[0:00] what oh well good morning and Welcome to our summer coffee with Council session I

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[1:49] into the microphone we want to get to as many questions as possible and so try to

[1:54] be as concise as possible so um

[2:00] we have some submitted questions but do we maybe we should start with some

[2:04] questions from the audience and then we can deal with some of the concerns or

[2:08] questions you might have so if you have a question feel free to put your hand up

[2:13] and then we'll talk about the questions that have been submitted we have a

[2:17] question over here from

[2:24] Linda uh I have a question about um mowing uh

[2:30] I realized mowing may have been cut down and that's fine but uh I live in

[2:36] Glennwood the Forgotten area of Strathmore which has been there since

[2:41] 1955 and when they come to Mo they always send a team afterward to

[2:48] do the trim around the trees Etc so the first time they mowed this year it was

[2:53] done promptly the second time it was 3 days later and today it is day eight

[2:58] from when they mowed the lawn in Glenwood and there's been no trim done

[3:03] so I was hoping that Donna McCallum would be here or somebody that anyway if

[3:08] somebody can answer my question at some point thank you um I'll turn to one of

[3:12] the staff members Jamie who is our director of infrastructure and

[3:19] operations uh good morning my name is Jamie dugdale director of uh

[3:23] infrastructure operations and development services so I'll share that

[3:25] with Donna um I think uh we'd like to have a better standard than that so I do

[3:30] apologize so I'll share that with Donna mcallum and make sure that we do a

[3:33] little better job at kind of returning to do that trimming so I'll definitely

[3:36] share that with her yeah I'll share that with

[3:43] her thank you are there other questions oh we have a question from Clara and the

[3:48] gentleman in yellow or lime green thank you good morning good

[3:54] morning uh I have um been over to the new

[4:00] at the uh garbage disposal site and I was uh recycling sorry yeah and I was uh

[4:09] quite surprised because I haven't been there for quite some time and I uh I'm

[4:15] so used to go to the hwad one and I was quite shocked coming to uh

[4:23] what now has apparently been what town is utilizing

[4:29] uh first of all I don't or we don't use uh the bin

[4:34] system because uh I find it inconvenient for me because I have six boxes or seven

[4:40] or more you know with one with soft plastic one with h plastic and so on and

[4:47] so on so I used to go to hwad and just within few minutes have it all dumped in

[4:52] from my blue boxes into the various ones and now I came to what

[5:00] at the present is what the town is running and I'm kind of questioning uh

[5:07] why are we now having that one compared to what seemed to work very very well uh

[5:13] with the hits uh because first of all I'm a short person and I cannot get up

[5:21] to those uh little rectangle places and dump in my uh

[5:29] garbage no matter what it is the only thing that

[5:32] was available was just a dumb inin was the soft plastic one all the other ones

[5:36] was impossible for me to do especially if it was a windy day you know it would

[5:40] be blowing all over the place and I can't reside so my question is uh why

[5:47] have we gone from the hawed service or to what apparently now is what the town

[5:55] provides on the south side of our okay thank you and you're not the first first

[5:59] person who's asked us that as far as the height of the bins I know our coo and I

[6:04] have talked and U one of the one of the options that would help maybe and I can

[6:09] ask you if it would help is if if there were stairs at those new Bins with that

[6:13] well there is a little step stools or whatever it is you need a l but yeah but

[6:18] also I cannot take my containers and dump them in you know as we were able to

[6:26] do previously okay because you have to stand and take one item out at a time

[6:31] and reach up into those little slots okay um is there someone on staff I can

[6:37] turn to as far as uh the change from hookstead to Blue Planet as far as

[6:42] Recycling and then what we can do as far as the bin Heights and uh seniors who

[6:48] need to get up to the uh bins to get rid of their

[6:52] recyclables uh good morning again so the reason we we switch recycling locations

[6:58] uh was we switched to Blue Planet they're a different contractor that's

[7:01] collecting garbage uh for us and running the recycle yard so uh like the mayor

[7:07] said we can certainly look at how that's working for people or not working for

[7:11] people and perhaps make some changes so we did we went from Waste Management to

[7:16] Blue Planet as the provider so that required us to change the location of

[7:19] the recycle Depot but if uh residents are having problems getting their

[7:23] recycles put there then we can certainly look at better solutions to allow people

[7:27] to do that more easy easily

[7:35] okay

[7:44] so sure and and I mean Our intention is to improve service so that's why we'll

[7:48] look at that but every every certain amount of years when a contract is over

[7:51] we do a what we call an RFP so we go out to Market and then private companies

[7:56] will respond to that RFP and we'll look at all the submissions and we make a

[7:59] decision based on who gives us the best submission so that's kind of why that

[8:03] changed um obviously our desire is that service will remain the same or get

[8:08] better so that's why I'll take that away and and we'll look at how we can make

[8:11] the recycle Depot look better for

[8:20] you

[8:24] uh yeah yeah sure if you give me a few weeks a couple of months uh and I know I

[8:30] have to talk with my manager of infrastructure first and talk about

[8:33] Solutions and we have to look at what that might cost and how to Source them

[8:36] but uh we can definitely take that away and hopefully in a month or two you'll

[8:39] see a

[8:46] difference attention thank you now we uh live over on Lakeside views and we have

[8:55] our little uh Garden here your p in front of us uh a couple of years ago I

[9:03] think it is now we had um some tree pruning service that the town hired

[9:11] apparently to take down dead trees and and so on now at the moment and it has

[9:18] been there for all the time we have been here in town uh a big poer tree on the

[9:24] south end of the the Garden area and uh I just took a walk to the

[9:31] Garden area this morning and I'm quite disappointed

[9:36] really of what a beautiful area we have in there and

[9:41] how it seems to be not being able to to be be

[9:46] kept all the dead branches from that tree because so many many of the

[9:52] branches is dead and they are laying all over the the ground and of course that

[9:58] doesn't make it any better but also we

[10:03] have quite a few Park staff young people that comes to work and they come in now

[10:10] we were not around in the early spring as they start to to do the maintenance

[10:16] work but I've been kind of watching it over the years that we've been here and

[10:22] uh who is in charge of educating those young ones and supervising them and

[10:29] guiding to to what to do because nowadays they seem to kind of come in a

[10:34] group with a truck park the truck and then four or five or six of them comes

[10:41] out and I think they need some guidance and supervision to be able to be

[10:47] utilizing the time and the effort the town put into to try to keep a a parks

[10:53] and they is be beautified because I think the resources

[10:59] is there but I'm just kind of questioning are anybody going out and

[11:04] and giving the instruction on and why to do because you can't expect the young

[11:09] ones to be able to just kind of come and know everything

[11:14] so quite often they kind of sit there and uh having a good time and of course

[11:19] they're picking some here and there but uh when you have to get to the bottom of

[11:24] weed you just don't pull you get in and and get to the main CLA I can tell you

[11:32] that I I had an informal talk with Donna mallum who's in charge of the U the park

[11:38] staff Ground St and uh she's um she's got in her mind some things to do she

[11:43] wants to spend more time mentoring and working with the young people so it's on

[11:47] our radar and uh I'm sure Donna mallum will uh will be a positive force with

[11:53] those with those workers well they are wonderful bunch of young ones it's just

[11:57] that I feel that they are not educated enough to be able to to really

[12:03] yeah I just want to assure you that that Don is aware and she's she's uh going to

[12:08] spend time working with her staff and M we appreciate that I think it was be

[12:12] beneficial for everything and everybody thank you very much thank you Claire if

[12:17] I can just follow up on that too you know one of the things that uh that's

[12:21] really useful for Donna because you know she she now our town is growing and this

[12:26] has been a really bad year for for um um winter kill there was a lot of winter

[12:32] kill and um and one of the things that really helps is if uh if people

[12:38] communicate through the communication form it's not always convenient for for

[12:42] people you know if you if you don't like uh using computers you don't you don't

[12:47] necessarily uh think that's your best thing but one of the things that you can

[12:52] do you can you can always just you can phone any one of the counselors our our

[12:56] numbers are are public or uh and ask us to do it too and and if you give us a

[13:01] date like Lakeside Muse and we know in the corner and now on the town property

[13:05] there's Deadfall and if she knows that she she's very very more likely don't

[13:11] don't except in the case of Linda who just took eight days to get mowing done

[13:15] um and uh and there's and Donna probably has a rational reason it's probably due

[13:19] to the freaking Water Crisis that she's been dealing with but but it's good for

[13:23] them to know because then it's recorded then they know they have your statement

[13:28] and it's now expectation that that there is a followup and that something happens

[13:32] so that citizen communication for is is really useful I know councelor langmaid

[13:37] is really good she she um guides lots and lots of people through it too to uh

[13:43] to get to where it needs to do it so we'll definitely do that we' be happy to

[13:46] do that and I know that Donna would be grateful to know because it really helps

[13:51] her

[13:55] yeah and and you know that and you're you're not alone you know that that it's

[13:58] not not it's not um the easiest to navigate for sure

[14:08] so this is informal and this is really good

[14:14] yeah no you've made no mistake but but if it happens again if it happens again

[14:19] you know

[14:22] yeah yeah no this you've made no mistake no this is exactly the place to bring it

[14:28] and and uh and if we can make that process easier for you when it happens

[14:31] or should it happen again

[14:35] yeah y well that's

[14:42] important it is beautiful

[14:47] yeah yeah no no it's good to

[14:53] know thank you Clara and thank you councelor Peterson uh question from the

[14:57] gentleman back there we have a microphone coming to you right

[15:01] now good morning I have a few questions actually it's regarding Park Lane Drive

[15:07] uh obviously um Anthem United is doing some development back there and uh it's

[15:13] been surveyed everything else number one uh none of the residents have received a

[15:18] plot plan or anything else about what's going on back

[15:21] there uh with the new one I mean that development's been going on for 18 years

