reduction unit and
our general investigation section so uh

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in the event to something
serious taking place we have the access

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to those units as well as the Southern
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teams also
but on a day-to-day basis

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I would say that it's likely that you
would see anywhere from a three to four

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member
as a standard working in the area and in

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and out of town in addition to constant
belief there who's who's here his uh 40

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hours of the week excellent that's great
thank you for them certainly

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okay
I'm sorry

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um you actually can't uh yeah it's not
an open meeting like that if you were to

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ask questions you'd have to make an
appointment to be on the uh on the floor

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okay

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although I don't know if you'll be here
afterwards if you haven't

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yeah
yeah

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great thank you
okay

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can I get a motion please there's no
further questions

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through the chair go ahead I'll make the
motion that the airdrcmp quarterly

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update be accepted as presented all in
favor

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motion Kerry thanks Greg

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um

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okay item 4.2 no speak Watershed
partnership

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come on up sorry I don't have your name
so

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do a quick introduction to the next
delegation if that yeah absolutely okay

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thank you
um the town of Crossfield has been

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approached by the nose Creek Watershed
partnership to act as the managing

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partner for a second Alberta Community
Partnership Grant the town is the

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managing partner for the initial grant
that was awarded in 2020.

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attached to this report Council has been
provided with a letter from the

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partnership co-chair Clint Goodman and
and uh the slide deck that you'll be

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seeing in the presentation that follows
Administration recommends that Council

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continue to support the nose Creek model
project and that the town assumes the

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role of managing partner for the Alberta
Community Partnership

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intermunicipal collaboration Grant
application that is worth coming

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um
there is a recent development that isn't

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in this current report but I'd like I'm
happy to report that during yesterday's

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city of imagery council meeting
the city council

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unanimously passed motions supporting
the involvement in the project and

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designation of the town of Crossfield as
the managing partner for this ACP Grant

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application
so it is my pleasure to introduce Sandy

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room
s oh my goodness thank you Sandy project

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manager for the nose Creek Watershed
partnership Sunday will provide counsel

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with a brief overview of the partnership
and an update on the nose Creek model

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project project
thanks Amber welcome Sandy thank you

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anytime you're ready great
um so good evening mayor and counselors

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it's my pleasure to be here on behalf of
the nose Creek Watership partnership I

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think it's been several years since we
came to the town of Crossfield for

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presentation so many of you may not know
much about the nose Creek Watershed

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partnership so I hope to provide you
with a little bit of an update on the

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activities of the partnership and then
also to give a little bit more

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background on that Alberta Community
Partnership Grant I have a slide

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presentation here I can't see it there
and I'm used to kind of following that

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so it excuse me if I fumble a little bit
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um next slide
I think you have it in front of you as

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well okay
um so the partnership itself formed in

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1998 that means this year we're
celebrating 25 years of working together

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as a partnership
the partnership exists of the Bow River

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Basin Council Calgary Airport Authority
the city of Airdrie Rocky View County

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the City of Calgary and the town of
Crossfield

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together they worked
um to manage the Watershed to the best

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of their ability and they have technical
support from the Alberta environment and

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protected areas

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The Watershed itself is about 989 square
kilometers in size it's a really

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important tributary to the Bow River but
at its mouth it's been deemed one of the

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poorest quality Outlets to the bow in
the gradable river region so it's not

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really a nice designation to have but
it's not surprising given the growth and

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the storm water that empties into Nose
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the headwaters of Nose Creek starts just
north of here town of Crossfield and it

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empties into the bowl just by the
Calgary Zoo its main tributary is West

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Nose Creek and it flows into Nose Creek
just by the Calgary Airport at

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Confluence Park

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rapid urbanization so this is one of the
biggest challenges for Nose Creek well

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we promote growth and development we
also want to balance that with social

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and environmental goals
um we know that Airdrie is one of the

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most rapidly growing cities right now in
Alberta it's a very popular Watershed to

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live in it's also becoming a
Transportation Hub uh just outside of

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Calgary so I know the town of Crossfield
here is also experiencing lots of growth

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as people start now to seek smaller
areas to live which means you're under

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the same pressures as all other
communities in this watershed

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so from this fast-paced development we
see an increase in stream flows in Nose

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Creek you wouldn't know it this year
because it's in very dry season and

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it's often dry in places Upstream of the
city but this increased Stream flow from

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storm water inputs Alters the natural
hydrology of the overall system the

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increase in flows increases erosion and
transports contaminants Downstream it

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covers up important spawning grounds and
can increase wear and tear on equipment

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if you're using pumps to irrigate from
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I've also seen a rapid loss of natural
features like wetlands and riparian

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areas that help to support overall
hydrology in the system with this loss

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we lose a lot of water storage potential
and also we lose that flow in dry years

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as they provide water to the system
throughout Seasons when it is dry

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impacts on water quality are revolve
around nutrients sediment bacteria

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lots of salts in the system all flowing
Downstream

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and again this can impact on Aquatic
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the goal of the partnership is to
protect riparian areas and manage stream

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flows in the Watershed to mitigate the
impacts of flood and drought and improve

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water quality for water users and
Aquatic Life

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to achieve the goal the nose Creek
Watershed partnership created The Nose

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Creek Watershed Water Management plan in
2008 and this plan was updated in 2018.

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the plan itself is a guidance document
and a planning tool

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and it's developed
and implemented collaboratively as a

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partnership
it establishes common goals for

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Watershed health and recommends actions
to address the issues and challenges in

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the Watershed in 2018 it was supported
by all Partners including the town of

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Crossfield and also environment
and protected areas

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so since the formation of the
partnership it's been lots of activity

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so trying to understand the Dynamics of
the Watershed itself import these

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conditions to stakeholders
um and then Implement management

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practices that can maintain water should
help

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won't go through all of these things but
um next slide

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so in the most recent update to the plan
in 2018 there were four main priority

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recommendations that were put forward
one was to complete a wetland inventory

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and valuation
the second was to develop the nose Creek

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hydrologic hydraulic and water quality
model which we call the nose Creek model

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project for short
to implement and improve the water

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monitoring program that's in play
it's been sporadic with different folks

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monitoring the system through the years
and so it hasn't been consistent and

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it's really hard to identify Trends and
processes that way

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and then also to monitor riparian
condition

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so we did complete the Wetland inventory
evaluation with Dr Irina Creed from the

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University of Saskatchewan she had
helped to develop the Wetland framework

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with the Alberta environment parks and
the time

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so she created the comprehensive
inventory of wetlands and then valued

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those according to two
um the Alberta wetland

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policy
um this high resolution map is available

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to all of you if you're interested in
having that for decision making

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and next slide
we completed the riparian intactness

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assessment which identified repairing
conditions riparian areas are those

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green
ribbons along the creek that are

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um made up of water tolerant plants
very important to the overall system

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typically we've been assessing condition
on a little parcel by parcel basis but

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we're able to evaluate the condition
over the entire Watershed using a GIS

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based model
again the results of this project are

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available to all of you there's a
summary of the report

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that indicates the condition of all
right perinearius in the Watershed

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so what's been taking up most of our
time is the nose Creek hydrologic

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hydraulic and water quality model
this is a watershed scale model that's

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intended to be a tool to support
decision makers around water management

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and land use
we want to understand current conditions

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in terms of climate change the
importance of wetlands and aquifers in

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the system
the importance of ephemeral and

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intermittent water courses
so those are the ones that are temporary

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or that disappear in dry conditions the
intermittent systems are those that are

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interacting with groundwater and
providing base flows to the system

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and then we also want to understand
water allocation and use in the Basin at

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the Watershed scale so we're used to
making decisions at a parcel by parcel

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basis and here we're trying to say
what's the cumulative impact on the

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system at school
so what we've been noticing as

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development has been occurring
groundwater is changing it's popping up

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in places it hasn't been before so
that's a bit of a concern

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and on the western Fringe Of The
Watershed we call that the internal

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drainage area
this system stores a lot of water and as

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land use changes we're changing the
permeability of the soils creating more

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runoff in times of wet weather so in the
future as the area develops we want to

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be careful and manage that to balance
the water storage and release

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uh this model tool will evaluate
watershed management strategies

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and overall we'll be building and
maintaining a data inventory that will

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be available to all partners

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um and then at the end we want to
implement practices and be able to

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Monitor and evaluate the implementation
successes

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it's been a lot of stakeholders who have
asked what has been the impact of all

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your work we don't have a tool that can
properly measure this

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we know intuitively we can see small
improvements but this tool will help to

