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council
to order at 3 p.m. for Monday, August

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10th. Sharon,

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» Thanks, Sharon. Uh, first item is the
adoption of today's agenda. So, I'll ask

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for a motion from councelor Barton that
council adopt the agenda for the regular

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council meeting August 10th as
presented.

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» Yeah, [clears throat] my motion, Mayor.
>> Thank you. All in favor?

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Okay.

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Uh, previous meeting minutes acceptance.
Ask for a motion from councelor

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Brookwell that council adopt the July
13, 2026 regular council meeting minutes

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as presented.
>> You have my motion, mayor.

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» Thank you. All in favor?
Carried.

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Uh, one delegation today from KFM
Investments and I understand Ken is here

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to speak to that. Yeah, just up front at
the middle computer here. again.

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Yeah. Well,

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» okay. Uh, thank you, Mayor Snodgrass
and, uh, council for, uh, uh, allowing

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us to come and speak today. Um, my name
is Ken Fzen. I'm the owner of the

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building located at 720 11th Avenue
Southeast which has Fountain Tire as the

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tenant. Uh Fountain Tire's franchise
owner owner manager Nathan Oakley uh

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regrets he couldn't make it here today,
but I do have Jared Jameson and Curtis

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Sigalo who own the building next to mine
at 710 11th Avenue Southeast. They have

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man cave powers sports, aces of speed,
and concept building systems as major

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tenants.
We are here today to have funding

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approved for the construction of the
Burm naturalization and drainage project

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behind our buildings.
Whenever it rains or there's a heavy

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snow melt, water runs off of this burm
behind our buildings and floods our

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buildings so that you can uh see and
hear the water literally rushing through

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the floor vents uh especially at
Fountain Tire. Our pictures one and one,

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two, and three uh show that
uh the water is cracking the concrete

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which is damaging the building floors
and who knows what's happening to the

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building's piping and sewage system.
Fountain tires floor vents have rust in

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them due to the burm water that sits in
them after it rains and when there is

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snow melt. That's on picture four.
Uh does council get to see these

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pictures? Do you
Oh, you've got them there.

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Okay. Uh due to the lack of proper
drainage from the burn, there is

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standing water in the buildings and
yards. That is an Al Alberta

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Occupational Health and Safety Code
Hazard. And we have a whole bunch of

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pictures 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 and 12. Uh
Nathan, the manager there, has equipment

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that's valued well over $50,000 that
could have an electrical short due to

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water hazard, not to mention the slip
and trip hazards to customers and staff.

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If ONS were to see the water rushing
through floor vents and the standing

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water in the buildings, they would shut
these work sites down.

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Nathan has been in contact with town
staff regarding ongoing flooding issues

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since he started with Fountain Tire in
2020.

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Mr. Oakley has tried to mitigate the
issue by spending over $30,000.

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He dug up a portion of the yard uh and
and and filled it with rocks in order to

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try and hold the water. Uh that's in
picture 13. The va volume of water is so

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much that there is no visual improvement
to the water coming into the building or

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the yard.
We received notification from ISL

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Engineering and Landscaping dated
September 23rd, 2024

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that they would be performing, and I
quote,

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a site topographic survey as part of the
Burm Naturalization and Drainage Project

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to resolve drainage issues related to
the existing BRM along the back lane

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between 10th Avenue and 11th Avenue
Southeast. East. The scope of the design

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includes redirecting the drainage from
the town burm away from private

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property. Pictures 14 and 15.
Mr. Oakley's correspondence with Andrea

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Kak and Diana Daly Beckford from the
town's engineering department, which was

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dated November 21st, 2025.
Picture uh 16 acknowledges that the town

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has completed the design for the Burm
naturalization and drainage project and

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the next step was to take the project to
council for construction approval.

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Council denied the construction of the
project in the fall of 2025.

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I feel we've been extremely patient
regarding this ongoing matter, but our

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patience is running out. Mr. Oakley has
been dealing with this not only with the

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town but as a productivity and safety
issue. The problem has been ongoing for

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so long, over six years that we're aware
of that we are now concerned about

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damages to our buildings, piping, sewage
systems, and who knows what else the

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water damage is doing to our buildings.
Um, I will add in here that uh also uh

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Curtis and uh and Jared that are here
today uh they have spent well in excess

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of $30,000 of their money trying to
divert this water and uh their yard when

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it gets a heavy rain or snow is just
it's just a lake back there. It's just

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it's unbelievable.
So, um I feel we've been extremely

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patient regarding this ongoing matter,
but our patience is running out. Mr.

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Oakley has been dealing with this uh
with the town as a productivity and

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safety issue. The problem has been ongo
Oh, so I'm sorry I'm repeating myself

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there. We are here today to request that
council approves the burm construction

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as soon as possible and a firm
construction date start and timeline.

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Thank you for your time today. We look
forward to council's approval of the

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Burm construction project with the
urgency we believe this project

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deserves.
I thank you for your time today.

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» Thanks, Ken. Um, so regarding
construction and cost and everything

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else, nothing will take place prior to
budget this fall. Has to be. That's just

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the way things go in municipal
government.

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» I understand.
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who can Where's Where's my staff
members? I'm looking for um Diana, is

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she here? Can somebody remind me what
was the what was the quoted cost of of

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the project as it was designed to do
from from ISL

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that was declined by council?

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» Yep.

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So actually the actual
>> there you go.

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» Good afternoon everyone. Um the actual
cost to complete the project was around

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500,000 but then the problem was the
utilities to be removed and placed

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underground
in order to complete the the design and

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have proper drainage. And that was over
$750,000.

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[snorts]

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» That's the power lines, etc. Right.
>> That's right.

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» Um,
how long has this BM been there? Long as

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I can remember, but that's not very
>> I understand it was in the 80s. I'm not

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quite sure of the exact date.
So, can help me understand why has this

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only been an issue for the last six
years if it's

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» Well, this thing's been there.
>> We purchased this building in uh n I

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believe it was in 2019,
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» And so, that's the only timeline you
have. Uh I know the issue has been there

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before, right? the the building that
Curtis and uh and his partner uh uh

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Jared own, they purchased that building
some

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» You guys have only had it for three
years, four years.

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» Uh
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» So, you know, we're we're just the ones
that are dealing with it at

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» Okay, I appreciate that. That's what I
needed to know. Um,

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outside of
$1 and a4 million dollars

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» Yeah.
>> to fix this, are there other options

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being a swale down the south side of the
burm or anything to redirect this water

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off of it?
>> No, it's based on existing drainage and

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how we have to redirect the water right
now. Um, but the major major problem is

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really just the
>> water line. We got to get you got to get

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tight. That mic is really quiet, Diana.
>> Yeah, please.

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» So, based on how the drain the existing
drainage is right now, we looked at

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various different options to um one of
the option was to remove the burm in its

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entirety. Um and the second option was
to do proper landscaping to have

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drainage in the area. But part of the
problem is there's an existing structure

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that's just just right on the property
line and it's hindering um putting a

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proper swale
behind the burm. So that's why the

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design had to change from that. There is
an existing structure on the fountain

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entire property that's causing the
issue.

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» That's that sprung structure.
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» the right one. Mike. Okay, [snorts]
>> councelor Kui. Uh thanks very much and

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thanks very much for being here today
and and for stepping in as well. Um

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question just to clarify the dollars and
cents here. We've talked about um the

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500,000 but the utilities is the
utilities additional 750 or is that the

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total project cost?
>> It's additional

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» additional 750,000. Perfect. Thank you.
I just want a clarification on that.

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[cough and clears throat]
>> Council member

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um what was the original purpose of the
sperm? I went out and had a look at it

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this morning and it's significantly
higher right behind the fountain tire

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building. It it kind of slopes a bit.
Um, and it's been really dry. You still

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have a lot of water there. So, what was
the initial purpose of the burm? And is

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it is it
still working for what it was supposed

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to do?

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I couldn't speak much about the history
but typically BMS are normally built for

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sound attenuation. Um what I will say is
that um

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the the existing burm right now I'm not
sure if it's actually still serving the

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same purpose because most of the trees
in the on top of the burm is dying based

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on talking to um uh the parks
department. So the plan was to remove a

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couple of those trees and then cut the
burm down in order for it to actually

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function with a different purpose.

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Is is that an option? Is that a cheaper
option?

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It is an option um that we're actually
planning. Actually, that is the option

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right now because we cannot put a swale
between the existing property and where

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the swale is. So, we're planning on
cutting the swale down and have so that

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we can have proper drainage into the
alley and connect to the um to the

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infrastructure
>> and that's the

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one and a4 million.
the quarter one and a4 million

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» is $750,000
to remove the um forest poles existing

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right now. Right? Because there are
higher power lines. Um port forest

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requests that the power lines be placed
underground right now. they're above

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ground and they want if we're planning
on doing any work to um impact their um

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utility pose, they want the the lines to
be underground and that was the

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direction we received.

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» Are they the final word on this?
>> That's that's what my question was. Do

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they get to just tell us to spend that
money or we can say thanks for the

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request but no we can't afford it in
this project and your power lines go

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overhead.
>> We've tried the engineering and I have

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spoken to them and that's their request.
the the reason for having the water the

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poles underground. We were planning on
creating domes around each pole um

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because of if we were to put the swale
in, we would need to protect the poles

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to put their infrastructure. They do not
want us to do that.

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So the request is if you're planning on
doing any work to impact our poles, you

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have to put the water line, sorry, not
water line, the electrical work

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underground.

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» Can I make a comment on this?
>> Yeah, go ahead. Um, you know, uh, is

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there any, you know, the thought of
putting some type of drain basins in

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behind our buildings that that, you
know, ran a pipe instead of taking the

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burm out if there was drain basins that
could collect that water with a little

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bit of direction there and then having
that water piped out out of that area.

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It was just a, you know, I'm I'm not an
engineer or anything like that, but it

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was just kind of common sense thing that
might work. If I we can do that, but it

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means you would have to move your
building.

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[snorts]
>> That's where the that's where that

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sprung the white sprung structure comes
into play is problematic with it being

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that as close to that BM as it is. Um
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2027 budget. Sorry, Councelor Barton,
let me go through and get the list done

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here first.

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I was just [clears throat] going to
mention something like Ken had mentioned

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is that there was an option but I didn't
know about the struct the sprung

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structure. So that was it.

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Um
for the 2027 budget like doing nothing

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is is not an option.
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» something's got to be rectified here. um
on some level whether it's a cost share

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or some I don't know but
um [clears throat]

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this has to come back to 2027 budget and
I'd like options outside of what was

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brought um
last year's budget.

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I also want more information on
how much Foris can handcuff us.

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Probably quite a bit, but I'd like to
see the rules on that. [snorts] Um cuz

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that's a significant cost to this whole
thing is is if we've got to go

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underground with that power.
Um [clears throat] but yeah, I think we

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got to get something sorted out here
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Councelor Nicha,
>> sorry, Mayor. Uh, along with your

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information request that you just had,
can we get some history on if we can

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back to when that BM was built, when the
adjacent properties had development,

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construction? Uh, kind of the full
background for that property along

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there, and that timeline if we can.
Thank you.

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» Perfect.

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I'm
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» Okay, that's it.
>> Okay, we'll work through it here, Ken.

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» Yeah, just uh if one more comment on
that if I may. Um you asked about uh

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when things were built and stuff. I
that's a good the good question. I know

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that both of these buildings have been
there for a long time. So, it's like,

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you know, were the buildings there
before the BM and then the BM went in or

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or did we build buildings there? But if
we built buildings there when there was

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a burn there, why would the city have
allowed us to build at that height? So,

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it it's kind of a
>> Oh, don't take me down that route.

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[laughter]
>> Okay.

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» Okay. Well, he was asking the question
about the date. So,

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» I appreciate it.
>> So, uh thank you. And

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» we're going we're going back to Kenmar.
That's how far back we're going on this

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one. So,
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» okay.
>> Okay. So, we'll hear back from

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» Yeah, we'll we'll bring it back to It'll
be in budget discussions this fall.

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» Okay. And thank you everyone for your
time, too.

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» You're welcome. Thanks, Ken.
Um, okay. Next piece, we'll move into uh

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public comments regarding uh anything on
uh today's budget or agenda items.

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Please, there's anything I think Donna
Larson was scheduled to to speak to

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something. Please, Donna.

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Yeah. Just to the middle microphone,
please.

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Mayor and counselors, thank you for
having me today and allowing me to

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speak. Um, I did notice that my
correspondence to counselors is being

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brought up later. Uh, I've been doing
some reading regarding the High Country

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Drive corridor and honestly I read the
whole report. There's a wealth of

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information there and I want to thank
um High Country or High Country sorry um

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High River Council for for hiring the
group that they did to do such an

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indepth
study on the corridor. Um, I think that

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what has happened with High Country
Drive is you can't turn back time. And

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the facts are that we've got two
playground zones, a rather large school,

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uh, a bike park, a splash park,
um, several pedestrian crossings

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along that corridor along with the golf
cart crossing. And who knew it was going

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to turn into the mess that it's become
now. Um the straightaways are being

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treated like what they call them the
quarter mile test back when I was in

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high school where people would go from a
full stop and just you know see how

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quickly they could get to 100 kilometers
per hour and it's it's just an ongoing

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ongoing problem. A lot of people who are
discussing the High Country Drive um

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situation are focused on the golf course
crossing, which I think is quite unfair

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because it's bringing a bad name to the
golf course and the golfers who have not

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really had a lot to do with everything
that's been done to date. And people

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don't realize that, you know, if they
sat down and read the study and all of

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the information in it along with all of
the financial information, which a lot

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of people are demanding information on
um that everything is there, the reasons

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are there why things has to be done. um
the reasons regarding unsafe driving

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practices, the scooters, the ebikes, the
people using the pathway system, and uh

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I know there's been a larger police
presence, and I thank you all for that.

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But as soon as they're gone, the unsafe
driving practices come back into play.

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The sign was put out, you know, drive
safely.

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This is a 50 km zone. And once people
were used to that, well, the unsafe

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driving practices came back. Um, there
is a portion of High Country Drive that

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is a part of the happy happy trail
pathway. It is a very busy part of High

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Country Drive and also a straight
uh a very straight part where the

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acceleration by cars is is very evident
and very noisy and very unsafe.

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So, um I think that I notice that I'm
coming up later in correspondence. I

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don't know if I'll be able to be here or
not, but um

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I think that what I would like to
reiterate is that I do think that area

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which I believe I read is going to be
reduced to 40 should actually be reduced

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to 30. It's very close to the school. It
is a part of the happy trails system. It

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is a very busy um busy
what would I what is the word I'm

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looking for you know user pathway users
um area and um the other thing that I

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came across was I was I sat down I was
looking at all of the future planning

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development of High River and was
noticing what's going to happen with

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Long View Trail and it's very confusing.
We have Long View Trail there and it's

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open to be used. There are no houses
facing it. Future planning can be done

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so that houses won't face it.
If you stand at the very east end of

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Long View Trail,
the very east end of Long View Trail and

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look east, you can see Center Street,
and you can see that these roads can be

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attached, which would alleviate pressure
off of High Country Drive. So, I guess

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that I'm just here saying I've read
options 1, 2, and three. I do believe

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that as counselors you have a chance to
make the right choice um and to consider

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these other ideas that I put forward
about the 30 kmter extending the 30 km

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right all the way through to the end of
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um I guess it'd be the school/playground
zone and also considering doing

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construction to create a new corridor
which would be Long View Trail. Um, and

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I just hope that you take these things
seriously. I

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did read options 1, 2, and three. And
after looking very carefully at all of

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the information that was included in the
study and feeling quite um humbled by

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all of the information in that study, I
honestly think option three is the right

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way to go. It's like do it right the
first time or you're just going to end

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up with more problems down the road.
And that's I think all I really want to

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say.
>> Appreciate it. Thanks, Donna.

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» Okay. Thank you for your time.
>> And you're right, like the amount of

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traffic that is on High Country Drive
right now is absolutely enormous. Um,

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unfortunately,
15 years ago. I'm looking right at you,

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King Horn. Help me go back that far.
>> Yeah. Um there was a proposal that the

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traffic would come straight off of
center and go and go straight to Long

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View Trail, which would have alleviated
a ton of that.

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» Yeah.
>> Um for a certain reason, council chose

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not to do that at that time and routed
everything through the middle of High

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Country Drive, which is
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» That's interesting.
>> Which has

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yeah, significantly increased the
traffic count on High Country Drive. And

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um you know the reasons what you're
talking about is the reasons why we were

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dealing with that golf cart crossing was
priority one at that time.

