Jan 23, 2023 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, JANUARY 23RD, 2023 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.]

ANYTHING FOR YOU MS. BASSI-KELLETT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

NO, NOTHING ELSE BEYOND THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

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

DOES ANY MEMBER HAVE A PECUNIARY INTEREST TODAY? SEEING NONE. NEXT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES DEPARTMENT OF LANDS REGARDING VACANT COMMISSIONERS LAND.

[4. A presentation from the Government of the Northwest Territories Department of Lands regarding Vacant Commissioners Land.]

YES, ABSOLUTELY. SO DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CURRENT COMMUNITY PLAN, A STRIKING FACT EMERGED AS WE WERE LOOKING AT THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION THAT THE MAJORITY OF LAND WITHIN OUR MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY, ALMOST 75% OF IT IS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE GNWT.

THE ABILITY TO SUPPORT AND CONTROL DEVELOPMENT IS HINDERED WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS OR CONTROL OVER THE LAND.

SO THE CITY BEGAN TO STRONGLY LOBBY THE GNWT TO TRANSFER VACANT COMMISSIONERS LAND WITHIN THE CITY TO US.

AND WE WERE PLEASED TO SEE THAT THIS WAS INCLUDED AS A MANDATE OF THE 19TH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE GNWT WE OFFERED, BECAUSE WE'RE VERY KEEN ON DOING THIS, THAT WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO BREAK TRAIL ON WHAT THIS PROCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE AND TO CONFIRM THE PROCESS FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES.

THERE'S BEEN MOVEMENT ON THIS SLOWER THAN WE'D LIKE, BUT WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LANDS TO ADDRESS THIS, AND WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE VANESSA STRETCH HERE IS THE DIRECTOR OF COMMISSIONER'S LANDS LED ADMINISTRATION, FORGIVE ME, WHO IS HERE TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO US TODAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SHEILA.

YEAH. THANKS FOR HAVING US TODAY.

AS SHE MENTIONED, MY NAME IS VANESSA STRETCH, AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF LAND ADMINISTRATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LANDS.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUE, WHO WOULD ALSO BE ASSISTING, I GUESS, WITH ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS AS THEY GO.

CHARLES [INAUDIBLE] WATSON.

HE'S CURRENTLY THE ACTING MANAGER OF POLICY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LANDS.

SO WE'RE PLEASED TO BE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT TO YOU THE OVERALL GENERAL PROCESS FOR HOW THE GNWT CAN TRANSFER PUBLIC LAND TO COMMUNITY GOVERNMENTS SUCH AS THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE. AND BY PUBLIC LAND, WE ARE REFERRING TO BOTH COMMISSIONERS LAND AND TERRITORIAL LAND THAT IS WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY.

SO A MANDATE COMMITMENT OF THE 19TH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY INCLUDED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROCESS GUIDE FOR HOW TO TRANSFER PUBLIC LAND TO COMMUNITY GOVERNMENTS.

THE PROCESS GUIDE WAS COMPLETED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LANDS IN JULY OF 2022, AND THE PROCESS OUTLINED THE GENERAL PROCESS THE GNWT TAKES TO TRANSFER PUBLIC LAND TO COMMUNITIES.

WHILE THE PROCESS GUIDE IS A AS A POLICY BASED DOCUMENT, IT DOES ALSO REFLECT ANY LEGAL REQUIREMENTS THAT THE GNWT HAS IN ORDER TO TRANSFER LAND.

SO THAT INCLUDES ANY LEGISLATIVE OR REGULATION BASED REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS SECTION 35 AND THE DUTY TO CONSULT.

WHERE REQUIRED THE PROCESS GUIDE ALSO REFLECTS REQUIRED ACTIONS OF THE MUNICIPALITY AND SOME PROJECTED TIMELINES IN FOR STEPS WHERE WE CAN ANTICIPATE TIMELINES ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.

THE PROCESS GUIDE OUTLINES THE GNWTS ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN TRANSFERRING LAND.

SO THIS SLIDE JUST OUTLINES A COUPLE OF THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES.

SO THE FIRST IS THAT THE GNWT MAY BE REQUIRED TO GRANT AN EXEMPTION TO THE LAND LEASE ONLY POLICY IN ORDER TO TRANSFER LAND AND FEE SIMPLE IN AREAS WHERE WE HAVE UNSETTLED LAND CLAIM AGREEMENTS.

THE DEPARTMENT OF LANDS IS CURRENTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF ALL PUBLIC LAND UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF THE COMMISSIONER OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, WHICH INCLUDES PUBLIC LAND WHICH FALLS WITHIN A MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY.

THE DEPARTMENT OF LANDS WILL PROCEED WITH THE LAND TRANSFER TO THE COMMUNITIES AND IN DOING SO, IDENTIFY GNWT PROGRAM AND CAPITAL NEEDS AND ASSESS THE LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY REQUIREMENTS, PRIOR TO TRANSFER.

TWO OTHER GNWT DEPARTMENTS ALSO HAVE SOME ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE TRANSFER OF LAND TO COMMUNITY GOVERNMENTS.

THAT IS THE DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, OR MACA.

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THIS INCLUDES HOW TO ACQUIRE LAND FROM THE GNWT.

THE DEPARTMENT OF EXECUTIVE AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING ANY LAND DISPOSITION OR GRANT TRANSFER PROPOSALS TO ENSURE THAT ONGOING LAND CLAIM NEGOTIATIONS ARE NOT PREJUDICE OR THAT ANY EXISTING AGREEMENTS ARE BEING ADHERED TO.

THE PROCESS GUIDE ALSO TOUCHES ON SOME OF THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OR INTERESTS THAT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE IN THE TRANSFER PROCESS.

THE MUNICIPALITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ALL MUNICIPAL LAND, INCLUDING PLANNING, ZONING AND BYLAWS, WHICH APPLY TO ALL LAND WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY. THE MUNICIPALITY ALSO PARTICIPATES IN THE RESOLUTION OF ANY CONFLICTS OR IDENTIFIES NEEDS ARISING OUT OF LAND USE OR ACCESS TO PUBLIC LAND THAT LIES WITHIN THE BOUNDARY.

AND LASTLY, THE MUNICIPALITY IS ALSO RECOGNIZED AS HAVING AN INTEREST IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC LAND THAT IS ADJACENT TO MUNICIPAL LAND.

SO NOW WE'LL GET INTO THE OVERVIEW OF THE ACTUAL PROCESS OF HOW LAND IS TRANSFERRED TO COMMUNITIES.

THE PROCESS IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PHASES, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS THE PLANNING PHASE.

THE PLANNING PHASE CONSTITUTES TWO STEPS WHICH ARE INTRICATELY LINKED.

THE FIRST IS THE SCOPING AND CLARIFICATION OF THE INITIATIVE.

IN SCOPING WHICH LANDS WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO A COMMUNITY.

THE GNWT MAY DRAFT A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING WITH THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE, TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF THE PARTIES, THE COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT AND THE GNWT TO THE LAND TRANSFER INITIATIVE.

THE COMMUNITY REVIEWS AND PROVIDES INPUT INTO THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, WHICH FOCUSES ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THE TRANSFER AS WELL AS THE THE POSSIBLE RETURN OF LAND TO THE GNWT WHERE APPROPRIATE.

THE SECOND STEP, WHICH KIND OF HAPPENS IN TANDEM, IS THAT LANDS ALSO IDENTIFIES AND MAPS ALL LAND THAT IS REQUIRED FOR GNWT USE BOTH CURRENT AND FUTURE AS WELL AS PUBLIC LAND PARCELS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE COMMUNITY.

THE COMMITTEE THEN REVIEWS THE MAPS PROVIDED BY LANDS AND CONFIRMS THE LAND IDENTIFIED FOR TRANSFER.

