We ready to go, ladies. So, I'll call this council meeting for Monday, March 8th order.
And so, for the agenda, please, we have an addition, go ahead, council beckon.
Thank you. I wish to add to the agenda under 9.5 special council meeting.
Okay, got that Madam Clerk. So, I need a motion to approve the agenda's amended.
Councilor Hansen has made that motion. All in favour?
Thank you.
Our presentations. So, our first item, our first presentation, is we have Brian Bettis from Tell Us.
Go ahead, Brian.
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Thank you, Brian. We got to go ahead.
No, no problem. Can you see my content, okay?
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Wonderful. Okay. Well, thanks again for the time allowing us to come to council this evening.
We've got a pretty exciting announcement that we want to share this evening.
And, you know, understanding that today is of course international women's day.
I want to thank all the wonderful women, strong female leaders in the audience and on council, of course.
But without further ado, would like to kick us off with a commentary that over the last.
Number of years.
Tell us has been working closely with administration council with respect to kind of to be in the Duke.
And, you know, through a series of discussion as passionate champion of the business community.
Council of the administration have identified the need for enhanced services for the business community,
specifically in the downtown or area.
This evening, I'm happy to announce that effective this year.
Tell us is going to be undertaking a fiber optic build that's primarily focused on the downtown corridor,
which with businesses in mind to support enhanced services.
And you'll see that start this summer with our first connections moving toward the end of the year and into 2022.
Of course, you know, this is not our only investment in the community.
We've recently only recently announced the launch of 5G connectivity.
And we came to the Duke first in the spirit of innovation and supporting ongoing connectivity for residents and business of the like and community.
And as we continue to bolster that capability, you'll see even additional and enhanced.
Spectrum deployment that will make that more robust.
And then finally, of course, we just recently have turned on a number of residential premises to the west of the community.
Uh, or eat within the Duke and the western side of the community where previously we're accessorices that we've purchased.
Repair, restored, and made resilient and have just made available for sale for residents.
So I'll share here a bit of what we're talking about and with specific to pure fiber what this looks like.
What we're discussing primarily is a business focus still on the downtown core with additional details to be shared later.
Uh, it is our fastest internet. This is the most resilient and robust internet capability we have.
Uh, which offers speeds up to one and a half gigabits per second down and up in the community.
And this is for both business and residential, although again, primarily business.
This is the capacity that will allow the community and business to grow.
And, and you know, from our perspective and the over 160 communities, we've done fiber optic bills.
And so we see significant benefits for the business community in terms of their ability to communicate work, especially in a COVID.
Uh, you know, in pandemic type scenario.
Beyond that, there's opportunity for significant mobility and Wi-Fi signal improvements, not only for residents in the community, but also in the rural.
Uh, indeed because, of course, we get the opportunity to deploy all of our smart capabilities and and wireless technologies that one hand services that are fiber back all.
And then, of course, it gives us the ability to do things like smart city and internet as things.
Uh, within the community a couple of other things that are really great about it is that it's a green footprint.
So it's completely passes and there's no power of electronic required.
And it significantly reduces our footprint.
So residents and business owners might remember all of our, you know, our commitment to on the lawns or in a right of ways.
There's a significantly reduced footprint that comes from the field and we're super excited to announce it here today.
This is the equivalent of the next generation railroads coming to the Duke and I think business owners specifically in a downtown corridor going to to be very little service opportunity.
Moving forward, I just want to quickly walk counsel and the business community through the build process that we, there are going to undergo.
And so from a tell us perspective, our pure fiber build process is a, is a bit of a long window, but we do desire to get this down over the next, you know, 18 to 24 months.
The civil engineering design starts collaborating in partnership with the municipality and administration.
We go through a permits and approval process which takes about that's a six weeks prior to our civil start.
And then we'll start engaging with residents and business owners and I'd like to volunteer myself as the opportunity to meet with perspective downtown business and chamber of commerce association to work through where we're building and showcase some of that.
Of course, location flagging will occur about one week prior to civil start and then from there we begin our main line construction and running our service drop.
Because this is primarily a varied build meaning that it's in the ground or in conduit or in ducks.
We will be deploying that that facility and fix about three to four months to do that.
And then I think about our fiber network is we can deploy it as we go so we don't have to wait until the entire network is complete we can connect residents as we pass.
Their businesses and support them in that way and then of course our commitment to council and to the community is that from a property remediation perspective we will make it as good or better than it was when we got there.
Moving on from an engagement perspective what you'll find as as counselors or administration or as visitors owners and residents is that we will fully engage the community in this build as a thoughtful and collaborative partnership.
So our campaign will exist and we'll put a lot of marketing in the community to share and educate residents and business owners as to what and when we have four different letters that we do mail out to residents and business owners and the community and build areas.
So the first letter is an initial pure fiber letter and it specifically outlines when and where we're going to build in the benefits of fiber.
Of course it also begins to introduce the idea of the need to physically connect to each premise so that we can support that and we will go through no less than 10 instances to knock on the door and achieve.
That permission to connect to the premise throughout the build process.
The second letter is a construction letter that identifies to residents of a particular area or business owners of a particular area that we will be building in this community.
Then all of our contractors will be equipped with handouts to explain the work that we are doing and what services that will deliver.
And in the event that we do need to put a telescope facility on a business owner or resident perspective property will work with them and provide a letter explaining why.
In addition, you'll see billboards, signboards, a friends and all of our sites are very well visible as we do the still then we understand that the bill can be.
Disruptive in terms of supporting communities so we'll make sure that we're all of our signs all of our trucks are very well is signed in terms of explaining what we're doing why we're doing and how long we intend to do it.
Moving forward here's some additional examples of that construction letter and the FAQ letter that we will send out to businesses and residents within the build envelope.
Of course it explains all the capabilities of the housing at work works what you can expect from an installation perspective that the underground or aerial.
And then in addition instances where we will be placing facilities with the right away looks like and and where you can know for additional information.
Beyond that I've got some examples for you to show what what it looks like in terms of remediation and the level of detail that we go into to making the work.
Look as good or better as it was when we left and again you can see that our goal here is to restore hard and soft surfaces there be construction state our soft surfaces.
Talk slow on the seed and we even get down to a grass seed level of what what is currently in the lawn or in the in the right away and then for hard services for concrete and pavement we core and heal as you can see and bottom left here.
Beyond that and one of the things that you'll particularly see with this build is that certainly given the pandemics that public and worker safety is imperative.
We will we have established COVID-19 processes that we put in place in terms of how our team members will support and and be present all of them will of course be wearing mask and and.
And maintaining social distancing beyond that public safety remains our highest priority so any excavations and it works site any signage will all be secured and you can see some instances of how we go about completing this work.
Here we we have for work side perspective we do paper off respective.
And cover them with a you know to fit piece of plywood or wood to ensure that there's no accidents and then of course any time that we are in the in the road.
I you see the need for traffic management we have flags and flaggers of course.
And with that I think we can we can bring it to all you'll see a lot of tracks like this in the community just shortly coming out and building that main line fiber transport.
I right of our tell right out of our tell us all the downtown and we're just thrilled to be able to make this collaborative partnership with respect to both the city and from a tell us perspective.
I'll pause there for questions.
Thanks Brian and this is really good news for the city of Duke and so council if you have any questions or comments.
Councillor Hamilton.
Thank you very much Brian and it's very exciting news and I just wanted to sort of highlight the fact that it's primarily business that we're talking about a lot of the images that we saw sort of have a bit of a residential feel.
But I know there'll be some residential touch but there's primarily business.
Can you talk about the percentage of residential that may experience might be the early adopters of fiber or have the earliest opportunity.
Sure again this is a primarily business focused build to tier their common.
And so I think you'd see it in that 80% plus as the residential that we're looking at as connecting to a certain will be in that downtown core but this is a primarily the focus.
Can you have any other questions?
Councillor Tilak.
I was just wondering if if there's an opportunity to show the map that shows what the downtown core section is in your words.
Just to you know because some of it does is downtown but then there's certain roads north and south of it and then where that kind of goes.
I don't know if that's something that you can provide or have.
Councillor Tilak.
So that is that is something we can certainly share in a later date.
The none of the time.
So yeah it's there will be go ahead Sean.
John also go ahead.
Thank you.
I just wanted to point out and and apologies for the interruption.
We do have Sarah Martin from the downtown business association here as well for the announcement.
I just wanted to make sure that our presence was known and I think we might have someone from the chamber of commerce as well.
As well.
To celebrate the announcement.
With our businesses to make sure that they know when and where, because this is going to, even though it's going to take two years, there will be parts that will be able to connect earlier than other things.
And we know that tell us and Brian will work with those businesses to let them know.
But again, this is great news. I think that once we're a 50 cents that we will have the connectivity for our businesses.
It's similar to Emotent Calgary or any other major city in Canada. So this is great news for the city of the Duke and we look forward to having this completed. Thank you so much Brian.
And thanks for the opportunity. I can't stand up how much of a pleasure it's been to work with a council administration. This one passionate business champion for sure.
Okay. Thank you. McRena yet.
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Oh yeah. Terry comes down by me.
How can we can do a picture?
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Natalie and communications.
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One over Terry.
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Ready?
Good.
Thank you so much, Brian.
Great news for the city of the Duke.
Thank you so much.
Appreciate the opportunity.
Thank you.
Okay.
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Okay, next on our presentation is Jessica Hutton, programming for the vulnerable population, and Jessica Hutton is the executive director from Open Door cameras.
Welcome tonight, Jessica. I had the pleasure of meeting with her a couple of weeks ago, and she has done amazing things for cameras with taskwin, and there's hoping in the future that would be able to do something with a partnership between all of us.
So take it away, Jessica.
Thank you.
We're not used to having people actually come here and present. Thank you, Jessica. This has been a first for a while.
Awesome. So yes, thank you. My name is Jessica. I'm the CEO for the Open Door Association, which is Camera's Open Door Association, based in cameras.
So we provide supports across, basically the central Alberta band from Lloyd Minster, all the way over to Drayton Valley in Rocky Mountain House.
And so we provide supports for both youth and adults, and what we just recently did, where we've probably probably heard about what we've done is we went into a taskwin and sort of took on some of the things that they're dealing with there.
So out in cameras, we have a youth housing program and a fully integrated youth hub running out there. So we started three and a half years ago, the provinces first integrated youth hub.
