[1:05] um I think
[1:10] okay I'll call to order the regular
council meeting Tuesday September 19th
[1:16] 2023 7 pm
we'd like to take this opportunity to
[1:21] acknowledge the traditional territories
of the indigenous peoples of the treaty
[1:24] 7 region and the metis nation of Alberta
region 3. we respect the histories
[1:28] languages and cultures of the First
Nations metis Inuit and all First
[1:32] Peoples of Canada whose presence can
continue to enrich our community
[1:38] okay item 2.1 the agenda for September
19 2023 any changes to the agenda
[1:47] if there are no changes can I get a
motion please
[1:52] I've always been September 19 2023 Jenna
be accepted as prepared all in favor all
[1:57] right motion carried item 3.1 September
5th 2023 regular council meeting
[2:04] any additions or changes to that
if there aren't any can I get a motion
[2:10] here's the chair go ahead I'll make the
motion that the September 19th minutes
[2:17] be accepted as prepared presented
September 5th or September 5th sorry
[2:22] thank you all in favor
motion carry item 3.2 any changes to the
[2:29] special counsel meeting
foreign
[2:33] motion please
through the chair I'll make the motion
[2:37] that the minutes of the September 7th
2023 special counts for meeting be
[2:41] accepted as presented all in favor
um motion carried
[2:45] 309 item 4.1 delegations ear drcmp
quarterly update
[2:51] um Sergeant Greg tillick come on out
good evening everybody good evening
[2:59] apologize I'm super distracted as I
walked in something happening in the far
[3:04] southeast of the Detachment area that I
had a hard time not staying involved in
[3:09] but uh if it's Crossfield you can go
yeah Southwest
[3:15] no no it sounds like it's wrapped itself
up anyway so we're good now
[3:20] uh since the last time I was here in
June uh I'd say that uh things have been
[3:29] fairly normal uh obviously coming to the
council meeting in June kind of is
[3:35] halfway through this recorder that uh
I'm reporting on anyway so some of the
[3:41] things that I talked about at that time
when I go through the calls kind of uh
[3:47] dealt with the stats that have been
presented to you already and if you if
[3:51] you're to look at the stats uh presented
in this most recent quarterly report
[3:56] you'd see that uh number is pretty much
across the board are quite a ways down
[4:02] other than assaults
of course they're up 38 but that's a
[4:08] difference of three
instances uh from the year before and if
[4:14] you compared to the years before that uh
it's pretty much right within the
[4:18] deviation
uh and of course when I'm talking about
[4:22] those things uh we're not talking about
uh
[4:26] stranger incidents or anything like that
typically a family or domestic violence
[4:33] related which doesn't diminish the
problem but uh takes it away from being
[4:38] a the same kind of public safety issue
so when I went through calls that have
[4:45] come in for Cross Field between the last
times here and now uh I came up with 119
[4:51] calls for for the town of Crossfield I
noticed we've had uh several B and E's
[4:59] over this time period which to me seemed
like a little bit more than
[5:05] um
a little bit more than what I expected I
[5:09] guess of of those two of them were
fairly uneventful where somebody uh
[5:18] found a way into a garage because there
was an unlocked car in the driveway and
[5:23] then didn't end up taking anything of
the other ones there was five of them
[5:28] where there was a you know an actual B
and E maybe involving a stolen vehicle
[5:32] or some stolen things out of uh like the
ASO down the streets
[5:37] Etc like that
of those I see that we have identified
[5:43] suspect in one
problem with bnes is that
[5:49] they're exceedingly frustrating trying
to find somebody involved especially
[5:54] when it's one of those uh bad guy was
stolen vehicle going up to a business
[5:59] and then dumping the vehicle later
there's very little for us
[6:03] uh otherwise
[6:07] um another thing that uh has kind of
come up fairly recently a fair bit of
[6:12] car prowling it seems like and there's I
believe uh two separate not instances
[6:19] but uh
an individual and one that's responsible
[6:24] for several and uh either a individual
or a pair Associated to a vehicle
[6:31] responsible for the others I was told
that we have some information that's
[6:36] probably going to lead to us uh dealing
with the individual
[6:41] um
but again uh the best hope of that is
[6:45] that we put a stop to it may not end up
with retrieving things that we're taking
[6:49] out of cars but uh more often than not
the ones that are doing those car
[6:54] prowling sorts of things it's a matter
of convenience because they're out
[6:58] looking around with nothing to do and
find their way into unlocked Vehicles
[7:03] which takes me back to my broken record
speech as always uh
[7:08] anytime it's possible to get the word
out which is something we that we do but
[7:13] uh through the through the towns as well
um you know lock your doors secure your
[7:18] properties and basically just protect
your stuff and more often you're not
[7:23] changes you'll be safe but I'm expecting
some good news on that front
[7:28] at that one anyway well that's good to
hear and I think on the flip side of
[7:32] that too I mean
I get lock your vehicles and everything
[7:36] else but uh
you know the onus is on the person
[7:39] stealing absolutely and I would rather
have them found and not in our community
[7:46] anymore
although based on the age that this
[7:50] person might be
I'm sure they're going to be in our
[7:53] community for a while you're you're 100
right it all does come down to that and
[7:59] unfortunately my experience with with
these instances is kind of like you've
[8:05] implied uh often young people often out
maybe when they probably shouldn't be
[8:11] and uh unfortunately haven't kind of
been rained in by Ma and PAW so uh
[8:19] there's a whole bunch of facets to that
problem and it doesn't just uh it
[8:22] doesn't just stick the car prowling
there's all kinds of other things that
[8:25] can be can be managed through some solid
parenting but unfortunately it's not
[8:31] necessarily your problem or mine it's
something that we just have to deal with
[8:35] so I'm just curious you know what kind
of message to our residents can you put
[8:40] out there on the importance of reporting
these incidents to you because if
[8:45] they're not reported
then it's pretty hard to find somebody
[8:49] to catch somebody or link them to other
crimes so maybe if you can speak to that
[8:54] and that uh that's something that we
talk about fairly regularly too often uh
[8:58] during things like real crime watch
meetings or citizens on patrol meetings
[9:04] but um
of late there's been a couple of things
[9:09] that have developed where we have the
RCMP app and the ability to report
[9:14] crimes online because we know that a lot
of people aren't
[9:19] and I want to say unwilling but I don't
feel like it's worth our time to call on
[9:24] and say that they saw
a suspicious person at such and such a
[9:29] time and uh
and probably they felt like that wasn't
[9:34] getting anywhere because you know cop
doesn't isn't able to do anything with
[9:38] it most of the time anyway but given
enough people seeing things and saying
[9:44] things it allows to build a bit of a
database and in case there is this one
[9:50] person that I'm I'm hoping that we're
able to link to some of these things
[9:55] uh
if we have all of them reported and are
[9:59] able to link them to all of them instead
of just a couple you know that that
[10:03] sends you a much clearer message so as
always to anybody that's listening or or
[10:10] paying attention
um if you see it we'd like to hear about
[10:14] it and with those new uh
with those new options for reporting if
[10:20] you're concerned about wasting anybody's
time it's not being wasted anymore
[10:23] because those things are kind of being
managed in a much more efficient manner
[10:28] excellent thank you for that
and I mean other than that uh I don't
[10:33] think I have anything else that's
a burning issue that I need to bring
[10:38] forward so anybody else that has
Christians or concerns
[10:43] any questions for great
to the chair yeah go ahead uh do you
[10:48] typically see a spike around September
like School season or is it mostly left
[10:54] back in summer when it's warmer out
type thing or is it more specific to the
[10:58] crime
I would say it would see a change
[11:04] uh but a spike
like we may see we may see that the
[11:10] change in the time frames happens where
through the summer uh you know car
[11:15] prowlings might take place any night of
the week
[11:18] when September October hits we might see
that they're more relegated towards the
[11:24] weekends because
obviously parents are paying more
[11:28] attention to kids being at home in the
evenings on school nights whereas a
[11:34] little bit more relaxed on the weekends
