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what oh well good morning and Welcome to
our summer coffee with Council session I

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want to thank you all for coming to
those people who are at home watching

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online we appreciate you for being here
um I know there have

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been there have been some uh it's in the
way of my coffee now um

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okay this
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provide feedback to council we're hoping
that we can have an open discussion a a

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cordial discussion and you can be able
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we have staff available here to help
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ones you might have and if you uh don't
get an answer to your question or or we

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cannot answer your question today we
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will get an answer to you as soon as
possible so just a reminder that this

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coffee with council is live live
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allow members of the public who are
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discussion and because it's live
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the things you do say so if you were to
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contact information that could be
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please keep that in mind if you do have
a question or a comment we ask that you

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raise your hand and we will have a staff
member come to you with the microphone

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and that way the people at home can hear
it as well and then please speak loudly

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into the microphone we want to get to as
many questions as possible and so try to

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be as concise as
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we have some submitted questions but do
we maybe we should start with some

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questions from the audience and then we
can deal with some of the concerns or

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questions you might have so if you have
a question feel free to put your hand up

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and then we'll talk about the questions
that have been submitted we have a

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question over here
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Linda uh I have a question about um
mowing uh

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I realized mowing may have been cut down
and that's fine but uh I live in

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Glennwood the Forgotten area of
Strathmore which has been there since

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1955 and when they come to
Mo they always send a team afterward to

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do the trim around the trees Etc so the
first time they mowed this year it was

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done promptly the second time it was 3
days later and today it is day eight

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from when they mowed the lawn in
Glenwood and there's been no trim done

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so I was hoping that Donna McCallum
would be here or somebody that anyway if

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somebody can answer my question at some
point thank you um I'll turn to one of

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the staff members Jamie who is our
director of infrastructure and

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operations uh good morning my name is
Jamie dugdale director of uh

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infrastructure operations and
development services so I'll share that

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with Donna um I think uh we'd like to
have a better standard than that so I do

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apologize so I'll share that with Donna
mcallum and make sure that we do a

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little better job at kind of returning
to do that trimming so I'll definitely

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share that with
her yeah I'll share that with

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her thank you are there other questions
oh we have a question from Clara and the

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gentleman in yellow or lime green thank
you good morning good

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morning uh I have um been over to the
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at the uh garbage disposal site and I
was uh recycling sorry yeah and I was uh

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quite surprised because I haven't been
there for quite some time and I uh I'm

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so used to go to the hwad
one and I was quite shocked coming to uh

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what now has apparently been what town
is utilizing

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uh first of all I don't or we don't use
uh the bin

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system because uh I find it inconvenient
for me because I have six boxes or seven

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or more you know with one with soft
plastic one with h plastic and so on and

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so on so I used to go to hwad and just
within few minutes have it all dumped in

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from my blue boxes into the various
ones and now I came to what

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at the present is what the town is
running and I'm kind of questioning uh

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why are we now having that one compared
to what seemed to work very very well uh

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with the hits uh because first of all
I'm a short person and I cannot get up

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to those uh little
rectangle places and dump in my uh

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garbage
no matter what it is the only thing that

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was available was just a dumb inin was
the soft plastic one all the other ones

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was impossible for me to do especially
if it was a windy day you know it would

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be blowing all over the place and I
can't reside so my question is uh why

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have we gone from the hawed service or
to what apparently now is what the town

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provides on the south side of our okay
thank you and you're not the first first

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person who's asked us that as far as the
height of the bins I know our coo and I

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have talked and U one of the one of the
options that would help maybe and I can

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ask you if it would help is if if there
were stairs at those new Bins with that

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well there is a little step stools or
whatever it is you need a l but yeah but

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also I cannot take my containers and
dump them in you know as we were able to

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do previously okay because you have to
stand and take one item out at a time

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and reach up into those little slots
okay um is there someone on staff I can

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turn to as far as uh the change from
hookstead to Blue Planet as far as

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Recycling and then what we can do as far
as the bin Heights and uh seniors who

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need to get up to the uh bins to get rid
of their

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recyclables uh good morning again so the
reason we we switch recycling locations

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uh was we switched to Blue Planet
they're a different contractor that's

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collecting garbage uh for us and running
the recycle yard so uh like the mayor

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said we can certainly look at how that's
working for people or not working for

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people and perhaps make some changes so
we did we went from Waste Management to

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Blue Planet as the provider so that
required us to change the location of

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the recycle Depot but if uh residents
are having problems getting their

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recycles put there then we can certainly
look at better solutions to allow people

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to do that more easy easily

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okay

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so sure and and I mean Our intention is
to improve service so that's why we'll

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look at that but every every certain
amount of years when a contract is over

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we do a what we call an RFP so we go out
to Market and then private companies

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will respond to that RFP and we'll look
at all the submissions and we make a

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decision based on who gives us the best
submission so that's kind of why that

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changed um obviously our desire is that
service will remain the same or get

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better so that's why I'll take that away
and and we'll look at how we can make

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the recycle Depot look better for

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uh yeah yeah sure if you give me a few
weeks a couple of months uh and I know I

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have to talk with my manager of
infrastructure first and talk about

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Solutions and we have to look at what
that might cost and how to Source them

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but uh we can definitely take that away
and hopefully in a month or two you'll

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see a

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difference attention thank you now we uh
live over on Lakeside views and we have

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our little uh Garden here your p in
front of us uh a couple of years ago I

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think it is now we had um some tree
pruning service that the town hired

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apparently to take down dead trees and
and so on now at the moment and it has

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been there for all the time we have been
here in town uh a big poer tree on the

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south end of the the Garden
area and uh I just took a walk to the

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Garden area this
morning and I'm quite disappointed

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really of what a beautiful area we have
in there and

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how it seems to be not being able to to
be be

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kept all the dead branches from that
tree because so many many of the

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branches is dead and they are laying all
over the the ground and of course that

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doesn't make it any better
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have quite a few Park staff young people
that comes to work and they come in now

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we were not around in the early spring
as they start to to do the maintenance

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work but I've been kind of watching it
over the years that we've been here and

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uh who is in charge of educating those
young ones and supervising them and

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guiding to to what to do because
nowadays they seem to kind of come in a

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group with a truck park the truck and
then four or five or six of them comes

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out and I think they need some guidance
and supervision to be able to be

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utilizing the time and the effort the
town put into to try to keep a a parks

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and they is be
beautified because I think the resources

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is there but I'm just kind of
questioning are anybody going out and

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and giving the instruction on and why to
do because you can't expect the young

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ones to be able
to just kind of come and know everything

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so quite often they kind of sit there
and uh having a good time and of course

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they're picking some here and there but
uh when you have to get to the bottom of

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weed you just don't pull you get in and
and get to the main CLA I can tell you

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that I I had an informal talk with Donna
mallum who's in charge of the U the park

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staff Ground St and uh she's um she's
got in her mind some things to do she

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wants to spend more time mentoring and
working with the young people so it's on

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our radar and uh I'm sure Donna mallum
will uh will be a positive force with

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those with those workers well they are
wonderful bunch of young ones it's just

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that I feel that they are not
educated enough to be able to to really

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yeah I just want to assure you that that
Don is aware and she's she's uh going to

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spend time working with her staff and M
we appreciate that I think it was be

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beneficial for everything and everybody
thank you very much thank you Claire if

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I can just follow up on that too you
know one of the things that uh that's

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really useful for Donna because you know
she she now our town is growing and this

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has been a really bad year for for um
um winter kill there was a lot of winter

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kill and um and one of the things that
really helps is if uh if people

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communicate through the communication
form it's not always convenient for for

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people you know if you if you don't like
uh using computers you don't you don't

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necessarily uh think that's your best
thing but one of the things that you can

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do you can you can always just you can
phone any one of the counselors our our

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numbers are are public or uh and ask us
to do it too and and if you give us a

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date like Lakeside Muse and we know in
the corner and now on the town property

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there's Deadfall and if she knows that
she she's very very more likely don't

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don't except in the case of Linda who
just took eight days to get mowing done

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um and uh and there's and Donna probably
has a rational reason it's probably due

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to the freaking Water Crisis that she's
been dealing with but but it's good for

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them to know because then it's recorded
then they know they have your statement

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and it's now expectation that that there
is a followup and that something happens

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so that citizen communication for is is
really useful I know councelor langmaid

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is really good she she um guides lots
and lots of people through it too to uh

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to get to where it needs to do it so
we'll definitely do that we' be happy to

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do that and I know that Donna would be
grateful to know because it really helps

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her

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yeah and and you know that and you're
you're not alone you know that that it's

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not not it's not um the easiest to
navigate for sure

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so this is informal and this is really
good

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yeah no you've made no mistake but but
if it happens again if it happens again

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you
know

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yeah yeah no this you've made no mistake
no this is exactly the place to bring it

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and and uh and if we can make that
process easier for you when it happens

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or should it happen
again

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yeah y well that's

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important it is
beautiful

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yeah yeah no no it's good to

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know thank you Clara and thank you
councelor Peterson uh question from the

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gentleman back there we have a
microphone coming to you right

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now good morning I have a few questions
actually it's regarding Park Lane Drive

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uh obviously um Anthem United is doing
some development back there and uh it's

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been surveyed everything else number one
uh none of the residents have received a

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plot plan or anything else about what's
going on back

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there uh with the new one I mean that
development's been going on for 18 years

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now uh they're finally doing some
something with it there's been many many

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changes made and we really haven't got
any answers to what's going on uh I have

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a call into uh Anthem United I'm waiting
for a return on it to be quite honest um

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however in the original proposal there
was supposed to be I believe it was

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about 86 houses back there and all of a
sudden it went up to about 186

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houses um part of that obvious obviously
was land costs uh because when um

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stantech was the engineer on record they
obviously made a mistake because the

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fillet was moved from the ranch over to
uh the commercial area raised the

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elevation over there substantially and
lowered the elevation behind us so there

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was additional costs involved and I can
understand um the lot costs everything

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else to go with
it however in saying that um

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with the added residential units that
have gone in there um Council and it

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wasn't this Cil it was a previous one or
the one before had passed a narrow lot

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bylaw uh the original understanding was
all the perimeter Lots were supposed to

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be 50
ft um that back on the Park Lane

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Drive uh my understanding now they're
all 35

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ft uh and second ly there was supposed
to be a buffer zone of 10 m between

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property line to property line and that
was derived actually when uh I believe

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Mr grac was mayor and that Council and
then the previous Council went down to

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the narrower lot sizes so there is a
concern with the residents along Park

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Lane Drive whether that buffer is still
in place or not or whether we're going

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to have a 35t property backing right
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uh our property line and there's other
things that go with it um uh

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the I guess the uh
Road um that was proposed that was going

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to join parkline from klyber Trail uh
that was taken out of the original plan

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because Park Lane Drive is not a
commuter

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Road um you're making it a commuter road
now uh actually you look at I think if

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you look at a lot of
um um information that's I've researched

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on the web on that the minimum width of
a commuter road is um 44 ft Park Lan

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drives 42 ft also they have driveways
backing onto the road all the way

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along so in saying that I
guess um you have to look at snow

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clearing which has always been an issue
in Park C it's a bus route everything

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else your plows come down they windro
the stuff in front of uh all the

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residents and that um maybe some of you
know now I'm sure you do cars with all

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their safety features my wife's car
won't even back over one the car shuts

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down so uh there have been calls made to
um the people responsible for snow

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clearing and that I'm sorry I can't
remember the name of your your

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department and that and the respons once
has been we were allowed to uh wind Ros

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

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of elderly people on that street I don't
put myself into that category but I'll

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be quite honest I have blown out
people's driveways with my snow

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blower uh I've had the BW officer come
and tell me I can't do anything on the

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street um how do people get out of their
driveways so what are your plans if that

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is going to be a commuter Road or a
collector Road I guess what are your

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plans for the
intersection on Freeman Trail and

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that there's not enough room for a right
turn in there you're going to have to

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take a house
out you know on the other side uh you've

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put a right turn exit in and a threeway
and that but on the other side there's

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nothing there so you have one lane
that's going to take that traffic

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how are you going to deal with
that you know and I mean we could go on

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and on I could take all morning going
over this but I guess the big thing is

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the
development there's no information out

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

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turn to our staff as far as how we can
get more information to you as far as

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what Anthem has planned um as far as
that road from r going on to Park Lane

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Drive that's proposed as long as I've
been on Council it's always been a thing

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that's supposed to be coming that
Connector Road over to Park Lane Drive I

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am not aware of any Council that has
said it'll never be a connector to

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Parklane drive as far as Parklane Drive
um I believe it is a connector Road and

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like you said it does have school buses
on it so um we can definitely look at

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getting more information to I can
explain the R1 the r1n uh this the

