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Call this meeting to order. And this time, if you're able, please rise for a national anthem. Followed by our land acknowledgement.

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The

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Niagara region is situated on Treaty land.

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This land is steeped in the rich history of the First Nations, such as the Hata Wanderock,

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the Haudenosaunee, and the Anishinaabe, including the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.

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There are many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people from across Turtle Island that live and work in Niagara today.

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The city of Port Colburn stands with all Indigenous people, past and present, and promoting the wide stewardship of the lands on which we live.

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Okay, the adoption of the agenda council, we have two, or sorry, we have the addition of item 6.2, which is proclamation for Indigenous Veterans Day.

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And for the agenda, if I could have councillors bother and while move the council agenda dated October 28th, 2025, be confirmed as amended.

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Questions or changes? All in favour? Let's carry it.

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Any disclosures of interest this evening?

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Proclamations. We do have two. 6.1 is moved by Councillor

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Baudner, second by Councillor Elliott, that I, Mayor William C. Steele, do hereby proclaim

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October the 26th, 2025 to November the 11th, 2025, is poppy week in the city of Perkoverne

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in honor of the men and women from Perkoverne who gave their lives during the two world wars,

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members of the Korean War and the Afghan Afghanistan War.

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All in favor.

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That's carried unanimously.

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And item 6.2, Indigenous Veterans Day, if I could have councillors Akulina and Bruno

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move that I will see steel, mayor of the city of Port Cove and do hereby proclaim November

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the 8th, 2025, as Indigenous Veterans Day, and that residents of Port Cove and I encourage

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to remember and reflect on the long and proud tradition of the Indigenous Military Service

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to Canada.

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All in favor.

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That's carried.

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We have two presentations tonight. First is Canal Days. So if we could have Olga's here. So if Olga and staff can come forward, and they're going to present.

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Good evening, Mayor Steele and Councillors. Myself and my colleagues Olga Lofan and Kennedy Stock are pleased to bring you a presentation recapping our 2025 Canal Days Festival.

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We touch on a few main points but if you have any questions you can ask after the presentation or you can reach out to us anytime during our office hours.

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Okay, so if you could direct yourselves to the screen, we have a short recap video we're going to play.

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So this slide showcase is various metrics and attendance numbers for the festival this year, some highlights include

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Um, we had strong collaboration and participation with some of our local businesses within the footprint, um, the majority of the businesses inside of our downtown footprint open their doors for the entire four days.

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We also had some participation from some businesses outside of that footprint.

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Um, in total, we hired.

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There was 43 musical acts that participated in Canaldes and various locations and in various ways.

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34 of those were hired directly by the 12 participating businesses in our footprint as part of our special occasions permit.

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We thank them for their collaborations.

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Between the festival grounds and the museum grounds we had over 200 volunteers participate in the festival and as we all know the festival would not be possible without their support.

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and we were fortunate to work with 15 local and regional community groups within the

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footprint.

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Some highlights from this year's festival. We implemented new types of barricades

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and strategies to take care of hostile vehicle mitigation concerns. We had a high focus on

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our vendor process this year. We had an enhanced vendor package vendor guide that included

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tier of pricing. It also included the opportunity for vendors to select their preferred locations.

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We did have some adjustments to the footprint that allowed us to actually include more vendors

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including reopening the Arguson Market on Charlotte Street. With the support of the city's

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Indigenous Tourism Specialist, Josie Fuccini, we were able to do issue a call out for Indigenous

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vendors to participate in canal days and the response was very positive. We had 15 vendors

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participate. Previously, we had our recreation and kid zone in separate locations. This year,

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we grouped them together in close proximity and we had very great feedback from that.

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The YMCA was a huge partner for us in that location. We also shifted to a ticket list,

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and then go to a separate location and cash those in.

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So that was a seamless process

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that we feel enhance the customer experience.

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So we have a few slides just highlighting

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our operating budget for revenue and expenses.

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So some highlights from our revenue operating budget.

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We had a successful grant application

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with experience Ontario, provincial grant.

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We received the maximum amount available for $125,000.

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Sponsorship was a key driver to our kind of these revenue budget, and we also saw in a few areas including bar sales, parking sales, fender rentals, and

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Empire Sandy ticket sales we saw significant increases over our 2024 numbers.

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Some of the major drivers to our expense budget under program supplies include entertainment budget, fireworks, vessels, kids and family programming.

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Under contract services, we have things like portable toilets,

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it's fencing security services, shuttle services, et cetera.

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The enhancements we made to our overall security

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and safety of the festival ultimately

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did have an impact on our budget

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and I'll go over those in this next slide.

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So we did issue an RFP for our security services this year.

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We were successful in bringing on two new security firms.

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We also hired from an outside group

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a security director that played a huge part in our overall security operations but also

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implementing some procedures for crowd control. Our emergency control room that we have

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located on the 2nd floor of city hall during the festival. We had some enhancements with inclusion

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from our security team and also with our covert fire department. We worked closely with

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the Niagara Regional Police. They played a key role in the event for us and they were invested

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In our success heavily this year and as a result we had a we had a strong presence from the Niagara regional police with the public order unit.

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There's a number of infrastructure expenses as well. We totally revamped how the entrance to the concert series worked. We created a queuing area and as a result we had to utilize more fencing and some more methods in order to secure that fencing.

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We also utilize DMS and hired an additional ambulance to work the festival grounds.

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I'll

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be giving the sponsor recap.

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So our corporate sponsorship for 2025 sees the continuation of the Geo Railway Title

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sponsorship. This year we had $355,000 in sponsorship which is an increase from

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$20,000, $300,000 and a total of 67 sponsors for $20,000.

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We'd like to

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thank our title sponsor, GL Railways and our Lieutenant, Brinkin and

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corporate core sponsors as well as ballet our captain sponsor. We'd also like to

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thank our quarter master sponsors, first mate sponsors, both twin sponsors

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and deck hand sponsors.

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We started out with expanding sponsorships for other

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community events in 2025. Similar to 2024, a Sahi Kassai battery separator

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canada was the sponsor for the concert series with a $20,000 sponsorship. Peter's

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construction group was the title sponsors for our annual open house touch

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a truck and fire prevention week kickoff event with the $10,000 sponsorship.

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We also have a title sponsor lined up for 2026 sports fest with the $10,000

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sponsorship from Portage Mutual and CM Steel Insurance Brokers.

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Hopefully we have more of that to come in 2026 and if counselors or staff know of

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any companies that may be interested in sponsoring a 20 in 2026, please connect

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them with us, we would be happy to share the sponsorship package.

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Okay,

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so this year at Canal Daze, we sought data out through two different channels.

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We had a Canal Daze visitor survey which was displayed throughout signs with QR codes

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along the festival grounds, or folks could also participate in the survey at the information

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booth.

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And then we also distributed the next day, sorry, the Tuesday after Canal Daze finished on

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our social media channels, which is I think primarily followed by residents. Additionally,

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we also welcome destination Ontario for the first time to Canal Days. They were set

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up on Clarence Street and ran actually their own survey and we're happy to share that data

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with us, which I'll share in a few slides. We also have plans to collect data in 2026 that's more

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more specific to the economic impact information

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for the city of Port Covert through the festival.

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So our city one survey engaged almost 600 folks.

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We asked things like what sort of music would you like

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to see on the main stage where people are coming

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from including some economic information

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which I will also share.

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So, in terms of top favorite musical choices for next year, rock and classic rock came back

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at 40 percent, followed by country music at 32 percent and then indie and popular notable

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mentions as well. Additionally, 72 percent of respondents said that they actually came to canal

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these more than one day over the course of the four days of the festival.

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So, in terms of festival

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attractions. One of the questions you can see on your screen here. You'll notice that attendees

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were looking forward to visiting the following attractions during Canal Days. As you can see on

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the slide, other noteworthy mentions were the car show which look mentioned or on the slide the

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Lucas covering. We actually jumped this year from 900 cars to 1100 cars which is fantastic. The

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craft show saw about 50 vendors, and then the Empire Sandy had 11 cruises and we sold

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just over 1800 tickets for cruises that took place this year.

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So the Net Promoter Score, if you attend city events, like our community concert series

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canal days, you'll notice that we do these quick satisfaction surveys where we ask attendees

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to help us collect our Net Promoter Score, which essentially tells us how loyal attendees

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these are to our events. For Canal Days, we ask a simple question. How likely are you

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to recommend Canal Days to friends or colleagues? Attendees were, sorry, scored their answer

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from 0 to 10 and the score.

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For Canal Days came up at 36, which sells us Canal Days is preferring well from the perspective

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of attendees who are more loyal than average to our event.

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Economic impact information that we can share if you turn your, if you check, look at

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the slide. The festival spending out of glance is listed here, and we also asked a question

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regarding other businesses in Port Colburn and whether or not attendees plan to support them.

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So 88% said that they were hoping to support other businesses during the festival

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or before attending the festival.

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destination Ontario. They engaged roughly just over just under 1200 participants.

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Their feedback was that majority of the visitors to their booth were Ontario residents.

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They thought that maybe they were possibly state trippers and the surprising number showed up as international visitors.

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So they weren't quite sure why, but the thought was maybe the two cruises that were docked in Port Cobraan

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over the course of the weekend, and they had possibly found their way to the booth on Clarence Street.

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The other component I would like to mention about destination Ontario is the great partnership

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that has come from this.

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They are hoping to continue coming back to Canal Days and actually have asked to come

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to sports fest this year to set up a booth at the Mayor's Cup Valley Health and Wellness Center

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to be able to share information for anyone planning their Ontario travel this coming year.

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we presented in the past, feedback is of great importance to our events team and

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our marketing, our communications department because it helps us make changes, positive

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changes to what it is folks would like to see at Canal Days.

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We collect that after we volunteer in staff surveys, in person debriefs, conversations with

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or event partners, surveys for vendors and businesses

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and social media monitoring.

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I'll click through these slides slowly.

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If you just want to take a moment to kind of read them,

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we have feedback from volunteers,

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local businesses.

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So this year, there was an addition of three new businesses,

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and this is a comment from one of the new businesses

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and just in closing my section of the presentation for those who have participated in the festival be a pre-event planning, volunteering during the weekend or cleaning up the city once the last vendor has left.

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I think we can all agree that for Coburn is a community that's powered by collaboration and is what makes canal days great.

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So just to conclude the presentation, we just have a few things that we wanted to share

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that we're working on currently for next year's festival or things that we plan to implement

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for next year's festival. So as some counselors may have heard from their constituents, there

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was some issues at times during our peak attendance with certain cell phone providers, interruptions

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to cellular data, so we've engaged some representatives from those providers and we're looking

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at ways we can find solutions to ensure those interruptions don't happen in impact.

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You know, our business, our vendors, businesses.

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We are also, as I mentioned, we implemented hostile vehicle mitigation strategies this year.

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We are working with a group that is comprised of other municipalities within the Niagara

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region.

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So the plan is to implement some sort of shared procurement tender that can be utilized by the municipalities in terms of a cost savings as it is for our festival, especially we have a, you know, we are on the street.

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We have a lot of road entrances to our festival footprint. So for us, you know, it can be a significant part of our security budget.

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We're going to continue to build on the security plans that we have developed this year.

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We made some significant strides and we're at a place where we feel we're at an industry

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standard or even leading in some areas.

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So feedback from the Niagara Regional Police was they were satisfied with our plan this

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year.

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And as long as we plan to implement the same or similar with their support that we could

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possibly have a little bit of a reduction in the night regional police presence that we saw

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this year, which would ultimately help our budget. As far as musical programming, we plan to

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focus our city programming at HHNL Park and utilize our partners in the downtown area,

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the local businesses that participate in our special occasions permit for the music programming on

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and as Olga mentioned earlier, we have some plans to just collect some data that we can utilize to showcase more of the economic impact of the festival.

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In a common theme that we hear when we're collecting feedback from other staff, volunteers, festival attendees is adding additional marine heritage related programming, so that's something that we have on our radar as well.

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Okay, and thank you for this thing go presentation. There's any questions, but I just wanted to reiterate all the points. Thank you to all the volunteers, fellow staff members, sponsors and partners that help us put on this event.

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Great. Thank you, Luke, and the team. Questions from Council Councillor Bruna.

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Thank you Worship. It would be very difficult to find much fault with the

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2025 Canal days. Probably one of the better ones I've ever witnessed in my

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lifetime and being on council. So kudos to many of you who've taken the

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festival to the next level. I don't have to remind one of the highlights I certainly thought,

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the extension down Clarence Street was like huge and really to get more vendors and the type of

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vendors like the way things were run down at the park. Fantastic security, all of that.

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I did want to direct a couple questions. I'm not sure who to ask on this, but in particular on the

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revenue and expense side.

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So I'm not sure if that's Mr. Bowles or anyone

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who uses, but I'll take out the question.

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One of the things I've concerned myself with

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with watching 22 of these presentations

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and 22 budgets is that oftentimes in

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whether it's city events or nonprofit events,

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the next year and succeeding budgets

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always seem to come together to try to get to zero.

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And so my concern is, is that at the end of the day,

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if the expenditures are going to be short,

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do we work on the revenue to make it zero?

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And I'm wondering why we don't try to even budget

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for a number higher than a break even.

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Through the mayor to the councillor,

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I think there's a couple aspects. One is the city does maintain a reserve. So if we did need it, it is available.

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But the second one is and I think what's just important and when you look at this year's budget and you compare it or this year is actually when you compare it to next year's budget, I

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think it's about $80,000 different. And that that wasn't we don't believe from a staff perspective that that's necessarily structural

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and that's why we didn't budget to the higher number.

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We don't believe it's structural

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because council just approved the short-term rental by-law.

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And in the absence of the short-term rental by-law,

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it was difficult to collect all of the municipal accommodation

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tax.

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So we still have to see how that plays out,

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but right now the estimates would be

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that the municipal accommodation tax that's being put there

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will help fill that gap.

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So we don't believe that there will be a budget, a budget shortfall and if there is there is the reserve that we could utilize.