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really quantify that impact

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so the model project itself is
um we is developed in about five stages

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the approach was to develop the model
scoping study that outlined the approach

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for the future stages
from that we identified four different

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models that will interact together a
hydrology Hydraulics water quality

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and um
models so we're looking at hydrology

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over the rural and urban systems so
there's four models

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work in combination

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we'll go next slide

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we hope to have the entire project done
in 2026 and informing the next update to

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the noses Creek plan which will be
underway in the 2026 to 2028 time period

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so what have we done
um next slide

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from the work that was underway it was
clear that we needed more information to

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escort the model uh the bathymetry of
the creek so looking at the channel

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profile and how it might change over the
years with the different development

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scenarios
we didn't have a full and comprehensive

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mathematics survey so we spent time to
collect that information it's very

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comprehensive and available to town of
cross Fields as well if you need

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um
that understanding

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but the cross sections across the creek
were done about every 20 meters

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from mouth to Headwater
so it's pretty extensive

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next slide

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we've also been working to collect
improved water quality data we had four

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different sites that have been monitored
in the past mainly in the City of

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Calgary we've implemented two additional
new sites uh one Downstream of Cross

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Field and the other Upstream of the
Confluence with West Nose Creek that's

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monitored by the Airport Authority
city of Airdrie also monitors two sites

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above and below their
next slide

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uh the next piece was to develop the
models we hired Barr and kwl to work

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together
to complete the model developments

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next slide

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the next piece we're going to be working
into phases three four and five phase

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three is the calibration of all the
models phase four is the evaluation of

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state of the condition assessment
um and phase five is to evaluate

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management scenarios that are going to
achieve the goals set out by the

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partners

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uh next slide
so again the intent of the model is a

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decision sport tool
um we don't have a current method to

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evaluate cumulative impacts of land use
change at the Watershed scale

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this is a question that comes up
frequently with the approvals officers

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at environment and Parks
uh environment protected areas they're

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really starting to look at the footprint
of our growing communities and asking

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what is that cumulative impact
there isn't a tool to measure it again

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we've been making decisions parcel by
parcel and not looking Beyond so this

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will help with that

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um next slide we can just
or the next slide next slide

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so while the focus has been on the on
the development of this model tool for

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the last couple of years
um

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we've been working away at different
land management practices

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um since
1988. so we're looking to see better

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water quality in the system less
sediment transported Downstream healthy

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riparian areas trout migrating further
upstream and improved Land Management

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practices to support that
next slide

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next

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so there's lots of examples now of what
has changed on the landscape

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um simple mowing practices next to the
Creeks stepping back from the water use

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of bioengineering practices
creating

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meanders back into the creek so where
the Creek's been channelized they're

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starting to increase the channel
distance again

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we looked we drove around airdridge the
other day and you can see where the

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practices have changed from
channelization and encroachment to

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maintaining that setback
um for future flood mitigation it's it's

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really great to see we've seen lands
being cleared steep slopes being cleared

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um if you drive through energy now
you'll see patches of vegetation

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remaining on the steep slope while the
construction is happening around it all

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of these kind of
so not always simple but they're not

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expensive practices to implement so
it's good to see

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so that brings me to the Alberta
Community Partnership intramunicipal

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collaboration
um the partnership is seeking support

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from the town of Crossfield again and we
have appreciated your support

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um Joe Holstein sits on our Nose Creek
board and Amber's been very helpful to

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the partnership as well so this is kind
of the next step in this model project

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um you know there's lots of folks
anticipating it's completion we wish we

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started it 10 years ago but um we're
moving along and and everyone's part of

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it so
it's going as well as it can be and the

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next
so again would just like to request from

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Crossfield continued support for the
partnership and also for the nose Creek

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model project and then ask if you would
assume the rule as lead partner or the

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ACP Grant
excellent thanks Sandy great

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presentation
any questions for Sandy

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well through the chair thanks Sandy for
the presentation

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I've got uh I don't know maybe quite a
few here

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um
and I'll try to keep it as brief as I

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can and maybe you don't know the answers
to these right off uh but so you you

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talk about you know it's the most
affected Watershed that flows into the

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into the boat
what part of the Watershed like you know

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because it's quite large what is the
most effective affected area what would

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you know

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I guess what would be the worst part of
it

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uh through the chair to counselor
Gustafson

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um
it's really I like to say it's everyone

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everyone's contributing uh where we see
the poorest water quality is really at

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the outlets of some of the storm water
outfalls particularly in those older

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neighborhoods who haven't implemented
storm water management controls

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um
in newer communities we see storm ponds

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and storm water mitigation efforts and
things have improved in those areas

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but there is
um multiple contributions can be

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agriculture in places
um depending if there's access by live

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stock sweater outputs
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so do we we still see quite a bit of
livestock going into that then

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um land use is changing and the
landscape of Agriculture is changing so

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where it was individual owners
um managing like moms and dads their

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family farms we're seeing that change as
land is developed so there's a period

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where a farm may be transferred and that
land has been purchased but it's still

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in agriculture but the the people
managing the livestock may not be

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actually living
on the farm so it's not managed in the

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same way
there is still quite a bit of livestock

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out there it's surprising when you start
to drive around especially in West Hills

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Creek again they also have changed
practices so in terms of the nutrient

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loadings from fertilizers and things we
don't see as big of an impact because

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people are trying to cost save on those
things not waste that nutrient and um

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yeah there's there's places I wouldn't
say that it's rampant okay yeah

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livestock access
um I'll just I thought I got just two

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more here quick ones
so 25 years of since the partnership was

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implemented
uh the percentage of increase of land

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that's being developed around
uh the Watershed versus the total

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watershed area of 989 Square so do you
know how much land would have been

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developed

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um between all the communities versus
the total area

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yeah I have that number it's um through
the chair to cancel it that's the same

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about at third I would say now it's
maybe 30 percent so a 30 increase right

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so a 30 percent is developed out of the
of out of the total area okay

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that's okay
and I I just wondered um and it's more

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curiosity for me how much did it cost to
do the the bath investor or bathymetric

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survey
I'm just curious on what what that cost

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to do through the chair to Council of
sin um it was about 115 000. okay and it

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was a real deal honestly yeah um it's a
long ways yeah I will give kudos to

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Compass geomatics they went above and
beyond oh perfect to do that so okay

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thank you
any other questions for Sandy

442
00:38:48,660 --> 00:38:56,579
to the chair yeah go ahead oh no Okay
okay right on thank you sonny let's

443
00:38:54,720 --> 00:39:04,200
appreciate coming and presenting that's
an awesome thing you're doing

444
00:38:59,700 --> 00:39:10,200
uh you're mentioning so I was unaware
but is was Crossfield managing this

445
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:15,300
before yeah okay and then what is the
work like so the workload won't change

446
00:39:12,420 --> 00:39:20,940
on staff for people involved on our end
going forward with this then

447
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:26,700
through the chair to councilor Brennan
um it shouldn't shouldn't um so we try

448
00:39:24,240 --> 00:39:32,339
to minimize the amount of time that's
spent by sharing the load so Amber's

449
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:37,619
been really helpful in um populating the
applications and I help with the content

450
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:42,119
yeah as well as it's reviewed by our
boards so everyone has a chance to see

451
00:39:39,599 --> 00:39:48,000
it fantastic um but we try to minimize
the amount of effort that's needed

452
00:39:44,579 --> 00:39:53,099
absolutely yeah no and that's just my
lack of knowledge I suppose but and then

453
00:39:50,460 --> 00:39:57,720
I was curious so talking about like
maintaining some of the natural features

454
00:39:55,800 --> 00:40:03,060
of CR of the creek running through
municipalities like what are

455
00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:10,200
the actual setbacks that you're required
to maintain away from those areas like

456
00:40:06,119 --> 00:40:14,820
when we do develop I'm not even sure
like like when you're just trying to

457
00:40:12,599 --> 00:40:20,160
protect that what do you recommend or
what has been the standard

458
00:40:17,220 --> 00:40:24,119
through the chair to councilor Brennan
um we recommend at least a minimum of 30

459
00:40:22,500 --> 00:40:28,800
meters
we had a different a few different

460
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:33,720
approaches but most municipalities are
trying to abide by the 30 meters really

461
00:40:31,980 --> 00:40:39,780
you need to stay out of the flood plain
which can be up to 100 meters

462
00:40:37,020 --> 00:40:45,540
um but balancing that in the future that
hundred meters might be the difference

