May 16, 2022 Governance & Priorities Committee

[1. Opening Statement: The City of Yellowknife acknowledges that we are located in Chief Drygeese territory. From time immemorial, it has been the traditional land of the Yellowknives Dene First Nation. We respect the histories, languages, and cultures of all other Indigenous Peoples including the North Slave Métis, and all First Nations, Métis, and Inuit whose presence continues to enrich our vibrant community.]

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AND I'LL CALL OUR GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE MEETING FOR MONDAY, MAY 16TH, 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.]

THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE DISCLOSURE PECUNIARY INTERESTS IN THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF.

DOES ANY MEMBER HAVE A PECUNIARY INTEREST TODAY? SEEING NONE NEXT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE 2022 CONSTRUCTION SEASON PLUS PROJECTS AND WORK PLANNING.

[4. A presentation regarding the 2022 Construction Season, Projects and Workplanning.]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR WITH PLEASURE.

I THINK COUNCILLORS KNOW IT'S A SURE SIGN OF SPRING WHEN ADMINISTRATION COMES FORWARD TO PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENTS UNDERWAY IN OUR CONSTRUCTION SEASON.

THAT'S UPCOMING. THIS YEAR WE'VE EXPANDED A LITTLE BIT TO INCLUDE SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY THAT THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO SEE AND TAKE NOTE OF.

AND I'M VERY PLEASED NOW TO TURN THINGS OVER TO CHARLSEY WHITE, OUR DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, WHO IS TAKING ONE FOR THE TEAM SHE'S PRESENTING ON BEHALF OF ADMINISTRATION. AND I'LL STEP IN AT THE END WITH SOME CONCLUDING REMARKS.

OVER TO YOU, CHARLSEY.

GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. SO EVERY SPRING, ADMINISTRATION SUMMARIZES THE WORK THAT WILL BE VISIBLE TO YELLOWKNIFERS OVER THE COURSE OF THE SPRING, SUMMER, AND AUTUMN CONSTRUCTION SEASON.

THIS REFLECTS WORK THAT YOU'LL FIND IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET PROJECTS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS THAT ARE ONGOING AND CONTINUING TOWARDS COMPLETION AND OTHER PROJECTS THAT APPEAR THROUGH THE YEAR. DURING THE YEARS WITH SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION.

WE LIKE TO GIVE A HEADS UP SO THAT YELLOWKNIFERS KNOW WHERE, WHAT TO EXPECT AND WHERE TO EXPECT SOME OF THESE ITEMS. TODAY WE WILL START BY GOING THROUGH PROJECT BY PROJECT AND THEIR TYPES, AND THEN WE'LL LAY THINGS OUT BY NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE'LL BEGIN WITH WATER AND SEWER WORKS.

INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ONGOING.

PHASE ONE IN HORDAL IS BEING COMPLETED AND PHASE TWO WILL THEN START TO TAKE PLACE THIS SUMMER.

OUR SERVICES CONTRACT IS ALSO IN PLACE WITH REGARDS TO THE SUBMARINE PIPELINE REPLACEMENT PROJECT.

BATHYMETRIC SURVEYING OF GSL IS TO OCCUR ALONG WITH DESIGN WORK AND THIS PROJECT IS OUR DETAILED DESIGN AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE CONTINUED SUPPLY OF SAFE DRINKING WATER WITHIN THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE.

AS WELL WE'VE NOTED UP HERE THAT 54TH AVENUE INFRASTRUCTURE WILL ALSO BE COMPLETED.

THE CITY'S WATER LICENSE.

THIS IS FOR WATER USAGE AND WASTE DEPOSITS.

WHILE BY NAME ALONE ONE MIGHT THINK THAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT OUR WATER SUPPLY.

HOWEVER, THE MAJOR IMPACTS COMING OUT OF OUR WATER LICENSE TERMS AND REQUIREMENTS ARE WIDESPREAD, AND WE'VE LISTED A NUMBER OF THEM HERE.

THIS INCLUDES OUR SEWAGE TREATMENT AND OUR SOLID, SOLID WASTE FACILITY.

THE WATER LICENSE BASICALLY TOOK THREE YEARS OF PLANNING AND PREPARATION, AND IT IMPACTS MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS.

THE TERM IS 15 YEARS.

SO THIS WILL RUN FROM MAY 31ST, 2022, AND IT WILL EXPIRE MAY 30TH, 2037.

THE WORK LISTED HERE IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WATERS ACT AND THE CITY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE REQUIRED POST ISSUANCE PROCESSES.

THE PROJECTS HERE ARE TO SUPPLEMENT THE LICENSE AND INCLUDE TIMELINES FOR UPDATES, INCLUSION AND SUBMISSION.

ROADS AND PAVING.

THIS YEAR'S PAVING PROGRAM IS TO REPAIR AND REPLACE ASPHALT, CONCRETE AND OTHER MATERIALS ON CITY STREETS AS REQUIRED.

IN ADDITION, SOME UPGRADES ARE BEING COMPLETED TO TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND PUSH BUTTON PUSH BUTTON CROSSWALKS.

THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE OVERALL FLOW OF TRAFFIC WITHIN THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE WHILE ENSURING SAFE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS.

WE HAVE 19 INTERSECTIONS WHICH RELY ON TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND MANY MORE ARE USED FOR THE SAFE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING.

OUR SOLID WASTE FACILITY.

IN 2022, WE WILL SEE THE CONTINUATION OF A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SOLID WASTE FACILITY.

THE WEIGHT-OUT SCALE AND GATE HOUSE WILL BE WHAT MOST USERS SEE.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT ARE ONGOING THIS YEAR.

THE DETAILED DESIGN FOR CELL C AND THE CREATION OF A SEQUENCING PLAN THAT WILL GUIDE THE FACILITY PLANNING AND OPERATIONS INTO THE FUTURE ARE ALSO IN PROGRESS.

THIS WORK INCLUDES SITE CLEARING, ROCK BLASTING, SITE WORKS, DRAINAGE, LEACHATE COLLECTION AND ROADWORKS.

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SOME OTHER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO HIGHLIGHT INCLUDE THE SERVICE CONNECTION FAILURE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

SERVICE REPAIRS ARE TAKING PLACE ON EIGHT SERVICE UPGRADES THROUGHOUT YELLOWKNIFE, AS WELL AS COMPLETION OF SERVICE UPGRADES THAT WERE INITIATED UNDER THE 2020 CONTRACT. THIS INCLUDES REPLACEMENT OF TWO WATERLINES, A SEWER LINE, WATER METERS AND CIRCULATION PUMP.

THIS WORK IS ALL BEING COMPLETED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

CITY COUNCIL WILL ALSO RECALL THAT THE SCFA IS A UNIQUE INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE.

PROPERTY OWNERS, WATER AND SEWER PIPES ARE PROTECTED AND THEY PAY ABOUT $10 PER MONTH, WHICH HAS SAVED RESIDENTS OVER $1,000,000 JUST IN 2021 ALONE.

