[1. Opening Statement:]
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IT'S 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.
[2. Approval of the agenda]
MS. BASSI-KELLETT ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD TO THE AGENDA? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.NO, NOTHING ELSE TO ADD TODAY.
THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE DISCLOSURE OF PECUNIARY INTEREST IN THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF.
DOES ANY MEMBER HAVE A PECUNIARY INTEREST? SEEING NONE. NEXT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE RFP ON THREE LOTS ON 50TH STREET .
[4. A presentation regarding RFP on three lots on 50th Street.]
MS. BASSI-KELLETT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM.THANK YOU VERY MUCH WITH PLEASURE.
SO GPC MEMBERS WILL RECALL THAT DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION HAS BEEN A LONG STANDING PRIORITY, LONG STANDING ISSUE FOR THE CITY, AND WE ARE TAKING PROACTIVE STEPS TO SEEK TO DEVELOP LOTS THAT THE CITY OWNS BUT THAT HAVE BEEN VACANT FOR SOME TIME.
GPC MAY RECALL IN THIS PAST SEPTEMBER, THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL DISCUSSED OPTIONS AROUND THE DISPOSAL OF THE 50/50 LOT FOR LESS THAN APPRAISED VALUE TO INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPMENT. AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO NOW IS LAY OUT FOR YOU SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO DO THIS WITH THE THREE LOTS ON 50TH STREET.
I WILL TURN THINGS OVER TO MS. WHITE, WHO WILL DESCRIBE TO YOU THE PROCESS THAT'S BEING UNDERTAKEN SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE AND WE WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THESE ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES ON 50TH STREET.
SPEAK ABOUT THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND HOPEFULLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
SO SPECIFICALLY THE PROPERTIES WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT ARE HERE HIGHLIGHTED.
THEY'VE BEEN VACANT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
WE HAVE HAD THEM FOR SALE ON OUR CITY LANDS FOR SALE WEBSITE.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE STILL FOR SALE.
SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THE COUNCIL MOTION, WHAT IT SAYS, THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND THEN WHAT OUR EXPECTED NEXT STEPS ARE WITH RELATION TO THIS PROCESS. SO I'VE PUT FOR YOU HERE THE ORIGINAL COUNCIL MOTION.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT TO YOU.
HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM A WHICH SAYS TO SELL THESE LOTS SPECIFICALLY FOR LESS THAN APPRAISED VALUE PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS. SO THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN FOR THAT 50/50 LOT.
SO THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OUTLINES THAT THERE ARE THREE LOTS THAT ARE FOR SALE.
THE IDEA IS THAT THEY ARE FOR SALE EITHER TOGETHER AS THREE LOTS OR WE WOULD BE WILLING TO ENTERTAIN INDIVIDUAL SALES BECAUSE THE LOTS ARE LARGE ENOUGH ON THEIR OWN TO BE DEVELOPED AS WELL.
THE RFP DOCUMENT CAN BE FOUND ON THE CITY LAND FOR SALE WEBSITE UNDER COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
SO LOOKING AT SUPPORT FOR REVITALIZATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND STUDIES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, AS WELL AS SHOWING HOW IT'S GOING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OR DEVELOPMENT, ARE GOING TO CREATE SAFE AND INCLUSIVE SPACE, AS WELL AS TAKING ACCESSIBILITY INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR ARE LISTED ON PAGE FIVE OF THE RFP.
AND AS THEY COME IN, THEY WILL BE EVALUATED.
SO CURRENTLY, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE THE RFP, IT'S CREATED, IT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE.
WE ARE HOPING THAT IT'LL BE OF INTEREST TO MAYBE LOCAL BUSINESSES, LOCAL INDIVIDUALS.
AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S POSTED ON OUR CITY LAND FOR SALE WEBSITE.
THE NEXT STEP INCLUDES AWAITING COMPLETE SUBMISSIONS.
WE WILL THEN EVALUATE THOSE PROPOSALS, BOTH MYSELF AND THE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGY AND POTENTIALLY ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM. AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL SUCCESSFULLY DISPOSE OF THE LAND TO AN APPLICANT BASED ON THE PROPOSAL THAT THEY PRESENTED AND WORK THROUGH ANY POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND DEFINITELY BUILDING PERMITS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE REQUIRED.