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narrower Lots what Strathmore has tried
to do is find a way to have more people

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be able to get into housing because as I
think as you all know uh we're in a

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housing crisis in Strathmore and there's
young people who have very difficult

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times affording the inflation is really
high the interest rates are are still

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

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thing that the C that I was on did that
that brought about or helped bring about

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the uh the narrower Lots is that
Strathmore is a is a rural town and

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we're trying to avoid urban sprawl into
Farmland so we've increased the density

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in our town and I understand that some
of you who have big properties with with

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Big Lots may have some reservations
about a narrower lot 35 instead of a 50

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Frontage I don't think it necessarily
means that you're going to have a bad

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situation behind you but we do need to
be uh cognizant or aware of reducing our

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spread into into agricultural land as
much as we can and to also try to make

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housing at least attainable for younger
families and so we did go ahead with

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some narrower
Lots I know that may not sit well with

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

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or Jamie we can talk about uh getting
you information as to what's planned in

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that Anthem area and you're right it's
been sitting for a long time and they

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are staking out and getting ready to go
um and I'm I'm just wondering is that is

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that road that's going to connect to
Park Lane from Ranch is that where the

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empty lot is is there an empty lot like
a park kind of a space a small green

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space yeah and that's right where the
road is going to come to Park Lane

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y

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behind

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respon

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thank thank you um I understand your
your concerns on parking Drive um the

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traffic part or the speeding part that's
something that we can look into as well

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uh you also had a a comment about
Windrose and I don't think there's I I

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don't think there's an easy fix to not
having wind RS because when you plow a

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street it's got to go to one side or the
other and so it does create wind RS I

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get them on my street as well they're
all through Strathmore but the only way

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to get rid of a windro is if is if if
you were lifting your blade at every

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driveway and not plowing it onto
driveways which would be incredibly

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slow pardon
me in angling it

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towards the middle of the street

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the new development over there it used
to go under the highway into cber land

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and that that's been shut off so it just
uh creates uh a storm Pond for lack of a

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better work in the ranch
development so you know there's places

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to dump that snow and there's places to
to uh get rid of it off the Road and I

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can go back in stratmore
before um where they wind rode the snow

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into the middle of the road and the
complaint was oh gosh I got to drive

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around the block to get into my driveway
well you know what you can still get

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into your
driveway well we can we can actually I

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can turn to staff to explain why we
don't create a pile in the middle of the

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streets they'll they'll probably be able
to address that um as far as dumping

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snow into those areas again I don't have
the operational experience I can turn to

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our staff for that um but again as far
as my knowledge as a counselor I have

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always thought that that Ranch Road was
going to connect

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to uh Park Lane Drive now I'm I'm not
sure about the Ballard system but again

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we can address your questions as far as
seeing the plan and finding out about

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the buffer zone as far as what you folks
were told and what the new design looks

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like um can I turn to J sure so I guess
I'll answer the question or try to

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answer the question first on the on the
planning items um Ranch the ranch

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development one of the challenges we
have with that is um it was I guess

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conceptualized before we required what's
called an area structure plan which is a

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process through Council uh it's a plan
that's adopted through Council by a

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bylaw um the Ranch again was approved
before we used those as a tool in

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Strathmore so um way back when probably
around 2000 I'm not sure when that was

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done but the the public wouldn't have
got the same kind of input as they would

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if we got a new ASP
today um the reason that that

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development has the through Road uh is
and you mentioned it when you were

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asking questions was with relation to
emergency access the number of homes in

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there we did bring a report to council
in I believe July of 2021 kind of

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summarizing both the the engineering
rationale as well as the fire and EMS

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rationale for that through road so that
would have went to Council in July of

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2021 just to ensure that they were again
on on side with why staff made that

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decision to approve the subdivision in
that way um but as the mayor said we can

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get you that most recent subdivision
approval so you're aware of it um and

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the rezoning as well would have gone
through a public hearing I think there

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was two rezonings in that phase that
changeed like you suggested from larger

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lots to smaller Lots um on the snow
removal um yeah we hear about wind rows

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every every year um it's a challenge um
unfortunately we can't just dump snow

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anywhere um environmental regulations
from The Province are quite stringent

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these days um that's why we have a snow
dump and we actually improved our snow

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dump in the last couple years to make
sure it was compliant um that being said

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this fall we every fall we come to
council with an update on snow removal

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and our practices and to find out if
Council feels the public would would s

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support any changes again with increased
resources um we did I think a couple of

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years ago consider wind rows in the
middle of the street like you suggested

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um while yourself and some people might
be happy with that some other people

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like you said might not be uh doesn't
mean we can't do that and we'll look at

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it again um but again in September we'll
be coming to council with an update uh

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so I would suggest you um share your
feedback with Council before then as you

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did today and we can look at that and
what it would what it would mean

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operationally to

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do okay I've gotone my rear end three
times trying to get over the wind rows

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into my
traffic it is a safety issue that snow

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is plowed right underneath V Les it's
plowed up over the running rails

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everything else so I mean it's a huge
concern so I'd like you to consider that

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as well because someone goes on their
rear end and ends up in the hospital you

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know what's going to happen I know
what's going to happen there'll be a

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lawsuit so I'm wondering if I could just
interject Jonathan do you have the date

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is it in September when the U snow
clearing is coming coming up to us is

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that might be a meeting you'd like to
come to because we have a public meeting

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and a discussion Tammy September 11th
okay it's September 11th September 11th

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so if if you're free on September 11th
Mark that in your C uh calendar we start

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

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to the public and say if you have any
questions or concerns or comments you'll

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be allowed to speak on it since it's on
the agenda that night

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you're welcome Pat can I say one thing
about that can the graders at least lift

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their blade when they go past the
mailboxes there can't be that many

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mailboxes that that would be a problem I
can't get over a drift this high from my

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car to my mailbox okay um maybe we can
make a note of that and it can be part

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of our discussion on September
11th Canada Post Yeah Canada Post lets

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us know when there's issues believe me
uh sure and then they we talk to them

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regularly through the winter so uh we'll
we'll make sure we pay attention to that

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we need a better solution for for Post
Office boxes it it causes seniors

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especially tremendous grief I I want to
go back that's this one works thanks I

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want to go back to your point about
about the danger of wind RS when they're

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when they're plowing in your streets and
and I I would be really interested to

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find out from from our infrastructure or
from people with lived EXP experience

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whether it's worse on some streets than
others like it like does it does it make

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a difference and so I live in the old
area of downtown um the mayor has a name

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

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from a school and so you know we're uh
as old as we are we're plowing out those

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4ot wind rows uh in front in front of
our our driveway as well and um and I'm

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wondering if there is isn't you know
some plan in the in the offing where

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where this Park Lane Drive Park Lane
like you're talking about is a different

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context than than area say where I live
in the downtown that is a a bus pickup

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route or a place where hundreds of
parents pick up their children every day

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and and I think that that would be a
really good a useful exercise to

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undertake to do we have to apply the
same standard in every neighborhood all

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the time and um and and uh Linda
Ferguson's pointed about the mailboxes I

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think is something that's becoming you
know as our Winters are are more

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mercurical and there's more ice and you
know it's just becoming more and more

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treacherous especially for a senior in a
community with 25% of our population

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being seniors it's really not a good
thing the other thing that I wanted to

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address is the speeding on Parklane
drive and that is something that came to

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council um slightly less than two years
ago and we did we did undertake a study

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on on Parklane drive and they did find
some some excessive speeds but not um

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not enough to to do more than the take
take more than the action they did take

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which was to put that flashing light in
on the pathway by the canal and they put

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that in there because of all the young
people that are walking from the um Holy

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Cross Collegiate and Sacred Heart across
that pathway and um the people who live

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on that on the uh south side of the
street at in that area have said it has

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made a difference but uh we know that
it's a a Speedway I've seen it myself

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difference however if you go further
east yeah on Park Lane uh by the lift

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station yeah and that as soon as people
come along uh come off Freeman Trail

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they just Hammer their gas ped it is a
Speedway I I've seen it yeah at the

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curve you know they start slowing down a
bit and then conversely when they're

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going east at the curve they Hammer the
gas we've had people come down there at

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120 clicks and and that was and you turn
around and yes you know you have had

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your B out there occasionally and I'll
use the term

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

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it would be useful so so you you you
said that the flashing light has helped

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on the one end that it has made a
difference we also now have a school

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zone just on the other side on on George
Freeman Trail where we have lots of

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other kids walking to school as well on
on George Freeman Trail we have another

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school now yes and so you know having a
Raceway in between where you have

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literally hundreds upon hundreds of
children walking every day yeah do you

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think there is some use in doing a test
to see if we could put another flashing

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light in on the curve on the other side
of the of the um well I don't think it's

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NE on the curve I think probably and
you've put a uh a pedestrian light in

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now across from uh well right at your
lift station I believe the address is

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about 1 I don't know 57 something like
that there's a pedestrian light that's

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gone in because of numerous complaints
by a person and that um it does no

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good they just the way they
go so we need to alert bylaw pardon me

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so it's a bylaw situation well I
personally I think it is but you know

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

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

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

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exit out of the city or out of the Town
it always has been since it's been

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developed so you know um younger
generation now they've been a lot better

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about drinking and driving than when I
was young because that was a thing to do

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it isn't anymore you know and I give
them credit for that but it's still an

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Escape Route so you get the guys in
their trucks that go bombing down there

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you get the guys in their cars
everything else there's noise I I mean

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I've got pictures of vehicles license
plate and the

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driver that is a constant Menace on that
road you know you turn around and it's

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it's ridiculous it really is and it just
seems like something that's been totally

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ignored and this this has been going on
well

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before um this council's
time and it has been brought up um when

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um can't remember his name but I mean

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it's been brought up when Steve graic
was around everything

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else you know and it just seems like
that area is a lost area because I'll

415
00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:17,760
I'll excuse me for a minute I'll even
bring the development again when that

416
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:22,119
area was first
stripped Strathmore had a development

417
00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:26,920
officer I don't know whether they do
anymore but I approached them at one

418
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:30,319
time because of the Dust when they were
stripping that

419
00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:35,720
we had to have our floors replaced cost
us

420
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:40,440
$7,000 and that we provided pictures you
couldn't see the back of your property

421
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:44,280
line you couldn't see 10 ft off your
deck we approached the development

422
00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:49,599
officer and he said what do you want me
to do about it well my backgrounds in

423
00:38:46,839 --> 00:38:54,760
the construction industry is a site
superintendent and then

424
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:59,680
beyond what do you want what I want you
to do about it shut them down

425
00:38:58,079 --> 00:39:05,119
they have to live by their development
permit and do and do what they say or

426
00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:09,520
and they're not doing it and you know
that's one of the concerns again and I'm

427
00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:12,480
digressing here but it's it's so
frustrating that that whole area seems

428
00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:17,920
to be
ignored if if I can jump in for a second

429
00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:22,920
when it comes time to develop this new
phase that Anthem is doing if if you're

430
00:39:20,720 --> 00:39:27,400
finding again that dust is becoming a
real issue we all have our numbers

431
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:32,000
posted on the town website you can call
call us and we will talk to our

432
00:39:29,319 --> 00:39:39,079
infrastructure team and our CAO as far
as oh as far as improving that goes um

433
00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:44,720
yes yes our CAO did look into it on the
west side of town um the other thing I

434
00:39:41,359 --> 00:39:50,560
can say is uh we have we have the staff
sergeant of the RCMP coming in quarterly

435
00:39:47,079 --> 00:39:54,480
to do reports if you keep an eye on um
our meeting agendas maybe you can come

436
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:58,760
on the night of Staff Sergeant there we
can also bring this forward to our staff

437
00:39:56,480 --> 00:40:04,200
sergeant as far as the speed on Parklane
drive for sure now that we're all aware

438
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:08,400
of the concerns again we can we can talk
to our CAO and talk to the staff

439
00:40:06,079 --> 00:40:13,400
sergeant regarding some possible plans
for Park Lane

440
00:40:10,359 --> 00:40:17,160
Drive um I have questions from the from
the people have submitted some so I

441
00:40:15,119 --> 00:40:20,640
thought we could maybe do one or two
questions that have been submitted

442
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:25,319
beforehand and then I can go back to the
audience if that's okay so if you can

443
00:40:22,720 --> 00:40:30,280
remember your questions will come to you
uh we had a question about water resp

444
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:34,359
restrictions and uh there we've had re
we've received many questions and is

445
00:40:32,319 --> 00:40:38,920
there an update on restrictions and when
can we expect to be back to normal so I

446
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:43,839
want to thank all the residents for
obviously helping to reduce our water

447
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:48,480
usage uh as as much as we did I'm really
proud of Strathmore residents you