THE ACCESSIBILITY AUDIT IMPLEMENTATION WILL INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF ASPHALT PLANTS, PADS AND PATHWAYS, PICNIC TABLES, BENCHES AND PARKING PADS AT NUMEROUS PARKS AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY, INCLUDING TOMMY FORREST, PARKER PARK, SCHOOL DRAW, AND MCNIVEN COURT.

UPGRADES TO THE FACILITIES INCLUDE THINGS LIKE DOOR OPENERS, ACCESSIBLE SINKS, AND ACCESSIBLE WASHROOMS, AND THIS WORK IS BEING COMPLETED BY COMMUNITY SERVICES.

THE COLUMBARIUM.

THERE'S AN INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL COLUMBARIUM AT THE CEMETERY, INCLUDING GROUND WORK SITE PREPARATION, LANDSCAPING AND INSTALLATION.

THE PROJECT WAS SCHEDULED TO COMMENCE IN 2020.

HOWEVER, IT WAS REASSIGNED TO 2021, GIVEN SUPPLY CHAIN CONCERNS AND IS ALSO BEING COMPLETED BY COMMUNITY SERVICES.

SOME OTHER PROJECTS, STUDIES OR DESIGNS THAT ARE UNDERWAY INCLUDE ADVANCING AND IMPLEMENTING PARTS OF THE TRANSIT REVIEW THAT GOT UNDERWAY IN 2019 BY THE WATT CONSULTING GROUP.

OUR TEN YEAR CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY ENERGY PLAN CONTINUES TO ROLL OUT, AND THE CITY WILL BE HOSTING A ROUNDTABLE IN JUNE FOR RESIDENTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CITY'S WORK TO BE ENERGY EFFICIENT AND MANAGE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF OUR WORK ON OUR COMMUNITY.

DEVELOPMENT OF OUR ENERGY RETROFITS OR HOME ENERGY FINANCING PROGRAM IS ALSO UNDERWAY.

THIS PROGRAM WILL OFFER RESIDENTS THE CHANCE TO USE VARIOUS FINANCING OPTIONS TO MAKE ENERGY EFFICIENT RETROFITS TO THEIR HOMES.

AND JUST A POINT FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED.

A PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE WILL BE TAKING PLACE THIS WEDNESDAY AT NOON HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

OUR WORK TO DEVELOP A POLICY FRAMEWORK ON ENERGY SYSTEMS IS UNDERWAY AND WE'LL CONFIRM HOW WE WILL WELCOME MORE DISTRICT ENERGY ACROSS DISTRICT ENERGY MODELS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE.

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS.

THESE DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED AND ARE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY WEBSITE.

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS ARE BEING FINALIZED AND THEY WILL ALIGN WITH THE NEW ZONING BYLAW.

PAG OR POTENTIALLY ACID GENERATING ROCK IS AN ISSUE FOR MANY SITES AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY.

AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] ON TERMS FOR ITS USE AND DISPOSAL.

THE FIRE HALL EXPANSION BASED ON COUNCIL'S DIRECTION TO RENOVATE AND EXPAND THE EXISTING FIRE HALL.

AN RFP FOR THE DETAILED DESIGN REFINEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS, TIMELINE AND COSTING IS ON WORK IS ONGOING.

DESIGN WORK WILL ALSO INCLUDE OPTIONS TO INCREASE THE FIRE HALL'S ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PUBLIC WORKS IS FINISHING THE LAST YEAR OF A THREE YEAR TREND LINE ANALYSIS THAT THE CITY WAS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE.

THE WORK IS TO DETERMINE TREND LINES FOR STORMWATER QUALITY PARAMETERS.

AND AT THE BOTTOM, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE IT WHERE WE'VE LISTED LIFT STATION ONE AND THAT'S AT FRANKLIN AND SCHOOL DRAW.

IT'S A CENTRAL PIECE TO THE CITY'S SEWER SYSTEM.

IT IS OVER 50 YEARS OLD AND WITH INCREASED DEVELOPMENT AND PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA, THE CAPACITY NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED.

A PORTION OF LANDS IN NIVEN PHASE FIVE HAVE BEEN PURCHASED AND TO CREATE ADDITIONAL BUILDING LOTS.

THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND PLANNING DIVISION IS REDRAWING THE LOT FABRIC AND WE HOPE TO HAVE THE REMAINING LOTS ON THE MARKET THIS YEAR.

THE DESIGN WILL ALSO SEEK TO INCLUDE PARK AND GARDEN AREAS WITHIN THE SUBJECT LANDS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR ARBOUR DEVELOPMENT STUDY FOR THE EVENTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF AN ARBOR IN COLLABORATION WITH THE YK DFM IS BEING UNDERTAKEN BY COMMUNITY SERVICES . AS WELL AN ARTS AND CULTURE MASTERPLAN PROJECT IS TAKING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT APPROACH TO IDENTIFY ARTS AND CULTURAL RESOURCES WITHIN THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE.

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THE BUILDING ASSESSMENT WILL EXAMINE THE EXTERIOR WALLS OF THE BUILDING, THE ROOF, WINDOWS, AND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS. WITH THE NEW AQUATIC CENTRE PLANNED TO OPEN IN 2024.

THE CITY IS SEEKING A NEW USE FOR THE STRUCTURE SO THAT IT MAY CONTINUE TO SERVICE THE RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THE TRANSFER OF LANDS.

SO THE LANDS DIVISION HAS MADE MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS AND COUNCIL WILL RECALL WE'VE BROUGHT A NUMBER OF THOSE FORWARD.

FOR LAND WITHIN THE CITY AND CONCURRENTLY WE ARE FINALIZING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE GNWT DEPARTMENT OF LANDS.

AND WE ARE WORKING ON THE GOALS, INTENT AND PROCESS AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WILL BE HELD UNDER THAT LAND TRANSFER AGREEMENT.

WITH REGARDS TO ASSET MANAGEMENT, FOLLOWING COUNCIL'S APPROVED APPROVAL OF THE ASSET MANAGEMENT POLICY IN 2021, WORK ON A SERIES OF DIRECTIVES TO CREATE A STANDARDIZED FRAMEWORK FOR ASSET MANAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION IS ONGOING.

SPECIFICALLY WORK TO CREATE AN ASSET REGISTRY.

SERVICE LEVELS AND RISK MANAGEMENT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED TO DATE.

OTHER 2022 WORK BEING GUIDED BY THIS CROSS DEPARTMENTAL STEERING COMMITTEE INCLUDES COLLECTING DATA, ESPECIALLY THOSE AS THEY RELATE TO CONDITION ASSESSMENTS. EXPANDING THE USE OF CITY WORKS AND MAKING DATA ACCESSIBLE THROUGH PORTALS.

AS WELL ONGOING STAFF AWARENESS AND TRAINING WILL BE FRONT AND CENTER, ALONG WITH EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE DATA AVAILABILITY THROUGH INTUITIVE PORTALS.

THE VISITOR CENTRE RELOCATION, A RENOVATION OF A DOWNTOWN SPACE WITHIN CENTRE SQUARE MALL FOR NEW, ACCESSIBLE, MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SPACE FOR TOURISTS AND NONCOMMERCIAL SPACE FOR LOCAL ARTISTS.