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If we were to see this become more problematic and maintain IE that Matt tax doesn't come in as expected.

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In the future budget we would certainly bring forward a request to adjust it accordingly.

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I think to make sure that canal days continues on the trajectory it's on.

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Thank you. Just answered my second question. And so I'm pleased with that. And I guess

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I should have promised my comments on I wasn't looking to see that we would make money

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and that might out or disenfranchise people from going because it just revenue base. Why I

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wanted to see that was because one of these years it's going to rain more often. And one

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of these years things will go awry on a concert and those are major income things and so I'd like to see

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that it go to general revenues not to encourage us to make more and more when it disenfranchises people

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but just to have a safety net. I hadn't thought of that comment about the municipal tourism

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tax, and that's terrific because I think you're being cautious about this, and I'd rather

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us exceed expectations, so looking forward to see if that will help make a difference.

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The other comment on the financial side was, it seems that there are dramatic differences

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on some of the expenditure and I'm just wondering was that something that

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crept up after all the canal days meaning so for example like you're

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looking at a much higher contract services next year and what was the other

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one. Yes program supplies was up by 122,000 to the forecast and then next year it's

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going to ramp down to almost 50% of what the actual was.

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And so I'm just wondering on a couple of those things,

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if you could explain the wide swing.

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Through the mayor to the Councilor and Council,

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I think there's two things at play here.

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One is when we upgraded to the new system,

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and then when we rebuilt the 2026 budget,

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some of the items got repurposed to different account lines.

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So we have kind of struggled with making sure how we categorize things are the same.

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But the other item is we did hire and I'd pass this back over to our canal days team.

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We did bring in a specialist to help us with risk management with canal days this year.

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And that did refocus where some of the expenditures were spent.

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So I think the risk management was top notch and better than it's ever been.

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and that was one of the, we did read JIG where we spent some of those funds.

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So full disclosure, when you look at some bouncing around,

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it was because we had to reprioritize spending to make sure we hit our risk management objectives.

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Thank you, Ms. Mayor. Just one more on this.

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Talk about the recommendations and one was data collection.

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So I'm wondering if you could expand on given it was a recommendation.

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I don't know what the recommendation was behind it, so perhaps you can explain maybe why that was put on the list.

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And what do you hope to do different on data collection?

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Through your worship to Councillor Bruno.

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So the data recommendation, your suggestion was one of them, right?

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But also every year to try and bolster what it is we're collecting in terms of info to share with council, to share with the community on how to make canal these better.

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The destination Ontario kind of came in as a partnership with the experience Ontario grant that we apply for

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So that's part of the reason and then for next year's our hope is to be able to access information regarding spending whether it's through banking

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institutions, but also the major petricard

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Companies to see what kind of spending is happening at canal days over the course of the four days

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And we'll kind of impact that has on our community

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and we're hoping with that we'll come some data as well as coming to Canal days.

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I guess I'm gonna you know I'm gonna ask because after 22 years I'm still asking

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the same question I only have four witnesses here or in my age bracket including

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the regional counselor. I want to see you mine the data of those 65,000 people

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that come here. And I would like to see that you collect some of those names as private sector

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often does to reparlay into advertising harvest fest, things that are happening at Rose,

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and so I think that you know with decades of having

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All these folks here that it is a shame that we don't have a lot of contacts to those people. I

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mean, I even see it as small as, as you said, many residents are from the region. Many are

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Port Cobraan people. You know, we need to mind Port Cobraan only data. Maybe Port Cobraan

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only data is a handout or collecting names to ask them to participate in getting their

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water or tax bill coming of signing up for our newsletters. We have all these people here

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and we have, I just see a great opportunity to leverage all those visitors, to come back to Port

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We spend social media dollars, we spend print media dollars trying to get people here each year.

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But I'm not sure we do a great job in inviting people back or to remind them what's happening.

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But the real leverage, the real bonus to that is to get them to come to other events in Port Cobra, the other 11 months of the year.

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And if we captured that data, we would have a very low cost almost nil of inviting them back

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to see what Port Cormor has to offer the other 11 months and our other things that we do.

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So I'm going to ask again that you spend some time and perhaps you can come back with a report

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on how we can better utilize the data from those 65,000 visits for next year and for future

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benefit so there's more of a statement than a question but perhaps I can follow up later on

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that if we can stay in touch on that subject and discuss it through the year or through Jasmine

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that would be great. Perfect thank you councillor and we'll just take that as direction

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to our team to do that and I'm sure the three councillors that sit on the committee with myself can

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to make sure that that comes back to that.

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All right.

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Councillor Acklin?

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Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

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And thank you to your team and the communications team

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and volunteers for making Canal Days Another Successful Year.

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I do have a question.

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We're not a question.

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Well, I guess it's a question.

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for the 65,000 that attended and then the 26,000 that attended. Do you have a

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comparison from 2024 or 2023 just so that we can see that like how we've done

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over the years? Through you, Mr. Mayor, to Council Act Elena, so no we don't have

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of that same type of data for the most recent values.

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It's something that we could obtain

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and just there would be a cost to doing so.

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Yeah.

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Is it possible like for next year

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that we could do like a comparison?

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Like so we have the data now

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then we could include it next year

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and just talk like a year over year review.

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I think there'd be interest there and then is there I don't think this is

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possible but is there a way to know I don't think we can like the comparison

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between the 65 and 26 like how many people I don't I don't think there's a way

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we could track that but the tracking for the, sorry, yeah, sorry. Through your

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worship to Councillor Ecclely not the tracking for the concerts actually are, I'm

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not going to say more accurate, but they're, they happen every year because we use

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clickers, so we could compare those easily last year versus this year. Where's the

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data for the 65,000 was went through and vironics in 2023, from cellular

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or geo-offensing of the area.

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So unless we subscribe to the service year over year,

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we kind of, right, that's why the numbers.

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So those are completely separate from,

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like, 26 is part of the 65,000.

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It's just easier to obtain for the concert

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because it's actually happening in the moment.

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I'll just stop at the moment.

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Through you, Mr. Mayor.

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So we are total attendance at the concert.

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I don't have the measure.

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I think it was 26,000 is what we had listed.

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So the previous year, yeah, it was about the same, I would say we had a similar-sized, you know,

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being Saturday night with a lot of folks that attended. But yeah, it was in the same ballpark.

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And then we had the Sunday show as well, which we did not have this year. So we kind of lost,

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we lost those numbers in our attendance for this year.

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Yeah, it just kind of gives you an idea. Our numbers are pretty consistent along the way.

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I mean, if you actually go down, I mean, if you go back to

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and dance with Marin and Rodney was there, if you go back,

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and you look at, I mean, I don't think you can compare

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Westrie because it's changed so much.

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But if you look at fireworks, nights and concerts,

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other than moving from down temple, we always filled the venue

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here, and now we're filling the venue there.

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But even on fireworks, nights, since way back when,

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I mean, you look at the crowds, they're pretty consistent.

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So it's consistent numbers that keep coming back to us.

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So I think Westery, if you saw over the last couple of years,

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you can see the elevation of people coming,

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just what's changed from the museum all the way down

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to the Canadian Corps, basically.

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So yeah, just stay through the Mayor to Council,

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and I think it was said during the presentation.

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So we are looking at financial institution information,

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because I think that's gonna be one

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of the biggest ways to look at year-to-year,

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what kind of impact Canelle Day's has

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because you can extrapolate from that how many people are coming a lot of data over the years has been by clickers and that and depending on how you click and who clicks and where you click it changes but having seen some of this it's it's quite interesting the data that they can create we look forward and I think the team looks forward to bring something back to the working group because there is a cost it's not actually the cheapest data to buy but the

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It is information that would, I think, satisfy the question that's been answered,

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or not answered, asked. I've been here for five years. It's been asked for five years.

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I think we found how to do it. There's a bigger cost, I think, than what we think it is.

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So, or what maybe people think it is. So, we'll bring that to the working group and have them kind

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of just oppose that against other expenditures to see how we move forward. But I think that's the

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way we get a strong data plan. Perfect, further questions. Okay, thanks guys. Great job.

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Next we have our Museum Canal Days recap.

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The museum staff is coming up.

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Welcome, Tammy.

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The Steel and Counselors are giving me the opportunity to report on the museum's successful 47

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annual canal days.

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Just like my colleagues over here, I'll just be giving a

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brief overview of some of our elements that helped make us successful. So we

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had 5,500 visitors over three days. So when I say three days, I know our

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festival is actually in two days at the museum, but we do host a free concert

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through our Music on the One Series at Rosalam on the Monday of Canalities,

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and that brings in additional 500 people.

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So even from the 5,000, that is an increase from the past few years as well.

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We do have over 100 volunteers who help us out.

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We have about 50 or so that help us in certain positions with certain activities.

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But we also include our community groups that bring volunteers in for the weekend to help them out.

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So we do have a great number of community groups that we use everything from guilds, some

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of the reenactors, we have our co-brand historical side, we have community living, people

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like that.

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We do have three sponsors who help with various things and I'll mention those a little

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bit later.

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We do activate 14 buildings so we have 10 onsite, including museum, the tea room, the archives

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and including Rosalind. So there's reenactors and activities in each one exhibits as well.

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We do have seven exhibits during the canal days. Everything from our 50th anniversary step right up

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to our next theme buggy to our Niagara in the carriage house. We had a special one in our

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Marine Exhibit Lighthouse called Toying the Line. That was to honor the 30th anniversary of Laura

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likes towing, who is our longest sponsor of Canal Days. We had 18 re-enactor groups

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and promoters. So we have everything from naval re-enactors. We had indigenous groups there

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with their training posts. And we have Army re-enactors for more of 18th of all as well.

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We have blacksmiths. We have hand-weavers and spinners. We have carvers and canoes as well.

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Well, we also have a lot of hands-on activities for families and people of all ages.

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Everything from rope making to games of racing boats on canals, face paints, all the reenactors

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are hands-on.

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You can get in one of the 19th century naval boats and row the boat.

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You can handle some of the unloaded muskets, things like that.

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We also have four food vendors, one that we bring in and three that are through ourselves.

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Here's just some highlighted pictures of things you can see on the ground during Canal Days.

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Dress up is one of our hands on activities that are outfits from the settlers times.

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You get families who take a yearly picture.

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I'll dress up usually bringing, dragging in the teenagers or the dads who don't want to be up there.

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We have a picture of the Toronto All-Star Big Band so that's the band that comes

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are the Jazz Swing Band of young students who come and they bring in a huge

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crowd every year and that's a free concert. New this year actually was the

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stilts we had our volunteer group make stilts and it's not as easy as it looks

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when you're an adult because the perch is very small but children could get the

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hang of it and guys were actually better at it.

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I don't know if it's center of gravity,

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but I was a lot of fun.

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Sandbox is always a huge hit.

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We usually have to tell the kids

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when we're closing at the end of the day.

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And I'm usually there like an hour or so later

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that I'm very sorry if we're closing.

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And the parks guys are great and bring us in that sand.

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And the center bottom is our Niagara handkeepers.

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I'm spinner so they're just one of the many guilds

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and trades people that come in and show off their skills and just a picture of a family we have

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families who spend the whole day at the museum. We had families that like plunked their baby

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01:12:16,610 --> 01:12:22,230
down in the shade and then one parent kind of hovers while the rest of the family goes off.

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01:12:26,180 --> 01:12:31,640
Just some of the highlights that make the museum so special for communities is we obviously have

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01:12:31,640 --> 01:12:37,320
the heritage focus. Not only on local history, but marine history. We have canal days exhibits

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01:12:37,320 --> 01:12:45,720
and the maps and bringing in those reenactors really helped as well. We have an indigenous

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01:12:45,720 --> 01:12:50,780
inclusion which is growing every year. We have the strong water singers which is an off-key

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01:12:50,780 --> 01:12:57,880
male indigenous group who come and open the festival for us on Saturday and Sunday. Not only do

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01:12:57,880 --> 01:13:03,900
they perform their songs but they bring a different age range and each one of them will come up and

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01:13:03,900 --> 01:13:08,580
tell the story or the meaning of the song before they perform it.

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01:13:09,840 --> 01:13:16,020
New to us was the Niagara Region Métis Council who brought their trading post with them and

443
01:13:16,020 --> 01:13:22,360
also New to us this year was an art installation I'm called hashtag Hope in Healing Canada by Métis

444
01:13:22,360 --> 01:13:30,660
artist Tracy May and that was up both outside the museum and outside at Rosalind for the summer

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01:13:30,660 --> 01:13:38,320
this year. It was also the museum's 50th anniversary and with that we saw some expansion of our

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01:13:38,320 --> 01:13:44,760
canal days. We were able to expand the field behind the archives building all the way over behind

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01:13:44,760 --> 01:13:49,860
the library to the park which we don't usually go out that far and we needed that to

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01:13:49,860 --> 01:13:55,040
to help make room for our new renactors.

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01:13:55,540 --> 01:13:57,240
We brought in some new groups and vendors.

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We had a room squire, which is someone who makes rooms for us.

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01:14:02,600 --> 01:14:05,080
And we brought in new entertainment for children.

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01:14:05,740 --> 01:14:09,460
We have Christopher and friends who sing sea shanties

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01:14:09,460 --> 01:14:12,060
and interactive songs and activities for children.

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01:14:14,640 --> 01:14:18,460
And we're always increasing our visitorship and our revenue.

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01:14:19,260 --> 01:14:25,080
And as I mentioned, family-friendly programming where I would say we're the oasis during

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01:14:25,080 --> 01:14:27,720
Canal Days, West Street is always very busy.

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01:14:28,300 --> 01:14:33,620
Here we have a bit more space, we have shade, we have trees, we have grass, we've seeding.

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01:14:34,020 --> 01:14:39,000
So it just gives people a little time to decompress but also still get involved in Canal Days.

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01:14:40,980 --> 01:14:50,430
Our Canal Day budget, I'll just make it brief that I'm going to say that I'm going to

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01:14:50,430 --> 01:14:53,930
Our total expense this year was about $5,500,

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01:14:54,030 --> 01:14:56,610
which is increasing like everybody's budget is increasing.

