Mar 06, 2023 Governance & Priorities Committee

AND I'LL CALL OUR GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE MEETING FOR MONDAY, MARCH 6TH, 2023, TO ORDER, AND I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE IS LOCATED

[1. Opening Statement]

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FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL, 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 METIS AND ALL FIRST NATIONS, METIS AND INUIT, WHOSE PRESENCE CONTINUES TO ENRICH OUR VIBRANT COMMUNITY.

[2. Approval of the agenda.]

NO, NOTHING ELSE TO ADD.

THANK YOU.

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

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

AS I AM EMPLOYED BY THE MCM ON THE GIANT MINE REMEDIATION PROJECT AND AM ENTITLED TO A FAIR AMOUNT OF INSIDER INFORMATION, IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SIT AND REVIEW THIS UPCOMING UPDATE.

SOUNDS GOOD. IF YOU'D LIKE, YOU CAN TURN YOUR CAMERA AND MIC OFF OR YOU CAN LEAVE AND I CAN TEXT YOU WHEN WE GET TO THE NEXT PART OF THE AGENDA.

WHATEVER YOUR PREFERENCE IS.

OKAY, SEEING NOTHING FURTHER.

[4. An update regarding Giant Mine Remediation.]

MS. BASSI-KELLETT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.

CITY ADMINISTRATION DOES WORK CLOSELY WITH THE GIANT MINE REMEDIATION PROJECT TEAM.

WE HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS MONTHLY, BUT WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THAT THE GMRP COMES TO COUNCIL ONCE A YEAR, TYPICALLY IN MARCH, TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT OVERALL ON THE ISSUES THAT IT IS DEALING WITH AND DEFINITELY ONES WHERE THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE HAS AN OVERALL INTEREST.

THERE ARE TOUGH ISSUES THAT WE DEAL WITH TIME AND TIME AGAIN, AND OF COURSE, IT'S REALLY GOOD TO HEAR FROM THE GMRP BECAUSE THE PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE AT BOTH THE FEDERAL AND THE TERRITORIAL LEVEL ARE WORKING TOWARDS MEETING INTERESTS THAT THEY HAVE IN THE PROJECT, THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT THEY HAVE, AND WE ALWAYS SEEK TO FIND AS MUCH ROOM FOR ALIGNMENT IN THE CITY'S ISSUES WITH THEIR INTERESTS AS POSSIBLE.

SO WE ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THE PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT'S PROVIDED TO THE CITY BY THE GMRP, AND WE KNOW THAT TYPICALLY THIS IS ACCOMPANIED BY NOT JUST A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL, BUT TYPICALLY A PRESENTATION TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OVERALL AT A LATER POINT IN THIS WEEK.

SO ON THAT NOTE, WE'RE PLEASED TO WELCOME OUR COLLEAGUES FROM THE GIANT MINE REMEDIATION PROJECT HERE AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE UPDATE THAT THEY WILL PROVIDE TO COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AND I ASSUME, NATALIE, WERE YOU THE ONE THAT'LL KICK IT OFF ? GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, MS. BASSI-KELLETT. YES, SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NEW, WE HAVE SOME NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THIS IS AN ANNUAL UPDATE THAT WE PROVIDE TO CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS NATALIE PLATO.

I AM THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE GIANT MINE REMEDIATION PROJECT.

WE ARE DOING OUR ANNUAL PUBLIC FORUM WEEK, SO WE WILL BE GOING OUT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS WELL ON WEDNESDAY EVENING AT THE EXPLORER.

SO IT IS A VERY SIMILAR UPDATE.

WE'VE CUT IT A LITTLE BIT SHORTER JUST BECAUSE WE KNOW WE HAVE LESS TIME HERE TODAY, BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO PRESENT.

WITH THAT, ARE WE ABLE TO SHARE OUR PRESENTATION? I THINK GENEVA IS GOING TO DRIVE FOR US, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU.

I'M JUST WAITING FOR PRESENTER RIGHTS.

WELL, WITH THAT, MAYBE I'LL JUST START ANYWAY WITHOUT THE SLIDES.

JUST IN A MATTER OF TIME.

I SEE PAULA IS WORKING ON IT, BUT WHAT WE WANTED TO COVER TODAY WAS WE'LL JUST GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON WHERE THE GIANT MINE REMEDIATION IS IN THEIR ENTIRE PROJECT. TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ENGAGEMENT IN THE PROJECT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT WORK WE'VE DONE THROUGH REMEDIATION ON THE SITE THIS YEAR, WHERE WE'RE GOING NEXT YEAR AND WE KNOW ALWAYS WITH THE CITY EMPLOYMENT TRAINING AND JOBS ARE ALWAYS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST.

SO WE'LL ALSO HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON THAT AS WELL.

I DO WANT THE SLIDE UP TO INTRODUCE OUR TEAM, SO I'M GOING TO WAIT UNTIL WE CAN GET IT UP, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

COLE OR PAULA, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO I SEE NATALIE JUST GOT RIGHT, BUT WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO MAKE GENEVA ERWIN, THE PRESENTER, PLEASE.

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I WONDER, DOES IT DID WE LOSE GENEVA OR DID SHE JUST TURN OFF HER CAMERA? NO, I'M HERE. I STILL DON'T HAVE PRESENTER.

OH, HERE WE GO. OKAY, OH, THERE WE GO.

GREAT.

GREAT. THANKS, GENEVA. CAN YOU GO TO THE SLIDE FOUR AND GO INTO FULL SCREEN MODE AS WELL? OH.

HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES HERE.

ARE YOU THERE, GENEVA? YEAH, I'M HERE. IT'S FULL SCREEN MODE ON MY COMPUTER.

I'M JUST TRYING TO.

I CAN'T SEE YOU AS WELL. SO MAYBE THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM.

YOU DID HAVE IT UP THERE FOR A SECOND.

THERE. YOU THINK BY NOW WE'D HAVE THIS DOWN PAT . WE DON'T GENERALLY USE [INAUDIBLE] AS WELL.

SO PERHAPS THAT'S THE ISSUE.

YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT.

NOW WE CAN SEE US.

SO STRANGE.

I'M SO SORRY. ON MY SCREEN, IT IS THE FULL SCREEN OF THE SLIDESHOW; I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S NOT ON YOURS.

WELL, WHILE WE WAIT, I'LL JUST TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY I HOPE EVERYONE HAS MADE IT DOWN TO THE CASTLE.

[INAUDIBLE] FROST THAN YEARS BEFORE, AND ACTUALLY, SHEILA WAS PART OF THE BOARD TOO, AND WE'RE SO PROUD ABOUT THE CASTLE AND WHAT EVERYONE'S DONE OUT THERE, AND THEY JUST AWARDED THE SNOW CARVING COMPETITION AWARDS YESTERDAY, AND SO THERE ARE SOME PRETTY FABULOUS SNOW SCULPTURES. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE IT DOWN, GO ON DOWN.

THANKS, ERIKA. NATALIE JUST SHARED THE PRESENTATION WITH COUNCIL SO WE CAN FOLLOW ALONG ON OUR SCREENS IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONTINUE.

OKAY, GREAT. SO IF EVERYONE HAS IT, IF YOU COULD BRING IT TO THE GMRT TEAM SLIDE.

WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT.

HOPEFULLY EVERYONE CAN SEE THAT ONE WITHOUT ALL THE PEOPLE.

YES. YEAH. OKAY, SO AS I SAID, I'M NATALIE PLATO, I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR.

SO THIS IS OUR TEAM THAT RESIDES LOCALLY FOR YELLOWKNIFE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FAR RIGHT IS CHRIS MCGINNIS.

HE IS OUR DIRECTOR. HE IS OUT OF OTTAWA.

HE WILL BE HERE THIS WEEK AS WELL, BUT HIM AND I ARE THE ONES WHO MANAGE THE TEAM AND RUN THE TEAM, BUT WE DO HAVE A LOCAL TEAM AND IT'S QUITE STRONG.

YOU WILL BE HEARING FROM A FEW OF THESE PEOPLE TODAY, BUT I GUESS I ALSO WANT TO SAY CANADA, LED BY CIRNAC, CROWN-INDIGENOUS RELATIONS, IS CO-PROPONENTS WITH THE GNWT.

SO YOU SAW ERIKA HERE A FEW MINUTES AGO, BUT WE ALSO ARE PARTNERED WITH PARSONS.

WE ALSO REFER TO THEM AS THE MCM OR THE MAIN CONSTRUCTION MANAGER.

SO OBVIOUSLY COUNCILLOR COCHRANE WORKS FOR PARSONS AND AARON BRAUMBERGER, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME MISUNDERSTANDING AS WHAT PARSONS' ROLE IS. PARSONS IS REALLY WE HAVE HIRED THEM, SO THEY ARE PART OF OUR TEAM AND THEY MANAGE OUR CONTRACTS FOR US, BASICALLY.

THEY DO NOT PERFORM ANY OF THE REMEDIATION WORK, BUT THEY ARE JUST OUR CONTRACT MANAGER IN A NUTSHELL, SO THEY DON'T PERFORM THE WORK.

SO THEY DO HAVE A SMALL AND TIGHT TEAM BUT A GOOD ONE, AND WE DO HAVE THEM OPENING AN OFFICE.

THEY OPENED AN OFFICE A FEW YEARS AGO RIGHT BY THE SUBWAY.

SO THEY DO HAVE A LOCAL PRESENCE AS WELL.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS.

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WE ARE DOWN A FEW MORE SLIDES, BUT WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE, BUT THE REMEDIATION OF THE PROJECT, THE ACTUAL REMEDIATION PROPER STARTED IN 2001.

SO WE DO HAVE A SCHEDULE NOW THAT TAKES US TILL 2038.

WE DID REVAMP OUR SCHEDULE IN THE PAST YEAR, BUT SO WE ARE GOING INTO YEAR THREE OF THE REMEDIATION AND THIS JUST PROVIDES A BIT OF BACKGROUND OF WHAT THE USE ON THE SITE WAS PREVIOUSLY. OBVIOUSLY TRADITIONAL USE UP UNTIL 1948 WHEN THE MINE STARTED, THE MINE OPERATED UNTIL 2004, AND THEN IN 2005, CANADA TOOK RESPONSIBILITY WITH THE GNWT FOR REMEDIATING THE SITE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SITE, AND IT TOOK US 15 YEARS TO GET ALL OUR PERMITS LICENSES IN PLACE.

WE WENT THROUGH AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT DURING THAT TIME AS WELL.

SO IN 2020 WE WERE READY TO REMEDIATE THE SITE.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

WE ARE IN REMEDIATION AND WE ANTICIPATE IT WILL TAKE TILL 2038.

I'M NOT SURE, GENEVA, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH US, YOU'RE BACK A FEW SLIDES.

ACTUALLY, NO, I'VE JUST CAUGHT UP WITH YOU.

PERFECT. SO I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST GIVE AN OVERVIEW FROM THE NEW COUNCILORS.

THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND HAVE PROBABLY SEEN THIS BEFORE.