THE PARTIES MUST ALSO CONSIDER BREAKING THE TRANSFER OF ALL LAND INTO PRIORITY AREAS TO ALLOW FOR MORE MANAGEABLE TRANSFER OF LAND FROM BOTH AN ADMINISTRATIVE AND COST PERSPECTIVE. SO THIS IS WHAT SOMETIMES IS REFERRED TO AS BULK TRANSFERS OF LAND OR DIFFERENT PHASES OF TRANSFERRING LAND.

THE SECOND PHASE OF THE TRANSFER PROCESS IS MORE OF THE TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PHASE OF ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THE TRANSFERS, THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE.

AND IT CONSTITUTES FOUR KEY STEPS.

THE FIRST OF WHICH IS SUBMISSION AND REVIEW OF A LAND APPLICATION.

FOLLOWING AGREEMENT ON A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT LANDS WOULD WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP APPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC LAND, FOR TRANSFER OF PUBLIC LAND.

IF IN AGREEMENT THEY WOULD FOCUS ON PRIORITY AREAS FOR THE OF INTEREST FOR THE INITIAL TRANSFER.

THE COMMUNITIES THEN PREPARE AND SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR PUBLIC LAND WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES.

THE APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED WITH AN AGREED TO APPLICATION FEE AND A SKETCHED DESCRIPTION OF PARCELS TO BE TRANSFERRED.

LANDS WILL THEN COMPLETE A TITLE SEARCH AND PROCESS THE APPLICATION AS COMPLETE.

THE COMMUNITY MUST ENSURE THAT THE LAND IDENTIFIED IS CONSIDERED IN THE COMMUNITY'S COMMUNITY PLAN, AND THEY MUST DEVELOP DRAFT BYLAWS TO LEGALIZE THE AUTHORITY OF THE MUNICIPALITY'S MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF THOSE LANDS TO BE TRANSFERRED.

STEP FOUR IS CONSULTATION AND ENGAGEMENT.

AFTER THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN DEEMED COMPLETE, IT PROCEEDS WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS WHERE LANDS WILL UNDERTAKE ABORIGINAL CONSULTATION, WHICH IS UNDER SECTION 35 OF THE CONSTITUTION.

OUR LEGAL DUTY TO CONSULT WITH INDIGENOUS GOVERNMENTS AND INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS WHO MAY POTENTIALLY BE IMPACTED.

LANDS WILL ALSO ENGAGE WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THROUGH OUR LANDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

ANY RESPONSES RECEIVED DURING THIS PROCESS WILL BE ASSESSED AND RESPONDED TO, INCLUDING CONSIDERATION OF ANY POTENTIAL ACCOMMODATIONS.

COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATE DURING THIS PROCESS AS NECESSARY.

IF CONCERNS ARE RAISED, THEY MAY BE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CONSULTATION PROCESS.

THE CONSULTATION PROCESS TAKES A MINIMUM OF 60 DAYS TO COMPLETE.

SEPTEMBER FIVE IS THE SURVEY REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

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NOW, GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE PARCELS INVOLVED IN SOME OF THESE TRANSFER APPLICATIONS, SURVEY WORK MAY BE REQUIRED TO BE DONE IN STAGES OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, GIVEN COST IMPLICATIONS AS WELL AS TIME AVAILABILITY OF SURVEYORS.

STEP SIX IS THE APPROVAL OR TRANSFER AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAND.

SO IN THIS STEP LANDS WILL DRAFT THE FINAL SALE AGREEMENT OR TRANSFER OF LAND AGREEMENT.

AND IDENTIFY ALL EASEMENT AGREEMENTS REQUIRED WITH UTILITIES AND THEN REGISTER THE SURVEYS INCLUSIVE OF ALL OF THE EASEMENTS OR RIGHT OF WAYS.

AND LANDS PREPARES AND SIGNS A NOTIFICATION OF TITLE.

ANY EXISTING COMMUNITY LEASES HELD BY THE COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT WILL BE SURRENDERED BY LANDS AND REGISTERED AS NEW PARCELS AT THE LAND TITLES OFFICE.

THE DEPARTMENT OF LANDS WILL NOTIFY THE COMMUNITY OF THE TRANSFER AND FORWARD THE SIGNED COPY OF THE NOTIFICATION OF TITLES.

THE COMMUNITY THEN SUBMITS ITS FINAL LAND ACQUISITION BYLAW WITH THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PARCELS THAT ARE TRANSFERRED.

AND THAT COMPLETES THE PROCESS.

SO OUR FINAL SLIDE HERE IS TO JUST IDENTIFY WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE CURRENT CURRENT STATUS OF TRANSFERRING LAND TO THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE.

THE CURRENT STATUS, WE ARE STILL IN PHASE ONE PLANNING.

WE HAVE A DRAFT MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH CITY ADMINISTRATION ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF WHICH LANDS WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT. IN THE INTERIM, WE ARE CONTINUING TO ACCEPT AND PROCESS INDIVIDUAL APPLICATIONS FOR LAND TRANSFERS FROM THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE, SO WE HAVE A FEW OF THEM IN PROCESS. WHILE THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT PROCEEDS THROUGH CONSULTATION AND ITS FINALIZATION AND APPROVALS.

SO ONCE THE IDENTIFIED LAND HAS BEEN AGREED TO BY THE PARTIES, CONSULTATION AND ENGAGEMENT ON THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT IS THE NEXT STEP AFTER WHICH WE WILL FINALIZE AND SEEK APPROVALS FROM THE RESPECTIVE LEADERSHIPS TO SIGN ON TO THE MOA, THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT.

AND THAT'S IT FOR OUR PRESENTATION.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS CHARLES AND I ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER.

THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE YOU COMING TODAY AND PROVIDING AN UPDATE TO COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC.

AND I ALWAYS FIND IT IMPORTANT TO STRESS, LIKE ON THE LAST SLIDE THERE, THAT THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE IS LOOKING FOR VACANT COMMISSIONERS LAND, WHICH WOULDN'T BE ANY OF THE LAND THROUGH THE ACTUAL LAND CLAIM, WHICH IN YOUR SLIDE IS KIND OF THAT LIGHT PURPLE.

SO BE CLEAR OR LIGHT PINK IF IT'S LOOKING ON THE SCREEN, THAT WOULD REMAIN WITH THE GNWT BECAUSE THE TRANS WOULD GO DIRECTLY TO THE [INAUDIBLE] AS OPPOSED TO THE CITY.

THAT WOULDN'T BE APPROPRIATE.

WITH THAT HANDS ARE FLYING UP.

COUNCILLOR COCHRANE, THEN COUNCILLOR WARBURTON.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THAT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.

DO WE HAVE A ROUGH TIMELINE WHERE WE ARE AT IN THE MOA? SO WE DO HAVE A DRAFT MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT.

LIKE I SAID, WE'RE JUST IN THE FINAL STAGES OF IDENTIFYING EXACTLY ALL THE LANDS THAT WOULD FORM PART OF THE MAPS OR THE ANNEXES THAT WOULD KIND OF GO ALONG WITH THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT. AT THIS POINT, I KNOW THE CITY ADMINISTRATION HAS SOME OUTSTANDING CONCERNS ON THOSE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH.

AND I WOULD MAYBE POINT YOU TO CITY ADMINISTRATION FOR AN UPDATE ON WHAT THOSE CONCERNS MAY BE.

BUT AS SOON AS THAT IS AGREED TO, THEN WE ARE HAPPY TO MOVE STRAIGHT TO CONSULTATION AND ENGAGEMENT ON THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT AND PROCEED WITH FINALIZING IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MS. BASSI-KELLETT DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THE ADMINISTRATION FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WE'VE APPROACHED THE WORK ON THE MOA, RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS SETTING OUT A PROCESS.

THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE WE'VE WONDERED WHETHER THERE'S MERIT IN CONTINUING WITH THAT OR JUST CONTINUING TO APPLY AD HOC FOR PARCELS OF LAND.

WE FIND THAT WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT INTO THE DETAIL AROUND WHICH PIECES OF LAND WE CURRENTLY OWN, THE SECTIONS OF LAND THAT WE ARE APPLYING FOR.

THERE'S BEEN SOME BACK AND FORTH CONFUSION AROUND THAT.