463
00:40:41,460 --> 00:40:50,099
between a flooded community and not so
yeah depending on the flood plain width

464
00:40:47,700 --> 00:40:55,800
we recommend that first and if you plan
to manage to the flood mainly I love

465
00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:58,680
just a minimum perfect but then it seems
so picky now but I'm just curious is

466
00:40:57,420 --> 00:41:03,060
that taken from the center of the creek
or the back

467
00:41:00,119 --> 00:41:08,300
outer Bank okay appreciate it that's all
thank you thank you anyone else

468
00:41:05,700 --> 00:41:08,300
questions

469
00:41:08,339 --> 00:41:15,900
excellent really sorry I thought Sean
had a question through the chair okay uh

470
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:19,560
through the chair I do have a question
so you mentioned aired relieving

471
00:41:17,820 --> 00:41:23,820
vegetation while they were doing the
construction so we do recommend that

472
00:41:21,900 --> 00:41:27,839
anywhere like try to get as many
construction like with our new home

473
00:41:25,740 --> 00:41:32,579
builders and to leave as much
registration but station around the area

474
00:41:30,599 --> 00:41:38,220
that they're working with so that'd be a
good thing to know

475
00:41:34,859 --> 00:41:44,099
and through the chair to counselor Fox
um Really Trying to minimize this

476
00:41:40,859 --> 00:41:47,820
sediment removal and it depends on the
site but I have steep slopes we're

477
00:41:45,900 --> 00:41:52,740
recommending to stay off the steep
slopes all together and to identify

478
00:41:50,339 --> 00:41:58,079
those key areas like the wetlands and
important vegetation on site where

479
00:41:54,960 --> 00:42:03,599
possible sometimes it's not possible
but um where it can be done yeah I was

480
00:42:02,099 --> 00:42:07,820
just thinking of some areas that we have
where we have construction going on and

481
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:13,260
we do have wetlands and yeah so it's
stripping and Grading timing too that

482
00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:16,980
sometimes a community will be stripped
and graded and then left and the

483
00:42:15,420 --> 00:42:22,140
development doesn't actually occur in
the same year sometimes but that blowing

484
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:26,280
soil and all of those sorts of things
can be mitigated

485
00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:30,140
thank you
foreign

486
00:42:27,359 --> 00:42:30,140
anyone else

487
00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:38,760
excellent well thanks again Sandy really
getting information and uh

488
00:42:35,579 --> 00:42:44,960
any questions further around
um Costco's role or our partnership

489
00:42:42,540 --> 00:42:48,260
if it's not uh can I get a motion please
through the chair

490
00:42:48,300 --> 00:42:54,480
I move that Council continue to support
them for the nose Creek Watershed

491
00:42:52,500 --> 00:42:58,740
Partnerships intermunicipal decision to
support system and modeling tools for

492
00:42:56,400 --> 00:43:04,680
managing Land and Water Resources known
as the hydrologic and high hydraulic and

493
00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:09,839
water quality model the nose Creek model
project and at the town of Crossfield

494
00:43:07,380 --> 00:43:13,200
assume the role of managing partner for
the Alberta Community Partnership

495
00:43:11,119 --> 00:43:17,400
intermunicipal collaboration Grant
application on behalf of the nose Creek

496
00:43:15,119 --> 00:43:22,400
Watershed partnership with pending
support from the Noah's Creek Watershed

497
00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:22,400
partnership Municipal partners

498
00:43:23,460 --> 00:43:29,400
all right motion carried so thank you
for all your hard work and your

499
00:43:27,300 --> 00:43:34,500
presentation crossfields
um happy to continue to be a partner

500
00:43:31,380 --> 00:43:38,579
protect our water sources and I know
that we have some really great staff uh

501
00:43:36,359 --> 00:43:43,619
helping you out and uh some really good
efficient stuff too

502
00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:47,240
great thank you so much thank you mayor
and counselors thank you thank you

503
00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:59,460
hey Amber Alberta municipalities power
and contract terms

504
00:43:56,819 --> 00:44:02,819
thank you mayor uh good evening mayor
and Council

505
00:44:00,900 --> 00:44:08,819
uh the town of Crossfield through a
motion passed by Council on June 21st

506
00:44:05,579 --> 00:44:14,640
2022 signed on to participate in the
Alberta municipalities Power Plus

507
00:44:10,859 --> 00:44:21,000
program for electrical utility
a.m or Alberta municipalities I'll refer

508
00:44:18,180 --> 00:44:28,380
to them as am has concluded the RFP
process and now has a long-term locked

509
00:44:24,780 --> 00:44:35,220
in rate of 6.95 cents per kilowatt hour
for a six-year term commencing on

510
00:44:31,380 --> 00:44:39,480
January 1st 2024.
the am Power Plus program is available

511
00:44:37,619 --> 00:44:44,940
for municipal and non-profit
organizations energy needs the am energy

512
00:44:42,720 --> 00:44:50,099
program was launched when the province
deregulated its electric utility

513
00:44:46,980 --> 00:44:55,819
industry to meet needs of its members
am Power Plus negotiates on behalf of

514
00:44:52,980 --> 00:45:01,440
120 members to supply natural gas
electricity and green power

515
00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:05,700
the RFP process commenced in mid-july
2022

516
00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:10,859
worldwide energy rates have been
impacted by macroeconomic pressures such

517
00:45:08,700 --> 00:45:15,960
as the war in Ukraine which has seen
price increases of up to 20 percent

518
00:45:13,099 --> 00:45:20,760
these pressures prolonged the RFP
process and influence the available

519
00:45:18,180 --> 00:45:27,839
rates and contract terms
the current fixed rate that the town is

520
00:45:23,339 --> 00:45:32,520
paying for energy usage is 11.2 cents
per kilowatt hour

521
00:45:29,940 --> 00:45:37,640
so this locked in term commencing on
January 1st is nearly half of what the

522
00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:42,240
rate we're currently paying
my recommendation for tonight is for

523
00:45:40,380 --> 00:45:47,839
Council to accept this report as
information

524
00:45:43,980 --> 00:45:47,839
thanks Amber questions for Amber

525
00:45:49,680 --> 00:45:55,940
straightforward
no questions Amber so can I get a motion

526
00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:55,940
please

527
00:45:56,160 --> 00:46:01,740
do the chair I make the motion that
council at the set the Alberta

528
00:45:59,460 --> 00:46:08,180
municipalities power and contract firms
report as information all in favor

529
00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:08,180
motion carried

530
00:46:08,819 --> 00:46:11,720
thanks Amber

531
00:46:14,220 --> 00:46:22,740
muscles just stay in your seat there
item 5.2

532
00:46:17,900 --> 00:46:27,140
2024 budget survey results great
I'll just uh I'm gonna take a quick

533
00:46:24,780 --> 00:46:32,579
moment here to ensure that the
presentation is

534
00:46:30,119 --> 00:46:35,900
gonna load for us I guess I could start
reading a little bit of my report

535
00:46:36,300 --> 00:46:42,780
um so I'm going to present some of the
findings or the findings from the public

536
00:46:40,500 --> 00:46:48,980
budget survey that was
um

537
00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:48,980
open from July 28th to September 5th

538
00:46:50,050 --> 00:46:52,760
[Music]
um

539
00:46:53,339 --> 00:46:59,700
I guess this is the first budget survey
sorry my apologies that was conducted

540
00:46:57,420 --> 00:47:04,079
using internal resources based on an
environmental scan municipalities of all

541
00:47:02,280 --> 00:47:09,240
sizes prepare surveys for their
residents where they ask for feedback

542
00:47:05,940 --> 00:47:13,920
regarding budgeting taxes service levels
and overall resident satisfaction to

543
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:18,780
name a few of the topics
surveys range from short surveys

544
00:47:16,640 --> 00:47:23,760
excellent thank you
um to very long lengthy surveys while

545
00:47:21,720 --> 00:47:28,260
other municipalities have Consultants
prepare conduct and present the survey

546
00:47:26,099 --> 00:47:33,599
results others perform the functions
internally

547
00:47:30,240 --> 00:47:38,780
so in this case of the initial tunnel
Cross Field budget survey it was done

548
00:47:35,579 --> 00:47:44,760
using internal resources
developed internally

549
00:47:41,119 --> 00:47:50,760
presented through a system that we had
already

550
00:47:45,740 --> 00:47:57,200
had internally and reported to by
internal resources