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» Um obviously everybody knows the history
of us going through that and that's why

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that conversation was so difficult for a
lot of years

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» um what area to pull the trigger on
first on on High Country Drive to start

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to deal with some of these problems. And
it's not easy. And you know, thankfully

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we do have a four-way stop there now
that stops traffic and slows people

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down. But
>> I'll be honest, when Chris and I went

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out there
the last just before the the permanence

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were poured and we stood there for what
10 15 minutes discussing that the

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driving habits going through that were
absolutely ridiculous.

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» Yeah. You can't change the spots of a
leopard, right?

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» It was. And even still, I
>> was out there and our bylaw guys were

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monitoring the intersection and
[clears throat] what was going on

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through that intersection while I was
talking with him.

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» Yeah.
>> Was just

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» And so, you know, I get people don't
like change in their driving habits and

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putting a four-way stop and another stop
sign in town is just completely

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detrimental to some people's lives. Like
it it's sorry it's mindboggling to me

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but it does not give you the right to
just be pissed off

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» and just floor the thing coming out of
that intersection. It's still a stop

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sign just like the other 4500 of them in
High River that you have to obey.

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» Well
>> and you got to be safe.

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» Sorry. Last week I witnessed um a guy
yelling at golfers.

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» Yeah.
>> Who were going across and it's like you

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know people are just taking their anger
out. The entitlement behind a wheel of a

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vehicle that can kill people
>> is unbelievable. Trust me, I've been

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dealing with it for 13 years now and
it's been probably one of the most

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mind-boggling things.
>> Yeah.

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» Learning things that I've that I've had.
So, I could go on and on and on about

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that. But, um, High Country Drive, it's
and the corridor study

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um that's coming back up, but it's it
was very well done. There's a lot of

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information on there and there's a lot
of projects to be taken under

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consideration. But the Long View Trail
thing is a big one, but it also

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a lot of Long View Trail revolves around
the speed at which the Spitzy Crossing

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development happens, which is a long
long way out. So, what can we do in the

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meantime is what needs to be looked at
and considered by council.

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» Option three.
>> You got her. [snorts]

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» Yeah.
>> Yeah.

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» Yeah.
>> So, thank you.

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» I appreciate that.
>> Yeah. Likewise.

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» Okay. Okay. Thank you everybody.
>> Anyone else for public comments section

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there? I Yeah, come forward please.

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Thanks for your words Jared and Curtis
was very well said.

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My name is Roland Richardson. Thank you
ladies and gentlemen for your time. Um,

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I agree with probably everything she
said, and I read the reports, too. Uh,

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one part that didn't get mentioned
during this is Riverside Drive and the,

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uh, what happened to High Country Drive,
uh, boiled over into Riverside Drive,

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which made yet this more of a speedway
because people avoid the school zone.

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They avoid the ziggy zaggy street as it
goes west and goes narrow. So now high

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country our or riverside drive I think
is even worse than high country drive.

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Um [clears throat]
the the subject of Longave Trail, I

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actually did a drawing years ago and
submitted it to uh the town before the

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uh uh the road got put in by um
uh Tim Hortons on the premise of

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utilizing uh Long View Trail because at
the time I I forget what year it was,

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the town annexed that property which I
think they were going to call Spitzy

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Crossing and I thought what an
opportunity to get a a traffic artery

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that can branch out both ways to get
people out to the west or southwest or

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so or south northwest. But of course
that didn't get done. And um I think I'm

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said pretty much everything I want to
say, but I'd like people to remember

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Riverside Drive is a nightmare more so
than High Country Drive.

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Okay. Thank you for your time.
>> Yeah. And it's um I've seen that as

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well. It's being used as a bypass road
to go [snorts] around some of the the uh

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playground areas to try to zip around
there faster, but unfortunately in order

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to make it faster, you got to go faster.
But you see it all the time. And

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Riverside Drive is another one that was
just [snorts]

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poor traffic design. But anyone else,
Mr. Wley?

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» [clears throat]

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» Thank you, Mayor Snas.
Thank you, council,

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for listening to me today.
I have a concern not only about High

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Country Drive, but also about Long View
Trail.

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When you [clears throat] go west on Long
View Trail from Center Street, [snorts]

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you run into on the right north side of
the road a gravel

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road which [clears throat] is
maintained, I understand, by the town.

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Um,
and I see now that there have been some

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slight improvements made to it. Um, and
I sit back and wonder who is running

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this town.
Is it the council

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or is it the administration?
And as I can see, it must be the the

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administration
because council refuses to do anything

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with that road at all.
The road I'm talking about is the gravel

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road running [snorts] uh south to north
over to 498.

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That road now has been bandated.
And I didn't realize that council

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approved band mandating products or
information or doing things in the town

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of High River. I have been here 55
years. I paid my taxes every year and I

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expect that certain things happen in
this town, [snorts] but unfortunately I

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see now that they're not.
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there was a gentleman
by the name of Craig [snorts] that came

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into the town office
raised supreme, excuse me, hell

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because of the conditions of the road
that he could not sit on the back of his

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deck
and enjoy

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the west looking area
because of the the dust, The dust was

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incredible.
And he was raising hell about that. That

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he was going to have to move out of High
River. He was going to have to eliminate

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paying taxes in this town. And he was
very, very disjointed about what was

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happening.
And I assumed that the administration

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had found out about this.
And they then proceeded to oil or a

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special word that they used waxing
something on that gravel

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and they only did about 200 m of it.
They did not complete the job. So you go

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around that road and it's fine. They put
that oil on there, but you go down past

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the 200 m mark and the road is all
gravel again. and not only gravel, but

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it's washboarding.
>> Now,

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I was told by the mayor
some months ago

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that that road was not in the in their
jurisdiction and they would not be using

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it. He also suggested
>> direct statement, Ken, 100%. I have the

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floor.
>> If you're going to talk, make sure it's

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truthful. Do not start to say stuff as
much as BS. Don't do it.

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» And you told me that you were going to
sue me if I didn't stop talking about

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that situation.
>> Pardon [laughter] me.

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» What are you talking about?
You can say what you like to say, but

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I'm telling you what you said to me.
that I was going that I was going to sue

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» the town or you would sue me if I didn't
stop desisting

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using
the

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pave road that should have been there by
a developer.

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» No, you and I both know what that what
that conversation I'm going to get into.

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I'm not going to argue
just so the public know what's going to

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happen
>> when if it's a town council thing or is

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it an administration thing that's
putting that oil onto the road? Yeah,

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00:36:01,839 --> 00:36:07,240
let's stick with the issue, Ken.
>> I'm telling you the issue.

421
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:14,640
I'm all in.
>> I know you are.

422
00:36:13,599 --> 00:36:19,920
Anyway,
>> but I won't but I you know Ken I tried

423
00:36:17,359 --> 00:36:22,000
for three years now and I'll give you
another second.

424
00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:24,800
» Hey, can I answer can I answer your
question regarding the

425
00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:28,800
» when I'm finished talking you can
>> well but but you're you're so far off

426
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:33,280
topic now Ken that you're trying to make
these personal accusations that are not

427
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:35,760
I'm not going to stand for it. I'm
sorry.

428
00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:42,400
» Okay, I'm going to shut your mic off so
that I can answer your question. So,

429
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:49,119
regarding uh what is known as 64th
out in the northwest and yes, it's a

430
00:36:45,359 --> 00:36:54,400
maintained oiled graveled road.
Um in committee of the whole meeting

431
00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:58,000
just an hour or two ago, uh we were
discussing the three roads that are the

432
00:36:56,160 --> 00:37:04,160
three priority roads as to what to do
with them. Um being 112th Street in the

433
00:37:01,119 --> 00:37:09,280
northeast, 64th in the northwest, and
Long View Trail in the northwest. Now,

434
00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:14,640
these are all on a list of priorities
and how much money council wants to

435
00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:21,520
spend on refurbishing, repairing,
maintaining these roads. And it's 100% a

436
00:37:17,359 --> 00:37:27,119
council choice. It's a
um what we discussed this morning or

437
00:37:24,240 --> 00:37:36,320
this early this afternoon was 112th
Street um because it is a badly beat up

438
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:41,920
road that's in worse shape than 64th
um and what to do with that

439
00:37:39,119 --> 00:37:46,640
project out on 112th which is
approximately the same length as 64th

440
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:51,839
but it's going with engineering and
everything and the estimate for

441
00:37:48,240 --> 00:37:58,480
construction that I got this morning uh
was $1.3 million to rebuild that road

442
00:37:54,960 --> 00:38:03,440
and pave it. $1.3 million. These are not
cheap projects that you just go and do.

443
00:38:01,391 --> 00:38:08,079
[snorts] It's just not a thing you do on
Wednesday.

444
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:14,240
So, all of these things are constantly
coming back into council's um project

445
00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:20,079
list every year for budget and we're
trying to figure out what level of um

446
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:24,720
repair that we want to do to these
roads. So, yes, 112th is on the list,

447
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:29,520
64th is on the list, and Long View
Trail, all of them are on the list as

448
00:38:27,119 --> 00:38:35,280
we're constantly you're constantly every
municipality is constantly chasing road

449
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:41,599
conditions always. There's proposal on
on the docket for 64th to just be closed

450
00:38:38,079 --> 00:38:47,599
and removed because part of the problem
with 64th, Ken, is that when Spitzy

451
00:38:44,079 --> 00:38:52,240
Crossing goes in, 64th doesn't exist.
So, how much money do we spend on a road

452
00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:57,280
that won't exist when Spitzy Crossing
goes? So, these are the things that

453
00:38:54,079 --> 00:39:00,640
aren't being um you know, we talk about
them in council, they're not being

454
00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:04,800
talked about in the in the coffee shops,
right? So it yes, you can say that we're

455
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:08,079
all neglectful and everything else, but
it's completely untrue. It's what we're

456
00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:12,400
trying to figure out is what the
priorities are and where we need to

457
00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:16,400
spend the best money for our taxpayers,
period. [snorts] So thanks very much for

458
00:39:15,359 --> 00:39:20,560
your comments.
>> Obviously, you didn't know that the

459
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:24,560
money was being spent to put the oil on
the road.

460
00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:29,520
» Of course, I knew that we do. We're
doing

461
00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:33,280
» Well, yeah, it's we're maintaining.
>> Oh, yeah. Ken, yes, I know about the

462
00:39:31,599 --> 00:39:36,000
money being spent on the maintenance of
the road. I'm not going to fight with

463
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:40,880
you here. I can do that out in the
hallway.

464
00:39:37,599 --> 00:39:46,760
More than happy to.
Okay. Thanks very much. Councelor

465
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:46,760
McGonagal.

466
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:55,359
» Could we not oil the rest of the road?
That doesn't require engineers, I don't

467
00:39:54,560 --> 00:40:00,839
think.
>> Riley, can you speak to the maintenance

468
00:39:56,880 --> 00:40:00,839
of 64th, please?

469
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:18,720
Um so earlier I guess a couple weeks ago
we applied oil to sorry not oil the wax

470
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:26,480
product. So the same product we use on
112th to approximately 300 m of 64th. uh

471
00:40:24,079 --> 00:40:31,280
given the concerns we've had with dust
as well as with uh some of the ruting

472
00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:37,440
and moving of the gravel around that
intersection. So, we did apply that. I

473
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:42,079
think it was around 10,000. We could
apply it to the balance if council so

474
00:40:39,359 --> 00:40:45,920
wished. Um [clears throat] I don't know
how the long the road is off the top of

475
00:40:43,839 --> 00:40:52,119
my head, but we could multiply that out
and definitely do that.

476
00:40:49,119 --> 00:40:52,119
» Okay.

477
00:40:53,003 --> 00:41:02,000
[snorts] Any other public comments
then allocated the time to it but okay

478
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:06,520
we'll move on uh janitorial contract
award for BSRC Alex

479
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:20,079
» Good afternoon mayor and council members
of the public Mullet uh manager of

480
00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:24,640
recreation
uh so before you is the request for a

481
00:41:21,839 --> 00:41:29,520
decision for the general janitorial
contract award for the Bob Snrass

482
00:41:27,119 --> 00:41:33,599
Recreation Complex. Uh just some
background on that. Historically,

483
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:37,599
janitorial services at the complex have
been done inhouse by the facility

484
00:41:35,599 --> 00:41:43,920
operators as part of their broader
responsibilities. The aquatic expansion

485
00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:49,839
um has added new change rooms, new play
space areas, and a mechanical system

486
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:54,319
that requires much more maintenance uh
preventive maintenance attention. um as

487
00:41:52,400 --> 00:42:01,359
well as just upkeep of that space when
it does open. Um this is also

488
00:41:58,720 --> 00:42:04,079
um has the potential to increase the
cleaning workload and technical

489
00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:08,079
responsibilities for those facility
operators like I mentioned including

490
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:12,160
water monitoring, samples,
troubleshooting, different things like

491
00:42:09,599 --> 00:42:16,240
that. um administration identified the
continuing con uh the continuing to

492
00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:20,720
complete all janitorial work in house
would place additional pressure on this

493
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:25,359
staff capacity um not just on the
aquatic side but we have seen increase

494
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:29,280
in the ice maintenance our ice
operations as well with higher ice

495
00:42:27,359 --> 00:42:34,160
demand this past season and coming into
this season we anticipate the same um

496
00:42:32,079 --> 00:42:38,400
along with those measures we have
included additional ice maintenance and

497
00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:40,640
an additional ice maintenance plan for
this season to upkeep with that

498
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:44,560
maintenance
Part of the things we want to do um with

499
00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:49,200
our services in the facility is
upkeeping these services, ensuring that

500
00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:54,240
the public uh user groups, members
coming in are accessing the most

501
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:58,160
adequate consistent service, not just on
the pool side when that opens, but also

502
00:42:56,079 --> 00:43:02,560
when it comes to ice surfaces,
fieldhouse, studio, walking track,

503
00:43:01,119 --> 00:43:09,520
curling club, you know, a lot of those
spaces require a lot of uh facility

504
00:43:04,720 --> 00:43:14,400
attention. Um, so like I mentioned,
contract, this RFP focuses on

505
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:18,640
contracting nightly janitorial work in
the areas of all the dressing rooms for

506
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:22,880
the fieldhouse, small arena, and large
arena, as well as our highest traffic

507
00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:27,599
public washrooms that include the
fieldhouse and the existing lobby ones.

508
00:43:25,599 --> 00:43:32,480
In addition, we will be covering the
offices and the new uh change rooms in

509
00:43:30,319 --> 00:43:36,400
the aquatic side as well. In addition to
this nightly cleaning that was c

510
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:40,800
captured in this RFP, we also have night
our weekly deep cleaning happening um

511
00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:45,200
which is paramount on the aquatic side
in terms of us doing our due diligence

512
00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:48,720
and our service that we need to not just
for when that facility opens but in

513
00:43:46,720 --> 00:43:53,359
terms of AHS standards and everything
like that when come when it comes to

514
00:43:50,079 --> 00:43:56,880
aquatics cleanliness. Um I'll just break
down the financials real quick. Um, like

515
00:43:55,599 --> 00:44:02,319
I mentioned, when we originally
estimated last year going into budget,

516
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:07,599
we annually estimated 70,000. Um, we
reduc we amended that budget to 35,000

517
00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:12,720
with the delayed aquatics opening. Um,
of the proponents we had, we had 21

518
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:19,760
proponents. Service master cleaning um
came in at yearly cost of 59,841.

519
00:44:16,800 --> 00:44:25,040
Um, if we sign the agreement here in
September for the remainder of 2026,

520
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:30,839
that cost will be 19,947,
the total cost of the three-year

521
00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:30,839
contract, 179,523.

522
00:44:31,119 --> 00:44:38,720
Um, and I will just preface like I said
of those 21 proponents.

523
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:45,359
Um,
bear with me here. We had

524
00:44:41,599 --> 00:44:49,520
we had two three that we had put in as
preferred. As you see with deep clean

525
00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:54,319
building maintenance, they did come in
at 41,400.

526
00:44:51,520 --> 00:45:00,240
The key difference in going with the
middle bit on this one is in terms of

527
00:44:56,880 --> 00:45:05,680
capacity uh the technical capacity um
the support that comes with service

528
00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:09,440
master cleaning in addition to the level
of of diversity of experience they've

529
00:45:07,599 --> 00:45:14,640
had they have they're a business of 30
years experience not only just doing

530
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:19,599
government services such as AHS but
commercial side that includes Amazon

531
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:24,480
Chevron Shell uh commercial pro
commercial residential properties

532
00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:28,319
including Jamon, Simco um and also their
QA system, their quality assurance

533
00:45:26,400 --> 00:45:34,160
system and their incident reporting
system was beyond of what we expected.

