1
00:04:50,572 --> 00:04:53,831
Call the meeting to order our regular council meeting for

2
00:04:53,871 --> 00:04:57,308
the month of August. The town of OkTokes technologies, the

3
00:04:57,308 --> 00:04:59,328
original stewards of this land that we know and called

4
00:04:59,349 --> 00:05:03,168
Treaty 7 territory, which includes the BlackTook Confederacy First Nations

5
00:05:03,509 --> 00:05:06,326
kinase, the CSICA and Bucani. Stone in a coat of

6
00:05:06,326 --> 00:05:10,637
First Nations, which includes the BearsBot, Chinekean, Goodstoney. The Dene

7
00:05:10,738 --> 00:05:14,797
First Nation of Sutina and the Mayy Nation of Alberta.

8
00:05:14,797 --> 00:05:17,517
We vowed to continue honouring and respecting the indigenous people's

9
00:05:17,538 --> 00:05:20,374
sacred and traditional ways of life. And we'll carry on

10
00:05:20,395 --> 00:05:22,934
this special relationship with the land so that generations to

11
00:05:22,934 --> 00:05:25,494
come can enjoy, use, and live off the land as

12
00:05:25,534 --> 00:05:29,134
their ancestors did. We honour and respect this space, the

13
00:05:29,134 --> 00:05:31,234
water, the animals, and all the beings who have a

14
00:05:31,274 --> 00:05:35,018
spirit and have been here long before us. Council, we

15
00:05:35,018 --> 00:05:38,818
have an agenda before us. Is there any changes to

16
00:05:39,079 --> 00:05:43,108
that agenda. Seeing none, can I get a motion to

17
00:05:43,689 --> 00:05:47,748
adopt the agenda as presented councillor lang? All in favor.

18
00:05:47,748 --> 00:05:51,348
I don't know who's all in inscribe yet. Nobody. We

19
00:05:51,369 --> 00:05:57,428
have three items, two items. In our closed session that

20
00:05:57,468 --> 00:06:01,268
qualify for one of the exceptions to division to disclosure

21
00:06:01,529 --> 00:06:03,588
in Division II of part one of the Access to

22
00:06:03,849 --> 00:06:06,628
Information Act. So can I get a motion to move

23
00:06:06,889 --> 00:06:11,028
in to closed session, please? Councillor Walther, all in favor.

24
00:06:12,747 --> 00:06:13,766
It carries unanimously.

25
00:58:15,644 --> 00:58:20,823
Regular council meeting for August 17th back to order. We

26
00:58:20,863 --> 00:58:23,863
have just finished closed session. Do we have any delegations

27
00:58:24,204 --> 00:58:29,783
today? We have a motion arising from closed session. Councillor

28
00:58:29,804 --> 00:58:34,323
Walter. I'd like to make the motion that confirmation be

29
00:58:34,363 --> 00:58:37,443
provided that the town of Okatokes has the authority and

30
00:58:37,443 --> 00:58:41,843
capacity to undertake the project that administration be authorized to

31
00:58:41,864 --> 00:58:46,243
enter into and executed the associated agreement contained within closed

32
00:58:46,283 --> 00:58:50,163
session item 3. 1 and that the associated town portion

33
00:58:50,163 --> 00:58:53,763
of funding be included in the 2027 to 2030 Capital

34
00:58:53,803 --> 00:58:58,794
Budget. And I will call that question all in favor.

35
00:59:00,093 --> 00:59:08,137
Anybody in describe. Councillor Penner is in favor. Oh, I'm

36
00:59:08,137 --> 00:59:11,417
sorry disregard you did vote by hand though, right? I

37
00:59:11,417 --> 00:59:15,181
didn't just miss it. Okay, just checking. Then I. Carries

38
00:59:15,202 --> 00:59:20,227
unanimously. We have a variety of items on the consent

39
00:59:20,267 --> 00:59:23,027
agenda. Is there anybody that wants to pull anything from

40
00:59:23,048 --> 00:59:28,324
the consent agenda. Seeing none, somebody like to make a

41
00:59:28,324 --> 00:59:34,445
motion. Council Hallmark. Thank you, Madam Mayor. I'd be happy

42
00:59:34,445 --> 00:59:38,845
to make the motion that the business items for Action,

43
00:59:38,845 --> 00:59:41,885
the minutes under 6. 1. 1 be adopted as presented.

44
00:59:42,066 --> 00:59:47,325
Item 6. 3. 1 bylaw, 20 - 26, land uses

45
00:59:47,325 --> 00:59:52,235
bylaw amendment. Rey designation, camp ground, B - read for

46
00:59:52,336 --> 00:59:54,955
a first time, and the remaining items be received as

47
00:59:54,995 --> 00:59:58,171
information. Would you like to speak to that motion? No,

48
00:59:58,171 --> 01:00:01,752
thank you, Madam Mayor. Anybody else. Seeing none, I will

49
01:00:01,752 --> 01:00:02,952
call the question all in favor.

50
01:00:12,237 --> 01:00:16,538
And that carries unanimously. Which brings us to our business

51
01:00:16,719 --> 01:00:20,858
items for Action. And at first we have Invest Greater

52
01:00:21,119 --> 01:00:24,858
Calgary, and I'm going to have our Economic Development Specialist

53
01:00:25,039 --> 01:00:30,218
Josh Wells, along with reps, introduce our guests here today.

54
01:00:34,492 --> 01:00:36,871
Thank you for the introduction, and good afternoon, your worship

55
01:00:36,972 --> 01:00:39,671
and members of council. It's my pleasure today to introduce

56
01:00:40,092 --> 01:00:44,471
Rod Valdez, the Secretariat lead for Invest Greater Calgary alongside

57
01:00:44,732 --> 01:00:48,151
our colleague Dina Haley with Calgary Economic Development. They are

58
01:00:48,191 --> 01:00:51,511
the host for the Secretariat lead for Invest Greater Calgary,

59
01:00:51,511 --> 01:00:52,551
and today they're going to tell you a little bit

60
01:00:52,652 --> 01:00:55,671
about what invest Greater Calgary is, why we're a member

61
01:00:55,932 --> 01:00:57,591
and what we endeavour to do over the next three

62
01:00:57,631 --> 01:01:00,311
years for this pilot project. In front of you and

63
01:01:00,311 --> 01:01:03,031
part of your council package, I did prepare cover report,

64
01:01:03,031 --> 01:01:05,351
but quite frankly, the presentation covers everything there, so I'm

65
01:01:05,351 --> 01:01:07,071
going to leave it to the experts. And then we

66
01:01:07,071 --> 01:01:10,311
can open it up to QA after this. So to

67
01:01:10,351 --> 01:01:15,755
Dina. Through the chair, thank you very much for this

68
01:01:15,795 --> 01:01:19,109
opportunity to present today. If we could go to the

69
01:01:19,109 --> 01:01:22,229
next slide, please. My name is Dina Haley. I'm the

70
01:01:22,330 --> 01:01:26,389
vice president of Intelligence and Productivity at Calgary Economy Development,

71
01:01:26,389 --> 01:01:29,870
or CED. My brief remarks will focus on the initial

72
01:01:29,891 --> 01:01:33,310
vision for Invest Greater Calgary before I turn it over

73
01:01:33,350 --> 01:01:39,417
to Roth Aldes, the Secretariat Leed for ITC. Thank. You.

74
01:01:40,010 --> 01:01:43,669
A few years ago, the Calgary metropolitan Region Board recognised

75
01:01:43,770 --> 01:01:48,469
an opportunity, specifically the need for closer collaboration on investment

76
01:01:48,490 --> 01:01:52,598
attraction across the region. The idea was simple. By working

77
01:01:52,699 --> 01:01:57,638
together, we could amplify opportunities and avoid fragmenting our efforts

78
01:01:57,678 --> 01:02:01,078
when engaging with external investors and companies. To move that

79
01:02:01,179 --> 01:02:04,438
forward, the city of Calgary committed early funding to support

80
01:02:04,779 --> 01:02:08,678
and engagement process and explore what a more coordinated region

81
01:02:08,718 --> 01:02:12,438
- wide model could look like. Calgary Economic Development was

82
01:02:12,438 --> 01:02:15,558
asked to lead that work, bringing together economic development teams

83
01:02:15,598 --> 01:02:20,358
from the region. Next slide, please. And we'll go to

84
01:02:20,358 --> 01:02:24,066
the next slide, please. While the metric, while the municipalities

85
01:02:24,087 --> 01:02:28,066
involve, we're all members of the Calgary metropolitan region board.

86
01:02:28,066 --> 01:02:32,866
This initiative itself was intentionally developed outside of that structure.

87
01:02:32,866 --> 01:02:36,626
Focus specifically on building a practical hands - on collaborative

88
01:02:36,647 --> 01:02:40,626
approach with our economy development peers. Through that process, we

89
01:02:41,047 --> 01:02:44,306
co - developed what is now Investor Calgary. A three

90
01:02:44,306 --> 01:02:48,701
- year pilot partnership built around a shared goal. It's

91
01:02:48,701 --> 01:02:52,381
supported by an independent Secretary of Team, hosted at Calgar

92
01:02:52,402 --> 01:02:55,981
Economic Development, but guided by an advisory committee made up

93
01:02:56,021 --> 01:03:00,221
of all participating municipalities. Municipalities are on the screen in

94
01:03:00,221 --> 01:03:03,821
front of you. This work is intentionally focused. It's about

95
01:03:04,002 --> 01:03:08,541
attracting new investment into the region. Next slide, please. It's

96
01:03:08,581 --> 01:03:11,581
not meant to replace the important work that's happening within

97
01:03:11,602 --> 01:03:16,141
each municipality to support local businesses. It's designed to complement

98
01:03:16,141 --> 01:03:20,252
it. At a regional level, we're identifying and pursuing opportunities

99
01:03:20,353 --> 01:03:24,732
together and then working collaboratively to place those investments across

100
01:03:24,993 --> 01:03:29,212
the region in a coordinated and fair way, creating a

101
01:03:29,212 --> 01:03:32,572
seamless investment - ready experience that aligns with what companies

102
01:03:32,593 --> 01:03:35,707
are looking for. And this approach reflects what we've seen

103
01:03:36,048 --> 01:03:40,507
work in other regions when they pool their resources. Specifically,

104
01:03:40,768 --> 01:03:43,627
five common outcomes stood out to us in our review

105
01:03:43,728 --> 01:03:47,707
at that time. A stronger regional reputation and greater effectiveness

106
01:03:47,707 --> 01:03:52,187
on the global stage, increased investment attraction and business expansion,

107
01:03:52,288 --> 01:03:58,027
growth in industry clusters, more collaboration and innovation and RND,

108
01:03:58,027 --> 01:04:02,027
and ultimately job creation and workforce development. Next slide, please.

109
01:04:02,928 --> 01:04:06,187
The advisory committee established a shared foundation for how we

110
01:04:06,368 --> 01:04:10,739
work. Formalized through a non - binding MOU and a

111
01:04:10,779 --> 01:04:15,219
binding service agreement that outlines our governance model, including consensus

112
01:04:15,480 --> 01:04:18,259
- based decision - making and a shared funding contribution

113
01:04:18,360 --> 01:04:21,677
approach. That funding model is based on a formula that

114
01:04:21,698 --> 01:04:24,637
reflects both scale and equity over the three - year

115
01:04:24,658 --> 01:04:25,037
pilot.

116
01:04:36,881 --> 01:04:40,540
To bring regional benefits to life for our region, THC

117
01:04:40,580 --> 01:04:44,725
members aligned around the following areas of focus. Strengthening research

118
01:04:44,765 --> 01:04:49,825
and analysis coordinating marketing and promotion, enhancing investor support, and

119
01:04:50,026 --> 01:04:52,965
advancing shared programs or hubs were a regional approaches create

120
01:04:53,005 --> 01:04:57,205
more value. Next slide, please. Once that foundation was in

121
01:04:57,205 --> 01:05:00,245
place, we were able to stand up an independent, dedicated

122
01:05:00,506 --> 01:05:03,845
secretary team to support the work and help move the

123
01:05:03,866 --> 01:05:06,805
partnership forward. And with that, I'd like to turn it

124
01:05:06,805 --> 01:05:10,005
over to Rod Valdez, the Invest Greater Calgary Secretary at

125
01:05:10,026 --> 01:05:12,085
Leed to share more on how this work is taking

126
01:05:12,266 --> 01:05:17,873
shape and where we're headed next. Thank you. Thank. Your

127
01:05:17,894 --> 01:05:21,753
worship and councillors for having us. So Dina, kind of

128
01:05:21,753 --> 01:05:24,033
covered everything that was in part of vision and was

129
01:05:24,033 --> 01:05:26,353
done to create the organisation. So what I like to

130
01:05:26,353 --> 01:05:29,313
cover with you now is what was created and kind

131
01:05:29,313 --> 01:05:33,998
of where we are now. Next slide, please. Next one.

132
01:05:34,532 --> 01:05:36,351
So you can just go load the page if you

133
01:05:36,351 --> 01:05:40,271
want. That's easier. Sorry, it's transition. Thank you. So what

134
01:05:40,311 --> 01:05:44,671
does ICG? Basically we facilitate investment in the region driving

135
01:05:44,772 --> 01:05:48,271
innovation and long - term growth. We're basically doing investment

136
01:05:48,311 --> 01:05:50,511
attraction. And what do we do is we support companies

137
01:05:50,772 --> 01:05:54,271
establishing and expanding in the region. We do everything in

138
01:05:54,271 --> 01:05:57,311
a sense almost like a concierge for the region and

139
01:05:57,311 --> 01:05:59,151
help companies do a soft landing. So we help them

140
01:05:59,252 --> 01:06:02,351
come in. We attract them, we do the site selection.

141
01:06:02,351 --> 01:06:05,311
Then we help them with operational partners in public partners.

142
01:06:05,311 --> 01:06:08,631
So everything from construction, from sites election to legal, to

143
01:06:08,631 --> 01:06:10,991
financial, all those things that companies do when they're coming

144
01:06:11,172 --> 01:06:14,351
into a new region, we help them not with that

145
01:06:14,372 --> 01:06:16,111
and set them up with partners. And also the public

146
01:06:16,212 --> 01:06:20,271
partners like Albert Innovates and anyone like that that's doing,

147
01:06:20,271 --> 01:06:22,631
for example, technology and research and all those kinds of

148
01:06:22,631 --> 01:06:24,351
things, or any of the post - secondaries that have

149
01:06:24,372 --> 01:06:30,671
those resources. So, um, when the partnership was started, there

150
01:06:30,671 --> 01:06:34,191
was a service agreement created in that service agreement. I'll

151
01:06:34,191 --> 01:06:35,551
just go over a few of those things. So first

152
01:06:35,591 --> 01:06:38,751
of all, as the secretary, which is what Calgary Economic

153
01:06:38,791 --> 01:06:41,591
Development does, and they're a huge resource for us, is

154
01:06:41,591 --> 01:06:45,311
basically they run all the administrative functions for the organisation.

155
01:06:45,492 --> 01:06:48,271
They manage our funds, they do all the financial support.

156
01:06:48,271 --> 01:06:50,831
We use the office space. We work with their marketing

157
01:06:50,871 --> 01:06:53,391
team as a resource. We work with their business development

158
01:06:53,431 --> 01:06:55,951
team and so forth. So they really support us strongly

159
01:06:56,212 --> 01:06:58,111
in putting the services out to the region that we're

160
01:06:58,111 --> 01:07:06,666
doing. Thanks, please. Sorry, you can load the whole page,

161
01:07:06,666 --> 01:07:10,520
sorry. Thank you. And then there's basically our scope of

162
01:07:10,520 --> 01:07:15,640
services. That's myself. And our administrative coordinator. And basically we're

163
01:07:15,640 --> 01:07:18,120
doing inside the partnership as we're doing the member engagement

164
01:07:18,141 --> 01:07:22,280
coordination, the budgeting, the strategy management and the resource operations

165
01:07:22,541 --> 01:07:24,360
as a whole. And then we of course we have

166
01:07:24,360 --> 01:07:28,600
the advisory committee, which is represented from each member that

167
01:07:28,621 --> 01:07:31,874
has one vote in the advisory committee. And the advisory

168
01:07:31,914 --> 01:07:35,234
committee basically there to provide us expert advice and give

169
01:07:35,274 --> 01:07:37,634
us direction on the strategies and the budget and the

170
01:07:37,634 --> 01:07:41,104
initiatives that we're doing. And then we have performance metrics,

171
01:07:41,104 --> 01:07:45,009
which is basically the investment attraction. You know, slightly measuring

172
01:07:45,110 --> 01:07:47,649
our regional reputation, how we're doing with branding and our

173
01:07:47,689 --> 01:07:52,662
industry development as a whole. Next slide, please. So when

174
01:07:52,702 --> 01:07:56,662
we started, we had actually four functions and we narrowed

175
01:07:56,662 --> 01:07:58,902
it down basically to two. So the two functions we

176
01:07:58,942 --> 01:08:02,182
have are, we are a business resource hub and we

177
01:08:02,203 --> 01:08:05,203
focus on investment attraction. And as a business resource hub,

178
01:08:05,203 --> 01:08:07,243
what we do is we do the market intelligence. We

179
01:08:07,243 --> 01:08:10,803
do share data. We do, we're looking at workforce capacity

180
01:08:10,843 --> 01:08:13,643
later on the end of year two, year three. We

181
01:08:13,643 --> 01:08:16,463
establish key partnerships with both public and private partners. And

182
01:08:16,463 --> 01:08:19,763
then eventually hopefully maybe a public - private partnership. That's

183
01:08:19,763 --> 01:08:22,003
something that we can do. And for the investment attraction,

184
01:08:22,003 --> 01:08:23,523
which of course is our main focus. We do the

185
01:08:23,624 --> 01:08:27,443
lead generation, the investment attraction support services, which as I

186
01:08:27,443 --> 01:08:29,763
mentioned that we do for clients that are coming into

187
01:08:29,803 --> 01:08:33,763
the region, uh, funding. And then of course marking as

188
01:08:33,763 --> 01:08:36,483
the regional website and the marking programs we're running. Next

189
01:08:36,504 --> 01:08:40,539
slide, please. Okay, where we are now. Next slide. So

190
01:08:41,760 --> 01:08:44,059
year one was basically our presence. That was where we

191
01:08:44,400 --> 01:08:48,059
were establishing ourselves operationally. We finished that in about April

192
01:08:48,080 --> 01:08:51,579
of May. Our fiscal year for investigated congregate goes from

193
01:08:51,600 --> 01:08:54,059
June to June. So our second year now just started

194
01:08:54,099 --> 01:08:57,259
in June. So about two months in. Your one was

195
01:08:57,600 --> 01:09:01,099
building our foundational operationally and our branding. And then year

196
01:09:01,139 --> 01:09:04,139
two's Oscar in the market, which is basically our pipeline.