551
00:47:52,560 --> 00:47:57,200
so we'll get started on on our

552
00:47:57,480 --> 00:48:04,319
on the
presentation

553
00:48:01,680 --> 00:48:10,079
so as I mentioned the budget survey ran
from July 22nd to September 5th

554
00:48:07,079 --> 00:48:14,339
Town businesses and residents business
owners and residents were invited to

555
00:48:11,940 --> 00:48:20,220
provide input through an online survey
the average length to complete the

556
00:48:17,400 --> 00:48:26,099
survey was six minutes and in total we
had a 289 responses including three

557
00:48:24,119 --> 00:48:29,099
paper copies of the survey that were
submitted

558
00:48:31,619 --> 00:48:40,020
the objectives of this initial budget
survey were to encourage purchase public

559
00:48:36,560 --> 00:48:45,540
particip sorry public engagement
to promote transparency and into to

560
00:48:43,500 --> 00:48:49,440
involve residents and businesses in the
budgeting process

561
00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:55,079
information collected from the survey
will help inform Council decisions based

562
00:48:52,800 --> 00:48:59,880
on what the Community Values most
now we'll get into the questions

563
00:48:57,540 --> 00:49:03,720
the first survey question was which
statement best describes your position

564
00:49:01,680 --> 00:49:09,060
regarding property Taxation and
Crossfield

565
00:49:06,060 --> 00:49:13,800
there are four option optional answers
or sorry for answers for this question

566
00:49:11,220 --> 00:49:18,780
the first being I support a tax increase
in order to enhance Services I support a

567
00:49:16,980 --> 00:49:24,660
tax increase in order to maintain
Services I do not support a tax increase

568
00:49:21,720 --> 00:49:32,160
and wish to reduce services and the
fourth option is I am not sure

569
00:49:27,180 --> 00:49:37,680
of the respondents 44 supported tax
increase

570
00:49:33,420 --> 00:49:42,140
36 percent do not support a tax increase
and twenty percent of respondents were

571
00:49:39,720 --> 00:49:42,140
not sure

572
00:49:42,180 --> 00:49:53,160
so in the case of the two questions that
have the responses of whether or that

573
00:49:50,220 --> 00:50:00,480
respondents are in favor or support a
tax increase the difference in these two

574
00:49:55,560 --> 00:50:06,060
questions is that one is looking to see
uh increase substantial enough to have

575
00:50:03,180 --> 00:50:12,180
what we have now but also enhance the
services we have and the second response

576
00:50:09,540 --> 00:50:19,020
or second option is
basically in response to economics or

577
00:50:15,780 --> 00:50:25,140
inflation whereas the current Services
we have now costs more to tomorrow than

578
00:50:22,680 --> 00:50:30,540
they did today to provide so that's
where tax increase would be required to

579
00:50:28,500 --> 00:50:35,160
maintain the current services
the towns goods and services that we

580
00:50:33,599 --> 00:50:39,900
purchase are very similar to our own
personal

581
00:50:37,040 --> 00:50:44,300
household expenses whereas we're also
faced by the pressures of inflation

582
00:50:45,119 --> 00:50:51,540
question two based on what's in oh I
should stop for one moment uh if you

583
00:50:50,280 --> 00:50:55,800
have questions throughout the
presentation I think it would be best

584
00:50:53,280 --> 00:51:00,839
just to ask them
um well however you see fit whether it's

585
00:50:58,380 --> 00:51:05,880
while I'm presenting or at the end okay
sounds good thank you uh question two

586
00:51:03,660 --> 00:51:09,780
based on what's important to you how
should the town prioritize its spending

587
00:51:07,680 --> 00:51:16,020
in the upcoming budget
so the top three most important

588
00:51:12,900 --> 00:51:22,079
to our respondents were Community safety
this includes Municipal enforcement fire

589
00:51:18,599 --> 00:51:26,760
Services RCMP and Emergency Management
second was roads inside walks including

590
00:51:24,780 --> 00:51:32,280
snow and ice control road maintenance
and signage and third is community

591
00:51:29,280 --> 00:51:37,500
services including events facilities
Library programming for children youth

592
00:51:35,339 --> 00:51:41,760
and seniors
the fourth

593
00:51:39,359 --> 00:51:46,640
um was parks and Open Spaces followed by
water and wastewater and waste and

594
00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:46,640
recycling

595
00:51:51,480 --> 00:51:55,339
just want to keep up with myself here

596
00:51:58,559 --> 00:52:06,020
question three asked about current
satisfaction levels would you say that

597
00:52:04,440 --> 00:52:11,220
you're generally satisfied or
dissatisfied with the overall quality of

598
00:52:08,400 --> 00:52:14,960
services provided to Residents and
businesses in the town of Crossfield

599
00:52:15,180 --> 00:52:28,440
47 of respondents were satisfied or very
satisfied 23 percent were dissatisfied

600
00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:32,640
or very dissatisfied and 30 percent uh
were neutral

601
00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:37,260
so I thought that a great takeaway from
this question was that twice as many

602
00:52:34,980 --> 00:52:41,520
respondents were satisfied than those
that were dissatisfied

603
00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:46,319
just a question on that did we also ask
why they were not satisfied no

604
00:52:44,520 --> 00:52:50,760
maybe this may be something that we can
ask next time absolutely I should I

605
00:52:49,200 --> 00:52:57,540
should stop at this point and mentioned
the initial survey was quite brief in in

606
00:52:54,300 --> 00:53:02,160
length and in time to complete and some
municipalities have acquired a lengthy

607
00:53:00,619 --> 00:53:06,480
survey
it's definitely something that we can

608
00:53:03,900 --> 00:53:11,160
continue as we you know introduce
further engagement opportunities to ask

609
00:53:09,180 --> 00:53:16,740
more questions and and dive deeper into
areas where we would like to retrieve

610
00:53:13,680 --> 00:53:21,480
more information yeah I bet it um it'll
be a good Baseline for us for sure but

611
00:53:20,220 --> 00:53:25,440
if we don't know what they're not
satisfied with then we can't really fix

612
00:53:23,640 --> 00:53:32,420
it yeah absolutely I think it would be
great to over time dig deeper in and ask

613
00:53:28,740 --> 00:53:32,420
more probing questions absolutely

614
00:53:32,819 --> 00:53:43,500
question four was our first open-ended
response question so in total we had 201

615
00:53:39,480 --> 00:53:51,480
comments of the 289 respondents there
was 201 comments there were 71 common

616
00:53:47,339 --> 00:53:57,180
issues Trends or Services identified and
a total of 379

617
00:53:54,020 --> 00:54:01,200
mentions of those issues Trends or
Services

618
00:53:58,220 --> 00:54:06,540
oftentimes a comment included several
different topics so that's why you'll

619
00:54:04,380 --> 00:54:12,420
see that number
um of the most of the highest

620
00:54:09,300 --> 00:54:20,700
um priority or ranking safety was number
one at 18.7 percent of of comments so

621
00:54:17,760 --> 00:54:26,339
things like a lot of actually what the
sergeant was talking about

622
00:54:23,059 --> 00:54:32,220
crime or speeding policing night crime
break-ins vandalism stuff like that was

623
00:54:28,559 --> 00:54:37,040
mentioned followed by roads Paving
maintenance Street lighting potholes

624
00:54:35,359 --> 00:54:43,680
Alleyways
Recreation included topics such as

625
00:54:40,440 --> 00:54:48,839
Recreation facilities activities dog
park

626
00:54:45,540 --> 00:54:55,440
um there's quite a few mentions of taxes
um you know and kind of some of those

627
00:54:51,020 --> 00:55:00,839
topics were inflation economy uh
perceived high level of taxes

628
00:54:58,319 --> 00:55:05,760
and there were some comments that
actually didn't relate to our Town's

629
00:55:03,540 --> 00:55:09,660
mandate I thought it was interesting
that

630
00:55:07,319 --> 00:55:14,460
um you know there's maybe more education
required to inform

631
00:55:12,000 --> 00:55:19,440
the public in general what exactly it is
the town

632
00:55:15,480 --> 00:55:24,140
town is responsible for and and you know
some of those things that are fall

633
00:55:21,240 --> 00:55:24,140
outside of our mandate

634
00:55:24,300 --> 00:55:31,500
question five
we asked whether uh respondents felt

635
00:55:29,280 --> 00:55:34,740
heard when they contacted the town with
a question or concern even if you didn't

636
00:55:33,480 --> 00:55:40,319
like the answer
you felt treated with respect

637
00:55:37,559 --> 00:55:44,940
so 40 percent of respondents agreed or
strongly agreed that they felt treated

