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I'd like to call to order this regular
meeting of the council of the village of

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Chase held here at the village office
and via Zoom on September 8th, 2026 at 4

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p.m. to order.
I would like

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someone to adopt the agenda. Councelor
Stevens, Councelor Forward. Any

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discussion?
Okay. All in favor?

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Carried.
Now we have three adoption of the August

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11th
regular meeting minutes. Councelor

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Herman, councelor Con.
>> Any discussion? Is this revised? I

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think.
>> Yeah.

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Is it?
>> Yeah. Yes. Yes. completed.

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» Okay. All in favor
carried 3.2 minutes of the August 11th

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public hearing. Councelor Toron,
councelor Stevens, any any discussions?

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Oh, all in favor?
That's okay.

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Number four, no public hearings.
Five, public input on current agenda

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items. Is there anyone in the gallery or
online that wishes to provide input on

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items on this agenda? Okay. The one
nobody online.

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» Okay. And you're up. Just name and
address, please.

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» Uh Andrew, 5848 road. Chase. See? Um I I
just on behalf of the Chase Memorial

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Action Society, uh we wanted to thank
the council for um writing to the

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province to urge the continuation of the
LBC funds um because it was great that

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they did that and I see that now it's
being acknowledged, but we just wanted

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to thank the council for taking that
action.

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» Thank you. That's all I wanted to say.
>> Great. Thank you very much. Anybody

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else?
Okay, seeing none,

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we'll go to six delegations. Ashton
Swam, executive director, Chase and Area

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Family Services.
Ashton, you have the floor.

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» Wow, this is moving very quickly. That's
wonderful.

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Yeah. Um, so, uh, ideally I would have
had a bit of a slideshow done for you

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all the time. Um, uh, so our
organization has over the last o over

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the summer months been, uh, organizing
and preparing and now we're in the

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unfolding of the frames project. You may
have noticed around town there is some

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new art that's going up around town. Um
there's uh the concept is that um is

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that uh well at at it at its heart the
idea is to beautify the community. This

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the bring some color, bring some life,
bring some something really interesting

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to community members that live here in
town. At a deeper level, it's about

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bringing art to people who might not
otherwise be able to access it. So, a

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full like a yearround outdoor gallery
for everybody. And so, we we're

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selecting pieces that are made by
locals. We're making we're selecting

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pieces that are that complement the
intentions of the project.

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Not my kid. That's good. Um,
that we're we're we're mostly choosing

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pieces for the color that they bring to
town. So, we're, you know, we're not

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choosing anything with muted tones. It's
mostly something that's really going to

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liven things up around town. And so far,
honestly, we've just been so thrilled.

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There's seeing the project go from its
conception to the roll out. Sometimes

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when you're doing a bigger project like
this, there's moments of disappointment.

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But this one, absolutely not. We're just
It's even better than we thought it was

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going to be. But um but yes, we're five
pieces in now of 10 planned projects.

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There is a hope that at the end of the
10 planned projects, uh, everybody's

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going to be so thrilled with the project
that we'll find a way to extend it and

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just keep it going in all sorts of
varying ways as but for now we have our

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10 pieces. Um,
we we have uh we have two that are

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anyway it's like every project that
we've ever done and that will ever

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happen is it's gone over budget. It's
way harder than we thought it was going

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to be and uh and we're looking for some
support and help. Um we largely have the

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funding needed to be able to do the
printing and production and pay for the

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wages. One thing that we have found with
the installations is that they are much

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more difficult than we thought they were
going to be and that they're that we do

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need some sort of equipment that's going
to be able to uh get the art into some

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of the trickier hard like higher
surfaces. So, one of those spaces is at

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the library um on the side that I can I
can follow up if you want more

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information around the locations, but uh
on the library on the wall that faces

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Cam Loops, uh as you come into town,
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piece that's going up up there. And then
the other one is going to be where the

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the plans are still in like unfolding,
but ideally it'll be at the Legion, but

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the art's still being created for that
and is pending um approval of the

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Legion. Um so
for for equipment that we're hoping that

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the village might be able to help us
with, it's not ideal for the purposes,

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but it would do in a pinch is the bucket
lift that is on the back of a truck. The

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downside of that is that we won't be
able to we'll have to figure out how to

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lift the panels with it. It'll
I I I trust other people to figure this

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out, not myself. But but it would it
would raise it to a high enough level

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and is strong enough. Um I think a more
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piece of equipment would be like a
off-road scissor lift. That's what we

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used for the other ones and that worked
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it it really should have been a sturdier
piece of machinery. We're learning but

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um but yeah, so so what we're asking for
from council is help with the equipment

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element of things and potentially um a a
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the costs associated is I I I have a
quote from uh from Coopers in Salmon Arm

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for what we're looking for and it seemed
a little bit high to me, but we did for

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the initial scissor lift pay $625
for the day's use and that was delivered

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to Chase. So, I'm imagining, yeah, for
the off-road bigger scissor lift, it

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would be a larger. Anyway, it' be it
cost more, but I'm not I'm not entirely

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sure how much more at this point. Um,
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there is a second part to what we're
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wonder what the best way to proceed with
this would be, whether it be to discuss

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this and then move on or for me to just
lay it all out right now. Yeah, just

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bring that one up too.
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really, really exciting news that just
came in in the past couple of days and

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it's that Tanya Willard, the most recent
whit liner of the Soie Prize, big deal

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in the art world, who happens to live
here in Chase, is interested in

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contributing a piece to the frames
project. And the uh space that she has

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in mind is the community hall. And uh
anyway, it's a bit of a dream come true

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uh big deal for our community and um and
so because this is a big deal piece,

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it's not, you know, like the other art
is really exciting and we're really

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happy to have it up, but a Tanya Willard
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Um so we we would want to put a lot of
thought and intention into how that

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happened. We would want to really
respect the art and make sure that it

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happened in a good way. So, we're not
we're not looking at timelines right

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now, per se, but what we are looking for
is um an indication from council that

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this is interesting, that they would
like to work with us to make this

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happen. Um and so, uh so we're not we're
not we're not at a budget phase. We're

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not at how are we going to get the
money. We're at Tammy Willard's willing

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to work with us. Whoa. And uh and we
want to see where this will go. and and

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in order to potentially start seeking
funding for that project, we would need

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some sort of motion from council to
indicate that that is interesting to

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you.
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that's all of it.
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» Those are the two things.
>> We have any questions from council?

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» Council P. Um what did you guys try team
equipment or uh

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» they have a man lift um but not what we
need like I like the person that is

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doing the installations Kenny Toma said
that it wasn't what you needed or

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» how heavy is the piece.
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» So the the bucket truck if it could get
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» get it and move it over.
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work. Yeah. Like again, Kenny wouldn't
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it possible.
>> We just have to figure a few things out.

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» Yeah.
>> Yeah. If you can get in there. Yeah.

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Truck would work. Why wouldn't you use
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some discussion. Just going to ask the
CEO, is this something that

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staff can talk to this group with and
maybe bring something back for our next

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meeting for a a solution or
>> um actually I do have one question for

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Ashton and that is is the the 10 piece
the two pieces of the 10 pieces is that

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um like time sensitive or can you give
us a couple of weeks it could come back

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to council for an answer and we could
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these. That would be perfect for the
library piece. We are also working on

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library time and they have to go through
their many many layers of approvals.

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Everybody's on board. We just have to
figure out the right contracts and all

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that. So, so that's not time sensitive.
It's mostly

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» just now we're getting into the shifting
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we do need to get it done before winter.
>> Okay. Yeah.

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» Gotcha.
>> Yeah.

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» So, it sounds to me like then, Mr.
career that yeah we can um if unless

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council has any other questions we can
bring this back on the 22nd

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» their council to decide
>> any other questions councelor to

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» now with the library would have to be
involved with that

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» yeah we're like no it's like they own
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» yes that's
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the it's that we've been in touch with
them for four months about this and

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they're Yeah. Like it's very complex
>> and but it's all on their end

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» like
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» Well, no, not yet. Everybody agrees this
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» Yeah.
>> But uh it's it's well, you know,

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» it's like a big bureaucracy they're
working through,

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» right?
>> So much so much. Yeah.

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» Um if I could add just to that, Mr.
Mayor to councelor Torbone once council

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is gives us the go-ahad at the hopefully
on the 22nd

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» um then um we can work with you and you
know 15 RV staff we we need to work with

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them
>> early library one we can make it work

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» perfect it's there's a lot of
willingness on all the parts it's just

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navigating
>> going through the yeah

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okay um yeah feel free to get back to me
with any questions that come up Yeah.

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» Thank you.
You can stay, go, or whatever you like.