I'LL ASK MS. WHITE IF SHE'D LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

SO WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY.

WE'VE BEEN BACK AND FORTH A NUMBER OF TIMES WITH THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THEIR STAFF AND OUR STAFF, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING ALL THE LANDS, NOT JUST THAT WE NEED.

SO WE'RE TALKING ROADS, OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PIECES AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE PARCELS PROPERLY ALIGN AS WELL AS SOME THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS.

SO AS FOR A TIMELINE, I MEAN, WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO BRING IT FORWARD AS SOON AS WE CAN.

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THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANKS FOR PRESENTATION.

SO SINCE THE LAST COUNCIL MOTION JUST KIND OF START THIS PROCESS IN OVER A YEAR, WE STILL NOT HAVE A SIGNED MOA.

SO ASSUMING WE SIGN IT TOMORROW FOR THE REST OF THE PROCESS YOU OUTLINED.

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES THERE, BUT WHAT WOULD BE A REALISTIC EXPECTATION TO GO THROUGH THE REST OF THAT? VANESSA.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

IT DOES VARY.

SO I DID MENTION BRIEFLY THERE THAT CONSULTATION, THE CONSULTATION PHASE OF THE PROCESS TAKES A MINIMUM OF 60 DAYS.

AND THAT ULTIMATELY DEPENDS ON WHAT TYPE OF COMMENTS WE RECEIVE, THE PREPARATION OF THE APPLICATION BY THE CITY.

I WOULD KIND OF MAYBE TURN TO ADMINISTRATION TO PROVIDE A TIMELINE AND HOW LONG IT TAKES THEM TO PREPARE AN APPLICATION.

ONCE WE RECEIVE IT, IT'S TYPICALLY PROCESSED WITHIN ABOUT 15 DAYS AND THEN WOULD PROCEED TO CONSULTATION FOR, AGAIN, A MINIMUM OF 60.

AND THEN WE HAVE TO REVIEW AND CONSIDER ANY POTENTIAL ACCOMMODATIONS MADE DURING THAT PROCESS AND THEN PROCEED THROUGH OUR APPROVALS.

IF WE'RE SEEKING AN EXEMPTION TO THE LAND LEASE ONLY POLICY IN ORDER TO TRANSFER LAND AND FEE SIMPLE, THAT DOES ADD AN APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER EIGHT WEEKS OR SO TO THAT PROCESS. SO KIND OF SUMMARIZING BEST GUESS WHEN THE APPLICATION COMES IN TO TRANSFER MAYBE ABOUT I WOULD SAY SIX MONTHS, BEST GUESS.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COUNCILLOR FEQUET.

THANKS, MADAM CHAIR. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION, VANESSA.

THAT WAS GREAT. YEAH, JUST, I GUESS FOLLOWING UP FIRST ON THE TIMELINE ONE, THE TABLE THAT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL BACK IN AUGUST 2021 BASICALLY SET OUT THAT THREE YEAR TIMELINE OF ALL OF THE STEPS.

AND SO JUST TO CONFIRM WHERE AT THIS STEP RIGHT NOW, I GUESS AT THE TIME IT WAS CALLED REVISION AND FINALIZATION OF A VIABLE LANDS, LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO SORT OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE REQUEST IS.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE THAT'S WHERE WE ARE IN THAT TABLE.

VANESSA. YEAH.

SORRY. I DON'T HAVE THE TABLE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT YES, WE ARE IN THE FINALIZATION OF WHICH LANDS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT STAGE.

PERFECT. AND A QUESTION FOR OUR ADMINISTRATION ABOUT WHAT IS THE TIMELINE THAT THEY ENVISION BASED ON OUR CURRENT PRIORITIES OF WHEN THEY HOPE TO SEE THAT MOA FINALIZED? MS. BASSI-KELLETT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

WE'VE BEEN OUT THIS FOR SOME TIME NOW BACK AND FORTH.

I'LL ASK MS. WHITE IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO ELABORATE ON WHERE WE'VE COME FROM AND WHERE WE THINK THE TIMELINE WOULD TAKE US.

THANK YOU. SO THE BEST WAY TO ANSWER WOULD BE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON IT AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT. THAT BEING SAID, IT HAS NOT STOPPED US FROM WORKING WITH VANESSA IN MAKING INDIVIDUAL APPLICATIONS.

SO WE HAVE COME FORWARD.

I'M GOING TO SAY THREE TIMES AT LEAST SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE ON INDIVIDUAL PARCELS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING.

SO THOSE ARE STILL MOVING THROUGH THAT PROCESS THAT WAS OUTLINED HERE.

SEPARATE BUT STILL TOGETHER WITH THE LANDS THAT WILL BE UNDER THE MOA.

SO THEY'RE ALSO BEING INCLUDED IN THAT PROCESS.

SO WE'VE ALMOST PARTED IT OUT, BUT THEY'RE GOING IN TANDEM TOGETHER.

THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THAT ANSWER.

AND I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT ON THE SLIDE SEVEN OF YOUR PRESENTATION THAT YOU'RE CONTINUING TO ACCEPT AND PROCESS THOSE INDIVIDUAL APPLICATIONS SO WE CAN MAKE SOME PROGRESS. SO THAT'S GREAT.

ON THE LAST SLIDE OR YOUR SECOND LAST SLIDE, I GUESS YOU HAD JUST MENTIONED SIGNOFF FROM LEADERSHIP.

CAN YOU CONFIRM WHAT THAT ENTAILS FROM GNWTS PERSPECTIVE? VANESSA.

YEAH, THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SIGN OFFS ON THE ACTUAL SIGNATURES, ON THE ACTUAL MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT.

AND FROM OUR SIDE, THAT WOULD BE THE MINISTER OF LANDS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT WOULD LIKELY BE THE MAYOR FOR THE CITIES SIDE.

SO IT WOULD BE SEEKING OUR INTERNAL APPROVALS TO HAVE THE MINISTER OF LANDS SIGN OFF ON THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT.

ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD [INAUDIBLE]? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESENTER OR FOR ADMINISTRATION? I JUST HAD ONE.

I KNOW THIS IS AN ELECTION YEAR, SO THE ASSEMBLY IS COMING TO A CLOSE SOON.

IS THERE A DEADLINE THAT AFTER THIS POINT THE MINISTER WON'T BE ABLE TO TO SIGN THE THE MOA? I'M LOOKING TO CHARLES TO SEE IF HE KNOWS ANY TYPE OF CUT OFF DEADLINE.

I'M NOT CERTAIN OF THAT AT THIS MOMENT, BUT I KNOW THAT WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT WE CAN MOVE TO CONSULTATION FAIRLY QUICKLY ON THIS AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO GETTING THIS COMPLETE THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE END OF THE CURRENT ASSEMBLY.

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BE GREAT TO GET THAT.

I ASSUME WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MONTHS, BUT TIME FLIES.

SO WE'D LOVE TO GET THIS DONE IN THEIR TERM.

WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

PERFECT. COUNCILOR.

YEAH. COUNCILLOR FEQUET.

THANKS. JUST ANOTHER QUESTION FOR ADMINISTRATION.

YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS ABOUT THREE APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE GONE FORWARD SO FAR.

I THINK I KNOW WHAT ONE OF THOSE ARE, BUT JUST FOR THE NEWBIES UP HERE, INCLUDING MYSELF, CAN YOU JUST FILL US IN ON WHAT THOSE ARE? MS. BASSI-KELLETT. THANKS VERY MUCH.

WE'VE DEFINITELY BEEN AIMING FOR THE LOW HANGING FRUIT SO WE CAN EXPEDITE THINGS.

I'LL ASK MS. WHITE TO RESPOND.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO ONE THAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN COMPLETED WAS OWNERSHIP OF LAND RIGHT UNDER THIS BUILDING.

JUST SO EVERYONE'S AWARE.

SO SO THAT WAS A GOOD ONE AS WELL.

