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this conference will now be

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recorded welcome back I'd like to resume

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the city of Salmon Arm regular council

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meeting of Monday March the 24th

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welcome to you we are meeting both

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virtually and in person we have

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councelor labry with us virtually along

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with some media and um members of the

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public and people who are interested in

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some of the topics we're covering today

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councelor lingren councelor Canon

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councelor Flynn councelor Canela

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councelor Wallace Richmond and myself

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are in the council chamber along with

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our staff some guests in the gallery so

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welcome to you all it's nice to see you

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I want to begin with a in in the

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traditional

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territory we acknowledge that we're

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Gathering here on the traditional

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territory of the shmc people with whom

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we share these lands and where we live

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and we work

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together just before we adopt the agenda

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today we have a special presentation a

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very important presentation um that

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Council would like to

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make so

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um we are very proud of our CAO um who

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has earned a certificate in local

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government executive management

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congratulations Miss Jackson and uh this

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certificate in executive management is

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not one that's just given out you have

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to earn it and you have to work hard at

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it and uh one of the things I know we

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all appreciate about Miss Jackson is her

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willingness to learn um uh every day and

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to share that with her staff so I would

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ask Council if they would join me in the

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front so that we can present our Cao

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with a certificate

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I'm gonna

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call councel labry if you speak then you

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will be on the screen so Council saying

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in this

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photo thank you I'm virtually joining

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you and congratulations to Miss Jackson

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well done

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councelor lav I know that you're not

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present uh I'll give you an opportunity

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if you wish to say anything um please

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indicate so thanks your worship I just

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congratulations I extend uh as Council

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has congratulations to Mr Jackson well

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done thank

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you okay counselors that's a good way to

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start a uh council meeting um we have an

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agenda in front of us I'll just check

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with our CEO to see if there are any

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changes to the

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agenda thank you worship there is one

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late addition um item

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12.1.4 a letter from a Singh better

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Solutions great thank you very much so

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that'll be part of informational

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correspondence Council as

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12.1.4 with that addition to the agenda

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can I have a move in a second or to

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adopt the agenda councel ganella Council

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Wallis Richmond thank you all those in

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favor that passes

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unanimously counselors we'll go to

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disclosure of Interest around the

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regular council meeting if there's any

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counselors with a disclosure of Interest

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they would like to share please indicate

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now okay I see none thank you we'll go

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to confirmation to minutes the regular

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council meeting of March the 10th we

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have a mover in a seconder please

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councelor lingren councelor Canon thank

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you any additions deletions to those

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minutes seeing none I will call a

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question all those in

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favor that passes unanimously thank

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you 6.2 is the parcel tax rooll review

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panel meeting minutes of March the 10th

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if I could have a move and a second for

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that councelor canella councelor Wallace

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Richmond thank you any additions or

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deletions to those

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minutes call a question all those in

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favor that passes unanimously any

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business arising from either of those

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minutes okay we'll go to committee

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reports and again Council we don't pass

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their minutes they pass their own but uh

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we will just go through them to see if

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there's any items that you want to raise

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planning Services committee meeting

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17th is there anyone who would like to

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raise anything in those

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minutes seeing none I'll go to 72 the

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agriculture advisory committee meeting

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minutes of March the 12th any business

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Columbia shwop Regional District update

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if there is any verbal update from

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either of our reps um now would be the

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time please indicate

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so councelor lavry please go

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ahead uh yes thanks your worship and I

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certainly defer to councelor Flynn for

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further comment uh just to let Council

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know that uh last week at um csrd there

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was the adoption of the tax requisition

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2025 to the city of Salmon Arm uh and it

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represents uh a lower ing of the tax

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requisition by about

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8.63% um that lowering also reflected

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some increases uh we know Ben van

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nostran was here to talk to us about the

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um the thorny problem of saving money

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for uh landfill closures down the line

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and that's going to be addressed later

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on uh but that was a significant

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increase as well as costs for uh uh

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admin and it and general government but

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on the whole um it's a reduction of that

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amount uh that the regional district

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will be asking from the city of

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seminar thank you councelor labry for

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that summary councelor Flynn if you wish

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to add thank you worship um all I would

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comment on is I want to thank Mr van van

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nostran for coming and attending a

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planning meeting and doing a

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presentation on the intricate world of

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landfills and landfill closures and all

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of that um really want everybody to be

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very aware that the solid waste

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management plan review is ongoing and

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it's about a two-year process and I

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light of the taxation being used for

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landfill closures is a balance between

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taxation of residents of the Columbia

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Shoop whether they use the landfills or

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not and I'm not sure anybody doesn't use

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them in some way um but taxation versus

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is user fees and tipping fees and um

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that was brought up at the csrd table

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and what's fair and that's a extremely

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political discussion it's an extremely

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uh difficult discussion around current

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users future users um but landfill costs

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are not going to go down closure costs

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are not going to go down and I think

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finding that balance of tipping fees

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versus taxation is not going to be easy

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but that that's undergoing right now so

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stays weighted to taxation we'll see

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these more increases possibly if we look

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at more tipping fees perhaps paying for

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some of that that might be fair because

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it's a user pay but there's a fine

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balance on how high you raise tipping

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fees as well thank you councelor Flynn

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thank you councelor lavry appreciate

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that and just want to comment uh

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councelor lbry thank you for your

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summary of the 2025 budget and um you

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know our requisition as you stated is is

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less um and the reason it is less is

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because we have uh decided to do our own

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uh tourism DMO um and so that was a

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reduction 182,000 plus the film

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commission 12,000 so I don't want people

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to think that we're getting the same

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service from the csrd as we were before

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um with much less money we have decided

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that uh um we're going to follow through

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on those on our own and in fact this

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year probably saving about

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$80,000 in the tourist budget because of

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that all right let us move forward then

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9.1 is a development permit application

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number

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464 the address is 621 10th Street

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Southwest ble and Gibson's Company

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Limited agent is Angus newfeld sash

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developments limited we have a motion

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for consideration Council for the DP I

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could have a mover and a seconder

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councelor lingren councelor Flynn thank

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you Miss Jeffrey good afternoon thank

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you for uh working walking through the

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DP with us thank you your worship the

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subject property is 6211 Street

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and directly north of the Picadilly Mall

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it is designated in the official

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community plan as Highway service

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tourist commercial and the property is

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zoned C3 tourist commercial the property

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is currently vacant the purpose of this

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development permit application is for

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the construction of a 1, 1892.jpg

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along the frontage which staff view as a

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positive enhancement to the street skate

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The Proposal is also permitted in the C3

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tourist commercial Zone the design

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review panel are supportive of the

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application as presented in the drawings

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including in the staff report staff are

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satisfied with the design and support

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the development permit as proposed staff

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are available should Council have any

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questions thank you very much Miss

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up to you for any questions any comments

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that you may wish to

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make counselor Flynn thank you worship

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uh I welcome this application I support

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it I appreciate the work done by their

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design review panel because I'm

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certainly not a architect or necessarily

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have good taste when it comes to

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buildings so having the design review

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panel make comments having applicants um

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quite often follow those directions and

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having it come to us in a final form

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makes it very easy at this table to

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support this in this location and in

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this design thank you councelor Flynn

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any other comments from Council

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councelor lavry please go

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ahead oh that's from the last one

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councelor lavry no I'm good thanks fly

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support okay thank you any other

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first of all uh thank you to the

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representatives um

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um from this development for being with

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us this afternoon once again um as they

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were at meeting of the whole uh as

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counselors have have mentioned both then

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and now uh this is allowable use in that

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zone the development permit meets all of

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uh the guidelines that are asked and the

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design review panel um is in

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favor so I say welcome welcome to new

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business seminar um it's great to see

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that space being um filled in and it's a

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wonderful location for the proposed use

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so I will certainly vote in

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favor seeing no other speakers I will

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call the question all those in

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favor that passes unanimously thank you

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much okay we will go to 92 director

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planning Community Services climate

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appointments um there is a motion for

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I would ask uh if there's any amendments

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to that motion councelor lingren please

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go ahead thanks your worship I would

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like to make an amendment that we uh

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change the number of alter uh sorry

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members at large on the committee from

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three to

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four thank you second or to that uh

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motion councelor lavry thank you very

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much any discussion around that change

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so then I'll call the question all those

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in

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favor that passes

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unanimously okay now we have a motion

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for consideration which would include

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the names that are on the list as well

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as for Citizens at large councelor

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lingren please go ahead and press your

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button thanks your worship so I'd like

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to put forward the names for members at

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large as Evia canuteson Amy valerine o

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Paul Whitfield and CLE

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eroic thank you is there a second or to

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that motion thank you councelor lavry

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for the second could I just take this

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opportunity your worship to thank the

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people that put their names forward yes

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if you wish to speak to your motion for

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sure absolutely go please go ahead it

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was actually a fairly difficult decision

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today because so many qualified people

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put their names forward um that's why

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we've increased the number of members at

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large from three to four it would have

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been awesome if we could have increased

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it to include everybody that put their

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names forward as there was no one uh

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that was a bad choice on that list so

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just thank you to the community for your

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engagement on

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this thank you very much councelor

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lingren and it is a committee of 21 and

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so um it was as you say really

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encouraging that we had a lot of

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interest um but in order to make it

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functional we've budged it from three to

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four um so thank you for the motion um

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any further comments around the motion

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seeing none I'll call the question all

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those in

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favor that passes unanimously thank you

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and best of luck to that steering

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committee okay counselors

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we're up to item

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9.3 which is General manner shop

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Recreation Society Recreation Central

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postal code data and I'll just preface

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Mr jro's report by suggesting part of

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the process maybe to forward this report

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to the csrd because we want to be

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completely transparent um in sharing our

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factual data and uh then if there's any

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direction we wish to give staff that may

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be a part uh following Mr jro's um

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discussion of the report thank you Mr

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jro for putting it together thank you

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good afternoon worship and Council so

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over the past year uh samon Recreation

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has been collecting postal codes to

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profile where our users live this

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includes postal codes from the

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recreation center Rogers rink and City

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Sports fields and courts the postal

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codes were collected by email requests

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and responses from associations and

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users providing their post codes while

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checking at the front desk all post

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codes were collected with permission of

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the user or the sports association's

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executive they were able to uh comp a

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sample postal codes from uh following

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the list the table included in the

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report uh should be known we weren't

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successful obtaining every user group as

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multiple user groups either did not

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respond or there was sometimes a refusal

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to provide we feel the sufficient sample

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size of postal codes were collected to

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deliver an accurate

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representation um you can see the graphs

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for the reports with the

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data and this uh report at this time is

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for information and I am available for

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any questions you may have thank you

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Mr J can we can we ask you we've seen

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the graphs and had chance to look at

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through them is it possible just to have

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you speak through each of the P graphs

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um for members of the public who might

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be interested certainly yeah so the sasu

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recreation center um again the data was

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from one year February 2024 to February

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2025 at the recreation center we saw a

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78% from City of Salon arm 11% from the

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csrd 6% from rdno

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uh the tnrd shows 0% but there would

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have been a very small amount from tnrd

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and other was 5% we further broke this

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down into um other areas of our regional

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districts so area C of the Columbia sh

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Regional District was 18% area D 1% area

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e 6% and area G

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26% Regional District of north Okanagan

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account for

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25% and Thompson North Regional District

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uh was 2% other was 22% uh to not that

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that was only the um other one so that

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doesn't account for the city of Salon

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arm so that was a total of 4,323 postal

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codes thank you so just to

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clarify the area C is 18% of

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11% yes that is correct you worship yes

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thank

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you please continue so further at the

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Rogers rink um we collected 1,577 poster

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postal codes 74% of use was from the

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city Salmon Arm 20% csrd 4% rdno 1% tnrd

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and 1% other we further broke the uh

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other the

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26% down into uh the regional districts

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uh so Columbia Regional District area B

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represented 3% area C 24% area D 0% but

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there have been a very small number with

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that area e 8% area G 44% Rd 16% tnrd 2%

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and other

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3% further we uh analyzed our field and

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Court user participants so a total of

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2,32 postal codes collected 67% of those