448
00:40:45,560 --> 00:40:53,680
reduced your our Target was 25%
reduction daily and uh we were very very

449
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:58,200
close to that we exceeded it on on
several times um and so I was really

450
00:40:56,319 --> 00:41:03,480
happy with that and like Calgary we're
going to be we can ease our indoor water

451
00:41:01,079 --> 00:41:08,319
restrictions we still need to continue
as we ease back into normal water use

452
00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:13,000
obviously you guys have done some of
these things to space out your laundry

453
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:19,480
your showers if you can reduce shower
time your dishwasher runs but indoor

454
00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:24,200
usage is is back to to normal and um
stage four outdoor water restrictions

455
00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:27,640
are still currently in effect so I know
a lot of people have been sharing on

456
00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:32,040
Facebook different ways they've been
using to collect rainwater I know my

457
00:41:30,079 --> 00:41:37,680
wife and I have this is the first year
in our 40 years here that we've been

458
00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:41,839
putting bins under our e trough uh drain
pipe and so I know that's spread

459
00:41:39,720 --> 00:41:45,040
throughout the town this is the first
time my wife and I have talked about

460
00:41:43,319 --> 00:41:49,319
getting a rain barrel too as far as
handw watering outdoor plants so very

461
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:53,640
proud and very pleased with Strathmore
residents thank you for all your efforts

462
00:41:51,119 --> 00:41:57,880
that you did and we're excited to
announce that the lp pool in the town

463
00:41:55,880 --> 00:42:02,480
aquatic center is open
residents are welcome to enjoy the lap

464
00:41:59,960 --> 00:42:06,000
pool and while the pool is reopening the
hot tub water slide and kitty pool

465
00:42:05,119 --> 00:42:11,240
remain
closed and U over the last week the town

466
00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:16,160
has been finishing some much needed
repairs to the water slide Kitty pool

467
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:21,119
and hot tub and once these have all been
completed and the two and the pool staff

468
00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:27,960
receives satisfactory pool chemistry
results from AHS the hot tub and kitty

469
00:42:24,119 --> 00:42:33,880
pool will be open as well uh last night
we had a a session in our public council

470
00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:37,920
meeting on garage and Garden suites and
the question is I've heard that there is

471
00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:43,160
a possibility of putting an income Suite
on my property is this permitted in

472
00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:48,040
Strathmore and I can tell you this that
last night council approved the town's

473
00:42:45,160 --> 00:42:54,720
first garage and garden Suite bylaw now
this is not a blanket zoning change or

474
00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:59,240
anything like that it's just to allow
people if they want to try to spend the

475
00:42:56,720 --> 00:43:04,400
money to convert a garage or put a a
unit above a garage there are strict

476
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:09,359
rules that must be followed it's not
necessarily an easy process to get to

477
00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:14,119
get to have one of these but again it's
a way we thought that could help with

478
00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:19,280
the housing crisis in this town it also
could be a way for both young people who

479
00:43:16,319 --> 00:43:25,240
have maybe bought a home with a detach
garage on an alley that they could uh

480
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:29,800
help pay their mortgage down and also it
could be a way to help seniors stay in

481
00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:34,559
their property longer if they have the
money to develop a garage Suite then

482
00:43:32,720 --> 00:43:38,720
they can stay on their property longer
if their health permits and they have

483
00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:42,359
income coming in so I I just want to
assure you that it's it's not going to

484
00:43:40,720 --> 00:43:46,040
be a blanket thing where people are
developing them right and left there are

485
00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:51,200
very many rules and controls that have
to be

486
00:43:47,559 --> 00:43:55,359
followed um applications for guards
garage and garden Suite permits will be

487
00:43:53,480 --> 00:43:59,280
available through the town office and
online in the coming weeks and the

488
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:04,119
difference between oh there was a
question about the difference between

489
00:44:00,720 --> 00:44:09,920
tiny homes and garage and garden Suite a
garage Suite means a second accessory

490
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:14,920
dwelling unit on a parcel located above
or adjacent to a garage structure so

491
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:21,119
that's a separate living space that's a
garage Suite a garden Suite is a second

492
00:44:18,079 --> 00:44:27,119
accessory dwelling unit on a parcel to
be used as a separate accommodation that

493
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:31,960
is accessory to the principal building
tiny home does not require another

494
00:44:29,359 --> 00:44:36,720
primary building on the property and can
and can stand alone we don't have any uh

495
00:44:34,720 --> 00:44:41,200
tiny homes at this time we had a session
a workshop last night on tiny homes

496
00:44:39,160 --> 00:44:44,200
where we learned about it but I again I
just want to reassure you that this

497
00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:48,520
isn't going to be happening all over
town it's not like Calgary did with

498
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:53,040
their their zoning change this is just
something where if someone decides they

499
00:44:50,720 --> 00:44:57,599
they want to invest some money in their
garage and create a living unit that

500
00:44:55,480 --> 00:45:02,119
there are steps and regulation ations
and permitting would have to be followed

501
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:06,160
to do that so it allows for people to
have income coming in on their property

502
00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:11,960
but it also puts controls and and
checkpoints as far as that goes wish I

503
00:45:10,119 --> 00:45:15,960
jump in on this just a couple more
points could also be a great way to get

504
00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:21,400
your uh 25-year-old son out of the
basement and into the backyard as a

505
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:25,119
young person I can say that um but one
other one other concern I've heard

506
00:45:22,839 --> 00:45:28,839
raised about uh garage and Garden suites
is concerns around parking especially

507
00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:33,000
street parking and I want to reassure
people that uh within the bylaw that was

508
00:45:30,839 --> 00:45:36,960
approved last the bylaw amendment that
was approved last night there is a

509
00:45:34,599 --> 00:45:40,680
requirement that for each Garden or
garage Suite that is constructed an

510
00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:46,359
additional parking space must be
included so we are adding parking on top

511
00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:51,400
of what is existing at that residence to
hopefully try and mitigate Street you

512
00:45:48,520 --> 00:45:56,000
know Street congestion and uh and Tra
and traffic control issues so I want

513
00:45:53,559 --> 00:45:59,400
want to just reassure people that we
have heard about the concerns around

514
00:45:57,559 --> 00:46:05,040
parking and we did we did include some
measures within the bylaw amendment to

515
00:46:01,680 --> 00:46:09,480
to address that thank you counselor uh
Lang made so I can turn to the audience

516
00:46:08,079 --> 00:46:13,440
if there's a question again and then
we'll go back to the online questions I

517
00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:17,240
think um Lloyd you had your hand up at
one point as far as Parklane Drive

518
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:26,640
discussion I have a lot of discussion on
Park LA sure I understand

519
00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:37,680
Lloyd Penner I live right 98 Park Lane
Drive and uh see all this activity

520
00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:44,040
started up there a couple of days ago
across from my house not a word

521
00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:51,119
mentioned not a letter sent or a phone
call from one of the counselors that was

522
00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:56,920
expected I expected that because I have
come to realize that Strathmore is no

523
00:46:54,200 --> 00:47:01,040
longer the counil that it used to be the
used to have a council where you could

524
00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:05,559
contact the
administrator and have a little chat

525
00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:13,559
with him in the during the day or
whatever it's all in the past and now

526
00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:17,480
it's all just uh hush hush hush I I hate
to be that negative sorry Lloyd I just

527
00:47:15,640 --> 00:47:22,400
want to interject when you make a strong
statement like that we all have our cell

528
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:28,000
numbers posted on the town of Strathmore
website nobody's called me uh as far as

529
00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:34,240
some of these strong concerns you have
and as a council we're a governance body

530
00:47:30,559 --> 00:47:38,359
we set rules regulations policies bylaws
we don't necessarily know when a

531
00:47:36,680 --> 00:47:42,920
subdivision is going to start
construction until we see driving around

532
00:47:40,760 --> 00:47:47,400
we see the you know the the pegs put
that's fair thank you carry

533
00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:51,160
on that's
fair I just

534
00:47:51,359 --> 00:48:00,960
uh not very long ago in fact I did have
a letter in in in in my possession I

535
00:47:58,240 --> 00:48:05,920
don't know whether I still have or not
but I had a letter in my possession that

536
00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:10,920
told me from years back that there would
never be an

537
00:48:07,359 --> 00:48:17,079
intersection coming on to Parkland Drive
in front of my house all I can tell you

538
00:48:13,240 --> 00:48:21,559
on that is um I don't think I don't
think if it was a counselor that that

539
00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:27,640
person should have given you that kind
of strong statement and and promised

540
00:48:25,079 --> 00:48:32,880
anything into the far future
because there are things that change and

541
00:48:30,119 --> 00:48:38,960
obviously developers change I think
sorry I forgot your first name Pardon Me

542
00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:44,319
Cam so like cam was saying the change
went from 50 foot lots to 35 foot

543
00:48:42,780 --> 00:48:50,160
[Music]
um you know it sounds cliche but times

544
00:48:48,359 --> 00:48:56,079
change and there are adjustments to
things so I don't think one Council can

545
00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:59,440
handcuff a next Council and say that'll
never happen

546
00:48:57,319 --> 00:49:04,000
because things can change we're a bigger
Community now and as far as that

547
00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:08,640
Connector Road all I can say as far as
my knowledge is it was always going to

548
00:49:06,280 --> 00:49:15,040
be a connector Road that's what I had
been told that's what I had seen uh Mr

549
00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:20,680
Mayor would could you tell me uh what
what exactly is the plan there is there

550
00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:26,079
light right turns and left turns coming
entering on Park Lan well I can what's

551
00:49:24,640 --> 00:49:29,920
the plan I can turn to our
infrastructure people and they can tell

552
00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:34,440
you a little more about what they know
again because we're not involved in

553
00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:39,480
everything going on as far as
development we see we we're involved at

554
00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:44,040
a higher level approving things but but
we can definitely get that hopefully get

555
00:49:41,119 --> 00:49:46,920
you some answers for that Jamie thank
you no wor thank

556
00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:59,760
you it will be a full intersection there
so not just right in right out there be

557
00:49:56,880 --> 00:49:59,760
a full intersection

558
00:50:03,960 --> 00:50:08,960
there I assume there'll be a stop sign
on the East West

559
00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:18,880
Road and if the stop sign is on Park
Lane Drive going east west that would

560
00:50:16,799 --> 00:50:23,599
also help with speed reduction I would
think

561
00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:28,440
too coming out of the ranch well we can
definitely look into that and see if it

562
00:50:25,720 --> 00:50:34,000
might even be a threeway stop as far as
traffic control and mediation we can

563
00:50:31,119 --> 00:50:34,000
definitely look into

564
00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:47,760
that well we'll definitely uh we'll
definitely get an answer for you as far

565
00:50:45,920 --> 00:50:52,960
as how that Connector Road is going to
be linking and traffic movement onto

566
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:57,440
Park Lane
Drive and the other concern is and

567
00:50:55,440 --> 00:51:05,599
excuse me for interrupting
um on the East End of Park Lane you have

568
00:51:01,400 --> 00:51:10,960
a daycare right in the corner or a day
home they're what're not anymore well

569
00:51:08,880 --> 00:51:16,160
then did they finally sell their house
no but they they dissolve their dayare

570
00:51:13,520 --> 00:51:21,319
over a year ago no they didn't because
cars were still parking out front right

571
00:51:17,960 --> 00:51:24,240
on the corner it wasn't over a year ago
secondly you got a taxi cab company

572
00:51:23,119 --> 00:51:30,960
across the
street with five vehicles park there his

573
00:51:28,359 --> 00:51:38,160
employees park down the street and the
entry uh into um on the right hand turn

574
00:51:35,559 --> 00:51:43,000
where the park is that's where employees
Park and you could have even cabs park

575
00:51:40,319 --> 00:51:47,319
there for 3 4
weeks but you have another business

576
00:51:45,079 --> 00:51:53,760
there as well so what do people do about
that how are you going to provide access

577
00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:53,760
and egis that goes

578
00:51:54,520 --> 00:52:02,400
easily that's definitely a good question
and um we can look into that as well our

579
00:52:00,079 --> 00:52:07,319
staff will take note of that and we can
see what we can come up with that and I

580
00:52:05,319 --> 00:52:13,960
I know we have the taxi company uh
coming as a delegation as we get closer

581
00:52:10,160 --> 00:52:17,920
to passing uh an amended taxi bylaw and
that could be something they're coming

582
00:52:15,400 --> 00:52:22,440
as a delegation to a September meeting
we could ask some questions of them

583
00:52:19,760 --> 00:52:27,400
regarding that parking situation too and
even that I'll go to the to the West End

584
00:52:24,720 --> 00:52:31,920
I'm sorry again I I don't think going on
but I'll go to the West End you had a