WE'VE PUT FORWARD IF WE GO BACK TO THE MEMOS, I'M GOING TO SAY THERE WAS PROBABLY 20 PIECES OF LAND WITH REGARD TO OUR ROADS, SO DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF OUR ROADS.

SO THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE SURVEYED WHICH WENT UNDER ONE APPLICATION AND SOME THAT WERE UN SURVEYED ROADS WHICH WENT UNDER A SEPARATE APPLICATION BECAUSE THERE'S A BIT OF A DIFFERENT PROCESS THERE AS WELL AS THE SOLID WASTE FACILITY.

AND SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'VE DONE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.

SO BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE A LIST THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH VANESSA AND HER TEAM, AND SO THERE SHOULD BE MORE COMING FORWARD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY AND THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK, BOTH AT THE CITY LEVEL AND THE G NWT LEVEL ON THIS ONE.

IT'S DEFINITELY IMPORTANT AND I KNOW IT'S IT'S QUITE THE PROCESS AND THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF LIKE SCHOOL DRAW AND OLD AIRPORT ROAD 50 A AVE SOME OF THOSE THAT YOU WOULD JUST NATURALLY THINK THAT THE LAND'S ALREADY BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE CITY.

BUT THINGS HAVE CHANGED I GUESS PERHAPS SINCE THAT STARTED.

SO LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY SIGNING THE MOA IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.

THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE'LL GET THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS A PRESENTATION REGARDING AN UPDATE ON THE AQUATIC CENTRE MS.

[5. A presentation regarding an update on the Aquatic Centre.]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.

WITH PLEASURE. SO IN NOVEMBER 2021, RESIDENTS OF YELLOWKNIFE VOTED THROUGH THE REFERENDUM THAT WAS HELD BY THE CITY TO SUPPORT THE CITY TO BORROW $10 MILLION TOWARDS THE COMPLETION OF THE PROPOSED AQUATIC CENTRE .

THIS WAS THE FINAL STAGE OF THE PROCESS THAT'S BEEN UNDERWAY ESSENTIALLY SINCE 2016 TO SEEK INPUT AND APPROVAL FROM RESIDENTS FOR ENHANCED YEAR ROUND SWIMMING AND RECREATION OPTIONS.

LET'S FACE IT, THE SWIMMING POOL RIGHT NOW IS OUR MOST POPULAR RECREATION FACILITY.

IT IS USED CONSTANTLY.

WE HAVE SO MUCH DEMAND FOR ENHANCED AND INCREASED SERVICES.

AND THIS WAS SOMETHING WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THROUGH THE STAGES OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND ENGAGEMENT.

SO USING BORROWED FUNDS, THE $10 MILLION, ALONG WITH FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING AND OTHER FUNDING STREAMS, AS WELL AS SAVED CAPITAL RESOURCES THAT WE AT THE CITY HAVE PUT AWAY. WE'RE PLEASED TO BE PROCEEDING WITH CLARK BUILDERS THROUGH A DESIGN BUILD METHODOLOGY TO CONSTRUCT THE AQUATIC CENTRE.

AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT DESIGN BUILD IS THAT IT IS WE ARE LOCKED INTO A $71 MILLION PRICE AND WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH CLARK BUILDERS ON THAT.

SO I'LL TURN THINGS OVER NOW TO GRANT WHITE, OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES, WHO'S BEEN OUR LEAD ON THIS PROJECT, PROVIDING HIS EXPERTISE FROM JUST HAVING BUILT A FIELD HOUSE, A MULTIPLEX, A FEW OTHER LITTLE PIECES OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CITY.

AND WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME NEW RENDERINGS TO SHARE TODAY.

OVER TO YOU, GRANT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. BASSI-KELLETT. WITH THAT HUGE INTRODUCTION, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE TOO MUCH NEW IN THE SLIDE SHOW.

BUT FIRST OF ALL, MADAM CHAIR AND COUNCILLORS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS.

ALTHOUGH I'M THE LUCKY FELLOW WHO GETS TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY, THIS IS, BY ALL MEANS A FULL ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM PROJECT.

MY COLLEAGUES BEHIND ME ARE EITHER INVOLVED OR DIVISIONS WITHIN THEIR DEPARTMENTS ARE HEAVILY INVOLVED.

SO AN ABBREVIATED HISTORY.

BACK IN 2017, COUNCIL APPOINTED THE AQUATIC CENTRE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND CHARGED THEM WITH THE COMPLETION OF A PREDESIGNED PLAN, AND STANTEC WAS CONTRACTED TO HELP US ALONG WITH THAT.

THE COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED WITH MANY STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING USER GROUPS.

I'LL MISS A FEW, BUT SENIORS, INDIGENOUS MEMBERS, THE ACCESSIBILITY BUSINESS MEMBERS IT WAS A WELL STRUCK COMMITTEE AND THEY DID A TON OF WORK OVER SIX MONTHS AND THIS PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN THE FALL OF 2017.

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AND TAG WAS THE CONSULTING TEAM THAT HELPED US THROUGH THAT.

AND AS I MENTIONED WITH THE CHALLENGES, THERE WAS A ONLINE SURVEY, THERE WAS A LOT OF ONLINE BACK AND FORTH WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, AS WELL AS THE CPHO WHO APPROVED FACE TO FACE PUBLIC CONSULTATION, WHICH WAS DONE IN THE EXPANSE OF THE SHORTY BROWN ARENA.

THAT'S A DESIGN PLAN BUILT ON THE PRE DESIGN PLAN.

AND IT ANSWERED SUCH QUESTIONS AS WHERE IS THE FACILITY GOING TO BE LOCATED? HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? WHAT DOES IT INCLUDE? AND BOTH FROM THE DESIGN AND THE PRE DESIGN RIGHT THROUGH TO OUR CURRENT DESIGN BUILD CONTRACTORS, BOTH INDIGENOUS DESIGN AND ACCESSIBILITY DESIGN HAS BEEN KEY WITH INPUT FROM THOSE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS.

SO ONCE WE HAD THE DESIGN PLAN WAS APPROVED, COUNCIL THEN APPROVED FUNDING TO GO ON TO THE NEXT STAGE.

AND THEN ADMINISTRATIVELY WE HAD TO GET OUR MINDS TOGETHER TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS THE BEST CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGY TO FOLLOW.

AND AS YOU HEARD, DESIGN BUILD WAS, WAS THE METHODOLOGY SELECTED.

AS MS. BASSI-KELLETT MENTIONED, WE HAD A LUMP SUM PROJECT COST AT THE OUTSET.

WE WERE ALSO WE HAD A SCHEDULE THAT WAS AT THE OUTSET AND THEN WE KNEW THAT ANY CHANGES WITHIN THE DESIGN DOES NOT REALLY AFFECT THE OVERALL SCHEDULE OF THE CONSTRUCTION.

A FACILITY OF THIS MAGNITUDE, WE KNEW THAT WE WOULD BE REMISS AND NOT HIRING AN EXTERNAL PROJECT MANAGER.

SO WE CONTRACTED WITH COLLIERS PROJECT LEADERS AND THEY HELP US ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS ON PRETTY MUCH EVERY ASPECT OF THE FACILITY.

AS I MENTIONED, TAG WAS HIRED AS THE DESIGN BUILD OR SORRY TO HELP US THROUGH WITH THE DESIGN COMPLETION.

AND THEN THEY WERE ALSO KEPT ON AS THE BRIDGING CONTRACTOR, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY TOOK THE THE DESIGN THAT WAS APPROVED AND PUT ALL THAT INTO A DESIGN NARRATIVE AND DEVELOPED A, AN RFP PACKAGE THAT WENT OUT FOR FOR BID FOR THE DESIGN BUILD TEAMS TO BID ON.

AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY THE CITY'S ADVOCATE, MEANING THAT THEY WORK WITH THE CITY AND WITH COLLIERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT THE DESIGN BUILD TEAM IS PASSING ALONG TO US MEETS THE INTENT OF OF THE OVERALL DESIGN OF THE FACILITY.