and then clearly as the uh
[11:38] winter months
come in as cold or people start uh
[11:43] turning their vehicles on
in the morning and uh not having the
[11:47] doors Locker or warming up the car with
the key in it whether the doors are
[11:52] locked or not that's when we always
start seeing Vehicles get stolen
[11:56] so uh to say that it it's uh spiking I
don't think I would say that but we
[12:04] might see that some of the instances are
are more Consolidated at certain times
[12:10] of the week but uh
I don't have the data in front of me to
[12:14] support no not fair enough mostly
satisfying curiosity in any way
[12:17] appreciate it sir
it's a Greg um there's a perception I
[12:22] think in our community we we have the
one RCMP that's here 40 hours a week and
[12:27] but we also get assistance
from other Patrols in the area so maybe
[12:35] you can just speak to that and and to
speak to you you know they could be here
[12:40] in the day or nighttime or on weekends
there's like maybe just flush that out a
[12:45] little bit
uh so as uh
[12:51] as has been the case now for
a better part of two and a half years or
[12:57] so the energy
the energy Detachment has been
[13:03] I guess Amalgamated with the bicycle
Detachment which has allowed our
[13:09] strength to increase from
okay
[13:13] back when I used to be a Watch Commander
we would have eight rural resources in
[13:18] total there was a period of time where
we had overtime shifts somebody would
[13:23] come work uh periodically out in
Crossfield for a night shift
[13:28] uh all that has changed now where
character rural has increased to 12
[13:34] constables uh that periodic
overtime night shift has turned into a
[13:41] full-time enhanced position which you're
mentioning uh with the addition of
[13:45] bicycle to our unit that's another four
constables plus two supervisors and
[13:51] myself uh
we end up having 20 members in total
[13:56] that uh
at any given time you might see as many
[14:01] as six or seven working and available to
be here if needed uh that in addition to
[14:09] another enhanced position that we have
uh sponsored by Rocky County allows us
[14:16] to dip into our crime reduction unit and
our general investigation section so uh
[14:23] in the event to something
serious taking place we have the access
[14:28] to those units as well as the Southern
Alberta District
[14:32] teams also
but on a day-to-day basis
[14:36] I would say that it's likely that you
would see anywhere from a three to four
[14:43] member
as a standard working in the area and in
[14:49] and out of town in addition to constant
belief there who's who's here his uh 40
[14:54] hours of the week excellent that's great
thank you for them certainly
[15:00] okay
I'm sorry
[15:03] um you actually can't uh yeah it's not
an open meeting like that if you were to
[15:09] ask questions you'd have to make an
appointment to be on the uh on the floor
[15:15] okay
[15:18] although I don't know if you'll be here
afterwards if you haven't
[15:22] yeah
yeah
[15:25] great thank you
okay
[15:29] can I get a motion please there's no
further questions
[15:33] through the chair go ahead I'll make the
motion that the airdrcmp quarterly
[15:38] update be accepted as presented all in
favor
[15:42] motion Kerry thanks Greg
[15:56] um
[16:02] okay item 4.2 no speak Watershed
partnership
[16:09] come on up sorry I don't have your name
so
[16:16] do a quick introduction to the next
delegation if that yeah absolutely okay
[16:22] thank you
um the town of Crossfield has been
[16:25] approached by the nose Creek Watershed
partnership to act as the managing
[16:29] partner for a second Alberta Community
Partnership Grant the town is the
[16:34] managing partner for the initial grant
that was awarded in 2020.
[16:40] attached to this report Council has been
provided with a letter from the
[16:44] partnership co-chair Clint Goodman and
and uh the slide deck that you'll be
[16:51] seeing in the presentation that follows
Administration recommends that Council
[16:56] continue to support the nose Creek model
project and that the town assumes the
[17:00] role of managing partner for the Alberta
Community Partnership
[17:04] intermunicipal collaboration Grant
application that is worth coming
[17:12] um
there is a recent development that isn't
[17:16] in this current report but I'd like I'm
happy to report that during yesterday's
[17:23] city of imagery council meeting
the city council
[17:28] unanimously passed motions supporting
the involvement in the project and
[17:33] designation of the town of Crossfield as
the managing partner for this ACP Grant
[17:39] application
so it is my pleasure to introduce Sandy
[17:45] room
s oh my goodness thank you Sandy project
[17:52] manager for the nose Creek Watershed
partnership Sunday will provide counsel
[17:56] with a brief overview of the partnership
and an update on the nose Creek model
[18:00] project project
thanks Amber welcome Sandy thank you
[18:04] anytime you're ready great
um so good evening mayor and counselors
[18:09] it's my pleasure to be here on behalf of
the nose Creek Watership partnership I
[18:14] think it's been several years since we
came to the town of Crossfield for
[18:18] presentation so many of you may not know
much about the nose Creek Watershed
[18:23] partnership so I hope to provide you
with a little bit of an update on the
[18:27] activities of the partnership and then
also to give a little bit more
[18:31] background on that Alberta Community
Partnership Grant I have a slide
[18:35] presentation here I can't see it there
and I'm used to kind of following that
[18:40] so it excuse me if I fumble a little bit
but
[18:45] um next slide
I think you have it in front of you as
[18:50] well okay
um so the partnership itself formed in
[18:54] 1998 that means this year we're
celebrating 25 years of working together
[18:59] as a partnership
the partnership exists of the Bow River
[19:03] Basin Council Calgary Airport Authority
the city of Airdrie Rocky View County
[19:08] the City of Calgary and the town of
Crossfield
[19:12] together they worked
um to manage the Watershed to the best
[19:17] of their ability and they have technical
support from the Alberta environment and
[19:22] protected areas
[19:25] The Watershed itself is about 989 square
kilometers in size it's a really
[19:31] important tributary to the Bow River but
at its mouth it's been deemed one of the
[19:36] poorest quality Outlets to the bow in
the gradable river region so it's not
[19:42] really a nice designation to have but
it's not surprising given the growth and
[19:47] the storm water that empties into Nose
Creek
[19:51] the headwaters of Nose Creek starts just
north of here town of Crossfield and it
[19:56] empties into the bowl just by the
Calgary Zoo its main tributary is West
[20:00] Nose Creek and it flows into Nose Creek
just by the Calgary Airport at
[20:05] Confluence Park
[20:08] rapid urbanization so this is one of the
biggest challenges for Nose Creek well
[20:13] we promote growth and development we
also want to balance that with social
[20:17] and environmental goals
um we know that Airdrie is one of the
[20:24] most rapidly growing cities right now in
Alberta it's a very popular Watershed to
[20:30] live in it's also becoming a
Transportation Hub uh just outside of
[20:35] Calgary so I know the town of Crossfield
here is also experiencing lots of growth
[20:41] as people start now to seek smaller
areas to live which means you're under
[20:47] the same pressures as all other
communities in this watershed
[20:52] so from this fast-paced development we
see an increase in stream flows in Nose
[20:57] Creek you wouldn't know it this year
because it's in very dry season and
[21:02] it's often dry in places Upstream of the
city but this increased Stream flow from
[21:06] storm water inputs Alters the natural
hydrology of the overall system the
[21:11] increase in flows increases erosion and
transports contaminants Downstream it
[21:16] covers up important spawning grounds and
can increase wear and tear on equipment
[21:21] if you're using pumps to irrigate from
the system
[21:25] I've also seen a rapid loss of natural
features like wetlands and riparian
[21:30] areas that help to support overall
hydrology in the system with this loss
[21:35] we lose a lot of water storage potential
and also we lose that flow in dry years
[21:41] as they provide water to the system
throughout Seasons when it is dry
[21:47] impacts on water quality are revolve
around nutrients sediment bacteria
[21:55] lots of salts in the system all flowing
Downstream
[22:00] and again this can impact on Aquatic
Life
[22:05] the goal of the partnership is to
protect riparian areas and manage stream
[22:10] flows in the Watershed to mitigate the
impacts of flood and drought and improve
[22:14] water quality for water users and
Aquatic Life
[22:18] to achieve the goal the nose Creek
Watershed partnership created The Nose
[22:23] Creek Watershed Water Management plan in
2008 and this plan was updated in 2018.