534
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:38,480
Um and in this case when we go into a an
RFP and a contract agreement like this,

535
00:45:36,240 --> 00:45:43,760
we want to ensure that we're getting a
service that we're get consistent upkept

536
00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:47,839
and also one that we know that we're
confidently going to get servicing on.

537
00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:52,480
And that's what we felt in evaluating
with service master cleaning. Um, so

538
00:45:50,640 --> 00:45:56,560
that is the reason why we've recommended
them. Like I mentioned, council has a

539
00:45:54,720 --> 00:46:00,400
list of decisions on on the table here
in terms of this council may support the

540
00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:05,359
proposed recommendation and authorize
administration to enter the three-year

541
00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:08,480
contract. Um, service uh number two,
like I mentioned, council may defeat

542
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:12,480
proposed recommendation. Routine
janitorial work would continue to be

543
00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:17,520
managed in house and administration
would reassess service levels and staff

544
00:46:14,720 --> 00:46:21,119
capacity. Um, council may refer the
matter to a future committee as a whole

545
00:46:19,119 --> 00:46:25,040
meeting with specific direction for
additional information. The issue with

546
00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:30,079
this one, this does put staff
constraints if we delay it beyond

547
00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:33,599
September 1st with um, ice season
opening up here in September. Um, well,

548
00:46:32,240 --> 00:46:37,200
I mean the full ice season. We do have
part of ice season going as well as our

549
00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:42,160
fall user groups coming in. We have high
facility usage in terms of fieldhouse,

550
00:46:39,359 --> 00:46:47,839
ice surfaces, and registered programs.
Um, so that's a summary of the um the

551
00:46:45,839 --> 00:46:55,440
RFD. I'd be happy to answer any
questions council uh may have.

552
00:46:51,119 --> 00:47:01,760
» Thanks, Alex. Questions from council?
>> Council McGonagle.

553
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:04,880
» Um, Alex, I'm just uh interested in the
2026

554
00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:11,359
um from September to the end of
December. What areas do you expect to be

555
00:47:08,079 --> 00:47:18,640
open? And if there's any change to that,
does that are they guaranteed the 19,000

556
00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:25,520
or are we paying a rate? Um, if those if
we have changes in our opening schedule,

557
00:47:21,119 --> 00:47:30,720
does this cost get reduced?
>> No, that's a fair qu question, Councelor

558
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:36,319
McDonald. Um, like I said, if we go
ahead with this, um, I'd like to sit

559
00:47:33,119 --> 00:47:41,119
down, um, with the contractor and see
what options we do have to look at at,

560
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:45,119
whether it might be,
um, for what I foresee, maybe a credit,

561
00:47:43,599 --> 00:47:49,680
maybe they cover other areas of the
building in addition until that spot

562
00:47:47,280 --> 00:47:53,680
opens. Um because like I said, we do
have the other areas that are currently

563
00:47:51,839 --> 00:47:59,280
open as the existing common ways,
whether it's the hallways, um parts of

564
00:47:56,400 --> 00:48:02,720
the lobby that are still open, um you
know, do we look at the curling club

565
00:48:00,720 --> 00:48:06,319
aspect? So, I'm sure there's some value
we can offset in the meantime where

566
00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:10,560
we're still getting that full dollar
value. Um and and and work with the

567
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:14,480
contractor in that piece, whether it's
servicing other areas or do we look at a

568
00:48:13,359 --> 00:48:18,640
credit
>> so the money stays the same. is

569
00:48:17,119 --> 00:48:25,119
» that that would be the goal. Correct. We
would not want to go over the 19,947.

570
00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:29,359
» I'm thinking going under the 19,000. If
if they're not required to do the work,

571
00:48:27,440 --> 00:48:33,240
do we still have to pay them? That
doesn't make sense to me.

572
00:48:35,440 --> 00:48:43,440
» May contribute. This is a maximum spend
forecast. The rates will be corrected

573
00:48:39,359 --> 00:48:49,839
based on scope of contract. So if the
scope of cleaning does not match the

574
00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:53,119
full operational that will be corrected
in negotiations.

575
00:48:51,440 --> 00:49:01,079
» Chris might need you to come to the mic
just because of live streaming and

576
00:48:56,400 --> 00:49:01,079
audio issues in this joint.

577
00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:10,880
» Thank you. I'll repeat that. So this
does have a defined scope within the

578
00:49:08,079 --> 00:49:16,000
agreement. So that will be negotiated in
upon entrance into contract. So the

579
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:20,559
rates will be reflective of the
determined number of cleanings and the

580
00:49:17,839 --> 00:49:26,559
area of cleaning. So that is the maximum
forecast uh pursuant of our current

581
00:49:23,680 --> 00:49:33,359
operational opening of the facility and
that'll be negotiated down if they don't

582
00:49:29,359 --> 00:49:36,800
require the service. Okay. So less work,
less money, right? Thank you.

583
00:49:35,839 --> 00:49:43,319
» Correct.
>> Thank you. Councelor

584
00:49:40,319 --> 00:49:43,319
Nitro.

585
00:49:43,760 --> 00:49:52,240
» Thanks, Mr. Uh, thanks for bringing this
forward. Um, I guess Chris kind of

586
00:49:50,559 --> 00:49:59,280
touched on it there in the defined
scope. Um, I'm assuming there might be

587
00:49:56,000 --> 00:50:03,760
more than was presented to us in terms
of what the defined scope is. um within

588
00:50:02,319 --> 00:50:09,599
something that you mentioned, Alex,
there were um uh government, if you want

589
00:50:07,839 --> 00:50:13,599
to call it, requirements, directions,
regulations that state how we would

590
00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:18,160
clean the pool area and whatnot. Um I
assume in the contractual piece that's

591
00:50:16,079 --> 00:50:23,119
going to be between us and potentially
service master those things are very

592
00:50:20,160 --> 00:50:28,240
clearly outlined cuz what we got here in
terms of and I'm looking at the general

593
00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:31,920
neutral pool change rooms clean all wash
bowls and plumbing fixtures with

594
00:50:29,599 --> 00:50:34,960
germicide clean and disinfect disinfect
urinals. I can list off the other four

595
00:50:33,839 --> 00:50:41,119
or five things that are there but
they're very broad in stroke. um it

596
00:50:37,599 --> 00:50:46,000
doesn't tell me a lot um
in terms of exactly what they're going

597
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:49,760
to be doing and I don't know um
contractors need to be told very

598
00:50:48,240 --> 00:50:54,480
specifically what they need to do
otherwise it gets very difficult to hold

599
00:50:52,079 --> 00:51:00,480
them to task and for me some of that is
missing in what we have here as as

600
00:50:56,640 --> 00:51:07,119
information presented to us. So, um, to
councelor McGonagical's point about

601
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:11,599
paying for time served, um,
are we breaking that down into the the

602
00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:17,280
daily or the weekly deep clean and time
that they will be on site or is it based

603
00:51:15,040 --> 00:51:21,599
around the requirements of cleaning that
they need? So, I guess what I'm asking

604
00:51:19,119 --> 00:51:26,160
really is, is there an hourly rate that
this kind of breaks down to at what are

605
00:51:23,680 --> 00:51:30,079
we 60k annually? And that means, you
know, Monday, Monday to Friday, they're

606
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:34,079
there from well, it's during closing
period, so you know, 12 midnight till

607
00:51:32,240 --> 00:51:37,839
5:00 in the morning or something. And
what those parameters are, and I'm just

608
00:51:36,160 --> 00:51:43,839
looking for more of what the expectation
is. Um cuz here I I I didn't quite see

609
00:51:41,520 --> 00:51:47,920
enough detail from me if I was sitting
down to negotiate a contract like this.

610
00:51:46,480 --> 00:51:52,720
» No, absolutely. And thank you for that
one, Councelor Nitra. Um, one of the

611
00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:58,160
reasons why we did go with Servicemaster
was um, the detailed scope they did

612
00:51:55,280 --> 00:52:03,200
provide. So, when it came to their daily
cleaning, it was more detailed than the

613
00:52:01,440 --> 00:52:07,119
RFP itself in terms of what was getting
wiped down, where and when. And then

614
00:52:05,280 --> 00:52:11,520
also, not just the nightly, but the
detailed piece was in there as well. Um

615
00:52:09,280 --> 00:52:18,000
aquatics was also looped in on part of
this review um of the proposal and there

616
00:52:15,920 --> 00:52:23,359
was satisfaction from their end in terms
of uh accomplishing what we need to on

617
00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:28,400
the aquatic side to ensure that yes it
is broad in the RFP but they did break

618
00:52:25,760 --> 00:52:33,760
down in terms of their scope of work
detail of what was getting done and when

619
00:52:31,359 --> 00:52:38,880
gave administration the confidence to go
with them. Um I can't remember offhand

620
00:52:36,720 --> 00:52:43,040
uh what the numbers were in that RFP in
terms of hourly but they they did their

621
00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:47,280
scope of work was detailed enough that
we felt confident not only just with

622
00:52:45,119 --> 00:52:51,359
this price but also the expectations in
the work as well and that goes back to

623
00:52:49,280 --> 00:52:58,480
their quality assurance program which
really stood out to us from above above

624
00:52:53,440 --> 00:53:02,319
and beyond the 21 RFPs uh because of the
their attention to detail ensuring that

625
00:53:00,160 --> 00:53:05,440
they're hitting all the expectations not
only through the documentation process

626
00:53:04,240 --> 00:53:11,280
they have in this quality assurance
program but just the regular uh meeting

627
00:53:08,640 --> 00:53:16,079
and and the submissions of those reports
after cleaning services happen. So the

628
00:53:13,760 --> 00:53:21,359
detail that this company puts in every
service they do is tracked through their

629
00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:25,359
software and also allows us to manage
and see the the expectations dayto-day

630
00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:30,319
that they are doing ensuring that we're
hitting that that they're hitting what

631
00:53:26,880 --> 00:53:32,880
they need to and that way not putting um
you know public health at risk or

632
00:53:31,920 --> 00:53:36,079
anything like that especially when it
comes to the pool side because we do

633
00:53:34,400 --> 00:53:41,760
know about the stringent regulations
that come with that.

634
00:53:39,599 --> 00:53:44,640
Thanks. Please take it the right way. I
wasn't a lack of confidence in what you

635
00:53:43,280 --> 00:53:48,559
guys are doing in your jobs. It's just
this was pretty broad in stroke and for

636
00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:52,079
us as council to hear it and for the
public to hear it that there's there's

637
00:53:50,400 --> 00:53:55,040
much more behind the scenes that you
guys are working with and things you

638
00:53:53,359 --> 00:53:59,640
look at and focus on. Thank you very
much. I appreciate it.

639
00:53:55,839 --> 00:53:59,640
» No, absolutely. Thank you.

640
00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:06,839
» Your name's back up. No. Okay. All good.

641
00:54:07,520 --> 00:54:13,119
Okay, I'll ask for a motion from
councelor Jones. The council authorized

642
00:54:11,760 --> 00:54:17,280
administration to enter into a
three-year agreement with Service Master

643
00:54:14,960 --> 00:54:22,800
Clean for janitorial services at the
BSRC in the maximum annual amount of

644
00:54:20,559 --> 00:54:27,920
$59,841
commencing September 1st, 2026.

645
00:54:26,720 --> 00:54:32,559
» I'll give you that motion, Mayor
Snodgrass.

646
00:54:28,880 --> 00:54:38,160
» Yep. All in favor?
Carried. Thanks, Alex. Thank you.

647
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:43,319
Uh, Heritage
Hot air balloon festival location,

648
00:54:40,319 --> 00:54:43,319
Heather.

649
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:54,280
» Yeah, you're getting up here too,
Kangor.

650
00:54:51,119 --> 00:54:54,280
» I'm scared.

651
00:54:58,480 --> 00:55:03,520
» Good afternoon, Mayor and Council. The
Heritage and International Hot Air

652
00:55:01,839 --> 00:55:07,280
Balloon Festival has operated its
primary launch location on private

653
00:55:05,599 --> 00:55:12,720
property west of High River for several
years. On July 22nd, 2026, the mayor and

654
00:55:11,040 --> 00:55:15,920
administration were advised that
permission to use the existing launch

655
00:55:14,400 --> 00:55:17,680
property would not be granted for the
2026 festival.

656
00:55:17,613 --> 00:55:21,839
» [snorts]
>> The loss of the festival's traditional

657
00:55:19,280 --> 00:55:25,760
launch location required administration
and the event organizers to identify a

658
00:55:24,240 --> 00:55:30,720
replacement location that meets
operational requirements of the event as

659
00:55:28,559 --> 00:55:34,640
well as maintaining public safety. The
new proposed location west of

660
00:55:32,640 --> 00:55:38,720
Wallisville and the current balloon
location site provides the most suitable

661
00:55:36,400 --> 00:55:42,960
location and we reviewed several traffic
management options including temporarily

662
00:55:40,800 --> 00:55:48,000
closing Center Street during the launch
periods and implementing a reduced speed

663
00:55:45,119 --> 00:55:52,240
limit. It was agreed that a temporary 30
km an hour speed limit together with

664
00:55:49,920 --> 00:55:56,079
designated pedestrian crossing staffed
by two flaggers provides an appropriate

665
00:55:54,079 --> 00:56:00,559
balance between pedestrian safety and
maintaining traffic flow. The Friday

666
00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:04,079
evening Belinglo will continue to
operate under existing traffic control

667
00:56:02,400 --> 00:56:08,319
and safety measures where Center Street
is closed from approximately 3:00 p.m.

668
00:56:05,920 --> 00:56:12,880
until 10 p.m. [gasps] Full details are
in the report, but the revised launch

669
00:56:10,319 --> 00:56:17,760
launch location is expected to result in
approximately $800 in direct event

670
00:56:15,359 --> 00:56:21,599
support costs excluding operational
staff labor from the installation and

671
00:56:19,920 --> 00:56:26,720
removal of the temporary traffic
signage. Should the location change be

672
00:56:23,920 --> 00:56:30,400
approved for 2026, the municipality will
absorb these additional costs for future

673
00:56:29,040 --> 00:56:34,160
years. Discussions with the event
organizers will be required to determine

674
00:56:32,559 --> 00:56:38,079
the appropriate allocation of the
ongoing operational expenses.

675
00:56:36,480 --> 00:56:41,760
administration is recommending that we
move forward with the new launch

676
00:56:39,520 --> 00:56:46,000
location west of Wallisville, the
current site of the balloon glow on

677
00:56:43,040 --> 00:56:50,160
Friday night as the 2026 launch site
with a reduced speed of 30 km an hour on

678
00:56:48,559 --> 00:56:55,839
Center Street during the duration of the
festival from September 23rd to

679
00:56:52,240 --> 00:56:59,559
September 27th, 2026.
Do you have any questions?

680
00:57:02,319 --> 00:57:07,240
» Thanks, Heather. Uh, councelor Nituk.

681
00:57:08,799 --> 00:57:18,079
» Thanks, Mayor Snodgrass. Um, where to
start? Unfortunate that we have to move

682
00:57:15,920 --> 00:57:22,960
from the location we're at. Um, I
understand we don't have

683
00:57:20,640 --> 00:57:28,319
a lot of choices to make this happen
elsewhere. Um, this makes sense in terms

684
00:57:26,880 --> 00:57:32,000
of this is where we've had the balloon
go. We all know how popular that is. We

685
00:57:30,400 --> 00:57:38,720
all know what this event brings to the
community. Um,

686
00:57:34,319 --> 00:57:44,640
my biggest concern is that major artery
>> for that period of time and what that

687
00:57:41,520 --> 00:57:49,520
does from a vehicle perspective or a
pedestrian perspective. So, um, I guess

688
00:57:47,359 --> 00:57:56,400
I'll I'll come across with my concerns.
30 km is great. Um, I'm still uneasy

689
00:57:54,319 --> 00:58:00,960
about that because people are going to
drive through that area when balloons

690
00:57:57,920 --> 00:58:03,599
are there and they're going to do this.
They're

691
00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:08,160
» It's like a It's like a car wreck,
right? Most people can't pass a car

692
00:58:05,200 --> 00:58:12,880
accident and not look at it. And that
inevitably leads to another car accident

693
00:58:10,400 --> 00:58:17,040
cuz people rear end each other. So,
that's a big concern. Um,

694
00:58:15,599 --> 00:58:20,799
one that I think we could alleviate
really quickly is pedestrian traffic.

