[1. Opening Statement]
[00:00:06]
AND I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE IS 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 METIS AND ALL FIRST NATIONS, METIS AND INUIT, WHOSE PRESENCE CONTINUES TO ENRICH OUR VIBRANT COMMUNITY.
UH, MISTER GREENCORN, ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD TO THE AGENDA? THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
NEXT, WE HAVE DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF.
DOES ANY MEMBER HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST TODAY? SEEING NONE.
[4.A memorandum regarding Council's Strategic Directions 2023 ‐ 2026 Implementation Plan.]
SO THIS IS FOLLOW UP FROM THE LAST ONE.SO WE'VE GOT A LIST OF MOTIONS JUST SCROLLING DOWN.
SO WE'LL START OFF PAGE 12 OF THE GBC AGENDA.
THE PROPOSAL IS TO STRIKE INDIGENIZE SPACE BANNERS STRIKE ENGAGEMENT WITH INDIGENOUS GOVERNMENTS.
IS THERE ANY OF THOSE ITEMS THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEPARATE, OR CAN WE DISCUSS IT AS A BLOCK? A BLOCK IS GOOD.
JUST TO NOTE FOR I WOULD SAY THE FIRST THREE IT'S ABOUT OR I GUESS THE INDIGENIZING SPACE BANNERS.
BUT MORE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE PART.
ENGAGEMENT WITH INDIGENOUS GOVERNMENTS WILL CONTINUE.
SO NOT NECESSARILY FURTHER ACTION THAT'S REQUIRED ON THAT ONE.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL ON THIS ONE? COUNCILLOR COCHRANE.
I FULLY AGREE WITH ALL THE SUGGESTIONS PUT FORWARD HERE.
AS WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT PRIOR, I THINK WE HAVE TO GO DOWN TO WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH AND TRY TO BE HYPER FOCUSED ON THIS, AND I THINK THESE IMMEDIATE SUGGESTIONS ARE WELL MET, WELL THOUGHT AND SHOULD BE DONE.
SEEING NONE, GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THAT, SO WE WILL UPDATE THAT ONE.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO ONE, STRIKE DEVELOP A NEW TEN YEAR PLAN TO END HOMELESSNESS.
AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION IN YELLOWKNIFE OF THE GNWT AWAY HOME, A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. THREE, STRIKE POLYTECHNIC PLANNING FOR STUDENT HOUSING AND FOUR STRIKE DISPOSAL OF THE 5050 LOT.
ANYTHING THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FROM THAT BLOCK? SEEING NONE ONE AND TWO, I WOULD SAY I'M IN SUPPORT OF.
SO INSTEAD OF DEVELOPING A NEW TEN YEAR PLAN TO END HOMELESSNESS THAT WE FOCUS ON WORKING WITH THE GNWT ON WAYS THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR HOMELESSNESS STRATEGY, RECOGNIZING WE'RE ONE OF THE 33 COMMUNITIES HERE AND THEN THE DISPOSAL OF THE 5050 LOT, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE WOULDN'T BE DOING IT.
THE POLYTECHNIC PLANNING FOR STUDENT HOUSING, I GUESS I HAD ONE QUESTION FOR ADMINISTRATION ON WHETHER YOU'RE LOOKING TO DO WHAT EXACTLY YOU'D BE LOOKING TO DO WITH THIS ACTION, AND WHETHER YOU'RE IN SUPPORT OF REMOVING IT FROM THE STRATEGIC ACTIONS, RECOGNIZING THAT IT COULD ALWAYS COME FORWARD AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE WORK PLAN.
MISTER GREENCORN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
MS. WHITE, CAN YOU ELABORATE? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE A APPLICANT DRIVEN SUBMISSION.
HOWEVER, THERE'S BEEN, I GUESS, SOME DELAY ON THE APPLICANT'S END.
SO AGAIN THIS WOULD COME FORWARD.
IT WOULD BE WORK WE WOULD DO AT THE TIME THAT A SUBMISSION IS MADE.