197
01:09:04,139 --> 01:09:13,199
Next slide, please. Thank you. So I'll just give you

198
01:09:13,239 --> 01:09:15,759
a review sort of what the things we did in

199
01:09:15,860 --> 01:09:18,319
year one. So that was basically our foundational and operational

200
01:09:18,340 --> 01:09:21,773
build. So we established governance and operations at the beginning

201
01:09:21,813 --> 01:09:25,631
of September. We defined our strategic priorities. The year one

202
01:09:25,652 --> 01:09:28,271
strategic plan and budget was approved in December. We carried

203
01:09:28,271 --> 01:09:30,031
it a little over because it was a little delayed

204
01:09:30,132 --> 01:09:33,151
into year two into about September. But now we absorb

205
01:09:33,151 --> 01:09:35,623
that into the year two plan. Uh, we did our

206
01:09:35,663 --> 01:09:37,863
initial branding, which is our logo. And then we got

207
01:09:38,044 --> 01:09:40,263
a landing page up with just a placeholder for our

208
01:09:40,303 --> 01:09:42,583
website that's coming out in September along with our launch.

209
01:09:44,108 --> 01:09:49,041
Next slide please. Oh, one more pack. Sorry. Thank you.

210
01:09:49,900 --> 01:09:52,919
And then we did an aerospace and food trade show

211
01:09:52,940 --> 01:09:55,399
for discovery because those were two of the key sectors

212
01:09:55,439 --> 01:09:58,637
that we were looking at. And the first big initiative

213
01:09:58,658 --> 01:10:02,408
we did was the value proposition sector study. So when

214
01:10:03,149 --> 01:10:05,928
I sat down with the partners, there was about 10

215
01:10:05,949 --> 01:10:09,048
sector focuses between all eight partners combined. And that was

216
01:10:09,088 --> 01:10:12,088
a, that was accounting for duplicates, which was too many

217
01:10:12,088 --> 01:10:14,008
for us to focus on in this region. So we

218
01:10:14,029 --> 01:10:15,848
hired a vendor that we asked them to come up

219
01:10:15,848 --> 01:10:20,328
with three to five, uh, sectors and subsectors specifically that

220
01:10:20,328 --> 01:10:23,288
would focus, that we could focus on for the region.

221
01:10:23,288 --> 01:10:25,248
That would service the region as a whole space, as

222
01:10:25,248 --> 01:10:29,048
a contiguous region. Um, they did a full analysis of

223
01:10:29,069 --> 01:10:32,728
infrastructure of the region. They did a lot of business

224
01:10:32,989 --> 01:10:35,428
assessments. And then they also on top of that, and

225
01:10:35,428 --> 01:10:38,648
this is something we requested from them. They also interviewed

226
01:10:38,909 --> 01:10:43,768
international C - suite stakeholders in those industries to get

227
01:10:43,789 --> 01:10:45,988
market sounding from them. So it wasn't just, you know,

228
01:10:46,349 --> 01:10:48,768
desktop study and statistics and those kind of things. So

229
01:10:48,909 --> 01:10:51,608
we'll give you an example as an example for logistics

230
01:10:51,709 --> 01:10:54,568
they spoke to the Chief operating offer FATECs in the

231
01:10:54,608 --> 01:10:58,148
U. S. for aerospace, they spoke to bell helicopters, all

232
01:10:58,148 --> 01:11:00,168
those kinds of things. So we're getting the real industry

233
01:11:00,208 --> 01:11:02,568
feedback on that. So that's, we came up with our

234
01:11:02,669 --> 01:11:05,368
five sectors. So advanced manufacturing, which I know is a

235
01:11:05,368 --> 01:11:10,088
focus for oak jokes. Agrifood and Agritech aerospace and defence.

236
01:11:10,088 --> 01:11:13,368
Transportation logistics and data and data infrastructure. Those are the

237
01:11:13,408 --> 01:11:15,208
general high - level ones. And within each of those,

238
01:11:15,208 --> 01:11:18,568
we have specific subsector focuses. Uh, and on top of

239
01:11:18,568 --> 01:11:22,568
that, because High River in Foothills didn't really have a

240
01:11:22,669 --> 01:11:26,008
set sector focus themselves. We also got the vendor to

241
01:11:26,008 --> 01:11:29,208
do a standalone sector study for individually for high one

242
01:11:29,208 --> 01:11:31,288
for high river and one for foothills to give them

243
01:11:31,389 --> 01:11:35,528
sort of a start with that. So, and then finally,

244
01:11:35,528 --> 01:11:37,928
uh, I did the member environment assessments. And that what

245
01:11:37,928 --> 01:11:40,788
that was as I sat with all the partners. And

246
01:11:40,788 --> 01:11:43,688
so I sat with the partners at the Economic Development

247
01:11:43,728 --> 01:11:47,608
Heads or officers. In some cases with the CAOs and

248
01:11:47,648 --> 01:11:52,728
with development, um, engineering development stakeholders within each municipal partner.

249
01:11:52,728 --> 01:11:54,888
And that was for me to understand where each means

250
01:11:55,469 --> 01:11:58,808
each municipal partner was as far as their economic development

251
01:11:58,829 --> 01:12:01,448
environment as a whole. So that was things like looking

252
01:12:01,448 --> 01:12:06,088
at the MDP ASPs land development, economic development goals, major

253
01:12:06,189 --> 01:12:07,928
employers, all those kinds of things. And that was for

254
01:12:07,928 --> 01:12:12,479
me to understand which partner was. At this time. Thanks,

255
01:12:12,479 --> 01:12:16,126
slides. And now we're going to your two. So now

256
01:12:16,166 --> 01:12:18,526
this is us going to market. And this is us

257
01:12:18,566 --> 01:12:22,747
going from awareness to qualified investment opportunities. And this is,

258
01:12:22,747 --> 01:12:25,947
we're doing this through three pillars, through content, targeted outreach

259
01:12:26,048 --> 01:12:31,757
and partnerships. Next slide, please. So for, oh, thank you.

260
01:12:32,087 --> 01:12:34,946
So for content, it's us showing we're an investor ready

261
01:12:34,967 --> 01:12:38,466
region. So, and we've already started this with a LinkedIn.

262
01:12:38,466 --> 01:12:40,626
We created LinkedIn profile for the partnership. And now we're

263
01:12:40,727 --> 01:12:43,666
going to go into content, which is about four posts

264
01:12:44,007 --> 01:12:47,679
a month. For a year. And that's basically, that's giving

265
01:12:47,719 --> 01:12:50,159
us legitimacy in showing what we're doing in our activities

266
01:12:50,180 --> 01:12:53,279
for both our partners and for investors showing what we're

267
01:12:53,279 --> 01:12:56,399
doing, how we're involved in the region and all the

268
01:12:56,439 --> 01:12:59,679
business activities are happening. And then secondly is the website,

269
01:12:59,679 --> 01:13:02,462
which we'll have in about a month. Just before the

270
01:13:02,483 --> 01:13:05,982
launch. And that's basically an overview of the partnership, which

271
01:13:05,982 --> 01:13:08,123
is our biggest resource. And it's going to include everything

272
01:13:08,144 --> 01:13:11,163
from our functions and our sectors and our resources, member

273
01:13:11,163 --> 01:13:19,831
profiles and so forth. Next slide, please. And the second

274
01:13:20,492 --> 01:13:22,391
pillar, of course, is targeted outreach. And this is where

275
01:13:22,812 --> 01:13:25,831
we're building the investment pipeline. So we have planned for

276
01:13:25,932 --> 01:13:29,591
year two, seven international trade shows to cover the five

277
01:13:29,631 --> 01:13:32,882
sectors that we are focused on. Uh, we've also hired

278
01:13:33,143 --> 01:13:36,002
a vendor for lead generation. This is, uh, global vendor

279
01:13:36,002 --> 01:13:38,882
that does this for various municipalities all over the world

280
01:13:39,063 --> 01:13:42,162
in North America. And they basically help us will help

281
01:13:42,162 --> 01:13:44,642
us with some leads for some of the trade shows.

282
01:13:44,642 --> 01:13:48,802
But primarily for lead generation of large corporate international clients

283
01:13:48,842 --> 01:13:51,762
that they have that they find for us that are

284
01:13:51,762 --> 01:13:55,842
looking for Western Canada and fit within our sectors. They

285
01:13:55,882 --> 01:13:58,962
were going to assess about 500 international companies and get

286
01:13:58,962 --> 01:14:03,618
us anywhere from 15 to 25 either direct interviews. We

287
01:14:03,658 --> 01:14:05,298
might meet them in a trade show or they might

288
01:14:05,298 --> 01:14:07,458
give us interviews over video calls, but that'll give us

289
01:14:07,959 --> 01:14:10,338
the leads in that, in that aspect. And then we

290
01:14:10,378 --> 01:14:12,898
also had the stampede site selector vent, which was in

291
01:14:12,938 --> 01:14:17,118
July, which was very successful. It was basically, it was

292
01:14:17,118 --> 01:14:20,018
an event that was funny that was created by CD,

293
01:14:20,018 --> 01:14:22,978
CD runs it and was funded by CED, us invest

294
01:14:22,999 --> 01:14:26,818
grator Calgary, Invest Alberta and invest in Canada. And it

295
01:14:26,818 --> 01:14:29,458
was two and a half days of five sites, international

296
01:14:29,879 --> 01:14:31,698
site selectors. Three of them were from the U S

297
01:14:31,799 --> 01:14:34,978
two from Europe. And we basically brought them in show

298
01:14:35,018 --> 01:14:37,618
them all the resources, show them, you know, what the

299
01:14:37,618 --> 01:14:40,937
region has. Brought them in, had conversations with existing large

300
01:14:40,977 --> 01:14:43,737
companies that have come from international markets like Fortunette and

301
01:14:43,758 --> 01:14:47,497
Luza, for example, direct conversations with them. And it was,

302
01:14:47,497 --> 01:14:50,057
it was really successful in the sense that it gave

303
01:14:50,078 --> 01:14:54,057
them, it gave them transparency that it's not just an

304
01:14:54,057 --> 01:14:56,617
energy region. They had no idea of how much more

305
01:14:56,638 --> 01:14:58,537
it was in the region until we kind of showed

306
01:14:58,577 --> 01:15:00,697
that to them and open their eyes to it. Um,

307
01:15:00,718 --> 01:15:04,457
and then the other thing we have for, for outreaches,

308
01:15:04,457 --> 01:15:06,537
we have a secondary fund that we just put aside.

309
01:15:06,537 --> 01:15:09,497
And that's for any incoming or outgoing trade missions. Because

310
01:15:09,497 --> 01:15:12,137
sometimes those aren't planned to your head. They might come

311
01:15:12,177 --> 01:15:14,774
three months. From either the provincial federal government. So we

312
01:15:14,774 --> 01:15:17,014
have some money set aside for that. And so any

313
01:15:17,035 --> 01:15:19,734
or site selector events that also sometimes smaller events can

314
01:15:19,774 --> 01:15:23,174
happen outside of something like the stampede site selector event.

315
01:15:23,174 --> 01:15:26,454
And then any trade show sponsorships that we feel are

316
01:15:26,454 --> 01:15:28,534
valuable. And just to add to this, that this was

317
01:15:28,555 --> 01:15:32,434
an in here just to advise in year one, um,

318
01:15:32,555 --> 01:15:36,134
even though we had 10 months of operations within the

319
01:15:36,134 --> 01:15:39,254
full year, we had 13 investment opportunities come through us

320
01:15:39,254 --> 01:15:42,454
that we pushed to all the municipal partners. Um, only

321
01:15:42,555 --> 01:15:44,774
three of those were from Invest Alberta and TEN came

322
01:15:44,774 --> 01:15:47,414
from other resources. So that was before we actually went

323
01:15:47,454 --> 01:15:51,125
to market, which was a really positive thing. Next slide,

324
01:15:51,125 --> 01:15:55,947
please. And finally is our pipeline. And this is an

325
01:15:55,968 --> 01:15:58,107
essential part of what we're doing. This is our partnerships.

326
01:15:58,107 --> 01:16:00,827
And this is basically our partnerships with both our public

327
01:16:01,008 --> 01:16:04,347
and private partners. The first thing we're doing there is

328
01:16:04,528 --> 01:16:06,987
our launch event on September 17th. And that's our launch

329
01:16:07,968 --> 01:16:10,187
to present ourselves to the region, to all our partners,

330
01:16:10,187 --> 01:16:13,787
public and private combined, um, and institutional. And that's for

331
01:16:13,787 --> 01:16:16,587
showing them what we're doing and get them involved and

332
01:16:16,608 --> 01:16:18,187
get them involved with us and engage with them to

333
01:16:18,187 --> 01:16:21,147
see how they can help with investment throughout the region.

334
01:16:21,147 --> 01:16:24,646
And then partner engagement finally as a whole. That's a

335
01:16:24,646 --> 01:16:28,486
strategic building our strategic partner and business ecosystem. That's both

336
01:16:29,947 --> 01:16:32,806
building and engaging all our partnerships with public and private

337
01:16:32,987 --> 01:16:37,426
public being those like Invest, Alberta, uh, Alberta innovates, um,

338
01:16:38,027 --> 01:16:42,086
jobs economic development trade with the province. Trade commissioners across

339
01:16:42,267 --> 01:16:44,326
global offices. All those kind of partners on the public

340
01:16:44,427 --> 01:16:46,806
side. And on the private side, it's all the operational

341
01:16:46,846 --> 01:16:50,246
partner that we use for investment. So everybody that can

342
01:16:50,286 --> 01:16:54,486
help with legal, um, financial audits, immigration, all those kinds

343
01:16:54,486 --> 01:16:58,646
of things. Legislation, all those things that, as examples, you

344
01:16:58,646 --> 01:17:01,206
know, like law firms and audit firms and those kind

345
01:17:01,206 --> 01:17:03,126
of things that can help clients that are coming in.

346
01:17:03,126 --> 01:17:06,166
And that's us building that so that when investors are

347
01:17:06,166 --> 01:17:07,686
coming in, we have all the partners that help them

348
01:17:08,027 --> 01:17:14,980
get started. Next slide. Thank you. And that's, uh, that

349
01:17:15,401 --> 01:17:21,105
is presentation for me. Is there any questions. Thank you

350
01:17:21,126 --> 01:17:26,105
very much, council. Councillor Hallmark. Thank you, Madam Mayor, through

351
01:17:26,105 --> 01:17:30,547
yourself to Mr. Daldis. Is that right, fellas? Yes. Okay.

352
01:17:31,417 --> 01:17:34,453
I'm just curious. Uh, I might, I think I'm a

353
01:17:34,453 --> 01:17:37,733
little bit slow on this. So you guys were established

354
01:17:37,834 --> 01:17:42,213
by the CMRB before the CMRB was dissolved. Is that

355
01:17:42,474 --> 01:17:45,413
how you came to be? I'll let you answer that.

356
01:17:45,434 --> 01:17:50,453
No, that's okay. That's okay. Thank you. The concept of

357
01:17:50,554 --> 01:17:54,453
coming together was through CMRB, but this was not developed

358
01:17:54,714 --> 01:17:58,776
inside of CMRB. This was always external. And so it's

359
01:17:58,776 --> 01:18:03,096
really just a partnership between the eight municipalities, economic development

360
01:18:03,136 --> 01:18:06,696
officers to come together in a partnership to work together.

361
01:18:06,696 --> 01:18:11,896
So while the idea originated at a CMRB type meeting,

362
01:18:11,896 --> 01:18:14,856
we decided to keep it out side of the CMRB

363
01:18:14,896 --> 01:18:18,868
structure on purpose. And thank you for that. And then

364
01:18:18,908 --> 01:18:21,908
I just was curious. So the advisory committee, does that

365
01:18:21,929 --> 01:18:26,628
then the member that represents Okatokes is that Mr. Wells?

366
01:18:26,628 --> 01:18:28,228
Oh, thank you. That's all I was wondering. Thank you.