695
00:58:18,720 --> 00:58:25,359
And I would like to see pedestrians stay
on the east side of the road, not

696
00:58:22,640 --> 00:58:30,079
allowed to cross the street. um that we
that we barricade it and you watch the

697
00:58:27,440 --> 00:58:34,880
balloons take off from the Wallaceville
side and we eliminate that pedestrian

698
00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:38,079
traffic that could happen going back and
forth. Some people will use a crosswalk,

699
00:58:37,390 --> 00:58:40,720
[snorts]
some people won't. They'll just park

700
00:58:39,520 --> 00:58:44,960
their car and they'll cross the street
where they want to cross the street. So,

701
00:58:42,640 --> 00:58:50,880
if we were to coordinate off, I think
that would create a much safer

702
00:58:47,520 --> 00:58:56,079
environment. Um, for example, using the
balloon port right now as a as an

703
00:58:52,720 --> 00:58:59,760
overflow to the the proposed area for
parking. Um, I think those people would

704
00:58:57,920 --> 00:59:05,280
just cross the street and walk up on the
west side of the road, which has

705
00:59:02,400 --> 00:59:10,000
concerns from a vehicle um vehicle
perspective. So, um,

706
00:59:08,400 --> 00:59:15,280
yeah. Yeah, the pedestrians is the big
one for me. The cars reducing the speed

707
00:59:11,839 --> 00:59:20,079
is is it definitive? I I still think
that that um there there might be some

708
00:59:18,400 --> 00:59:24,160
cause for concern there, but slowing the
traffic down definitely will help. So,

709
00:59:22,480 --> 00:59:28,400
um just a couple of points I had in in
in seeing this. I'm not opposed to the

710
00:59:26,079 --> 00:59:33,760
location, but I just want us to be on
top of of making it um uh appropriate

711
00:59:32,079 --> 00:59:38,319
for those people that are, you know,
going in and out of town during those

712
00:59:35,440 --> 00:59:42,240
times. um you know, slowing down isn't
that big of an inconvenience, but just

713
00:59:40,319 --> 00:59:45,680
to be mindful of that and then be really
protective of of the pedestrians, the

714
00:59:44,240 --> 00:59:49,119
people that will come to watch it
because there are lots of people that

715
00:59:46,799 --> 00:59:53,280
come to do it. So anyway, thanks.
>> Absolutely. And so we had proposed where

716
00:59:51,119 --> 00:59:57,280
the current glow site is um in the
Wallisville area as the main

717
00:59:55,040 --> 01:00:02,240
predominantly the main parking point,
the hot air balloon port would be used

718
00:59:59,599 --> 01:00:06,480
as overflow parking. It would be both
parking locations would be staffed with

719
01:00:04,480 --> 01:00:09,520
volunteers to be able to help and assist
with the parking side of it. And we're

720
01:00:08,160 --> 01:00:12,640
hoping that with having the volunteers
there, it can they can guide them down

721
01:00:11,119 --> 01:00:16,880
happy trails to be able to use the
actual crosswalk. And then having a

722
01:00:14,559 --> 01:00:21,119
second crosswalk set up with flaggers to
be able to assist if pedestrians were to

723
01:00:18,640 --> 01:00:25,960
cross. However, we could look at a
barricade option to not have them cross

724
01:00:22,799 --> 01:00:25,960
at all.

725
01:00:29,599 --> 01:00:33,319
Uh, councelor Jones.

726
01:00:33,440 --> 01:00:41,760
» Thank you, Mayor Snodgrass. And, um, I
agree with uh, councelor Nichuk about

727
01:00:39,359 --> 01:00:48,319
it's sort of sad that unfortunately it
has to change. I can see some validity

728
01:00:45,040 --> 01:00:53,599
to this area. I'm wondering about timing
cuz I'm going to call it uh, you know,

729
01:00:51,760 --> 01:00:57,440
rush hour. I don't know we have rush
hour necessarily in High River but it is

730
01:00:56,000 --> 01:01:02,799
getting to work in the morning and
leaving work or getting to kids

731
01:01:00,079 --> 01:01:05,920
activities and stuff like that. Um is
those launch times Can I just ask the

732
01:01:04,319 --> 01:01:09,040
reason the launch times are what they
are?

733
01:01:07,839 --> 01:01:13,680
» Do you want to go ahead and answer the
launch times?

734
01:01:10,640 --> 01:01:19,359
» Sure. Um the times we're talking about
are in the mornings between 7:30 and

735
01:01:16,000 --> 01:01:23,359
8:30. Just a 1 hour period. Um, the guys
should be there by 7:30 in the air.

736
01:01:21,599 --> 01:01:27,599
Generally, be a little quicker, probably
gone by 8, but we like to give ourselves

737
01:01:25,440 --> 01:01:32,160
about an hour to get in and out. In the
evenings, it would be 5:00 p.m. to 6:00

738
01:01:29,760 --> 01:01:37,119
p.m. The reason we use those times in
the morning is we want to avoid uh

739
01:01:34,160 --> 01:01:41,119
thermal buildup. As the sun heats up the
ground, it gets thermic, and you you

740
01:01:39,359 --> 01:01:45,440
simply can't fly a balloon in thermal
conditions. And in the evenings we go

741
01:01:43,359 --> 01:01:48,640
later because again the sun's getting
lower in the sky and the thermals are

742
01:01:47,040 --> 01:01:51,839
dying off.
>> So pretty much they're kind of like the

743
01:01:50,480 --> 01:01:53,520
best times to be doing this.
>> That's about the only times we can fly.

744
01:01:53,280 --> 01:01:55,920
Yeah.
>> Okay. No, that's good to know.

745
01:01:54,400 --> 01:01:59,520
» In the summer in the summer that's
pretty much the only times we can fly.

746
01:01:57,440 --> 01:02:03,680
Winter obviously is different, but
>> um and the idea of eliminating people

747
01:02:01,359 --> 01:02:07,760
from one side of the road might be hard
is because there is crosswalk there

748
01:02:05,599 --> 01:02:11,119
coming from line of makers. I don't know
if that's even feasible, especially if

749
01:02:09,119 --> 01:02:15,920
you're only using volunteers to sort of
do that. Um, yeah, [clears throat] there

750
01:02:13,599 --> 01:02:19,359
is definitely some issues with people
crossing streets, especially in the

751
01:02:17,680 --> 01:02:23,920
middle, like if somebody just bolted
across. Um, that is really important.

752
01:02:22,079 --> 01:02:26,799
The other question I had was about the
LED boards. You said you were putting

753
01:02:25,200 --> 01:02:31,599
one in the south end and the north end
of Center Street. Can you tell me

754
01:02:28,799 --> 01:02:37,839
whereabouts and like would you suggest
to them possibly using another route?

755
01:02:35,359 --> 01:02:42,240
» Yeah, absolutely. So the LED signage
that we set up is at High Country Drive

756
01:02:39,839 --> 01:02:48,240
and Center Street. So just before they
have that opportunity to be able to turn

757
01:02:45,680 --> 01:02:54,000
an opposite direction, then to turn down
Center to head south. Um so it' be set

758
01:02:50,559 --> 01:02:57,680
up there kind of just after the Tim
Hortons notifying everybody ahead of

759
01:02:55,920 --> 01:03:02,480
time that the road is going to be
reduced. And then the second signage

760
01:03:00,559 --> 01:03:07,040
would be set up um on the corner of
Mloud and Center Street where kind of

761
01:03:05,040 --> 01:03:12,240
soies is there to be able to notify
drivers of the reduced speed limit.

762
01:03:10,559 --> 01:03:16,720
So that's good. But if somebody wanted
to use an alternate route like wouldn't

763
01:03:14,559 --> 01:03:22,640
it be like even before they come into
town maybe having something there so

764
01:03:19,359 --> 01:03:25,760
people could maybe go down 498 or
>> you know not even have to come into town

765
01:03:24,240 --> 01:03:30,400
and try and flip around cuz that could
cause issues as well. So, we recently

766
01:03:28,160 --> 01:03:34,480
learned that you can notify Google of
any road closures and deviations ahead

767
01:03:32,720 --> 01:03:38,720
of time for events. And so, I actually
tested it out with a couple events over

768
01:03:36,240 --> 01:03:43,680
the summertime. And it did provide an
option. So, what the algorithm if

769
01:03:41,680 --> 01:03:48,960
somebody's using Google Maps to be able
to come into town to see this showing

770
01:03:46,559 --> 01:03:53,599
the concept was that we would put an
actual road closure in as opposed to

771
01:03:51,119 --> 01:03:57,280
reduce signage into Google. Um, from
there it would reroute people um to be

772
01:03:56,000 --> 01:04:00,000
able to use alternative routes. So if
they're trying to come into High River,

773
01:03:58,559 --> 01:04:05,039
if it's someone that's using Google
Maps, um, the algorithm would then

774
01:04:02,960 --> 01:04:08,799
reroute them to avoid a road closure or
it would notify them that there's a road

775
01:04:06,559 --> 01:04:14,400
closure on their route. The idea was not
to deter people, you know, completely.

776
01:04:11,920 --> 01:04:17,760
It was more of a case of being able to
say, "Hey, there's going to be slow down

777
01:04:16,319 --> 01:04:23,200
traffic here. It's going to be more
congested." And as cell phones and

778
01:04:20,799 --> 01:04:26,640
location service is ping off of the cell
phone towers um and Google picks up

779
01:04:25,359 --> 01:04:30,799
there's a reduced speed that would be
popped up as well if someone is using

780
01:04:28,720 --> 01:04:33,839
that. For locals in town we understand
that they're probably not using Google

781
01:04:32,559 --> 01:04:38,000
Maps to be able to get around cuz they
just know where to go. And so in that

782
01:04:35,920 --> 01:04:42,960
case having that LED signage and then
having the additional traffic signage

783
01:04:40,079 --> 01:04:48,640
posted um would assist with that. Will
you have the signage up quite a bit

784
01:04:45,760 --> 01:04:50,960
previous to the event or only during the
event?

785
01:04:49,200 --> 01:04:55,359
» With the LED signage, we're hoping to
have it up at least a week in advance to

786
01:04:53,200 --> 01:04:59,960
notify everybody um so that they can
prepare for that.

787
01:04:56,319 --> 01:04:59,960
» Perfect. Thank you,

788
01:05:01,440 --> 01:05:04,839
» Councelor Barton.

789
01:05:08,160 --> 01:05:14,960
Thanks for the presentation. And yeah,
it's too bad we can't have it where it

790
01:05:13,039 --> 01:05:19,920
was, but
times change, I guess. The one comment

791
01:05:18,000 --> 01:05:23,680
that I was wondering, like I agree with
what everybody has said up to this

792
01:05:21,440 --> 01:05:28,559
point, but what about re-evaluating it
after like seeing what's worked, what

793
01:05:26,160 --> 01:05:32,319
didn't work? Are we going to get a
debrief on that kind of thing?

794
01:05:30,400 --> 01:05:36,400
» Yeah, absolutely. So, after every event,
we do a debrief. Um, so with our

795
01:05:34,240 --> 01:05:42,160
signature events, we sit down with the
event organizers, um, both protective

796
01:05:39,599 --> 01:05:45,680
services, bylaw, fire, um, anybody
involved with the event, we'll do a like

797
01:05:44,000 --> 01:05:49,680
a major debrief of the whole thing and
to see how things went. So we can get

798
01:05:47,440 --> 01:05:53,280
feedback from RCMP, we can get feedback
from fire in case there's any concerns

799
01:05:51,200 --> 01:05:57,280
in that related. Um, so things just
outside the event as well is can they

800
01:05:55,119 --> 01:06:01,200
respond to calls, can they, you know,
move forward in doing what they need to

801
01:05:59,280 --> 01:06:03,839
do as well. Um, so there's always an
event debrief afterwards to be able to

802
01:06:02,799 --> 01:06:10,720
do that.
>> Okay, great. Sounds good. Thank you.

803
01:06:08,079 --> 01:06:16,799
» Um,
so yeah, the Adams property is

804
01:06:12,720 --> 01:06:22,319
unavailable. Um, that land is sold to a
developer, so there'll be houses built

805
01:06:18,480 --> 01:06:25,440
in there now. So that's
we were going to have to make this

806
01:06:23,599 --> 01:06:30,640
change at some point in time here. We
didn't weren't going to have access to

807
01:06:27,520 --> 01:06:36,160
that property forever. So, um I think
this is the next best option that uh

808
01:06:33,119 --> 01:06:42,799
facilitates the ballooning needs as well
as the public needs and the spectator

809
01:06:38,400 --> 01:06:47,920
piece. But the the 30 km an hour piece
like I'm not worried about the commute

810
01:06:44,559 --> 01:06:54,319
in I river for that length of space.
Like if you're late because of a 20 km

811
01:06:51,839 --> 01:07:01,920
swing like you're probably late when you
left the house. [laughter]

812
01:06:56,559 --> 01:07:06,960
So um as well the that 30 km an hour is
only going to be for the duration of the

813
01:07:04,240 --> 01:07:12,640
launches right then it goes back to 50.
It's not going to be so it goes back and

814
01:07:09,119 --> 01:07:17,760
forth. Also it's rare that we have a
flight every morning and every afternoon

815
01:07:15,599 --> 01:07:22,400
during those days. Some days there
aren't any. So, it's only if there's

816
01:07:20,240 --> 01:07:28,960
flights and for a very small amount of
time um that there'll be any kind of

817
01:07:26,319 --> 01:07:33,920
commuter inconvenience.
So,

818
01:07:30,640 --> 01:07:39,200
um Jamie, question for you regarding
going back to councelor Nichuk's um

819
01:07:37,599 --> 01:07:43,520
comments as to where the spectators
should be. Would you even want them on

820
01:07:42,000 --> 01:07:46,640
the other side of Center Street when you
guys are setting up your balloons and

821
01:07:45,039 --> 01:07:50,720
everything? Like it's not like the glow
night where you invite everybody in cuz

822
01:07:48,720 --> 01:07:55,359
the balloons are up and they're safe and
everybody's standing there. But um

823
01:07:53,520 --> 01:08:00,240
during when you guys are trying to
launch balloons and you got volunteers

824
01:07:57,359 --> 01:08:07,119
around, I know from watching pretty much
every one of them over at the Adams Land

825
01:08:03,359 --> 01:08:11,119
that um it's problematic if you get
people

826
01:08:08,799 --> 01:08:15,039
in around those balloons.
Transport Canada gives us regulations

827
01:08:12,880 --> 01:08:20,000
and one of them is that we have to keep
uh the general public out of the direct

828
01:08:17,279 --> 01:08:24,880
launch area. Um what we'd looked about
at with this plan and and I appreciate

829
01:08:22,560 --> 01:08:30,880
councelor Nituk's comments was that we
would set the park up um day one similar

830
01:08:29,279 --> 01:08:35,600
to what we have with the globe. We would
run barricades across the I guess it

831
01:08:33,199 --> 01:08:40,560
would be the west side up and down and
to keep people out of the direct launch

832
01:08:37,199 --> 01:08:45,920
area. Um with respect to crossing center
street uh that's why we're bringing in

833
01:08:42,640 --> 01:08:50,080
traffic if you want to call it traffic
guards people it would be start you know

834
01:08:48,000 --> 01:08:54,239
with little signs stop go that kind of
thing. We don't expect massive amounts

835
01:08:52,319 --> 01:08:59,440
of traffic in the morning especially
there we might get 3 400 people if that.

836
01:08:57,440 --> 01:09:03,199
uh evenings can get a little busier, but
again it depends on whether as you

837
01:09:01,040 --> 01:09:08,719
stated earlier we we could go the whole
week with no flights, right? So um we as

838
01:09:06,480 --> 01:09:13,600
an organization would prefer to set up
on the west side and that way we're not

839
01:09:11,920 --> 01:09:17,759
moving barricades cuz obviously we have
to do it again for the glow on the

840
01:09:15,759 --> 01:09:21,759
Friday night too and it's just wear and
tear on our volunteers. Having two or

841
01:09:20,319 --> 01:09:25,440
three standing there along with some
bylaw people I think will help the

842
01:09:23,600 --> 01:09:30,080
pedestrians get across the road. I I
understand your safety concerns and um

843
01:09:28,080 --> 01:09:35,440
we'll work hard at it. Looking down the
road in the future, as Councelor Barton

844
01:09:32,400 --> 01:09:40,560
said, um we're going to have to find
someplace else in High River to do this.