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from City Salmon Arm 14% csrd 9% rdno 1%

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tnrd and other at

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9% we further broke that down into the

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regional district areas um of the csrd

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area b a very small amount 0 to 1% area

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C 9% area D 0 to 1% area e 8% area G

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24% RDO represented 27% tnrd 4% and

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other of

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28% great thank you very much and thanks

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for walking us through those graphs

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really appreciate that I'm going to open

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up the counselors for any questions

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comments they might like to make

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councelor Flynn please go ahead well

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first of all thank you and thank you for

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clarifying the pie charts um great

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information um we've needed this for

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some time um and I do want to thank you

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and your team for collecting this

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information because based on The quick

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summary it seems like some users weren't

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very Cooperative which is a little bit

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disappointing um knowing that we're

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trying to plan future facilities and

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cost sharing but um thanks to all those

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who did give that information it's nice

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to have this um I I am not surprised I

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think we can I am surprised a little bit

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that the users of the Arena are more

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Regional than the users of the multiplex

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or the the gym and pool that surprised

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me um that being said I do want to say

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that

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we need this information because in my

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mind we are probably the jurisdiction in

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the province and I'm may be asking for

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somebody to put together some more

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information that has the least Regional

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funding of two very major

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facilities the arena and the pool gym

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complex I want to make it clear that

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from my point of view the field and

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Court use outdoor Fields Outdoor Court

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use is not the issue because our

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residents go to other communities and

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use fields and that's why the number I

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think is higher from Nord than you would

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expect because of the soccer groups and

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ball groups that travel around the okon

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aen playing on everybody's

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courts I don't feel we need to do

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anything with field and courts but I

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feel very strongly that we have to do

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something about our taxpayers

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subsidizing and I would say subsidizing

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with tax dollars about 25% of the usage

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if we look at a new facility we've heard

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already that pools are around $60

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million um to not have some kind of

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pricing that has outside of the area

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users who don't pay it through taxes pay

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something is not fair so personally I

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want to look at adjusting rates for next

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year but that's a whole other discussion

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but I do want to ask our CAO who would

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put together a report that shows what

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other areas are doing maybe similar size

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communities and how much contribution

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they're getting from the outlying

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regional areas Chief administrator offer

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your worship staff can uh take that on

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I'm not exactly sure who has the

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capacity at this current moment in time

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but staff can spearhead that okay

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because I I feel that this is the first

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piece of information we at this table

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need about 25% usage is non local

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taxpayers I think the other piece we

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need to understand is what are other

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areas doing that have the only major

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facility for the whole region and how

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are they getting revenue and in a lot of

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cases it's a referendum and it's

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taxation in other cases it's

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differential user fees which Vernon has

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implemented um and so I think we need to

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look for the next budget at how we are

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going to solve the free users Fe thank

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you councelor Flynn I'll come back to

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you for a motion perhaps if you're

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comfortable waiting toit okay thank you

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and we'll just go to other speakers now

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councelor lingren any comments or

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questions on the data yeah I just

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wondered if um somebody could clarify

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for people who don't know where the

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rdno the regional district of North Oak

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aen and the tnrd where they butd up

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against um either the municipality or

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the csrd because I think there'd be a

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significant portion of the community who

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don't know what where these boundaries

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are yeah thank you for that question

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I'll pass that to chief administrative

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officer your worship this is a test to

519
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me and I'm not sure if I have anyone on

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if you like Darren do you

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know yeah I believe so Enderby would be

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the uh

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Aro and

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then

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heading be cam was Chase Chase would be

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uh Thompson

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Nia I think that the boundary for the um

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rdno is actually much closer to ranero

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than Enderby so um people should realize

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that they live in significantly

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different areas they are not taxed at

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Municipal rates if you live uh on Grand

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View bench you don't contribute to these

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um re these resources that you use if

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you live um in grin rod and you skate in

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Salmon Arm you're not contributing uh

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any of your tax dollars to support these

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facilities and I think that it's really

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important that people understand

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uh I I think homeowners May understand

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which district they're in because they

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have to go somewhere to pay their

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property taxes but people who are

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renting will probably have no idea which

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Regional District they live in thank you

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councelor lingren thank you for the

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question it was a good one councelor

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Canon thank you worship um thank you for

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the report this was great to uh get a

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look at this we figured it was probably

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20 plus from previous um in history

552
00:26:28,559 --> 00:26:33,840
reports that we saw long ago um I think

553
00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:38,240
really this is uh we have to educate um

554
00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:40,640
after we discussed this at budget time I

555
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,480
had lots of emails from people from the

556
00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:46,600
csrd region saying please don't

557
00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:50,120
Implement differential pricing so as

558
00:26:50,120 --> 00:26:52,720
soon as we put it on the table and start

559
00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:55,279
discussing it it brings up the

560
00:26:55,279 --> 00:26:57,559
conversation and I think that's our

561
00:26:57,559 --> 00:26:58,840
whole

562
00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:01,360
purpose of doing this and I think these

563
00:27:01,360 --> 00:27:04,039
figures obviously are very

564
00:27:04,039 --> 00:27:06,880
interesting and I

565
00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,880
think until we're discussing it and

566
00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:11,840
bringing up the conversation we're not

567
00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:12,720
going to

568
00:27:12,720 --> 00:27:16,679
do anything about it I mean in history

569
00:27:16,679 --> 00:27:20,279
when we built our Arena facility um

570
00:27:20,279 --> 00:27:24,200
there was a real push in

571
00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:31,360
area Rano ranero area to not support us

572
00:27:31,360 --> 00:27:34,760
financially for the arena the new arena

573
00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:37,880
there was a real push for someone saying

574
00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:41,200
vote no to this and I think I mean

575
00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,600
that's quite a few years ago and now

576
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,480
it's at the table again with these uh

577
00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:49,960
this information and I think we at this

578
00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:51,840
table need

579
00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,919
to carry the conversation and bring it

580
00:27:54,919 --> 00:27:57,399
back and look uh if we get a staff

581
00:27:57,399 --> 00:28:00,640
report back from staff what other

582
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:03,120
communities have done and how we're

583
00:28:03,120 --> 00:28:05,200
going to go about doing this because I

584
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:08,760
want to see us move forward with either

585
00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:11,320
uh pushing the csrd to look at it in

586
00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:14,360
their areas uh so that they are

587
00:28:14,360 --> 00:28:17,320
contributing I mean this shows us that

588
00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:20,760
they are using and um I think that's

589
00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:23,880
what we need to do in the future so

590
00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:25,279
that's something that I really want to

591
00:28:25,279 --> 00:28:27,640
push for at this table so whether it's

592
00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:30,039
differential pricing that's going to get

593
00:28:30,039 --> 00:28:32,720
us there and we may have to go the route

594
00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:35,360
of differential pricing so that the

595
00:28:35,360 --> 00:28:38,159
conversation gets pushed even

596
00:28:38,159 --> 00:28:41,360
further thank you councelor Canon um and

597
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:42,919
thanks for your leadership in this in

598
00:28:42,919 --> 00:28:45,960
this part um councelor lavry please go

599
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,039
ahead yeah thanks your worship and

600
00:28:48,039 --> 00:28:50,760
thanks to Mr jome and staff for uh

601
00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:52,279
coming up with this reporting I think

602
00:28:52,279 --> 00:28:55,080
it's very confir confirmative um your

603
00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:56,480
worship I think that we all know at this

604
00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:59,039
table that we've committed to share this

605
00:28:59,039 --> 00:29:01,840
update with the csrd so you know we can

606
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:03,679
forward it to them I'd like to see Mr

607
00:29:03,679 --> 00:29:05,960
jro available at that time when it comes

608
00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:08,880
up um if there are any questions from

609
00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:11,120
that board about the data collection

610
00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,399
piece and I think it's incumbent on our

611
00:29:13,399 --> 00:29:16,279
two elected uh refs councelor Flynn and

612
00:29:16,279 --> 00:29:20,000
myself uh to regularly update that board

613
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,320
on the political process of that so I

614
00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:23,640
think that's that's something we all

615
00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:25,559
know but just to emphasize that we pass

616
00:29:25,559 --> 00:29:28,320
it on and if Mr jro could be there for

617
00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:29,480
that meeting I think that would be

618
00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:33,039
helpful um to speak to data collection

619
00:29:33,039 --> 00:29:34,720
not not

620
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:38,200
policy um you if I agree with the

621
00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:41,080
comments made so far and that we need to

622
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:43,039
engage in a sort of step-by-step

623
00:29:43,039 --> 00:29:46,000
analysis of options um and perhaps

624
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:47,480
Council Flynn's going to come up with

625
00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:49,679
the motion I don't know but my thinking

626
00:29:49,679 --> 00:29:52,640
right now is that we should just accept

627
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,080
this report

628
00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:56,720
today and put forward because I think it

629
00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:58,600
is important at each

630
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:01,279
step that we are fome in our process

631
00:30:01,279 --> 00:30:04,399
both publicly and and at our table um

632
00:30:04,399 --> 00:30:08,480
that we come up with a uh fome notice of

633
00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:11,440
motion that sets out exactly what

634
00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:13,720
counselor wants staff to look at for

635
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:15,960
future options I think that helps us I

636
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:19,519
think that helps staff um I would be

637
00:30:19,519 --> 00:30:22,519
happy to support a such a notice of

638
00:30:22,519 --> 00:30:24,320
motion and and again if Council Finn

639
00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:25,919
wants to go for a motion today that

640
00:30:25,919 --> 00:30:28,799
that's fine but um I think a notice em

641
00:30:28,799 --> 00:30:31,159
motion gives us more time to craft

642
00:30:31,159 --> 00:30:32,360
things

643
00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:34,799
specifically um I'd be happy to support

644
00:30:34,799 --> 00:30:36,720
that I'd be happy to work on a

645
00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:39,320
co-sponsorship of it um I'd leave that

646
00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:41,279
up to others I don't think we have to

647
00:30:41,279 --> 00:30:43,320
reinvent the wheel here uh there are

648
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:47,080
models out there um that are there for

649
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,640
all communities from a number of

650
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:51,399
communities that are we're not this is

651
00:30:51,399 --> 00:30:54,960
not new um and I see staff coming back I

652
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:58,760
think in all sorts of timing uh

653
00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:01,200
parameters to come back this fall so

654
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:05,159
that we consider it partly for budget

655
00:31:05,159 --> 00:31:08,360
process but also partly for electoral

656
00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:10,919
areas uh if they want to hold a

657
00:31:10,919 --> 00:31:12,440
referendum about

658
00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:14,600
contribution um that that would be

659
00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:19,679
available for the uh October 2026 if

660
00:31:19,679 --> 00:31:22,840
they so choose to uh put that in front

661
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:25,399
of their electrc so I again thanks you

662
00:31:25,399 --> 00:31:27,600
worship I can I finish up just with my

663
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:29,080
own take on this right

664
00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:32,039
now yeah please go ahead councelor labry

665
00:31:32,039 --> 00:31:33,799
then going ask you for a formal motion

666
00:31:33,799 --> 00:31:36,679
about part of what you said go ahead

667
00:31:36,679 --> 00:31:38,919
okay

668
00:31:38,919 --> 00:31:42,440
um my own take as clear as possible I've

669
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:44,120
have come to the position that and again

670
00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:45,960
I will wait for staff reports and

671
00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:47,919
options and look at that with due

672
00:31:47,919 --> 00:31:50,919
consideration but I'm currently feel

673
00:31:50,919 --> 00:31:53,760
that a system of Salmon Arm residency

674
00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:55,840
pricing for kyre

675
00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:58,600
facilities uh is needed

676
00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:01,360
and it would prioritize two things one

677
00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:04,039
would be pricing differential resident

678
00:32:04,039 --> 00:32:07,720
tiered pricing so that Salmon Arm

679
00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:11,120
taxpayers are supported for the use of

680
00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:13,919
their Rec facilities that they pay

681
00:32:13,919 --> 00:32:17,559
for and I would include hopefully other

682
00:32:17,559 --> 00:32:19,399
electoral areas who might want to

683
00:32:19,399 --> 00:32:22,000
support their own residents by entering

684
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:23,880
into a reasonable operations and

