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Good morning, everyone. My name is Christine Olson. I will be the chair of the governance and priorities committee meeting for today, September 1st, 2026. I would like to welcome any of you that are joining us online listening in and good morning to administration and those in the gallery.

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Perfect. I will now call the meeting to order at 9 o'clock.

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I will now proceed with today's committee member attendance and note that Councillor Coocher Johnson, Councillor Kyle,

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Councilor McNabb, Mayor Shaggis, Councilor Jasperson, and Councilor Ducet are in attendance

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and chambers today,

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so we will state for the record who is present, and of course myself.

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Moving to the second item on our agenda today, item two, adoption of the agenda.

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I will ask committee members if there are any additions or deletions for today's agenda.

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Seeing none, I will ask administration, Ms. Swain, are there any additions or deletions

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to the agenda. Thank you, Madam Chair. Good morning, Council. No additions or deletions

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to the agenda from administration. Thank you.

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I will ask Councillor Kutcher.

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Chair, I'll be reading it. Thank you. I did have a notice

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emulsion coming forward today. I just wondering if I don't see it on my agenda.

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Thank you, Councilor McDonough. I do have it, so we will have that added

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to the agenda, please.

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Notice the motion for council.

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Madam Chair, we won't add that at the adoption of the agenda.

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Councillor McNabb can bring that forward as item 71 in the natural course of the agenda.

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Thank you so much.

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Okay, we have a motion.

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Could I get a motion to adopt the agenda, please, Councillor Coochardonson?

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That the adoption of the September 1st, 2026 governance and priorities committee meeting

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agenda be adopted as presented.

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Thank you. I will call on the motion. All those in favour?

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Thank you.

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Moving on to item 4.1, adoption of the governance and priorities committee meeting

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minutes from July 7th, 2026. I will ask Councillor Kyle to put that motion forward, please.

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I've

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been proposed that the July 7th, 2026, sorry, September 1st, 2026 governance, well, I'm all over the place.

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Adoption, or that the September 1st, 2026 governance providers can immediately agenda be adopted as presented.

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Thanks.

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Okay, so we'll just, the motion should read-

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Oh, sorry.

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That the July 7th, 2026.

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I'm blaming you, Sally.

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The July 7th, 2026 governance of priorities committees meeting minutes be adopted as presented.

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Thank you so much.

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The motion is on the floor.

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I was checking too fast.

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There are any amendments, changes, deletions,

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seeing none, I will call on the motion, those in favor.

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Thank you, that motion is carried.

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Moving on to item 5.1, public input, I do not believe that we have any registers.

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Third speakers this morning, thank you, and don't see anyone in the gallery for public input, so we will move on from that.

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At this time, I will move on to item 7.8.1 and notice of motion, Councilor McNabb, if you would like to go ahead with the first motion. Notice of motion.

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Thank you. When I wrote this up, I wasn't sure if there was enough time for a September 8th meeting to have Council have a conversation on this, but it is enough time, so I'm going to take notice that at a regular meeting of Council on September 8th, 2026, Council of McNabb will move, that's myself, that Council of Director of Administration to review Parkland County's Community Standards bylaw in conjunction with the Land Use bylaw and report back to Council with options to enhance the regulations and enforcement

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of unsightly properties and property maintenance standards with enhancements in other high density residential areas.

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Including your review of approaches used by comparable Alberta rural municipalities.

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And I have also have a second motion, notice a motion like to bring forward.

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And it would be the same date September 8th, that council direct administration to review Parkland County service levels and

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practices for gravel road maintenance, rehabilitation, and dust control, and report back to Council with

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options and impacts of potential changes, including a comparison with comparable Alberta rural

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municipalities. Thank you. Thank you, Councillor McNabb. So that was item 7 8.8.1 and 7.8.2. Thank you very much.

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All right, moving on to item 7.v.1, Human Resources Policy C468 update. Miss Wayne, will

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you please introduce the next item?

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Thank you, Chair Olson. So, we have Carol Wolsey, Director of Employee Services here

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to present the Human Resources Policy C.468 update for information. As Council is aware,

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often times administration will bring forward draft policies or draft policy overviews and

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government and some priority committee meetings to get feedback from Council prior to it coming

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to a Council meeting, so that's what we're doing today. Also, I'll pass it over to

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Kara to run through the presentation. Thank you. Thank you for the introduction, Ms. Swain.

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I'm here today to provide Council with an overview of the HR policies.

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So, to start, I'll provide

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some historical context. In 2020, Council approved an overarching human resources policy.

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The policy authorizes the CAO to manage county employees and human resources.

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So this structure aligns with the CAO bylaw, which delegates authority to the CAO to establish

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an amend employment-related administrative policies and procedures.

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It also does align with governance practices that have been adopted by comparable municipalities.

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with that, the HR policy has not been reviewed since its initial approval back in 2020,

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so we are going to be proposing several amendments to ensure that this policy appropriately reflects

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council and administration's vision for human resources guiding principles.

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And so some of those amendments include integration of our core values, expansion of total rewards

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to reflect a broader employee experience approach, strengthen language to reinforce fairness, equity, and consistency in all employment practices,

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enhance governance through formalized administrative directives and procedures, including regular review and shared leadership accountability,

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and finally a commitment to ongoing review and continuous improvement of human resources practices.

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So, with the approval of the HR policy in 2020, the vision at that time was that other

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employment-related policies would then transition over to administrative directives and procedures.

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However, many still remain today as council policies, and so that includes employee compensation,

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benefits, vacation, hours of work and overtime, moving allowance, training and development,

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safety, and the whistleblower policy.

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the course of 2026, we've reviewed all current policies and we will be proposing

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a number of updates just to ensure consistent application clarity, transportation, and

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equity.

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So, looking at the compensation policy, the proposed directive would maintain the policies

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general principles of how we compensate employees, but there would be minor adjustments to align

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with current practice, one mainly being a common salary anniversary date of January 1st,

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which is currently in practice now.

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Benefits policy, the proposed directive

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would expand employee eligibility,

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primarily offering casual employees

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like in a critical casual position,

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the opportunity to participate in our benefit program.

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And that, of course, would boost our ability

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to attract and retain those positions.

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The benefits directive would also update cost sharing,

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which is currently outdated and not reflective of our current rates.

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The vacation directive would improve clarity and consistency in how we administer vacation,

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but there would be no changes to starting vacation entitlements or how vacation is accrued.

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Hours of work in overtime, the directive which we propose the title of work time and scheduling

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aligns with current practice and legislative requirements and improves clarity and accountability.

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Moving allowance, the directive again maintains our existing standards, however, it was

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highlighted for us that changes were required on the repayment terms to meet legislative

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requirements. Staff training and development, the directive again aligns with current practice.

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We recently shifted last year to decentralize the training budget, but the directive would

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support continuous learning opportunities for staff and improve clarity and

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consistency in how leaders are making decisions on what sort of training and

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development they approve for their teams.

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So while administrative directives do

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provide us with the flexibility to respond to changing workforce needs, they

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continue to be supported through the senior leadership team review and approval.

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With that being said though, there are two existing policies that we would like to

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to see retained as council policies.

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The health and safety policy, that reinforces our organizational accountability and commitment

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to health, safety, and wellness at the highest level of the organization.

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Maintaining this as a council policy, I believe demonstrates council's leadership and due diligence

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in supporting a safe and healthy workplace while ensuring ongoing oversight through annual

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review and acknowledgement.

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And this policy specifically was last reviewed and acknowledged in April of 2026.