585
00:52:30,119 --> 00:52:35,440
paint company there and a hairdressing
company there I don't know whether the

586
00:52:33,599 --> 00:52:40,000
hairdresser is still there or not but
that's where the road Narrows by The

587
00:52:37,119 --> 00:52:45,079
Pump Station the HS what are you going
to do there if somebody parks on the

588
00:52:42,040 --> 00:52:49,079
north side of the road you can't get by
if there's a vehicle on the North side

589
00:52:46,880 --> 00:52:54,280
and last night there's a truck and a
trailer there you can't get

590
00:52:51,480 --> 00:52:58,440
by so what are you going to do you're
going to take somebody's house out or

591
00:52:55,720 --> 00:52:58,440
take two or three

592
00:52:58,720 --> 00:53:09,440
my my thought on this whole thing is is
that the whole plan of Parklane Drive

593
00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:15,680
was the concept originally I talked to
people that have since passed away that

594
00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:22,400
were in the business developing B houses
in town and they said that it was a

595
00:53:19,160 --> 00:53:26,760
there was a good plan and it was a it
was

596
00:53:23,359 --> 00:53:33,000
a it was not a thorough fair and never
was planned for that and the council

597
00:53:29,480 --> 00:53:37,240
came in later on and decided that they
or councel or whatever I mean I don't

598
00:53:35,480 --> 00:53:42,079
know how the workings go but they
decided to go ahead and start building

599
00:53:40,079 --> 00:53:46,280
and they built and with no plan in
advance right now we don't have a plan

600
00:53:44,359 --> 00:53:51,880
in
advance but anyway I'll leave it at that

601
00:53:48,960 --> 00:53:57,160
I'm quite disappointed in the way the
plans took place here there's there's no

602
00:53:55,040 --> 00:54:01,319
communication you can't can't see your
concert you can phone them you can get

603
00:53:59,200 --> 00:54:06,599
them on YouTube or something like that
if you're you're a techie but if you're

604
00:54:03,760 --> 00:54:10,720
a and if you don't have all those
facilities at your disposal but Lloyd

605
00:54:08,839 --> 00:54:15,000
you can phone me anytime and set up a
meeting with me I'll I'll meet with you

606
00:54:12,559 --> 00:54:18,440
anytime you want I I just haven't gotten
calls from people to meet with me

607
00:54:16,640 --> 00:54:24,280
privately so I'll definitely meet with I
think everybody's frustrated that's my

608
00:54:20,640 --> 00:54:30,680
thought great um I will offer something
as far as Parklane Drive

609
00:54:27,040 --> 00:54:34,880
being a a connector Road and a busy road
I lived on Cambridge Glenn Drive for 16

610
00:54:33,520 --> 00:54:40,240
years I don't know if you know that
street that's the one with the trees up

611
00:54:37,160 --> 00:54:46,200
the middle it's near um it's near
Sagewood it's the street that goes north

612
00:54:42,520 --> 00:54:50,440
south and I I remember being at my staff
room at Strathmore High where I taught

613
00:54:48,079 --> 00:54:54,799
and I was complaining about the speed
and the traffic on Cambridge Glenn Drive

614
00:54:53,160 --> 00:55:00,280
and one of my teachers turned to me and
he said you bought a house house on a

615
00:54:57,119 --> 00:55:08,280
road that ends with drive it's not it's
going to be a connector a Memorial Drive

616
00:55:03,680 --> 00:55:14,240
in Calgary Centennial Drive is east west
and it's a connector Park Lane

617
00:55:11,359 --> 00:55:18,960
Drive Thomas Drive they're all connector
roads that have a lot of traffic I don't

618
00:55:16,599 --> 00:55:23,280
want the speed I totally agree that we
have to watch the Speed but to me those

619
00:55:21,359 --> 00:55:28,359
are connector roads they get you to
George Freeman Trail or with Thomas

620
00:55:25,920 --> 00:55:33,160
Drive they get you to Brent Boulevard
and

621
00:55:30,039 --> 00:55:38,640
8817 but I again I I think in the early
days if uh you know if people are saying

622
00:55:35,680 --> 00:55:44,480
if if someone was saying that Park Lane
Drive would never be a connector they

623
00:55:41,400 --> 00:55:49,520
were wrong because it's it's an East
West uh road and it it has the word

624
00:55:47,480 --> 00:55:54,440
drive in it I don't mean to belittle
this or or make fun of it it's just it

625
00:55:52,400 --> 00:56:00,480
has the word drive in it and it is a
connector it is a connector road to

626
00:55:56,839 --> 00:56:00,480
George Freeman Trail councelor

627
00:56:01,359 --> 00:56:04,960
Mitzner here I'll give you

628
00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:14,200
mine the additional intersection may be
your Saving Grace because people will go

629
00:56:11,520 --> 00:56:19,440
directly past the ranch for direct
access rather than go park Lan Drive if

630
00:56:16,680 --> 00:56:24,359
there's another intersection to stop at
that may help your how do you mean go

631
00:56:21,280 --> 00:56:28,240
past the rench well at the four-way stop
on Center Street you can go Direct

632
00:56:27,240 --> 00:56:34,559
to the
highway versus going out to the

633
00:56:32,039 --> 00:56:39,720
east because as I've lived here my
entire life we have enough four-way

634
00:56:36,760 --> 00:56:43,799
stops and people try to eliminate stop
stop stop so it it might help your

635
00:56:42,599 --> 00:56:48,160
traffic
situation right but you're also putting

636
00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:54,839
200 new residents in
there and most residents now have a

637
00:56:50,680 --> 00:56:59,760
minimum of two cars that's 400 Vehicles
we can definitely get you information on

638
00:56:57,680 --> 00:57:03,799
what's planned in that latest phase of
ranch and that will include that

639
00:57:01,839 --> 00:57:09,520
Connector Road to Park Lane and
hopefully the buffer space that you're

640
00:57:05,760 --> 00:57:13,839
looking for if that's of a help um Jamie
how do you see that information coming

641
00:57:11,240 --> 00:57:13,839
out to these

642
00:57:17,480 --> 00:57:23,480
folks well if we can get everyone's name
number contact information today I know

643
00:57:22,039 --> 00:57:27,799
we've got a couple of inquiries through
email already to our planning staff and

644
00:57:25,760 --> 00:57:31,039
infrastru structure we can certainly uh
get some responses to them we've already

645
00:57:29,480 --> 00:57:35,119
sent I think a response to one
individual um but I would like to

646
00:57:32,839 --> 00:57:40,640
clarify that the subdivision design
piece is not a council decision uh

647
00:57:38,119 --> 00:57:45,200
subdivision design is approved by staff
uh so between our planning staff

648
00:57:43,119 --> 00:57:49,599
infrastructure staff obviously using
operations group as well as Fire EMS

649
00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:53,599
that's who approv subdivision so it's
not a council decision uh Council

650
00:57:51,680 --> 00:57:56,720
approves land use uh but that's kind of
where their involvement in so I just

651
00:57:54,839 --> 00:57:59,760
wanted to clarify that but we will take
everyone's contact information that's

652
00:57:58,079 --> 00:58:04,720
concerned about the future plans for
ranch Phase 5 and and get some responses

653
00:58:01,839 --> 00:58:08,880
to them and and Jamie uh cam had a
question about the pathway system would

654
00:58:06,599 --> 00:58:12,000
that be would that be shown in this same
thing that is given to them as

655
00:58:10,359 --> 00:58:15,520
information would it show the pathway
system yes I can't recall I don't have

656
00:58:14,400 --> 00:58:18,319
the plan in front of me I can't recall
if there's a pathway planned or not or

657
00:58:16,839 --> 00:58:23,520
what it looks like but typically the
pathway would be shown as Mr uh through

658
00:58:20,480 --> 00:58:28,760
through that subdivision approval
so councelor Peterson thank you worship

659
00:58:26,200 --> 00:58:32,359
and and I I think too if that um if that
that pathway plan that you referenced if

660
00:58:30,799 --> 00:58:37,599
you have an input into that that would
be really useful as well well joining up

661
00:58:35,520 --> 00:58:42,599
yeah for people to walk you have a
pathway coming along the WID on the Park

662
00:58:40,319 --> 00:58:47,520
Lane and it goes across the street but
doesn't go anywhere else you know most

663
00:58:44,920 --> 00:58:50,599
of the people that designed all this
don't live in

664
00:58:48,720 --> 00:58:56,200
strathore you know they haven't even
walked or rode the pathways they have no

665
00:58:53,240 --> 00:59:01,880
idea you know people don't know there is
not a walkway

666
00:58:58,760 --> 00:59:09,240
between the first house on Park Lane or
right by the pum Pump Station to join up

667
00:59:06,039 --> 00:59:15,319
with the uh with the path it's just
gravel and weeds it's nothing else they

668
00:59:12,520 --> 00:59:18,240
don't even know there's not a place to
walk down there that you have to go on

669
00:59:16,640 --> 00:59:22,440
the road in the winter it's it's an
excellent point

670
00:59:19,640 --> 00:59:25,400
because we we work really hard nobody's
worked harder than our mayor to connect

671
00:59:23,920 --> 00:59:29,880
all the Pathways in the community and
that that isn't uh a place that really

672
00:59:27,319 --> 00:59:35,720
needs to U attention coming up it
definitely does I mean I invite anyone

673
00:59:32,280 --> 00:59:40,599
out any one of you out to 153 Park Lane
and I'll take you out back I mean we've

674
00:59:37,720 --> 00:59:44,160
turned around and since day one actually
my next door neighbor his name was

675
00:59:42,079 --> 00:59:49,520
Trevor Spence and his father serving
this Council years and years and years

676
00:59:45,680 --> 00:59:54,160
ago yeah he and I we purchased saw we
sawed back I told you United Paul Davis

677
00:59:52,200 --> 00:59:57,039
who was a project manager that time
we're going to squat in your land

678
00:59:55,520 --> 01:00:03,520
because you're doing nothing to upkeep
it so we

679
00:59:59,119 --> 01:00:08,720
sorted so it's nice it's attractive you
know aesthetically everything else but

680
01:00:05,520 --> 01:00:12,520
it's usable so our next door neighbor
they did it now if you you take a drive

681
01:00:10,520 --> 01:00:17,319
down parking and look down there you'll
see it's all nice and green that's cut

682
01:00:14,319 --> 01:00:21,640
down people use it to play botche ball
they use it to play volleyball

683
01:00:19,520 --> 01:00:26,400
everything else because there's an area
there there's nothing else around you

684
01:00:24,119 --> 01:00:33,280
know we talk about and I'm digress and
we talk about you know the speeding and

685
01:00:28,920 --> 01:00:38,920
now there's a uh pedestrian crosswalk in
by the lift

686
01:00:35,119 --> 01:00:43,440
station B Stanford years ago we
approached him because of it either put

687
01:00:40,559 --> 01:00:51,280
speed bumps in or put a playground sign
up because that Park is used by the

688
01:00:47,440 --> 01:00:55,280
schools when it's in and Mr Mayor you
might know that but the new school they

689
01:00:53,720 --> 01:01:01,520
come walking down they go into the
forest behind mind to use the whole

690
01:00:58,720 --> 01:01:05,839
works but what's there like we've gone
on 20 years trying to do this and

691
01:01:04,280 --> 01:01:10,599
nothing's been
done pardon me put a playground sign

692
01:01:09,039 --> 01:01:16,119
pretty
easy pardon me for interjecting this is

693
01:01:13,440 --> 01:01:21,839
a seemed to be almost a plan like to
keep delaying it and delaying it you

694
01:01:19,000 --> 01:01:27,599
know so people forget but they don't
forget and it just gets worse just like

695
01:01:25,240 --> 01:01:35,799
suggesting that maybe and I and I
appreciate your comment Mr Mrs

696
01:01:32,160 --> 01:01:42,480
counselor I appreciate your your comment
about you know uh if you uh if you make

697
01:01:40,880 --> 01:01:47,920
it so awkward then they'll go a
different direction that seems to be the

698
01:01:44,960 --> 01:01:53,279
way the Strathmore is being designed it
just falling over itself in the parking

699
01:01:51,760 --> 01:01:57,720
lots and in
the developments that's not just my

700
01:01:56,200 --> 01:02:02,559
thoughts those are thoughts I gather
from other people thank you well we'll

701
01:02:00,799 --> 01:02:07,119
uh we'll try to get information to you
if you leave contact information we will

702
01:02:04,760 --> 01:02:11,720
get uh we will get word to you and and
get a a plan so you can see what's

703
01:02:09,119 --> 01:02:15,880
coming for that ranch area uh hopefully
we can look at the buffer zone and see

704
01:02:13,799 --> 01:02:20,760
what the pathway system is maybe
there'll be I know there are other areas

