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Call the regular council meeting of
Tuesday, September the 8th to order.

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There's a approval. There's an agenda
there for your approval. Recommendation

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that the agenda for the regular council
meeting of September 8th be adopted as

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presented. Can I have a motion please?
Councelor Nish and councelor Forester.

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Any additions? All in favor? Any
opposed? It is carried. Uh there is no

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public member here for commenting. So we
move to the consent agenda. Number of

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items on the consent agenda tonight.
There's council minutes. Minutes of the

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special meeting to close of August 24th
and minutes of the regular meeting of

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August 24th. There's a report for
receipt from the chief administrative

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officer. With regards to council
requests and inquiries, there's

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correspondence for approval. The request
for a proclamation for September the

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21st is rail safety week. request for
proclamation of October 10th as national

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dental care day. Request for letter of
support from the city of Prince George

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with regards to the northern rural
homeowners grant. And there is

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correspondence for receipt which
includes a UBCM response for uh

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resolution that we submitted which was
deemed to be uh not fitting to the their

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requirements. Corporation of the village
of Slocan, support for continued local

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government climate action program and a
letter from Mike Hagen on behalf of

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Prince River residents with regards to
the support for regulated use of

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electronic scooters and ebikes.
Recommendation is that all the items on

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the consent agenda be approved or
received as requested. All in favor or

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sorry a move council and second
councelor did I hear it? Councelor

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Skelton Morgan. Thank you very much.
That's correct. Second, uh, any items

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you want to draw attention to? Councelor
Forster.

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» Thanks, Mr. Mayor. Um, the RCMP, I
believe, are going to be coming at the

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next meeting to discuss the uh, yes, I
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scooters, not the ebikes. Um, but my
understanding is electronic scooters. We

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don't need to do a bylaw. They're not
currently legal in Prince Roert. It's

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not one of the cities that has the
availability of doing the trial.

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I can't comment on that. Uh, Deputy
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» Thank you, Mr. Mayor. So, e scooters and
and the like are um actually governed

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through a provincial pilot program that
the city is currently not a party to.

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So, we would if that was something that
council wanted us to look into, we would

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need to look at what the requirements
would be for that. But, there is a

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provincial regulation. We don't need a
bylaw for that.

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» Right. Uh, Councelor Cunningham,
>> we have a bylaw right now for helmets

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anyway. That's on the books.
>> Uh, Deputy Miller.

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» Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Our bylaw is
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Um, it does not apply to ecooters uh or
anything ebike related. Um, and again,

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that's a provincial matter. So,
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to to control that, it would it would
not supersede the provincial

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legislation. Okay.
>> All in favor? Any opposed? It is

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carried. Move on to reports. We have a
report from the chief financial officer

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with regards to permissive property tax
exemption bylaw number 3571.

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Recommendation that council consider the
repeal and replace of the permissive

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property tax exemption bylaw for 2027.
Motion. Councelor Randawa. Councelor AD.

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Discussion.
I noted on there um and I noted some bit

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of community discussion
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exemption for uh Canf or for Patterson
properties and I know that has to do

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with the property that we lease from
them but I wonder if you might explain

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to us and explain to the public why
there's such a large exemption Mayor

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Cuchi.
>> Uh, thank you, Mayor. I'm going to defer

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that.
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» Uh, yes. So, the Campus Go property uh
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in order to have a public access for the
boat launch. Um, uh um Patterson had

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agreed to to allow the city to use it um
and and lease it. And because the city

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is uh non-t taxable, uh that portion of
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permissibly exempted.
>> Perfect. Thank you very much. Any other

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comments or questions? All in favor? Any
opposed? It is carried. We have a report

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from the chief financial officer with
regards to tax sale redemption extension

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bylaw 3572. Recommendation is council
consider the repeal and replace of the

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permissive property tax exemption bylaw
for 2027. Motion councelor Cunningham,

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councelor Nich. Any discussion? All in
favor? Any opposed? It is carried. We

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have a report from the chief
administrative officer with regard to

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building community strong fund
application. Recommendation is council

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authorizes staff to apply to the build
community strong fund uh direct delivery