685
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,360
management uh uh maintenance cost

686
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:28,480
sharing agreement other jur itions have

687
00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:31,360
it it can be done it doesn't have to be

688
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:34,159
controversial and to move forward the

689
00:32:34,159 --> 00:32:36,880
second part of it is that I am

690
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:39,880
increasingly supportive that uh under

691
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:42,679
such uh resident

692
00:32:42,679 --> 00:32:45,440
programming that Salmon Arm taxpaying

693
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,519
residents would be given preferential

694
00:32:47,519 --> 00:32:50,159
access to what's now highly

695
00:32:50,159 --> 00:32:52,080
oversubscribed

696
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:56,000
programs that it's tough for Salon arm

697
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:57,159
residents to get into because there's

698
00:32:57,159 --> 00:32:58,720
such a demand

699
00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:01,279
and I am becoming more and more in favor

700
00:33:01,279 --> 00:33:03,000
that Salmon Arm residents who are paying

701
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,799
the tax bill for this have uh a one or

702
00:33:05,799 --> 00:33:07,559
twoe window to register first for

703
00:33:07,559 --> 00:33:10,240
programs that they actually

704
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:13,559
subsidize or other electoral areas who

705
00:33:13,559 --> 00:33:15,279
decide to participate in a sharing

706
00:33:15,279 --> 00:33:17,360
agreement would have that same access to

707
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:18,360
that's where I'm coming from your

708
00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:20,279
worship uh the first step is a public

709
00:33:20,279 --> 00:33:22,399
report of options for Council to

710
00:33:22,399 --> 00:33:25,080
consider thank you thank you councelor

711
00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:27,960
lavry and the motion I was thinking was

712
00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:29,760
I think it would be nice to have a a

713
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:33,840
formal motion to forward this report to

714
00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:36,279
the csrd and if you would be willing to

715
00:33:36,279 --> 00:33:37,720
make that motion I would see if I could

716
00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:40,399
get a second or yeah iig thought that

717
00:33:40,399 --> 00:33:41,559
would probably understood but yeah that

718
00:33:41,559 --> 00:33:42,679
that's no problem I would make that

719
00:33:42,679 --> 00:33:44,200
motion we've and we've already committed

720
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,320
to that anyhow is there a second to the

721
00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:48,360
motion councelor Wallace Richmond any

722
00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:50,000
discussion around the motion that's just

723
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,080
to release to the

724
00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,720
Cs all those in

725
00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:56,720
favor okay thank you very much I think

726
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:58,600
it's important to have that form motion

727
00:33:58,600 --> 00:33:59,880
because we want to be transparent we

728
00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:01,279
want to make sure that that information

729
00:34:01,279 --> 00:34:03,880
is received officially put on the agenda

730
00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:06,120
and as as Council lry has mentioned

731
00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:08,800
perhaps Mr jro would be able to attend

732
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,079
um to supply any information around

733
00:34:11,079 --> 00:34:13,520
statistics okay um further discussion

734
00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:17,359
counselor Flynn thank you worship as uh

735
00:34:17,359 --> 00:34:19,520
with all due respect to staff I am not

736
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:22,000
going to try to do a rambling Kevin flnn

737
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,720
motion at this table I'm going to just

738
00:34:24,720 --> 00:34:26,679
support councelor lavy's call for a

739
00:34:26,679 --> 00:34:28,679
notice of motion at the next meeting so

740
00:34:28,679 --> 00:34:31,679
we can work on that with staff because I

741
00:34:31,679 --> 00:34:33,159
will have a great motion that will be

742
00:34:33,159 --> 00:34:35,839
way too long and way too poorly worded

743
00:34:35,839 --> 00:34:38,560
so councelor Flynn can I ask you to work

744
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:40,159
with councelor lavry then to put

745
00:34:40,159 --> 00:34:42,240
together that notice of motion um for

746
00:34:42,240 --> 00:34:43,399
the next council meeting I think that

747
00:34:43,399 --> 00:34:46,520
would be a good yingyang combination so

748
00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:49,040
yes okay excellent I oh and oh councelor

749
00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:51,480
can wants to help as well okay I think

750
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:53,000
that combination would be great then

751
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,240
councelor Flynn councelor Canon

752
00:34:55,240 --> 00:34:57,320
councelor labry doesn't have to be and

753
00:34:57,320 --> 00:34:59,720
and can I just I think it's really

754
00:34:59,720 --> 00:35:02,240
important when we put all these numbers

755
00:35:02,240 --> 00:35:03,720
together I agree with councelor Canon's

756
00:35:03,720 --> 00:35:05,079
comments this is about

757
00:35:05,079 --> 00:35:08,040
education I don't think taxpayers in our

758
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:11,000
area or even in our town realize that

759
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:14,240
about half of the cost of those

760
00:35:14,240 --> 00:35:16,000
facilities is tax

761
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,800
dollars the other half is recovered

762
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,200
we're approaching $2 million I believe

763
00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:23,200
of Taxation between the two

764
00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:26,280
facilities and to not have any of it

765
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:29,599
except 60,000 to toal from our regional

766
00:35:29,599 --> 00:35:32,520
area is not fair and is not right and

767
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:34,000
it's not what's going on in the rest of

768
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,079
the province so I can't wait we'll put

769
00:35:36,079 --> 00:35:38,079
the notice a motion together the three

770
00:35:38,079 --> 00:35:40,160
of us will work with staff and we'll

771
00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:42,079
hopefully have it for the next meeting

772
00:35:42,079 --> 00:35:44,480
the bo the next full council meeting

773
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:46,000
thank you councelor Flynn appreciate

774
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:47,680
that is there any counselor who has not

775
00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:51,359
spoken who would like an opportunity to

776
00:35:51,359 --> 00:35:54,079
share okay I think uh the counselors

777
00:35:54,079 --> 00:35:55,960
have looked after uh it very well thank

778
00:35:55,960 --> 00:35:57,720
you so much thank you Mr jro for your

779
00:35:57,720 --> 00:35:59,319
report and we'll look forward to a

780
00:35:59,319 --> 00:36:01,920
notice motion at a future meeting put

781
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:04,160
together by counselors and

782
00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:07,359
staff all right we are going to

783
00:36:07,359 --> 00:36:10,079
9.4 which is the general manager shop

784
00:36:10,079 --> 00:36:11,880
Recreation Society Canada Day

785
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:15,040
celebration Festival proposal there is a

786
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:17,000
proposed motion if I could get a moover

787
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:18,480
and a seconder councelor Wallace

788
00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:20,880
Richmond councelor ganel would second

789
00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:23,680
and I'll pass it over to our manager of

790
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:25,920
shop Recreation Society Mr Dro it's nice

791
00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:28,640
that you Happ to be here thank

792
00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:31,480
you so Recreation Society we recognize

793
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:33,960
the absence of a Canada Day Festival uh

794
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,680
celebration um we're eager to explore

795
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:38,640
opportunities to reunite the community

796
00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:40,520
for this occasion so our goal would be

797
00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:43,160
to host event um at the Rogers rink in

798
00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:46,230
sasu Recreation

799
00:36:46,240 --> 00:36:50,400
Center um we uh host uh activities such

800
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:51,920
as a ball hockey tournament which was

801
00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:54,240
hosted last year on short notice and not

802
00:36:54,240 --> 00:36:56,440
a lot of advertisement which we feel was

803
00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:58,440
a good success

804
00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:00,839
uh Artisan Market a familyfriendly fund

805
00:37:00,839 --> 00:37:02,920
Zone food trucks some music and a show

806
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:04,160
and

807
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:07,200
shine staff have uh put togethere a

808
00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:10,800
preliminary budget cost between 7 to

809
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:13,359
$10,000 and the 2025 budget includes an

810
00:37:13,359 --> 00:37:14,640
amount to

811
00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:17,000
$14,000 uh for Canada Day

812
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,040
Celebrations and uh at this time we're

813
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:22,440
looking to um have Council support and

814
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:24,800
authorize a contribution of up to 10,000

815
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:27,599
to the sh Recreation Society to host a

816
00:37:27,599 --> 00:37:29,680
canidate festival at Roger rink and sasu

817
00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:32,240
Recreation Center thank you very much Mr

818
00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:33,640
Jal and I'll just check with our Chief

819
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:36,000
Financial Officer that the motion

820
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:37,400
assumes that that money comes from the

821
00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:40,040
cada to Day Celebrations Reserve should

822
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:41,640
that be a part of the

823
00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:44,000
motion uh yes your worship that was in

824
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:47,880
the 2025 budget line item coming in from

825
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:49,480
the reserve and there was an expense

826
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:52,680
line showing 14,000 great thank you so I

827
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:54,079
think it would be a friendly Amendment

828
00:37:54,079 --> 00:37:55,599
if councelor Wallace Richman councelor

829
00:37:55,599 --> 00:37:58,160
ganella were okay

830
00:37:58,160 --> 00:37:59,440
okay thank you we'll accept that as a

831
00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:00,720
friendly Amendment the source of the

832
00:38:00,720 --> 00:38:02,960
money okay counselors anyone wish to

833
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:04,839
speak to this

834
00:38:04,839 --> 00:38:08,000
motion councelor Flynn well I want to

835
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:11,079
thank the director of acting director of

836
00:38:11,079 --> 00:38:12,440
engineering Public Works whatever your

837
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:16,079
title is right now um and Sho shop Rec

838
00:38:16,079 --> 00:38:20,319
Society for um bringing this forward um

839
00:38:20,319 --> 00:38:22,960
We Have Heard lots at this table that uh

840
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:24,640
the city should be doing more for Canada

841
00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:26,440
today and we've always said in a lot of

842
00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:28,119
communities it's an outside group but

843
00:38:28,119 --> 00:38:30,960
I'm glad you're taking it on I very much

844
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:33,040
support this I did want to ask a quick

845
00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:35,240
question with regards to detail would

846
00:38:35,240 --> 00:38:38,359
the ball hockey be indoor Mr J or

847
00:38:38,359 --> 00:38:40,680
outdoor through worship yeah we propos

848
00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:43,920
to host it indoor on our dry floor okay

849
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:46,760
um unfortunately I all I was going to

850
00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:50,960
comment is that the second biggest

851
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:55,520
um number of non US basketball players

852
00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:59,000
is from Canada probably the MVP this

853
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,599
year in the NBA will be Canadian and we

854
00:39:01,599 --> 00:39:05,079
have significant youth basketball groups

855
00:39:05,079 --> 00:39:07,000
so I was hoping the hockey would be

856
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,160
outside the ball hockey and perhaps

857
00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:10,839
basketball inside but I'm not going to

858
00:39:10,839 --> 00:39:12,920
get into the logistics I just think our

859
00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:14,599
community is a significant basketball

860
00:39:14,599 --> 00:39:16,400
community and it would be nice to

861
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:18,960
somehow celebrate that as well I think

862
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:21,319
it's a great time to celebrate Canada I

863
00:39:21,319 --> 00:39:23,000
very much supported and thank you for

864
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:26,480
stepping up thank you councelor Flynn is

865
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:30,109
there any other com who wish to

866
00:39:30,119 --> 00:39:32,839
comment I'll just Echo councelor Flynn's

867
00:39:32,839 --> 00:39:34,319
uh comments except for the basketball

868
00:39:34,319 --> 00:39:35,560
piece because I don't really understand

869
00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:39,160
all that um but uh I think it's great

870
00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:41,280
too that you're reaching out to you know

871
00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:43,680
other groups um I'm sure there's groups

872
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:44,839
in the community which would like to

873
00:39:44,839 --> 00:39:48,000
help if not financially you know with uh

874
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,880
with handson so thank you to shop

875
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:54,000
Recreation um I agree there's there's no

876
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:55,720
better time to celebrate Canada than

877
00:39:55,720 --> 00:39:58,359
this year so I certainly support the

878
00:39:58,359 --> 00:40:00,359
motion all right I don't see any other

879
00:40:00,359 --> 00:40:01,800
speakers so I'll call the question all

880
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:03,319
those in

881
00:40:03,319 --> 00:40:06,720
favor that passes

882
00:40:06,720 --> 00:40:10,040
unanimously Council we're now to uh tab

883
00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:12,560
11 which is reconsideration of bylaws