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IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.OPENING IT UP TO QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.
COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN? THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT WE'RE DOING TO PUBLICIZE THIS TO PROSPECTIVE PEOPLE.
MS. BASSI-KELLETT? MS. WHITE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS TIME, WE ARE GOING TO WE'RE ALSO ROLLING OUT SOME OTHER ITEMS FOR OUR DOWNTOWN, SO WE MAY INCLUDE THEM IN SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH IS REALLY, I THINK, OUR BEST REACH ON THIS AS WELL AS WE DO HAVE I'VE SPOKEN A NUMBER OF TIMES PREVIOUSLY TO PEOPLE WHO CONTACT OUR OFFICE SAYING, HEY, WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR SALE? AND WE ARE SPECIFICALLY TARGETING THESE PROPERTIES AS WELL AS OTHER PROPERTIES WE HAVE IN THE DOWNTOWN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN? NO. OKAY.
COUNCILLOR FEQUET? THANK YOU. I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE IN THE RFP THE 5% FOR INCORPORATING THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION.
JUST CURIOUS WHEN IT WAS LAST UPDATED AND IF STAFF ADMINISTRATION IS HAPPY WITH THE METRICS AND THE CRITERIA THAT WE'RE USING CURRENTLY IN OUR RFPS? MS. BASSI-KELLETT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.
SO LAND ONES CERTAINLY ARE DIFFERENT.
AND I WILL ASK MS. WHITE TO SPEAK TO THAT.
SOME OF OUR OTHER RFPS THAT WE HAVE, WE USE DIFFERENT CRITERIA, DIFFERENT AMOUNTS.
CERTAINLY LOCAL PROCUREMENT HAS A VERY PROMINENT ROLE TO PLAY WITH US, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER CRITERIA THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE KINDS OF PROPOSALS AND SERVICES THAT WE'RE SEEKING. I WILL ASK MS. WHITE IF SHE COULD SPEAK TO THE INCLUSION OF RECONCILIATION IN THIS LAND DISPOSAL PROCESS.
AS PART OF THE UPDATE TO THE NEW CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE ZONING BYLAW, THERE IS NOW ACTUALLY A SECTION THAT SPEAKS TO INDIGENOUS AND RECONCILIATION AND A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ITEMS. SO I BELIEVE THAT GOING FORWARD, RFPS THAT WE'RE DOING SHOULD BE REFLECTIVE OF THAT COMMITMENT WE'VE MADE THROUGH OUR ZONING BYLAW.
I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS THE FIRST ONE THAT WE'VE DONE SINCE THAT HAS COME INTO EFFECT.
COUNCILLOR WARBURTON? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I KNOW THE PREVIOUSLY WE'VE HEARD YOU'RE GOING TO IF THESE LOTS SELL, PRESUMABLY FOR A DOLLAR THEY WOULD TRANSFER FROM THE REVITALIZATION FUND INTO THE LAND FUND.
IF THEY DO SELL FOR MORE OR IF THERE'S SOME KIND OF COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS, WHAT HAPPENS? I GUESS BECAUSE THAT WOULD CHANGE THOSE NUMBERS, BASICALLY.
MS. BASSI-KELLETT? MS. WHITE? THANK YOU. SO THAT WAS THE ASSUMPTION, WHICH WAS WHAT WE HAD RECOMMENDED TO THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL.
IF THERE WAS A DIFFERENT PRICE POINT, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO RECONSIDER BECAUSE THE RESOLUTION DOES SPEAK TO SPECIFIC AMOUNTS OF MONEY TO BE TRANSFERRED BACK.
SO WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SHOULD THAT OCCUR.
SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO IT AT THIS POINT.
THANKS. SO I KNOW THERE WAS SOME CLEANUP ON THOSE LOTS WHEN WE BOUGHT THEM.
I KNOW THE RFP SAYS AS IS WHEREAS.