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And the whistleblower policy by keeping this one as a council policy, it maintains council's

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direct oversight of any allegations involving the CAO.

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And this policy was last reviewed and approved by council in May 2026.

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And so finally, outside of council policies, we have created and updated a number of administrative

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of directives. This includes attendance management, employee health and recovery, flexible

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working arrangements, employee rewards and recognition, remote work, and then the newly

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created talent acquisition and onboarding directive which does address some previously

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expressed concerns regarding the direct hire. We remain committed to frequent review of all

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HR related policies and practices, market alignment and responsiveness to the needs of the community.

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And with that, I'm happy to address any questions.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, Ms. Wolsey.

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I will get committee member McNabb to put the motion forward, please.

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Thank you, Madam Chair.

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The proposed motions that human resource policy C-468 be received for information and as presenter.

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Thank you very much.

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Are there any comments regarding the motion on the floor?

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Okay, committee member Jasper Singh, go ahead.

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Thank you for the presentation. I have a couple of questions here. In here it says you guys

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compared from different municipalities. I'd love to know which municipalities you guys

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compared to. I don't want to let's go with that one for now.

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Anybody else? Maybe just to start while

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care grabs her notes. What we tried to do was look at comparable municipalities, kind of the larger

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and look at what HR policies were within Council's control and purview and so I'll pass it over to Karen to kind of run through that.

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You bet, so our comparators are outlined right now in the administrative procedure under compensation.

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So that City of Port Saskatchewan, City of Liduke, City of Spruce Grove, City of St. Albert, Liduke County, Rocky View County, Strathcona,

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Sturgeon, Town of Stony, Plain, Yellowhead County, and we did add in the city of Edmonton as we are finding that

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A lot of our employees are either coming from the city of Edmonton or departing to the city of Edmonton

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And so maintaining impeditiveness with the city of Edmonton was important to us and

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Councillor Jasperson just a question for clarification were you wondering when we're looking at compensation what we're comparing to or when we're looking at the overall policies

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overall policies. We looked at the larger rural comparators, so I think the Duke County,

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Rocky View County, Sturgeon County, and looking at what they had for overarching HR policies.

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And so all of those larger rural municipalities either just had kind of that overarching HR policy

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or no policy that speaks to HR at all. And you can maybe clarify that, but yeah, yeah.

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Sure.

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Okay.

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Another question.

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So if I'm reading.

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We're sending this right out of the eight policies. We're resending six of them to kind of just say, an administration that's operational, you guys go for it and then we're kind of keeping two.

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Yes, so actually would end up being three in total if you consider the overarching HR policy, which is still a council policy. So the HR policy whistleblower and health and safety. And one last thing, I don't think we can get that now, but maybe down the road. I'd love to see the policies that we're deleting.

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absolutely. I can send those. And just for council's information, I also provided

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all the administrative directives via email. They're not in the package, but council

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has them to review. Thank you. Committee member, does that?

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Thank you again for the presentation. For administration, could you provide your thoughts on,

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just to describe the impacts if this were to remain status quo, please?

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the impact would be that it doesn't allow us to respond as easily to changing workforce

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dynamics.

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When they are administrative directives, we can stay very in touch with the market,

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neighboring municipalities, legislation, and we have the ability to update the directives

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and get in front of the senior leadership team, seek their feedback, make those revisions,

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and relaunch them to the organization.

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It is a slightly easier process for us.

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And just one more, you may not have it at this point in time, but do you know the financial

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impacts of giving or adding benefits to the casual labor force?

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Please and thanks.

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So I don't have the exact numbers, however we did speak with the leaders of the impacted

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departments, and it is certainly something that they would be able to absorb within their

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our current budget without asking for additional funding.

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It's pretty minor.

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Mayor Chagas?

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Thank you, just one comment.

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So when this does come forward for Council's approval,

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looking at under authority and responsibilities

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for the CAO under item seven,

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it identifies seven different specific pieces of legislation.

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Recognizing the changing landscapes we have,

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I would suggest we cover off any potential changes, so we don't have, you know, just this coming back for minor tweaks and adjustments to changes in legislation name or new legislation, and just including that the COO is accountable for ensuring compliance with all applicable employment, labor and safety legislation.

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I can provide that later.

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Thank you.

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Any further comments?

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Questions?

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Seeing none, I'll call on the motion.

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All those in favor?

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The motion is carried.

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Thank you.

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Move to item 71, Economic Growth Update.

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Ms. Swainley, please introduce this item.

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Thank you, Madam Chair.

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Joining us for the Economic Growth Update this morning are Denise Carlson, Acting Director

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Director of Strategic Growth, Jordan Tidy, Economic Growth Specialist, and Kay Lee Haines, Economic Growth Advisor, and they'll be happy to answer any questions Council may have.

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Good morning. Good to be back.

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So since our July 7th update, our teams had multiple points with different stakeholders in the province.

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Oh, there we go. We've met with the University of Alberta.

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We've explored partnership opportunities to align with our economic growth priorities.

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Some of these have included work with Anastasia Limb.

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So that's put us into contact with U of A priorities such as research, funding, community

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development, and partnerships.

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We've also had some connection with the Botanic Gardens and was able to look at some ways

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to promote them through Explore Parkland and working together on the tourism file.

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We've also had two now meetings with the tri-region with Stoney and Spruce to look at some

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collaboration opportunities and workforce development, as well as tourism and business

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supports. That's just leveraging our small team to do more business retention and expansion

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here in the tri-region. So success on both those fronts. Next slide.

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So a big event is coming up with

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the ABA on September 26, this is the 25th awards gala celebration, so we will be supporting

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this initiative, not just with sponsorship, but with our support and participation in

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the event. We're also looking at a number of different opportunities with the ABA, including

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a defense procurement event, they're sending out a survey to all their members to look at

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interest. Another one is procurement of major projects here in the region, and I mean

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in Edmonton region, not like the Metaproject and Surgeon County, supply chain and helping

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companies to get engaged in that ecosystem.

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We'll be starting up the connecting with your county, both in Wobbeman, Antwistle, and

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in Atchison to meet directly with the businesses, again, starting in the fall, because there's

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a bit of a break here in the summer.

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And yeah, just passing along good news on some of our members through the ABA in newsletters

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and updates and working closely with them to share good news stories as well as any kind

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of advocacy issues that we're hearing from members.

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The next one was a conference that we attended in Edmonton on July 19th to 23rd.

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This was the Penwar event, which looks at Western Canadian provinces and Western United States.

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So we attended a number of excellent sessions focusing on critical minerals, agriculture,

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culture, both primary and value added as well as some data center pieces, there was

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also export, there was a lot of different initiatives and we learned a lot and made some

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excellent connections. We were able to attend both a Heidelberg Concrete

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plant tour as well as a Y-E-G airport tour. So both of those were really good for making

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connections and learning in our region.

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With the government of Alberta, we did the tour

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that was organized by MLA Getson was canceled due to some issues in the spring, but we have

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provided support to his office for some film scouting later, sorry, last month, now

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it's September, at the end of August.

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As far as invest Alberta, we've been working with them on a number of different projects

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directly, and we have responded to one RFI since the last update.

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other notable ones would be Travel Alberta.

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They'll be visiting next week.

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Wobbeman as well as looking at some other meeting in

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Wobbeman with our team, looking at some opportunities

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in the region.

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And then we also continue to work with the ERDA,

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which is the Edmonton Regional Defense Alliance,

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looking at business capabilities in

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Atchison and throughout the county, if interested.