SO ON SLIDE SEVEN IS THE ENGAGEMENT OVER THE YEARS.

THIS SLIDE IS JUST MORE TO POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE ENGAGEMENT IN THOSE 15 YEARS, SPECIFICALLY BETWEEN WHEN THE SITE WAS ABANDONED UNTIL WE ACTUALLY BEGAN REMEDIATION IN 2020.

WE DID A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT.

SO EACH ONE OF THESE POINTS REPRESENTS MULTIPLE ENGAGEMENTS OVER THE YEAR.

I WON'T GET INTO IT IN A MATTER OF TIME, BUT WE HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE ENGAGEMENT.

WE WORK WITH THE CITY, AS MS. BASSI-KELLETT POINTED OUT, WE DO MEET WITH THEM MONTHLY.

THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE IS A SIGNATORY TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENT ON THE GIANT MINE REMEDIATION PROJECT.

SO ONE OF OUR KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN THE PROJECT AND WE WORK QUITE CLOSELY WITH THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE.

SO GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, SLIDE EIGHT FOR THOSE FOLLOWING ALONG, WHAT HAVE WE DONE ALREADY ON SITE? SO I'LL QUICKLY GO TO SLIDE NINE.

AS I SAID, 2005 TO 2020, WHILE WE WERE GETTING OUR PERMITS AND DOING MULTIPLE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SITE WAS IN CARE MAINTENANCE.

IT WASN'T LIKE WE WALKED AWAY.

WE DO HAVE TO KEEP THE WATER PUMPED AND TREATED, ALSO MANAGED AS WELL.

SO WE KEEP THE RESIDENTS OF YELLOWKNIFE SAFE AND KEEP THE ENVIRONMENT SAFE AS WELL.

IN THAT TIME, WE ALSO, TOOK THE ROASTER DOWN.

THE ROASTER WAS THE ONE OF THE ORIGINAL SITE BUILDINGS; THAT WAS DECONSTRUCTED AS WELL AS BEGAN WITH OVER UNDER GROUND STABILIZATION WORKS.

SO IN THOSE 15 YEARS, AS WELL AS DOING ALL THE ENGAGEMENT, WE DID KEEP THE SITE UNDER CARE AND MAINTENANCE AND DID ADVANCE QUITE A BIT OF WORK, BUT NOW WE GET TO THE EXCITING PART AT LEAST FOR ME, AND REMEDIATION OVERVIEW.

SO ON SLIDE TEN, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE FOLLOWING ALONG.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

SO IN 2021, AS I SAID, 2021 AND 2022, WE STARTED THE REMEDIATION WORKS.

WE HAVE QUITE A COMPLEX SCHEDULE.

THE PROJECT IS QUITE COMPLEX.

SO THE ITEMS THAT WE'VE BEGUN AND I'VE GOT SOME PHOTOS IN A FEW MINUTES, I CAN GIVE YOU AN AREA OR AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE DONE.

SO THE UNDERGROUND ARSENIC TRIOXIDE CHAMBERS ARE ONE OF THE BIGGEST AND KEY ELEMENTS IN OUR REMEDIAL ACTION PLAN.

SO WE KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, OR IF YOU DON'T, WE ARE PLANNING TO FREEZE THE ARSENIC TRIOXIDE.

SO BEGINNING TO DO THAT, WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT WITH THERMOSYPHONS, AND TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO GET DRILL RIGS IN.

SO TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO MAKE NICE PADS ABOVE THE CHAMBERS WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY BRING DRILL RIGS IN AND INSTALL THE PIPES.

SO WE BEGAN WITH AREA ONE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE AREAS ON SITE DEVELOPING THE FREEZE PAD.

WE ALSO CONSTRUCTED WHAT WE CALL A NON-HAZARDOUS LANDFILL ON SITE.

IT IS DIFFERENT FROM A MUNICIPAL LANDFILL BECAUSE IT ONLY WILL ACCEPT SOLID WASTE.

THERE WILL BE NO DOMESTIC WASTE IN THAT.

SO THAT IS ONE OF OUR REQUIREMENTS ON SITE AS IT'S JUST BASICALLY FOR DEMOLITION DEBRIS, AND THEN THERE IS A SEPARATE CELL IN THERE AS WELL FOR THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT RESIDUALS.

WE ALSO CONTINUE BACKFILLING THE UNDERGROUND AND HAVE STARTED THE TOWNSITE DECONSTRUCTION , AND THEN COMING UP, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO UNTIL 2038.

WE NEED TO DEVELOP, CREATE AND USE BORROW AREAS.

THE BUILDING OF A WATER TREATMENT PLANT, TAKE DOWN ALL OF THE BUILDINGS THAT YOU SEE, FILL PITS, COVER TAILINGS, RESTORE AND BAKER CREEK.

SO IT IS A VERY COMPLEX PROJECT.

SO I DID JUST GLANCE OVER THOSE, BUT I DO HAVE SOME PHOTOS COMING UP TO GIVE A BIT MORE DETAIL ON WHAT IS COMING.

SO FOR THOSE OF YOU FOLLOWING ALONG, I WILL GO TO SLIDE 11, WHICH SAYS 2021, AREA ONE FREEZE PAD.

SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE LEFT IS THE BEFORE PICTURE, AND THEN ON THE AFTER IS AN ARTIST'S RENDITION OF WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN WE'RE COMPLETED.

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I CAN'T POINT TO YOU.

SORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT THERE'S THE ROCKY OUTCROP RENEWAL.

THAT IS WHERE THERE'S SOME ARSENIC CHAMBERS RIGHT BELOW THAT OR RIGHT BELOW 100FT BELOW THAT OUTCROP, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE ON THE LEFT IS WHERE THE AR-1 BOX IS, IS WHERE THAT FREEZE PAD HAS BEEN DEVELOPED, AND THEN YOU'LL ALSO SEE AN AR-2 DOWN BELOW.

THAT ONE HASN'T BEEN DONE YET, BUT AS I SAID, IT'S JUST AN ARTIST'S RENDITION.

SO GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE ON SLIDE 12, THESE ARE SOME ACTUAL PHOTOS OF WHAT THAT WORK LOOKS LIKE.

SO THE ROCK KNOB WAS BLASTED OFF AND DEVELOPED INTO A FLAT PAD.

SO IT'S NOW READY TO RECEIVE THE THERMOSYPHONS.

SO THOSE ARE JUST TWO DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE PHOTOS OF THE PAD FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS , AND I THINK I HAVE ANOTHER ONE HERE. NO, I DON'T.

SO THAT IS WHAT WE COMPLETED LAST SUMMER.

SO WE'RE QUITE HAPPY THAT THAT ONE AREA HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND READY FOR THERMOSYPHON INSTALLATION IN THE FUTURE.

SO GOING TO SLIDE 13 2021, LANDFILL.

SO THIS IS A BEFORE AND AFTER OF OUR LANDFILL AREA.

THE BLUE CIRCLE ON THE LEFT PHOTO IS A BEFORE SHOWING AN AREA IN THE CENTER OF THE SITE.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE SITE, IT'S RIGHT IN THE MAIN AREA OF THE SITE OR THE DRY AREA, AND THEN ON THE LEFT IS AN ARTIST'S RENDITION, AGAIN, OF WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN COMPLETE.

SO I DID SAY WE COMPLETED IT, BUT I GUESS I SHOULD PREFACE THAT BY SAYING WE COMPLETED THE BASE AND THE BERM SO IT IS READY TO RECEIVE THE WASTE, AND PREDOMINANTLY THAT WILL BE ALL THE BUILDINGS ON SITE WHEN THEY ARE TAKEN DOWN AND ANY WASTE, WE CANNOT RECYCLE.

SO THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS ACTUALLY ONCE IT'S CLOSED AND COVERED IN THE FINAL COVERS ON.

SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT ONE YET.

SO GOING ON TO SLIDE 14 ENTITLED 2021 LANDFILL.

AGAIN, THESE ARE SOME PHOTOS IN USE OR IN PROGRESS OF WHAT THE LANDFILL LOOKS LIKE NOW OR WHAT WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE AT THE END OF THE SUMMER SEASON.

SO ON THE LEFT IS JUST SHOWING THE PLACEMENT.

WE DID SOME TIRE SHREDDING, SOME WASTE PLACEMENT, AND YOU'LL SEE A CLOSE UP ON THE RIGHT SO A COUPLE OF THE BUILDINGS WERE TAKEN DOWN AND THAT IS THE WASTE THERE, AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE ON YOUR SCREEN NOW.

I THINK SO. GREAT.

SLIDE 15.

IS THE UNDERGROUND BACKFILLING WORK THAT WE DID LAST YEAR.

SO AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE.

GIANT MINE WAS PREDOMINANTLY AN UNDERGROUND MINE AND THEY DID A LOT OF UNDERGROUND MINING.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF SPACES OR WHAT WE CALL VOIDS IN THE UNDERGROUND, AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED KEY AREAS THAT WE WANT TO BACKFILL AND WHY WE WANT TO BACKFILL IS WE DON'T WANT ALL THESE SPACES SORT OF LINGERING AROUND OVER TIME.

SO WE DO THAT TO MAKE SURE THE UNDERGROUND IS STABLE IN THE SHORT AND WE USE AND WE DO THAT WITH WE MAKE A PASTE OUT OF SOME OF OUR TAILINGS AND A CEMENTED PRODUCT AND WATER, SO MUCH LIKE YOU WOULD BUILD MAKE CEMENT FOR, YOU KNOW, BUILDING A PAD OR YOUR DECK, BUT WE GET IT THE RIGHT CONSISTENCY, DIFFERENT RECIPES AND WE PUMP IT INTO THE UNDERGROUND VOIDS.

YOU'LL SEE A PHOTO ON THE BOTTOM LEFT SHOWS A BARRIER OR A BARRICADE TO KEEP IT IN PLACE.

THE TOP LEFT SHOWS WHAT A VOID LOOKED LIKE AHEAD OF TIME.

THAT WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE AREAS ON SITE.

I USED TO TAKE PEOPLE. I CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN REMEDIATED AND WE JUST USE LOCAL CEMENT TRUCKS AND THEN PUMP IT UNDERGROUND.

SO THAT WORK IS STILL PROGRESSING AND WE HAD A REALLY GOOD YEAR IN 2021-22 WHERE THAT CONTINUED, AND THEN THE LAST ITEM THAT WE WORKED ON LAST SUMMER WAS THE TOWNSITE DECONSTRUCTION.

SO WE DID DO THE REMEDIATION IN THE TOWNSITE BUILDINGS IN TERMS OF ANY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS HAVE ALL BEEN REMOVED FROM THE BUILDING.

SO THAT MEANS ANY MERCURY, BALLAST, ASBESTOS, THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN REMOVED FROM THE BUILDINGS.

SO THOSE ARE READY TO COME DOWN AS SOON AS OUR CONTRACTOR GETS INTO SITE, WHICH I THINK THEY PLAN TO MOBILIZE NEXT WEEK AND START PREPARING.

