[0:08] Good morning everybody. I would like to
call to order the September 8th, 2026
[0:13] committee of the whole meeting and
welcome council uh online observers and
[0:19] anyone in the gallery.
Uh are there any additions to the
[0:24] agenda?
[0:29] I see nothing from council or admin. I
look for a motion to approve the agenda.
[0:33] Councelor Waxer. All in favor? The
agenda is approved. We have in front of
[0:38] us the August 25th, 2026 committee of
the whole meeting minutes. Is there any
[0:43] business arising from these minutes?
I see no hands.
[0:49] Delegations. This is where I look to the
gallery. Anybody in the gallery like to
[0:54] address anything on the agenda? Now is
the time and nobody is coming forward.
[0:58] Correspondence. Agenda item six. See how
given. Is there any correspondence for
[1:02] us today?
Then we can move right into new
[1:05] business. Agenda item 7.1 the Arnica
Avenue servicing cost recovery policy.
[1:13] I believe
we'll pass this over to director
[1:16] Malanchuk.
[1:20] Thank you. Good morning council. Uh
today administration is presenting that
[1:25] committee recommend council approve the
arnica avenue servicing cost recovery
[1:30] policy as presented. The arnica avenue
servicing project was originally
[1:35] initiated to support development of the
parcels in the area with plans that
[1:40] changed um post 2024 wildfire
um and the need for um interm housing.
[1:48] The project was completed at a total
cost of 1.165
[1:52] million. The RFCMP has agreed to
contribute 33.33%
[1:58] or approximately uh 388,000
just over that leaving approximately
[2:04] 77,000
as the municipality share to be financed
[2:10] through borrowing.
In June of 2026, committee directed
[2:15] administration to develop a policy to
provide a framework for potentially
[2:19] recovering these municipal costs from
future developments that benefit from
[2:24] the servicing infrastructure.
The proposed policy establishes a
[2:29] consistent and transparent approach for
determining when cost recovery should be
[2:33] considered and how an appropriate
contribution may be negotiated with
[2:37] future proponents.
This approach is generally consistent
[2:42] with how other Alberta municipal
municipalities use development
[2:47] agreements to recover infrastructure
costs associated with developments.
[2:52] While the municipality does not
currently have planning and development
[2:55] authority under the municipal government
act, the Parks Canada development
[2:59] approval process provides opportunities
for the municipality to identify its
[3:03] interests and negotiate servicing
contributions
[3:07] financially. If the 777,000
u municipal shares bored over 25 years
[3:13] at a 5% um interest rate, the total
estimated principle and interest would
[3:18] be approximately 1.32 million.
Any amount success success of sorry any
[3:26] amounts successfully recovered would
help offset the municipality's
[3:30] investment and where possible associated
financing costs.
[3:35] Overall, the policy provides council
approved direction for fair, consistent,
[3:40] and transparent approach to cost
recovery while helping reduce the extent
[3:44] to which existing taxpayers fund
infrastructure that benefit future
[3:48] development.
Um just to highlight some aspects of the
[3:54] policy. The purpose of the policy is to
ensure that when the municipality
[3:58] borrows to um install infrastructure in
advance of future developments, the
[4:02] costs are ultimately recovered from the
property properties that benefit. The
[4:07] intent is to recover the full municipal
investment including construction,
[4:11] engineering, project management,
administration, and borrowing costs such
[4:15] as interests. The policy applies to
debtf funed infrastructure such as
[4:20] roads, water, wastewater, storm water,
and utility relocations
[4:25] that support future developments or
development of the lots.
[4:30] Cost recovery uh would be established
through the development agreements with
[4:35] future proponents.
Each agreement would identify the
[4:39] project and financing costs, the
benefiting area, the amount to be
[4:43] recovered, and the recovery method.
Administration would determine the
[4:47] fairest method for of allocating costs
among benefiting properties. Um, this
[4:53] could be based on frontage, land area,
development, density, servicing
[4:57] capacity, and equivalent residential
units or overall benefiting area.
[5:03] And you'll see within the schedule, it's
based off of the um uh frontage.
[5:10] Importantly,
also important, um the municipality
[5:14] would um
sorry, uh would not recover more than
[5:19] its actual eligible costs unless
otherwise permitted by legislation.
[5:24] And development agreements would be
required before building permits are
[5:27] issued, providing an opportunity to
establish the contribution before
[5:31] development proceeds.
Funds recovered would generally be
[5:35] applied first towards repayment of the
association associated municipal debt
[5:40] unless council directed otherwise. Um
overall this policy establishes this a
[5:46] fair transparent financially responsible
framework so that the existing te
[5:50] taxpayers are not left carrying the
infrastructure and financing costs
[5:54] associated with the future developments.
And um that is my summary of the uh
[6:01] documents presented and I'm available
should there be any questions. Thank
[6:05] you.
>> Thank you very much Director Malanchuk.
[6:08] This time I'll look to my council
colleagues for questions. Uh councelor
[6:11] Roger.
>> Thank you Deputy Mayor Hall and through
[6:15] you to director Malanchuk. I was just
curious um how many um equivalent 50 by
[6:22] 100 lots would you say there are in this
land? I mean, I'm just trying to
[6:29] determine uh if we were going to u sell
the lots one day or recover the the
[6:33] cost, are we looking at, you know, 50 or
100 or what are we looking at?
[6:40] » CO given.
>> Um I'll jump in to say first we would
[6:43] have to take that calculation away um to
identify the total land area and what
[6:48] the equivalent is to 50 by 100 foot
lots. Um the most important factor is
[6:53] though that the municipality doesn't own
these areas. uh they continue to be
[6:56] Parks Canada held uh and so uh they're
not the municipalities to sell at any
[7:01] point. Uh they are controlled fully by
Parks Canada. Um so it would be up to
[7:05] them to decide who may uh end up getting
a lease, you know, a lease transfer at
[7:10] some point in the future. That could be
the municipality, could be Jasper
[7:13] Municipal Leaseold Society, could be
Parks Canada development, it could be
[7:17] some other private development. Um, so
just in terms of the municipality's
[7:21] ability to rec recoup costs, sale of the
lots or at least transfer of the lots
[7:25] wouldn't be one of the avenues that'd be
available to us.
[7:28] » Okay. Thank you. I misunderstood that.
So, we're just strictly looking at
[7:31] getting the uh recovering our costs
through our um infrastructure
[7:38] assessments and things. Okay. Would we
would be able to find out sometime what
[7:43] the how many lots would be at uh
approximately?
[7:47] » Sure. Sure, we can absolutely uh do a
land area calculation and and send that
[7:51] out to council maybe by email. Again,
it's uh the lots are, as council knows,
[7:56] this is the uh triangle lot at the very
northeast end of town. Um so very
[8:00] irregularly shaped, but we can sort of
do a area calculation and give you sort
[8:04] of equivalency. Um just as a reminder uh
for council, this was uh the costs that
[8:11] are associated with putting in the road,
Arnick Avenue, the water and wastewater
[8:14] systems, and the curb and gutter. um in
some other municipality in Alberta that
[8:20] has land use and planning authority
under the municipal government act.