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I'll pass it over to Jordan.

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Hello, so we've got some programs, issues, and projects coming up over the next few months.

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So, as well as our Explore Parkland website, which continues to showcase businesses, tourism,

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and experiences across the county.

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And local events are submitted through the website as well.

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Two of the upcoming ones are the Pioneer Art Club show and sale.

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And the Key Pills Fall Festival, as well as the Winter Fest date has been confirmed for

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December 4th.

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and we're working with community services

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to build sponsorships and packages

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and community business that we begin began,

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sorry, the week of August 17th.

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As well as the business revitalization program

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has been going very well.

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So we've had five applications approved for businesses

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in a lot of women.

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So a luxury daily scoop in Beach Corner,

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yellow sub, home hardware,

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women hotel and bar.

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So great to see that program getting a lot of uptake

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and really making a big difference in the community.

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also have the Economic Diversification Committee meeting coming up.

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Sorry there was one completed on July 23rd and the first committee meeting is scheduled

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for later this week on September 3rd and the committee will review the updated terms

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of reference and refresh work plan for this fall and provide feedback on the economic growth

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strategy.

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Okay, great.

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So on to land readiness, these are pretty familiar from the last time.

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So the pictures taken above were taken a few weeks ago.

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So this is one of the first buildings that are going up in Ranch Lands, which is York's new industrial subdivision along Highway 16A.

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We're anticipating construction of two more buildings to begin right away, including their spec building, which will be for lease.

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Next slide.

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Moving on to Tower Industrial, our business park. This is by Remington. This is their spec building showing in the top picture there. That was also taken on the same day a few weeks ago.

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So, they're also making good progress there, that is a spec building for lease, that's also an industrial subdivision that is for sale.

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We aren't aware of any other proponents that are moving forward or in agreement, but we have heard that there is some interest in the area for other bill to suit opportunities.

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Next slide.

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Okay, and then this is our third industrial subdivision that is going forward at the same time, so we're quite busy in Ashison.

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This is Wessling Business Park. This is by Panatoni Development. They have a 300,000 square

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foot user that is not yet announced. We are expecting an announcement mid-September,

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but the Earthworks program has been under way stripping and grading to prepare the site,

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and there's a permit for the actual building itself that is being reviewed by planning at

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this time.

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Any questions?

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Thank you very much, I will ask mayors to put the motion on the floor please.

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Thank you so I'll put the motion that the Economic Growth Update be received for information as presented.

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Thank you so much, are there any comments, questions?

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Okay, well with that I would definitely be interested in seeing a summary or even just having a conversation about the highlights on the egg value pieces as well as any data center innovations from your conference.

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And that can be at your convenience.

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Sounds like any bits of information there that we can add or use are important for sure.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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Mayor Shagas.

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I just want to thank the team for your work and focus on attracting additional business to Parkland County.

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I think we're seeing the fruits of that being borne out.

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So thank you very much.

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Can committee member Kutra Johnson just wanted some more information about the business

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revitalization program.

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What does that include and what is it?

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Sure.

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So we call it business revitalization but it's really a store front improvement grant available

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to all businesses in the county so it's up to 3,500 in cash back, so reimbursement program.

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For things to enhance user experience, beautification, anything of that nature.

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So we have now, I think, seven, although when we submitted these materials, there was

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five.

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We do have seven now, and two outside of Wobbeman, and it closes October 14th.

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So there's still time, and we're hoping to get at least another three or four applications.

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Okay, thank you very much.

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We will now move to item 7D2 closed session.

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I will ask that committee member, Jasperson.

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Oh, did we not vote?

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I'm sorry.

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We'll move, go back to the motion on the floor and all those in favor.

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Thank you very much.

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That is carried.

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With that, we will now move to item 7D2 closed session.

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I will ask that committee member, Jasperson, put the motion forward.

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propose the motion that the committee convene in closed session pursuant to section 197 of the Municipal Government Act to meet in private to discuss matters protected from disclosure by sections 19 and 29 of the Access to Information Act.

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Okay, are there any comments regarding the motion on the floor?

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Seeing none, I call the motion all those in favor.

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That is carried.

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We committee will move into close session at 11.20, excuse me, 9.28.

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They're doing lots of work.

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Welcome back to regular session.

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I wish to confirm that the only motion made in close session was the motion

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put forward by a committee member.

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Do set to return to regular meeting session at 9.58.

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And that motion was carried unanimously.

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Move to the next agenda item.

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close of meeting.

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No excuse me just

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got a little ahead of myself we're certainly

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not at the close of the meeting excuse me we will now move to item 7 F1 planning and

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Development Services Update. Thank you very much, Chair Olson. With us today from the Planning and Development Department is Justin Young, Director of Planning and Development, Holly Hardbave, Supervisor of Planning and Development Advisory, Amon Joal, Senior Planner, and Jessica Harden Manager, Subdivision Planning. They're here to present an update on the Department. And just to echo CEO Swains earlier comments around opportunities for alignment between the growth strategies team and the planning team.

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I'm really excited to bring that group into the division and to foster more opportunities

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for collaboration, so I welcome the team today.

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Thanks.

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Good morning, Madam Chair and committee.

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Nice to see you all again.

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So we have a couple of updates for you today.

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We have a general department update and some planning coordination projects, and then we

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have some further detail for closed session.

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So we are seeing one of the busiest years in recent memory.

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We are trending to have high volumes in permits, subdivision applications, and by-law applications as well.

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Despite that, though, we have been aggressively pursuing some enhanced updates for the department.

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So, as of yesterday, a new landing page launched for the department, it includes links to the applicant toolkit.

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So there's a handbook available now which has a comprehensive customer focus.

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I'd encourage you all to take a look.

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We might be also able to get some printed copies for everyone on Council.

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That also includes guides for our applications and video guides on how to interact with the planet portal and it's continuing to be expanded.

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The website will be updated all this week with all the sub pages and hyperlinks continuing to be updated,

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refined and appropriately linked. So expect to see those updates throughout the week but you can

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interact with the Lanny Page on the website today. So that would be great. I'd also note that our

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applicant survey has launched. So when you make an application to the applying department, once you're

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complete your application, you're prompted with a feedback survey and we're monitoring those responses.

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We haven't seen a huge uptake and people wanted to complete the survey just yet but it's something

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we're continuing to monitor, initially response we've received have incredibly positive so we're

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very happy with that. We did also receive a STAR customer service just compliment from one of our

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applicants who was very thrilled with the service they received so that's something that we're very

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happy about as well. We also like to note that we're currently in discussions of third-party provider

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to prepare a white paper study on hyperscale data centers.

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So this would provide a very in-depth technical overview of the impacts that we,

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or that communities might see, would relate it to data centers,

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would provide recommendations about any setback distances or things to consider,

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areas of the county or the jurisdiction that might have better feasibility rather than others.

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And this could also help to inform future policy decisions of council

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with respect to those data centers.

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And I just one more note that our development activity reports are also posted and live on the updated website.

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So that's another thing we're really happy about.

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I'll turn it over to Derek to provide some updates on our projects.

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Thank you, Justin, and welcome back.

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Good to see you.

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So we've got a couple projects that I'll just provide a brief update on.

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First, the area structure plan projects wave one of our implementation plan.

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plan, so we'll start with the river's edge area, which is in division one, and this

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project involves rescinding the Woodbanger-Miniya area structure plan and replacing it with

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development area policies within our municipal development plan.

