Sep 26, 2022 Governance & Priorities Committee

AND NEXT, WE'LL MOVE INTO GPC.

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[1. Opening Statement:]

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.

MS. THISTLE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THE AGENDA?

[2. Approval of the agenda.]

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

[3. Disclosure of pecuniary interest and the general nature thereof.]

SO I'LL DECLARE A CONFLICT FOR ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE DUE TO MY EMPLOYMENT WITH [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER CONFLICTS TODAY? SEEING NONE.

COUNCILLOR MORGAN, YOU CAN EXCUSE YOURSELF.

WE'LL CALL YOU BACK WHEN WE'RE DONE.

NEXT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM WENDY LEAHY, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM BUSH KIDS, REGARDING A MEMORANDUM WHETHER TO DISPOSE OF A LEASEHOLD INTEREST IN A PORTION OF LOT 3 BLOCK

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MS. THISTLE, DID YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM BEFORE MS. LAHEY SPEAKS? YES, THE LAND THERE'S BEEN A LAND APPLICATION BY THE PRESENTER PURSUANT TO THE LAND ADMINISTRATION BYLAW THAT NEEDS TO COME FORWARD TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL ITEMS FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER WITH RESPECT TO THE DISCRETIONARY USE WHICH IS OUTLINED IN THE MEMORANDUM COMMITTEE. THANK YOU.

WENDY, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM AND IF YOU JUST WANT TO PUSH THE MIDDLE BUTTON THERE.

THERE YOU GO. OKAY, GREAT.

GOOD MORNING [INAUDIBLE].

GOOD MORNING. HELLO, EVERYBODY.

I WANT TO ALSO WELCOME CHLOE DRAGON SMITH, WHO IS CALLING IN TO HELP SUPPORT THE PRESENTATION.

CHLOE ARE YOU STILL WITH US? I AM HERE. HELLO, EVERYONE.

SUPER. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US, EVERYBODY.

I ALSO WANTED TO OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE THREE BUSH KIDS STAFF TO COME UP AND JUST INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.

I'M DONOVAN BOUCHER FROM ROCHER RIVER, AND I ENJOY PASSING ON MY TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE WITH BUSH KIDS.

I'M CAILEY MERCREDI.

I'M FROM YELLOWKNIFE.

MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] PAULETTE.

I'M FROM YELLOWKNIFE AND I WORK WITH [INAUDIBLE].

AND SO WE SUPPORT BUSH KIDS AND I TRY TO BE INVOLVED WHEN I CAN.

SO HELLO. THANK YOU.

AND AGAIN, MY NAME IS WENDY LAHEY AND I LIVE HERE AS WELL IN YELLOWKNIFE, HAVE LIVED HERE FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS AND GREW UP IN ONTARIO.

SO FEEL VERY PRIVILEGED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE HERE AND RAISE MY FAMILY HERE.

I FEEL VERY WELCOMED HERE.

CHLOE, DID YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF? SURE. I'M HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE HEARING, SO I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST HERE, BUT.

HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CHLOE DRAGON SMITH.

YELLOWKNIFE AND FORT SMITH.

MY FAMILY IS [INAUDIBLE] THANKS, CHLOE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE THE PRESENTATION WITH YOU, BUT I'M JUST ON SLIDE TWO.

SO THE OVERVIEW OF THE PRESENTATION WILL JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT BUSH KIDS IS, WHAT WE DO IN THE COMMUNITY, THE TRAINING AND CONSULTATION THAT WE OFFER, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION TO WHAT WE DO AND THE CALLS TO ACTION THAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR QUESTIONS.

SO BUSH KIDS IS AN ON THE LAND LEARNING INITIATIVE THAT HELPS CHILDREN AND YOUTH AND ALSO ADULTS TO LEARN TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES, EACH OTHER AND STRENGTHEN CONFIDENCE AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LAND.

WE ARE A SMALL BUSINESS.

WE'RE NORTHERN OWNED.

ESTABLISHED IN 2018.

AND WE OFFER A PLACE BASED, LAND BASED LOCALLY AND CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE OPTIONS FOR EDUCATION AND FOR

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NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO IN THE NWT PEOPLE, INCLUDING MY OWN FAMILY AND ANCESTORS, HAVE BEEN LEARNING ON AND FROM THE LAND SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL. AND THAT IS ULTIMATELY WHAT MAKES US PEOPLE OF THIS PLACE AND WHAT MAKES US WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE'VE EVOLVED.

SO THROUGH BUSH KIDS, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE LAND AS THE FOUNDATION FOR CULTURES, OUR LANGUAGES, AND OUR KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS OF THE NORTH.

THAT'S WHY WE FOUNDED BUSH KIDS WITH THAT INTENTION OF DRIVING CHANGE SO THAT ON THE LAND THEY WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE WHO IS LIVING AND LEARNING IN THIS PLACE TODAY.

WE BELIEVE THAT THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ON THE LAND IS ESSENTIAL FOR EVERYDAY LIFE, NOT AS AN ADD ON AND CERTAINLY NOT A PRIVILEGE FOR FOR SOME.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING THIS LEARNING THROUGHOUT THE PUBLIC SYSTEM INSTEAD OF SIMPLY BECOMING A PRIVATE OR ADDITIONAL OFFERING.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

WE HAVE TWO MAIN PRINCIPALS AT BUSH KIDS.

SO THE FIRST ONE IS THAT THE LAND NEEDS THE LEARNING.

AND AS I SAID JUST IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LAND, WE CONSIDER THAT LAND INCLUDES PEOPLE, CULTURES, LANGUAGES AND KNOWLEDGE AS WELL.

SO THOSE ARE FRONT AND CENTER FOR US.

WE THROUGH OUR PROGRAMING, WE ARE VERY COGNIZANT OF THE LAND AND WHAT THE LAND IS TELLING US.

AND WE BUILD OUR CURRICULUM AND OUR SCHEDULES AROUND THAT.

THE SECOND IS CALLED ETHICAL SPACE.