ARE WE GOING TO PROVIDE ANY OF THAT ENVIRONMENTAL STUFF TO PURCHASERS OR TRULY AS IS WHERE IS? MS. BASSI-KELLETT? MS. WHITE? THANK YOU. IT TRULY IS AS IS WHERE IS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILLOR PAYNE? THANK YOU. IS RIGHT NOW.
DO WE CURRENTLY KNOW IF THERE'S ANY ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS OR ISSUES WITH THOSE LOTS? MS. BASSI-KELLETT? MS. WHITE? THANK YOU. I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO COUNCIL ON THAT.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? FOR MYSELF, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO ROUND TWO.
SO IF SOMEBODY IS LOOKING TO PURCHASE ONE OF THE LOTS, SOMEBODY ELSE IS LOOKING TO PURCHASE ALL THREE OR SOMEBODY IS LOOKING TO BUY ALL THREE FOR A DOLLAR, BUT SOMEBODY ELSE IS LOOKING TO BUY ALL THREE FOR APPRAISAL VALUE.
WHERE WOULD THEY GET EXTRA POINTS IN THE RFP?
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LIKE I IMAGINE WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT JUST WONDERING WHERE THOSE POINTS WOULD COME FROM? MS. BASSI-KELLETT? MS. WHITE? THANK YOU. SO IT WOULD BE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.SO IF SOMEONE CAME IN AND THEY HAD THAT AN EVALUATION DONE BASED ON WHAT THEY WERE PROPOSING.
SO IF THAT WAS ONE, TWO OR THREE LOTS, IF THERE WERE MULTIPLE AT THE SAME TIME, THEN THOSE POINTS WOULD BE SCORED ON THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE AND THE ABILITY TO MEET THE OBJECTIVES THAT WE'VE OUTLINED.
THANK YOU. SO I GUESS KIND OF.
A LITTLE BIT OF ALL THE COMPONENTS.
MS. BASSI-KELLETT? MS. WHITE? THANK YOU. SORRY. UNDER A PROJECT SCHEDULE AND THE DELIVERABLES AS WELL AS THE THE CATALYST FOR YELLOWKNIFE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION.
SO THAT I THINK WOULD BE WHERE THOSE POINTS WOULD BE ALLOCATED.
AND THEN WHEN WE WERE LOOKING, I KNOW WHEN WE DID THE WATER INTAKE LINE ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE IF WE SHOULD DRAW FROM THE BAY VERSUS THE YELLOWKNIFE RIVER.
SO JUST SEEING THAT LIKE 20% OF THE VALUE IS GOING TO GO TO DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ONLY 5% FOR HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, WAS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION OF WEIGHTING THOSE COMPONENTS DIFFERENTLY? OR JUST LOOKING FOR A BIT MORE ON HOW WE CAME UP WITH THESE FIGURES? MS. BASSI-KELLETT? MS. WHITE? THANK YOU. SO WE WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PIECE, WE REALLY WERE TRYING TO FIND NOT JUST A BALANCE, BUT EVEN JUST HOW DO WE SCORE THAT? BECAUSE WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE AN IN EFFECT, DEFINITION POLICY ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO IN ORDER TO WEIGH IT HIGHER, I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO TIE IT TO.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S KIND OF WHY IT'S REFLECTED.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, IF SOME PROPOSAL CAME FORWARD WITH SOME REALLY GREAT IDEAS OR CONCEPT ON IT, IT COULD SCORE HIGHER IN OTHER CATEGORIES AS WELL AS THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPONENT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHY THAT ONE'S LITTLE LOWER, JUST BECAUSE THERE'S LESS FOR US TO TIE IT TO.
AND WE'LL BE RELYING ON OTHER DEFINITIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE AT THIS TIME.
YEAH, AND THAT MAKES SENSE, TOO, BECAUSE EVEN IF WE THINK OF A CATALYST TO THE ALL NICE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION, IF YOU WERE GOING TO SUGGEST HOUSING AND IT'S GOT 180 UNITS, THAT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU MORE POINTS.