884
00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:14,800
this is final reading of these bylaws of

885
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:16,839
course questions are always welcome I

886
00:40:16,839 --> 00:40:18,119
know that you're quite familiar with

887
00:40:18,119 --> 00:40:20,440
them so I won't go to the director of

888
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:22,319
planning Community Services unless

889
00:40:22,319 --> 00:40:24,319
someone has a question for him so the

890
00:40:24,319 --> 00:40:28,119
first one 111 is zoning 4692

891
00:40:28,119 --> 00:40:31,720
um which is uh f&j nort agents pu

892
00:40:31,720 --> 00:40:34,520
Barberton um you're familiar with the

893
00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:36,560
location if I could have a move in a

894
00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:40,000
second or to pass this byw for a final

895
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,520
time councelor canala councelor Wallace

896
00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:44,720
Richmond thank you I'll open it up to

897
00:40:44,720 --> 00:40:47,400
counselors any comments any questions

898
00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:50,000
you wish to

899
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:55,349
ask call a question then all those in

900
00:40:55,359 --> 00:40:58,160
favor and thank you to the home for

901
00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:00,079
walking through the process and uh

902
00:41:00,079 --> 00:41:02,760
making it as smooth as

903
00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:06,760
possible item 112 is uh subdivision and

904
00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:08,640
development servicing Amendment bylaw

905
00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:10,040
number

906
00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:12,520
4698 um we have a proposed motion if we

907
00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:14,359
can have a move a seconder councelor

908
00:41:14,359 --> 00:41:17,079
Flynn councelor Canon thank you we had

909
00:41:17,079 --> 00:41:19,079
quite a discussion about this one and

910
00:41:19,079 --> 00:41:21,720
certainly welcome to any questions or

911
00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:24,000
comments people wish to make before I

912
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:28,190
call a question on it

913
00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:29,720
seeing none I will call a question all

914
00:41:29,720 --> 00:41:30,599
those in

915
00:41:30,599 --> 00:41:35,000
favor that passes unanimously thank you

916
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:37,680
Council counselors we're going to go to

917
00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:40,720
informational correspondence under tab

918
00:41:40,720 --> 00:41:43,480
12 uh we have five pieces uh because we

919
00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:46,319
have one extra one that was added late

920
00:41:46,319 --> 00:41:48,480
so I will uh open it up to you for any

921
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:50,599
items that you wish to speak to or make

922
00:41:50,599 --> 00:41:52,480
motions about councelor lingren thank

923
00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:55,760
you thanks your worship

924
00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:59,480
12.1.2 um I just wondered if the staff

925
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:02,119
could maybe comment on if there are any

926
00:42:02,119 --> 00:42:04,480
reasons from the city's perspective why

927
00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:06,400
this might not work and whether or not

928
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:08,800
it would be appropriate for us to uh

929
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:12,400
write a letter of support sure um I'll

930
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:13,920
pass that to the chief administra

931
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:17,000
officer thank you worship um staff have

932
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:20,880
no concerns um about supporting the

933
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:23,119
registration um with roing Canada and

934
00:42:23,119 --> 00:42:26,280
Rowing BC of a new nonprofit society as

935
00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:29,750
requested in the letter

936
00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:30,920
would you like to make that motion

937
00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:32,680
Council Lang yeah in that case I'd like

938
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:34,559
to make a motion that we write a letter

939
00:42:34,559 --> 00:42:38,480
of support for the formation of the new

940
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:40,599
rowing Society the Salmon Arm Rowing

941
00:42:40,599 --> 00:42:43,240
Club thank you second to that councelor

942
00:42:43,240 --> 00:42:44,760
ganella thank

943
00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:48,079
you any discussion around the motion

944
00:42:48,079 --> 00:42:49,440
councelor lingren did you wish to speak

945
00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:52,040
to your motion okay councelor Flynn did

946
00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:53,359
you wish to speak to that motion please

947
00:42:53,359 --> 00:42:54,960
go ahead councelor Flynn I just had a

948
00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:58,760
question to we're almost at March

949
00:42:58,760 --> 00:43:01,079
31st and it says they've got a tight

950
00:43:01,079 --> 00:43:03,119
time frame us approving this today are

951
00:43:03,119 --> 00:43:04,599
they going to have time to make it for

952
00:43:04,599 --> 00:43:07,319
that or is that not our problem yeah I I

953
00:43:07,319 --> 00:43:09,280
have been in touch with Miss Mills and

954
00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:12,359
uh um we will write this letter as soon

955
00:43:12,359 --> 00:43:13,960
as we can and get it off to her and that

956
00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:15,640
would meet the timeline okay I very much

957
00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:17,319
support thank

958
00:43:17,319 --> 00:43:20,760
you any further

959
00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:24,240
discussion all those in

960
00:43:24,240 --> 00:43:27,640
favor that passes unanimously thank you

961
00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:28,920
councelor Flynn did you wish to speak to

962
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:30,520
another item no councelor Wallace

963
00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:33,160
Richman yeah uh thank you your worship

964
00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:35,640
um item

965
00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:38,920
12.1.4 yes please go ahead the Canada

966
00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:41,480
community building fund

967
00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:45,200
um which is managed with the Union of BC

968
00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:47,720
municipalities is hosting a series of

969
00:43:47,720 --> 00:43:52,079
workshops on the next steps um of that

970
00:43:52,079 --> 00:43:55,240
fund and how it might impact various

971
00:43:55,240 --> 00:43:57,599
communities in our province

972
00:43:57,599 --> 00:44:01,319
the Colona version will be held uh June

973
00:44:01,319 --> 00:44:05,520
3r um it's free to attend and lunch is

974
00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:08,720
provided uh I would like to attend I may

975
00:44:08,720 --> 00:44:13,200
not be alone um so I just wondered about

976
00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:15,839
process in terms of uh getting that

977
00:44:15,839 --> 00:44:18,640
heads up for that or the thumbs up for

978
00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:20,119
that yeah if counselors were willing to

979
00:44:20,119 --> 00:44:22,160
make a motion to uh support councelor

980
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:24,119
Wallace Richmond in attending that June

981
00:44:24,119 --> 00:44:26,880
thir thirdd Workshop in Colona I would

982
00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:27,599
uh

983
00:44:27,599 --> 00:44:29,680
I would entertain that councelor ganella

984
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:31,440
would move it councelor Flynn would

985
00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:33,880
second it and councelor Wallace Richmond

986
00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:37,240
I know that you are um at the Forefront

987
00:44:37,240 --> 00:44:40,000
of our housing um strategy so I think

988
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:41,119
it's very

989
00:44:41,119 --> 00:44:43,160
appropriate um councelor Flynn did you

990
00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:45,240
to speak to the motion yes just one

991
00:44:45,240 --> 00:44:48,599
comment um I think it would be valuable

992
00:44:48,599 --> 00:44:51,200
for a staff member to join Council walls

993
00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:53,680
Richman whoever staff feels is

994
00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:56,440
appropriate um it sounds like it's going

995
00:44:56,440 --> 00:44:59,400
to be some very valuable information for

996
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:01,720
us as a community and uh I don't think

997
00:45:01,720 --> 00:45:03,480
we have to approve a staff member going

998
00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:06,559
but I think I would encourage it thank

999
00:45:06,559 --> 00:45:09,839
you councelor Flynn councelor lingren

1000
00:45:09,839 --> 00:45:11,280
yeah I just wondered about the timing

1001
00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:14,359
your worship uh June 5th is

1002
00:45:14,359 --> 00:45:16,200
fcm

1003
00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:19,119
um is councilor Wallace richond planning

1004
00:45:19,119 --> 00:45:20,839
to attend

1005
00:45:20,839 --> 00:45:22,760
that

1006
00:45:22,760 --> 00:45:26,160
um councelor wall Richman go ahead yes

1007
00:45:26,160 --> 00:45:28,480
it's June 3rd we will arrive home from

1008
00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:32,109
fcm on June

1009
00:45:32,119 --> 00:45:36,400
1st okay thank you thank you any further

1010
00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:39,589
speakers to the

1011
00:45:39,599 --> 00:45:41,520
motion okay I'll call a question all

1012
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:42,960
those in

1013
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:45,920
favor is there any

1014
00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:49,440
opposed passes unanimously thank

1015
00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:52,200
you any other items that people wish to

1016
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:55,880
speak to councelor Flynn yeah I I didn't

1017
00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:57,520
really necessarily want to speak

1018
00:45:57,520 --> 00:46:00,880
12.1.3 but it came up at the csrd board

1019
00:46:00,880 --> 00:46:05,599
meeting and I feel that we don't need to

1020
00:46:05,599 --> 00:46:08,240
talk about this as a group because if we

1021
00:46:08,240 --> 00:46:10,920
want to support the resolution at ubcm

1022
00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:13,000
we do that individually and I don't feel

1023
00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:15,000
it's something that as Council we should

1024
00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:19,319
take on unless we want to put a similar

1025
00:46:19,319 --> 00:46:21,319
motion through ubcm or I mean through

1026
00:46:21,319 --> 00:46:23,680
silga but it's too late so we discussed

1027
00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:29,359
that at the um CSR d table last week and

1028
00:46:29,359 --> 00:46:30,839
I know we get a lot of these requests

1029
00:46:30,839 --> 00:46:32,680
and in my mind we should have a policy

1030
00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:34,119
that they're shared but we don't really

1031
00:46:34,119 --> 00:46:36,440
need to speak to them I appreciate that

1032
00:46:36,440 --> 00:46:37,599
councelor Flynn I think you're dead

1033
00:46:37,599 --> 00:46:39,520
right there I think communities do send

1034
00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:42,520
them to us as a heads up um but yeah we

1035
00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:44,440
ought that opportunity to support act at

1036
00:46:44,440 --> 00:46:46,119
the actual conference so thank you for

1037
00:46:46,119 --> 00:46:49,720
that I I would ask that 12. one.5 I

1038
00:46:49,720 --> 00:46:51,680
haven't really had time to digest it is

1039
00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:53,760
it possible to include that on the next

1040
00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:55,359
informational correspondence I'd like to

1041
00:46:55,359 --> 00:46:58,160
have more time to consider yes worship I

1042
00:46:58,160 --> 00:47:00,520
apologize for the late edition Mr Singh

1043
00:47:00,520 --> 00:47:03,599
had requested it and it it was not on

1044
00:47:03,599 --> 00:47:06,520
the agenda he notified me and we added

1045
00:47:06,520 --> 00:47:08,240
it we will add it again at the next

1046
00:47:08,240 --> 00:47:09,720
council meeting okay perhaps there's

1047
00:47:09,720 --> 00:47:11,119
someone who's more up to date on than me

1048
00:47:11,119 --> 00:47:12,680
but I'd like to have a little more

1049
00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:15,280
time any other discussion around

1050
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:18,790
informational

1051
00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:20,319
correspondence

1052
00:47:20,319 --> 00:47:24,829
okay Council you are doing very well

1053
00:47:24,839 --> 00:47:27,599
today start um you

1054
00:47:27,599 --> 00:47:30,839
and so we have our guests here welcome

1055
00:47:30,839 --> 00:47:33,200
to you we are going to take a five

1056
00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:34,880
minute Comfort break which will give you

1057
00:47:34,880 --> 00:47:39,480
time to be ready and at

1058
00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:42,200
3:25 um if you're able if you're ready

1059
00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:44,760
to present that would be wonderful okay