TO DISPLAY THEIR WORK IS UNDERWAY.

MOVING TO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

OLD TOWN SCHOOL DRAW.

THE CITY PAVING PROGRAM FOR 2022 INCLUDES MCDONALD DRIVE AND SCHOOL DRAW DUE TO SEWER, SEWER AND WATER PROJECT COMPLETION IN THAT AREA.

THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT WOOD PELLET BOILER DESIGN WAS STARTED IN LATE 2021 AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 2022.

IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE CONSTRUCTION WILL ACTUALLY BEGIN IN 2023.

AND WE ARE PLEASED TO CONFIRM THAT THE WILDCAT WILL BE OPENING THIS SUMMER ONCE AGAIN AFTER TWO YEARS WITH COVID RESTRICTIONS.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT.

IN THE DOWNTOWN.

THROUGHOUT THE DOWNTOWN, RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WILL SEE A NUMBER OF FINISHING TOUCHES BEING PLACED ON PROJECTS FROM LAST YEAR, INCLUDING SIGNAGE, PATHWAYS AND TABLE PLACEMENT AT PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS.

THE CITY TAKES PRIDE IN MAINTAINING OUR PARKS TO ENSURE THAT THEY REMAIN MODERN, SAFE AND REFLECT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY SERVE.

AS WELL A PORTION OF 50TH STREET HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE 2022 PAVING PROGRAM.

FRANKLIN AVE, FOREST DRIVE, AND OLD AIRPORT ROAD.

THE AQUATIC CENTRE IS PROGRESSING AND THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO SEE WORK BEGIN AT THE SITE INCREASINGLY THROUGH 2022 AND 2023.

FOUNDATION WORK WILL BEGIN VERY SHORTLY.

THE YELLOWKNIFE COMMUNITY ARENA WILL SEE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AMMONIA SYSTEM AND THERE WILL ALSO BE UPGRADES AND REPAIRS TO THE CURLING CLUB, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE APPLICATION OF A RUBBERIZED SPRAY, REPAIRS TO THE FASTENERS AND FLASHINGS TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF THE ROOF.

WORK TO ENSURE A BACKUP PLAN FOR SEWAGE CONTAINMENT AROUND THE PUBLIC WORKS GARAGE CONTINUES SO THAT IN THE EVENT OF ANY ISSUES WITH THE FORCE MAIN, THERE IS A CATCHMENT AREA AND IN 2022 WE WILL COMPLETE THE WORK AT PUMP HOUSE FOUR, WHICH IS LOCATED ON OLD AIRPORT ROAD AND CAM LAKE ROAD.

WITHIN FRAME LAKE AND RANGE LAKE.

WE WILL SEE PAVING TAKE PLACE FOR HORDAL PHASE ONE.

AND THIS IS BECAUSE THE WATER AND SEWER PIPE REPLACEMENT LAST YEAR IS COMPLETED.

AND WITH THE PIPE REPLACEMENT GETTING UNDERWAY FOR PHASE TWO, THE REMAINDER OF HALL CRESCENT WILL ALSO BE PAVED AND WE WILL SEE UPGRADES TO THE PLAYGROUNDS, TRAILS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS BY JESKE AND MAGRUM CRESCENTS.

AS WELL THE RANGE LAKE TRAIL WILL SEE IMPROVEMENTS BASED ON A VERY SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ROTARY CLUB.

AND I WILL PASS THIS BACK TO SHEILA.

THANK YOU FOR THAT, CHARLSEY.

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COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL RECALL SEEING OUR PROPOSED ADMINISTRATION'S 2022 WORK PLAN WHEN WE BROUGHT IT FORWARD IN JANUARY.

AND SO TYPICALLY WE'RE PRETTY AMBITIOUS AND WE WANT TO SEE A LOT OF THINGS HAPPEN.

YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF COLOR CODING HERE.

SO THE THINGS IN RED ARE THE THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE WERE REALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET DONE THIS YEAR.

AGAIN, WE REALLY WE ALWAYS AIM HIGH, BUT THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR, WE SEE A NUMBER OF IMPACTS ON OUR CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER, INCLUDING OUR INTERNAL STAFF CAPACITY, CAPACITY OF CONTRACTORS AND CONSULTANTS.

WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE ISSUES GETTING ALONG WITH IN TERMS OF CONSULTANT AVAILABILITY.

WE SEE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES POST COVID AND WE'RE KNOWING THAT COST VOLATILITY IS SOMETHING ELSE, PARTICULARLY WITH INFLATION BEING WHAT IT IS.

WE REMAIN VERY COMMITTED TO GETTING AS MUCH OF THIS DONE AS POSSIBLE, BUT WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THERE ARE CURVEBALLS THAT DO IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

LOTS OF CURVEBALLS, RIGHT? THAT'S NO SURPRISE TO ANYONE, TO ANYONE WHO'S WORKING IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, OTHER ORDERS OF GOVERNMENT WERE ALL SEEING THIS.

SO WE ARE SO HAPPY TO BE EMERGING OUT OF COVID, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME ADJUSTING THAT THE WORLD IS DOING AS WE COME OUT OF IT.

SO A LOT OF IMPACTS ON US THAT ARE IMPACTING OUR CAPACITY AND OUR AVAILABILITY TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER ON EVERYTHING IN OUR WORK PLAN, THINGS LIKE ENGAGEMENT, RIGHT.

WE ALWAYS WANT TO BE WE WILL HEAR OUT OF THE BLUE.

WE CAN'T ALWAYS ANTICIPATE WHEN WE ARE CALLED UPON TO ENGAGE AND RESPOND TO DIFFERENT KINDS OF REQUESTS THAT COME FROM OTHER ORDERS OF GOVERNMENT OR PRIVATE SECTOR.

JUST THIS PAST FRIDAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THE COMMITTEE OF MLAS THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT WANTED A TOUR OF OUR SOLID WASTE FACILITY.

YOU KNOW, THE THINGS PEOPLE WILL DO TO GET IN TO SALVAGE IS JUST QUITE REMARKABLE.

THAT, OF COURSE, GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES AND CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE CITY.

SO WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT, BUT IT DOES TAKE AWAY FROM OUR ABILITY TO DO OTHER THINGS.

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S DIVERSE DEVELOPMENT ON THE HORIZON.

THERE'S SOME PROPOSALS THAT ARE COMING IN FOR POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE REALLY EXCITING.

LIKE CERTAINLY OUR PUBLIC WORKS, OUR EXPERT TEAM OF ENGINEERS LOOKED AT SOME OF THAT AND SAID, YIKES, WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS THAT DEVELOPMENT HAS THE CAPACITY TO DO IT.

WE WOULD NEVER WANT TO SAY THAT, OH, WE CAN'T SUPPORT A DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE CAPACITY IN OUR LIFT STATIONS TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THE SEWAGE OUTPUT, FOR EXAMPLE.

SO ALWAYS THINKING AHEAD ON THAT.

THE WATER LICENSE YOU SAW A STAND ALONE SLIDE ON THAT.