367
01:18:30,246 --> 01:18:35,452
Any other questions? Council for Tekken. Thank you through the

368
01:18:35,492 --> 01:18:39,772
chair. Um, what would you say the current barriers that

369
01:18:39,772 --> 01:18:42,252
are hindering our region from being the most attractive place

370
01:18:42,273 --> 01:18:46,612
to do business? Um, to be honest, that's a tough

371
01:18:46,633 --> 01:18:48,852
question answer at this point in time. I think once

372
01:18:49,033 --> 01:18:52,132
I'm in market for at least six months and I'm,

373
01:18:52,172 --> 01:18:55,492
I'm maybe getting feedback on clients and leads that are

374
01:18:55,492 --> 01:18:59,012
looking and maybe getting to the site selection stage. And

375
01:18:59,012 --> 01:19:01,572
then might have challenges then. I could probably say that

376
01:19:01,612 --> 01:19:06,132
better. But because we haven't drawn enough yet, hasn't been

377
01:19:06,132 --> 01:19:09,172
anything that's brought to our intention. But so far of

378
01:19:09,273 --> 01:19:13,732
the 13 that we've brought forward, we've probably submitted sites

379
01:19:13,732 --> 01:19:16,932
on about, or the partner's not myself, has some metacites

380
01:19:16,932 --> 01:19:20,532
on three. And two have been moving forward all right

381
01:19:20,532 --> 01:19:25,894
so far, but no one's mentioned any challenges. Okay. And

382
01:19:25,995 --> 01:19:28,134
just add while Rod said, and one of the reasons

383
01:19:28,174 --> 01:19:31,014
why we set up this partnership is because we're competing

384
01:19:31,115 --> 01:19:35,059
globally. And it was very clear early on that if

385
01:19:35,099 --> 01:19:39,459
we didn't come together, uh, having an investor comment understand

386
01:19:40,040 --> 01:19:42,979
our region, let alone understand where Alberta are Canada is

387
01:19:43,080 --> 01:19:45,699
is some of the biggest challenges that we're up against.

388
01:19:45,699 --> 01:19:48,019
So Rod and his team are doing such a dedicated

389
01:19:48,040 --> 01:19:49,939
work to get out there and really bring that awareness

390
01:19:49,979 --> 01:19:52,459
forward. But that is one of the barriers, I think

391
01:19:53,000 --> 01:19:56,339
as a partnership group of Economic Development Professionals that we've

392
01:19:56,379 --> 01:20:01,171
noted. Yeah. And one of the benefits to operating as

393
01:20:01,211 --> 01:20:03,793
a region because it's such a large space. Is that

394
01:20:04,134 --> 01:20:09,073
the opportunities can more likely get captured because the more

395
01:20:09,073 --> 01:20:12,316
options as opposed to it was just one municipality. You

396
01:20:12,316 --> 01:20:13,676
know, if I give you an example, if it was

397
01:20:13,716 --> 01:20:19,436
a, it was like oak jokes or chest A and

398
01:20:19,436 --> 01:20:21,596
they needed a massive like ag facility and they didn't

399
01:20:21,596 --> 01:20:24,440
have a land or the ability to rail spirit. We

400
01:20:24,541 --> 01:20:26,900
have rocky view and foothills that it can go. And

401
01:20:26,900 --> 01:20:30,040
the labour feeds everything. So that's, that's a huge benefit

402
01:20:30,221 --> 01:20:33,920
of operating is a large region. Thank you. And Mama

403
01:20:33,941 --> 01:20:37,120
followed. And then just from a municipal council side of,

404
01:20:37,120 --> 01:20:40,520
uh, things, how, how can we help support you. At

405
01:20:40,520 --> 01:20:46,558
the council level. Um, good question. Um, so far the

406
01:20:46,558 --> 01:20:49,358
support's been great. Josh has been excellent. Our advisory board's

407
01:20:49,358 --> 01:20:52,918
been great. Uh, what I can say coming from, so

408
01:20:52,918 --> 01:20:54,638
my background in the Economics Development, I come from the

409
01:20:54,678 --> 01:20:57,438
Edmonton region. I've worked with a lot of other municipalities

410
01:20:57,779 --> 01:21:00,856
too and projects. What I can say about the region

411
01:21:00,896 --> 01:21:02,936
as a whole, which is very positive. And of course,

412
01:21:02,936 --> 01:21:05,816
makes my job very easy. Is the fact that all

413
01:21:05,856 --> 01:21:10,757
the partners are very collaborative. So that's fantastic. And that

414
01:21:10,757 --> 01:21:15,003
just makes things. As easy as possible. Um, but I

415
01:21:15,003 --> 01:21:18,043
mean, coming forward, is there any, any additional supports we

416
01:21:18,083 --> 01:21:20,363
need, I would always just go to Josh at that

417
01:21:20,363 --> 01:21:22,375
request. Yeah. And I would just add that we are

418
01:21:22,415 --> 01:21:24,935
in year two of a three year pilot. And our

419
01:21:24,935 --> 01:21:26,615
number one job is to bring value back to the

420
01:21:26,636 --> 01:21:30,135
communities. And so at the end of year two, early

421
01:21:30,175 --> 01:21:32,775
year three will be looking at what a follow -

422
01:21:32,775 --> 01:21:35,055
on model or approach would look like for this. So

423
01:21:35,276 --> 01:21:38,215
the opportunity to come back and demonstrate the results that

424
01:21:38,255 --> 01:21:42,295
we have. And then hopefully get more input from, from

425
01:21:43,036 --> 01:21:45,175
obviously Josh is on the advisory committee and this team,

426
01:21:45,175 --> 01:21:47,095
but even from council to give us a sense of

427
01:21:47,596 --> 01:21:50,615
if it's resonating and if the opportunity for us bring

428
01:21:50,615 --> 01:21:58,539
back other options for models, postpilot. Thank you. Councillor Meng,

429
01:21:58,539 --> 01:22:01,107
did I have you? Yeah. Uh, thank you for the

430
01:22:01,147 --> 01:22:04,707
presentation. My question is, cause you have the five factors

431
01:22:04,728 --> 01:22:08,547
that you use to decide what investment would go in

432
01:22:08,587 --> 01:22:12,387
that area. How do you avoid duplication in a certain

433
01:22:12,427 --> 01:22:14,972
area. You know, you know what I mean by taking,

434
01:22:14,993 --> 01:22:20,972
bringing two, like foothills gets aerospace, Oktober skates. How do

435
01:22:20,972 --> 01:22:23,852
we avoid, you know what I mean, duplicating, invest those

436
01:22:23,873 --> 01:22:27,998
investment partners in that area. Okay. Did you like certify

437
01:22:27,998 --> 01:22:31,140
the final. By some of the? Yes. So those were

438
01:22:31,161 --> 01:22:31,380
just.

439
01:23:08,133 --> 01:23:10,912
That they don't necessarily have to correspond. Or does that

440
01:23:10,912 --> 01:23:18,830
answer? Okay. Perfect. Thank you. Anybody else? Councillor Nix. Uh,

441
01:23:18,851 --> 01:23:21,230
yeah, through the mayor. So again, thank you for the

442
01:23:21,331 --> 01:23:26,087
presentation. Um, is there anything that is part of Invest

443
01:23:26,087 --> 01:23:30,247
Greater Calgary that, um, uh, I guess is there to

444
01:23:30,287 --> 01:23:35,287
ensure a balanced approach for the region so that certain

445
01:23:35,308 --> 01:23:38,847
part of the region doesn't get favored over others? Or

446
01:23:38,847 --> 01:23:41,847
how is that, uh, dealt with so that the entire

447
01:23:41,948 --> 01:23:45,767
region is surely the benefit from it? Absolutely. And I

448
01:23:45,767 --> 01:23:49,447
mean, going back to sort of the previous question, are

449
01:23:49,548 --> 01:23:52,887
number one, our number one party is transparency for all

450
01:23:52,887 --> 01:23:56,247
the partners. So that's starts with the advisory board and

451
01:23:56,287 --> 01:23:59,687
us sharing everything. And all like all the opportunities that

452
01:23:59,788 --> 01:24:02,967
come forward, right? And or the other function is with

453
01:24:02,988 --> 01:24:07,767
some municipalities, if they need my assistance with, with helping

454
01:24:07,807 --> 01:24:11,687
them sort of take on the opportunity and the operational

455
01:24:11,727 --> 01:24:14,087
and all that kind of stuff construction, I can help.

456
01:24:14,087 --> 01:24:16,167
Or I can do very little. It just depends on

457
01:24:16,207 --> 01:24:19,227
what each partner wants. But there's full transparent everything. I

458
01:24:19,267 --> 01:24:22,427
don't vet any of the opportunities, any opportunity comes forward.

459
01:24:22,427 --> 01:24:24,027
Everybody sees it all the time. And then it's up

460
01:24:24,067 --> 01:24:26,987
to each partner to decide whether that's something they want

461
01:24:27,008 --> 01:24:30,587
to look at or consider and or submit a site.

462
01:24:31,115 --> 01:24:36,387
Yeah. Right on. And can I continue? Yeah. Um, so

463
01:24:36,408 --> 01:24:40,707
I guess the next question, um, on a higher level,

464
01:24:40,707 --> 01:24:43,747
I assume the objective of every economic development group is

465
01:24:43,747 --> 01:24:46,867
to be the best place to do business. So what,

466
01:24:46,867 --> 01:24:50,147
um, I guess what a view identified or what things

467
01:24:50,168 --> 01:24:54,467
can you highlight that are real strengths that would help

468
01:24:54,467 --> 01:24:57,907
us in that area and help us stand out from,

469
01:24:57,907 --> 01:25:01,727
you know, other economic development groups and regions. From the

470
01:25:01,727 --> 01:25:04,747
region as a whole. Yeah. Oh yeah. Absolutely. So, I

471
01:25:04,747 --> 01:25:08,547
mean, a big part of that was really focusing and

472
01:25:08,587 --> 01:25:10,707
seeing what sectors were realistic for us. And that's what

473
01:25:11,128 --> 01:25:13,587
the five sectors. And I should say subindustries, which are

474
01:25:13,587 --> 01:25:17,747
more important because, uh, you know, a large ag sector

475
01:25:17,787 --> 01:25:20,627
focus is very broad. So we have it specifically to

476
01:25:20,627 --> 01:25:24,547
value add processing. It's giving agriculture as an example. And,

477
01:25:24,568 --> 01:25:27,347
and AgroTech, those are the two things we're focusing specifically

478
01:25:27,347 --> 01:25:30,387
on agriculture. But when we did that, they gave us

479
01:25:30,408 --> 01:25:32,387
in the sector study. These are the things that we

480
01:25:32,648 --> 01:25:35,787
are best suited for as a region and why. So

481
01:25:35,787 --> 01:25:38,467
that's what we're pursuing when we go to industry and

482
01:25:38,507 --> 01:25:42,307
we go, to award industry as a whole. But I'd

483
01:25:42,307 --> 01:25:43,747
say some of the key things as a region we

484
01:25:43,747 --> 01:25:46,707
have is we have the land. We have a really

485
01:25:46,808 --> 01:25:51,027
fantastic labour supply that's very contiguous because even being in

486
01:25:51,067 --> 01:25:53,987
Calgary and seeing all these companies where people come in

487
01:25:54,027 --> 01:25:56,627
from OkaToks and ChesterMer and Ayrton and move around a

488
01:25:56,627 --> 01:25:58,467
lot, I'll be honest with you, I see that more

489
01:25:58,488 --> 01:26:01,267
here than I would have seen it in Edmonton. Right.

490
01:26:01,267 --> 01:26:05,418
Um, so we have a fantastic labour supply. The innovation

491
01:26:05,759 --> 01:26:08,938
ecosystem we have between SATH and UC and Mount Royal

492
01:26:09,839 --> 01:26:12,618
and all the incubators we have are amazing. So that

493
01:26:12,639 --> 01:26:15,738
helps a lot with companies. Um, but I would say

494
01:26:15,999 --> 01:26:18,858
probably one of the biggest strengths we have is we're

495
01:26:18,879 --> 01:26:22,058
probably, um, don't quote me on this, but probably one

496
01:26:22,058 --> 01:26:25,578
of the best, the supply chain spaces in western Canada

497
01:26:25,679 --> 01:26:28,378
as a whole, just because we're on the THANA highway,

498
01:26:28,378 --> 01:26:31,978
we have the volume of trucking. We have the airport

499
01:26:32,319 --> 01:26:35,818
is 75 percent of airport cargo in Alberta goes through

500
01:26:35,839 --> 01:26:40,058
YYC, right? Um, now they're prayer economic gateways being built,

501
01:26:40,058 --> 01:26:42,458
which is 2, 000 square feet with railspers going in,

502
01:26:42,458 --> 01:26:45,658
which is a rarity anywhere in Canada for that size

503
01:26:45,698 --> 01:26:47,738
of industrial park. So we have a lot of advantages

504
01:26:47,839 --> 01:26:50,858
that way. Um, and then we have the great communities

505
01:26:50,898 --> 01:26:54,778
like this, um, like Chester Mir, like Cochrane that have,

506
01:26:54,818 --> 01:26:57,418
that are great residential communities that people want to live

507
01:26:57,458 --> 01:27:00,778
in and then work around. So there's a lot of

508
01:27:00,818 --> 01:27:03,498
great benefits. I don't know if that answers some of

509
01:27:03,498 --> 01:27:10,635
your questions there. Okay. I have a couple of questions.

510
01:27:10,675 --> 01:27:13,115
Um, you had indicated that you guys did a strategic

511
01:27:13,136 --> 01:27:15,595
session and came up with your strategic priorities. What exactly

512
01:27:15,696 --> 01:27:21,508
are the strategic priorities. Uh, I would say the trees

513
01:27:21,508 --> 01:27:23,268
of priorities are probably what we put into those three

514
01:27:23,369 --> 01:27:27,008
pillars in year two. So it was basically the, um.

515
01:27:28,549 --> 01:27:29,808
Look, I'm sorry. I don't have them in front of

516
01:27:29,808 --> 01:27:33,648
me anymore. Content target. Yeah. The content is basically the

517
01:27:33,648 --> 01:27:37,029
lead distribution. And then the partnerships, right? Or the investment

518
01:27:37,050 --> 01:27:39,349
attraction, the content. So that, I mean, that was an

519
01:27:39,389 --> 01:27:41,589
order. It was us building the content so we could

520
01:27:41,629 --> 01:27:43,429
identify who we are. We could put ourselves out to

521
01:27:43,429 --> 01:27:46,980
the world. And the region and then globally. Right. And

522
01:27:46,980 --> 01:27:49,780
then of course using every resource we had for investment

523
01:27:49,820 --> 01:27:52,660
attraction. Because not only is it me and it's all

524
01:27:52,700 --> 01:27:56,306
our regional partners plus the vendor that we hired. You

525
01:27:56,306 --> 01:27:59,586
know, plus all a regional partners that also deal with

526
01:27:59,927 --> 01:28:03,666
a good example of commercial realtors and developers will also

527
01:28:03,666 --> 01:28:05,506
get clients that they might not know how to deal

528
01:28:05,546 --> 01:28:07,986
with and they will share with us. Right. So doing

529
01:28:08,026 --> 01:28:11,986
all that. Of course, is the partner development, right? And

530
01:28:12,007 --> 01:28:15,906
having that foundation built, that was what we are doing.

531
01:28:15,906 --> 01:28:17,906
And then now year two is just pure market and

532
01:28:17,906 --> 01:28:20,226
go to market. And then once we're done year two,

533
01:28:20,226 --> 01:28:22,306
we want to kind of measure at that point. What

534
01:28:22,306 --> 01:28:24,706
did we do? How do we do it well? Right.

535
01:28:24,706 --> 01:28:27,026
Is there anything we're missing on marketing? And we have

536
01:28:27,066 --> 01:28:32,259
more of a measure there. And then my second question,

537
01:28:32,259 --> 01:28:34,819
thank you for that. Um, is how do you guys

538
01:28:34,840 --> 01:28:41,688
go about. I guess segregating the roles, particularly between CED

539
01:28:42,269 --> 01:28:45,608
and IGC. You know, I know when it was at

540
01:28:45,608 --> 01:28:48,168
the metro table, that that was one of the conversations

541
01:28:48,189 --> 01:28:51,368
of how does this become not a Calgary economic development

542
01:28:52,509 --> 01:28:55,588
and actually serves those of us that are smaller, but

543
01:28:55,709 --> 01:28:58,568
need the power of a Calgary exposed to what's important.

544
01:28:58,568 --> 01:29:01,688
It's there. So just how do you go about determining

545
01:29:02,109 --> 01:29:06,088
who's kind of doing what so that you're not overlapping,

546
01:29:06,088 --> 01:29:08,488
I guess? No, no problem. So, so as mentioned before,

547
01:29:09,069 --> 01:29:14,103
like CD is basically the administrative. Head or helping us

548
01:29:14,143 --> 01:29:17,143
with all the administrative things. And so, um, and then

549
01:29:17,644 --> 01:29:19,703
also we pay them for that, right, as part of

550
01:29:19,743 --> 01:29:24,323
our funding. But they're basically, they're giving us a lot

551
01:29:24,323 --> 01:29:26,183
of the resources that we wouldn't have, like that we

552
01:29:26,204 --> 01:29:29,383
would, if we had to establish an independent office, be,

553
01:29:29,383 --> 01:29:32,743
you know, HR functions, financial, all those kinds of things.