AND OF COURSE IF WE HAVE TO ADD IT BACK IN IN 2026, SO BE IT.
[00:05:01]
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THESE ITEMS. SEEING NO OPPOSITION, WE WILL THEN UPDATE THE PLAN WITH THAT.THE NEXT ONE IS PROVIDING AFFORDABLE AND DIVERSE RECREATION AND ARTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS.
SO THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION TO ONE.
FIVE, STRIKE ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUNDS AND COMPONENTS THROUGH THE CITY.
SEVEN, MOVE THE RUTH INCH MEMORIAL POOL BUILDING ASSESSMENTS AND RENEWAL TO 2025 AND EIGHT, ADD CREATE OUTDOOR SKATING RINK SERVICE LEVEL STANDARDS POLICY PROGRAM SIMILAR TO WHITEHORSE AND OTTAWA.
ANYTHING THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE FROM THAT BLOCK? COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN.
OKAY. ON THE QUESTION OF THE FACILITY BOOKING AND PROGRAM SOFTWARE REPLACEMENT, FOR ME, IT WAS TO STRIKE IT FROM OUR STRATEGIC ACTIONS BECAUSE IT SHOULD BE AN ADMINS WORK PLAN, AND I DON'T SEE IT NECESSARILY AS A STRATEGIC ACTION THAT'S REQUIRED.
BUT MISTER GREENCORN, IF YOU CAN ELABORATE ON ON THAT ONE.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MR. WHITE, COULD YOU PROVIDE AN UPDATED RESPONSE? SURE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO THE OUR CURRENT PROGRAM LEGEND IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED.
SO WE'RE MOVING TO A NEW ONE CALLED EXPLORE WRECK.
IF IT'S SORT OF LIKE FOR LIKE I UNDERSTAND TAKING IT OUT, BUT IF WE'RE SORT OF GETTING MORE.
MY UNDERSTANDING WAS WE WOULD BE GETTING MORE CAPABILITY WITH NEW SOFTWARE, AND THAT TO ME SEEMS STRATEGIC, IF IT'S JUST A LIKE FOR LIKE REPLACEMENT, THEN I WOULD AGREE WITH STRIKING IT. IF WE'RE GETTING MORE CAPABILITY THEN IT SEEMS STRATEGIC TO ME.
OKAY, SO FOR NOW, WOULD YOU LIKE TO STRIKE IT OR KEEP IT? I THINK WHEN IT WAS LAST BROUGHT UP, IT SOUNDED LIKE WE WERE GETTING MORE CAPABILITY WITH THAT RESPONSE, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE ARE.
MR. WHITE, CAN YOU ELABORATE ON IF THERE'S INCREASED CAPABILITY IN THE NEW SOFTWARE PACKAGE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS NEW ONE DOES GIVE US A FEW MORE CAPABILITIES.
UH, IN TERMS OF REPORTING AND THE EASE OF ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE PUBLIC.
YEAH. IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT IF STAFF IS DOING THIS WORK EITHER WAY, AND THERE ARE SOME NEW CAPABILITIES THAT DO HELP US ACHIEVE OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, I THINK WE SHOULD INCLUDE IT IN THE STRATEGIC PRIORITY ACTIONS.
WE CAN TAKE IT OUT AND VOTE ON IT.
OKAY, SO WHAT I'LL DO IS I WILL MOVE THAT ONE AND THE OUTDOOR SKATING RINKS FROM THE BULK MOTION SO WE CAN COME BACK TO THAT. THE OTHER THING I WOULD NOTE IS THE FINAL MOTION OF THIS IS THAT ONCE WE GO THROUGH AND WEED OUT WHAT WE WANT TO KEEP, DELETE, MODIFY, THAT, WE REFER THIS BACK TO ADMINISTRATION TO UPDATE IT AND THEN INCORPORATE IT INTO THE 2024 WORK PLAN, AND THEN HAVE ONE PLAN COME BACK TO GPC IN EARLY 2024 FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL, WHICH WOULD BE THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND THE STRATEGIC ACTIONS.
