[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

September 19, 2023 Council Meeting

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