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01:14:56,850 --> 01:14:59,670
Most of that money goes towards our reenactors groups.

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Bringing in some of the supplies. Our total income this year was just over 12,000, about $6,500 of that is in sponsorship. So overall our total revenue was $6,472.35. Which is the biggest revenue we've had since pre-COVID.

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And of course, one of our biggest sellers and one of our biggest revenue is our Canal

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01:15:31,240 --> 01:15:32,000
Days t-shirts.

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01:15:32,900 --> 01:15:36,160
And we do that as our major funders are for the year.

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01:15:36,760 --> 01:15:41,520
And this year we were able to get all the cloths of making those t-shirts fully covered

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01:15:41,520 --> 01:15:42,220
by sponsorship.

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01:15:42,620 --> 01:15:43,400
Thank you to Bell Marie.

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01:15:44,360 --> 01:15:48,400
And so our profit, which was $2,500 this year, was pure profits.

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01:15:48,400 --> 01:15:48,580
But

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let's go over our sponsors really quick, friends of Rosalam Center, they sponsor the

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01:15:57,540 --> 01:16:03,120
music on the lawn series, so they pay for the entertainment to come in, and they run

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01:16:03,120 --> 01:16:05,480
a 50-50 draw so that they can raise money as well.

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01:16:06,620 --> 01:16:12,460
Belmarine is our sponsor, I think for at least the past 10 years, that sponsors the T-shirts,

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01:16:13,180 --> 01:16:15,600
which includes buying the T-shirts and getting them printed.

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01:16:16,320 --> 01:16:22,520
And then Laura likes towing is our sponsor, who sponsors the $5,000 for admission fee.

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01:16:23,120 --> 01:16:28,640
So the museum's festival can be free for everyone.

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01:16:29,200 --> 01:16:31,680
And they've been sponsoring for the last 30 years.

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01:16:34,520 --> 01:16:38,320
And our 2026 festival we're moving forward with that.

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01:16:38,800 --> 01:16:43,920
We've already done a verbal confirmation from most of our re-enactors groups that they would

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01:16:43,920 --> 01:16:44,820
like to come back.

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01:16:45,260 --> 01:16:47,180
We're still working with other partners.

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01:16:47,180 --> 01:16:52,220
we actually just met today with a new partner from Heartland Forest and how we can help support them

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01:16:52,220 --> 01:16:57,360
and they can support us and I think it will be a great addition to the festival next year.

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01:17:01,940 --> 01:17:09,360
And on top of thanking our staff, the museum staff and dedicated volunteers, I would also like to thank you

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01:17:09,360 --> 01:17:15,640
to the events team as well as we have a lot of support in the ComS team and the parks team as well.

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01:17:18,300 --> 01:17:18,640
Any question?

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01:17:18,640 --> 01:17:19,600
Great, thanks.

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01:17:19,780 --> 01:17:21,320
Questions, Councilor.

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01:17:22,240 --> 01:17:22,880
Councilor Rudolph.

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01:17:24,140 --> 01:17:24,540
Thank you.

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01:17:24,580 --> 01:17:26,700
I promise you I won't ask you any financial questions.

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01:17:28,920 --> 01:17:30,440
You guys are fantastic.

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01:17:31,200 --> 01:17:32,800
And the amount of volunteerism there

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01:17:33,300 --> 01:17:34,540
amazes me every year.

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01:17:34,680 --> 01:17:36,760
Not just for canal days, but as a museum.

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01:17:37,460 --> 01:17:38,840
I didn't want to ask you though,

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01:17:39,180 --> 01:17:40,400
it was interesting to me

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01:17:40,400 --> 01:17:43,460
and there may be a logical explanation to this

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01:17:43,920 --> 01:17:46,360
that in the survey, the focus group,

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01:17:46,360 --> 01:17:52,760
It was like 21% of the people were interested in the museum to come.

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01:17:53,620 --> 01:18:03,360
But if I take 5,500 and divide it into the 65,000, sort of 8.46% of the people came to

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01:18:03,360 --> 01:18:03,720
museum.

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01:18:04,000 --> 01:18:11,420
Now, I think the difference is, but I'd love for us to look at this, is 26,000 concert

506
01:18:11,420 --> 01:18:18,880
goers might be clipped off the top because they're not there in the daytime, but I am interested

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01:18:18,880 --> 01:18:23,920
in what Councillor Acklin has said about year over year figures.

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01:18:24,480 --> 01:18:29,820
And I'm wondering in the future if you could put together some kind of comparison on a

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01:18:29,820 --> 01:18:37,640
lot of your categories, particularly attendance, but the interesting to see over a period of

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01:18:37,640 --> 01:18:49,660
time, how that changes or ups or downs. My real question though is, is there a goal at the museum

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01:18:49,660 --> 01:18:55,920
for canalaries? It may be attendance is one of them, but it doesn't have to be the top one.

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01:18:56,040 --> 01:19:01,200
There's lots more important things than just numbers in life and then what you do. But I would be

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01:19:01,200 --> 01:19:09,820
interested in knowing, you know, can you handle more people? So in other words, you

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01:19:09,820 --> 01:19:18,340
know, I want West Street and I don't really see any high-profile signage pointing

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01:19:18,340 --> 01:19:26,440
to the entity that started it all. And I kind of think it would be nice to

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01:19:26,440 --> 01:19:28,420
to expose visitors there.

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01:19:28,840 --> 01:19:34,740
I don't know what 5,500 is as a percentage of true people

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01:19:34,740 --> 01:19:38,380
who walk the street on West Street and do the vendors.

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01:19:38,920 --> 01:19:42,980
But the real question is, could we get more people

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01:19:43,520 --> 01:19:44,740
over at the museum?

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01:19:45,240 --> 01:19:47,640
And we better decide that before trying

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01:19:47,640 --> 01:19:50,480
to drive more people over to the museum.

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01:19:50,680 --> 01:19:54,880
So I don't know if you have an opinion on kind of the grounds

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01:19:54,880 --> 01:20:02,820
and the vendors handle more, should we be pointing more people towards the museum that might

525
01:20:02,820 --> 01:20:03,820
not even know it's there.

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01:20:06,000 --> 01:20:11,860
Through the Mayor to Councillor, first I'll mention, make

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01:20:11,860 --> 01:20:17,480
point to your first one. I have a here, I just put it up on the screen. We do keep a comparison.

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01:20:17,900 --> 01:20:23,700
This one goes back 12 years. That shows like the visitors from each gate, also the breakdown

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01:20:23,700 --> 01:20:26,960
down of all the revenue and the expenses as well.

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01:20:27,240 --> 01:20:30,360
So it is available for whenever you like it.

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01:20:30,480 --> 01:20:31,740
I can include it next time.

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01:20:33,520 --> 01:20:35,800
For the little, you actually mentioned a really good point

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01:20:35,800 --> 01:20:39,080
that we've always wanted.

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01:20:39,140 --> 01:20:40,860
It may be more signage or something

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01:20:40,860 --> 01:20:43,540
that directs people to the museum.

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01:20:43,800 --> 01:20:45,300
I have to say over the past couple of years,

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01:20:45,480 --> 01:20:46,660
the events team and the comp team

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01:20:46,660 --> 01:20:50,320
have really boosted up how they support us

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01:20:50,320 --> 01:20:51,580
and how they promote us.

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01:20:51,580 --> 01:20:55,040
and especially including the end of West Street

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01:20:55,040 --> 01:20:58,660
to link all the way to the museum has really helped.

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01:20:59,940 --> 01:21:03,060
We could definitely handle more

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01:21:03,060 --> 01:21:05,180
because it comes in ebbs and ebbs and flow,

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01:21:05,280 --> 01:21:08,440
so there's always room for more.

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01:21:09,240 --> 01:21:11,920
And I have another idea about this now,

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01:21:12,140 --> 01:21:12,640
left in my mind.

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01:21:15,400 --> 01:21:15,940
Yeah.

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01:21:16,320 --> 01:21:16,600
Yeah.

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01:21:17,020 --> 01:21:17,560
Yeah.

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01:21:24,410 --> 01:21:32,730
And we have a lot of space. That's, we're very lucky in that way that we have the big field and that's we're able to utilize that space a lot as well.

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01:21:33,390 --> 01:21:41,870
And I think helping promote that if we want to see more marine heritage during the festival.

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01:21:42,470 --> 01:21:47,870
We do marine heritage really well, helped send them our way and said it may be

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01:21:47,870 --> 01:21:51,390
disporzing it more, helped send them, send them our way.

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01:21:54,600 --> 01:21:59,980
Great council, further questions. One thing I did promise this family to bring

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01:21:59,980 --> 01:22:03,760
forward is, and it's the first time my wife and I when we man the gates and we do

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01:22:03,760 --> 01:22:07,660
different gates over here this year we're on the King Street Gate. We did have a

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01:22:07,660 --> 01:22:12,900
family came up and thanked. I think they thought we actually represented lower

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01:22:12,900 --> 01:22:17,760
lakes towing we told if we didn't but they really wanted to thank lower lakes towing they were a

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01:22:17,760 --> 01:22:22,280
from out of town but they knew that they were the main sponsor and at that gate was a big banner

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01:22:22,280 --> 01:22:29,540
from from lower lakes but I wanted to bring that forward here only because sometimes their sponsors

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01:22:29,540 --> 01:22:34,800
don't hear it enough and especially from people from out of town people in town have that in their

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01:22:34,800 --> 01:22:40,500
mind that you know kind of who were the the normal sponsors of of canal days and the museum so

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01:22:40,500 --> 01:22:42,160
So I wanted to bring that forward.

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01:22:42,360 --> 01:22:43,360
They weren't the only ones that day.

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01:22:43,440 --> 01:22:45,480
We had a few others that came forward and said,

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01:22:45,920 --> 01:22:47,600
hey, we really appreciate what sponsors do

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01:22:47,600 --> 01:22:49,280
for our museum here in Portland.

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01:22:49,820 --> 01:22:50,980
But they said they were from out of town

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01:22:50,980 --> 01:22:53,160
and there was about eight of them.

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01:22:53,780 --> 01:22:55,940
And they spent quite a bit of time in the museum.

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01:22:56,260 --> 01:22:57,880
That's one thing I had to bring forward today.

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01:22:58,020 --> 01:22:58,480
So thank you.

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01:22:58,880 --> 01:23:00,960
And we do thank, again, Laura likes towing

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01:23:00,960 --> 01:23:01,920
for all they do for the museum.

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01:23:02,260 --> 01:23:03,040
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

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01:23:03,220 --> 01:23:07,140
They usually aren't able to send a representative

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01:23:07,700 --> 01:23:08,540
during Canal Days.

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01:23:08,540 --> 01:23:10,840
at least they're able to pop in before and pop out.

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01:23:11,080 --> 01:23:12,060
Is this time of the year?

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01:23:12,160 --> 01:23:16,300
Yes, it is, but they are the ones who help us provide

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01:23:16,300 --> 01:23:19,200
a very family-friendly festival

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01:23:19,200 --> 01:23:20,940
because they keep the costs down.

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01:23:21,080 --> 01:23:22,220
We don't have to charge a mission

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01:23:22,220 --> 01:23:24,980
and I think the most anyone has to pay

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01:23:24,980 --> 01:23:27,040
for anything is $2 during the festival

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01:23:27,040 --> 01:23:27,900
and a lot of it's free.

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01:23:28,700 --> 01:23:29,340
That's good.

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01:23:29,740 --> 01:23:30,020
Thank you.

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01:23:30,500 --> 01:23:31,360
Thank you, Council.

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01:23:31,580 --> 01:23:31,960
Thank you.

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01:23:37,630 --> 01:23:40,070
All right, onto the mayor's report.

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01:23:40,990 --> 01:23:43,030
First off, as everybody sees,

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01:23:43,030 --> 01:23:49,990
This is our last Council meeting prior to a remembrance day. Our next meeting is on November the 12th

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01:23:50,630 --> 01:23:57,390
So I really want to give a special thank you to our museum curator Michelle Mason and Frank a phone exhibit designer

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01:23:57,910 --> 01:24:01,930
Carly Pollyotchi for the exceptional remembrance day display and council chambers

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01:24:02,970 --> 01:24:07,330
Obviously council. We're all wearing them as our poppies. We're left there better

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01:24:08,650 --> 01:24:12,150
desks here this evening. I do want to point out one thing though because it is

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01:24:12,150 --> 01:24:16,630
here every so many years. There is a photograph up here right in front of the

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01:24:16,630 --> 01:24:21,690
clerk. It's taken on Catherine Street in front of the original Guild Hall which

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01:24:21,690 --> 01:24:27,370
is next door to us. In that picture is my great-grandfather and my great-uncle, so

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01:24:27,370 --> 01:24:31,570
my grandfather's brother, who served in the First World War in artillery.

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01:24:33,430 --> 01:24:39,290
because you know my youngest son Riley, go take a look. I can't believe that my

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01:24:39,290 --> 01:24:44,710
great uncle is a spitting image or my youngest son is a spitting image of my

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01:24:44,710 --> 01:24:48,630
great uncle. I took a picture of it a few years ago show my wife and it was like oh

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01:24:48,630 --> 01:24:54,710
my gosh but it is and it's a pretty cool photograph of those going off to

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01:24:54,710 --> 01:25:00,050
war and who was in that photograph but it's actually pretty cool. I mean I'm one

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01:25:00,050 --> 01:25:04,970
that was lucky enough that my fall obviously because I'm here my father returned as a fighter pilot

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01:25:04,970 --> 01:25:11,270
from World War II and and I know many of us across Council have had family members fight in one

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01:25:11,270 --> 01:25:17,390
of the World Wars and beyond and the other conflicts that came after those specifically World War I.

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01:25:19,030 --> 01:25:24,510
So I really want to thank Museum staff you guys are phenomenal this is fantastic and the history

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01:25:24,510 --> 01:25:27,970
that sits in front of the city of Port Colburn.