[22:30] the plan itself is a guidance document
and a planning tool
[22:34] and it's developed
and implemented collaboratively as a
[22:39] partnership
it establishes common goals for
[22:42] Watershed health and recommends actions
to address the issues and challenges in
[22:47] the Watershed in 2018 it was supported
by all Partners including the town of
[22:52] Crossfield and also environment
and protected areas
[22:59] so since the formation of the
partnership it's been lots of activity
[23:03] so trying to understand the Dynamics of
the Watershed itself import these
[23:08] conditions to stakeholders
um and then Implement management
[23:13] practices that can maintain water should
help
[23:18] won't go through all of these things but
um next slide
[23:25] so in the most recent update to the plan
in 2018 there were four main priority
[23:30] recommendations that were put forward
one was to complete a wetland inventory
[23:35] and valuation
the second was to develop the nose Creek
[23:39] hydrologic hydraulic and water quality
model which we call the nose Creek model
[23:44] project for short
to implement and improve the water
[23:49] monitoring program that's in play
it's been sporadic with different folks
[23:55] monitoring the system through the years
and so it hasn't been consistent and
[23:59] it's really hard to identify Trends and
processes that way
[24:04] and then also to monitor riparian
condition
[24:11] so we did complete the Wetland inventory
evaluation with Dr Irina Creed from the
[24:17] University of Saskatchewan she had
helped to develop the Wetland framework
[24:22] with the Alberta environment parks and
the time
[24:26] so she created the comprehensive
inventory of wetlands and then valued
[24:31] those according to two
um the Alberta wetland
[24:38] policy
um this high resolution map is available
[24:42] to all of you if you're interested in
having that for decision making
[24:48] and next slide
we completed the riparian intactness
[24:53] assessment which identified repairing
conditions riparian areas are those
[24:58] green
ribbons along the creek that are
[25:02] um made up of water tolerant plants
very important to the overall system
[25:07] typically we've been assessing condition
on a little parcel by parcel basis but
[25:12] we're able to evaluate the condition
over the entire Watershed using a GIS
[25:17] based model
again the results of this project are
[25:21] available to all of you there's a
summary of the report
[25:26] that indicates the condition of all
right perinearius in the Watershed
[25:33] so what's been taking up most of our
time is the nose Creek hydrologic
[25:37] hydraulic and water quality model
this is a watershed scale model that's
[25:42] intended to be a tool to support
decision makers around water management
[25:46] and land use
we want to understand current conditions
[25:51] in terms of climate change the
importance of wetlands and aquifers in
[25:55] the system
the importance of ephemeral and
[25:57] intermittent water courses
so those are the ones that are temporary
[26:01] or that disappear in dry conditions the
intermittent systems are those that are
[26:06] interacting with groundwater and
providing base flows to the system
[26:11] and then we also want to understand
water allocation and use in the Basin at
[26:16] the Watershed scale so we're used to
making decisions at a parcel by parcel
[26:20] basis and here we're trying to say
what's the cumulative impact on the
[26:25] system at school
so what we've been noticing as
[26:29] development has been occurring
groundwater is changing it's popping up
[26:33] in places it hasn't been before so
that's a bit of a concern
[26:37] and on the western Fringe Of The
Watershed we call that the internal
[26:41] drainage area
this system stores a lot of water and as
[26:46] land use changes we're changing the
permeability of the soils creating more
[26:53] runoff in times of wet weather so in the
future as the area develops we want to
[26:59] be careful and manage that to balance
the water storage and release
[27:06] uh this model tool will evaluate
watershed management strategies
[27:11] and overall we'll be building and
maintaining a data inventory that will
[27:16] be available to all partners
[27:20] um and then at the end we want to
implement practices and be able to
[27:26] Monitor and evaluate the implementation
successes
[27:30] it's been a lot of stakeholders who have
asked what has been the impact of all
[27:33] your work we don't have a tool that can
properly measure this
[27:38] we know intuitively we can see small
improvements but this tool will help to
[27:44] really quantify that impact
[27:49] so the model project itself is
um we is developed in about five stages
[27:56] the approach was to develop the model
scoping study that outlined the approach
[28:01] for the future stages
from that we identified four different
[28:06] models that will interact together a
hydrology Hydraulics water quality
[28:12] and um
models so we're looking at hydrology
[28:16] over the rural and urban systems so
there's four models
[28:20] work in combination
[28:25] we'll go next slide
[28:29] we hope to have the entire project done
in 2026 and informing the next update to
[28:36] the noses Creek plan which will be
underway in the 2026 to 2028 time period
[28:45] so what have we done
um next slide
[28:51] from the work that was underway it was
clear that we needed more information to
[28:55] escort the model uh the bathymetry of
the creek so looking at the channel
[29:00] profile and how it might change over the
years with the different development
[29:03] scenarios
we didn't have a full and comprehensive
[29:09] mathematics survey so we spent time to
collect that information it's very
[29:15] comprehensive and available to town of
cross Fields as well if you need
[29:20] um
that understanding
[29:23] but the cross sections across the creek
were done about every 20 meters
[29:28] from mouth to Headwater
so it's pretty extensive
[29:34] next slide
[29:38] we've also been working to collect
improved water quality data we had four
[29:44] different sites that have been monitored
in the past mainly in the City of
[29:48] Calgary we've implemented two additional
new sites uh one Downstream of Cross
[29:54] Field and the other Upstream of the
Confluence with West Nose Creek that's
[29:59] monitored by the Airport Authority
city of Airdrie also monitors two sites
[30:05] above and below their
next slide
[30:12] uh the next piece was to develop the
models we hired Barr and kwl to work
[30:19] together
to complete the model developments
[30:24] next slide
[30:31] the next piece we're going to be working
into phases three four and five phase
[30:36] three is the calibration of all the
models phase four is the evaluation of
[30:41] state of the condition assessment
um and phase five is to evaluate
[30:47] management scenarios that are going to
achieve the goals set out by the
[30:50] partners
[30:53] uh next slide
so again the intent of the model is a
[30:58] decision sport tool
um we don't have a current method to
[31:02] evaluate cumulative impacts of land use
change at the Watershed scale
[31:07] this is a question that comes up
frequently with the approvals officers
[31:12] at environment and Parks
uh environment protected areas they're
[31:18] really starting to look at the footprint
of our growing communities and asking
[31:23] what is that cumulative impact
there isn't a tool to measure it again
[31:29] we've been making decisions parcel by
parcel and not looking Beyond so this
[31:34] will help with that
[31:40] um next slide we can just
or the next slide next slide
[31:52] so while the focus has been on the on
the development of this model tool for
[31:57] the last couple of years
um
[32:00] we've been working away at different
land management practices
[32:05] um since
1988. so we're looking to see better
[32:10] water quality in the system less
sediment transported Downstream healthy
[32:14] riparian areas trout migrating further
upstream and improved Land Management
[32:20] practices to support that
next slide
[32:25] next
[32:31] so there's lots of examples now of what
has changed on the landscape
[32:36] um simple mowing practices next to the
Creeks stepping back from the water use
[32:42] of bioengineering practices
creating
[32:46] meanders back into the creek so where
the Creek's been channelized they're
[32:51] starting to increase the channel
distance again
[32:55] we looked we drove around airdridge the
other day and you can see where the
[33:01] practices have changed from
channelization and encroachment to
[33:04] maintaining that setback
um for future flood mitigation it's it's
[33:10] really great to see we've seen lands
being cleared steep slopes being cleared
[33:17] um if you drive through energy now
you'll see patches of vegetation
[33:20] remaining on the steep slope while the
construction is happening around it all
[33:25] of these kind of
so not always simple but they're not
[33:30] expensive practices to implement so
it's good to see
[33:36] so that brings me to the Alberta
Community Partnership intramunicipal
[33:41] collaboration
um the partnership is seeking support
[33:45] from the town of Crossfield again and we
have appreciated your support