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» That was nice. The arch looks nice
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» Okay. So, now we go on to reports,
>> mayor and council reports. So, we can do

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both at once. Staff,
if you wish. Yeah. if there's any

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questions.
>> Are there any questions on reports

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or does any what do you want to ask? I
think staff has something they want to

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add.
>> Um Mr. Mayor, I just wanted to I think

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um our CFO is on on the call with us and
her telephone. Um Deb, can you hear me?

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» Mute
a deer. Maybe she's getting

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» um so report
>> Yes, I can hear you.

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» Great. Um so Deb, the the mayor is was
wondering earlier in your report it says

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that we haven't any new applications for
permissive tax exemptions. I'm wondering

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if you can explain why we don't have
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» Um two I think it was two years ago or a
year and a half ago when the permissive

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tax exemptions came up. Well, even four
years ago when council first started.

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So, we did two bylaws um for permissive
tax exemptions. The first one was for

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the churches and their um land excluding
the land under their building, and we

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gave them a 4-year exemption. That way,
we could go into the next council and

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not have to worry about tax exemptions
until this time next year. And then with

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the um the not forprofit groups, we did
their tax exemptions in 2-year

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clumps. So last year, I believe we did
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and 26 or 26 and 27, I think it was, so
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going into like election time and and
just leaving it open for the next

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council to to handle.
Okay, thank you.

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Councelor Stevens.
>> Yeah, I have a question. Um, for staff,

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I I was just wondering, did any of the
staff have an update on Talis?

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» That's what she's got.
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» Actually, thanks to our our Robin, our
dev specialist. Um, so evidently the

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issue is that so they were supposed they
had told us they were going to do fiber

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installation in 2026 in Chase. um they
have since told us that it's delayed

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until 2027 and the reason is is um
basically a supply chain issue. So

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basically there's um 87 new data centers
going up in Canada and they're taking

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all the product that Telus needs for the
community installs if you can believe

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that which I believe um unfortunately
the businesses come before the small

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communities. So basically what Telus is
saying to us at this point is that they

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plan to start early 2027 and be
completed with the homes and businesses

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hooked in by late summer of 2027.

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» Okay, thank you very No, that's a that's
a good update. It's um it that's

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extremely disappointing to hear that see
the data centers are taking precedent

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and actually you know I think that I
don't know I would like to see something

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in at Silga or something maybe a
resolution or something where we can put

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some pressure on these companies because
I I think that's totally unacceptable to

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put these massive corporations before
small communities that don't have

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internet. But thank you for that update.
Any other questions for councel to on

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the report
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as the update last Tuesday. Uh they came
in last Tuesday. Um, and so we're

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preparing, I believe we're I'm supposed
to be meeting with the, uh, public works

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foreman on Thursday to spray paint the
actual locations that they'll be going

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in with the install most likely next
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» Yeah.
>> Anything else, council comment?

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» Okay. Uh, need a motion to receive for
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German any more discussion all in favor
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number eight unfinished business 8.1
does council want to do your business

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councelor Stevenson
>> I move that the village of case

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municipal ticket information amendment
bylaw

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969-2026
be adopted.

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» We have a second here. Councelor Berman
discussion.

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Councelor Bonn,
>> what's it going to cost? You got a music

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at the lake. Now you got to hire
somebody to wander around, see if

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anybody's having a smoke. What's the
cost going to be?

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Then you got to give them a ticket cuz
they are having a smoke. You rip it up

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and throw it on the ground, walk away.
>> Okay. To the zero. I think perhaps the

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director of corporate operations could
elaborate on this um the reason why

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we're adding ticketing into the bylaw.
>> Yeah. Um thank you Mr. Mayor, members of

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council through to councelor Con. So the
there will be no added cost to

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adding an MTI or a power to the bylaw.
The bylaw officer works two and a half

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hours a day on a pretty set schedule,
but there'll be no incurred extra cost

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for the bylaw officer's time. And in
terms of picking,

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um, tickets are only meant to be a
disincentive. They're not the end all be

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all. We always start with education,
followed up by more education, followed

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up by more education. the ticket is kind
of a last resort and it's probably just

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a strong signal to the offender that you
know hopefully they've got some

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self-reflection. Are we going to take a
smoker to court every time they rip up a

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picket and throw it on the ground? Uh
likely not. Um there's a little bit of

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peer pressure involved too because
you're going to be singled out isolated

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in an event where there's no smoking and
uh hopefully these things take care of

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themselves. I mean, we we're not doing
this to

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um to make money, but it just gives us a
little bit more teeth when we are

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approaching somebody who's smoking in
the park or smoking in the community

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hall or smoking on a public facility
that uh it's just it's just a deterrent,

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that's all. So, if somebody's having a
smoke on the bench over here,

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that's you didn't get a ticket.
You just get it.

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» I don't know. Just hang on.
>> I'm not into that.

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What's next?

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» Councelor Torban and councelor just up
like we don't really have the

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enforcement tools to deal with it
anyways on a daily basis. So the

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likelihood of somebody getting a ticket
for something like this is fairly remote

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because like you said they only have a
bylaw officer working two and a half

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hours a day. Probably a lot of that time
that will be taken up by the complaints

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that are received that she will deal
with. But there won't actually be

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anybody driving around and forcing you.
>> Yeah.

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» It's just that it's just that it's like
anything else. If you have them, it's

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it's like other laws like in the motor
vehicle act. Although they're there,

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they may not be enforced. Like there's a
lot of stuff in there that's that's

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there, but it's not enforced daily
because nobody has the time to do it.

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And that's going to be the situation
here because we don't have a bylaw

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officer.
The auction is there if you need to get

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a ticket, but chances are it will
probably rarely or never happen in

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» No, hang on. So, councelor Herman, then
councelor Con. Okay.

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» Okay. Councelor Con
>> in this court says they can get the RCMP

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involved.
>> We're not just

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» Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
>> Just here. Don't worry about it.

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» It's Yeah. And they said in the report
they could

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buy the lockers or they can get the
RCMP.

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» Yeah, it's just one at a time please.
And we do worry about proper order and

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immediate things.
But councelor Conor, you have the floor.

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» Well, that's my my point that you could
get uh if if the person told you to

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shove you a ticket, they get the RCMP.
I'm quite sure the cops don't want to go

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over to a ticket group. Okay. Do you
want to speak councelor Torban before

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the corporate officer or No, we're
corporate officer wants to speak.

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» Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Just to
share some additional information on to

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why the RCMP is a listed agency in the
schedule A of the bylaw is because the

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RCMP carry our ticket books. So, they're
not using the RCMP ticket books. are

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actually using village chase ticket
books. They have uh very few uh

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responsibilities in terms of managing
our bylaws. An example would be the

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noise bylaw. So if there's a party goes
till 2:00 a.m. in the morning, we don't

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have bylaw enforcement at 2 in the
morning. The RCMP can write a ticket

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using our book and RMTI for a party gets
cut out of control high noise

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disturbance. Uh and smoking is another
one. So, there was something at the

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community hall, a party, a dance, and
quite often we get complaints from our

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parks employees because of smoking and
throwing the cigarette pots into the

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garden that they've spent all year just
making so nice it gets littered with

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cigarettes. Um, the RCP can
um deal with open alcohol outside of the

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committee hall and smoking
on Francis.

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Is there anybody else?
Okay, see no more discussion. All in

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favor
opposed. So 4 to one council opponent,

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you're opposed.
>> I'm opposed to this. Yeah.

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» Okay. Thank you.
8.2 development variance permit 838

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Shushwalk Avenue. What's council's
wishes on this one?

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To move that development experiment
2026-5

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be issued section five. Councelor Con
discussion

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seeing none. All in favor?
It's carried unanimously.

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8.3 parking trespass at community hall
live 27 Avenue. What does this council

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want to do with this one? Council
Herman.

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» I'll make a motion that administration
be directed to take all necessary

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actions to ensure that all access routes
thorough throughways and throughways and

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parking areas associated with the
community hall are restored and

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maintained for the exclusive use of the
city hall. Do you have a second?

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Councelor Stevens discussion.
>> Um we did discuss it before the meeting

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and that could if there's some way that
we could help him out.

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You know the only access is the
alleyway. There's there's no other

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access. Um the u the community hall
there that is not an alleyway. That's

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just part of the building in that. But
he does have access from the the alley

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itself.
So, I don't know, maybe we if we could

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suggest something to him, help him out
or something to um you can make it a

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little bit wider like his access from
that alley. I don't know if he needs uh

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permission from us.
>> I think that's

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through to the CEO. I think that's kind
of what his legal access would be is

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through the back alley, but I'm going to
put that through to the

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» CEO. His legal office is through the
alley. Yep. But he could make it wider.