[15:26] now uh they're finally doing some something with it there's been many many

[15:30] changes made and we really haven't got any answers to what's going on uh I have

[15:36] a call into uh Anthem United I'm waiting for a return on it to be quite honest um

[15:44] however in the original proposal there was supposed to be I believe it was

[15:47] about 86 houses back there and all of a sudden it went up to about 186

[15:55] houses um part of that obvious obviously was land costs uh because when um

[16:03] stantech was the engineer on record they obviously made a mistake because the

[16:07] fillet was moved from the ranch over to uh the commercial area raised the

[16:14] elevation over there substantially and lowered the elevation behind us so there

[16:18] was additional costs involved and I can understand um the lot costs everything

[16:24] else to go with it however in saying that um

[16:29] with the added residential units that have gone in there um Council and it

[16:36] wasn't this Cil it was a previous one or the one before had passed a narrow lot

[16:42] bylaw uh the original understanding was all the perimeter Lots were supposed to

[16:47] be 50 ft um that back on the Park Lane

[16:53] Drive uh my understanding now they're all 35

[16:57] ft uh and second ly there was supposed to be a buffer zone of 10 m between

[17:02] property line to property line and that was derived actually when uh I believe

[17:09] Mr grac was mayor and that Council and then the previous Council went down to

[17:16] the narrower lot sizes so there is a concern with the residents along Park

[17:22] Lane Drive whether that buffer is still in place or not or whether we're going

[17:26] to have a 35t property backing right onto our

[17:30] uh our property line and there's other things that go with it um uh

[17:36] the I guess the uh Road um that was proposed that was going

[17:42] to join parkline from klyber Trail uh that was taken out of the original plan

[17:48] because Park Lane Drive is not a commuter

[17:51] Road um you're making it a commuter road now uh actually you look at I think if

[17:58] you look at a lot of um um information that's I've researched

[18:04] on the web on that the minimum width of a commuter road is um 44 ft Park Lan

[18:12] drives 42 ft also they have driveways backing onto the road all the way

[18:17] along so in saying that I guess um you have to look at snow

[18:23] clearing which has always been an issue in Park C it's a bus route everything

[18:27] else your plows come down they windro the stuff in front of uh all the

[18:33] residents and that um maybe some of you know now I'm sure you do cars with all

[18:39] their safety features my wife's car won't even back over one the car shuts

[18:45] down so uh there have been calls made to um the people responsible for snow

[18:53] clearing and that I'm sorry I can't remember the name of your your

[18:56] department and that and the respons once has been we were allowed to uh wind Ros

[19:03] snow to the height of 1 meter that was it so they block people in there's a lot

[19:08] of elderly people on that street I don't put myself into that category but I'll

[19:14] be quite honest I have blown out people's driveways with my snow

[19:18] blower uh I've had the BW officer come and tell me I can't do anything on the

[19:23] street um how do people get out of their driveways so what are your plans if that

[19:29] is going to be a commuter Road or a collector Road I guess what are your

[19:35] plans for the intersection on Freeman Trail and

[19:39] that there's not enough room for a right turn in there you're going to have to

[19:43] take a house out you know on the other side uh you've

[19:49] put a right turn exit in and a threeway and that but on the other side there's

[19:54] nothing there so you have one lane that's going to take that traffic

[19:59] how are you going to deal with that you know and I mean we could go on

[20:04] and on I could take all morning going over this but I guess the big thing is

[20:08] the development there's no information out

[20:12] there from no one we don't know what's going on okay thank you um I think I can

[20:18] turn to our staff as far as how we can get more information to you as far as

[20:23] what Anthem has planned um as far as that road from r going on to Park Lane

[20:30] Drive that's proposed as long as I've been on Council it's always been a thing

[20:36] that's supposed to be coming that Connector Road over to Park Lane Drive I

[20:40] am not aware of any Council that has said it'll never be a connector to

[20:45] Parklane drive as far as Parklane Drive um I believe it is a connector Road and

[20:50] like you said it does have school buses on it so um we can definitely look at

[20:56] getting more information to I can explain the R1 the r1n uh this the

[21:02] narrower Lots what Strathmore has tried to do is find a way to have more people

[21:08] be able to get into housing because as I think as you all know uh we're in a

[21:13] housing crisis in Strathmore and there's young people who have very difficult

[21:17] times affording the inflation is really high the interest rates are are still

[21:21] very reasonable but to get into a home you need a lot of money and the other

[21:26] thing that the C that I was on did that that brought about or helped bring about

[21:33] the uh the narrower Lots is that Strathmore is a is a rural town and

[21:39] we're trying to avoid urban sprawl into Farmland so we've increased the density

[21:44] in our town and I understand that some of you who have big properties with with

[21:49] Big Lots may have some reservations about a narrower lot 35 instead of a 50

[21:55] Frontage I don't think it necessarily means that you're going to have a bad

[22:00] situation behind you but we do need to be uh cognizant or aware of reducing our

[22:08] spread into into agricultural land as much as we can and to also try to make

[22:13] housing at least attainable for younger families and so we did go ahead with

[22:18] some narrower Lots I know that may not sit well with

[22:22] the people who are on Park Lane Drive but I think our staff um maybe our CAO

[22:27] or Jamie we can talk about uh getting you information as to what's planned in

[22:33] that Anthem area and you're right it's been sitting for a long time and they

[22:37] are staking out and getting ready to go um and I'm I'm just wondering is that is

[22:44] that road that's going to connect to Park Lane from Ranch is that where the

[22:47] empty lot is is there an empty lot like a park kind of a space a small green

[22:54] space yeah and that's right where the road is going to come to Park Lane

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[23:55] behind

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[25:26] thank thank you um I understand your your concerns on parking Drive um the

[25:32] traffic part or the speeding part that's something that we can look into as well

[25:37] uh you also had a a comment about Windrose and I don't think there's I I

[25:42] don't think there's an easy fix to not having wind RS because when you plow a

[25:47] street it's got to go to one side or the other and so it does create wind RS I

[25:52] get them on my street as well they're all through Strathmore but the only way

[25:56] to get rid of a windro is if is if if you were lifting your blade at every

[26:00] driveway and not plowing it onto driveways which would be incredibly

[26:05] slow pardon me in angling it

[26:10] towards the middle of the street

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[26:36] the new development over there it used to go under the highway into cber land

[26:41] and that that's been shut off so it just uh creates uh a storm Pond for lack of a

[26:49] better work in the ranch development so you know there's places

[26:53] to dump that snow and there's places to to uh get rid of it off the Road and I

[26:59] can go back in stratmore before um where they wind rode the snow

[27:05] into the middle of the road and the complaint was oh gosh I got to drive

[27:09] around the block to get into my driveway well you know what you can still get

[27:12] into your driveway well we can we can actually I

[27:17] can turn to staff to explain why we don't create a pile in the middle of the

[27:21] streets they'll they'll probably be able to address that um as far as dumping

[27:28] snow into those areas again I don't have the operational experience I can turn to

[27:34] our staff for that um but again as far as my knowledge as a counselor I have

[27:40] always thought that that Ranch Road was going to connect

[27:45] to uh Park Lane Drive now I'm I'm not sure about the Ballard system but again

[27:51] we can address your questions as far as seeing the plan and finding out about

[27:56] the buffer zone as far as what you folks were told and what the new design looks

[28:01] like um can I turn to J sure so I guess I'll answer the question or try to

[28:06] answer the question first on the on the planning items um Ranch the ranch

[28:11] development one of the challenges we have with that is um it was I guess

[28:16] conceptualized before we required what's called an area structure plan which is a

[28:21] process through Council uh it's a plan that's adopted through Council by a

[28:26] bylaw um the Ranch again was approved before we used those as a tool in

[28:31] Strathmore so um way back when probably around 2000 I'm not sure when that was

[28:37] done but the the public wouldn't have got the same kind of input as they would

[28:40] if we got a new ASP today um the reason that that

[28:46] development has the through Road uh is and you mentioned it when you were

[28:50] asking questions was with relation to emergency access the number of homes in

[28:55] there we did bring a report to council in I believe July of 2021 kind of

[29:00] summarizing both the the engineering rationale as well as the fire and EMS

[29:05] rationale for that through road so that would have went to Council in July of

[29:08] 2021 just to ensure that they were again on on side with why staff made that

[29:14] decision to approve the subdivision in that way um but as the mayor said we can

[29:18] get you that most recent subdivision approval so you're aware of it um and

[29:24] the rezoning as well would have gone through a public hearing I think there

[29:27] was two rezonings in that phase that changeed like you suggested from larger

[29:31] lots to smaller Lots um on the snow removal um yeah we hear about wind rows

[29:36] every every year um it's a challenge um unfortunately we can't just dump snow

[29:43] anywhere um environmental regulations from The Province are quite stringent

[29:49] these days um that's why we have a snow dump and we actually improved our snow

[29:53] dump in the last couple years to make sure it was compliant um that being said

[29:58] this fall we every fall we come to council with an update on snow removal

[30:01] and our practices and to find out if Council feels the public would would s

[30:08] support any changes again with increased resources um we did I think a couple of

[30:12] years ago consider wind rows in the middle of the street like you suggested

[30:17] um while yourself and some people might be happy with that some other people

[30:20] like you said might not be uh doesn't mean we can't do that and we'll look at

[30:24] it again um but again in September we'll be coming to council with an update uh

[30:28] so I would suggest you um share your feedback with Council before then as you

[30:32] did today and we can look at that and what it would what it would mean

[30:35] operationally to

[30:47] do okay I've gotone my rear end three times trying to get over the wind rows

[30:51] into my traffic it is a safety issue that snow

[30:56] is plowed right underneath V Les it's plowed up over the running rails

[31:01] everything else so I mean it's a huge concern so I'd like you to consider that