554
01:29:32,743 --> 01:29:34,023
The marketing team that helps us with a lot of

555
01:29:34,023 --> 01:29:36,183
the branding and things like that. And then of course

556
01:29:36,364 --> 01:29:39,727
business development. But, and I'll let you speak to that

557
01:29:39,727 --> 01:29:42,287
on the business development on the Calgary piece. But everything

558
01:29:42,388 --> 01:29:46,047
that goes through investigator Calgary essentially goes through me, right?

559
01:29:46,047 --> 01:29:49,276
And I, like I said, and that's. I put it

560
01:29:49,276 --> 01:29:53,356
this way, knowing how some other regional groups in Canada

561
01:29:53,377 --> 01:29:55,356
have worked in some issues they've had. I know the

562
01:29:55,396 --> 01:29:58,236
biggest concerns always transparency with all the partners. And that

563
01:29:58,257 --> 01:30:01,916
is my number one priority. So like again, I don't,

564
01:30:01,937 --> 01:30:07,516
I don't vet opportunities or investment opportunities. No one gets

565
01:30:07,537 --> 01:30:11,116
priority of that. Everybody gets seize it. Um, everything that

566
01:30:11,137 --> 01:30:14,196
we're doing internally gets seen by the advisory board. So

567
01:30:14,196 --> 01:30:15,836
there are many issues. They advise your board can come

568
01:30:15,876 --> 01:30:19,956
and let me know. Um, strategy budgets initiatives, everything. So

569
01:30:20,017 --> 01:30:21,916
because like when we did the year when I did

570
01:30:21,956 --> 01:30:23,596
the year two strategy and budget I presented to the

571
01:30:23,596 --> 01:30:26,636
board and the board voted on it. Right. Um, so

572
01:30:26,657 --> 01:30:30,636
yeah, and that's from that perspective, all the partners are

573
01:30:30,676 --> 01:30:33,516
treated absolutely equals. And that's something that I stand firmly

574
01:30:33,537 --> 01:30:38,556
on, knowing how that operates in other situations. Um, yeah,

575
01:30:38,556 --> 01:30:41,756
so does that, but I'll let Tina speak to the

576
01:30:41,796 --> 01:30:45,036
CD side of things. Yeah. Uh, we're very invested in

577
01:30:45,377 --> 01:30:48,716
regional success. Even inside of how we look at our

578
01:30:49,057 --> 01:30:52,716
KPIs, knowing that not every project that comes in actually

579
01:30:52,897 --> 01:30:55,756
could potentially land in Calgary. So we would rather have

580
01:30:55,857 --> 01:30:57,676
it in the region than to not have it in

581
01:30:57,697 --> 01:31:00,956
the region. Our business development team, when they're out looking

582
01:31:00,977 --> 01:31:03,676
for their only generation, we have a very large business

583
01:31:03,777 --> 01:31:07,036
development team, but they are often bringing those leads over

584
01:31:07,057 --> 01:31:09,756
to Rod as well. And then we are funneling them

585
01:31:09,796 --> 01:31:13,436
out through the communities. Um, on top of that, when

586
01:31:13,476 --> 01:31:17,676
we are out doing our only generation with a vendor,

587
01:31:17,676 --> 01:31:21,196
uh, we're sharing those opportunities over as well. And so,

588
01:31:21,196 --> 01:31:24,396
you know, when we look at some sectors, the other

589
01:31:24,396 --> 01:31:27,976
thing I should say in the value proposition study, and

590
01:31:27,976 --> 01:31:31,276
Rob mentioned this, there's commonalities among all the regional partners,

591
01:31:31,276 --> 01:31:35,516
but every community also has its own unique sectors or

592
01:31:35,537 --> 01:31:38,076
subsectors that is working on. And so if we find

593
01:31:38,116 --> 01:31:41,356
that the really doesn't fit inside of any of our

594
01:31:41,377 --> 01:31:44,516
key sectors or a subsectors, we pass those along. So

595
01:31:44,577 --> 01:31:48,156
the way that we're looking at it is, um, even

596
01:31:48,156 --> 01:31:51,196
if something lands in another community, we know that some

597
01:31:51,196 --> 01:31:54,536
of our folks will potentially work still without company. And

598
01:31:54,977 --> 01:31:56,796
they'll, you know, they'll make the trip out to that

599
01:31:56,817 --> 01:32:01,016
location. Um, additionally on top of all of that, um,

600
01:32:01,377 --> 01:32:04,316
we have regular meetings with raw to give our business

601
01:32:04,417 --> 01:32:06,796
development team to give them a sense of the projects

602
01:32:06,796 --> 01:32:09,176
that we're working on, how we're working on them, how

603
01:32:09,176 --> 01:32:11,596
we're looking. And then wherever we can lend support to

604
01:32:11,937 --> 01:32:15,036
rod. So Rod can only go to so many trade

605
01:32:15,076 --> 01:32:17,796
shows around the world. And our team is going to

606
01:32:17,937 --> 01:32:20,436
some. So we're trying not to overlap and duplicate. So

607
01:32:20,436 --> 01:32:23,116
when we go out, they represent CED, but they also

608
01:32:23,137 --> 01:32:26,259
talk about IGC as well. And so we're really being

609
01:32:26,360 --> 01:32:29,619
collaborative. But again, just to reiterate, we see a regional

610
01:32:29,640 --> 01:32:32,739
win very much as a win that we need to

611
01:32:32,760 --> 01:32:36,739
keep. We don't want it to go anywhere else. Yeah.

612
01:32:36,739 --> 01:32:39,539
And that's, and the part of that also, uh, goes

613
01:32:39,579 --> 01:32:41,939
back to the sector focus. Because when we ask them

614
01:32:41,939 --> 01:32:44,579
to do that, we said we want three to five.

615
01:32:44,579 --> 01:32:46,579
That serves this as a contiguous space, not as a

616
01:32:46,680 --> 01:32:49,919
Calgary or a Chestery no potos. So those five, for

617
01:32:49,919 --> 01:32:52,299
example, like with CD, one of their sector focuses, I

618
01:32:52,299 --> 01:32:55,779
think biomedical life sciences. For life sciences. And as IGC,

619
01:32:55,779 --> 01:32:58,259
we don't pursue that, right? That's something that CED does.

620
01:32:58,299 --> 01:33:00,899
And just another thing too, is when I was talking

621
01:33:00,899 --> 01:33:06,339
about the 13 leads that have come in through IGC

622
01:33:06,520 --> 01:33:10,179
through us, uh, three were invest Alberta, right? Which a

623
01:33:10,179 --> 01:33:12,339
lot of the partners see. So we just share that

624
01:33:12,360 --> 01:33:16,979
with them. Um, and, and fever from GOA, somewhere dependent,

625
01:33:16,979 --> 01:33:18,979
but I don't quote me on this, but three to

626
01:33:19,019 --> 01:33:22,019
four, we're directly from CD. TUS that we share with

627
01:33:22,019 --> 01:33:25,323
all the partners. Okay. Okay. Thank you very much. Appreciate

628
01:33:25,323 --> 01:33:31,242
that. Any other questions from anybody. Excellent. Ben. I think

629
01:33:31,903 --> 01:33:34,442
council, we just need a motion to accept this is

630
01:33:34,482 --> 01:33:40,642
information or except as presented. Councillor Lang. Any discussion? Or

631
01:33:40,642 --> 01:33:44,548
do you want to speak to your motion. Yes, I

632
01:33:44,548 --> 01:33:47,348
do. Actually. I look at this as a perfect opportunity

633
01:33:47,529 --> 01:33:53,028
for the whole region to work together to attract investment

634
01:33:53,449 --> 01:33:56,868
and any opportunity we can do to have investment coming

635
01:33:56,889 --> 01:34:01,656
to the region. Is beneficial to the whole area. So

636
01:34:01,797 --> 01:34:05,423
I commend you guys. Thank you. Thank you. Anybody else

637
01:34:05,604 --> 01:34:09,468
like to speak to this motion. Seeing none with that

638
01:34:09,508 --> 01:34:11,788
then I will call a question all in favor.

639
01:34:20,862 --> 01:34:23,241
And that carries unanimously. Thank you very much for your

640
01:34:23,262 --> 01:34:25,601
presentation and for making the trip to Oaks. Oaks. We

641
01:34:25,601 --> 01:34:31,458
greatly appreciate it. Thank you. Alrighty, that takes us to

642
01:34:32,279 --> 01:34:36,498
7. 2, which is a capital budget amendment for project

643
01:34:37,319 --> 01:34:41,548
280. And, um, I think I have director green, but

644
01:34:41,589 --> 01:34:47,212
director green is missing at this moment in time. Um,

645
01:34:47,393 --> 01:34:49,612
how about if I just add lib and we're going

646
01:34:49,612 --> 01:34:51,292
to go to 7. 3, we're going to go to

647
01:34:51,873 --> 01:34:54,812
the request for cancellation of tax penalties. And I'm going

648
01:34:54,812 --> 01:34:58,014
to turn it over to our CFO. Catherine Van Kampima.

649
01:35:00,338 --> 01:35:05,365
And I will let her go from there. Thank you,

650
01:35:05,466 --> 01:35:08,245
Marathon. Members of council, I'm here this afternoon to present

651
01:35:08,666 --> 01:35:12,085
you a request that we have received from a taxpayer

652
01:35:12,826 --> 01:35:16,965
for council to cancel the penalties that were applied due

653
01:35:17,005 --> 01:35:19,788
to the late payment of property taxes. I don't really

654
01:35:19,809 --> 01:35:22,988
have anything more to add than what's in the report.

655
01:35:22,988 --> 01:35:24,588
So I would just open it up to questions if

656
01:35:24,588 --> 01:35:28,828
anyone has any. Thank you very much. Any questions from

657
01:35:28,868 --> 01:35:35,017
anybody. Councillor Hallmark. Thank you, Madam Mayor, through yourself too.

658
01:35:35,017 --> 01:35:40,698
Um, CFO Van Kai Pima. I read the letter that

659
01:35:40,738 --> 01:35:43,658
the wall call it sent in. And I'm just, when

660
01:35:43,658 --> 01:35:45,658
we get our, I just want to refresh my memory.

661
01:35:45,658 --> 01:35:47,738
When we get a letter, like mine comes in the

662
01:35:47,738 --> 01:35:50,058
mail, does everybody get their tech, their bill in the

663
01:35:50,058 --> 01:35:52,298
mail or do some people get it online? Like is

664
01:35:52,338 --> 01:35:53,818
there a re, and then it has a due date

665
01:35:53,818 --> 01:35:56,375
on it. Does it not. Yeah, it's true. The mayor

666
01:35:56,415 --> 01:35:59,829
to Councillor Hallmark. There is a due date on the

667
01:36:00,170 --> 01:36:03,109
bill itself. There's information on the back as to how

668
01:36:03,109 --> 01:36:05,309
you can pay it and what the penalty is. If

669
01:36:05,309 --> 01:36:08,309
you don't pay it by the due date, there's also,

670
01:36:08,309 --> 01:36:13,029
uh, communications campaign notifications that goes in the western wheel

671
01:36:13,450 --> 01:36:16,309
and out on our website. So the number of notifications

672
01:36:16,330 --> 01:36:18,709
to let everyone know that the tax notice that they

673
01:36:18,810 --> 01:36:22,309
received in the mail or through their email. Uh, is

674
01:36:22,349 --> 01:36:29,867
due June the 30th. Anybody else. Councillor Lang. Is it

675
01:36:29,867 --> 01:36:32,747
pretty standard through the province that it is June 30th

676
01:36:33,168 --> 01:36:38,895
is always the due date. Through Marathon to Councillor Lang,

677
01:36:38,895 --> 01:36:42,095
in my experience, I would say probably at least 85

678
01:36:42,276 --> 01:36:47,375
percent of municipalities. Some of them do have a September

679
01:36:48,036 --> 01:36:52,255
30th due date. However, I'd say most municipalities is June

680
01:36:52,276 --> 01:36:57,594
the 30th. Thank you. Councillor Knicks. Thank you. Through the

681
01:36:57,594 --> 01:36:59,694
mayor. So I just wanted to confirm because I didn't

682
01:36:59,875 --> 01:37:02,814
see it in the package. Was there anything that would

683
01:37:02,814 --> 01:37:07,214
have interrupted the delivery of the tax bill or in

684
01:37:07,235 --> 01:37:10,574
some way made it so that the, um, the residents

685
01:37:10,574 --> 01:37:14,094
didn't receive the bill on time or anything like that,

686
01:37:14,094 --> 01:37:17,602
like any administrative issues. Through the marriage councillor, Nix, there

687
01:37:17,623 --> 01:37:21,122
were no administrative issues. The notices were sent on time.

688
01:37:21,122 --> 01:37:24,482
Um, and they're also deemed to have received them through

689
01:37:24,503 --> 01:37:27,282
the municipal government Act on the day within a couple

690
01:37:27,282 --> 01:37:34,660
of days of their mailing. Okay. Thank you. Count it,

691
01:37:34,660 --> 01:37:36,420
we're okay. We're moving to a motion. I will go

692
01:37:36,420 --> 01:37:39,723
to Councillor Hallmark for that motion. Thank you, Madam Mayor.

693
01:37:39,723 --> 01:37:41,083
I'd like to make the motion that the request for

694
01:37:41,083 --> 01:37:45,563
the cancellation of the July penalty for tax roll number

695
01:37:45,904 --> 01:37:51,964
0086270 be denied. Thank you. We got that motion. Would

696
01:37:52,004 --> 01:37:56,116
you like to speak to that? Just briefly, Madam Mayor,

697
01:37:56,777 --> 01:37:59,696
I'm empathetic whenever we've seen this in the past, but

698
01:37:59,696 --> 01:38:01,636
I think we've all been there at one point or

699
01:38:01,636 --> 01:38:08,439
another. I think that they, um, the. The number 0086270

700
01:38:09,260 --> 01:38:13,719
in their email in, even owned the mistakes. So I,

701
01:38:13,759 --> 01:38:16,039
I'm empathetic, but it is, I mean, we send out

702
01:38:16,300 --> 01:38:18,993
the thing. Everybody has bills to pay on time. So.

703
01:38:20,671 --> 01:38:24,001
I think I incur support. Okay. Would anybody else like

704
01:38:24,001 --> 01:38:28,519
to speak to this. Seeing nan? So I will call

705
01:38:28,620 --> 01:38:30,359
the question all in favor.

706
01:38:41,510 --> 01:38:44,831
And that carries unanimously. Thank you very much. I will

707
01:38:44,871 --> 01:38:49,151
now go back to item 7. 2 for the Capitol

708
01:38:49,191 --> 01:38:53,151
budget amendment for project 280. And I have our community

709
01:38:53,412 --> 01:39:01,213
growth identity director Jeff Green to present. Thank you. Worship

710
01:39:01,253 --> 01:39:06,054
members of council. We're here to present requests to increase

711
01:39:06,475 --> 01:39:12,095
project budget for project 280, which is river's edge. By

712
01:39:12,095 --> 01:39:16,693
800, 000 dollars. This would be contingent on securing funding

713
01:39:16,693 --> 01:39:22,873
through transport Canada's rail safety improvement program. CPKC is actually

714
01:39:22,974 --> 01:39:27,433
encouraging the town to apply for this grant because it

715
01:39:27,473 --> 01:39:31,273
creates the opportunity for us to include flashing lights, bells

716
01:39:31,273 --> 01:39:37,193
and gates that proposed pedestrian crossing that we have previously,

717
01:39:37,193 --> 01:39:39,593
um, had to look at taking out of the budget

718
01:39:40,974 --> 01:39:45,737
due to costs. The federal program will fund up to

719
01:39:46,878 --> 01:39:52,242
80, 000, 80, 000, 80 percent of eligible cost. Administration

720
01:39:52,423 --> 01:39:56,816
attends to submit applications for both the pedestrian crossing. As

721
01:39:56,856 --> 01:40:00,176
well as improvements at veterans way. Um, before the September

722
01:40:00,357 --> 01:40:07,216
4th, 2026 deadline, council approval is required to demonstrate that

723
01:40:08,357 --> 01:40:12,416
the project has committed funds before we actually can apply

724
01:40:12,597 --> 01:40:16,569
for the grant. Um, the budget authority would only be

725
01:40:16,569 --> 01:40:19,689
used if the grant is successful, therefore, if the grant

726
01:40:19,710 --> 01:40:26,823
is unsuccessful, then the project budget would not proceed. That

727
01:40:26,863 --> 01:40:32,152
concludes my report. Hope happy to answer any questions. Councillor

728
01:40:32,173 --> 01:40:38,700
Lang. What would the likelihood of not getting this grant

729
01:40:38,721 --> 01:40:44,055
bee. Or how? Better way to put this is what

730
01:40:44,076 --> 01:40:49,832
is the likelihood of being successful. Uh, grant funding is

731
01:40:49,872 --> 01:40:55,112
always a challenge in terms of making a guess as

732
01:40:55,152 --> 01:40:58,392
to your likelihood of success. I would suggest that the

733
01:40:58,392 --> 01:41:01,752
fact that we're being encouraged to apply for it would

734
01:41:01,752 --> 01:41:05,432
have us lean further towards the likelihood of being successful.