SO THE BUILDINGS WILL ACTUALLY COME DOWN THIS SUMMER.

SORRY, I JUST LOST MY SPOT HERE.

OKAY, NEXT SLIDE.

SO SLIDE 17.

ALSO AS PART OF THE PACKAGE WHERE WE PACKAGE THE DECONSTRUCTION OF THE TOWNSITE, WE HAD A FEW BUILDINGS ON SITE AS WELL THAT WE NEEDED TO REMOVE FIRST . ONE BEING THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, WHICH IS THE ONE YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT THAT THAT CAME DOWN LAST SUMMER AS WELL AS A FEW OTHER BUILDINGS, THE PLANER AND THE CARPENTER BUILDING THAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT.

SLIDE 18.

SO WHAT ARE WE DOING NEXT? SO THAT WAS A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST YEAR, BUT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU OUR SCHEDULE FOR GOING FORWARD.

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IF WE CAN GO TO SLIDE 20.

SO SLIDE 20 IS THE OVERALL PROJECT SCHEDULE.

NOW, OF COURSE, THIS IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL SCHEDULE.

WE HAVE MUCH MORE DETAILED SCHEDULES, GANTT CHARTS THAT ARE PAGES AND PAGES, AND YOU KNOW, IF WE PUT ONE ON THE WALL, I THINK IT WAS LIKE AN EIGHT BY TEN, BUT IN GENERAL, THIS IS THE HIGH LEVEL SORT OF, YOU KNOW, CONCISE SCHEDULE OF WHERE WHAT THINGS WILL HAPPEN.

IN 2026, WE'RE GOING TO START WORK ON COVERING THE TAILINGS AREA.

CONTAMINATED SOILS WILL BEGIN IN 2025.

THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT IS ONE THAT YOU WILL HAVE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF, BUT IT IS BEGINNING THIS YEAR.

THE RFP CLOSED LAST WEEK AND WE WILL BE AWARDING THAT THAT TENDER VERY SHORTLY.

WE WOULD LIKE THAT WORK TO BEGIN THIS THIS SPRING BECAUSE IT WILL TAKE IT'S ABOUT THREE YEARS FROM BEGINNING TO END ON THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT ON SITE, AND THAT IS ONE OF OUR KEY PIECES IN TERMS OF ADVANCING THE REMEDIATION, AND WE WANT TO GET THAT BUILT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE CURRENT WATER TREATMENT PLANT IS OLD, AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT WHEN WE BUILD THE NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT, THE HE QUALITY OF THE WATER WILL BE GREATLY IN GREATLY IMPROVED FOR THE DISCHARGE AS WELL , AND BAKER CREEK WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL 2027.

WE'VE GOT VARIOUS OTHER THINGS, DEMOLITION AND DEBRIS YOU'LL SEE THERE STARTED LAST YEAR AND THEN VARIOUS OTHER ITEMS. SITE SERVICES AT THE BOTTOM IS JUST, YOU KNOW, SITE SECURITY, CARE AND MAINTENANCE.

IT'S AN ONGOING ITEM.

JUST BEAR WITH ME FOR ONE SECOND, PLEASE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. MY DOGS WERE GOING CRAZY HERE.

OKAY, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO AS I MENTIONED, THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED STARTING THIS YEAR IN 2023.

WE ACTUALLY STARTED SOME OF THE WORK LAST YEAR IN TERMS OF SITE PREPARATION.

THAT BUILDING I SHOWED YOU A FEW SLIDES AGO HAD TO COME DOWN BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT WILL GO IN TERMS OF CLEARING THE AREA AND WE EXPECT THIS YEAR WE NEED TO START WITH A LITTLE BIT OF GRADING OF THE AREA AND THEN WE WILL START CONSTRUCTING IT AND THEN COMMISSIONING IN 2025 SO THAT WE HOPE TO HAVE IT OPERATIONAL BY 2025.

THE MAP ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THAT SHOWS THE LOCATION OF THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT IN THE MAIN AREA OF SITE, AND THEN I GUESS THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT SHOWS OBVIOUSLY THE TOWNSITE AREA.

THERE WILL BE AN OUTFALL FROM THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT DISCHARGES TO BACK BAY, GREAT SLAVE LAKE IN THAT AREA.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

OH, YOU'RE ALREADY THERE. THE LARGER BUILDINGS ON SITE AND THE DEBRIS LOCATED ALL ON THE SITE WILL BE CLEANED UP OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WILL BE REMOVED AND THE BUILDING MATERIALS WILL BE PLACED IN THE NON -HAZARDOUS ON SITE LANDFILL.

SO THE PHOTOS JUST SHOW SOME OF THE TYPICAL SITE INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS SOME OF THE DEBRIS LOCATED ON SITE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SLIDE 23 FOR THOSE OF YOU FOLLOWING ALONG.

REMOVING CONTAMINATED SOILS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 2024 TO 2033.

GENERALLY, WE HAVE TO CLEAR THE AREA OF ANY DEBRIS OR BUILDINGS IN SOME CASES, AND THEN GENERALLY THE REMEDIATION IS EXCAVATE CONTAMINATED SOIL AND THEN BACKFILL WHERE WHERE WE NEED IT, SO THERE'S NO BIG HOLES OR GAPS WITH CLEAN BURROW.

SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR LARGER JOBS ON SITE THAT WILL TAKE, YOU KNOW, APPROXIMATELY 9 TO 10 YEARS TO COMPLETE.

SLIDE 24 IS THE UNDERGROUND FREEZE.

WE'RE PREPARING THE PADS NOW, AS I SAID, SO WE WILL START INSTALLING THE THERMOSIPHONS.

RIGHT NOW IT'S PLANNED FOR 2026 AND IT WILL TAKE A NUMBER OF YEARS AS WELL.

WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT AREAS ON SITE, SO WE NEED TO PREP ALL OF THOSE PADS.

AS I SHOWED YOU EARLIER, WE DID ONE OF THEM.

WE STILL HAVE THREE MORE TO GO, SO WE WILL BE DOING THOSE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEN WE'LL START INSTALLING THE THERMOSIPHONS IN 2026, AND IT'S ANTICIPATED RIGHT NOW IT WILL TAKE TO 2035 TO COMPLETE THAT TASK.

THERE ARE EIGHT PITS ON SITE.

SEVEN OF THEM ARE CONSIDERED LARGE THAT WE HAVE COMMITTED TO FILLING.

SO ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE VERY RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE ARTIST'S RENDITION OF WHAT THE PITS WILL LOOK LIKE ONCE REMEDIATION HAS TAKEN PLACE.

THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS OBVIOUSLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW FROM AN AERIAL VIEW SHOWING THE LARGEST PIT, THE C1 PIT.

SO THAT WORK WILL TAKE PLACE STARTING IN 2027 AND WE ANTICIPATE IT WILL GO TILL 2034, AND AGAIN, AS

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WHAT WE PLAN TO DO IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A RED OR A YELLOW ONE.

ONE OF THE TAILINGS POND WILL BE RELOCATED TO THE POND RIGHT TO THE NORTH OF IT, INTO THE CENTRAL POND, AND ALL OF THE OTHER ONES WILL THEN BE GRADED AND COVERED WITH A MONOLITHIC ROCK COVER.

SO THAT WILL START IN 2026 AND GO UNTIL 2037, AND AS WELL, BAKER CREEK.

I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THE DETAILS NOW BECAUSE IT'S QUITE FAR OFF, BUT JUST FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE INTERESTED, BAKER CREEK IS ANOTHER KEY PIECE OF REMEDIATION WORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, AND THAT WORK WON'T START UNTIL 2039 OR 2029 SORRY TO 2038.

THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE LATER PIECES WE WE WILL START ONLY BECAUSE OF THE SEQUENCING AND THE RUNOFF.

WE WANT TO GET THE OTHER AREAS CLEANED FIRST.

SO THEN WHEN WE GET TO BAKER CREEK, WE'LL START AT THE UPPER END AND THEN WORK OUR WAY TO THE BOTTOM.

SO THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE LAST PIECES RIGHT DOWN AT THE MOUTH OF, OF BAKER CREEK AND IN THE TOWNSITE AREA THAT WILL BE REMEDIATED.

SO CURRENTLY SCHEDULED IN 2038.

THE SHORELINE OF OF BACK BAY WILL HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT WORK DONE AS WELL.

THIS PHOTO SHOWS SOME BEFORE AND AFTERS.

WE HAVE COMMITTED TO ALWAYS KEEPING ONE BOAT LAUNCH OPEN AND I THINK WE'VE GOT A FEW SLIDES LATER ON THAT SHOW THAT.

I MIGHT HAVE [INAUDIBLE]. SORRY.

SO WHAT WE PLAN TO DO IS ONE OF THE FIRST ITEMS WE WILL DO IS AT THE GREAT SLAVE SAILING CLUB.

WE WILL GO IN THERE AND DO THE REMEDIATION WORKS THERE AND AT THAT POINT WE WOULD KEEP THE PUBLIC BOAT LAUNCH IN THE OTHER SIDE.

OPEN. GET THE WORK DONE AT THE GREAT SLAVE SAILING CLUB.

BUILD AN EQUIVALENT BOAT LAUNCH THERE SO THAT CAN BE THE MAIN BOAT LAUNCH WHEN WE HAVE TO DO ALL THE WORK IN BAKER CREEK AND ON THE OTHER SIDE.

WE'VE ALSO COMMITTED TO PUTTING A ROCK COVER IN THE PUBLIC USE AREAS THERE TO PROTECT, PROTECT SWIMMERS AND RECREATIONAL USE FROM ANY OF THE CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS THAT MAY BE THERE.

SO THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT, YOU'LL SEE IT LOOKS A BIT DIFFERENT.

THERE'S A ROCK COVER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.

THIS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE SHOWS THE NEW IMPROVED BOAT LAUNCH AT GREAT SLAVE SAILING CLUB, AND THEN WHEN WE'RE DONE IN 2038, THERE WILL BE THE EXISTING BOAT LAUNCH AS WELL.

SO THERE WILL BE TWO USABLE BOAT LAUNCHES WHEN WE'RE DONE.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THIS IS ANOTHER FARTHER UP THE BAY, CLOSER TO THE SITE, SHOWS SOME BEFORE AND AFTER OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW VERSUS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AFTER.

YOU'LL SEE ON THE AFTER PHOTO, THERE IS QUITE A COVER THAT WILL BE WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IN YELLOWKNIFE BAY.

THIS IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT DURING THE MINE OPERATIONS THERE WAS A DEPOSIT OF TAILINGS IN THIS AREA.

SO WE WILL BE PUTTING AN ENGINEERED COVER OVER THAT TAILINGS TO PREVENT IT FROM EROSION AND CONTACT TO AQUATIC LIFE AND ANY PEOPLE AS WELL.

AGAIN, ANOTHER PHOTO OR A PHOTO AND ARTIST'S RENDITION SHOWING YOU WHAT THE SHORELINE WILL LOOK LIKE WHEN WE'RE COMPLETED.