INTERNALLY, WE HAVE THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE, WHICH IS MADE UP OF STAFF FROM COMMUNITY SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS, CORPORATE SERVICES, AND BS BUILDING SERVICES.

AND WE MEET ON A ON A BIWEEKLY BASIS AND ADDRESS ALL THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF THE PROJECT, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.

ALSO THE STEERING COMMITTEE MADE UP OF DIRECTORS FROM COMMUNITY SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS, CORPORATE SERVICES, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.

OF COURSE, THE CITY MANAGER AND LEGAL.

AND WE MEET MONTHLY AND LOOK AT THE OVERALL ISSUES THAT MAY AFFECT BUDGET SCHEDULE, CONTRACT AND A FEW OTHER SIMILAR ITEMS LIKE THAT.

SO THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE LOBBY AS DESIGNED.

YOU WILL NOTICE SOME OF THE INDIGENOUS INPUT THROUGH THE MOTIF OF THE THE FLOOR AND THE MEDICINE MILL ABOVE IS THE NORTHERN LIGHTS AND THEN OF COURSE THE EARTH TONES THROUGHOUT.

NOT AS AS APPARENT, BUT WITHIN THE DESIGN.

THE FURNITURE YOU SEE WILL BE ALL ACCESSIBLE.

FURTHER IN THE BACK YOU'LL SEE OTHER GUEST SERVICES AND THE CANTEEN.

THE COUNTER SPACE WILL BE ACCESSIBLE IN ANY SIGNAGE THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING IS ALSO ACCESSIBLY DESIGNED.

SO ALSO, AS MS. BASSI-KELLETT MENTIONED, THIS FACILITY IS GOING TO DRASTICALLY INCREASE THE AQUATICS OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A 25 METER EIGHT LANE POOL AND A 25 METER THREE LANE LEISURE POOL, WHICH FOR THE SWIM CLUB AND THE LANE SWIMMERS, THEY'RE GOING TO APPRECIATE THE COOLER WATER TEMPERATURES IN THE 25 METER EIGHT LANE AND THEN THE PARENTS AND TOTS AND THE YOUNGER ONES THAT ARE IN FOR MORE OF A LEISURE SWIM OR FOR LESSONS. OF COURSE, THE 25 METERS, THREE LANE WILL BE SOMEWHAT WARMER.

WE ARE INCLUDING TWO WATER SLIDES, ONE MORE OF A POT SLIDE AND ONE MORE WHAT WE'VE DESCRIBED AS AN AMUSEMENT SLIDE, A SPLASH PAD, A THERAPY POOL, LAZY RIVER.

THERE'LL BE ONE METER AND A THREE METER DIVING BOARD.

AND TO HELP GENERATE FUNDING OR ADDITIONAL FUNDING THROUGH OPERATIONS, WE'LL HAVE TO MULTIPURPOSE ROOMS, CANTEEN SPACE AND LEASE SPACE, WHICH WILL ALL BE RENTABLE.

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AS YOU SAW IN THE LOBBY, RENDERING THE CUSTOMER SERVICE COUNTER.

IS WILL BE AN ACCESSIBLE FEATURE.

AQUATIC CENTRE STAFFING WILL BE ON THE MAIN FLOOR AND ON THE SECOND FLOOR THERE WILL BE BLEACHER SEATING FOR 200.

AND THEN ALLEVIATING MUCH OF THE SPACE DEMANDS HERE AT CITY HALL, THERE WILL BE SIX OFFICES FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO MOVE UP UPSTAIRS DOWN THE LAKE. AND OF COURSE, IT'LL BE STORAGE FOR BOTH THE YOUTH GROUPS THAT MAY BE INVOLVED AND FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.

SO THIS IS A THIS IS A RENDERING OF THE AUDITORIUM AS DESIGNED.

YOU'LL SEE IN THE FOREFRONT IS A THREE METER SORRY, THREE LANE, 25 METER POOL WITH THE LAZY RIVER AND THE SLIDE THERE IN THE MIDDLE, THE BROWN BROWN SLIDE.

AND MOVING OFF TO THE LEFT, YOU'LL SEE THE THERAPY POOL AND, OF COURSE, THE LARGER SLIDE.

AND THEN AT THE BACK IN THE MIDDLE, YOU'LL SEE THE EIGHT LANE POOL NOT QUITE VISIBLE, WHICH IS NOT VISIBLE AT ALL, ARE THE BOTH THE ONE METER AND THE THREE METER BOARD.

AND THEN MOVING OVER TO THE RIGHT IS ACCESS TO AND FROM THE NATATORIUM AREA THROUGH THE UNIVERSAL CHANGEROOMS. AND THEN A LITTLE HARD TO SEE.

OFF TO THE RIGHT IS THE SPLASH PAD.

SO THIS IS THIS PROJECT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR A LONG TIME.

STARTED IN 2016, IS SCHEDULED TO BE DONE IN 2024.

YOU WOULD HAVE NOTICED MUCH OF THE WORK ON SITE WAS DONE IN 2022 WITH SITE PREP, A LOT OF THE BLASTING AND THE START OF THE FOUNDATION COMING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS TO SEE THE DIRECTION OF THE STEEL AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE ENCLOSURE AND THEN FINISHING UP ALL THE INTERIOR COMPONENTS.

SO CURRENTLY WE'RE SCHEDULED FOR SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION IN THE EARLY THIRD QUARTER OF 2024 AND TOTAL COMPLETION BY THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2024.

AS MR. MS. BASSI-KELLETT MENTIONED, WE HAVE A $71 MILLION BUDGET.

$10 MILLION, JUST OVER $10 MILLION HAVE BEEN SECURED THROUGH OUR BORING REFERENDUM, WHICH TO $12.9 MILLION THROUGH THE BUILDING CANADA FUND.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE MAJOR COMMUNITY FACILITIES, RESERVE AND FORMULA FUNDING FOR THE REMAINING.

AND THEN WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL SO FAR IN OBTAINING SOME EXTERNAL FUNDING FROM THE GNWT GREENHOUSE GAS FUNDING PROGRAM.

HERE ARE THE ANTICIPATED OPERATIONAL COSTS FOR THE FACILITY.

YOU'LL NOTE, I GUESS WHAT MAYBE YOU WON'T NOTE.

WAGES AND BENEFITS AND UTILITIES ARE BY FAR THE LARGEST TWO COMPONENTS, AND THE BUILDING HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE, REDUCING BLIND SPOTS SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE AS MANY STAFFING ON ON THE DECK AT ANY ONE TIME.

AND THEN WITHIN THE UTILITIES, THE BUILDING THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS, WE ASK THAT THE DESIGN EXCEED THE NATIONAL ENERGY BUILDING CODE BY 15%.

AND AFTER MUCH ENERGY MODELING, IT ACTUALLY INCREASES ITS OVER AND ABOVE BY 70%.

SO WE'RE QUITE HAPPY WITH THAT.

ALSO ON THE UTILITY SIDE, FROM THE DESIGN PLAN, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THE THERE WERE SOLAR PANELS THAT WERE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE DESIGN THROUGH THE SAME ENERGY MODEL.

IT'S DETERMINED THAT AT THIS POINT THE SOLAR PANELS ARE NOT COST EFFECTIVE, BUT THE BUILDING IS BEING DESIGNED SO THAT WHEN THEY DO BECOME I GUESS WHEN TECHNOLOGY INCREASES AND THEY DO BECOME VIABLE, THEN WE WILL.

IT'S AN EASY PLUG AND PLAY.

SO COMPARING THE RUTH MEMORIAL POOL WITH THE AQUATIC CENTRE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JUST OVER 75% MORE WATER VOLUME.

AND THE BUILDING IS JUST OVER TWICE THE SIZE.

SO WE WILL BE HIRING A MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR AND 5 POOL MAINTAINERS AS WELL AS ON THE PROGRAM SIDE, 3 ADDITIONAL LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTORS, 1 MORE CASHIER AND 2.2 PY EQUIVALENTS IN CASUAL STAFF.

SO MOVE ALONG TO THE NEXT STEPS.