1060
00:47:44,760 --> 00:47:46,119
thank you very much Council will take a

1061
00:47:46,119 --> 00:47:55,829
comfort break

1062
00:47:55,839 --> 00:48:25,750
3:25

1063
00:48:25,760 --> 00:56:43,470
e e

1064
00:56:43,480 --> 00:56:47,440
this council meeting of Monday March the

1065
00:56:47,440 --> 00:56:51,079
24th we are at presentations and uh

1066
00:56:51,079 --> 00:56:53,000
Daniel hubard who's the CEO of Okanagan

1067
00:56:53,000 --> 00:56:55,720
Regional Library is with us and we're so

1068
00:56:55,720 --> 00:56:58,359
pleased to have have you here um one of

1069
00:56:58,359 --> 00:57:01,440
the gems of Samar is uh Okanogan

1070
00:57:01,440 --> 00:57:03,960
Regional Library um that you help run so

1071
00:57:03,960 --> 00:57:05,400
thank you very much I'll turn it over to

1072
00:57:05,400 --> 00:57:07,480
you thank you so much thank you mayor

1073
00:57:07,480 --> 00:57:10,160
and Council uh it seems like a really

1074
00:57:10,160 --> 00:57:11,799
short time ago that I was last here I

1075
00:57:11,799 --> 00:57:13,559
think it was about a year ago but maybe

1076
00:57:13,559 --> 00:57:15,480
actually a little less than a year ago

1077
00:57:15,480 --> 00:57:17,599
so I've made every effort to make

1078
00:57:17,599 --> 00:57:19,359
today's presentation different than the

1079
00:57:19,359 --> 00:57:21,440
information I delivered approximately a

1080
00:57:21,440 --> 00:57:25,520
year ago um so uh as the mayor said my

1081
00:57:25,520 --> 00:57:27,640
name is Danielle hubard I'm the CEO of

1082
00:57:27,640 --> 00:57:30,359
the Okanagan Regional Library um and I'm

1083
00:57:30,359 --> 00:57:32,280
here with Christy Smith who I think you

1084
00:57:32,280 --> 00:57:34,839
all know she's um the branch head here

1085
00:57:34,839 --> 00:57:37,079
at the Salmon Arm Branch uh which is by

1086
00:57:37,079 --> 00:57:39,720
the way a very busy thriving wonderful

1087
00:57:39,720 --> 00:57:43,160
Branch so thank you chrisy for that um

1088
00:57:43,160 --> 00:57:46,079
so what I'm going to do today is provide

1089
00:57:46,079 --> 00:57:48,920
kind of an overview of five specific

1090
00:57:48,920 --> 00:57:50,760
areas of service that I want to

1091
00:57:50,760 --> 00:57:52,760
highlight that I think really illustrate

1092
00:57:52,760 --> 00:57:54,559
the value that the Okanagan Regional

1093
00:57:54,559 --> 00:57:57,760
Library brings to our community is um so

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00:57:57,760 --> 00:57:59,799
my section of the presentation is kind

1095
00:57:59,799 --> 00:58:02,720
of like si in our system as a whole

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00:58:02,720 --> 00:58:04,799
these are things that we provide and

1097
00:58:04,799 --> 00:58:06,559
then when christe speaks afterward

1098
00:58:06,559 --> 00:58:07,720
she'll talk about some of the

1099
00:58:07,720 --> 00:58:09,880
initiatives specifically Happening Here

1100
00:58:09,880 --> 00:58:12,480
in seminar and then my contact

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00:58:12,480 --> 00:58:13,760
information is at the end of the

1102
00:58:13,760 --> 00:58:15,920
presentation and if anyone wants to ask

1103
00:58:15,920 --> 00:58:18,640
me or Christie questions or tell us

1104
00:58:18,640 --> 00:58:20,400
anything you want to tell us at the end

1105
00:58:20,400 --> 00:58:24,000
I'm happy to hear that as well so um so

1106
00:58:24,000 --> 00:58:27,119
there we go told point this over here

1107
00:58:27,119 --> 00:58:28,920
okay so initiative number one that I

1108
00:58:28,920 --> 00:58:30,960
want to highlight is summer reading club

1109
00:58:30,960 --> 00:58:33,359
so when I did my presentations to all of

1110
00:58:33,359 --> 00:58:36,079
our member councils last year this was

1111
00:58:36,079 --> 00:58:39,400
the top program that um councils all

1112
00:58:39,400 --> 00:58:41,640
over the Okanogan and shoe swaps asked

1113
00:58:41,640 --> 00:58:44,799
about and commented on so and that's for

1114
00:58:44,799 --> 00:58:46,359
good reason because Summer Reading Club

1115
00:58:46,359 --> 00:58:48,960
is the number one most attended most

1116
00:58:48,960 --> 00:58:51,799
popular public program that the orl

1117
00:58:51,799 --> 00:58:54,920
provides so it's actually a provincewide

1118
00:58:54,920 --> 00:58:56,520
program

1119
00:58:56,520 --> 00:58:58,520
that happens every year in July and

1120
00:58:58,520 --> 00:59:02,079
August libraries all across BC and all

1121
00:59:02,079 --> 00:59:03,680
across Canada using a slightly different

1122
00:59:03,680 --> 00:59:05,960
model run a summer reading club to

1123
00:59:05,960 --> 00:59:07,839
encourage kids to keep on reading

1124
00:59:07,839 --> 00:59:10,079
keeping on learning keep coming into the

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00:59:10,079 --> 00:59:12,599
library over the summer so kids can come