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We conducted the stage two or second open house, which presented the draft policies to the

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public on October 25th last week.

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We had a great turnout of over 50 people, and the feedback receipt was generally positive

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and supportive of the work that we're doing, so we're really looking forward to now final

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analyzing our draft policies to be able to present to you later this year or at the beginning of 2027.

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We also had enforcement services present at that open house, so we had officer Tobar there to be able to support any residents with their concerns on safety or other community by law issues.

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And we had the opportunity for residents to provide that feedback on the proposed draft policies so that we can then refine them before we're finalizing them.

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Second, we have our second part of the Wave 1 Area Structure Plan project, which is

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the rescinding of the Antwistle Area Structure Plan.

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So the proposed rescinding is going to be brought forward for first reading at Council next

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week on September 8th, with the proposed scheduling of a public hearing and second and third reading

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on October 13th.

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We did have public engagement run until the middle of August here in connection with the

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connector of the county initiatives over in Antwistle.

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We haven't received much feedback regarding any concerns or any comments regarding the

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Amazon Area Structure Plan at this time, but we'll provide any further updates as well

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in our presentation.

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Next, we have the Action Area Structure Plan update, so we have been working on two technical

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studies as our economic growth team did mention.

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One is the oil and gas infrastructure analysis and the other is the market analysis.

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The oil and gas infrastructure analysis, we now have the draft report and are working on

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finalizing that land that is under part of the scope of that project includes the tidewater

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lands as well. So we also then have the market analysis that we are working on finalizing

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that draft report as well and we'll be able to review that and get both to you for presentation

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on October 13th. And then I'd also like to just introduce Holly here. Holly supervises our front

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counter service and I just want her to come today to speak to some of the current trends that she's

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seeing and what she's hearing from applicants on the day-to-day.

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Hi, good morning.

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Thanks for taking a minute to hear all things advisory group.

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So our advisory team has received an abundance of positive feedback from the residents

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since they have access to our planning services.

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They frequently tell us how much they appreciate being able to walk in, ask questions

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or call us directly.

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We have sustained an achievement of 100% response rate within 24 hours,

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combined with direct access to our planning resources through our planning channels.

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This reflects a service model that directly supports the vision for accessible responsive

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and public-focused community excellence.

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This time last year, most people were seeking application updates or timelines.

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The transfer this year are more targeted towards complete applications and new development.

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As we see these trends continue, we remain well positioned to support our applicants moving

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forward.

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Thank you.

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We're happy to answer any questions, of course.

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Thank you very much.

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Could I have committee member Kutcher-Johnson put the motion on the floor, please?

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That the planning

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and development update, just

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sorry, sorry about that everyone.

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That the planning and development services update be received for as information as presented.

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Thank you very much.

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Any comments or questions?

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Mayor Shagas?

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Thank you.

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Just a question.

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Appreciate always good to hear positive feedback from the residents.

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a bit of a outlier this year with record rainfall that we have and certainly a lot of concerns

450
00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:56,320
and issues regarding flooding on properties.

451
00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:04,940
I'm wondering if there's an analysis that's being done on the impacts or the number of concerns

452
00:38:04,940 --> 00:38:11,740
that this might not be just specific to feedback to planning development, so I guess this would

453
00:38:11,740 --> 00:38:18,960
this way. If we're tracking the complaints based and identifying those complaints that

454
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:26,360
occur post permit application, whatever that is, whether it's noise concerns, whether

455
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:32,180
it's drainage issues and flooding because of fail that's been brought onto properties.

456
00:38:32,300 --> 00:38:37,840
I wonder if we're tracking that so we can be addressing those through policy changes or

457
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:40,840
or procedural changes?

458
00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:48,400
I think we addressed through the chair to the mayor.

459
00:38:48,860 --> 00:38:50,200
We look at general trends.

460
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:53,040
I wouldn't say we look at specific permits.

461
00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:55,820
I know you brought up the concern about fill.

462
00:38:56,420 --> 00:39:01,720
Is that something you want to be elaborate on today, just in terms of issues with the way

463
00:39:01,720 --> 00:39:05,160
fills brought in or the number of trucks or how the county monitors that?

464
00:39:05,900 --> 00:39:10,400
Well, that's certainly an issue on concern, but I'm just speaking more broadly.

465
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:17,380
What are the impacts of some of these permanent approvals and so are we tracking to determine

466
00:39:17,380 --> 00:39:23,720
whether there are trends in patterns, and if there is need of adjustments to any of council

467
00:39:23,720 --> 00:39:26,960
policies or administrative procedures or directives?

468
00:39:30,310 --> 00:39:31,330
Through the Chair to the Mayor.

469
00:39:32,150 --> 00:39:37,090
I do believe that our enforcement group checks complaint data and the content of the

470
00:39:37,090 --> 00:39:41,510
substantive matters of the complaints. And if they're aware of a specific trend related

471
00:39:41,510 --> 00:39:46,170
to a certain type of development, that is something that I would speak with that group about.

472
00:39:46,610 --> 00:39:50,850
They haven't brought any to my attention as of yet, but that's something that my self and

473
00:39:50,850 --> 00:39:54,210
Mr. Chase can take away and make sure that we're speaking with the enforcement group about.

474
00:39:58,140 --> 00:40:03,440
Councillor Kailn. Thank you. Speaking of that, a lot

475
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:07,520
grating I think that was something that I received some information on. I'll likely be moving

476
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:12,780
for with a motion down the road because I do share some concerns about from some residents

477
00:40:12,780 --> 00:40:20,340
about how that's been conducted and how that there seems to be lack of definitions within

478
00:40:20,340 --> 00:40:27,420
that policy. So that would be one. I guess my point would be is that thank you for this update

479
00:40:27,420 --> 00:40:34,780
today. Prior to we were receiving updates or not prior just recently we brought updates on metrics

480
00:40:34,780 --> 00:40:40,020
on where we're at, where our turnaround times are, how long we're taking, et cetera, et cetera.

481
00:40:40,380 --> 00:40:44,420
So the general public can see where we're sitting in comparison to neighboring communities.

482
00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:47,840
I'm wondering when is that coming back through

483
00:40:50,810 --> 00:40:51,770
the Chair to Councilor Kyle?

484
00:40:52,230 --> 00:40:55,250
So that's publicly posted on our website as of today.

485
00:40:55,630 --> 00:40:57,450
So you should be able to see a monthly report.

486
00:40:57,950 --> 00:41:02,710
Right now posted is May, June, and July, and then we will continue posting on a monthly basis.

487
00:41:03,870 --> 00:41:09,230
Okay. I guess in future as several of the items that brought forward here have been brought

488
00:41:09,230 --> 00:41:17,890
forward before. Maybe it's good to hear recent updates, but they're not. I guess they have

489
00:41:17,890 --> 00:41:21,490
some added value, but I think that that would be value brought right to the council table.

490
00:41:21,690 --> 00:41:26,690
Here not everyone goes on the website. I think it's something that we should be highlighting

491
00:41:26,690 --> 00:41:31,410
here for the public to see where we're sitting, etc.

492
00:41:32,350 --> 00:41:32,790
Food for thought.

493
00:41:34,850 --> 00:41:37,050
If I can just jump in on that one, Councillor Colle,

494
00:41:37,210 --> 00:41:39,650
I think we can include that in our go-for-it updates here,

495
00:41:39,910 --> 00:41:42,050
just including those stats that you can see them,

496
00:41:42,090 --> 00:41:44,770
the public can see them, and they're addressed here at this table.