SO, COUNCILLOR COCHRANE, IS THIS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE USED THE BONUS SCORE FOR INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT ACTIVATE THE PUBLIC REALM ALONG 50TH STREET? MS. BASSI-KELLETT? MS. WHITE? THANK YOU. YES. SO WE'RE TRYING SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT HERE, WANTING TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY IT OUT, SEE IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL.
THANKS. IN THEORY, WOULD NOT THE INCORPORATING TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION OF CANADA CALL TO ACTIONS? AND THE ACHIEVING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY COULD ALSO BE CONSIDERED TO BE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AND THEREFORE TOUCH UPON THIS BONUS.
MS. BASSI-KELLETT? MS. WHITE? THEY ABSOLUTELY COULD BE.
HOWEVER, I WOULD SAY, IN MY OPINION, AND WHEN WE WERE DRAFTING THIS WITH STAFF THAT THE ACHIEVING AFFORDABILITY INCORPORATION DEFINITELY OF TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION ARE REQUIREMENTS, NOT A BONUS FEATURE.
SO THEY COULD BE INCORPORATED TOGETHER.
BUT I WOULD SAY THOSE OTHER TWO ITEMS ARE A MUST AND THE BONUS IS A GOOD TO HAVE OR A NICE TO HAVE.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? COUNCILLOR WARBURTON? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST A QUESTION.
SO ON YOUR REQUIRED DOCUMENT LIST, IT'S QUITE DETAILED.
SO IT'S NOT JUST AN OFFER, IT'S DRAWINGS, PROPOSALS.
THIS IS KIND OF AN ODD WAY TO BUY LAND.
USUALLY YOU AGREE ON A PRICE FIRST, AND THEN YOU SPEND ALL THE MONEY ON THE DESIGN WORK.
KIND OF. WHAT'S THE THOUGHTS BEHIND HAVING ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS BEFORE YOU EVEN KIND OF HAVE AN OFFER IN PLACE, I GUESS? MS. BASSI-KELLETT? MS. WHITE?
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THANK YOU.I BELIEVE THE DELIVERABLES AND THE EXPECTATIONS TIE TO OUR SCORING.
SO WHILE SOME OF THE DETAILS WON'T NEED TO BE NECESSARILY COMPLETELY HASHED OUT, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THAT PLAN IS, WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE ON THOSE SITES SPECIFICALLY, WHETHER IT'S ONE OR THREE.
AND IT WILL HELP US TO DETERMINE, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE COMPETITIVE OFFER, WHICH IS THE ACTUAL MORE SUCCESSFUL, NOT JUST BASED ON THE SCORING, BUT BASED ON HOW IT'S GOING TO FIT IN THAT DOWNTOWN REALM.
THE, I APPRECIATE YOU GETTING BACK TO COUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL.
SO, YOU KNOW, A STANDARD ESA, ONE WOULD BE VERY NORMAL FOR A CHUNK OF DIRT.
MOST FOLKS WON'T EVEN LOOK AT ANYTHING UNLESS THAT'S KIND OF IN PLACE.
SO THE MORE INFO THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE A BUYER, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
MS. BASSI-KELLETT, IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT.
AND SO THEY WOULD SEE THOSE DURING THE SEARCH.
I'LL SEE IF MS. THISTLE HAS ANYTHING TO ADD AND MS. WHITE AS WELL. THANKS.
YET TYPICALLY IN A PURCHASE, ESPECIALLY A PURCHASE OF THIS NATURE, IT IS ON THE PURCHASER'S OWN, I GUESS, INITIATIVE TO DO THEIR OWN DUE DILIGENCE. AND PART OF THAT DUE DILIGENCE IS MANY DIFFERENT SEARCHES AND INCLUDING TITLE SEARCHES, PROPERTY FILE SEARCHES, BUILDING SEARCHES.
NOW IT'S ALL ONLINE, BUT DEFINITELY ANYTHING THAT THE PURCHASER WOULD REQUEST THAT, YOU KNOW, READILY AS PART OF THE PURCHASE MIGHT NOT BE PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT WE WOULD POST IT TO THE WEBSITE BUT AS PART OF A PURCHASE THAT THEY WOULD BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE WOULD DEFINITELY BE DISCLOSED.