[8:23] There's a very simple and
straightforward way of doing this of of
[8:26] entering into development agreements or
requiring developers to enter into
[8:29] development agreements. We don't have
that ability in Jasper because we don't
[8:33] have planning and development authority.
And so we have a bit of a workaround
[8:37] where essentially Parks Canada's
development process says
[8:42] when you get a development permit, you
must go to the municipality for signoff
[8:46] before you get your building permit. Um,
so parks allows us to have a a space in
[8:51] there. Um and so we're essentially using
that space that parks gives us to say
[8:55] okay before we give municipal sign off
we will require if council this council
[9:00] policy would require developers on these
lots to enter into development
[9:04] agreements. So, it's a bit of a
workaround, but the administration
[9:08] believes that it'll it'll stand up.
Again, in some other municipality in
[9:11] Alberta, uh this would be a lot clearer
your legislative authority because
[9:14] they'd have access to 17 part 17 of the
municipal government act.
[9:22] » Mayor Ireland.
>> Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall. through
[9:27] you to administration whether director
Melanchuk or CEO given the draft policy
[9:36] is focused on
the recovery of debt funded servicing
[9:41] costs
is does that leave a gap with respect to
[9:48] servicing costs that might not be debt
funded like have we have we covered the
[9:53] entire field here would it be possible
to to pay for the installation with real
[10:00] money, not debt serviced. And and should
we look at ensuring that we cover the
[10:08] entire field, not just debt servicing
recovery,
[10:15] » director Melanchuk, thank you, Deputy
Mayor um Hall to your worship. Um, we
[10:22] definitely considered a few of those
things as we were writing the policy.
[10:27] Um, and then we basically brought it
back to the Arnica Avenue servicing area
[10:33] just because that is what we're looking
at right now. We don't have many
[10:36] instances that we might be looking at
this policy for future um areas. This is
[10:42] also um already uh set as a bylaw to do
debt servicing for this area. So it is
[10:51] set for um debentured already through
the bylaws that we brought through um in
[10:57] during the summer. Um so if we were to
look at servicing other lots in the
[11:05] future, then I believe we could be
looking at other areas, but we did
[11:09] decide to just make it specific to this
area and not um a generalized policy. So
[11:16] if we do um have other instances come up
then we can develop policies for those
[11:22] areas.
[11:26] » Thank you for that. And that that leads
right to the the second question that I
[11:32] had and
council
[11:36] did direct the development of a policy
for Arnica Avenue. the requests for
[11:43] decision and to a lesser extent the
draft policy
[11:47] um are forward thinking. They're they
are intended to capture and well to
[11:53] establish consistency and capture the
potential for future development.
[12:00] And if that is the intent, if we are
developing a policy
[12:05] to aid in the consistent application of
how we recover costs, then should it be
[12:13] the Arnica Avenue servicing cost
recovery policy or just
[12:18] a servicing cost recovery policy for the
municipality of Jasper so that it is not
[12:24] seen as so specific to this one uh
redevelopment because we do we do focus
[12:32] on how this would be applied in future
um development scenarios.
[12:41] So I although we specifically asked for
a policy about Artica Avenue, if if
[12:47] we're intending to build a more
wholesome policy,
[12:52] should it be identified as Artica Avenue
servicing policy alone?
[12:58] » CO given Mayor Hall. uh for Maryland. Uh
as director Malanchuk stated, that was a
[13:05] discussion that we had within
administration. Uh and we landed on no
[13:10] because one, there's very limited uh
undeveloped land within the urban
[13:16] boundary of the municipality. Um in
other and the reason that we've landed
[13:20] here uh as a reminder to council is
because the local improvement levy
[13:24] process was not available to us. Um we
undertook the development uh rapidly as
[13:31] a recovery mechanism to be able to
support interimm housing. Uh and in
[13:36] doing so we didn't have the ability to
run the provinially mandated process
[13:41] required to institute a local
improvement levy in other undeveloped
[13:46] lands uh along canot drive uh where the
municipal housing corporation is
[13:52] building its building and where there's
a private development going on. we did
[13:55] run a local improvement levy. So there
have been other examples of where the
[13:58] municipality put in similar types of
services but we used a different process
[14:03] to recover the costs. Um so because this
is a bit of a a stop gap measure to be
[14:10] very frank we missed the boat in terms
of being able to cost recover using
[14:14] local improvement levy. We need to find
another mechanism. Um and this was the
[14:19] appropriate mechanism for these parcels.
Um and as I referenced before,
[14:25] if and when the municipality gains
access to section 17 of the municipal
[14:30] government act and planning and
development authority, uh this policy
[14:33] would be moot anyway. So we wouldn't it
wouldn't be required. So we have other
[14:36] tools to recover costs if necessary like
local improvement levy when we can uh
[14:40] undertake that process and uh if and
when we access parts 17 um then uh this
[14:48] policy itself would be moot. So it
really is about these specific parcels
[14:52] for these specific costs, although the
policy is written fairly broadly.
[15:00] All right, thank you for that. If I I
may just wrap up. I
[15:05] I still wonder then about the policy
statement, those two sentences and
[15:11] whether
we ought to be more focused on Arnica
[15:17] Avenue because it it really does leave a
suggestion that whenever this happens,
[15:23] this is the policy that will apply. I
agree we can withdraw the policy,
[15:27] rescend it if we want, but
we are certainly suggesting that this is
[15:34] a policy for
cost recovery for any servicing costs,
[15:42] but it seems to me that we're actually
saying it's not. It might be a bit of a
[15:46] template, but this is specific to Artica
Avenue and might not be the case
[15:54] in another situation.
[16:01] » Are there any other questions from
council? Counselor Conude.
[16:08] » Thank you, Deputy Mayor
through to Tash and CEO.
[16:15] givens. I don't know if this is the
place to ask this, but uh it seems to me
[16:20] like it came in
lower than the winning bid on the
[16:26] contract was I think 1,227,229.75
[16:32] if I remember correctly and it's less
than that. But how does I'm just curious
[16:39] how we saved whatever 100 or 200,000
like don't you have to pay what what the
[16:45] tender goes out for?
[16:50] » Director Melanch.
>> Thank you Deputy Mayor Halt through to
[16:55] uh councelor Kong. Um no actually in the
other parcel servicing as well that came
[17:02] under budget as well. Um so we're in a
winwin situation where um we've had two
[17:10] areas service where they actually came
in under budget. So uh they yes there
[17:16] was a um budget provided and but what we
paid was a less than what we were
[17:22] initially budgeting. Yeah. Thank you.
[17:33] Uh, Councelor Melnick.
>> Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall, and
[17:37] through you to uh, Director Melanchuk.
Um, we will be recovering these costs in
[17:44] future development. Um,
we're proposing here a 25- year
[17:51] amortization.
When we recover the costs, will those
[17:55] costs go directly to the principal of
that amount borrowed or where will those
[18:03] funds end up in the u in the
municipality?