ON THE LEFT IS THE BEFORE OR RIGHT NOW, AND THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS JUST A HIGHER LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE ITEMS I JUST POINTED OUT.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WILL BE QUITE A ROCK COVER ALONG ALONG THE SHORELINE OF GIANT MINE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE BIGGER COVER AT THE FAR RIGHT.

SO AGAIN, THIS WORK WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 2028 ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL 2037.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO I THINK I COVERED THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST FROM THE CITY AND HOW THE PUBLIC WILL ACCESS THE LIGHT FROM THIS AREA. SO WE DO HAVE A SCHEDULE ON HOW THE BOATS WILL BE OPERATED, AND AS I SAID, WE'RE COMMITTED TO KEEPING ONE BOAT LAUNCH OPEN AT ALL TIMES FOR THE PUBLIC , BUT WITH OUR NEW SCHEDULE THAT IS A BIT EXTENDED, THERE IS A BIT OF IMPLICATION FOR THE SCHEDULE.

SO FROM NOW UNTIL 2028, IT WILL BE STATUS QUO, BUT THEN IN 2028, WHEN WE START TO REMEDIATE GREAT SLAVE SAILING CLUB, THAT GREAT SLAVE SAILING CLUB WILL HAVE TO VACATE THEIR AREA.

WE'LL DO THE REMEDIATION THERE AND IN 2030 IT WILL THEN OPEN AS THE PUBLIC BOAT LAUNCH AND IT WILL REMAIN THAT WAY UNTIL 2038 WHEN THE OTHER BOAT LAUNCH IS OPEN AND THEN THERE WILL BE TWO BOAT LAUNCHES AND WE'LL GO BACK TO LIKELY A SIMILAR SITUATION AS WE HAVE TODAY WITH THE AREA, THOUGH, MUCH IMPROVED IN TERMS OF ITS CONTAMINATION WILL BE GONE AND THERE WILL BE A NEW BOAT LAUNCH AT GREAT SLAVE SAILING CLUB AREA.

I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO ANDRE [INAUDIBLE], WHO CAN INTRODUCE HIMSELF, BUT HE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT WITH OUR EMPLOYMENT TRAINING AND CONTRACTS.

SO JUST CHECKING THAT YOU'RE THERE, ANDRE.

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SO I'LL GO OVER A COUPLE OF SLIDES HERE ON THE SOCIOECONOMIC FOR THE PROJECT.

BEFORE I KICK IT OFF, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT THE PROJECT HAS TWO COMMITTEES THAT ARE DEDICATED TO SOCIOECONOMIC, THAT ARE WHERE WE COLLABORATE WITH OUR RIGHTS AND STAKEHOLDERS, AND THERE'S A SENIOR LEVEL GROUP AND A WORKING LEVEL GROUP AND SOME OF THE KEY ACHIEVEMENTS AND SOME OF THE KEY FOCUS AREAS RIGHT NOW FOR THOSE TWO GROUPS.

ONE IS BACK IN SEPTEMBER, AROUND SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER PROJECT SHARED [INAUDIBLE] ESTIMATES IN FULL TIME EQUIVALENCY WITH BOTH GROUPS AS WELL AS OTHER PARTNERS THAT REQUESTED THIS INFORMATION AND IT WAS INTENDED TO SUPPLEMENT THE WORK, THE UPCOMING WORK THAT NATALIE JUST WENT OVER AND THE OTHER ACTIVITY THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS UPDATING OUR SOCIOECONOMIC STRATEGY, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 2019.

WE'RE DOING AN UPDATE UNTIL 2028, AND IT'S GOING TO GO PUBLIC IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON DOING THAT UPDATE RIGHT NOW WITH BOTH OF THE COMMITTEES THAT I MENTIONED.

SO IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT, WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS TWO THINGS.

ONE IS OUR RESULTS, AND IN THE DARKER SHADED AREA, THAT'S OUR TARGET RANGE.

SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECT AND HOW WE DO OUR PROCUREMENT, WE HAVE TWO TOOLS THAT WE USE TO INCENTIVIZE EMPLOYING INDIGENOUS PERSONS AS WELL AS TRAINING AND SUBCONTRACTING FROM INDIGENOUS BUSINESSES, AND IT'S WHAT WE CALL THE INDIGENOUS OPPORTUNITY CONSIDERATIONS.

IT IS AN ELEMENT THAT'S INCLUDED IN EVERY SINGLE CONTRACT THAT PARSONS, THE MCM, PUTS OUT FOR TENDER, AND IT IS UP TO THE CONTRACTORS TO PROVIDE COMPETITIVE COMMITMENTS, AND IF THEY ARE, IF THEY DO SUCCEED IN MEETING THEM AND EXCEED THEM, THEY RECEIVE A FINANCIAL BONUS.

OTHERWISE THERE IS A FINANCIAL PENALTY THAT'S DEDUCTED.

SO THERE ARE THREE CATEGORIES I MENTIONED EMPLOYMENT TRAINING AND PROCUREMENT, AND I'LL BRIEFLY GO OVER THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDES, BUT THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY FOCUSES ON EMPLOYMENT ITSELF. TWO KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS YOU'LL SEE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU.

ONE IS INDIGENOUS EMPLOYMENT AND THE OTHER IS NORTHERN EMPLOYMENT.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT NORTHERN INDIGENOUS, WHICH IS GREATER MAJORITY OF OUR INDIGENOUS EMPLOYMENT, IS A COMPONENT OF THE NORTHERN EMPLOYMENT.

SO YOU CAN SEE HERE, SINCE WE STARTED TRACKING INDIGENOUS EMPLOYMENT, I BELIEVE THAT WAS 2013, WE AVERAGED AT 21% AND OUR TARGET RANGE IS BETWEEN 25 AND 35%, AND NORTHERN EMPLOYMENT, AGAIN, IT'S NORTHERN, NON-INDIGENOUS AND NORTHERN INDIGENOUS COMBINATION OF THE TWO IS AVERAGING AT 45% AND OUR TARGET RANGE IS BETWEEN 55 AND 70%.

IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE TARGET RANGES THAT YOU SEE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU, THE PROJECT DID NOT COME UP WITH THOSE TARGET RANGES ON ITS OWN.

THAT WAS A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS THAT'S TAKING REALLY SPENT OVER A YEAR PERIOD AND IT WAS DONE IN 2020 AND IMPLEMENTED AND WE STARTED REPORTING ON IT.

I BELIEVE THIS FISCAL YEAR IS GOING TO BE THE SECOND YEAR WE'RE GOING TO REPORT AGAINST IT.

MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO THE NEXT SLIDE FOCUSES ON TRAINING.

NORTHERN TRAINING ON SITE IS AVERAGED AT 78%.

THIS IS A COMBINATION OF MANDATORY TRAININGS SUCH AS WHMIS AND OTHER SECURITY TRAINING AND WATER SAFETY AND THINGS OF THAT MATTER, BUT IT ALSO IS GENERAL TRAINING AS WELL FOR TRAINING ON THE JOB AND SUCH, WHICH ARE THINGS THAT ARE PUT FORWARD BY THE CONTRACTORS.

THERE IS INDIGENOUS TRAINING IS ANOTHER KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR WHICH IS AVERAGED AT 52%.

UNLIKE THE EMPLOYMENT TARGETS THAT YOU SAW PREVIOUSLY, WE HAD PERCENT RANGES FOR TRAINING.

WE WERE ASKED BY OUR RIGHTS AND STAKEHOLDERS TO USE A MINE MODEL, WHICH IS A NUMBER OF PREMISES AND SCHOLARSHIPS ISSUED.

SO THE PROJECT CURRENTLY HAS ONE APPRENTICE ON SITE AND WE ARE AIMING TO SUPPORT AT LEAST ONE APPRENTICE, A MINIMUM OF ONE, ONE APPRENTICE THROUGHOUT THE LIFETIME OF THE PROJECT EACH YEAR.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT 15 YEARS.

SO 15 APPRENTICES AT MINIMUM TO BE SUPPORTED.

THE OTHER IS A SCHOLARSHIP THAT'S ISSUED EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

THE PROJECT HAS A COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT WITH THE YK DENE FIRST NATION THAT WAS SIGNED, AND IN THAT BENEFITS AGREEMENT, THERE IS A $5,000 SCHOLARSHIP THAT GOES TO THEM ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AS WELL AS I BELIEVE IT'S HALF A MILLION TOWARDS SUPPORTING THEIR

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THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE.

SO GOING FORWARD, THIS IS ALL OUR CONTRACTS.

THIS IS THE CURRENT CONTRACTS ON SITE WITH NORTHERN BUSINESSES.

MAJORITY OF THOSE MAJORITY OF THIS GREAT MAJORITY ARE JOINT VENTURES BETWEEN NORTHERN BUSINESS, SOMETIMES NORTHERN BUSINESS, INDIGENOUS BUSINESS OR SOUTHERN BUSINESS.

WE DO REPORT OUT ON ALL OF ALL OF THEIR CURRENT CONTRACTS AND RECENTLY COMPLETED CONTRACTS FOR THE LAST YEAR OR TWO IN OUR SNAPSHOT THAT WE SHARED WITH THE TWO COMMITTEES THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.

WE ALSO HAVE AN ANNUAL REPORT WHERE WE DO REPORT OUT ON ALL OUR CONTRACTS, ALL OUR KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF IN OUR PERFORMANCE AS WELL AS THREE YEAR, I BELIEVE IT'S A THREE YEAR AVERAGE TREND AS WELL, AND THIS IS ALL IN OUR ANNUAL REPORT THAT WE SUBMIT TO THE PUBLIC EVERY FALL. SO YOU SEE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU A COUPLE OF CONTRACTS.

WE HAVE TWO CARE MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS.

WE HAVE AN UNDERGROUND AND SURFACE CARE MAINTENANCE.

THOSE ARE ONGOING, 24/7.

THEY ARE YEAR LONG.

WE HAVE A TOWNSITE RECONSTRUCTION.

NATALIE MENTIONED THAT THE WORK HAD BEGUN.

IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE ON IN THIS YEAR AS WELL.

THAT'S A CONTRACT AS WELL WITH A NORTHERN BUSINESS.

WE HAVE SITE SECURITY, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES THAT ARE ALSO SIMILAR TO CARE MAINTENANCE ARE PROVIDED ALL THE TIME ON SITE, AND WE HAVE SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER MONITORING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN AS WELL AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THE VALUE.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, USING THE UNDERGROUND CARE MAINTENANCE, THAT'S NOT AN ANNUAL VALUE DOLLAR AMOUNT, IT'S A RUNNING DOLLAR AMOUNT.

SO AS THE CONTRACT IS STILL LIVE, WE CONTINUE TO UPDATE THAT NUMBER.

SO IT'S BEEN LIVE FOR FIVE YEARS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND IT RIGHT NOW TOTALS TO $32.1M.

MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE ALSO HAVE BEAR MONITORING.

THAT IS, I BELIEVE, OUR ONLY CONTRACT RIGHT NOW THAT IS SOLELY DONE BY A NORTHERN INDIGENOUS BUSINESS WITHOUT A JOINT VENTURE.