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» Wait, which wider? The alley.
>> Not the alley, but his So he could drive

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in there as a
>> Yeah, his his access if he could. Yeah,

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he could. Then that's probably what And
I shouldn't say probably that's what the

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director of corporate operations is
suggesting is that we get direction from

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council to do just that
with him that this is what his

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» what his access is and that we we really
need that other access for the hall.

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» Yeah.

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Uh, CEO, Mr. Baker has
>> um maybe just to clarify a tiny bit what

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uh I think councelor Connor was was
asking there was I I believe our bylaws

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limit um a residential access to
say 6 meters. It might even be less than

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that for residential access might be
four meters. And I think what you were

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asking was whether or not we could make
that wider for

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for the for the residents. Um so that's
I guess something that we could

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incorporate in our discussions with
>> off of the back alley access. Yes.

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» Conorbon.
Well, the uh the driveway to a residence

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I don't think is the width of the
driveway I don't think is considered.

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» The uh
>> it is.

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» Yes.
>> You could have like a 20ft driveway in

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the front of your yard if you wanted to.
>> Well, that 20 foot driveway would be the

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6 meter
driveway essentially. Uh which I believe

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is the limit, but that may be for
commercial. It might be a little bit

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smaller for residential. Again, like
most of our bylaw enforcement, uh it's

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on a complaint driven basis.
>> Yeah.

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» A lot of properties have multiple
accesses, which again isn't allowed

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within the bylaw. Uh a U-shaped
driveway, for instance, doesn't meet the

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the bylaw requirements. Um
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I think this so this motion here doesn't
actually deal with that. It just allows

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staff to maintain the property,
>> but it sounds like there might be a

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chance for him
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» Councelor Corbin,
>> given the width of the alley, it's not

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normal road size. Like I think it would
be if you're dealing with it, I think it

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would be good to have him widen his
access so it's easier getting in and out

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from the alley.
That would make sense.

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» And it's interesting that counselor
Torbon because years ago we dealt with

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this right in the back alley here when
the fellow put it in and he didn't have

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we kind of allowed him to angle his
his shed that he put in because it

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wasn't because it was a back alley. It
was hard to do a 90 degree turn. So we

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did change a few things just to allow
him because it was a back alley access.

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But that that would be something
separate from this this what we're

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dealing with today.
Any other discussion?

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Okay. All in favor?
That's carried unanimously.

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Good discussion.
8.4 Four recommendation there. Councelor

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Torban
>> let the letter from Adrien Dicks

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Minister of Energy and Climate Solution
regarding the province and intention to

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remove priorities and available
resources and options related to the

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future of the LG CAP funding during the
2027 provincial budget process. We

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received information
>> second by councelor Stevens. Discussion

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seem none. All in favor? It's carried
unanimously.

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» 8.5 recommendation from our committee of
the whole veterans crosswalk. Councelor

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Herman,
>> do you want to do this one?

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» Yeah. Yeah.
>> Yep. Uh I move that council approves

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funding of up to $3,000 from public
works operational budget and direct

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staff to work with the Chase Legion
branch 107 on a design for the veteran

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for a veterans crosswalk for the
installation to occur prior to your

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members. Seconded by council it any
discussion

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and none in favor and that's carried
unanimously.

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Uh number nine new business 9.1
development cost charges bylaw.

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It says presentation from director of
corporate operations but I'm going to

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turn it over to the CEO.
>> Thank you Mr. Mayor. So, um, our

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director of corporate operations has
been working really hard on this

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particular, um, initiative and he does
have a presentation for council to

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explain our new development cost chart.
>> Thank you.

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» Thank you, Mr. Mayor, members of
council. So, the development cost charge

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bylaw uh, 2026 is proposed to replace uh
2010 bylaw which is 16 years old but

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arguably
17 or 18 years old because of the

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metrics and the the preliminary work
that goes into a bylaw uh happens before

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the adoption date. So if you can imagine
the cost the the money that we're

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collecting from the development
community is 18 years of date. And so

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the purpose of updating this bylaw is
just to get the times and then come up

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with a regular monitoring and uh check
in on this bylaw every 3 to 5 years

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which is actually now the new
requirement that's legislated. So uh the

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government has the provincial government
has uh mandated that we we look at these

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every 3 to five years.
So,

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uh, the other thing that the legislation
has done is allowed some extra

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categories to go into the development
cost charge bylaws. Fire protection,

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solid waste, and recycling. So, now a
municipality can collect money from a

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development to earmark for a fire
protection facility or a solid waste and

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recycling facility. Up until now, it's
only been water, sewer, roads, parks,

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uh, drainage, and that's that's it. So,
we've opened it up a little bit to allow

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some flexibility to municipalities
because our costs are continually uh

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rising. Things are getting more
expensive and uh we're struggling,

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municipalities everywhere are struggling
to cover infrastructure replacement

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costs or upgrades. So, but what are
DCC's? So VCC's aren't money available

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to
uh just update or restore or repair or

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fund operations. It's specifically
targeted to the amount that's

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attributable to development. So if
somebody comes into Chase and builds a

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100 new houses, what is the demand on
our system specific to those 100 houses?

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not the not the overall community but
specific to that development. The best

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example that I can think of is a water
man and you have a water man and it's

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say 100 mills and you put in 100 houses
and now you've got to have a 200 mil

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water mean. Well, who pays for the
upsizing of that water me? The

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development done. the development does
and they pay it through DCC's

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and sometimes just offsite works if it's
right uh adjacent to their development.

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So because the taxpayers shouldn't be
funding growth development should be

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funding growth. You need another filter
water treatment plant. You need another

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lagoon. You need whatever whatever you
can attribute directly to that

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development. That's that's where they
fed ECC's.

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So on the left where it's green, these
are the things that you can use

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development cost charge uh installations
or reserves for.

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» Is there any way to
eliminate that on the right or do

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something with it? So thank you.

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So yeah, in a nutshell, you can't use
DCC's to fund infrastructure needed to

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serve the existing tax base taxpayers
and they shouldn't be funding

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development. So that's very clear lines.
Now the the science in getting there

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isn't always clear but it's sort of the
best guess because you have to use a

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model. So you have to use predictions
you have to use population growth.

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So in Chase DC's have previously paid
for the water treatment plant parts of

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the water treatment plant not all of it
but for instance the borrowing costs the

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interest on the borrowing costs. We're
now able to actually in this bylaw,

412
00:35:25,839 --> 00:35:31,040
we're we're bringing forward some of
those interest costs on the water

413
00:35:29,119 --> 00:35:35,440
treatment plant into this bylaw. So,
we're still recovering the interest

414
00:35:33,359 --> 00:35:41,920
payments through DCC's that the
development company uh will pay for

415
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:47,440
uh sewage treatment plant upgrades. Uh
the intersection at Shishwap Avenue and

416
00:35:44,079 --> 00:35:51,359
Ilmer Road, there was a a whole sidewalk
there, railing, there was drainage,

417
00:35:49,119 --> 00:35:56,480
there was a left turn lane, there was a
lot a lot of work an intersection. It

418
00:35:53,280 --> 00:36:02,400
was all paid through DCC's
uh the Wilson Park pathway. So these are

419
00:36:00,079 --> 00:36:07,480
just some examples of what we've used in
the past, the funds that we collect for.

420
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:19,760
So the rates are determined first off by
your population growth predictions

421
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:23,599
and then so these are all the inputs and
then the the project that you're

422
00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:28,800
eyeballing the project that you want to
complete put that down on paper. Let's

423
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:32,320
say it's a new fireh hall. Uh you put
that down there. You look at your

424
00:36:30,079 --> 00:36:36,079
population now your projected population
growth. The fireh hall when do you think

425
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:40,720
that'll be viable? when do you think
it'll will have enough population to

426
00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:45,760
actually incur the need for that new
fireh hall? Uh and then you start saving

427
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:50,640
money in your DCC reserves. So when a
fireall is built, you can attribute a

428
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:53,640
whole bunch of the DC reserves to the
firewall.

429
00:36:57,280 --> 00:37:04,720
Um so this is just sort of lays out the
path that we're on right now. So uh

430
00:37:03,119 --> 00:37:10,880
we've yeah we are here where the red
star is. Uh after if council gives

431
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:15,599
readings to this bylaw goes to the
ministry of of municipal services. Is

432
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:18,240
that what they call joint?
>> Municipal affairs.

433
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:22,839
» Municipal affairs. Uh they have to
authorize it and then it comes back for

434
00:37:19,839 --> 00:37:22,839
adoption.

435
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:37,040
So I've already used the water main
example. So in this case, if the water

436
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:42,880
mane upsizing is
a million dollars, uh the developer will

437
00:37:40,079 --> 00:37:48,320
contribute a third of that, 30% of it,
because it's been determined that 30% of

438
00:37:45,359 --> 00:37:52,880
that upsizing is directly attributable
to the growth, the new houses and the

439
00:37:50,720 --> 00:37:57,240
new people that are coming to Chase. So
the taxpayers aren't paying for that

440
00:37:54,240 --> 00:37:57,240
upsizing.