638
00:55:41,880 --> 00:55:49,500
with heard and treated with respect 16
percent

639
00:55:46,619 --> 00:55:56,940
uh disagreed or strongly disagreed and
44 either had not had contact with the

640
00:55:52,680 --> 00:56:04,020
town or were neutral now if we look at
just those that have had contact of

641
00:56:00,900 --> 00:56:09,180
those 71 percent
um felt strongly that they felt heard

642
00:56:06,960 --> 00:56:14,780
and treated with respect
um so I thought that was quite a good

643
00:56:11,940 --> 00:56:14,780
Baseline

644
00:56:16,680 --> 00:56:23,280
question six was Council has identified
five priorities to guide the development

645
00:56:21,839 --> 00:56:29,540
of the town
rank the following priorities from one

646
00:56:25,619 --> 00:56:33,599
to five so the top three priorities
strategic priorities were Town

647
00:56:31,740 --> 00:56:38,640
infrastructure
Community or sustainable Community

648
00:56:36,599 --> 00:56:43,980
growth parks recreation and
beautification

649
00:56:41,220 --> 00:56:48,119
so it's interesting to to see which of
those five priorities were how they were

650
00:56:46,319 --> 00:56:51,900
rated and
um

651
00:56:48,720 --> 00:56:54,920
you know as decision makers we take that
information and

652
00:56:55,500 --> 00:56:58,700
decide what to do next

653
00:56:59,040 --> 00:57:05,400
so survey respondents were now asked or
were then asked to provide some

654
00:57:02,760 --> 00:57:09,720
information about themselves uh the
demographic information helps decision

655
00:57:07,559 --> 00:57:16,800
makers better understand background
characteristics of the survey audience

656
00:57:13,619 --> 00:57:23,040
so 22 percent of our respondents were
under 35

657
00:57:18,540 --> 00:57:27,720
53 were between 35 and 55 and 25 were
over 55. I'd just like to stop for a

658
00:57:25,740 --> 00:57:32,400
second and and kind of reflect on that
because I think considering the

659
00:57:31,680 --> 00:57:37,680
um
our method of communicating the the

660
00:57:35,460 --> 00:57:43,260
survey I think that it's great that
there's both the 22 percent of under 35

661
00:57:40,140 --> 00:57:48,420
year olds and then the 25 of over 55
year olds that were able that we reached

662
00:57:45,660 --> 00:57:51,660
with this survey and that they were um
you know willing to engage with us so I

663
00:57:50,640 --> 00:57:57,599
thought that was really and they also
like that just mention this I think it's

664
00:57:53,400 --> 00:58:00,839
also um aligns with our demographic we
do have a younger demographic here in

665
00:57:59,460 --> 00:58:05,280
Crossville currently
so I see there's some really good

666
00:58:03,240 --> 00:58:08,400
alignment with that great well and
that's excellent because then it shows

667
00:58:06,960 --> 00:58:14,760
that your sample
is you know a decent sample reflective

668
00:58:12,000 --> 00:58:22,200
of you know the population so that's
excellent uh 56 or female 37 percent are

669
00:58:19,380 --> 00:58:28,440
male and 45 percent have been living or
operating in the town for five years or

670
00:58:25,140 --> 00:58:33,359
less and 55 for six years or more so I
think that's great too that it's spread

671
00:58:30,240 --> 00:58:39,859
across those um folks that have um that
are newcomers versus those that have

672
00:58:35,819 --> 00:58:39,859
been here for for an extended period

673
00:58:41,160 --> 00:58:46,079
um
oh I did have a little note here that if

674
00:58:43,980 --> 00:58:50,720
we do continue with this format of
survey in the future years to ask ask a

675
00:58:48,599 --> 00:58:57,720
diff additional questions possibly
qualifying if residents live and or own

676
00:58:54,059 --> 00:59:03,359
business in the town or not I know that
several of the other our neighboring

677
00:59:00,240 --> 00:59:07,740
municipalities do offer surveys similar
to this using the same tool actually but

678
00:59:06,059 --> 00:59:12,799
they do ask some of those more
qualifying questions just to you know

679
00:59:10,020 --> 00:59:12,799
ensure that

680
00:59:13,079 --> 00:59:21,299
we know more about who our respondents
are than

681
00:59:18,839 --> 00:59:25,980
um than just these three questions that
were asked

682
00:59:23,640 --> 00:59:30,780
so we asked a question about how our
respondents like to consume or like to

683
00:59:28,440 --> 00:59:36,299
be communicated with so how do they
prefer to receive information from the

684
00:59:32,880 --> 00:59:41,700
town this is useful as it helps us to um
to to sorry to determine which channels

685
00:59:39,180 --> 00:59:46,680
are most effective for communication
so our top

686
00:59:43,980 --> 00:59:53,040
um top was the newsletter or an email
subscription social media was high town

687
00:59:50,819 --> 00:59:58,200
of Crossfield website also ranked quite
High followed by a newspaper Council

688
00:59:55,140 --> 01:00:03,119
meetings word of mouth and other
so digging a little deeper into what

689
01:00:00,119 --> 01:00:07,559
other means uh we did actually put some
uh we have done flyers in the mailbox in

690
01:00:06,299 --> 01:00:11,520
the past and that was one of the
comments

691
01:00:09,119 --> 01:00:17,460
um good old-fashioned Canada post mail
also showed up

692
01:00:13,680 --> 01:00:22,260
um water bill inserts billboard sign at
Banta Park

693
01:00:19,619 --> 01:00:29,460
um and some other
other means such as SMS

694
01:00:26,220 --> 01:00:35,160
um broadcasts and stuff like that
this survey was communicated on the

695
01:00:32,400 --> 01:00:40,260
town's website and Facebook page posters
were placed in highly visible spots

696
01:00:38,160 --> 01:00:44,040
around town and flyers were in the
mailbox

697
01:00:41,640 --> 01:00:47,280
uh dropped in all the mailboxes that
allow

698
01:00:45,359 --> 01:00:51,359
um
Flyers

699
01:00:49,140 --> 01:00:56,579
paper copies were also available at the
tone office and we dropped paper copies

700
01:00:54,119 --> 01:01:00,540
off at The Golden Key Club and at both
the lodge and the manor

701
01:00:58,799 --> 01:01:07,079
so our final question was another
opportunity for respondents to provide

702
01:01:03,599 --> 01:01:12,799
additional feedback we had 78 comments
on this last question there was 41

703
01:01:09,660 --> 01:01:18,240
distinct issues that were brought up and
129 issues mentioned as I said in the

704
01:01:17,460 --> 01:01:23,220
last
question there's often times many things

705
01:01:20,520 --> 01:01:29,240
that came up in in one comment
so the interesting thing here I thought

706
01:01:26,339 --> 01:01:35,640
was that often there's many positive
comments left by the respondents which I

707
01:01:33,480 --> 01:01:41,880
thought was was wonderful they had
comments uh around being very

708
01:01:39,000 --> 01:01:47,040
appreciative of activities just in
general and that small town feeling that

709
01:01:44,760 --> 01:01:52,020
they enjoy and appreciate at the town of
Crossfield

710
01:01:48,079 --> 01:01:58,220
taxes came up again relative to the high
perceived High tax rates of the value

711
01:01:55,500 --> 01:02:05,940
for taxes and tax increases
communication was another Hot Topic and

712
01:02:01,980 --> 01:02:12,359
also Council was brought up and in some
cases just wanting to know more about

713
01:02:07,980 --> 01:02:18,839
Council so that was um those were the
questions that were arrest and how the

714
01:02:15,839 --> 01:02:25,140
um how the responses came in
so I think some of the takeaways here

715
01:02:21,599 --> 01:02:29,220
was a great response rate we had 289
responses in our first attempt at this

716
01:02:27,420 --> 01:02:34,500
budget survey that is equal to about
eight percent of Crossfield

717
01:02:32,040 --> 01:02:40,260
um as I mentioned previously especially
pleased with the proportion of under 25

718
01:02:36,839 --> 01:02:44,520
and over 65 considering the delivery
method in some of my research I was

719
01:02:42,299 --> 01:02:48,839
looking at other municipalities and one
of them for example

720
01:02:45,780 --> 01:02:53,579
um did a phone survey so the majority of
the respondents were older

721
01:02:51,480 --> 01:03:01,559
and those respondents also preferred to
call the town for information so it's

722
01:02:57,480 --> 01:03:05,460
you know depending on how you
um

723
01:03:02,880 --> 01:03:11,520
how you approach people will determine
the answers or the out the the output of