WE ALSO HAVE LABORATORY SERVICES, TWO OF THEM.

THERE'S MEDICAL AND THEN THERE'S EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND PILOT PLANT ASSESSMENTS.

THERE'S DOMESTIC WASTE DISPOSAL [INAUDIBLE] OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOW [INAUDIBLE] SO THAT WILL BE UPDATED IN THE FUTURE.

THERE'S ALSO SITE WIDE SURVEYING, AND YOU SEE HERE IN THE BOTTOM THERE'S JUST A SMALL LITTLE PARAGRAPH NOTING THAT WHEN PARSONS TOOK OVER AS THE MAIN CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AS OF DECEMBER OF 2017, AND I BELIEVE THIS IS UNTIL DECEMBER OF 2022, THEY'VE ISSUED 64 CONTRACTS WITH A VALUE OF $189 MILLION, AND OUT OF THAT VALUE, 84% WENT TO NORTHERN COMPANIES.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO NATALIE ALREADY WENT OVER GREATER MAJORITY OF SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE COMING UP IN THE FUTURE.

THIS IS MORE SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF SPECIFIC WORK PACKAGES.

PARSONS IN NOVEMBER, I BELIEVE IT WAS NOVEMBER 2ND AND 3RD, AS ALWAYS, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, PROVIDED AN INDUSTRY DAY TO THE GREATER PUBLIC, THE BUSINESS BUSINESSES IN THE AREA HERE, AND I THINK THAT WAS DONE AT NORTHERN UNITED PLACE.

SO IN PERSON IN THE PAST WE'VE DONE IT VIRTUALLY, BUT THEY PRESENTED AT THIS INDUSTRY DAY UPCOMING WORK PACKAGES FOR 2023 AND 2024, AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE KEY ONES THAT WERE PRESENTED.

AGAIN, THIS IS SUBJECT DUE TO CHANGE, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT WHAT'S BEEN PRESENTED IN THIS TODAY, PARSONS IS CONFIDENT THAT THE INFORMATION IS AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE AND WE'LL BE GOING OUT FOR TENDER.

SO YOU CAN SEE HERE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, IT'S THE FIRST ONE ON THE LEFT, TOP LEFT.

THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE DEFINITELY OUR BIGGEST CONTRACT TO DATE.

THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR THAT IS ONGOING RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE IN THE FINAL STAGES RIGHT NOW OF THE TENDER, SO I CAN'T REALLY GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL, BUT I CAN SAY THAT THIS IS THE FIRST CONTRACT WHERE WE'VE DONE A TWO STAGE PROCUREMENT PROCESS WHERE ONE STAGE WAS PRE-QUALIFICATION PROCESS, WHICH HAPPENED LAST YEAR, AND THEN NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ACTUALLY SUBMITTING THOSE TENDERS FOR THOSE WHO ARE RECEIVING BIDS FROM THOSE WHO PRE-QUALIFIED.

[INAUDIBLE]. I MENTIONED THAT EARLIER THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT NOW THE CURRENT CONTRACT HAS BEEN EXTENDED AND WE'RE GOING TO EVENTUALLY PUT IT UP FOR TENDER. THIS IS CONSIDERED AS ONE OF OUR FLAGSHIP CONTRACTS BECAUSE, AGAIN, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL YEAR LONG ONSITE PRESENCE,

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THIS ONE IS ALL YEAR LONG, AND WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY SEEN INCREASED CAPACITY IN THE REGION TO BE ABLE TO BID ON THIS WORK PACKAGE.

SO I MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING THAT WE HAVE TWO PROCUREMENT TOOLS.

ONE IS THE IOCS, THE INDIGENOUS OPPORTUNITY CONSIDERATIONS.

THE SECOND ONE IS CALLED PROCUREMENT STRATEGY FOR INDIGENOUS BUSINESSES.

IN THE BEGINNING THAT WE'VE USED THIS PAST THE [INAUDIBLE], IT LIMITS CONTRACTING ONLY TO INDIGENOUS BUSINESSES, BUT IT WAS LIMITED.

IT WAS OPEN TO INDIGENOUS BUSINESSES ACROSS ALL OF CANADA.

ONE NEW THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE PROJECT, AND AGAIN THIS IS DUE TO COLLABORATION WITH OUR [INAUDIBLE] AND STAKEHOLDERS, IS TO REGIONALLY RESTRICT THIS [INAUDIBLE] TO THE AREA.

THE CONTRACT THAT THE PROJECT CONSIDERS IOCS, THE INDIGENOUS OPPORTUNITY CONSIDERATIONS TO APPLY IT.

SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF [INAUDIBLE] TERRITORY AS WELL AS THE [INAUDIBLE] AREA.

SO THE TWO COMBINED IS WHAT WE CONSIDER AS THE CONTRACT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO LIMIT OUR [INAUDIBLE] FUTURE [INAUDIBLE] CONTRACTS IF CAPACITY EXISTS.

SO SURFACE CARE MAINTENANCE I MENTIONED IS ONE OF OUR FLAGSHIP CONTRACTS BECAUSE THERE IS DEFINITELY CAPACITY, IT CONTINUES TO INCREASE IN THE REGION.

SO WE ARE GOING TO TENDER THIS OUT AS A REGIONAL PIECE AND IT WILL BE OUR FIRST ONE.

THERE'S ALSO SITE SECURITY LEGACY DEBRIS PILES AS WELL.

SO SITE SECURITY PRETTY STANDARD LEGACY DEBRIS PILES.

THERE'S ESSENTIALLY PILES THROUGHOUT THE SITE THAT NEED TO BE COLLECTED, AND SOME OF THE SOIL UNDERNEATH THOSE PILES NEEDS TO BE REMEDIATED AS WELL.

THERE IS AN INVESTIGATIVE DRILLING PROGRAM.

ESSENTIALLY, IT'S INSTALLING DIFFERENT GADGETS THROUGHOUT THE SITE.

SOME DRILLING NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR THAT TO BE INSTALLED.

SO THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND THIS IS TO SUPPORT FUTURE REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES GOING FORWARD.

ENVIRONMENTAL MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT, THIS IS ANOTHER NEW THING THAT THE PROJECT IS DOING.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH FEDERAL PROCUREMENT PROCESS, WE TYPICALLY HAVE SOMETHING WE CALL STANDING OFFER, ESSENTIALLY BUSINESSES QUALIFIED TO BE ON THE STANDING OFFER, AND THEN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PUTS A CALL UP ON THE WORK FROM THOSE STANDING OFFERS.

SO THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT.

WE CALL IT MSA FOR SHORT, AND THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON A PLETHORA OF ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN ON THE SITE, INCLUDING MONITORING OF THE SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER, AND SO THE ENVIRONMENTAL MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT DOESN'T GUARANTEE YOU WORK FOR THOSE [INAUDIBLE] CONTRACT OR COMPANIES WHO WERE SUCCESSFUL, BUT IT DOES PROVIDE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY SHOULD THEY BE INTERESTED IN THE FUTURE TO DO SOME ACTIVITIES ON THE SITE, IT GIVES THE PROJECT OR PERSONS A LITTLE BETTER RESPONSE TIME TO NEEDS ON THE SITE.

SO INSTEAD OF DOING A CHANGE CHANGE ESTIMATE TO OUR EXISTING CONTRACT, THEY CAN JUST CALL UP ON A BUSINESS THAT'S UNDER THIS MSA AND MSAS WILL ALSO HAVE INDIGENOUS OPPORTUNITY CONSIDERATIONS.

THERE'S ALSO A SAMPLE DRILLING PROGRAM THAT'S OUT FOR TENDER RIGHT NOW.

SO RECOGNIZING THE TIME.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER KEY POINTS ON THIS SLIDE? I WAS JUST GOING TO GO OVER THE SAMPLE DRILLING AND THE HIGH VOLTAGE, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THEY'RE PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY, AND THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE.

OKAY, PERFECT, AND THEN IF ANYBODY, OF COURSE, HAS THE BUSINESS QUESTIONS, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO YOU ON ALL THESE PACKAGES.

ABSOLUTELY. YEP.

PERFECT. SO JUST OPENING IT UP TO QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

REALLY GOOD STUFF AND REALLY GOOD TO HEAR REMEDIATION HAS STARTED.

I JUST HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE CBC ARTICLE.

I BELIEVE IT WAS FROM FEBRUARY 23RD, JUST ABOUT CHALLENGES RECRUITING NORTHERN BUSINESSES AND KEEPING THOSE BENEFITS IN THE NORTH. WHAT IS YOUR SORT OF REACTION AND RESPONSE TO THAT ARTICLE? NATALIE, DID YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT ONE? YEAH. GREAT. THANKS, MADAM CHAIR.

SO THAT ARTICLE WAS IN RESPONSE TO A PRESENTATION THE GIANT MINE OVERSIGHT BOARD PRESENTED TO THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SO THEY HAVE DONE A MODEL, SOME MODELING ON, YOU KNOW, LABOR FORECASTS AND DEMANDS IN THE BROADER YELLOWKNIFE AND NWT AREA.

SO I GUESS WE'VE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE CHALLENGES GETTING LOCAL PEOPLE TO DO THE WORK.

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SO THE CHALLENGES ARE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE ENGAGED, ENCOURAGED, DO TRAINING, WHICH WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR YEARS.

SO WE DO AGREE WITH WITH THEIR ANALYSIS AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO HELP IDENTIFY TO ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS, HOPEFULLY THINGS WE CAN DO TO TRY TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF SOUTHERN WORKERS THAT NEED TO COME IN, BUT IN TERMS OF BUSINESSES, I THINK LIKE ANDRE SAID, WE ARE WE HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH GETTING INDIGENOUS BUSINESSES.

I THINK IT'S MORE GOING TO BE ON THE LABOR SIDE THAT THE CHALLENGES WILL ARISE.

THANK YOU. TOTALLY.

YEAH, THAT'S UNDERSTOOD, AND I'M SURE EVERY BUSINESS ALMOST EVERYWHERE IS FEELING THAT.

HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH AURORA COLLEGE ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS WITH APPRENTICESHIPS THROUGH THEM? NATALIE. SURE. YEAH.

THANK YOU. WITH THAT, MAYBE.

I DON'T KNOW. ERIKA, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE AURORA COLLEGE AND GNWT AS A WHOLE, AND MAYBE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AS WELL.

SURE. THANK YOU.

YEAH. MY NAME IS ERIKA NEWSON AND I'M THE SENIOR ADVISOR ON BEHALF OF THE GNWT WORKING ON THE PROJECT, AND FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T AWARE, GNWT IS A COMPONENT. HOWEVER, IT IS THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES THAT ACT AS THE LEAD REPRESENTATIVE ON BEHALF OF THE GNWT PROPER, AND SO KIND OF HAVE WORN A COUPLE HATS ON THE ECONOMY SIDE OF THINGS AND WAS LEADING WORK ON WHAT WE CALL A REMEDIATION ECONOMY, AND AND WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY ECONOMISTS THAT REMEDIATION ACTUALLY ISN'T AN ECONOMY IN ITSELF.