441
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:11,200
When are DCC's collective?
So subdivisions is one of the most

442
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:15,839
common. So Whitfield Landing,
uh they have a three or four phase

443
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:19,599
subdivision. They're on phase three. So
every time they enter into a new phase,

444
00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:24,960
they pay development cost charges for
all the lots in that phase. So I think

445
00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:29,680
the first phase was 40 40 uh units. So
they would have paid 40 times the rate

446
00:38:28,079 --> 00:38:32,720
and then it would go into our reserves
and it just sits there waiting for a

447
00:38:31,119 --> 00:38:38,560
project.
Uh the oncore housing project

448
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:42,480
uh they paid development cost charges
too and actually I've got a slide for

449
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:46,880
that
maybe a little bit later. The other

450
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:52,800
times that you pay for development cost
charges is at a building permit for

451
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:57,760
commercial or industrial properties. So
typically for residential it's collected

452
00:38:55,359 --> 00:39:01,119
at subdivision. For anything that's
higher order like commercial or

453
00:38:59,359 --> 00:39:04,119
industrial it's collected at building
per

454
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:11,040
there's some instream protection for
developers that are already in the

455
00:39:09,359 --> 00:39:14,560
throws of doing their development. So
they're protected. They don't if this

456
00:39:12,720 --> 00:39:18,720
bylaw was adopted today they would have
some protection because they're already

457
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:22,880
in process and nobody likes surprises.
It doesn't work for their performer.

458
00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:26,160
It's just not it's not good to have
uncertainty if you're a developer. So,

459
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:33,640
this allows them some certainty that
they're protected if if and when these

460
00:39:29,119 --> 00:39:33,640
these costs change.

461
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:49,440
So, the proposal for our new development
cost is to include drainage, fire

462
00:39:47,839 --> 00:39:54,720
protection, solid waste management
program. So while drainage was an

463
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:59,040
allowable dcc previously we never
collected for it but now we're going to

464
00:39:56,720 --> 00:40:02,040
collect for drainage fire and solid
waste.

465
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:11,920
So and here's here are on the left hand
side are the service areas that qualify

466
00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:18,599
for development cost charge collection
and on the right are just some examples

467
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:18,599
of what those funds could be used for.

468
00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:40,640
Now I'll just draw your attention to
probably the very left side. Again,

469
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:44,960
those are the the service areas that
we've moved back for. And on the very

470
00:40:42,240 --> 00:40:50,880
right side are the totals. So, a single
family residential

471
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:54,760
property would now incur a $7,800
development cost charge

472
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:08,079
and then it's broken down into the
various components. So, of that $7,800,

473
00:41:05,119 --> 00:41:15,599
$1,500 goes to roads,
$4,000 goes to water, $111 goes to

474
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:22,800
sanitary sewer, 900 to drainage, 650 to
parks, 319 to fire, 319 to solid waste.

475
00:41:19,359 --> 00:41:26,800
So, that's how it gets saved in our so
the CFO will take the monies that are

476
00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:31,680
collected and put them into these
buckets. So that if a parks project

477
00:41:29,359 --> 00:41:35,839
required development cost charge monies
for something in the future, you'd have

478
00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:40,800
that reserves, you'd have it available.
And actually I've got a slide with the

479
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:45,760
with our reserves amount. It's just a
little bit later.

480
00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:52,000
So single family residential development
cost charges. This is just some basic uh

481
00:41:49,359 --> 00:41:55,839
comparables. I've got another sheet with
more relevant comparables. Uh, these

482
00:41:54,480 --> 00:42:02,720
aren't too bad, but it just shows you
the disparity from some some places that

483
00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:08,800
have $30,000 per unit development cost
charges. And then what Chase is

484
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:16,880
proposing is a bump from 2600 to 7,800.
So, we're still on the very conservative

485
00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:23,760
side of of levying these charges.
Uh here's some of the more significant

486
00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:32,000
uh single family home development cost
charges. Langley charges $72,000 per

487
00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:36,240
single family lot.
Yeah. And so some of these are in the

488
00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:39,680
news because they're
they're getting a bit high and it's

489
00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:43,359
actually contributing to the housing
crisis. So,

490
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:47,359
» it's and even last year, the federal
government released a lot of a lot of

491
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:53,280
money to some of these larger centers
with incentives to to provide housing

492
00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:58,079
and build more housing. And some of
these municipalities in the lower

493
00:42:55,760 --> 00:43:02,560
mainland actually took advantage of it
and increased their development cost

494
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:07,119
charges that actually
recouped some of the the funding from

495
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:12,480
Yeah, it they they did and the federal
government got wise to it and actually

496
00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:16,079
had them roll them back because they
were

497
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:22,319
they were um it was just a little bit
unscrupulous with the what was

498
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:27,720
happening. And so now they're sort of
Everything's sort of normalizing now.

499
00:43:24,240 --> 00:43:27,720
It's getting more

500
00:43:28,720 --> 00:43:36,800
uh controlled.
So you can see Chase is uh quite quite

501
00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:39,800
uh reasonable and and still
conservative.

502
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:44,359
This is for multif family.

503
00:43:46,240 --> 00:43:51,160
So even going from our existing to our
proposed

504
00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:54,839
still quite low

505
00:43:55,680 --> 00:44:03,119
multif family that's for apartment
buildings and then commercials charged

506
00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:09,920
on a square meter
method instead of a dwelling unit

507
00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:15,839
method. So that's per square meter.
So Chase right now is $1647.

508
00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:22,359
So that's in $210
and 20 $26 is closer to $45

509
00:44:25,599 --> 00:44:34,160
and industrial
and then this is the Encore

510
00:44:30,560 --> 00:44:41,359
project little on Shepard there. So the
2010 rates, so we collected $76,000 from

511
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:45,760
Encore for development cost charges and
using the new rates, it would have been

512
00:44:42,960 --> 00:44:50,800
$28,000.
That's just an example of sort of money

513
00:44:47,839 --> 00:44:54,599
that we're leaving on the table that we
could be using for

514
00:44:55,359 --> 00:45:04,400
uh well to put into reserves if we don't
have an immediate

515
00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:04,400
case for for using those those dollars.

516
00:45:08,319 --> 00:45:17,359
And these are our reserves as of
December 31st.

517
00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:22,640
Well, it says 2026. They're current. So,
they're actually last week I asked the

518
00:45:19,599 --> 00:45:28,000
CFO to provide this balance. So we have
about half a million dollars in BCC

519
00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:33,280
reserves and they're broken down into on
the left hand side you can see roads and

520
00:45:29,599 --> 00:45:36,079
parks and water sewer and you'll notice
we don't have drainage in there because

521
00:45:34,720 --> 00:45:40,400
we haven't been collecting for drainage.
We don't have fire facilities because we

522
00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:45,880
haven't collected for fire facilities
and um solid waste recycling also.

523
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:57,760
So throughout this process uh which
began late in 2025

524
00:45:53,760 --> 00:46:02,880
uh we just the staff have been working
uh on and off the whole time. So there

525
00:45:59,920 --> 00:46:08,720
hasn't been a certain uh workshop but we
did a workshop with with council and

526
00:46:06,240 --> 00:46:14,160
this guy James Klauscus
uh he looked just like that. He came on

527
00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:18,160
to Zoom and he he did a uh presentation
on the development cost charges that was

528
00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:24,000
in February.
And then we had a developer workshop. We

529
00:46:20,960 --> 00:46:27,599
organized it, sent out invitations,
invited all the the developers that have

530
00:46:26,079 --> 00:46:31,440
ever
uh well in the last decade worked in

531
00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:36,560
Chase and developers that were familiar
with and we didn't have any update. We

532
00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:41,520
uh
yeah, it was quite unusual. Didn't have

533
00:46:38,720 --> 00:46:47,040
any anybody participate in this workshop
and it really impacts the development

534
00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:50,680
community the most. So we thought we
would have some participation.

535
00:46:56,800 --> 00:47:04,800
So this is where we're at. The bylaw is
being presented to council. Uh upon a

536
00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:08,800
couple readings, it will get sent to the
inspector of municipalities

537
00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:14,280
and then it will come back to council
for

538
00:47:10,319 --> 00:47:14,280
for adoption.