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01:25:28,210 --> 01:25:29,750
Please read this.

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01:25:29,910 --> 01:25:32,350
And for those at home, we ask you go to the museum,

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01:25:32,350 --> 01:25:34,430
just ask about the pictures that we're here.

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01:25:35,270 --> 01:25:36,950
Weakurch brothers, which were triplets

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01:25:36,950 --> 01:25:38,830
that fought World War I.

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01:25:39,790 --> 01:25:41,250
We all know the Weakurch farm,

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01:25:41,250 --> 01:25:43,310
which is now owned by the Marsh family.

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01:25:44,530 --> 01:25:45,670
You know, these are families that go way,

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01:25:45,790 --> 01:25:46,990
way back in the city of Port Colburn.

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01:25:47,190 --> 01:25:48,990
So again, thank you.

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01:25:52,070 --> 01:25:54,690
So this season, Port Colburn welcomed more than 70

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01:25:54,690 --> 01:26:01,710
crew ship visits from Viking, Victory, Pearl Seas, and Panant between April 23rd and October

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01:26:01,710 --> 01:26:08,610
27th. A 30% increase in visits is being seen in all Great Lakes ports with more than 700

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01:26:08,610 --> 01:26:16,110
total visits this year, and an estimated $230 million in economic impact to Great Lakes

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01:26:16,110 --> 01:26:22,650
region as a whole. The 17,000 crews passengers who traveled the Wellen Canal were treated to

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01:26:22,650 --> 01:26:26,930
views of porcola and many chose to enhance their visit by joining one of our popular

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01:26:26,930 --> 01:26:33,650
onshore excursions. The last ship, Victory One of Victory Cruise lines, docked in town yesterday

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01:26:33,650 --> 01:26:40,890
and then they set sail back for Toronto. We thank all the boats and their crews for coming in and

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01:26:40,890 --> 01:26:46,010
out of porcola. It is phenomenal to see and it's quite phenomenal to see people that come into town

631
01:26:46,010 --> 01:26:52,830
just to watch not just the great lake ships but specifically cruise ships when

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01:26:52,830 --> 01:26:57,510
they're back and forth. The city cruise will be performing maintenance on

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01:26:57,510 --> 01:27:01,910
selection on sections of the friendship trail. During this week work will take

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01:27:01,910 --> 01:27:07,070
place between Rooter Road and Lorraine Road near the Snyder Road crossing and

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01:27:07,630 --> 01:27:12,690
between Weaver Road and Pinecrest Road near the former Miller Road crossing.

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01:27:12,690 --> 01:27:18,130
The maintenance will involve resurfacing the asphalt trail, while the trail will not

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01:27:18,130 --> 01:27:21,850
be fully closed, service vehicles and equipment will be present during the work.

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01:27:22,610 --> 01:27:27,590
No detours are planned, the trail uses are asked to exercise caution and respect the work

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01:27:27,590 --> 01:27:31,930
areas, and I appreciate your understanding and cooperation during this time.

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01:27:33,210 --> 01:27:37,910
Last week I was thrilled to welcome Mayor Matthew Shoemaker and his senior staff from the

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01:27:37,910 --> 01:27:40,690
City of Sioux, St. Marie, here at Port Blower.

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01:27:41,490 --> 01:27:43,410
Myself and Mayor Schumaker had the opportunity

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01:27:43,410 --> 01:27:48,810
to meet with Hope of Port, with men this is tough tonight.

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01:27:49,290 --> 01:27:51,030
With the Hamilton-Oshaw Port Authority,

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01:27:51,670 --> 01:27:53,230
to discuss potential partnerships

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01:27:53,230 --> 01:27:54,770
for cargo and shipping services

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01:27:54,770 --> 01:27:56,430
between our two port cities.

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01:27:57,190 --> 01:27:58,750
Together, we explored opportunities

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01:27:58,750 --> 01:27:59,910
that strengthen our communities

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01:28:00,430 --> 01:28:01,670
and the Great Lakes economy.

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01:28:02,410 --> 01:28:05,830
We took Mayor Schumaker and his staff

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01:28:05,830 --> 01:28:12,310
with a hope of reps in our staff on a great tour of the port area of Port Cobra and we really look

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01:28:12,310 --> 01:28:17,490
forward to further discussions and further collaboration between the City of Port Cobra and the City

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01:28:17,490 --> 01:28:18,390
of Su-Saint-Marie.

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01:28:21,020 --> 01:28:24,260
Join us at the Valley Health and Wellness Center for the Ultimate Family Night,

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01:28:24,560 --> 01:28:30,320
a series of free, family-friendly events hosted by the City of Port Cobra and the YMCA of Nida.

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01:28:31,400 --> 01:28:36,680
Each month from October to April we ask you to enjoy a movie in the gym, those are at six o'clock,

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01:28:36,680 --> 01:28:42,620
free skates from 7 to 8.30 and free swims from 7.15 to 8.30 p.m.

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01:28:44,020 --> 01:28:47,760
Marker calendars for the fall of movie nights, November 22 is Matilda.

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01:28:48,560 --> 01:28:51,660
December 27 is the Grinch, Houston, Christmas.

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01:28:52,400 --> 01:28:57,000
January 17, the Lego movie, February 28, the Super Mario Brothers.

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01:28:57,780 --> 01:29:01,920
March 21 is Wall E, and April 25 is Wicked.

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admission is free to all the events. All we ask is you donate a non-perishable

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01:29:07,020 --> 01:29:11,960
food item for pork hairs and more details can be found on the city's website.

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01:29:13,300 --> 01:29:16,400
The city of Corcoran is asking residents to share their thoughts on the

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01:29:16,400 --> 01:29:20,900
development of a Parks and Recreation Strategic Plan. Once completed the plan will

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01:29:20,900 --> 01:29:25,500
help determine future needs and priorities for the city's parks, recreation facilities

668
01:29:25,500 --> 01:29:30,020
and services as well as how they are delivered to the committee for the next 10

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01:29:30,020 --> 01:29:37,300
years. To gather input the city will use online and paper surveys and an in-person public engagement

670
01:29:37,300 --> 01:29:42,960
open house to learn residents opinions of Port Colburn's parks, recreation facilities, waterfront,

671
01:29:43,520 --> 01:29:51,940
programs, and events in addition to their satisfaction with an assessment of the important levels of

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01:29:51,940 --> 01:29:58,200
these amenities. The confidential survey must be submitted by Sunday November the 9th and should

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01:29:58,200 --> 01:29:59,900
take approximately 15 minutes to complete.

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01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:12,740
And it can be accessed at www.serveymonkey.com, force-r, force-pc, community survey, or on paper from

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01:30:12,740 --> 01:30:19,260
the city hall, Valley Health and Wellness Center and the Porcoburn Public Library. The public

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01:30:19,260 --> 01:30:26,000
engagement open house will take place on Wednesday, November the 5th, from 3 to 7 p.m. at the

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01:30:26,000 --> 01:30:28,120
the Valley Health and Wellness Center in the Gold Puck Room.

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01:30:30,580 --> 01:30:33,680
And I know Halloween is fast approaching this Friday,

679
01:30:33,920 --> 01:30:37,940
but we must talk about our annual lighted Santa Claus

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01:30:37,940 --> 01:30:38,340
parade.

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01:30:39,020 --> 01:30:42,300
Mark here, calendars for Saturday, December the 6th.

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01:30:42,320 --> 01:30:45,740
At 6.30 p.m., as poor Corbin's downtown core will light up

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01:30:45,740 --> 01:30:47,080
with holiday magic once again.

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01:30:47,580 --> 01:30:50,740
Join us for an evening of festive fun, featuring floats

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01:30:50,740 --> 01:30:53,980
from local business, community groups, schools, and more.

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01:30:55,120 --> 01:30:56,780
The reason why we bring it up early is because we

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01:30:56,780 --> 01:31:01,820
ask people to put their applications in for floats and for volunteers, and that's available

688
01:31:01,820 --> 01:31:07,480
on our website at forecorpon.ca, for slash Santa Claus parade. We're also looking

689
01:31:07,480 --> 01:31:14,440
for parade sponsors, and more information is available online. On October the 22nd, I had

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01:31:14,440 --> 01:31:18,740
the pleasure of receiving the first official Poppy marking the beginning of this year's annual

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01:31:18,740 --> 01:31:24,460
Poppy campaign. Each year millions of Canadians proudly wear the Poppy as a symbol of remembrance,

692
01:31:24,460 --> 01:31:31,400
hard felt tribute to those who served, sacrificed, and continued to protect the freedoms we cherish today.

693
01:31:32,160 --> 01:31:37,480
The Poppy Stands are during emblem of strength, gratitude, and national pride.

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01:31:38,620 --> 01:31:44,320
Residents are encouraged to once again support the Poppy campaign beginning October 31st.

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01:31:44,440 --> 01:31:48,380
Donations collected are held in trust at the local Royal Canadian Legion branch,

696
01:31:48,380 --> 01:31:52,760
and it goes directly towards supporting veterans and their families within our

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01:31:52,760 --> 01:31:57,600
community to help ensure the Canada never forgets and you'll see out a lot of

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01:31:57,600 --> 01:32:04,000
local businesses the boxes of poppies whatever you can donate everything from

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01:32:04,000 --> 01:32:09,040
a looney to I've had people in my office throwing $1,500 bills over the year so

700
01:32:09,040 --> 01:32:16,370
anything you can donate grab your poppy and please wear it proudly and the next

701
01:32:16,370 --> 01:32:21,850
This item is for those that know him, and most of us in this room do is David T. LaMetti,

702
01:32:22,130 --> 01:32:27,010
who was born on August 10th, 1962, was a little bit younger than I am. I was born in March

703
01:32:27,010 --> 01:32:33,770
of 1962. He's a Canadian diplomat, lawyer, and former politician, and he will become the Canadian

704
01:32:33,770 --> 01:32:41,230
ambassador to the United Nations on November 17th of 2025. David was born on August 10th, 1962,

705
01:32:41,230 --> 01:32:44,190
to import Colburn to Italian immigrants.

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01:32:44,610 --> 01:32:46,490
You grew up in Port Colburn during a time

707
01:32:46,870 --> 01:32:48,710
where it was a small industrial town

708
01:32:48,710 --> 01:32:50,110
where most families on his block

709
01:32:50,550 --> 01:32:53,050
had at least one person working at the nearby steel mill,

710
01:32:53,290 --> 01:32:54,550
cement plant, or nickel refinery.

711
01:32:55,990 --> 01:32:58,450
David went on to study at the University of Toronto

712
01:32:58,450 --> 01:33:01,150
after which he advanced to the role of Minister of Justice

713
01:33:01,150 --> 01:33:05,090
and Attorney General of Canada from 2019 to 2023.

714
01:33:05,910 --> 01:33:07,350
He's a member of the Liberal Party

715
01:33:07,350 --> 01:33:10,410
who has served as a member of parliament

716
01:33:10,410 --> 01:33:14,530
for La Salle and Margaret Verdun from 2015 to 2024.

717
01:33:15,270 --> 01:33:17,850
After leaving electoral politics,

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01:33:18,070 --> 01:33:20,330
he was Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Mark Curry

719
01:33:20,810 --> 01:33:22,630
from July to September of this year.

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01:33:23,170 --> 01:33:25,630
We congratulate a pork over and son

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01:33:25,630 --> 01:33:27,450
for achieving this remarkable appointment.

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01:33:28,350 --> 01:33:29,930
David and I went to high school together.

723
01:33:30,430 --> 01:33:31,430
His family grew up here.

724
01:33:31,470 --> 01:33:35,330
His father was a builder in pork over and built many houses

725
01:33:35,330 --> 01:33:37,630
as, and I've lived in one,

726
01:33:37,630 --> 01:33:49,730
that the Lamedi family put up and David and I had lots of great debates in Mr. Wilson's

727
01:33:49,730 --> 01:33:54,950
history class at Port High and most people know I've been conservative most of my life.

728
01:33:55,270 --> 01:33:56,110
David being a liberal.

729
01:33:56,310 --> 01:33:58,330
I was with the young conservatives, he was with the young liberals.

730
01:33:59,410 --> 01:34:05,550
We had a teacher, Arnold Wilson would let us go on for the whole period in a debate on politics

731
01:34:05,550 --> 01:34:06,590
in Canada.

732
01:34:06,590 --> 01:34:07,970
And it was actually pretty cool.

733
01:34:08,110 --> 01:34:11,110
We got the other students involved through us.

734
01:34:11,370 --> 01:34:13,070
But those are days I do remember.

735
01:34:13,330 --> 01:34:17,430
And again, here we are, the city of Port Overland

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01:34:17,860 --> 01:34:20,010
around 22,000 population today.

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01:34:20,770 --> 01:34:24,250
And David and I grew up, we were about 24,000

738
01:34:24,250 --> 01:34:29,290
with Port Overland, Humberston and the township of Humberston.

739
01:34:31,720 --> 01:34:32,970
But he's now become,

740
01:34:36,850 --> 01:34:37,830
this is a pretty high job.

741
01:34:40,110 --> 01:34:45,810
I mean, you become you

742
01:34:47,820 --> 01:34:52,880
know to the United Nations that that bodes well for his upbringing in our community

743
01:34:52,880 --> 01:35:00,940
his education through our community and further at his university and I know we went overseas to England to receive his

744
01:35:00,940 --> 01:35:04,760
his law degree, but you know I think this is pretty cool for the city of

745
01:35:04,760 --> 01:35:10,280
Port Coronet. I know Vance served with David. You know it was funny. We were one of

746
01:35:10,280 --> 01:35:13,860
the only I think cities that I knew our writings where we actually had two

747
01:35:13,860 --> 01:35:17,580
representatives because David grew up in Port Coronet. Whatever we needed I know

748
01:35:17,580 --> 01:35:20,400
Vance would always pull them into his office and say David you're supporting

749
01:35:20,400 --> 01:35:26,220
this. But that was one thing David always said to me. Whatever we needed please

750
01:35:26,220 --> 01:35:26,800
He's let him know.