497
00:41:46,510 --> 00:41:47,750
That would be great. Thank you.

498
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:55,360
Mayor Chagas.

499
00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:56,140
Thank you.

500
00:41:56,460 --> 00:41:59,860
One of the questions specific to the Actress and Area Structure Plan,

501
00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:03,280
and some of the mark analysis and studies that are being done.

502
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:12,300
specific to the oil and gas, will that report identify, I guess, the lands that we would

503
00:42:12,300 --> 00:42:21,320
see greatest return on, if those constraints are cleaned up, or reprioritizing areas based

504
00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:21,840
on that report.

505
00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:29,000
Through the Chair to the Mayor, the technical studies are focused right now on the area

506
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:33,880
structure plan update, and those areas within the area structure plan that are currently restrained

507
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:41,000
through policy. So, yes, I believe it provides a huge benefit and it provides a lot of clarity

508
00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:45,280
to developers when they're coming in. It will give them an understanding of what is the true

509
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:50,220
cost in remediating those lands, but I'll let Mr. McDowell supplement.

510
00:42:52,810 --> 00:42:58,750
Thank you and do the chair to the mayor. As Justin said, the intent behind the oil and gas

511
00:42:58,750 --> 00:43:07,630
infrastructure or study is to identify what the extent of restraints are in the lands that

512
00:43:07,630 --> 00:43:12,710
are currently shown as restrained in the Ashton area structure plan, and to identify the overall

513
00:43:12,710 --> 00:43:18,950
cost or liability to be able to understand, okay, if someone does want to come and develop these areas,

514
00:43:19,190 --> 00:43:24,150
here's the total amount of liability that is on that land based on the oil and gas sites that are

515
00:43:24,150 --> 00:43:30,030
there. So currently when we're looking through our draft which will then share the

516
00:43:30,030 --> 00:43:35,950
finalized findings to you on October 13th, we are going to be able to identify areas that

517
00:43:35,950 --> 00:43:41,330
have less liability or that have more or areas that are more technically complex to be able to fully

518
00:43:41,330 --> 00:43:44,050
remediate and areas that are maybe more ready to go.

519
00:43:48,950 --> 00:43:50,710
And of course again, when you're talking about

520
00:43:50,710 --> 00:43:58,230
working closely with ACDAV, I think that information is just invaluable, right? So yeah, I commend

521
00:43:58,230 --> 00:43:59,070
and that work for sure.

522
00:43:59,370 --> 00:44:00,250
Council McNabb.

523
00:44:01,450 --> 00:44:02,330
Yeah, thank you.

524
00:44:03,910 --> 00:44:05,170
I got a question in regards

525
00:44:05,170 --> 00:44:08,530
to the Antoscillary Structural Fund rescinding the ASB.

526
00:44:09,150 --> 00:44:11,170
And I know we're gonna have an opportunity

527
00:44:11,170 --> 00:44:14,450
to look more in-depth into what that means

528
00:44:14,450 --> 00:44:17,410
for the community as the community comes out

529
00:44:17,410 --> 00:44:19,050
to understand what that means also.

530
00:44:19,690 --> 00:44:22,870
But my question goes back to ECDAV also

531
00:44:22,870 --> 00:44:24,250
in regards to that area.

532
00:44:24,590 --> 00:44:27,210
And I think when we rescind these area of Structural Funds

533
00:44:27,210 --> 00:44:31,090
And right at the moment, I think I'm okay with rescinding the area structure plan.

534
00:44:31,450 --> 00:44:33,630
It's just what are we going to lose?

535
00:44:34,110 --> 00:44:40,290
So when I start thinking about the economic development of that area where it has my opinion,

536
00:44:40,530 --> 00:44:40,930
potential.

537
00:44:41,910 --> 00:44:47,450
And it just don't want to lose that potential through the loss of an area structure plan and

538
00:44:47,450 --> 00:44:49,310
the economic development perspective.

539
00:44:49,890 --> 00:44:54,450
We have a massive amount of superior infrastructure in the area with an overpass.

540
00:44:54,450 --> 00:44:59,930
We have rail access, we have land, we have a community that has ability to grow.

541
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:29,760
Go and provide services in, I guess, an entrepreneurial type perspective out there. And massive amount of activity going along with oil and gas and the at-go line that's going through today, there's a pile of truck traffic and people and infrastructure that possibly needs to be improved. Just don't want to lose that perspective by losing the area of structured plan. And I'm not too sure if we would be.

542
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:35,720
And the conversation goes back to in our economic development perspective of that region.

543
00:45:36,540 --> 00:45:43,140
How do we incorporate that into the future, I guess, benefits of Parkland County?

544
00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:50,300
We have an atrocious and uneased, is there something that we could have on its own scale in the West?

545
00:45:50,880 --> 00:45:56,840
And I think that's where the community would like to have that conversation.

546
00:45:56,840 --> 00:46:01,300
I don't know if they know how to go about asking those questions, especially when it comes to

547
00:46:01,300 --> 00:46:06,240
what are we losing, we're going to be rescinding an area structure plan, do we lose something or do

548
00:46:06,240 --> 00:46:11,320
we gain something? And I guess those questions could be answered in the future when we come forward

549
00:46:11,320 --> 00:46:17,240
with what's going to be presented. I just wanted to plug that today to that's what I'm thinking,

550
00:46:17,240 --> 00:46:21,800
and I hope you guys could come up with some answers and questions in the future.

551
00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:22,780
And

552
00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:31,480
just further to that, it may be important to engage, you know, highly engaged groups

553
00:46:31,480 --> 00:46:32,180
like the Chamber.

554
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:36,080
I think you said that there were 66 members in that area currently.

555
00:46:37,660 --> 00:46:41,760
You know, those are the people that, those are the businesses and people and families

556
00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:46,980
who have made a commitment to that area and I think would be a great starting point.

557
00:46:49,890 --> 00:46:50,530
Anything further?

558
00:46:51,270 --> 00:46:52,470
Councillor Coocher-Johnson?

559
00:46:52,470 --> 00:47:22,370
Well, so I would think because Evansburg is right there that we have to be highly aware of what they offer and what we offer, possibly we don't want to be offering the exact same thing, I might be off base here, John, let me know, but we don't want to be offering the same thing and we want to have a competitive advantage over Evansburg so hopefully we can provide that if somebody is going to move into that area, why move into Parkland County?

560
00:47:22,370 --> 00:47:27,170
to rather than yellow heads. So those are questions that needs to be answered.

561
00:47:28,450 --> 00:47:29,270
Councilor McNabb.

562
00:47:30,250 --> 00:47:37,130
Thanks, Councillor Couture-Johnson. And I'll just change the word competitive to cohesive.

563
00:47:39,270 --> 00:47:46,290
And the region needs to look at themselves as one entity and not being connected with yellow head

564
00:47:46,290 --> 00:47:51,530
It all had likes to, they're quite proud of Heavensburg area.

565
00:47:51,890 --> 00:47:56,810
We should be proud of Antwistle area, somehow making a cohesive type entity.

566
00:47:57,090 --> 00:48:06,130
There's a massive amount of businesses and individuals within that two regions that could work together.

567
00:48:06,610 --> 00:48:06,870
Thank you.

568
00:48:08,290 --> 00:48:12,990
Yeah, we may be a word like complimentary cooperative, those kinds of words, for sure.

569
00:48:13,870 --> 00:48:22,130
anything further? Okay. Regarding the motion on the floor, I will call the motion all of those in favor.