AND ETHICAL SPACE IS ESSENTIALLY A BALANCE OF INDIGENOUS AND YOUR WESTERN WORLDVIEWS IN WAYS OF KNOWING, DOING AND BEING.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE ARE CONSISTENTLY WORKING TO BRING IN AND BALANCE INDIGENOUS WORLDVIEWS OF LEARNING WITH THE MAINSTREAM WORLDVIEWS WHICH ARE NEURO WESTERN BASED CURRICULUMS THAT THAT OPERATE IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

SO WE'RE WORKING TO CREATE A BALANCE WHILE ON THE LAND TOGETHER.

AND THAT MEANS, AGAIN, THAT WHEREVER WE ARE, OUR PROGRAMING IS ADAPTIVE AND IT'S SELF-DETERMINED.

SO WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO LAND, WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO PEOPLE, AND WE'RE FOCUSING ON RELATIONSHIPS AND PROCESS, BEING FLEXIBLE AND OPEN MINDED. I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE SPACE WE ARE IS SO IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE WE BUILD OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT SPACE OVER TIME AND IT'S BECOME ALL OF THE ROCKS AND THE TREES AND THE THE LAKE AND THE ENERGY IS IT'S PART OF WHO WE ARE.

AND EACH AND EVERY CHILD IS IN RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT SPACE.

AS WELL. THANKS, CHLOE.

OKAY, THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, WE'LL JUST REVIEW A FEW OF THE AREAS THAT BUSH KIDS FOCUSES ON AND WHAT WE DO IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE TUESDAY BUSH KIDS PROGRAM.

THIS IS A WEEKLY PROGRAM.

OBVIOUSLY, EVERY TUESDAY IT'S OPEN REGISTRATION FOR 16 CHILDREN, AGES 5 TO 11, AND IT RUNS FROM 9 A.M.

TO 3:00 PM. WE COULD EXPAND THIS PROGRAM.

WE HAVE AN ENORMOUS WAIT LIST, BUT WE DON'T BECAUSE JUST GOING BACK TO WHAT CHLOE MENTIONED, OUR FOCUS IS TO SUPPORT OTHERS IN CREATING ACCESSIBLE LAND BASED PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN, PRIMARILY THROUGH THE EDUCATION SYSTEM.

THE PARTNERS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THIS TUESDAY BUSH KIDS PROGRAM ARE QUITE LARGE.

THE LIST. I'LL JUST NAME SOME OF THEM.

THE NORTH SLAVE METIS ALLIANCE, [INAUDIBLE] AND NWT LITERACY COUNCIL.

THEY PROVIDE FUNDING FOR PARTICIPANTS REGISTRATION FEES.

YOU MET NONI.

HE IS WORKING WITH US IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENR, THE ON THE LAND UNIT, AND THEY ALSO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR US TO RUN THE PROGRAM AND OTHER PARTNERS INCLUDE [INAUDIBLE] THE EARLY LEARNING AND CHILD CARE PROGRAM WITH THE AURORA COLLEGE AND MOST OBVIOUSLY OUR NEIGHBORS.

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ANOTHER REALLY IMPORTANT AREA IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS THE MENTORSHIP THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO AURORA COLLEGE STUDENT IN THE EARLY LEARNING AND CHILD CARE DIPLOMA PROGRAM.

SO THAT HAPPENED REGULARLY ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

AND SO NOW WE'RE JUST BRINGING THAT OPPORTUNITY BACK TO LIFE NOW, AND WE OFFER SPACE FOR THESE STUDENTS TO DO THEIR FIELD PLACEMENT, FIELD PLACEMENT ONE AND FIELD PLACEMENT TWO.

WE ALSO OFFER A COURSE FOR THE NURSING PROGRAM, YEAR THREE STUDENTS.

THROUGH BUSH KIDS AT THE SITE, AND THAT IS THE INTRODUCTION TO NWT OR AN INTRODUCTION TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE NWT IS THE NAME OF THE COURSE.

THE THIRD AREA WE WANTED TO MENTION IS OUR MENTORSHIPS.

SO THIS LIST THAT YOU HAVE, THERE IS JUST SOME OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE'VE HAD AND MENTORSHIPS THAT WE'VE OFFERED.

THE MENTORSHIP LOOKS LIKE AN EDUCATOR WORKING WITH US FOR SIX STRAIGHT WEEKS, ONE DAY A WEEK, AND WE WOULD SPEND 3 TO 4 HOURS MODELING HOW LAND CAN LEAD LEARNING WITH THAT TEACHER AND THE STUDENTS, WITH THE HOPE THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THE TEACHER, TO TRUST THAT THE LAND CAN UNCOVER CURRICULUM, AND THAT CURRICULUM COMPETENCIES CAN BE MET THROUGH LAND BASED LEARNING.

AND THE LAST PIECE IS THE TRAINING AND CONSULTING THAT WE OFFER.

SO WE'VE TRAVELED TO DIFFERENT REGIONS, ALMOST ALL REGIONS IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES.

SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES ARE LISTED THERE.

SO WE OFFER TWO DAY WORKSHOPS AND WE ALSO OFFER A PRACTITIONER CERTIFICATION COURSE, WHICH IS A BLENDED COURSE WHERE WE MEET FOR FIVE DAYS ON THE LAND TO BEGIN THE COURSE.

AND THEN THERE'S EIGHT MONTHS OF ONLINE LEARNING AND REFLECTIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS.

THIS PARTNERSHIP IS WITH THE CHILD NATURE ALLIANCE OF CANADA.

SO WE, SOME OF OUR STAFF ARE AFFILIATED AND OUR FACILITATORS WITH THAT ORGANIZATION AS WELL.

AND WE CONTINUE TO OFFER THESE COURSES RIGHT NOW.

AND THIS IS PRIMARILY THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND EMPLOYMENT WITH THE NWT.

SO SOME OF THE CALLS TO ACTION THAT WE FEEL ARE A PRIORITY FOR BUSH KIDS ARE YEAH.

THANKS, [INAUDIBLE]. SO WE CALL UPON THE FEDERAL, PROVINCIAL, TERRITORIAL AND ABORIGINAL GOVERNMENTS TO DEVELOP CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR ABORIGINAL FAMILIES.