735
01:41:06,089 --> 01:41:12,588
Thank you. Councillor Degma. Thank you through the chair. Um,

736
01:41:13,249 --> 01:41:15,308
do you happen to know what the average life cycle

737
01:41:15,348 --> 01:41:17,708
is on one of these systems in terms of like

738
01:41:17,748 --> 01:41:19,788
replacement? Like how long would we be looking at before

739
01:41:19,889 --> 01:41:24,554
we need to. I wouldn't be able to hazard a

740
01:41:24,594 --> 01:41:27,094
guest on the life cycle of the asset itself. Um,

741
01:41:27,775 --> 01:41:32,954
though the maintenance of those facilities, um, are done fairly

742
01:41:32,975 --> 01:41:37,114
regularly. So like with most assets, you're probably in the

743
01:41:37,295 --> 01:41:40,314
25 to 50 year horizon, but it's, uh, I wouldn't

744
01:41:40,354 --> 01:41:47,633
have any specific detail on that question. Thank you. Councillor

745
01:41:47,654 --> 01:41:50,942
Penner. Thank you. And did I read correctly in the

746
01:41:50,942 --> 01:41:53,922
package that this is a step towards being able to

747
01:41:54,183 --> 01:41:59,858
apply for whistle cessation. Yes. That's correct. Uh, in order

748
01:41:59,879 --> 01:42:03,698
for, uh, Whistle C station to take place on controlled

749
01:42:03,738 --> 01:42:08,018
intersections along the CPKC rail line through Okatokes would have

750
01:42:08,018 --> 01:42:10,778
to have control structures in place. So being able to

751
01:42:10,999 --> 01:42:14,978
actually get, uh, control structure placed veterans. And at the

752
01:42:15,018 --> 01:42:18,338
pedestrian crossing, uh, given that we already have control structures

753
01:42:19,079 --> 01:42:22,658
at, um, most of our other crossings or bridges in

754
01:42:22,658 --> 01:42:25,458
our other crossings, um, we would be in a much

755
01:42:25,498 --> 01:42:30,178
better position to make application, um, to become a whistle

756
01:42:30,279 --> 01:42:36,622
cessation community. Thank you. And do we still have, are

757
01:42:36,622 --> 01:42:39,282
we tracking how many complaints we get around the whistle

758
01:42:39,543 --> 01:42:41,122
every year? Do we have a sense of how many

759
01:42:41,223 --> 01:42:46,363
complaints we're getting. I wouldn't have, um, any specific information

760
01:42:46,624 --> 01:42:49,803
on that council penner. We could, uh, certainly put it

761
01:42:49,824 --> 01:42:53,396
inquiry and intend. Try to gather that information. But I

762
01:42:53,396 --> 01:42:56,196
don't have it at my fingertips. Okay. Thank you. I

763
01:42:56,236 --> 01:43:00,167
just know it's something that pops up. Usually every spring,

764
01:43:00,167 --> 01:43:05,425
but. Can you just clarify for me, um, this is

765
01:43:05,465 --> 01:43:11,025
to deal with, um, pedestrian crossing west of veterans, which

766
01:43:11,025 --> 01:43:13,185
we're moving. It won't be in the same location that

767
01:43:13,606 --> 01:43:18,465
it's currently in, correct? And veteran's way, like putting crossing

768
01:43:18,465 --> 01:43:21,185
arms at veterans way. Cause we've already got the lights

769
01:43:21,206 --> 01:43:24,465
and bells at veterans ways. Correct. So it's to put

770
01:43:24,505 --> 01:43:26,865
the crossing arms there and add all of that to

771
01:43:27,126 --> 01:43:33,825
the pedestrian crossing. That's correct. And the, what is it?

772
01:43:33,846 --> 01:43:38,297
800, 000 we're adding to this. The expectation is that

773
01:43:38,958 --> 01:43:41,237
that would be what the total project would cost, but

774
01:43:41,358 --> 01:43:49,577
we're expecting. Is that my understanding? Yes. That is correct.

775
01:43:50,106 --> 01:43:55,370
Okay. Okay. Thank you. Councillor Deigman. I'd like to make

776
01:43:55,410 --> 01:43:59,610
the motion that the 2026 Capitol Budgem budget be amended

777
01:43:59,650 --> 01:44:02,810
by increasing the approved budget for project 280 rivers edge

778
01:44:03,551 --> 01:44:07,945
by 800, 000. Would you like to speak to that?

779
01:44:07,945 --> 01:44:11,225
Uh, yeah. I think this is a no brainer in

780
01:44:11,225 --> 01:44:12,745
my mind. I think it's a great opportunity for us

781
01:44:12,785 --> 01:44:15,065
to be able to leverage some of the federal resources

782
01:44:16,206 --> 01:44:17,225
in a way that's going to be able to make

783
01:44:17,265 --> 01:44:20,265
our community safer. And if this gets us closer to

784
01:44:21,166 --> 01:44:23,825
being able to not have that whistle blow, I think

785
01:44:24,046 --> 01:44:26,825
our whole community would very much enjoy that. So I

786
01:44:26,825 --> 01:44:30,214
would encourage support. Okay. Would anybody else like to speak.

787
01:44:32,757 --> 01:44:35,376
None? With that, I'll call the question all in favor.

788
01:44:47,404 --> 01:44:49,383
And that carries unanimously. And we are going to take

789
01:44:49,404 --> 01:44:51,543
a five minute recess and we will come back to

790
01:44:52,044 --> 01:44:52,423
7. 4.

791
01:48:03,713 --> 01:48:06,840
Okay. We'll call the meeting back to order. And we

792
01:48:06,840 --> 01:48:11,160
are at, I am 7. 4. Our workforce health mid

793
01:48:11,261 --> 01:48:14,948
- year update. And I have our director of community

794
01:48:14,988 --> 01:48:19,268
safety and organisational excellence, Paul LeBronette and our human resources

795
01:48:19,769 --> 01:48:25,970
manager. Pedersen. It's Pedersen, right? Not Peterson. Peterson. To present.

796
01:48:35,541 --> 01:48:39,101
Good afternoon, Mayor and Council. Uh, thank you for the

797
01:48:39,122 --> 01:48:43,421
opportunity to present our mid - year workforce health update.

798
01:48:44,890 --> 01:48:47,269
Some of the key highlights from our first six months

799
01:48:47,450 --> 01:48:53,029
of 2026 include the posting the town's pagrids, which enhance

800
01:48:53,050 --> 01:48:58,149
public visibility into our compensation structure and establish a strong

801
01:48:58,170 --> 01:49:05,240
foundation for the 2027 disclosure requirement. Under Bill 28. Organisational

802
01:49:06,221 --> 01:49:12,219
adjustments implemented in May 2026. To improve consistency, strengthening coordination

803
01:49:12,240 --> 01:49:19,942
across teams and enhance communication. Third, continued succession planning efforts

804
01:49:19,982 --> 01:49:23,782
focused on identifying and preparing for potential vacancies in critical

805
01:49:23,803 --> 01:49:30,141
leadership positions to support service continuity and knowledge transfer. Together,

806
01:49:30,141 --> 01:49:34,301
these initiative strengthener ability to attract retain and develop employees

807
01:49:34,642 --> 01:49:38,221
while ensuring the town remains well positioned to meet future

808
01:49:38,261 --> 01:49:45,901
service demands. Moving through the report itself. Workforce staffing. Workforce

809
01:49:45,901 --> 01:49:50,781
staffing levels remain generally stable while seasonal staffing levels will

810
01:49:50,882 --> 01:49:56,202
decline as summer positions conclude. Overall staffing trends continue to

811
01:49:56,242 --> 01:50:05,033
be consistent. Workforce stability. Workforce stability remains positive with fewer

812
01:50:05,073 --> 01:50:10,633
employee departures than at this time last year due in

813
01:50:10,633 --> 01:50:15,333
part to higher numbers of retirement in 2025. A near

814
01:50:15,354 --> 01:50:18,902
to date voluntary turnover is 2. 1. This rate is

815
01:50:18,942 --> 01:50:22,342
expected to increase a seasonal employment end during the third

816
01:50:22,382 --> 01:50:27,184
quarter. An annual voluntary turnover rate of five to eight

817
01:50:27,205 --> 01:50:30,604
percent is generally considered healthy within the public sector. And

818
01:50:30,604 --> 01:50:38,136
we anticipate finishing within or near that range. Workforce health

819
01:50:38,317 --> 01:50:42,166
and wellness at mid - year. There have been zero

820
01:50:42,206 --> 01:50:47,566
formal grievances human rates complaints, claims or formal complaints. Health

821
01:50:47,667 --> 01:50:51,006
and wellness indicators have increased slightly compared to last year.

822
01:50:51,656 --> 01:50:55,555
This reflects and usually low claim activity at mid -

823
01:50:55,555 --> 01:50:59,555
year 2025 rather than a significant change in overall trends.

824
01:51:01,814 --> 01:51:06,913
Our last time claim frequency remains slightly better than industry

825
01:51:06,934 --> 01:51:11,719
average. While our time loss frequency rate is slightly below

826
01:51:12,380 --> 01:51:16,944
industry performance. This indicates a higher number of incidence, but

827
01:51:16,985 --> 01:51:21,044
generally less severe incidents from a cost perspective when compared

828
01:51:21,084 --> 01:51:26,837
to industry benchmarks. Our core action plan has been approved

829
01:51:27,018 --> 01:51:30,197
and we continue to advance those priorities as we prepare

830
01:51:30,197 --> 01:51:33,157
for our next core audit in the spring of 2027.

831
01:51:36,564 --> 01:51:39,743
This concludes our report. We'd be happy to answer any

832
01:51:39,764 --> 01:51:45,018
questions from council. Perfect. Thank you very much. Council any

833
01:51:45,058 --> 01:51:49,212
questions on this. Councillor Deckma. Thank you to the chair.

834
01:51:49,212 --> 01:51:52,572
Just really quick one. Why is Q3 typically a peak

835
01:51:52,612 --> 01:51:56,012
period for departures? Like what are some of the reasons

836
01:51:56,113 --> 01:51:58,572
about Q3 that make it different than the other quarters.

837
01:52:01,022 --> 01:52:06,957
Through the mayor to council Daykman. Usually our seasonal folks

838
01:52:07,538 --> 01:52:10,797
will be ending in August into September. So that will

839
01:52:10,797 --> 01:52:18,812
impact. Thank you. Thank you. Councillor Lang. I know you

840
01:52:18,833 --> 01:52:21,372
tried to explain this. But when I'm looking at the

841
01:52:21,633 --> 01:52:25,612
WCB Average cost per lost time claim it's 4 million

842
01:52:25,652 --> 01:52:29,372
dollars more and Q1 and 2 of 26 than it

843
01:52:30,353 --> 01:52:34,420
is in 25. It's almost 600 percent increase. I'm trying

844
01:52:34,420 --> 01:52:37,060
to figure out, trying to wrap my head around how.

845
01:52:38,595 --> 01:52:43,934
Through the mayor council Lane. We had a significant decrease

846
01:52:44,115 --> 01:52:47,894
in claims in 2025 in an ordinant mount. Uh, we

847
01:52:47,894 --> 01:52:53,374
had done a large push and education to ensure that

848
01:52:53,795 --> 01:52:58,817
we were getting people back to work, et cetera. Um,

849
01:52:58,838 --> 01:53:01,857
so now that we've kind of stabilized that. We're far

850
01:53:01,857 --> 01:53:09,064
more into industry. Numbers. If I can add through the

851
01:53:09,165 --> 01:53:15,669
mayor, we were unusually low in 2025. We're still well

852
01:53:15,709 --> 01:53:20,831
within, um, industry average right now. Thank you. So just

853
01:53:20,871 --> 01:53:22,951
building on that, because I had a similar question. So

854
01:53:23,812 --> 01:53:26,191
with the fact that we were unusually low and we

855
01:53:26,191 --> 01:53:31,071
had a significant increase on education. Does it not correlate

856
01:53:31,252 --> 01:53:34,191
that we should continue to do significant educate because it's

857
01:53:34,212 --> 01:53:38,011
obviously, and again, I know it's an anomaly, it's one

858
01:53:38,011 --> 01:53:41,711
year. So it's an anomaly. But it does seem to

859
01:53:41,732 --> 01:53:46,271
show that the increased education, the increased reminders does result

860
01:53:46,452 --> 01:53:50,591
in a decrease in claims, which is win for the

861
01:53:50,591 --> 01:53:54,271
employee, when for us as an organisation, um, all the

862
01:53:54,271 --> 01:53:56,191
way around. So just wondering if you have any insight

863
01:53:56,372 --> 01:53:59,785
on line of sight on that. If I can through

864
01:53:59,785 --> 01:54:02,265
the mayor, uh, to the chair, thank you for the

865
01:54:02,526 --> 01:54:06,985
question. I think for what we saw in 2025 was

866
01:54:08,366 --> 01:54:10,825
again, our claims numbers were really low. I don't think

867
01:54:10,825 --> 01:54:15,625
it was simply driven by the increase of education. I

868
01:54:15,625 --> 01:54:18,585
think when we looked at the business centres and did

869
01:54:18,625 --> 01:54:22,905
a deeper dive, um, we saw some significant reduction and

870
01:54:22,905 --> 01:54:26,345
claims in our larger business centres like FAR and Rescue

871
01:54:26,366 --> 01:54:34,265
potentially. And so I think again, there's some, uh, education

872
01:54:34,305 --> 01:54:38,025
that contributed potentially. We also had a lot of activities

873
01:54:38,126 --> 01:54:43,225
going on in 2025. Um, more than, I would say

874
01:54:43,886 --> 01:54:48,105
we've seen in past history in terms of, um, inspections

875
01:54:48,145 --> 01:54:54,985
from OHS Alberta additional, um, core audit. Cause last year

876
01:54:55,326 --> 01:54:58,425
our core audit was in person. This year it's an

877
01:54:58,526 --> 01:55:01,705
action plan. So a lot of differences in terms of,

878
01:55:01,705 --> 01:55:05,945
um, what we were doing, um, with the workers, most

879
01:55:05,945 --> 01:55:09,545
certainly the last half of 2025, we came to more

880
01:55:09,966 --> 01:55:12,425
of our, uh, normal numbers in terms of what we

881
01:55:12,465 --> 01:55:18,346
would traditionally see. So. Thank you. Any other questions.

882
01:55:24,692 --> 01:55:27,631
Thank you very much for putting this together. I appreciate.

883
01:55:27,631 --> 01:55:30,351
I know this is a, um, an improvement we've done

884
01:55:30,852 --> 01:55:33,471
of doing this regular update. So I appreciate all the

885
01:55:33,471 --> 01:55:36,448
work you guys do to bring us that report. So

886
01:55:36,629 --> 01:55:38,448
council, if I could get a motion to receive this

887
01:55:39,669 --> 01:55:45,326
information, councillor Penner. Would you like to speak to the

888
01:55:45,326 --> 01:55:52,103
motion? Anybody. Anybody else. Seeing them, I will call the

889
01:55:52,364 --> 01:55:53,383
question all in favor.

890
01:56:03,346 --> 01:56:05,405
And that carries your namelessly. Thank you very much for

891
01:56:05,506 --> 01:56:09,965
your presentation today. Alrighty, that takes us to 7. 5.

892
01:56:11,447 --> 01:56:17,726
The whistle bullet blower policy, CMDR 4. 5 amendments. And

893
01:56:17,726 --> 01:56:22,626
I have our senior legislative Affairs officer Olga kind of

894
01:56:22,666 --> 01:56:25,266
Vikeyski kind of escreve. Did I get a close? Was

895
01:56:25,266 --> 01:56:26,386
I close, Oka?

896
01:56:36,173 --> 01:56:39,912
Good afternoon Mayor and Council, Olga Knowski, Senior Legislative Affairs

897
01:56:39,952 --> 01:56:46,218
Officer. In 2025, the province of Alberta enacted Bill 50,

898
01:56:46,218 --> 01:56:50,353
which removed municipal authority to regulate councillor conduct. As a

899
01:56:50,353 --> 01:56:53,793
result, existing code of contact bylaws are no longer enforceable

900
01:56:54,534 --> 01:56:58,913
and municipalities can no longer address councillor contact complaints to

901
01:56:58,953 --> 01:57:04,438
a municipal court of conduct framework. In 2026, Bill 28

902
01:57:04,539 --> 01:57:09,558
established a provincial administrator councillor accountability framework under the municipal

903
01:57:09,598 --> 01:57:15,238
government Act, including processes for complaints, investigations, appeals, and sanctions.

904
01:57:16,219 --> 01:57:19,718
While the legislative framework is now in force, additional requirements

905
01:57:19,758 --> 01:57:23,158
are expected to be prescribed through a fourth common regulation.

906
01:57:23,988 --> 01:57:27,647
The proposed revisions to the whistleblower policy will remove references

907
01:57:27,687 --> 01:57:30,847
to the code of conduct bylaw and the associated complaint

908
01:57:30,887 --> 01:57:34,767
process as well as make minor administrative adjustments to improve

909
01:57:35,108 --> 01:57:39,891
clarity, accuracy and consistency throughout the policy. The revisions will

910
01:57:39,992 --> 01:57:44,051
align the policy with the current legislative framework and additional

911
01:57:44,152 --> 01:57:48,921
requirements will be monitored and incorporated as necessary. That concludes

912
01:57:48,942 --> 01:57:51,401
my report. I will be happy to answer your questions

913
01:57:51,441 --> 01:57:59,026
now. Coun. Any questions. So if I understand this correctly

914
01:57:59,367 --> 01:58:02,866
then, the way it currently exists, we have an accountability

915
01:58:03,127 --> 01:58:07,578
framework. We have no regulations around that framework. So we

916
01:58:07,618 --> 01:58:10,378
have something was to occur at this moment in time.