[33:50] um Joe Holstein sits on our Nose Creek
board and Amber's been very helpful to
[33:57] the partnership as well so this is kind
of the next step in this model project
[34:03] um you know there's lots of folks
anticipating it's completion we wish we
[34:08] started it 10 years ago but um we're
moving along and and everyone's part of
[34:15] it so
it's going as well as it can be and the
[34:19] next
so again would just like to request from
[34:23] Crossfield continued support for the
partnership and also for the nose Creek
[34:28] model project and then ask if you would
assume the rule as lead partner or the
[34:34] ACP Grant
excellent thanks Sandy great
[34:39] presentation
any questions for Sandy
[34:45] well through the chair thanks Sandy for
the presentation
[34:49] I've got uh I don't know maybe quite a
few here
[34:53] um
and I'll try to keep it as brief as I
[34:56] can and maybe you don't know the answers
to these right off uh but so you you
[35:01] talk about you know it's the most
affected Watershed that flows into the
[35:06] into the boat
what part of the Watershed like you know
[35:10] because it's quite large what is the
most effective affected area what would
[35:14] you know
[35:18] I guess what would be the worst part of
it
[35:21] uh through the chair to counselor
Gustafson
[35:25] um
it's really I like to say it's everyone
[35:29] everyone's contributing uh where we see
the poorest water quality is really at
[35:34] the outlets of some of the storm water
outfalls particularly in those older
[35:40] neighborhoods who haven't implemented
storm water management controls
[35:45] um
in newer communities we see storm ponds
[35:49] and storm water mitigation efforts and
things have improved in those areas
[35:54] but there is
um multiple contributions can be
[35:59] agriculture in places
um depending if there's access by live
[36:03] stock sweater outputs
um
[36:07] so do we we still see quite a bit of
livestock going into that then
[36:13] um land use is changing and the
landscape of Agriculture is changing so
[36:18] where it was individual owners
um managing like moms and dads their
[36:24] family farms we're seeing that change as
land is developed so there's a period
[36:29] where a farm may be transferred and that
land has been purchased but it's still
[36:34] in agriculture but the the people
managing the livestock may not be
[36:39] actually living
on the farm so it's not managed in the
[36:42] same way
there is still quite a bit of livestock
[36:45] out there it's surprising when you start
to drive around especially in West Hills
[36:49] Creek again they also have changed
practices so in terms of the nutrient
[36:55] loadings from fertilizers and things we
don't see as big of an impact because
[36:59] people are trying to cost save on those
things not waste that nutrient and um
[37:05] yeah there's there's places I wouldn't
say that it's rampant okay yeah
[37:11] livestock access
um I'll just I thought I got just two
[37:15] more here quick ones
so 25 years of since the partnership was
[37:21] implemented
uh the percentage of increase of land
[37:26] that's being developed around
uh the Watershed versus the total
[37:32] watershed area of 989 Square so do you
know how much land would have been
[37:37] developed
[37:40] um between all the communities versus
the total area
[37:46] yeah I have that number it's um through
the chair to cancel it that's the same
[37:51] about at third I would say now it's
maybe 30 percent so a 30 increase right
[37:59] so a 30 percent is developed out of the
of out of the total area okay
[38:10] that's okay
and I I just wondered um and it's more
[38:17] curiosity for me how much did it cost to
do the the bath investor or bathymetric
[38:22] survey
I'm just curious on what what that cost
[38:25] to do through the chair to Council of
sin um it was about 115 000. okay and it
[38:32] was a real deal honestly yeah um it's a
long ways yeah I will give kudos to
[38:37] Compass geomatics they went above and
beyond oh perfect to do that so okay
[38:43] thank you
any other questions for Sandy
[38:48] to the chair yeah go ahead oh no Okay
okay right on thank you sonny let's
[38:54] appreciate coming and presenting that's
an awesome thing you're doing
[38:59] uh you're mentioning so I was unaware
but is was Crossfield managing this
[39:06] before yeah okay and then what is the
work like so the workload won't change
[39:12] on staff for people involved on our end
going forward with this then
[39:17] through the chair to councilor Brennan
um it shouldn't shouldn't um so we try
[39:24] to minimize the amount of time that's
spent by sharing the load so Amber's
[39:29] been really helpful in um populating the
applications and I help with the content
[39:35] yeah as well as it's reviewed by our
boards so everyone has a chance to see
[39:39] it fantastic um but we try to minimize
the amount of effort that's needed
[39:44] absolutely yeah no and that's just my
lack of knowledge I suppose but and then
[39:50] I was curious so talking about like
maintaining some of the natural features
[39:55] of CR of the creek running through
municipalities like what are
[40:00] the actual setbacks that you're required
to maintain away from those areas like
[40:06] when we do develop I'm not even sure
like like when you're just trying to
[40:12] protect that what do you recommend or
what has been the standard
[40:17] through the chair to councilor Brennan
um we recommend at least a minimum of 30
[40:22] meters
we had a different a few different
[40:25] approaches but most municipalities are
trying to abide by the 30 meters really
[40:31] you need to stay out of the flood plain
which can be up to 100 meters
[40:37] um but balancing that in the future that
hundred meters might be the difference
[40:41] between a flooded community and not so
yeah depending on the flood plain width
[40:47] we recommend that first and if you plan
to manage to the flood mainly I love
[40:53] just a minimum perfect but then it seems
so picky now but I'm just curious is
[40:57] that taken from the center of the creek
or the back
[41:00] outer Bank okay appreciate it that's all
thank you thank you anyone else
[41:05] questions
[41:08] excellent really sorry I thought Sean
had a question through the chair okay uh
[41:14] through the chair I do have a question
so you mentioned aired relieving
[41:17] vegetation while they were doing the
construction so we do recommend that
[41:21] anywhere like try to get as many
construction like with our new home
[41:25] builders and to leave as much
registration but station around the area
[41:30] that they're working with so that'd be a
good thing to know
[41:34] and through the chair to counselor Fox
um Really Trying to minimize this
[41:40] sediment removal and it depends on the
site but I have steep slopes we're
[41:45] recommending to stay off the steep
slopes all together and to identify
[41:50] those key areas like the wetlands and
important vegetation on site where
[41:54] possible sometimes it's not possible
but um where it can be done yeah I was
[42:02] just thinking of some areas that we have
where we have construction going on and
[42:05] we do have wetlands and yeah so it's
stripping and Grading timing too that
[42:11] sometimes a community will be stripped
and graded and then left and the
[42:15] development doesn't actually occur in
the same year sometimes but that blowing
[42:19] soil and all of those sorts of things
can be mitigated
[42:24] thank you
foreign
[42:27] anyone else
[42:30] excellent well thanks again Sandy really
getting information and uh
[42:35] any questions further around
um Costco's role or our partnership
[42:42] if it's not uh can I get a motion please
through the chair
[42:48] I move that Council continue to support
them for the nose Creek Watershed
[42:52] Partnerships intermunicipal decision to
support system and modeling tools for
[42:56] managing Land and Water Resources known
as the hydrologic and high hydraulic and
[43:02] water quality model the nose Creek model
project and at the town of Crossfield
[43:07] assume the role of managing partner for
the Alberta Community Partnership
[43:11] intermunicipal collaboration Grant
application on behalf of the nose Creek
[43:15] Watershed partnership with pending
support from the Noah's Creek Watershed
[43:18] partnership Municipal partners
[43:23] all right motion carried so thank you
for all your hard work and your
[43:27] presentation crossfields
um happy to continue to be a partner
[43:31] protect our water sources and I know
that we have some really great staff uh
[43:36] helping you out and uh some really good
efficient stuff too
[43:40] great thank you so much thank you mayor
and counselors thank you thank you
[43:50] hey Amber Alberta municipalities power
and contract terms
[43:56] thank you mayor uh good evening mayor
and Council
[44:00] uh the town of Crossfield through a
motion passed by Council on June 21st
[44:05] 2022 signed on to participate in the
Alberta municipalities Power Plus
[44:10] program for electrical utility
a.m or Alberta municipalities I'll refer
[44:18] to them as am has concluded the RFP
process and now has a long-term locked
[44:24] in rate of 6.95 cents per kilowatt hour
for a six-year term commencing on
[44:31] January 1st 2024.