AND WE PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FUNDING TO POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS TO EDUCATE TEACHERS ON HOW TO INTEGRATE INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND TEACHING METHODS IN THE CLASSROOMS. AND WE DO THAT BY FIELD PLACEMENTS WITH THE EARLY LEARNING AND CHILD CARE STUDENTS AT AURORA COLLEGE, AS WELL AS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS, MENTORSHIP AND CONSULTING PROGRAMS THAT WE DO.

SO THIS ONE SAYS BUILDING STUDENT CAPACITY FOR INTERCULTURAL UNDERSTANDING, EMPATHY AND MUTUAL RESPECT.

THIS REALLY SPEAKS BACK TO THE ETHICAL SPACE THAT WE CREATE AND TRY TO FOSTER IN BUSH KIDS.

AND ALSO WHY WHEN WE PRIORITIZE THE DIVERSE RANGE OF BUSH KIDS PARTICIPANTS IN OUR REGISTRATION.

CHLOE, WE'RE JUST ON THE LAST SLIDE.

DID YOU WANT TO CLOSE UP FOR US? SURE. THANK YOU.

SO WE'RE. YEAH, WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

I THINK JUST OUR GOAL OF COMING TO YOU TODAY IS TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THIS PROGRAMING ON LAND WHERE WE HAVE BUILT SUCH BEAUTIFUL RELATIONSHIPS AND SEEN SO MUCH MAGIC.

I THINK WE WOULD ALL CALL IT MAGIC FLOURISH IN BUILDING BUSH KIDS AND BEING OUT THERE TOGETHER, INTER GENERATIONALLY AND AS A COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK. YOU KNOW, HAVING A SITE, HAVING A SITE IS IMPORTANT, BUT NOT JUST ANY SITE WILL DO, I THINK.

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AND WE HAVE BEEN SO FORTUNATE TO BE OPERATING ON A SITE THAT I THINK HAS WELCOMED US AND REALLY WANTS US THERE AS WELL, AND A SITE THAT HAS HAD PEOPLE LIVING AND LEARNING ON IT FOR FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

WITH WITH A BRIEF INTERRUPTION WHERE THERE WASN'T THERE WASN'T ACTUALLY ANY LEARNING OR KIDS ON THAT SITE.

SO WE'RE PROUD AND GRATEFUL TO BE BACK ON THE LAND WHERE WE ARE AND WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO STAY. SO ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU.

OPENING IT UP. COUNCILLOR MUFANDAEDZA.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WENDY, AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU AND JUST HOPING TO GET CLARIFICATION.

THE FIRST QUESTION IS, I DID GO THROUGH THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED, BUT I'M JUST STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BUSH KIDS AND LIKE CONSULTING. ARE YOU GUYS OPERATING AS OR JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THAT RELATIONSHIP? OH, SURE. SO BUSH KIDS IS A PROGRAM UNDER LAHEY CONSULTING.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND IN OUR MEMO, IT TALKS ABOUT LOOKING FOR SUPPORT FOR SEASONAL BUSINESS FOR THE FOR ON THE LAND LEARNING.

SO JUST A QUESTION WOULD BE HOW MANY MONTHS IN A YEAR DOES BUSH KID ACTUALLY UTILIZE THE SPACE? WE'RE AT THE SPACE USUALLY COME WE FOLLOW THE SCHOOL CALENDAR YEAR MOSTLY.

SO WE'LL DO SOME STAFF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN LATE AUGUST AND BEGIN PROGRAMING IN SEPTEMBER AND USUALLY WRAP UP COME THE END OF JUNE AND SUMMERTIME.

WE'RE USUALLY NOT PROGRAMING IN THE SUMMER.

THANK YOU. SO ABOUT TEN MONTHS A YEAR? YES, THAT. AND I NOTICED THAT IT IN THE MEMO.

IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT BUSH KIDS HAVING BEEN UNDER SPACE FOR A NUMBER OF SEASONS NOW.

I'M JUST KIND OF WONDERING LIKE, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AND WHAT IS THE CURRENT ARRANGEMENT WITH THE CITY AS WE STAND? SO WE BEGAN, I BELIEVE, FOUR YEARS AGO IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY.

AND THE ARRANGEMENT, WHEN WE ASKED FOR PERMISSION TO HAVE THE PROGRAM THERE, WAS THAT WE WOULD USE IT IN A WAY THAT WE WOULDN'T LEAVE ANYTHING THERE WHEN WE WEREN'T THERE.

SO EVERYTHING IS TAKEN DOWN WHEN WE'RE NOT THERE.

THAT WAS THE ARRANGEMENT.

SO WHEN WE'RE NOT PROGRAMING, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE TAKEN EVERYTHING DOWN.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO JUST MAKING SURE I UNDERSTAND.

SO YOU USE IT FOR TEN MONTHS.

IN A YEAR, YOU TAKE IT DOWN FOR THE TWO THAT YOU'RE NOT AND THEN WE BUILD THESE STRUCTURES OR PUT THESE STRUCTURES BACK AFTER.

YEAH, THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION.

SO THE STRUCTURES ARE REALLY SIMPLE.

THERE ARE TWO WALL TENTS AND THEY'RE PUT UP WITH THE TRADITIONALLY WITH WITH TREE POLES.

SO WE CAN WE CAN COLLAPSE EVERYTHING REALLY QUICKLY IN ABOUT A DAY.

YEAH. OKAY.

THANK YOU. SORRY. THERE ALSO IS A FIRE PIT TOO, AND WE ALSO COLLAPSE THAT.

SO THAT'S NOT SITTING THERE WHEN WE'RE NOT THERE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ALSO HAD WAS ON HOW YOU'RE FUNDED, BUT I THINK YOU DID ADDRESS IT WITH FUNDING PARTNERS.

SO THANK YOU. I THINK THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESENTER? WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ADMIN AFTER.