[31:06] as well because someone goes on their rear end and ends up in the hospital you

[31:12] know what's going to happen I know what's going to happen there'll be a

[31:17] lawsuit so I'm wondering if I could just interject Jonathan do you have the date

[31:23] is it in September when the U snow clearing is coming coming up to us is

[31:29] that might be a meeting you'd like to come to because we have a public meeting

[31:33] and a discussion Tammy September 11th okay it's September 11th September 11th

[31:40] so if if you're free on September 11th Mark that in your C uh calendar we start

[31:45] at 6: p.m and if uh there's an item on the agenda the public I will I can turn

[31:51] to the public and say if you have any questions or concerns or comments you'll

[31:55] be allowed to speak on it since it's on the agenda that night

[31:58] you're welcome Pat can I say one thing about that can the graders at least lift

[32:03] their blade when they go past the mailboxes there can't be that many

[32:07] mailboxes that that would be a problem I can't get over a drift this high from my

[32:12] car to my mailbox okay um maybe we can make a note of that and it can be part

[32:17] of our discussion on September 11th Canada Post Yeah Canada Post lets

[32:24] us know when there's issues believe me uh sure and then they we talk to them

[32:29] regularly through the winter so uh we'll we'll make sure we pay attention to that

[32:34] we need a better solution for for Post Office boxes it it causes seniors

[32:39] especially tremendous grief I I want to go back that's this one works thanks I

[32:45] want to go back to your point about about the danger of wind RS when they're

[32:50] when they're plowing in your streets and and I I would be really interested to

[32:54] find out from from our infrastructure or from people with lived EXP experience

[32:58] whether it's worse on some streets than others like it like does it does it make

[33:03] a difference and so I live in the old area of downtown um the mayor has a name

[33:09] for the area I do L you're the one who named it so um I live on a street across

[33:15] from a school and so you know we're uh as old as we are we're plowing out those

[33:20] 4ot wind rows uh in front in front of our our driveway as well and um and I'm

[33:26] wondering if there is isn't you know some plan in the in the offing where

[33:31] where this Park Lane Drive Park Lane like you're talking about is a different

[33:36] context than than area say where I live in the downtown that is a a bus pickup

[33:41] route or a place where hundreds of parents pick up their children every day

[33:45] and and I think that that would be a really good a useful exercise to

[33:48] undertake to do we have to apply the same standard in every neighborhood all

[33:53] the time and um and and uh Linda Ferguson's pointed about the mailboxes I

[33:58] think is something that's becoming you know as our Winters are are more

[34:02] mercurical and there's more ice and you know it's just becoming more and more

[34:05] treacherous especially for a senior in a community with 25% of our population

[34:10] being seniors it's really not a good thing the other thing that I wanted to

[34:14] address is the speeding on Parklane drive and that is something that came to

[34:18] council um slightly less than two years ago and we did we did undertake a study

[34:23] on on Parklane drive and they did find some some excessive speeds but not um

[34:31] not enough to to do more than the take take more than the action they did take

[34:36] which was to put that flashing light in on the pathway by the canal and they put

[34:40] that in there because of all the young people that are walking from the um Holy

[34:45] Cross Collegiate and Sacred Heart across that pathway and um the people who live

[34:51] on that on the uh south side of the street at in that area have said it has

[34:55] made a difference but uh we know that it's a a Speedway I've seen it myself

[35:01] difference however if you go further east yeah on Park Lane uh by the lift

[35:06] station yeah and that as soon as people come along uh come off Freeman Trail

[35:13] they just Hammer their gas ped it is a Speedway I I've seen it yeah at the

[35:17] curve you know they start slowing down a bit and then conversely when they're

[35:21] going east at the curve they Hammer the gas we've had people come down there at

[35:25] 120 clicks and and that was and you turn around and yes you know you have had

[35:31] your B out there occasionally and I'll use the term

[35:34] occasionally however try it at 6:00 in the morning so do you do you think that

[35:39] it would be useful so so you you you said that the flashing light has helped

[35:43] on the one end that it has made a difference we also now have a school

[35:47] zone just on the other side on on George Freeman Trail where we have lots of

[35:51] other kids walking to school as well on on George Freeman Trail we have another

[35:55] school now yes and so you know having a Raceway in between where you have

[36:00] literally hundreds upon hundreds of children walking every day yeah do you

[36:05] think there is some use in doing a test to see if we could put another flashing

[36:09] light in on the curve on the other side of the of the um well I don't think it's

[36:13] NE on the curve I think probably and you've put a uh a pedestrian light in

[36:19] now across from uh well right at your lift station I believe the address is

[36:23] about 1 I don't know 57 something like that there's a pedestrian light that's

[36:28] gone in because of numerous complaints by a person and that um it does no

[36:34] good they just the way they go so we need to alert bylaw pardon me

[36:40] so it's a bylaw situation well I personally I think it is but you know

[36:45] somewhere along the line I mean people work so at 10:00 in the morning you're

[36:49] going to get people ripping down there occasionally yes is 6:00 in the morning

[36:54] then try it at 7 8 and 9:00 at night because Park Lane Drive is an escape

[36:59] exit out of the city or out of the Town it always has been since it's been

[37:03] developed so you know um younger generation now they've been a lot better

[37:09] about drinking and driving than when I was young because that was a thing to do

[37:14] it isn't anymore you know and I give them credit for that but it's still an

[37:19] Escape Route so you get the guys in their trucks that go bombing down there

[37:23] you get the guys in their cars everything else there's noise I I mean

[37:28] I've got pictures of vehicles license plate and the

[37:31] driver that is a constant Menace on that road you know you turn around and it's

[37:40] it's ridiculous it really is and it just seems like something that's been totally

[37:45] ignored and this this has been going on well

[37:49] before um this council's time and it has been brought up um when

[37:57] [Music] um can't remember his name but I mean

[38:02] it's been brought up when Steve graic was around everything

[38:06] else you know and it just seems like that area is a lost area because I'll

[38:12] I'll excuse me for a minute I'll even bring the development again when that

[38:16] area was first stripped Strathmore had a development

[38:20] officer I don't know whether they do anymore but I approached them at one

[38:24] time because of the Dust when they were stripping that

[38:28] we had to have our floors replaced cost us

[38:32] $7,000 and that we provided pictures you couldn't see the back of your property

[38:38] line you couldn't see 10 ft off your deck we approached the development

[38:42] officer and he said what do you want me to do about it well my backgrounds in

[38:46] the construction industry is a site superintendent and then

[38:51] beyond what do you want what I want you to do about it shut them down

[38:58] they have to live by their development permit and do and do what they say or

[39:02] and they're not doing it and you know that's one of the concerns again and I'm

[39:06] digressing here but it's it's so frustrating that that whole area seems

[39:11] to be ignored if if I can jump in for a second

[39:15] when it comes time to develop this new phase that Anthem is doing if if you're

[39:20] finding again that dust is becoming a real issue we all have our numbers

[39:25] posted on the town website you can call call us and we will talk to our

[39:29] infrastructure team and our CAO as far as oh as far as improving that goes um

[39:36] yes yes our CAO did look into it on the west side of town um the other thing I

[39:41] can say is uh we have we have the staff sergeant of the RCMP coming in quarterly

[39:47] to do reports if you keep an eye on um our meeting agendas maybe you can come

[39:52] on the night of Staff Sergeant there we can also bring this forward to our staff

[39:56] sergeant as far as the speed on Parklane drive for sure now that we're all aware

[40:01] of the concerns again we can we can talk to our CAO and talk to the staff

[40:06] sergeant regarding some possible plans for Park Lane

[40:10] Drive um I have questions from the from the people have submitted some so I

[40:15] thought we could maybe do one or two questions that have been submitted

[40:18] beforehand and then I can go back to the audience if that's okay so if you can

[40:22] remember your questions will come to you uh we had a question about water resp

[40:28] restrictions and uh there we've had re we've received many questions and is

[40:32] there an update on restrictions and when can we expect to be back to normal so I

[40:36] want to thank all the residents for obviously helping to reduce our water

[40:40] usage uh as as much as we did I'm really proud of Strathmore residents you

[40:45] reduced your our Target was 25% reduction daily and uh we were very very

[40:51] close to that we exceeded it on on several times um and so I was really

[40:56] happy with that and like Calgary we're going to be we can ease our indoor water

[41:01] restrictions we still need to continue as we ease back into normal water use

[41:06] obviously you guys have done some of these things to space out your laundry

[41:10] your showers if you can reduce shower time your dishwasher runs but indoor

[41:15] usage is is back to to normal and um stage four outdoor water restrictions

[41:21] are still currently in effect so I know a lot of people have been sharing on

[41:25] Facebook different ways they've been using to collect rainwater I know my

[41:30] wife and I have this is the first year in our 40 years here that we've been

[41:34] putting bins under our e trough uh drain pipe and so I know that's spread

[41:39] throughout the town this is the first time my wife and I have talked about

[41:43] getting a rain barrel too as far as handw watering outdoor plants so very

[41:47] proud and very pleased with Strathmore residents thank you for all your efforts

[41:51] that you did and we're excited to announce that the lp pool in the town

[41:55] aquatic center is open residents are welcome to enjoy the lap

[41:59] pool and while the pool is reopening the hot tub water slide and kitty pool

[42:05] remain closed and U over the last week the town

[42:09] has been finishing some much needed repairs to the water slide Kitty pool

[42:13] and hot tub and once these have all been completed and the two and the pool staff

[42:18] receives satisfactory pool chemistry results from AHS the hot tub and kitty

[42:24] pool will be open as well uh last night we had a a session in our public council

[42:31] meeting on garage and Garden suites and the question is I've heard that there is

[42:35] a possibility of putting an income Suite on my property is this permitted in