724
01:03:08,460 --> 01:03:16,260
your survey so it's quite interesting
um but definitely that is a challenge

725
01:03:13,859 --> 01:03:22,859
that we all face in these days and how
to communicate with the broadest

726
01:03:18,720 --> 01:03:29,420
cross-section of our our people
uh this is a great Benchmark so it's a I

727
01:03:26,700 --> 01:03:35,400
think this first budget survey was a
form of Baseline and by continuing to

728
01:03:33,000 --> 01:03:38,700
offer this type of Engagement we can see
how

729
01:03:36,540 --> 01:03:42,780
how things shake up and how we compare
to ourselves which is I think just as

730
01:03:41,160 --> 01:03:47,700
important as how we compare to others
right see that continuous Improvement

731
01:03:45,299 --> 01:03:53,460
and be able to measure just like
that the sampling of the Watershed it's

732
01:03:51,480 --> 01:03:57,119
just seeing how things change over time
and if you have a baseline then you can

733
01:03:55,140 --> 01:04:02,460
measure what you're doing so I think
it's really good and whether to continue

734
01:04:00,299 --> 01:04:07,319
the conversation whether it's positive
or negative feedback it's Grace it's

735
01:04:04,980 --> 01:04:12,780
great that we're getting feedback
it's better to have an Engaged public

736
01:04:09,599 --> 01:04:16,500
than than a comp and then one that isn't
so

737
01:04:14,099 --> 01:04:20,780
um I think any feedback helps us be
better in the future

738
01:04:17,839 --> 01:04:25,140
so what's next
Administration will incorporate some of

739
01:04:23,280 --> 01:04:31,200
the feed the feedback from the survey
into the 2024 operating Capital budgets

740
01:04:28,859 --> 01:04:36,180
those Capital budgets will be coming to
council for the Council budget committee

741
01:04:33,420 --> 01:04:39,859
meetings in October
based on council's feedback from those

742
01:04:38,579 --> 01:04:45,000
meetings
Administration will adjust budgets and

743
01:04:42,780 --> 01:04:52,500
bring them forth in November for
approval of the interim operating budget

744
01:04:48,059 --> 01:04:59,220
and the 2924 Capital plan and finally in
April 2024 Council will approve the

745
01:04:55,260 --> 01:05:03,780
final 2024 operating budget based on new
information that comes through over the

746
01:05:01,020 --> 01:05:11,220
winter such as the um
provincial budget 2024 assessment data

747
01:05:08,059 --> 01:05:13,700
and we'll adjust things accordingly as
necessary

748
01:05:14,760 --> 01:05:21,299
so finally I'd like to say thank you
Administration and Council would like to

749
01:05:19,619 --> 01:05:26,579
thank those who took time to complete
the 2024 Municipal budget survey the

750
01:05:24,359 --> 01:05:31,319
feedback received today will help shape
the cross buildup tomorrow

751
01:05:29,280 --> 01:05:34,799
excellent thanks Amber
um really good job

752
01:05:32,880 --> 01:05:39,240
um thanks for taking that initiative and
putting it out there I agree with you we

753
01:05:37,319 --> 01:05:44,040
need feedback whether it's positive or
native so that we can do a better job

754
01:05:41,520 --> 01:05:48,900
for crossfields and our residents than
our growth so I'm just a really deep

755
01:05:47,040 --> 01:05:53,099
appreciation for the work that you've
done thank you

756
01:05:50,339 --> 01:05:57,480
questions for Amber
no

757
01:05:55,260 --> 01:06:01,740
okay no questions Amber can I get a
motion please picture

758
01:05:59,579 --> 01:06:05,160
I'm watching The Counselor set up the
2024 budget survey results as

759
01:06:03,839 --> 01:06:09,980
information
all in favor

760
01:06:06,500 --> 01:06:09,980
motion carried

761
01:06:10,619 --> 01:06:19,619
all right item 5.3 setting budget 2024
committee meetings Amber

762
01:06:16,920 --> 01:06:23,940
thank you very much mayor Harris
Administration is proposing budget

763
01:06:22,020 --> 01:06:29,880
committee meetings be held in council
chambers on Tuesday October 24th and

764
01:06:27,000 --> 01:06:33,839
Wednesday October 25th starting at 7 pm
each night

765
01:06:31,200 --> 01:06:38,520
Council accepted the 2024 budget
timeline back in July however at the

766
01:06:36,720 --> 01:06:43,740
time the dates for the budget committee
meetings had not been set

767
01:06:41,579 --> 01:06:48,960
Administration is recommending that the
2024 budget deliberations occur over two

768
01:06:47,039 --> 01:06:52,680
evening meetings in which the first
meeting will cover operating

769
01:06:50,220 --> 01:06:55,980
expenditures and the second will focus
on the capital plan

770
01:06:54,240 --> 01:06:59,579
during these meetings Council can
provide their feedback and request

771
01:06:57,299 --> 01:07:03,960
changes to proposed budgets based on the
Strategic Direction and feedback from

772
01:07:01,980 --> 01:07:10,440
residents and business owners
and I just include included a copy of

773
01:07:07,200 --> 01:07:15,119
the previously approved timeline and my
recommendation is for Council

774
01:07:13,020 --> 01:07:21,000
to pass a motion to set the budget
committee meetings held on

775
01:07:17,220 --> 01:07:25,980
October 24th and October 25th in council
chambers starting both nights at 7 pm

776
01:07:23,819 --> 01:07:29,039
great thanks Amber questions for Amber
on that

777
01:07:27,180 --> 01:07:34,200
I just want to just make sure calendar
invite is sent out to all of council

778
01:07:32,220 --> 01:07:40,680
that kind of Keeps Us on track thanks
okay okay can I get a motion please sure

779
01:07:38,819 --> 01:07:46,079
go ahead
um I mean that the budget 2024 committee

780
01:07:43,740 --> 01:07:55,160
meetings be held in Council chamber on
Tuesday October 24th 2023 and Wednesday

781
01:07:49,440 --> 01:07:59,640
October 25th 2023 at 7 pm all in favor
motion carried thanks Amber you're

782
01:07:58,200 --> 01:08:04,260
welcome
and 5.4 Crossfield Recreation board

783
01:08:02,220 --> 01:08:10,079
priorities Russ thank you mayor Harris
good evening Council

784
01:08:06,839 --> 01:08:15,480
um as council is aware if you remember
Administration initiated a Parks and

785
01:08:12,180 --> 01:08:20,339
Recreation needs assessment in 2022 with
Expedition management consulting

786
01:08:18,540 --> 01:08:24,359
um the process gathered information from
local residents to identify recreation

787
01:08:22,140 --> 01:08:28,440
facility and programming needs and wants
that are important to the community

788
01:08:26,339 --> 01:08:31,560
the list of recreation facility needs
and wants was provided to the Crossfield

789
01:08:30,120 --> 01:08:35,040
Recreation board and over the past
several months Administration has worked

790
01:08:33,600 --> 01:08:38,759
with the board to help prioritize this
list

791
01:08:36,560 --> 01:08:42,900
there's several criteria that was used
to help develop the list of recreation

792
01:08:40,739 --> 01:08:46,859
priorities they're there in front of you
I won't go through all of those but with

793
01:08:45,120 --> 01:08:50,279
all of those factors being considered
the Crossfield Recreation board has

794
01:08:49,020 --> 01:08:53,520
developed the attached list of
recommended Recreation priorities for

795
01:08:52,020 --> 01:08:57,719
council's consideration for future
planning and budgeting

796
01:08:55,980 --> 01:09:01,199
along with the Parks and Recreation
needs assessment this prioritized list

797
01:08:59,580 --> 01:09:04,980
will be used by Administration to help
plan and recommend budget for upgrading

798
01:09:02,940 --> 01:09:09,239
is upgrading existing Recreation
facilities as well as adding additional

799
01:09:06,779 --> 01:09:12,719
Recreation facilities in the future
Administration recommends a council

800
01:09:10,920 --> 01:09:16,500
except for information the recreation
priorities as recommended by the

801
01:09:14,400 --> 01:09:22,140
Crossfield Recreation board
I guess just to give you a quick

802
01:09:19,980 --> 01:09:26,580
idea of some of the criteria just to
kind of explain it a little bit as we it

803
01:09:24,239 --> 01:09:30,420
was split into three priority categories
just to keep it relatively simple and

804
01:09:29,040 --> 01:09:34,920
straightforward
um so a priority One some examples of a