the am Power Plus program is available
[44:37] for municipal and non-profit
organizations energy needs the am energy
[44:42] program was launched when the province
deregulated its electric utility
[44:46] industry to meet needs of its members
am Power Plus negotiates on behalf of
[44:52] 120 members to supply natural gas
electricity and green power
[44:58] the RFP process commenced in mid-july
2022
[45:03] worldwide energy rates have been
impacted by macroeconomic pressures such
[45:08] as the war in Ukraine which has seen
price increases of up to 20 percent
[45:13] these pressures prolonged the RFP
process and influence the available
[45:18] rates and contract terms
the current fixed rate that the town is
[45:23] paying for energy usage is 11.2 cents
per kilowatt hour
[45:29] so this locked in term commencing on
January 1st is nearly half of what the
[45:35] rate we're currently paying
my recommendation for tonight is for
[45:40] Council to accept this report as
information
[45:43] thanks Amber questions for Amber
[45:49] straightforward
no questions Amber so can I get a motion
[45:53] please
[45:56] do the chair I make the motion that
council at the set the Alberta
[45:59] municipalities power and contract firms
report as information all in favor
[46:05] motion carried
[46:08] thanks Amber
[46:14] muscles just stay in your seat there
item 5.2
[46:17] 2024 budget survey results great
I'll just uh I'm gonna take a quick
[46:24] moment here to ensure that the
presentation is
[46:30] gonna load for us I guess I could start
reading a little bit of my report
[46:36] um so I'm going to present some of the
findings or the findings from the public
[46:40] budget survey that was
um
[46:43] open from July 28th to September 5th
[46:50] [Music]
um
[46:53] I guess this is the first budget survey
sorry my apologies that was conducted
[46:57] using internal resources based on an
environmental scan municipalities of all
[47:02] sizes prepare surveys for their
residents where they ask for feedback
[47:05] regarding budgeting taxes service levels
and overall resident satisfaction to
[47:12] name a few of the topics
surveys range from short surveys
[47:16] excellent thank you
um to very long lengthy surveys while
[47:21] other municipalities have Consultants
prepare conduct and present the survey
[47:26] results others perform the functions
internally
[47:30] so in this case of the initial tunnel
Cross Field budget survey it was done
[47:35] using internal resources
developed internally
[47:41] presented through a system that we had
already
[47:45] had internally and reported to by
internal resources
[47:52] so we'll get started on on our
[47:57] on the
presentation
[48:01] so as I mentioned the budget survey ran
from July 22nd to September 5th
[48:07] Town businesses and residents business
owners and residents were invited to
[48:11] provide input through an online survey
the average length to complete the
[48:17] survey was six minutes and in total we
had a 289 responses including three
[48:24] paper copies of the survey that were
submitted
[48:31] the objectives of this initial budget
survey were to encourage purchase public
[48:36] particip sorry public engagement
to promote transparency and into to
[48:43] involve residents and businesses in the
budgeting process
[48:47] information collected from the survey
will help inform Council decisions based
[48:52] on what the Community Values most
now we'll get into the questions
[48:57] the first survey question was which
statement best describes your position
[49:01] regarding property Taxation and
Crossfield
[49:06] there are four option optional answers
or sorry for answers for this question
[49:11] the first being I support a tax increase
in order to enhance Services I support a
[49:16] tax increase in order to maintain
Services I do not support a tax increase
[49:21] and wish to reduce services and the
fourth option is I am not sure
[49:27] of the respondents 44 supported tax
increase
[49:33] 36 percent do not support a tax increase
and twenty percent of respondents were
[49:39] not sure
[49:42] so in the case of the two questions that
have the responses of whether or that
[49:50] respondents are in favor or support a
tax increase the difference in these two
[49:55] questions is that one is looking to see
uh increase substantial enough to have
[50:03] what we have now but also enhance the
services we have and the second response
[50:09] or second option is
basically in response to economics or
[50:15] inflation whereas the current Services
we have now costs more to tomorrow than
[50:22] they did today to provide so that's
where tax increase would be required to
[50:28] maintain the current services
the towns goods and services that we
[50:33] purchase are very similar to our own
personal
[50:37] household expenses whereas we're also
faced by the pressures of inflation
[50:45] question two based on what's in oh I
should stop for one moment uh if you
[50:50] have questions throughout the
presentation I think it would be best
[50:53] just to ask them
um well however you see fit whether it's
[50:58] while I'm presenting or at the end okay
sounds good thank you uh question two
[51:03] based on what's important to you how
should the town prioritize its spending
[51:07] in the upcoming budget
so the top three most important
[51:12] to our respondents were Community safety
this includes Municipal enforcement fire
[51:18] Services RCMP and Emergency Management
second was roads inside walks including
[51:24] snow and ice control road maintenance
and signage and third is community
[51:29] services including events facilities
Library programming for children youth
[51:35] and seniors
the fourth
[51:39] um was parks and Open Spaces followed by
water and wastewater and waste and
[51:44] recycling
[51:51] just want to keep up with myself here
[51:58] question three asked about current
satisfaction levels would you say that
[52:04] you're generally satisfied or
dissatisfied with the overall quality of
[52:08] services provided to Residents and
businesses in the town of Crossfield
[52:15] 47 of respondents were satisfied or very
satisfied 23 percent were dissatisfied
[52:24] or very dissatisfied and 30 percent uh
were neutral
[52:30] so I thought that a great takeaway from
this question was that twice as many
[52:34] respondents were satisfied than those
that were dissatisfied
[52:39] just a question on that did we also ask
why they were not satisfied no
[52:44] maybe this may be something that we can
ask next time absolutely I should I
[52:49] should stop at this point and mentioned
the initial survey was quite brief in in
[52:54] length and in time to complete and some
municipalities have acquired a lengthy
[53:00] survey
it's definitely something that we can
[53:03] continue as we you know introduce
further engagement opportunities to ask
[53:09] more questions and and dive deeper into
areas where we would like to retrieve
[53:13] more information yeah I bet it um it'll
be a good Baseline for us for sure but
[53:20] if we don't know what they're not
satisfied with then we can't really fix
[53:23] it yeah absolutely I think it would be
great to over time dig deeper in and ask
[53:28] more probing questions absolutely
[53:32] question four was our first open-ended
response question so in total we had 201
[53:39] comments of the 289 respondents there
was 201 comments there were 71 common
[53:47] issues Trends or Services identified and
a total of 379
[53:54] mentions of those issues Trends or
Services
[53:58] oftentimes a comment included several
different topics so that's why you'll
[54:04] see that number
um of the most of the highest
[54:09] um priority or ranking safety was number
one at 18.7 percent of of comments so
[54:17] things like a lot of actually what the
sergeant was talking about
[54:23] crime or speeding policing night crime
break-ins vandalism stuff like that was
[54:28] mentioned followed by roads Paving
maintenance Street lighting potholes
[54:35] Alleyways
Recreation included topics such as
[54:40] Recreation facilities activities dog
park
[54:45] um there's quite a few mentions of taxes
um you know and kind of some of those
[54:51] topics were inflation economy uh
perceived high level of taxes