845
01:09:38,319 --> 01:09:45,520
And uh that piece of property probably
is the best one with respect to flight

846
01:09:43,199 --> 01:09:49,359
paths, what direction we we go when we
fly. Uh still giving our sponsors some

847
01:09:48,000 --> 01:09:52,960
bang for their buck because they're
we're being seen over town, that sort of

848
01:09:51,359 --> 01:09:57,920
thing. And that's why we prefer this
site. uh going forward if it doesn't

849
01:09:55,920 --> 01:10:00,719
work on this year then we'll have to
look for something else but I'm

850
01:09:59,280 --> 01:10:05,679
optimistic that it'll be a very
successful and safe event. Thank you.

851
01:10:03,600 --> 01:10:10,480
Perfect.
Any other questions?

852
01:10:08,320 --> 01:10:14,960
I see none. I'll ask for a motion from
councelor Nichuk to council approve the

853
01:10:12,320 --> 01:10:18,560
existing balloon glow site located west
of center street as the primary balloon

854
01:10:17,040 --> 01:10:23,360
launch site for the heritage in
international hot air balloon festival

855
01:10:20,800 --> 01:10:29,040
from September 23rd to 27th. The council
will approve Wallaceville located uh

856
01:10:26,080 --> 01:10:34,960
east of Center Street, South 1st Avenue.
Um I guess this is the old Willows area,

857
01:10:32,159 --> 01:10:39,280
right? as the primary spectator parking
area for the Heritage in International

858
01:10:36,640 --> 01:10:43,760
Balloon Festival and with the balloon
port located north of Wallisville

859
01:10:41,440 --> 01:10:48,719
available for any overflow parking if
required and the council approve a

860
01:10:45,920 --> 01:10:52,480
temporary 30 kmter speed limit on Center
Street during the scheduled morning and

861
01:10:50,640 --> 01:10:56,920
evening launch periods from September
23rd to 27th, 2026.

862
01:10:57,120 --> 01:11:03,840
» Happy to give you that motion, Mr.
Mayor, as you read.

863
01:10:59,840 --> 01:11:05,199
» Thank you. All in favor?
Gared.

864
01:11:04,800 --> 01:11:10,640
» Thank you.
>> Thank you, Mary. Council,

865
01:11:07,360 --> 01:11:14,280
Jamie, good luck, Patrick. It's all on
your shoulders now.

866
01:11:14,800 --> 01:11:25,000
» Uh, asset retirement obligations and
contaminated sites consulting.

867
01:11:20,239 --> 01:11:25,000
Budget amendment from Jordan, please.

868
01:11:42,480 --> 01:11:50,800
Thank you. Mayor and councel
administration is requesting approval

869
01:11:47,760 --> 01:11:55,760
for a 2026 operating budget amendment to
complete the town's work under two

870
01:11:52,560 --> 01:12:01,280
public sector accounting standards PS
3280 asset retirement obligations and PS

871
01:11:59,520 --> 01:12:08,239
3260
lowiability for contaminated sites. PS

872
01:12:04,719 --> 01:12:12,640
3260 has applied to the town since 2025.
It requires municipalities to assess

873
01:12:10,640 --> 01:12:16,560
contaminated sites and recognize
liabilities when contamination exceeds

874
01:12:14,719 --> 01:12:20,480
an expected
uh exceeds an environmental standard.

875
01:12:18,480 --> 01:12:26,000
The municipal is responsible and future
costs are expected and the amount can be

876
01:12:22,480 --> 01:12:32,000
estimated. And PS 3280 took effect for
the town on January 1st, 2023. It

877
01:12:29,840 --> 01:12:36,480
requires municipalities to identify
legal obligations associated with

878
01:12:33,920 --> 01:12:43,080
retiring tangible capital assets and
recognize the related costs when the

879
01:12:38,719 --> 01:12:43,080
requirements of the standard are met.

880
01:12:43,440 --> 01:12:49,120
The town's financial statements have now
carried the qualification related to

881
01:12:47,040 --> 01:12:55,679
this work for three reporting years.
That's 2023, 24, and 25. In 2025, the

882
01:12:53,840 --> 01:13:00,000
auditor qualified its opinion because
the town had not completed at its

883
01:12:57,760 --> 01:13:04,640
assessment of potential a potential
asset retirement obligations or its

884
01:13:02,480 --> 01:13:09,360
assessment and supporting documentation
for contaminated sites. Put simply, the

885
01:13:07,440 --> 01:13:12,800
qualification exists because town has
not completed the work required to

886
01:13:10,880 --> 01:13:17,760
determine whether liability should be
recorded and to provide the supporting

887
01:13:15,520 --> 01:13:21,360
evidence to the auditor. It does not
mean that the auditor found broad errors

888
01:13:19,600 --> 01:13:26,159
in the town's financial records or that
the town lacks financial capacity. The

889
01:13:24,159 --> 01:13:29,520
town's original approach was to use the
asset management program as a starting

890
01:13:28,000 --> 01:13:34,640
point for this work with physical
testing of assets added where required

891
01:13:32,000 --> 01:13:38,560
and a le and a review of the assets
whether there's a legal obligation

892
01:13:36,640 --> 01:13:43,199
associated with a retirement of those
assets. That approach would have

893
01:13:41,199 --> 01:13:47,360
addressed the requirements over a longer
period as staff developed the asset

894
01:13:45,280 --> 01:13:51,840
asset record supporting processes and
cost estimates. Following the

895
01:13:50,000 --> 01:13:56,800
continuation of the qualification,
concerns raised by the public council

896
01:13:54,960 --> 01:14:01,199
and direction from council and senior
senior leadership financial services was

897
01:13:59,120 --> 01:14:05,520
directed to identify a way to complete
the work for the 2026 financial

898
01:14:03,360 --> 01:14:09,040
statements. This request is the result
of that direction.

899
01:14:07,360 --> 01:14:13,600
administration is proposing two
engagements with 360

900
01:14:12,080 --> 01:14:19,280
engineering and environmental
consulting. The first engagement

901
01:14:15,600 --> 01:14:23,440
addresses PS 3280 which is the as a
retirement obligation qualification. It

902
01:14:21,679 --> 01:14:27,199
will identify the legal requirements
that may create retirement obligations,

903
01:14:25,760 --> 01:14:31,679
reconcile those requirements to the
town's assets, screen buildings for

904
01:14:28,960 --> 01:14:35,360
potential hazardous materials, apply the
recognition requirements, estimate the

905
01:14:34,159 --> 01:14:39,199
obligations that meet those
requirements, and prepare the schedules,

906
01:14:37,199 --> 01:14:47,760
accounting entries, and audit support.
This work has a fixed fee of $12,311.

907
01:14:43,920 --> 01:14:52,800
The second engagement addresses PS 3260.
It will review eight contaminated site

908
01:14:50,719 --> 01:14:57,120
records, determine whether the town is
responsible, and whether each site meets

909
01:14:55,120 --> 01:15:01,360
the recognition requirements, and
estimate a liability only where those

910
01:14:59,199 --> 01:15:05,360
requirements are met. The work will use
existing environmental reports and

911
01:15:03,040 --> 01:15:09,760
records. It does not include new field
testing or remediation. The budget

912
01:15:07,760 --> 01:15:12,760
allowance for this engagement work is
$32,850.

913
01:15:12,960 --> 01:15:18,800
Administration has confidence in this
particular approach because the process

914
01:15:16,960 --> 01:15:22,800
does not begin by assuming that every
asset or site creates a liability. It

915
01:15:21,199 --> 01:15:26,480
begins by establishing a legal
obligation for the town's responsibility

916
01:15:25,040 --> 01:15:30,320
applies the requirements of the
accounting standards and then calculates

917
01:15:28,080 --> 01:15:35,360
a liability only when those requirements
are met. The town's auditors M and P

918
01:15:33,840 --> 01:15:41,120
were provided with this proposed
methodology for review and comment as

919
01:15:38,000 --> 01:15:45,600
part of the audit process. MNP did not
select the consultant and cannot

920
01:15:42,640 --> 01:15:51,040
guarantee a 2026 audit opinion before
reviewing the completed work. However,

921
01:15:48,239 --> 01:15:55,679
the audit partner has worked with 360 on
another municipal engagement that

922
01:15:52,960 --> 01:15:59,920
received an unmodified audit opinion.
The audit partner also received feed

923
01:15:57,679 --> 01:16:03,760
feedback from work completed for other
municipalities and advised that subject

924
01:16:01,840 --> 01:16:08,239
to the support supporting evidence and
methodology. This is a sound approach

925
01:16:06,000 --> 01:16:14,640
that should support the audit pro
process. The combined estimated maximum

926
01:16:11,679 --> 01:16:19,600
cost is $45,11.
Administration is requesting authority

927
01:16:16,560 --> 01:16:25,679
of up to $46,000 funded from the tax
stabilization reserve. This will not

928
01:16:21,760 --> 01:16:30,560
affect the 2026 tax levy and any unused
amount will remain in reserves.

929
01:16:28,480 --> 01:16:34,239
The work will provide the assessments,
estimates, accounting entries,

930
01:16:32,000 --> 01:16:38,640
disclosures, audit evidence, etc. needed
to address the basis for the

931
01:16:36,239 --> 01:16:42,719
qualification. It will also establish
schedules and a process for

932
01:16:40,400 --> 01:16:47,440
administration uh so they can update it
each year. This amendment does not

933
01:16:45,040 --> 01:16:51,840
authorize does not authorize any
remediation work or require the town to

934
01:16:49,679 --> 01:16:56,640
pay the underlying liabilities in any
way. Administration recommends that

935
01:16:54,159 --> 01:17:02,239
council approve the 2026 operating
budget amendment of up to $46,000 so

936
01:16:59,199 --> 01:17:09,440
this work can be completed for the 2026
year end audit. Thank you.

937
01:17:06,960 --> 01:17:14,080
» Thanks Jordan. Any questions from
councel?

938
01:17:10,960 --> 01:17:18,960
Councelor Nichuk.
>> Thanks, Mayor Sgrass. Thanks, Jordan.

939
01:17:16,320 --> 01:17:25,120
Um, in terms of where we're funding this
from, the tax stabilization reserve,

940
01:17:22,719 --> 01:17:30,080
I was somewhat under the impression
maybe that we had

941
01:17:27,920 --> 01:17:34,480
liquidated that reserve when we were
dealing with the pool. So, um, I might

942
01:17:32,719 --> 01:17:39,360
be the only one sitting up here at this
table that's confused. So, if you can

943
01:17:37,360 --> 01:17:43,840
tell me that there's funds there and
what that amount is, that helped me.

944
01:17:41,760 --> 01:17:48,880
» For sure. Uh, we there's definitely
funds there. We estimate amount of

945
01:17:46,400 --> 01:17:55,199
$100,000 available in tax stabilization
right now. That's before 2025 surplus

946
01:17:52,560 --> 01:17:59,679
allocations.
So once we bring surplus allocations for

947
01:17:57,600 --> 01:18:06,480
we can refill reserves. So that's before
that. And if you want more information

948
01:18:02,640 --> 01:18:11,840
on that that part about the how you you
said transferred reserves from tax

949
01:18:10,080 --> 01:18:14,080
stabilization into the aquatic center,
we can speak to that as well if you'd

950
01:18:13,199 --> 01:18:21,840
like.
>> No, it's just where I thought we had.

951
01:18:18,480 --> 01:18:29,600
» Gotcha. Okay, understood.
>> Councelor McGonagal,

952
01:18:24,560 --> 01:18:35,679
» just a similar question. um
approximately how much is left in this

953
01:18:31,679 --> 01:18:41,679
tax stabilization reserve after this and
and I I'm glad to see this coming

954
01:18:38,400 --> 01:18:48,480
forward um because it gets us closer to
being uh compliant. Um

955
01:18:45,679 --> 01:18:52,120
how much is left after we spend the 46
or set it aside?

956
01:18:52,239 --> 01:18:59,920
» Thank you for the question. Okay,
>> so right now we estimate $100,000

957
01:18:57,199 --> 01:19:02,800
minus this $46,000.
Um, even though I'm an accountant, I'm

958
01:19:01,440 --> 01:19:06,960
not great with math inside my head,
especially under pressure, but we could

959
01:19:04,560 --> 01:19:11,199
say it's about $50,000
remaining,

960
01:19:08,000 --> 01:19:17,280
» but that's before the 2025 surplus from
the 2025 year is actually allocated out.

961
01:19:14,880 --> 01:19:23,840
So that implies that there should be
more available if um if council chooses

962
01:19:21,280 --> 01:19:30,480
to refill that reserve.
>> Can you give us an update on that

963
01:19:28,159 --> 01:19:33,199
in the next little on that reserve fund
just in the next little while?

964
01:19:32,640 --> 01:19:37,159
» Thank you.
>> Absolutely.

965
01:19:34,000 --> 01:19:37,159
» Thank you.

966
01:19:44,239 --> 01:19:51,920
Okay. I'll ask for a motion from
councelor Kuy. The council approve the

967
01:19:48,560 --> 01:19:55,600
2026 operating budget amendment of up to
$46,000 funded from the tax

968
01:19:54,080 --> 01:20:02,400
stabilization reserve to complete the
town's PS 3280 asset retirement

969
01:19:58,400 --> 01:20:07,520
obligations and PS 3260 liability for
contaminated sites assessments for the

970
01:20:04,400 --> 01:20:09,679
2026 year end audit.
>> I'll give you that motion. Mayor

971
01:20:08,800 --> 01:20:16,760
Snagass.
>> Thank you. All in favor?

972
01:20:13,760 --> 01:20:16,760
Carried.

973
01:20:17,840 --> 01:20:21,880
» Thanks, Michelle. Thanks, Jordan.

974
01:20:25,520 --> 01:20:32,280
Variance application,
Second Street Southeast. Michelle

975
01:20:47,710 --> 01:20:49,730
» [clears throat]

976
01:20:50,960 --> 01:20:54,320
» Why isn't it working? Oh, there we go.
>> You got you now.

977
01:20:53,120 --> 01:20:58,640
» Okay. [laughter]
Sorry. Uh, good afternoon, Mayor and

978
01:20:56,800 --> 01:21:03,920
Council. Michelle Dalmare representing
Planning and Development, speaking to

979
01:21:00,800 --> 01:21:09,840
item 6.4 on today's agenda.
The subject site is located on the west

980
01:21:07,280 --> 01:21:14,480
side of Second Street Southeast backing
onto Birchwood Park and is zoned

981
01:21:12,400 --> 01:21:20,159
traditional neighborhood district under
the town's land use bylaw. The proposal

982
01:21:17,760 --> 01:21:25,199
is for a total of two units including a
detached dwelling and a detached garage

983
01:21:22,480 --> 01:21:30,480
suite and includes variances to the
principal building setback, accessory

984
01:21:27,360 --> 01:21:35,520
building setback, and frontage buildout.
The application was brought to committee

985
01:21:32,400 --> 01:21:40,560
the whole on June 22nd and also included
a variance to the maximum blank wall

986
01:21:38,080 --> 01:21:45,760
length. At that time, council had no
concerns with the proposed setback or

987
01:21:43,120 --> 01:21:50,159
frontage buildout variances, but did
advise that the application should meet

988
01:21:47,600 --> 01:21:55,520
the land use by requirements for the
blank wall length. The application has

989
01:21:53,040 --> 01:22:00,320
since been revised to satisfy the blank
wall length requirements.

990
01:21:58,480 --> 01:22:05,520
administration reviewed the application
against the town plan and the land use

991
01:22:03,199 --> 01:22:10,000
bylaw. It was found that the application
aligns with the overall policies of the

992
01:22:07,840 --> 01:22:14,719
goals of the town plan by providing an
appropriate form of residential

993
01:22:12,239 --> 01:22:19,199
intensification within an established
neighborhood while maintaining low

994
01:22:17,040 --> 01:22:23,920
density character of the surrounding
area. Although there are three variances

995
01:22:22,080 --> 01:22:28,239
requested to accommodate the proposed
site layout and building configuration,

996
01:22:26,239 --> 01:22:31,920
the development otherwise complies with
the regulations of the traditional

997
01:22:30,080 --> 01:22:37,040
neighborhood district of the land use
bylaw.