751
01:35:27,260 --> 01:35:29,480
He knew Vance was our representative,

752
01:35:29,860 --> 01:35:31,700
but he was always there to support

753
01:35:31,700 --> 01:35:34,780
and is still today here to support the City of Procurement.

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01:35:35,540 --> 01:35:38,160
So that does conclude my remarks this evening.

755
01:35:38,840 --> 01:35:39,420
Councillor Bruno.

756
01:35:40,580 --> 01:35:41,880
I was just wondering, Mr. Mayor,

757
01:35:42,520 --> 01:35:44,440
what his hockey prowess was

758
01:35:44,440 --> 01:35:47,600
because I guess he played with Mark Carney

759
01:35:47,600 --> 01:35:49,440
at the University of Oxford.

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01:35:50,300 --> 01:35:52,340
They were both of teammates like us.

761
01:35:52,500 --> 01:35:53,980
So I don't know if you had any experience

762
01:35:53,980 --> 01:35:59,920
with him in high school. Well, one thing I can brag about in on behalf of

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01:35:59,920 --> 01:36:02,060
advance and I wasn't as good as either of us.

764
01:36:12,380 --> 01:36:17,140
Yeah, good friend of ours, good friend of mine and as I said,

765
01:36:17,300 --> 01:36:20,980
advanced served him with him for numbers, but you live in Portugal and we all do

766
01:36:20,980 --> 01:36:26,480
each other and growing up. So yeah, I'm pretty proud of this guy. Pretty good

767
01:36:26,480 --> 01:36:32,580
for us. Any further questions with regards to the nearest report? Okay, seeing none, regional

768
01:36:32,580 --> 01:36:38,520
council are bad way. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. And thank you for those comments about David as well.

769
01:36:38,660 --> 01:36:43,600
You really appreciate that. Hopefully we can get a copy down to him. I respect your comments.

770
01:36:44,160 --> 01:36:49,620
I guess I need to really appreciate that. You know, the one thing I have to say, I won't be too long

771
01:36:49,620 --> 01:36:55,240
on it because you covered most of it. But having grew up with David, I know he went to Port

772
01:36:55,240 --> 01:36:58,500
He also went on the other day, so he was a couple of years ahead of me as you were.

773
01:37:01,500 --> 01:37:02,100
Still am.

774
01:37:02,360 --> 01:37:03,300
Yeah, still are, yeah.

775
01:37:03,660 --> 01:37:08,640
But we played a lot of soccer and hockey together, but I'll tell you something about David

776
01:37:08,640 --> 01:37:12,880
having worked with him recently on the Hill for the last 10 years since 15.

777
01:37:13,020 --> 01:37:14,660
We got to let it together.

778
01:37:15,500 --> 01:37:17,320
The one thing about David is he never lost his roots.

779
01:37:18,040 --> 01:37:19,040
You know, David was David.

780
01:37:19,180 --> 01:37:23,120
He was the same David LeMetti as he was back when he was a child teenager.

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01:37:23,520 --> 01:37:32,520
You know, in his 20s, Miguel, U of T, Oxford, professor, lawyer, now, you know, attorney general,

782
01:37:33,180 --> 01:37:37,160
a member of parliament, he was always David, you know, and it was always nice to go into

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01:37:37,160 --> 01:37:42,760
his office for a glass of milk. And, and hear him, you know, put it, put a little, he always

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01:37:42,760 --> 01:37:46,660
had the term table on there, the record, and he put his Jeff Rotel or something on way back

785
01:37:46,660 --> 01:37:50,940
from our days, raging ourselves. But he never lost his roots. He was always a poor,

786
01:37:50,940 --> 01:37:55,080
Gordon Boyd, Truman Blue, and just a genuine gentleman.

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01:37:55,360 --> 01:37:56,840
So, you know, well-earned, well-deserved,

788
01:37:57,120 --> 01:37:59,640
and I'm sure he's going to do well representing all of us.

789
01:38:01,720 --> 01:38:05,040
Mr. Mayor, it's, and I know you covered a lot of it

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01:38:06,880 --> 01:38:10,880
when you made your comments about the Dean of Niagara,

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01:38:10,880 --> 01:38:12,920
the champion of Niagara, and his passing,

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01:38:13,540 --> 01:38:14,760
most recently Jim Bradley.

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01:38:17,440 --> 01:38:20,340
And I just wanted to make mention this evening

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01:38:20,340 --> 01:38:25,760
to the council that we have been notified by the province of Ontario, that they will

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01:38:25,760 --> 01:38:31,880
be announcing next steps in the appointment of a new chair. That is imminent, and there

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01:38:31,880 --> 01:38:35,840
has been no chatter, no discussion at the region, who that's going to be, so don't ask me

797
01:38:35,840 --> 01:38:40,680
that question, so I have no idea. But for the better part, we're looking forward to that

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01:38:41,160 --> 01:38:44,720
being made, that decision and that announcement being made soon, rather than in the meantime,

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01:38:44,720 --> 01:38:51,240
everyone's filling in to take a part of the duties and right now it's Pat Keokeo from

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01:38:51,240 --> 01:38:55,980
Welland and once again we're hoping that that appointment will be made sooner rather later.

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01:38:57,520 --> 01:39:03,140
I was certain to tone whether I was going to bring this up or not but I am and I'll

802
01:39:03,140 --> 01:39:07,800
tie a Y upon my conclusion of bringing it up. I had the opportunity last night, it was

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01:39:07,800 --> 01:39:12,380
a lot of off the past few days and I had the opportunity to meet with the EU ambassador

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01:39:13,440 --> 01:39:18,140
at the Senate in Ottawa and spoke with her about the Niagara Ports Court, the Niagara

805
01:39:18,640 --> 01:39:22,840
Trade Court, the Niagara Ports Trade Court, within a great lakes and sandlands region.

806
01:39:23,800 --> 01:39:29,400
And the great deal of investment that's coming into Niagara as many members recognize that

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01:39:29,400 --> 01:39:33,240
as one of the most strategic quarters in the world, not just here in Canada, but the world.

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01:39:34,340 --> 01:39:38,400
The well in Canal here in Niagara will play a key role in transatlantic trade coming

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01:39:38,400 --> 01:39:45,120
into our area here, and also obviously in another of the Greer Lakes, the St. Lawrence.

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01:39:45,980 --> 01:39:50,000
And by the way, it's a $6 trillion industry that's attached to the Greer Lakes and St.

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01:39:50,080 --> 01:39:50,220
Lawrence.

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01:39:50,960 --> 01:39:53,820
We can't, and Gary and I were talking about it before the meeting, we can't underestimate

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01:39:54,440 --> 01:39:59,800
the impact that the Greer Lakes and St. Lawrence have on the overall economy throughout Canada,

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01:39:59,800 --> 01:40:02,100
the United States, but especially here in Niagara.

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01:40:03,440 --> 01:40:07,920
And, you know, although I do look forward to continuing our dialogue with that particular

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01:40:07,920 --> 01:40:13,320
ambassador and others and bringing Bill into the fold as well within my new position,

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01:40:14,880 --> 01:40:20,300
but on behalf of the region and working with Bill in the city, and the reason I'm bringing

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01:40:20,300 --> 01:40:26,100
this up is because, again, we can't hear in the Port Cobra in Niagara underestimate the

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01:40:26,100 --> 01:40:32,480
impact that the economy is having and growing within something that we've grown up with

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01:40:32,480 --> 01:40:36,060
our entire lives, which is the well-known canal, as part of the great lakes in the St.

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01:40:36,140 --> 01:40:36,260
Lawrence.

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01:40:38,960 --> 01:40:43,020
However, we have to ensure that we work together, and this is why I'm bringing this up, and

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01:40:43,020 --> 01:40:46,160
I know Brian's doing it now, and I know the mayor's doing this now, and I congratulate you

824
01:40:46,160 --> 01:40:47,060
and thank you for that.

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01:40:48,360 --> 01:40:51,140
But it's imperative, and I'm Gary too, thank you, Gary.

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01:40:51,680 --> 01:40:53,680
And it's imperative that we continue to work together.

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01:40:53,680 --> 01:40:56,040
The private sector, all levels of government,

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01:40:56,980 --> 01:41:00,860
as well as the arms-like organizations,

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01:41:00,980 --> 01:41:02,220
such as the St. Lawrence C-Way,

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01:41:02,540 --> 01:41:04,160
and ports like the Hamilton-Oshaw,

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01:41:04,320 --> 01:41:07,580
Port of 30, it's imperative that we continue to work together

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01:41:07,940 --> 01:41:09,200
to strengthen the capacity.

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01:41:10,380 --> 01:41:13,440
The capacity needed to ensure that we have the fluidity

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01:41:13,440 --> 01:41:14,980
within our region's economic order

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01:41:15,520 --> 01:41:16,920
so that we can keep up with this growth.

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01:41:17,800 --> 01:41:20,240
That includes roads, it includes rail,

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01:41:20,600 --> 01:41:22,440
it includes water, it includes docking,

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01:41:22,940 --> 01:41:40,320
It includes a lot of the underground infrastructure that you're putting in right now, and I congratulate you for that, the water, the sewer, and working with other partners to ensure that their needs are being looked after, the shipping companies, Hamilton, actual port authority, and a list goes on to crew shipping industry, and a list goes on.

839
01:41:41,440 --> 01:41:48,680
And that's why I'm bringing it up today. When I had the discussion with the ambassador last night, she was quite impressed with what's happening here in Niagara and across the galaxy of Lawrence.

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01:41:50,080 --> 01:41:56,400
And she is key, because with the Prime Minister not diversifying our economy and growing

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01:41:56,400 --> 01:42:00,280
that in that part of the world, the transatlantic shipments are coming through Montreal and

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01:42:00,280 --> 01:42:04,980
Surreal, most of which then go on a truck or rail, most of which are going to go on a ship.

843
01:42:06,100 --> 01:42:08,980
And that ship's going to come down the river, it's going to come through the well in Canal,

844
01:42:09,440 --> 01:42:12,460
it's going to go on into the Great Lakes, Midwest, U.S. Canada.

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01:42:13,860 --> 01:42:15,860
And it's imperative that we capture a lot of that.

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01:42:15,860 --> 01:42:20,640
that. Don't just watch it sail by. That would capture a lot of that within our potential

847
01:42:20,640 --> 01:42:25,200
container ports with the bodies that are going to be coming here going to the falls,

848
01:42:25,500 --> 01:42:30,760
the busy with the cruise ships, the wineries. We're going to become more of a destination.

849
01:42:31,680 --> 01:42:34,900
And we're going to start capturing a lot of this. But the capture more of it, we're going

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01:42:34,900 --> 01:42:39,280
to need the capacity, the infrastructure in place to ensure that we grow and our economy

851
01:42:39,280 --> 01:42:44,920
goes because of it. The last thing I want to mention is that as members of Council recognize

852
01:42:44,920 --> 01:42:47,980
and I'll counsel back you about the stuff a few meetings ago, but I want to make you

853
01:42:47,980 --> 01:42:51,940
aware that the region, once again, that the region is moving forward with a scheduled

854
01:42:51,940 --> 01:42:56,200
B municipal class and environmental assessment to study the possibility of building a new

855
01:42:56,200 --> 01:42:58,780
large trance sewer and sewage pumping station here in Prokober.

856
01:42:59,560 --> 01:43:03,440
Yes, as you know, we'll better transport wastewater, I know it's not the most appealing thing

857
01:43:03,440 --> 01:43:06,120
to talk about, but it is reality we have to deal with it.

858
01:43:06,960 --> 01:43:10,560
This will better transport wastewater to the sewage treatment plant.

859
01:43:11,360 --> 01:43:15,220
The reason why I'm bringing it up is because we do have an in-person information center,

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01:43:15,360 --> 01:43:17,840
which is planned to share information related to the study.

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01:43:18,400 --> 01:43:24,360
On Wednesday, November 5th, from 5 to 7, at the Pro-Cover and Operation Center on Colleys

862
01:43:24,360 --> 01:43:28,740
Street West, I would encourage all of you, most of you.

863
01:43:29,200 --> 01:43:34,540
I know staff are more likely to be there as well to be there because, again, it's not the

864
01:43:34,540 --> 01:43:40,340
most appealing topic to talk about, the wastewater, but with the growth, and as I mentioned earlier

865
01:43:40,340 --> 01:43:44,900
able to capacity needed for our economic growth as well as residential growth, it is needed.

866
01:43:46,200 --> 01:43:50,000
And people that have some challenges, especially in the Bartok area, in those areas, I know

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01:43:50,000 --> 01:43:53,700
Councillor Brunan and Councillor Danch probably still get calls on that. I know I used to

868
01:43:53,700 --> 01:43:58,280
announce that you're seeing Mr. Mayor. Projects like this will make a difference not only for

869
01:43:58,280 --> 01:44:01,800
the growth but also for the existing residents and businesses in the community so that

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01:44:01,800 --> 01:44:03,900
therefore some of the challenges that they're running into will continue.

871
01:44:06,190 --> 01:44:10,970
Other net, we are continuing to work on our budgets, both capital and operating at the region.

872
01:44:11,450 --> 01:44:15,110
We're going through piece by piece for the past few weeks, all the different components of the budget.

873
01:44:16,170 --> 01:44:17,690
I know the mayor has been a great part of that as well.

874
01:44:17,930 --> 01:44:21,870
When it comes to wastewater, it comes to water, it comes to roads, it comes to policing, and let's go on.

875
01:44:22,910 --> 01:44:25,750
We're preparing to present that budget, hopefully in Q1 or next year.

876
01:44:27,090 --> 01:44:27,730
And that's it, Mr. Mayor.

877
01:44:28,470 --> 01:44:28,950
I'll take questions.

878
01:44:29,870 --> 01:44:30,370
Thanks, Councillor.

879
01:44:31,050 --> 01:44:32,390
Questions for the regional Councillor.

880
01:44:34,980 --> 01:44:35,340
Right?