539
00:47:16,160 --> 00:47:24,000
That concludes the presentation.
>> Just going to ask this CEO, is this a

540
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:28,319
good time to ask questions or should we
maybe read the recommendation and then

541
00:47:26,960 --> 00:47:31,359
do discussion or what?
>> Yes, let's do the recommendation and

542
00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:35,520
then do discussion, please. If somebody
wants to, councelor Herman,

543
00:47:33,119 --> 00:47:40,319
» uh, I move that development cost charge
bylaw number 960-2026

544
00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:44,880
be given first, second, and third
readings and that the bylaw be forwarded

545
00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:47,839
to the inspector of municipalities for
approval.

546
00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:51,040
» Seconded by councelor Connor, any
discussion?

547
00:47:49,680 --> 00:47:55,200
Councelor Stevens,
>> I think that graph should be blasted on

548
00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:59,760
the front page of our website.
>> That that's incredible. I don't know.

549
00:47:58,079 --> 00:48:05,680
Rob Stokes just trying to drive people
out, but that's pretty wild. Um, no, but

550
00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:10,319
but for real, when, you know, when we're
we're looking to potentially attract

551
00:48:08,720 --> 00:48:14,240
developers
and, you know, we we talk about, you

552
00:48:12,640 --> 00:48:17,280
know, sustainable growth and things like
that. I think this is definitely

553
00:48:15,839 --> 00:48:21,680
something that's worthy of having a
subpage on the website for developers to

554
00:48:20,240 --> 00:48:24,400
actually be able to see. I think there
might be something there. I don't know

555
00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:30,079
off the top of my head, but something
that sticks out like right in your face

556
00:48:26,559 --> 00:48:34,079
like that to just basically say Golden
Chase, it's cheaper, you know. So, oh,

557
00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:39,280
thank you very much for all the work
that would

558
00:48:35,359 --> 00:48:44,240
» any other discounter comment. Yeah.
If somebody's taking bringing their

559
00:48:41,040 --> 00:48:51,800
sewage into Chase and they're making
bigger subdivisions and stuff like that,

560
00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:51,800
are they charged this?

561
00:48:53,119 --> 00:48:59,359
» Sorry. Can you
>> What I mean is Adam Lake brings their

562
00:48:57,040 --> 00:49:04,880
sewage over here and they're building
apartments and stuff like that. How does

563
00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:11,040
that work with uh I mean I know they're
paying for sewer same as we are but is

564
00:49:08,559 --> 00:49:15,119
there a development charge on that?
That's a great question. Uh and we we

565
00:49:13,599 --> 00:49:19,599
talked about that but it's not
permitted. So it's there's no

566
00:49:17,760 --> 00:49:25,119
legislation that allows us to do that.
Uh but we did talk about that because

567
00:49:21,680 --> 00:49:29,760
we're right now u senior staff is
working on a renewal agreement with

568
00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:36,359
Adams Indian Band for that sewer. And so
we're we're talking about every

569
00:49:31,440 --> 00:49:36,359
possibility and that that did come up.

570
00:49:37,119 --> 00:49:44,800
» Any other questions?
Just like to refer back to

571
00:49:42,720 --> 00:49:49,760
2010 date because that's when Whitfield
landing started and that's when we

572
00:49:47,359 --> 00:49:55,359
created the new DCC bylaw at that time.
We had a we had two separate DCC's

573
00:49:52,480 --> 00:50:00,160
because they were doing such a massive
operation down there. But now through to

574
00:49:57,599 --> 00:50:04,079
the CEO to corporate officer, we're now
combining it. So there's just one. So

575
00:50:02,319 --> 00:50:08,480
there used to be two different DCC
areas, but now we're just combining it

576
00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:12,160
into a oneizefits-all. Is that what's
happening here? Because they've done the

577
00:50:10,720 --> 00:50:15,280
works.
>> That's correct.

578
00:50:13,200 --> 00:50:19,440
» That's exactly it. They've completed all
those works. All those major dcc

579
00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:23,200
projects, uh, they they've been
completed for that project. So they're

580
00:50:21,520 --> 00:50:26,480
all being rolled up into one. So it's
just easier to manage, easier for the

581
00:50:25,200 --> 00:50:30,559
development community to understand.
They don't have to look at two different

582
00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:33,760
spreadsheets. Uh because before if you
were on Elmer Road, you had to look at

583
00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:39,119
the Whitfield
>> landing DCC's and then go to the village

584
00:50:36,160 --> 00:50:42,800
wide dcc and add them up and then but
now it's just it's more simple. It's

585
00:50:40,960 --> 00:50:47,280
just all in one place.
>> And and the other point through to the

586
00:50:45,119 --> 00:50:53,280
CEO that the corporate officer made was
that uh

587
00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:58,640
the old bylaws were in 2010. So even by
it I picked that up. Thank you. So even

588
00:50:55,839 --> 00:51:04,160
by us increasing it's probably in real
time it might not be it might even be

589
00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:08,640
less money than what $2600 got you in in
2010. So it just shows how you we're

590
00:51:06,720 --> 00:51:12,880
actually falling behind
>> drastically. Is there any other

591
00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:17,599
discussion?
Okay, we have a motion duly seconded.

592
00:51:15,520 --> 00:51:22,040
All in favor?
Carried unanimously. Thanks everyone.

593
00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:34,480
9.2 to 1026 RBU zoning amendment. What
council want to do with this one?

594
00:51:31,520 --> 00:51:39,040
» Councelor Torb that the zoning amendment
application for 1026

595
00:51:37,040 --> 00:51:42,319
be accepted and administration be
directed

596
00:51:40,079 --> 00:51:47,040
» to process the application and draft the
zoning.

597
00:51:43,359 --> 00:51:50,559
» Seconder councelor Stevens discussion
councelor Stevens

598
00:51:48,079 --> 00:51:58,960
» have a question for the court officer.
Um because this person identifies that

599
00:51:53,839 --> 00:52:01,680
they want to build a secondary suite. Um
>> is there any like neighborhood

600
00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:04,680
consultation that has to happen with
them?

601
00:52:06,079 --> 00:52:15,440
» Mr. Chair may counselor Stevens. Yes. Uh
councelor Stevens there is. So this is

602
00:52:12,559 --> 00:52:20,079
the very preliminary application process
where council gets a chance to even

603
00:52:17,680 --> 00:52:24,480
consider this application and then if if
they uh accept the application and

604
00:52:22,480 --> 00:52:29,920
direct us to work on a bylaw and that
sort of thing. Uh there is quite a bit

605
00:52:27,359 --> 00:52:34,000
of public consultation. There's there's
ads in the newspaper. There's letters to

606
00:52:32,000 --> 00:52:38,319
all the neighbors. So it's quite a
public process. Yeah. It's very

607
00:52:36,160 --> 00:52:41,599
thorough.
>> Any other discussion?

608
00:52:40,640 --> 00:52:46,160
Councelor Stevens,
>> I have one followup. So, I noticed that

609
00:52:43,119 --> 00:52:52,559
there's there's an $800 um fee that
comes with this um amendment. Does that

610
00:52:49,359 --> 00:52:58,400
$800 cover the all of that advertising
and maybe your time and those types of

611
00:52:54,720 --> 00:53:03,920
things to go into that
>> through to counselor Stevens generally.

612
00:53:00,880 --> 00:53:08,880
So, we have to pick a fee that you win
some, you lose some. So, generally what

613
00:53:05,920 --> 00:53:12,400
we do is we we evaluate the fee
structure every now and then. If if

614
00:53:10,720 --> 00:53:16,720
costs are getting out of hand, we
generally have a good feel for what our

615
00:53:14,240 --> 00:53:20,720
time is and what what it's costing.
There are definitely advertising costs,

616
00:53:18,559 --> 00:53:26,240
there's mailing costs, there's other
staff that get involved with with zoning

617
00:53:23,040 --> 00:53:29,359
amendment. And so, uh, but we're so we
have a feel for it, but generally you

618
00:53:27,920 --> 00:53:35,119
win some, you lose some, and it just
sort of comes out of the wash. Um,

619
00:53:32,480 --> 00:53:41,680
» fair. Thank you,
>> councelor Torban. Uh technically the new

620
00:53:38,800 --> 00:53:47,200
building actually be the main building
and the cabin on the lake would actually

621
00:53:44,640 --> 00:53:52,000
be the secondary building, right? So
what they're actually doing is building

622
00:53:48,720 --> 00:53:56,000
a new house on the front. So it's not
technically a secondary suite. I think

623
00:53:53,920 --> 00:54:01,760
it's going to be the main house that
they're putting on there. There was more

624
00:53:58,400 --> 00:54:04,640
like I I see they've got the uh the
garage entrance and everything. So,

625
00:54:03,280 --> 00:54:09,760
their driveway is going to be on the
right hand side

626
00:54:07,119 --> 00:54:16,160
» and then the driveway to the back is
going to be on the left hand side. Yeah.