[54:58] and there were some comments that
actually didn't relate to our Town's
[55:03] mandate I thought it was interesting
that
[55:07] um you know there's maybe more education
required to inform
[55:12] the public in general what exactly it is
the town
[55:15] town is responsible for and and you know
some of those things that are fall
[55:21] outside of our mandate
[55:24] question five
we asked whether uh respondents felt
[55:29] heard when they contacted the town with
a question or concern even if you didn't
[55:33] like the answer
you felt treated with respect
[55:37] so 40 percent of respondents agreed or
strongly agreed that they felt treated
[55:41] with heard and treated with respect 16
percent
[55:46] uh disagreed or strongly disagreed and
44 either had not had contact with the
[55:52] town or were neutral now if we look at
just those that have had contact of
[56:00] those 71 percent
um felt strongly that they felt heard
[56:06] and treated with respect
um so I thought that was quite a good
[56:11] Baseline
[56:16] question six was Council has identified
five priorities to guide the development
[56:21] of the town
rank the following priorities from one
[56:25] to five so the top three priorities
strategic priorities were Town
[56:31] infrastructure
Community or sustainable Community
[56:36] growth parks recreation and
beautification
[56:41] so it's interesting to to see which of
those five priorities were how they were
[56:46] rated and
um
[56:48] you know as decision makers we take that
information and
[56:55] decide what to do next
[56:59] so survey respondents were now asked or
were then asked to provide some
[57:02] information about themselves uh the
demographic information helps decision
[57:07] makers better understand background
characteristics of the survey audience
[57:13] so 22 percent of our respondents were
under 35
[57:18] 53 were between 35 and 55 and 25 were
over 55. I'd just like to stop for a
[57:25] second and and kind of reflect on that
because I think considering the
[57:31] um
our method of communicating the the
[57:35] survey I think that it's great that
there's both the 22 percent of under 35
[57:40] year olds and then the 25 of over 55
year olds that were able that we reached
[57:45] with this survey and that they were um
you know willing to engage with us so I
[57:50] thought that was really and they also
like that just mention this I think it's
[57:53] also um aligns with our demographic we
do have a younger demographic here in
[57:59] Crossville currently
so I see there's some really good
[58:03] alignment with that great well and
that's excellent because then it shows
[58:06] that your sample
is you know a decent sample reflective
[58:12] of you know the population so that's
excellent uh 56 or female 37 percent are
[58:19] male and 45 percent have been living or
operating in the town for five years or
[58:25] less and 55 for six years or more so I
think that's great too that it's spread
[58:30] across those um folks that have um that
are newcomers versus those that have
[58:35] been here for for an extended period
[58:41] um
oh I did have a little note here that if
[58:43] we do continue with this format of
survey in the future years to ask ask a
[58:48] diff additional questions possibly
qualifying if residents live and or own
[58:54] business in the town or not I know that
several of the other our neighboring
[59:00] municipalities do offer surveys similar
to this using the same tool actually but
[59:06] they do ask some of those more
qualifying questions just to you know
[59:10] ensure that
[59:13] we know more about who our respondents
are than
[59:18] um than just these three questions that
were asked
[59:23] so we asked a question about how our
respondents like to consume or like to
[59:28] be communicated with so how do they
prefer to receive information from the
[59:32] town this is useful as it helps us to um
to to sorry to determine which channels
[59:39] are most effective for communication
so our top
[59:43] um top was the newsletter or an email
subscription social media was high town
[59:50] of Crossfield website also ranked quite
High followed by a newspaper Council
[59:55] meetings word of mouth and other
so digging a little deeper into what
[1:00:00] other means uh we did actually put some
uh we have done flyers in the mailbox in
[1:00:06] the past and that was one of the
comments
[1:00:09] um good old-fashioned Canada post mail
also showed up
[1:00:13] um water bill inserts billboard sign at
Banta Park
[1:00:19] um and some other
other means such as SMS
[1:00:26] um broadcasts and stuff like that
this survey was communicated on the
[1:00:32] town's website and Facebook page posters
were placed in highly visible spots
[1:00:38] around town and flyers were in the
mailbox
[1:00:41] uh dropped in all the mailboxes that
allow
[1:00:45] um
Flyers
[1:00:49] paper copies were also available at the
tone office and we dropped paper copies
[1:00:54] off at The Golden Key Club and at both
the lodge and the manor
[1:00:58] so our final question was another
opportunity for respondents to provide
[1:01:03] additional feedback we had 78 comments
on this last question there was 41
[1:01:09] distinct issues that were brought up and
129 issues mentioned as I said in the
[1:01:17] last
question there's often times many things
[1:01:20] that came up in in one comment
so the interesting thing here I thought
[1:01:26] was that often there's many positive
comments left by the respondents which I
[1:01:33] thought was was wonderful they had
comments uh around being very
[1:01:39] appreciative of activities just in
general and that small town feeling that
[1:01:44] they enjoy and appreciate at the town of
Crossfield
[1:01:48] taxes came up again relative to the high
perceived High tax rates of the value
[1:01:55] for taxes and tax increases
communication was another Hot Topic and
[1:02:01] also Council was brought up and in some
cases just wanting to know more about
[1:02:07] Council so that was um those were the
questions that were arrest and how the
[1:02:15] um how the responses came in
so I think some of the takeaways here
[1:02:21] was a great response rate we had 289
responses in our first attempt at this
[1:02:27] budget survey that is equal to about
eight percent of Crossfield
[1:02:32] um as I mentioned previously especially
pleased with the proportion of under 25
[1:02:36] and over 65 considering the delivery
method in some of my research I was
[1:02:42] looking at other municipalities and one
of them for example
[1:02:45] um did a phone survey so the majority of
the respondents were older
[1:02:51] and those respondents also preferred to
call the town for information so it's
[1:02:57] you know depending on how you
um
[1:03:02] how you approach people will determine
the answers or the out the the output of
[1:03:08] your survey so it's quite interesting
um but definitely that is a challenge
[1:03:13] that we all face in these days and how
to communicate with the broadest
[1:03:18] cross-section of our our people
uh this is a great Benchmark so it's a I
[1:03:26] think this first budget survey was a
form of Baseline and by continuing to
[1:03:33] offer this type of Engagement we can see
how
[1:03:36] how things shake up and how we compare
to ourselves which is I think just as
[1:03:41] important as how we compare to others
right see that continuous Improvement
[1:03:45] and be able to measure just like
that the sampling of the Watershed it's
[1:03:51] just seeing how things change over time
and if you have a baseline then you can
[1:03:55] measure what you're doing so I think
it's really good and whether to continue
[1:04:00] the conversation whether it's positive
or negative feedback it's Grace it's
[1:04:04] great that we're getting feedback
it's better to have an Engaged public
[1:04:09] than than a comp and then one that isn't
so
[1:04:14] um I think any feedback helps us be
better in the future
[1:04:17] so what's next
Administration will incorporate some of
[1:04:23] the feed the feedback from the survey
into the 2024 operating Capital budgets
[1:04:28] those Capital budgets will be coming to
council for the Council budget committee
[1:04:33] meetings in October
based on council's feedback from those
[1:04:38] meetings