SO, COUNCILLOR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

MOST OF MY QUESTIONS ARE FOR ADMINISTRATION TODAY, BUT CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROGRAM AND WE'LL BE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS MOVING FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU. OH, THANK YOU.

FOR MYSELF, SO JUST GOING A LITTLE DEEPER INTO COUNCILLOR MUFANDAEDZA.

SO IT'S SET UP AS A BUSINESS AND A NOT FOR A NOT FOR PROFIT.

IS THERE ANY TALK OF, I GUESS, HAVING BUSH KIDS BE A STANDALONE ORGANIZATION SEPARATE FROM LEAHY CONSULTING? YEAH, THERE, I THINK.

I THINK WE WE HAD A STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS THE PAST A YEAR AND A HALF AND WITH SOME REALLY

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AND WE THOUGHT THAT THE BUSINESS ROUTE WAS STILL THE BEST ROUTE FOR US AT THIS TIME.

HOWEVER, YEAH. LAHEY CONSULTING.

I THINK THE REASON IT'S UNDER LEAHY CONSULTING IS BECAUSE LEAHY CONSULTING STARTED BEFORE BUSH KIDS.

AND IT WAS JUST I WAS DOING EDUCATION CONSULTING AT THE TIME AND I WAS JUST TOLD IT WOULD BE LOGISTICALLY EASIER TO RUN IT AS A PROGRAM OF LEAHY CONSULTING, BECAUSE I ALREADY HAD THAT REGISTERED.

AND SO I THINK IF I THINK FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES, WE'RE LOOKING AT INCORPORATING AND WE WOULD JUST INCORPORATE AS BUSH KIDS.

JUST BECAUSE SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS WILL IMPACT ZONING DEFINITIONS LATER ON.

SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IT.

AND SO.

AND WITH YOUR EDUCATION CONSULTING HAT ON, IS THERE TALK OF BECOMING A PRIVATE, KIND OF LIKE A SCHOOL? IS THERE ANYTHING FROM AN [INAUDIBLE] PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU DO? NO, NO. NOT A PRIVATE SCHOOL.

NO, NO.

AND [INAUDIBLE] DOESN'T HAVE LIKE DEFINITIONS THAT WOULD GRANT YOU MORE FUNDING IF YOU OPERATE IT AS AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION VERSUS A BUSINESS.

POSSIBLY, BUT WE'VE NEVER LOOKED INTO THAT.

I THINK ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS WE WERE TRYING TO GET ACROSS IN THE PRESENTATION IS THAT IF WE BECOME A PRIVATE INSTITUTION, IT BECOMES INACCESSIBLE TO MANY PEOPLE.

AND SO WE'RE HOPING NOT TO GO THAT ROUTE AND TO DO MORE TRAINING AND MENTORSHIP.

AND THAT SITES MORE OF A DEMONSTRATION SITE WHERE WE CAN BRING IN EDUCATORS AND REALLY TRY TO EMPOWER AND TEACH OTHERS HOW HOW LAND BASED LEARNING IS IS SO CRITICAL.

YEP. DOES THAT HELP? YEAH. YEAH.

I THINK THOSE ARE IT FOR ME FOR QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESENTER.

THANKS AGAIN, WENDY, FOR COMING IN AND TO YOUR TEAM AS WELL.

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION FROM ADMINISTRATION.

SO IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN JUST TURN OFF YOUR MIC.

OPENING IT UP.

COUNCILLOR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

YEAH, MY FIRST QUESTION IS JUST IN REGARDS TO THE NEIGHBORS AND HOW SUPPORTIVE ARCTIC INDIGENOUS WELLNESS HAS BEEN TO THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION AND IF ADMINISTRATION HAS REACHED OUT TO THEM AND SORT OF WHAT SOME OF THE CONTENT OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS WERE.

MS. THISTLE THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.

YES, WE'VE DEFINITELY REACHED OUT AND I'LL ASK MS. WHITE TO SPEAK TO IT IN DETAIL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, THAT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FIRST CONTACTS THAT WE MADE, KNOWING THAT WE HAD A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THEM THE AREA THAT THEY USE.

SO WE DID RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION BACK THAT THEY WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS USE ADJACENT TO THEM.

THANK YOU. PERFECT.

AND EXCUSE MY IGNORANCE, BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT THE WELLNESS CENTRE IS OR WELLNESS CAMP IS IN FIGURE ONE.

IT'S THAT KIND OF CAMP STRUCTURE THAT'S JUST NORTH OF THE LITTLE TRIANGLE THAT'S THERE, CORRECT? YEAH. THOSE COUPLE BUILDINGS RIGHT ON THE PROPERTY LINE.

OKAY, AWESOME. SO I DON'T SEE ANYWHERE.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE BUSINESS JUST OPERATING AS A BUSINESS.

NOTHING FUNNY GOING ON TO LEASE.

IT'S A NORMAL LEASE WITH NORMAL COSTS ASSOCIATED TO IT.

YES, MS. THISTLE.

YES. PURSUANT TO THE LAND ADMINISTRATION BYLAW, AT LEAST IN EXCESS OF THREE YEARS, NEEDS TO COME TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AND THE FEES ARE SET OUT IN THE MEMORANDUM COMMITTEE ARE FROM THE FEES AND CHARGES BYLAW.

MS. WHITE. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? SO NO SPECIAL TERMS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? IT COMPLETELY FOLLOWS OUR LAND ADMIN BYLAW.

IT WOULD BE 5% OF THE ASSESSED VALUE.

SO WE'VE GIVEN A ROUGH ESTIMATE IN THE MEMO THAT WOULD BE CONFIRMED, OBVIOUSLY, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

THANK YOU. FANTASTIC.

AND JUST SO I'M UNDERSTANDING, THE UNDER CONSIDERATIONS IN THE MEMO, THERE WAS SOME LEGISLATIVE ONES AND IT'S JUST WHAT MS. THISTLE SAID. IT'S THE REASON IT'S COMING TO COUNCIL BECAUSE IT IS OVER A THREE YEAR TERM.