[42:40] Strathmore and I can tell you this that last night council approved the town's

[42:45] first garage and garden Suite bylaw now this is not a blanket zoning change or

[42:51] anything like that it's just to allow people if they want to try to spend the

[42:56] money to convert a garage or put a a unit above a garage there are strict

[43:02] rules that must be followed it's not necessarily an easy process to get to

[43:06] get to have one of these but again it's a way we thought that could help with

[43:11] the housing crisis in this town it also could be a way for both young people who

[43:16] have maybe bought a home with a detach garage on an alley that they could uh

[43:22] help pay their mortgage down and also it could be a way to help seniors stay in

[43:27] their property longer if they have the money to develop a garage Suite then

[43:32] they can stay on their property longer if their health permits and they have

[43:36] income coming in so I I just want to assure you that it's it's not going to

[43:40] be a blanket thing where people are developing them right and left there are

[43:44] very many rules and controls that have to be

[43:47] followed um applications for guards garage and garden Suite permits will be

[43:53] available through the town office and online in the coming weeks and the

[43:57] difference between oh there was a question about the difference between

[44:00] tiny homes and garage and garden Suite a garage Suite means a second accessory

[44:06] dwelling unit on a parcel located above or adjacent to a garage structure so

[44:13] that's a separate living space that's a garage Suite a garden Suite is a second

[44:18] accessory dwelling unit on a parcel to be used as a separate accommodation that

[44:23] is accessory to the principal building tiny home does not require another

[44:29] primary building on the property and can and can stand alone we don't have any uh

[44:34] tiny homes at this time we had a session a workshop last night on tiny homes

[44:39] where we learned about it but I again I just want to reassure you that this

[44:42] isn't going to be happening all over town it's not like Calgary did with

[44:46] their their zoning change this is just something where if someone decides they

[44:50] they want to invest some money in their garage and create a living unit that

[44:55] there are steps and regulation ations and permitting would have to be followed

[44:59] to do that so it allows for people to have income coming in on their property

[45:04] but it also puts controls and and checkpoints as far as that goes wish I

[45:10] jump in on this just a couple more points could also be a great way to get

[45:13] your uh 25-year-old son out of the basement and into the backyard as a

[45:17] young person I can say that um but one other one other concern I've heard

[45:22] raised about uh garage and Garden suites is concerns around parking especially

[45:27] street parking and I want to reassure people that uh within the bylaw that was

[45:30] approved last the bylaw amendment that was approved last night there is a

[45:34] requirement that for each Garden or garage Suite that is constructed an

[45:38] additional parking space must be included so we are adding parking on top

[45:43] of what is existing at that residence to hopefully try and mitigate Street you

[45:48] know Street congestion and uh and Tra and traffic control issues so I want

[45:53] want to just reassure people that we have heard about the concerns around

[45:57] parking and we did we did include some measures within the bylaw amendment to

[46:01] to address that thank you counselor uh Lang made so I can turn to the audience

[46:08] if there's a question again and then we'll go back to the online questions I

[46:11] think um Lloyd you had your hand up at one point as far as Parklane Drive

[46:19] discussion I have a lot of discussion on Park LA sure I understand

[46:27] Lloyd Penner I live right 98 Park Lane Drive and uh see all this activity

[46:35] started up there a couple of days ago across from my house not a word

[46:40] mentioned not a letter sent or a phone call from one of the counselors that was

[46:48] expected I expected that because I have come to realize that Strathmore is no

[46:54] longer the counil that it used to be the used to have a council where you could

[46:59] contact the administrator and have a little chat

[47:03] with him in the during the day or whatever it's all in the past and now

[47:08] it's all just uh hush hush hush I I hate to be that negative sorry Lloyd I just

[47:15] want to interject when you make a strong statement like that we all have our cell

[47:20] numbers posted on the town of Strathmore website nobody's called me uh as far as

[47:25] some of these strong concerns you have and as a council we're a governance body

[47:30] we set rules regulations policies bylaws we don't necessarily know when a

[47:36] subdivision is going to start construction until we see driving around

[47:40] we see the you know the the pegs put that's fair thank you carry

[47:45] on that's fair I just

[47:51] uh not very long ago in fact I did have a letter in in in in my possession I

[47:58] don't know whether I still have or not but I had a letter in my possession that

[48:03] told me from years back that there would never be an

[48:07] intersection coming on to Parkland Drive in front of my house all I can tell you

[48:13] on that is um I don't think I don't think if it was a counselor that that

[48:19] person should have given you that kind of strong statement and and promised

[48:25] anything into the far future because there are things that change and

[48:30] obviously developers change I think sorry I forgot your first name Pardon Me

[48:35] Cam so like cam was saying the change went from 50 foot lots to 35 foot

[48:42] [Music] um you know it sounds cliche but times

[48:48] change and there are adjustments to things so I don't think one Council can

[48:53] handcuff a next Council and say that'll never happen

[48:57] because things can change we're a bigger Community now and as far as that

[49:01] Connector Road all I can say as far as my knowledge is it was always going to

[49:06] be a connector Road that's what I had been told that's what I had seen uh Mr

[49:12] Mayor would could you tell me uh what what exactly is the plan there is there

[49:18] light right turns and left turns coming entering on Park Lan well I can what's

[49:24] the plan I can turn to our infrastructure people and they can tell

[49:27] you a little more about what they know again because we're not involved in

[49:32] everything going on as far as development we see we we're involved at

[49:37] a higher level approving things but but we can definitely get that hopefully get

[49:41] you some answers for that Jamie thank you no wor thank

[49:52] you it will be a full intersection there so not just right in right out there be

[49:56] a full intersection

[50:03] there I assume there'll be a stop sign on the East West

[50:11] Road and if the stop sign is on Park Lane Drive going east west that would

[50:16] also help with speed reduction I would think

[50:20] too coming out of the ranch well we can definitely look into that and see if it

[50:25] might even be a threeway stop as far as traffic control and mediation we can

[50:31] definitely look into

[50:41] that well we'll definitely uh we'll definitely get an answer for you as far

[50:45] as how that Connector Road is going to be linking and traffic movement onto

[50:51] Park Lane Drive and the other concern is and

[50:55] excuse me for interrupting um on the East End of Park Lane you have

[51:01] a daycare right in the corner or a day home they're what're not anymore well

[51:08] then did they finally sell their house no but they they dissolve their dayare

[51:13] over a year ago no they didn't because cars were still parking out front right

[51:17] on the corner it wasn't over a year ago secondly you got a taxi cab company

[51:23] across the street with five vehicles park there his

[51:28] employees park down the street and the entry uh into um on the right hand turn

[51:35] where the park is that's where employees Park and you could have even cabs park

[51:40] there for 3 4 weeks but you have another business

[51:45] there as well so what do people do about that how are you going to provide access

[51:50] and egis that goes

[51:54] easily that's definitely a good question and um we can look into that as well our

[52:00] staff will take note of that and we can see what we can come up with that and I

[52:05] I know we have the taxi company uh coming as a delegation as we get closer

[52:10] to passing uh an amended taxi bylaw and that could be something they're coming

[52:15] as a delegation to a September meeting we could ask some questions of them

[52:19] regarding that parking situation too and even that I'll go to the to the West End

[52:24] I'm sorry again I I don't think going on but I'll go to the West End you had a

[52:30] paint company there and a hairdressing company there I don't know whether the

[52:33] hairdresser is still there or not but that's where the road Narrows by The

[52:37] Pump Station the HS what are you going to do there if somebody parks on the

[52:42] north side of the road you can't get by if there's a vehicle on the North side

[52:46] and last night there's a truck and a trailer there you can't get

[52:51] by so what are you going to do you're going to take somebody's house out or

[52:55] take two or three

[52:58] my my thought on this whole thing is is that the whole plan of Parklane Drive

[53:05] was the concept originally I talked to people that have since passed away that

[53:12] were in the business developing B houses in town and they said that it was a

[53:19] there was a good plan and it was a it was

[53:23] a it was not a thorough fair and never was planned for that and the council

[53:29] came in later on and decided that they or councel or whatever I mean I don't

[53:35] know how the workings go but they decided to go ahead and start building

[53:40] and they built and with no plan in advance right now we don't have a plan

[53:44] in advance but anyway I'll leave it at that

[53:48] I'm quite disappointed in the way the plans took place here there's there's no

[53:55] communication you can't can't see your concert you can phone them you can get

[53:59] them on YouTube or something like that if you're you're a techie but if you're

[54:03] a and if you don't have all those facilities at your disposal but Lloyd

[54:08] you can phone me anytime and set up a meeting with me I'll I'll meet with you

[54:12] anytime you want I I just haven't gotten calls from people to meet with me

[54:16] privately so I'll definitely meet with I think everybody's frustrated that's my

[54:20] thought great um I will offer something as far as Parklane Drive

[54:27] being a a connector Road and a busy road I lived on Cambridge Glenn Drive for 16

[54:33] years I don't know if you know that street that's the one with the trees up

[54:37] the middle it's near um it's near Sagewood it's the street that goes north

[54:42] south and I I remember being at my staff room at Strathmore High where I taught

[54:48] and I was complaining about the speed and the traffic on Cambridge Glenn Drive

[54:53] and one of my teachers turned to me and he said you bought a house house on a

[54:57] road that ends with drive it's not it's going to be a connector a Memorial Drive

[55:03] in Calgary Centennial Drive is east west and it's a connector Park Lane

[55:11] Drive Thomas Drive they're all connector roads that have a lot of traffic I don't

[55:16] want the speed I totally agree that we have to watch the Speed but to me those

[55:21] are connector roads they get you to George Freeman Trail or with Thomas

[55:25] Drive they get you to Brent Boulevard and

[55:30] 8817 but I again I I think in the early days if uh you know if people are saying