Administration will adjust budgets and
[1:04:42] bring them forth in November for
approval of the interim operating budget
[1:04:48] and the 2924 Capital plan and finally in
April 2024 Council will approve the
[1:04:55] final 2024 operating budget based on new
information that comes through over the
[1:05:01] winter such as the um
provincial budget 2024 assessment data
[1:05:08] and we'll adjust things accordingly as
necessary
[1:05:14] so finally I'd like to say thank you
Administration and Council would like to
[1:05:19] thank those who took time to complete
the 2024 Municipal budget survey the
[1:05:24] feedback received today will help shape
the cross buildup tomorrow
[1:05:29] excellent thanks Amber
um really good job
[1:05:32] um thanks for taking that initiative and
putting it out there I agree with you we
[1:05:37] need feedback whether it's positive or
native so that we can do a better job
[1:05:41] for crossfields and our residents than
our growth so I'm just a really deep
[1:05:47] appreciation for the work that you've
done thank you
[1:05:50] questions for Amber
no
[1:05:55] okay no questions Amber can I get a
motion please picture
[1:05:59] I'm watching The Counselor set up the
2024 budget survey results as
[1:06:03] information
all in favor
[1:06:06] motion carried
[1:06:10] all right item 5.3 setting budget 2024
committee meetings Amber
[1:06:16] thank you very much mayor Harris
Administration is proposing budget
[1:06:22] committee meetings be held in council
chambers on Tuesday October 24th and
[1:06:27] Wednesday October 25th starting at 7 pm
each night
[1:06:31] Council accepted the 2024 budget
timeline back in July however at the
[1:06:36] time the dates for the budget committee
meetings had not been set
[1:06:41] Administration is recommending that the
2024 budget deliberations occur over two
[1:06:47] evening meetings in which the first
meeting will cover operating
[1:06:50] expenditures and the second will focus
on the capital plan
[1:06:54] during these meetings Council can
provide their feedback and request
[1:06:57] changes to proposed budgets based on the
Strategic Direction and feedback from
[1:07:01] residents and business owners
and I just include included a copy of
[1:07:07] the previously approved timeline and my
recommendation is for Council
[1:07:13] to pass a motion to set the budget
committee meetings held on
[1:07:17] October 24th and October 25th in council
chambers starting both nights at 7 pm
[1:07:23] great thanks Amber questions for Amber
on that
[1:07:27] I just want to just make sure calendar
invite is sent out to all of council
[1:07:32] that kind of Keeps Us on track thanks
okay okay can I get a motion please sure
[1:07:38] go ahead
um I mean that the budget 2024 committee
[1:07:43] meetings be held in Council chamber on
Tuesday October 24th 2023 and Wednesday
[1:07:49] October 25th 2023 at 7 pm all in favor
motion carried thanks Amber you're
[1:07:58] welcome
and 5.4 Crossfield Recreation board
[1:08:02] priorities Russ thank you mayor Harris
good evening Council
[1:08:06] um as council is aware if you remember
Administration initiated a Parks and
[1:08:12] Recreation needs assessment in 2022 with
Expedition management consulting
[1:08:18] um the process gathered information from
local residents to identify recreation
[1:08:22] facility and programming needs and wants
that are important to the community
[1:08:26] the list of recreation facility needs
and wants was provided to the Crossfield
[1:08:30] Recreation board and over the past
several months Administration has worked
[1:08:33] with the board to help prioritize this
list
[1:08:36] there's several criteria that was used
to help develop the list of recreation
[1:08:40] priorities they're there in front of you
I won't go through all of those but with
[1:08:45] all of those factors being considered
the Crossfield Recreation board has
[1:08:49] developed the attached list of
recommended Recreation priorities for
[1:08:52] council's consideration for future
planning and budgeting
[1:08:55] along with the Parks and Recreation
needs assessment this prioritized list
[1:08:59] will be used by Administration to help
plan and recommend budget for upgrading
[1:09:02] is upgrading existing Recreation
facilities as well as adding additional
[1:09:06] Recreation facilities in the future
Administration recommends a council
[1:09:10] except for information the recreation
priorities as recommended by the
[1:09:14] Crossfield Recreation board
I guess just to give you a quick
[1:09:19] idea of some of the criteria just to
kind of explain it a little bit as we it
[1:09:24] was split into three priority categories
just to keep it relatively simple and
[1:09:29] straightforward
um so a priority One some examples of a
[1:09:33] criteria would be that it could be
achieved in a relatively short time
[1:09:36] frame it's relatively low Capital cost
or or no Capital cost maybe just in
[1:09:41] operating
has a relatively low operating and
[1:09:44] maintenance costs
um could be that an investment in an
[1:09:49] existing facility is required soon to
maintain operation or viability of that
[1:09:54] facility
[1:09:56] um uh it's a relatively quick and simple
solution to provide to provide the
[1:10:00] unique or a new opportunity for the
community
[1:10:04] so those are some of the things that we
we looked at and tried to have the
[1:10:08] recreation board focus on as far as what
they were trying to put forward for
[1:10:12] recommendations on how to
ensure that the wants and needs that
[1:10:17] were identified in that needs assessment
uh
[1:10:21] brought forward to council and
administration and kind of in a way that
[1:10:24] we can start picking away at them in a
logical way so
[1:10:31] that's that Council has any questions
regarding that I can answer thanks Rosa
[1:10:36] and just um to add to Russ's
presentation the record also looked at
[1:10:41] um what is the town already doing right
um
[1:10:44] like what have we done recently that
after the the needs assessment went out
[1:10:50] what have we already accomplished and
what are we already currently working on
[1:10:54] and what's in that budget so
um those were some of the things that
[1:10:59] they considered when they did their
priorities as well yeah and sir yes
[1:11:03] that's a very good point uh that I
should have brought up that yeah there
[1:11:06] are there were other priorities and more
specifically in the priority One
[1:11:10] category which is the things that should
be dealt with soonest
[1:11:15] um things like Pathways where we're
already working on that we're developing
[1:11:19] a pathway plan
um tennis and pickleball court upgrades
[1:11:22] we're working on that dog park upgrades
those are also being worked on so
[1:11:27] um those are still in the priority One
category but the record board just kind
[1:11:30] of felt that we're already addressing
those we probably don't need to repeat
[1:11:34] it so that's right all right questions
for Russ foreign
[1:11:44] would any of this have been influenced
by the survey at all or no or is that
[1:11:48] that was at the same time and it wasn't
uh like the needs assessment yeah or the
[1:11:54] the
previous the budget the budget survey
[1:11:58] yeah
um no through the chair to councilor
[1:12:00] Brennan yeah
um the no this was the the items that
[1:12:06] you'll see in this list are actually
from the needs assessment that was done
[1:12:10] in 2022. sorry yeah yeah there's just
comments really related to that that I
[1:12:15] read so it would be
yeah and it could be that uh people who
[1:12:20] responded to the budget survey also were
involved in the uh
[1:12:24] this needs assessment survey so they'd
have similar
[1:12:27] and it could be and the other thing
it also could be is that um
[1:12:35] they didn't know that we were addressing
these items put it in this and but it's
[1:12:41] nice to see that there's some alignment
right uh between this survey and the
[1:12:46] recreation needs survey certainly
right on
[1:12:51] hey any further questions
yeah counselor Russ if items phone
[1:12:57] number priority one two or three
that doesn't necessarily mean that we're
[1:13:00] just going to continue a priority one
right that's just making it focus on