I GUESS TO THE BENEFIT OF A DESIGN BUILD PROCESS.

THERE'S MUCH GOING ON AT THE SITE RIGHT NOW WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE ALL OF OUR DESIGN COMPLETED.

SO WE'RE ALMOST DONE OUR FINAL 100% DESIGNS AND THEN WE'LL ISSUE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS.

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WE'LL BE MOVING TO HERE BOTH A CANTEEN OPERATOR AND A OR SOMEBODY FOR THE LESSEE OR LESSEE FOR THE AVAILABLE SPACE UPSTAIRS.

AND THEN AS YOU DRIVE BY OR IF YOU WANT TO REALLY SEE IT WALK BY ON THE TRAIL, YOU'LL SEE MORE WORK BEING DONE, THE CONCRETE WORK BEING FINISHED UP WITH THE WALLS. AND OF COURSE THE ERECTION OF THE STEEL SHOULD BE OCCURRING BY FEBRUARY OR EARLY MARCH.

THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR FEQUET.

I THINK THAT PRESENTATION GRANT THAT WAS GREAT.

AWESOME TO SEE. FIRST QUESTION, JUST DOING THE QUICK MATH BEFORE YOU SWITCH THE SLIDE, IT LOOKED LIKE THE REVENUE WAS ABOUT $750 K ISH FOR THE NEW POOL AND THE EXPENSES WERE ABOUT $4.5 MILLION A YEAR.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S SOMEWHERE BETWEEN A 10 TO 15% RECOVERY RATE.

THANKS FOR PUTTING THAT BACK UP.

IS THAT FIRST QUESTION IS, IS THAT SIMILAR TO WHAT THE CURRENT RUTH INCH MEMORIAL POOL? OR DO WE KNOW THAT OFF HAND? MS. BASSI-KELLETT. OOPS.

MR. WHITE. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

I THINK THE MATH WORKS OUT TO BE ABOUT 17%, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 24%.

SO WE ARE CONSTANTLY THESE NUMBERS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WE SAW IN THE IN THE BUDGET.

WE ARE CONSTANTLY REEVALUATING AND SEEING WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN INCREASE OUR REVENUES OR DECREASE OUR EXPENSES TO MAKE THAT BALANCE.

AND THANKS FOR THAT. AND THE NEW AND THE FEES FOR THE NEW POOL WITH A IS EVERYTHING ANTICIPATED TO BE PRETTY SIMILAR AS FAR AS THE BURDEN ON THE USERS OR IS THE USER FEES GOING UP WITH THE NEW POOL? MS. BASSI-KELLETT.

FEES AND CHARGES ARE SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS BRING FORWARD TO COUNCIL, BUT I'LL ASK MR. WHITE TO EXPLAIN THE THINKING BEHIND SOME OF OUR FEES AND CHARGES.

YEAH, THANK YOU. ANOTHER GREAT QUESTION, AND I ACTUALLY SHOULD HAVE HAD THAT ON THE NEXT STEPS.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH NOT IN A WHOLE LOT OF DETAIL RIGHT NOW, BUT JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE FEES AND CHARGES WILL MATCH UP WITH THE EXISTING. OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE THAT BALANCE OF NOT PRICING OURSELVES OUT OF WORK.

SO AS MS. BASSI-KELLETT MENTIONED, WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT FORWARD FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.

PERFECT. AND THEN THE LAST ONE, YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT IN ONE OF YOUR LAST POINTS I HEARD I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY LIKE A RECRUITMENT BULLETIN OR SOMETHING.

AND I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE MASSIVE INCREASE IN LIFEGUARDS AND OTHER POSITIONS.

SO CONSIDERING THE LABOR CHALLENGES ACROSS THE WORLD RIGHT NOW, COULD YOU ELABORATE ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE OR IS THAT JUST KIND OF PART OF NEXT STEPS AND MORE WORK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IN ADVANCE TO THE OPENING.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT? MR. WHITE. THANK YOU. IT'S BOTH.

WE HAVE STARTED CARLY SANDERS, OUR PROGRAM MANAGER, AND JESSICA MORRIS, OUR POOL SUPERVISOR, HAVE BEEN WORKING AND HAVE ARE DEVELOPING A PLAN AND THEY HAVE BEEN OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AT VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES RECRUITING MEMBERS ALREADY AND IT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

AND THEN NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A MORE AGGRESSIVE RECRUITING PROGRAM.

IF WE HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR AS A TRAINING CONTRACT OR WE'LL PAY YOUR TRAINING, YOU HAVE TO WORK FOR SO LONG.

BUT THE IDEA IS THAT WE ARE WE WANT TO RECRUIT AND DEVELOP STAFF WITHIN YELLOWKNIFE RATHER THAN HAVING TO HIRE FROM OUT.

COUNCILLOR MCGURK.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION SO EXCITING.

I GUESS MY I JUST HAVE A QUESTION AROUND THE CANTEEN.

ASSUMING THAT WE ARE NOT WE'RE RENTING THE SPACE TO SOMEONE AND THAT THEY ARE OPERATING IT.

I'M SORRY.

I HAVE A VERY LONG WEEK.

UM, I, I'M WONDERING, IN TERMS OF DESIGN PROVISIONS, WE'VE OBVIOUSLY TAKEN A LOT OF CARE TO CREATE THE SPACE.

IS THERE ANY SORT OF OTHER CONSIDERATIONS GOING INTO THE CANTEEN? OFTENTIMES THAT DESIGN STUFF FALLS SHORT, SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY SORT OF, LIKE, COMMUNITY BUILDING ASPECT OR NOT BUILDING, BUT CONSIDERATION ASPECT AROUND THE WAY WE'RE SOURCING THE RFP FOR THE CANTEEN.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT.

THANK YOU. WE ALWAYS CONTRACT OUT WHEN IT COMES TO CANTEENS AND OUR REC FACILITIES.

MR. WHITE, OVER TO YOU.

YEAH. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE SO GOING BACK TO THE DESIGN.

THE CANTEEN HAS BEEN IN THE PICTURE THROUGH THE DESIGN PLAN, PRE DESIGN DESIGN AND EVEN NOW WITH THE DESIGN BUILD.

SO THE SPACE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED, THE VARIOUS EQUIPMENT THAT HAS THAT COULD FIT INTO IT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AND IT IS A CANTEEN, IT'S NOT A CONCESSION.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE MULTIPLEX CONCESSION AND COMPARE THAT TO THE FIELDHOUSE CANTEEN, WE'RE GETTING THE CANTEEN STYLE.

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MS. BASSI-KELLETT. CAN WE ELABORATE? MR. WHITE. THANK YOU.

SO THE CONCESSION AT THE MULTIPLEX HAS THE BIG GRILLE, THE OVERHEAD EXHAUST FAN, I GUESS, AND A DEEP FRYER.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE DIFFERENCE.

YEAH. NO, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD.

I THINK THAT YEAH, THAT DOES KIND OF ANSWER THE QUESTION WITH LESS SORT OF INVOLVED.

UM. OKAY.

I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO REMEMBER THE DIFFERENCE.

VERY TIRED. SORRY. YES, THAT'S THE QUESTION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COUNCILLOR WARBURTON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

I GUESS TWO QUESTIONS. ONE [INAUDIBLE] WE HAVE CANTEENS AND CONCESSIONS IN VARIOUS FACILITIES.

I KNOW THOSE IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN HARD TO FILL.

SO HAS THAT SOME THOUGHT INPUT INTO, LIKE, FILLING THAT? LIKE, BASICALLY FILLING RESTAURANT SPACE IS REALLY HARD, RIGHT? IN CONCESSION SPACE, REALLY HARD. SO IS THERE ALTERNATIVES IF NO ONE BIDS ON IT, I GUESS.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT.

MR. WHITE THANK YOU.

THE CONCESSIONS THAT WE HAVE, THE CONCESSION THAT WE HAVE A HARD TIME FILLING.

ONE OF THEM IS A CURRENT CLUB, WHICH IS REALLY NOT, NOT OUR CONCESSION.