1126
00:59:12,599 --> 00:59:14,440
into any branch they get a little

1127
00:59:14,440 --> 00:59:16,640
reading record these are the visuals

1128
00:59:16,640 --> 00:59:18,720
from last year uh was world of

1129
00:59:18,720 --> 00:59:20,599
Curiosities this year it's going to be

1130
00:59:20,599 --> 00:59:23,319
called color your summer um so kids get

1131
00:59:23,319 --> 00:59:25,119
a reading log they keep track of what

1132
00:59:25,119 --> 00:59:27,000
they've read and then when they hit

1133
00:59:27,000 --> 00:59:29,680
certain Milestones they get prizes and

1134
00:59:29,680 --> 00:59:31,760
they can also come into branches and

1135
00:59:31,760 --> 00:59:35,200
come to fun programs like magic shows

1136
00:59:35,200 --> 00:59:38,160
and last year we had the bug guy who

1137
00:59:38,160 --> 00:59:41,400
brought in um bugs and amphibians and

1138
00:59:41,400 --> 00:59:43,160
creepy crawlies that kids were really

1139
00:59:43,160 --> 00:59:45,680
excited to see and one of the reasons I

1140
00:59:45,680 --> 00:59:48,720
want to highlight this program is uh so

1141
00:59:48,720 --> 00:59:50,440
one of the things I often hear as the

1142
00:59:50,440 --> 00:59:52,880
Director of a library system is people

1143
00:59:52,880 --> 00:59:54,559
saying things along the lines of do

1144
00:59:54,559 --> 00:59:57,119
people even use libraries anymore more

1145
00:59:57,119 --> 00:59:59,480
uh which of course hurts hurts my soul

1146
00:59:59,480 --> 01:00:02,359
because I love the library um but so the

1147
01:00:02,359 --> 01:00:04,160
statistics I have up here really

1148
01:00:04,160 --> 01:00:06,280
illustrate the fact that yes people are

1149
01:00:06,280 --> 01:00:08,720
using public libraries actually more

1150
01:00:08,720 --> 01:00:11,000
than they ever have in the past so

1151
01:00:11,000 --> 01:00:13,920
summer reading club stats from

1152
01:00:13,920 --> 01:00:17,319
2024 um so in 2024 we had a

1153
01:00:17,319 --> 01:00:21,160
35% increase since the preo years so

1154
01:00:21,160 --> 01:00:23,280
there was a dip of course during covid

1155
01:00:23,280 --> 01:00:25,160
people weren't able to congregate out in

1156
01:00:25,160 --> 01:00:26,839
public they weren't able to come in and

1157
01:00:26,839 --> 01:00:29,039
browse books so there was a dip for a

1158
01:00:29,039 --> 01:00:33,680
few years but now 2024 we were 35%

1159
01:00:33,680 --> 01:00:35,880
higher participation than

1160
01:00:35,880 --> 01:00:39,359
pre-co um last year we had over 8,000

1161
01:00:39,359 --> 01:00:41,760
kids registered in summer reading club

1162
01:00:41,760 --> 01:00:43,559
that's across our whole system and

1163
01:00:43,559 --> 01:00:46,680
that's more than we've ever had before

1164
01:00:46,680 --> 01:00:48,920
and I should say also 2023 was more than

1165
01:00:48,920 --> 01:00:51,240
we had ever had before so it's really

1166
01:00:51,240 --> 01:00:54,240
like an increase each year and then

1167
01:00:54,240 --> 01:00:56,359
again 2024

1168
01:00:56,359 --> 01:00:59,240
um a little oh well almost

1169
01:00:59,240 --> 01:01:01,799
29,000 kids and parents attended

1170
01:01:01,799 --> 01:01:05,880
programs across our system so that is um

1171
01:01:05,880 --> 01:01:07,280
that's a lot of people it's a lot of

1172
01:01:07,280 --> 01:01:09,760
people coming out to hear story times

1173
01:01:09,760 --> 01:01:12,760
and read and come and interact with our

1174
01:01:12,760 --> 01:01:15,160
staff and enjoy our space and all the

1175
01:01:15,160 --> 01:01:16,720
things that we

1176
01:01:16,720 --> 01:01:20,119
provide that's Sumer Reading Club um one

1177
01:01:20,119 --> 01:01:22,240
of the other points that really came up

1178
01:01:22,240 --> 01:01:23,880
last year when I was visiting councils

1179
01:01:23,880 --> 01:01:25,960
and talking about Library service is our

1180
01:01:25,960 --> 01:01:29,359
electronic resources so people often

1181
01:01:29,359 --> 01:01:30,720
think about books when they think of the

1182
01:01:30,720 --> 01:01:32,880
library which is very accurate we have

1183
01:01:32,880 --> 01:01:35,440
hundreds of thousands of books um but we

1184
01:01:35,440 --> 01:01:37,960
also provide electronic resources so

1185
01:01:37,960 --> 01:01:40,359
those are mostly ebooks and E audio

1186
01:01:40,359 --> 01:01:43,079
books um that people can borrow on their

1187
01:01:43,079 --> 01:01:45,680
phones um or on their tablets on their

1188
01:01:45,680 --> 01:01:48,640
devices remotely uh and there's also

1189
01:01:48,640 --> 01:01:51,640
research materials magazines all kinds

1190
01:01:51,640 --> 01:01:55,319
of other electronic resources so again

1191
01:01:55,319 --> 01:01:58,039
this is whoops I skipped too

1192
01:01:58,039 --> 01:02:00,039
enthusiastically so again this is an

1193
01:02:00,039 --> 01:02:02,000
area that's really increasing so we're

1194
01:02:02,000 --> 01:02:04,200
seeing our physical book circulation is

1195
01:02:04,200 --> 01:02:06,200
slowly increasing that is also

1196
01:02:06,200 --> 01:02:09,599
increasing um but not by the same Leaps

1197
01:02:09,599 --> 01:02:12,559
and Bounds as our electronic usage so

1198
01:02:12,559 --> 01:02:15,680
again these are 2024 stats um that's our

1199
01:02:15,680 --> 01:02:18,480
last full year of course so in

1200
01:02:18,480 --> 01:02:21,480
2024 um we had just under

1201
01:02:21,480 --> 01:02:24,920
800,000 digital books borrowed um and

1202
01:02:24,920 --> 01:02:27,119
that's an 8.6 increase from the year

1203
01:02:27,119 --> 01:02:29,480
before so again each year we're seeing

1204
01:02:29,480 --> 01:02:31,640
this kind of increase in how much people

1205
01:02:31,640 --> 01:02:33,559
are reading

1206
01:02:33,559 --> 01:02:35,839
electronically and then audiobooks

1207
01:02:35,839 --> 01:02:38,440
listened to was almost 500,000

1208
01:02:38,440 --> 01:02:40,240
audiobooks were borrowed across our

1209
01:02:40,240 --> 01:02:43,400
system last year which is a 23% increase

1210
01:02:43,400 --> 01:02:46,799
which is a like a pretty steep increase

1211
01:02:46,799 --> 01:02:49,079
um and then we also added some more

1212
01:02:49,079 --> 01:02:51,319
digital magazines to our offerings last

1213
01:02:51,319 --> 01:02:53,720
year um and people really utilized those

1214
01:02:53,720 --> 01:02:56,960
so there was over 200,000 magazines were

1215
01:02:56,960 --> 01:03:00,480
borrowed last year across our

1216
01:03:00,480 --> 01:03:02,799
system and I realized with this next

1217
01:03:02,799 --> 01:03:05,039
initiative I forgot to bring in an

1218
01:03:05,039 --> 01:03:07,760
example I have an example in my car of

1219
01:03:07,760 --> 01:03:09,799
the library of things so I'm going to

1220
01:03:09,799 --> 01:03:12,240
act it out when we get to the next

1221
01:03:12,240 --> 01:03:14,760
slide but so one of the other

1222
01:03:14,760 --> 01:03:17,319
collections we've introduced uh is a

1223
01:03:17,319 --> 01:03:20,359
library of things collection so those

1224
01:03:20,359 --> 01:03:22,720
are things that are physical people can

1225
01:03:22,720 --> 01:03:25,000
check them out and take them home um but

1226
01:03:25,000 --> 01:03:27,000
they're not books there maybe not what

1227
01:03:27,000 --> 01:03:28,720
you traditionally imagine being in a

1228
01:03:28,720 --> 01:03:31,240
library so some of the images there

1229
01:03:31,240 --> 01:03:33,559
there's a picture of a radon detector

1230
01:03:33,559 --> 01:03:35,960
it's a little guy in the corner a a

1231
01:03:35,960 --> 01:03:38,000
number of robotic kits that are really

1232
01:03:38,000 --> 01:03:41,880
popular with kids um we have a dental

1233
01:03:41,880 --> 01:03:43,559
hygiene kit which is the one at the

1234
01:03:43,559 --> 01:03:46,599
bottom with the kind of creepy mouth um

1235
01:03:46,599 --> 01:03:48,520
a number of these kits we built in

1236
01:03:48,520 --> 01:03:50,960
partnership with other organizations so

1237
01:03:50,960 --> 01:03:53,000
for instance the dental hygiene one we

1238
01:03:53,000 --> 01:03:56,119
had support from Interior Health um so

1239
01:03:56,119 --> 01:03:58,079
that's a really neat aspect of this

1240
01:03:58,079 --> 01:04:00,279
collection and then the biggest image in

1241
01:04:00,279 --> 01:04:02,599
the center oh is the one that I have

1242
01:04:02,599 --> 01:04:03,799
sitting in my

1243
01:04:03,799 --> 01:04:08,079
car it's the um it's a braille kit so it

1244
01:04:08,079 --> 01:04:10,559
has tennis balls and what look like Lego

1245
01:04:10,559 --> 01:04:13,279
pieces and in fact they are Lego pieces

1246
01:04:13,279 --> 01:04:14,720
so I'm going to act it out because I

1247
01:04:14,720 --> 01:04:16,520
forgot to bring it but so it's a

1248
01:04:16,520 --> 01:04:18,680
Rubbermaid bin about the size of the top

1249
01:04:18,680 --> 01:04:21,640
of this Podium you lift off the lid

1250
01:04:21,640 --> 01:04:24,599
there are little containers of Lego

1251
01:04:24,599 --> 01:04:27,680
pieces those 6 by two those six square

1252
01:04:27,680 --> 01:04:30,880
Lego pieces you know 3x two and the

1253
01:04:30,880 --> 01:04:33,839
concept is that in the Braille alphabet

1254
01:04:33,839 --> 01:04:35,680
you can make every different letter of

1255
01:04:35,680 --> 01:04:38,279
the alphabet on a six

1256
01:04:38,279 --> 01:04:41,000
cube you know piece about as big as your

1257
01:04:41,000 --> 01:04:43,279
finger and depending where the dots on

1258
01:04:43,279 --> 01:04:45,680
the Lego are those represent different

1259
01:04:45,680 --> 01:04:48,480
letters so in that kit you have all the

1260
01:04:48,480 --> 01:04:50,200
different letters of the alphabet and

1261
01:04:50,200 --> 01:04:52,440
you can place them differently on a Lego

1262
01:04:52,440 --> 01:04:56,680
sheet and there's a a cu card that

1263
01:04:56,680 --> 01:04:58,480
explains what the different letters are

1264
01:04:58,480 --> 01:05:01,160
some books in Braille and then there's

1265
01:05:01,160 --> 01:05:03,960
also six tennis balls that sit in a

1266
01:05:03,960 --> 01:05:07,119
muffin tin that are like a big Braille

1267
01:05:07,119 --> 01:05:09,119
letter so if you're learning Braille you

1268
01:05:09,119 --> 01:05:11,760
can move the tennis balls into different

1269
01:05:11,760 --> 01:05:13,839
configurations and feel them with your

1270
01:05:13,839 --> 01:05:16,720
full hand and those represent different

1271
01:05:16,720 --> 01:05:19,000
Braille letters and I sincerely

1272
01:05:19,000 --> 01:05:22,440
apologize that I left the kit in my

1273
01:05:22,440 --> 01:05:26,200
car so library of things kits um at the

1274
01:05:26,200 --> 01:05:29,200
moment we have 22 different kits um they

1275
01:05:29,200 --> 01:05:31,880
are usually out in circulation so if you

1276
01:05:31,880 --> 01:05:33,799
put one on hold they will arrive for you

1277
01:05:33,799 --> 01:05:35,400
here at the Salmon Arm Branch but some

1278
01:05:35,400 --> 01:05:36,960
of them are popular and you might need

1279
01:05:36,960 --> 01:05:40,160
to wait a couple weeks uh in

1280
01:05:40,160 --> 01:05:43,880
2024 they circulated almost 2,000 times

1281
01:05:43,880 --> 01:05:45,640
and they're a really growing collections

1282
01:05:45,640 --> 01:05:47,680
so I anticipate these numbers are also

1283
01:05:47,680 --> 01:05:49,319
going to increase because we just

1284
01:05:49,319 --> 01:05:51,319
started building these kits a couple

1285
01:05:51,319 --> 01:05:53,599
years ago and then I went out of order

1286
01:05:53,599 --> 01:05:55,000
then I was supposed to do the show in

1287
01:05:55,000 --> 01:05:58,150
tell but

1288
01:05:58,160 --> 01:06:00,400
what a failure

1289
01:06:00,400 --> 01:06:02,760
okay the fourth thing I wanted to

1290
01:06:02,760 --> 01:06:05,039
highlight is the role that all of our

1291
01:06:05,039 --> 01:06:07,880
branches play as Community hubs and as

1292
01:06:07,880 --> 01:06:10,400
emergency lifelines so that plays out a

1293
01:06:10,400 --> 01:06:13,160
bit differently in our 30 different

1294
01:06:13,160 --> 01:06:16,160
branches so how we see that is in our

1295
01:06:16,160 --> 01:06:18,880
bigger Urban centers downtown Colona

1296
01:06:18,880 --> 01:06:21,760
downtown Vernon the library plays a

1297
01:06:21,760 --> 01:06:23,720
really active role in supporting the

1298
01:06:23,720 --> 01:06:26,520
unhoused population people often come in

1299
01:06:26,520 --> 01:06:29,119
and use the space as a warm safe space

1300
01:06:29,119 --> 01:06:31,920
to be um and then in our smaller more

1301
01:06:31,920 --> 01:06:35,760
rural locations we are often the only

1302
01:06:35,760 --> 01:06:38,680
public open space that people can come

1303
01:06:38,680 --> 01:06:41,640
in and spend time regardless of weather

1304
01:06:41,640 --> 01:06:42,920
regardless of whether they have any

1305
01:06:42,920 --> 01:06:46,039
money with them to buy coffee no

1306
01:06:46,039 --> 01:06:49,640
barriers um and then a specific aspect

1307
01:06:49,640 --> 01:06:51,960
of that is you know we live in a part of

1308
01:06:51,960 --> 01:06:54,200
the world that's being increasingly impa

1309
01:06:54,200 --> 01:06:56,839
impacted by climate change change in all

1310
01:06:56,839 --> 01:06:59,319
kinds of different ways um so our

1311
01:06:59,319 --> 01:07:01,400
libraries also play a really important

1312
01:07:01,400 --> 01:07:04,599
role during heat domes and cold snaps as

1313
01:07:04,599 --> 01:07:07,640
air conditioned public spaces and so in

1314
01:07:07,640 --> 01:07:09,920
some of our communities for instance

1315
01:07:09,920 --> 01:07:12,240
close by in um both Enderby and

1316
01:07:12,240 --> 01:07:16,039
Armstrong the orl has service agreements

1317
01:07:16,039 --> 01:07:18,720
with those two municipalities to be

1318
01:07:18,720 --> 01:07:21,279
official Heating and Cooling centers so

1319
01:07:21,279 --> 01:07:23,039
if that was something that Salmon Arm

1320
01:07:23,039 --> 01:07:25,760
was interested in pursuing by all means

1321
01:07:25,760 --> 01:07:27,480
get in contact with me and we could look

1322
01:07:27,480 --> 01:07:29,920
at if we wanted to do that so how it

1323
01:07:29,920 --> 01:07:34,559
works in um in Armstrong and Enderby is

1324
01:07:34,559 --> 01:07:37,760
that if there is um going to be a heat

1325
01:07:37,760 --> 01:07:40,160
Dome or a cold snap the city will

1326
01:07:40,160 --> 01:07:42,520
contact us the library if we have the

1327
01:07:42,520 --> 01:07:44,160
staff to do it we'll stay open

1328
01:07:44,160 --> 01:07:46,119
additional hours so maybe stay open

1329
01:07:46,119 --> 01:07:48,799
until 11: at night or stay open on

1330
01:07:48,799 --> 01:07:51,160
Sunday and then at the end of that

1331
01:07:51,160 --> 01:07:54,559
period Then the library would um invoice

1332
01:07:54,559 --> 01:07:57,000
the municipality for that additional

1333
01:07:57,000 --> 01:07:59,079
staff time that's all that we invoice

1334
01:07:59,079 --> 01:08:01,520
for because really the space is

1335
01:08:01,520 --> 01:08:04,000
available anyway so I just wanted to

1336
01:08:04,000 --> 01:08:07,799
highlight that um and then the final

1337
01:08:07,799 --> 01:08:10,039
thing this is my cue to soon hand things

1338
01:08:10,039 --> 01:08:12,839
over to Christie so most of our funding

1339
01:08:12,839 --> 01:08:14,839
is Municipal as I think you're all aware

1340
01:08:14,839 --> 01:08:16,719
I talked about our funding model when I

1341
01:08:16,719 --> 01:08:19,679
came out last year uh but about 15% of

1342
01:08:19,679 --> 01:08:21,719
our funding comes from the provincial

1343
01:08:21,719 --> 01:08:23,759
government I would love for that to be

1344
01:08:23,759 --> 01:08:26,400
more but that's what it is at the moment

1345
01:08:26,400 --> 01:08:29,040
um a couple years ago we did receive an

1346
01:08:29,040 --> 01:08:31,080
additional chunk of funding from The

1347
01:08:31,080 --> 01:08:32,480
Province called the provincial

1348
01:08:32,480 --> 01:08:34,640
enhancement Grant and so one of the

1349
01:08:34,640 --> 01:08:36,679
things that I've taken very seriously as

1350
01:08:36,679 --> 01:08:39,000
CEO is making sure that a portion of

1351
01:08:39,000 --> 01:08:41,359
that funding gets out to each of our

1352
01:08:41,359 --> 01:08:44,880
branches uh and so at that queue I'm

1353
01:08:44,880 --> 01:08:46,279
going to invite Christy to come up and

1354
01:08:46,279 --> 01:08:47,600
she's going to tell you what's happening

1355
01:08:47,600 --> 01:08:51,000
here in samon arm thank you Danielle and

1356
01:08:51,000 --> 01:08:53,359
welcome

1357
01:08:53,359 --> 01:08:55,719
Christie good afternoon everybody it's

1358
01:08:55,719 --> 01:08:58,880
nice to see you all uh I just wanted to

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01:08:58,880 --> 01:09:01,400
share a few of the branch initiatives