And so what that did was that brought all our supports together, and did a whole wraparound holistic integrated response hub.
And so there's lots of literature and research, with regards to integration of services, collaboration, cost savings, increased to supports to individuals.
And so we started that for the youth and have had tremendous success out there. So we have everything from housing to a sort of justice to outreach.
24 hour, help line everything that's necessary out that provides mostly essential Alberta with supports for youth. And so when we came to a taskwin in November, we replicated the model and did it for adults.
So we started into a taskwin providing supports to adults basically 18 and plus. We also have a youth worker as well in with taskwin.
And started sort of with the wraparound holistic model out into a taskwin. So if you look at the slides, what we're responding to our humans that are experiencing all of those issues.
And so when we went obviously into a taskwin, one of the things that we knew and message very clearly and strongly was that homelessness doesn't just come from one thing and homelessness is a symptom of something.
And so we needed to kind of look at everything.
So what we're finding is in, so we've been first 12 weeks of data we have pulled and what we're really finding is of really interesting statistics around what individuals are facing and why they're facing it.
And so since we opened there are the first 12 weeks in in what taskwin, we saw 211 clients in 12 weeks.
And what that actually meant for us was we got to pull the first data collection on what was actually going on in the city.
And what was actually going on was that we were seeing numerous different reasons as to why people were homeless.
And one of the things that we were seeing was huge medical need. So 94% to the 211 had a complex medical issue. And so in the Alberta Health Services world, that's pretty severe in terms of the amount of the help that was needed.
So the individuals that we were seeing have things like epilepsy and we even had some amputations.
So we were able to get ahead of the individuals in terms of the medical just even in the first 12 weeks.
And we have a fully integrated clinic that runs now within our building as well too.
So all of the things that you're seeing there on that slide, those are all of the different factors that our agency is responding to across the entire band of services that we provide.
Next slide please.
So our entire agency is built on this premise. This is if you've had any psychology, you'll know Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
This is basically exactly how we are built in our agency.
If you don't have the bottom there where you have shelter over your head and if you don't have food and you don't have water, you will have nothing else above that.
So one of the things that we found really interesting over the last years of doing our our wraparound in holistic response is that we get a lot of feedback in regards to the individuals.
And one of the things we hear quite consistently is well, especially in what task one is the individuals aren't respectful.
And if you note respect is second from the top and we're responding to the bottom two.
So asking individuals to do something like be respectful is actually they're incapable of doing it.
So we are having a lot of education and call on and so a lot of response to teaching individuals or teaching community members I should say.
What is actually going on? Why do people end up in a vulnerable situation? What's going on in their life that we're ending up in vulnerable situations?
So individuals that do not have, you know, water food shelter, sleep, warmth, they will not be able to achieve anything else.
So that is our entire vulnerable population no matter whether you're homeless or not.
You, you cannot achieve the next up unless you have those on the bottom wrong. Next slide please.
So this is how our integrated youth health works same thing goes in our integrated response hub in.
So the first step is the individual gets referred into the hub that's the blue zone there.
So that are referrals come from absolutely anyone including self referrals. So lots of RCMP or FCSS refers in anybody hospital you name it somebody can refer in.
The second piece of what we do is a full navigator navigation.
So what that means is that the individuals are able to come in and we're able to instantly triage.
So we're instantly triaging 24 seven what do they need from us. So they hungry what what do they need or they medically increases how do we respond to these clients.
Number three is the partner support. So this is what we've built to come to the table with us. So these are all the partners that provide supports.
And so places like the hospital primary care network restorative justice youth justice in what task when it'll look like a lot of musco cheese supports at the table with us.
All sorts of different supports to come to the table to provide exactly what we're needing to the individuals.
And then the number four they're the green is the transition out into youth support services.
So in cameras where we've ran this for three and a half years.
It's averaging about eight to eighteen months that somebody sits in number three before their transition out the other end.
And when their transition out we're finding that the longevity of the data that we're being able to pull means that they're actually not coming back into the system in crisis like they used to
because they're connected to long term supports. So no longer are we seeing anybody or very few I should say if anybody coming back in crisis in the use support world.
Because we're able to catch the traction we need and have that full wrap around support for them.
So we're proving really good data with the youth hub and the same goes now for the response hub in with task one will be doing the same type of approach and responding to what we need there.
So we've been working really strongly with the RCMP in the Wattasquin area just because we're seeing a lot of frequent flyers who need a lot of assistance.
You
And we also did emergency housing.
So the emergency housing we've averaged about 50 to 60 people in night since we opened our highest number was 67 and in that time also dealt with a full fledged COVID outbreak and managed to get in an out of an outbreak in record lightning speed.
So we've been quite proud of that fact that we were able to do that.
We also have the emergency housing that is running as well in the task one. Next slide, please.
So, these are when we came to a task one. This is sort of all the things that we knew was missing in the area.
Now, where this starts to sort of loop in with Lidouk and on this area here is in terms of the integrative response across the region.
We do get youth to our cameras housing program and our housing program and our outreach program into cameras.
And we actually have provided outreach services into camera or into Lidouk as well. So there is already a established relationship with regards to how we support back and forth.
We started looking at what was missing basically across the region. So this became of interest to us when we started getting calls from multiple different communities.
Asking for similar services. And so that includes Rocky, Drayton, all the way out to Forestburg, Toafield, Killum.
We're getting these phone calls around, you know, hey, can we bring the hub out there? Like, what can we do to help the community? How do we support their community?
And so we've started to try to track data, pull data from who's going where? Like, who from what community's going where for what service?
But also, what is it that we're missing across the board? So when we develop this concept of an integrated response hub, we developed it a little bit more regionally. Next slide, please.
So these were all the things we wanted and then the next slide. So this is what we've essentially come up with.
So you'll see that we have the 24 seven integrated response hub, which is our local based in what task and response.
So what we're looking at doing is building a full fledged response that would build an addiction treatment center with detox treatment and post placement housing all together under one roof rather than having it segmented, which is such a barrier to all of our communities where we're having to send someone up to Edmonton or down to red deer for detox and then they've got to come back and then we've got to find them treatment and then they have to come back to the community and then we have to find them housing.
We're going to put everything under one roof. So this is the concept that we're looking at doing. If we place something like this facility into a task one and then we all feed regionally into it.
Then it takes the pressure off of the systems of those of us doing social services all the way across the band, the central band of Alberta.
So when we kind of looked at this, one of the things that came up was we have this integrated response hub locally.
But then what do we do for regionally? How do we get supports? How do we get these hub supports out to these communities?
These little communities, you know, the thorns be the Caroline, all of these little communities that don't have the supports that are needed, but they still have people needing the supports.
So what we developed was what we are calling round, rural access mobile program and that's the regional version of the hub.
So all of those wraparound supports that you saw, we were basically, we're looking to put on to a vehicle.
So similar, if you know the community paramedics program, it would be similar to that except with social and medical onto it.
So basically onto a bus and then you're able to take that out and you're able to take that into the community.
So you can basically drive in with one medical staff and one social staff. You can drive into the to the location and you can provide all of those supports.
So what essentially could happen then is that all the communities in our region have access to the Addictions Treatment Center and they all have access to the round program,
which then means that we're taking the pressure off communities to try to come up with this funding on their own.
And we're maximizing use of resources within each municipality because so many municipalities across the area have so many different resources.
So we're looking to maximize what can we regionally do to respond and then what can we help help the communities, the municipalities to be able to do on their own.
And so this is sort of the thought process of where we're going with this, this has been pushed forward to the government.
The provincial government has been down to see locations down to look at what we're doing.
And the huge interest and very much a big buy in on okay how do we mobilize this across the region.
Because we all know that this entire our region right now is really in in a problem time in terms of we don't have enough supports and how do we all maximize those supports.
So what we're looking at doing is being able to basically backfill what's already going on in communities.
So I work very closely with Amanda who's from the FCSS here. So she and I have ongoing dialogue about what's going on in Laduke and then what does that look like how does how what does Laduke possibly need and right now.
You guys are really actually on the front end in terms of being really cutting edge with having put together a task force having really focused in on what are we going to do what do we need.
And so the position that the open door has right now is you know that that's fantastic if the if the task force comes up with something that they figure that the open door needs are can help with.
By all means we're right there.
But right now, you know Laduke is really shining a light on what they need and what does that look like for the vulnerable population.
So we're really excited to be able to work with this task force after they've sort of developed what's going on and where are they going to land and what does the community need because we firmly believe that the community needs to identify that themselves.
You need to bring together the experts in the community and then you need to be able to move forward on what you need based out of that.
So we have a generalized idea of what it would look like in terms of this slide in this model.
We would love to be able to do something regionally and tap into each municipality and everybody who.
needs the support but also recognizing that it's so very important that we actually maximize what's already going on in the in the areas and not duplicate services because no government is interested in a group duplication of services we need to be maximizing what's already there.
Next slide please.
So as I've already gone through the route program this is what the route program would provide so this is the one that we are sort of most interested in across the region.
In terms of all the things that it can provide to us and to the region itself in terms of connecting individuals back to to.
Support that they need so for example if an individual needs to access addictions and mental health throughout bird health services they don't have an office in every community so how do you help somebody to get past that barrier well if there is for example virtual access on the ramp.
program vehicle then when you pull into that community people can access their mental health worker off a truck or off of a computer.
We're also looking at what does that look like for transportation to try to help some of these individuals that need to go somewhere.
We have nurse practitioners physicians we have addictions physicians we have all of that lined up.
So the thought process of being able to put all of this on to a vehicle and take it out to a community that is lacking the supports or just be able to backfill a community that maybe has you know three quarters of the.
Response but needs another little bit of a backfill that's the concept that we're going with ramp is trying to really get.
As sent like regionalized across the this band here and get us more bang for buck and then get better investment in how we respond to individuals who need mental health.
COVID has just brought a whole new wave of mental health and one of the things we fear is that we were already taxed before COVID never mind what's going to hit us in this next year or two as things really start to pile up.
So we're trying to get ahead of that by how do we get supports out into communities and start and stop trying to ask please the police and the EMS to respond to things that they're not able to respond to.
Next slide please.
So if you're interested in following anything that we do we're on Facebook we're on Instagram that with task when program has its own Facebook group as well if you want to follow some of our updates there we just released a 12 week video.