[18:12] » Director Melanchuk,
>> thank you. Deputy mayor through to
[18:16] councelor. Um
so it will depend on the timing as well.
[18:23] It depends on um when that those lots
would be services. Are they being uh
[18:28] sorry um built on um so are they being
built on in 25 years after the debt has
[18:35] you know or or and then it would be
revenue that would offset addition um
[18:40] the
um budget going forward. um or it does
[18:46] it start in 5 years and it would just it
would depend on the situation negotiated
[18:52] with proponents. So if they would like
to pay things off quicker then we could
[18:56] look at those aspects. It would def
definitely just depend on the situation
[19:00] with what we agree upon going into those
situations.
[19:11] » Go ahead council me. Thank you, Deputy
Mayor Hall. Just uh further, we've
[19:17] chosen a 25-y year amortization period
um and assumed interest rate of 5%.
[19:24] Would it be beneficial for a shorter
amortization period to reduce the
[19:30] interest costs?
[19:33] » Director Melanchuk.
Uh, thank you, Deputy Mayor um, Hall
[19:40] through to Councelor Melnick. Um, yes.
However, because we've passed the bylaw
[19:47] already, that has been a situation that
we've already dealt with on the
[19:52] amortization period.
[19:56] » Thank you. I appreciate being uh the
clarity on that and and uh uh forgetting
[20:02] about the fact that we did that uh a few
months ago.
[20:09] Are there any other questions or
comments from council?
[20:20] If there are none, I would look for a
motion.
[20:33] Councelor uh Fchett.
[20:42] » Yes. I um make the motion that the
committee recommend council approve the
[20:46] Arnica Avenue servicing cost recovery
policy as presented.
[20:51] » Thank you for your motion. Councelor
Fchett. Is there any debate on the
[20:53] motion?
[21:02] Seeing no hands, I will call the
question. All in favor?
[21:07] And that motion is passed.
[21:12] Moving along to agenda item 7.2,
which is the candidate
[21:20] candidate 2026. I would look to Miss
Redell, I believe, is presenting this.
[21:28] Yeah, good morning, Deputy Mayor Hall
and all of council. Um, in March 2026,
[21:34] administration learned that Jasper
Culture and Events would no longer be
[21:38] taking part in Canada Day planning and
that no other community group was
[21:42] willing to take this on. On April 28th,
committee directed administration to
[21:47] take the lead in the planning and the
delivery of 2026 Canada Day to the
[21:52] extent possible using existing resources
and to bring forward a report to discuss
[21:56] future municipal involvement in
organizing Canada Day events to the 2027
[22:01] budget discussions.
Uh so in short, Canada Day 2026 was
[22:07] successful. Uh it was a collaborative
event and this report outlines the
[22:11] elements of the day and asks council to
consider what role it would like the
[22:15] municipality to play in delivering
Canada Day going forward.
[22:21] Following council's motion on April
28th, administration established an
[22:25] internal planning team and worked
closely with community and indigenous
[22:29] partners to deliver the day.
The schedule consisted of the pancake
[22:34] breakfast, the flag raising, the parade,
and an afternoon and evening of
[22:39] programming and entertainment.
Overall, the event went really well.
[22:44] Feedback was overwhelming me
overwhelmingly positive, particularly
[22:48] around the organization of the day, the
community atmosphere, uh the
[22:52] volunteerism, the pancake breakfast, and
the indigenous programming. We also were
[22:57] able to gather helpful insights from
staff and the public on some areas for
[23:01] further development particularly around
communications
[23:05] uh the entertainment and the parade
route.
[23:09] So the report breaks down what it took
to deliver the event the day itself uh
[23:14] planning and coordination required
approximately 172 hours of staff time in
[23:19] addition to the significant staff
involvement involvement on the day
[23:22] itself.
So some of that work fits within our
[23:27] existing municipal role. However,
leading the overall planning and
[23:31] coordination of the day represents an
additional level of service that isn't
[23:35] currently reflected in our existing
scope or resources.
[23:39] Looking ahead to 2027, administration is
asking council to consider through the
[23:44] budget process whether it would like the
municipality to continue in that lead
[23:48] role. The report recommends 12,000 for
additional staff capacity and 30,000 for
[23:55] entertainment programming. If council
wishes to continue with the 2026
[24:00] uh model of the day, thanks for your
time. I'll do my best to answer any
[24:04] questions.
>> Thank you very much, Miss Redell. Um, I
[24:09] just want to say before we talk about
this, what this looks like going
[24:12] forward, I just want to acknowledge what
an incredible job um, the staff and
[24:15] community did finding out in March that
the municipality would be taking this on
[24:19] and then pulling together such a
beautiful event is really remarkable.
[24:23] Um, I now look to council colleagues for
any questions.
[24:35] » Councelor Roger. Uh, thank you, Deputy
Mayor Hall, and through you too, Mr.
[24:39] Redell.
The difference between the 12,000 and
[24:43] the 30,000. Um, what what are we getting
for that extra 18,000?
[24:51] » Thank you for the question through
Deputy Mayor Hall to Councelor Roger.
[24:56] Uh, the difference there's two separate
motions. So the first motion is
[25:00] referring 12,000 to the budget uh which
would allow in terms of the the covering
[25:06] of the staff time. So the staff time is
12,000. The cost of the entertainment in
[25:12] the afternoon and evening was around
30,000. So they're separate numbers. Um
[25:19] the first recommendation would allow
municipal staff to be able to do a lead
[25:24] planning role, work with partners,
organize all the things. The second
[25:29] recommendation is referring to non-staff
costs that we used in 2026 to pay like
[25:35] entertainers, speakers, um the
technological requirements for the
[25:40] afternoon security, things like that.
>> Okay, I I understand.
[25:46] Is there a reason that it has to be as
high as 30,000? It seems like an
[25:50] excessive amount for um entertainment.
>> Yeah, thanks for the question. Um,
[25:58] Councelor Roger, the the costs outlined
in the report today reflect what was
[26:04] experienced on Canada Day 2026.
You know, the size and scale of
[26:09] entertainment is certainly something
that council might wish to consider. uh
[26:14] in 2026 we were successful in obtaining
some external sponsorship as well from
[26:20] businesses and partners and we were
successful in receiving one grant from
[26:24] Canadian Heritage and so that does
absolutely offset the cost of the
[26:29] entertainment. The report today presents
the total costs of the day of 2026 for
[26:36] council's consideration. So there's a
number of alternatives in the report as
[26:40] well that you can see there. Um, you
know, council may wish to ask
[26:46] administration to lay out what we would
have to change in our in our work plans
[26:51] to be able to take this on with less of
a budget. The the recommendations really
[26:56] just break down the total costs. And so,
if we were to reduce any of those
[27:00] numbers, it would just be reducing the
scale and scope of the day.
[27:06] Just so I understand, today you're
asking us to refer $30,000 to budget
[27:12] discussions. Doesn't commit $30,000.
>> That's how I understand it. This would
[27:18] be referring to the budget
deliberations. But
[27:20] » so if we don't get a grant, we could we
could say 30,000 is too much. Uh
[27:26] come up with another figure.