705
01:02:17,559 --> 01:02:25,240
where areas in the Strathmore Lakes area
where we had a buffer zone created and a

706
01:02:23,240 --> 01:02:29,160
green space and a pathway was put in
connecting to the Strathmore Lake

707
01:02:26,839 --> 01:02:34,000
pathway system so we can look at getting
you all that information uh again I want

708
01:02:31,680 --> 01:02:39,520
to encourage you my phone number is is
on the town website you can call me you

709
01:02:35,960 --> 01:02:43,680
can email me I I try to respond even if
I'm watching TV in the evening and

710
01:02:41,240 --> 01:02:47,880
someone sends me an email I try to
respond as quickly as I can via return

711
01:02:46,000 --> 01:02:51,760
email and I'll try to get you the
information so we're not hiding we're

712
01:02:49,960 --> 01:02:55,880
not running from you we we want to get
you the information I just feel badly

713
01:02:54,279 --> 01:03:02,920
that you might have been told some
information many years ago that isn't

714
01:02:59,920 --> 01:03:08,400
accurate or or couldn't be held up many
years later because obviously the town

715
01:03:06,359 --> 01:03:13,160
changes and you you can't necessarily
speak that something will never happen

716
01:03:10,359 --> 01:03:16,240
20 years from now that's what concerns
me as someone was giving that kind of

717
01:03:14,799 --> 01:03:19,880
information out when they probably
shouldn't have shouldn't have Mr M

718
01:03:18,200 --> 01:03:26,279
excuse me but that's going on for 20
years CU all the people that back

719
01:03:22,599 --> 01:03:30,680
onto uh uh card's Old Land
yeah every one of them was told that

720
01:03:28,200 --> 01:03:35,640
that land was owned by the
WID and then Grant came well I'm sorry

721
01:03:34,160 --> 01:03:39,799
I'm not disagreeing you I'm just by all
the builders Realtors everything else no

722
01:03:38,079 --> 01:03:44,279
I wasn't disagreeing with you I just
feel badly that information landine was

723
01:03:42,079 --> 01:03:48,079
owned by Grant klyber and his family
okay right up to our property line okay

724
01:03:46,359 --> 01:03:54,599
yeah I'm sorry about what information
you got in the past um this Anthem

725
01:03:50,720 --> 01:03:59,839
development is is uh we had lunch my CA
our Cao had lunch with the owner last

726
01:03:58,279 --> 01:04:04,079
year and then another meeting with them
this spring and he was telling us their

727
01:04:01,440 --> 01:04:07,880
next phase is ready to go anytime and
that's what you're seeing now so I don't

728
01:04:06,240 --> 01:04:12,039
know what the land was and I wasn't
trying to disagree with you I just I

729
01:04:09,720 --> 01:04:17,119
just feel badly that someone was telling
this kind of stuff and again maybe the

730
01:04:13,799 --> 01:04:21,680
land was sold to Anthem or to this
company but we will try to get you all

731
01:04:19,039 --> 01:04:26,319
that information as far as what you can
what you can see that's coming for that

732
01:04:23,359 --> 01:04:32,920
ranch phase right okay may I say one
thing in closing and then I'll be quiet

733
01:04:29,359 --> 01:04:39,520
sure when this development the new
development when they wanted to add the

734
01:04:35,319 --> 01:04:47,039
additional uh units by the soccer
field okay and I spoke to that that was

735
01:04:44,440 --> 01:04:51,440
defeated thank you very much for that
but I also made a comment you have signs

736
01:04:49,319 --> 01:04:55,920
on the out search of the city where
quality of life is a way of life and in

737
01:04:54,160 --> 01:05:00,640
that meeting
uh where the proposal was put in front

738
01:04:57,760 --> 01:05:04,680
of you all I heard was and I said that
at that time all I heard was well we

739
01:05:03,039 --> 01:05:08,720
have to do this for these people and we
have to do this for these people and my

740
01:05:07,079 --> 01:05:12,400
response to that is what are you going
to do for the current residents of

741
01:05:10,359 --> 01:05:16,799
Strathmore that help build this
community everything else they have

742
01:05:15,039 --> 01:05:21,760
property they looked after it they're
proud of it everything else and it

743
01:05:20,079 --> 01:05:26,520
doesn't matter whether it's Strathmore
Calgary or whatever they walk into it

744
01:05:24,760 --> 01:05:31,480
and
they poop all over them for lack of a

745
01:05:28,039 --> 01:05:37,960
better word excuse me but you know that
just happens there's no consideration

746
01:05:34,119 --> 01:05:42,799
for the present and current and past
people new development comes in let's

747
01:05:40,240 --> 01:05:47,000
give them the world to heck with them we
already got them they're already paying

748
01:05:44,279 --> 01:05:52,000
taxes well my hope is that when this
when this plan comes out that you can

749
01:05:49,039 --> 01:05:57,359
see you'll see that there are things
that are being done to give you a buffer

750
01:05:54,880 --> 01:06:02,079
zone or to have a pathway system or to
give you answers on that Connector Road

751
01:05:59,680 --> 01:06:06,559
and how you get on and off Park Lane
Drive that's my hope so we're not

752
01:06:04,559 --> 01:06:11,279
forgetting about you we're going to get
you that information and then um and

753
01:06:09,200 --> 01:06:15,480
then you can always come uh you can
contact our town office and come as a

754
01:06:13,400 --> 01:06:20,799
delegation if you'd like to speak more
at a at another council meeting we'll

755
01:06:17,520 --> 01:06:24,839
definitely hear you out and I know you
you mentioned the fact that we defeated

756
01:06:22,559 --> 01:06:27,920
things when we make decisions we're
trying to make decision Visions based on

757
01:06:26,319 --> 01:06:34,400
what we think is good for the the
overall community so it it could be said

758
01:06:31,240 --> 01:06:38,520
that quality of life is also we need to
consider how do we get people into Home

759
01:06:36,319 --> 01:06:43,520
Ownership how do we get young people
into Families how do we get older people

760
01:06:40,960 --> 01:06:47,400
who need to downsize and have a smaller
home and property available that they

761
01:06:45,279 --> 01:06:53,400
can afford so there's we have to wear
all sorts of hats as far as how we tried

762
01:06:49,559 --> 01:06:58,839
to U try to help people in in a variety
of ways so quality of life also be

763
01:06:56,279 --> 01:07:01,599
helping people attain home ownership too
I I understand that and I don't dispute

764
01:07:00,720 --> 01:07:07,359
that
whatsoever um however the the attractive

765
01:07:04,880 --> 01:07:11,880
point of Strathmore to a lot of people
was a 50ft lots MH you get a larger lot

766
01:07:10,480 --> 01:07:16,799
and you're not paying the prices in
Calgary and everything else now you've

767
01:07:14,559 --> 01:07:22,279
downsized it okay they're going to be
cheaper okay but they're still going to

768
01:07:19,680 --> 01:07:27,000
be Out Of Reach For A lot of people you
know no matter what you do and what is

769
01:07:24,319 --> 01:07:32,240
going to I mean I think you've done and
we have a realtor here I think you've

770
01:07:29,400 --> 01:07:37,599
done this town of the service by turning
around and

771
01:07:34,279 --> 01:07:41,799
approving uh 35- ft Lots in there you
know I'm and and I'm going to talk

772
01:07:39,200 --> 01:07:45,960
basically I mean we talked about okay do
the

773
01:07:42,480 --> 01:07:51,160
perimeter in 50ft lots and then the
inside part doing your 35 ft Lots but

774
01:07:48,240 --> 01:07:55,920
why are you affecting every house along
on the north side of uh Park

775
01:07:53,359 --> 01:08:01,880
L by because you go to the the other
side you go to the South Side they're

776
01:07:58,720 --> 01:08:07,880
all 50ft Lots they're not
35 I don't understand that and nobody

777
01:08:05,760 --> 01:08:15,839
has been able to explain it to me as I
said I'm not trying to digress or or

778
01:08:10,960 --> 01:08:20,120
lengthen this this uh sit down out but
there's a lot of questions that haven't

779
01:08:17,319 --> 01:08:26,040
been answered and just ignored well I
think that red us us as residents we to

780
01:08:23,719 --> 01:08:31,799
have no idea what's going on
none again I think that that rant plan

781
01:08:29,279 --> 01:08:36,279
if we can get that to you you'll be able
to see what's planned and I don't know

782
01:08:34,480 --> 01:08:41,480
exactly what's going there I don't know
if there are 50ft lots or if there are

783
01:08:38,920 --> 01:08:46,040
lots for tow houses and then and then
smaller ones off the top of my head I

784
01:08:43,880 --> 01:08:50,520
haven't seen the latest plan in the last
little while last one I saw they're all

785
01:08:47,960 --> 01:08:55,839
approved for 35t Lots okay well we'll be
able to get you some information

786
01:08:52,279 --> 01:08:59,199
concerning that pleas okay um I'm
wondering if we could go on to some of

787
01:08:57,400 --> 01:09:03,279
the online questions that have also come
in about other things in town can I just

788
01:09:01,000 --> 01:09:10,359
follow up sure so I just want to say too
that that I understand what you're

789
01:09:05,880 --> 01:09:14,920
saying in terms of feeling um um pushed
out pushed on I I live in an area of

790
01:09:13,279 --> 01:09:21,080
Strathmore which was designated for
density to build density and uh in the

791
01:09:18,040 --> 01:09:26,719
downtown and it was a really really
difficult transition and I and I we've

792
01:09:24,000 --> 01:09:30,480
lived we've lived here for 40 years and
so in that environment we watched uhu

793
01:09:28,799 --> 01:09:37,000
all the old homes in our community be
bulldozed and go into in um uh small

794
01:09:34,719 --> 01:09:42,480
homes condominiums apartment buildings
all around us and so one of the things I

795
01:09:39,719 --> 01:09:48,359
guess that that I have had to come to um
a piece with and I have is that it was

796
01:09:45,839 --> 01:09:53,400
um it was a good decision by the council
it wasn't one that I particularly liked

797
01:09:50,400 --> 01:10:01,320
but what I have seen now in the last 15
years in in my UHA area is hordes of

798
01:09:57,560 --> 01:10:07,320
young families that have moved in um who
uh have affordable living in in um

799
01:10:04,640 --> 01:10:12,199
apartment buildings and and uh side by
sides and four plexes and six plexes

800
01:10:09,640 --> 01:10:16,400
that are all around us and that uh the
street is filled with parking now but

801
01:10:14,920 --> 01:10:20,840
the other side of that is is that our
downtown has been

802
01:10:17,760 --> 01:10:25,360
revitalized and I can't deny that you
know when I when I came on to councel

803
01:10:22,880 --> 01:10:29,320
the downtown was a ghost town and that
that's not the same today and that

804
01:10:27,000 --> 01:10:34,840
downtown has been revitalized because of
the actions of councils that predated me

805
01:10:31,800 --> 01:10:41,080
and U and currently and so I didn't like
it but I have come to make peace with it

806
01:10:38,640 --> 01:10:47,320
and I I see the wisdom in it but it
didn't benefit us at all I also think

807
01:10:45,360 --> 01:10:52,360
that it benefited the schools in the
area and and that in turn benefited the

808
01:10:50,040 --> 01:10:57,000
rest of the community from a from a tax
base and and Mr Panner is absolutely

809
01:10:54,920 --> 01:11:01,679
correct this is not the same Community
my husband was on Council when we had

810
01:10:59,040 --> 01:11:05,159
1,800 people and it was a time when you
could call up the CAO or you could call

811
01:11:03,679 --> 01:11:09,280
up the mayor and you could do what you
needed to do in the time that you had to

812
01:11:06,840 --> 01:11:13,880
do it and it was a much easier time and
a much more um there was much more

813
01:11:11,520 --> 01:11:20,840
capacity to be responsive but we're we
have 15,000 people today and and the

814
01:11:18,360 --> 01:11:26,320
rules around how councils are allowed to
perform and how we're allowed to act are

815
01:11:23,159 --> 01:11:30,840
different as well so want to say that
from the perspective of council and the

816
01:11:29,120 --> 01:11:35,199
and the five terms that my husband
served on Council and the 10 years that

817
01:11:32,360 --> 01:11:40,239
I've been here this Council has been one
of the most um proactive councils that

818
01:11:38,199 --> 01:11:45,719
I've seen in terms of trying to reach
out to Residents and trying to do this

819
01:11:42,560 --> 01:11:49,360
and and the mayor is absolutely correct
you know because we have a strong

820
01:11:47,440 --> 01:11:52,960
leadership team and because of the way
the governance and operations are

821
01:11:50,760 --> 01:11:59,400
structured we don't always know I didn't
know about the um about the garbage