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stream for funding toward the site
selection and detailed design of a new

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water treatment facility with a class B
cost estimate and that council directs

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staff to include 2.5 million in the
city's 2027 capital budget as a

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municipal matching contribution subject
to approval of the BCS BCSF application

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and execution of a funding agreement.
Motion councilors Ady and Nish any

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discussion
comments or question uh councelor

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Randawa
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tax on the public or it's coming from
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» uh shoocci
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too early to to tell um we will be going
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soon. Actually, we're starting that
within the next couple weeks and it'll

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be presented to the new council. So, at
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money will be funded from.
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worth pausing for just a second because
you know um lots of people pay very

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close attention to everything we do and
then lots of people pay almost no

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attention to what we do and that's why
we're get elected, right? is to make

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decisions. And so some people say, you
know, why aren't you doing anything

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about the water when in fact councils
for 10 years have been working on the

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water? The water dam needed to be
replaced first. There no point in having

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anything else if you can't don't have a
source of water. And so thank heavens

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the previous council did that work. That
work was completed while this council

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took over. If you remember, we went from
the lower lake to the upper lake and and

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all of that and and a lot of the boil
water issues uh subsided. Not all, but

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but a lot subsided because it's a
different catchment. So, water dam then

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this council had to deal with the water
pipes. We, you know, and so we've got

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the big project and we raised more money
than the community's ever seen from

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government funding and and uh and
that's why the streets are getting torn

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up and that's why all the you know
diversions and and detours are taking

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place and we're replacing those water
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to get ready for the final phase which
is water treatment. So right now Prince

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Rupert chlorinates their water our water
but that is all we do that water the

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water that we're drinking today is the
water that we've been drinking for 100

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years and and I remember in the 80s it
was declared some of the best water in

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the entire province. So um it it it's as
a natural source it's absolutely

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wonderful. It does have discoloration in
it. We know that um from the tannins in

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the water but um we need to go to the
full water treatment which will clarify

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the water. It it give more barriers of
protection. And so all of those things

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are coming to an end if you will in in
the water treatment program. This $5

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million is to get the early design, pick
a location for it, uh, and get a cost

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estimate that will allow us to, um, be
more effective in our fundraising,

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right? Right now, we kind of a finger in
the wind and say $75 million, but but we

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we don't know that. And so, that's why
uh, council is looking tonight to say,

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let let's get the two.5 million. Let's
match the 2.5 million. Spend the five

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and we'll have a much better idea of
what we're talking about. All right.

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Does that help? Uh did I get a vote on
that? All in favor? Any opposed? It is

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carried. Uh we have a report from the
chief administrative officer with regard

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to award RFP 2026
integrated project delivery services.

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Recommendation is the council authorized
staff to award RFP2000

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integrated major project delivery
service to the joint venture of Melhaney

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Limited and Associated Engineering BC
and authorize the chief administrative

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officer to execute the associated master
services agreement and subsequent

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project specific assignments in
accordance with the approved city

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budgets and funding agreements. Motion
please. Councilors ad councilors

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Randawa. Any discussion? Councelor
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I know at the at this point that uh
there's no value to this contract, but

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when the contract kicks in, is there any
idea what the value will be?

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» CEO Pooie.
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point, I I can't really give you an idea
of what that is. It all depends on the

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project. So, uh and remember, this isn't
for construction. This is just for the

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consulting services for execution of
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we will be going out to public
procurement associated with all the

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construction and earthworks. This is
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for engineering. Um we will still be
doing our thresholds where we come in

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and uh and communicate to council when
we've done awards in you know over a

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million and and so on and so forth. So,
uh, at this point it's zero. We do have

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some projects that we want to get over
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other than that, I can't tell you what
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» Councelor Ka,
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them a blank check and the overview of
this. How's that going to be?

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» Coochie.
>> Uh, thank you, Mary. So, included in the

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report, it talks about an annual due
diligence report that'll be completed.

