Apr 12, 2021 Council Meetings

I WILL CALL OUR COUNCIL MEETING FOR MONDAY, APRIL 12TH, 2021 TO ORDER, AND I WILL ASK

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WELL, WE JUST LOST THE AUDIO ISSUES HERE, REBECCA.

OH.

CAN YOU SEE ME AND HEAR ME? WE CAN'T SEE YOU, BUT WE CAN HEAR YOU.

I WAS LIKE, YOU DROPPED OFF BUT YEAH, WE CAN HEAR YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THE OPENING STATEMENT.

[1. Councillor Payne will read the Opening Statement.]

FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL.

THERE'S BEEN A TRADITIONAL LAND OF THE YOUNG ALMOST ANY FIRST NATION.

MORE RECENTLY, THE HOMELAND OF NORTH SLAVE MAYTE.

WE RESPECT THE HISTORIES AND LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF THE FIRST NATIONS, MAYTE INUIT IN ALL FIRST PEOPLES OF CANADA, WHOSE PRESENCE CONTINUES TO ENRICH OUR BY OUR VIBRANT COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THERE WERE NO AWARDS CEREMONIES OR PRESENTATIONS FOR THE AGENDA, MINUTES OF COUNCIL FOR THE REGULAR MEETING ON MONDAY, MARCH 20 SECONDS.

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THANK YOU, SECOND-ORDER.

COUNCILOR SMITH, ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, IN FAVOR, AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT, WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL FOR TUESDAY, APRIL SIX, COUNTERPANE.

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THANK YOU, SECONDER.

AND SO, SILVERIO, ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, IN FAVOR, AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY NEXT, WE HAVE DISCLOSURE, PECUNIARY INTEREST IN THE GENERAL

[7. Does any Member have a pecuniary interest in any matter before Council tonight?]

THANK YOU. INTERESTING ITEM NUMBER 14 IS MAKERSPACE, WHICH IS MY EMPLOYER.

THANKS.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS SEEING? NONE. THERE WAS NO CORRESPONDENCE, NOR WERE THERE ANY PETITIONS FOR THE AGENDA.

THERE WERE NO STATUTORY PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE AGENDA.

[10. A presentation from France Benoit regarding the Implementation Plan for GROW Yellowknife Food and Agriculture Strategy. (Part 1 of 2)]

FIRST IS A PRESENTATION FROM PROSPER NUAL REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR GROWTH, FOLLOWED BY MR. KYLE THOMAS.

ON THE SAME SUBJECT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE YOU ARE ON.

AND I WILL JUST PULL UP.

MY APOLOGIES, COUNCIL PROCEDURES BAILA.

ALL RIGHT, ARE YOU THAT.

YES, AND SO EACH PRESENTER WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES, IF YOU NEED EXTRA TIME, WE WILL GO TO A RESOLUTION OF COUNCIL TO EXTEND FOR ANOTHER TWO MINUTES.

AND WE JUST, OF COURSE, ALWAYS ASK PEOPLE TO BE RESPECTFUL OF STAFF, RESIDENTS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. AFTER YOUR PRESENTATION WILL GO TO QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL AND AND THEN NO DEBATE BETWEEN MEMBERS.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO YOU FIRST.

OK, I HAVE TIME MYSELF TO VOTE FIVE AND A HALF TO SIX MINUTES, DEPENDING IF I BREATHE OR NOT. AND SO I'M TRYING TO TURN ON THE CAMERA, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO WORK.

MY NAME IS ASPINWALL AND.

OK, CROSS, WE LOST YOUR AUDIO, BUT I SEE YOU ARE NOT MUTED, SO.

ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR US? EVERYBODY ELSE CAN HEAR IT, RIGHT? IT'S NOT JUST ME, OK? LET ME TRY IN THE CHAT.

OK, ROSS ASPINWALL HAS LEFT.

WE'LL GIVE. JUST A SECOND THERE TO SEE IF.

WHILE WE'RE WAITING.

KYLE, ARE YOU READY TO PRESENT?

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PERFECT, SO SIMILAR TO FRANCE, WE'LL DO FIVE MINUTES.

IF YOU NEED A BIT OF EXTRA TIME, DO RESOLUTION BY COUNCIL FOR AN EXTRA TWO MINUTES AND THEN AFTER THAT WILL GO INTO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COUNCIL.

SO I'LL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO YOU.

I DO HAVE A KIND OF SLIDE SHOW.

I, I'M DETERMINED TO GET THIS TO WORK.

SO IS THAT POSSIBLE IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION? YOU BET. LET'S SEE WHO ARE ORGANIZERS, OK? YEP. BOOM. KYLE, YOU'RE THE PRESENTER.

YOU'RE ABLE TO SHARE A SCREEN ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR WINDOW.

JUST. I THINK THAT ONE WORKS.

THEY'RE. OK, DO YOU HEAR THE FIRST LINE? EXCELLENT.

OVER TO YOU. OK.

START MY TIMER. OK, HERE AGAIN TODAY, NOT TO COMMENT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY, I'VE ALREADY DONE THAT. I WAS JUST DETERMINED TO COME AND GET THE SLIDESHOW WORKING PROPERLY THIS TIME. ALL JOKES ASIDE, I JUST THOUGHT SINCE THE LAST ONE, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT INDIVIDUAL POINTS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY.

THIS TIME I WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE A BROADER OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE IN AND.

SO WE ARE A BIT SHORTER.

MY PARTNER DIMERY, OUR LANDOWNER'S WE PURCHASED CITY LAND BECAUSE OUR OUR MODEL OF GROWING IS FAIRLY NEW.

WE WERE VERY CREATIVE WITH HOW WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE THE LAND AND ESSENTIALLY GET THE THE EQUITY THAT WE NEEDED TO PURCHASE THE LAND.

WE'RE WE'RE VERY, VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT WANTING TO PURCHASE THAT LAND OR ANY LAND, REALLY, SO THAT WE WERE THE OWNERS THAT WE COULD KIND OF WITHIN THE MEANS, CONTROL WHAT WE WERE DOING. IT WASN'T EASY.

SO WITH THAT SAID, THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION AROUND CITY DOING SOME SUBSIDIES OR POTENTIAL THINGS REGARDING LAND.

WE AS A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS DON'T THINK THAT THE CITY SHOULD GIVE SUBSIDIES OR PROVIDE LEASES TO AGRICULTURE BUSINESSES.

TO BE HONEST, WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT STAY PRIVATE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE WE WENT THROUGH THE ALL THE RIGOROUS BARRIERS AND HURDLES TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE. SO WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT OR NOT NECESSARILY.

WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE IT, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INDUSTRY STAYS KIND OF WITHIN THAT REALM. AND THEN WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE IN THIS FOR THE LONG HAUL, ESSENTIALLY, THAT'S WHY WE BOUGHT THE LAND.

SO SO WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? WE'RE BOTH YELLING BECAUSE WE'RE BOTH PASSIONATE ABOUT FOOD AND GROWING IT.

WE WANT TO MAKE FOOD AVAILABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND IF WE ARE NOT DRIVEN BY THE DOLLAR SIGNS, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE A BUSINESS, WE'RE DRIVEN BY THE PASSION. AND WE ARE WE'RE CHANNELING THAT PASSION INTO A SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS BUSINESS. THERE IS LOTS OF PLANNING THAT GOES INTO MAKING A COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE BUSINESS. THIS ISN'T JUST PICKING OUT YOUR SEED BAG AND IN THE SPRING AND THROW IT IN THE GROUND AND HOPING THAT SOMETHING GROWS.

THERE'S A LOT OF PLANNING THAT WE PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AS SUCCESSFUL AS POSSIBLE. CHECKING THE WEATHER ACROSS THREE DAYS, DETERMINING DIFFERENT VARYING VEGETABLE YIELDS, COLLECTING DATA, MANAGING SEED INVENTORY, ENSURING SEED STARTS ARE READY, CROP SUCCESSION PLANNING, DESIGNING ERGONOMIC AND UNIFORM GARDEN BEDS.

ALL OF THESE THINGS WE ARE PUTTING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUSINESS IS AS ACCESSIBLE AS IT CAN POSSIBLY BE.

PART OF THAT IS, IS OUR OUR NURSERY THIS YEAR WE BUILT A NURSERY, SO WE HAVE LIGHTS THAT ARE DEVELOPING OUR STARTS.

THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD GERMINATION RATES, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AS EFFICIENT AND AS STABLE AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT WHEN WE PURCHASE MATERIALS AND EXPENSES, THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE A RETURN ON THAT.

ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ASSETS IS SOIL.

AND I DID MENTION THIS IN THE LAST MEETING.

IN MY LAST PRESENTATION, WE ARE WE ARE FOLLOWING METHODS THAT REVOLVE AROUND REGENERATIVE AND BIO INTENSIVE HUMAN SCALE FARMING.

SO SOIL IS OUR MEDIUM OF CHOICE.

IT'S A IT'S OUR BIGGEST ASSET.

AND AS TIME GOES ON, IT BECOMES A GREATER AND GREATER ASSET FOR US.

BUT EVEN THE BENEFITS ARE THAT IT'S LOCALLY SOURCED AND IT'S LOCALLY CREATED SOIL NUTRIENTS SUCH AS COMPOST.

BUT OTHER OTHER NUTRIENTS ARE ALSO ABLE TO BE SOURCED LOCALLY OR CREATED LOCALLY.

WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT COMPOSTING.

WE WON'T GO INTO THAT TOO MUCH AGAIN.

BUT THROUGH THESE PROPER REGENERATIVE METHODS, SOIL CAN CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE VEGETABLE PRODUCTION. IT CAN CONTINUOUSLY AS IT AS IT DEVELOPS AND AS IT BECOMES MORE NUTRIENT RICH, THOSE NUTRIENTS ARE TRANSFERRED INTO BETTER NUTRIENT DENSE VEGETABLES, MORE FLAVORFUL VEGETABLES.

AND YEAR OVER YEAR THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE AS WELL AS THE PRODUCTIVITY OF THE CLEARING METHODS. SO AS WE DEVELOP THIS SOIL, IT'S TWO FOLD.

SO AS WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SOIL, THAT SOIL IN THESE REGENERATIVE METHODS IS ACTUALLY

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SO KIND OF COOL. AND SO PART OF THE COMMENTS WE HEARD IN OUR LAST MEETING, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M AT THE TIME, I HAVE 18 SECONDS.

SO MAYBE I WILL REQUEST THAT TWO MINUTES EXTENSION AND I'LL PASS IT BACK TO YOU.

THANK YOU, EMOTIONAL COUNCIL TO EXTEND BEYOND TWO MINUTES, MOVED BY COUNCILOR CAUCUS, SECONDED BY COUNCILOR SMITH, ANYBODY OPPOSED THE NONE OF YOU CAN CONTINUE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO IN THE LAST MEETING, WE HEARD THAT THAT FOOD COSTS ARE GOING TO BE HIGH IF WE'RE PRODUCING THEM LOCALLY.

ABSOLUTELY. WE KNOW THAT THE COST OF A BUSINESS IS HIGH AND WATER IS ANOTHER CONSIDERATION, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

SO AT THE BOTTOM. SO AS A BUSINESS, WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR BOTTOM LINE, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE PASSION DRIVEN, SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS BUSINESS.

SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE OR THAT WE'RE HOPING TO IMPLEMENT TO BE SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS IS FOR EVERY 30 CSA BAGS THAT WE SELL, WHICH ARE VEGETABLE BAGS THAT GO ON A WEEKLY BASIS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

WE'RE HOPING TO FOR EVERY 10 THAT WE SELL TO GIVE ONE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, TO A LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO DISTRIBUTE BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.

SO IF WE SELL 30, THAT MEANS THERE'S THREE SHARES THAT ARE GOING BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY AND THAT'S GIVE OR TAKE THREE BAGS A WEEK FOR 10 TO 12 WEEKS.

I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT WEIGHT OF THAT, BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BEING A SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS BUSINESS THAT, YES, HAS A HIGH EXPENSE OR COST OF BUSINESS, AS ANY OTHER STARTUP WOULD.

BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN WE CAN PROVIDE OUR PRODUCTS TO ALL LEVELS OF WHEN.

I WAS ONE OF THE OTHER WAYS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IS WE'RE LOOKING AT DEVELOPING A EDUCATIONAL OR TRAINING ARM OF FRESHWATER THAT WOULD NOT ONLY INTRODUCE MORE PEOPLE TO THE HIGH, EFFICIENT REGENERATIVE MARKET GARDEN METHODS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT, BUT ALSO THE BUSINESS SIDE OF DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLE MODEL AROUND IT. I'VE BEEN IN DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND INVOLVED IN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR YEARS. BUSINESS IS ALSO A PASSION OF MINE.

SO IF WE CAN HELP DEVELOP A BUSINESS MODEL FOR AGRICULTURE BUSINESSES THAT IS STABLE AND PROVEN THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVE AND THEN WE CAN REPLICATE IT AND DISTRIBUTE THAT OR HELP OTHERS START IT UP, THEN THAT'S A MANDATE THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY THINKING ABOUT OR TRYING TO IMPLEMENT. SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY.