570
00:48:23,510 --> 00:48:26,090
And that is carried. Thank you.

571
00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:32,900
We will now move to item 7F2, closed session.

572
00:48:33,400 --> 00:48:36,460
I will ask committee member Mugnap to put the motion forward, please.

573
00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:39,560
Oh, excuse me, that would be committee member Kyle.

574
00:48:41,080 --> 00:48:45,460
Thank you. The proposed motion is that the committee convene in co-session pursuant to section

575
00:48:45,460 --> 00:48:49,900
197 on the municipal government after meeting private discussed matters protected from disclosure

576
00:48:49,900 --> 00:48:55,500
by section 20 and 29 of the access to information act. Any comments on the motion?

577
00:48:58,100 --> 00:48:58,560
Seeing none,

578
00:48:58,720 --> 00:49:00,040
I call on the motion those in favor.

579
00:49:02,950 --> 00:49:05,630
And that is carried. The committee will move into closed session

580
00:49:05,630 --> 00:49:06,450
at 1019.

581
00:49:32,670 --> 00:49:36,630
Welcome back to regular session. I wish to confirm that the only motion made in closed session

582
00:49:36,630 --> 00:49:41,590
was the motion put forward by committee member McNabb that the committee revert to the regular

583
00:49:41,590 --> 00:49:43,950
meeting session at 11.29.

584
00:49:45,210 --> 00:49:46,930
The motion was carried unanimously.

585
00:49:47,290 --> 00:49:53,950
We will now move to item 7F5, business arising from closed session.

586
00:49:58,010 --> 00:49:59,870
Miss Wayne, is there anything for that?

587
00:50:00,310 --> 00:50:00,410
One.

588
00:50:01,150 --> 00:50:02,130
Thank you, Madam Chair.

589
00:50:02,270 --> 00:50:04,250
There is no business arising from closed session.

590
00:50:04,850 --> 00:50:05,490
Thank you.

591
00:50:06,910 --> 00:50:13,270
We will now move to the two items under communications, item 8.1, communications, committee

592
00:50:13,270 --> 00:50:21,070
reports. I will ask that Mayor Shagas put the motion forward, please.

593
00:50:26,150 --> 00:50:31,470
Okay. I'll put the motion that wants the committee reports or presented they've received

594
00:50:31,470 --> 00:50:32,150
for information.

595
00:50:35,570 --> 00:50:35,930
Thank you.

596
00:50:42,600 --> 00:50:46,320
And we will just wait a moment for the committee reports to come up on the

597
00:50:53,550 --> 00:51:13,430
Thank you very much, kind of a late schedule for me, but August 18th was our special council meeting and the 25th was the River's Edge Development Area Draft Plan, so I was quite pleased to see 50 people in that showed up and did some work.

598
00:51:14,990 --> 00:51:21,550
August 27th, I attended a virtual town hall meeting with Danielle Smith regarding AI development.

599
00:51:22,390 --> 00:51:23,130
And that's it.

600
00:51:23,410 --> 00:51:23,790
Thank you.

601
00:51:26,600 --> 00:51:30,380
Okay, and as soon as it comes up on the screen, we will go with Councillor Kylee, please.

602
00:51:33,980 --> 00:51:34,400
Thank you.

603
00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:41,780
Yeah, Kennedy, Breakfast at the Old Bird Hall, Camp You Hall tours, Premier's Breakfast.

604
00:51:42,440 --> 00:51:47,020
But I guess more importantly, my committee's tri-leisure center.

605
00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:53,720
We had a couple board meetings, but it was also on the tri-leisure center scholarship committee.

606
00:51:54,480 --> 00:52:01,120
And myself and two others reviewed quite a number of video applications.

607
00:52:02,480 --> 00:52:05,420
And they had a fairly extensive application process.

608
00:52:05,420 --> 00:52:12,080
us, and we awarded five individuals from the try with each $1,000 scholarship.

609
00:52:12,720 --> 00:52:17,080
So that was, they were very excited, and then the 10th of the Antoisal

610
00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:19,400
Rodeo and the North Central Co-op CDS celebration.

611
00:52:19,900 --> 00:52:20,220
That's it.

612
00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:20,500
Thank you.

613
00:52:26,760 --> 00:52:27,520
Councilor McNabb?

614
00:52:30,070 --> 00:52:35,210
Yeah, thank you very much, as I've identified on my, my handard in sheet there that you can

615
00:52:35,210 --> 00:52:35,430
see.

616
00:52:36,150 --> 00:52:42,610
I attended a few items, a couple of highlights out of that, I would, you know, the 100-year

617
00:52:42,610 --> 00:52:46,810
your family farm presentation, which I think we talked about last time, the Pishky farm.

618
00:52:46,970 --> 00:52:51,490
That was quite nice to go out and rest of council, most of council came out.

619
00:52:52,210 --> 00:52:55,250
It was a beautiful day in a beautiful farm that we got to tour.

620
00:52:56,550 --> 00:53:00,310
A couple things that, other than what I have on there, a couple things I'd like to bring out.

621
00:53:00,670 --> 00:53:05,850
Is in our region out there, there is quite a bit of activity going on, which I don't attend.

622
00:53:06,710 --> 00:53:09,890
All of the activities going on there is quite a bit going on in our region.

623
00:53:10,630 --> 00:53:16,190
Antwerse 11sburg area, there's River Wamp that brings in hundreds and hundreds and hundreds

624
00:53:16,190 --> 00:53:23,450
of people that go to this music festival, there's this weekend coming up is what they're

625
00:53:23,450 --> 00:53:26,890
going to call the Renaissance Fair and I just want to highlight the Renaissance Fair.

626
00:53:27,070 --> 00:53:31,370
It's a first time they're having it in the Antwersele rodeo grounds, but the Renaissance

627
00:53:31,370 --> 00:53:38,190
Fair in Edson brought in over 2,000 participants, are not participants, customers, people showing

628
00:53:38,190 --> 00:53:43,230
up. That's a massive amount of people to show up for a Renaissance fair. I don't even know what

629
00:53:43,230 --> 00:53:50,650
the Renaissance fair is, but it's the first time. You are the Renaissance. But I'm looking forward

630
00:53:50,650 --> 00:53:55,690
to actually all kinds of different activities in our community that we get to go to and out west

631
00:53:55,690 --> 00:54:02,170
there. There's something every weekend and this Renaissance fair is as brand new to the community

632
00:54:02,170 --> 00:54:06,790
and it'd be interesting to see and hopefully it's successful for the group that's putting it on.

633
00:54:06,790 --> 00:54:07,750
Thank

634
00:54:10,020 --> 00:54:11,720
you, Councilor McNabb.

635
00:54:21,710 --> 00:54:21,950
Okay.

636
00:54:22,310 --> 00:54:22,690
Thank you.

637
00:54:23,030 --> 00:54:25,130
So, just a few highlights.

638
00:54:25,710 --> 00:54:29,410
For August, I attended the Waldemann Watershed Management Council,

639
00:54:29,430 --> 00:54:33,370
20th Anniversary Celebration at Waldemann Park in Waldemann.

640
00:54:33,610 --> 00:54:36,430
They unveiled their show-your-lakes and love campaign.

641
00:54:36,890 --> 00:54:38,090
This is brand new for them.

642
00:54:38,170 --> 00:54:42,690
It's quite eye-catching, and I expect it to be really quite successful for them.