917
01:58:11,701 --> 01:58:16,778
Relating to somebody at this table. There's really, the mechanism.

918
01:58:18,204 --> 01:58:23,361
For the public. For administration or for council to report

919
01:58:23,361 --> 01:58:29,161
anything. Is that, am I got that quite correct. Through

920
01:58:29,161 --> 01:58:32,821
the chair, yes, we have the, um, legislative framework, but

921
01:58:32,821 --> 01:58:35,961
no regulation and regulation is expected to be in place

922
01:58:36,702 --> 01:58:44,944
sooner than 2027. Um, so we. Currently have no details

923
01:58:44,944 --> 01:58:50,321
about the fees. Or. Other information about how this going

924
01:58:50,321 --> 01:58:54,558
to work. If I can add through the mayor, um,

925
01:58:55,479 --> 01:59:00,258
should misconduct perhaps land in a different arena like privacy

926
01:59:00,519 --> 01:59:05,758
or human rights. Potentially there would be mechanisms that, uh,

927
01:59:05,799 --> 01:59:12,418
any public member, the public employee could avail themselves too.

928
01:59:12,418 --> 01:59:14,658
So most certainly those would be potentially two areas that

929
01:59:14,919 --> 01:59:18,418
there could be something that, um, could be pursued depending

930
01:59:18,418 --> 01:59:21,458
on the situation of course. Other than that, we would

931
01:59:21,479 --> 01:59:28,623
have no real jurisdictional authority, I would say. So even

932
01:59:28,724 --> 01:59:31,583
with that, then would we still recommend to the public

933
01:59:31,844 --> 01:59:34,703
that if there was something, and I'm talking specifically from

934
01:59:35,044 --> 01:59:37,903
a council table perspective that if there was a concern

935
01:59:37,924 --> 01:59:40,703
or something around a member at the council table that

936
01:59:40,703 --> 01:59:45,423
they should still file a whistleblower, um, complaint, even though

937
01:59:46,724 --> 01:59:49,103
so that we administration might not be able to have

938
01:59:49,103 --> 01:59:52,568
the context of this could fall under human rights. Or

939
01:59:52,669 --> 01:59:55,928
WCBL. Just use those as my examples. Um, and then

940
01:59:55,968 --> 01:59:58,728
we would also be able to come back and say,

941
01:59:58,728 --> 02:00:02,088
this does not actually fall under any legislation at this

942
02:00:02,088 --> 02:00:06,804
moment in time. Um, this is what there is that

943
02:00:06,804 --> 02:00:09,124
the process, not that we get, like I think we've

944
02:00:09,164 --> 02:00:14,404
had one in my 13 years, but, um, would that

945
02:00:14,404 --> 02:00:17,671
be the process you would recommend. If I can to

946
02:00:17,671 --> 02:00:19,911
the mayor, thank you for the question. I think given

947
02:00:19,932 --> 02:00:23,871
the circumstances most certainly the most prudent thing to do

948
02:00:23,871 --> 02:00:27,351
would be to intake whatever any concern is brought forward

949
02:00:28,012 --> 02:00:31,271
and do a thorough review and understand whether there is

950
02:00:31,452 --> 02:00:35,031
jurisdictional action that we can take or potentially refer them

951
02:00:35,071 --> 02:00:40,791
to another agency. So yes, I think that's a reasonable

952
02:00:40,812 --> 02:00:45,172
approach. All right. Is there any other questions from council

953
02:00:45,193 --> 02:00:50,249
on this? Councillor next. Yeah. So just a quick question

954
02:00:50,670 --> 02:00:54,409
with the, I guess gap that's going on with the

955
02:00:54,430 --> 02:01:02,613
regulation right now. Um, certain other issues like, um. Pecuniary

956
02:01:02,634 --> 02:01:05,293
interests and conflict of interest and stuff like that. Is

957
02:01:05,293 --> 02:01:08,693
there any sort of mechanism or is it just to

958
02:01:08,733 --> 02:01:12,457
the legal system where that would. Any of that sort

959
02:01:12,457 --> 02:01:15,737
of thing would come into play or how like how

960
02:01:16,078 --> 02:01:18,857
is, I guess, the public assured that those of us

961
02:01:18,897 --> 02:01:26,078
that are in this role are doing this properly. Thank

962
02:01:26,078 --> 02:01:28,878
you for the question, councillor. Nix. I think at this

963
02:01:28,878 --> 02:01:31,998
point most certainly we would have to refer that to

964
02:01:32,019 --> 02:01:36,958
municipal Affairs for some direction. As you've mentioned, most certainly

965
02:01:36,979 --> 02:01:39,758
there is some, I guess, uh, we could seek legal

966
02:01:39,779 --> 02:01:44,558
opinion. Um, however, again, from a jurisdictionals perspective, most certainly

967
02:01:44,598 --> 02:01:46,798
the legislation that was passed is very clear in terms

968
02:01:46,798 --> 02:01:50,218
of us not being able to name or have, uh,

969
02:01:50,739 --> 02:01:53,518
counsel in that, um, in that code of conduct for

970
02:01:53,518 --> 02:01:57,446
sure. So at this point I would say. That we,

971
02:01:57,486 --> 02:02:00,726
we need to rely, I guess, on municipal Affairs for

972
02:02:00,827 --> 02:02:05,417
direction and guidance would be the most prudent. Just to

973
02:02:05,457 --> 02:02:09,157
supplement that, the pecuniary injuries peace discovered differently in the

974
02:02:09,157 --> 02:02:12,777
municipal government Act, then code of conduct is. So there

975
02:02:12,817 --> 02:02:15,097
would be some coverage under them in a spool government

976
02:02:15,278 --> 02:02:19,814
Act on pecuniary interest. And I want to say on

977
02:02:19,835 --> 02:02:22,214
conflict of interest because they put new language in there,

978
02:02:22,214 --> 02:02:24,854
but I'm not as familiar with exactly where exactly that

979
02:02:24,894 --> 02:02:28,383
is. So they're a bit of a different situation than

980
02:02:29,124 --> 02:02:35,267
quota conduct. Opportunities. So there is different coverage again on

981
02:02:35,307 --> 02:02:40,402
that through the municipal government. Act. Where is code conduct

982
02:02:40,423 --> 02:02:47,601
was removed from the municipal government. Act. Anybody else. Sing

983
02:02:47,641 --> 02:02:53,626
none. Somebody want to make a motion to. Approve these

984
02:02:53,666 --> 02:02:59,909
amendments as presented. Councilornex. Would you like to speak to

985
02:02:59,949 --> 02:03:06,568
your amendment or your motion. Um. I mean, not really.

986
02:03:06,568 --> 02:03:10,405
I mean, we have to do these changes. Not really.

987
02:03:10,405 --> 02:03:13,685
And then I will. So here we go. But yeah,

988
02:03:13,725 --> 02:03:15,725
we sort of have to make these changes based on

989
02:03:15,946 --> 02:03:19,365
the change in provincial legislation. So, uh, it sort of

990
02:03:19,365 --> 02:03:21,685
is what it is. Um, I do think there's a

991
02:03:21,725 --> 02:03:24,005
gap there that should be close sooner rather than later.

992
02:03:24,839 --> 02:03:26,898
But that is up to the province. And we need

993
02:03:26,898 --> 02:03:29,816
to wait for that. So. Um, yeah, I would encourage

994
02:03:30,397 --> 02:03:34,056
supporting the amendments because I don't really think we have

995
02:03:34,096 --> 02:03:39,736
a choice anyway. Would anybody else like to speak to

996
02:03:39,736 --> 02:03:44,651
this. Yeah. Okay. With that then I'll call the question

997
02:03:44,992 --> 02:03:45,451
all in favor.

998
02:03:58,332 --> 02:04:00,271
And that carries unanimously. I'm looking, waiting for it to

999
02:04:00,271 --> 02:04:02,631
come up on my screen. It's on the big screen.

1000
02:04:02,631 --> 02:04:07,068
Um, perfect. That takes us through our business items. Which

1001
02:04:07,108 --> 02:04:12,787
moves us to bylaws. We're on Bylaw 19 - 26.

1002
02:04:12,787 --> 02:04:19,507
The elections signage bylaw and 1124 with amendments for that.

1003
02:04:19,507 --> 02:04:21,667
And I'm going to turn it back over to our

1004
02:04:22,088 --> 02:04:30,687
senior legislative Affairs Manager. Olga Convesky. Thank you. Thank you,

1005
02:04:30,687 --> 02:04:34,367
Mayor Thorin. The province of Alberta amended the election Act

1006
02:04:34,468 --> 02:04:39,647
through Bill 54, removing municipal authorities regulate provincial election advertising

1007
02:04:39,988 --> 02:04:44,527
and signage. The town's election signage bylaw 1124 currently regulates

1008
02:04:44,548 --> 02:04:48,927
signage associated with municipal, provincial and federal elections. As a

1009
02:04:48,927 --> 02:04:52,207
result of these legislative changes, the provisions governing provincial election

1010
02:04:52,388 --> 02:04:55,567
and referendum signage are no longer enforceable and should be

1011
02:04:55,588 --> 02:05:00,834
removed. The proposed amendments will align the bylaw with current

1012
02:05:00,855 --> 02:05:04,274
legislative framework and remove provisions that can no longer be

1013
02:05:04,295 --> 02:05:08,009
enforced. That concludes my report. I'll be happy to answer

1014
02:05:08,110 --> 02:05:16,478
your questions now. Anybody have any questions. Councillor Deichma. Thank

1015
02:05:16,478 --> 02:05:18,598
you. Through the chair. I just want to confirm. So

1016
02:05:18,598 --> 02:05:24,078
for us with our Byla no longer being enforced for

1017
02:05:24,659 --> 02:05:28,238
either the referendum or anything else from the province side

1018
02:05:28,278 --> 02:05:30,638
of things. Does that mean there's no limitation in terms

1019
02:05:30,638 --> 02:05:35,198
of like sign size or location in which they can

1020
02:05:35,238 --> 02:05:37,712
put it. And do we still have the ability to

1021
02:05:38,933 --> 02:05:43,552
ensure that, um, on municipal lands that we can dictate

1022
02:05:43,592 --> 02:05:46,272
who can access and put signs on municipal lands or

1023
02:05:46,272 --> 02:05:49,552
not? Or is there just Bill 54 kind of speak

1024
02:05:49,592 --> 02:05:53,513
specifically to that. Through the chair, thank you for the

1025
02:05:53,694 --> 02:05:58,633
question. Um, the province assumed so authority over provincial election

1026
02:05:59,774 --> 02:06:02,473
and referendum signage will no longer have authority to dictate

1027
02:06:02,734 --> 02:06:09,174
the placement or, um. Size of election or referendum signage.

1028
02:06:09,853 --> 02:06:13,592
However, we would be encouraging election stakeholders to use the

1029
02:06:13,933 --> 02:06:18,472
five election signage corrals that will be marked in early

1030
02:06:18,512 --> 02:06:24,952
September to ensure that, um, we are protecting sidelines and

1031
02:06:24,952 --> 02:06:32,312
to ensure the safety of all stakeholders. So that is

1032
02:06:32,333 --> 02:06:35,518
the strategy that we're proposing. However, we have no authority

1033
02:06:35,558 --> 02:06:43,318
to enforce and make, stay colders, use those locations. So

1034
02:06:43,579 --> 02:06:45,878
with that, so let's say if someone does have an

1035
02:06:45,878 --> 02:06:50,518
oversized sign that creates a safety concern, who's ultimately responsible

1036
02:06:50,939 --> 02:06:53,438
in enforcing that in terms of removing that sign, if

1037
02:06:53,438 --> 02:06:57,544
it's creating a safety concern. Through the chair, thank you

1038
02:06:57,544 --> 02:07:01,144
for the question. So we would, if a sign creates

1039
02:07:01,184 --> 02:07:07,384
a safety concern or potentially, there is damage to municipal

1040
02:07:07,424 --> 02:07:12,024
infrastructure, for example. Then we would manage that through orcadox

1041
02:07:12,064 --> 02:07:19,021
municipal enforcement. Okay. Thank you. Councillor next. Um, yeah, so

1042
02:07:19,021 --> 02:07:22,021
through the mayor just to follow up on councillor documents.

1043
02:07:22,061 --> 02:07:27,701
So does elections Alberta then regulate the signage. And so

1044
02:07:27,882 --> 02:07:30,821
there are still some controls. They're just at the provincial

1045
02:07:30,821 --> 02:07:34,661
level instead of the municipal level. Is that correct? Through

1046
02:07:34,661 --> 02:07:37,701
the chair, thank you for the question, council. Nick's correct,

1047
02:07:37,701 --> 02:07:41,541
election authorities, electional birthdays, they're responsible authority for the provincial

1048
02:07:42,042 --> 02:07:49,121
election signage. Um, and referendum signage. And there's currently, um,

1049
02:07:49,722 --> 02:07:54,901
no rules around the placement of such signage to date.

1050
02:07:54,901 --> 02:07:58,421
So questions regarding the rules should be directed to them

1051
02:07:58,522 --> 02:08:01,976
as a responsible authority. Okay. And then would they also

1052
02:08:01,997 --> 02:08:06,456
be in charge of enforcement of their said policies that

1053
02:08:06,477 --> 02:08:15,919
may or may not exist. I would say. Yeah. Okay.

1054
02:08:15,959 --> 02:08:23,204
Thank you. Um, just a couple of questions. 6. 1

1055
02:08:23,305 --> 02:08:26,804
and 6. 2 in the actual bylaw.

1056
02:08:40,960 --> 02:08:44,619
For 6. 1. 2, does the word referendum need to

1057
02:08:44,619 --> 02:08:48,139
come out of that? It's in the first sentence and

1058
02:08:48,179 --> 02:08:50,459
at the very end. Like it's listed three times in

1059
02:08:50,499 --> 02:08:53,605
there. Because I don't think we can deal with referendums

1060
02:08:53,645 --> 02:08:56,005
any longer. So you took out the province, but you

1061
02:08:56,005 --> 02:09:00,814
kept referendums in. So it says four federal elections or

1062
02:09:00,835 --> 02:09:04,186
referendums. If I can through the mayor, I think the

1063
02:09:04,226 --> 02:09:08,306
connection there was connecting federal elections or federal referendum. So

1064
02:09:08,306 --> 02:09:10,666
connecting that to the federal jurisdiction. So I think we

1065
02:09:10,767 --> 02:09:15,106
could clean that up so that it takes out, it

1066
02:09:15,106 --> 02:09:18,826
would be federal referendums. Okay. Yeah. So I think that

1067
02:09:18,927 --> 02:09:21,146
needs to just be clarified because I didn't read it

1068
02:09:21,186 --> 02:09:24,466
as federal referendums. I just read it as referendums. So

1069
02:09:24,927 --> 02:09:29,626
that's in 6. 1. 2 and in 6. 2. 1.

1070
02:09:29,626 --> 02:09:39,473
We also mentioned referendums there. Thank you, Mayor. We can

1071
02:09:39,814 --> 02:09:45,563
tidy that up, yes. Okay. And with that, um, this

1072
02:09:45,603 --> 02:09:50,123
bylaw is ready for first reading. So with those amendments,

1073
02:09:50,123 --> 02:09:52,603
we put first reading on. Then I, when we go

1074
02:09:52,603 --> 02:09:55,163
to second reading, we can make the amendments at that

1075
02:09:55,163 --> 02:09:58,189
point in a time to make those changes. Is that

1076
02:09:58,229 --> 02:10:01,912
correct, right? Yeah. That's the process. Yeah. Councillor Lang, you're

1077
02:10:01,912 --> 02:10:06,400
moving first reading. First reading is not debatable. So all

1078
02:10:06,581 --> 02:10:16,009
in favor. And that carries unanimously.

1079
02:10:16,955 --> 02:10:22,349
Somebody like to move second reading. Councillor Lang. Would you

1080
02:10:22,349 --> 02:10:27,806
like to speak to it. Um, yeah. This is where

1081
02:10:27,987 --> 02:10:30,686
I'd say those amendments. You could just move it and

1082
02:10:30,686 --> 02:10:32,606
then I can make amendments. Yeah. I'm just moving it.

1083
02:10:33,676 --> 02:10:39,437
Okay. And then I would like to make an amendment.

1084
02:10:39,780 --> 02:10:42,548
To that. Can I do that as chair? I think

1085
02:10:42,548 --> 02:10:44,882
I might have to give up chair. All the people

1086
02:10:44,882 --> 02:10:48,722
that know our procedure bylaw really well are not here

1087
02:10:48,743 --> 02:10:50,482
in this chamber. So we're going to go with what

1088
02:10:50,522 --> 02:10:52,882
I think, I think I might need to give up,

1089
02:10:52,882 --> 02:10:57,439
share, um, Deputy Mayor Daykma. Yeah, sure. Why didn't you

1090
02:10:57,439 --> 02:11:03,721
do that. Thank you, Councillor Deichma. No, they're highlighted on

1091
02:11:03,742 --> 02:11:07,401
here. If I can, uh, review cancellor Dycamo, the amendments

1092
02:11:07,441 --> 02:11:12,074
that you'd like to make. Under 6. 1. 2. We'll

1093
02:11:12,074 --> 02:11:17,514
read four federal elections or federal referendums. Signs may be

1094
02:11:18,335 --> 02:11:21,434
from the date of the election or referendum being called

1095
02:11:21,695 --> 02:11:27,511
until three days following the election or referendum. And in

1096
02:11:28,172 --> 02:11:32,951
it would be 6. 2. 1. It would read for

1097
02:11:33,132 --> 02:11:38,231
all election types municipal federal or school board, election signs

1098
02:11:38,252 --> 02:11:41,031
may be displayed on private property six weeks prior to

1099
02:11:41,071 --> 02:11:45,435
the election day. Or federal referendum being called until seven

1100
02:11:45,475 --> 02:11:52,169
days following the election or referend. Thank you. Okay. Um,

1101
02:11:53,550 --> 02:11:56,009
those amendments would you like to speak to your amendments.