THIS WAS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, AGAIN, GET IN FRONT OF COUNCIL AND ALSO TALK TO ADMINISTRATION AS A WHOLE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO START UP A COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE BUSINESS HERE MOMENT AND THEN HOW IT CAN IMPACT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE COMMUNITY IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

ANY QUESTIONS? I'M HAPPY TO FELTHAM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE INSIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? SEEING NONE, COUNCILOR COVID.

THANK YOU. YEAH, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION, CARL, IN TERMS OF THE.

YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU THINK THE CITY CAN HELP, YOU KNOW, WATER IS CERTAINLY ONE THAT THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED AND OTHER BUSINESSES I'VE MENTIONED, HAVE YOU DONE ANY CALCULATIONS ON ON, YOU KNOW, THE VOLUME OF WATER THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO TO RUN YOUR GARDEN EVERY SUMMER? WELL, I DON'T HAVE NUMBERS ON THAT THAT WOULD BE MORE ON THE SIDE OF DETERMINING, ALBEIT THAT WE'RE STARTING TO GET A NEW PIECE OF PROPERTY, AS YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE UNSURE OF EXACTLY WHAT THE AMOUNT OF WATER WE WOULD BE GOING THROUGH.

WE KNOW A ROUGH NUMBER THAT WAS USED ON THAT, NOT VOLUME WISE, BUT COST WISE.

SO I COULD DO THE MATH BACKWARDS SAYING THAT IT WAS, I THINK, ABOUT SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE SEASON, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT EQUALS IN VOLUME.

OK, YEAH, I MEAN, I KNOW ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING ON SOME STUFF ABOUT OUR WATER RATES, SO I THINK THAT'S PRETTY CRITICAL.

NO, THANKS FOR PRESENTATION AND THE QUESTION I HAD.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SUPREME COUNCIL.

CNN, THANKS AGAIN FOR COMING TO PRESENT.

IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE AGRICULTURE BUSINESS HERE IN LIFE.

THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME.

NO PROBLEM. UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T SEE ROSE HAVING JOINED AGAIN.

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BUT TO COME BACK TO THAT, DEPENDING ON WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE AGENDA.

OK, WITH THAT.

WE ARE NOW AT MEMBER STATEMENTS, THERE WERE NO STATEMENTS FOR THE AGENDA, ARE THERE ANY MEMBER STATEMENTS FROM THE FLOOR? NEXT, WE HAVE INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS, COUNCILOR PAYNE, THE

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OH, SORRY. AND COUNCILOR MORSE WILL EXCUSE HIMSELF.

I MOVE THAT COUNCIL, APPROVED IT, CONDITIONALLY, PERMIT IT, USE PUBLIC OR QUASI PUBLIC AT NINETEEN PLATFORM THIRTY FIVE POINT SIXTEEN FIFTY SEVEN FIVE ZERO ZERO ONE FOR DRIVE.

THANK YOU. SECONDER COUNCILOR WILLIAMS, ANY DISCUSSION.

SOUNDS LIKE.

THANK YOU. AS WITH ANY CONDITIONING PERMITTED USES THAT COME BEFORE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BUNCH OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER PARKING IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. YOU KNOW, AND WHEN I LOOK AT IT, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY INTERESTING ADDITION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I THINK THAT THE IMPACT IS CERTAINLY MORE HEALTHY THAN A LOT OF THINGS THAT COULD BE HAPPENING THERE. IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THINGS CAN BE PRODUCED UNDER THE MAKERSPACE IN IN THE YUKON.

THEY CAME UP WITH SOME CROSS-COUNTRY SKI POLES THAT TAKE PEOPLE'S HEART RATE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND IT WAS APPARENTLY GOING WORLDWIDE IS PRETTY AWESOME TO WATCH THAT GO ON.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M I'M QUITE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, REALIZING THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S OBVIOUSLY ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF THINGS, A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE TO FALL IN PLACE.

BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED AS COUNCIL TO TO DO THAT.

YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING SERVICES DIVISION AND THE OFFICE OF THE FIRE MARSHAL WILL SORT THINGS OUT. BUT IN TERMS OF SHOULD THIS BE ALLOWED THERE? I'M ABSOLUTELY IN AGREEMENT.

THANK YOU. I ALSO AGREE, BASED ON THE ITEMS THAT COUNCIL HAS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, I THINK IT DOES FIT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

ANYTHING FURTHER FROM COUNCIL? SEEING NONE OF THOSE IN FAVOR.

UNANIMOUSLY AND COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCHISE HAS VOTED IN FAVOR OF THAT AS WELL, TO NOTE FOR THE MINUTES COUNCIL, MAURICE, YOU CAN COME BACK TO MY GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE

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COUNCILOR PAYNE, I MOVE THAT COUNCIL, ADOPT THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IN RESPONSE TO RECOMMENDATIONS ARISING TO GROW YOUR OWN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE STRATEGY.

THANK YOU. TO HAVE A SECOND YEAR COUNCIL SALVAGGIO ANY DISCUSSION.

COUNCILOR MORGAN.

THANK YOU. SO I'VE DEFINITELY DONE A LOT OF THINKING ABOUT THIS ONE AND AND TALKING TO VARIOUS PEOPLE, AND CERTAINLY I'M I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE STRATEGY OVERALL AND I'M NOT GOING TO PROPOSE ANY FORMAL AMENDMENTS, AS I THINK A LOT OF THINGS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ARE SORT OF A MATTER OF HOW YOU INTERPRET IT OR IN THIS CASE, HOW ADMINISTRATION INTERPRETS IT. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT SOME COMMENTS ON THE RECORD ABOUT SORT OF THE FRAMEWORK THAT I ENVISION.

THE STRATEGY OPERATING WITHIN OR AND A FEW CAVEATS THAT I HAVE IN TERMS OF MY SUPPORT, SO THE FIRST SEVERAL ITEMS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY, I THINK ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO DO WITH THE CITY NOT BEING A BARRIER TO ENTREPRENEURS OR AGRICULTURAL HOBBYISTS OR OTHERS.

AND I TOTALLY AGREE THAT THE CITY SHOULD NOT BE POSING A BARRIER.

SO OUR PLANNING FRAMEWORKS OR CITY PLAN, ZONING BYLAWS OR REGULATIONS SHOULD, I THINK, BE GENERALLY PERMISSIVE TOWARDS FOOD ENTREPRENEURS OR HOBBYISTS.