SO HONESTLY, I, YOU KNOW, ANECDOTALLY, I REMEMBER 25 YEARS AGO DOING A WATER LICENSE WHEN I WAS THE [INAUDIBLE] IN TALITA, AND IT WAS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN THE WATER LICENSE FOR THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE IN 2022.

YOU SAW THE SLIDES WITH ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THERE THAT ARE REQUIREMENTS.

WE HAVE TO MEET THOSE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO CERTAINLY OUR TEAM IS WORKING VERY HARD RIGHT NOW TO TRIAGE WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT, WHAT NEEDS TO BE MET, HOW WE WILL MEET THOSE, BECAUSE MANY OF THEM ARE UNBUDGETED AT THIS TIME.

PLUS THOSE PROJECTS REQUIRE STAFF OVERSIGHT TO DO SO A LOT OF WORK TO REALLY LOOK AT THE IMPLEMENTATION AROUND OUR WATER LICENSE.

WE HAD SOME INFRASTRUCTURE SURPRISES THIS YEAR AND WHETHER WE CHALK IT UP TO CLIMATE CHANGE, WHETHER WE CHALK IT UP TO A VERY UNUSUAL FALL LAST YEAR WHERE WE SAW TEMPERATURES GET QUITE COLD IN THE END OF OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER WITHOUT A LOT OF SNOW COVER THAT REALLY HIT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE HAD A LOT OF FREEZE UPS IN OUR PIPES, MORE THAN WE'VE EVER HAD IN OTHER WINTERS.

IS THIS THE NEW NORMAL? WAS THAT A FREAK YEAR? I MEAN, WE NEED TO WAIT AND SEE HOW THAT IMPACTS US, OF COURSE.

BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF CHANGES THAT WE'RE SEEING.

AND CERTAINLY WE'VE GOT OTHER OTHER PRESSURES THAT CONTINUE WITH US.

THE GIANT MINE PROJECT, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE REALLY FOCUSING ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS OUT OF GIANT, THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES THAT COME UP THAT REQUIRE US TO ENGAGE PAG ROCK WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, FOR EXAMPLE, THE POTENTIAL ACID GENERATING SOME OF THE ISSUES AROUND THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AT GIANT AND AROUND THEIR WASTE MANAGEMENT AS WELL.

SO WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A LOT OF WORK THAT WE DO ON SOME OF THESE EXTERNAL PROJECTS.

AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST ADD TO THE CURVEBALLS ON THIS.

WHEN WE WELCOMED EVACUEES FROM HAY RIVER, IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY.

WE DID SO WITH SO MUCH SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND GNWT, HAY RIVER RIGHTS HAVE BEEN AMAZING, BUT IT'S WE DIDN'T PLAN TO SPEND LAST WEEK LIKE THAT.

I'M SURE NOBODY DID.

CAPACITY, PRESSURES AND RISKS.

I THINK THIS IS NOTHING NEW TO ANY COUNCIL MEMBER.

YOU'RE AWARE OF THIS. WE'VE BEEN FLAGGING THIS FOR A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT WE DO SEE THAT WE ARE MAXED OUT IN OUR CAPACITY RIGHT NOW, OUR CARRY FORWARDS ON OUR PROJECTS BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD DELAYS BECAUSE OF SUPPLY CHAIN, BECAUSE OF CAPACITY, THINGS BEING PUT OFF.

WE'VE NEEDED TO ALSO MANAGE PREVIOUS YEARS CAPITAL PROJECTS ALONG WITH THE ONES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET 2022.

OUR STAFF IMPACTS, WE'VE SEEN TURNOVER IN OUR STAFF AND CERTAINLY WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF STUFF WITH COVID AND CERTAINLY SINCE APRIL 1ST WHEN THINGS GOT BACK TO NORMAL.

WE KNOW ANECDOTALLY FROM THE HEALTH SYSTEM THAT AS THEY TEST SEWAGE IN YELLOWKNIFE, THAT WE'VE SEEN HEIGHTENED CASES OF COVID AND THAT DOES AFFECT OUR STAFF ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO

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NOT ONLY THAT, BUT I THINK EVERY EMPLOYER RIGHT NOW IS LOOKING AT WORKFORCE PRESSURES AND AVAILABILITY, AND WE SEE THAT REPORTED LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY.

AND WE KNOW THAT OUR CONTRACTORS AND CONSULTANTS ARE IN THE SAME BOAT WE ARE.

SO WE TRY TO WORK WITH THEM ON THIS, BUT WE KNOW THAT OVERALL, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT TO SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE SO WE CAN ADVANCE OUR PROJECTS.

SUPPLY CHAIN INFLATION.

IT'S JUST NONSTOP DELIGHTS WHEN IT COMES TO MANAGING SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS.

BUT WE FORGE AHEAD, WE PUSH AND WE DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN WITHIN OUR POWER TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECTS THAT ARE ON OUR WORKPLAN.

BRING THEM TO FRUITION.

REALIZE THEM. BRING THEM FORWARD.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING YEAR, AN EXCITING SEASON, LOTS OF CONSTRUCTION, LOTS OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WILL BE ADVANCING OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER.

SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ANYTHING THAT YOU'VE SEEN, WE WOULD BE MORE THAN PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS NOW.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU. AND I HAD A GOOD MEETING WITH TWO GRADE ONE CLASSES FROM [INAUDIBLE] LAST WEEK, AND I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME FUTURE ENGINEERS IN THE MIX.

THEY WANTED TO KNOW HOW ROADS ARE BUILT, HOW YOU PUT IN THE BIG SEWAGE PIPES IN THE GROUND, HOW DO YOU FILL THE POOL? SO LOTS OF INTEREST.

IF THAT CONTINUES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL, COUNCILLOR KONGE.

THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT ELECTION WAS IN RED [LAUGHTER].

DULY NOTED. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCILLOR MORGAN? THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND I DID WANT TO START OUT TOO BY THANKING CITY ADMINISTRATION FOR WORKING SO HARD ON THE PREPARATIONS AND HOSTING OF THE EVACUEES FROM FROM HAY RIVER.

I KNOW THAT THINGS WERE CHANGING QUITE RAPIDLY LAST WEEK, BUT CITY STAFF STEPPED UP AND AND I'M HAPPY THAT OUR CITY WAS ABLE TO HELP AND AND SHOW THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES AND WITH THE BEAUTY AND THE TERRITORY TO REALLY RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES LIKE THAT.

MY FIRST QUESTION IS ABOUT THE WATER LICENSE.

SO ON THAT SLIDE WAS LISTED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ITEMS AND IT WAS NOTED ON THE SLIDE THAT IT'S UNBUDGETED AND UNPLANNED.

SO IS THE IDEA TO ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THAT LIST OF THINGS THIS YEAR? AND IF SO, WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING FROM? OR HOW ARE WE GOING TO DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NEW REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE UNBUDGETED FOR AND UNPLANNED MS. BASSI-KELLETT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

AGAIN, WE'RE TRIAGING BASED ON REQUIREMENTS OF THE WATER LICENSE ALONG WITH AVAILABLE FUNDING.

I'LL ASK MR. GREENCORN IF HE COULD PLEASE SPEAK TO THIS IN MORE DETAIL.

THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.

EXCUSE ME. SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS ARE CALENDAR YEAR OR SOMETIMES DESKTOP STUDIES AND O&M MANUALS THAT WE HAVE TO REVIEW AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SOME THINGS WE ALREADY HAVE ON THE GO.

TREND LINE ANALYSIS IS WRAPPING THAT UP AND THAT'LL FEED INTO FUTURE STUDIES.

SOME OF THEM WILL FEED INTO BUDGET 2023.

SO WE HAVE A PLAN CHARTED FORWARD.

IT'S QUITE DETAILED AND QUITE LENGTHY, BUT THERE IS AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN SUCH AS WITH ALL THESE LONG TERM PLANNING INITIATIVES.

SO OKAY AND SO NOW THERE IS AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR HOW WE'LL DEAL WITH THESE THINGS, EVEN IF.

BEFORE BECAUSE IT SAYS UNPLANNED.

BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT NOW WE HAVE A PLAN.

IT'S JUST THAT SIX MONTHS AGO AT BUDGET TIME OR WHATEVER, WE DIDN'T HAVE A PLAN, BUT WE NOW HAVE A PLAN TO TO IMPLEMENT ALL THOSE THINGS.

CORRECT. I THINK THE WATER LICENSE CAME AFTER BUDGET.

SO THAT'S WHEN ALL THE CONDITIONS AND THEN IT'S NOT UP TO THE CITY.

THE REGULATORY WILL SAY YOU NEED TO HAVE THIS DONE BY SO UNFORTUNATELY JUST THE WAY THAT OUR OUR BUDGET CYCLE WORKS AND WHEN WE GOT THIS BUT MS. BASSI-KELLETT ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD.

THANKS. THAT'S EXACTLY IT, MR. GREENCORN. OH, THANKS.

YEAH, WE DID OUR BEST TO WE DID SOME ESTIMATING AND WE DID ALLOW FOR SOME, LIKE THE INCREASED TESTING THAT WE KNEW WAS COMING OR THAT WAS PROBABLE.

SO WE DID ALLOW FOR THOSE THINGS IN THE O&M BUDGET, ON THE FLY OUTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE DO HAVE SOME RELATIVE BUDGET TO COMPLETE SOME OF THESE TASKS, BUT SOME OF THE LIKE THE BRAND NEW ASKS THAT WE EITHER DIDN'T ANTICIPATE OR WE DIDN'T HAVE A FULL ORDER OF MAGNITUDE ARE NOT BUDGETED FOR AND THOSE WILL COME FORWARD IN FUTURE BUDGETS STARTING IN 2023.

OKAY, THANKS FOR THAT.

YEAH. NO, I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE DID ANTICIPATE AND PROVIDE SOME CONTINGENCIES AHEAD OF TIME.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME THINGS WILL BE UNEXPECTED AND WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH LATER ON.

BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE'S NOW AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

A SECOND QUESTION. THERE WAS A MENTION ON I FORGET WHICH SLIDE ABOUT TRANSIT REVIEW UPGRADES, BUT ON THE WORKPLAN SLIDE, I THINK THAT

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SO CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAIL WHAT ON THE TRANSIT REVIEW IS PLANNED TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR? OR MAYBE I WAS MISTAKEN IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT SLIDE MEANT.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT. THANKS VERY MUCH.

I'LL ASK MR. GREENCORN TO SPEAK TO THIS.

THANKS. WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THERE ARE SEVERAL FACETS TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OR THE REVIEW.

SOME OF THEM WERE BRANDING AND SCHEDULE CREATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.

WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO TIME THE CAM LAKE PILOT AREA THAT'S GOING TO BE ACCOMPANIED WITH SOME ROAD IMPROVEMENTS DOWN THERE BECAUSE THE LOW FLOOR BUSSES WILL NOT NAVIGATE SOME AREAS OF CAM LAKE ALL THAT WELL.

SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT SOME OF IT IN REGARDS TO THE NEW ROUTES AND SOME OF THE MORE INTRICATE PARTS OF THE PLAN ARE UNFORTUNATELY GOING TO BE REPRIORITIZED, GIVEN WE HAVE SEVERAL LEAVES COMING UP AND WE'VE BEEN UNABLE TO FILL POSITION SO FAR.

SO GIVEN ALL OF THAT LIST, WE ARE PRIORITIZING OUR LIST, OUR PROJECT WORKLOAD, AND THIS ONE FALLS A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN DOWN THE CHAIN.

OKAY. ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE NEW CAM LAKE ROUTE WILL START UP SOMETIME THIS YEAR, OR JUST THE PLANNING FOR THAT IS GOING TO BE OCCURRING THIS YEAR? MS. BASSI-KELLETT. THANK YOU.

THAT'S CORRECT, MR. GREENCORN. I WILL NOT SAY WILL.

BUT WE'RE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PLANNING AND WE'LL IMPLEMENT AS BEST WE CAN WITH, WITH THE TIME THAT WE HAVE.

OK. YEAH, THANKS FOR EXPLAINING THAT AND REMINDING US THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE AT THIS POINT.

ALTHOUGH IF WE COULD GET A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION, THAT WOULD BE GREAT THERE WAS A LOTS THERE THAT FLEW BY PRETTY QUICKLY.

THANKS. YEAH, THEY'LL GET IT POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.

IF IT'S NOT TODAY, THEN IT'LL BE TOMORROW.

I DID HAVE A QUESTION ON WHAT COUNCILLOR MORGAN WAS JUST ASKING.

THERE WERE STUFF LIKE THE SOLID WASTE STRATEGIC PLAN WAS IN BLACK AND TRANSIT REVIEW WAS IN BLACK.

AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE AS MUCH WORK AS WE ANTICIPATED THIS YEAR, BUT WE'RE STILL MAKING PROGRESS ON ON THOSE PLANS MS. BASSI-KELLETT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

WE'RE ASPIRING TO, BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME ISSUES EITHER WITH OUR CAPACITY OR CONSULTANT CONTRACTOR CAPACITY AND MAKING THESE ADVANCEMENTS AS EXTENSIVE AS WE HAD HOPED. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL.

FOR ME, THE THE PARKING GARDEN IN NIVEN PHASE FIVE IS EXCITING.

I KNOW HAD A FEW YOUNGER RESIDENTS GRADE SEVEN BELOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW TIRED IT IS TO WALK ALL THE WAY TO THE PARK AND THEN PLAY AND WALK BACK.

SO I THINK THAT STARTING PHASE OF NIVEN WILL REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THAT MIDWAY PARK WON'T BE AS COMPREHENSIVE, I'M SURE, AS THE OTHER PARK, BUT IT'LL BE A NICE ADDITION TO THE FRONT END OR THAT OTHER SECTION.

AND EVEN IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE PUT ON OUR WATER LICENSE, I KNOW SOME ARE ARE PRETTY CHALLENGING AND QUITE DIFFERENT THAN I BELIEVE.

WE CAN NO LONGER TAKE THE LEACHATE TO THE FIDDLERS LAKE LAGOON AND HAVE A PROCESS THERE.