[27:30] » CO given defin I'll handle that one just
in terms of process. So, where we are in
[27:37] uh the budget cycle, uh we're talking
about 2027 expenses. Uh as a matter of
[27:41] practice, administration doesn't ask
council to precommmit to 2027 until you
[27:46] get to see the whole budget in context.
Uh and so, especially at this time of
[27:50] year, if there's something that comes up
um that's forward-looking like this, we
[27:53] recommend that council put those items
to the budget discussion so that you can
[27:58] discuss all of these different things
and decide what your priorities are. So,
[28:02] no, we're not asking council to approve
either of these things today. We're just
[28:06] recommending that they should go forward
to the budget for additional
[28:09] consideration there at that time. Um,
administration um will always seek
[28:14] grants for community programming. Our
community development department's
[28:18] particularly good at that. Um, we would,
I think, look at a similar Canadian
[28:23] heritage grant in the future, but there
are zero guarantees that we might
[28:26] receive it. Um and uh if we were to
receive it uh likely I think we wouldn't
[28:32] know that until into the new year is
>> we would know in April.
[28:35] » There you go. Uh and so uh so that's why
administration is uh you know saying if
[28:40] council wanted to see the exact same
level of entertainment
[28:45] in 2027 that you saw this year and you
wanted to have it guaranteed then the
[28:50] municipality better have some money
ready to do that. And at the same time
[28:53] we would go and seek grants. Uh but
again to be 100% clear, we're not asking
[28:57] you to make that decision today. Uh
we're just recommending that you should
[29:01] put this item forward to the budget uh
and discuss it in context with all the
[29:04] other budget requests that you're going
to be facing.
[29:07] » But when it comes to the budget, which
will be this year, you're going to be
[29:12] asking us at that point if we refer this
to the budget to approve $30,000, not
[29:17] knowing whether we get any grants or
not. And if we don't get any grants,
[29:20] we're going to be paying the $30,000 out
of our tax base.
[29:26] » CO given.
>> Deputy Mayor Hall. Um, Councelor Roger,
[29:29] that's a decision for council to make.
You know, you could choose to refer a
[29:33] smaller amount to the budget. You could
choose to refer nothing to the budget.
[29:37] You could choose to refer it to the
budget and direct administration that it
[29:41] only be included subject to grant
funding. So, you have a lot of options
[29:45] that are available to you. Uh and again
we weren't intending today to make a to
[29:50] have a discussion about that about all
the different funding strategies. It's
[29:53] just about a dollar value. Council said
in terms of what happened this year,
[29:58] council said run Canada Day
administration ran Canada Day with the
[30:03] assistance of a significant grant that
helped us up the level of entertainment.
[30:08] We're coming back today to say, okay,
here's what the experience of running
[30:12] Canada Day was like. if council liked
what they saw and um then here's what it
[30:17] would cost to do the same next year. Um
and you can choose whether you know the
[30:24] the alternatives that are available here
would be well no we don't need to do
[30:27] that the community should come together
and do it. Um or the level of
[30:30] entertainment was nice but it's not a
mustave. Um and council could choose to
[30:36] make that determination now and not
refer anything to budget saying you know
[30:39] what the municipality should return to
its previous role or committee could say
[30:43] okay well we want to think about this a
little bit and we want to see it in
[30:46] context with everything else you know
that that might come forward in budget
[30:50] um and that's what administration is
recommending put it forward to where you
[30:54] can have a discussion about all of the
details of budget and all of the
[30:59] budgeting strategies a council might
wish to employ. um you can choose to
[31:04] sort of um limit the referral, right?
Rem li limit what goes forward to budget
[31:10] um or to put some constraints on it.
That's absolutely up to council, but
[31:13] administration wasn't recommending any
of that today, but it's certainly within
[31:17] your authority to do so. Just to follow
that up. So there there's if we want to
[31:22] put some constraints on it, you're
saying we should put the constraints on
[31:25] it now rather than at budget, but we're
not going to know at budget whether
[31:30] we've got any grants or not. So
I don't understand the logic of that.
[31:36] » Co given deputy mayor hall for councelor
Roger. Councelor Roger, I didn't say
[31:40] that you should put the constraints on
it now. I said that you may. It's within
[31:44] your authority to choose whatever you
wish to do with this item.
[31:47] administration's merely giving our
recommendation and I think we've
[31:49] provided some alternatives that lay out
you know at least the uh the broad
[31:53] section of things that are possible.
Council can choose whatever else you
[31:56] might like to do
and uh the difficulty with grants and
[32:01] relying on somebody else's money is that
you don't know whether you're going to
[32:05] get them or not. There's very few
situations where the municipality knows
[32:10] well in advance that they have a grant.
sometimes for capital items as council
[32:13] has seen sometimes they come up a little
bit late when we're already you know
[32:16] getting close to implementing a project.
Um this reminds me of a discussion that
[32:22] we've we've had previously in a
different setting where uh an external
[32:27] speaker or party facilitator said if
something's important enough to do then
[32:32] you should you know shouldn't be
dependent on whether somebody else pays
[32:35] for it or not. And I think that's really
the the question for council is what are
[32:38] your priorities? How does this fit with
your priorities? Um, and that might be
[32:43] something that you're in a position to
decide on today, or it might be
[32:46] something that you think, well, I need
to see how this amount of money fits
[32:50] with all the other priorities that we're
going to see at budget. And that's
[32:52] completely up to council's
determination.
[32:56] » Thank you, CA. I'm going to go to
councelor Waxer. I think councelor Kong
[33:00] you and then councelor
[33:05] Deputy Mayor Hall through you to Miss
Redell. you spoke about uh coll being
[33:15] being a very collaborative event and uh
I just wondered if you could elaborate
[33:20] about that and uh often collaboration
with uh other partners in the community
[33:30] um only strengthens uh the relationship
and uh paves the way to future
[33:39] collaborations on a variety of things
and I just wondered if you could speak
[33:44] to if that was the case in the in in in
the candidate uh experience.
[33:53] » Absolutely. Thanks for the question. So
through Deputy Mayor Hall to councelor
[33:57] Waxer um things really came out of the
woodwork and I I can't say thank you
[34:02] enough especially to uh a major
indigenous partner the Asenichi Winwok
[34:07] Nation that we worked very closely with
uh Mountain Matei also was a significant
[34:12] sponsor. Um we had several sponsors
across the community. Um we worked very
[34:17] closely with Parks Canada. Tremendous
collaboration there. um just wonderful
[34:23] partnership and collaboration across the
community. Museum took a really nice um
[34:28] sort of helpful lead role with the
parade in conjunction with urban design
[34:33] and standards. Um and again a huge
thanks to our sponsors. We still have
[34:38] everyone listed on our website. Um and
this was a tight timeline. So I I really
[34:44] extend sincere thanks and was impressed
with how many people came out very last
[34:48] minute. Um internally I also feel like
um our organization really stepped up
[34:54] and Sean there was lots of collaboration
across departments
[34:59] um like I said urban design taking on
the parade um operations and and bylaw
[35:04] protective and legislative services
significant support from communications
[35:09] like um it was a really positive
exercise both internally and in the
[35:14] community um and a very interesting
exercise to go through to to try and
[35:19] really lay out what this entails. So, I
appreciated the cross- sector
[35:23] collaboration. I thought it was a great
opportunity to build community. Um, and
[35:29] yeah, I think it's reflected in the day
itself.