805
01:09:33,420 --> 01:09:39,120
criteria would be that it could be
achieved in a relatively short time

806
01:09:36,480 --> 01:09:42,420
frame it's relatively low Capital cost
or or no Capital cost maybe just in

807
01:09:41,160 --> 01:09:46,620
operating
has a relatively low operating and

808
01:09:44,219 --> 01:09:52,080
maintenance costs
um could be that an investment in an

809
01:09:49,199 --> 01:09:56,420
existing facility is required soon to
maintain operation or viability of that

810
01:09:54,060 --> 01:09:56,420
facility

811
01:09:56,580 --> 01:10:02,699
um uh it's a relatively quick and simple
solution to provide to provide the

812
01:10:00,900 --> 01:10:06,600
unique or a new opportunity for the
community

813
01:10:04,280 --> 01:10:10,800
so those are some of the things that we
we looked at and tried to have the

814
01:10:08,640 --> 01:10:14,760
recreation board focus on as far as what
they were trying to put forward for

815
01:10:12,179 --> 01:10:19,920
recommendations on how to
ensure that the wants and needs that

816
01:10:17,219 --> 01:10:22,860
were identified in that needs assessment
uh

817
01:10:21,179 --> 01:10:27,239
brought forward to council and
administration and kind of in a way that

818
01:10:24,540 --> 01:10:31,159
we can start picking away at them in a
logical way so

819
01:10:31,500 --> 01:10:38,880
that's that Council has any questions
regarding that I can answer thanks Rosa

820
01:10:36,420 --> 01:10:44,340
and just um to add to Russ's
presentation the record also looked at

821
01:10:41,640 --> 01:10:47,340
um what is the town already doing right
um

822
01:10:44,940 --> 01:10:52,679
like what have we done recently that
after the the needs assessment went out

823
01:10:50,580 --> 01:10:57,360
what have we already accomplished and
what are we already currently working on

824
01:10:54,480 --> 01:11:00,900
and what's in that budget so
um those were some of the things that

825
01:10:59,040 --> 01:11:04,860
they considered when they did their
priorities as well yeah and sir yes

826
01:11:03,120 --> 01:11:08,460
that's a very good point uh that I
should have brought up that yeah there

827
01:11:06,300 --> 01:11:12,840
are there were other priorities and more
specifically in the priority One

828
01:11:10,199 --> 01:11:17,580
category which is the things that should
be dealt with soonest

829
01:11:15,840 --> 01:11:20,760
um things like Pathways where we're
already working on that we're developing

830
01:11:19,140 --> 01:11:25,140
a pathway plan
um tennis and pickleball court upgrades

831
01:11:22,679 --> 01:11:28,920
we're working on that dog park upgrades
those are also being worked on so

832
01:11:27,360 --> 01:11:32,640
um those are still in the priority One
category but the record board just kind

833
01:11:30,900 --> 01:11:37,500
of felt that we're already addressing
those we probably don't need to repeat

834
01:11:34,500 --> 01:11:41,460
it so that's right all right questions
for Russ foreign

835
01:11:44,420 --> 01:11:51,420
would any of this have been influenced
by the survey at all or no or is that

836
01:11:48,840 --> 01:11:55,400
that was at the same time and it wasn't
uh like the needs assessment yeah or the

837
01:11:54,239 --> 01:11:59,280
the
previous the budget the budget survey

838
01:11:58,380 --> 01:12:02,340
yeah
um no through the chair to councilor

839
01:12:00,960 --> 01:12:08,520
Brennan yeah
um the no this was the the items that

840
01:12:06,540 --> 01:12:13,260
you'll see in this list are actually
from the needs assessment that was done

841
01:12:10,380 --> 01:12:17,120
in 2022. sorry yeah yeah there's just
comments really related to that that I

842
01:12:15,060 --> 01:12:22,679
read so it would be
yeah and it could be that uh people who

843
01:12:20,520 --> 01:12:26,640
responded to the budget survey also were
involved in the uh

844
01:12:24,540 --> 01:12:30,480
this needs assessment survey so they'd
have similar

845
01:12:27,900 --> 01:12:35,239
and it could be and the other thing
it also could be is that um

846
01:12:35,520 --> 01:12:42,600
they didn't know that we were addressing
these items put it in this and but it's

847
01:12:41,040 --> 01:12:49,620
nice to see that there's some alignment
right uh between this survey and the

848
01:12:46,320 --> 01:12:53,400
recreation needs survey certainly
right on

849
01:12:51,659 --> 01:12:58,920
hey any further questions
yeah counselor Russ if items phone

850
01:12:57,179 --> 01:13:02,100
number priority one two or three
that doesn't necessarily mean that we're

851
01:13:00,719 --> 01:13:05,940
just going to continue a priority one
right that's just making it focus on

852
01:13:04,199 --> 01:13:10,980
where we put some of these projects
right right correct so um you know and

853
01:13:09,480 --> 01:13:15,480
it doesn't mean that a prior to three
couldn't move up to a two or maybe even

854
01:13:13,560 --> 01:13:18,020
a one depending on grant funding that we
may receive

855
01:13:19,320 --> 01:13:26,880
right it just means that um Crossfield
like the administration and Council can

856
01:13:24,600 --> 01:13:32,000
now plan for recreation
in a concise manner for Crossfield

857
01:13:35,880 --> 01:13:43,080
okay any other questions
good job Russ

858
01:13:39,600 --> 01:13:49,679
thank you it's nice to have that one
yes in the books absolutely yeah all

859
01:13:46,679 --> 01:13:54,780
right can I get a motion please sure go
ahead I'll make the motion that Council

860
01:13:52,380 --> 01:14:00,900
accept Recreation priorities
as recommended by Crossfield Rec

861
01:13:58,500 --> 01:14:06,960
Recreation board for information all in
favor motion carried

862
01:14:04,199 --> 01:14:10,340
am 5.5 setting cancels 2023
organizational meeting date

863
01:14:12,960 --> 01:14:19,020
evening Council as per section 192 of
the municipal government act Council

864
01:14:17,640 --> 01:14:22,460
must hold an organization meeting
annually not later than two weeks after

865
01:14:21,120 --> 01:14:26,340
the third Monday in October
Administration is providing the

866
01:14:24,420 --> 01:14:32,040
following recommended dates uh Tuesday
October 17th 6 at 6 PM prior to October

867
01:14:29,640 --> 01:14:38,219
17th regular council meeting or Tuesday
October 24th at 6 PM prior to the 2024

868
01:14:35,239 --> 01:14:41,640
uh budget meeting
um

869
01:14:39,300 --> 01:14:47,719
that's all I got so
all right any questions for Amber or

870
01:14:43,980 --> 01:14:47,719
does council have a preferable date

871
01:14:49,199 --> 01:14:57,260
I'm sorry for the 24th but
it's up to you guys let's vote

872
01:14:55,199 --> 01:15:04,199
doesn't matter to me
you want to make motion

873
01:14:59,580 --> 01:15:04,199
can I pick that date okay

874
01:15:07,380 --> 01:15:15,780
I make the motion that 2023 Council
organizational meeting be held on

875
01:15:12,239 --> 01:15:22,699
Tuesday October 24th 2023 with the
regular Council

876
01:15:17,640 --> 01:15:22,699
or the 2024 budget meeting to follow

877
01:15:23,699 --> 01:15:29,040
yeah
will be held on Tuesday October 24th of

878
01:15:27,060 --> 01:15:33,960
the 2024 budget meetings
I think okay all in favor all right

879
01:15:31,739 --> 01:15:38,300
motion Gary thank you
great mayor uh and Council business

880
01:15:39,239 --> 01:15:48,600
um I just attended the chamber golf
tourney on Friday uh Good Times a really

881
01:15:46,140 --> 01:15:53,940
good support and sponsorship by the
community and businesses uh so that was

882
01:15:52,199 --> 01:15:58,620
uh just a ton of fun it was nice to see
a lot of Our Own Town people there and

883
01:15:56,460 --> 01:16:04,080
some people from outside of town and
even our own Airdrie mayor who always

884
01:16:01,739 --> 01:16:08,600
participates in this uh
golf tournament which is really nice to

885
01:16:05,820 --> 01:16:08,600
see somebody else here

886
01:16:08,699 --> 01:16:15,480
um I also attended the wellness event on
Sunday in Crockett Park that was well

887
01:16:13,800 --> 01:16:19,920
attended
um really good event like for the

888
01:16:17,520 --> 01:16:24,480
community lots of families and little
kids coming out just even some of the