AND NOW WE HAVE TO SET UP A WHOLE PROCESS SYSTEM AT THE SOLID WASTE FACILITY.

ARE WE ABLE TO APPEAL OR REQUEST THAT CONDITIONS BE RECONSIDERED IF WE PUT IN A DIFFERENT PLAN? JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE CONDITIONS THAT HOPEFULLY COULD COULD HAVE IT A DIFFERENT SOLUTION TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THEY MAY HAVE MS. BASSI-KELLETT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

THAT'S A REALLY INTERESTING ONE THAT I WILL ASK MR. GREENCORN TO SPEAK TO.

BUT I WILL SAY BEFORE WE GET THERE, THERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED IN THE WATER LICENSE THAT ARE VERY NEW TO US.

AND I AM SO PROUD OF THE VERY BRILLIANT AND EXPERT TEAM OF ENGINEERS WE HAVE THAT ARE LOOKING AT SOLUTIONS FOR SOME OF THESE ISSUES.

THEY ARE CHALLENGES TO US AND CERTAINLY WE DO SEE THAT SOME OF THE TERMS OF OUR WATER LICENSE ARE MORE EXTENSIVE THAN OTHER COMMUNITIES, WHETHER THE WATER BOARD LOOKS AT OUR CAPACITY AND PROVIDES DIRECTION ACCORDINGLY OR NOT.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE QUITE CURIOUS ABOUT SINCE THERE ARE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT EMPTY INTEGRATE [INAUDIBLE] LAKE THAT DON'T HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF EXTENSIVE REQUIREMENT THAT WE DO. I'LL ASK MR. GREENCORN IF HE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO APPEAL.

THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.

I'D HAVE TO CONFIRM IN THE LEGISLATION IF THERE IS A DIRECT APPEAL MECHANISM.

TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE IS NOT.

THERE'S MULTIPLE INSTANCES THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS FOR INPUT AND FEEDBACK.

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WE HAVE A CHANCE TO PROVIDE OUR RESPONSES TO ANY INQUIRIES THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

THERE'S ALSO THE DRAFT WATER LICENSE.

WHEN IT'S ISSUED, WE HAVE OUR OPPORTUNITY TO, I GUESS, OBJECT RESPECTFULLY TO THE CONDITIONS IN THE WATER LICENSE AND THEN THOSE ARE ALL HEARD BY THE BOARD AND THEN THE WATER LICENSE IS ISSUED.

SO WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE PLACES FOR INPUT IN SAYING THAT THE WHOLE PROCESS WAS VERY, I GUESS, CORDIAL AND AND WORKING TOGETHER WITH OUR REGULATORS TO DETERMINE THE BEST PATH FORWARD.

IN SAYING THAT, THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME CHALLENGES, SUCH AS THE LEACHATE MANAGEMENT ON THE LANDFILL SITE THAT WE'LL WORK TOWARDS.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A PATH FORWARD THAT WORKS OUT FOR ALL PARTIES TO THE LEGISLATION.

SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WILL WORK.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE CONSULTANTS WORKING ON THE LEACHATE MANAGEMENT PLAN, ALONG WITH FUTURE CELL DESIGNS AND THE PATH MOVING FORWARD AT THE LANDFILL TO PROJECT OUT 40 OR 50 YEARS SO THAT.

THERE'S A BASICALLY LONG TERM PLAN IN PLACE THERE INSTEAD OF PIECEMEALING IT AS WE GO.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

BUT WE'RE CONSTANTLY REVIEWING THINGS AND BRINGING THEM BACK TO THE WATER BOARD AND THE ENGAGEMENTS BEEN QUITE WELL DONE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YEAH AND I DON'T THINK THERE IS AN APPEAL PROCESS, BUT I THINK IF WE CAN SHOW A LEACHATE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WHETHER IT'S REAPPLYING OR WORKING WITH THEM TO GET THAT CONDITION CHANGED, I THINK THAT COULD BE HELPFUL.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO TREAT.

IT JUST SEEMS SILLY TO TREAT ON ONE LOCATION THAT'S JUST LESS THAN PROBABLY TEN KILOMETERS AWAY FROM OUR CURRENT LOCATION.

MY OTHER ONE IS THE NEW PEDESTRIAN PUSH SIGNALS.

AS A PEDESTRIAN YOU HAVE TO PUSH AND IF YOU DON'T GET THERE IN TIME, THE LIGHT'S NOT CHANGING.

SO JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY.

I SAW EDMONTON IS BEING A WINTER FRIENDLY CITY.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT THERE'S ALWAYS THE PEDESTRIANS DON'T HAVE TO INITIATE A PUSH.

IT'S ALWAYS PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL COMES UP.

JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO LOOK AT MAKING OUR TRAFFIC LIGHTS WINTER FRIENDLY FOR PEDESTRIANS AS WELL.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT. I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO MR. GREENCORN. BUT ON A SEPARATE NOTE, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS I'M SO THRILLED WITH OUR SOLAR POWERED CROSSWALKS ON FRANKLIN AVENUE ON 47TH, 46 AND 44TH. I USE THEM A LOT, AND I THINK THEY ARE REMARKABLE THAT THEY WORK ALL WINTER LONG.

BUT MR. GREENCORN, OVER TO YOU ON OUR PUSH BUTTON.

THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.

THE MOVING TOWARDS FULLY ACTUATED OR AUTOMATICALLY TURNING PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS IS BALANCING BOTH PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND VEHICLE TRAFFIC.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S LATER AT NIGHT AND THERE'S NOTHING COMING IN IN A SPECIFIC DIRECTION, THE LIGHT STAYS GREEN.

WHEREAS IF YOU FULLY ACTUATE PEDESTRIAN BUTTONS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS THAT THOSE LIGHTS ARE GOING TO CHANGE WHETHER THERE'S ANYONE COMING OR NOT, WHICH INEVITABLY LEADS TO MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS THAT THE DEPARTMENT TAKES.

SO IT'S IT'S KIND OF A BALANCE IN THOSE TWO, I GUESS, SITUATIONS AND SAYING THAT TO KEEP COORDINATION DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS, YOU WILL SEE THAT DOWNTOWN THEY DO FLIP AUTOMATICALLY IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

SO THAT'S THE KEEP THE COORDINATION THE GREEN PATTERN ALONG FRANKLIN TO MAXIMIZE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE OF THE GREEN BAND SO WE CAN LOOK AT FULLY ACTUATING TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN OUTLYING AREAS IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE PROBLEMATIC.

WE'RE ALSO WELCOME TO TAKE ANY ANY COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS ON THOSE.

PERFECT. THE ONE THAT'S NOT WORKING IS [INAUDIBLE].

IT DOESN'T CHANGE ANYMORE.

SO ONCE IT WAS UPGRADED, IT'S NO LONGER IN SYNC WITH THE REST OF THEM.

AND THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE LIKE THE MULTIPLEX AREA, THOSE ONES, I THINK AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE LIGHT A LITTLE LONGER FOR PEDESTRIANS BECAUSE I'M A PRETTY QUICK WALKER AND I CAN'T CROSS THE STREET FAST ENOUGH.