IT'S FOR THEM, ALTHOUGH WE, WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO LEASE OUT THE SPACE AND THEN YOU REALLY WE, WE PUT OUT AN RFP AND WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN SUCCESSFUL AT THE ARENA OF THE FIELDHOUSE AND THE MULTIPLEX.

AWESOME. THANKS. AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS AROUND KIND OF CONSTRUCTION.

I KNOW IT'S A FIXED PRICING, BUT WE CAN'T CONTROL DELAYS OF THINGS DUE TO SUPPLY CHAIN.

SO ARE WE THINKING ABOUT IF THIS IS DELAYED IN ANY WAY, HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT RECRUITING OR CONTRACTS OR LEASES? ARE WE KIND OF THINKING AHEAD TO MITIGATE THAT? MS. BASSI-KELLETT. OH, YES, MR. WHITE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE KEEP OUR EARS TO THE GROUND ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT, AND THE DESIGN TEAM HAS BEEN VERY KEEN ON MAKING SURE THAT IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES, THAT THEY BRING THEM FORWARD TO US.

OVERALL, THE CONTRACT IS SQUARELY ON THE COMPLETION OF THE CONTRACT WITHIN BUDGET AND WITHIN SCHEDULES COMPLETELY ON THE DESIGN BUILD TEAM. AND IF THERE'S ANY DELAYS THAT THAT WE MAY CAUSE FOR ADDING TO OR TAKING AWAY, THEN WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE.

WE DON'T ANTICIPATE MUCH OF A CHANGE, HOWEVER, WITH THE VARIOUS ISSUES AND SUPPLY SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A DELAY, BUT WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING ONE.

COUNCILLOR COCHRANE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANKS, GRANT. GREAT PRESENTATION.

WHO ARE YOU LOOKING TO MARKET OUR LEASING SPACE TOWARDS? ARE WE MORE LOOKING TO [INAUDIBLE] IS A DESIGN MORE TOWARDS AN OFFICE SPACE, OR IS IT DESIGN, SAY, FOR A POSSIBILITY OF RETAIL? MS. BASSI-KELLETT. MR. WHITE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'D BE MORE LOOKING ALONG THE LINES OF A LESSOR THAT WOULD FIT WITHIN THE MOTIF OF THE OVERALL FACILITIES, WE'VE HAD IN PREVIOUS ITERATIONS WITH THE PRE-DESIGNED DESIGN.

WE'VE HAD HEALTH TYPE.

CONTRACTORS REACH OUT TO US AND MORE RECENTLY, RECREATION AND SPORT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE WE ABLE TO FILL ALL OUR CURRENT POSITIONS AT THE RUTH INCH MEMORIAL POOL? MS. BASSI-KELLETT, MR. WHITE. THANK YOU.

RECRUITING FOR THE RUTH INCH MEMORIAL POOL HAS BEEN AN ONGOING CHALLENGE.

THAT'S PARTICULARLY WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT DEVELOPING A MORE HOME BASED GROUP THAT CAN FULFILL THE POSITIONS WE ARE CURRENTLY SHORT A POOL ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR.

SO IT'S AN ONGOING, ONGOING PROCESS.

THANK YOU. AND IF I CAN JUST ADD TO THAT, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE UNUSUAL.

THERE WERE STORIES THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY HAVE FOLLOWED FROM LAST SUMMER WITH CITY OF TORONTO HAVING TO SHUT DOWN POOLS BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T THEY COULDN'T FIND ENOUGH LIFEGUARDS. SO IT'S A COMMON NATIONAL ISSUE THAT WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW.

AND I'LL JUST ADD, THAT'S THAT'S COMING OUT OF COVID WHEN THERE WAS NO TRAINING FOR PRETTY MUCH TWO YEARS.

IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT THAT TRAINING WILL OCCUR AND THEN THERE WILL BE, AGAIN, MORE OF A MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LIFEGUARDS TO BE HIRED.

COUNCILLOR PAYNE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

THANKS, GRANT, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

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IN YOUR PROJECTIONS, YOU SAID FIVE MAINTAINERS, POOL MAINTAINERS.

HOW MANY DO WE HAVE NOW? MS. BASSI-KELLETT. MR. WHITE. THANK YOU.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE.

AND WITH THEM, I'M ASSUMING THAT WAS THE PROJECTED REVENUES FOR THE NEW POOL.

HOW DO THEY COMPARE WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE HAVE NOW? AND HOW DID YOU WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE RIGHT NOW WITH THIS NEW POOL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE THREE LANE WITH THE EIGHT LANE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE LAZY RIVER.

WILL ALL THAT BE ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES, OR IS IT STILL GOING TO BE SELECT AT TIMES DURING THE DAY WHERE CERTAIN THINGS ARE OPEN? MS. BASSI-KELLETT.

MR. WHITE.

ONE OF THE ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THE AQUATIC CENTRE IS THAT IT'S AN OPEN FACILITY SO I CAN BE HANGING AROUND THE LAZY RIVER AND THEN MY FAMILY CAN BE WORKING, OR MAYBE IN THE LESSON POOL OR IN THE LAP POOL.

IT WILL BE A WIDE OPEN FACILITY.

YEAH, IT'S I MEAN, WHEN I SEEN THE PROJECTED REVENUES, IT SEEMS A BIT LOW.

I'M HOPING THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE USE OF THAT POOL AND MAYBE GET THAT UP TO THE 17% THAT WE'RE HOPING SO OR THE LIKE, CLOSER TO THE 24%.

THANK YOU. I SHOULD ADD, SORRY, THE THE MODELING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH OUR PROGRAM STAFF FOR INCREASING THE THE SWIM LESSONS REALLY IS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF OF BOTH POOLS HAVING LIKE A LOT OF PROGRAMS AND HAVING A LOT OF TURNOVER IN THE PROGRAMS AS WELL. SO RATHER THAN A SIX WEEK PROGRAM, YOU MAY HAVE A TWO WEEK PROGRAM WHICH THEN ALLOWS FOR MORE ROLLOVER.

AND WHEN WE WHEN WE WERE DURING LAST COUNCIL TALKING ABOUT, LIKE ALL THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS THERE WAS QUITE A LIST OF OF PROGRAMS THAT WE WERE THAT WE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ROOM FOR, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO THIS NEW FACILITY.

SO WHAT DO YOU SEE A BIG INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF PROGRAMING THAT WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW ONCE WE GET INTO THIS NEW POOL? MS. BASSI-KELLETT.

MR. WHITE.

THANK YOU. YES, THIS NEW FACILITY WILL GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP OR EXPAND.

CURRENTLY, WE DO NOT HAVE A SINK OR SWIM PROGRAM.

THIS FACILITY WILL ALLOW FOR THAT BASED ON THE DEPTH OF THE DEEP END, THE DEPTH AND THE WIDTH OF THE DEEP END.

WITH THE DIVING, THE THREE METER DIVING BOARD.

WE MAY HAVE A DIVING CLUB THAT COULD START UP.

WE CAN EXPAND THE RENTAL AVAILABILITY FOR THE CANOE AND KAYAK GROUPS.

I'M GOING TO MISS A FEW, BUT IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE CAN EXPAND.

ONE MORE IDEA IS MAYBE FAT GUY FRIDAYS.

I'LL BE RIGHT IN THERE. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT [LAUGHTER].

THERE ARE ADULT SWIM LESSONS I JUST STARTED.

YOU COULD JOIN ME IN PERFECTING YOUR STROKE.

FOR ALL BODY [INAUDIBLE]. DEPUTY MAYOR ARDEN-SMITH.

THANK YOU. AWKWARD JOG.

AWKWARD JOG. ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO ASK WAS THE SYSTEM THAT'S PRESENTLY BEING USED OVER AT THE POOL FOR PROGRAMS FOR BIRTHDAYS SCHEDULING.

IS THAT GOING TO BE TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE NEW POOL, OR ARE WE GOING TO DO AN UPGRADE ON THAT SYSTEM? BECAUSE THE REASON I'M ASKING THIS IS BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE HAVING ISSUE RIGHT NOW WHERE THERE'S DOUBLE BOOKINGS FOR BIRTHDAYS AND WE HAVE A SMALL AREA.