822
01:11:56,159 --> 01:12:03,800
situation until Linda Ferguson called me
at at and I was at a at a housing

823
01:12:01,679 --> 01:12:08,199
meeting and called me at 10:00 at night
to say that this had happened and that's

824
01:12:05,280 --> 01:12:11,840
when I found out so we depend on you so
Lloyd Panner has said you know it's

825
01:12:10,040 --> 01:12:15,040
difficult to get a hold of people but
Lloyd has my phone number and I don't

826
01:12:13,400 --> 01:12:18,600
know that we've ever agreed on a single
thing but we've had some pretty good

827
01:12:16,800 --> 01:12:22,560
scraps over the years and I have
certainly respected the information that

828
01:12:20,400 --> 01:12:26,600
you've brought because I know that you
represent a group of people in this

829
01:12:24,600 --> 01:12:30,120
community that are really important and
I don't want you to think that you're

830
01:12:27,840 --> 01:12:33,600
not because you are you're you've been
integral to the community you continue

831
01:12:31,760 --> 01:12:38,199
to be integral to the community and you
are heard and and I think that there

832
01:12:36,440 --> 01:12:42,679
will be proof in that in the next over
the next few days that you have been

833
01:12:39,920 --> 01:12:47,400
heard and I just also while while we
were waiting I texted my husband to say

834
01:12:45,080 --> 01:12:51,239
where do we bring our waste because he
had exactly the same issues as you he

835
01:12:49,000 --> 01:12:56,880
didn't want a Teeter on a box to to dump
the garbage and um one of the options is

836
01:12:54,760 --> 01:13:02,400
and and may not be a satisfactory one
but uh Waste Management still does take

837
01:12:59,480 --> 01:13:07,639
garbage and um he said that uh we have a
contract with them and he takes his his

838
01:13:04,840 --> 01:13:12,320
uh recycling to waste
management thank you thank you and even

839
01:13:10,040 --> 01:13:17,120
though we're a town of 15,000 you can
call me uh at any time and I'll I'll all

840
01:13:15,159 --> 01:13:22,199
of us but for those of you who are at
home if you have a pen or a paper I'll

841
01:13:19,000 --> 01:13:25,440
give you my phone number It's Pat Fuel
and if you want to jot it down here

842
01:13:23,760 --> 01:13:30,040
that's great I'm not giving it to you
Brandon because you're you're media

843
01:13:27,400 --> 01:13:34,040
you're not to be truth no uh my number
Pat fuel my number is

844
01:13:32,520 --> 01:13:39,120
403
324

845
01:13:36,320 --> 01:13:43,400
3314 and you can call or text me and
I'll try to get you

846
01:13:40,639 --> 01:13:49,239
answers I think we have cards out in the
front and we have a brochure of who's

847
01:13:45,320 --> 01:13:53,560
who in the zoo yeah all right I do have
some questions uh that are coming in for

848
01:13:52,199 --> 01:13:57,719
other things that are important to
Strathmore residents uh the the next one

849
01:13:56,080 --> 01:14:02,920
is I've seen some groups getting
sponsorship money from the town how is

850
01:14:00,440 --> 01:14:10,159
that decided we have a community
delegation night and it's scheduled for

851
01:14:05,199 --> 01:14:14,719
October 23rd 2024 at 6:30 p.m. it's an
opportunity for nonprofit Community

852
01:14:12,480 --> 01:14:19,719
groups to come and request funding from
the town having all requests come in

853
01:14:17,560 --> 01:14:24,280
during one meeting allows for all
Community groups interested in

854
01:14:21,400 --> 01:14:29,120
requesting funding for the upcoming year
an equal opportunity to speak and

855
01:14:26,639 --> 01:14:34,040
present before Council and for Council
to get all relevant information to make

856
01:14:31,560 --> 01:14:40,719
informed decisions during our budget
talks so that's October 23rd 6:30 p.m.

857
01:14:38,960 --> 01:14:45,120
Council will hear the requests from the
community and allocate funds that will

858
01:14:43,239 --> 01:14:51,400
fit within the town of strathmore's
budget and align with our strategic

859
01:14:48,480 --> 01:14:57,320
priorities non for-profit groups can
register for this uh Community Night by

860
01:14:54,480 --> 01:15:02,800
filling out a delegation request form
online by October 2nd

861
01:15:00,440 --> 01:15:07,960
2024 we also have many budget
discussions that take place in the PA in

862
01:15:05,159 --> 01:15:14,719
the fall as we prepare to approve the
2025 budget we have uh four meetings set

863
01:15:11,800 --> 01:15:19,679
up for budget deliberations for the 2025
budget being scheduled and then the

864
01:15:17,480 --> 01:15:25,159
approval is scheduled for December 4th
of this year another important question

865
01:15:22,679 --> 01:15:30,360
that's come online is dealing with
doctors in town and I know this is a

866
01:15:27,199 --> 01:15:35,639
problem all across Canada the question
is it's so hard to find a doctor taking

867
01:15:33,120 --> 01:15:40,960
patients in town when will we get new
doctors and I can tell you this that in

868
01:15:38,120 --> 01:15:48,159
May of this year Town Council approved a
new grant program to help in bringing in

869
01:15:44,199 --> 01:15:54,400
new doctors to town it's a pilot program
for local medical offices with the hopes

870
01:15:51,600 --> 01:16:01,840
of encouraging the practices to sponsor
new Physicians so in other words it for

871
01:15:58,199 --> 01:16:07,520
for a um a clinic to try to bring in a
doctor from out of Canada or to bring in

872
01:16:04,800 --> 01:16:12,360
an overseas doctor it's very costly to
go through all the steps the paperwork

873
01:16:09,560 --> 01:16:17,400
the different things to do so in may we
approved the grant uh format where

874
01:16:15,120 --> 01:16:23,080
different clinics could apply and then
we help with the funding so that they

875
01:16:19,760 --> 01:16:29,159
can try to attract and train and Mentor
new doctors the town of Strathmore is

876
01:16:26,239 --> 01:16:35,239
offering three grants up to
$30,000 each to eligible Clinic

877
01:16:32,480 --> 01:16:40,920
applicants on a first come first served
basis to be eligible for the B Grant

878
01:16:39,239 --> 01:16:47,480
applicants must have signed a
sponsorship contract with cpsa before

879
01:16:45,040 --> 01:16:53,480
applying agreeing to commit to
sponsoring the internationally trained

880
01:16:49,840 --> 01:16:58,560
doctor for up to six years including
financially supporting the sponsored

881
01:16:55,719 --> 01:17:04,000
physician throughout the registration
process practice Readiness assessment

882
01:17:01,719 --> 01:17:09,480
and agree to pay the grant back to the
town should the doctor practice in the

883
01:17:07,080 --> 01:17:15,280
town for less than five years so in
other words we're ponying up some money

884
01:17:12,920 --> 01:17:20,360
quite a bit of money three grants to
help clinics attract International

885
01:17:17,600 --> 01:17:24,960
doctors train them Mentor them sponsor
them get them through all the

886
01:17:21,840 --> 01:17:29,600
documentation and red tape processes and
we hope that that will bring in three

887
01:17:27,520 --> 01:17:34,760
we've got two already applications
coming to us so we're hoping that this

888
01:17:32,120 --> 01:17:39,760
financial help to a clinic will help us
bring in three new doctors over the next

889
01:17:36,760 --> 01:17:45,080
three years I have a question about our
solar farm in town I would like an

890
01:17:42,440 --> 01:17:50,400
update on the solar panel project costs
and benefits to the town uh I just want

891
01:17:48,080 --> 01:17:55,840
to tell you that the solar farm is owned
and operated by a company called Capital

892
01:17:52,880 --> 01:18:02,520
power the town of Strath more invested
no money into bringing in the solar farm

893
01:17:58,560 --> 01:18:07,199
here what we do is we lease the land we
have a long-term lease with capital

894
01:18:04,560 --> 01:18:12,719
power that brings in
$180,000 a year and then on top of those

895
01:18:10,280 --> 01:18:16,960
lease payments we also receive property
taxes so the town benefits financially

896
01:18:16,159 --> 01:18:22,679
about
$400,000 a year for that land that is on

897
01:18:20,320 --> 01:18:28,560
the south side of the Trans Canada there
were no costs to the town um and as part

898
01:18:26,360 --> 01:18:35,159
of being good stewards of the land
Capital power has an agreement with the

899
01:18:30,679 --> 01:18:39,560
ranching uh a ranch to bring in sheep to
graze the land they have dogs that that

900
01:18:37,280 --> 01:18:44,080
stay with the sheep and herd them and I
believe they've also brought in pigs

901
01:18:41,360 --> 01:18:50,239
recently too so that's helping to
control the weeds the Clover the grasses

902
01:18:46,960 --> 01:18:56,159
and U it's been a really good thing for
our town because we never had to put any

903
01:18:53,480 --> 01:19:01,760
investment in
and uh I have a question on Utility

904
01:18:58,960 --> 01:19:06,400
Billing we are seeing a charge on our
electric and gas bill showing a payment

905
01:19:03,920 --> 01:19:10,520
to the town of Strathmore I believe that
this is the same charge that is in

906
01:19:08,320 --> 01:19:15,400
dispute with the provincial government
and it should be returned to homeowners

907
01:19:12,480 --> 01:19:19,199
can you update on this and I can turn to
our CAO Kevin scoel for

908
01:19:19,320 --> 01:19:26,840
this so on your bill you'll see
franchise fees and it's not related to

909
01:19:25,639 --> 01:19:31,000
what's being done in Calgary and
Edmonton the provincial government is

910
01:19:28,520 --> 01:19:39,960
regulating it differently for those
Metro areas so nothing has changed in in

911
01:19:35,520 --> 01:19:46,400
Strath more so franchise
fees um basically you know the gas and

912
01:19:43,239 --> 01:19:51,239
the electric runs on Town land so the
town when you put all those right of

913
01:19:49,159 --> 01:19:57,320
ways together that's a big loss in
taxation Revenue to a town or a city so

914
01:19:55,719 --> 01:20:01,840
basically the utility companies are
charged a lease uh which uh the

915
01:20:00,159 --> 01:20:06,199
municipalities are permitted to do under
provincial

916
01:20:02,920 --> 01:20:12,159
legislation so the utility companies
turn that into a a franchise fee so

917
01:20:08,840 --> 01:20:17,280
basically it is a flow through cost um
but the franchise fees are actually

918
01:20:15,199 --> 01:20:21,800
cheaper than if the franchise fees were
removed and then they become property

919
01:20:19,560 --> 01:20:26,920
tax uh and the reason that works is
everybody that has an electrical account

920
01:20:24,239 --> 01:20:31,840
pays a franchise fee there's there's
more utility customers than there is

921
01:20:29,320 --> 01:20:36,159
taxable property so things like the
courthouse the fish and wildlife office

922
01:20:33,840 --> 01:20:40,080
they aren't taxed uh they're Exempted
from tax but they have to pay the

923
01:20:37,639 --> 01:20:45,440
franchise fee so if we're to reduce
franchise fees the property taxes will

924
01:20:43,440 --> 01:20:50,120
actually go up more so it's actually a
bit of a a method of tax relief to

925
01:20:50,440 --> 01:21:01,679
Residents thank you CAO
scoel um I I have a question here about

926
01:20:56,679 --> 01:21:07,280
uh this just came in could the town or
CAO or staff please explain how the

927
01:21:04,760 --> 01:21:13,840
decision to change garbage pickup was
made and how any action has any action

928
01:21:11,040 --> 01:21:20,080
been undertaken to assure ensure this
doesn't happen again so can we just get

929
01:21:17,239 --> 01:21:24,239
a little basic background on on how this
first came about and I I just want to

930
01:21:22,280 --> 01:21:29,719
point out it wasn't a decision like it
wasn't it wasn't something written in

931
01:21:26,560 --> 01:21:38,719
stone that had happened it was uh it was
the early process of things um CAO

932
01:21:34,800 --> 01:21:44,120
scoble so Lanes need maintaining over
time um You probably all notice the

933
01:21:41,280 --> 01:21:48,080
garbage trucks keep getting bigger uh as
well when when you switch to automated

934
01:21:46,520 --> 01:21:51,159
collection as we have the weight of the
trucks increases even more because

935
01:21:49,639 --> 01:21:55,120
you've got that lifting arm and all the
equipment on it so it is harder on the

936
01:21:53,639 --> 01:21:58,760
lanes
um and the lanes need to be maintained

937
01:21:57,199 --> 01:22:02,840
if they're not maintained they'll get to
a point of failure where we have to come

938
01:22:00,360 --> 01:22:08,280
in and rebuild them uh which is
significantly more expensive so

939
01:22:05,760 --> 01:22:14,760
administration had the best intent in
mind to keep costs down um unfortunately