AND CERTAINLY AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T POSE AN UNREASONABLE SAFETY RISK OR NUISANCE TO THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN THERE'S THE QUESTION OF TO WHAT EXTENT WE SHOULD ACTIVELY INCENTIVIZE OR SUBSIDIZE FOOD RELATED BUSINESSES OR FOOD RELATED COMMUNITY EVENTS OR EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES. SO ON THIS, I JUST GENERALLY THINK THIS SHOULD BE IN PROPORTION TO THE EXTENT THAT WE SUPPORT OTHER KINDS OF LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR OTHER THINGS THAT

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AND TO ME, I THINK WE SHOULD.

CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE INITIATIVES THAT HAVE A WIDE BENEFIT TO THE GREATEST NUMBER OF RESIDENTS OR PERHAPS FOCUS ON HELPING OUT OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS OR AT LEAST PROVIDE BENEFITS AND ENJOYMENT THAT IS FREE AND ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE, AS WE GENERALLY DO WITH OTHER KINDS OF CITY PROGRAMS AND POLICIES AND THINGS THAT WE FUND.

SO THE KINDS OF SPECIFIC CAVEATS I HAVE WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

I'LL JUST GO THROUGH NOW. SO THE ONE ACTION, ONE POINT, ONE POINT FOR AROUND INCENTIVIZING NEW FOOD AND AGRICULTURE BUSINESSES.

A COUPLE OF POINTS I WANTED TO MAKE, SO FIRST, ENSURING THAT.

WHEN WE'RE REVIEWING OUR DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES AND BYLAWS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING, HOW ENTREPRENEURIAL. A LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES. I THINK IT'S WRONG, IT'S OK, YOU KNOW, I'M THERE.

YOU'RE HERE. I WAS HERE.

I WAS SEEING ALL OF YOU.

OH, MY GOD.

WELL, WE'LL JUST TAKE A MOMENT LIKE COUNCILOR MORGAN FINISH AND THEN WE'LL DO JUST A QUICK MOTION FROM COUNCIL TO TAKE A PAUSE SECTION FIVE OF OUR COUNCIL PROCEDURES TO TO GO BACK UP TO THE DELEGATIONS PERTAINING TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

BUT AND THEN FRANCE CAN DO A PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS PART.

BUT COUNCILOR MORGAN, IF YOU JUST WANT TO FINISH YOUR COMMENTS AND WE'LL GET BACK TO THAT. SURE.

OK, SO JUST GENERALLY THAT WHEN WE'RE REVIEWING OUR DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES AND BYLAWS, WE'RE KEEPING A WIDER LENS TO HOW ALL KINDS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL INITIATIVES COULD BENEFIT AND THAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING POLICIES THAT COULD BENEFIT EFFICIENTLY THE WIDEST NUMBER OF ENTREPRENEURS WITHIN THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AT THE CITY.

AND SECONDLY, THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LISTED THERE THAT WE'RE INCENTIVIZING FOOD AND AGRICULTURE BUSINESSES.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT NARROWLY INTERPRETING THAT AS.

YOU KNOW, AGRICULTURAL INITIATIVES, BUT THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING WITHIN THAT ANY KIND OF FOOD PROCESSING OR DISTRIBUTION BUSINESSES, EVEN RESTAURANTS, CAFES, SO THAT WE CONSIDER MORE BROADLY THE SECTOR AS A WHOLE, ACTUALLY AT ONE POINT TO AROUND PERMITTING SMALL LIVESTOCK BEES AND INSECTS.

MY I KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL NEEDING TO REVIEW THIS AND DO SOME COMMUNITY CONSULTATION, BUT MY GENERAL PRINCIPLE AROUND THIS THAT I WANTED TO VOICE WAS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD ONLY REGULATE WHERE WE'RE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES AND THE EXPERTIZE TO ACTUALLY ENFORCE OUR PERMITS AND REGULATIONS CONSISTENTLY AND THOROUGHLY.

AND GIVEN THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE LIMITED ENFORCEMENT CAPACITY THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WE COULD RELY ON JUST PROMOTING BEST PRACTICES INSTEAD OF REGULATING WHERE THAT SEEMS WISE AND POSSIBLE AND AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE RELYING ON COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO DISSEMINATE THOSE BEST PRACTICES. AROUND THE WATER SUBSIDY, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO HOLD OFF ON.

YOU KNOW. IN-DEPTH RESEARCH AND COSTING OUT WATER SUBSIDIES UNTIL WE HOLD FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BEATTIES ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICER ABOUT POSSIBLY MUCH MORE EFFICIENT AND REASONABLE SOLUTIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, ACCESSING LAKE WATER FOR VARIOUS INITIATIVES, WHETHER IT'S AGRICULTURAL OR FISH BUSINESSES, BEFORE WE ASSUME THAT WE HAVE TO FIND SOLUTIONS USING MUNICIPAL TAP WATER THAT WOULD OFTEN BE TRUCKED.

AND THEN FINALLY, FIVE POINT TO SEEKING MAJOR PROJECT FUNDING.

JUST IN GENERAL, I WOULD URGE.

ADMINISTRATION AND COUNCIL, THAT WE ARE CAUTIOUS WHEN WE DECIDE TO APPLY FOR GRANTS OR ENTER INTO PARTNERSHIPS SUCH AS WITH UNIVERSITIES OR NGOS, ABOUT WHAT LOOKS LIKE FREE

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AND AGAIN, SIMILAR TO THE PRINCIPLES I MENTIONED ABOVE, ENSURE THAT THE PROJECTS ARE HAVING A WIDE BENEFIT TO THIS PRESIDENT OR HELPING OUT VULNERABLE PEOPLE OR DOING THINGS THAT WOULD BE FREE AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE ENTIRE PUBLIC RATHER THAN PURSUING FINISH PROJECTS THAT MAYBE ONLY A FEW RESIDENTS OR BUSINESSES WOULD BE INTERESTED IN.

SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS IN TERMS OF CAVEATS.

BUT I DO SUPPORT US GOING AHEAD OVERALL WITH THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

THANK YOU. LET'S SEE, WE HAVE CROSSED BACK WITH US, SO IF COUNSEL TO WHAT'S THE TAKE A

[10. A presentation from France Benoit regarding the Implementation Plan for GROW Yellowknife Food and Agriculture Strategy. (Part 2 of 2)]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I KNOW TECHNOLOGY CAN BE FUN.

OH, OH, OH.

THERE WE GO. WE CAN HEAR YOU.

SO I HEAR YOU DOING A WHOLE RUN FOR US.

SO NOW YOU ARE. YOU HEAR ME OK? YES. WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU.

FIVE MINUTES AND THEN YOU BE OK.

MY NAME IS BEN AND THE OWNER OPERATOR OF THE FISH FARM.

I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

STAKEHOLDERS WILL WORK WITH CITY STAFF TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN TO THE BENEFIT OF OUR CITY.