SO I IMAGINE THE KIDS THAT AT [INAUDIBLE] WOULD BE STRUGGLING TO BUT APPRECIATE IT.

I THINK THOSE THE COUNTDOWN SIGNAL IS PRETTY HELPFUL FOR FOR FOLKS.

ANYTHING FURTHER FROM COUNCIL.

SEEING NONE IT IS A PRETTY EXTENSIVE WORKPLAN, SO APPRECIATE ADMIN WORKING DILIGENTLY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO GET THAT WHOLE LIST DOWN.

[5. A memorandum regarding whether to adopt the 2022 Municipal Tax Levy and 2022 School Tax Levy by‐laws with mill rates that establish a Commercial to Residential mill rate ratio of 2.13 and increase municipal property taxes on Residential properties by 9.04% and on Commercial/Industrial properties by 2.27%.]

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THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN WHY THIS IS THIS IS HERE TODAY.

THIS IS THE ACTUAL BYLAW THAT WILL PUT ALL OUR TAX NOTICES TO PRINT SHORTLY.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.

ABSOLUTELY. SO WE'RE PLEASED TO PRESENT THE NEXT STEPS IN THE PROCESS FOR SETTING THE MUNICIPAL TAX RATE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE SUFFICIENT TAX REVENUES TO MEET OUR REQUIREMENTS IN BUDGET 2022 AND ALSO THE SCHOOL TAX RATES FOR 2022, WHICH OF COURSE ARE SET BY THE SCHOOL BOARDS BASED ON THEIR OWN REVENUE NEEDS.

SO COUNCIL HAS SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS DELIBERATING ON THE MILL RATE RATIO BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

AND THIS MEMO DOES REFLECT THE RECENT DECISION TO SHIFT THE RATIO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION? COUNCILLOR MORGAN.

YEAH I MEAN, I'M PRETTY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH SEEING THAT THIS RESULTS IN A NINE OVER 9% PROPERTY TAX INCREASE FOR. RESIDENTIAL.

I MEAN IN PART I THINK THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE BENEFIT OF, SAY, HAVING THIS DISCUSSION CLOSER TO BUDGET TIME.

BECAUSE I THINK IF IF WE HAD SEEN THIS BACK AT BUDGET TIME WHEN WE WERE DECIDING WHAT WE THOUGHT MIGHT BE A REASONABLE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE OR HOW TO BALANCE IT OUT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE BALKED AT SEEING A 9% INCREASE FOR THIS YEAR IN RESIDENTIAL AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT A BETTER SOLUTION OR A BETTER WAY TO BALANCE IT SOMEHOW.

I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY TOUGH PILL TO SWALLOW, ESPECIALLY AS SOMETHING THAT WAS UNEXPECTED THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS WENT FROM EXPECTING POSSIBLY A 5% TO NOW SEEING 9% INCREASE.

I MEAN, I KNOW WE HAD THIS DEBATE LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE.

AND I CERTAINLY SAW THE POINT ABOUT HOW WE HAD DRIFTED OVER TIME, OVER YEARS TO PUT MORE OF A BURDEN ON COMMERCIAL OVER RESIDENTIAL.

BUT NOW WE'RE SEEING THE CONSEQUENCE OF WHAT SORT OF A SUDDEN CHANGE IN DIRECTION WILL DO IN TERMS OF PEOPLE NOT BEING ABLE TO PLAN AHEAD FOR SEEING THAT KIND OF PROPERTY TAX INCREASE? SO, I MEAN, I'M NOT I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE.

THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEMO. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE ALLOWED TO REHASH THE DEBATE WE HAD LAST WEEK OVER CHANGING THE MIL RATE RATIO.

BUT IT CERTAINLY IS IT'S A HARD PILL FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS TO SWALLOW AT THIS POINT, I THINK.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT ANY COMMENT FROM ADMIN ON THE ADVISABILITY OF OF CHANGING THE MILL RATES TODAY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.

WE'VE DONE A LOT OF PLANNING TOWARDS THIS.

I WILL ASK CITY CLERK MS. DEBBIE GILLARD TO SPEAK TO THE PROCEDURAL ASPECT OF THE QUESTION THAT COUNCILLOR MORGAN JUST ASKED.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

UNDER THE COUNCIL PROCEDURES BYLAW, YOU CAN ONLY RECONSIDER A MOTION AS LONG AS YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN ANY ACTION THAT IS IRREVOCABLE.

SO YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET.

AND THE FINAL DETERMINATION WILL BE WHEN WE PRESENT THE BYLAWS FOR SECOND AND THIRD READING.

SO IF COUNCIL DID WANT TO REVISIT THAT MOTION COUNCILOR THAT VOTED WITH THE MAJORITY.

BASICALLY THE MOTION WAS DIRECTING STAFF TO CREATE THE BYLAWS WITH THESE PERCENTAGES CALCULATED IN THERE.

SO I THINK WE'RE FINE AS LONG AS AT SECOND READING ACTUALLY IT'S NOT ON THERE.

SO YOU COULD GIVE DIRECTION DURING THIS MEETING TO REVISE THE BYLAW BEFORE IT'S PRESENTED FOR FIRST READING.

BUT THAT WOULD REQUIRE MOTION TO RECONSIDER AS SO TO DO IT CLEANLY, THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER.

OKAY. SO I GUESS ADMINISTRATION COULD IF IT'S LOOKING LIKE IT MIGHT GO THAT WAY, WE'D HAVE TO RECALCULATE FOR THE BYLAWS.

THANK YOU AND ON THAT POINT, IT IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE.

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SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS MEMO TALKS ABOUT WHEN WE ADOPT A BUDGET, WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE 5.53.

THEN YOU DO THE CITY ASSESSMENT PROCESS, WHICH HAPPENS IN THE EARLY PART OF THE YEAR AND ACTUALLY IT WOULD HAVE GONE DOWN TO 5.04% BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE IN ASSESSMENT, WHICH WE DIDN'T KNOW AT THE TIME OF DOING THE BUDGET.

BUT I THINK WE'VE CHATTED A LOT AND I'M SURE WE'LL ALL TALK TO THE NEXT COUNCIL ABOUT DRAFTING A MILL RATE RATIO BYLAW EARLY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVING A BIT MORE OF THAT CERTAINTY AT BUDGET TIME.

THAT'S ONE WAY THAT IT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT BECAUSE WE CAN'T ACTUALLY SET THE TAX RATE AT BUDGET TIME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION? COUNCILLOR PAYNE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

I AGREE WITH COUNCILLOR MORGAN ON THIS.

I WAS SICK DURING OUR DELIBERATIONS ON THIS, SO EXCUSE ME FOR THAT.

BUT YEAH, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN LIKE WE'VE GOT A CRAP, CRAP SOUP AND CRAP SANDWICH AND YOU GOT YOUR CHOICE OUT OF WHICH ONE.