627
00:54:11,599 --> 00:54:22,160
» But on there probably right. So, I think
not to confuse it by saying secondary

628
00:54:18,960 --> 00:54:26,960
suite. I find that's not really what's
happening here. That's going to be the

629
00:54:23,599 --> 00:54:31,839
main entrance and the actual cabin
that's there now will actually serve

630
00:54:29,119 --> 00:54:35,640
that
just to clear it up.

631
00:54:35,839 --> 00:54:42,319
» It's not much different to what's
already there. The other houses

632
00:54:39,839 --> 00:54:46,559
» like all of the other house and a cabin
house and a cabin

633
00:54:44,000 --> 00:54:50,400
» almost all of them across that.
>> Yeah. And when you looked at that

634
00:54:47,920 --> 00:54:54,960
council to so their access is going to
not be off that road right away to the

635
00:54:52,240 --> 00:54:58,400
lake for all of it. So that'll kind of
help that. Yes.

636
00:54:56,319 --> 00:55:02,079
» Okay.
>> Council scenes.

637
00:54:59,680 --> 00:55:07,559
» Well, I guess just to follow up. So, um
so is this build subject to development

638
00:55:04,240 --> 00:55:07,559
cost charges?

639
00:55:07,599 --> 00:55:13,040
» Yes.
>> Corporate office.

640
00:55:10,079 --> 00:55:18,720
» Uh it is. It's not. And the reason is
the legislation

641
00:55:15,200 --> 00:55:22,800
uh does not allow you to charge for a
single unit. It's just that they've

642
00:55:20,720 --> 00:55:27,200
already paid. So you could just
theoretically think of okay at one time

643
00:55:24,720 --> 00:55:32,480
that was a subdivision and when they
subdivided they would have paid

644
00:55:29,119 --> 00:55:38,640
development cost charges. Now some
municipalities are quite sticklers and

645
00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:43,359
they will say show me your receipts.
But we know that this was subdivided in

646
00:55:40,640 --> 00:55:48,960
the 70s or 80s. There was probably no
development cost charges. There was

647
00:55:45,040 --> 00:55:54,799
probably no subdivision bylaw. Uh so we
we just try to move forward and we don't

648
00:55:52,240 --> 00:55:57,119
go backwards too often, but just in case
they wouldn't be charged.

649
00:55:56,480 --> 00:56:02,319
» Thank you.
>> Any other discussion from council?

650
00:55:59,920 --> 00:56:05,880
See none. All in favor?
That's carried unanimously.

651
00:56:06,480 --> 00:56:13,119
9.3 economic development activities. I'm
going to turn it over to the CEO.

652
00:56:11,200 --> 00:56:19,119
» Uh thank you, Mr. Mayor. So, today we
have Robin Seir, um our dev specialist,

653
00:56:16,240 --> 00:56:24,079
and she's going to give you a sort of a
summary of the documentation that she

654
00:56:21,440 --> 00:56:28,280
provided for the agenda.
Take it away.

655
00:56:25,280 --> 00:56:28,280
» Yeah.

656
00:56:28,480 --> 00:56:34,680
» Do you have the
presentation yet?

657
00:56:38,240 --> 00:56:48,880
Okay, perfect. Thank you. Um, so this
presentation is just to give some

658
00:56:46,160 --> 00:56:56,000
context is
uh from three strategies. So one was

659
00:56:51,680 --> 00:57:01,359
built in 2020, one in 2024 and then
2025.

660
00:56:57,839 --> 00:57:08,079
Um so what I've done is I've brought
those three strategies together and uh

661
00:57:05,280 --> 00:57:16,160
developed an action plan that we can
move forward um with with some of the

662
00:57:12,559 --> 00:57:21,520
work and start to implement. Um,
one of the things that I always

663
00:57:18,559 --> 00:57:25,680
recommend when I'm doing these are that
we review it at a year, which gives us

664
00:57:23,839 --> 00:57:33,520
the opportunity
if there is something that um becomes

665
00:57:30,640 --> 00:57:40,400
available for the community, we can have
a look. It doesn't mean that what's in

666
00:57:35,839 --> 00:57:46,559
here gets put aside, but it may we just
need to ensure that if that we're taking

667
00:57:44,319 --> 00:57:51,079
advantage of all opportunities that come
forward for the village of Chase.

668
00:57:51,119 --> 00:58:01,400
We'll just next slide.
>> Oh, sorry.

669
00:57:56,880 --> 00:58:01,400
» Perfect. Great. Thank you.

670
00:58:09,440 --> 00:58:12,680
should work.

671
00:58:14,240 --> 00:58:22,400
» There we go.
>> Okay. So the strategic vision for this

672
00:58:20,319 --> 00:58:27,599
is that the village of Chase will become
the gateway to the shoe shushwalk by

673
00:58:24,720 --> 00:58:33,359
creating a vibrant downtown, supporting
local business growth, attracting

674
00:58:30,559 --> 00:58:37,920
strategic investment and strengthening
partnerships with the local First

675
00:58:35,040 --> 00:58:43,240
Nations communities and developing
yearround tourism and community

676
00:58:40,240 --> 00:58:43,240
amenities.

677
00:58:43,680 --> 00:58:53,359
Uh priority one was building economic
development. Um the number one was to

678
00:58:50,079 --> 00:59:00,240
secure Etsy and our partner funding. Um
we secured um the funding which is the

679
00:58:57,599 --> 00:59:03,040
rural economic development and
infrastructure program.

680
00:59:02,480 --> 00:59:13,200
» Yeah.
>> Yeah. In 2026. Um and then I was hired

681
00:59:09,839 --> 00:59:19,280
uh in June 2026.
And moving forward um the partnerships

682
00:59:16,720 --> 00:59:25,520
that we will hope to develop or with
Adam Slate, Wisconsin band, TNRD,

683
00:59:23,200 --> 00:59:32,880
community futures and other
organizations moving forward. We have

684
00:59:28,799 --> 00:59:39,599
already started to have discussion with
um CSRD

685
00:59:34,960 --> 00:59:46,400
electoral area F and C
um about uh coming together to look at

686
00:59:43,440 --> 00:59:53,440
uh some opportunities probably mainly
with tourism and uh developing

687
00:59:50,720 --> 01:00:02,480
some opportunities to do that.
>> Roger, can you say what CNF hours? Oh no

688
00:59:58,000 --> 01:00:11,920
is area F and area C is shw says
shishwap. So um so one of the things

689
01:00:07,280 --> 01:00:18,079
that I want to note that was um brought
forward in one of the strategies that

690
01:00:15,280 --> 01:00:23,200
was developed in 2025
was the creation of a business

691
01:00:20,079 --> 01:00:29,839
improvement association.
I the recommendation coming out of that

692
01:00:26,319 --> 01:00:33,920
is not to is not included in this
document

693
01:00:31,440 --> 01:00:40,160
because you already have an established
chamber of commerce and in a community

694
01:00:37,760 --> 01:00:44,799
of this size and this is just a
recommendation to have a business

695
01:00:42,559 --> 01:00:51,280
improvement association and the chamber
of commerce. I don't think that's

696
01:00:47,920 --> 01:01:01,040
realistic in this community.
Um that is my recommendation and I

697
01:00:56,160 --> 01:01:07,839
wanted to bring that um forward. I think
for long-term success

698
01:01:04,240 --> 01:01:14,319
um there could be a partnership made
with the village of chase and the

699
01:01:10,240 --> 01:01:23,280
chamber of commerce and uh a position
could be developed. Um, so that's in the

700
01:01:18,160 --> 01:01:31,680
document that I brought forward.
So, priority two is to revitalize uh

701
01:01:26,799 --> 01:01:36,400
downtown Chase um and business retention
and really is to transform Shushwalk

702
01:01:34,240 --> 01:01:40,960
Avenue into a vibrant commercial and
social hub.

703
01:01:38,400 --> 01:01:47,359
um beautifification of facade
improvements, gateway enhancements and

704
01:01:43,520 --> 01:01:51,839
way finding um that is can be in form of
signage

705
01:01:48,880 --> 01:01:59,040
mural and the artwork program which has
already been started and you know that's

706
01:01:54,880 --> 01:02:02,559
it's looking pretty nice. um pocket park
upgrades and public washroom which I

707
01:02:01,280 --> 01:02:11,400
know there's already been some
discussion on that and um pop up the

708
01:02:06,240 --> 01:02:11,400
retail and vacant storefront activation.

709
01:02:12,799 --> 01:02:21,359
So priority three is tourism uh
development and visitor

710
01:02:18,160 --> 01:02:24,960
spending. Tourism does remain one of
Chase's strongest economic

711
01:02:23,280 --> 01:02:30,640
opportunities.
Um there can be accommodation attraction

712
01:02:28,160 --> 01:02:36,640
uh beach concession development which I
know that there has been some um work

713
01:02:34,480 --> 01:02:43,119
done around that
um expanded events and festivals,

714
01:02:39,040 --> 01:02:48,119
indigenous tourism partnerships and some
marketing for promotional materials.