I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME FACTS WITH YOU AND THEN SOME OF MY HOPES, OUR BASIC PRIMAL NEEDS AS HUMAN BEINGS, OUR AIR, WATER AND ABOUT TWO THOUSAND CALORIES A DAY.

AGRICULTURE HAD A VIBRANT HALF IN YELLOWKNIFE BEFORE THE ROAD WAS PUT IN, AND IT CAN HAVE A VIBRANT FUTURE AGAIN.

YOU CAN GROW AN AWFUL LOT OF FOOD WITH LOW TECH, LOW COST SOLUTIONS THAT FEED OUR BODIES AND SOUL. AND I HAVE GROWN FOOD IN THE PARKING LOT UPSIDE DOWN ON UNEVEN GROUND ON SHEER BEDROCK SO IT CAN BE DONE BY THE LARGEST SOURCE OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES IS HEAVY DUTY DIESEL VEHICLES.

AND MANY OF THOSE BIG DIESEL TRUCKS ARE FULL OF FOOD BEING BROUGHT TO US.

BUT IF OUR FOOD SYSTEM IS NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AS RESILIENT AS WE THINK IT IS.

IT IS DEPENDENT ON THE SUEZ CANAL AS WE HAVE SEEN.

IT DEPENDS ON MIGRANT WORKERS, ON ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, LOW WAGES, AND THERE ARE STILL MANY SHORTAGES DUE TO THE PANDEMIC.

EVEN TO THIS DAY, I'VE ORDERED FARMING EQUIPMENT THAT'S NOT GOING TO ARRIVE UNTIL OCTOBER. AND EVERY WEEK AS I PLAN MENUS FOR MY STORE, THERE'S ALWAYS TWO, THREE INGREDIENTS MISSING TO THIS DAY.

SO WE NEED TO BUILD RESILIENCE IN OUR FOOD SYSTEM BY DIVERSIFYING OUR ECONOMY AND CREATING JOBS HERE.

AND WE CAN GO A LONG WAY TO FEED OURSELVES ALL YEAR.

AND WHEN WE FEED OURSELVES, THAT IS TRUE FOOD SECURITY.

BUT BEFORE WE FEED OURSELVES, WE FIRST NEED TO GROW AND MAKE THE FOOD AND NOT JUST ANY FOOD BECAUSE WE NEED NUTRIENT DENSE FOODS THAT HAVE CALORIES.

REMEMBER THOSE TWO THOUSAND CALORIES A DAY? WELL, THEY HAVE TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE.

SO FISH COUNTRY FOOD, BUT ALSO ROOT VEGETABLES SUCH AS POTATOES AND CARROTS THAT GIVE US THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF CALORIES.

SO WE USED TO BE THAT LAND WAS PASSED FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, BUT NOT ANYMORE AND CERTAINLY NOT IN YELLOWKNIFE.

SO ANYBODY HERE WHO WANTS TO FARM NEEDS TO BUY OR RENT A LARGE TRACT OF LAND.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU NEED TO BUY THE SOIL OR YOU NEED TO MAKE THE SOIL.

AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THE SOIL WELL, YOU NEED TO PLANT AT LEAST A YEAR AHEAD OF TIME. YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AS WELL AT CLOSE TO A THOUSAND GALLONS OF WATER A WEEK.

AND THE REVENUES ARE NOT HUGE.

YOU'RE SELLING ZUCCHINIS.

YOU'RE NOT A CONSULTING FIRM OR YOU ARE NOT SELLING DIAMOND RINGS.

SO IT'S IT'S SOMETIMES IT'S A TOUGH LIFE, BUT IT'S A WONDERFUL, MEANINGFUL LIFE THAT IS

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AND THAT IS WHAT YOU AND I ARE DOING.

WE ARE MAKING COMMUNITY AND IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

AND IF WE HAVE ANY HOPE OF BEING MORE FOOD SECURE AND SUSTAINABLE, WE NEED TO DO THAT.

AND SPEAKING OF HOPE, I HOPE THAT YOU MAKE AGRICULTURE AND LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION A CORNERSTONE OF OUR ECONOMY.

TOURISM IS DOWN.

MINING IS GOING DOWN TO ONE ONE CONSTANT.

I KEEP GOING BACK TO IT BECAUSE WE ALL NEED THOSE TWO THOUSAND CALORIES A DAY.

SO LET'S GROW A MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO ITS FOOD SOURCES.

AND I HOPE WE DEVELOP A FOOD ECONOMY WHERE EXISTING COMMERCIAL GROWERS ARE ACTIVELY SUPPORTED TO INCREASE OUR LOCAL PRODUCTION.

BECAUSE THEY HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY CAN GROW FOOD IN A CONSISTENT MANNER, THEY ARE DEFINITELY THE BEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK.

AND HERE'S SOME FUNKY DOWN TO EARTH IDEAS.

SO START ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR A FARMER IN RESIDENCE.

WE'VE GOT A WRITER IN RESIDENCE.

LET'S HAVE A FARMER IN RESIDENCE INSTEAD OF WHEN YOUR SPACE CONTEST.

WELL, LAUNCH ONE WHEN YOU FARM CONTEST, YOU'RE ALREADY OFFERING GARDENING WORKSHOPS.

LET'S HAVE MORE NEXT YEAR.

THROUGH YOUR COMMUNITY GRANTS, YOU CAN EMPHASIZE FOOD PROJECTS, CONTINUE THE COMPOST SALES FOR GARDENS, FIND LAND, REDUCE COST OF WATER.

EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS.

AND WHAT I HEARD AT THE LAST MEETING THAT YOU HAD ON THIS ISSUE, I HEARD YOU SAY THAT YOU COULD NOT BE SEEN TO GIVE PRIORITY TO ONE INDUSTRY, ALTHOUGH OVER ANOTHER.

BUT YOU HAVE AN EMAIL YOU WITH THE MINING INDUSTRY.

SO YOU ARE ALREADY TREATING AN INDUSTRY DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER ONES.

SO DO NOT.

MY HOPE IS THAT YOU DON'T GET BOGGED DOWN IN TRYING TO TREAT EVERY BUSINESS THE SAME.

AND I BEGGING YOU TO TREAT FOOD PRODUCTION DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE IT IS DIFFERENT.

FOOD IS OUR BASIC PRIMAL NEED.

YOU CANNOT HAVE THE SAME EVALUATION PARAMETERS FOR A DRY WALLING COMPANY, A CONSULTING FIRM, A MINE AND A FARM.

WE'RE SHOOTING OURSELVES IN THE FOOT IF WE TREAT WHAT LITERALLY KEEPS US ALIVE AS ANY OTHER INDUSTRY.