[35:33] » Thank you. And I I raised it because
there is value in in the collaboration
[35:40] aside from the monetary value and I
wanted to highlight that.
[35:45] » Thank you, Councelor Cred.
[35:51] Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall. Um, I
think Canada Day is very important to me
[35:57] and uh especially now
uh last year when we
[36:05] got left in charge and we had 5,000
whatever $183 or whatever it was
[36:13] allotted to us. I was the first one to
say like if we're going to do it, we got
[36:16] to do it well. and my congratulations to
administration. I thought it went
[36:21] without a hitch. Uh,
looking through the numbers here, you
[36:26] know, I could I could knock a few of the
numbers, but the bottom line is
[36:32] we want to do Canada Day like we've
always done it and like not halfass it
[36:37] and uh it's just a matter of getting
community involvement and that starts
[36:44] with us I think and uh really promote it
and have a great parade and and the
[36:50] events
at Canada today. I thought were second
[36:54] to none, Lisa. Like the performers are
great. Thank you.
[36:58] » Thank you,
Councelor Fchett.
[37:03] » Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall, to uh Miss
Redell. I I would just echo the uh the
[37:08] um the statements and and comments from
other counselors. I think last year we
[37:14] we sort of lateral the ball over to you
your department when we had nowhere else
[37:19] to go I guess and sense uh it was timing
was short and uh congratulations on all
[37:25] the fantastic efforts that your crew put
together and it's uh something that uh
[37:31] you know candidate is is a big part of
our of our community. Uh I think just
[37:35] for today's discussion I think um I
don't think we're looking for any hard
[37:40] and fast motions here but I think I
would think that I would hope at least
[37:44] that next year uh we won't be doing
things at the last moment. So is it is
[37:49] it I guess a question would be it given
a reasonable time frame uh the $30,000
[37:55] ask that we're talking about today may
in fact be 15,000 could be less. uh we
[38:01] had a lot of wonderful donations and and
partners uh but clearly there's there's
[38:06] um potential for more maybe considerably
more so um I guess my my question would
[38:12] be is is um indeed there are other there
are other as other avenues that we can
[38:18] pursue in terms of funding and donations
and uh what your thoughts on on that.
[38:24] » Yeah, thanks for the question Deputy
Mayor Hall through to councelor Fchette.
[38:29] Um you rais a a great point and CEO
Given touched on it as well. So with
[38:34] more advanced planning um you know
awareness from council of what's
[38:38] included in the budget or not looking at
2027 there is additional opportunity to
[38:44] seek grant funding to secure those
external partners a little bit earlier
[38:49] in the game. That that definitely is a
window of opportunity. Um with the
[38:54] Canadian Heritage Grant we of course
will apply every year. Um, but a good
[38:58] example is we got the money for Canada
Day, which was exciting. We didn't get
[39:03] the money for National Day for Truth and
Reconciliation. And so, as you'll see it
[39:06] in September, the event will be more
condensed because we just didn't get
[39:11] that grant for that day. So, that's the
the kind of unknowns that CEO Given was
[39:15] talking about a little bit earlier, too.
um with more advanced planning and
[39:19] awareness, of course, there's definitely
opportunity to um just secure those
[39:24] partnerships and and secure the the
funding a little sooner. Um so, yeah,
[39:30] the the recommendation in the report
today represents um what is needed to
[39:36] guarantee a program like 2026.
Certainly, there will be opportunity to
[39:42] augment the costs with grants.
>> Uh thank you very much. Yes, I think a
[39:48] little key up time is always beneficial
and we don't want to lose track of of
[39:52] this wonderful day and and uh um
certainly going forward I I would hope
[39:57] that we can be we can be a little more
prepared for
[40:00] » for uh Canada Day and again thank you so
much for all of the work that you and
[40:04] your team have put together. It was a a
wonderful day. Thank you.
[40:07] » Thank you. It was organizationwide
[40:12] » Mayor Ireland.
Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall. Um,
[40:18] through you to Miss Redell again. I I
add my thanks to everybody else. We we
[40:24] gave you the handoff um kind of late in
the in the game and you carried the ball
[40:29] across the finish line if that's the
analogy that's being used. Um, so thank
[40:33] you for that and I appreciate it was
organizational
[40:37] wide, but um it needed a leader and and
community development stepped up. So,
[40:43] thank you for that. I do have a couple
of questions. I'm happy to refer this to
[40:47] budget. I think that's the the right
approach.
[40:51] When it gets there though, I will have
some additional questions so I can
[40:54] prepare you. Now,
>> the request for decision mentions
[41:00] funding for the pancake breakfast from
the Red Cross, but it doesn't show up in
[41:04] any of the detail. Um, and
I I am interested in what that might
[41:12] have been and I my expectation was is
that that may not be available in future
[41:19] years. It kind of a special case with
with the Red Cross right now, but it it
[41:24] doesn't show up as I read the the
revenue and expense detail. There is
[41:29] nothing there from Red Cross and yet it
was mentioned
[41:33] when the municipality used to operate
the pancake breakfast
[41:39] as its own um function within Canada
Day. We received detailed reports and
[41:46] again I don't see any revenue from the
pancake breakfast. I know it's never
[41:51] significant but I think people pay some
amount to to come in there and that it
[41:56] is a revenue source.
I wonder about um the sound services and
[42:03] if the municipality is to continue
both with the organization and
[42:10] programming
whether we might be better off investing
[42:14] in our own sound system than spending 9
or $10,000 every year to rent it. I mean
[42:21] might be something worth looking at. And
finally, I wonder about um the security
[42:29] of inind donations. Um as if we proceed
with programming, it's not just the fees
[42:37] for performers which have been
mentioned, but they need to be
[42:40] accommodated.
And if those inind donations don't
[42:46] materialize,
that seems to me to be an enormous
[42:50] expense that we would be undertaking. So
again with more lead time maybe we can
[42:56] secure in kind donations early and we
have always relied on the large s of
[43:03] businesses in the community but if that
disappears it seems to me that there is
[43:08] a significant add-on expense to bring in
performers. So, I just I just raise
[43:14] those. As I say, I'm happy to
wait to discuss those in detail if
[43:19] council does decide to refer this to
budget discussions, but those questions
[43:27] are important, at least to me.
>> Thank you for the question um to you,
[43:33] Deputy Mayor Hall, to Mayor Ireland. Um
I appreciate that you raised the piece
[43:38] about the pancake breakfast. So this
year, um, the staff coordinating the
[43:43] pancake breakfast was a Red Crossf
funded programmer. So by no means was it
[43:48] the only thing they were working on, but
we did have that Red Cross funded staff
[43:52] able to help with the day. You are
correct in identifying that that is
[43:56] finite, that the Red Cross funded staff
is going to be decreasing over time as
[44:01] we get further from fire.