AND THEN SOMETIMES DURING A PURCHASE OF THIS NATURE, THEY ASKED TO DO SOME WORK OF THEIR OWN.
SO REALLY, THOSE ARE OBLIGATIONS ON THE PURCHASER TO DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE.
COUNCILLOR MCGURK? UM, I GUESS I'M WONDERING IF I GUESS JUST TO PREFACE THIS, IT WOULD BE INCREDIBLY LIMITING AND DIFFICULT FOR SOMEONE TO FORMULATE A PLAN IF THERE IS NO UP TO DATE ESSAY.
SO I'M WONDERING IF SOMEONE HAS DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND LOOKED INTO WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT IS CURRENT ENOUGH TO BE USABLE IF THEY COULD. SPEAK TO THE CITY ABOUT CONDUCTING ONE.
I THINK IF WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL FOR SOMETHING TO BUILD ON THE PROPERTY, IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT COMES OUT OF AN ESSAY THAT IS GOING TO COST AN EXTRA SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, THEN IT COULD SERIOUSLY AFFECT THE PROJECT.
SO I GUESS IF I HOPE THAT MAKES SENSE.
MS. BASSI-KELLETT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND IT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT.
I'LL ASK MISS THISTLE IF SHE HAS ANYTHING MORE TO ADD.
YEAH. AGAIN, I GUESS THE ANSWER IS TWOFOLD.
I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHETHER THERE'S ONE ON FILE RIGHT NOW.
THE LOTS WORK CLEANED UP, BUT I CAN'T SAY I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE PROPERTY FILES RECENTLY.
AND THEN AS WELL, THE CITY HAS AGREED TO OFFER THESE LOTS FOR LESS THAN APPRAISED VALUE.
SO THAT ALSO IS A FACTOR THAT WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
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AND SO AT THE TIME, WE OFFER THEM FOR LESS THAN THE APPRAISED VALUE THAT CAN ALSO FACTOR INTO THE TYPE OF OFFER A PROPONENT MIGHT MAKE BASED ON ALL THE RESULTS OF ALL THE SEARCHES THEY COMPLETE, WHICH MAY INCLUDE ONE OF THOSE AS AN UPDATED ESSAY.I GUESS I THINK THAT PUTTING THE ALL OF THE ONUS ONTO THE PURCHASER WOULD CREATE A VERY LIMITED POOL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO OR ABLE TO LOOK INTO DEVELOPING THIS LOT.
AND I THINK IF THE PURPOSE OF THIS RFP AND THE PURPOSE OF OUR SELLING IT FOR UNDER APPRAISED VALUE IS TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION OR TO PRODUCE SOMETHING THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN THIS SPACE, THEN I WOULD REALLY THINK THAT WE SHOULD STRONGLY CONSIDER CHANGING OUR APPROACH TO THAT. THANK YOU.
YEP. COUNCILLOR FEQUET THANKS, MADAM CHAIR.
ARE THOSE PRETTY STANDARD FOR RFP THAT WE DO FOR LANDFILLS? WE JUST DON'T DO MANY RFP.
SO THIS WOULD BE, I THINK, OUR SECOND IN MY TEN YEAR TERM.
MS. BASSI-KELLETT? MS. WHITE? THANK YOU. YES, IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER RFP.
THANKS FOR THAT. YEAH, I GUESS I'M JUST ASKING AND I GUESS MAYBE JUST STATING.
SO I REMEMBER AT THE VERY LEAST, YOU KNOW, I SUSPECT THAT ADMINISTRATION IF IF THESE LOTS DIDN'T MOVE, THEN REMOVING SOME OF THE BARRIERS FROM THIS RFP, LIKE SOME OF THOSE DOCUMENTS THAT WOULD INCUR COSTS FROM POTENTIAL PURCHASERS, MIGHT BE ONE WAY TO GET SOME TRACTION.
IF WE'RE SITTING HERE, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS FROM NOW AND THERE'S NO BITES.
SO I GUESS I'M JUST MAYBE THAT'S A COMMENT FOR THE RECORD FOR US NOT TO FORGET.