WE HAVE DONE THAT FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS AND THERE ARE MANY ERRORS THAT WERE MADE.

AND I HOPE THAT WE NOT REPEAT THE ERRORS OF THE PAST.

LET A HUGE AVOID THE HUGE FARMERS THAT ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION DUE TO POOR SOIL MANAGEMENT AND FARMERS HAVING TO HAVE A JOB OFF THE FARM SO THEY CAN HAVE A FARM.

AND THERE'S ALSO THE DANGER OF HAVING LARGER AND LARGER FARMS THAT ESSENTIALLY BECOME BIG CORPORATIONS HERE IN YELLOWKNIFE.

YEP.

SORRY, JUST JUST TWO SECONDS.

WE JUST NEED A MOTION TO EXTEND.

I JUST HAVE LIKE 30 SECONDS, BUT.

AND NOBODY SUPPOSED.

THERE WE GO OVER BACK TO YOU, OK? I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE AN UNBELIEVABLE OPPORTUNITY TO START FROM SCRATCH HERE IN YELLOWKNIFE AND TO DO IT RIGHT.

SO I'M ASKING YOU TO TREAT LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION WITH EQUITY AND NOT NECESSARILY EQUALITY AND TO DECLARE UNEQUIVOCALLY THAT FOOD IS A PRIORITY IN OUR WONDERFUL CITY.

AND FOR SURE, YOU'LL GET SOME FLAK FROM SOME PEOPLE, BUT YOU WILL BE SURPRISED AT HOW MANY WILL RALLY BEHIND YOU.

AND I STAND FIRM ON MY BELIEFS AND I'M WILLING TO GO TO BAT FOR THEM.

WELL, LET'S TRY TO MAKE YELLOWKNIFE A CITY WHERE FOOD ACTS AS AN ECONOMIC INCUBATOR.

FOOD IS THE BASIS OF OUR RECONCILIATION WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.

FOR EXAMPLE, FOOD BUSINESSES ARE PRIORITIZED AND FOOD IS A COMMUNITY CELEBRATION.

AND BY PRODUCING MORE FOOD HERE, WE ALSO REDUCE THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN OUR CITY AND TERRITORY.

SO I WILL END BY SAYING THAT IF WE DO NOT TAKE CONTROL OF HOW WE FEED OURSELVES, IT WILL CONTINUE TO CONTROL US.

AND MY HOPE IS TO BUILD A STRONG FOOD ECONOMY IN YELLOWKNIFE IN A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE WAY IN A WAY THAT REDUCES THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND IN A WAY THAT VALUES THE SACRED WORK OF FOOD PRODUCERS, AND THAT WE DO THAT TOGETHER ONE CARROT AT A TIME.

[00:35:06]

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THIS AND THANKS FOR YOUR SUGGESTIONS.

YEAH, THOUGH WHEN YOUR FARM SPACE WORK IS AN INTERESTING CONCEPT TO CONSIDER ALONG WITH WITH YOUR OTHER POINTS.

[16. Councillor Payne moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, That Council adopt the Implementation Plan and response to recommendations arising from GROW: Yellowknife Food & Agriculture Strategy. (Part 2 of 2)]

THANK YOU IN GENERAL, I DO SUPPORT THIS, I JUST LOVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR ADMINISTRATION.

ANYTHING THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE VIEWED AS A SUBSIDY, WILL THOSE BE COMING TO THE COUNCIL FOR SPECIFIC ENDORSEMENT? LOOK, IF WE DECIDE THAT WE'RE GOING TO, FOR EXAMPLE, GIVE ANYBODY WHO HAS AGRICULTURE FREE WATER, WILL THAT COME TO COUNCIL BEFORE IT'S ACTUALLY A DONE DEAL? YES, IT WOULD BE EITHER FEES AND CHARGES OR DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE BY LAW, BUT IT WOULD BE SOME SORT OF BYLAW THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO BE.

SO THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

ARE ALL IDEAS THAT MAN HAS TO WORK ON AND THEN MOST OF THEM ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR FORMAL APPROVAL ESPECIALLY.

CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE THE STEPS BETWEEN THIS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND FUTURE COUNCIL DECISIONS? THANKS VERY MUCH.

ABSOLUTELY, YOUR WORSHIP.

SO WE'RE REALLY THRILLED ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS OUR FRAMEWORK THAT WE'LL BE USING THEN TO WORK ON INITIATIVES THAT WE'LL BRING TO COUNCIL TO LAY OUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE INTEND TO DO WITHIN A GIVEN YEAR OR AT A GIVEN TIME.

THAT'S APPROPRIATE. THE COMMENT THAT COUNCILOR MORGAN MADE EARLIER AROUND, LET'S NOT CHASE DOLLARS.

WE COULD NOT AGREE MORE.

WE'VE LEARNED SOME LESSONS ON THAT AND OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY WHERE JASON DOLLARS THAT DON'T COMPLIMENT OR GO IN A DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO GO IN IS NOT GOOD FOR ANYONE.

SO CERTAINLY THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE VERY MINDFUL OF AND THAT WHEN THERE ARE INITIATIVES THAT WE WILL BRING BACK TO COUNCIL, THERE WILL BE LOTS FOR COUNCIL TO BE REVIEWING AND PROVIDING DIRECTION ON.

THANK YOU. SO THAT I DEFINITELY GIVE IT MY ENDORSEMENT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? FOR MYSELF, YEAH, THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, AND REALLY THIS IS JUST THE START OF MANY DECISIONS TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL.

AND AS THE GROW AGRICULTURE STRATEGY NOTED, THERE'S LOTS OF PROACTIVE OR REACTIVE WAYS THE COUNCIL CAN DEAL WITH FOOD AND AGRICULTURE IN OUR CITY.

AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO STUFF LIKE CHANGING BYLAWS AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT HOW A MAN AND COUNCILOR WORK TOGETHER WHEN IT COMES TO CANNABIS OR SHORT TERM RENTALS.

THEY COME FORWARD, PRESENT SOME BEST PRACTICE OR RESEARCH AND PRESENT A POTENTIAL REGULATORY FRAMEWORK.

AND THEN THEY GO OUT AND GET FEEDBACK ON THAT AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ACTUAL BYLAW REVIEWS OR BYLAW APPROVALS.

SO, AGAIN, A LOT OF SOME REALLY HEARTY DISCUSSIONS I KNOW ARE TO COME ON WHETHER WE WANT TO GIVE INCENTIVES WHEN IT COMES TO WATER, WHICH A LOT OF THE WORK, TOO, ISN'T JUST GOING TO BE A BENEFIT TO FOOD AND AGRICULTURE WHEN IT COMES TO THE ZONING BYLAW.

WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE AGRICULTURE INTO CONSIDERATION.

THE WATER REVIEW IS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

AND IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BENEFIT AGRICULTURE.

IT'S FURNITURE STORES AND TOWN ARE ASKING US TO DO THIS AND AGRICULTURE STORES.

SO IT'S IT'S A LOT OF BUSINESSES.

THE BUSINESS LICENSE BY LAW, AGAIN, ISN'T JUST GETTING UPDATED FOR AGRICULTURE, BUT WHEN IT'S BEING UPDATED, IT'S GOING TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

AND THE RECREATION PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S NOT NEW WORK.

IT'S JUST INCORPORATING THAT LENS INTO OUR WORK AND NOT FORGETTING ABOUT FOOD AND AGRICULTURE WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR, AH, PROGRAMS AND POLICY AND BYLAW REVIEWS.

SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY.

WITH THAT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER FUNDIS IS ALSO IN FAVOR, SO THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

COUNCILOR PAYNE.

[17. Councillor Payne moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, That Council direct Administration to draft a by-law to declare a half day civic holiday on the Friday afternoon of Folk on the Rocks in 2021.]

DO HAVE A SECOND DOOR. COUNCILOR WILLIAMS OPENING IT UP TO DISCUSSION.

[00:40:02]

WE DID DISCUSS IT AT SOME LENGTH AT G.P.S.

SO I THINK THAT MOST OF THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN SO JUST CONFIRMING THIS, THIS WILL ONLY BE FOR THIS YEAR, ONLY FOR TWENTY, TWENTY ONE.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY THE WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT YEAR, JUST GOING BACK TO A CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL OR SORRY, LONG JOHN JAMBOREE, OR WILL THAT NEED TO BE OTHER ACTION FROM COUNCIL.

THE LONG DRAWN JAMBOREE BY LAW STANDS, SO COUNCIL HASN'T RESCINDED IT, SO THE WAY THAT THE BYLAWS DRAFTED IS ANY TIME THAT LONG DRAWN JAMBOREE HAPPENS, THE CIVIC HOLIDAYS CALLED.

AND THE WAY THIS IS WORDED IS THAT THE BYLAW WOULD BE DRAFTED ONLY FOR 2021.

IF COUNCIL WANTED TO MAKE IT AGAIN FOR TWENTY TWENTY TWO, WE'D HAVE TO BRING THAT DISCUSSION AGAIN.

AND THEN IF WE WANTED TO RESCIND THE LONG DRAWN JAMBOREES CIVIC HOLIDAY, THAT DISCUSSION WOULD HAVE TO HAVE TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.

COUNCIL. ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS, CONSUMERS? I THINK YOU'LL HAVE TO ADMIT THAT HAVING KIND OF ASKED A FEW PEOPLE ABOUT THIS AND SEEING DISCUSSION GOING ON AROUND THE COMMUNITY IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED AT HOW LITTLE SUPPORT THERE WAS FOR THIS INITIATIVE.

I HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD FROM ANYONE THAT'S KIND OF EFFUSIVELY EXCITED ABOUT IT, WHICH IS INTERESTING. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, FOGLEMAN IS AN OUTDOOR FESTIVAL, IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUTSIDE AND, YOU KNOW, ENJOY A COMMUNITY EVENT. AND WE HAVEN'T HAD A CIVIC HOLIDAY THIS YEAR.

I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO AND MAYBE NICE FOR FAMILIES TO ENJOY GOING TO ENJOY FOLK ON THE ROCKS DOWN IN THE PARK.

AND SO I DON'T SEE A HUGE AMOUNT OF HARM IN DOING THIS.

BUT I WOULD POINT OUT THAT I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF NECESSARILY DOING THIS OUTSIDE OF EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.

I JUST THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING THE CIRCUMSTANCE WE'RE IN, I'M SORT OF TENTATIVELY IN FAVOR OF IT.

AND SO WE'LL VOTE IN FAVOR.

BUT I WOULDN'T SUGGEST WE DO THIS GOING FORWARD OUTSIDE OF ABNORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

THANKS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, COUNCILOR KONGA.

THANK YOU. YEAH, I'M NOT GOING TO BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS, YOU KNOW, I'M I FEEL THESE CIVIC REALLY AT. IF YOU'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE A GOVERNMENT JOB, THEN YOU GET AN AFTERNOON OFF THAT'S PAID FOR BY EVERYBODY WHO'S STILL AT WORK.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT IN SUPPORT OF IT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I DO LIKE BETTER AND I'VE I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE THAT, YOU KNOW, AND WE SAID THAT OUR MY EMPLOYEES, THAT IF THEY IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THAT I WILL YOU KNOW, THEY CAN TAKE THE AFTERNOON OFF AND I WILL PAY THEM, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE VOLUNTEERING.

BUT JUST TO MAKE IT A HOLIDAY.

I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S YOU KNOW, I THINK IT CREATES A DIVISION IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALL THOSE POOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO GO TO WORK BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE GOVERNMENT JOBS KIND OF FEEL LIKE THEY ARE LEFT OUT.

SO I AM NOT IN SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILOR SMITH. THANK YOU.

I AGREE WITH COUNCILOR MORRISON COUNCIL MEMBER ON THIS.

I HAVEN'T HEARD A WHOLE LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS.

I HAVE HEARD FROM A FEW THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, YEAH, GREAT. HOWEVER, I STILL HAVE TO WORK.

I MEAN, WE'RE COMING OUT OF COVID WHERE WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF GOVERNMENT WORKERS THAT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FROM HOME.

AND WE HAVE A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES THAT STILL HAD TO GET OUT OF BED, GO TO WORK, KNOW, TRY AND WORK AROUND ALL THE RESTRICTIONS AND SO ON. SO I'M NOT TRULY IN FAVOR OF THIS.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I ALSO WON'T BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS, I PREFER TO TO LEAVE THE DISCRETION TO BUSINESSES AND EMPLOYERS.

SO THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT EVENTS AND THERE'S WHETHER IT'S GETTING GIVING EMPLOYEES TIME OFF TO ATTEND AN EVENT OR TO VOLUNTEER AN EVENT.

[00:45:01]

AND EVERYBODY HAS KIND OF A DIFFERENT EVENT OR CAUSE THAT SPEAKS TO THEM.

SO LEAVING THAT IN THEIR HANDS.

WITH THAT, I WILL CALL THE VOTES ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

OPPOSED. AND THAT FAILS WITH COUNCILOR MORSE AND MORGAN IN FAVOR.

COUNCILOR MOUFID, FOR THE RECORD, IS NOT IN SUPPORT.

COUNCILOR PETE.