AND THIS IS JUST A PRETTY NORMAL THING THAT IF IT IS OVER THREE YEARS, THAT IT HAS TO COME AND BE APPROVED VIA COUNCIL, CORRECT? YES. [INAUDIBLE] ALSO SOME ZONING ASPECTS, BUT MS. THISTLE. YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

ITS BEFORE COUNTY COMMITTEE AND SUBSEQUENTLY COUNCIL AT THIS TIME SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IT'S A REQUEST FOR DISPOSAL OF LAND IN EXCESS OF THREE YEARS.

IF IT WAS THREE YEARS LESS ONE DAY THAN IT COULD HAVE BEEN APPROVED AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL.

HOWEVER, THERE IS THE REQUIREMENT TO REZONE THIS PORTION.

IT'S CURRENTLY IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE, SO THAT WILL HAVE TO COME FORWARD SUBSEQUENT TO THIS MEMO.

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YEAH, THIS SEEMS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.

I SEE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE HAPPY WITH THE THE THE ARRANGEMENT.

WE SEE A COMPANY THAT'S DOING SOME REALLY GREAT WORK FOR EDUCATORS AND EDUCATING KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY.

OF COURSE, IT'S FURTHERING SOME OF OUR CALLS TO ACTION WITH GETTING PEOPLE ONTO THE LAND AND GIVING PEOPLE MORE RESOURCES AND THEY'RE PAYING FOR IT.

SO I THINK THAT THAT'S A GREAT THING TOO, FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED.

SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE MEMO AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

JUST TO CLARIFY, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO COME FOR A REZONING.

THE DISCRETIONARY USE HAS TO COME TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

SO JUST A LITTLE BIT LESS OF A OF A PROCESS.

BUT COUNCILLOR MUFANDAEDZA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.

SO I THINK PRETTY MUCH YOU TOUCHED ON WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK.

I DID SEE IN THE MEMO THAT THE AREA IS ZONED FOR PUBLIC SERVICE, BUT THAT UNDER DISCRETIONARY USE IT COULD BE USED FOR PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT THE PUBLIC USE. SO I GUESS THE QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK WAS, DOES IT NEED TO BE RESOLVED OR IS IT JUST MORE DISCRETIONARY USE? BUT I THINK YOU'VE ANSWERED THAT.

MY NEXT QUESTION IS ON OR JUST CONFIRMING THAT I DID SEE IN THE MEMO THAT IT'S THEY'RE REQUESTING FOR A FIVE YEAR LEASE AT $200 PER YEAR WITH A $10,000 DEPOSIT.

IS THAT CORRECT? I THINK IT WOULD BE $2,000, WHICH WOULD BE THE 5% OF THE ASSESSED VALUE.

HOWEVER, IT STILL HAS TO GO TO THE ASSESSOR FOR AN OFFICIAL ASSESSMENT.

SO IT COULD BE TAKE OR LEAVE, BUT IT'S 5% OF THE ASSESSED VALUE.

MS. THISTLE. YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

MS. WHITE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? SURE. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE ASSESSMENT, THE REASON WE'VE MADE A ROUGH GUESS IS BECAUSE THIS ISN'T A PARCEL THAT EXISTS, RIGHT? IT'S A PORTION OF AN AREA OF MUNICIPAL LAND.

SO WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE OUR ASSESSOR DO IS TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THAT FINAL AREA LOOKS LIKE AND IF THERE'S ANY STRUCTURES OR USES ON IT THAT ALL TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION.

THEN, AS MS. THISTLE SAID, IT'D BE THE 5% OF WHATEVER THAT VALUE IS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO FOR MYSELF, JUST LOOKING AT NEXT STEPS, BECAUSE IF IT DOESN'T.

SO RIGHT NOW, IN PUBLIC SERVICE, PERMITTED USE IS INSTITUTIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, EDUCATION, INSTITUTIONS.

BUT A DISCRETIONARY USE WHICH HAS TO COME TO COUNCIL IS THE COMMERCIAL RECREATION.

SO JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, RECOGNIZING, YES, IT'S A BUSINESS, BUT CAN AN EDUCATION INSTITUTION BE A PRIVATE BUSINESS? BECAUSE IF IT'S.

CAN BE CONSIDERED AN EDUCATION INSTITUTION.

THIS IS KIND OF THE LAST STEP, AT LEAST CAN BE SIGNED.

WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE ZONING PROCESS IF IT DOES HAVE TO BE COMMERCIAL RECREATION.

THIS IS STEP ONE OF TWO.

IT'LL COME TO THE NEXT COUNCIL FOR THAT DISCRETIONARY USE.

SO JUST WONDERING IN ADMINISTRATION'S ANALYSIS WHETHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION COULD BE CONSIDERED OR IF IT HAS TO BE THAT COMMERCIAL RECREATION.

MS. THISTLE. THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.

SOME THAT WILL DEPEND ON THE SPECIFIC APPLICATION AND DEVELOPMENT PERMIT.

BUT MS. WHITE.

THANK YOU. YES, WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS AS IT BEING THE COMMERCIAL RECREATION, BECAUSE IT IS THE FOR PROFIT.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD SOME IN-DEPTH CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS DURING THE ZONING BYLAW WHEN THAT REVIEW WAS BEING UNDERTAKEN, AND SPECIFICALLY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT BUSINESSES SHOULD BE RUNNING PROGRAMS OR BUSINESSES ON CITY LAND AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE THIS KIND OF ALL CAME OUT OF.

WE COULD DEFINITELY HAVE A LOOK AT THAT INSTITUTIONAL.

BUT GENERALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING DEFINITIONS, INSTITUTIONAL USES ARE SUPPORTED PRIMARILY BY GOVERNMENT, EITHER DEPARTMENTS, MINISTRIES, AGENCIES AND AREN'T FOR PROFIT.

SO WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE WERE WORKING UNDER THE DEFINITION OF THE COMMERCIAL RECREATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THE OTHER ONE I WAS JUST LOOKING AT, BECAUSE IT'S ALSO A PERMITTED USE IS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTERS, WHICH MEANS AN OFFICE OR OFFICES, MEETING ROOM, ASSEMBLY AREA OR SIMILAR FACILITY FOR THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL OR CULTURAL PROGRAMING.