With regards to how our stats are looking and what's going on so if you go on to our Facebook there is a 12 week update video there that is.
Just has some interesting stats and gives you kind of an idea of what's going on so I would be more than happy that's a very fast overview of what we're doing.
I'd be more than have to ask and answer any questions for anybody.
Thank you Jessica I'm sure there will be some counselors counselor back at go ahead.
Thank you worship and thank you Jessica for taking time out of your hectic schedule to come here and and to share with us it's one thing to look at a diagram.
But it's another thing to hear it in person and I really want to commend you for the dedication that you've provided for all of the people in central Alberta for the last.
Almost four years and we'll continue to do and I personally will be very much in favor of supporting something that we can do in the do to augment.
Sort of this it's sort of like this group.
Approach and I think that there's a lot of validity in that so I look I'm looking forward to working with you.
Thank you.
Anybody else.
Seeing none so I'll just add my comments so again, thank you appreciate everything that you bring forward.
I look forward we know that the homeless shelter here is just a bandage solution have you ever looked at how much.
Setting up a facility like you're talking of you have you even begin to run numbers on something like that on the addiction treatment and what ask when yes we have the numbers.
Yeah, so it's it's very much at the stage of the government working with us to place it and kind of get it going we have land we have basically everything ready to go so we're hoping to get something going sooner rather than later because we agree like a shelter is is just a bandage for much you need that wrap around integration.
I think you know Liduke actually does a really good job of when we've been part of a case in Laduke it's there's been a really good job of that happening.
No, we we know our FCSS does an excellent job and we appreciate and I'm just thankful you know when you take a look at what you have to deal with in the task when.
Laduke we we have our homeless, but it's not nearly to the same level that it is in with task when and so I really appreciate everything that you're doing to try and solve this problem not only for cameras with task when and hopefully we'll be able to work on this problem for the region so.
Thank you so much for your presentation.
Thank you.
Really appreciate it so we will be talking in the future.
Thank you.
Thank you Jessica have a good night.
Okay, so now we're moving into public hearing so there's four public hearing so on the agenda this evening.
This is the appearing procedure so the bylaws have received first reading prior to the second and third readings of an amendment to bylaw 809 2013 the land use bylaw a public hearing is required to the municipal government act.
Once the public hearing is concluded council will consider all the information presented later in the meeting when the bylaw is dealt with under the bylaws section of the agenda.
So council wishes it welcomes any person group of persons or person representing your group.
The opportunity to make a presentation to city council during the public hearing who claims to be affected by the bylaws in question.
And so as we said before speakers can go to the microphone or if you're virtual just let us know you want to speak.
So I now declare the public hearing for bylaw number 105120 open.
This is a bylaw.
Thank you.
To facilitate the settlement.
The developer desires to offer flexible bullying pockets and allow innovative housing products by deliberately excluding the minimum lot with in the proposed DC district.
The intent is to allow the building pocket design to be determined by the slight development regulations such as said best psych coverage parking and amenity space.
To encourage innovative housing products the proposed DC district includes a garage suite as a permitted use.
The density will be two units per parcel which one unit shall be the principal dwelling and the other may be a garage suite or secondary suite.
By law 1051 2020 is consistent with the Robinson area structure plan which doesn't need the area as low density residential and support the opportunity to explore DC districts that will enable the development specialized low density housing products.
The developer has their working on this DC with a administration in the past year in order to refine and work towards opportunities for the city to test new residential development forms including suite options.
A administration recommends the approval of by law 1051 2020 as it aligns with the city's municipal development plan any Robinson area structure plan.
This concludes my presentation.
I'm happy to answer any questions that council may have.
Okay, so are there any questions from council for administration.
None and I just want to recognize that we have Amy Stewart from Sheffler Andrew Katrina role from Cantaro and Kevin Jacobson from Cantaro.
Thank you for coming tonight.
Is there anybody from the public that would.
Would you like to make your presentation tonight? Doesn't look like it. And so Katrina, did anybody, did you want to say something or are you just here in case you're as questions?
We are just here in case there are questions.
Oh, as usual, there's no questions.
Perfect. Thank you.
And I want to comment, oh, we'll comment later in the by-law, when we get this to the by-laws actually.
Okay, so seeing no questions, I...
Okay, let's just see where we are in the notes.
So, there are no further questions, so I declare the public hearing for by-law number 10512020 closed.
That takes us to our public hearing for by-law 170732020.
I know declare it open. And the area structure plan provides a framework for subsequent subdivision
Development of Lands, an area of land around 65th Avenue.
So, we have administration, so Jason, go ahead and take it away. Jordan, sorry.
Sorry.
We're moving too fast. Sorry, Sandra.
Sorry, my computer can't keep up.
Thank you, your worship.
The other time.
I guess, yeah, I'll wait for the slide to come up.
Yeah, I'm kind of a short present. Yeah, I'm not a problem, sorry.
I have to... We're working on a new system tonight, so we're getting used to it.
So council has to get in sync with it as well, so.
If I can just comment before, I'm on the presentation.
It's nice to see this 65th Avenue in motion and some different...
Yeah, it's been a long time coming.
Okay, Jordan, we're ready for you.
Are you going to wait?
Absolutely. Thank you, your worship and council.
I just have a few short slides to introduce and remind us all about the area structure plan,
by a number of 1073, 2020, 65th Avenue AFP, which as we Councillor mentioned,
has been an ongoing project for quite some time now, and has recently been completed in collaboration with Santa
and MXD development strategies. So, site context, you can see there's a current...
That currently, the 227th hectare plan area is currently comprised of primarily undeveloped agricultural land.
ASP is surrounded. It's the red hatched area on the maps surrounded by EAA, EIA to the north, highway to to the east,
Lidute common bridge court, and the deer valley increased high neighborhoods to the south, and the undeveloped
West ASP to the west. So, we can go to the next slide.
Our timeline and engagement, as you can see, work began all the way back in 2018 with public communication and engagement
taking off in the summer of that year, and an open house held in October of 2018.
So, due to the multiple landowner nature of this ASP, the development and refinement of the ASP was a collaborative
and iterative process with stakeholders that spend most of 2019.
A second public open house was held in January 2020, where the first draft was shared with the public.
Since then, further revisions to the plan were made based on feedback from the public, landowners, and other stakeholders.
In December 2020, council gave first reading to the ASP, and in early 2021, I'm glad to report it received approval from the EMRB through the regional evaluation framework process.
So, now tonight, we are holding a public hearing, and second and third reading are also on the agenda for tonight.
So, the land use concept on the next slide.
Just to give you a quick overview here, so then zoomed in on the ASP area, it includes office business and employment uses in purple.
So, these uses leverage proximity to the EIA and provide opportunities for airport connected development.
Commercial uses in the red and purple areas, which serve the needs of residents and employees in the plan area, as well as regionally.
Well, and medium density residential uses, with a diversity of housing types, those are shown in yellow and brown.
A greenway buffer in green there, between residential and non-residential uses, providing separation space, a multi-way path, and a wildlife corridor.
Stornwater management facilities in blue are designed as both utilities and recreation opportunities.
And then, of course, 65th Avenue and Grant McEwan Boulevard, which are major arterial shown with solid black arrows.
Which will connect the neighborhood with the future 65th Avenue and highway to interchange, as well as EIA and the rest of Laduke.
We're going to answer the next slide.
Although this ASP does include a wide variety of land uses, as I've just discussed.
Specifically, I want to mention the two key employment areas.
Flex business, which is light purple in the map and arrow employment, which is dark purple.
So, these two areas are new policy areas that mirror the policy areas developed for the East Telford Lake area structure plan.
And they're intended to provide space for high quality developments that will house businesses specifically looking to locate close to the airport.
While still remaining flexible enough to accommodate changing business needs into the future.
And moving on to the next slide.
So, following the public hearing.
Then later tonight, we will be having second and third reading if Council grants both readings.
Then administration will be able to accept the submissions of any outline plans from the land owners and developers.
Which would be the smaller quarter section size plans that will provide more detail beyond that of the ASP.
And then moving on to development agreements, subdivision and redistricting and of course permits.
Before we really start seeing things happening in the ground.
So new information, there's no new information since this presentation was completed, so we can move on to the next slide.
And that's all I have for you today. I'm happy to take any questions.
Okay, so questions from Council, Councilor Hanson.
Hi, Jordan.
Thanks for the great presentation.
What's really, really cool about this area structure plan is it's not like other areas.
These three and some quarter sections are very unique in the sense that they're right next to EIA.
And we have a great opportunity here to leverage that proximity to bring in new business and attract investment.
So you had touched on a little bit in your presentation about that arrow employment.
And my question is, what kind of businesses or buildings might be located in arrow employment versus retail or commercial?
Like, what's kind of the difference there?
Absolutely. Thank you for the question.
Through your worship to Councillor Hanson.
So the ASP is designed to be very flexible.
So that each district can kind of accommodate a wider variety of uses.
So the red you'll see the commercial focuses mostly on commercial retail.
Probably similar to what you would see in the due come in today.
And then the lighter purple is kind of a flex business.
So retail and commercial but more of our light industrial.
And then the arrow employment would be able to accommodate all of those uses in the other districts.
In addition to some larger warehouse style uses logistics, research and development.
And the ASP identified several of those kinds of uses that.
That would specifically take advantage of cross proximity to EIA.
And those would also be the uses that are more compatible or more on the industrial side and less compatible with the more residential income.
And commercial uses to the south.
And work is ongoing on identifying through a land use by a lot of review exactly what kind of uses exactly.
And what kind of zoning will be used for this policy area.
Go ahead. Councillor Hanson.
Thanks for the answer Jordan.
Again, you know, it's very exciting because this is the next step in that 65th Avenue.
You know, interchange and economic development for the city.
I think it was last week actually there was an announcement by EIA that there was a massive investment in in cargo.
So this is very timely and you know, hopefully we can attract some of these rate in the city of Laduke and, you know, get some economic growth investment and jobs for our residents.
So very exciting and thanks for the presentation Jordan.
Okay, any other questions?
Thank you.
Seeing none.
Do we have any public presenters?
Yeah, but Brent is so Brent is from landscape consulting.
Brent did you want to say something or are you just here to answer questions?
There we go.
Thank you.
National Airport in terms of the air cargo.
It's, yeah, it's great.