1102
02:11:57,171 --> 02:12:00,350
Uh, no. Anybody else want to speak to the amendments.

1103
02:12:00,414 --> 02:12:04,473
Okay. We're going to call the, um, vote on the

1104
02:12:04,574 --> 02:12:07,988
amendments. So all in favor.

1105
02:12:15,321 --> 02:12:15,940
Oh, sorry.

1106
02:12:36,506 --> 02:12:38,888
Should have. Just typed it up. And had it. But

1107
02:12:38,888 --> 02:12:40,208
I didn't even think about the fact. That.

1108
02:13:00,535 --> 02:13:05,234
Okay. So we've got a motion on the amendments and

1109
02:13:05,255 --> 02:13:10,360
I'm calling the question all in favor of amending. Second

1110
02:13:10,400 --> 02:13:10,600
reading.

1111
02:13:27,906 --> 02:13:32,588
And that carries unanimously. That takes us back to second

1112
02:13:32,628 --> 02:13:36,268
reading as mended. Is there anybody else that wants to

1113
02:13:36,268 --> 02:13:41,556
make any amendments. Seeing none. So, um, anything to close,

1114
02:13:41,556 --> 02:13:44,436
Council Lang. With that then, I will call the question.

1115
02:13:44,436 --> 02:13:48,385
This is on second reading as amended. All in favor.

1116
02:13:50,485 --> 02:13:52,224
Mayor, can I just have a pause and just have

1117
02:13:52,224 --> 02:13:55,980
a word with the chair? Yep. We will stand down.

1118
02:13:56,369 --> 02:13:57,628
For two minutes.

1119
02:14:52,955 --> 02:14:57,226
Where bode gone second reading as amended. Anybody wish to

1120
02:14:57,226 --> 02:15:00,575
speak to that. Seeing none. I will call the question

1121
02:15:00,916 --> 02:15:06,394
all in favor. Sorry, Mayor Thorne. Who made that motion?

1122
02:15:06,815 --> 02:15:07,834
Councillor Lang. Thank you.

1123
02:15:21,492 --> 02:15:24,991
That carries unanimously. We are now at authorization to be

1124
02:15:25,031 --> 02:15:28,671
given to read by law 19 - 26, a third

1125
02:15:28,932 --> 02:15:33,588
time. We need three quarters of us. Councillor next. Would

1126
02:15:33,628 --> 02:15:36,762
you like to speak to that. Uh, no, thank you.

1127
02:15:37,618 --> 02:15:47,385
Okay. Anybody else calling that question all in favor. Oh,

1128
02:15:47,385 --> 02:15:49,865
I did say three quarters. It has to be unanimous,

1129
02:15:49,865 --> 02:15:51,705
which it works out well. It's unanimous. So that's good.

1130
02:15:52,446 --> 02:15:56,745
Uh, all things worked out well there. Perfect. Um, and

1131
02:15:57,006 --> 02:16:00,105
that now leads us to that bylaw 1926 be read

1132
02:16:00,126 --> 02:16:02,665
a third time and passed. Would somebody like to make

1133
02:16:02,665 --> 02:16:06,713
them motion. Councillor Penner. Would you like to speak to

1134
02:16:06,713 --> 02:16:11,142
that. Anybody else. Okay. Colling my question, all in favor.

1135
02:16:19,944 --> 02:16:26,038
And that carries unanimously. Which takes us to motions renoices.

1136
02:16:26,038 --> 02:16:28,798
And I am going, or no, notices of motion. Is

1137
02:16:28,798 --> 02:16:31,398
there any notices of motion being wrapped for it? No.

1138
02:16:31,438 --> 02:16:33,918
Which takes us to motions renoices, but I'm going to

1139
02:16:33,979 --> 02:16:36,598
take a five minute recess and then we'll come back.

1140
02:16:36,413 --> 02:16:37,032
I'll be able to look at that.

1141
02:21:18,489 --> 02:21:25,055
Okay. We're back. To order. Um, we have, um, motions

1142
02:21:25,076 --> 02:21:28,655
renoices on the books for the regulation of electric bicycles

1143
02:21:28,756 --> 02:21:32,575
and electric mobility devices, which was, um, put on in

1144
02:21:32,615 --> 02:21:36,101
the agenda at our July meeting by Councillor Nix. We

1145
02:21:36,202 --> 02:21:38,741
can debate this at this meeting if you would like

1146
02:21:38,922 --> 02:21:40,741
Councillor Nix. But if you do not want to, we

1147
02:21:40,781 --> 02:21:42,741
can go to the next meeting. So I will turn

1148
02:21:42,781 --> 02:21:45,501
it over to you to decide what we want to

1149
02:21:45,501 --> 02:21:50,646
do. Uh, yes, I'm okay to enter it into this

1150
02:21:50,686 --> 02:21:54,646
meeting. Okay. So, um, what we need, this will need

1151
02:21:54,646 --> 02:21:57,206
to be read in as a motion and then that

1152
02:21:57,206 --> 02:21:59,086
allows us to be there in order for it to

1153
02:21:59,467 --> 02:22:01,366
be read in as a motion. We do need a

1154
02:22:01,387 --> 02:22:05,286
seconder on, um, this notice of motion. Is there anybody

1155
02:22:05,467 --> 02:22:07,846
at the table that would like to be the seconder

1156
02:22:07,886 --> 02:22:12,326
on this notice motion. I'm happy to second it. I

1157
02:22:12,326 --> 02:22:15,662
don't think you can. I will. Okay. There's a lot

1158
02:22:15,662 --> 02:22:17,602
of things you guys keep saying I can't do today.

1159
02:22:19,450 --> 02:22:20,629
You know, you don't have to be in the world.

1160
02:22:24,001 --> 02:22:27,300
Okay. So Councillor Penner on that councillor Penner's going to

1161
02:22:27,300 --> 02:22:29,820
second that. And do I, do we need to make

1162
02:22:29,841 --> 02:22:33,500
the motion first and then have the seconder? Or do

1163
02:22:33,500 --> 02:22:35,740
we just need the seconder for then Otis of Motion?

1164
02:22:37,454 --> 02:22:41,413
We have. Capital speed. Doc. You pull a friend. Yes.

1165
02:22:43,433 --> 02:22:45,012
Um, the motion would have to be put on the

1166
02:22:45,052 --> 02:22:47,652
floor and seconded. And then it can be debated. Okay.

1167
02:22:47,673 --> 02:22:50,212
So we'll do that. So what I'll get you to

1168
02:22:50,212 --> 02:22:53,332
do, Councillor Nix is read your motion into the record.

1169
02:22:53,332 --> 02:22:55,152
I know you read the whole thing last time, but

1170
02:22:55,353 --> 02:22:59,730
we'll read this motion part. Oh, you did. I thought

1171
02:22:59,730 --> 02:23:03,893
you read it out. It's just there. Oh, okay. So

1172
02:23:03,914 --> 02:23:05,893
I'll get you to read the motion into the record

1173
02:23:05,914 --> 02:23:08,293
or make the motion. Then I'll get councillor penner to

1174
02:23:08,314 --> 02:23:12,988
second that. And then we will debate it. Just the

1175
02:23:13,028 --> 02:23:17,876
motion. Yeah. Okay. So I would like to make the

1176
02:23:17,897 --> 02:23:21,876
motion that council direct administration to review and prepare a

1177
02:23:21,977 --> 02:23:25,876
bylaw regulating the operation of electric bicycles and other electric

1178
02:23:25,916 --> 02:23:30,516
mobility devices within the town of Oktokes, including provisions respecting

1179
02:23:30,537 --> 02:23:34,116
their use on roadway sidewalks pathways Parks and other municipal

1180
02:23:34,457 --> 02:23:38,991
property. And that administration consider regulatory approaches utilised by other

1181
02:23:39,732 --> 02:23:44,911
Alberta municipalities, including the regional municipality of wood buffalo and

1182
02:23:44,911 --> 02:23:48,111
return to council with recommendations and a proposed bylaw for

1183
02:23:48,212 --> 02:23:52,956
council's consideration. Do I have a seconder on this motion.

1184
02:23:54,360 --> 02:24:00,189
Yes, please. I'd like to second it. Okay. That puts

1185
02:24:00,189 --> 02:24:02,989
it on the floor now, right? Okay. So councillor next.

1186
02:24:02,989 --> 02:24:06,554
You can speak to your motion. Uh, yeah. So, um,

1187
02:24:06,755 --> 02:24:09,534
I mean, I think this has been close to the

1188
02:24:09,574 --> 02:24:12,014
top issue that I've seen talked about in the community

1189
02:24:12,195 --> 02:24:16,014
over the last few months. And certainly, um, you know,

1190
02:24:16,355 --> 02:24:21,374
nationally and across North America, the ton of articles about,

1191
02:24:21,374 --> 02:24:26,414
um, these new e moto bikes or e - dirt

1192
02:24:26,414 --> 02:24:29,452
bikes. Uh, that are on the market. And these would

1193
02:24:29,452 --> 02:24:32,812
be electric bikes that would go, you know, upwards of

1194
02:24:32,993 --> 02:24:35,692
50 to 70 kilometers an hour. And that these are

1195
02:24:35,713 --> 02:24:41,874
often being operated by, uh, people without licences. Uh, young

1196
02:24:41,874 --> 02:24:45,741
kids that maybe are not familiar with traffic rules. And

1197
02:24:45,781 --> 02:24:50,061
causing significant safety concern. So, um, my intention with this

1198
02:24:50,082 --> 02:24:55,261
is that we, uh, come up with a municipal bylaw

1199
02:24:55,362 --> 02:24:59,341
to align with the Alberta regulations because there is an

1200
02:24:59,381 --> 02:25:02,301
Alberta definition of what is a legitimate e - bike

1201
02:25:02,322 --> 02:25:08,061
and what is considered to be motor, more, motor vehicle

1202
02:25:08,482 --> 02:25:13,835
more on the level of a motorcycle or moped. And

1203
02:25:13,835 --> 02:25:17,035
that we do that to just help increase awareness in

1204
02:25:17,035 --> 02:25:20,686
the community and, uh, give our bylaw officers. A little

1205
02:25:20,686 --> 02:25:26,941
more leeway to control things as needed. Okay. Would anybody

1206
02:25:26,941 --> 02:25:32,604
else like to speak to this motion. Councillor Penner. Is

1207
02:25:32,604 --> 02:25:42,488
this something. That. S. Okay? Thank you. Is this something

1208
02:25:42,488 --> 02:25:46,350
that we could even regulate. I'm not, like, is it

1209
02:25:46,390 --> 02:25:48,590
something that can be regulated through Byla or does it

1210
02:25:48,590 --> 02:25:52,443
have to be done through the highway traffic Act. While

1211
02:25:52,483 --> 02:25:54,763
my intention is for admin to take a look and

1212
02:25:54,784 --> 02:25:57,599
let us know what we can do. So I don't

1213
02:25:57,639 --> 02:26:00,239
know for sure what we can do in that regard.

1214
02:26:00,953 --> 02:26:04,532
Um, but I'd like us to spend some time and

1215
02:26:04,532 --> 02:26:06,852
take a look and see what can be, can be

1216
02:26:06,852 --> 02:26:12,673
done. And I'll go to director Burnett for, if I

1217
02:26:12,673 --> 02:26:16,273
can remind Councillor Penner, I believe, uh, our municipal enforcement

1218
02:26:16,374 --> 02:26:20,513
manager, Vikram Calcarney mentioned the gap in terms of the

1219
02:26:20,774 --> 02:26:24,753
e - bikes not being recognised as a motor vehicle.

1220
02:26:24,753 --> 02:26:27,953
Hence, for the reason in terms of potentially needing or

1221
02:26:27,953 --> 02:26:31,766
requiring a municipal bylaw to allow foreign enforcement. So it's

1222
02:26:31,766 --> 02:26:38,066
really the actual classification of the actual type of, um,

1223
02:26:38,107 --> 02:26:42,011
vehicle in this case or the type of bike. Yes.

1224
02:26:53,588 --> 02:26:56,607
And so then I'm reticent to put a lot of,

1225
02:26:56,607 --> 02:27:00,207
even though I seconded the motion was for this debate.

1226
02:27:00,207 --> 02:27:02,127
I'm reticent to put a lot of staff time into

1227
02:27:02,148 --> 02:27:04,207
this if the province is going to come back and

1228
02:27:04,207 --> 02:27:08,873
say, no, that's not your jurisdiction. Which they seem to

1229
02:27:08,873 --> 02:27:12,473
be inclined to do on a variety of topics at

1230
02:27:12,473 --> 02:27:17,735
this point. Most certainly many of our fellow municipalities are

1231
02:27:17,735 --> 02:27:22,215
monitoring this. And again, the avenues that we've seen is

1232
02:27:22,636 --> 02:27:26,515
some are pursuing bylaws to be able to enforce. And

1233
02:27:26,515 --> 02:27:31,037
others are letting the gap, let's say, remain. And in

1234
02:27:31,037 --> 02:27:34,557
terms of alternatives, that's really what we've seen to date.

1235
02:27:35,450 --> 02:27:37,829
Thank you. And has there been any directions, or can

1236
02:27:37,829 --> 02:27:40,389
I keep going? I was just going to, um, add

1237
02:27:40,410 --> 02:27:46,469
in there that, um, the report that Emi municipal manager,

1238
02:27:46,469 --> 02:27:48,469
Gil Carney said, is that we would have the ability

1239
02:27:48,509 --> 02:27:50,309
to put a bylaw in there because there is a

1240
02:27:50,349 --> 02:27:55,509
gap. The province has come out. I have heard minister

1241
02:27:55,690 --> 02:28:00,611
Driesen speak. That they are looking to address the traffic

1242
02:28:00,952 --> 02:28:03,491
Act, but it is not a priority piece of work

1243
02:28:03,491 --> 02:28:07,891
for them. So I think that's what, um, municipalities. I've

1244
02:28:07,891 --> 02:28:11,371
talked to, um, have looked at is that, well, we

1245
02:28:11,371 --> 02:28:13,491
need to address the gap in the interim. And so

1246
02:28:13,531 --> 02:28:15,971
this is the tool that doesn't municipality. We would have

1247
02:28:16,152 --> 02:28:19,596
to address that gap. Until the province does come out

1248
02:28:19,636 --> 02:28:23,952
with changes to the traffic Act. So that's, that's what

1249
02:28:23,952 --> 02:28:33,525
I've heard and what I've heard ministry agents take. Yeah.

1250
02:28:33,546 --> 02:28:37,858
Well, no, I'm just. With what they've done with bike

1251
02:28:37,858 --> 02:28:42,823
lanes recently. Again, I'm just not sure how this all

1252
02:28:42,863 --> 02:28:48,944
fits in there, but. Councillor Hallmark. Thank you, Madam Mayor.

1253
02:28:48,944 --> 02:28:53,344
I just have a question of, um, of how the

1254
02:28:53,344 --> 02:28:56,132
procedure. And it might be for our direct three years

1255
02:28:56,132 --> 02:28:59,492
off to director Burnett. So if we, cause just because

1256
02:28:59,513 --> 02:29:03,412
the motion doesn't have a, uh, a date or a,

1257
02:29:03,412 --> 02:29:05,332
um, like, are we going to see a come to

1258
02:29:05,353 --> 02:29:09,915
GPC first for like when the Byla gets created. My

1259
02:29:09,915 --> 02:29:12,555
question is processed, I should say, but it is, will

1260
02:29:12,555 --> 02:29:16,235
it come to GPC first and then the GPC committee

1261
02:29:16,576 --> 02:29:18,395
will then kind of hash out like what they like

1262
02:29:18,435 --> 02:29:20,395
about the Bylaw and what they don't like. And then

1263
02:29:20,416 --> 02:29:23,675
it will come to counsel. Is that the process and

1264
02:29:23,675 --> 02:29:28,150
like should there be a date on them motion. Um,

1265
02:29:28,331 --> 02:29:31,430
so I would say, yes, we probably should put a

1266
02:29:31,470 --> 02:29:34,070
date in terms of a timeline that we're interested in

1267
02:29:34,070 --> 02:29:37,430
this with obviously looking at admin from a, is the

1268
02:29:37,470 --> 02:29:41,830
date reasonable. And then, um, I also, as a proposed

1269
02:29:42,011 --> 02:29:45,990
Byla for council's consideration, I do think that there's probably

1270
02:29:47,211 --> 02:29:49,750
a modification that could be made to the motion that

1271
02:29:49,750 --> 02:29:56,310
we bring it to the review and recommendations that admin

1272
02:29:56,891 --> 02:29:59,350
or options that they have come to GPC so that

1273
02:29:59,350 --> 02:30:01,830
we could at GPC say, okay, here's the options. We

1274
02:30:01,870 --> 02:30:04,310
would like to proceed. So I think those would be

1275
02:30:05,051 --> 02:30:08,550
probably two things that would strengthen the motion just because

1276
02:30:08,590 --> 02:30:14,000
then we can have more fluid debate it. Governance priorities.