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We're likely going to use uh
Infrastructure BC, which is the same uh

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due diligence reporting that uh the
province of British Columbia uses for

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all of their major infrastructure
projects like their schools and highways

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and all of that. So, we've communicated
with them about an annual um uh report

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that can be completed, submitted to
council and to our funders. I think it's

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really important that we use government
money to the best way possible and it's

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important that we can show them that we
get the best value. So using their own

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auditing system to show them how we use
their money is how we would like to

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proceed.
>> Thank you. Uh councelor Nish.

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» Yeah, I just wanted to put a little
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know I feel that you know we've all
learned lessons from the beginning of

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our our big project and and things to do
and things not to do. um you know, try

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to try and hit the ground running and
get things done. And sometimes that

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doesn't work as good as you want and and
you know, having to do a little bit more

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planning and and a and a and the the
ability to not really have the staff to

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do that. This is is going to be good for
that. you know, it'll allow us to to

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have the professionals that deal with
the stuff every day and help us move

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forward on on this water project because
we still have, I don't know, $150

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million worth of projects to do on that,
I'm thinking.

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» Yeah.
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know, as as we've talked about and and I
can't can't say it often enough, you

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know, we have two bridges that are at
end of life. They maybe have five or six

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or seven years left in them. Um, we have
a fireh hall that's end of life. We we

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are mandated by 2030 to have sewage
treatment, which

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we we know we can't do. Um, but there
there's a long list and and then we have

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recreation facilities that need
upgrading and and and refreshing and and

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um and by then we'll be ready to start
on something else. But the beauty of

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this approach is that um we don't have
to staff up and staff down and staff up

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every time. you know this organization
provides if we need a lot of them

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there'll be a lot of them and if we
don't need none of them the then you

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know the count goes to zero so I think
it's a I think it's a wise approach um

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all in favor any opposed it is carried
uh bylaws we have a delegation bylaw

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number 3564 recommendation that the
council consider fourth and final

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reading to the delegation bylaw 3564
2026 motion please councilors AD and

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Randawa Any discussion? Uh, councelor
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» Okay. I I've mentioned this before and
I'll mention again. It's not so much a

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bylaw as a policy that I would like to
see when uh reconsider reconsideration

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of development permits decisions now
that we're going to be delegating power

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down decisions down to staff and that
that when the package is handed out as

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suggested earlier in that package is how
if you're not happy with the decision

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the steps you can take to do that
because we constantly hear people say I

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didn't know about that,
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» So, if they get that in writing with the
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it. Thank you very much.
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know, it's in the bylaw. You know, a
person may appeal the decision to

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council, but if they don't know about
that, it's not very helpful. Any other

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comments or questions? All in favor? Any
opposed? It's carried. We have the de

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development approval information
amendment by law number 3565.

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A recommendation that council consider
fourth and final reading to development

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approval information amendment by law
number 3565 2026. Motion please.

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Councelor Nish, I saw your hand many
other times. So and councelor Cunningham

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any discussion
now. Councelor Nish. Uh the only

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question I have was uh being that we
have in place uh the development uh

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policy that has no cost for zoning
amendments and housing. I just want to

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make sure that that's still part even
though that this is written.

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» CO
Thank you. I'm going to defer to our

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» Thank you. Uh yes, that was not uh
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It was a it was a separate policy that
came forward to council. So though

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that's still that's unaffected.
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» Any other questions? All in favor? Any
opposed? Carried. We have development

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procedure bylaw number 3566
2026. Recommendation that council

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consider fourth and final reading to
development procedure bylaw number 3566

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2026. Motion. Councelor Forester.
Councelor Randalla. Discussion.

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All in favor? Any opposed? It's carried.
We have officers bylaw number 3567.

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Recommendation council consider fourth
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number 3567206.

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Uh motion councelor Forester councelor
80. Any discussion?

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All in favor? Any opposed? It is
carried. We have corporate signing

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authority delegation bylaw number 3568
20266. Recommendation to the council

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consider fourth and final reading to
corporate signing authority and

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delegation by number 3568 2026. Motion
councilors Cunningham and Nish

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discussion.
All in favor? Any opposed? Is carried.