It's great to see what this finally coming to fruition.
So thank you very much, council.
Yeah, and 65th Avenue interchange when it gets completed.
I think it'll be perfect timing for this project as well.
And so we'll see that we're coming out of the pandemic and that there will be an opportunity here for a real growth in the, in this area.
So I think it's timely.
You know, 65th Avenue interchange will give you a quick and easy access to the airport, which I think is essential to this, this piece of property.
So looking forward to it.
So.
Thank you very much.
Thank you, worship.
Probably just a comment more than anything.
Was I was happy to see that the ASP.
Contained that buffer that was set up by prior council years ago, making sure that the buffer between the EIA and residential was.
Was lived up to was adhered to and that should help to sustain the 24-7 operation of the EIA.
Exactly.
Okay, any other questions?
Any other presentations?
Seeing none.
I now declare the public hearing for by law number 1-0-7-0-7-3-2020 closed.
And I now declare the public hearing for by law 1-0-7-4-2020 open.
So this is who's going to speak to Jordan?
You're speaking to this again?
Yeah.
And did I give you enough time this time, Sandra?
Not Carina?
Good.
Go ahead, Jordan.
Take it away.
Thank you.
Your worship and council.
This is a very quick one.
So this is a very minor MVP amendment that's being brought for.
In conjunction with the by law that we just discussed for 65th Avenue.
So this map that you see in front of you is one of the maps in our new MVP.
And it is being changed to reflect the 65th Avenue ASP going in.
So if we can move to the next slide.
So we can see circle then blue is the 65th Avenue area, ASP area.
And then circle then red is the remaining portion of the bridge port ASP that includes
the root common in those areas.
So basically we are just slightly adjusting this map to go to the next slide.
So that the blue area is completely dark gray.
And then the red area is the now lighter gray indicating it's an unplanned area.
As the by law for 65th Avenue, ASP is rescinding the bridge port ASP, which will leave that area on plan.
But that area is almost completely developed, meaning that the ASP bridge port ASP is no longer needed for that area.
And then the entire north of that we can see the entire 65th Avenue ASP area circled in blue is now considered a planned area with the introduction of the 65th Avenue.
And this has some very minor policy implications throughout the MDP, but this amendment is really just for consistency sake.
So that the MDP and the ASP are aligned with one another.
That's all I have for you this evening. Thank you so much.
I'll take any questions.
Okay.
Questions? This is basically just housekeeping. So I don't think there's any questions. I don't believe there'll be any presenters from the public, and I declare public hearing for bylaw 107-420 closed.
I now declare the public hearing for bylaw number 107-8201 open. And is this Jordans again?
No, it's April.
Good evening, April. Go ahead. Take it away.
Thank you, Your Worship and Council. It's good to be in front of you tonight. On behalf of administration, I would like to present bylaw.
Bylaw. Sorry, let me get myself straight here.
Bylaw 1078-2021 to rezone stage 4 within the Blackstone neighborhood. Stage 4 proposes development along Blackstone link, which is a new connection here, connecting Blackstone Boulevard, which is the main collector within Blackstone neighborhood.
North 238 Avenue, separating the window's neighborhood from the Blackstone neighborhood.
The redistricting proposed within stage 4 contains two land use districts. The RNL residential narrow lot district, which would contain 14 lots for zero lot line development, along with the MUR district, which will contain 15 lots for townhouse dwellings.
Both types of development within the neighborhood will be serviced by adjoining lanes.
The rezoning proposed here is consistent with all city plans and policies, including the new municipal development plan, as well as the Blackstone area structure plan.
This short and sweet this concludes my presentation. I will note that there is a representative of the developer present and we are happy to answer any questions that Council may have.
Any questions from Council? Doesn't look like there are any. So is there anybody from the public?
Seeing none. I now declare that this public hearing for bylaw number 1078-2021 is closed, and that concludes our public hearings for tonight.
We will take care of these during our bylaws section. Okay.
So now we move into business and our first is some business from last week. So this is the 9.3.
From the presentation on the Alberta co-policy and consultation process, Councillor Hanson.
Take it away. Sure. Thank you. So I'd first like to welcome there's a number of members from from leave online.
I believe when do you will our chairperson as well as some a former leave member Jill Mitchell who's been quite active in this.
And care of charm like I believe is here to our environmental individual with the city.
So this item came to council a couple weeks ago at our last council meeting.
Leave had a wonderful presentation highlighting this issue that they've been working on.
And really it comes down to the changes that the Alberta government has made. Now recently they've reinstated the coal policy, which you know, we all commend them for that.
I think the right choice and they're moving forward with public consultation on a new coal policy.
But nonetheless, you know, this is an important issue for us because it affects our water water is life.
I think it was Doug Griffiths that wrote a book 13 ways and it you know, it highlights 13 ways to kill your community and and chapter one chapter one is messing around with your water.
So you know there's concerns about that.
With with that being said to Epico recently came out with a report on a source water protection plan in the last couple weeks.
It's a 160 page report.
I don't you know it's a very very long thing, but I'll I'll concisely summarize it here.
The North Saskatchewan water right now is is clean.
But of course stated it is critical that modeling assessments be completed before mining activities permitted, especially where the cumulative effects of mining effects water sheds.
So with that being said one last thing I'll mention is both the city of Emmitton and Srapcon Accountey have passed similar motions to the one to the two different motions I'm going to make tonight.
As well as a number of other municipalities throughout Alberta.
So with that being said, I'd like to make the motion that council sent a letter to the Honorable Sonya Savage Minister of Energy as well as the Honorable Jason Nixon Minister of Environment and Parks.
The premier requesting a pause on on all current coal exploration on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountain, pending a comprehensive public consultation.
Okay any questions or comments.
Did you want to comment on that concert talk?
I was just going to say that I would definitely support that in the favor of doing everything that large just said.
Okay any other questions or comments?
Councilor Beckett.
Thank you.
So I will be supporting this motion.
My conscience sets that I need to support what is here for my kids.
My grandkids and my great grandkids.
And we all need a clean supply of drinking water.
So I definitely will be supporting this motion.
Yeah.
Councilor.
Luzowski.
I didn't concentrate on the different perspective.
I think the report talks about coal exploration and the negative effects that will have in wildlife and water quality and environment.
And that being said that's not only for the coal industry and that's for all of our other resource development.
And our industry is very heavily regulated and as has pointed out that looks at these things all the time when they develop.
So that not only mining, it's forced me oil and gas, which is, which is why we've got some of the highest environmental standards in the world.
I believe.
And that's why the province regulates those so there should not be in front of council.
We don't have any authority or jurisdiction in developing coal policy.
It's clearly a provincial matter and they're working through it.
I think it's great that people in our community want to have a voice on shaping coal policy, but they should be at the provincial table.
And involved in the provincial process.
You know, this policy is going to lead into a lot of different areas.
And what does it mean?
We have eight or nine mines right now operating.
Does it mean one or two more mines?
10.
Does it mean size 28 on hectares?
I was reading about a mine in December.
Well, that's the same size as the international airport lands, which is basically a dent in Iraqis.
So, you know, there's thousands of workers directly and indirectly involved.
What does it mean for the coal mining communities?
The environmental, they talk about the, the, the cause to the animals.
Well, how does that stack up with the windmills where there's thousands, hundreds of thousands of birds killed yearly?
The reclamation will be discussion around coal policy.
And what does it mean for, for, you know, more than 50% of our coal produced as metallurgical coal.
It's a high grade quality used for making steel.
But does it mean for that coal development policy?
We shouldn't be making these motions as counsel to ask them to pause the current coal exploration.
We should let the province do their thing and on follow due course with their processes.
Okay.
Councilor Hamilton.
Well, I, I appreciate those comments.
I absolutely disagree.
I believe that the,
Thank you.
And there has to be a balance between environment and economics.
And I fully support the fact that the province is only going to pause this until such time as public consultation takes place.
I'm fully supportive of that aspect.
I just hope it doesn't lead to, as Councillor Lizardski mentioned, further devastation to other industries, which Alberta is a resource province.
And there is a balance between the environment and economics and economic development.
And we have to be very cognizant of that that we can't.
We can't just jump on the bandwagon without taking into account.
The effect it has on the finances of the province.
The livelihoods of the people working in these.
There are no other sustainable jobs for these individuals that are going to be displaced because of a policy such as this.
That's my primary concern is the people.
And I realize that there is potential for this potential for that.
But as Councillor Lizardski mentioned, there's potential disasters when you're doing forestry.
There's potential disasters in oil and gas.
And we've already basically shut down the economics of this province.
And I just want to be very, very cautious about how far we take initiative such as this.
I appreciate the severity of it.
I appreciate the passion, the emotion that's involved around this issue.
I'm just really concerned about how far is it going to go into the future.
Okay, Councillor Hanson.
Oh, look at my mic still on.
You know, I don't think anybody's saying we're valuing this over that or creating this false dichotomy.
You know, and I also don't think this is anti-resourced development by any means.
I think this is simply saying look.
There is some serious implications potentially on our watershed where we get water for our city.
So I think that does make us a stakeholder with this.
So again, you know, I support the motion that I've put up and be happy to vote on it.
Okay, any other questions or comments?
Okay, so I'll close.
I'm going to support this motion.
I think it's important that when we get a recommendation from one of our boards that we have to bait on it.
And then once councils make a decision, we can work.
And again, I don't see any problem with us sending a letter of support to the government.
I don't believe that we're getting into areas where we shouldn't.
I think all we're doing is voicing our an opinion that has been brought forward to us from the our environmental advisory board.
And so with that, I'll ask for a vote on the motion on favor and opposed.
And I carry six one.
Thank you, everyone. Thank you.
Oh, yes, go ahead. Second motion.
Go ahead.
Sure. I'll move that council provide input to the coal policy consultation process when established at both the political and administrative levels.
Okay.
And any questions or comments?
Okay, so do we have that motion?
Okay, perfect.
It's up on the screen.
Any questions or comments?
Okay, seeing none.
I'll call the question.
All in favor.
And opposed.
And that motion carries five to two.
Thank you, everyone.
I appreciate your input tonight.
Oh, when did you want to comment?
Thank you very much for your support. And I really appreciate the comments of the councillors.
Terry councillors.
I was key and councillor.
And you're correct.
This is not specifically about cool.