I GUESS I DO KNOW THE CITY DOESN'T DO MANY OF THESE, BUT MS. WHITE AND HER TEAM HAVE PROBABLY EXPERIENCED THESE IN OTHER PLACES ACROSS CANADA.
IS THIS KIND OF COMMON PRACTICE, THESE TYPES OF REQUIRED DOCUMENTS? MS. BASSI-KELLETT? MS. WHITE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES, THEY ARE DEFINITELY TYPICALLY TYPICAL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.
AND THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE A LEAN LIST COMPARED TO SOME OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, JUST BASED ON DIFFERENT PROCESSES AND REQUIREMENTS THAT MAY BE IN THEIR LEGISLATION THAT AREN'T IN OURS. ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR ALSO WILL HELP SUPPORT WHOMEVER IS PROVIDING AN ANSWER TO THE RFP IN THEIR SUBSEQUENT PERMITS, DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, BUILDING ALL OF THAT.
SO THEY'RE KIND OF DOING SOME OF THAT WORK UP FRONT IN THE HOPE THAT THEY'RE MAKING A SUCCESSFUL BID AND IS ENCOURAGING THEM TO MAKE THE BEST BID THAT THEY CAN BASED ON THE CRITERIA THAT WE'VE OUTLINED.
THANK YOU. COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. FOLLOWING UP FROM THE LAST QUESTION.
DO WE HAVE A TIME LIMIT THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING ON OK? WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY PROPOSALS.
LET'S LOOK AT THE RFP SO THAT, YOU KNOW, DO WE REJIG THINGS IN ORDER TO SPUR MORE INTEREST? THANKS. MS. BASSI-KELLETT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND AGAIN, I'LL TURN THIS TO MISS WHITE.
BUT I THINK THE FIRST THING WE DO IS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADVERTISE THIS FAR AND WIDE AND THAT WE MAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AS KNOWN AND AS ATTRACTIVE AS POSSIBLE. MS. WHITE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO, YES, WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
SHOULD THERE BE NO RESPONSES? HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO IDENTIFY WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE IN VERY SHORT ORDER BRINGING FORWARD AN UPDATE WITH PROPOSALS FOR THE DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES.
SO AS PART OF THAT, IN COMBINED WITH THIS, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE'RE REALLY SHOWING THAT WE'RE ATTRACTIVE, WE'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS, AND THAT WE'RE EITHER SUPPORTING LOCAL COMMUNITY OR BRINGING NEW IDEAS TO THE TABLE FOR THE DOWNTOWN.
SO I'M HOPING IT ALL MESHES TOGETHER AND WE WON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT REEVALUATION.
NOT TO SAY THAT WE WON'T IF THERE'S NO SUCCESS, BUT I'M HOPING THAT IT WILL WORK OUT TO OUR BENEFIT.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.
SEEING NONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I DO THINK JUST OUR DISCUSSION IN SEPTEMBER WOULD HAVE SPARKED INTEREST.
AND I KNOW FOLKS HAVE ALREADY STARTED ASKING ABOUT THESE LOTS FOR MYSELF AND I'M SURE FROM STUFF.
[5. A discussion regarding a Risk Oversight update to Council.]
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NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS A DISCUSSION REGARDING A RISK OVERSIGHT UPDATE TO COUNCIL, AND THIS WAS REQUESTED BY COUNCILLOR FEQUET.SO I WILL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO YOU TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM.
THANKS, MADAM CHAIR. YEAH, AND JUST IN DISCUSSIONS, TRYING TO THROUGH ORIENTATION AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE CITY'S PROCESSES THAT ARE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW, THIS IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ABOUT SUCCESSION PLANNING, ABOUT HOW DO WE FORMALLY HOW DOES THE CITY FORMALLY DO THAT? AND SO THE MAYOR INFORMED ME THAT WE TYPICALLY ANNUALLY HAVE A SUMMARY OF OUTSTANDING CLAIMS THAT'S PRESENTED IN QUARTER ONE OF 2023.
SO IT SEEMED LIKE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO ALSO ASK FOR A HIGH LEVEL OF THE TOP 5 TO 10 CORPORATE RISKS FROM ADMINISTRATIONS PERSPECTIVES TO ENSURE THAT COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION ARE ON THE SAME PAGE.