881
01:44:35,620 --> 01:44:35,820
Perfect.

882
01:44:36,780 --> 01:44:37,320
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

883
01:44:37,420 --> 01:44:37,780
Thank you very much.

884
01:44:38,180 --> 01:44:38,660
Very easy.

885
01:44:38,660 --> 01:44:45,780
there's just a nightmare. Okay. Consent agenda. Are there any items that need to be lifted?

886
01:44:48,480 --> 01:44:52,200
Okay. I'll have Councillors Baguio in dance. Move the council here by approves the listed

887
01:44:52,200 --> 01:44:58,820
consent items on the October 28th, 2025 council agenda. At the consent items be approved on the

888
01:44:58,820 --> 01:44:59,800
recommendations as

889
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:03,560
Attain to their in all in favor. That's carried.

890
01:45:06,500 --> 01:45:32,340
Out of 12, one is council update and workshop, new official plan. I'm going to put this in the floor that I'll have Eric and a staff do the presentation. I'm going to have counselors Elliott Bruno move that the memorandum council law with the presentation by the consulting team regarding the new official plan be received for information. That staff be directed to continue to work with the consulting team to advance the official plan project. Eric. Thank you. Through the mayor.

891
01:45:32,340 --> 01:45:38,760
to the council as you're aware, we've discussed previous meetings, cities in the process of undertaking

892
01:45:38,760 --> 01:45:44,520
the development of a new official plan. Tonight we're joined by Patty Kennedy and Amy Greenberg

893
01:45:44,520 --> 01:45:49,800
from Dylan Consulting who are doing the work on that. They're going to give us a brief presentation

894
01:45:49,800 --> 01:45:55,760
of the plan. There are some discussion points at the end of that. If there's time tonight,

895
01:45:56,280 --> 01:46:02,120
council can feel free to engage on those points but if you want to take some of those back and think

896
01:46:02,120 --> 01:46:08,120
about them. I encourage you to contact either Kelly Martell or myself if you've got considerations

897
01:46:08,120 --> 01:46:13,620
for the official plan or questions on any of the matters that come up tonight beyond what

898
01:46:13,620 --> 01:46:18,800
you're able to have dialogue on tonight. So thank you and I'll turn this over to

899
01:46:19,400 --> 01:46:20,100
Adi and Amy.

900
01:46:26,880 --> 01:46:32,660
Well thank you thank you for that introduction Eric thank you Mr. Mayor

901
01:46:32,660 --> 01:46:37,080
members of council's pleasure to be here this evening to speak with you. I have a relatively

902
01:46:37,080 --> 01:46:42,120
brief presentation to walk you through. I understand I'm competing with another event that's

903
01:46:42,120 --> 01:46:47,040
going on as we speak so I'll try to be as brief but thorough at the same time as I can.

904
01:46:52,190 --> 01:46:58,870
So the new official plan first and foremost will provide a dynamic long-term vision for the

905
01:46:58,870 --> 01:47:04,690
city of Port Colburn up to 25 years and beyond. It's going to be prepared to align with the province's

906
01:47:04,690 --> 01:47:08,970
latest provincial planning statement. It will conform to all the latest changes on the planning

907
01:47:08,970 --> 01:47:14,850
So you'll have a modern up-to-date decision-making tool that you can use to both guide investment

908
01:47:14,850 --> 01:47:18,550
but make decisions at the site level on development applications as they come forward.

909
01:47:19,690 --> 01:47:22,330
It's also going to be prepared in a way that's concise.

910
01:47:22,630 --> 01:47:26,050
It's going to be user-friendly so that only developers and staff can use it,

911
01:47:26,090 --> 01:47:30,730
but residents can use this document to understand how particular change in the neighborhood is happening.

912
01:47:30,990 --> 01:47:37,590
And so that's the goal here that we want to prepare this very strategic but yet user-friendly document.

913
01:47:37,590 --> 01:47:43,370
For more technical level, the plan will ensure that you have an appropriate banal land for

914
01:47:43,370 --> 01:47:47,050
all those investment opportunities that we're just alluded to here in the previous session

915
01:47:47,050 --> 01:47:51,430
from Councillor Bataway, that we have the right amount of residential land, commercial

916
01:47:51,430 --> 01:47:57,690
land, employment land to satisfy long-term growth, that we can use the plan to guide our longer

917
01:47:57,690 --> 01:48:03,150
term infrastructure decision-making questions that we have about where the next generation

918
01:48:03,150 --> 01:48:09,930
of roads and sewers and parks and facilities need to go. We will have an up-to-date natural

919
01:48:09,930 --> 01:48:14,850
heritage system to protect those important natural features and functions that flow through

920
01:48:14,850 --> 01:48:22,010
the city and beyond that we have climate change policies. Now we capture a range of different

921
01:48:22,010 --> 01:48:27,410
community improvement initiatives that come forward through the exercise of this project.

922
01:48:27,790 --> 01:48:32,330
Lastly, this does, I believe, tick a box for your strategic plan, but there are important objectives

923
01:48:32,330 --> 01:48:35,050
in your plan that will be carried forward in this as well.

924
01:48:36,010 --> 01:48:39,750
The process we have is sort of a five phase process.

925
01:48:39,750 --> 01:48:42,690
We're just at the beginning of the end of the first phase,

926
01:48:42,690 --> 01:48:45,610
which was to finish up a plan for consultation engagement

927
01:48:45,610 --> 01:48:48,530
and pick some rough timelines for when we'll be able

928
01:48:48,530 --> 01:48:50,970
to the public to collect their feedback on the plan

929
01:48:50,970 --> 01:48:53,890
and get input from this council as well

930
01:48:53,890 --> 01:48:56,070
at those key decision points along the way.

931
01:48:57,030 --> 01:48:59,730
The second phase of work is we'll be back to you

932
01:48:59,730 --> 01:49:01,650
to present some policy recommendations

933
01:49:01,650 --> 01:49:06,430
for you to give us feedback on and for us to modify,

934
01:49:06,690 --> 01:49:09,490
discuss, debate, and make sure that those objectives

935
01:49:09,490 --> 01:49:12,250
are later at the beginning are reflected in the policy directions.

936
01:49:13,170 --> 01:49:15,870
Phase three is sort of an internal exercise work with staff

937
01:49:15,870 --> 01:49:17,750
to come up with the first draft of the plan.

938
01:49:18,370 --> 01:49:21,190
And then we'll be back to you to share the draft of the plan

939
01:49:21,190 --> 01:49:22,490
and then we'll bring it out to the public

940
01:49:22,490 --> 01:49:26,530
and have a robust dialogue with the public on the draft plan

941
01:49:26,530 --> 01:49:28,050
before we come back in phase five.

942
01:49:28,570 --> 01:49:33,190
All this is to be done between now and the end of the summer, that's the goal, we're

943
01:49:33,190 --> 01:49:38,390
going to try our best to do that, to the extent it's in our control, barring major changes

944
01:49:38,390 --> 01:49:42,450
to provincial legislation, that might be the one thing that we have no control, but that's

945
01:49:42,450 --> 01:49:42,730
the goal.

946
01:49:44,310 --> 01:49:48,170
So tonight really is just a preview, I think of our understanding of some of the key issues

947
01:49:48,170 --> 01:49:54,610
the plants got to deal with and sort of introduce some of the technical themes for the OP.

948
01:49:55,230 --> 01:49:59,930
colleagues from my firm are with you before a couple of other years, so we'll go to present

949
01:49:59,930 --> 01:50:04,470
some of the feedback from that initial public engagement and identified a bunch of these

950
01:50:04,470 --> 01:50:10,230
key themes that the OPE is to deal with. One of the outputs of that first phase of public

951
01:50:10,230 --> 01:50:15,410
engagement work was a draft vision statement for Colburn, so I'm going to share that

952
01:50:15,410 --> 01:50:18,670
with you now and then I'm just going to touch on a couple of topics in these themes.

953
01:50:19,630 --> 01:50:27,810
So, the vision for the OP is that Port Colburn is a thriving, diverse, vibrant, and I'm going

954
01:50:27,810 --> 01:50:31,610
to have to go to my actual hard copy now, let's see here because the band is on the actual

955
01:50:31,610 --> 01:50:32,290
mechanism statement.

956
01:50:33,530 --> 01:50:34,290
Here we go.

957
01:50:35,850 --> 01:50:38,910
And by the end of the project, I'll have it committed to memory.

958
01:50:39,370 --> 01:50:41,170
So, I will be able to just delete on the spot.

959
01:50:41,670 --> 01:50:46,610
But a vibrant, diverse rural and urban-like front community that is rooted in our cultural

960
01:50:46,610 --> 01:50:51,530
Heritage and Natural Landscapes Plakiary. Our community is welcoming, inclusive, accessible

961
01:50:51,530 --> 01:50:53,550
to all ages and abilities.

962
01:50:57,260 --> 01:51:00,320
We work together to build community that is walkable with

963
01:51:00,320 --> 01:51:04,960
the thriving downtown, complete streets, very affordable housing options while protecting

964
01:51:04,960 --> 01:51:06,840
our farmland and natural heritage features.

965
01:51:09,540 --> 01:51:11,840
We're inspired by our commitment to maintain

966
01:51:12,720 --> 01:51:17,900
proper infrastructure, we also plan for expansive parks, green spaces, community gathering spaces

967
01:51:17,900 --> 01:51:20,280
is ensuring that we have a healthy community

968
01:51:20,280 --> 01:51:21,780
for current and future generations.

969
01:51:23,100 --> 01:51:26,540
And then we have places to work and to promote economic development,

970
01:51:26,780 --> 01:51:28,680
tourism, arts and culture to support our community,

971
01:51:28,900 --> 01:51:30,320
poor COVID, as a growing community,

972
01:51:30,780 --> 01:51:32,660
and our official plan creates a strong foundation

973
01:51:33,140 --> 01:51:34,280
to support future growth.

974
01:51:34,940 --> 01:51:36,980
So that's the overall sort of vision statement.

975
01:51:37,780 --> 01:51:40,680
It's not certainly set in stone, but it's a piece that we'll

976
01:51:40,680 --> 01:51:43,800
continue to reach out to the public as we go through the process.

977
01:51:45,760 --> 01:51:47,380
Couple of the key kind of themes I just

978
01:51:47,380 --> 01:51:50,900
We just want to touch on tonight where topic one is sort of planning for growth.

979
01:51:51,640 --> 01:51:56,100
The PPS gives us the time horizon that we have to plan for when making an official plan

980
01:51:56,100 --> 01:51:57,500
between 20 and 30 years.

981
01:51:58,280 --> 01:52:03,580
We've had some changes in how we do growth forecasting for the future, understanding how much

982
01:52:03,580 --> 01:52:08,120
we grow as a key ingredient and sort of preparing an official plan because it sets sort of the

983
01:52:08,120 --> 01:52:11,160
amount of land that we designate for particular land uses.

984
01:52:12,040 --> 01:52:16,420
And so the province provides us some guidance and they're asking us to use their Ministry of

985
01:52:16,420 --> 01:52:19,900
financials projections, and that's kind of the starting point for our work is to understand.

986
01:52:20,120 --> 01:52:23,340
But the long-term growth projections could be for Port Colburn.

987
01:52:24,000 --> 01:52:28,780
I understand you've recently updated your development charges by law, and so that that

988
01:52:28,780 --> 01:52:34,580
DC study that Watson Associate did gives us kind of a quick snapshot of the next 10 years.

989
01:52:35,240 --> 01:52:39,840
And he's like picking up on some of the themes of a lot of the opportunities for growth.

990
01:52:39,960 --> 01:52:45,120
These numbers think reflect that looking at sort of that 19 to 24% change over the next

991
01:52:45,120 --> 01:52:51,100
decade or plus its potential for growth but we'll be looking at a longer time horizon as

992
01:52:51,100 --> 01:52:52,680
part of our second phase of work.

993
01:52:56,270 --> 01:52:58,650
Yeah, I'm not going to speak to this too much. I think it's just

994
01:52:58,650 --> 01:53:03,410
the point here is that the province is also issued some guidelines for us to follow that we have to

995
01:53:03,410 --> 01:53:05,170
work within when we project a growth.

996
01:53:08,240 --> 01:53:11,120
So some of the questions that we will be considering in the

997
01:53:11,120 --> 01:53:15,720
second phase are like what are the more specific critical factors in the city that are going to

998
01:53:15,720 --> 01:53:20,160
shape the growth so we can come up with a good understanding of how much and

999
01:53:20,160 --> 01:53:23,280
understand what those top priorities for development are. And more importantly,

1000
01:53:23,280 --> 01:53:27,980
where those opportunities should be focused and that would influence certainly

1001
01:53:27,980 --> 01:53:30,900
the way the land use plan is prepared and that sort of thing.

1002
01:53:33,140 --> 01:53:33,960
In terms of housing,

1003
01:53:34,240 --> 01:53:38,320
supply options and intensification, the problems are access to plan for the sort of

1004
01:53:38,320 --> 01:53:43,220
full range of housing types and all forms of intensification. And so we also need

1005
01:53:43,220 --> 01:53:46,100
to include some off-to-date targets for intensification in the plan.

1006
01:53:47,180 --> 01:53:51,540
As you are all aware, getting homes builds a top priority for the province, a top priority

1007
01:53:51,540 --> 01:53:54,520
for this council and something we're hoping the plan will enable.

1008
01:53:55,900 --> 01:54:00,640
But just by way of information, full range of housing types, it would include things like

1009
01:54:00,640 --> 01:54:05,780
your singles, your semis, your ADUs, which you've recently tackled here, street town homes,

1010
01:54:05,920 --> 01:54:11,880
low rise, mid rise, laneway housing, stack town homes, et cetera, you kind of get the flavor

1011
01:54:11,880 --> 01:54:16,840
here of the full range of uses. The key question I suppose for the official plan is what's the appropriate location?