[55:35] if if someone was saying that Park Lane Drive would never be a connector they

[55:41] were wrong because it's it's an East West uh road and it it has the word

[55:47] drive in it I don't mean to belittle this or or make fun of it it's just it

[55:52] has the word drive in it and it is a connector it is a connector road to

[55:56] George Freeman Trail councelor

[56:01] Mitzner here I'll give you

[56:05] mine the additional intersection may be your Saving Grace because people will go

[56:11] directly past the ranch for direct access rather than go park Lan Drive if

[56:16] there's another intersection to stop at that may help your how do you mean go

[56:21] past the rench well at the four-way stop on Center Street you can go Direct

[56:27] to the highway versus going out to the

[56:32] east because as I've lived here my entire life we have enough four-way

[56:36] stops and people try to eliminate stop stop stop so it it might help your

[56:42] traffic situation right but you're also putting

[56:45] 200 new residents in there and most residents now have a

[56:50] minimum of two cars that's 400 Vehicles we can definitely get you information on

[56:57] what's planned in that latest phase of ranch and that will include that

[57:01] Connector Road to Park Lane and hopefully the buffer space that you're

[57:05] looking for if that's of a help um Jamie how do you see that information coming

[57:11] out to these

[57:17] folks well if we can get everyone's name number contact information today I know

[57:22] we've got a couple of inquiries through email already to our planning staff and

[57:25] infrastru structure we can certainly uh get some responses to them we've already

[57:29] sent I think a response to one individual um but I would like to

[57:32] clarify that the subdivision design piece is not a council decision uh

[57:38] subdivision design is approved by staff uh so between our planning staff

[57:43] infrastructure staff obviously using operations group as well as Fire EMS

[57:48] that's who approv subdivision so it's not a council decision uh Council

[57:51] approves land use uh but that's kind of where their involvement in so I just

[57:54] wanted to clarify that but we will take everyone's contact information that's

[57:58] concerned about the future plans for ranch Phase 5 and and get some responses

[58:01] to them and and Jamie uh cam had a question about the pathway system would

[58:06] that be would that be shown in this same thing that is given to them as

[58:10] information would it show the pathway system yes I can't recall I don't have

[58:14] the plan in front of me I can't recall if there's a pathway planned or not or

[58:16] what it looks like but typically the pathway would be shown as Mr uh through

[58:20] through that subdivision approval so councelor Peterson thank you worship

[58:26] and and I I think too if that um if that that pathway plan that you referenced if

[58:30] you have an input into that that would be really useful as well well joining up

[58:35] yeah for people to walk you have a pathway coming along the WID on the Park

[58:40] Lane and it goes across the street but doesn't go anywhere else you know most

[58:44] of the people that designed all this don't live in

[58:48] strathore you know they haven't even walked or rode the pathways they have no

[58:53] idea you know people don't know there is not a walkway

[58:58] between the first house on Park Lane or right by the pum Pump Station to join up

[59:06] with the uh with the path it's just gravel and weeds it's nothing else they

[59:12] don't even know there's not a place to walk down there that you have to go on

[59:16] the road in the winter it's it's an excellent point

[59:19] because we we work really hard nobody's worked harder than our mayor to connect

[59:23] all the Pathways in the community and that that isn't uh a place that really

[59:27] needs to U attention coming up it definitely does I mean I invite anyone

[59:32] out any one of you out to 153 Park Lane and I'll take you out back I mean we've

[59:37] turned around and since day one actually my next door neighbor his name was

[59:42] Trevor Spence and his father serving this Council years and years and years

[59:45] ago yeah he and I we purchased saw we sawed back I told you United Paul Davis

[59:52] who was a project manager that time we're going to squat in your land

[59:55] because you're doing nothing to upkeep it so we

[59:59] sorted so it's nice it's attractive you know aesthetically everything else but

[1:00:05] it's usable so our next door neighbor they did it now if you you take a drive

[1:00:10] down parking and look down there you'll see it's all nice and green that's cut

[1:00:14] down people use it to play botche ball they use it to play volleyball

[1:00:19] everything else because there's an area there there's nothing else around you

[1:00:24] know we talk about and I'm digress and we talk about you know the speeding and

[1:00:28] now there's a uh pedestrian crosswalk in by the lift

[1:00:35] station B Stanford years ago we approached him because of it either put

[1:00:40] speed bumps in or put a playground sign up because that Park is used by the

[1:00:47] schools when it's in and Mr Mayor you might know that but the new school they

[1:00:53] come walking down they go into the forest behind mind to use the whole

[1:00:58] works but what's there like we've gone on 20 years trying to do this and

[1:01:04] nothing's been done pardon me put a playground sign

[1:01:09] pretty easy pardon me for interjecting this is

[1:01:13] a seemed to be almost a plan like to keep delaying it and delaying it you

[1:01:19] know so people forget but they don't forget and it just gets worse just like

[1:01:25] suggesting that maybe and I and I appreciate your comment Mr Mrs

[1:01:32] counselor I appreciate your your comment about you know uh if you uh if you make

[1:01:40] it so awkward then they'll go a different direction that seems to be the

[1:01:44] way the Strathmore is being designed it just falling over itself in the parking

[1:01:51] lots and in the developments that's not just my

[1:01:56] thoughts those are thoughts I gather from other people thank you well we'll

[1:02:00] uh we'll try to get information to you if you leave contact information we will

[1:02:04] get uh we will get word to you and and get a a plan so you can see what's

[1:02:09] coming for that ranch area uh hopefully we can look at the buffer zone and see

[1:02:13] what the pathway system is maybe there'll be I know there are other areas

[1:02:17] where areas in the Strathmore Lakes area where we had a buffer zone created and a

[1:02:23] green space and a pathway was put in connecting to the Strathmore Lake

[1:02:26] pathway system so we can look at getting you all that information uh again I want

[1:02:31] to encourage you my phone number is is on the town website you can call me you

[1:02:35] can email me I I try to respond even if I'm watching TV in the evening and

[1:02:41] someone sends me an email I try to respond as quickly as I can via return

[1:02:46] email and I'll try to get you the information so we're not hiding we're

[1:02:49] not running from you we we want to get you the information I just feel badly

[1:02:54] that you might have been told some information many years ago that isn't

[1:02:59] accurate or or couldn't be held up many years later because obviously the town

[1:03:06] changes and you you can't necessarily speak that something will never happen

[1:03:10] 20 years from now that's what concerns me as someone was giving that kind of

[1:03:14] information out when they probably shouldn't have shouldn't have Mr M

[1:03:18] excuse me but that's going on for 20 years CU all the people that back

[1:03:22] onto uh uh card's Old Land yeah every one of them was told that

[1:03:28] that land was owned by the WID and then Grant came well I'm sorry

[1:03:34] I'm not disagreeing you I'm just by all the builders Realtors everything else no

[1:03:38] I wasn't disagreeing with you I just feel badly that information landine was

[1:03:42] owned by Grant klyber and his family okay right up to our property line okay

[1:03:46] yeah I'm sorry about what information you got in the past um this Anthem

[1:03:50] development is is uh we had lunch my CA our Cao had lunch with the owner last

[1:03:58] year and then another meeting with them this spring and he was telling us their

[1:04:01] next phase is ready to go anytime and that's what you're seeing now so I don't

[1:04:06] know what the land was and I wasn't trying to disagree with you I just I

[1:04:09] just feel badly that someone was telling this kind of stuff and again maybe the

[1:04:13] land was sold to Anthem or to this company but we will try to get you all

[1:04:19] that information as far as what you can what you can see that's coming for that

[1:04:23] ranch phase right okay may I say one thing in closing and then I'll be quiet

[1:04:29] sure when this development the new development when they wanted to add the

[1:04:35] additional uh units by the soccer field okay and I spoke to that that was

[1:04:44] defeated thank you very much for that but I also made a comment you have signs

[1:04:49] on the out search of the city where quality of life is a way of life and in

[1:04:54] that meeting uh where the proposal was put in front

[1:04:57] of you all I heard was and I said that at that time all I heard was well we

[1:05:03] have to do this for these people and we have to do this for these people and my

[1:05:07] response to that is what are you going to do for the current residents of

[1:05:10] Strathmore that help build this community everything else they have

[1:05:15] property they looked after it they're proud of it everything else and it

[1:05:20] doesn't matter whether it's Strathmore Calgary or whatever they walk into it

[1:05:24] and they poop all over them for lack of a

[1:05:28] better word excuse me but you know that just happens there's no consideration

[1:05:34] for the present and current and past people new development comes in let's

[1:05:40] give them the world to heck with them we already got them they're already paying

[1:05:44] taxes well my hope is that when this when this plan comes out that you can

[1:05:49] see you'll see that there are things that are being done to give you a buffer

[1:05:54] zone or to have a pathway system or to give you answers on that Connector Road

[1:05:59] and how you get on and off Park Lane Drive that's my hope so we're not

[1:06:04] forgetting about you we're going to get you that information and then um and

[1:06:09] then you can always come uh you can contact our town office and come as a

[1:06:13] delegation if you'd like to speak more at a at another council meeting we'll

[1:06:17] definitely hear you out and I know you you mentioned the fact that we defeated

[1:06:22] things when we make decisions we're trying to make decision Visions based on

[1:06:26] what we think is good for the the overall community so it it could be said

[1:06:31] that quality of life is also we need to consider how do we get people into Home

[1:06:36] Ownership how do we get young people into Families how do we get older people

[1:06:40] who need to downsize and have a smaller home and property available that they

[1:06:45] can afford so there's we have to wear all sorts of hats as far as how we tried

[1:06:49] to U try to help people in in a variety of ways so quality of life also be

[1:06:56] helping people attain home ownership too I I understand that and I don't dispute