It's just that the coal policy being rescinded last year.
Sean has fought like on the whole issue.
So that that's really what we're looking at.
If we don't we don't have clean water.
If we don't protect our water sources.
We risk our health.
We risk our livelihoods and our economy.
So yeah, finding what the red balance is great.
And we hope it doesn't.
That's what will happen.
Thank you so much.
Okay.
Thank you, Wendy.
Thank you for your comments.
Any other questions or comments?
Okay.
Well, have a good night.
Thank you so much.
Okay.
That takes us to 9.4 or this is our inauguration discussion.
And so just wanted to bring this up for council and see for questions or comments and give direction to administration.
So recognizing that this year and last year have been a very unusual year.
And there's been a lot of strain and stress put on the economy and local businesses.
Normally what happens is that in an election year after the election results are final.
We have an inauguration.
And in the past, while as long as life.
And we've sort of built it up. And I think that the suggestion from administration is that during a year coming out of a pandemic, that this is probably not the year to spend a lot of time and money on inauguration.
And so I think that administration has brought this proposal forward or a suggestion forward and they just wanted to have it confirmed by Council.
And so if you have any questions or comments, not be the time.
Council is those.
I think that's that's good messaging.
I think there's still too many unknowns and stuff like that and to have administration start to do in a lot of planning and stuff like that.
I think it's premature right now. So I would support those comments that you've made.
Okay.
Council is our councilor Hanson?
Yeah, I'd agree with Councilor Lizel. Excuse remarks.
Yeah.
So city manager, Derek, have you got clear direction?
We have what we need as long as the city clerk has.
What do we need?
Do we need a motion?
Sandra.
I'm fine without a motion.
I just wanted to say or ask.
Do you still want something but a very scaled down version?
Would we like to do it say it three o'clock in the afternoon rather than seven in the evening?
If you did it three o'clock, we should put that.
Tea coffee and.
Yeah.
Cake, cookie, squares, type thing.
Yeah.
Still inviting family and friends if we're allowed, but just a very scaled down version.
And then we would have the meeting at three in the afternoon.
Have some time and then disperse.
Yep.
Go ahead.
The only thing that I would say is that whoever does get voted in if they do have a full time job that takes them to five.
That would basically be.
I know it's a special event and then potentially they could get it off work, but what if they can't.
And so I think that having it later in the evening would make it so that it was inclusion of anybody who potentially may get on Council,
depending on whatever it is that they do.
That it's after hours to a time that they don't have to take off on another job.
Yeah.
And I would also be in favor of not having necessarily a, you know, any kind of food thing.
I'm fine with that having it in here, you know, doing their ceremonies is important.
But I don't know that the, you know, the reception is necessarily needed at this time, at least.
It goes for Hamilton.
Yeah.
I would agree with that that I think the ceremony is important.
I think the swearing in is important.
The photo op of that for for family and loved ones is important.
And I agree that, you know, I still think that, you know, six or seven o'clock would be more appropriate personally,
but, you know, that's just my comments that I'm not sure, you know, how are there's feel about that.
I agree with Councillor Tillick on the timing aspect of it.
So it's five o'clock to early.
Five o'clock is our normal meeting time.
Do you consider that to early?
I guess the question would be, what was our previous inauguration time?
To have, when when family extended family would have been allowed and invited.
It was seven o'clock.
Yeah.
Good to meet you.
Thank you.
I guess a quick question for administration.
I know this is something that, you know, obviously is a planned on a, on a dime.
But, I mean, we don't necessarily know who's going to get elected in the next election.
So is there an opportunity where that new council might be able to give some input?
Or is that a little last minute?
No, no, no.
Yeah.
Okay.
Yeah.
I think that, unless I hear any disagreement here.
So we're probably talking about having this wearing in at a seven p.m.
And just as we have in the past.
And then again, it would just be a ceremony with an opportunity for photo up.
And we won't worry about food or beverage.
Yeah.
I think I agree with the Councilor Tilliken, Councilor Hamilton.
The importance of this is the swearing in.
And in the past, I mean, we've turned it into much more of a ceremony.
But I think, due to the pandemic, I think it's only appropriate that we go back
to for this year anyways, just having a very basic inauguration.
We do the celebration.
And that should be sufficient.
Yeah.
And based on the numbers, if there's opportunity for each of us to invite a plus one, that would be nice.
But, you know, not a full campaign right.
And we can probably work out something so that with the swearing in, if there is restrictions.
And I'm very hopeful there won't be by that time.
But if there are restrictions, then we just work it around so that we can set up the photo up.
So that friends and family could be in for the photo up.
Like we could do that quite easily.
And it'll be a little bit different.
But I think in the fact that we're not going to have a food and beverage, it'll be simpler to do each swearing in and have the photo up.
Hopefully, it'll be back to normal.
But I think we've given you a pretty clear direction.
Any other questions or comments?
No, good.
So that moves us on to bylaws.
Oh, sorry.
9.5 special meeting.
Go ahead.
Sandra, did you want to explain that one?
There is a meeting with the RCMP taking place next Tuesday.
And because the majority of council will be in attendance, it will now need to be.
I'm considered council meeting.
Okay.
So we're just adding a council meeting.
Do you need a motion right now?
Yes, please.
Okay.
And councilor Finz has made that motion.
All in favor?
And that motion carries unanimously.
Okay.
That moves us into section 10 bylaws.
The first up is second and third reading for bylaw 105120.
We redistricting the Robinson stage 10.
And so we've gone through a public hearing.
And so what we're basically what we're doing here is we're putting this land under direct control.
Because we are doing something that we don't have under our land use bylaws currently.
And I know I'm hoping.
And I know Mr. Peck is paying attention tonight that we will be able to change our land use bylaws.
So that we're able to without having to go.
And I'm really appreciative that can't taro that they, that they're bringing this forward and they're willing to work with our direct control.
But I think that, you know, one of the things we have to really look at is making our land use bylaws.
Thank you.
We have now.
So with that, I'm fully supportive and I move that council give bylaw 105120 second reading.
Okay.
So second reading is moved.
And the other questions are comments.
All in favor.
And that motion is carried unanimously.
Council Rosalski has moved third reading.
And I just before we vote on this, I will just again, you know, when this council came in at the last election.
We definitely wanted to reduce red tape and signal that we're open for business.
And I think that that will be another step is that when we can we want to make it easy for developers to operate in the Duke.
And I think that this is one way that we're getting this done tonight.
But I really do believe that we need to take a close look at our land use bylaws.
So we can be a little bit more nimble and a little bit more flexible than I know Mr. Peck is listening.
So I expect to see him in the future.
Okay.
So we have third reading is moved on favor.
And that motion has carried unanimously.
Bylaw once zero seven three twenty twenty sixty five avenue area structure plan.
Second and third reading.
Councilor Hamilton.
Thank you.
Your worship.
I would move the council.
Bylaw.
One zero seven three twenty twenty second reading.
Second reading is moved.
All in favor.
And that motion is carried unanimously.
Councilor Beckett.
You're microphone is not.
There you go.
Okay.
There we go.
Oh, again.
That I move the council.
Good.
Bylaw number one zero seven three twenty twenty third reading.
And third reading is moved on favor.
And that motion is carried unanimously.
Bylaw one zero seven four twenty twenty.
Looking for second and third readings.
Councilor Finston is moved second reading all in favor.
And that motion carries unanimously third reading.
All in favor.
And that motion has carried unanimously.
Bylaw one zero seven eight twenty twenty one.
Registing blackstone stage for second reading.
Councilor Tillack has moved second reading.
No.
You wouldn't have a public hearing without first reading.
You jumped.
That's okay.
It's getting late.
Councilor Hansen.
We know it's probably past a bedtime.
Okay.
Second reading has been moved by Councilor Tillack.
All in favor.
And that motion is carried unanimously.
Third reading.
Councilor Hansen.
Councilor Hansen has moved third reading.
All in favor.
And that motion is carried unanimously.
And that takes us to our bylaw one zero eight one.
Twenty twenty one.
Our sir bylaw.
Councilor Hamilton.
You want to speak to this.
I did.
I wanted to thank our administration for the work.
They're work on this.
We had passed a bylaw.
I think it was twenty eighteen.
And there was some issue between.
The commission and administration.
There was a couple of things that we wanted to get cleaned up on both sides.
And certainly Mr. Serita and Sean to step up.
And we're able to get that done.
And so I'm very pleased to throw to throw to Rick.
If he'd like to comment on the.
On the work on this bylaw.
Sorry.
And I should have.
I should have prefaced that with my involvement.
I'm the.
I'll be able to capital regional wastewater commission.
And so.
I'm happy to be one of the.
Many members around the table saying that we've got our.
Our bylaw in line with the commission's request for their bylaw.
And.
And that we're in.
And good standing in that.
Good stead in that.
Thank you.
Okay, Rick you must have some comments to.
Thank you.
Your worship and all members in council.
As councilor Hamilton had stated earlier, the city of the Duke is.
One up 13 member municipalities and the in the Alberta capital region wastewater commission.
With councilor halton representing the city of the Duke and we thank him for that.
All sanitary water that is generated.
Within the whole capital region.
Is convey to the Alberta capital regional wastewater treatment facility.
That's located near Fort Saskatchewan.
However, in our circumstance, which is primarily geographic and nature.
Our sanitary sewer makes this way to the gold bar treatment facility.
In Edmonton and that's pursuing to a historic swap agreement.
That was entered into several years ago.
The city has worked very closely with the capital region.
Waste water commission to ensure that the bylaw that was presented in 2018.
I'm going to call it a harmonized by law that met the needs of the commission.
The other member municipalities was presenting.
As councilor Halton indicated that there was some minor tweaking to the bylaw.
And recently the commission and the city reviewed the bylaw.
In detail and identified a few housekeeping matters or housekeeping updates that.
That are before you tonight.
And again, I wish to thank Wade Trebnyat with the sewer commissioner with the wastewater commission.
Sorry for his diligence and assistance with providing those comments to us and for.
Sean to be able to work in the background to get them updated within our five.
Your worship.
I'm not going to go through the.
Through the.
It's not going to be.
The danger is the significant changes.
They're identified in your report.
However, I will.
indicate that we and if you have any questions, I'm not just going to read them open.
Certainly, you can review that if you have any questions.
If you do.
Try to answer them.