998
01:22:34,639 --> 01:22:42,400
Um the first variance is for the
principal building front setback. The

999
01:22:39,840 --> 01:22:47,760
land use bylaw requires a setback
between 2 and 6 m while the applicant is

1000
01:22:45,120 --> 01:22:50,960
proposing approximately 30 m.
Administration has no concerns as the

1001
01:22:49,600 --> 01:22:55,440
setback is consistent with the
development pattern along this portion

1002
01:22:52,639 --> 01:22:59,120
of the street. The second variance
relates to the detached garage suite

1003
01:22:57,280 --> 01:23:03,040
being located in front of the principal
dwelling where the land use bylaw

1004
01:23:01,280 --> 01:23:07,360
requires accessory buildings to be
located behind principal buildings.

1005
01:23:05,600 --> 01:23:11,600
Administration reviewed the proposed
location and does not have concerns as

1006
01:23:09,760 --> 01:23:14,560
it maintains an appropriate relationship
with the street and surrounding

1007
01:23:12,960 --> 01:23:19,520
development.
The final variance is for the frontage

1008
01:23:16,400 --> 01:23:25,840
buildout. A minimum of 65% is required
while the proposed uh sorry the proposal

1009
01:23:22,320 --> 01:23:29,600
achieves approximately 46.7%.
Administration considers this to be a

1010
01:23:27,679 --> 01:23:35,120
result of the large lot width and does
not believe that will it will negatively

1011
01:23:32,000 --> 01:23:39,360
impact the character of the streetscape.
The original application

1012
01:23:37,760 --> 01:23:44,080
sorry can you just scroll down a few
slides?

1013
01:23:41,520 --> 01:23:48,320
Keep going.
Perfect. That one. Uh, so the original

1014
01:23:46,719 --> 01:23:52,880
application included a variance to the
maximum blank wall length on the street

1015
01:23:50,400 --> 01:23:57,199
facing elevation of the garage suite.
The land use bylaw permits a maximum

1016
01:23:54,960 --> 01:24:03,120
blank wall length of 2 m, while the
proposal originally included 4.8 m. At

1017
01:24:01,280 --> 01:24:07,120
the June 22nd committee, the whole
meeting, council advised that the

1018
01:24:04,719 --> 01:24:11,760
applicant should revise the application
to include additional design features to

1019
01:24:09,280 --> 01:24:16,080
meet the land use bylaw and align with
other garage suite designs along the

1020
01:24:13,840 --> 01:24:20,800
street. The applicant has since revised
the street facing elevation to include

1021
01:24:18,000 --> 01:24:25,280
additional trim and windows, enhancing
the elevation and bringing the proposal

1022
01:24:22,639 --> 01:24:29,040
into compliance with the land use bylaw.
So, administration has no concerns with

1023
01:24:26,960 --> 01:24:34,400
the proposed variances to land use bylaw
and requests that council approve

1024
01:24:30,880 --> 01:24:40,520
development permit 1037.26
subject to the subject conditions in the

1025
01:24:36,960 --> 01:24:40,520
notice of decision.

1026
01:24:40,719 --> 01:24:48,960
» Thanks, Michelle. [clears throat] Uh,
any questions from council?

1027
01:24:46,400 --> 01:24:55,520
Been through this one. It's coming back.
So, I'll ask for a motion from councelor

1028
01:24:50,880 --> 01:24:59,040
Barton. The council approved DP1037.26,
a minor development permit application

1029
01:24:57,360 --> 01:25:03,760
for the development of both a new single
detached dwelling and detached garage

1030
01:25:00,800 --> 01:25:08,320
suite with the following parameters.
I'm not going to read them. They're

1031
01:25:04,960 --> 01:25:12,880
listed in the agenda items. Um, and
subject to the conditions notice noted

1032
01:25:10,639 --> 01:25:18,800
in schedule A, notice of decision dated
August 10th, 26.

1033
01:25:16,719 --> 01:25:22,560
You have my motion, mayor. Thank you.
All in favor?

1034
01:25:21,679 --> 01:25:23,679
Carried.
>> Thanks, Michelle.

1035
01:25:23,360 --> 01:25:27,840
» Thank you.
>> Thanks, Court. [snorts]

1036
01:25:25,679 --> 01:25:30,840
» Aquatics expansion construction update.
Kaylee.

1037
01:25:42,960 --> 01:25:51,440
Good afternoon, Mayor and Council. I am
here today to provide an update on our

1038
01:25:47,920 --> 01:25:55,920
aquatics expansion project.
Currently, where are we at with phase

1039
01:25:53,679 --> 01:26:00,400
one? We are working through ongoing
rification of our tile deficiencies and

1040
01:25:58,480 --> 01:26:05,360
wrapping up the wash accessory
installations. Other than that, we have

1041
01:26:02,639 --> 01:26:11,440
begun cleaning phase one in order to get
ready for a final walkthrough and

1042
01:26:08,560 --> 01:26:17,600
scheduling of pool filling.
Phase two, [gasps]

1043
01:26:13,840 --> 01:26:21,840
we are um you'll notice if you walk into
the facility, go through a large arena

1044
01:26:20,239 --> 01:26:26,239
and go up to the concession, you'll
notice we have the concession space

1045
01:26:23,679 --> 01:26:29,920
fully open to us now. So, you can almost
walk up to the viewing wall. We've got

1046
01:26:27,679 --> 01:26:33,760
our new washrooms that are there. So,
it's we're starting to get a little bit

1047
01:26:31,440 --> 01:26:36,400
more space. Um so, that'll give you a
really good idea as to what it's going

1048
01:26:34,960 --> 01:26:41,679
to look like in that lobby space with
the polished floors, white walls, new

1049
01:26:38,960 --> 01:26:46,400
ceiling, new lights. It's uh quite nice.
So, go take a look at that. Um we

1050
01:26:43,760 --> 01:26:51,520
continue to work on further work in the
lower lobby space that will have that

1051
01:26:48,080 --> 01:26:55,840
similar look as we tie the renovation of
the

1052
01:26:53,199 --> 01:27:01,520
lobby to the fieldhouse. So, that's what
we got going on in there. So, we got

1053
01:26:58,960 --> 01:27:05,705
that open just in time for our hockey
camps to start this week.

1054
01:27:03,685 --> 01:27:05,705
[clears throat]

1055
01:27:05,920 --> 01:27:13,360
So in phase two, we have finished the
sand blasting. We have begun priming the

1056
01:27:11,679 --> 01:27:17,120
ceiling and we will be looking to get
that ceiling painted. Once that is done,

1057
01:27:15,520 --> 01:27:22,080
we can finish that work up in that
ceiling space, get all the scaffold out

1058
01:27:19,760 --> 01:27:26,639
here in the next few weeks and we can
start finishing up the tiling that needs

1059
01:27:23,760 --> 01:27:30,480
to take place within phase 2. Um, a lot
of that work within the basin got

1060
01:27:28,880 --> 01:27:34,320
completed up to the point where we need
the scaffold out of the pool in order

1061
01:27:32,560 --> 01:27:38,040
for us to finish tying in the remainder
of the tiling work.

1062
01:27:39,199 --> 01:27:48,639
With our change orders, we are up to 3.3
million in change for change uh change

1063
01:27:46,080 --> 01:27:53,360
orders. Um, we are still projecting for
a October substantion completion.

1064
01:27:51,440 --> 01:27:59,120
However, keep in mind that that means we
get staffing in place and we get open to

1065
01:27:55,600 --> 01:28:03,679
the public sometime in November.
And that concludes Oh, that does not

1066
01:28:01,360 --> 01:28:08,400
conclude my update. We have also
recently been delivered to delay claims

1067
01:28:06,400 --> 01:28:14,239
by Shandos.
We have had an initial meeting. We've

1068
01:28:11,440 --> 01:28:19,360
provided our initial comments and we
have just recently received Shandos's

1069
01:28:16,400 --> 01:28:26,080
response to this. We will be evaluating
these responses with our legal team in

1070
01:28:22,880 --> 01:28:31,600
order to pro uh set up a second meeting
to complete negotiations on that delay

1071
01:28:28,800 --> 01:28:38,800
claim. That day delay claim is related
to uh change directive

1072
01:28:36,400 --> 01:28:42,800
three the tank the pool tank repairs
that we had to get completed. So there

1073
01:28:41,120 --> 01:28:48,000
was a delay associated to that before we
could get into the actual tiling and

1074
01:28:46,320 --> 01:28:55,840
finishing of the work in that phase 2
pool. Um and we add we do also expect

1075
01:28:53,440 --> 01:29:00,560
and have been given heads up we will see
another delay claim coming at a later

1076
01:28:58,400 --> 01:29:06,159
date for CDO4 which would be the delay
that we received on the project as as a

1077
01:29:02,880 --> 01:29:10,480
result of the ceiling paint remediation
that took place.

1078
01:29:08,239 --> 01:29:15,040
I will be following up with a further
update as I get more information on

1079
01:29:12,480 --> 01:29:20,920
these delay claims.
That concludes my update. I'd be more

1080
01:29:16,800 --> 01:29:20,920
than happy to answer any questions.

1081
01:29:21,520 --> 01:29:27,600
» Perfect. Thanks, Kaylee. Uh questions
from council

1082
01:29:25,920 --> 01:29:31,440
and great to hear that sent. When did
you say the painting was starting or has

1083
01:29:29,760 --> 01:29:35,280
it started?
>> It either has just started or it will be

1084
01:29:33,840 --> 01:29:38,639
starting here in the next day or so.
>> Okay. Thank you.

1085
01:29:36,956 --> 01:29:43,800
» [snorts]
>> Uh, no questions from council. Thanks

1086
01:29:40,560 --> 01:29:43,800
very much.

1087
01:29:44,719 --> 01:29:51,840
High country corridor study the final
report. Kaye

1088
01:29:48,960 --> 01:29:57,600
» kind of figured that was me next. Um, so
as you are aware, we have we had engaged

1089
01:29:54,560 --> 01:30:02,400
ISL to complete a corridor study back in
March of 2024 which included High

1090
01:30:00,639 --> 01:30:06,880
Country Drive from Center Street, also
known as Highway 2, all the way to Long

1091
01:30:04,800 --> 01:30:10,560
View Trail. and that included all the
access points and intersections along

1092
01:30:08,719 --> 01:30:17,280
the way and there are about 16
intersections.

1093
01:30:12,960 --> 01:30:23,360
The key objective was to engage our
public uh public consultation process,

1094
01:30:20,800 --> 01:30:28,960
review safety for all modes of
transportation along the corridor um and

1095
01:30:26,159 --> 01:30:33,199
how to maintain any amenities along the
corridor.

1096
01:30:31,679 --> 01:30:37,600
And there was also an additional review
as well on the corridor speed and

1097
01:30:35,199 --> 01:30:42,560
consistency and compliance. So phase one
engagement began in fall of 2024 to

1098
01:30:41,040 --> 01:30:46,560
which we collected feedback from the
community as to what they felt the

1099
01:30:44,639 --> 01:30:52,960
issues were along the high country
corridor. In phase two, we presented

1100
01:30:49,920 --> 01:30:56,520
ideas to the community for feedback in
the summer of 2025.

1101
01:30:56,639 --> 01:31:04,480
Three concept options were developed
with each expanding upon the other in

1102
01:31:01,120 --> 01:31:08,880
both scale and capital intensity. The
preferred option being option one

1103
01:31:06,800 --> 01:31:13,760
balances safety improvements with coste
effective and feasible implementations

1104
01:31:12,480 --> 01:31:19,199
and time-sensitive imple
implementations. The key elements

1105
01:31:16,159 --> 01:31:25,280
include targeted traffic calming curb
placement to improve crossing visibility

1106
01:31:21,920 --> 01:31:30,800
and manage the speeds. strategic parking
pro um prohibition um provisions to

1107
01:31:28,639 --> 01:31:34,480
address sight lines and maintain on
street access. So you'll remember there

1108
01:31:32,480 --> 01:31:39,600
are quite a few curves along there and
as the intersections come up to those

1109
01:31:36,320 --> 01:31:44,239
curved areas reducing the parking up to
the intersection provides a better sight

1110
01:31:41,360 --> 01:31:50,480
line. the proposed speed reduction
posted from 50 down to 40 which is also

1111
01:31:47,040 --> 01:31:55,040
supported through the town plan and the
intersection improvement at H Highview

1112
01:31:52,159 --> 01:32:00,560
Gate which is already a capital 2026
capital approved project.

1113
01:31:58,400 --> 01:32:04,560
So, next steps. Uh, the report is now
available for council's consideration

1114
01:32:02,080 --> 01:32:07,760
for future capital budget and priority
planning.

1115
01:32:06,320 --> 01:32:10,760
And I'd be happy to answer any
questions.

1116
01:32:13,199 --> 01:32:17,800
Questions from council. Thanks, Kaylee.

1117
01:32:18,088 --> 01:32:20,108
[cough]

1118
01:32:20,960 --> 01:32:24,280
Council meal,

1119
01:32:24,320 --> 01:32:31,920
» I'm just going to say I'm glad to
receive this. It's a huge report. Um,

1120
01:32:29,600 --> 01:32:38,000
received it on Friday, so I'm going to
need a lot more time to go through it

1121
01:32:34,080 --> 01:32:43,000
and to understand it and um, appreciate
the contents, but thank you for

1122
01:32:39,600 --> 01:32:43,000
presenting it.

1123
01:32:43,840 --> 01:32:51,600
» It is massive and there's massive budget
implications to anything we do. So,

1124
01:32:48,800 --> 01:32:53,600
we'll all have to come back. So,
>> thanks Kaylee.

1125
01:32:52,960 --> 01:32:56,920
» Thank you.
>> Appreciate it.

1126
01:32:57,440 --> 01:33:05,560
Uh green elevator status. Uh the
apartment building in the north there.

1127
01:33:02,560 --> 01:33:05,560
Shellane.

1128
01:33:24,320 --> 01:33:31,360
Thank you, mayor and councel.
A couple introductions. First, my name

1129
01:33:30,000 --> 01:33:36,159
is Shellane Broomfield with the planning
and development division. Um, on my left

1130
01:33:33,840 --> 01:33:40,320
hand side here, I have Lane Martin who
is acting on behalf of Alan Matthews and

1131
01:33:38,480 --> 01:33:44,239
he's available for questions once I
provide a quick update. And I also have

1132
01:33:42,639 --> 01:33:48,880
Harold Wick with the safety codes
division provided there's questions

1133
01:33:46,000 --> 01:33:54,080
after my update as well.
Providing a little bit of background. Uh

1134
01:33:50,960 --> 01:33:58,239
first in May 2026, the town approved a
one-year extension for the grain

1135
01:33:56,320 --> 01:34:03,199
elevator project to complete the
multi-unit residential building as the

1136
01:34:00,800 --> 01:34:08,400
applicant could not complete the project
within the 24-month deadline. As there

1137
01:34:06,159 --> 01:34:12,960
were major concerns related to the
unfinished appearance of the building at

1138
01:34:10,480 --> 01:34:17,440
the north gateway of town, two
conditions were agreed upon between the

1139
01:34:14,960 --> 01:34:23,360
town and the developer as part of the
last extension. The two conditions were

1140
01:34:20,159 --> 01:34:28,880
that the exterior cladding and the
on-site landscaping be completed by

1141
01:34:26,000 --> 01:34:34,320
August 8th, 2026. So, it was a 3-month
extension for those two items. It's

1142
01:34:32,080 --> 01:34:37,920
important to note that the town had
limited ability to enforce the

1143
01:34:36,000 --> 01:34:43,199
compliance of these two conditions at
that time, but worked with the developer

1144
01:34:40,560 --> 01:34:48,239
on a reasonable timeline and was relying
heavily on the developer's goodwill to

1145
01:34:45,840 --> 01:34:53,360
complete both items.
On July 29th, 2026, Alan Matthews

1146
01:34:51,520 --> 01:34:56,880
submitted a formal rationale and
extension letter regarding a time

1147
01:34:54,880 --> 01:35:01,520
extension for the two items,
highlighting that the applicant is in

1148
01:34:58,560 --> 01:35:06,719
the process of securing financing and
requests that the exterior and the

1149
01:35:03,600 --> 01:35:14,040
landscaping items deadline align with
the overall development permit extension

1150
01:35:09,120 --> 01:35:14,040
deadline being May 8th, 2027.