[1:13:04] where we put some of these projects
right right correct so um you know and
[1:13:09] it doesn't mean that a prior to three
couldn't move up to a two or maybe even
[1:13:13] a one depending on grant funding that we
may receive
[1:13:19] right it just means that um Crossfield
like the administration and Council can
[1:13:24] now plan for recreation
in a concise manner for Crossfield
[1:13:35] okay any other questions
good job Russ
[1:13:39] thank you it's nice to have that one
yes in the books absolutely yeah all
[1:13:46] right can I get a motion please sure go
ahead I'll make the motion that Council
[1:13:52] accept Recreation priorities
as recommended by Crossfield Rec
[1:13:58] Recreation board for information all in
favor motion carried
[1:14:04] am 5.5 setting cancels 2023
organizational meeting date
[1:14:12] evening Council as per section 192 of
the municipal government act Council
[1:14:17] must hold an organization meeting
annually not later than two weeks after
[1:14:21] the third Monday in October
Administration is providing the
[1:14:24] following recommended dates uh Tuesday
October 17th 6 at 6 PM prior to October
[1:14:29] 17th regular council meeting or Tuesday
October 24th at 6 PM prior to the 2024
[1:14:35] uh budget meeting
um
[1:14:39] that's all I got so
all right any questions for Amber or
[1:14:43] does council have a preferable date
[1:14:49] I'm sorry for the 24th but
it's up to you guys let's vote
[1:14:55] doesn't matter to me
you want to make motion
[1:14:59] can I pick that date okay
[1:15:07] I make the motion that 2023 Council
organizational meeting be held on
[1:15:12] Tuesday October 24th 2023 with the
regular Council
[1:15:17] or the 2024 budget meeting to follow
[1:15:23] yeah
will be held on Tuesday October 24th of
[1:15:27] the 2024 budget meetings
I think okay all in favor all right
[1:15:31] motion Gary thank you
great mayor uh and Council business
[1:15:39] um I just attended the chamber golf
tourney on Friday uh Good Times a really
[1:15:46] good support and sponsorship by the
community and businesses uh so that was
[1:15:52] uh just a ton of fun it was nice to see
a lot of Our Own Town people there and
[1:15:56] some people from outside of town and
even our own Airdrie mayor who always
[1:16:01] participates in this uh
golf tournament which is really nice to
[1:16:05] see somebody else here
[1:16:08] um I also attended the wellness event on
Sunday in Crockett Park that was well
[1:16:13] attended
um really good event like for the
[1:16:17] community lots of families and little
kids coming out just even some of the
[1:16:22] neighbors walking down without kids get
a hot dog and
[1:16:25] just uh you know talking about Wellness
so that was good
[1:16:29] I had my South Central mayor's meeting
last week
[1:16:33] um one of the topics that we talked
about was small towns having a bigger
[1:16:38] voice at Alberta municipalities and
forming a small Town's uh
[1:16:45] mayor caucus
so that's in the works we're advocating
[1:16:49] for that
we want to have a bigger voice just like
[1:16:53] the Mid Cities and the two large cities
collectively and we have a lot of the
[1:16:58] same issues so
we're hoping to address that and move
[1:17:03] forward with a bigger voice
tennis Rec board meeting and uh you saw
[1:17:09] the result of that so that was good and
that's it for me
[1:17:17] oh yes thank you I was at Community Fest
as well
[1:17:20] which was a another really good event
with uh downtown
[1:17:26] and there's quite a few booths out there
I don't know how many there was do you
[1:17:29] rest
I believe heiress said she had about 30
[1:17:35] yeah which I think is an increase from
last year yeah the previous year was low
[1:17:39] 20s like 22 or 23 yeah maybe even 21 it
was just over 20. yeah but I think
[1:17:45] overall I think the community liked it I
think the businesses that participated
[1:17:49] it was good for them so you know really
good
[1:17:52] okay Deputy Mayor Fox uh yes I as well
attended the Crossville Community Fest
[1:17:58] and I agree with mayor Harris and it was
nice to see the community's support
[1:18:02] there was a lot of families down there
the kids having fun and
[1:18:07] the hula hoops with the seniors and yeah
I always thought it was a good event
[1:18:10] call me a senior because I was Hulu no
you wouldn't do it we tried I was we
[1:18:15] missed it
oh you had a good job I remember that so
[1:18:20] you never know okay councilor Brennan uh
I also attended Community Fest and
[1:18:25] really great event other than that
nothing further to report thank you
[1:18:30] counselor Gustafson
well
[1:18:33] um with the Rockview Foundation we
finally have some residents at abrio
[1:18:38] place in Airdrie nice as of uh you know
the sixth the seventh of so the early
[1:18:44] part of this month so it was exciting I
actually talked to a resident
[1:18:49] today and
um
[1:18:52] she is new from
actually moved from Regina and has lived
[1:18:57] in here for a little while but now is
living in uh the lodge and she just
[1:19:02] thinks it's fantastic we do have a rock
view Foundation meeting tomorrow night
[1:19:06] so just kind of recap on kind of what
our summer events were happening and
[1:19:11] still continue to move forward on the
Cochrane Lodge
[1:19:16] it feels yeah
um I do have one more item too if I may
[1:19:21] um
just uh I've been asked by quite a few
[1:19:24] residents about
um some of the uh like uh just the
[1:19:29] agenda and way we have it uh set up
currently and prior to the pandemic that
[1:19:35] we always had uh Gallery questions after
and I think that I'd like to bring that
[1:19:41] up at our
either the organizational meeting or um
[1:19:46] you know further discussions that we
have going forward this is something
[1:19:50] that I wanted to involve the new CEO in
yes so if we can wait for that and then
[1:19:57] revise uh how they would like to see the
agenda as well yeah absolutely is that
[1:20:02] okay with you absolutely just I've been
getting a lot of questions from
[1:20:07] our our residents about that okay
[1:20:12] it feels
no that's all okay thank you thank you
[1:20:17] counselor we know the Water Commission
meeting or a month of September December
[1:20:22] 13th at the commission nobody in this
field uh we are starting a conversations
[1:20:28] topic but budget and pricing for the
water
[1:20:31] also reviewing
uh
[1:20:34] estimations of each town so I do believe
our town signed the agreement
[1:20:38] uh each town was sent to a New Order
completed and we're just on the path of
[1:20:44] just doing metrics and Price Building
2024 or so
[1:20:51] thank you counselor Lambert
um I attended uh MPC meeting on
[1:20:58] September 8th where we
um approved the
[1:21:05] um
applicants for two new businesses in the
[1:21:10] industrial area
thank you Kel survey
[1:21:16] I too attended Community Fest well I
just caught the last end of it
[1:21:22] um
I also attended the uh Chamber of
[1:21:26] Commerce Golf Course and James did a
really good job of getting that
[1:21:29] organized
excellent thank you
[1:21:36] hey can I get a motion please
hear the chair
[1:21:41] go ahead I moved at the mayor and
Council updates be accepted as presented
[1:21:46] all in favor uh motion carried
it is a no correspondence tonight
[1:21:56] and I'll just go over the upcoming
events September 19th fcss parent and
[1:22:01] taught plea group at the Crossfield
Community Center 10 30 A.M
[1:22:07] September 26th adulting 101 Workshop
begins September 27th see me swimming
[1:22:13] begins 12 15 to 3 15
um departing from the Crossfield
[1:22:19] Community Center September 30th
Crossfield Farmers Market full Market 10
[1:22:24] a.m to 4 P.M Crossfield Community Center
September or sorry October 12th
[1:22:30] Crossfield paint night 6 15 to 8 30 at
the Crossfield Community Center fifteen
[1:22:35] dollars per person and registration is
required
[1:22:38] I believe that the event is sold out
is it I think so well that's good yeah
[1:22:44] nice
okay
[1:22:46] um so
[1:22:49] do we need to
[1:22:57] okay can I get a motion to go on camera
please
[1:23:01] the chair yeah go ahead and uh
[1:23:08] virtually enter into
what's happened
[1:23:13] yeah closer in camera it doesn't matter