IT REALLY IS.

ALL A REMEDIATION PROJECTS AND GIANT ITSELF PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDUSTRIES THAT ALREADY EXIST TO SUPPORT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, AND SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CANADA NOT NOT THE GIANT MINE PROJECT, BUT CANADA, THE REGIONAL OFFICE HERE, TO LOOK AT WAYS OF ENCOURAGING INDIGENOUS CAPACITY BUILDING AND BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT IN IN THE ECONOMY COMING OUT OF REMEDIATION PROJECTS AND SO WE THE PROJECT THAT CANADA IS DRIVING, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP CALLED STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVES, AND REALLY IT'S A FUNDING POT THAT WAS AWARDED LAST SUMMER WHERE WHERE LOCAL REALLY ANYONE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, TERRITORIAL FEDERAL ORGANIZATIONS CAN SUBMIT PROPOSALS TO SUPPORT CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMS. SO ALL OF THIS TO SAY JUST TO GIVE A BIT OF CONTEXT, AURORA COLLEGE, THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN FEDERAL AND TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT, AURORA COLLEGE HAS BEEN ENGAGED WITH AND SAID, HEY, AURORA COLLEGE, WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY DO TO SUPPORT THIS? AND THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PREPARING A PROPOSAL TO DEVELOP PROGRAMING IN NORTHERN TECHNICIAN PROGRAM IN ADDITION TO REMEDIATION MONITORING AND DON'T WANT THAT TO BE PIGEONHOLED THAT THOSE MONITORING IS JUST ONLY FOR REMEDIATION.

I MEAN MONITORING CAN BE APPLIED TO ANY KIND OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, AND SO THE HOPE IS THAT AND I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS, BUT THE HOPE IS THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS THESE PROGRAMS WOULD BE ONBOARDED AND WE GET STUDENTS IN THERE, IN THERE AND OUT TO BE ABLE TO THEN PARTICIPATE IN GIANT MINE, BUT ALSO ALL THE OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR REGION, WHICH THERE'S A LOT, AND SOME OF THAT ANALYSIS SHOWS WE HAVE ABOUT $7 BILLION WORTH OF OPPORTUNITIES COMING UP IN REMEDIATION ACROSS THE TERRITORIES.

AWESOME. YEAH. GOOD TO HEAR THAT THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WORKS THERE.

I THINK, LIKE, HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS COULD BE ANOTHER ONE.

ANY SORT OF TRADES WE'RE CLEARLY IN NEED OF IN YELLOWKNIFE AND IN THE TERRITORY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING TO MEET THOSE NORTHERN EMPLOYMENT TARGETS? THEY JUST YEAH, ABOUT 10% LOW FOR THE NORTHERN AS A WHOLE AND THEN 4% FOR INDIGENOUS BELOW THE LOW END, AND ARE THERE PARTICULAR AREAS WHERE YOU'RE STRUGGLING TO FIND NORTHERNERS TO DO THOSE JOBS? NATALIE, DID YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT? GREAT, I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN PUNT THAT OVER TO ANDRE.

THANK YOU. SURE THANK YOU.

YEAH, SO I MENTIONED WE HAVE INCENTIVES TO HIRE NORTHERN INDIGENOUS INDIVIDUALS FROM THE AREA OF THE CONTRACT, SO THAT'S UNDER THE INDIGENOUS OPPORTUNITY CONSIDERATIONS. ONE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS WE DON'T ACTUALLY OR PARSONS DOESN'T HIRE INDIVIDUALS OTHER THAN THOSE THAT WORK FOR THEIR TEAM.

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THAT'S WHERE THE ELEMENT OF APPRENTICES COMES IN AS WELL, AND SO WE DO IS WE INCENTIVIZE THEM THROUGH FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR TO HIRE INDIGENOUS PERSONS.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY INCENTIVES TO HIRE NORTHERN NON-INDIGENOUS.

OUR MANDATE IS TO FOCUS ON INDIGENOUS, NORTHERN INDIGENOUS.

BUT I THINK OVERALL OUR STATISTICS SHOW THAT WE CURRENTLY HIRE ABOUT IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, 53% OF EMPLOYEES ARE FROM NORTH AND [INAUDIBLE] ARE FROM SOUTH.

ARE THERE ANY HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION TO UPPING THOSE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, SEEING AS THOSE NORTHERN EMPLOYMENT TARGETS AND INDIGENOUS TARGETS ARE BELOW WHAT WAS SET OUT? NATALIE OR ANDRE? ANDRE. SURE.

THANK YOU. YEAH, WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT IN THE PAST.

BECAUSE IF YOU INCREASE THE PENALTY OR AN INCENTIVE, YOU ALSO, BY DEFAULT, INCREASE THE PENALTY AS WELL.

SO, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO REVIEW, BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON THE FINANCIAL, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE SEPARATED THE INDIGENOUS OPPORTUNITY CONSIDERATIONS, WHICH IN THE PAST, WITHIN THE TENDER, WITHIN THE BIDDING PROCESS, USED TO BE PART OF A TECHNICAL POINTS, WHICH WAS 70% OF THE BID.

WE SEPARATED IT, WE TOOK IT OUT AND IOCS ARE NOW PART OF THE 100% OF THE BIDDING SCORE SCORING AND THE INCREASED IT FROM 15% UP TO UPWARDS TO 30-35%.

IT RANGES BETWEEN 15 AND 35% FOR A CONTRACT, AGAIN, DEPENDING ON THE CAPACITY AND SUCH IN THE REGION, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE, AND ALSO THE REGIONAL PIECE AS WELL IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIMIT THE CONTRACTS WITHIN THE AREA AND INCENTIVIZE INCREASING CAPACITY IN THE REGION.

COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN, IF I COULD ALSO ADD JUST TO THAT AND ANDRE'S SPEAKING ABOUT PROCUREMENT TOOLS THAT WE CAN THAT WE CAN USE TO BOLSTER THOSE INCLUSIONS, BUT JUST TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN IN HIS SLIDES, WE DO PROVIDE A LOT OF TRAINING DOLLARS TO A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS TO GET PEOPLE TRAINED IN LIKE WHAT YOU MENTIONED IN HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT BUT ALSO PARSONS THROUGH THE PROJECT HAS HAS DEVELOPED GREAT ENGAGEMENT AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND THEY DO OFFER, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF UPCOMING CONTRACTS.

THEY GIVE THE HEADS UP, THEY MEET AND SAY, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE FACILITATE SOME CONNECTIONS? SO THERE IS THAT RELATIONSHIP BUILDING THAT THAT REALLY IS LIKE THE PRIMARY ROLE OF PARSONS TO CONNECT WITH BUSINESSES AND GET THEM READY, AND THEY'RE AWARE OF THOSE UPCOMING CONTRACTS. VERY AWESOME.

YEAH, YEAH. IT'S GREAT TO HEAR YOU'RE TRYING SOME DIFFERENT THINGS AND WORKING ON THOSE CONNECTIONS.

YEAH, I THINK IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT WE HIT THOSE TARGETS.

THIS IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY, AND YEAH, JUST BUILDING OFF OF THE OR NOT BUILDING OFF OF, BUT SORT OF ADDRESSING THE LEGACY I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND, AND BUILDING SOME CAPACITY LOCALLY IS KEY.

SO I'D LOVE TO SIT HERE A YEAR FROM NOW AND SEE THE BOTTOM END OF THOSE TARGETS MET, AND BY THE END OF OUR TERM IN 2026, SEE IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THOSE TARGETS WOULD BE AMAZING.

THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THE ANSWERS AND PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. I'VE COUNCILLOR FEQUET AND THEN COUNCILLOR WARBURTON.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. YOU CAN HEAR ME OKAY? PERFECT. THREE QUICK MORE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, I GUESS.

THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, HOW LONG IS IT EXPECTED TO BE IN OPERATIONS? NATALIE. GREAT.

THANK YOU. SO I THINK ABOUT NOW IT'S IN A 50 YEAR LIFESPAN DESIGN LIFE, BUT IN TERMS OF IT WILL BE NEED TO BE IN OPERATION FOR AS LONG AS WE NEED TO PUMP AND TREAT WATER. SO INDEFINITELY.

THANKS, NATALIE. WHAT ARE THE WATER QUALITY OBJECTIVES AT THE OUTLET OF BAKER CREEK INTO BACK BAY THAT ARE PREDICTED TO BE ACHIEVED? NATALIE.

GREAT. THANK YOU. SO JUST I DON'T HAVE THE WATER QUALITY OBJECTIVES FOR BAKER CREEK, BUT I HAVE THE WATER QUALITY OBJECTIVES FOR OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

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I WAS LOOKING FOR THE FORMER, BUT I'LL TAKE THE LATTER, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE.

I HAVE THE LATTER. SO THANK YOU.

YEAH, SO I ONLY HAVE IT FOR ARSENIC OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD BECAUSE THERE'S A NUMBER OF PARAMETERS, BUT OUR OUR DISCHARGE QUALITY FOR OUR OUTFALL OF THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT IS THE DRINKING WATER CRITERIA FOR ARSENIC, WHICH IS TEN PARTS PER BILLION.

ARE THERE OTHER PARAMETERS? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER PARAMETERS THAT ARE BEING REGULATED BY THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT? OH, THERE'S A FULL SUITE OF METALS, ORGANICS, TSS, THE TYPICAL FULL SUITE OF WATER QUALITY.

WE COULD GET THAT FOR YOU.

IT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE ON THE MCKINSEY VALLEY LAND AND WATER BOARD SITE AS WELL, BUT WE COULD ALSO GET THAT TO YOU AS WELL.

OKAY, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. YEAH IDEALLY LOOKING FOR THE PREDICTED WATER QUALITY OBJECTIVES AT THE OUTLET INTO BACK BAY SINCE THAT'S WHERE CONTINUED FUTURE USE WILL TAKE PLACE BY YELLOWKNIFE RESIDENTS AND TRADITIONAL LAND USERS. SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

YEAH, THEY'RE QUITE COMPLICATED AND THERE'S A NUMBER, SO WE'LL GET THEM TO YOU.

PERFECT. THANKS, NATALIE, AND MY LAST QUESTION REGARDING THE SOIL EXCAVATION, I THINK IT WAS LIKE SLIDE 20 OR SOMETHING.

WHAT'S NEXT COMING UP? THERE WAS THE REMOVAL OR EXCAVATION OF CONTAMINATED SOILS.

WHAT STANDARD IS BEING USED AT THE GIANT MINE SITE WITH RELATION TO EITHER CCME OR ANOTHER STANDARD THAT'S BEEN CHOSEN? LIKE INDUSTRIAL, RECREATIONAL, RESIDENTIAL.

WHAT'S THE STANDARD THAT IS PREDICTED TO BE ACHIEVED OR IS BEING WE'RE AIMING FOR? THANK YOU. SO THERE IS A COUPLE OF OBJECTIVES FOR THE SITE.