[1:07:00] that whatsoever um however the the attractive

[1:07:04] point of Strathmore to a lot of people was a 50ft lots MH you get a larger lot

[1:07:10] and you're not paying the prices in Calgary and everything else now you've

[1:07:14] downsized it okay they're going to be cheaper okay but they're still going to

[1:07:19] be Out Of Reach For A lot of people you know no matter what you do and what is

[1:07:24] going to I mean I think you've done and we have a realtor here I think you've

[1:07:29] done this town of the service by turning around and

[1:07:34] approving uh 35- ft Lots in there you know I'm and and I'm going to talk

[1:07:39] basically I mean we talked about okay do the

[1:07:42] perimeter in 50ft lots and then the inside part doing your 35 ft Lots but

[1:07:48] why are you affecting every house along on the north side of uh Park

[1:07:53] L by because you go to the the other side you go to the South Side they're

[1:07:58] all 50ft Lots they're not 35 I don't understand that and nobody

[1:08:05] has been able to explain it to me as I said I'm not trying to digress or or

[1:08:10] lengthen this this uh sit down out but there's a lot of questions that haven't

[1:08:17] been answered and just ignored well I think that red us us as residents we to

[1:08:23] have no idea what's going on none again I think that that rant plan

[1:08:29] if we can get that to you you'll be able to see what's planned and I don't know

[1:08:34] exactly what's going there I don't know if there are 50ft lots or if there are

[1:08:38] lots for tow houses and then and then smaller ones off the top of my head I

[1:08:43] haven't seen the latest plan in the last little while last one I saw they're all

[1:08:47] approved for 35t Lots okay well we'll be able to get you some information

[1:08:52] concerning that pleas okay um I'm wondering if we could go on to some of

[1:08:57] the online questions that have also come in about other things in town can I just

[1:09:01] follow up sure so I just want to say too that that I understand what you're

[1:09:05] saying in terms of feeling um um pushed out pushed on I I live in an area of

[1:09:13] Strathmore which was designated for density to build density and uh in the

[1:09:18] downtown and it was a really really difficult transition and I and I we've

[1:09:24] lived we've lived here for 40 years and so in that environment we watched uhu

[1:09:28] all the old homes in our community be bulldozed and go into in um uh small

[1:09:34] homes condominiums apartment buildings all around us and so one of the things I

[1:09:39] guess that that I have had to come to um a piece with and I have is that it was

[1:09:45] um it was a good decision by the council it wasn't one that I particularly liked

[1:09:50] but what I have seen now in the last 15 years in in my UHA area is hordes of

[1:09:57] young families that have moved in um who uh have affordable living in in um

[1:10:04] apartment buildings and and uh side by sides and four plexes and six plexes

[1:10:09] that are all around us and that uh the street is filled with parking now but

[1:10:14] the other side of that is is that our downtown has been

[1:10:17] revitalized and I can't deny that you know when I when I came on to councel

[1:10:22] the downtown was a ghost town and that that's not the same today and that

[1:10:27] downtown has been revitalized because of the actions of councils that predated me

[1:10:31] and U and currently and so I didn't like it but I have come to make peace with it

[1:10:38] and I I see the wisdom in it but it didn't benefit us at all I also think

[1:10:45] that it benefited the schools in the area and and that in turn benefited the

[1:10:50] rest of the community from a from a tax base and and Mr Panner is absolutely

[1:10:54] correct this is not the same Community my husband was on Council when we had

[1:10:59] 1,800 people and it was a time when you could call up the CAO or you could call

[1:11:03] up the mayor and you could do what you needed to do in the time that you had to

[1:11:06] do it and it was a much easier time and a much more um there was much more

[1:11:11] capacity to be responsive but we're we have 15,000 people today and and the

[1:11:18] rules around how councils are allowed to perform and how we're allowed to act are

[1:11:23] different as well so want to say that from the perspective of council and the

[1:11:29] and the five terms that my husband served on Council and the 10 years that

[1:11:32] I've been here this Council has been one of the most um proactive councils that

[1:11:38] I've seen in terms of trying to reach out to Residents and trying to do this

[1:11:42] and and the mayor is absolutely correct you know because we have a strong

[1:11:47] leadership team and because of the way the governance and operations are

[1:11:50] structured we don't always know I didn't know about the um about the garbage

[1:11:56] situation until Linda Ferguson called me at at and I was at a at a housing

[1:12:01] meeting and called me at 10:00 at night to say that this had happened and that's

[1:12:05] when I found out so we depend on you so Lloyd Panner has said you know it's

[1:12:10] difficult to get a hold of people but Lloyd has my phone number and I don't

[1:12:13] know that we've ever agreed on a single thing but we've had some pretty good

[1:12:16] scraps over the years and I have certainly respected the information that

[1:12:20] you've brought because I know that you represent a group of people in this

[1:12:24] community that are really important and I don't want you to think that you're

[1:12:27] not because you are you're you've been integral to the community you continue

[1:12:31] to be integral to the community and you are heard and and I think that there

[1:12:36] will be proof in that in the next over the next few days that you have been

[1:12:39] heard and I just also while while we were waiting I texted my husband to say

[1:12:45] where do we bring our waste because he had exactly the same issues as you he

[1:12:49] didn't want a Teeter on a box to to dump the garbage and um one of the options is

[1:12:54] and and may not be a satisfactory one but uh Waste Management still does take

[1:12:59] garbage and um he said that uh we have a contract with them and he takes his his

[1:13:04] uh recycling to waste management thank you thank you and even

[1:13:10] though we're a town of 15,000 you can call me uh at any time and I'll I'll all

[1:13:15] of us but for those of you who are at home if you have a pen or a paper I'll

[1:13:19] give you my phone number It's Pat Fuel and if you want to jot it down here

[1:13:23] that's great I'm not giving it to you Brandon because you're you're media

[1:13:27] you're not to be truth no uh my number Pat fuel my number is

[1:13:32] 403 324

[1:13:36] 3314 and you can call or text me and I'll try to get you

[1:13:40] answers I think we have cards out in the front and we have a brochure of who's

[1:13:45] who in the zoo yeah all right I do have some questions uh that are coming in for

[1:13:52] other things that are important to Strathmore residents uh the the next one

[1:13:56] is I've seen some groups getting sponsorship money from the town how is

[1:14:00] that decided we have a community delegation night and it's scheduled for

[1:14:05] October 23rd 2024 at 6:30 p.m. it's an opportunity for nonprofit Community

[1:14:12] groups to come and request funding from the town having all requests come in

[1:14:17] during one meeting allows for all Community groups interested in

[1:14:21] requesting funding for the upcoming year an equal opportunity to speak and

[1:14:26] present before Council and for Council to get all relevant information to make

[1:14:31] informed decisions during our budget talks so that's October 23rd 6:30 p.m.

[1:14:38] Council will hear the requests from the community and allocate funds that will

[1:14:43] fit within the town of strathmore's budget and align with our strategic

[1:14:48] priorities non for-profit groups can register for this uh Community Night by

[1:14:54] filling out a delegation request form online by October 2nd

[1:15:00] 2024 we also have many budget discussions that take place in the PA in

[1:15:05] the fall as we prepare to approve the 2025 budget we have uh four meetings set

[1:15:11] up for budget deliberations for the 2025 budget being scheduled and then the

[1:15:17] approval is scheduled for December 4th of this year another important question

[1:15:22] that's come online is dealing with doctors in town and I know this is a

[1:15:27] problem all across Canada the question is it's so hard to find a doctor taking

[1:15:33] patients in town when will we get new doctors and I can tell you this that in

[1:15:38] May of this year Town Council approved a new grant program to help in bringing in

[1:15:44] new doctors to town it's a pilot program for local medical offices with the hopes

[1:15:51] of encouraging the practices to sponsor new Physicians so in other words it for

[1:15:58] for a um a clinic to try to bring in a doctor from out of Canada or to bring in

[1:16:04] an overseas doctor it's very costly to go through all the steps the paperwork

[1:16:09] the different things to do so in may we approved the grant uh format where

[1:16:15] different clinics could apply and then we help with the funding so that they

[1:16:19] can try to attract and train and Mentor new doctors the town of Strathmore is

[1:16:26] offering three grants up to $30,000 each to eligible Clinic

[1:16:32] applicants on a first come first served basis to be eligible for the B Grant

[1:16:39] applicants must have signed a sponsorship contract with cpsa before

[1:16:45] applying agreeing to commit to sponsoring the internationally trained

[1:16:49] doctor for up to six years including financially supporting the sponsored

[1:16:55] physician throughout the registration process practice Readiness assessment

[1:17:01] and agree to pay the grant back to the town should the doctor practice in the

[1:17:07] town for less than five years so in other words we're ponying up some money

[1:17:12] quite a bit of money three grants to help clinics attract International

[1:17:17] doctors train them Mentor them sponsor them get them through all the

[1:17:21] documentation and red tape processes and we hope that that will bring in three

[1:17:27] we've got two already applications coming to us so we're hoping that this

[1:17:32] financial help to a clinic will help us bring in three new doctors over the next

[1:17:36] three years I have a question about our solar farm in town I would like an

[1:17:42] update on the solar panel project costs and benefits to the town uh I just want

[1:17:48] to tell you that the solar farm is owned and operated by a company called Capital

[1:17:52] power the town of Strath more invested no money into bringing in the solar farm

[1:17:58] here what we do is we lease the land we have a long-term lease with capital

[1:18:04] power that brings in $180,000 a year and then on top of those

[1:18:10] lease payments we also receive property taxes so the town benefits financially

[1:18:16] about $400,000 a year for that land that is on

[1:18:20] the south side of the Trans Canada there were no costs to the town um and as part

[1:18:26] of being good stewards of the land Capital power has an agreement with the

[1:18:30] ranching uh a ranch to bring in sheep to graze the land they have dogs that that