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We have freedom of information and
protection of private privacy

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administration by number 3569.
Recommendation is council consider

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fourth and final reading to freedom and
of information and protection of privacy

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administration bylaw number 256
sorry 3569

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» that should be three
>> 3569 thank you very much um uh motion

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councilors Forester councilors 80 any
discussion

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all in favor any opposed is carried we
have a permissive property tax exemption

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by law number 3571 recommendation
Council consider first, second, third

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readings to permissive property tax
exemption by line number 35712026.

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Councelor Forester and
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» Oh, did you have your hand up? Councelor
Skelton Morvin, we'll get you in there.

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Yeah, sorry. Second council skeleton
Morvin.

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» Thank you very much. I note, and I
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meeting, councelor Skelton Morvin is
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Um, so it's moved and seconded. Any
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All in favor? Any opposed? It is
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extension by line number 3572.
Recommendation that council consider

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first, second, and third readings uh to
the tax sale redemption extension file

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by number 3572 2026. Councilors
Cunningham and Forester. Any discussion?

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All in favor? Any opposed? It is
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Cunningham.
I'd like to uh bring it to the attention

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of the community. Most of the community
was there. The ILWU had a

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barbecue for Labor Day and uh many
unions had their displays there and

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that. But what I saw when I was there
was the community coming together to

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celebrate the history of labor in this
town, but also how important it is right

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now for us to look within and shop
within to support local not only in in

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town here but in the country because of
what's going on throughout

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the south of 49th parallel there that uh
I think it's very important that uh we

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shop in the community or shop down the
line and things like that. You know, by

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shopping on eBay and Amazon right now,
you're helping Donald Duck. So, I think

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it's uh it's something we should all
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supporting other strong union people.
>> Thank you, Councelor uh Forester.

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» Thanks, Mr. Mayor. I I echo uh councelor
Cunningham's as somebody who was there

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wearing my 9 to5 hat. Um it was really
great to see all the unions come

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together. There was I think they said
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» Um significant success for many people
in our community. So that was wonderful

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to see. Um a couple of other things I
wanted to uh see if we could make an

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extension of the request. So, we've
already requested that the RC or I

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requested the RCMP come and talk about
the escooters. There's also been a lot

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of confusion uh in the public. We used
to have a media person for the RCMP who

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would give um media updates when there's
been significant

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or believe to be significant police
events. There would be a bit of a

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community update. Could we when the RCMP
come to talk about Easters, could we

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also ask to find out? Could we have
something like that returned to our

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community? If not, why not? Um I I
believe the person that did it is no

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longer in our community and that might
just be a maybe they need to train up,

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but could we find out if there's a
reason or a way we could get uh

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something Yes. something happened,
there's no risk to the public, that type

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of an announcement. Yep.
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and I think that was it. Thank you so
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» All right, Councelor 80,
>> I won't repeat too much about the Labor

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Day event, but uh it was an outstanding
turnout and I would just make the point

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that we celebrate
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the union movement and what it's brought
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we should also remember that that has
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um changes and benefits for people who
are not part of the union movement uh

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whether that's minimum wages or working
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So there there is a concentric circle
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labor movement as well. Um and it was an
outstanding event, loads of fun. Um, I

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have a question that was put to me and
and I I've since um received an answer,

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but I I imagine there are other people
wondering about the uh large equipment

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that is gathering up at the uh uh top of
6th Avenue West and what that means for

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the future of people in that area. And
I'm asking in particular because with

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school opening tomorrow or sorry today,
open today, full days tomorrow. Um

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last year we we saw how the busy traffic
on Prince Robert Boulevard is affected

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by um construction. The next most busy
traffic area is between the hospital and

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Roosevelt School and Annunciation School
at um the opening and closing of

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schools. So, I'm I'm interested in um
what that means for the people on 6th

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Avenue West in the foreseeable future.
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» Thank you, Mayor. Uh a great question.
As council can remember, we we awarded

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uh the 6th Avenue um corridor which is
between the library and um and

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Roosevelt. I believe it goes partially
around Summit. I'm not sure if it makes

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it all the way to the hospital. Uh it is
a large corridor. It is a um emergency

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services corridor. It is a busy transit
corridor. Uh nevertheless, that got an

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old pipe in it that needs to be
replaced. Um we have learned from uh

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other areas on how to do uh staged
closures so that we can keep as much of

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it open as possible. Uh one of the
benefits of Sixth Avenue is that there

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is a lot of workarounds in some of those
side streets like 7th and up on Fifth.