The schedule of B, I would like to point out is new and it's being added to identify when
over-strand charges will maybe apply by the municipality to.
Do the municipal customers. Over strength, you know, prohibited matter and over strength has always been a part of our violence and that's not you, but but basically identifying when those charges could be triggered.
Is new. So in saying that we've we've included a reference to some additional supporting information document within a violent, provide clear connection to that information and guidance for the end user.
At the end of the day, it's end user, it's our municipal utility customers that are generating the waste that we want to ensure that we're providing the best support that we can to to to them.
And the other item that all prior attention to is the commission also recommended, including a codes of practice or a best management practice section within the supporting information document.
And in addition to the definitions that we've already provided and we've done that.
The best management practice, an example I can use is if there's any changes with a WWA standards or CSA for that matter, it would allow us to build the municipality and the commissions work together to make whatever changes we can to guide our utility customers to compliance.
So your worship as in the past the city continues to work closely with capital region wastewater commission.
And as committed to protecting obviously our environment and our public health through the permission of responsible wastewater transmission and obviously treatment services.
Your worship administration is recommending the council consider giving all three readings to the to the amendments to the sewer by a lot tonight, 1081.
2021.
So your worship if you have any questions if you happy to answer them at this time.
Okay, any questions for Rick.
Seeing none, we have first reading is moved by Councillor Hamilton, all in favor.
And that motion carries unanimous.
Councillor Lissoski is moved second reading.
Colin Taver.
And that motion is carried unanimous.
Councillor Finstead is moved third reading.
Oh, sorry permission to go to third reading.
That's right.
Consideration for going to third reading and my apologies.
All in favor.
And that is unanimous.
And Councillor Beckett has moved third reading.
All in favor.
And that motion is unanimous.
Not too fast, Sandra.
Good.
Okay.
So that takes us now to bylaw 1727.
2021.
This is our boring bylaw for land purchase.
And so how would you like to proceed, Derek?
Do you want Carmen to speak to this?
Yes.
So Carmen will go first and then we'll do after that.
We'll sort of explain the process after Carmen explains the bylaw before the vote.
So the process where there will be non-Sex-Story Public hearings and how it presumably could roll out if a group will.
Okay.
Carmen.
Take it away.
Sandra.
Do you have the presentation?
Thank you.
When did you send it to us, Carmen?
I know we sent it to my.
Not sure if you send it.
I'm sorry.
We have not received it.
Yes.
Can you give me permission?
Yes.
Go ahead.
Thank you.
All right.
Can you do it to the mayor computer?
Okay.
Good.
So give Carmen permission to present.
Oh, perfect.
I have the power.
Carmen.
I love it.
I don't know because it's just not send it in.
I will go to my monitor.
Just give me one second.
There we go.
Can you see it?
Yeah.
Okay.
So just put it on presentation mode here.
Do you have Mike and Gina as well to just answer any questions going forward?
Move it to the next one.
So the following ball up by law is the purchase price of the land is 2.9 million and the proposed amount.
Of course, it's the same 2.9 million.
And with the proposed term of maximum of 30 years.
And just to give you an aerial.
Not location for the land purchase that we have.
Any questions?
Again, Mike.
Gene or Derek?
Can speak to some of the other.
More detail questions if there are things.
Thank you.
Land for cemetery use.
Maybe not, but time will tell.
We do know that the one that we have is filling up.
We know that we acquired some land years ago to facilitate this.
But we also know the cost to develop the originally purchased land is going to be far and excess of what it's going to take.
To develop these lands.
And I believe that we're going to find a better alternative use for the originally planned cemetery location.
And this in my opinion is a far superior one.
And just to counteract councilor Hanson.
We don't need to develop this tomorrow.
So it's a matter of investing into the future without having to.
And it's a matter of concern ourselves with the immediate development of this property.
So it's going to have my full support.
Any other questions or comments?
Okay.
Oh, go ahead.
Councillor Hamilton.
Yeah.
I would.
I'd like to.
Move that we give by law.
Ten eighty seven twenty twenty one first reading.
So okay.
Yeah.
It seems appropriate to get first reading.
Yeah.
I'll just make my comments.
There's any other comments before we vote on first reading.
Yeah.
Go ahead.
Sorry.
May go through that.
The process.
There's a council.
Providing first reading does pass.
Here's the recommended next steps.
Seeing how it's going to be non statutory public hearing.
So if first reading passes tonight.
And advertisement will be put over in the newspaper.
Declaring that the city of the Duke here.
Why gives notice that in the last petition of electors for a vote on by law.
This by law is demanded.
For the terms.
Then the council may pass the boring by law.
So they will.
The public will have.
An ability to file a petition with the city.
Until April 6th.
Twenty twenty one.
After that.
If there is no petition filed.
The next time we'll be on April 12th.
The non statutory public hearing, which is what we heard from council that was that was wanted.
As well as a second and third reading of the by law.
We'll be scheduled to take place at the council meeting on that same date.
So there will be a number of opportunities for the for the public to have their say in this.
And a number of opportunities for you to have your say in that.
So again.
Opportunity to file.
So this advertising will go on.
The newspaper in publicized.
They'll be an opportunity for the public up until April 6th to make a petition.
And if not, then there will be a non statutory public hearing on April 12th.
After which a second and third reading will happen.
So April 12th is really sort of D day for this.
Okay.
Any other questions or comments?
So I'll just make one comment.
I think and I will be voting for this.
I think this is a wise purchase.
I know that when we originally when the city purchased the brown property.
Same thing.
It turned into the lady park.
I think that was a wise choice.
And when they initially purchased it, they didn't have necessarily a plan in place.
But it was a good opportunity to buy the land at the time to fit in well with the lake.
And I think that was a good choice.
I look at this property here.
We can use a graveyard for it.
It will be much better located to actually service it and have access to it.
And there's a potential with the regional transit, a potential for us to build bus barns there as well.
And so I think at the price that we're getting at this, I think it's a good deal for the city.
When the East Elford Lake lands that we currently had planned for the graveyard were purchased.
We didn't purchase them with the main intent of putting a graveyard there.
We actually purchased it because we wanted to control the weir on telford lake.
And we put the graveyard there because that was another way to get more value out of those lands.
With this property coming up at the price that it's come up.
I believe that this is a better place for the graveyard.
I think we don't have the the problems with the water table that we potentially had on the East telford lake plants.
I think that we're going to get a good return on our initial investment with the East telford lands.
And so I think that this is a wise investment at this time for the city.
We'll go through a public hearing.
So we'll be able to get more input from the public.
But again, I will be supporting this because I do think it is good use and good timing to purchase these lands.
All in.
Okay, your mics on bill.
On all in favor.
Question.
Sorry, just a clarification.
Maybe you talked about it two weeks ago.
But the geotechnical work was that.
Yes.
That's.
That's in.
It was.
It was actually done prior and our city staff was was happy with that.
Okay.
It was done.
We had actually.
We we looked at this lands.
Previously.
If you remember, all it must be about 10 years ago.
We looked at doing this with these lands before.
And so they had done the testing at that time.
It's probably.
Very, very close to where this property is.
Okay.
So all in favor.
And opposed.
And that motion carries forward to three.
And that takes us to.
Our community the whole meeting.
So we have right now.
Our COVID-19 update.
So Irene and Darrell.
So who's going to take the lead on that?
No, this is.
So who's taking the lead Irene or Darrell.
I started out your worship.
Yep.
And then and then I'll hand it over to Darrell to assist.
So as the co-chairs of the COVID-19.
I mean, wasn't in group there when I refused to provide you with enough date this evening.
Both from a financial perspective as far as some of the impacts of COVID on 2021.
Finances and cash flow as well as a look at some of the amenities that were able to open up as a result of the province's stage two.
So if.
Uh, macaroni or a sounder can bring the presentation up on the screen.
There we go.
You'll have to see and restaurants everybody can go to know.
Okay.
Take it away.
Baby step.
Okay.
Yeah.
Great.
Just about ready here with the.
Powerpoint.
Yep.
I just had a speed problem.
Yeah, not a problem.
Just a moment.
I mean, we're having some screen issues.
Sure.
We're going to have to get one of those technical difficulties and signs that we can put up.
Okay.
That's that's looking good for my screen here.
Pretty good in chambers.
Good to go.
Take it away.
Alrighty.
The first piece I just wanted to touch on here is cash flow and where we're at.
So if we just back up one slide.
Do the key cash flow assumptions.
So you can see some of the items that we've got here for you include.
Our revenue sharing agreement, as well as our grant, the MSI, or municipal sustainability initiative grant, and the timing that we anticipate receiving these funds, based on the agreements that we have in place as well as the provincial grant funding guidelines of that type of thing.
The third item on here is capital and the assumption that basically 70% looking at where projects are in the queue.
It is anticipated that 70% of the projects will be complete in 2021 that are in our capital program.
And of course we have some larger projects that should be finishing up or we'll be finishing up this year, such as the protective services expansion and the golf course facility.
So it's those types of assumptions that our finance team looks at when building out this projection.
So based on that on the next slide.
This is the projection that we have pulled together.
And as you can see, in January and February of this year, basically from a cash flow perspective, we were staying in the block.
But when we get in to March now, as well as April, those are the two months out of the whole year where it looks like we may have to access our line of credit.
And council will recall that just last year in May, shortly after COVID hit, we did administration ask council to pass a buy law that authorized a $20 million line of credit for exactly these needs.
Knowing that our cash flows would quite likely be affected based on loss of revenues through the LRC and other impacts that we've seen some extra expenses and those types of things from COVID.
So we are monitoring this basically on a daily basis so far in March, we have not had to dip into our line of credit.
But as I said, quite likely we will have to.
And so as you can see, we've got some extra funds and that type of thing coming in that will help offset this.
But we do have another option, not just the line of credit that we could possibly utilize.
And again, we took a look at that just to see if we moved to the next slide and that's our investments.
So should we pull some short term investments rather than utilizing the line of credit and basically it will cost.
The city less money to use the line of credit at approximately 2.45% interest rate then pulling the investments, which we're basically seeing between 2.3 and 4.9%.
So we're looking at all of those aspects to make sure that.
Basically it costs the least amount as possible when then if we do have to dip in to that line of credit.
So from there, we just wanted to catch on budget impacts and I'm going to pass this one over to Darrell but just before I do it on the next slide if we could move to that.