I JUST SEE, YOU KNOW, ONE PLAN THAT HAS THIS IS A STRATEGIC ACTION.
SO JUST DELETING IT TODAY DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT WON'T BE IN THE PLAN GOING FORWARD.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST A QUESTION ON RUTH MEMORIAL POOL.
[00:10:01]
2024, SORRY IF I SAID THAT.THANK YOU, ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
SO WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD, THOSE THAT BLOCK.
SO THE SECOND ONE IS THE STRIKE FACILITY BOOKING AND PROGRAM SOFTWARE REPLACEMENT.
FOLKS IN FAVOR OF THAT STRIKING IT OR KEEPING IT IN.
I JUST WANT TO ASK A QUESTION.
I GUESS THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST SAID, WHICH WAS GREAT CONTEXT.
I MEAN, GOING THROUGH THIS EXERCISE, WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT PERCEPTIONS OF WHICH THESE ACTIONS, THESE ROWS, THESE INITIATIVES ARE STRATEGIC OR OPERATIONAL, WHICH IS PART OF MY FRUSTRATION WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THIS, BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE THAT STAFF PUT A LOT OF TIME GOING THROUGH THIS, AND THEY CAN SEE HOW SOME OF THESE THINGS IN THIS TABLE SUPPORT OUR STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS.
BUT IN REALITY, SEEING ONE HOLISTIC WORK PLAN THAT JUST HAS EVERYTHING STAFF'S GOING TO DO WITH A VERY CLEAR INDICATION OF WHETHER IT'S ACHIEVABLE OR NOT, BECAUSE ARE WE ASKING TOO MUCH OR ARE WE RIGHT? ARE WE PUTTING ALL OUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET? AND AND THAT'S NOT FAIR TO STAFF.
SO I THINK I APPRECIATE THE MADAM CHAIR'S REITERATION OF THE FINAL PLAN IS GETTING OUR STRATEGIC DIRECTION, KIND OF COMBINED WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS AND SEEING ALL OF THAT IN A WORK PLAN POST-BUDGET BECAUSE VOTING ON WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING.
IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S STRATEGIC OR NOT.
WHAT WE CARE ABOUT IS LIKE, WHAT ARE THE NEW THINGS WE'RE ASKING STAFF TO DO? AND IS THAT ACTUALLY ACHIEVABLE IN THE CONTEXT OF ALL THE ONGOING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT YOU GUYS ARE EXPECTED TO DELIVER? THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.
SO LIKE MANY COUNCILORS, I SUBMITTED MY COMMENTS TO MADAM MAYOR IN ADVANCE, AND I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THIS BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE IT'S GOING TO COME BACK IN THE WORK PLAN IN THE SPRING.
SO I GUESS THE DIFFERENCE, THOUGH, IS IF COUNCIL STRIKES IT, YOU'RE SAYING AND IF ADMINISTRATION FEELS LIKE IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT, IT MUST BE DONE FOR LEGISLATIVE OTHER REASONS, THEN IT WILL GO ON THE PLAN.
SO THAT WAS THE LENS THAT I'M TAKING IS WE'RE GIVING WE'RE SIGNALING TO STAFF, THESE AREN'T THE HILLS THAT WE WANT TO DIE ON BY THE END OF 2026. BUT I'VE GOT COUNCILLOR MCGURK.
UM, YEAH, I GUESS I'M TO TRY TO PARSE OUT WHETHER OR NOT I SEE THIS AS A STRATEGIC THING OR NOT.
I'M WONDERING IF THE NEW SOFTWARE IS EXCLUSIVELY FOR, I GUESS, REGISTRATION FOR SERVICES, ETCETERA, OR IF IT ALSO WILL ENCOMPASS OTHER DIFFERENT SORT OF THINGS LIKE BOOKING ENTIRE FACILITIES OR ANY, THAT'S NOT LIKE A NOT NECESSARILY JUST THAT, BUT I GUESS I'M WONDERING IF IT HAS MORE CAPACITY TO DO THINGS OUTSIDE OF JUST RECREATION.