643
00:54:44,370 --> 00:54:47,370
Parkland County participated in this in terms of

644
00:54:47,370 --> 00:54:53,510
So the Ag Department had some weed inspectors there giving old information and other goodies,

645
00:54:53,690 --> 00:54:54,910
so that was really nice to see.

646
00:54:56,290 --> 00:55:03,630
I attended the town hall in Redwater with CAO Swain, where Minister Nate Glover has

647
00:55:03,630 --> 00:55:10,830
answered attempt to answer questions regarding the response to the AI data center being built

648
00:55:10,830 --> 00:55:13,050
in Sturgeon, very lively affair.

649
00:55:14,410 --> 00:55:17,610
And then if you could just scroll down a bit,

650
00:55:20,500 --> 00:55:23,140
I just noted here that I had the opportunity

651
00:55:23,140 --> 00:55:28,860
to speak with many residents across my division over the summer, the hot topic, of course,

652
00:55:29,020 --> 00:55:36,460
was the weather, the wetness, a lot of egg producers, quite concerned with the outcome

653
00:55:36,460 --> 00:55:37,080
of their crops.

654
00:55:37,920 --> 00:55:44,200
And then lastly, yesterday, August 31st, I attended the Yellowhead Regional Library Executive

655
00:55:44,200 --> 00:55:53,620
of meeting. And we were involved largely with the draft budget for 2027. And that wraps

656
00:55:53,620 --> 00:55:59,220
up my report for August. Thank you. And we will move on to Councillor Jesperson once

657
00:55:59,220 --> 00:56:00,160
the screen comes up.

658
00:56:03,800 --> 00:56:07,220
Thank you. So here's the list of all the

659
00:56:07,220 --> 00:56:13,440
fun I had in the last couple months. A couple things I will point out. July 15th to 17th,

660
00:56:13,440 --> 00:56:18,480
Councillor Doucette and I, we actually went to Steinbach, Manitoba to do the Alice National

661
00:56:18,480 --> 00:56:23,860
Field Conference and it was actually an amazing experience and great to see the differences

662
00:56:23,860 --> 00:56:30,640
from what we deal with here in Parkland County compared to Manitoba and even the projects

663
00:56:30,640 --> 00:56:35,180
that they're approving there is different than what we're dealing with here so it was really

664
00:56:35,180 --> 00:56:41,720
good experience and I was very happy to go another thing July 29th Meridian housing special

665
00:56:41,720 --> 00:56:48,220
board meeting, you know what, it's a lot of excitement there in what Marie and Housing

666
00:56:48,220 --> 00:56:52,820
wants to do over the next 10 years, and we went over a little plan, so I'm really excited

667
00:56:52,820 --> 00:56:58,380
that once that finally gets completed, that we're going to see a presentation to Council

668
00:56:58,380 --> 00:57:00,100
and that everyone will be able to see it.

669
00:57:00,800 --> 00:57:05,860
And the last one that I'll point out, August 5th, the Community Sustainability Committee meeting,

670
00:57:06,220 --> 00:57:10,340
you know what, that was the first meeting I got to attend, and it was nice to meet everyone

671
00:57:10,340 --> 00:57:19,840
and it was good to go through all the grant applications and to see all the good that Parkland County is spreading around, so that was a great meeting.

672
00:57:20,320 --> 00:57:21,060
That's it for me.

673
00:57:22,640 --> 00:57:27,640
Thank you very much, and then we will just have Councilor Dussett as soon as the screen comes up.

674
00:57:27,640 --> 00:57:32,060
I appreciate that apologies to admin.

675
00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:38,000
There wasn't a lot of activity in August, so I didn't really have a report, but I'll

676
00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:41,380
just verbalize some things over July and into August.

677
00:57:42,440 --> 00:57:49,740
So as Councillor Jasperson shared, we did travel to Steinbeck, Manitoba, for the Alice

678
00:57:49,740 --> 00:57:54,360
Conference, and I share Councillor Jasperson's sentiments.

679
00:57:54,360 --> 00:58:00,800
It's one of the things that resonates with me about our trip to the Alice Conference

680
00:58:00,800 --> 00:58:01,180
there.

681
00:58:01,640 --> 00:58:08,280
We did a number of site tours and just the importance again of natural capital, natural

682
00:58:08,280 --> 00:58:17,420
infrastructure for things like holding water and wildfire safety.

683
00:58:17,420 --> 00:58:24,980
if you've got water on the landscape, you've got a way to mitigate, you know, wildfire potential,

684
00:58:25,260 --> 00:58:34,780
wildfire intensity. So these are the things. And just in Manitoba they fight, like we've discussed

685
00:58:35,460 --> 00:58:41,600
this summer about our drainage, we see the drainage complaints and whatnot. In Manitoba,

686
00:58:41,600 --> 00:58:44,860
by this is more of like an annual item for them

687
00:58:44,860 --> 00:58:47,320
and they deal with such flat land

688
00:58:47,760 --> 00:58:49,900
and they really have to think outside of the box

689
00:58:49,900 --> 00:58:53,760
when it comes to managing water on the landscape.

690
00:58:54,980 --> 00:58:56,460
So it was just a good perspective

691
00:58:56,460 --> 00:58:59,180
to get during the couple days

692
00:58:59,180 --> 00:59:01,380
that we spent with the Alice Group.

693
00:59:03,580 --> 00:59:08,540
We did the Campi Huha tour as well, most of council,

694
00:59:08,540 --> 00:59:15,960
A good perspective of what we have here in the county available to our residents.

695
00:59:17,670 --> 00:59:27,000
Lake Isle is a beautiful location, and it's an incredible facility with a lot of potential

696
00:59:27,000 --> 00:59:36,420
to do good, so appreciate the opportunity to attend that with, again, most of council.

697
00:59:36,420 --> 00:59:46,200
In August, there weren't a lot of committee activities for myself, but what I did do during

698
00:59:46,200 --> 00:59:52,480
the month of August was visit a lot of our communities, have a lot of site visits

699
00:59:52,480 --> 00:59:59,860
with residents using that time to discuss with residents the concerns that they have again.

700
01:00:00,020 --> 01:00:29,440
Drainage was number one, saw a lot of lot grading concerns, and some issues out there that I'm starting to see conversations about residents having concerns with builders and developers, something that seems to be of growing importance and may need to be discussed in future. So, I don't want to go into that.

701
01:00:29,440 --> 01:00:35,000
I know it's just committee reports but I just wanted to share that experience through the month of August

702
01:00:35,000 --> 01:00:43,540
so thanks very much for the opportunity. Thank you Councillor Jesperson. We do have a motion on the

703
01:00:43,540 --> 01:00:49,640
floor. Any comments or questions regarding committee reports? Seeing none, I call the motion all those in

704
01:00:49,640 --> 01:00:52,040
favor and that is carried.

705
01:00:55,290 --> 01:00:59,050
Next item, 8.2 communications, mayor's report.

706
01:01:01,800 --> 01:01:02,920
Thank you very much.

707
01:01:02,920 --> 01:01:21,400
Since our last council meeting on July the 14th I've only had one committee meeting and that was yesterday and that was the West Interlake District or Wild Water Commission meeting and at that meeting we did approve a

708
01:01:21,400 --> 01:01:29,440
the adventure boring bylaw and Parkland County's share of that will be roughly $260,000.

709
01:01:29,920 --> 01:01:36,680
We have the opportunity to pay in one lump sum or the adventure period is over 25 years.

710
01:01:36,800 --> 01:01:40,260
There will be another adventure that will be coming forward.

711
01:01:40,660 --> 01:01:43,800
It's hoped to be funded through water sales.