I did want to point out in the top right hand corner we've got $840,000 in most funding and that's the municipal operating support transfer from the provincial government.
As council will recall, we received approximately 3.4 million dollars for the city of Lidoo to help offset COVID expenses.
And so what we've done is parade that funding so that basically because the provincial.
You
So every month that we're closed it's about $200,000 dollars.
This is above and beyond what we've already built into the 2021 budget.
We had actually budget it.
Revenue losses in the 2021 budget based on a gradual return to normal so certainly being closed in January for every has been a little bit beyond that so that's where you get that $200,000.
The other one that factors in here is the McLab.
And then the number here here seen here is really full year January to December 2021.
We're looking at a $60,000 net impact loss and that's based on a assumption that we and we know we will be back to a regular operating season till October November.
So that's taken into account of all year.
So so again just order magnitude and I give you a little bit of a bill for where we're seeing those revenue.
Thanks, Darrell.
So just as far as cash flow and budget so just to assure council that we are continuing to monitor both of these aspects and certainly we will provide council with regular updates.
If there's any anomalies that do happen or changes because of covid that we need to immediately get to council with certainly we'll be doing that.
So with that unless there's maybe we should stop here before we move into amenities Darrell and I pass it back to you just to check with council on the cash flow and budgeting out that's there any questions.
None continue on.
Okay over you there and the next slide please.
Thanks Irene.
So we've been working really closely with Mary Young and Council Tillac.
Irene and I with the covid working group.
And so we've trying to keep you informed as we went and certainly step one we saw those announcements come out a few weeks ago.
Some good news in terms of step two so we have opened the fitness center of the track.
Just this last Saturday and and it's really only for low intensity activities including light weight training there is no cardio equipment that's open.
We similar to before you have to have an online booking through our app to access and a little different this time since that every pretty participating is required to wear a mask and so far.
We haven't had any challenges with that one.
I want to talk really quickly on household rental opportunities.
This is brand new we've never done this before and it comes back down to the what the help order allows us to do so we can actually rent out an amenity or household can rent an amenity.
And we've introduced what we what is called the new household rate so for 42 dollars.
You can rent a full as a household rent a full arena or the aquatic center for 42 dollars.
So that gives you up to 10 people from your household.
So this is something we've never done before we wanted to make sure that it was affordable.
So we've instituted that really interesting that the uptake on fitness has been a little slower than we thought over the weekend again we just opened.
But we've had I think the last count was between 180 and 190 requests for aquatics.
Just over the last couple days and keep in mind that doesn't open till till Tuesday.
So we've really been inundated with tons of emails and calls asking for access to household access to aquatics.
But one important point here guys is that we're because of the demand and because it's cold and we are working to keep it local.
So those bookings are provided to local little presidents and little county as well.
In terms of ice and bill host's bookings I think Macarena if you could go to the next slide.
So those similar to step one so right now you have minor groups of 10 under can access it's for practice drills.
No games good news on the library front.
I'm not open today and the Civic Center warming center has been closed down.
Those folks who need a place to hang out.
You know until the evening when the shelter is open the LFC is still available and there's other.
Other men in town that have opened up reason so that helps so much.
So that's just a bit of a highlight in terms of where we're at I noticed there were some announcements today.
I think there's some impacts in terms of it might allow us to do some things in the club but I haven't really had a chance to look at that because.
So go ahead council.
Sure thank you Irene and Darrell for your presentation.
We're living in unprecedented times and I think you you folks have done commendable jobs with you know the challenges that we we face.
So thank you for that.
Darrell just a quick question with the indoor track.
I've had some requests about lanes swimming at the pool and I guess my question is.
What's the difference between lane swimming in indoor track like you know if we're allowing indoor track and we allow for lane swimming.
That's a great question.
It comes down to high intensity versus low intensity on the indoor track you can have high intensity.
As long as you're with one on one with a coach similarly in a lane swim you can do that in the pool assuming you're one on one with a trainer.
If you're so individual you cannot have a high intensity lane swim so that's not allowed but you can have a low intensity walk or quick ample on the track but you can't be going high intensity so that's the real.
So it's for sure it gets a little bit confusing.
That's how we.
If I may we did confirm with Alberta Health Services and indeed with the chief medical officer of health herself and it comes down to the fact that any swimming is continued is considered high intensity.
Whether or not you agree with that or not that is the thing so there's no such thing as a walk swim if you will.
So there's no crawl to a walk around the track and a low intensity swim everything swimming is high intensity hence the reason you can book it out with your family and do lane swim but only if you're with you.
You haven't seen me swim obviously.
Thanks for that Darrell and and Derek now just a quick question on the the household rentals I great job with that I think that's a great idea just a question on communicating that out has that like has there been a media release or something so folks know about that because I think that's a great opportunity.
Yeah, we just started launching that on Friday and I know there was a lot of buzz over the weekend you know I'm a lot of social media for sure but that was announced last Friday and we're going to be touching base with our communications cruise here for the next couple days I know.
I know it got some take up or sure as I mentioned on the aquatic side a lot of that was word of mouth as well.
It's a rare opportunity for anybody to get access to an aquatic facility for 42 dollars for their household.
So yeah it's getting out there a bit but yeah we can pull up on that a bit.
Councillor Hamilton just continue that just so I understand we're talking your family has access to the full pool the water slide.
The the the kitties aquatic area and hot tubs aren't open yet right or hot tubs included.
Through your worship the one cracked on the hot tubs hot pools.
What we ask when they book is we need to know ahead of time what their amenity what the amenity is they want so we can stop recording so.
But yeah they can get access to the to the main tank they can get the leisure pool or they can get the water slide.
Can they get the hot tubs as well.
Your worship I believe they can I would need to double check on that.
Okay amazing.
Have you been by the magic method demand keeping it to one hour slots your house the timing.
Decided.
Yeah through your worship it's their prebook one hour slots and we're trying we're going to try to have to limit one household per week.
We only have about 45 slots per week right now and again we're so we're basing it on existing staff and we don't want to trigger a whole bunch of more recalls from.
From our casual staff that had been laid off for this period of time so we can handle that amount of booking but yeah 45 a week.
And they're filling up for sure it's your to the end.
Okay any any other questions.
So when we were down in Ottawa this last summer so with the restrictions there they limited a pool to 25 people.
And so we went into a wave pool that could hold three to 400 people and there's only 25 of us so you can imagine what's going to be like now having a family having our whole pool so.
But at least we're getting people into our facility and we're starting to use it again.
Mr. Melty do you have your microphone on.
Okay, any other questions or comments? Anything else there? Okay, we're good. Thank you so much.
Next one is our fees covering by law options. Go ahead, Derek.
So here we're ship, city solicitors on the line as well. So if I say anything that's either illegal or put any of us in this room in jail, I'm sure he'll pop up.
That's right.
For this report, if I remember on at the February 22nd council meeting, you requested the administration to go forth and come back with some options regarding the face covering by law.
You laid out sort of four broad scopes you want to see and what we've done here in the report is identify those four and really five potential options for you.
Because we're in committee, the whole no decision could be made here, however, we can pop out into council and make a motion.
So what I'll present to you are the four options, plus one, and then you guys can discuss amongst yourselves. So we can seriously write, see where he has that and if you decide to make a motion here, we can pop out a council or pop into council and make the motion.
So the first option is let the enactment of the by law stand. So that's basically status quo.
Understand that there may be some, but however, that's standard and attempt to deal with it at another date when the numbers lower either even further.
Option two is the pass motion directing that the operation enforcement of the by law be suspended indefinitely.
So this is suspending the by law essentially, but allowing for future if if need be to bring it back.
What this would eventually essentially do is keep the by law in advance.
And when the province is mandatory mask or face covering restriction ends, ours would as well, however, you would still have the option without having to go through the full by law process and we're going to bring it up again.
You
So I do have a question that if the province has their by law in effect, and if we do not or take ours away, does that still give our by law officers the, you know, the right to enforce that by law.
That by law through with the province forcing it or do we still have to have our by law in place in order for it to be enforced within our municipality.
So all to let Gina answer that one, I think I have the answer, but again, I know a guy.
I think he's a school.
We'll answer this exact question.
So we pay in the big bucks for
Yeah.
Through you, Mister chair.
We we don't have to have the by law, in effect, if if the province doesn't.
Take away their restrictions.
You know, if there's there's an interesting nuance with with one of the options.
I'm tying it to the provincial restrictions.
The reason why we might want to do that is just so we can enforce on the local level using her own enforcement staff.
And we're also that that also takes away the uncertainty of the prosecution on the provincial level.
So that can be done.
This one question before you go to Councilor Hanson.
So I've seen notices that were sent to me that the province has revoked the right for our by laws officers to enforce on the public health workers is that correct.
So like the what what I've seen so far is that.
Right now our our CPO's cannot enforce the case covering by law.
So that would that be correct.
So yes and no your worship.
So yes and that it has been rescinded however.
Our if we need to enforce our CPO's can and inform the province that they had.
So it's a bit of there were three different stages of the went through within the course of two days.
First our CPO's ability to enforce any of it was rescinded totally or it expired.
The second it came that okay well actually if you need it now for based on a no cry from a number of other municipalities if you need it.
Make it essentially a business case to the province and then we'll tell you municipality by municipality whether you can or cannot.
And we were prepared to do that.
What it happened is other municipality said oh that's it that is too restrictive as well so the province came back and said actually you.
You don't have the power anymore however if you want it you can have it without asking us just tell us afterwards.
So you are correct.
I'm correcting that jean our dire.
Is there a little bit in the way sir.
Just for context that's that's in the context of the provincial orders so the by law.
Is within our purview to to enforce we we don't have to get from it provincial permission to enforce our own.
Yeah well we do in a very general sense but but based covering by law we have the ability to enforce that.
Hey Councilor Hanson and Councilor Beckett.
Well with that knowledge coming into play I think I'd lean towards supporting counselor tillaks option.
Three it is.
Because I think that could be problematic if you know we we have a public health order and it's not enforceable and and buy enforcement I don't mean you know certain lock and people up but rather you know educate to get compliance.
I think that makes sense the other common I'd make is you know I I understand the duplication of two different things and one supersedes other.
But my one concern is about communication you know if we repeal our local by law.
You know there could be some confusion in the community around you know what's what's happening with that so I think option three is the most sensible option.