I'M HOPING THE THE NEW AQUATIC CENTRE WILL HAVE A LARGER AREA.

BUT WHEN PEOPLE ARE RENTING A FACILITY, THEY WANT WHAT THEY'VE RENTED.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT. OH, YES.

MR. WHITE, OVER TO YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO THE CURRENT PROGRAM IS CALLED LEGEND, AND WE MIGRATED FROM CLASS TO LEGEND.

AND THEN ONCE SHORTLY AFTER GETTING LEGEND UP AND GOING, THEN REALLY OUR SERVICE FROM THAT PROVIDER HAS DROPPED OFF.

SO WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT MOVING FROM LEGEND TO A NEW FACILITY BOOKING AND PROGRAM REGISTRATION SYSTEM, WHICH SHOULD BE IN PLACE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. EXCELLENT.

I AM VERY HAPPY TO HEAR AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THIS IS ACTUALLY QUITE AMAZING TO SEE FROM 2018 WHEN IT WAS WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS AND NOW WE'RE WE'RE ALMOST CLOSING IN TO THE END. SO IT'S IT'S PRETTY COOL.

I THINK IT'S COOL. THANK YOU.

GOING INTO THE SECOND ROUND IN A MINUTE.

BUT MS. BASSI-KELLETT THE THE CURRENT PUBLIC HEALTH POOL REGULATIONS, THEY STILL SAY THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A WASHROOM AND A CHANGE ROOM FOR MEN AND A WASHROOM AND CHANGE ROOM FOR WOMEN AND

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HAVE WE STARTED DISCUSSIONS YET WITH THE GNWT TO GET THEM TO UPDATE THEIR REGULATIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.

WE'VE FLAGGED THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK.

KNOWING THAT IT TAKES SOME TIME TO GET REGS DONE, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT'S FOR SOMETHING THAT MAY NOT BE AS OR WERE NOT AT THE TIME AS PRESSING FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AS COVID WAS.

BUT CERTAINLY WE'RE PUSHING AHEAD WITH THE UNIVERSAL CHANGEROOMS BECAUSE THAT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO IN THE ACCESSIBILITY CONTEXT.

SO GNWT IS AWARE WE DID FLAG TO THEM AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY WILL PAY SOME ATTENTION TO THIS NOW THAT LIFE HAS GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT MORE BACK TO NORMAL POST COVID.

THANK YOU. AND IF I COULD JUST ADD, WE HAVE MET WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WITH OUR DESIGN BUILD TEAM AND COLLIERS AS WELL AS TAG.

THEY HAVE SEEN OUR 90%, MAYBE EVEN 100%, I DON'T RECALL.

AND THEY HAVE INDICATED THEY HAVE NO ISSUES WITH HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR DESIGN.

YEAH. AND I DON'T THINK I THINK IT'S JUST A CASE OF THEM ACTUALLY HAVING TO UPDATE THE REGULATIONS.

I'M SURE MOST OF THEM PROBABLY HAVEN'T READ THEM IN A WHILE.

AND SEEING THAT IT'S IT'S GOT TO BE FOR MEN AND THERE'S GOT TO BE ONE FOR WOMEN.

AND SO I DON'T FORESEE AN ISSUE, BUT JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET THAT CHANGED SOONER RATHER THAN LATER BEFORE A FACILITY GETS OPENED UP AGAIN, I DON'T FORESEE IT AS AN ISSUE.

COUNCILLOR FEQUET. THANKS, MADAM CHAIR.

I KNEW I HAD ONE MORE.

AND I THINK STAFF DID PRESENT THIS TO COUNCIL IN CAMERA PREVIOUSLY.

SO I'LL JUST ASK JUST FOR EVERYONE JUST TO CONFIRM WITH OBVIOUSLY A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND THE DESIGN BUILD APPROACH, THAT THERE ARE PENALTIES WITHIN THIS CONTRACT IF IT'S NOT COMPLETE ON TIME.

I SUSPECT YOU CAN'T SHARE WITH THOSE PENALTIES, BUT IF YOU CAN, THAT'D BE GREAT.

AND IF NOT, JUST DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS RIGHT NOW WITH THE PROJECT BEING COMPLETED ON TIME? MS. BASSI-KELLETT. THANK YOU.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE ON THAT AT THIS TIME.

COUNCILLOR WARBURTON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

MORE OF A COMMENT. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT THERE'S SOME AGGRESSIVE RECRUITMENT PLANS.

I KNOW WE'VE HAD STAFFING ISSUES AND LESSONS.

I'VE PERSONALLY HAD ISSUES WITH MISSING LESSONS BECAUSE STAFFING ISSUES.

SO I WOULD BE REMISS TO NOT ENCOURAGE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE NOTHING WOULD BE WORSE THAN HAVING A BRAND NEW SHINY POOL AND WE CAN'T USE IT LIKE A NEW WATERSLIDE.

THAT WOULDN'T WORK BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE STAFF.

SO ANYTHING COUNCIL I THINK CAN DO TO ENCOURAGE AND HELP YOU WITH THAT AGGRESSIVE RECRUITING WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

THANKS. THANK YOU.

COUNCILLOR MCKENNA MCLENNAN.

SORRY. YEAH.

THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

JUST A SORT OF RANDOM QUESTION, I KNOW WE'RE REDOING THE SORT OF THE GNWT SORRY IS LOOKING AT THE CURRICULUM FROM [INAUDIBLE].

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION, DO YOU KNOW ABOUT MAYBE INCLUDING ANY SWIMMING AS PART OF THE THAT TRANSFER IN ORDER TO GET SOME USE OF THE POOL DURING THE DAY, DURING THE WEEK? MS. BASSI-KELLETT. MR. WHITE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

SO WE DO HAVE A JOINT USE AGREEMENT IN PLACE WHERE DURING THE DAY SCHOOLS CAN USE OUR FACILITIES AT NO CHARGE AND THEN IN THE EVENING THE COMMUNITY GETS ACCESS TO TO SCHOOL FACILITIES.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO, IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO TAP INTO THE SCHOOLS, THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS OR THERE ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT USING THE NATIONAL THE BRONZE MEDAL AND BRONZE CROSS AND THE LIFE SAVING AWARDS AS PART OF THE CURRICULUM.

SO. SO AGAIN, THEY'RE LEARNING AND WE'RE RECRUITING.

YEAH, TOTALLY. THAT MAKES SENSE.

YEAH. AND IF ANYONE FROM THE GNWT IS LISTENING, SOME SWIMMING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE I THINK IS AN AMAZING SKILL AND WOULD BENEFIT BOTH PARTIES.

THANK YOU. YEAH AND I KNOW THAT'S BEEN FREQUENT DISCUSSION AND WAS A PROGRAM AND BACK WHEN I WAS SWIMMING IN SCHOOL HERE IN YELLOWKNIFE. ANYTHING FURTHER FROM COUNCIL? HE HAD A BIG THANKS TO STAFF FOR THE UPDATE AND OF COURSE, ALL THE WORK ON THIS.

ALSO A GIANT THANKS TO STAFF FOR PROPOSING THE DESIGN BUILDS, NOT RECOGNIZING PROBABLY BACK IN 2017 OR 18 WHEN WE VOTED ON THIS, HOW IMPORTANT IT WOULD BE TODAY WITH THE ESCALATION OF INFLATION AND HOW MUCH THE POOL COULD COST US IF WE WEREN'T DOING THIS MODEL.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.

WITH THAT THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE IDENTIFIED AS IN CAMERA.

[IN CAMERA]

ANYBODY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE. WE CAN GO IN CAMERA.

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[7. Business arising from In Camera Session.]

WITH THAT, IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN, MOVED BY DEPUTY MAYOR ARDEN-SMITH, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR COCHRANE, ANYBODY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE WE'LL SEE EVERYBODY BACK HERE AT 7 P.M..

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