1360
01:09:01,400 --> 01:09:04,600
that we have um we are lucky to be one

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01:09:04,600 --> 01:09:06,520
of the recipients of the provincial

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01:09:06,520 --> 01:09:09,560
enhancement Grant and we will be getting

1363
01:09:09,560 --> 01:09:13,000
new flooring finally to replace our very

1364
01:09:13,000 --> 01:09:15,440
well-loved carpeting uh that we've been

1365
01:09:15,440 --> 01:09:17,759
stepping on for many years we are hoping

1366
01:09:17,759 --> 01:09:20,080
to have a lovely gray carpet throughout

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01:09:20,080 --> 01:09:23,759
the branch and a wood tone vinyl plank

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01:09:23,759 --> 01:09:26,440
in the children's area we don't have an

1369
01:09:26,440 --> 01:09:28,920
anticipated start date for that yet but

1370
01:09:28,920 --> 01:09:30,839
should be sometime this year so we're

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01:09:30,839 --> 01:09:34,080
very very excited about that and just a

1372
01:09:34,080 --> 01:09:37,120
touch on what uh Danielle had shown you

1373
01:09:37,120 --> 01:09:39,080
with uh the Braille

1374
01:09:39,080 --> 01:09:41,799
kit um one of the programs I'd like to

1375
01:09:41,799 --> 01:09:45,400
highlight is called no barriers and

1376
01:09:45,400 --> 01:09:48,920
exploring options for Low Vision reading

1377
01:09:48,920 --> 01:09:50,839
so reading changes throughout your life

1378
01:09:50,839 --> 01:09:53,560
including how you read we're going to be

1379
01:09:53,560 --> 01:09:55,920
having our access services Department

1380
01:09:55,920 --> 01:09:57,840
come to the Salmon Arm branch and

1381
01:09:57,840 --> 01:10:00,159
they're going to Showcase different

1382
01:10:00,159 --> 01:10:03,120
Technologies uh to keep you or someone

1383
01:10:03,120 --> 01:10:06,280
you know reading uh so you can discover

1384
01:10:06,280 --> 01:10:07,880
how to make the Libby app more

1385
01:10:07,880 --> 01:10:10,520
accessible what Daisy players and discs

1386
01:10:10,520 --> 01:10:12,760
are and they're going to Showcase other

1387
01:10:12,760 --> 01:10:16,640
Technologies for print disabled readers

1388
01:10:16,640 --> 01:10:19,440
so that's happening Thursday April 24th

1389
01:10:19,440 --> 01:10:21,760
in the afternoon uh and I'll just have a

1390
01:10:21,760 --> 01:10:23,560
table at the front of the library to

1391
01:10:23,560 --> 01:10:26,400
Showcase some of those uh really cool

1392
01:10:26,400 --> 01:10:28,520
things that we have at the library to

1393
01:10:28,520 --> 01:10:30,800
help people continue to

1394
01:10:30,800 --> 01:10:34,080
read uh starting this year we have a

1395
01:10:34,080 --> 01:10:37,640
monthly Library drum circle so just one

1396
01:10:37,640 --> 01:10:39,520
of the fun programs I wanted to

1397
01:10:39,520 --> 01:10:41,560
highlight uh where people can learn

1398
01:10:41,560 --> 01:10:45,080
about hand drumming and join in we have

1399
01:10:45,080 --> 01:10:47,640
a few loner drums for folks who would

1400
01:10:47,640 --> 01:10:50,120
like to try it out so of course like

1401
01:10:50,120 --> 01:10:51,880
everything else in the library it's free

1402
01:10:51,880 --> 01:10:54,440
to join uh Daniel got to see it

1403
01:10:54,440 --> 01:10:56,040
firsthand this after afternoon so today

1404
01:10:56,040 --> 01:10:57,760
is a drumming day and you can tell when

1405
01:10:57,760 --> 01:10:59,800
you walk into the mall that it is a

1406
01:10:59,800 --> 01:11:01,640
drumming day because you'll hear some

1407
01:11:01,640 --> 01:11:03,239
lovely rhythmic

1408
01:11:03,239 --> 01:11:05,760
thumping uh the staff that work at the

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01:11:05,760 --> 01:11:07,960
library uh we all Bop along to it while