1012
01:54:17,420 --> 01:54:21,200
What's the types of criteria you want to have around this so that when you have applications come forward,

1013
01:54:21,480 --> 01:54:26,220
you're equipped to make some informed decisions or ask different things of the applicants to address

1014
01:54:26,220 --> 01:54:30,180
whether it's an urban design issue or a servicing issue and that sort of thing.

1015
01:54:32,560 --> 01:54:39,820
The last kind of point maybe to make on this topic of range of housing options and intensification

1016
01:54:39,820 --> 01:54:43,500
has to do with a better defined urban structure.

1017
01:54:44,380 --> 01:54:45,400
The current official plan,

1018
01:54:45,980 --> 01:54:47,400
and your current official plan,

1019
01:54:47,400 --> 01:54:49,360
you have two locations here identified

1020
01:54:49,360 --> 01:54:51,520
where intensification is supposed to be targeted

1021
01:54:51,520 --> 01:54:52,220
in your downtown,

1022
01:54:52,800 --> 01:54:54,960
and the area on Humberston sort of on Main Street West,

1023
01:54:55,140 --> 01:54:55,960
they're loosely defined.

1024
01:54:56,540 --> 01:54:59,080
The OP has a target of 15% intensification.

1025
01:54:59,860 --> 01:55:02,700
Some previous work that was done on the OP identified

1026
01:55:02,700 --> 01:55:04,980
an opportunity to look at maybe some other places,

1027
01:55:05,240 --> 01:55:06,240
some other geographies,

1028
01:55:06,680 --> 01:55:08,160
maybe some more refined boundaries

1029
01:55:08,160 --> 01:55:11,100
and to provide a bit more guidance on build form

1030
01:55:11,100 --> 01:55:13,820
and the type of development we want to have in these locations.

1031
01:55:16,250 --> 01:55:18,410
So really the question in the phase two

1032
01:55:18,410 --> 01:55:20,790
that we'll be dealing with is what areas should be the focus

1033
01:55:20,790 --> 01:55:23,090
of the intensification, does the plan have the right ones,

1034
01:55:23,210 --> 01:55:25,910
should there be new ones, how should we consider this,

1035
01:55:26,210 --> 01:55:29,070
how precise should we be in defining those locations.

1036
01:55:30,030 --> 01:55:33,990
And do we have the right range of housing options

1037
01:55:33,990 --> 01:55:35,670
in the current plan that we need to expand

1038
01:55:35,670 --> 01:55:36,710
in that sort of thing?

1039
01:55:36,710 --> 01:55:37,530
Third

1040
01:55:41,720 --> 01:55:43,680
theme to talk about is planning for employment.

1041
01:55:44,140 --> 01:55:48,860
Certainly the province's directions here that we are supposed to plan for a range of employment opportunities,

1042
01:55:49,040 --> 01:55:53,760
plan for long-term growth, more importantly, protect our employment areas for many incompatible land uses.

1043
01:55:53,980 --> 01:55:57,880
It can become very challenging for industry to run their operations.

1044
01:55:57,880 --> 01:56:00,520
There's residential rate up cheek to gel with them.

1045
01:56:00,660 --> 01:56:06,100
So you want to have broad areas established for employment uses and protect them from incompatible land uses.

1046
01:56:07,080 --> 01:56:15,420
The current official plan, these are the three main areas in the OP with the minister's

1047
01:56:15,420 --> 01:56:20,240
zoning order and the battery separator plan inside the urban boundary to the north as

1048
01:56:20,240 --> 01:56:25,200
sort of the major economic development opportunity here in the city in recent years, but certainly

1049
01:56:25,200 --> 01:56:29,720
there's a number of lands designated for employment uses in the OP around the canal in these areas.

1050
01:56:30,200 --> 01:56:33,960
And the big question I think for us is, is this the right amount of land or these the right

1051
01:56:33,960 --> 01:56:40,230
locations of their opportunities for more locations and so really how aggressive should the

1052
01:56:40,230 --> 01:56:46,330
OPP be in trying to anticipate what the future changes are in the city and are there new employment

1053
01:56:46,330 --> 01:56:52,750
areas we should consider as part of this. Any environmental side? The PPS directs municipalities

1054
01:56:52,750 --> 01:56:57,710
to protect natural features and functions from the long-term to maintain and restore where possible

1055
01:56:57,710 --> 01:57:02,770
enhance the connectivity of those features to protect and improve and restore water quality

1056
01:57:02,770 --> 01:57:07,570
water quantity, so this is the overarching policy objectives that are from the province

1057
01:57:07,570 --> 01:57:10,090
that was paused to incorporate in their official plans.

1058
01:57:11,350 --> 01:57:15,310
I mean, generally, this is one of the sections of the plan that's, like it's, is dated.

1059
01:57:15,870 --> 01:57:20,870
It generally reflects those provincial directions, so I don't expect it's going to be drastic changes

1060
01:57:20,870 --> 01:57:25,530
to the environmental policy frameworks that's on the current plan today, but we'll have to

1061
01:57:25,530 --> 01:57:29,530
do a more detailed gap analysis to really understand if that's the case.

1062
01:57:29,530 --> 01:57:35,350
There could be changes to the mapping and we would expect that just to give a number of

1063
01:57:35,350 --> 01:57:39,650
changes that have gone on to sort of the regions roll over the years that will be updating

1064
01:57:39,650 --> 01:57:43,630
the environmental impact study requirements and policies in the OP.

1065
01:57:45,570 --> 01:57:51,350
So really well that sort of environmental system of environmental protection areas, environmental

1066
01:57:51,350 --> 01:57:57,210
conservation areas, the mapping study requirements, well that kind of forms the bones of a good

1067
01:57:57,210 --> 01:58:01,730
robust policy, there are other areas that can be explored, can capture some of the work

1068
01:58:01,730 --> 01:58:06,710
you're doing on urban forestry, for example, include canopy targets in there, can we

1069
01:58:06,710 --> 01:58:12,810
have enhanced policies on climate change, looking at low impact development or energy efficiency.

1070
01:58:12,810 --> 01:58:16,450
If there are other areas that we want to provide guidance on, the plan can do that.

1071
01:58:18,070 --> 01:58:24,310
The last topic I wanted to touch on here is agriculture. The province, so agriculture is a

1072
01:58:24,310 --> 01:58:26,770
of provincial interests, the province has this

1073
01:58:26,770 --> 01:58:30,810
agricultural system's approach, basically means

1074
01:58:30,810 --> 01:58:32,850
to try and look at your all your agricultural lands

1075
01:58:32,850 --> 01:58:35,450
and ensure that you're allowing permission

1076
01:58:35,450 --> 01:58:38,370
for the broad range of agricultural uses in that area.

1077
01:58:38,950 --> 01:58:40,890
And there's an opportunity I think to update your plan

1078
01:58:40,890 --> 01:58:43,970
to include a sort of a broader range of agricultural uses,

1079
01:58:43,990 --> 01:58:46,530
particularly on these agricultural related uses,

1080
01:58:47,050 --> 01:58:49,750
but also what they call on farm diversified uses,

1081
01:58:49,750 --> 01:58:52,710
which are meant to allow farmers to do more things

1082
01:58:52,710 --> 01:58:55,330
in their property that leveraged the value of their farm.

1083
01:58:58,580 --> 01:59:03,380
So the updates to this section of the plan are intended to basically help the city's

1084
01:59:03,380 --> 01:59:06,160
rural and cultural areas have opportunities to grow and thrive as well.

1085
01:59:07,200 --> 01:59:12,540
And we do have an opportunity from some of the work the Regents done in the last couple

1086
01:59:12,540 --> 01:59:15,940
of years to leverage some of their policy and mapping work as well to help us with that

1087
01:59:15,940 --> 01:59:16,740
section as well.

1088
01:59:18,640 --> 01:59:22,680
And so if there are other priorities beyond those ones I outlined, that will be helpful

1089
01:59:22,680 --> 01:59:27,240
for us to understand and know as we work through the policy directions work in phase two.

1090
01:59:29,920 --> 01:59:35,000
So a little bit speedy through this, but the next steps for the official plan are to

1091
01:59:35,000 --> 01:59:42,220
sort of come do the work on the growth forecast and that sort of 2055 timeline, complete our

1092
01:59:42,220 --> 01:59:47,420
policy directions discussion paper. So all those things I just spoke about will come

1093
01:59:47,420 --> 01:59:51,920
back with some analysis and some recommendations on for Council to consider and launch our

1094
01:59:51,920 --> 01:59:57,080
public engagement program. And I'll just leave this up here at the end. These were just the recap

1095
01:59:57,080 --> 01:59:59,980
of the questions I had posed during the slide, and I think Eric had mentioned.

1096
02:00:01,200 --> 02:00:32,520
Okay, questions now, we're happy to speak offline afterwards. Thank you. Great. Thank you. I think that through the mayor to council. I think what we're going to do is send you a summary email of this presentation and the questions that are in it. And if you'd like to respond tonight, patty in a year here, Kelly and I can record notes and assist with answering questions. If you've got further thoughts for the official plan beyond tonight, please respond to that email.

1097
02:00:32,520 --> 02:00:34,040
and let us know.

1098
02:00:34,960 --> 02:00:35,680
Great, thank you.

1099
02:00:36,380 --> 02:00:37,360
Councilor's questions.

1100
02:00:38,760 --> 02:00:39,380
Councilor Brunner.

1101
02:00:40,760 --> 02:00:42,200
Thank you for the presentation.

1102
02:00:42,620 --> 02:00:44,280
Could you give me a favor and go back

1103
02:00:44,280 --> 02:00:46,840
to one of the second or third slides.

1104
02:00:47,380 --> 02:00:48,600
Who is the one on population?

1105
02:00:53,920 --> 02:00:54,500
The Wolf the Chair.

1106
02:00:55,280 --> 02:00:55,420
Yes.

1107
02:00:59,500 --> 02:01:03,020
So for me, the question about the new OP

1108
02:01:04,160 --> 02:01:06,640
is centered on what you do

1109
02:01:06,640 --> 02:01:09,520
about what's already baked in.

1110
02:01:09,520 --> 02:01:16,380
So, let me start with population, I mean he helped from the mayor because he's quoted a number before.

1111
02:01:16,640 --> 02:01:23,440
So, population out there on the side, again, come in by the battery separator plant,

1112
02:01:23,880 --> 02:01:26,560
I believe is just over 20,000, right?

1113
02:01:27,380 --> 02:01:32,620
And I thought I had heard that the actual update population from the last census,

1114
02:01:32,660 --> 02:01:35,760
maybe not as official was in around 23.

1115
02:01:36,640 --> 02:01:44,460
The last one I received from the federal government on the update of the most recent census was 21,135.

1116
02:01:45,960 --> 02:01:59,940
So guess where I'm going with this is that it's not too hard to believe that the reality is that we may well be

1117
02:01:59,940 --> 02:02:08,280
if we're at 21 L, we basically, you know, you have quite a spread there between 2024 and

1118
02:02:09,860 --> 02:02:19,960
2036. You don't have much of a spread in population in 2019, so it would be 3,000, 4,000.

1119
02:02:20,940 --> 02:02:30,560
The reality is that it should be we should be we be worried that we're not really even

1120
02:02:30,560 --> 02:02:34,040
starting with the right based data.

1121
02:02:34,580 --> 02:02:36,040
So that's that's question one.

1122
02:02:37,930 --> 02:02:46,810
On housing, if you look at the number on the chart there, we have approximately, I believe

1123
02:02:46,810 --> 02:02:57,690
American, totally good question, around 7,400, 7,200 housing units in contemplation, in

1124
02:02:57,690 --> 02:03:01,310
one form or another in draft planning.

1125
02:03:04,480 --> 02:03:11,060
That blows that number quickly with the big

1126
02:03:11,060 --> 02:03:12,840
asterisk if they're built.

1127
02:03:15,050 --> 02:03:19,590
But my question really revolves around the fact that those,

1128
02:03:19,590 --> 02:03:28,670
and we've talked about it around this day is, is that barring draft plan

1129
02:03:28,670 --> 02:03:38,250
approvals that get canceled or expired, a lot of the tables have been set with

1130
02:03:38,250 --> 02:03:45,510
in-hand draft plan approvals. I mean if you ask me as an overall you know on the

1131
02:03:45,510 --> 02:03:51,970
industrial, but the agriculture isn't going to move much, right? The industrial, we know

1132
02:03:51,970 --> 02:04:01,670
where it's going and there's how many acres along the 140. The housing in between all the

1133
02:04:01,670 --> 02:04:11,050
infill is going to, if they happened, would blow those numbers off the chart, past 2036.

1134
02:04:11,050 --> 02:04:23,590
And so my question becomes, what are we really designated in the future in the official

1135
02:04:23,590 --> 02:04:33,070
plan when, you know, some 400 units are baked in and where they're going and then infill

1136
02:04:33,070 --> 02:04:35,950
and they're in the current urban service area?

1137
02:04:35,950 --> 02:04:40,490
So, there's not even much left unless you go out

1138
02:04:42,870 --> 02:04:45,890
towards Lorraine Road and roads like that

1139
02:04:45,890 --> 02:04:50,630
to actually complete the land that's left.

1140
02:04:51,570 --> 02:04:56,350
So, can you square all that with what we're really left

1141
02:04:56,350 --> 02:04:58,210
in being able to affect?

1142
02:04:59,390 --> 02:05:00,810
I'll certainly give it a shot here.

1143
02:05:01,070 --> 02:05:01,690
That's what you've just heard.

1144
02:05:01,690 --> 02:05:09,950
there. A couple of points I'll make, I guess, on the housing side certainly. There are

1145
02:05:09,950 --> 02:05:14,990
a lot of, I think he says, sort of six to 7,000 units in the pipeline that have been approved

1146
02:05:14,990 --> 02:05:21,270
that have a decision. They're not built, so they're pure supply. They're not demand.

1147
02:05:22,110 --> 02:05:28,170
Our exercise in this second phase of work is to look at the trends, look at the analysis,

1148
02:05:28,810 --> 02:05:32,930
to look out to the future and try and come up with what we think the demand will be.