1151
01:35:14,159 --> 01:35:20,000
administration consulted with legal
counsel and confirmed that there is

1152
01:35:17,679 --> 01:35:25,520
limited enforcement options available to
the town with respect to the siding and

1153
01:35:22,480 --> 01:35:30,400
landscaping at this time. The town's
legal council recommends that the town

1154
01:35:27,760 --> 01:35:34,719
work with the developer to determine an
extension for these two items and

1155
01:35:32,400 --> 01:35:39,840
clearly state that this is the final
extension allotted for the project. At

1156
01:35:37,840 --> 01:35:46,719
this point, it is in the town's best
interest to rely on the final May 8th,

1157
01:35:43,840 --> 01:35:51,600
2027 deadline regarding the landscaping
and exterior finishing of the building,

1158
01:35:49,440 --> 01:35:57,280
which is part of the overall extension
for the rest of the development permit.

1159
01:35:54,639 --> 01:36:03,199
The town very recently received a notice
of sorry, a redemption order with

1160
01:36:00,159 --> 01:36:08,239
respect to this property.
This information is not in the council

1161
01:36:05,520 --> 01:36:13,520
report as it was received too recently
to incorporate it into the report. The

1162
01:36:11,280 --> 01:36:17,840
redemption order is between ATB
Financial as the plaintiff and the

1163
01:36:15,920 --> 01:36:22,800
defendants are the Grain Elevator
Residences, Westlock Development

1164
01:36:20,239 --> 01:36:28,800
Corporation, Sitefinders Real Estate
Services, Inc. and Allen Matthews. In

1165
01:36:26,080 --> 01:36:32,800
summary, the loan for the project is in
default and this matter will appear

1166
01:36:30,800 --> 01:36:38,080
before the Court of King's bench on
August 20th, 2026. And this is public

1167
01:36:35,760 --> 01:36:42,400
information.
As far as next steps, the new

1168
01:36:40,560 --> 01:36:46,080
information related to the redemption
order does not change the direction

1169
01:36:44,320 --> 01:36:50,400
regarding the recommended next steps
from administration being that the

1170
01:36:48,480 --> 01:36:55,760
deadline for the entire project,
including the exterior and landscaping,

1171
01:36:52,719 --> 01:36:59,840
be May 8th, 2027.
It's [snorts] it is preferred that the

1172
01:36:57,360 --> 01:37:05,840
development is complete by uh the May
8th, 2027 deadline. However, if it is

1173
01:37:03,040 --> 01:37:11,119
incomplete, the town has the option to
extend the deadline permit or have the

1174
01:37:08,080 --> 01:37:16,239
applicant reapply at that time or can
explore options for default.

1175
01:37:14,639 --> 01:37:20,239
Planning is happy to answer any
questions and as I mentioned before, we

1176
01:37:18,239 --> 01:37:26,400
have Lane here for any questions as well
and also safety codes to provide any

1177
01:37:22,159 --> 01:37:26,400
background on the safety code end.

1178
01:37:32,492 --> 01:37:39,199
» [clears throat]
>> Okay. So,

1179
01:37:36,239 --> 01:37:43,840
Cole's notes from the last time that you
were here, Lane, nothing has really

1180
01:37:41,760 --> 01:37:48,320
changed, right? [snorts]
>> I believe there has been um some updates

1181
01:37:46,560 --> 01:37:51,440
on the building if Lane wants to
provide. I know that Tyveck was a big

1182
01:37:50,400 --> 01:37:56,560
issue last time we met.
>> Yeah. Still not done. So some Tyveck was

1183
01:37:54,400 --> 01:38:01,600
stapled back on a little bit was but
it's still incomplete.

1184
01:37:59,040 --> 01:38:07,199
» Um [clears throat]
so now where it's at is

1185
01:38:05,360 --> 01:38:09,199
help me get the wording right. ATB is
foreclosing on the project. Is that

1186
01:38:08,800 --> 01:38:12,400
right?
>> Correct.

1187
01:38:09,679 --> 01:38:18,960
» Okay. So it's going before the courts.
Um curious Lane because you had the four

1188
01:38:16,320 --> 01:38:24,239
lease sign up there.
Did anybody put money forward to that

1189
01:38:21,840 --> 01:38:28,400
thing? Like how does that work when it's
being foreclosed on now?

1190
01:38:26,480 --> 01:38:34,000
» Well, it should be that
>> needs to be taken down,

1191
01:38:30,239 --> 01:38:38,560
» right? Okay. [snorts] Um
yeah, I don't know if counselors, other

1192
01:38:36,480 --> 01:38:44,880
counselors got questions. There's not a
lot that we can do simply because the

1193
01:38:41,760 --> 01:38:51,199
banks and the um courts are involved in
this thing now. Um

1194
01:38:48,480 --> 01:38:58,080
there's still regardless of who ends up
taking care over this project or how

1195
01:38:54,880 --> 01:39:01,920
that all works, there's a boatload of
work that still needs to be done on it.

1196
01:39:00,000 --> 01:39:05,679
Correct, Harold?
>> Um

1197
01:39:03,440 --> 01:39:10,960
can you speak to that a little bit about
what's what's still outstanding on the

1198
01:39:08,480 --> 01:39:16,159
on the safety codes end of things?
>> Yes. Um, besides the exterior work, um,

1199
01:39:15,199 --> 01:39:19,840
all the, um,
>> Charlene, can you or Harold, can you

1200
01:39:17,760 --> 01:39:23,199
just bring that mic as close to you as
you can? This system is not

1201
01:39:22,000 --> 01:39:29,760
» hear me now.
>> Yeah. Besides the ex exterior work, what

1202
01:39:26,639 --> 01:39:35,119
has to be done? Uh, all the utilities,
HVAC, plumbing, electric, all that

1203
01:39:32,639 --> 01:39:41,440
roughening has got to be uh done. Then
the drywall, the insulating, drywall,

1204
01:39:38,480 --> 01:39:45,360
and uh, all the finishing. So that's all
uh it's a number of different

1205
01:39:42,880 --> 01:39:52,560
contractors and that's going to take
some significant time.

1206
01:39:49,679 --> 01:39:58,639
If it's organized properly it they if
they working like starting today they

1207
01:39:54,880 --> 01:40:03,360
should be able to achieve the uh 2027
deadline.

1208
01:40:00,960 --> 01:40:10,159
» Okay. the
um the foundation issue on the south

1209
01:40:07,520 --> 01:40:12,239
side if I remember right. Has that been
rectified?

1210
01:40:10,960 --> 01:40:15,760
» No, not yet.
>> Okay. So,

1211
01:40:13,199 --> 01:40:22,560
» we've done sorry the drawing
>> then have a have a um set of drawings

1212
01:40:20,320 --> 01:40:27,199
that we've been working with um and
showing what our ideas are to repair

1213
01:40:25,920 --> 01:40:32,560
that as soon as possible.
>> Apply what the plan is.

1214
01:40:29,199 --> 01:40:37,679
» Yeah. We also tried I also tried to do a
set of smaller plans to try to do a

1215
01:40:35,520 --> 01:40:43,199
little bit of the landscaping that
wasn't in the there's a triangular part

1216
01:40:41,280 --> 01:40:46,429
and those types of things.
>> Okay. [snorts]

1217
01:40:48,000 --> 01:40:56,480
» I'll be honest. I wish Allan was sitting
here instead of you. It's unfair that

1218
01:40:53,199 --> 01:41:02,159
you're here. [snorts] Um if you can
relay that to Allan. No word.

1219
01:41:00,480 --> 01:41:05,920
Um,
it would be preferred that he would come

1220
01:41:04,080 --> 01:41:11,520
in front of council himself with a
failed project like he's got out there

1221
01:41:08,239 --> 01:41:15,920
right now. It's an eyes sore and it's a
failure and none of us are I don't think

1222
01:41:13,840 --> 01:41:20,480
anybody in High River is happy about it
as to what's going on out there. So, if

1223
01:41:18,480 --> 01:41:26,320
you can take that back with you, please,
Lane. Um,

1224
01:41:23,600 --> 01:41:31,280
if somehow Mr. Matthews is still in
involved in this project. I'd like to

1225
01:41:28,719 --> 01:41:35,040
see him in that seat instead of you. You
can be with him, but I'd like to see him

1226
01:41:33,119 --> 01:41:40,080
come and address us as to how he's going
to fix this mess cuz it's embarrassing.

1227
01:41:38,159 --> 01:41:45,600
So,
um, any other comments from council?

1228
01:41:43,520 --> 01:41:49,800
We're good. Thanks, Lane. Thanks.
Thanks, Lane. Appreciate you coming.

1229
01:41:50,800 --> 01:41:53,800
No.

1230
01:42:01,040 --> 01:42:08,760
Alberta municipalities board of
directors nominations. Do you want to

1231
01:42:05,119 --> 01:42:08,760
speak to this, Jenny?

1232
01:42:11,440 --> 01:42:20,400
» Uh, yes. Thank you. Um, so I've had the
privilege over the past 10 months to um

1233
01:42:17,040 --> 01:42:26,480
be on the I be a director on on the
Alberta Municipalities Board. I did um

1234
01:42:24,239 --> 01:42:31,280
after the election
at their convention, I I ran for the

1235
01:42:28,719 --> 01:42:36,000
position. It was a replacement position
for somebody who didn't um become

1236
01:42:33,840 --> 01:42:42,159
reelected. So, it was sort of
short-term, but over those 10 months, I

1237
01:42:38,719 --> 01:42:45,760
have learned an incredible amount on um
municipalities, the Alberta government,

1238
01:42:44,400 --> 01:42:50,719
and federal government, and how they
work. And I'd like to continue being on

1239
01:42:48,320 --> 01:42:55,520
that board. I do have to run again in
this coming September in the convention

1240
01:42:52,800 --> 01:43:01,360
at the convention. Um the position also
for vice presidents of town um is

1241
01:42:58,800 --> 01:43:06,080
eligible and I'd like to also put my
name forward for that position. However,

1242
01:43:03,119 --> 01:43:10,639
that position does need support from
council to do so. Um and so that's what

1243
01:43:08,400 --> 01:43:16,480
I'm coming forward today asking for your
guys' support. I don't plan I don't

1244
01:43:14,159 --> 01:43:19,920
assume that this will take away from any
of my responsibilities being a counselor

1245
01:43:18,320 --> 01:43:25,040
for the town of High River. I actually
feel that it will help support my

1246
01:43:22,960 --> 01:43:30,080
interest in municipal governance and
also the advocacy to to the Alberta

1247
01:43:27,679 --> 01:43:34,000
government in in and of itself. So I
respect respectfully ask for your

1248
01:43:32,480 --> 01:43:38,040
support and allow me to put my name
forward for for this position.

1249
01:43:38,719 --> 01:43:43,639
» Fantastic.
Any

1250
01:43:44,320 --> 01:43:51,280
questions from council?
Councelor Nichek,

1251
01:43:49,760 --> 01:43:55,280
just want to know, mayor Snodgrass,
you'll be attending the convention then

1252
01:43:52,880 --> 01:43:58,400
this fall to support councelor Jones, I
assume, right?

1253
01:43:56,000 --> 01:44:01,719
» That has absolutely nothing to do with
this request.

1254
01:44:03,199 --> 01:44:08,826
» Your vote would be appreciated.
>> Yeah.

1255
01:44:06,806 --> 01:44:08,826
[laughter]

1256
01:44:10,639 --> 01:44:18,960
I'm not a convention guy. So, I am more
than happy that councelor Jones wants to

1257
01:44:15,679 --> 01:44:25,040
do this on behalf of and I I honestly I
do think it's a massive benefit to our

1258
01:44:21,280 --> 01:44:29,280
council to have um Jenny this involved
with with Alberta [snorts]

1259
01:44:26,239 --> 01:44:31,920
municipalities. So, on that note, I'll
ask for a motion from councelor

1260
01:44:30,639 --> 01:44:35,040
Brookwell that council support and
approve the nomination of councelor

1261
01:44:33,360 --> 01:44:39,440
Jones to the Alberta Municipalities
Board of Directors as director of town

1262
01:44:37,600 --> 01:44:44,400
south for a two-year term and vice
president of towns for a one-year term.

1263
01:44:42,719 --> 01:44:47,639
» I'll give you that motion, mayor.
>> Thank you.

1264
01:44:47,679 --> 01:44:53,520
All in favor,
[snorts and clears throat]

1265
01:44:51,119 --> 01:44:57,897
good luck, Jenny.
>> Thank you very much. Just do your tour

1266
01:44:55,440 --> 01:45:00,880
with your boxes of donuts and
[clears throat]

1267
01:44:58,480 --> 01:45:06,480
get them votes.
Okay, councelor board and committee

1268
01:45:02,400 --> 01:45:11,679
reports. That's not bribery, by the way.
Councelor Kui.

1269
01:45:09,119 --> 01:45:15,679
» Ah, thanks so much. Just a a quick
report. Uh, Shepard Family Park is the

1270
01:45:14,000 --> 01:45:20,080
is my one committee that's still going
throughout the summer. Uh, looking for

1271
01:45:18,320 --> 01:45:24,000
some volunteers as always. Anybody
that's a gardener and doesn't mind being

1272
01:45:22,320 --> 01:45:28,480
poked by some raspberry bushes, they
could use one or two volunteers to help

1273
01:45:26,000 --> 01:45:33,280
with their um raspberry bush coming up
in the school year looking for some uh

1274
01:45:31,600 --> 01:45:37,280
volunteers to help with the school tours
where they bring in the schools. Uh they

1275
01:45:35,440 --> 01:45:41,119
teach them have a little class right in
the the Little Bow School and of course

1276
01:45:39,199 --> 01:45:47,360
learn all about the rest of the things
around the um uh around the park. A huge

1277
01:45:45,119 --> 01:45:51,920
shout out to the volunteers around
there, including our own G. But all of

1278
01:45:49,520 --> 01:45:56,320
them, the work that they put in and the
hours they are putting in that park, and

1279
01:45:53,760 --> 01:46:01,360
it looks amazing, is is astronomical.
It's it's it's amazing and uh a lot of

1280
01:45:59,119 --> 01:46:05,360
work. So again, looking for some some
people to get involved there as well. Uh

1281
01:46:03,600 --> 01:46:09,920
we got some chickens producing three
eggs a day. So you can go and visit the

1282
01:46:07,440 --> 01:46:14,800
chicken coupe. Um along with uh a new
initiative uh selling coal. So if you

1283
01:46:12,400 --> 01:46:21,560
have any fairs or any need for coal uh
we are selling coal uh for $85 a bag. Is

1284
01:46:18,400 --> 01:46:21,560
that correct?

1285
01:46:21,679 --> 01:46:26,719
» Okay. We're still working on that. But
if you're looking for coal, Shepard

1286
01:46:24,560 --> 01:46:30,880
Family Park's the place to go. So uh
again, lots going on. A great summer and

1287
01:46:28,560 --> 01:46:34,119
getting it ready now for thrashing days.
Thank you.

1288
01:46:39,040 --> 01:46:51,440
» Uh, okay. Couple of pieces for me to
share. Um, back on July 27th, um,

1289
01:46:49,119 --> 01:46:56,639
members, some members of council had the
opportunity to meet with our municipal

1290
01:46:53,280 --> 01:47:01,920
affairs minister, Dan Williams,
um, who was doing a bit of a road show

1291
01:46:58,960 --> 01:47:08,080
going around. We meetings were held here
in each municipality. There's Foothills

1292
01:47:05,119 --> 01:47:12,560
County, Okats, Long View, Black or
Diamond Valley and High River. We all

1293
01:47:10,400 --> 01:47:19,360
had a 15-minute window to to have a
meeting with Minister Williams. Um and

1294
01:47:17,280 --> 01:47:24,159
what we requested
um that we've started is that the

1295
01:47:22,320 --> 01:47:30,000
province
um start collecting their own education

1296
01:47:27,520 --> 01:47:34,560
tax requisitions.
Um, this is something that's put on the

1297
01:47:32,000 --> 01:47:39,440
shoulders of municipalities and I don't
know of a single municipality that's

1298
01:47:36,480 --> 01:47:44,269
happy about it, especially with the
massive increases in property tax that

1299
01:47:41,679 --> 01:47:48,800
this education tax has been put on to us
[clears throat] by the provincial

1300
01:47:45,360 --> 01:47:54,560
government. Um, our biggest thing is is
it takes um a lot of [clears throat]

1301
01:47:50,960 --> 01:47:59,679
time from our staff to deal with this as
well as um not everybody in High River

1302
01:47:58,320 --> 01:48:03,280
completely understands or any
municipality understands what this

1303
01:48:01,280 --> 01:48:08,960
education tax is. And it's not a High
River tax. It is a provincial government

1304
01:48:05,840 --> 01:48:12,639
tax. Um and we just believe that the
provincial government, if they have this

1305
01:48:10,719 --> 01:48:21,199
tax, they should also collect this tax
on their own. Um, we did have a,

1306
01:48:18,639 --> 01:48:26,560
in my mind, it was a fun back and forth
on it. The minister had different views

1307
01:48:23,440 --> 01:48:32,480
on what that conversation was like, but
um, in that whether this is political in

1308
01:48:30,159 --> 01:48:37,040
nature and it's absolutely 100%
political in nature because yes, we take

1309
01:48:34,400 --> 01:48:43,920
it in the teeth from um, from our
residents on this. What was what a 19%

1310
01:48:40,480 --> 01:48:49,679
on their end? 19% increase on the
province's end. Um, and had a lot of

1311
01:48:46,560 --> 01:48:54,560
people coming at us thinking that
this was our tax. So, yes, it's

1312
01:48:52,639 --> 01:48:59,280
political on our end. I also put it back
to him that it's 100% political on their

1313
01:48:56,880 --> 01:49:04,639
end that they want us to do this because
they can hide from it.