AND IF IT DOES, ARE WE PLANNING TO UTILIZE THAT? I THINK IT IS REPLACING THE PROGRAM REGISTRATION, THE BOOKING OF FACILITIES PLUS THE ACCESS TO SWIPE.
YES MADAM CHAIR THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE EXTENT OF THE PROGRAM.
IT IS FACILITY BOOKING WHICH SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED LATTER PART OF NEXT YEAR AND THEN EARLY IN 2025 WILL BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED TO INCLUDE BOTH, SORRY.
INCLUDE THE POS SYSTEM AS WELL.
UM. THINK THAT'S GREAT, I GUESS MY ONLY SORT OF INTEREST IN KEEPING IT IS THAT I THINK THAT THE IDEA THAT WE NEED TO MAKE OUR SERVICES ACCESSIBLE AND INCREASE OUR SERVICE, LIKE ACCESSIBILITY ONLINE IS LIKE A I THINK THAT THAT'S A PRIORITY FOR ME.
SO I GUESS I WOULD KEEP IT IN THERE FOR THAT SAKE.
SOUNDS GOOD. COUNCILLOR COCHRANE, THEN I HAVE COUNCILLOR WARBURTON AND COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M FOR STRIKING IT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE AN OPERATIONAL MATTER THAT'S ALREADY GOING FORWARD.
IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A STRATEGIC INITIATIVE.
SUMMARIZE MY THOUGHTS THAT I WAS TRYING TO COMMUNICATE THERE.
[00:15:01]
COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN.YEAH. I WOULD ALSO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ONE WORK PLAN, ONE DOCUMENT INSTEAD OF THIS.
I UNDERSTAND I'M I DON'T BRING IT UP TO SORT OF A HILL TO DIE ON WHETHER THIS IS IN HERE OR NOT.
IF IT'S GIVING US MORE CAPABILITY AND IT'S ALLOWING US TO DO MORE THINGS THAN IT FEELS LIKE A STRATEGIC ACTION TO ME AND I, IT'S A VERY WEIRD ARGUMENT ABOUT JUST WORDING AND WHAT.
YEAH. SO I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IF IF THE GROUP WANTS TO STRIKE IT.
THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR ARDEN-SMITH.
THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT WAS ALREADY SAID IN TERMS OF I'M IN FAVOR OF STRIKING IT.
IT IS IT'S NOT A STRATEGIC PLAN WHATSOEVER.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ON THE BOOKS SINCE LAST TERM.
I DON'T SEE THIS OR FEEL THAT IT IS A STRATEGY AS MUCH AS IT IS ADMINISTRATIVE.
SO YEAH, I'M IN FAVOR OF STRIKING.
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PAQUETTE.
YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM MY UNDERSTANDING.
SO WHETHER IT'S IN THIS TABLE OR NOT, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
IT'S CORRECT. IT'S THE OTHER SOFTWARE IS GOING OUT OF BUSINESS.
I DO NOT GIVE AN ANYTHING WHETHER IT'S IN THIS TABLE OR NOT.
SOUNDS LIKE IT'S OPERATIONAL BECAUSE COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE ANY FEELINGS FOR THIS.
SO WE WILL STRIKE IT FROM THE STRATEGIC PLAN, IT GOES OPERATIONAL.
BUT SEEING NODDING HEADS, COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN.
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PAQUETTE.
THANKS, MADAM CHAIR. I TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH.
A CONVERSATION ABOUT SERVICE LEVEL STANDARDS HOLISTICALLY.
IDEALLY, THE FIRST CONVERSATION WOULD BE LET'S PRIORITIZE THE SERVICE LEVEL STANDARDS.
WE ARE AT THE BEGINNING OF WINTER.
THAT MIGHT BE ONE THAT WE WANT TO TACKLE STRATEGICALLY.
THERE'S CONSULTATION ONGOING WITH THE FIELD HOUSE TURF, WHICH AGAIN IS A VERY SPECIFIC FACILITY, BUT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEAL WITH SERVICE LEVEL STANDARDS AS WE'RE OPERATIONALIZING THINGS OR STRATEGICALLY BASED ON WHAT SEASON IT'S IN.