1410
01:11:07,960 --> 01:11:09,000
we're

1411
01:11:09,000 --> 01:11:11,880
working um we had the friends of the

1412
01:11:11,880 --> 01:11:14,400
library book sale this Friday and

1413
01:11:14,400 --> 01:11:17,320
Saturday very successful they will be

1414
01:11:17,320 --> 01:11:19,600
having their annual general meeting at

1415
01:11:19,600 --> 01:11:22,440
the Salmon Arm Branch next month on

1416
01:11:22,440 --> 01:11:24,239
Monday April

1417
01:11:24,239 --> 01:11:27,400
28th our friends fundraise and advocate

1418
01:11:27,400 --> 01:11:30,120
for the Salmon Arm and South shush SWAT

1419
01:11:30,120 --> 01:11:33,280
branches um and they Advocate spread the

1420
01:11:33,280 --> 01:11:35,400
word about the library and our programs

1421
01:11:35,400 --> 01:11:39,120
and events so membership is $5 a year so

1422
01:11:39,120 --> 01:11:41,840
that's something that uh anyone can join

1423
01:11:41,840 --> 01:11:43,520
and we hope that you

1424
01:11:43,520 --> 01:11:47,280
do and then uh one last thing to note is

1425
01:11:47,280 --> 01:11:49,400
uh the city of Salmon Arm will be

1426
01:11:49,400 --> 01:11:51,880
featuring the library in one of their

1427
01:11:51,880 --> 01:11:54,760
social media videos next month so you

1428
01:11:54,760 --> 01:11:58,000
will see uh mayor Harrison and myself

1429
01:11:58,000 --> 01:12:01,679
online maybe we'll do puppets we'll talk

1430
01:12:01,679 --> 01:12:04,800
but yeah thank you very much sounds

1431
01:12:04,800 --> 01:12:06,280
great thank you very much looking

1432
01:12:06,280 --> 01:12:09,159
forward to that do I get to pick my

1433
01:12:09,159 --> 01:12:11,520
puppet oh of

1434
01:12:11,520 --> 01:12:13,960
course thank you thank you to both of

1435
01:12:13,960 --> 01:12:16,199
you um for sharing all the great things

1436
01:12:16,199 --> 01:12:18,280
that are happening in the library I will

1437
01:12:18,280 --> 01:12:20,440
open it up to counselors for any

1438
01:12:20,440 --> 01:12:23,120
comments or if they have questions at

1439
01:12:23,120 --> 01:12:25,880
all counselor lingren

1440
01:12:25,880 --> 01:12:27,520
thanks your worship as the rep on the

1441
01:12:27,520 --> 01:12:29,800
Okanagan Regional Library board um I

1442
01:12:29,800 --> 01:12:31,280
just so appreciate the work that the

1443
01:12:31,280 --> 01:12:33,600
libraries are doing I think um knowing

1444
01:12:33,600 --> 01:12:36,920
that Canada is among the has the highest

1445
01:12:36,920 --> 01:12:38,600
is among the countries with the highest

1446
01:12:38,600 --> 01:12:43,239
literacy rates in the world uh we cannot

1447
01:12:43,239 --> 01:12:46,560
um uh understate the importance of

1448
01:12:46,560 --> 01:12:48,760
libraries in that in bringing free

1449
01:12:48,760 --> 01:12:52,320
education and literacy to everybody in

1450
01:12:52,320 --> 01:12:55,239
this country everyone has equal access

1451
01:12:55,239 --> 01:12:56,600
and so I just wanted to say thank you

1452
01:12:56,600 --> 01:12:57,760
very much for the work that the

1453
01:12:57,760 --> 01:13:00,360
libraries do and for making that

1454
01:13:00,360 --> 01:13:02,600
possible thank you councelor lingren and

1455
01:13:02,600 --> 01:13:04,159
thank you for being our rep on the

1456
01:13:04,159 --> 01:13:06,360
regional board councelor Wallace

1457
01:13:06,360 --> 01:13:08,679
Richmond yeah thank thanks you both for

1458
01:13:08,679 --> 01:13:12,440
the presentation um so appreciate uh the

1459
01:13:12,440 --> 01:13:15,639
library uh just on behalf of uh the

1460
01:13:15,639 --> 01:13:17,679
social impact advisory committee I

1461
01:13:17,679 --> 01:13:19,719
wanted to say thank you to Christie for

1462
01:13:19,719 --> 01:13:22,280
continuing to work and partner with uh

1463
01:13:22,280 --> 01:13:23,800
the agencies that help our most

1464
01:13:23,800 --> 01:13:25,480
vulnerable including the of course the

1465
01:13:25,480 --> 01:13:27,880
library so that uh

1466
01:13:27,880 --> 01:13:31,600
collaboration um as well with many other

1467
01:13:31,600 --> 01:13:33,960
organizations is very much appreciated

1468
01:13:33,960 --> 01:13:36,639
and certainly adds to the fact that the

1469
01:13:36,639 --> 01:13:40,000
library is a community Hub so thank you

1470
01:13:40,000 --> 01:13:42,760
thank you councelor Wallace

1471
01:13:42,760 --> 01:13:44,960
Richmond don't see other any other

1472
01:13:44,960 --> 01:13:46,560
speakers I'll just make my comment first

1473
01:13:46,560 --> 01:13:48,719
of all it's really it's heartwarming

1474
01:13:48,719 --> 01:13:50,159
actually to see the summer reading

1475
01:13:50,159 --> 01:13:53,600
program and uh the increase in numbers

1476
01:13:53,600 --> 01:13:56,360
um there uh

1477
01:13:56,360 --> 01:13:58,480
my parents used to take me to summer

1478
01:13:58,480 --> 01:13:59,920
reading program here in Salmon Arm in

1479
01:13:59,920 --> 01:14:02,760
the library way back and so

1480
01:14:02,760 --> 01:14:05,719
um and as a former principal parents

1481
01:14:05,719 --> 01:14:09,560
used to ask me how how can I encourage

1482
01:14:09,560 --> 01:14:11,320
my kids to

1483
01:14:11,320 --> 01:14:16,040
read and my answer was always

1484
01:14:16,040 --> 01:14:19,360
read um and I know my parents when we

1485
01:14:19,360 --> 01:14:21,679
went to some reading program I would get

1486
01:14:21,679 --> 01:14:24,040
my books but they would get theirs and

1487
01:14:24,040 --> 01:14:26,199
then they would read their books

1488
01:14:26,199 --> 01:14:27,040
and

1489
01:14:27,040 --> 01:14:29,440
so if you're on your phone your parents

1490
01:14:29,440 --> 01:14:30,520
or your kids are going to want to be on

1491
01:14:30,520 --> 01:14:32,320
their phone if you're reading a book

1492
01:14:32,320 --> 01:14:34,120
They're going to want to do it so really

1493
01:14:34,120 --> 01:14:35,880
appreciate your encouragement in that

1494
01:14:35,880 --> 01:14:38,440
way the the other piece is just your

1495
01:14:38,440 --> 01:14:41,600
pivot and Innovation I mean 25 years ago

1496
01:14:41,600 --> 01:14:43,199
if you heard drums coming out of a

1497
01:14:43,199 --> 01:14:45,199
library that would be quite unusual

1498
01:14:45,199 --> 01:14:47,840
there were quiet spaces now it's ukulele

1499
01:14:47,840 --> 01:14:50,080
drums all kinds of great stuff happening

1500
01:14:50,080 --> 01:14:51,960
there so thank you thank you for what

1501
01:14:51,960 --> 01:14:55,800
you're doing there ccer Canon thank you

1502
01:14:55,800 --> 01:14:58,239
and I just it kind of twigged with our

1503
01:14:58,239 --> 01:15:00,600
mayor saying that his parents used to

1504
01:15:00,600 --> 01:15:02,840
take him to the library because I was

1505
01:15:02,840 --> 01:15:05,040
telling my grandchildren because I had

1506
01:15:05,040 --> 01:15:07,840
them at the library uh that the library

1507
01:15:07,840 --> 01:15:11,080
used to be when I was a kid at the art

1508
01:15:11,080 --> 01:15:13,520
gallery they're like the art gallery

1509
01:15:13,520 --> 01:15:15,480
used to be the library and I was like

1510
01:15:15,480 --> 01:15:17,520
yep that's where the LI Library used to

1511
01:15:17,520 --> 01:15:21,360
be so it's great to uh hear you know all

1512
01:15:21,360 --> 01:15:24,239
the different programs and how you're

1513
01:15:24,239 --> 01:15:26,000
capturing all the different groups at

1514
01:15:26,000 --> 01:15:28,800
the library so it's a great that we have

1515
01:15:28,800 --> 01:15:30,719
that in our community so thank you for

1516
01:15:30,719 --> 01:15:32,120
everything that you

1517
01:15:32,120 --> 01:15:34,040
do and thank you for coming and

1518
01:15:34,040 --> 01:15:36,000
presenting to us we uh we always

1519
01:15:36,000 --> 01:15:37,960
appreciate you being here so thank

1520
01:15:37,960 --> 01:15:40,360
you well and thank you all for your time

1521
01:15:40,360 --> 01:15:42,400
too have a good rest of your meeting

1522
01:15:42,400 --> 01:15:44,320
thank

1523
01:15:44,320 --> 01:15:46,960
you okay counselors we're at Council

1524
01:15:46,960 --> 01:15:48,960
statements if any counselor has a

1525
01:15:48,960 --> 01:15:50,280
statement they wish to share now would

1526
01:15:50,280 --> 01:15:52,280
be a good time councelor Wallace

1527
01:15:52,280 --> 01:15:56,000
Richmond thank you thank you um just a

1528
01:15:56,000 --> 01:15:58,520
quick um early update from the uh

1529
01:15:58,520 --> 01:16:00,080
Federation of can Canadian

1530
01:16:00,080 --> 01:16:02,639
municipalities board meeting uh held in

1531
01:16:02,639 --> 01:16:04,960
Montreal last week first of all uh

1532
01:16:04,960 --> 01:16:07,280
grateful as ever for the opportunity for

1533
01:16:07,280 --> 01:16:10,400
for samon arm to be at that table

1534
01:16:10,400 --> 01:16:13,679
unexpectedly I I'm you know not

1535
01:16:13,679 --> 01:16:17,560
unexpectedly I mean lots of talks about

1536
01:16:17,560 --> 01:16:20,960
tariffs lots of talks about trade lot of

1537
01:16:20,960 --> 01:16:23,880
talks about election Readiness so there

1538
01:16:23,880 --> 01:16:27,000
will be a series of tools that we will

1539
01:16:27,000 --> 01:16:29,760
have at our disposal as members moving

1540
01:16:29,760 --> 01:16:33,760
forward um as we uh go through this

1541
01:16:33,760 --> 01:16:36,000
difficult uh these challenging

1542
01:16:36,000 --> 01:16:38,480
times but in general it's really the

1543
01:16:38,480 --> 01:16:42,040
messaging um that Canadian communities

1544
01:16:42,040 --> 01:16:44,920
are the engine of national prosperity

1545
01:16:44,920 --> 01:16:48,440
and so they're calling for

1546
01:16:48,440 --> 01:16:51,960
um Federal parties to recognize the

1547
01:16:51,960 --> 01:16:53,719
power of community building whether it

1548
01:16:53,719 --> 01:16:56,360
be infrastructure projects to continuing

1549
01:16:56,360 --> 01:17:00,360
to support housing uh National utility

1550
01:17:00,360 --> 01:17:03,120
corridors uh big nation building

1551
01:17:03,120 --> 01:17:07,199
projects and so um keep an eye on your

1552
01:17:07,199 --> 01:17:10,960
fcm communic that you get on your email

1553
01:17:10,960 --> 01:17:12,440
and if you don't get it please do sign

1554
01:17:12,440 --> 01:17:16,560
up it's very informative and uh again

1555
01:17:16,560 --> 01:17:18,239
always a pleasure to be there on behalf

1556
01:17:18,239 --> 01:17:21,679
of of Salmon Arm we are making a

1557
01:17:21,679 --> 01:17:25,520
difference and um I'm very proud of

1558
01:17:25,520 --> 01:17:28,800
representing us at that table thank you

1559
01:17:28,800 --> 01:17:30,320
thank you councelor Wallace Richmond

1560
01:17:30,320 --> 01:17:31,760
really appreciate it and you do a

1561
01:17:31,760 --> 01:17:34,800
fantastic job so thank you so much any

1562
01:17:34,800 --> 01:17:37,040
other Council statements

1563
01:17:37,040 --> 01:17:39,880
today councelor Flynn thank you worship

1564
01:17:39,880 --> 01:17:41,679
I'd be remiss if I didn't make a quick

1565
01:17:41,679 --> 01:17:44,960
comment um thanking the roots and blues

1566
01:17:44,960 --> 01:17:47,480
Organization for what looks like an

1567
01:17:47,480 --> 01:17:50,679
unbelievable lineup coming up in July

1568
01:17:50,679 --> 01:17:53,560
one of my all-time favorite artists who

1569
01:17:53,560 --> 01:17:55,040
used to be the lead singer the guest gu

1570
01:17:55,040 --> 01:17:58,719
who Burton Cummings um is highlighting

1571
01:17:58,719 --> 01:18:00,960
or headlining on Saturday but the rest

1572
01:18:00,960 --> 01:18:03,280
of the lineup looks just amazing Colin

1573
01:18:03,280 --> 01:18:06,960
James and many others so uh exciting

1574
01:18:06,960 --> 01:18:09,280
lineup invite your friends invite your

1575
01:18:09,280 --> 01:18:12,840
family and uh enjoy an awesome Festival

1576
01:18:12,840 --> 01:18:14,239
in the middle of the

1577
01:18:14,239 --> 01:18:16,520
summer thank you councelor Flynn yeah

1578
01:18:16,520 --> 01:18:18,520
that's quite a lineup

1579
01:18:18,520 --> 01:18:21,719
wow I don't see any other Council

1580
01:18:21,719 --> 01:18:23,679
statements I'll just maybe make a couple

1581
01:18:23,679 --> 01:18:27,000
of quick items um feel very fortunate to

1582
01:18:27,000 --> 01:18:29,360
be invited to special things that happen

1583
01:18:29,360 --> 01:18:32,040
in our community and I think a lots of

1584
01:18:32,040 --> 01:18:36,000
you are aware of the uh the new dry Kiln

1585
01:18:36,000 --> 01:18:38,360
that's just opened at uh canoe Forest

1586
01:18:38,360 --> 01:18:40,880
Products and it's kind of neat because

1587
01:18:40,880 --> 01:18:44,040
about two years ago we made a motion to

1588
01:18:44,040 --> 01:18:47,320
write a letter here to help Gorman

1589
01:18:47,320 --> 01:18:50,400
Brothers get a a provincial Grant to

1590
01:18:50,400 --> 01:18:53,880
help them with the um being able to

1591
01:18:53,880 --> 01:18:58,120
afford this D kill as did n gonth uh

1592
01:18:58,120 --> 01:19:01,080
band and a number of other users they

1593
01:19:01,080 --> 01:19:04,000
did get a $2 million provincial Grant um

1594
01:19:04,000 --> 01:19:07,360
the cost of the actual Kil was about 14

1595
01:19:07,360 --> 01:19:09,760
million some of you also I think have

1596
01:19:09,760 --> 01:19:13,040
toured there when the old dryer Kil was

1597
01:19:13,040 --> 01:19:14,440
there and we were explained how they're

1598
01:19:14,440 --> 01:19:17,040
going to have to build the roof remove

1599
01:19:17,040 --> 01:19:19,520
the old dryer put the new dryer

1600
01:19:19,520 --> 01:19:24,199
in without any operation loss incredible

1601
01:19:24,199 --> 01:19:26,800
feet of engineering um and so it was a

1602
01:19:26,800 --> 01:19:29,120
real privilege to be there uh Minister

1603
01:19:29,120 --> 01:19:32,360
from The Province was there as well um

1604
01:19:32,360 --> 01:19:36,920
and you know they recognize at Gorman's

1605
01:19:36,920 --> 01:19:40,000
that you have to innovate and every

1606
01:19:40,000 --> 01:19:42,719
little change enables you um to be

1607
01:19:42,719 --> 01:19:44,920
financially viable and so this is a

1608
01:19:44,920 --> 01:19:47,760
really important change for them and uh

1609
01:19:47,760 --> 01:19:49,320
yeah you maybe get a chance to go in

1610
01:19:49,320 --> 01:19:52,360
there at some time a couple of other

1611
01:19:52,360 --> 01:19:54,880
quick events uh I know some of you are

1612
01:19:54,880 --> 01:19:59,600
at uh the art center for Tracy Ker's uh

1613
01:19:59,600 --> 01:20:02,800
um farewell and celebration on on

1614
01:20:02,800 --> 01:20:06,080
Saturday and uh um Tracy uh handled

1615
01:20:06,080 --> 01:20:08,480
herself as you would expect in Tracy

1616
01:20:08,480 --> 01:20:11,880
fashion and just uh um so gracious her

1617
01:20:11,880 --> 01:20:14,280
family was there and many others so um

1618
01:20:14,280 --> 01:20:16,600
it was a really wonderful send off and

1619
01:20:16,600 --> 01:20:18,960
privilege to be there and on the same

1620
01:20:18,960 --> 01:20:22,040
day was 55 plus um activity centers

1621
01:20:22,040 --> 01:20:23,159
volunteer

1622
01:20:23,159 --> 01:20:26,159
recognition um what a facility that is

1623
01:20:26,159 --> 01:20:27,960
it's run entirely by volunteers there

1624
01:20:27,960 --> 01:20:29,080
must have been a hundred of them there

1625
01:20:29,080 --> 01:20:34,440
for lunch and uh um they have fun um

1626
01:20:34,440 --> 01:20:36,400
they have activities but most of all

1627
01:20:36,400 --> 01:20:40,400
they socialize and that piece for those

1628
01:20:40,400 --> 01:20:43,120
seniors especially who are either alone

1629
01:20:43,120 --> 01:20:45,920
or lonely and I understand those because

1630
01:20:45,920 --> 01:20:47,800
I've had parents in my family in that

1631
01:20:47,800 --> 01:20:50,800
boat they are really supplying um such

1632
01:20:50,800 --> 01:20:54,320
an important um need feeling such a need

1633
01:20:54,320 --> 01:20:55,719
there and there's everything from

1634
01:20:55,719 --> 01:20:58,000
Canasta to Zumba happening in that in

1635
01:20:58,000 --> 01:21:01,239
that facility so uh um thank you to all

1636
01:21:01,239 --> 01:21:02,760
the people that work

1637
01:21:02,760 --> 01:21:06,040
there any other

1638
01:21:06,040 --> 01:21:08,960
Council

1639
01:21:08,960 --> 01:21:13,040
statements okay seeing none we are at

1640
01:21:13,040 --> 01:21:15,159
our question and answer period does

1641
01:21:15,159 --> 01:21:17,600
anyone have a question for us anyone

1642
01:21:17,600 --> 01:21:19,719
with us virtually or in the gallery who

1643
01:21:19,719 --> 01:21:21,199
would like to ask Council a question

1644
01:21:21,199 --> 01:21:25,590
today

1645
01:21:25,600 --> 01:21:28,120
okay

1646
01:21:28,120 --> 01:21:30,880
um before we adjourn this meeting we

1647
01:21:30,880 --> 01:21:32,840
have an item in in camera that we have

1648
01:21:32,840 --> 01:21:34,600
to go to so I would entertain a motion

1649
01:21:34,600 --> 01:21:37,199
from a counselor to move in camera

1650
01:21:37,199 --> 01:21:38,960
councelor Canon councelor Flynn thank

1651
01:21:38,960 --> 01:21:41,040
you all those in

1652
01:21:41,040 --> 01:21:43,760
favor that passes unanimously thank you

1653
01:21:43,760 --> 01:21:45,120
very much for your attendance members of

1654
01:21:45,120 --> 01:21:48,560
the public today