Uh in my breakdown, uh the 12,000 that's
[44:08] recommended for budget deliberations
does include the planning time uh for
[44:14] the pancake breakfast, recognizing that
the Red Cross funding will be will be
[44:18] ending.
On the other point you raised about the
[44:22] revenue from people coming through the
gates, uh I think that's that's a valid
[44:27] point and I'll I'll make sure to add
that line in there in terms of future
[44:31] kind of considerations.
Um, in terms of sound, uh, you're right
[44:36] in identifying that's quite a large line
item. Um, I did do some looking into
[44:41] things this year and the plan certainly
would be to investigate what could be
[44:47] possible. Uh, the sound services for
Canada Day were quite extensive and
[44:52] complex and the cost to purchase gear
that all the gear that was there for
[44:57] Canada Day is substantially higher than
9,000. So, just something for
[45:01] consideration. But you're right in
identifying it's quite a large item
[45:04] within the whole budget
[45:08] and in terms of your other question
about uh in kind donations
[45:13] um definitely a valid piece and I think
you know the recommendation is a
[45:18] reflection of a lot of thought around
what's secure and what's not secure and
[45:23] what can we like reasonably execute with
right so certainly the inkind donations
[45:30] are not guaranteed as you um identified,
but when we look at the source of the
[45:35] donations,
uh they're quite committed partners. So,
[45:40] Pursuit was quite a committed partner in
our work in hosting indigenous partners
[45:44] in Jasper and they continue to be and uh
Parks Canada was quite a committed
[45:50] partner in terms of the Whistlers
Campground, the cultural use area. So
[45:55] the security of some of these inkind
donations I would put as pretty high but
[46:00] it's an excellent point. So thank you
[46:06] » councelor concert.
[46:10] » Thank you deputy mayor hall and I
apologize I drank eight shots of
[46:15] espresso so I'm pretty chatty this
morning.
[46:19] Uh it just the sound system uh brought
up a point that
[46:24] kind of a generic point, but uh we went
out of town, I believe, shopping for a
[46:28] sound system. And if we can do
anything local at a comparative price,
[46:35] I'd like to see council
doing that right across the board. Um
[46:41] and I'll leave it at that. Thank you,
>> CO Gibbon. Deputy Mayor Hall,
[46:47] administration can take this all under
advisement and and bring forward
[46:50] additional information at budget. I
think we've received a number of ideas
[46:53] about things that council would be
interested in hearing more about.
[46:56] Certainly appreciate in terms of the
sound system. I'll I'll caution council
[46:59] that I have a feeling if something rents
out for $9,000. We're probably talking
[47:02] in the multiple tens of thousands of
dollars to purchase. Um but we can
[47:07] always have a little bit of a look. Um,
but again at this stage, uh, I think
[47:11] we've received lots of ideas about
additional detail council like to see if
[47:15] and when this comes forward to budget.
Uh, I think administration's been
[47:18] capturing those. I know Lisa's been
paying close attention and so we'll make
[47:22] sure to bring those forward.
>> And if I can just add a little bit of
[47:26] context, um, I think it's worth an a
show of appreciation that we were not
[47:31] charged at all to rent the gear. They
discounted that to us significantly and
[47:36] um only charged us for staff time.
[47:41] » Uh councelor Milik.
>> Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall. And um
[47:46] we've had a robust discussion and uh I
think um I'll add my thanks to
[47:52] administration and staff and volunteers
across um the the community that also
[48:01] participated in the parade and among
other activities on Canada Day. Um, of
[48:07] course, Canada Day started as a
committee, if I recollect, a number of
[48:11] years ago, um, to do a parade and, you
know, we had our municipal breakfast,
[48:19] which, uh, for many years was organized
and donations from a variety of
[48:24] businesses to make that happen. Uh, so
this has been a longtime community event
[48:29] that I believe our residents look
forward to. And um
[48:35] the fact that we stepped in to take it
over is an indication I believe that
[48:41] there's volunteer fatigue in the
community. Um I believe this is a very
[48:46] important event for our community. I
think there are other businesses that
[48:50] would step up perhaps with funding. I
know years ago we used to raise $10,000
[48:56] for fireworks
which won't occur anymore. So, I think
[49:00] there's lots of opportunities in the
broader business community to be able to
[49:05] help fund this and with adequate lead
time, we could um continue to produce a
[49:11] a quality Canada Day event. Um,
saying all that, I would be happy to
[49:17] make the recommendations that are
presented to us to at least get this
[49:22] onto the budget table. Um I certainly do
not want us to go backwards and not have
[49:28] a Canada Day event and in the near
future I don't see a Canada Day
[49:32] committee being formed. Uh that might be
something in the future where there's
[49:36] support from the municipality but I
definitely believe that this is
[49:40] something that we need to ensure
continues um into the future years. So
[49:45] if there is no other debate um when
appropriate I I would be willing to make
[49:50] the recommendations.
[49:56] » Thank you for that. Councelor Melnick. I
feel like maybe if you wanted to make
[49:59] that motion now you could unless there's
any other comments or uh from council.
[50:07] » Thank you Deputy Mayor Hall. So, I would
recommend that committee refer $12,000
[50:11] to the 2027 budget discussions to enable
the municipality to lead future Canada
[50:17] Day activities and that the committee
refer $30,000 to the 2027 budget
[50:23] discussions to enable the municipality
to incorporate Canada Day entertainment
[50:29] into its program offering.
>> Thank you very much for your motion,
[50:34] Councelor Melnik. Um I would like to
speak to the motion um and touch on
[50:39] things that councelor Waxer had said
earlier about collaboration and
[50:42] relationship building. Um we're doing
really important work through our uh
[50:46] indigenous relations framework and our
commitment to the truth and
[50:49] reconciliation calls to action and
Canada Day gives us a very visible
[50:52] opportunity to put some of that
commitment into practice. Um, I also
[50:57] wanted to comment just I found the
comments in the report around developing
[51:00] new systems and processes really
interesting because I did see some
[51:03] social media um, buzz about the
municipality being a bit of buzzkill
[51:07] this year with needing liability
insurance that kind of thing. But the
[51:10] reality is that nobody else was willing
to take this event on. And when the
[51:14] municipality assumes responsibility for
something like this, there are standards
[51:18] that we have to meet and a lot of that
heavy lifting, filling the forms and the
[51:21] systems, the processes has now been
done. Um, and I think rather than
[51:25] looking at this as something that we
like reluctantly inherited, I I see this
[51:28] as an opportunity to make Canada Day
something really meaningful and really
[51:31] uniquely Jasper. Um, that's what I want
to say. So, I support the motion.