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So we will be um making sure that
whenever there's a closure of a certain

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block that there is a workaround and and
that that that uh active um

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transportation uh can can move around
those areas. The um the part uh up by

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Roosevelt in the gravel area that has
been blocked off by NAP construction is

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a is a material layown area. Um it is a
big gravel patch that can be used to put

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pipe down and and store equipment in
preparation for for the works. Um the

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where we are working on all the traffic
management plans right now and looking

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at what those phase closures look like
and as soon as they get approved we'll

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be uh doing mailers out to the people
that are going to be affected throughout

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uh that corridor as well as putting
media blasts out to to the entire

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community. councelor.
>> And one more thing, having having given

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all of the school kids an extra day off
in my previous remark, um they must feel

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feel short changed because I'm sure they
were at school. Uh wishing all of them

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and the teachers who will work with them
and the EAS and the administrators an

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excellent year.
>> Yeah. Excellent.

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» Uh councelor Randawa.
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like uh he thanks for the update on the
six and people still asking about the

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like paving on the crest view and east
11 if you have any update for the

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people. See Ouchi. Uh thank you very
much. Uh so paving on it's Victoria

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Street and from Crestu down Victoria
Street and what we're calling phase one

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of 11th. Uh that is uh the quote is has
come in I believe either today. I

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haven't looked at it or it'll be in in
the next day or two, but it will be done

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during the next uh sunny stretch. There
is uh some valve work that just needs to

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be done first, but uh the plan is to
have first lift done on all of that

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gravel uh right now and then uh for then
after the winter and after phase two is

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complete, they'll do first lift and then
there'll be a monolithic single lift

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that goes over the second part of
everything al together. So, uh, the plan

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is by the end of the month it will be
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» Councelor Cunningham,
>> while we're on paving for Nars Doll,

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those two patches are
>> Are they going to get done?

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» Uh, thank you. We're just wait. They've
been approved. We're just waiting for a

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little bit of good weather. We
prioritized obviously the Second Avenue

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Bridge to get that done before the
school season. Um that paving took three

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or four days. That's just the the way it
needed to be paved. Some of it had to be

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done by hand and then and then uh
several lifts after that um to make sure

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that water doesn't um stay on that
bridge. It's really important that water

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sheds appropriately off that bridge or
you can have hydroplaning. So, uh, we

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use a lot of good weather for that one.
And, uh, I understand we're coming into

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stretch of good weather here pretty
quick. And we have, uh, all of the sites

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that we, uh, discussed with the capital
paving program will be completed.

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There's several water patches that are
in town that will be completed. And then

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the 11th and Victoria will be completed
all by the end of the month.

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the um and and people have commented on
it. The the quality of the work,

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at least from a layman's point of view,
on Second Avenue Bridge, appears to be

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marvelous. It's it's a wonderful smooth
surface and and uh and really well done.

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Um I I only have a comment with regards
to the Labor Day um celebration that I I

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uh my vantage point is ever so slightly
different in that I celebrated the

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building and and the way it's being used
and the way it's being shared um with

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the community. Uh I I had a chance to
talk to the president there for some

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time and you know in in and amongst
everybody else that was working the the

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Prince Lions were busy cooking and
serving and doing their thing and

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apparently they meet free of charge uh
at at the hall and and uh and and Keith

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took great pride and pleasure I think in
being able to speak about how that

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building can be and an asset in
community building and um and so kudos

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to to the leadership at ILWU and and to
the membership because uh you don't have

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to do that but it it it does make for a
better community. Thank you. Anything

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else?

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Motion to adjurnn. Motion uh councelor
Forester seconded councelor Randawa. All

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in favor? Any opposed? It is carried.
Meeting a jerk.