889
01:16:22,080 --> 01:16:27,840
neighbors walking down without kids get
a hot dog and

890
01:16:25,860 --> 01:16:32,219
just uh you know talking about Wellness
so that was good

891
01:16:29,880 --> 01:16:35,880
I had my South Central mayor's meeting
last week

892
01:16:33,659 --> 01:16:41,340
um one of the topics that we talked
about was small towns having a bigger

893
01:16:38,340 --> 01:16:47,159
voice at Alberta municipalities and
forming a small Town's uh

894
01:16:45,179 --> 01:16:50,760
mayor caucus
so that's in the works we're advocating

895
01:16:49,560 --> 01:16:55,640
for that
we want to have a bigger voice just like

896
01:16:53,640 --> 01:16:59,880
the Mid Cities and the two large cities
collectively and we have a lot of the

897
01:16:58,440 --> 01:17:06,540
same issues so
we're hoping to address that and move

898
01:17:03,060 --> 01:17:12,540
forward with a bigger voice
tennis Rec board meeting and uh you saw

899
01:17:09,719 --> 01:17:15,260
the result of that so that was good and
that's it for me

900
01:17:17,040 --> 01:17:23,460
oh yes thank you I was at Community Fest
as well

901
01:17:20,699 --> 01:17:28,140
which was a another really good event
with uh downtown

902
01:17:26,040 --> 01:17:30,659
and there's quite a few booths out there
I don't know how many there was do you

903
01:17:29,400 --> 01:17:37,380
rest
I believe heiress said she had about 30

904
01:17:35,280 --> 01:17:43,080
yeah which I think is an increase from
last year yeah the previous year was low

905
01:17:39,659 --> 01:17:47,640
20s like 22 or 23 yeah maybe even 21 it
was just over 20. yeah but I think

906
01:17:45,360 --> 01:17:52,020
overall I think the community liked it I
think the businesses that participated

907
01:17:49,140 --> 01:17:56,460
it was good for them so you know really
good

908
01:17:52,920 --> 01:18:01,020
okay Deputy Mayor Fox uh yes I as well
attended the Crossville Community Fest

909
01:17:58,380 --> 01:18:05,159
and I agree with mayor Harris and it was
nice to see the community's support

910
01:18:02,699 --> 01:18:09,719
there was a lot of families down there
the kids having fun and

911
01:18:07,320 --> 01:18:13,199
the hula hoops with the seniors and yeah
I always thought it was a good event

912
01:18:10,800 --> 01:18:16,820
call me a senior because I was Hulu no
you wouldn't do it we tried I was we

913
01:18:15,300 --> 01:18:23,280
missed it
oh you had a good job I remember that so

914
01:18:20,040 --> 01:18:27,600
you never know okay councilor Brennan uh
I also attended Community Fest and

915
01:18:25,440 --> 01:18:32,060
really great event other than that
nothing further to report thank you

916
01:18:30,120 --> 01:18:35,760
counselor Gustafson
well

917
01:18:33,719 --> 01:18:42,239
um with the Rockview Foundation we
finally have some residents at abrio

918
01:18:38,580 --> 01:18:47,400
place in Airdrie nice as of uh you know
the sixth the seventh of so the early

919
01:18:44,340 --> 01:18:51,840
part of this month so it was exciting I
actually talked to a resident

920
01:18:49,800 --> 01:18:54,960
today and
um

921
01:18:52,380 --> 01:18:59,460
she is new from
actually moved from Regina and has lived

922
01:18:57,780 --> 01:19:05,340
in here for a little while but now is
living in uh the lodge and she just

923
01:19:02,940 --> 01:19:09,900
thinks it's fantastic we do have a rock
view Foundation meeting tomorrow night

924
01:19:06,960 --> 01:19:14,640
so just kind of recap on kind of what
our summer events were happening and

925
01:19:11,760 --> 01:19:18,360
still continue to move forward on the
Cochrane Lodge

926
01:19:16,380 --> 01:19:22,620
it feels yeah
um I do have one more item too if I may

927
01:19:21,659 --> 01:19:26,640
um
just uh I've been asked by quite a few

928
01:19:24,960 --> 01:19:32,219
residents about
um some of the uh like uh just the

929
01:19:29,760 --> 01:19:38,600
agenda and way we have it uh set up
currently and prior to the pandemic that

930
01:19:35,460 --> 01:19:43,260
we always had uh Gallery questions after
and I think that I'd like to bring that

931
01:19:41,340 --> 01:19:49,199
up at our
either the organizational meeting or um

932
01:19:46,260 --> 01:19:53,040
you know further discussions that we
have going forward this is something

933
01:19:50,820 --> 01:20:00,659
that I wanted to involve the new CEO in
yes so if we can wait for that and then

934
01:19:57,420 --> 01:20:05,040
revise uh how they would like to see the
agenda as well yeah absolutely is that

935
01:20:02,880 --> 01:20:12,140
okay with you absolutely just I've been
getting a lot of questions from

936
01:20:07,520 --> 01:20:12,140
our our residents about that okay

937
01:20:12,239 --> 01:20:20,699
it feels
no that's all okay thank you thank you

938
01:20:17,179 --> 01:20:25,560
counselor we know the Water Commission
meeting or a month of September December

939
01:20:22,860 --> 01:20:30,420
13th at the commission nobody in this
field uh we are starting a conversations

940
01:20:28,140 --> 01:20:33,120
topic but budget and pricing for the
water

941
01:20:31,080 --> 01:20:36,540
also reviewing
uh

942
01:20:34,260 --> 01:20:42,199
estimations of each town so I do believe
our town signed the agreement

943
01:20:38,960 --> 01:20:47,880
uh each town was sent to a New Order
completed and we're just on the path of

944
01:20:44,940 --> 01:20:55,199
just doing metrics and Price Building
2024 or so

945
01:20:51,179 --> 01:21:01,380
thank you counselor Lambert
um I attended uh MPC meeting on

946
01:20:58,620 --> 01:21:05,540
September 8th where we
um approved the

947
01:21:05,760 --> 01:21:12,420
um
applicants for two new businesses in the

948
01:21:10,260 --> 01:21:20,040
industrial area
thank you Kel survey

949
01:21:16,380 --> 01:21:23,219
I too attended Community Fest well I
just caught the last end of it

950
01:21:22,500 --> 01:21:28,739
um
I also attended the uh Chamber of

951
01:21:26,460 --> 01:21:31,860
Commerce Golf Course and James did a
really good job of getting that

952
01:21:29,699 --> 01:21:34,820
organized
excellent thank you

953
01:21:36,000 --> 01:21:44,460
hey can I get a motion please
hear the chair

954
01:21:41,520 --> 01:21:50,820
go ahead I moved at the mayor and
Council updates be accepted as presented

955
01:21:46,679 --> 01:21:58,800
all in favor uh motion carried
it is a no correspondence tonight

956
01:21:56,219 --> 01:22:03,780
and I'll just go over the upcoming
events September 19th fcss parent and

957
01:22:01,800 --> 01:22:10,320
taught plea group at the Crossfield
Community Center 10 30 A.M

958
01:22:07,020 --> 01:22:17,760
September 26th adulting 101 Workshop
begins September 27th see me swimming

959
01:22:13,760 --> 01:22:21,420
begins 12 15 to 3 15
um departing from the Crossfield

960
01:22:19,199 --> 01:22:28,159
Community Center September 30th
Crossfield Farmers Market full Market 10

961
01:22:24,179 --> 01:22:33,000
a.m to 4 P.M Crossfield Community Center
September or sorry October 12th

962
01:22:30,540 --> 01:22:37,500
Crossfield paint night 6 15 to 8 30 at
the Crossfield Community Center fifteen

963
01:22:35,100 --> 01:22:41,159
dollars per person and registration is
required

964
01:22:38,520 --> 01:22:45,360
I believe that the event is sold out
is it I think so well that's good yeah

965
01:22:44,159 --> 01:22:49,219
nice
okay

966
01:22:46,679 --> 01:22:49,219
um so

967
01:22:49,739 --> 01:22:52,580
do we need to

968
01:22:57,960 --> 01:23:06,560
okay can I get a motion to go on camera
please

969
01:23:01,860 --> 01:23:06,560
the chair yeah go ahead and uh

970
01:23:08,360 --> 01:23:17,719
virtually enter into
what's happened

971
01:23:13,219 --> 01:23:17,719
yeah closer in camera it doesn't matter