712
01:01:44,540 --> 01:01:47,540
What we did learn is water sales are down 10%.

713
01:01:48,460 --> 01:01:55,320
over the last year, we have asked the administration there to identify whether this is an anomaly.

714
01:01:56,660 --> 01:02:03,820
Some of the water users or purchasers are summer villages and with the heavy rain,

715
01:02:04,280 --> 01:02:11,960
it was suspected that perhaps a lot of the owners of those lots on the summer villages

716
01:02:11,960 --> 01:02:13,920
weren't out there, so it didn't have as much water.

717
01:02:13,920 --> 01:02:21,520
But it was 10% roughly across all consumers, municipalities included.

718
01:02:21,800 --> 01:02:32,420
So again, I've raised this before it's potentially a red flag because we do need to build up restricted surplus

719
01:02:32,420 --> 01:02:40,220
for both operating in capital for the inevitable replacement and the contributions to those restricted

720
01:02:40,220 --> 01:02:46,940
affected surpluses, restricted accounts, part of me, are lower than anticipated or hope

721
01:02:46,940 --> 01:02:53,520
forward because of the decrease in water sales. Also, once the Wild Commission receives

722
01:02:54,060 --> 01:03:00,700
the updated cost of purchasing from the Capital Region Parkland Water Commission, they'll

723
01:03:00,700 --> 01:03:06,380
finalize their water rates, then inform all of their members moving forward. So that's

724
01:03:06,380 --> 01:03:35,840
The only committee report I have, I just want to also acknowledge and it was mentioned previously by one of our staff members in these Carlson about the introductions that was made by the University of Alberta's Director of Engagement and Strategic Partnerships, Anastasia Lim, and so we have had a few meetings with different departments in the U of A looking at possible alignment.

725
01:03:35,840 --> 01:03:40,640
and partnerships in moving our respective interests forward.

726
01:03:40,860 --> 01:03:42,760
We do have another meeting coming up this week.

727
01:03:43,960 --> 01:03:50,720
And also had an opportunity to meet over the summer with provincial ministers,

728
01:03:51,660 --> 01:03:57,720
our MP, Dame Lloyd, and a number of regional and provincial mayors as well.

729
01:03:58,000 --> 01:04:00,360
So that's my report. Thank you.

730
01:04:02,980 --> 01:04:04,000
Thank you, Marisha.

731
01:04:04,000 --> 01:04:07,840
Is councilor just for similarly put the motion on the floor, please?

732
01:04:09,600 --> 01:04:11,760
Oh, wouldn't you do it after the motion?

733
01:04:16,000 --> 01:04:20,020
Propose motion that the mayor's report be received for information as presented.

734
01:04:20,540 --> 01:04:22,160
Thank you, councilor just for some.

735
01:04:22,360 --> 01:04:23,940
Are there any comments or questions?

736
01:04:24,520 --> 01:04:25,040
Councilor McNally?

737
01:04:25,620 --> 01:04:26,240
Councilor McNally?

738
01:04:26,760 --> 01:04:28,220
Yes, thank you for the process.

739
01:04:28,860 --> 01:04:35,900
Just want to make a comment on the perspective of Marisha gets to report 10% down and I guess

740
01:04:35,900 --> 01:04:40,160
sales or consumption of or water. You know it kind of makes sense in a

741
01:04:40,160 --> 01:04:44,060
recreational perspective that we have a massive monosato population in Parkland

742
01:04:44,060 --> 01:04:48,040
County that would utilize this portable water in regards to the truck fill

743
01:04:48,040 --> 01:04:52,620
stations or whatever there might be out there. You know as I'm involved in a

744
01:04:52,620 --> 01:04:59,360
recreational world in Campground Association of Alberta and Canada we're the

745
01:04:59,360 --> 01:05:04,820
activities down 30% across Canada and in the province of Alberta we're probably

746
01:05:04,820 --> 01:05:13,980
15 to 30 percent down. I could understand why we're everything else is down. If the consumption

747
01:05:13,980 --> 01:05:19,860
of water is down, that would make sense in those type of industries that are hurting

748
01:05:19,860 --> 01:05:24,680
and in a recreational perspective, and people just not going out to possibly their lake

749
01:05:24,680 --> 01:05:31,460
lots and or camping activities which utilize that resources. But what I'm trying to get at is

750
01:05:31,460 --> 01:05:36,100
is that that impact is crossed the board, if water is down and sales is 10% and recreational

751
01:05:37,240 --> 01:05:40,280
camping is down 30%, and what else is down?

752
01:05:40,600 --> 01:05:48,920
The impact on our economy is extensive and it's multiple of reasons.

753
01:05:49,140 --> 01:05:54,680
We have flooding, we have weather effects, we have gas prices that are astronomical, we

754
01:05:54,680 --> 01:05:56,300
have the price of just existence.

755
01:05:56,300 --> 01:06:02,260
You know, so our community or society has to figure this out, and maybe you're right,

756
01:06:02,520 --> 01:06:06,820
Mayor Shagitz is, maybe this is an anomaly, an anomaly, a one-off.

757
01:06:07,580 --> 01:06:11,560
But it's probably going to be a new trend over the next couple of years,

758
01:06:12,140 --> 01:06:14,460
and it'll be interesting to see how this all shakes out.

759
01:06:14,920 --> 01:06:18,380
You know, of course we don't know what the economy is in the south of us,

760
01:06:19,200 --> 01:06:21,540
and how that's going to work out on our national perspective.

761
01:06:21,540 --> 01:06:29,680
But I imagine we have to brace for some sort of an impact where there's 10% down or 15% down or 30% down.

762
01:06:30,520 --> 01:06:34,120
The future will tell, but I think we should be aware of it.

763
01:06:34,940 --> 01:06:35,680
Thanks for your report.

764
01:06:38,800 --> 01:06:39,660
Councillor Gisette.

765
01:06:40,840 --> 01:06:45,700
Just adding on to Councillor McNabb's discussion there and some great points brought up.

766
01:06:46,160 --> 01:06:50,620
Just again, conversations with a lot of residents over the month of August.

767
01:06:50,620 --> 01:06:56,580
just spending a lot more time at home and the RV units and whatnot are sitting on the

768
01:06:56,580 --> 01:07:02,540
driveway because, again, the price of fuel is preventing people from doing a lot of

769
01:07:02,540 --> 01:07:09,100
things and the word staycation came up a lot. So yeah, the impacts will be far reaching

770
01:07:09,100 --> 01:07:13,680
just from the fuel. Sorry if I'm getting a little off topic as we're just doing committee

771
01:07:13,680 --> 01:07:17,180
reports but just wanted to share that perspective. Thank you.

772
01:07:17,180 --> 01:07:18,760
Thank you.

773
01:07:18,760 --> 01:07:21,420
Thank you, Councillor Dussette. Anything further?

774
01:07:22,820 --> 01:07:24,580
Okay, I call on the motion. All those in favour?

775
01:07:26,000 --> 01:07:26,880
And that is carried.

776
01:07:31,750 --> 01:07:31,910
Okay.

777
01:07:33,090 --> 01:07:37,890
We are now at the end of today's governance and priorities committee meeting.

778
01:07:38,450 --> 01:07:42,890
The next council meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. on September 8, 2026.

779
01:07:43,590 --> 01:07:49,350
And the next governance and priorities committee meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. on September 15, 2026.

780
01:07:49,770 --> 01:07:52,110
I will call the meeting to close at 1149.