715
01:02:49,040 --> 01:02:57,280
Uh priority four is strategic investment
attraction.

716
01:02:54,079 --> 01:03:02,640
um to pursue projects with storm
community support and economic return.

717
01:03:00,559 --> 01:03:10,559
There has been the recommendation for a
long-term care facility, um a hotel,

718
01:03:06,880 --> 01:03:15,319
marina, the beach concession again, and
other tourism opportunities.

719
01:03:22,559 --> 01:03:31,119
And priority five is infrastructure and
community assets. So supporting economic

720
01:03:28,799 --> 01:03:36,079
growth through strategic infrastructure
investments.

721
01:03:32,720 --> 01:03:40,680
Uh Wilson Park, the curb rank,
transportation and community.

722
01:03:42,480 --> 01:03:52,559
Uh It's a three-year implementation
timeline because the funding through

723
01:03:48,000 --> 01:03:59,359
redep is runs for three years.
So year one will be the organizational

724
01:03:55,920 --> 01:04:05,680
development which we've already done and
then the downtown tourism uh projects

725
01:04:03,039 --> 01:04:10,240
and planning and the economic
development office established an

726
01:04:07,599 --> 01:04:17,400
operational which will be able to then
start to look at quick wings in this

727
01:04:13,920 --> 01:04:17,400
those areas.

728
01:04:18,720 --> 01:04:30,000
Um year two again is investment in
growth in tourism downtown. Looking at

729
01:04:26,960 --> 01:04:37,440
um attracting businesses to come into
the empty spaces of downtown and

730
01:04:33,359 --> 01:04:42,640
supporting the community infrastructure
and uh the key deliverable visible

731
01:04:40,319 --> 01:04:49,119
visible transformation of downtown and
active investment attraction program. So

732
01:04:46,079 --> 01:04:55,440
we have a we have an attraction program
that's in place for

733
01:04:51,920 --> 01:05:02,640
any type of drone that looks at the
region.

734
01:04:58,319 --> 01:05:09,119
Uh year three is again major projects
and expansion investment traction and

735
01:05:05,200 --> 01:05:14,799
there is more detail in the documents.
um tourism, downtown infrastructure,

736
01:05:12,640 --> 01:05:18,799
at least one major private sector
investment project committed beyond your

737
01:05:16,880 --> 01:05:21,799
development.
Three,

738
01:05:22,079 --> 01:05:30,720
so the top uh 10 actions for council
approval, secure funding, which is

739
01:05:28,799 --> 01:05:35,440
already completed.
Um the regional economic development

740
01:05:33,359 --> 01:05:39,200
part partnership was the one that I
talked about with the northwalk and the

741
01:05:37,359 --> 01:05:43,920
suite
underlay.

742
01:05:40,799 --> 01:05:48,720
Launch downtown rehabilitation projects.
Implement a vacant storefront activation

743
01:05:46,799 --> 01:05:53,280
program.
Um issue an RFP for the beach

744
01:05:51,520 --> 01:05:58,720
concession. And like I said, I know
there's been some work going on with

745
01:05:55,440 --> 01:06:03,839
that already. So, uh, develop an
investment package for hotel running and

746
01:06:01,119 --> 01:06:08,640
the long-term care opportunities.
Install downtown wayfinding and gateway

747
01:06:07,039 --> 01:06:14,480
signage.
Uh, signage also too along the highway

748
01:06:11,839 --> 01:06:18,880
to let people know what's in Chase. So,
that's one thing that we need to move

749
01:06:16,880 --> 01:06:23,599
forward with.
Uh, the public washroom and the pocket

750
01:06:21,200 --> 01:06:29,440
park improvements. I know there's been
some discussion about that already. and

751
01:06:26,480 --> 01:06:33,720
then launch a fun gateway to the shoe
destination marketing program.

752
01:06:34,960 --> 01:06:44,160
Um so why is this being done? These
initiatives ensure that developer chase

753
01:06:41,520 --> 01:06:49,280
builds capacity then improves the
downtown attracts investment creating

754
01:06:47,119 --> 01:06:56,200
the strong strongest likelihood of
delivering meaningful economic and

755
01:06:51,200 --> 01:06:56,200
community outcomes by 2021.

756
01:06:57,599 --> 01:07:00,839
Thank you.

757
01:07:01,440 --> 01:07:07,039
» Uh questions from council, councelor
Stevens.

758
01:07:04,559 --> 01:07:11,760
» Yeah. Um are we able to put this report
on the website and then maybe do a

759
01:07:09,119 --> 01:07:15,599
social media post about it? Um or even
like a sunflower ad about it. Something

760
01:07:13,680 --> 01:07:21,440
I hear a lot in the community is Chase
is doing nothing um in terms of active.

761
01:07:18,640 --> 01:07:25,599
So um I think that having your position
here is really strong. you know, it's

762
01:07:23,359 --> 01:07:29,760
already showing great results and I I
think that people actually need to see

763
01:07:26,960 --> 01:07:32,640
this. Now, I can please everybody, but I
think this is a great start and I think

764
01:07:31,359 --> 01:07:36,960
this is something that people actually
need to see and they'll be able to get

765
01:07:34,319 --> 01:07:42,880
excited about the future. That's it. And
and to the councelor Stevens, one of the

766
01:07:39,599 --> 01:07:48,319
things that I'm hoping to do
uh probably towards the end of October

767
01:07:45,280 --> 01:07:52,799
or early November is do a community
meeting um to invite people and talk

768
01:07:50,799 --> 01:07:57,599
about this just so that we can do a
presentation

769
01:07:54,640 --> 01:08:01,599
» businesses, residents and
>> great to do presentations. and councelor

770
01:08:00,799 --> 01:08:05,440
Herman. Uh
>> I just want to echo what uh councelor

771
01:08:03,680 --> 01:08:09,359
Stevens was saying that as I went
through here and wrote underway underway

772
01:08:07,440 --> 01:08:14,000
underway on all of these things. You
know, we're already headed in that

773
01:08:10,880 --> 01:08:17,839
direction and just refining and deos
defining and refining what we need to do

774
01:08:16,319 --> 01:08:22,640
» and
adding on the little extras and but I

775
01:08:20,480 --> 01:08:26,960
agree people need to know because people
still there's nothing going on. And if

776
01:08:24,719 --> 01:08:31,040
you walk downtown on a busy morning like
this morning, you will see there's

777
01:08:28,799 --> 01:08:34,719
Oakland everywhere downtown. So yeah,
it's something's going on.

778
01:08:33,759 --> 01:08:37,359
» Yes.
>> Councor Stevens.

779
01:08:35,839 --> 01:08:42,799
» Yeah. And just one more comment on that.
I I think like such a huge um revenue

780
01:08:40,799 --> 01:08:47,759
generator that, you know, we we may have
been missing over the years is like that

781
01:08:44,400 --> 01:08:52,400
minor hockey community. Um you know,
hotels, they're going to cooper

782
01:08:50,640 --> 01:08:55,839
um because ours are getting booked up so
quick. they they don't know where the

783
01:08:54,000 --> 01:08:59,120
local cafes are. They you know they
don't know where to go to eat. So I see

784
01:08:57,600 --> 01:09:03,920
that's all captured here and I think
that's a lot of money that could come in

785
01:09:01,040 --> 01:09:06,640
the into the business community.
>> Can I just counselor Herman

786
01:09:05,199 --> 01:09:11,440
» I just want to share a little good news
story today. I was in Luna on the lake

787
01:09:09,120 --> 01:09:16,480
and I was at the arena when Owen told me
that well I saw the storm the count's

788
01:09:13,920 --> 01:09:20,159
team coming here the KIJHL team coming
here to practice.

789
01:09:17,600 --> 01:09:24,480
» Yeah. And so then I was in the Lon on
the lake this afternoon and uh Bernie

790
01:09:22,159 --> 01:09:29,440
was saying, "Holy smokes, we got slammed
this morning. Two of the Chase kids that

791
01:09:26,880 --> 01:09:32,960
are on the storm said to their team,
"Nobody's eating in Caloops. We're

792
01:09:31,199 --> 01:09:38,159
coming to Chase to Lon on the Lake. They
have the best breakfast ever. 25." And

793
01:09:36,159 --> 01:09:42,719
she said, "We only have 24 seats in the
restaurant." And we had a team of 25

794
01:09:41,120 --> 01:09:49,440
people come for breakfast when they
already had their and I mean things like

795
01:09:44,799 --> 01:09:54,560
that are just like that was no
brought the whole team. So I was like I

796
01:09:52,239 --> 01:09:58,480
love it. I love it. So she said we were
slammed. Yeah. So that that was good

797
01:09:56,560 --> 01:10:01,280
news. So good news. Sorry.
>> And we're going to be talking about the

798
01:09:59,679 --> 01:10:05,199
arena later. That's one of the good
things is it's an actually when you talk

799
01:10:03,120 --> 01:10:10,000
about off season the shoulder seasons
the hockey is good because in the winter

800
01:10:07,760 --> 01:10:13,520
time it brings I know like on a Sunday
if there's a tournament but all the

801
01:10:11,600 --> 01:10:17,520
restaurants we don't have get the hotel
stuff but at least the restaurants get

802
01:10:16,400 --> 01:10:21,600
» get food
>> they're open.