940
01:22:12,239 --> 01:22:20,199
there wasn't the best consideration
given to the impact on the residents so

941
01:22:18,199 --> 01:22:24,679
we're not pursuing that but we still do
need to maintain the lanes or we're

942
01:22:22,159 --> 01:22:28,080
going to get into Lane rebuilds um which
will be significantly more expensive and

943
01:22:26,280 --> 01:22:33,120
you won't be able to use your lane for a
long period of time so there are other

944
01:22:30,760 --> 01:22:37,199
methods um that I've used in other
communities we're going to look at those

945
01:22:35,320 --> 01:22:40,520
we don't have final details yet but the
way to think about it would be more like

946
01:22:38,639 --> 01:22:45,239
a street sweeping of your Front Street
we're going to have to come through from

947
01:22:42,040 --> 01:22:48,800
time to time uh to maintain the lanes
and that means grading them and putting

948
01:22:46,800 --> 01:22:54,760
more gravel down so that the lanes don't
keep failing um and so from time to time

949
01:22:52,800 --> 01:22:57,360
you know probably you know once a year
every two years we're going to have to

950
01:22:56,000 --> 01:23:01,760
work out the details we're going to have
to ask you to treat it like a sweet

951
01:22:58,639 --> 01:23:05,600
streping so um you're going to we'll ask
you to do things like get anything

952
01:23:03,760 --> 01:23:09,880
that's stored or any vehicles in the
lane out of there uh they're not

953
01:23:07,400 --> 01:23:14,199
permitted to be there in the first place
and it should be relatively not

954
01:23:12,080 --> 01:23:18,120
impactful on most residents I drove most
of the Lanes on Monday and and generally

955
01:23:16,280 --> 01:23:22,960
residents are doing a very good job of
of mean you know their part in the lanes

956
01:23:21,159 --> 01:23:26,840
the biggest impact to most residents
will be you know what whatever the

957
01:23:24,800 --> 01:23:31,639
frequency is once a year or once every
couple years We'll be asking you to put

958
01:23:28,400 --> 01:23:35,280
your garbage cans back on your property
inside your fence or whatever for a week

959
01:23:33,639 --> 01:23:39,960
while we get in there with the graders
to fix them up but we do need to do

960
01:23:37,440 --> 01:23:44,040
something there uh or we'll all be
paying a a significant amount of money

961
01:23:42,120 --> 01:23:51,080
to rebuild those Lanes by maintaining
them we can avoid the rebuilds so um we

962
01:23:47,639 --> 01:23:55,199
do apologize um like I said the the best
intent was there to provide the most

963
01:23:52,760 --> 01:23:59,400
value to the taxpayers but I I don't
think we gave due consideration to the

964
01:23:57,040 --> 01:24:02,639
impacts of moving to front so there are
other ways to do it but we're going to

965
01:24:00,679 --> 01:24:08,679
need your help to do
that thank you CAO scho uh the next

966
01:24:06,040 --> 01:24:13,000
question has to do with Park maintenance
I'm just wondering if Grace's Park is

967
01:24:10,600 --> 01:24:18,639
going to get weeded this year you guys
have a serious Ragweed Invasion underway

968
01:24:16,199 --> 01:24:22,840
leaving the park not looking so great
it's even growing in the middle of some

969
01:24:20,239 --> 01:24:26,760
of the gravel paths now and someone is
going to get someone is going to hurt

970
01:24:24,800 --> 01:24:32,679
themselves in a gopher hole on the trail
at some point as it's a safety hazard

971
01:24:30,080 --> 01:24:37,280
any qu any comments we can have as far
as Park maintenance uh in regards to

972
01:24:35,159 --> 01:24:42,480
Gray's
Park

973
01:24:39,840 --> 01:24:48,159
Jamie bless you so I did pose this
question to our operations manager and

974
01:24:44,920 --> 01:24:51,760
um Park staff um they've just weeded it
actually just yesterday um and they'll

975
01:24:50,239 --> 01:24:57,639
do an inspection on the pathway to make
sure it's it is safe for residents um um

976
01:24:55,400 --> 01:25:01,480
broadly speaking residents should also
know that Grace Park is is an

977
01:24:59,119 --> 01:25:04,840
environmental Reserve so it's meant to
be mostly natural uh of course with

978
01:25:03,840 --> 01:25:11,520
pathways through there we have to
maintain those as well but um our Park

979
01:25:07,480 --> 01:25:11,520
staff is on top of it so thank

980
01:25:12,920 --> 01:25:20,320
you thank you Jamie uh we have a
question about the Wheatland housing

981
01:25:17,719 --> 01:25:25,480
management board and the hospice I can
tell you that last night we approved a

982
01:25:22,280 --> 01:25:30,840
letter of support for the project so uh
we have still uh council is still behind

983
01:25:29,199 --> 01:25:37,040
the project we've had different
initiatives voted on and approved we've

984
01:25:33,840 --> 01:25:43,040
uh earmarked land on the east side of of
kinsman Park it's not it's never really

985
01:25:39,639 --> 01:25:49,280
been Park land but it's uh it's on the
eastern border we have uh committed to

986
01:25:47,360 --> 01:25:54,520
providing that land as part of the
town's contribution to the project and

987
01:25:52,360 --> 01:25:59,119
we're waiting to see how the hous
management body uh will do with their

988
01:25:56,800 --> 01:26:03,440
next round of uh negotiations and
approvals with the province but last

989
01:26:01,400 --> 01:26:08,360
night we did approve a letter of
support I have a question about waste uh

990
01:26:06,440 --> 01:26:13,560
oh sorry yeah question about waste
collection and recycling uh person has

991
01:26:11,080 --> 01:26:17,960
asked why why wasn't my garbage
collected and these are some of the

992
01:26:15,840 --> 01:26:24,560
reasons that a person's garbage may not
be collected carts were not carts may

993
01:26:21,679 --> 01:26:30,159
not have been put out on time
collection of carts happens between 7:00

994
01:26:27,119 --> 01:26:35,639
a.m. and 1: p.m. as per our bylaw but
it's typically completed by 5: PM if

995
01:26:33,520 --> 01:26:41,520
your garbage was missed at the fault of
our waste collection Services the truck

996
01:26:38,320 --> 01:26:45,040
can return the next operating day
sometimes a cart may not been may not

997
01:26:43,400 --> 01:26:50,239
have been collected because there's
unsuitable material in the cart and if

998
01:26:47,719 --> 01:26:56,920
that happens a tag is left to inform the
resident and sometimes the uh the the

999
01:26:54,320 --> 01:27:02,600
carts are placed too close to an object
to another object and again tags are

1000
01:26:59,400 --> 01:27:07,440
left to educate and to advise the
resident as far as why that cart was not

1001
01:27:04,880 --> 01:27:12,000
picked up there's a question about why
is there not a consistent time for

1002
01:27:09,199 --> 01:27:17,840
garbage collection collection times can
vary for multiple reasons driver and

1003
01:27:15,199 --> 01:27:23,119
Equipment issues route changes even
weather can affect that cart collection

1004
01:27:20,840 --> 01:27:29,320
again occurs between 7:00 a.m. and 1:
p.m. again it's typically collected by

1005
01:27:25,960 --> 01:27:33,560
5:00 p.m. if your carts are out by 7:00
a.m. on your collection day they should

1006
01:27:31,440 --> 01:27:37,960
be
collected uh flipping to the end of my

1007
01:27:36,960 --> 01:27:43,719
questions
online when will the town move to

1008
01:27:40,960 --> 01:27:49,360
blueart curbside collection and for
those people who aren't in the know or

1009
01:27:46,199 --> 01:27:55,159
don't don't know that blue cart is
recyclables with the new epr which is

1010
01:27:52,280 --> 01:27:59,800
extended producer respons ability in the
final stages with provin with the

1011
01:27:57,440 --> 01:28:04,880
province the town is working with the
Alberta recycling Management Authority

1012
01:28:02,800 --> 01:28:10,800
on what would be acceptable in blue
carts versus what would be considered to

1013
01:28:07,639 --> 01:28:16,320
go to landfill we are expecting a roll
out of some version in

1014
01:28:13,440 --> 01:28:23,159
2025 so we're hoping that we will be
moving to some blue cart recycle pickups

1015
01:28:20,239 --> 01:28:27,960
in 2025 but it'll come down to the
discussions we have to find out exactly

1016
01:28:25,960 --> 01:28:33,360
what's acceptable in the
carts and we're close to the end but if

1017
01:28:31,159 --> 01:28:39,280
anybody has a question sure and if you
could just state your name for the

1018
01:28:35,679 --> 01:28:44,239
people watching at home hi I'm Bev Bell
we are new residents to Strathmore uh

1019
01:28:42,280 --> 01:28:49,280
and we love it we're very happy to be
here um one of the the interesting

1020
01:28:47,239 --> 01:28:53,239
things that have happened from people
coming to visit us we moved in from

1021
01:28:51,000 --> 01:28:56,520
Calgary was that they couldn't see the
street signs

1022
01:28:54,840 --> 01:29:04,119
because they're so
faint um Centennial and Thomas is a good

1023
01:29:00,639 --> 01:29:08,880
example of that I did uh question that I
did send in through the the website and

1024
01:29:06,880 --> 01:29:13,639
I was told that that's on the you know
it's regularly handled through um you

1025
01:29:11,639 --> 01:29:18,800
know an ongoing plan to replace street
signs when they need it but I I I'm

1026
01:29:16,400 --> 01:29:24,600
wondering when do they need it you know
when's the point where you go oh I I put

1027
01:29:21,400 --> 01:29:29,119
my light on I I looked at it so people
have had a hard time finding their way

1028
01:29:26,400 --> 01:29:34,679
in to our place and I guess the other
part is I love the comment about um the

1029
01:29:32,480 --> 01:29:39,199
revitalization of the downtown because I
think that's really important to a

1030
01:29:36,760 --> 01:29:45,280
community like Strathmore uh and I'd
love to see signage that indicates the

1031
01:29:41,760 --> 01:29:50,000
points of interest in town um you know
and I the example I would give was uh

1032
01:29:47,560 --> 01:29:56,080
would be High River even has a little
sign going in that says here's where the

1033
01:29:52,360 --> 01:29:59,280
Heartland stage or Heartland and settis
uh here's where the campsite is there's

1034
01:29:57,960 --> 01:30:04,400
you know we could have where is the
rodeo um and where can people go because

1035
01:30:01,600 --> 01:30:08,119
if they're coming in uh for any reason
or if they're they're going to the you

1036
01:30:06,440 --> 01:30:12,199
know to see the Chucks or lots of
tournaments going on baseball

1037
01:30:10,040 --> 01:30:18,040
tournaments it'd be great if they had
some points of interest that would draw

1038
01:30:13,840 --> 01:30:23,480
them into the town as well thank you uh
councelor Mitzner has been a real push

1039
01:30:20,159 --> 01:30:27,080
on wayfaring signs so it's on our radar
and hopefully we can get some of those

1040
01:30:25,280 --> 01:30:29,239
done councelor M did you want to speak
on

1041
01:30:36,239 --> 01:30:42,280
that if I can answer that we do have new
maps front counter that would just

1042
01:30:40,199 --> 01:30:46,199
produce they're perfect for visitors
they're great idea Cheryl meets check

1043
01:30:44,400 --> 01:30:51,280
with Cheryl from counter we've got great
new maps thank you

1044
01:30:48,440 --> 01:30:57,320
last they came probably
l so we'll be we'll be looking into to

1045
01:30:54,280 --> 01:31:02,760
uh Wayfair sign wayfaring signage as far
as uh getting people around and as far

1046
01:30:59,920 --> 01:31:08,400
as street signs Jamie could you speak to
how we replace and how maybe if if you

1047
01:31:06,320 --> 01:31:13,800
uh you've already mentioned Centennial
and Thomas as being two signs that could

1048
01:31:11,080 --> 01:31:20,119
be looked at we can make note of that
yeah so if you submitted uh you said you

1049
01:31:15,440 --> 01:31:24,080
submitted a CCF online C sorry I think
that's what it that's what we call it

1050
01:31:21,560 --> 01:31:27,440
but okay great yeah citizen in
communication form sorry about the

1051
01:31:25,600 --> 01:31:31,639
acronyms but uh so if you've submitted
that um uh like like you would have

1052
01:31:30,239 --> 01:31:34,840
heard we do have a kind of a program
that looks at that but I'll I'll have

1053
01:31:33,280 --> 01:31:39,320
staff have a closer look at those signs
spe specifically if they're uh not

1054
01:31:37,360 --> 01:31:45,040
legible then then we'll we'll kind of
prioritize those ones