1314
01:49:01,440 --> 01:49:10,719
Um, they don't have if the if the UCP
government went out and told everybody

1315
01:49:08,159 --> 01:49:16,880
in every municipality that here's your
19% property tax increase.

1316
01:49:14,239 --> 01:49:23,440
You tell me what that would do to their
election chances the next time. It is

1317
01:49:19,679 --> 01:49:29,360
100% political. Um, regardless, that is
still our request is that they um take

1318
01:49:26,560 --> 01:49:34,719
on their own tax collection. Uh later on
in that afternoon, I had a scheduled

1319
01:49:31,119 --> 01:49:37,585
meeting with Premier Smith. Um
interesting, she knew all about the

1320
01:49:36,239 --> 01:49:41,760
meeting before she walked in the
[laughter] door. Guess she got that

1321
01:49:39,679 --> 01:49:47,410
phone call fairly quick. But [snorts] I
reiterated the exact same thing to the

1322
01:49:43,760 --> 01:49:52,719
premier that uh it's time for them to um
[clears throat] collect their own taxes

1323
01:49:48,960 --> 01:49:57,840
that that they put out there. Um, beyond
that, one piece that's kind of come up

1324
01:49:54,800 --> 01:50:03,520
over the last week or so is in regards
to the upcoming referendum in October

1325
01:50:01,166 --> 01:50:12,880
[snorts] and how
how the uh signage um is being handled

1326
01:50:09,280 --> 01:50:17,520
and can be handled by municipalities.
Um, and Chris, I might get you to come

1327
01:50:15,760 --> 01:50:22,480
up here and speak to this a little bit,
but [snorts]

1328
01:50:19,119 --> 01:50:27,360
what's happened with our the town
previously had election signage bylaw

1329
01:50:25,040 --> 01:50:30,560
and there was only certain areas of town
outside of your own public property. You

1330
01:50:29,280 --> 01:50:35,920
can do whatever you want there, but
outside of that, there was certain, what

1331
01:50:33,040 --> 01:50:40,480
do we call them? Election signs corral.
Um, we had half a dozen around town

1332
01:50:38,080 --> 01:50:44,960
where everybody could put their signs.
Um and that was for municipal,

1333
01:50:43,040 --> 01:50:50,800
provincial and federal that you could do
that. Last year the provincial

1334
01:50:47,920 --> 01:50:54,000
government took that ability away from
us.

1335
01:50:52,480 --> 01:51:01,280
Um
so which made our bylaw useless. Um

1336
01:50:59,040 --> 01:51:05,280
which means that the referendum signage
what does which does coincide with

1337
01:51:03,280 --> 01:51:10,800
election signage
um is [clears throat] a bit of a

1338
01:51:06,639 --> 01:51:15,199
free-for-all on public property. So,
I've been getting the odd email on

1339
01:51:13,119 --> 01:51:20,080
certain signs that are on public
boulevards and stuff. Um, I thought we

1340
01:51:18,000 --> 01:51:25,840
could deal with it on both sides. This
isn't on one side or the other. Um, but

1341
01:51:23,520 --> 01:51:32,719
we can't. So, Chris, can you kind of
speak to um what we can and can't

1342
01:51:30,639 --> 01:51:37,679
control on these signs? Cuz the problem
is the reason why we ended up with our

1343
01:51:34,320 --> 01:51:42,080
election signage bylaw which we referred
to as the Branovich bylaw because uh

1344
01:51:40,727 --> 01:51:45,920
[snorts] former councelor Dragon
Branovich I don't know how many signs he

1345
01:51:43,920 --> 01:51:53,119
bought but those of us that remember
2013 there was like 7,98

1346
01:51:50,320 --> 01:51:59,440
just on 12th Avenue. So we called it the
Branovich bylaw. It was pretty funny. Um

1347
01:51:56,320 --> 01:52:03,280
so that one's being out. So, and the
reason why we did it is because it does

1348
01:52:01,360 --> 01:52:09,679
during these elections, it does just
trash up your town and and it does not

1349
01:52:06,000 --> 01:52:15,119
look good at all. Um, [clears throat] so
Chris, can you kind of explain what we

1350
01:52:11,840 --> 01:52:20,480
can and can't do anymore?
>> Thank you, your worship. Absolutely. So,

1351
01:52:17,520 --> 01:52:25,520
Bill 54 was introduced as an election
statutes amendment act in 2025. It

1352
01:52:23,760 --> 01:52:30,000
stripped Alberta municipalities of their
power to create or enforce independent

1353
01:52:27,920 --> 01:52:35,679
bylaws regarding election and rent
referendum signage.

1354
01:52:32,239 --> 01:52:42,159
So, prior to this, we were permitted to
have designated zones as was seen in our

1355
01:52:38,239 --> 01:52:45,760
bylaws. Um, now the minister holds all
exclusive authority to establish

1356
01:52:43,920 --> 01:52:51,599
standard provincial rules for election
advertisements across all public spaces.

1357
01:52:49,119 --> 01:52:59,280
They do provide highlevel location
guidelines. Um on the alberta.ca page,

1358
01:52:55,920 --> 01:53:05,599
it is a lot more broad. It really does
restrict uh what we can enforce on

1359
01:53:02,639 --> 01:53:11,199
location of signage. We do have some
stipulations that we can look to that is

1360
01:53:08,000 --> 01:53:15,199
total size of the signage. We still have
the rights to enforce for safety

1361
01:53:13,040 --> 01:53:20,080
infractions on sighteline triangles at
intersections.

1362
01:53:16,800 --> 01:53:25,360
Um, and there is requirements of who is
funding the signage and contact

1363
01:53:22,400 --> 01:53:31,840
information on the signage. So, there's
some general strokes we can enforce. Um,

1364
01:53:28,719 --> 01:53:39,520
but all of our, I'd say, more concise
constraints that were put on by that

1365
01:53:33,840 --> 01:53:46,800
bylaw were upended by uh the statutes
amendment. So we are at the

1366
01:53:43,920 --> 01:53:51,440
mercy of the high level regulation that
is basically signage sizing and

1367
01:53:49,840 --> 01:53:59,199
sighteline
inference for our traffic system.

1368
01:53:54,800 --> 01:54:03,760
Okay, perfect. So, the end of the day, I
think the request is out there to both

1369
01:54:01,119 --> 01:54:09,599
sides, whether it's the Forever Canada
side or the or the separatism side, um,

1370
01:54:07,440 --> 01:54:14,880
or any other part of this referendum
that's coming up, um, [clears throat] is

1371
01:54:12,400 --> 01:54:20,560
that everybody just respects the town
that you live in and that not all of us,

1372
01:54:17,920 --> 01:54:25,840
not everybody's going to put a sign out.
Not all of us want to see these signs.

1373
01:54:23,679 --> 01:54:30,800
Um, private property of course is a
free-for-all. You're seeing some of

1374
01:54:27,280 --> 01:54:36,639
these streets in High River. Everybody's
showing their colors, right? It's pretty

1375
01:54:32,960 --> 01:54:41,280
entertaining in my mind, but um but
let's just on public property, let's

1376
01:54:39,520 --> 01:54:45,199
just not
um

1377
01:54:43,119 --> 01:54:50,080
trash up our town too much with these
these signs for for too long. So, um, I

1378
01:54:48,800 --> 01:54:54,080
just wanted to bring that forward
because I know there are a lot of people

1379
01:54:51,599 --> 01:54:58,639
that are I've got a few emails regarding
it. So, um, and just so that council

1380
01:54:56,560 --> 01:55:04,960
knows how they can respond to the public
with this. So, okay. Thanks very much

1381
01:55:02,159 --> 01:55:08,440
for figuring this out over the weekend
for me. Chris

1382
01:55:09,040 --> 01:55:14,880
uh board and committee minutes, Museum
of the Highwood meeting minutes, the

1383
01:55:13,040 --> 01:55:21,040
Shepard Family Park Society board and
the High River Library boarding meeting

1384
01:55:16,960 --> 01:55:26,560
meeting minutes are um included.
Municipal Days of Respect and support.

1385
01:55:23,599 --> 01:55:31,920
Uh there's a couple of them here. Uh,
one is the uh, and I'll ask for a motion

1386
01:55:30,239 --> 01:55:36,639
from
councelor Kui that council proclaim

1387
01:55:34,080 --> 01:55:40,480
October 8th, 2026 as National Depression
Screening Day in High River and the

1388
01:55:38,880 --> 01:55:43,440
council authorized the mayor to sign the
National Depression Screening Day

1389
01:55:42,000 --> 01:55:45,520
proclamation.
>> I'll give you that motion, Mayor

1390
01:55:44,639 --> 01:55:49,760
Snugrass.
>> All in favor?

1391
01:55:47,840 --> 01:55:58,320
Carried.
Harvard Tennis Club 120th anniversary

1392
01:55:52,320 --> 01:56:02,239
celebration 120 years. Wow. [snorts] Um,
I will ask for a motion from councelor

1393
01:56:00,560 --> 01:56:06,719
Jones that mayor and council will notify
administration by August 14th, 2026 of

1394
01:56:04,880 --> 01:56:10,800
availability to attend and speak at the
High River Tennis Club's 120th

1395
01:56:08,719 --> 01:56:13,800
anniversary celebration August 22nd,
2026.

1396
01:56:14,080 --> 01:56:18,360
» I'll give you that motion. Your worship

1397
01:56:18,560 --> 01:56:28,330
can help. [laughter]
>> All in favor?

1398
01:56:24,960 --> 01:56:28,330
carried. [laughter]

1399
01:56:30,480 --> 01:56:39,719
Chris, you not got that memo yet?
[laughter]

1400
01:56:34,639 --> 01:56:39,719
All right, I'll send it to you.

1401
01:56:40,065 --> 01:56:46,400
[snorts]
Um, okay. Lots of council correspondents

1402
01:56:43,920 --> 01:56:50,545
for information uh regarding the e
scooters and ebikes. That's that's on

1403
01:56:48,880 --> 01:56:53,119
council's radar.
>> [snorts]

1404
01:56:50,880 --> 01:57:00,480
» uh Hannah Guilt reducing the speed limit
on Highway 2A. Highway 2A is not in of

1405
01:56:57,520 --> 01:57:05,440
course in High River jurisdiction, but
council can absolutely um consider that

1406
01:57:03,119 --> 01:57:09,599
request at a later date. Uh
correspondence regarding High Country

1407
01:57:06,880 --> 01:57:14,880
Drive that Donna brought us to before,
605 Mloud Trail,

1408
01:57:12,320 --> 01:57:20,239
that's there and we um had that
presentation. If you didn't see the

1409
01:57:17,440 --> 01:57:25,360
information on 605 Mloud Trail, if you
watch the committee of the whole meeting

1410
01:57:21,840 --> 01:57:29,679
that happened at 1:00 today, um part of
that meeting was was dealing with this

1411
01:57:27,199 --> 01:57:32,960
development permit application.
Uh correspondence regarding a data

1412
01:57:31,679 --> 01:57:37,599
center is in there and then
correspondence regarding questions and

1413
01:57:34,719 --> 01:57:43,840
public comments uh that uh Bonnie Murray
has presented are in there and have been

1414
01:57:39,599 --> 01:57:47,360
answered to um by administration. Um,
and just so that people know on this

1415
01:57:45,199 --> 01:57:51,760
data center, there won't be any data
centers within town of High River

1416
01:57:49,199 --> 01:57:56,159
boundaries. Some I had that request and
as to whether that was happening and no,

1417
01:57:53,520 --> 01:58:00,719
it's not. It's they're uh they're all
poking around in rural areas and yes,

1418
01:57:58,400 --> 01:58:05,679
there's the one across the highway in
behind John Deere and stuff that's that

1419
01:58:03,040 --> 01:58:11,679
they're uh poking around on, but talking
with uh Foothills County,

1420
01:58:08,639 --> 01:58:15,599
um that one is stalled out and they're
not they haven't received any further

1421
01:58:13,760 --> 01:58:20,080
information from that developer on that
one in quite some time. Um there is

1422
01:58:18,320 --> 01:58:26,159
another one that's that's being poked
around somewhere in Foothills County,

1423
01:58:21,599 --> 01:58:32,080
but every single mun rural municipality
is uh is dealing with these things on a

1424
01:58:29,920 --> 01:58:36,880
on a massive scale right now. And of
course, Rocky View put a moratorum and

1425
01:58:34,400 --> 01:58:40,320
shut their applications down until they
kind of get it figured out. They got so

1426
01:58:38,400 --> 01:58:46,320
many going on out there and there's a
there's a big war um going on out in

1427
01:58:43,119 --> 01:58:53,040
Velcon County for one that they're um
looking at trying to put beside the

1428
01:58:48,639 --> 01:58:56,480
massive solar farm uh Travers Dam. So,
there's a lot going on with data

1429
01:58:54,560 --> 01:59:01,760
centers, but there won't be a data
center in High River. We don't have any

1430
01:58:58,159 --> 01:59:06,320
room for it or or uh industrial zoning
or anything for something of that of

1431
01:59:04,000 --> 01:59:10,400
that size scope.
Uh, on that note, I will ask for a

1432
01:59:08,560 --> 01:59:16,800
motion from Councelor Brookwell that
council recess the regular council

1433
01:59:11,920 --> 01:59:20,960
meeting August 10th at 4:59 p.m. and
move into a closed meeting.

1434
01:59:18,960 --> 01:59:25,560
» You have that motion. Thank you. All in
favor?

1435
01:59:22,560 --> 01:59:25,560
» Carried.

1436
02:10:41,760 --> 02:10:49,079
Michael's got a question.
>> Michael's good.

1437
02:10:46,079 --> 02:10:49,079
» Okay,

1438
02:10:49,119 --> 02:10:52,360
» we're live.

1439
02:10:52,885 --> 02:10:54,905
[cough and clears throat]

1440
02:10:56,480 --> 02:11:04,159
Okay, I will two motions coming out of
the in camera session. One uh starting

1441
02:11:02,480 --> 02:11:08,400
with the High River Library board
appointments. And I'll ask for a motion

1442
02:11:06,719 --> 02:11:11,679
from Councelor Barton that council
appoint John Baitman and Melissa Miller

1443
02:11:10,239 --> 02:11:16,480
to the High River Library Board with
term start dates of August 11th, 2026

1444
02:11:14,079 --> 02:11:20,800
and term expiry dates of October 31st,
2028. [gasps] and that council direct

1445
02:11:19,119 --> 02:11:23,599
administration to advertise openings for
the remaining vacancies on the town of

1446
02:11:22,320 --> 02:11:26,719
High River boards and committees and
return to council a future date with

1447
02:11:25,280 --> 02:11:30,880
recommendations.
>> You have a motion, mayor.

1448
02:11:27,920 --> 02:11:33,880
» Thank you. All in favor?
Carried.

1449
02:11:36,000 --> 02:11:42,960
Uh, next one is assessment review board
appointment. And I'll ask for a motion

1450
02:11:41,199 --> 02:11:46,560
from councelor Brookwell that council
appoint Shawn McGlenn to the assessment

1451
02:11:44,880 --> 02:11:51,599
review board with a term start date of
August 11, 2026 and a term expiry date

1452
02:11:49,760 --> 02:11:56,880
of October 31st and that town
administration post remaining vacancies

1453
02:11:54,400 --> 02:11:59,599
to the boards and committees and return
to council at a future date with

1454
02:11:58,239 --> 02:12:04,639
recommendations.
>> I'll give you that motion.

1455
02:12:01,040 --> 02:12:09,000
» Thank you. All in favor?
Carried. Meeting adjourned.