[1:18:37] stay with the sheep and herd them and I believe they've also brought in pigs

[1:18:41] recently too so that's helping to control the weeds the Clover the grasses

[1:18:46] and U it's been a really good thing for our town because we never had to put any

[1:18:53] investment in and uh I have a question on Utility

[1:18:58] Billing we are seeing a charge on our electric and gas bill showing a payment

[1:19:03] to the town of Strathmore I believe that this is the same charge that is in

[1:19:08] dispute with the provincial government and it should be returned to homeowners

[1:19:12] can you update on this and I can turn to our CAO Kevin scoel for

[1:19:19] this so on your bill you'll see franchise fees and it's not related to

[1:19:25] what's being done in Calgary and Edmonton the provincial government is

[1:19:28] regulating it differently for those Metro areas so nothing has changed in in

[1:19:35] Strath more so franchise fees um basically you know the gas and

[1:19:43] the electric runs on Town land so the town when you put all those right of

[1:19:49] ways together that's a big loss in taxation Revenue to a town or a city so

[1:19:55] basically the utility companies are charged a lease uh which uh the

[1:20:00] municipalities are permitted to do under provincial

[1:20:02] legislation so the utility companies turn that into a a franchise fee so

[1:20:08] basically it is a flow through cost um but the franchise fees are actually

[1:20:15] cheaper than if the franchise fees were removed and then they become property

[1:20:19] tax uh and the reason that works is everybody that has an electrical account

[1:20:24] pays a franchise fee there's there's more utility customers than there is

[1:20:29] taxable property so things like the courthouse the fish and wildlife office

[1:20:33] they aren't taxed uh they're Exempted from tax but they have to pay the

[1:20:37] franchise fee so if we're to reduce franchise fees the property taxes will

[1:20:43] actually go up more so it's actually a bit of a a method of tax relief to

[1:20:50] Residents thank you CAO scoel um I I have a question here about

[1:20:56] uh this just came in could the town or CAO or staff please explain how the

[1:21:04] decision to change garbage pickup was made and how any action has any action

[1:21:11] been undertaken to assure ensure this doesn't happen again so can we just get

[1:21:17] a little basic background on on how this first came about and I I just want to

[1:21:22] point out it wasn't a decision like it wasn't it wasn't something written in

[1:21:26] stone that had happened it was uh it was the early process of things um CAO

[1:21:34] scoble so Lanes need maintaining over time um You probably all notice the

[1:21:41] garbage trucks keep getting bigger uh as well when when you switch to automated

[1:21:46] collection as we have the weight of the trucks increases even more because

[1:21:49] you've got that lifting arm and all the equipment on it so it is harder on the

[1:21:53] lanes um and the lanes need to be maintained

[1:21:57] if they're not maintained they'll get to a point of failure where we have to come

[1:22:00] in and rebuild them uh which is significantly more expensive so

[1:22:05] administration had the best intent in mind to keep costs down um unfortunately

[1:22:12] there wasn't the best consideration given to the impact on the residents so

[1:22:18] we're not pursuing that but we still do need to maintain the lanes or we're

[1:22:22] going to get into Lane rebuilds um which will be significantly more expensive and

[1:22:26] you won't be able to use your lane for a long period of time so there are other

[1:22:30] methods um that I've used in other communities we're going to look at those

[1:22:35] we don't have final details yet but the way to think about it would be more like

[1:22:38] a street sweeping of your Front Street we're going to have to come through from

[1:22:42] time to time uh to maintain the lanes and that means grading them and putting

[1:22:46] more gravel down so that the lanes don't keep failing um and so from time to time

[1:22:52] you know probably you know once a year every two years we're going to have to

[1:22:56] work out the details we're going to have to ask you to treat it like a sweet

[1:22:58] streping so um you're going to we'll ask you to do things like get anything

[1:23:03] that's stored or any vehicles in the lane out of there uh they're not

[1:23:07] permitted to be there in the first place and it should be relatively not

[1:23:12] impactful on most residents I drove most of the Lanes on Monday and and generally

[1:23:16] residents are doing a very good job of of mean you know their part in the lanes

[1:23:21] the biggest impact to most residents will be you know what whatever the

[1:23:24] frequency is once a year or once every couple years We'll be asking you to put

[1:23:28] your garbage cans back on your property inside your fence or whatever for a week

[1:23:33] while we get in there with the graders to fix them up but we do need to do

[1:23:37] something there uh or we'll all be paying a a significant amount of money

[1:23:42] to rebuild those Lanes by maintaining them we can avoid the rebuilds so um we

[1:23:47] do apologize um like I said the the best intent was there to provide the most

[1:23:52] value to the taxpayers but I I don't think we gave due consideration to the

[1:23:57] impacts of moving to front so there are other ways to do it but we're going to

[1:24:00] need your help to do that thank you CAO scho uh the next

[1:24:06] question has to do with Park maintenance I'm just wondering if Grace's Park is

[1:24:10] going to get weeded this year you guys have a serious Ragweed Invasion underway

[1:24:16] leaving the park not looking so great it's even growing in the middle of some

[1:24:20] of the gravel paths now and someone is going to get someone is going to hurt

[1:24:24] themselves in a gopher hole on the trail at some point as it's a safety hazard

[1:24:30] any qu any comments we can have as far as Park maintenance uh in regards to

[1:24:35] Gray's Park

[1:24:39] Jamie bless you so I did pose this question to our operations manager and

[1:24:44] um Park staff um they've just weeded it actually just yesterday um and they'll

[1:24:50] do an inspection on the pathway to make sure it's it is safe for residents um um

[1:24:55] broadly speaking residents should also know that Grace Park is is an

[1:24:59] environmental Reserve so it's meant to be mostly natural uh of course with

[1:25:03] pathways through there we have to maintain those as well but um our Park

[1:25:07] staff is on top of it so thank

[1:25:12] you thank you Jamie uh we have a question about the Wheatland housing

[1:25:17] management board and the hospice I can tell you that last night we approved a

[1:25:22] letter of support for the project so uh we have still uh council is still behind

[1:25:29] the project we've had different initiatives voted on and approved we've

[1:25:33] uh earmarked land on the east side of of kinsman Park it's not it's never really

[1:25:39] been Park land but it's uh it's on the eastern border we have uh committed to

[1:25:47] providing that land as part of the town's contribution to the project and

[1:25:52] we're waiting to see how the hous management body uh will do with their

[1:25:56] next round of uh negotiations and approvals with the province but last

[1:26:01] night we did approve a letter of support I have a question about waste uh

[1:26:06] oh sorry yeah question about waste collection and recycling uh person has

[1:26:11] asked why why wasn't my garbage collected and these are some of the

[1:26:15] reasons that a person's garbage may not be collected carts were not carts may

[1:26:21] not have been put out on time collection of carts happens between 7:00

[1:26:27] a.m. and 1: p.m. as per our bylaw but it's typically completed by 5: PM if

[1:26:33] your garbage was missed at the fault of our waste collection Services the truck

[1:26:38] can return the next operating day sometimes a cart may not been may not

[1:26:43] have been collected because there's unsuitable material in the cart and if

[1:26:47] that happens a tag is left to inform the resident and sometimes the uh the the

[1:26:54] carts are placed too close to an object to another object and again tags are

[1:26:59] left to educate and to advise the resident as far as why that cart was not

[1:27:04] picked up there's a question about why is there not a consistent time for

[1:27:09] garbage collection collection times can vary for multiple reasons driver and

[1:27:15] Equipment issues route changes even weather can affect that cart collection

[1:27:20] again occurs between 7:00 a.m. and 1: p.m. again it's typically collected by

[1:27:25] 5:00 p.m. if your carts are out by 7:00 a.m. on your collection day they should

[1:27:31] be collected uh flipping to the end of my

[1:27:36] questions online when will the town move to

[1:27:40] blueart curbside collection and for those people who aren't in the know or

[1:27:46] don't don't know that blue cart is recyclables with the new epr which is

[1:27:52] extended producer respons ability in the final stages with provin with the

[1:27:57] province the town is working with the Alberta recycling Management Authority

[1:28:02] on what would be acceptable in blue carts versus what would be considered to

[1:28:07] go to landfill we are expecting a roll out of some version in

[1:28:13] 2025 so we're hoping that we will be moving to some blue cart recycle pickups

[1:28:20] in 2025 but it'll come down to the discussions we have to find out exactly

[1:28:25] what's acceptable in the carts and we're close to the end but if

[1:28:31] anybody has a question sure and if you could just state your name for the

[1:28:35] people watching at home hi I'm Bev Bell we are new residents to Strathmore uh

[1:28:42] and we love it we're very happy to be here um one of the the interesting

[1:28:47] things that have happened from people coming to visit us we moved in from

[1:28:51] Calgary was that they couldn't see the street signs

[1:28:54] because they're so faint um Centennial and Thomas is a good

[1:29:00] example of that I did uh question that I did send in through the the website and

[1:29:06] I was told that that's on the you know it's regularly handled through um you

[1:29:11] know an ongoing plan to replace street signs when they need it but I I I'm

[1:29:16] wondering when do they need it you know when's the point where you go oh I I put

[1:29:21] my light on I I looked at it so people have had a hard time finding their way

[1:29:26] in to our place and I guess the other part is I love the comment about um the

[1:29:32] revitalization of the downtown because I think that's really important to a

[1:29:36] community like Strathmore uh and I'd love to see signage that indicates the

[1:29:41] points of interest in town um you know and I the example I would give was uh

[1:29:47] would be High River even has a little sign going in that says here's where the

[1:29:52] Heartland stage or Heartland and settis uh here's where the campsite is there's

[1:29:57] you know we could have where is the rodeo um and where can people go because

[1:30:01] if they're coming in uh for any reason or if they're they're going to the you