SO COUNCIL GETS TO KNOW BETTER, YOU KNOW, STAFF AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN THE PIPELINES.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN AT CANADA.
SO THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF PUTTING THIS FORWARD.
SO FROM A PROCESS PERSPECTIVE, THE DISCUSSION HAPPENS AT GPC, AND IF COUNCILLORS ARE IN GENERAL SUPPORT, THEN IT WILL COME FORWARD TO OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH WOULD BE MONDAY, DECEMBER 12TH, BECAUSE WE DON'T WE DON'T GENERALLY WALK STUFF FROM NOON TO 7 P.M.
WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT IT, TALK TO THE PUBLIC AND THEN IF COUNCIL'S IN GENERAL SUPPORT, WE'LL HAVE THE VOTE THEN AND THEN THAT'S THE DIRECTION TO ADMINISTRATION TO DO THE WORK. SO OPENING IT UP TO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION.
COUNCILLOR PAYNE? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
WE'VE GOT A REALLY BUSY TIME BETWEEN NOW AND, WELL, UNTIL THE NEW YEAR.
BUT, I MEAN, IS IT REALLY HIGH PRIORITY? I MEAN, WHEN IT COMES TO A RISK ASSESSMENT, I THINK OUR ADMIN HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB OVER THE LAST MANY YEARS OF OF PROVIDING US WITH ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED. I'M JUST NOT SURE IF IT'S NEEDED RIGHT NOW.
COUNCILLOR ARDEN-SMITH? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I HAVE TO AGREE WITH COUNCILLOR PAYNE ON THIS.
I THINK THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK INTO IN THE NEW YEAR.
EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THEIR TABLE, JUST SO THAT COUNCIL CAN SEE WHAT THEY PRESENTLY HAVE, WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, JUST SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF HAVE A BETTER IDEA, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE PUTTING MOTIONS AND PUTTING MORE ON THEIR PLATE.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S HIGH PRIORITY, WHAT'S MODERATE, LOW PRIORITY.
ANYTHING FURTHER, COUNCILLOR MCGURK? I THINK I'M GENUINELY IN SUPPORT.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING TO NOTE AND UNDERSTAND GOING INTO BUDGET SEASON.
ACTUALLY, I THINK IT CAN INFLUENCE OUR CHOICES.
I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT ADMINISTRATION'S OPINION IS ON THAT, WHETHER IT'S A, I GUESS THERE'S TWO QUESTIONS THERE, LIKE EFFECTIVE USE OF TIME DURING BUDGET DELIBERATIONS AND WHETHER THEY THINK DURING BUDGET DELIBERATIONS, IT WOULD BE A USEFUL THING TO KNOW.
MS. BASSI-KELLETT ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSE ON THE MOTION AS PRESENTED.
I GUESS IT DEPENDS A LOT ON COUNCIL'S EXPECTATIONS.
SO IF COUNCIL OR GPC IS EXPECTING US TO COME BACK BEFORE NEXT MONDAY, WHEN DELIBERATIONS START WITH AN OVERVIEW OF CLAIMS, OUR HIGH LEVEL SUCCESSION PLAN AND TOP 5 TO 10 CORPORATE RISKS, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THE PREPARATIONS THAT ARE UNDERWAY FOR BUDGET.
AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, LAST WEEK WAS HIJACKED BY SNOW REMOVAL AND A NUMBER OF SERVICE DELIVERY ITEMS. WE'RE REALLY PLEASED AND WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT RISK.
THOSE THREE COMPONENTS ARE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT.
SO WE'RE TAKING A WHOLE CORPORATE LOOK.
AND CONCURRENT TO THAT, OF COURSE, THERE ARE ONGOING RISKS THAT WE MONITOR ALL THE TIME, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S THE RISK AT THE FIRST SERVICE DELIVERY FOR YELLOWKNIFE FIRE DIVISION, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S CYBER RISK, WHICH WE SEE A LOT OF CASES HAPPENING, A LOT OF RISK RIGHT NOW THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING ACROSS A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.