SO IT'S, IT'S A TOUGH ONE FOR SURE, BUT IN MY MIND, IN MY THINKING, YOU KNOW, A COMMERCIAL HIGHER COMMERCIAL MILL RATE. AT LEAST BUSINESSES HAVE THE OPTION TO PASS THAT EXTRA COST AND ADDITIONAL COST OF OPERATING IN THE ADDITIONAL TAXES ONTO THE CONSUMER. AND RESIDENTS REALLY DON'T HAVE THAT OPTION TO BE ABLE TO MOST PEOPLE ARE ON A SET INCOME, SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING I'M THINKING ABOUT.

I MEAN IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATION ON THIS OR BRING IT BACK.

A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. BUT RIGHT NOW, I'LL JUST WAIT TO HEAR WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAYS THANK YOU.

COUNCILLOR KONGE.

THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I THINK.

I'VE BEEN WANTING TO CHANGE THESE RATE RATIOS FOR QUITE A WHILE.

I THINK IF YOU LOOK BACK, I THINK IT WAS LIKE 2014 OR 15 WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT I WAS ON RECORD AS SAYING THAT THESE IT'S PRETTY BURDENSOME TO BUSINESS AND WE DID CHANGE THEM THEY INCREASED.

AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT A 5% INCREASE.

WHAT DOES THAT 5% INCREASE LOOK, IF YOU HAVE A HALF A MILLION DOLLAR PROPERTY YOU KNOW, IT'S AND IT'S A BUSINESS PROPERTY YOU'RE PAYING $315 MORE A YEAR.

BUT IF YOU'RE.

YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, IT'S $140 IF WE MAINTAIN THE RATIO.

AND WHEN YOU DO THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.

YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S OTHER FACTORS.

LIKE ADMINISTRATION GAVE US A NICE THING THAT SAID, OH, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL'S ACTUALLY PAYING A LITTLE BIT LESS, BUT IF YOU OWN THE SAME PROPERTY YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.

AND YOU DON'T CHANGE THE RATIO.

YOU'RE JUST PAYING MORE AND MORE AND MORE.

IT'S JUST LIKE WHEN YOU WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT MAKES $100,000 A YEAR AND THEY GET A 3% RAISE OVER THREE YEARS, WELL, NOW THEY'RE MAKING $111,000 A YEAR AFTER THREE YEARS. BUT THE GUY WHO WAS MAKING $50,000 A YEAR, WELL, HE'S ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT MUCH FARTHER BEHIND BECAUSE HE DIDN'T GET 3% ON THE 100, HE GOT 3% ON THE 50.

SO MY VIEW IS COMMERCIAL.

THEY YOU KNOW, WE JUST KEEP PAYING AND WE KEEP PAYING.

WHEN WE DON'T ADJUST THESE MILL RATES.

SO, YEAH, IT'S IT LOOKS LIKE QUITE A SHOCK, YOU KNOW, A 9% INCREASE.

BUT TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE.

YOU KNOW, IF WE LEAVE IT AT 2.26 AND IT'S A HALF A MILLION DOLLAR PROPERTY, THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY PAYS $315 MORE.

RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY PAYS $140.

WHEN WE DO THIS CHANGE.

NOW THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IS GOING TO PAY A LITTLE BIT LESS AT $170 COMPARED TO $250 IN AN INCREASE.

SO. YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE 2.13.

IF IT DOESN'T GO THROUGH LIKE WHAT I WOULD WHAT I THINK WOULD BE FAIR IS WE SAY, OKAY, THE INCREASE, LET'S MAKE THE INCREASE ON A HALF A MILLION DOLLAR PROPERTY, THE SAME FOR BOTH. IF YOU HAVE A HALF A MILLION DOLLAR PROPERTY, EVERYBODY PAYS $200 MORE.

THAT WOULD BE FAIR.

INSTEAD OF RESIDENTIAL PAYING $140 AND COMMERCIAL PAYING $315.

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SO YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT SHOCKING THAT INSTEAD OF PAYING $140 IN TAXES THIS YEAR, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY $250, WHICH MEANS YOU CAN'T GO TO STARBUCKS ONCE A MONTH.

YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR FOR A RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER.

DROP STARBUCKS FOR ONCE, ONCE A MONTH.

SO I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THIS BUSINESS HAS BEEN HIT PRETTY HARD.

CERTAIN BUSINESSES, NOT ALL BUSINESSES, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SAY ALL RESIDENTIAL IS HURTING EITHER.

THERE'S RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE NO PROBLEM PAYING MORE AND THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME THAT THAT HAVE PROBLEM PAYING MORE.

AND THAT'S THE SAME IN BUSINESS AND BUSINESS THROUGH THIS LAST TWO YEARS.

YOU KNOW, EVEN THE BUSINESSES THAT THAT WEREN'T REALLY AFFECTED ON THEIR BOTTOM LINE.

IT'S HARDER TO GET PEOPLE YOU KNOW, THE PRESSURE THE PRESSURE IS THERE.

AND I'M CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THE 2.13 GETS SUPPORTED AT THIRD, I BELIEVE IT'S THIRD READING AND PERHAPS ADMINISTRATION CAN I KNOW, WE HAD IT'S A BYLAW.

SO THE BYLAW WILL BE COMING.

I THINK THAT IT'S TIME TO TRY TO STOP THE SPREAD.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION? FOR MYSELF, ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T SUPPORT THE RATIO LAST WEEK.

I DO SUPPORT COUNCIL'S DECISION AND THEREFORE I WILL SUPPORT THE BYLAW COMING FORWARD.

I THINK WE CAN GO BACK AND FORTH ALL DAY AND MAKE ADMIN DO A LOT OF WORK AND WE JUST HAD A BIG PRESENTATION AND SHOWED, YOU KNOW, PUT THAT ON PAUSE AND GO REDO WORK.

WE HAD A DISCUSSION AS COUNCIL I LOST, BUT THE MAJORITY AT THE TIME WANTED THE 2.13.

SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS GOING FORWARD.

SO THAT WILL COME FORWARD NEXT TUESDAY BECAUSE MONDAY IS A HOLIDAY AT 7:00 PM.

[6. A memorandum regarding whether to appoint a Registrar of Enumeration and Returning Officer and for the City of Yellowknife for the 2022 Municipal General Election.]

BUT FOR THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE, FOR THE 2022 MUNICIPAL GENERAL ELECTION.

ANYTHING TO ADD, MS. BASSI-KELLETT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.

JUST TO SAY THAT TIME SEEMS TO FLY BY.

AND WE DO KNOW THAT, AS COUNCILLOR KONGE POINTED OUT, THE MUNICIPAL GENERAL ELECTION IS IS IN THE RED.

IT'S ON OUR MUST DO LIST SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, THE 17TH OF OCTOBER.

AND WE DO NEED TO GET PREPARATIONS STARTED UNDERWAY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THIS IS A REQUIREMENT UNDER THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ELECTIONS ACT, AND WE'RE SEEKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WITHIN COMPLIANCE OF THAT ACT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE WE'LL BRING THAT FORWARD TO OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH IS TUESDAY, MAY 24TH AT 7 P.M..

WITH THAT, THAT'S THE END OF OUR AGENDA.

PARDON ME. IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR MUFANDAEDZA, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR MORGAN.

ANYBODY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE HAVE A GREAT LONG WEEKEND, EVERYBODY.

SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.