ORIGINALLY WE HAD STARTED OFF WITH AN INDUSTRIAL THE CCME, THE CANADIAN COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRIAL FOR ARSENIC, WHICH IS I BELIEVE 340 PARTS PER MILLION, BUT THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY, THERE WAS A REQUEST TO GO TO THE RECREATIONAL CRITERIA.

SORRY, I THINK IT MIGHT BE RESIDENTIAL AT THE TOWNSITE.

SO WE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT LEVEL AT THE TOWNSITE, BUT ALSO WE DO HAVE SOME SITE SPECIFIC GUIDELINES AS WELL THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER FOR SOME OF THE WOODLANDS AND NON DEVELOPED AREAS.

SO THERE IS A RANGE, BUT THE TOWNSITE IS THE RESIDENTIAL RECREATIONAL CRITERIA, AND GENERALLY THE DEVELOPED AREAS OF THE SITE ARE THE INDUSTRIAL CRITERIA FOR ARSENIC. PERFECT.

THANKS, NATALIE, AND SORRY, ONE MORE BECAUSE ERIKA IS SO RESPONSIVE WITH HER AEMP.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

IS THE AEMP CURRENTLY APPROVED AND IF SO, OR IF NOT, WILL IT CONTAIN OR DOES IT CONTAIN NEAR-FIELD MIDFIELD FAR-FIELD TYPE SAMPLING? OR IS IT JUST A [INAUDIBLE] DESIGN? AND THE REASON I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S GOING TO BE BASICALLY SAMPLING OUT IN THE BOAT LANES AND THE PLACES THAT PEOPLE ARE USING THE WATERS, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PART OF THE AEMP, AND AGAIN, IF IT'S ON THE REGISTRY, IF YOU CAN JUST SEND ME THE LINK, I'M HAPPY TO LOOK AT IT.

NATALIE OR ERIKA.

THANKS. I DIDN'T SEE THE CHAT, SO, ERIKA, DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT? I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU PLACED IN THE CHAT.

ERIKA HERE I JUST NOTED THAT WE THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS A FINAL AEMP PROGRAM.

SO REALLY, FOR THE FOLKS THAT AREN'T NERDY LIKE RYAN ON THE AEMP, THAT REALLY IS A MONITORING PROGRAM TO MONITOR WATER , AND WE WILL HAVE, AS YOU SAY, RYAN, LIKE FROM THAT OUTLET YOU KNOW A CERTAIN A BOUNDARY THAT WE WILL MONITOR TOO AND AT THAT BOUNDARY AT THE EDGE IS WHERE OUR WATER QUALITY OBJECTIVES WILL BE MET, AND SO THE SPECIFICS ABOUT NEAR MID AND FAR, I BELIEVE THAT'S IN THERE.

I'M NOT IN THE WEEDS OF THAT PROGRAM EITHER, BUT WE COULD PROVIDE THAT TO YOU, AND SO THIS IS AN AREA THAT WE KNOW IS USED.

SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE HYDROCARBONS SEEN IN THAT.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT IS AN ACTIVE AREA, AND SO WE HAVE TO TAKE ALL OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE OF THE BOAT TRAFFIC AND ALL OF THAT, BUT WE HAVE THOSE DETAILS IN THAT PLAN, AND I'M NOT SURE ON THE EXACT STATE OF THINGS.

SORRY, RYAN, AND WHILE I STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, ONE POINT THAT NATALIE MENTIONED WAS WITH THE SOIL QUALITY CRITERIA, IT ISN'T ACTUALLY CCME THAT WE USE.

IT IS THE GNWT SOIL REMEDIATION CRITERIA THAT IS FOR THIS REGION BECAUSE OF OUR NATURALLY HIGH ARSENIC LEVELS.

SO THAT 340 IS BASED ON THE GNWT GUIDELINES, NOT THE CCME, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF REVISING OUR GUIDELINES.

HOWEVER, WE THE PROJECT ARE TAKING THE STANCE THAT THIS IS NOW SITE SPECIFIC, VALIDATED BY OUR RISK ASSESSMENTS.

SO WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE 340 NUMBER.

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IT'S NOT APPROVED YET.

IT'S SOMETHING UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

PART OF YOUR RESPONSE MADE ME THINK OF ONE MORE QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MEANT THIS OR MISSPOKE, SO PLEASE CLARIFY IF I HEARD WRONG.

IS THERE A MIXING ZONE THAT IS GOING TO BE AT THE END OF BAKER CREEK INTO BACK BAY OR THE WATER QUALITY OBJECTIVES ANTICIPATED TO BE MET AT THE END OF BAKER CREEK? OR AT THE EDGE OF THE MIXING ZONE.

AND HOW BIG IS THAT MIXING ZONE ANTICIPATED TO BE? NATALIE OR ERIKA.

YEAH, THERE DEFINITELY IS A MIXING ZONE.

I BELIEVE IT'S 200M AND IT ENCOMPASSES BAKER CREEK AND OUR OUTFALL, SO IT'S A JOINT MIXING ZONE, AND USUALLY WE HAVE CANDACE, OUR REGULATORY LEAD ON HERE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS, BUT SHE HAD TO RUN.

SO I WILL CONFIRM THAT AND WE CAN PROVIDE THAT ANSWER JUST TO MAKE SURE.

I'M STILL ON THE CALL HERE, NATALIE.

I'LL JUST CLARIFY THAT.

SO WE HAVE AN EXISTING AEMP RIGHT NOW FOR OUR CURRENT OUTFALL THAT IS IN BAKER CREEK.

WE'RE GOING TO BE RESUBMITTING THAT AEMP TO FOCUS ON THE MIXING ZONE.

SO THAT'S THE 200M WHEN THE OUTFALL IS PUT INTO YK BAY.

SO IT IS GOING TO MOVE BECAUSE WE'RE NO LONGER GOING TO HAVE EFFLUENT GOING DIRECTLY INTO BAKER CREEK ONCE THE NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT IS UP AND RUNNING IN 2025.

SO OUR TARGET IS TO HAVE THAT ALL SUBMITTED AND APPROVED BEFORE ANY EFFLUENT IS DISCHARGED INTO BAY IN 2025.

JUST TO NOTE, FOR THOSE WATCHING, THE AQUATIC EFFECTS MONITORING PROGRAM IS THE AEMP THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED.

UH, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCILLOR FEQUET? PERFECT. COUNCILLOR.

WARBURTON. THEN COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN.

AWESOME. THANKS, MADAM MAYOR.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT SO YOU GOT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT COMING.

YOU HAVE EARTHWORKS PROJECTS WHICH ARE RAMPING UP HERE, WHICH ALL THIS REQUIRES A LOT OF PEOPLE POWER, AND AS YOU SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF JUST FOLKS THAT AREN'T FROM HERE.

COMING UP, IN CASE ANYONE IS NOT AWARE, WE ARE IN A HOUSING CRISIS.

WE HAVE NOWHERE TO LIVE.

SO HAS THERE BEEN ANY THOUGHT OR PLANNING OR BACKGROUND PUT INTO WHERE ALL THESE CONTRACTORS ARE GOING TO STAY WHEN THEY COME TO OUR CITY BY THE COUPLE HUNDRED? NATALIE. GREAT.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

WE WERE IN WORK PLANNING LAST WEEK AND THAT WAS A BIG TOPIC OF DISCUSSION.

WE DID MAKE A COMMITMENT THROUGH I THINK IT WAS THROUGH THE EA AND THE WATER [INAUDIBLE] PROCESS THAT WE WOULD NOT BE BUILDING A CAMP ON OUR SITE.

THAT WAS A DEFINITE REQUEST FROM THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE.

SO WE ARE COMMITTED TO THAT.

SO WE ARE WORKING ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE TO BRING PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN, WHERE WILL THEY STAY? PARSONS, THROUGH OUR MAIN CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT AS WELL, WORKING WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES.

WE'VE HAD SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES INTERESTED IN PROVIDING CAMP SERVICES.

SO IT'S SOMETHING PERHAPS THEY MIGHT DEVELOP, BUT AGAIN, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET PROPER PERMITTING AS WELL.

SO WE ARE WORKING ON IT.

WE DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER.

YOU KNOW, THE BEST ANSWER IS WE DON'T HAVE TO BRING FOREIGN WORKERS IN OR IMPORT PEOPLE IN.

THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL TO NOT HAVING A HOUSING CRISIS, BUT WE DO RECOGNIZE IT, AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A PERFECT ANSWER YET FOR YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS. YEAH, AND I APPRECIATE THE HASTE ON THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THIS TENDER FOR THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, THE FIRST BATCH OF FOLKS COMING IN BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY INQUIRING AROUND TOWN BETWEEN 50 AND 100 PEOPLE.

WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH SPACE.

SO, YEAH, I APPRECIATE THE HASTE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO COME REALLY FAST HERE, STARTING IN A FEW WEEKS, I THINK.

THANKS. THANK YOU.

COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

YEAH, SO AS SOMEBODY WITH A BACKGROUND IN ADULT EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY AND APPRENTICESHIPS, THIS PART OF IT REALLY IS A BIG FOCUS OF MINE.

SO I'LL FOLLOW UP. COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN ASKED A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT JUST TO FOLLOW UP, I KNOW WE'VE YOU'VE COMMITTED TO ONE APPRENTICE A YEAR.

WAS THAT CAPTURED JUST PULLING OUT OF A HAT OR WAS THERE A NEEDS ASSESSMENT DONE ON THAT IN TERMS OF BOTH NEED FROM YKDFN OTHER INDIGENOUS GOVERNMENTS AS WELL AS FROM A CAPACITY FOR TRAINING ON THE SITE? NATALIE. GREAT.

SORRY I LOST YOU THERE FOR A SECOND.

YES, SO WHEN WE DEVELOPED OUR TARGETS AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR TARGETS AND OUR KPIS, WE DID WORK WITH OUR SOCIAL ADVISORY BODY AND OUR SOCIAL WORKING GROUP.

SO THEY WERE DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR RIGHTS AND STAKEHOLDERS GROUP.

SO WE DIDN'T PULL THEM OUT OF A HAT.

SO THEY, YOU KNOW, WE DID CONSULT ON THEM, WE TOOK INPUT, BUT YEAH, WE ARE NOW THINKING ONE MIGHT BE LOW, BUT WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO ANDRE TO SEE IF HE HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD.

WE JUST THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE ACHIEVABLE AS WELL, BUT I DON'T KNOW, ANDRE, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THAT.

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WE COMMITTED WHEN WE DEVELOPED THEM TO CONTINUE TO REVIEW THEM AND UPDATE THEM AS WE SEE FIT--AS IT MAKES SENSE, RATHER--BUT AS NATALIE POINTED OUT, IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INCREASE THAT IN FUTURE, ABSOLUTELY, AND IT'S A MINIMUM OF ONE.

IT'S NOT A MAXIMUM OF ONE.