1055
01:31:42,320 --> 01:31:50,040
so and just before I go on how how long
have you lived in strore

1056
01:31:47,520 --> 01:31:54,600
now when when was it that you moved we
moved here in the fall oh well welcome

1057
01:31:51,960 --> 01:31:59,320
to Strathmore again you can get me on my
cell phone and if you want to get me on

1058
01:31:56,960 --> 01:32:04,679
email that's on the town website or it's
pat. fuel

1059
01:32:01,119 --> 01:32:12,040
store.ca so uh feel free to reach out
anytime um we had a question that just

1060
01:32:07,880 --> 01:32:19,320
came in online that wants to know how
much will my property taxes be impacted

1061
01:32:15,880 --> 01:32:25,840
by a potential new Senior Lodge and I'll
turn to Deputy sorry you're not a deputy

1062
01:32:23,199 --> 01:32:30,280
counselor Peterson you were Deputy a
long time

1063
01:32:27,840 --> 01:32:36,480
ago so this is
um this is actually a a complex question

1064
01:32:33,920 --> 01:32:40,840
but it's it's a pretty um
straightforward one as well so first of

1065
01:32:39,000 --> 01:32:45,639
all I want to say that the latest
numbers from the consultants for the

1066
01:32:43,920 --> 01:32:50,840
Wheatland housing management body and
the Wheatland and area Hospice Society

1067
01:32:48,159 --> 01:32:55,840
um planning that has been ongoing for
for the last three years intensively

1068
01:32:53,960 --> 01:33:02,320
uh has just come out on April the 18th
they came out with the last um the last

1069
01:32:58,639 --> 01:33:07,400
set of numbers so uh and even those are
still uh being adjusted in real time for

1070
01:33:05,199 --> 01:33:13,119
for a variety of reasons costs of of
equipment maintenance uh construction

1071
01:33:09,480 --> 01:33:16,800
costs of all of those things the best
way that I can explain this is to

1072
01:33:15,239 --> 01:33:22,159
explain it
through through what it through what it

1073
01:33:18,840 --> 01:33:30,199
will look like on your
2024 um tax bill and and I can do that

1074
01:33:27,080 --> 01:33:34,920
by talking about my tax bill and so when
we get our tax Assessments in the mail

1075
01:33:32,400 --> 01:33:40,520
or online there are two lines for
requisitions on that I think just two

1076
01:33:37,000 --> 01:33:46,440
right two there's one for schools and
there's one for seniors housing and so

1077
01:33:43,679 --> 01:33:53,360
on on my and I always look at mine and I
I figure it out according to how much I

1078
01:33:49,159 --> 01:33:57,480
pay uh per year per $100,000 of of uh
tax value on on the land that where we

1079
01:33:55,719 --> 01:34:03,880
live or the the house where we live
actually and um and then how I just

1080
01:34:01,360 --> 01:34:13,280
break it down how much I pay uh per
month and So currently I pay

1081
01:34:09,159 --> 01:34:18,280
$921 cents per year per $100,000 of
value on the property where we live

1082
01:34:15,960 --> 01:34:25,560
which is a below average property in the
downtown South and so um if I break that

1083
01:34:22,280 --> 01:34:33,800
down I I pay uh approximately round it
up to $20 a year for for for um for the

1084
01:34:30,560 --> 01:34:41,280
current my current requisition on the
lodge and and uh $2 a month so if we

1085
01:34:38,400 --> 01:34:46,719
were to build a new Lodge and keep our
existing Lodge

1086
01:34:42,920 --> 01:34:51,280
open and we would effectively double
that cost so the mortgage on the new

1087
01:34:49,600 --> 01:34:56,800
building will be
$700,000 the approximate cost to R the

1088
01:34:54,000 --> 01:35:03,239
existing Lodge is about
$700,000 and so that would double that

1089
01:34:59,719 --> 01:35:09,199
cost so I'd be paying $8 a month on on
my tax bill I don't I don't uh um the

1090
01:35:07,639 --> 01:35:14,080
track the importance of that and how
much it is but I believe in it so

1091
01:35:11,679 --> 01:35:19,480
passionately that it's money that that
uh that I am prepared to pay and um and

1092
01:35:17,280 --> 01:35:25,320
uh certainly seniors in this community
and people who have seniors in their

1093
01:35:21,480 --> 01:35:33,440
lives have have echoed that uh clearly
um so uh compared to so I so like I said

1094
01:35:29,760 --> 01:35:39,280
I I pay I pay I would pay
currently um about double the amount I

1095
01:35:36,520 --> 01:35:47,840
currently pay so about $20 per $100,000
of of value on the home where I live now

1096
01:35:42,320 --> 01:35:54,320
for senior housing but I pay about
$280 for school taxes and I I value them

1097
01:35:51,960 --> 01:35:58,159
both the same but I just want you know
looking after seniors has not been

1098
01:35:56,679 --> 01:36:02,199
extraordinary when you think about the
contribution that they brought to the

1099
01:35:59,600 --> 01:36:07,760
community and the terrible need so I
just want to also say two more things

1100
01:36:05,239 --> 01:36:11,679
first of all most people know that there
is a private for-profit company coming

1101
01:36:09,840 --> 01:36:16,159
into town that's going to build a lodge
they're called Shasta they're building

1102
01:36:13,719 --> 01:36:22,719
on the existing lands by the hospital
and they are not a lodge like Wheatland

1103
01:36:18,320 --> 01:36:30,600
Lodge they are a um health-based if you
like uh facility for seniors they'll

1104
01:36:25,840 --> 01:36:35,360
have capacity for sl3 and SL 4D which
comprises dementia care they will also

1105
01:36:33,480 --> 01:36:40,920
have six hospice
beds um like the Alberta healthc Care

1106
01:36:38,600 --> 01:36:45,960
Hospice beds and they'll be run under
that ospice that part of that building

1107
01:36:43,440 --> 01:36:49,239
the the dementia care and the hospice
will be run under the parameters of

1108
01:36:47,400 --> 01:36:54,159
Alberta Healthcare which means that
those beds can be accessed by anyone um

1109
01:36:52,080 --> 01:36:59,199
Alberta Healthcare has a very defin way
how they determine who gets what bed

1110
01:36:56,360 --> 01:37:03,000
where and when and so it's very much
needed it's very much needed in our

1111
01:37:01,040 --> 01:37:10,159
community we've estimated that in the
next 20 years we need 400 beds um just

1112
01:37:06,520 --> 01:37:16,960
on the affordable scale for our senior
population so so that means that we need

1113
01:37:14,360 --> 01:37:21,480
Sagewood age care we need this new
Shasta private for-profit that's coming

1114
01:37:19,119 --> 01:37:25,560
in we need the existing Lodge and we
need the lodge we're building and we'll

1115
01:37:23,159 --> 01:37:30,119
still will be short beds so we need them
all the last thing I want to say is that

1116
01:37:27,920 --> 01:37:35,960
not built into that equation uh
Wheatland and area Hospice Society have

1117
01:37:32,040 --> 01:37:42,760
raised 8.1 or sorry $4.1 million do in
eight years a local community group has

1118
01:37:39,840 --> 01:37:46,840
raised $4.1 million it takes my breath
away people sitting in the front row

1119
01:37:44,679 --> 01:37:51,320
here have been instrumental in in
building that that hospice they now have

1120
01:37:49,400 --> 01:37:55,440
enough money they've made enough money
to build the capital side of that

1121
01:37:53,679 --> 01:38:00,639
project they want to join the hospice to
the lodge to be able to do wraparound

1122
01:37:57,800 --> 01:38:05,639
care and to make sure that they can
maximize operation costs by having the

1123
01:38:02,880 --> 01:38:11,520
buildings together at this point in time
we don't know how the operations of that

1124
01:38:07,880 --> 01:38:16,040
building will be funded if we do fund it
ourselves which is one of the

1125
01:38:14,080 --> 01:38:23,880
possibilities we estimate that it'll
cost about $42 per per rate payer per

1126
01:38:19,400 --> 01:38:30,560
taxpayer a year uh or 42 to 48 I believe
is the maximum end of that Dr mcney Who

1127
01:38:26,560 --> 01:38:35,119
has um uh LED this project for several
several years since it's Inception has

1128
01:38:32,719 --> 01:38:39,840
always used the term uh for the cost of
a of an extra-large Pizza uh we can

1129
01:38:37,520 --> 01:38:43,760
operationalize our own hospice she talks
about the difference between the hospice

1130
01:38:41,400 --> 01:38:47,639
and the new Shasta facility the new
Shasta facility she said is a is like

1131
01:38:45,960 --> 01:38:52,080
the room at the end of a hall in a
hospital it's not the wraparound

1132
01:38:49,719 --> 01:38:56,520
Services it is the dream of Wheatland
and area Hospice Society that has been

1133
01:38:54,080 --> 01:39:02,040
embraced by this entire Community the
entire community of the county of

1134
01:38:57,800 --> 01:39:07,199
Wheatland so when I talk to you about uh
um that increase on that times two

1135
01:39:04,719 --> 01:39:16,960
increase at 100% on my tax bill going
from from uh from the um $10 or 9921 per

1136
01:39:12,440 --> 01:39:23,480
100,000 to to 20 um to the hospice would
again double that but um it is a a

1137
01:39:21,679 --> 01:39:29,599
pretty straightforward number there is
another option and AHS has started to

1138
01:39:26,239 --> 01:39:34,800
fund other uh agencies like Wheatland
and Area Hospital society and funding

1139
01:39:31,199 --> 01:39:40,080
them um anywhere from 50 to
75% uh of their operations and that is a

1140
01:39:38,400 --> 01:39:45,400
a great hope going forward but we're
unsure of it at this time so we hope in

1141
01:39:43,159 --> 01:39:50,599
the very near future by this fall in
fact that um that the Wheatland housing

1142
01:39:48,239 --> 01:39:57,440
management body will have a document
that will be uh widely uh uh published

1143
01:39:54,639 --> 01:40:03,719
in newspapers and online and and uh and
in handouts and and media Outlets that

1144
01:40:00,599 --> 01:40:07,960
will give you all the uh most updated
numbers and it'll also give you that tax

1145
01:40:05,960 --> 01:40:12,080
calculator so you'll be able to go in
there and just plug in the numbers and

1146
01:40:10,360 --> 01:40:17,159
and it will be able to tell you exactly
how much you'll pay per year per month

1147
01:40:15,760 --> 01:40:25,320
on those current
numbers and so I don't know mayor

1148
01:40:20,760 --> 01:40:31,360
there's any other thing I can add
no I would just add that strathore Town

1149
01:40:27,679 --> 01:40:38,560
Council has approved various
um various initiatives and and various

1150
01:40:34,360 --> 01:40:44,400
resolutions to support the lodge so uh
my qu I guess my question or my

1151
01:40:40,280 --> 01:40:50,400
statement is if not now when and if if
we put it off we all know what inflation

1152
01:40:47,280 --> 01:40:56,800
does the cost of that new Lodge will be
incredibly high so we know there's

1153
01:40:53,760 --> 01:41:00,639
a waiting list on the current Lodge and
we know that we have a large number I

1154
01:40:58,840 --> 01:41:05,480
think I'm at the tail end of the baby
boom generation but we know that there's

1155
01:41:02,960 --> 01:41:12,040
a baby boom population that's going to
be large and they they definitely could

1156
01:41:08,800 --> 01:41:15,840
need uh group senior care and if we
don't if we don't start moving to

1157
01:41:13,800 --> 01:41:20,560
planning for that and we're going to be
left looking at something far more

1158
01:41:18,239 --> 01:41:24,800
expensive so I'm fully behind this I
want to support our seniors as well and

1159
01:41:22,800 --> 01:41:30,320
I'm based Bally one of the seniors now
so I don't mean to be uh biased but I've

1160
01:41:28,800 --> 01:41:35,800
always felt we have to look after our
seniors in stth one and I think that

1161
01:41:33,400 --> 01:41:41,159
brings us to a conclusion unless someone
has another question in our

1162
01:41:38,239 --> 01:41:46,719
audience um I want to thank you all for
being here our staff who are here our

1163
01:41:43,639 --> 01:41:50,760
CAO senior leadership team thank you for
being a part of it our residents here

1164
01:41:48,560 --> 01:41:55,480
and if you're at home hopefully you got
some questions answered as well and

1165
01:41:53,400 --> 01:42:00,599
again you have our contact information
that could be found on the town website

1166
01:41:57,880 --> 01:42:04,119
and you can reach out at any time that's
convenient for you we'll try to get

1167
01:42:02,000 --> 01:42:08,599
answers to you as soon as we can thank
you again for being part of this and uh

1168
01:42:06,920 --> 01:42:12,199
I won't see you maybe some of you so
have a great summer