Councillor Beckett.
Thank you.
So similar to what councilor Hanson has just said I believe that if we align our by law to reflect what the province is currently doing that makes total sense because then everybody in the province knows when you come to the Duke this is the by law.
And because I know that was huge confusion early on because people would come to the outlet mall and to Costco and and there was a by law in Edmonton and so then they were coming away from Edmonton because they didn't want to adhere to that by law.
So I think by having this by law align with the province it's uniform and I like that approach.
Go ahead councilors.
But I guess I asked the question why have it all together if we're going to fall underneath under the provincial guidelines which are more consistent for the whole problems one of the early things when we did this was.
Some municipalities were some weren't some this the county wasn't you know it's kind of all over the place now I look at it and.
And I don't know about our number of 10 there but that you know the provinces got its guidelines now that the rest of the counties the municipalities are falling.
Anything under so I'm not sure we need to have us anymore.
I guess that's exactly my my concern is.
If the province has one and we can enforce it then we don't need our own.
Our own was put in place because the province didn't have one and then we set a number and the province hasn't used numbers right based on population size so we're not.
We wouldn't be tied to a number anymore right if we change our by law or go to the provinces and just for clarification gene so.
With our by law so we set the number at 10 so now that we're at nine does that mean our by law would no longer be an effect or did we just say that was a trigger and it stayed in.
Yeah it stays in until council says.
So.
Okay.
Councilor Hansen and council.
Just following up on councilor Hamilton's comments just to clarify gene you said if we repeal our local by law and the province the provincial public health order still there.
Can our CPO still enforce that.
And that three industry that's that's what the city manager was getting at.
We've kind of heard the province be frankly a little bit.
And the US on that issue.
But I think correct.
I know.
Derek that.
Right now we're we're getting the authority to do that.
Okay so.
Council.
Thank you so I still think that by repealing our by law.
We will create confusion in this community as to do our mask or don't I.
They're not going to think about the provincial by law unless we really use education to say.
We do because we feel they're by law but the Alberta by law still is in effect and I think we're going to create a whole lot of confusion.
But if we just say we align it with the province.
Then you're when the province says we're wearing a mask we will and when they see it's repealed then we won't.
Councilor Frinstead then council is.
Yeah a couple things one of these portion of this discussion might have come up or should come up under.
We're part of some council committees but.
At the nighthawks meeting last night.
I raised the issue that we were talking about catalytic converters and you'll get the connection in a minute.
But catalytic converters are being stolen in huge numbers and.
Currently there's legislation in place to.
To curtail that activity by way of.
Charging the scrap theater so accept them so right now you can walk into a scrap theater.
Hand off your catalytic converter get your cash and go away.
The next I can come in with twenty frickin catalytic converters turn them in for cash.
Walk away nothing happens.
There is legislation in place to curtail that activity but the attorney general's department refuses to.
To press charges or or no wants to prosecute.
So I'm saying they're thinking well how does that make sense when you're affecting.
It's costing between five and thirteen thousand dollars or more to replace this.
And yet by the same token you've got some preacher in jail until may.
Because of some.
Some off side with regard to some.
Some.
Covid restriction so.
I want to raise that as as.
Yeah let's align it with the province recent ours.
We're tied with the province everybody knows we're tied with the province and get on to that I just.
This whole thing is driving me crazy already and.
We've got.
Wasn't.
I mean he got a guy sitting in jail.
No no no we heard it.
And I and I agree that there might be some some communication issues but I think they can be easily enough overcome.
Part of the problem is there's so much information communications.
Covid is is completely all over the map anyway with people but.
You know the other the other fact of the matter is if we keep our own where you were playing the numbers game of 10 there and you said we're nine.
Right.
So what's the next question in our community if we run seven or something.
Do we execute it?
Which is going to be different than the provinces so I think just to keep it cleaner.
Any time we can clean up stuff where there's not a couple of things kind of same the same thing but not necessarily the same thing.
I think it'll just.
I'll just make it easier for the residents.
You know I think everybody gets the province thing now the do county at the beginning we're putting them on and people are going to miss you and they didn't have to do them in this view so.
I think it just you know we can overcome the communication.
Got that and and but make it cleaner all the way around when it comes to mass coverings.
Councilor Tillock.
So yeah I see for me.
Like I definitely think the number like the way that we had worded it to create it needs to be you know deleted essentially.
But I like as an enforcement because the province has made it so clear on whether we can enforce what we can't and how in that process.
And as the communications aspect like Councillor Beckett had indicated that you know one less thing that the communications team has to you know explain and and put on the website and and make sure everybody understands and then defend and whatever comments.
I just feel like if we if the province has a mask by law regardless of whatever number it is that they're saying like we have a mask by law and whether.
You know that means we don't have one and we're saying that that's one and that's what we're following is what the provinces or that are by law is essentially the same as that by law then that's kind of where I sit is that the the 10 and the whatever number we're not I feel like that doesn't matter anymore.
I think that we if the province has a mask by law in place then we have a mask by law in place and that's kind of the.
Super clear cut message, but then also there's a super clear cut message that our CPUs can enforce it guarantee.
So that's just kind of where I stand, but I'm not sure what option that would be under.
So.
It's far too far. Sorry.
Oh, sorry. Go ahead.
Gene, you want to speak?
Yeah. I probably be remiss if I can mention this.
The I guess the other the other aspect I have in our home place the same time is the provincial order is that we're in control of the prosecution.
Council of instead mentioned sort of, you know.
You
To me, so that when the province does remove this, it's just one last thing we have to do so.
That's the way I look at it. I.
So anyways, we can't make a motion right here, but we can move in back into council and then make a motion.
So I guess in order to prepare for it, the question would be I guess.
So yeah, so option sounds like option for one is what we're looking at repealing the by law unconditionally and immediately.
Yeah.
And if that does not pass, then the second one would be option three pass motion.
That the amendments be brought forward to essentially link it to there.
Yeah.
Okay.
So when we move into council.
The motion before you will be essentially option for that will.
I've direct administration bring forward a by law.
Well, actually you'll direct now, but we'll the by the by law will repeal the face covering by law unconditionally and immediately effectively.
And if that does not pass, then option three will be brought forward, which is to pass motion directing.
That amendments would see the by law link directly to the province mandatory province of restrictions.
That's what I sort of see is the two options being back.
So I just have a question then if there's some issue with three or four, you know, for now passing and going to three why would we then look at option two of just indefinitely suspending our by law.
So at least we take it off.
We don't have to go through the oops to put it back on later.
Like why would we just not.
Tucker to the side.
Yeah, Jean is that.
I'm hoping we have to get through.
Through the chair that you know that that provision was put in the by law just for this purpose to to make it a little bit easier to transition.
So.
Yeah, we rather than repealing out right we just suspended and at some point later on in time you like we should.
Get it reactivated then you can certainly do that by the way of motion.
Because I guess where I was going with that is if.
You know, let's suppose, you know, we did we did go to the work the province didn't do one we went ahead did our own by law.
The province put one in we're now superseded by the province.
Gosh, for a bit the province changed their tune they dropped their by law we become a hotbed we don't want to change our by law.
You know, at least we've got it there and we can reenact right I don't imagine that happening but at least we would have just suspended it rather than gotten rid of it.
Go ahead, Lars.
If we if we go with option two don't you run to the same issue is option four where again it's a communication thing where you know members of the public might be asking well you suspended it.
So I'm not going to remass now right.
Well, the only thing is is that no matter what the provincial orders one that is in effect right now so even if we were sent our by law our by law isn't an effect right now.
And so none of the signs are going to come down there won't be any differences as far as businesses go.
This is basically it's paperwork and so I sort of see your point bill like we could suspended leave it there I just hope I never have to put it back in again.
So.
Well, I guess you know if we talk about communications if we rescind it there's a whole lot more attention around rescinding it doesn't that make it seem more challenging for communications to talk about why we rescind it.
As opposed to it's purely suspended because of provincial current provincial mandate.
Well suspended needs is still there if you want to put it back in later yeah.
Yeah, it's almost like the suspension is just exactly what's going on right now.
I guess the question is yeah and I see your point is if if if we just suspended the not means that if we did want to bring it back in we could.
I guess I'm not sure I have a problem with that either suspending it doesn't seem to think because that means you still have to you still have to have a motion to bring it back in and all that means is that next time you're eliminating three readings that's on correct.
Yeah, so yeah so that works I'd be good if it's getting rid of it the same way and it still needs it there hopefully never ever have to use it again but if we did it's only one reading instead of three so I don't.
Very convincing argument council Hamilton.
So no, so no I'm thinking that maybe the suspended is the option to have a different council.
So it looks like that yeah we're we're good with that and it achieves the same thing and it leaves this more flexibility and yeah.
Good argument council Hamilton.
I'll kudos to whoever wrote option to in our document here because it's not like I came up with that myself.
Okay, so we need a motion to go back into regular council.
Councilor Hansen's made that motion on favor and that emotion carries unanimously so that takes us back into regular council and Councilor Hamilton has moved option to.
Any question just that.
Is that your fast it's to suspend the operation of the by law.
That's right.
So councilor Hansen's made that motion yes.
On option to it says.
The operation and enforcement of the by law.
Yeah, so there'll still be enforcement right.
No, well, not on that by law.
Yeah, only on the provincial by law.
Right, right.
Because again, the provincial by law is the one that's in effect right now.
It supersedes our local by law.
Councilor Tillett.
Just one more thing to add is that we are.
What did you say suspending it?
Yeah.
Maybe something along that motion could be due to the provincial whatever whatever is in place.
No, just we don't have to do this if we decide we want to put it back in.
All we have to do is bring it back in with be one motion.
That's not the motion to be more of the communication piece that needs that information.
Okay.
Good.
Okay, so we have a motion by councilor Hamilton for option two on favor.
And that motion is carried unanimously.
Thank you.
So now I need a motion to go into closed session.
You need a motion to commit to command to command you of the whole and then into closed session.
No, we would make the motion to go into closed session from our council meeting.
Mr. Mayor.
Oh.
It's close.
Oh, you are right, Senator.
Why do I even argue with you?
That's silly.
Still a big.
Councilor Beckett has made a motion to move back to committee on favor.
That motion carries unanimously.
Thank you.
Thank you for joining us.
Thank you.