803
01:10:18,800 --> 01:10:27,840
» Is there anything else from council?
>> Okay. Thank you Robin. We made a motion

804
01:10:25,280 --> 01:10:32,080
corporate office.
Yeah. Okay.

805
01:10:30,560 --> 01:10:35,520
Uh someone want to make councelor
Stevens I move that the presentation

806
01:10:33,679 --> 01:10:40,880
from the economic development specialist
please receive the second by councelor

807
01:10:38,320 --> 01:10:49,199
Torban discussion
all in favor carried unanimously

808
01:10:45,280 --> 01:10:51,600
9.4 for truth and reconciliation day.
Who wants to do this from councelor

809
01:10:50,640 --> 01:10:57,120
Herman?
>> Um, we got I move that following parade

810
01:10:54,880 --> 01:11:01,280
route be closed to traffic between 10:00
a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, September

811
01:10:59,280 --> 01:11:05,040
30th, 2026.
We know

812
01:11:02,560 --> 01:11:08,800
» do we have to add that other part for
CA?

813
01:11:05,840 --> 01:11:12,880
» Um, yeah, it's part of the whole
recommendation. So, would it be and

814
01:11:12,080 --> 01:11:16,000
there or not?
>> Nope.

815
01:11:13,840 --> 01:11:20,239
» Okay. Starting at the curling rate,
right onto Shush, right onto Shishop

816
01:11:18,239 --> 01:11:25,679
Avenue, left onto Chase Street, left
onto First Avenue, left onto Pauline,

817
01:11:23,280 --> 01:11:28,159
right onto Shishop Avenue, left onto
Wilson Street, and finishing at the

818
01:11:27,360 --> 01:11:31,600
current.
>> Secondly, Councelor Stevens, discussion,

819
01:11:30,640 --> 01:11:36,640
councelor Stevens.
>> First, I want to apologize for the very

820
01:11:33,679 --> 01:11:41,679
poorly drawn map on page 126, but I drew
that map and submitted it. Um, but no,

821
01:11:39,760 --> 01:11:45,440
you know what? every year or you know
last couple years there's been a walk as

822
01:11:43,360 --> 01:11:49,600
part of this event and um this year you
know we're going to do it around and

823
01:11:47,040 --> 01:11:54,560
chase. I did talk to some businesses um
and they're actually all going to be

824
01:11:50,880 --> 01:11:59,600
closed anyway. So um it is it is a
holiday and um yeah just kind of wanted

825
01:11:57,520 --> 01:12:04,400
to add that it's it's probably take no
more than an hour really but it's a good

826
01:12:02,159 --> 01:12:10,239
opportunity.
>> Any other discussion?

827
01:12:07,120 --> 01:12:16,480
All in favor?
That's passed unanimously.

828
01:12:13,679 --> 01:12:21,040
9.5 Arena Condition Assessment Report.
I'm going to turn it over to the CEO.

829
01:12:18,960 --> 01:12:24,719
» Um, thank you, Mr. Mayor. So, just
briefly, um, I've got a memo there and

830
01:12:23,120 --> 01:12:31,199
of course the whole report is there as
well. Um, and, um, thanks to Owen

831
01:12:28,560 --> 01:12:35,440
Kristen, he was very accommodating with
the fellow that came out for me just to

832
01:12:33,280 --> 01:12:42,960
do the assessment, provided him a lot of
information. Um, so originally the UBCM

833
01:12:39,360 --> 01:12:48,640
gave us or granted us $25,000 to do this
assessment and the final cost is coming

834
01:12:45,440 --> 01:12:55,360
out at around 15. So we're fully covered
by the UBCM grant. Um, there's a lot of

835
01:12:52,560 --> 01:12:58,800
moving parts on this because we'd really
like to do solar panels, but we have to

836
01:12:57,120 --> 01:13:02,640
make sure the roof is okay in order to
have solar panels. And we need an

837
01:13:00,800 --> 01:13:06,480
assessment of the roof, but then we have
some issues with a whole bunch of other

838
01:13:04,800 --> 01:13:11,280
stuff on the roof. And then we've got
some water egress and there's a whole

839
01:13:08,480 --> 01:13:15,760
bunch of stuff. So, we'd like to just
focus on um some repairs and

840
01:13:13,679 --> 01:13:21,520
replacements in the immediate term of
the shells of the of the roof and the

841
01:13:18,560 --> 01:13:26,000
insulation and whatnot. Um and we do we
think we can use community works funds.

842
01:13:23,120 --> 01:13:30,080
that's previously called Gas tax funds,
but because it's going to be um

843
01:13:27,760 --> 01:13:36,320
upgrading some of the insulation and
stuff, I think we have

844
01:13:32,719 --> 01:13:43,840
um do we have something like $70,000 in
that fund off the top of your head?

845
01:13:40,880 --> 01:13:49,120
I think there's around $70,000 in there.
Anyway, we would like to utilize some of

846
01:13:45,679 --> 01:13:53,360
the community works funds um to do some
works on the roof to make it to make the

847
01:13:51,920 --> 01:13:56,800
shell better because it there's a lot of
leaking going on and a bunch of other

848
01:13:54,880 --> 01:14:03,960
stuff. And then we want to continue
researching grants and and other

849
01:13:59,120 --> 01:14:03,960
opportunities for for larger cost items.

850
01:14:04,320 --> 01:14:12,400
» No, I'll just mention the growing
community fund. We put 150,000 towards

851
01:14:10,560 --> 01:14:20,239
» We still have some funds in the growing
communities fund um that we can discuss.

852
01:14:15,440 --> 01:14:24,080
Yes. Putting some towards this as well.
>> Council.

853
01:14:22,320 --> 01:14:27,360
» Yeah, I just have discussion, but maybe
we'll do the motion.

854
01:14:25,760 --> 01:14:31,280
» Is that your report? That's
>> Yeah, basically. And actually, if if

855
01:14:29,199 --> 01:14:36,560
once you make a motion and then have
discussion, Owen may have some

856
01:14:33,440 --> 01:14:40,000
» Okay. Someone want to make a motion? I
don't know. Councelor Torbot.

857
01:14:38,239 --> 01:14:45,600
» Okay. I'll move that the condition
assessment report be received as

858
01:14:41,760 --> 01:14:49,360
information and administration focus on
shell repairs replacement in the

859
01:14:47,440 --> 01:14:53,920
immediate term using community works
funds while continuing to research grant

860
01:14:52,080 --> 01:14:59,040
opportunities for the large cross.
>> Seconded by councelor Herman.

861
01:14:56,560 --> 01:15:05,120
Discussions. Councelor Stevenson.
>> Yeah. Um, I'd imagine everything is

862
01:15:03,120 --> 01:15:10,719
captured in here, but sometimes reports
don't capture every little tiny thing

863
01:15:07,840 --> 01:15:15,760
that needs to be upgraded or updated or
fixed. Um, so I'm just wondering about

864
01:15:13,360 --> 01:15:21,520
like specifically about the shell. So
the exterior of the structure and I I

865
01:15:18,719 --> 01:15:29,199
did see that there like some throbs and
things like that um need to be uh

866
01:15:25,760 --> 01:15:33,920
replaced. So I guess like my thought is
like through the through the firesmart

867
01:15:31,040 --> 01:15:38,880
grant you if if that arena is deemed a
critical infrastructure we can leverage

868
01:15:36,640 --> 01:15:43,920
I think like $25,000
through that to do like window upgrades,

869
01:15:42,000 --> 01:15:47,520
door upgrades, eaves drops and things
like that. So there's definitely an

870
01:15:45,840 --> 01:15:51,040
opportunity there and I just wanted to
share that. Um I think it just needs

871
01:15:49,360 --> 01:15:53,679
like your general firework assessment
but

872
01:15:54,640 --> 01:16:00,159
» of course
>> um

873
01:15:57,840 --> 01:16:04,760
about the ice making and all that stuff
is that all work or is that

874
01:16:08,800 --> 01:16:12,679
great question. Um,

875
01:16:14,000 --> 01:16:17,000
it