SO THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT IT'S JUST A MINIMUM.

I GUESS A FOLLOW UP TO THAT IS, I MEAN, FROM MY EXPERIENCE, YOU SEE SUCCESS IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS WHEN YOU CAN PROVIDE SOME ASSURANCE TO PEOPLE THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE EMPLOYMENT AT THE END OF THIS. SO ARE THESE TARGETS TIED TO POTENTIAL EMPLOYMENT OR GUARANTEE OF EMPLOYMENT, OR IS IT JUST SORT OF COME AND GET TRAINED AND THEN YOU'RE OFF ON YOUR OWN BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL SEE A LOT LESS OF AN INCENTIVE TO GO INTO SOME TRAINING IF THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMETHING AT THE END OF IT.

YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT POINT, AND IT IS SOMETHING WE STRUGGLE WITH BECAUSE WE DO NOT PERFORM THE WORK AND WE HIRE CONTRACTORS.

WE CAN'T TELL CONTRACTORS WHO TO HIRE.

SO IT IS A BIT OF A CHALLENGE, BUT IT'S ONE THAT WE THINK WE CAN TACKLE BECAUSE WE WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, THE TRAINING PROVIDERS AND THEN WE MAKE SURE WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE INVENTORIES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO THE CONTRACTORS SO THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES AND PEOPLE CAN BE, YOU KNOW, READILY AVAILABLE.

SO IT IS A BIT OF A CHALLENGE, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING TO TRY TO DO THE BEST WE CAN WITHOUT MAKING WE CAN'T MAKE PEOPLE HIRE PEOPLE AND WE CAN'T GUARANTEE WORK, BUT, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THE LABOR CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW, IF YOU ARE TRAINED AND WILLING AND READY TO WORK, YOU WILL GET HIRED.

PERFECT. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.

IF YOU WANT TO JUST ADD YOUR COMMENTS AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ON THE PUBLIC RECORD.

OH, SURE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

YEAH, I ALSO WANTED TO JUST NOTE THAT THE PROJECT IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE ECE, EDUCATION CULTURE AND EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT WITH GNWT LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE OTHER WAYS TO ATTRACT APPRENTICESHIP RETENTION OR ARE THERE OTHER WAYS THAT WE COULD STRATEGIZE TO INCREASE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

SO WE DO WORK CLOSELY WITH ECE FOLKS.

THANK YOU. THANKS, NATALIE AND ERIKA, AND I GUESS JUST ONE MORE QUESTION AND IT'S A DIFFERENT TACT.

SO AT LAST YEAR'S PRESENTATION, SO BEFORE HAVING YOU PRESENT THIS YEAR, I WENT BACK AND WHAT WERE THE QUESTIONS AND ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP LAST YEAR? SO AT LAST YEAR'S PRESENTATION, FORMER COUNCILLOR MORGAN ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR A LAND TRANSFER OF REMEDIATED OWNERSHIP TO THE CITY IN THE FUTURE.

AT THE TIME AND I'M JUST GETTING THE SORT OF QUOTE, IT WAS STATED THAT THERE WERE OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAY EXIST, BUT THAT THERE WAS A CONSTRAINTS MAP BEING DEVELOPED FOR RESIDUAL RISK.

SO AT THAT TIME IT WAS SORT OF AN IFFY ANSWER, I SUPPOSE.

SO CAN YOU PROVIDE MORE OF A DETAILED UPDATE ON SORT OF HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS, MAYBE WHERE THE CITY CAN PLAY MORE OF AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THAT SO THAT IF AND WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY ARISE IN THE FUTURE, WE'RE NOT CAUGHT LAST MINUTE FLAT FOOTED THAT WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN THAT FROM THE GET GO.

THANKS. NATALIE.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. SO WE DID FINALIZE THAT CONSTRAINTS MAP AND WE HAVE SHARED IT WITH CITY STAFF AND GOT INPUT AND REVIEWED IT WITH THEM.

SO IT IS SORT OF WHAT IT IS.

WE'VE PROVIDED THE CONSTRAINTS AND WE'RE WILLING TO WORK ON THAT GOING FORWARD, KNOWING WHAT THEY ARE IN TERMS OF LAND TRANSFER.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NUMEROUS YEARS OFF.

I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE A BETTER ANSWER.

MAYBE HAND IT OVER TO ERIKA AT THAT POINT TO TALK ABOUT LAND TRANSFER OR LAND OPPORTUNITIES.

SURE, AND JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ON WHAT WE MEAN BY A CONSTRAINTS MAP.

IT REALLY IS THE PROJECTS CATEGORIZATION OF AREAS ON SITE.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PROJECT WILL RETAIN THE CORE AREA WHERE WHERE NATALIE SPOKE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE LANDFILL, HERE'S THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

THIS AREA WILL BE SURROUNDED BY A FENCE AND WILL BE MANAGED INTO THE LONG TERM BY THE PROJECT.

OTHER AREAS AROUND THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE USE BY SOME INTERESTED PARTY IS THE LANDOWNER OF THE GIANT MINE SITE AND IT'S CURRENTLY HELD WITHIN A RESERVE, AND SO THAT REALLY JUST ALLOWS CANADA TO CARRY OUT ACTIVITIES OUT THERE. THE CITY DID HAVE A LEASE FOR THE TOWNSITE AREA, WHICH IS THE BOAT LAUNCH.

RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE ARE ACTIVELY BEGINNING REMEDIATION, THAT LEASE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED OR CANCELED AND IS HELD NOW BY GNWT, AND JUST SO FOLKS KNOW, GNWT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WASTE OUT THERE PARKING ALL OF THOSE REGULAR KIND OF THINGS THAT THE CITY HAD

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NOW, THAT'S GWNT'S JOB.

SO IF PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING, SEND THEM OUR WAY, AND SO WE YOU KNOW, WE WORKED WITH CITY ADMIN, STAFF AND OUTLINED THE AREAS OF CONSTRAINTS AND THE AREAS THAT COULD BE SUITABLE FOR FUTURE USE RECREATIONALLY.

AGAIN, OUR RISK ASSESSMENT HAS OUTLINED THAT THE AREA CURRENTLY IS SUITABLE FOR WALKING AROUND TAKING HIKES RIGHT NOW.

PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE GOING THERE, BUT IN THE FUTURE IT COULD BE SUITABLE FOR THOSE THINGS.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, ONCE REMEDIATION IS COMPLETE, THE PROJECT WILL WORK WITH GNWT LANDS, WHICH IS NOW ACTUALLY MERGING WITH [INAUDIBLE].

SO KIND OF IN THE FUTURE, NOT SURE HOW THAT PROCESS WILL ACTUALLY ROLL OUT TO SAY WE ARE COMPLETED, OUR REMEDIATION LANDS WILL THEN SAY, OKAY, GREAT, THANKS, UP TO AN INTERESTED PARTY TO SAY WE'RE INTERESTED IN THAT MIGHT BE THE, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE THE CITY OR SOME OTHER PARTY, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THOSE CONSTRAINTS WOULD BE OFFERED TO THAT PARTY SAYING, YOU KNOW, THE TAILINGS POND, YOU SHOULD NOT BE BUILDING HOUSES WITH BASEMENTS.

IT'S NOT SUITABLE FOR THAT.

SO THERE ARE THOSE KIND OF CATEGORIES THAT WOULD THEN DIRECT HOW THE FUTURE USE COULD BE USED OUT THERE.

HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERED SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER MORE IN THE FUTURE.

PERFECT. THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT, AND AS NATALIE, YOU SAID, OFF THE GET GO LONG TERM SITUATION.

SO I APPRECIATE THE ANSWER IN SOME THAT THERE HAS BEEN MORE MOVEMENT AND THINKING OVER THE LAST YEAR.

SO THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

PASS IT BACK TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR, THANKS.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

THANKS, ERIKA, I'VE BEEN SENDING, WE HAD A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT GARBAGE AND ALL THAT STUFF LAST YEAR, SO SENT THEM ON TO THE GIANT TEAM FOR MORE INFORMATION.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? COUNCILLOR FEQUET. YEAH, I GUESS THIS MIGHT BE FOR ADMINISTRATION.

JUST KIND OF FOLLOWING UP FROM COUNCILLOR WARBURTON'S QUESTION AND UNDERSTANDING THE CRUNCH OF ALL THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING UP.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN BE UPDATED ON AS FAR AS LIKE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO FROM THE CITY SIDE TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP FACILITATE THE KIND OF INFLUX OF WORKERS THAT ARE ANTICIPATED FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION, AND YES, AS NATALIE SAID, THE GMRP HAD FLAGGED THIS ISSUE TO US.

WE ARE PLEASED TO SEE THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION WITH PRIVATE SECTOR ON THIS, AND AS THIS DEVELOPS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THIS AND SEEK TO ADVANCE WHAT'S NEEDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR ZONING BYLAW.

I'LL SEE IF MS. WHITE HAS ANYTHING THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO ADD.

THANK YOU. IT SEEMS MY CAMERA A LITTLE DELAYED.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A NUMBER OF CONSULTATIONS.

DON'T KNOW WHY MY PHONE IS NOT WORKING.

SORRY, AND YEAH, AS PROPOSALS COME FORWARD, WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH PEOPLE ON THAT.

SO WE HAVE AS WELL BEEN IN CONTACT WITH A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, BUSINESSES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

SO SOMETHING WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK ON.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING, AND OF COURSE, THERE'S THE PUBLIC SESSION.

SO IF COUNCIL WANTS MORE AND I BELIEVE NATALIE SAID THERE'S EVEN A BIT MORE DETAIL IN REGARDS TO THE PROJECT THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED THAT NIGHT.

YOU'RE WELCOME, OF COURSE, TO GO TO THAT PUBLIC MEETING, AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WATCHING, WE'LL ALSO POST THE PRESENTATION SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE SLIDES.

THAT'LL BE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

WITH THAT, THANKS AGAIN.

YOU GUYS ARE WELL, FREE TO LEAVE.

WE'RE ALSO ABOUT TO GO IN [INAUDIBLE] OH 7 TO 9 P.M.

AT THE EXPLORER.

JESSICA NOTES.

THE NEXT TWO AND THE MEETINGS TOMORROW NIGHT.

THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE IDENTIFIED AS IN CAMERA.

[IN CAMERA]

IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO MOVE IN CAMERA MOVE BY DEPUTY MAYOR ARDEN-SMITH SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR WARBURTON.

ANYBODY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE IN CAMERA.

SO IF EVERYBODY JUST LOGS OFF THIS.

OKAY, PERFECT.

BUSINESS ARISING FROM IN-CAMERA IS TO APPOINT WILLIAM GREENLAND AS REPRESENTATIVE WHO HAS LIVED EXPERIENCE OF HOMELESSNESS TO SERVE ON THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD ON

[7. Business arising from In Camera Session]

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MOVED BY COUNCILLOR WARBURTON.

SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN.

ANYBODY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE.

WE'LL SEE EVERYBODY NEXT WEEK.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK, EVERYBODY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.