[51:39] Councelor Laxer. Yes. Thank you, Deputy
Mayor Hall. Um, I just wanted to also
[51:45] speak to the motion that I think this is
a very important event in our community
[51:52] life and I think uh increasingly
important in in the current political
[51:59] context and also wanted to make the
comment that there is probably also in
[52:07] uh inherent value in the all the
different departments of the
[52:12] municipality working together and having
the opportunity to uh collaborate
[52:17] because that isn't always something that
h in in our in day-to-day activities. So
[52:24] I I see I'm very much in favor of the uh
these two uh recommendations.
[52:33] » Thank you councelor Waxer. Is there any
other um debate or anyone wishing to
[52:36] speak to the motion? C Mayor Ireland.
>> Thank you Deputy Mayor Hall. I I speak
[52:43] in favor of the motion but again
emphasize the comments from CEO Given in
[52:49] our earlier discussion that referring
this to budget isn't a final decision
[52:56] and there are all sorts of options um
left for council to consider when this
[53:03] gets to the budget table including
conditional approval of of funds. So,
[53:09] anybody watching um live or on our
YouTube channel later can be assured
[53:16] that council hasn't committed funding.
What we have committed to is that this
[53:20] is an important matter um sufficient to
be referred for further discussion at
[53:26] the budget table and I certainly support
that.
[53:31] » Thank you, Mayor Ireland. If there are
no other uh debate or comments on the
[53:35] motion, I will call the question. All in
favor?
[53:39] And that motion is passed.
[53:43] Moving on to agenda item 7.3, the Jasper
Municipal Leasehold Asset Society
[53:48] Transfer of Assets.
And I feel like this is maybe director
[53:53] and Nadon. Take it away.
[53:58] Good morning. Thank you, Deputy Mayor
Hall. Um, we are here today for the
[54:02] Jasper Municipal Lease Hold Asset
Society item. There is not a report. Um
[54:06] you will note it says verbal on the
agenda list. Um so at the last committee
[54:11] of the whole uh council passed a motion
that was three-fold. One to come back
[54:16] today uh so to the first committee of
the whole in September. Uh the second
[54:21] part of the motion being that Indian
term committee direct administration to
[54:24] consult with our auditors regarding the
potential to have an assignment of some
[54:28] of the lease hold assets directly to the
JMHC.
[54:32] And then the third part of the motion
was uh that committee direct direct the
[54:36] mayor to write to the minister
responsible for land titles to request a
[54:40] waiver of transfer fees or registration
fees for all properties. So um we have
[54:46] done some work on this in the last two
weeks. Uh we don't have uh complete
[54:50] information. So that's why we're here
with a verbal report and not a request
[54:54] for decision as you would usually see.
Um so we did contact the auditors and uh
[55:00] asked about the transfers directly from
the JMLAS to the municipal housing
[55:04] corporation. So skipping the middle part
of transferring to the municipality of
[55:08] Jasper and um they've indicated that uh
if there were any governing documents
[55:14] either for the JMLS or the JMHC or the
municipality which would warrant that
[55:19] type of step uh we would be bound to
follow that. We don't believe that there
[55:24] is the part that is outstanding however
and we're still trying to get
[55:27] information on that is how are those
tangible capital assets considered um so
[55:33] assets of the municipal leasehold assets
society show on the books as municipal
[55:38] assets so if we take them and we
transfer them to the JMHC what does that
[55:43] do to our uh financial documentation so
we're still not 100% clear on that one
[55:49] so that's clarity that we're seeking um
and we expect to have sooner than later,
[55:53] but we don't have that at the moment.
Um, and the other piece that the mayor
[55:58] write to the minister responsible for
land titles to request a waiver of fees.
[56:02] Um, we supported mayor Ireland. We
drafted a letter which he has now
[56:06] reviewed and uh we will be in a position
to send that out uh early this week. So
[56:11] that has not yet been sent but it has
been drafted and will be sent out. Um,
[56:17] so that's the update I have to provide
from administration's perspective and
[56:20] we're welcoming any questions or
comments or additional information from
[56:23] council.
>> Thank you very much, Director Nadon. Are
[56:28] there any questions from council?
[56:32] » Councelor Roger.
>> Yes. Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall and
[56:36] through to Mr. Dawn.
My understanding is that the document
[56:42] itself could incorporate wording such
that the municipality would be the
[56:46] interim um assenee here. So that instead
of paying if we end up paying land
[56:52] titles fees, we don't want to pay them
twice. If we can in the same document
[56:58] goes from the municipal asset society
through to the final owner,
[57:05] the document itself could incorporate
that and you wouldn't end up having two
[57:08] documents that land titles would then
charge two fees on. So I'm just
[57:11] wondering if you can maybe address that
with u the auditor or whoever else the
[57:16] legal department that you're dealing
with.
[57:26] Do I have any other questions for
Director Nadon?
[57:39] » Councelor Milnik.
>> Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall and uh
[57:44] through to administration. Uh just for
the clarity in the process, this will
[57:48] come back to committee of the whole uh
at some point um after we get clarity on
[57:55] the land titles request and also
um
[58:00] the information from the auditors
regarding um the appropriate handling of
[58:05] the assets. So I'd anticipate this could
be something that'll continue for um a
[58:11] few more months potentially.
[58:16] Deputy Mayor Hall through the councelor
Melnik. Um I guess the recommendation
[58:20] for today is that committee receive the
the report for information. So there is
[58:24] no uh action that we're we're ready or
we're recommending to to take today. And
[58:30] you are correct that this would return
to a committee of the whole to to then
[58:33] have a recommendation to council. Um so
so no final outcome today, but we will
[58:39] come back as as more information as we
find more information.
[58:46] Thank you for that. So unless there's
other um comments by counselors, I would
[58:53] um uh make the recommendation that a
committee accept the verbal report for
[58:59] information.
[59:08] » Thank Thank you. and that this be um
when additional information is received
[59:12] that um this come back to the committee
of the whole for review and u further um
[59:19] referral to council.
[59:23] » Thank you very motion councelor Melnick.
So make sure administration has that
[59:26] motion. Perfect. Uh any debate on the
motion or anybody wish to comment on the
[59:31] motion? All in favor?
And that motion has passed. Moving on to
[59:38] agenda item 7.4,
a proclamation request, and I might pass
[59:43] that over to Mayor Ireland.
>> Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall.
[59:50] On the agenda is an email that I
received from this Dr. Allen
[59:57] like what sets out um the intent of the
request and to comply with our own
[1:00:05] policy. I am prepared to be um a local
resident who endorses this particular
[1:00:13] request. Um that's sufficient to bring
it within the terms of our policy and
[1:00:17] and give it consideration. So, I I bring
it forward um with the intent to make a
[1:00:25] motion that committee recommend council
proclaim September 24th, 2026 as
[1:00:32] National Resilience Day in Jasper. Um if
committee accepts that recommendation,
[1:00:39] this could come back um for our regular
council meeting on September 15th so
[1:00:44] that we could uh make the proclamation
in advance of September
[1:00:49] 24th. Um the email is self-explanatory.