[1:30:06] know to see the Chucks or lots of tournaments going on baseball

[1:30:10] tournaments it'd be great if they had some points of interest that would draw

[1:30:13] them into the town as well thank you uh councelor Mitzner has been a real push

[1:30:20] on wayfaring signs so it's on our radar and hopefully we can get some of those

[1:30:25] done councelor M did you want to speak on

[1:30:36] that if I can answer that we do have new maps front counter that would just

[1:30:40] produce they're perfect for visitors they're great idea Cheryl meets check

[1:30:44] with Cheryl from counter we've got great new maps thank you

[1:30:48] last they came probably l so we'll be we'll be looking into to

[1:30:54] uh Wayfair sign wayfaring signage as far as uh getting people around and as far

[1:30:59] as street signs Jamie could you speak to how we replace and how maybe if if you

[1:31:06] uh you've already mentioned Centennial and Thomas as being two signs that could

[1:31:11] be looked at we can make note of that yeah so if you submitted uh you said you

[1:31:15] submitted a CCF online C sorry I think that's what it that's what we call it

[1:31:21] but okay great yeah citizen in communication form sorry about the

[1:31:25] acronyms but uh so if you've submitted that um uh like like you would have

[1:31:30] heard we do have a kind of a program that looks at that but I'll I'll have

[1:31:33] staff have a closer look at those signs spe specifically if they're uh not

[1:31:37] legible then then we'll we'll kind of prioritize those ones

[1:31:42] so and just before I go on how how long have you lived in strore

[1:31:47] now when when was it that you moved we moved here in the fall oh well welcome

[1:31:51] to Strathmore again you can get me on my cell phone and if you want to get me on

[1:31:56] email that's on the town website or it's pat. fuel

[1:32:01] store.ca so uh feel free to reach out anytime um we had a question that just

[1:32:07] came in online that wants to know how much will my property taxes be impacted

[1:32:15] by a potential new Senior Lodge and I'll turn to Deputy sorry you're not a deputy

[1:32:23] counselor Peterson you were Deputy a long time

[1:32:27] ago so this is um this is actually a a complex question

[1:32:33] but it's it's a pretty um straightforward one as well so first of

[1:32:39] all I want to say that the latest numbers from the consultants for the

[1:32:43] Wheatland housing management body and the Wheatland and area Hospice Society

[1:32:48] um planning that has been ongoing for for the last three years intensively

[1:32:53] uh has just come out on April the 18th they came out with the last um the last

[1:32:58] set of numbers so uh and even those are still uh being adjusted in real time for

[1:33:05] for a variety of reasons costs of of equipment maintenance uh construction

[1:33:09] costs of all of those things the best way that I can explain this is to

[1:33:15] explain it through through what it through what it

[1:33:18] will look like on your 2024 um tax bill and and I can do that

[1:33:27] by talking about my tax bill and so when we get our tax Assessments in the mail

[1:33:32] or online there are two lines for requisitions on that I think just two

[1:33:37] right two there's one for schools and there's one for seniors housing and so

[1:33:43] on on my and I always look at mine and I I figure it out according to how much I

[1:33:49] pay uh per year per $100,000 of of uh tax value on on the land that where we

[1:33:55] live or the the house where we live actually and um and then how I just

[1:34:01] break it down how much I pay uh per month and So currently I pay

[1:34:09] $921 cents per year per $100,000 of value on the property where we live

[1:34:15] which is a below average property in the downtown South and so um if I break that

[1:34:22] down I I pay uh approximately round it up to $20 a year for for for um for the

[1:34:30] current my current requisition on the lodge and and uh $2 a month so if we

[1:34:38] were to build a new Lodge and keep our existing Lodge

[1:34:42] open and we would effectively double that cost so the mortgage on the new

[1:34:49] building will be $700,000 the approximate cost to R the

[1:34:54] existing Lodge is about $700,000 and so that would double that

[1:34:59] cost so I'd be paying $8 a month on on my tax bill I don't I don't uh um the

[1:35:07] track the importance of that and how much it is but I believe in it so

[1:35:11] passionately that it's money that that uh that I am prepared to pay and um and

[1:35:17] uh certainly seniors in this community and people who have seniors in their

[1:35:21] lives have have echoed that uh clearly um so uh compared to so I so like I said

[1:35:29] I I pay I pay I would pay currently um about double the amount I

[1:35:36] currently pay so about $20 per $100,000 of of value on the home where I live now

[1:35:42] for senior housing but I pay about $280 for school taxes and I I value them

[1:35:51] both the same but I just want you know looking after seniors has not been

[1:35:56] extraordinary when you think about the contribution that they brought to the

[1:35:59] community and the terrible need so I just want to also say two more things

[1:36:05] first of all most people know that there is a private for-profit company coming

[1:36:09] into town that's going to build a lodge they're called Shasta they're building

[1:36:13] on the existing lands by the hospital and they are not a lodge like Wheatland

[1:36:18] Lodge they are a um health-based if you like uh facility for seniors they'll

[1:36:25] have capacity for sl3 and SL 4D which comprises dementia care they will also

[1:36:33] have six hospice beds um like the Alberta healthc Care

[1:36:38] Hospice beds and they'll be run under that ospice that part of that building

[1:36:43] the the dementia care and the hospice will be run under the parameters of

[1:36:47] Alberta Healthcare which means that those beds can be accessed by anyone um

[1:36:52] Alberta Healthcare has a very defin way how they determine who gets what bed

[1:36:56] where and when and so it's very much needed it's very much needed in our

[1:37:01] community we've estimated that in the next 20 years we need 400 beds um just

[1:37:06] on the affordable scale for our senior population so so that means that we need

[1:37:14] Sagewood age care we need this new Shasta private for-profit that's coming

[1:37:19] in we need the existing Lodge and we need the lodge we're building and we'll

[1:37:23] still will be short beds so we need them all the last thing I want to say is that

[1:37:27] not built into that equation uh Wheatland and area Hospice Society have

[1:37:32] raised 8.1 or sorry $4.1 million do in eight years a local community group has

[1:37:39] raised $4.1 million it takes my breath away people sitting in the front row

[1:37:44] here have been instrumental in in building that that hospice they now have

[1:37:49] enough money they've made enough money to build the capital side of that

[1:37:53] project they want to join the hospice to the lodge to be able to do wraparound

[1:37:57] care and to make sure that they can maximize operation costs by having the

[1:38:02] buildings together at this point in time we don't know how the operations of that

[1:38:07] building will be funded if we do fund it ourselves which is one of the

[1:38:14] possibilities we estimate that it'll cost about $42 per per rate payer per

[1:38:19] taxpayer a year uh or 42 to 48 I believe is the maximum end of that Dr mcney Who

[1:38:26] has um uh LED this project for several several years since it's Inception has

[1:38:32] always used the term uh for the cost of a of an extra-large Pizza uh we can

[1:38:37] operationalize our own hospice she talks about the difference between the hospice

[1:38:41] and the new Shasta facility the new Shasta facility she said is a is like

[1:38:45] the room at the end of a hall in a hospital it's not the wraparound

[1:38:49] Services it is the dream of Wheatland and area Hospice Society that has been

[1:38:54] embraced by this entire Community the entire community of the county of

[1:38:57] Wheatland so when I talk to you about uh um that increase on that times two

[1:39:04] increase at 100% on my tax bill going from from uh from the um $10 or 9921 per

[1:39:12] 100,000 to to 20 um to the hospice would again double that but um it is a a

[1:39:21] pretty straightforward number there is another option and AHS has started to

[1:39:26] fund other uh agencies like Wheatland and Area Hospital society and funding

[1:39:31] them um anywhere from 50 to 75% uh of their operations and that is a

[1:39:38] a great hope going forward but we're unsure of it at this time so we hope in

[1:39:43] the very near future by this fall in fact that um that the Wheatland housing

[1:39:48] management body will have a document that will be uh widely uh uh published

[1:39:54] in newspapers and online and and uh and in handouts and and media Outlets that

[1:40:00] will give you all the uh most updated numbers and it'll also give you that tax

[1:40:05] calculator so you'll be able to go in there and just plug in the numbers and

[1:40:10] and it will be able to tell you exactly how much you'll pay per year per month

[1:40:15] on those current numbers and so I don't know mayor

[1:40:20] there's any other thing I can add no I would just add that strathore Town

[1:40:27] Council has approved various um various initiatives and and various

[1:40:34] resolutions to support the lodge so uh my qu I guess my question or my

[1:40:40] statement is if not now when and if if we put it off we all know what inflation

[1:40:47] does the cost of that new Lodge will be incredibly high so we know there's

[1:40:53] a waiting list on the current Lodge and we know that we have a large number I

[1:40:58] think I'm at the tail end of the baby boom generation but we know that there's

[1:41:02] a baby boom population that's going to be large and they they definitely could

[1:41:08] need uh group senior care and if we don't if we don't start moving to

[1:41:13] planning for that and we're going to be left looking at something far more

[1:41:18] expensive so I'm fully behind this I want to support our seniors as well and

[1:41:22] I'm based Bally one of the seniors now so I don't mean to be uh biased but I've

[1:41:28] always felt we have to look after our seniors in stth one and I think that

[1:41:33] brings us to a conclusion unless someone has another question in our

[1:41:38] audience um I want to thank you all for being here our staff who are here our

[1:41:43] CAO senior leadership team thank you for being a part of it our residents here

[1:41:48] and if you're at home hopefully you got some questions answered as well and

[1:41:53] again you have our contact information that could be found on the town website

[1:41:57] and you can reach out at any time that's convenient for you we'll try to get

[1:42:02] answers to you as soon as we can thank you again for being part of this and uh

[1:42:06] I won't see you maybe some of you so have a great summer

Council in Chambers Getting Coffee | July 4, 2024

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