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SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE'RE TRACKING IN THAT AREA.WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ON THIS IN JANUARY.
THE OTHER THING I SHOULD NOTE AS WELL, THE HIGH LEVEL SUCCESSION PLANNING ASSESSMENT, PREVIOUS COUNCIL IN THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR 2019 TO 22 HAD IDENTIFIED WORK TOWARDS A SUCCESSION PLAN.
SO THAT LOOKS AT HOW WE RECRUIT, HOW WE ONBOARD, HOW WE RETAIN THE CITY BRAND FOR HOW WE ATTRACT CANDIDATES TO COME TO THE CITY, HOW WE RETAIN STAFF, AND THEN, OF COURSE, HOW WE LOOK AT THE OPTIONS FOR SUCCESSION MANAGEMENT AND SUCCESSION PLANNING.
IN TERMS OF THE LEGAL OVERVIEW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ANNUALLY WHERE THE NUMBER OF CASES AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL OR SHARED WITH COUNCIL, AND WE'LL ABSOLUTELY LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT IN THE NEW YEAR AS WELL.
COUNCIL MCGURK ANYTHING FURTHER? NO. COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN? YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK COUNCILLOR FEQUET ABOUT THE TIMING.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE, YEAH, MY IMPRESSION WAS YEAH.
Q ONE. SO THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.
AND YOU'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THE MOTION AS PRESENTED.
ANYTHING FURTHER FROM COUNCILLORS? COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN? THANKS, MANAGER. YEAH, DEFINITELY SUPPORTIVE OF IT.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE ALL THE WORK IS THERE, WHICH IS GREAT.
SO IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT PIECEMEAL MAYBE THAT WE SORT OF HAVE THESE THINGS WRAPPED UP NICELY TOGETHER SO THAT IT'S CLEAR FOR COUNCIL HOW ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS TIE IN.
SO FROM A GOVERNANCE PERSPECTIVE, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. AND IT ALSO COULD BE AN ITERATIVE PROCESS OF, AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, THE TALENT MANAGEMENT PLAN WAS JUST DRAFTED AND WILL BE COMING FORWARD. ASSET MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN DOING THE RISK ANALYSIS AND RISK OVERSIGHT ISN'T A ONE AND DONE THING.
SO IT'S CONSTANTLY CHANGING AND UPDATING.
SO PERHAPS THE FORMAT IN Q1 2023 VERSUS Q1 2024 GETS MODIFIED BASED ON ON HOW WE OUR JOURNEY ALONG THE WAY.
ANYTHING? COUNCILLOR COCHRANE? I THINK THIS INFORMATION COULD BE VITAL BEFORE WE GO INTO OUR STRAT PLANNING SESSIONS COME JANUARY.
BUT MS. BASSI-KELLETT ANYTHING FURTHER ALONG WITH ADMIN'S WORKPLAN? WILL THAT BE IN JANUARY 2023? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.
YES, ALL OF THOSE WILL BE IN JANUARY.
THANKS. SO PRE STRAT PLANNING? YEAH. ANYTHING FURTHER FROM COUNCIL? SEEING, COUNCILLOR FEQUET, DID YOU WANT TO CLOSE FINAL COMMENTS? YEAH. NO, THANKS, EVERYBODY.
AND AGAIN, THE OBJECTIVE ISN'T TO MAKE MORE WORK FOR STAFF.
IT'S RECOGNIZING THAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING LOTS OF IMPORTANT WORK AND TRYING TO TIE IN JUST THIS SPECIFIC QUESTION AROUND SUCCESSION PLANNING TO MAKE SURE IT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN THE WORK THAT'S COMING ALREADY IN THESE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FIRST Q1 OF 2023.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL INFORM OUR VARIOUS DISCUSSIONS.
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THE NEXT ITEM IS AN IN-CAMERA MATTER, A MATTER STILL UNDER NEGOTIATION.IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO MOVE IN CAMERA? MOVED BY COUNCILLOR ARDEN-SMITH SECOND BY COUNCILLOR FEQUET.
ANYBODY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE, THEN WE CAN GO IN CAMERA.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.