AGAIN, IT'S MORE OF A SECOND STAGE QUESTION, BUT SOMETHING I'LL LEAVE IN IN THE ATMOSPHERE FOR CONSIDERATION.

SO AS PRESENTED TODAY, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF DISPOSING THE LEASEHOLD INTEREST AND THEN WHETHER IT DOES HAVE TO COME FORWARD TO COUNCIL

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WE'LL STAY TUNED. ANYTHING FURTHER? COUNCIL MUFANDAEDZA THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

I ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE MEMO AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU. COUNCILLOR PAYNE.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

YEAH, I JUST WANT TO VOICE MY LIKE SUPPORT OF THIS THIS GIVING OUT THIS LEASE.

I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD.

AS A PREVIOUS FOSTER PARENT, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND ANY INDIGENOUS ON THE LAND TRAINING FOR FOR OUR DAUGHTER.

AND SEEING THIS HERE NOW, I WISH THAT WE HAD THIS WHEN SHE WAS WITH US.

THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR SMITH.

MIGHT AS WELL JUMP ON IN THERE.

GEEZ, I WISH THIS WAS THERE WHEN I WAS A KID.

I WOULD HAVE HAD A HEYDAY THERE.

I APPRECIATE THAT. THIS IS THIS IS AVAILABLE FOR KIDS.

IT'S AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ONES THAT DO GET TO.

AND BECAUSE YOU HAVE LIMITED SPACE.

THOSE ARE THE LUCKY ONES.

SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS PROGRAM AVAILABLE.

THANK YOU. SEEING GENERAL SUPPORT FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

THE AGAIN, THE DISPOSAL OF A LEASEHOLD INTEREST.

OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS MONDAY, OCTOBER 24TH AT 7 P.M..

SO IT'LL BE BROUGHT FORWARD AT THAT TIME FOR THE LEASEHOLDS AND THEN PENDING THAT WOULD BE PERHAPS SOME ZONING STUFF.

BUT STEP ONE WILL BE COMING FORWARD FOR APPROVAL FOR THE LEASE.

WITH THAT, WE CAN CALL COUNCILLOR MORGAN BACK IN.

[6. A memorandum regarding whether to recommend/endorse a development option for the Yellowknife Airport Development 20‐Year Master Plan.]

MS. THISTLE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM.

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES IS DEVELOPING THEIR AIRPORT MASTERPLAN AND AS PART OF THAT THEY ENGAGED WITH THE CITY AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS EARLIER IN 2022. THEY CAME TO COMMITTEE AND MADE A PRESENTATION IN JUNE OF 2022 HIGHLIGHTING TWO OF THEIR SELECTED OPTIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT.

PURSUANT TO THAT PRESENTATION, COUNCIL DIRECTED ADMINISTRATION TO COME BACK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS IN RESPONSE.

AND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE CONTAINED IN THE MEMO BEFORE YOU TODAY.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL COUNCILLOR MORGAN.

THANK YOU. SO I APPRECIATED THE DETAIL THAT ADMINISTRATION WENT THROUGH.

AND I AGREE WITH THE OVERALL RECOMMENDATION TO NOT ENDORSE A SPECIFIC OPTION, BUT JUST TO ASSERT WHAT THE CITY'S INTERESTS, MAIN INTERESTS ARE . READING THROUGH THIS IT SEEMS THAT THE CITY IS NOT BEING ABLE TO COLLECT FULL TAXES FROM ALL OF THE LAND THAT THE GNWT OWNS.

AND I WONDERED IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN HOW THAT IS HAPPENING AND THEN WHAT THE CITY INTENDS TO DO TO MAKE SURE WE CAN COLLECT ALL THE PROPER TAXES AND FEES GOING FORWARD.

LONG STANDING ISSUE.

MS. THISTLE YES, THAT'S IN SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO LAND THAT'S LEASED OUT AT THE AIRPORT.

WHEN LAND IS HELD BY THE GOVERNMENT TO THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, THEY PAY ESSENTIALLY THE CITY TAXES AS GRANTS IN LIEU FEDERAL PROPERTY THEY PAY PAYMENTS IN LIEU.

SO WE CAN REFER TO IT AS GUILT OR GUILT.

HOWEVER, WHEN LAND IS LEASED OUT TO PRIVATE ENTERPRISES, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT OF THE PROPERTY TAXES.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, OVER THE YEARS WE'VE INCURRED VARIOUS SITUATIONS WHERE THOSE TAXES HAVE NOT BEEN PAID UP TO DATE, AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO COLLECT ON THOSE WHEN THE BUSINESS IS LEASING LAND FROM THE AIRPORT AND THE CITY CANNOT ACTUALLY.

BRING THOSE FEES AS PAYABLE AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT TO THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES.

SO THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE THOSE FEES HAVE BEEN LEFT UNPAID.

AND JUST TO ADD, IT'S A LONG STANDING RESOLUTION OF THE NWT.

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IT'S I GUESS SINCE 2000, IT'S BEEN OUR CALL.

AND THEN THE RESPONSE IS WE'LL WORK ON AMENDING [INAUDIBLE] AT THE NEXT ASSEMBLY.

SO FINGERS CROSSED WE GOT TO HOLD THEM TO THE FIRE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN.

THE NEXT ASSEMBLY, THE NEXT ASSEMBLY.

THE NEXT ASSEMBLY FOR MANY TERMS. BUT THE LEASEHOLDERS ARE PAYING LEASE FEES TO THE GNWT, AS I UNDERSTAND IT.

AND THE GNWT IS NOT PAYING THE FULL AMOUNT OF SORT OF GRANTS IN LIEU OF TAXES TO COVER THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.