1277
02:30:14,000 --> 02:30:15,360
If I can add through the mayor, then we can

1278
02:30:15,400 --> 02:30:17,840
bring essentially the research and the best practice that we've

1279
02:30:17,840 --> 02:30:20,320
seen out there at this point. We have untoured that

1280
02:30:20,360 --> 02:30:22,400
much information. So it gives us time to be able

1281
02:30:22,400 --> 02:30:25,262
to do that as well. Yeah. And the deadline. Yeah.

1282
02:30:25,302 --> 02:30:31,238
Correct. Yeah. Councillor Hallmark. Thank you, Madam Mayor. I would

1283
02:30:31,238 --> 02:30:33,638
speak in favor of this motion if I was able

1284
02:30:33,638 --> 02:30:40,173
to amend it. An amendment is appropriate. Okay. Cause I'm

1285
02:30:40,173 --> 02:30:45,812
like really going in. Oh, what? Sorry. Councillor Lang. Well,

1286
02:30:45,812 --> 02:30:48,292
he has to accept it if he wants to. Would

1287
02:30:48,292 --> 02:30:52,868
you accept a friendly amendment if I was to. Do

1288
02:30:52,868 --> 02:30:55,348
I make the amendment first to the MMA? Okay. Yeah.

1289
02:30:55,388 --> 02:30:58,068
Make a motion for the amendment. Okay. I'd like to

1290
02:30:58,569 --> 02:31:02,816
offer an amendment. Okay. But I'm looking at director Burnett

1291
02:31:02,837 --> 02:31:06,918
and she's going to tell me on a clock. What

1292
02:31:06,958 --> 02:31:11,725
date we should. Be a realistic date for my amendment

1293
02:31:11,765 --> 02:31:14,685
is what I'm saying. For FG PC meeting, by the

1294
02:31:14,685 --> 02:31:17,005
end of the year or by the end of October.

1295
02:31:21,633 --> 02:31:27,132
I can recommend in GPC date. Sorry. Do you have

1296
02:31:27,132 --> 02:31:31,869
a calendar. You don't have to give the actual date.

1297
02:31:31,869 --> 02:31:33,709
Just say give a month. Like, do we think we

1298
02:31:33,709 --> 02:31:36,509
could have it back for the October GPC or do

1299
02:31:36,509 --> 02:31:46,448
we need till November's GPC. Councillor Lang wants to, or

1300
02:31:46,448 --> 02:31:47,448
sorry, councillor, next one.

1301
02:32:01,055 --> 02:32:04,134
Okay. Let's not debate without our mics here. So, um,

1302
02:32:04,415 --> 02:32:07,114
so we could do one or two things when we

1303
02:32:07,114 --> 02:32:10,394
look at a date. We could, Councillor Penner is just

1304
02:32:10,434 --> 02:32:13,354
to potentially saying, let's do it for the new year.

1305
02:32:13,354 --> 02:32:15,514
So bring it for January. That gives us plenty of

1306
02:32:15,615 --> 02:32:20,700
time to get it in place. For next. Season, you

1307
02:32:20,700 --> 02:32:26,477
know, particularly our high utilization pathways. Or we could do

1308
02:32:26,477 --> 02:32:28,637
it here for the fall. And like, I don't know

1309
02:32:28,637 --> 02:32:31,677
what winter utilization is going to be of those devices.

1310
02:32:31,677 --> 02:32:35,357
Um, and cause it certainly is creating conflict on pathways

1311
02:32:35,938 --> 02:32:42,349
and concerns in the community. So. If I could just

1312
02:32:42,349 --> 02:32:44,669
add through the mayor, uh, at the moment, we also

1313
02:32:44,669 --> 02:32:48,669
have municipal enforcement manager called Carnead is working on some

1314
02:32:48,690 --> 02:32:53,869
other traffic revisions in terms of our bylaw. So in

1315
02:32:53,869 --> 02:32:56,589
terms of just giving him time and space, I would,

1316
02:32:56,589 --> 02:33:00,509
I would suggest ideally that would be paired together so

1317
02:33:00,509 --> 02:33:03,469
that we could do those somewhat in concert. So I

1318
02:33:03,469 --> 02:33:09,532
would suggest fourth quarter would be reasonable. Okay. Okay. All

1319
02:33:09,532 --> 02:33:12,092
right. Madam Mayor, I would like to make an amendment

1320
02:33:13,313 --> 02:33:15,452
to councillor Nixon. And maybe it will be friendly or

1321
02:33:15,452 --> 02:33:17,532
maybe we'll have to debate. We'll wait to see. I'd

1322
02:33:17,532 --> 02:33:21,372
like to make, uh, an amendment that, um, the council,

1323
02:33:21,372 --> 02:33:25,852
I'll review prepared by law regular bike brought back to

1324
02:33:25,953 --> 02:33:33,646
GPC. In the first quarter of next year. With a

1325
02:33:33,646 --> 02:33:39,326
few options on, what do we say? Like if you

1326
02:33:39,347 --> 02:33:42,415
trade offs or options on what would be. No, just

1327
02:33:42,756 --> 02:33:45,055
that'll be brought back to GPC. You, you know what

1328
02:33:45,055 --> 02:33:48,285
we're looking for anyways. Yes. Yeah. Perfect. Would you accept

1329
02:33:48,546 --> 02:33:52,543
that. And oh, do I speak to my amendment? No,

1330
02:33:52,964 --> 02:33:54,783
if you're going to make it as a friendly, let's

1331
02:33:54,783 --> 02:33:58,303
just see if councillor Nix is prepared to modify it,

1332
02:33:58,303 --> 02:34:00,463
to come back to GPC in the first quarter of

1333
02:34:00,644 --> 02:34:10,309
2027. Um, well, is that in alignment with your recommendation

1334
02:34:11,370 --> 02:34:16,949
with Mr. Kill Carney's working on now? Or is he

1335
02:34:16,949 --> 02:34:22,410
bringing that in Q4. Q4 is essentially where he's bringing

1336
02:34:23,071 --> 02:34:26,490
the traffic, the existing work that he's doing. So we

1337
02:34:26,490 --> 02:34:32,490
could pair those together just to ensure that the ensuring

1338
02:34:32,530 --> 02:34:35,130
that we've been able to have time to do our

1339
02:34:35,151 --> 02:34:38,730
homework and make sure that the right environmental skin completed

1340
02:34:38,770 --> 02:34:42,410
for council. Okay. So that, that would be my preference

1341
02:34:42,410 --> 02:34:45,094
is that we were to pair those together. If that

1342
02:34:45,134 --> 02:34:48,857
makes the most sense. So I would guess that. Puts

1343
02:34:48,857 --> 02:34:54,243
it to Q4 instead of Q1. Yeah, sure. Okay. So,

1344
02:34:54,243 --> 02:34:57,292
um, a friendly amendment is being made. That we are

1345
02:34:57,292 --> 02:35:02,108
going to bring recommendations back to GPC. In the fourth

1346
02:35:02,108 --> 02:35:10,011
quarter. Of 2026. Does that meet everybody's? I'm getting a

1347
02:35:10,051 --> 02:35:14,714
nod from him. But yes, I would accept that. And

1348
02:35:14,815 --> 02:35:17,034
men has that or it has the intent of that.

1349
02:35:17,950 --> 02:35:21,686
Yes. I'm going to go to Councillor Penner with a

1350
02:35:21,726 --> 02:35:26,626
question. Thank you. And again, I'm still trying to wrap

1351
02:35:26,666 --> 02:35:29,266
my head around it. Can, would these objectives be achieved

1352
02:35:29,527 --> 02:35:32,626
by putting speed limits on the pathways rather than limiting.

1353
02:35:34,712 --> 02:35:37,251
A specific device or vehicle or whatever you want to

1354
02:35:37,352 --> 02:35:41,411
call that and then having that evolve, can we achieve

1355
02:35:41,512 --> 02:35:47,251
the same objective by. Putting speed limits on pathways? If

1356
02:35:47,392 --> 02:35:54,431
that's truly what we're trying to control. I've got councillor

1357
02:35:54,471 --> 02:35:59,531
next and then I've got director green. So my intention

1358
02:35:59,632 --> 02:36:02,091
would be that those are the types of recommendations that

1359
02:36:02,112 --> 02:36:04,891
would come back. Like if we need additional signage on

1360
02:36:04,891 --> 02:36:09,291
the pathways to help control things, or like that all

1361
02:36:09,291 --> 02:36:11,851
of that would be part of what comes back to

1362
02:36:11,872 --> 02:36:14,091
us to discuss and see what we need to move

1363
02:36:14,131 --> 02:36:23,841
ahead with. Director green. Similarly, um, following

1364
02:36:23,881 --> 02:36:26,641
councillor, Nix's comment. I would, uh, suggest that part of

1365
02:36:26,662 --> 02:36:30,081
the, uh, analysis that needs to be done is what

1366
02:36:30,081 --> 02:36:32,721
can you actually regulate under the Alberta traffic Act of

1367
02:36:32,721 --> 02:36:35,441
what you can you not pathways are not a road

1368
02:36:35,862 --> 02:36:37,921
as defined by the TAF safety Act. So I would

1369
02:36:37,921 --> 02:36:40,001
suggest you that is not something you regulate in terms

1370
02:36:40,001 --> 02:36:44,001
of speed. Could you possibly, but I think that's one

1371
02:36:44,041 --> 02:36:47,201
of the questions is what is the right vehicle? What

1372
02:36:47,201 --> 02:36:53,458
does the right vehicle. To regulate the right vehicles? Any

1373
02:36:53,559 --> 02:36:59,218
other questions? Councillor Dickmann? Just a really quick question. Does

1374
02:36:59,258 --> 02:37:01,538
it make a difference if it goes to GPC or

1375
02:37:01,639 --> 02:37:03,618
if we just keep it at the council level? There's

1376
02:37:03,618 --> 02:37:06,178
by having a go to governance priority, just one extra

1377
02:37:06,199 --> 02:37:12,987
step. If I can through the chair document, it just

1378
02:37:12,987 --> 02:37:17,467
gives us an opportunity to get direction before crystallizing what

1379
02:37:17,467 --> 02:37:20,889
we're going to put forward as a bylaw. So it

1380
02:37:20,910 --> 02:37:27,873
does give us a bit more flexibility. Okay. Any other

1381
02:37:28,054 --> 02:37:33,777
questions. We have a motion on the table. Um, would

1382
02:37:33,777 --> 02:37:36,977
anybody like to speak to that motion? You got questions

1383
02:37:36,998 --> 02:37:39,617
are in order. But anybody else wish to speak to

1384
02:37:39,657 --> 02:37:46,068
this. I am seeing nobody. So I'm going to just,

1385
02:37:46,068 --> 02:37:50,141
um, I will be supporting this motion. I do think

1386
02:37:50,141 --> 02:37:55,661
that right now, the speed on some electric devices that

1387
02:37:56,642 --> 02:38:02,287
are available on the market are unregulated. I don't, the

1388
02:38:02,287 --> 02:38:04,687
reason the gap in the traffic Act is because this

1389
02:38:04,788 --> 02:38:09,609
wasn't an expected. Move of the market, I would say.

1390
02:38:09,609 --> 02:38:13,929
And so trying to create a balance on our proper

1391
02:38:13,929 --> 02:38:15,849
ways, I think is something worthwhile for us to look

1392
02:38:15,889 --> 02:38:19,049
at. I don't yet know what the pieces are because

1393
02:38:19,049 --> 02:38:22,339
I could say speed limits on a pathway. But we

1394
02:38:22,840 --> 02:38:26,099
have an up trouble enforcing speed limits on our roadways.

1395
02:38:26,099 --> 02:38:27,619
So I'm not sure how we'll do that on a

1396
02:38:27,659 --> 02:38:31,859
pathway. So, um, just wanting to make sure that we've

1397
02:38:31,899 --> 02:38:37,459
put the right tools in our team's hands, but also

1398
02:38:38,440 --> 02:38:42,739
have right information out there for our public of what

1399
02:38:42,760 --> 02:38:45,699
does work. You know, I think one of the pieces

1400
02:38:45,800 --> 02:38:49,859
that I currently are seeing is that they have the

1401
02:38:49,899 --> 02:38:52,819
ability to go everywhere. So it's easier to pull over

1402
02:38:52,840 --> 02:38:56,019
a car. But when they see one of these e

1403
02:38:56,019 --> 02:38:58,579
- bikes on roadway, they all of a sudden are

1404
02:38:58,579 --> 02:39:00,979
on a sidewalk and in through a pathway, but being

1405
02:39:01,160 --> 02:39:04,979
pursued by a car. And so it creates, um, situations

1406
02:39:05,000 --> 02:39:08,730
that I think are unsafe for the whole community. Not

1407
02:39:08,730 --> 02:39:12,393
only the user. So, um, I look forward to seeing

1408
02:39:12,433 --> 02:39:15,193
what is brought back because there's certainly a lot of,

1409
02:39:15,193 --> 02:39:18,713
um, deviation across the market out there of how everybody's

1410
02:39:18,713 --> 02:39:22,451
handling it. So I encourage my colleagues to support. And

1411
02:39:22,491 --> 02:39:24,771
with that, I'll go to councillor next close with anything.

1412
02:39:28,759 --> 02:39:31,138
Um, yeah, I mean, just the same as what was

1413
02:39:31,479 --> 02:39:33,938
stated before. There's a gap here. And I think it's

1414
02:39:33,938 --> 02:39:37,538
a significant public safety gap. So I think we should

1415
02:39:37,559 --> 02:39:41,938
look at what we can do. Um, as far as,

1416
02:39:41,938 --> 02:39:45,218
you know, helping get awareness out in the community, I

1417
02:39:45,258 --> 02:39:47,858
do want to add that I do really appreciate some

1418
02:39:47,879 --> 02:39:52,578
of the videos that OME has put out recently explaining

1419
02:39:53,399 --> 02:39:55,998
some of those differences. I think I've seen a lot

1420
02:39:55,998 --> 02:39:58,738
of good feedback on those in the community as well.

1421
02:39:58,738 --> 02:40:03,029
So that's been appreciated. Um, but yeah, I would encourage

1422
02:40:03,210 --> 02:40:05,909
support just so that we can try and close this

1423
02:40:06,010 --> 02:40:15,971
gap and equip our officers accordingly. Okay. And with that,

1424
02:40:15,971 --> 02:40:23,947
I will call. It amendment. It was friendly. Yeah. Yeah.

1425
02:40:23,987 --> 02:40:28,667
So it's all of the, it was a no problem.

1426
02:40:28,667 --> 02:40:31,847
Um, so on that I will call the question, um,

1427
02:40:33,008 --> 02:40:33,547
all in favor.

1428
02:40:53,900 --> 02:40:59,191
And that carries unanimously. Excellent. We have no correspondence for

1429
02:40:59,452 --> 02:41:07,887
action. Councillor inquiries and suggestions. Does anybody have any. I'm

1430
02:41:07,887 --> 02:41:11,227
seeing men. So feel free to text CAO Vincent. Let

1431
02:41:11,227 --> 02:41:17,179
her know that you've gotten. Texture. Uh - huh. Any

1432
02:41:17,360 --> 02:41:23,828
council representative reports. Um, I just quickly, was that show

1433
02:41:23,868 --> 02:41:27,668
and shine on the weekend and just, uh, shout out

1434
02:41:27,689 --> 02:41:31,590
to the organising group. Um, for that event, um, the

1435
02:41:31,590 --> 02:41:33,830
big rock auto club and the Oktokes elks. It was

1436
02:41:33,830 --> 02:41:37,190
a really well attended vent granted. The weather helped with

1437
02:41:37,230 --> 02:41:40,237
that. Um, so it was really great to see so

1438
02:41:40,237 --> 02:41:46,337
many people in the community. Downtown and enjoying that event.

1439
02:41:46,337 --> 02:41:49,217
So thank you for that. And that's all I have.

1440
02:41:49,217 --> 02:41:56,775
Anybody else. Seeing none, we have councillor Lang. Um, I'm

1441
02:41:56,775 --> 02:41:58,855
just going to take a liberty here. And I'm going

1442
02:41:58,855 --> 02:42:01,927
to wish my mother a happy 80th birthday today. So

1443
02:42:01,948 --> 02:42:09,563
that's all I wanted to say. Thank you. That's your

1444
02:42:09,603 --> 02:42:12,701
birthday. Well, you want to know. What's really funny. It

1445
02:42:12,741 --> 02:42:16,941
is my mother's birthday today too. Yeah. I'm not as

1446
02:42:17,042 --> 02:42:18,861
nice as you. So I didn't wish her one on

1447
02:42:19,282 --> 02:42:28,102
the online. That's right. You probably do. Yeah. Look at

1448
02:42:28,102 --> 02:42:33,142
that. Okay. And with that council, we are through our

1449
02:42:33,163 --> 02:42:36,982
agenda. So I just need a motion to adjourn. Councillor

1450
02:42:37,163 --> 02:42:41,006
Lang all in favor. And that carries unanimously.