[1. Opening Statement:]
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          AND I'LL CALL OUR GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE FOR MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2022 TO ORDER. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE IS LOCATED IN CHIEF DRYGEESE TERRITORY. 
          FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL, IT'S BEEN THE TRADITIONAL LAND OF THE YELLOWKNIFE DENE FIRST NATION. WE RESPECT THE HISTORIES, LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF ALL OTHER INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, INCLUDING THE NORTH SLAVE METIS AND ALL FIRST NATIONS, METIS AND INUIT WHOSE PRESENCE CONTINUES TO ENRICH OUR VIBRANT COMMUNITY. 
          [2. Approval of the agenda.]
MS. BASSI-KELLETT ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD TO THE AGENDA? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. NOTHING ELSE TO. 
          THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE DISCLOSURE PECUNIARY INTEREST IN THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF. 
          [3. Disclosure of pecuniary interest and the general nature thereof.]
COUNCILLOR MORGAN, I'LL START WITH YOU. 
          THANKS. I HAVE A CONFLICT FOR ITEM NUMBER FOR THE COMMUNITY GRANTS DUE TO MY EMPLOYMENT WITH THE SNOW KING WINTER FESTIVAL AND ALSO INVOLVEMENT WITH SEVERAL OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THERE. 
          THANK YOU. ANYTHING FURTHER? SEEING NONE, WITH THAT, WE'LL JUST SWITCH THE ORDER FOR FIVE AND FOUR SO COUNCILLOR MORGAN CAN LEAVE RIGHT AFTER THAT. 
          SO NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS. 
          I KNOW. SO COUNCILLOR MORSE WAS ASKING ABOUT QUORUM. 
          WHEN SOMEBODY DECLARES THEY'RE THEY CAN LEAVE AND THEY'RE STILL PART OF THE MEETING. 
          SO THEY THEY COUNT. 
          [4. A memorandum regarding whether to adopt the recommendations set forth by the
Grant Review Committee for the awarding of the 2022 Grant Funding and consideration
for the 2022 ‐ 2024 Multi‐Year Funding Recipients.]
SO NEXT WE HAVE A MEMORANDUM REGARDING WHETHER TO AUTHORIZE THE EXPENDITURE OF $10,000 FROM THE HERITAGE COMMITTEE BUDGET TO HELP FUND PHASE TWO OF THE YELLOWKNIFE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S MUSEUM AND INTERPRETIVE CENTER PROJECT. 
          ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL ON THAT ITEM? SEEING. 
          COUNCILLOR MORSE. THANKS. 
          YEAH. I LOOK THROUGH THE MINUTES. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE THE HERITAGE COMMITTEE DID DELIBERATE IT AND EVERYTHING. 
          I GUESS I WAS JUST KIND OF WONDERING. 
          I THOUGHT THAT THE HERITAGE COMMITTEE HAD A FAIRLY BIG SET OF ITEMS RELATED TO THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          THERE'S BEEN TALK OF RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS MEMORIAL AND THAT THE HERITAGE COMMITTEE COULD BE PART OF THAT. I'M JUST WONDERING IF THIS IS AFFECTS THAT OR ANYTHING OR IF IT WAS JUST THAT THE COMMITTEE HASN'T HAD A LOT OF APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING, AND SO THEY'RE DECIDING TO PUT MOST OF IT TOWARDS THIS THIS YEAR. 
          YEAH. SO THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR. 
          SO INSTEAD OF BECAUSE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE HERITAGE COMMITTEE, IT USED TO BE TWO CALLS FOR APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS. 
          THIS YEAR THERE'S JUST ONE CALL, WHICH WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. 
          SO FOR THE GRANT PROCESS, THEY RECEIVED TWO APPLICATIONS FOR GRANT FUNDING THIS YEAR. 
          SO THERE'S THE RECOMMENDATION TO FUND THE 10,000. 
          THERE'S ALSO THE THE WOLF FOUNDATION THAT WILL BE RECEIVING 2500. 
          SO BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE HASN'T SPENT THEIR FULL AMOUNT, THE REST CAN BE USED FOR HERITAGE COMMITTEE PROJECTS THAT THE COMMITTEE THEMSELVES WORKS ON VERSUS GRANTS. 
          SO YEAH, JUST LIKE YOU SAID IN YEARS PAST, IT'S BEEN STUFF LIKE THE INTERCULTURAL HERITAGE PLACEMAKING AND OTHER ACTUAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS. 
          OKAY. THANKS. THAT'S IT FOR ME. 
          HAPPY TO APPROVE WHAT THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDED. 
          THANK YOU. SEEING NOTHING FURTHER. 
          WE WILL BRING THIS TO OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH IS MONDAY, MARCH 28TH AT 7:00 PM. 
          WITH THAT COUNCILLOR MORGAN, YOU CAN HEAD OUT. 
          THANKS FOR COMING. 
          [5. A memorandum regarding whether to authorize the expenditure of $10,000 from the
Heritage Committee budget to help fund Phase 2 of the Yellowknife Historical Society’s
Museum and Interpretive Centre Project.]