HOW CAN THEY JUSTIFY NOT IF THEY'RE ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE GETTING FEES FROM LEASEHOLDERS? HOW DO THEY NOT PAY THE FULL AMOUNT OF GRANTS IN LIEU OF TAXES FOR THE FULL AMOUNT OF PROPERTY THEY OWNED? MS. THISTLE. GRANTS IN LIEU OF TAXES OR PAYABLE ON PROPERTY THAT IS SOLELY OCCUPIED AND OWNED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. WHEN IT'S LEASED OUT TO PRIVATE BUSINESSES OR TO BUSINESSES, IT DOESN'T QUALIFY ANY LONGER FOR GRANTS IN LIEU OF TAXES, PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES, POLICY AND PROVINCIAL LEGISLATION THAT EXISTS IN OTHER AREAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ACTUALLY DOES REFER TO IF A MUNICIPALITY CAN PROVE THAT THEY'VE EXHAUSTED ALL AVENUES FOR RECOVERY, THAT THEN IT DOES QUALIFY FOR THAT ESSENTIALLY GRANTS IN LIEU OF TAXES PAYMENT.

HOWEVER, OUR PROPERTY ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION ACT DOES NOT CONTAIN SUCH A CLAUSE WHICH HAS LED TO THE [INAUDIBLE] RESOLUTION.

AND IT'S THE IDEA NOW THAT ANY SORT OF AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT THE CITY WILL ATTEMPT TO NEGOTIATE A DIRECT AGREEMENT WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] THAT RESOLVES THIS? OR CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN? OR IS IT JUST SOMETHING THAT WILL RAISE ONCE AGAIN IN A LETTER WITH OUR FEEDBACK ABOUT THE I SOMEHOW READ INTO THIS THAT WE WERE GOING TO ENTER INTO.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO REQUEST THAT WE ENTER INTO A FORMAL CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT, BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOME HARD AND FAST CONDITION THAT WE CAN ENFORCE SOMEHOW.

MS. THISTLE. IF THE CITY CAN'T AFFORD ENFORCE TAXES AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT TO THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES.

IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD TURN TO AN AGREEMENT WHEREBY THEY WOULD PAY THEM ON BEHALF OF THE TENANT.

HOWEVER, TO DATE THAT HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

JUST NEXT QUESTION AROUND.

SO CURRENTLY THE AIRPORT AND NONE OF THE AIRPORT LANDS HAVE PIPED WATER AND SEWER.

IT'S ALL TRUCKED.

SO ARE WE SUGGESTING THAT THE GNWT PAY FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE PIPED WATER AND SEWER AS PART OF THEIR AIRPORT EXPANSION? MS. THISTLE. DEFINITELY DEPENDING ON DEVELOPMENT AT THE AIRPORT.

CONSIDERATION NEEDS TO BE GIVEN TO THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH EXTENDING PIPED WATER AND SEWER TO THAT AREA.

MS. WHITE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND FOR THIS QUESTION AND YOUR PREVIOUS QUESTION, I THINK WHAT WE REALLY ARE GOING TO BE ASKING IS THAT THEY KEEP COMMUNICATION OPEN WITH US.

THIS IS AN ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO OUR MUNICIPALITY, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE PLANNED APPROPRIATELY.

SO FIVE YEARS, TEN YEARS OUT, SO THAT WE AS A MUNICIPALITY CAN ALSO PREPARE FOR WHAT POTENTIAL EXTENSIONS MAY OR MAY NOT LOOK LIKE, WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE, BECAUSE AS WE'RE ALL AWARE, COSTS KEEP GOING UP.

THEY DON'T GO DOWN. SO HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS SO THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT, BUT THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT'S RIGHT FOR OUR TAXPAYERS AS WELL.

THANK YOU. OK.

AND I ASSUME WE WILL ALSO BE WRITING SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE IDEA OF AN AIRPORT HOTEL.

I KNOW THERE'S GENERAL MENTION MADE HERE OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT GOALS.

WILL WE GET THAT SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF MENTIONING THE AIRPORT HOTEL? MS. THISTLE. SORRY, MS. WHITE. I MEAN, WE COULD IF COUNCIL WANTED US TO.

WHAT I WAS ENVISIONING HERE WAS REMINDING THEM OF ALL THE REALLY GREAT WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE OVER THE PAST NUMBER OF YEARS TO HELP SUPPORT NOT JUST OUR DOWNTOWN, BUT TOURISM, ECONOMY, ETC., AND MAKE THEM MAYBE NOT MAKE THEM AWARE.

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THANK YOU. IN MY MIND, I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO EXPLICITLY EXPRESS OUR CONCERN ONCE AGAIN ABOUT THE AIRPORT HOTEL, BECAUSE THAT MIGHT NOT BE OBVIOUS WITH SORT OF GENERAL STATEMENTS ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO REVITALIZE THE ECONOMY IN DOWNTOWN THAT.

I MEAN, I WOULD CONSIDER THAT TO BE A DETRIMENT TO OUR DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION.

MAYBE SOME OTHERS WOULDN'T.

BUT I THINK THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT POSITION, I THINK IT SHOULD BE EXPLICIT IN THE LETTER IN THAT THAT'S BEEN A POINT OF CONTENTION.

AND IT SEEMED DURING THE LAST PRESENTATION THAT THAT WAS JUST INCLUDED IN THE PLANS, AS IF THEY WERE OBLIVIOUS TO THE CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT IT. SO I'M NOT FEELING CONFIDENT THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED THAT MESSAGE.

SO I THINK IT SHOULD BE EXPLICIT.

MY PERSPECTIVE THANKS, YEAH, BECAUSE IT TENDS TO BE LIKE, NO, NO, IT'S NOT THE GOVERNMENT THAT'S GOING TO RUN THE HOTEL.

WE'RE LIKE, NO, YOU'RE MISSING THE POINT.

WE KNOW IT'S NOT THE GOVERNMENT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? COUNCILLOR MUFANDAEDZA.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST WANTED TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE MEMO AS PRESENTED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SEEING NOTHING FURTHER.

YES, APPRECIATE THE NOT NECESSARILY SELECTING ONE OPTION BUT LETTING THEM KNOW OUR AREA INTEREST AND CONSIDERATION.

SO WE WILL BRING THIS FORWARD FOR APPROVAL ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 24TH AT 7:00 PM.

NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, ZOOM UP BACK TO THE TOP.

[7. A memorandum regarding whether to appoint Paul Parker as an Adjudicator pursuant to Administrative Monetary Penalty By‐law No. 5054 for the City of Yellowknife.]

MS. THISTLE ANYTHING TO ADD? AS COUNCIL WILL REMEMBER, WE ADOPTED ADMINISTRATIVE MONETARY PENALTY BYLAW NUMBER 5054 IN THE SPRING, AND THAT SYSTEM CAME INTO EFFECT ON SEPTEMBER THE FIRST, 2022.

PART OF THAT SYSTEM IS A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE AN ADJUDICATOR.

AND SO THIS IS SIMPLY FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THAT PROCESS SO WE CAN RUN AN EFFICIENT SYSTEM.

THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE.

SEEING NONE.

[8. A memorandum regarding whether to authorize the Mayor to travel to Victoria, B.C from October 3 ‐ 4, 2022 to attend the Livable Cities Forum.]

I WAS ASKED TO SIT ON A PANEL WITH THE FEDERAL MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT, AS WELL AS THE MAYOR OF FREDERICTON, WHO I ASSUME WILL STILL COME PENDING.

ALL OF THE STUFF HAS TO BE DONE IN THE EAST COAST.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? DISCUSSION. THERE WE GO, SEEING NONE WE WILL BRING THIS FORWARD AS WELL AS THE OTHER ONE, PAUL PARKER TO COUNCIL TONIGHT AT 7 P.M..

[9. A memorandum regarding whether to approve the recommendations of the City of Yellowknife Community Advisory Board on Homelessness to allocate Incremental Reaching Home funding for the 2022/2023 fiscal year.]

SO JUST A BIT MORE BACKGROUND THAN THE MEMO.

WE RECEIVED ESSER FUNDING THIS YEAR OF ONE POINT CLOSE TO $1.4 MILLION.

SO THERE'S CABINET IN MAY.

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS THIS MEMO INADVERTENTLY DIDN'T MAKE IT TO COUNCIL THIS SPRING.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING IT HERE.

NOW, WE JUST REALIZE THAT THIS HASN'T COME FORWARD TO COUNCIL FOR A FULL APPROVAL.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO TOP UP HOUSING FIRST FOR ADULTS, FOR FAMILIES AND PREVENTION AND SHELTER DIVERSION.

SO THESE AMOUNTS, PLUS THE AMOUNT THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL BACK IN MARCH, WILL MEAN THAT THESE THREE POTS HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF FUNDING IN 2022 AS THEY DID IN 2021.

SO WE STILL HAVE ABOUT $1.2 MILLION TO ALLOCATE.

AND DURING THE DISCUSSIONS IN MAY, THE HOPE WAS THAT CMHC IS GOING TO TRANSFER THE ASPEN APARTMENT, WHICH IS A 36 UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN YELLOWKNIFE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS AND IS SITTING VACANT.

HAVE CMHC TRANSFER THAT TO A NON-MARKET HOUSING ORGANIZATION, AND WE COULD ALLOCATE THE REMAINING $1.2 MILLION TO THAT TO THAT GROUP WHO'S GOING TO TAKE OVER ASPEN? BECAUSE THERE'S STUFF LIKE THEY NEED A NEW ROOF, THEY NEED A BOILER.

SO THERE'S A FEW LITTLE RENOS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN.

SO THE $1.2 MILLION WOULD BE KIND OF THE BUMP UP.

HOWEVER, THE MONEY DOES HAVE TO GET SPENT.

SO IF THE FEDS ARE DRAGGING THEIR HEELS FEET ON, TRANSFERRING ASPEN.

CAB WOULD BE LOOKING TO ALLOCATE THE FUNDING TO DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

SO THERE IS A CALL OUT RIGHT NOW IF IF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE IDEAS SO THAT CAB CAN MEET AGAIN SHORTLY TO DISCUSS SHOULD WE REALLOCATE IT TO SOMETHING ELSE BESIDES ASPEN? OR IF IT LOOKS LIKE THE PROJECT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR, THEN CAN GO AHEAD WITH ASPEN.

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WHEN IS THE DATE THAT THIS MONEY HAS TO BE ALLOCATED BY MS. THISTLE. MR. WHITE. THANK YOU.

IDEALLY, IT WOULD BE MARCH 31ST OF 2023, BUT WE ARE ABLE TO CARRY OVER FUNDING UNTIL THE END OF THE AGREEMENT, WHICH IS MARCH OF 2024.

MARCH 31ST, 2024.

THANKS. THANK YOU.

AND CMHC IS SUPPOSED TO ANNOUNCE NEXT STEPS FOR ASPEN IN SEPTEMBER, SO HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

OTHERWISE, THEY'D BE GETTING INTO OCTOBER.

ANYTHING, COUNCILLOR SMITH? THANK YOU. I'M JUST CURIOUS, NOT IN REGARDS TO THAT FUNDING, BUT NOTING THAT $56,000 IS BEING PUT TOWARDS COORDINATED ACCESS.

I'M JUST CURIOUS TO SEE, HOW THAT PROJECT IS GOING.

MS. THISTLE. MR. WHITE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COORDINATED ACCESS IS MOVING ALONG.

COVID DID SLOW IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, SLOWED IT DOWN QUITE A BIT.

WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH, I THINK, THE IMPLEMENTATION MAYBE AS EARLY AS OCTOBER.

PERFECT. THANK YOU. ANYTHING FURTHER.

SEEING NONE WE'LL ALSO BRING THIS MOTION TO COUNCIL TONIGHT AT 7 P.M..

AND THEN AGAIN, WE'LL IT'S DOMINANTLY FOR THOSE THREE POTS OF MONEY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BUMPED UP TO THE 2021 LEVELS.

AND THAT'S IT FOR OUR AGENDA.

AM I CORRECT? YES.

WITH THAT, IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR SMITH, SECOND BY COUNCILLOR MUFANDAEDZA, ANYBODY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE WE'LL SEE EVERYBODY BACK HERE AT 7 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.