I I think that the the first bolded or
[1:00:58] second bolded um bit
is
[1:01:04] absolutely consistent with our
um strategic priorities and that is it's
[1:01:10] an opportunity to leverage the profile
that um we have gained like it or not um
[1:01:17] through the fire and particularly um
through community response. And so it's
[1:01:22] an opportunity, as we have all
recognized, to share the the hard
[1:01:27] lessons that we have learned, um, but
the really compelling lessons about
[1:01:31] building community resilience. And this
is an opportunity to get the word out to
[1:01:36] other Canadians who are going to be
facing um, in future years and have, of
[1:01:42] course, this year faced disasters in
other communities. I I think it's a it's
[1:01:48] an important step that we can take to
help others learn from our experience
[1:01:53] and to profile the need to build
resilient communities. So um I certainly
[1:02:00] endorse um the request and um I will
leave it um open for
[1:02:07] any questions that counselors may have
before I make my motion. But I've
[1:02:12] signaled what the motion or the
recommendation today will will be. But I
[1:02:18] I leave it open for for any questions
councilors may have.
[1:02:24] » Thank you, Mayor Ireland. Are there any
questions from council?
[1:02:33] » Councelor Waxer.
Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall. Um, I just
[1:02:39] wondered about the sharing a Jasper
story. That is one of the requests and
[1:02:46] if that would be something you would
would be assigned to administration or
[1:02:52] that something that we as council would
u prepare
[1:03:02] you to the mayor.
[1:03:10] I I think it could be either. Um I think
we are in the process um almost daily of
[1:03:15] sharing Jasper's story with various
interviews and contact with other
[1:03:20] organizations. So depending on the
specific request and what is to be
[1:03:24] shared. I think um any member of council
is well equipped to to share parts of
[1:03:30] our story. any resident is able to share
parts of their story and if necessary um
[1:03:38] administration can share the municipal
experience um to whoever asks. So
[1:03:46] I think it it depends on what it is is
requested but holistically our community
[1:03:51] can share its story.
[1:03:57] » Thank you for that. I'm curious about
the third bullet about being a founding
[1:04:02] national resilience community. Do you
know other communities that are part of
[1:04:06] this?
>> I do not. All I all I know is that uh
[1:04:13] it is to begin September 24th and we
will see how many other communities
[1:04:17] across the country respond. And I I
cannot say who else has received this.
[1:04:22] Um
but I think it would be nice to be
[1:04:25] recognized as a founding community of
national resilience. Um because we are
[1:04:30] indeed that.
[1:04:36] Thank you for that. Are there any other
questions for Mayor Ireland or comments
[1:04:39] about uh this request?
[1:04:45] » Seeing no hands, I might pass it over to
Mayor Ireland for a motion.
[1:04:50] Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall. My motion
is that committee recommend council
[1:04:55] proclaim September 24th, 2026 as
National Resilience Day in Jasper.
[1:05:05] » Thank you very much for your motion. Is
there any debate on the motion or does
[1:05:07] anybody wish to comment on the motion?
And I will call the question. All in
[1:05:11] favor? And that motion is carried.
Moving on to agenda item eight, the
[1:05:18] motion action list. I will pass this
over to CEO Given.
[1:05:25] » Thanks very much, Deputy Mayor Hall. Um,
so there are a few items I think that
[1:05:31] have um
been completed. Uh, the Canada Day item
[1:05:37] on the first page has been completed.
Um, and the Arnica Avenue cost servicing
[1:05:42] uh Arnica Avenue servicing cost recovery
policy has been completed. Um and uh the
[1:05:52] item related to the JMLAS, uh we still
expect that there'll be some additional
[1:05:57] um recommendations coming forward to
council on that. Um
[1:06:04] uh as director Nadon identified, we'd
like just a little bit of followup on on
[1:06:08] one aspect of the tangible capital
assets. Uh and so we may have some
[1:06:13] additional information coming forward to
council on that item, but my
[1:06:16] recommendation would be that the Arctic
Avenue item and the Canada Day items
[1:06:20] could be struck from the motion action
list.
[1:06:25] Thank you, CEO Given. Are there any
questions from council about the motion
[1:06:29] action list?
[1:06:33] Then I would look for a motion to
approve the updated motion action list.
[1:06:36] Uh, councelor Waxer
>> that committee approve the updated
[1:06:42] motion action list.
>> Thank you for your motion. Is there any
[1:06:45] debate on the motion? I will call the
question. All in favor? And that motion
[1:06:50] is carried.
Agenda item nine, councelor upcoming
[1:06:54] meetings.
We'll look to councilors for some
[1:06:59] updates for us. Councelor Melnik.
>> Thank you, Deputy Mayor Hall. Um
[1:07:06] tomorrow, uh Community Futures has
organized the fall business walk in
[1:07:12] Jasper and I'll be participating with
Community Futures in the community
[1:07:17] tomorrow and the following Wednesday I
will be in attendance at um uh the
[1:07:24] Community Futures Network for Alberta uh
at a meeting in Whitec Court.
[1:07:32] Thank you, councelor Melnik.
[1:07:38] Looking around the table for any other
updates.
[1:07:43] » Councelor Fchett.
And just another reminder of the um
[1:07:47] community and bloom judges will be in
town on the they'll be arriving tomorrow
[1:07:52] and on the 10th they will be doing the
the community judging um uh event uh
[1:07:59] with a a um get together at Earls uh for
a meet and greet with the with the
[1:08:06] judges and all of the council and
significant others are indeed encouraged
[1:08:12] and invited to attend.
[1:08:15] Thank you, councelor Fchett.
[1:08:23] Does anybody else have anything to
report on?
[1:08:30] I can report that next Tuesday morning I
will be attending with uh council and
[1:08:34] indigenous relations strategy session
and this afternoon at noon I have a uh
[1:08:39] climate caucus um meeting. I know it's
not part of my my regular my assigned
[1:08:45] duties, but I'd do like to report on
that.
[1:08:52] Seeing another hand, no other hands from
council. I can go over the upcoming
[1:08:56] events. Agenda item 10. Uh as council
just said, the communities and bloom
[1:09:00] judges in Jasper September 10th. The
Jasper music uh folk festival is this
[1:09:05] coming weekend, Friday and Saturday, the
11th and 12th at commemoration park. uh
[1:09:09] the first NEMA back after the the um
summer break on the 16th at the Silver
[1:09:14] Water restaurant in the Chateau from
4:30 till 6:30. Uh we will all be
[1:09:19] attending the Alberta Municipal
Municipalities Convention September 23rd
[1:09:22] to 25th and the Library and Cultural
Center anniversary 10:00 a.m. till 8:00
[1:09:27] p.m. uh October 2nd at the Jasper
Library and Cultural Center. Are there
[1:09:31] any other events to report on that are
not that on this list?
[1:09:38] All right, seeing no hands, I will
call for a motion for adjournment.
[1:09:44] Councelor Fchett. Oh, I was going to
Council Pette, you beat the mayor to it.
[1:09:49] All in favor of councelor Fchett's
motion of adjournment.
[1:09:53] Thank you very much and uh I thank
everybody online viewing today and uh
[1:09:57] everybody in the gallery and have a
wonderful rest of your Tuesday.