NEXT, WE HAVE A MEMORANDUM REGARDING WHETHER TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS SET FORTH BY THE GRANT REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR THE AWARDING OF THE 2022 GRANT FUNDING AND CONSIDERATION FOR THE 2022 TO 2024 MULTI YEAR FUNDING RECIPIENTS. 
          SO AGAIN, THIS IS KIND OF OUR ANNUAL GRANT ALLOCATIONS. 
          QUESTION FROM COUNCILLOR MORSE. 
          THANK YOU. I WAS JUST WONDERING. 
          SO I SAW THAT THE COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE EXPERIENCE SUMMER PROGRAM. 
          I DO RECALL A LONG AND DRAWN OUT DEBATE THAT WE HAD ABOUT THIS PROGRAM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. AND THE ULTIMATE CONCLUSION OF IT WAS THAT THE CITY WAS GOING TO BE PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE PROGRAMING SO THAT THE EXPERIENCE SUMMER PROGRAM WAS NOT NEEDED. 
          I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THAT, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THE EXPERIENCE PROGRAM IS BACK. 
          SO JUST WONDERING WHAT THE STORY IS. 
          WE'VE ACTUALLY ALWAYS CONTINUED TO FUND IT. 
          BUT SO THE EXPERIENCED SUMMER PROGRAM DOESN'T LIMIT YOUTH PARTICIPATION TO JUST CITY CAMPS. SO IF A KID WANTS TO GO TO SOCCER CAMP, THEY CAN SELECT THAT ONE. 
          AND THEN NWT DISABILITIES SENDS A WORKER WITH THE KID TO TO THAT CAMP. 
          SO THE CITY HAS TAKEN STEPS TO MAKE OUR SUMMER CAMP ACCESSIBLE. 
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BUT KIDS ARE WELCOME AND OPEN TO TAKING OTHER SUMMER CAMPS OFFERED IN YELLOWKNIFE. 
          MS. BASSI-KELLET ANYTHING FROM ADMIN ABOUT OUR SUMMER CAMPS? THANKS VERY MUCH. 
          YEAH, WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO MAKE THEM AS INCLUSIVE AS POSSIBLE. 
          I'LL ASK MR. WHITE IF HE HAS ANYTHING HE'D LIKE TO ADD. 
          THANK YOU, MS. BASSI-KELLETT. 
          I GUESS I'LL JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY ON THE OPERATIONS OF OUR SUMMER DAY CAMP PLAYGROUND OR PROGRAMS. IF YOU RECALL IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, WE HAVE AN 8 TO 1 OR A 10 TO 1 RATIO FOR STUDENTS OR I GUESS PARTICIPANTS TO LEADERS DEPENDING ON THE AGE GROUP. 
          WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE ADDED TWO ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT DO NOT COUNT AGAINST THAT RATIO TO HELP OUT WITH THE ACCESSIBILITY PORTION OF THE PLAYGROUND AS IN WHERE NEEDED I GUESS THEY THEY'RE ABLE TO INSTANTLY RESPOND TO ISSUES AND THEN PLAY WITH THE KIDS WITHIN THE PLAYGROUND PROGRAM ON A REGULAR BASIS AND THEN RESPOND IN A DIFFERENT MATTER IF NEEDED. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU TO ADMINISTRATION FOR THOSE ANSWERS AND FOR MAYOR ALTY FOR CLARIFYING THAT, I FORGOT THAT THE EXPERIENCE SUMMER PROGRAM GOES BEYOND JUST THE CITIES PROGRAM. 
          SO WITH THAT, YEAH, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          AS ALWAYS, BIG THANKS TO THE GRANT REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR TAKING THE TIME TO GO THROUGH ALL THE APPLICATIONS. I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY AND SO I ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE AN EFFORT JUST TO APPROVE WHAT THEY'VE RECOMMENDED, KNOWING THAT THEY'VE DONE THE HARD WORK OF DETERMINING WHO GETS WHAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THESE GRANTS GOING OUT TO ALL THESE GREAT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. 
          SEEING NONE. WE WILL BRING FORWARD THIS RECOMMENDATION TO OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH IS MONDAY, MARCH 28TH AT 7:00 PM. 
          WITH THAT, THAT'S IT FOR OUR AGENDA. 
          IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN, MOVE BY COUNCILLOR MORSE A SECOND BY COUNCILLOR PAYNE. 
          ANYBODY OPPOSED, SEEING NONE. 
          AND JUST A REMINDER, THIS IS OUR LAST VIRTUAL WE'RE BACK IN PERSON NEXT MONDAY. 
          WE JUST HAD IT VIRTUALLY TODAY TO TRY TO MAXIMIZE PARTICIPATION BECAUSE OF MARCH BREAK AND HOW LATE, HOW CLOSE TO MARCH BREAK IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT ALL THE RESTRICTIONS WOULD BE LIFTED. SO AGAIN, BACK IN PERSON NEXT MONDAY, EVERYBODY HAS TO WEAR THEIR MASKS AFTER APRIL 1ST, BACK IN PERSON, BUT NO MASKS. 
          SO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY IN PERSON NEXT MONDAY. 
          HAVE A GREAT WEEK, EVERYBODY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.