1149
02:05:34,010 --> 02:05:36,830
Compare that against your supply, see if there's a gap.

1150
02:05:37,110 --> 02:05:40,830
If there is a gap, we would recommend designating some additional land.

1151
02:05:41,570 --> 02:05:47,390
If there isn't a gap, then we have to focus on some policies in the plan that guide the

1152
02:05:48,190 --> 02:05:53,370
the lapsing of development applications that don't get built, that sort of provide guidance for

1153
02:05:53,370 --> 02:05:57,170
like what to do with lands that don't get built and this kind of thing because it is tied.

1154
02:05:58,970 --> 02:06:03,190
The development gets approved, doesn't get built, and sits there. It's not a big deal if it's

1155
02:06:03,190 --> 02:06:08,130
one or two things, but when it's like the majority of your supply is sitting there not getting moved,

1156
02:06:08,250 --> 02:06:12,590
then that's a problem that we need to sort of tackle collectively because then you can't grow.

1157
02:06:13,830 --> 02:06:17,630
And then you have to start thinking of those some different strategies that I want to do.

1158
02:06:21,070 --> 02:06:25,090
Great answer, but I'm convinced that you're going to have to show me.

1159
02:06:25,090 --> 02:06:26,890
So I'm looking forward to it, OK?

1160
02:06:28,910 --> 02:06:32,050
The other part of this is what I'd like to throw in,

1161
02:06:32,210 --> 02:06:34,490
with I think we're all going to be worried with,

1162
02:06:34,810 --> 02:06:39,130
is potentially how all these units are constructed,

1163
02:06:39,550 --> 02:06:44,410
and you read our strapline about small town atmosphere.

1164
02:06:45,190 --> 02:06:47,770
And so the thing I'm most concerned of,

1165
02:06:47,830 --> 02:06:50,210
and I know Eric and Kelly have been right on it,

1166
02:06:50,550 --> 02:06:52,230
is design standards.

1167
02:06:52,230 --> 02:06:59,470
because if we have to deal with the 7400 where they currently are, we sure as heck want

1168
02:06:59,470 --> 02:07:03,410
to make sure that they at least look right if they can.

1169
02:07:03,510 --> 02:07:08,310
And I don't know if we can get into that on draft plans, but that would be – that

1170
02:07:08,310 --> 02:07:12,890
in transportation would be the two things I'd like to add, but I'll let my colleagues

1171
02:07:13,470 --> 02:07:14,190
ask some questions.

1172
02:07:14,410 --> 02:07:15,130
Thank you very much.

1173
02:07:15,830 --> 02:07:16,290
Thanks, Council.

1174
02:07:16,630 --> 02:07:17,110
Further questions?

1175
02:07:20,110 --> 02:07:20,510
I think that.

1176
02:07:20,510 --> 02:07:28,720
We'll certainly look at those two additional topics and I know there's a lot to go through at a very fast base

1177
02:07:28,720 --> 02:07:32,960
So like we'll be accessible if you want to talk to Eric or talk to us afterwards

1178
02:07:32,960 --> 02:07:37,860
We'll try to be accessible and responsive through the course of the project. Great. Thank you back. I'm in for

1179
02:07:38,440 --> 02:07:39,100
You're all set

1180
02:07:40,480 --> 02:07:42,160
Okay, that's good. All in favor

1181
02:07:43,020 --> 02:07:44,760
That's carried all

1182
02:07:47,730 --> 02:07:50,030
right on the staff remarks matter clerk anything

1183
02:07:50,750 --> 02:07:52,510
Nothing this time fire

1184
02:07:53,270 --> 02:07:55,110
Nothing mr. Mayor public works

1185
02:07:55,970 --> 02:08:04,070
nothing Mr Mayor thank you second floor all in composing nothing to see

1186
02:08:06,670 --> 02:08:12,030
planning I'm with him on the second floor yeah comms oh thank you Mr.

1187
02:08:12,370 --> 02:08:18,470
Rick Parks and Rec you're all set CEO Mr. Mayor I wish I had nothing but just

1188
02:08:18,470 --> 02:08:22,690
to remind everyone that the strong mayor budget is being presented next Tuesday

1189
02:08:22,690 --> 02:08:28,110
I'm looking forward to chatting with everybody on Council and anybody from the public that wants to come.

1190
02:08:28,890 --> 02:08:29,850
Thank you.

1191
02:08:29,970 --> 02:08:30,350
Okay.

1192
02:08:30,970 --> 02:08:32,370
I don't think I forgot.

1193
02:08:32,550 --> 02:08:33,810
I'm going to give the resources I don't give.

1194
02:08:34,430 --> 02:08:35,530
You're later with us.

1195
02:08:36,270 --> 02:08:38,810
And the museum already gave theirself.

1196
02:08:39,110 --> 02:08:39,330
Okay.

1197
02:08:39,610 --> 02:08:40,150
Councilor Adams.

1198
02:08:40,430 --> 02:08:41,250
Councilor Bobner, anything?

1199
02:08:44,960 --> 02:08:45,740
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

1200
02:08:46,980 --> 02:08:51,960
Just to remind people on November 11th, I don't remember it's day 1045.

1201
02:08:51,960 --> 02:09:03,940
We'll have a service at Centennial Park Cedar Bay and it's kind of a laid back service,

1202
02:09:04,360 --> 02:09:08,940
but very meaningful, so we invite everybody out, be great.

1203
02:09:09,600 --> 02:09:20,040
And just because you mentioned, Arna Wilson, he's one of the great teachers where you could

1204
02:09:20,040 --> 02:09:21,740
to have some fun in his class.

1205
02:09:22,000 --> 02:09:24,480
One was trying to get the business,

1206
02:09:24,540 --> 02:09:25,780
she got the business, so.

1207
02:09:26,780 --> 02:09:28,260
And just as on the side,

1208
02:09:29,900 --> 02:09:32,200
we invited him and he came to our wedding.

1209
02:09:33,020 --> 02:09:37,580
So he was just a straight up great guy, good teacher.

1210
02:09:38,420 --> 02:09:39,360
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

1211
02:09:39,920 --> 02:09:40,660
Thank you, Councilor.

1212
02:09:40,680 --> 02:09:41,440
Councilor Wilde.

1213
02:09:41,780 --> 02:09:44,100
Just like to say, thanks to staff for helping out during the week.

1214
02:09:44,420 --> 02:09:46,200
And I have no other thing to work with.

1215
02:09:46,660 --> 02:09:47,080
Councilor Dan.

1216
02:09:47,080 --> 02:09:49,360
Okay, short and sweet, nothing.

1217
02:09:50,760 --> 02:09:51,360
Councilor Elliott.

1218
02:09:52,480 --> 02:09:54,720
I had about 15 questions for public work,

1219
02:09:54,720 --> 02:09:56,520
but I'm not gonna dump them on you.

1220
02:09:57,720 --> 02:09:59,560
So I'll get a hold of Steve,

1221
02:09:59,840 --> 02:10:03,800
and the museum ladies left because I was gonna ask them,

1222
02:10:03,800 --> 02:10:08,660
maybe comms knows, Christmas at the museum.

1223
02:10:09,840 --> 02:10:13,600
Is it the Sunday after our fabulous,

1224
02:10:13,600 --> 02:10:16,920
this lighted Christmas parade, or is it before?

1225
02:10:18,660 --> 02:10:20,840
Through you, Mr. Mayor, it's always the first Sunday.

1226
02:10:21,760 --> 02:10:23,620
So I think it's the 6th or the 7th this year.

1227
02:10:23,680 --> 02:10:26,300
So it's the Sunday right after that parade.

1228
02:10:26,700 --> 02:10:27,260
So same with you.

1229
02:10:27,320 --> 02:10:29,540
I just wanted to give them a chance to throw that out

1230
02:10:29,540 --> 02:10:31,720
because we're talking about how to drive more people

1231
02:10:31,720 --> 02:10:32,320
to the museum.

1232
02:10:33,100 --> 02:10:33,700
There you go.

1233
02:10:34,000 --> 02:10:36,540
So December 7th, right?

1234
02:10:36,600 --> 02:10:37,780
Because the 6th is the parade?

1235
02:10:38,220 --> 02:10:39,000
Yeah, okay.

1236
02:10:39,860 --> 02:10:41,780
Christmas at the museum, don't miss.

1237
02:10:42,420 --> 02:10:46,520
Yeah, well, and quite frankly, under the mirrors report, we'll be bringing that up closer.

1238
02:10:46,940 --> 02:10:51,200
The reason we brought up the parade is because we got to get people in for floats and

1239
02:10:51,200 --> 02:10:53,960
now's the time to get them together. That's why that's the one stuff.

1240
02:10:54,120 --> 02:10:58,440
You know how much, and often I champion them, you see them. So I don't always get to get a chance,

1241
02:10:58,440 --> 02:11:02,480
chance to log out there. So when you said the parade, I'm thinking, okay, when is Christmas at the

1242
02:11:02,480 --> 02:11:08,060
museum? So I was going to give them a chance to promote it themselves, but they left too early.

1243
02:11:08,060 --> 02:11:10,080
I'm sure it'll be back.

1244
02:11:10,320 --> 02:11:10,400
Yeah.

1245
02:11:10,960 --> 02:11:11,920
Order your puddings now.

1246
02:11:12,580 --> 02:11:13,140
Councilor Reno.

1247
02:11:14,500 --> 02:11:17,580
Just real quick, when I had a request from a resident today,

1248
02:11:17,580 --> 02:11:23,960
and I checked with parks and rec, concerned that a lot of people

1249
02:11:23,960 --> 02:11:28,880
still like to walk the trails and walk around the Lakeview Park area,

1250
02:11:29,300 --> 02:11:31,740
and the washrooms close around the 12th.

1251
02:11:31,740 --> 02:11:35,340
I was told that there was a reason for that.

1252
02:11:35,340 --> 02:11:39,020
no heat in there for pipes and things like that.

1253
02:11:39,360 --> 02:11:42,980
But an interesting suggestion came from Parks and Rack,

1254
02:11:43,200 --> 02:11:44,640
person which I thought was great.

1255
02:11:45,280 --> 02:11:47,040
And that was, weren't great,

1256
02:11:47,700 --> 02:11:51,080
is that for those that do drive to the park

1257
02:11:51,080 --> 02:11:54,980
and enjoy that walk, but have no washroom facilities

1258
02:11:54,980 --> 02:11:59,620
that there can walk the trails in and around the Vale Center

1259
02:12:00,340 --> 02:12:03,540
and have a washroom from 6 a.m. to 10 at night.

1260
02:12:04,240 --> 02:12:09,940
So I don't know if there's something we can put on those other two buildings or if there's any comms things

1261
02:12:09,940 --> 02:12:17,300
We can do to highlight the still get out there and walk the trails. So yeah, if that's help us out

1262
02:12:17,300 --> 02:12:18,840
It was an excellent suggestion

1263
02:12:19,680 --> 02:12:24,880
That's all I have Mr. Mayor. Thank you comms and Greg you'll take that. Thank you

1264
02:12:25,760 --> 02:12:29,660
Councillor Baguette. Ah, this chair is empty Mr. Mayor. Thank you. Thank you

1265
02:12:31,640 --> 02:12:41,820
Thank you, Ms. Mayor. I just wanted to state that last week I presented a

1266
02:12:41,820 --> 02:12:49,000
25th anniversary certificate for people, people helping people achieve

1267
02:12:49,000 --> 02:12:57,840
community was at the Guild Hall so I was super honored to do that. They're a great

1268
02:12:57,840 --> 02:13:07,980
group of volunteers and members. Unfortunately, I followed regional counselor

1269
02:13:07,980 --> 02:13:16,400
fataways speech, so he can't really follow him very often. He's very loved by

1270
02:13:16,400 --> 02:13:21,420
that group, so that's it. Thank you. Great. Thank you for attending

1271
02:13:21,420 --> 02:13:26,420
counselor. The mayor at times is stretched in every direction. I appreciate you

1272
02:13:26,420 --> 02:13:31,100
going and they are a fantastic group. We did their light raising here a little over a month ago.

1273
02:13:31,400 --> 02:13:36,120
So that was good. Yeah, and I know following advance can be tough sometimes depending on how long

1274
02:13:36,120 --> 02:13:36,660
you go on.

1275
02:13:39,040 --> 02:13:44,360
That's good. No, that's good. The both of you were there. Having that, are there any notices

1276
02:13:44,360 --> 02:13:45,300
of motion this evening?

1277
02:13:48,180 --> 02:13:50,840
Bylaws. If I could have Councilor's Dan Chinak, will you move that the

1278
02:13:50,840 --> 02:13:56,840
following bylaws be passed in an act that is presented by law number 7397 slash 888 slash 25.

1279
02:13:56,840 --> 02:14:03,900
And by law seven, 398-89-2-5, questions?

1280
02:14:04,840 --> 02:14:05,560
All in favor?

1281
02:14:06,300 --> 02:14:07,000
That's carried.

1282
02:14:09,320 --> 02:14:11,240
And we are going into closed session council.

1283
02:14:11,440 --> 02:14:16,000
I could have councillors Beggio and Bruno move the council did not proceed to meet in closed session.

1284
02:14:17,980 --> 02:14:28,680
At 8.41 p.m. under the municipal act of 2001, subsection 239-2-B.

1285
02:14:28,680 --> 02:14:38,620
where a closed session meeting is held if the matter being considered are personnel matters about an identifiable individual including municipal or local board employees.

1286
02:14:39,340 --> 02:14:48,720
In subsection 2392D, where a closed session meeting is held if the subject matter being considered is labor relations or employee negotiations.

1287
02:14:49,240 --> 02:14:51,720
All those in favor, and that's carried.

1288
02:14:54,590 --> 02:14:58,150
and for those that are watching at home and those in the gallery, this ends our

1289
02:14:58,150 --> 02:14:59,730
Council meeting this evening.

1290
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:07,800
We will not be coming back on camera for the screen, so we thank you for watching, and be safe out there.