[18. Councillor Payne moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, That: 1. The Community Energy Plan Committee be dissolved and that the City conduct a Community Roundtable annually to report on implementation of the City’s Community Energy Plan; 2. The University Post Secondary Advisory Committee be dissolved and that the City support a network of stakeholders; 3. The Terms of Reference for the Heritage Committee be amended to change frequency of meetings; 4. The City conduct a Community Roundtable annually with respect to Reconciliation; and 5. Council direct Administration to draft and bring forward a Framework for Public Engagement that utilizes various approaches to engagement.]

THE TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE HERITAGE COMMITTEE BE AMENDED TO CHANGE FREQUENCY OF MEETINGS FOR THE CITY CONDUCTED COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLE ANNUALLY WITH THE RESPECT WITH RESPECT TO RECONCILIATION AND FIVE COUNCIL DIRECT ADMINISTRATION TO DRAFT AND BRING FORWARD A FRAMEWORK FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT UTILIZES VARIOUS APPROACHES TO ENGAGEMENT.

THANK YOU, SECOND-ORDER.

I ALSO CAN'T GO ANY DISCUSSION.

BEING DONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AND FOR THE RECORD, COUNCIL MEMBER FANATICISM FAVORITO, SO THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY CANCER PAIN.

[19. Councillor Payne moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, That Council appoint Jason Brinson, a representative from a nongovernment Health organization (including hospitals and other public institutions, and organizations focused on mental health and addictions), to serve on the Community Advisory Board on Homelessness (CAB) commencing April 13, 2021 and ending April 12, 2023.]

THANK YOU, SECONDER.

COUNCILOR SMITH, ANY DISCUSSION? THEY TO HAVE A FULL TAB FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER DOES AS A FAVOR AS WELL, SO THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, COUNCILOR, YOUR

[Items 20 & 21]

I MOVE THAT COUNCIL, ADOPT A TWENTY TWO THOUSAND TWENTY ONE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY TWO HERITAGE COMMITTEE WORKPLAN FOR INFORMATION SIKANDAR.

COUNCILOR MORGAN, ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER IS IN FAVOR, SO THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY COUNCILOR PAIN.

[22. Councillor Payne moves, Councillor ____________ seconds, That Council appoint the following: Committee Councillor Audit Committee Councillor Mufandaedza Board of Revision Primary: Councillor Konge Alternate: Councillor Silverio Yellowknife Combative Sports Commission Councillor Smith Community Advisory Board on Homelessness Councillor Morgan Development Appeal Board Alternate: Councillor Payne Grant Review Committee (x2) Councillor Williams Councillor Payne Heritage Committee Councillor Smith Mayor’s Task Force on Economic Development Councillor Morse]

COUNCILOR WILLIAMS AND COUNCILOR PAYNE, HERITAGE COMMITTEE COUNCILOR SMITH AND THE MAYOR'S TASK FORCE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.

MORSE THANK YOU, SECONDER.

AND SO, SILVERIO, ANY DISCUSSION? THE NINE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AND COMES THE MOVEMENT IS ALSO IN FAVOR, SO THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

[Items 23 & 24]

AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE HYPHENATED LAST NAME FOR THE LAST FIVE OR SO, WHICH IS WHY IT'S BACK IN FRONT OF COUNCIL TONIGHT, COUNCILOR PAYNE.

WELL, I'M GLAD YOU BRUTALIZED YOUR LAST NAME FIRST AND NOT ME FIRST, SO THAT'S GOOD.

I MOVE THAT ONE PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE.

THIRTY SEVEN OF THE CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES AT S.

NWT, TWO THOUSAND THREE C TWENTY TWO.

ATHENA, THEN I'LL SEE PROMETHEUS BE APPOINTED AS A FILE OFFICER FOR THE CITY LIFE AND TO DETERMINE THE APPOINTMENT SHALL EXPIRE UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE AS A FILE OFFICER.

THANK YOU TO HAVE A SECOND COUNCILOR MORGAN.

THIS IS ACTUALLY.

WE SHOULD JUST BE GOING TO FIRST READING ON THE BAILOUT AS OPPOSED TO EMOTION.

THAT. MOSKOVSKY COLOR.

THANK YOU, YES.

SO IF IT'S IF IT'S BEEN MOVED AND APPROVED, THEN WE'RE GOOD TO GO.

WELL, I GUESS WE'LL JUST VOTE ON IT JUST TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND DO

[00:50:01]

SO. SEEING NONE THAT CARRIES, IS THERE ANY NEW BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR?

[Items 26 & 27]

OH, YES, SORRY. THIS IS FROM OUR OUR GOVERNANCE REVIEW IS PRESENTED FOR FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD READING, COUNCILOR PAYNE.

I MOVED FIRST READING A BYLINE NUMBER FIVE ZERO THREE SIX.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND OR COUNCILOR MORGAN, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER NISAR ALSO IN FAVOR COUNTERPANE.

[28. Councillor Payne moves, Councillor __________ seconds, Second Reading of By-law No. 5036.]

AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER FINDINGS ARE ALSO IN FAVOR.

ARE WE MISSING? SORRY, NO. OK, THAT WE GET TO DO THIRD READING COUNCIL MEMBER,

[29. Councillor Payne moves, Councillor __________ seconds, That By-law No. 5036 be presented for Third Reading.]

COUNCIL MEMBER THREE IN FAVOR OF.

YEP, AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER AND ALSO IN FAVOR, COUNCILOR PAYNE.

[30. Councillor Payne moves, Councillor __________ seconds, Third Reading of By-law No. 5036.]

FIVE ZERO THREE SIX SECOND TO.

COUNCILOR SMITH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER AND IS ALSO IN FAVOR.

THERE WAS NO DEFERRED BUSINESS AND THERE WERE NO TABLE ITEMS FOR THE AGENDA, IS THERE ANY DEFERRED BUSINESS OR ARE THERE ANY TABLE ITEMS FROM THE FLOOR? THERE WAS NO OLD BUSINESS FOR THE AGENDA, IS THERE ANY OLD BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR? THERE WERE NO NOTICES OF MOTION FOR THE AGENDA, ARE THERE ANY NOTICES, A MOTION FROM THE FLOOR? THERE WERE NO DELEGATIONS PERTAINING TO ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA, THERE WERE NO ADMINISTRATIVE INQUIRIES FOR THE AGENDA.

ARE THERE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE INQUIRIES FROM THE FLOOR? SEEING NONE IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN, MOVED BY COUNCILOR SMITH, SECOND BY COUNCILOR PAYNE, ANYBODY OPPOSED SEEING NONE, WE CAN BE ADJOURNED.

GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.