WE WILL STRIKE THAT AND HAVE IT BROUGHT BACK TO GPC FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION.
AND ON THE SNOW REMOVAL, AS REPORTED IN MONTREAL TODAY, WHEN YOU WIN SNOW REMOVAL, YOU WIN THE DAY.
THE NUMBER ONE THING FOR MUNICIPAL COUNCILS.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION WAS SORRY, ACTUALLY, I THOUGHT THERE WAS TWO.
OH, NO, THERE WAS ONLY ONE THAT WAS.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO STRIKE COUNCIL LED INITIATIVES.
ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT COUNCILLOR FEQUET.
NOT AN OBJECTION, JUST MORE OF A PLANTING THE SEED THAT COUNCIL LED ADDITION OF COUNCIL LED INITIATIVE COULD BE US HELPING WRITE A POLICY ON ROUNDTABLES AND GATHERINGS, SINCE IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAME UP IN OUR COLLECTIVE STRATEGIC BRAINSTORMING EARLIER THIS YEAR.
YEAH. WE JUST DON'T WRITE STUFF.
WE DO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT ONE IN 2024.
SEEING NONE, WE WILL STRIKE THAT ONE.
OH, I THINK WHEN THIS ONE COMES BACK, THE SUPPORTING DESIGN STANDARDS, IF THE DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS CAN ACTUALLY BE BROKEN OUT BY YEAR WHEN THEY START AND WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROPOSED, BECAUSE I IMAGINE ADMINISTRATIONS NOT LOOKING TO TACKLE ALL FOUR OF THOSE IN
[00:20:09]
2024.UNLESS THAT'S UNLESS THAT'S ADMINISTRATION'S PLAN.
MR. GREENCORN. IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS, WE HAVE DOCUMENTS CURRENTLY SITTING ON OUR WEBSITE THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN TERMS OF MAJOR CONSTRUCTION IN THE CITY.
THEY ARE, WE ARE STILL WORKING TOWARDS DESIGN STANDARDS ON PARKS.
IF COUNCIL COULD PROVIDE MORE CLARIFICATION ON WHAT? WE ARE STARTING IN 2024.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR A MORE FULSOME RESPONSE, FOR SURE.
SO IF YOU GO TO PAGE 14 OF THE AGENDA, THAT'S THE PROPOSAL IS TO DO A WINTER CITY SNOW REMOVAL DESIGN, BEST PRACTICES, TRAFFIC CALMING, BEST PRACTICES, PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE OPTIONS, ROADS AND SIDEWALKS, AND MULTI-PURPOSE PATHS, ALL STARTING IN 2024.
SO ARE THEY ALL GOING TO START IN 2024 AND COMPLETE IN 2024? OR MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT EACH OF THEM GETS BROKEN OUT AND A START DATE AND END DATES GIVEN FOR EACH OF THEM.
UNLESS ADMINISTRATION PLANS ON TACKLING ALL FOUR OF THOSE IN 2024.
MISS WADE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION AND HOPEFULLY I CAN ADD SOME CLARITY.
SO THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WERE COMPLETED WHEN THE ZONING BYLAW WAS COMPLETE.
SO THE INFORMATION THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE DOCUMENT IS MOSTLY TECHNICAL.
WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON IS WITH COMMUNITY SERVICES, ON SOME PARK STANDARDS.
AND SO GOING FORWARD, I AGREE IT WOULD BE BEST TO, I GUESS, CREATE TWO SEPARATE LANES TO TRAVEL DOWN THAT LEGISLATED REQUIRED TECHNICAL LANE. SO THE SIZE OF PIPES, THE WIDTH THE OF SIDEWALKS WHERE SIDEWALKS GO, PAVEMENT, THAT TECHNICAL PIECE OR EVEN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
DESIGN COULD BE A SEPARATE LANE.
RIGHT. SO WHAT DO WE WANT NEIGHBORHOODS TO LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES DENSITY LOOK LIKE IN CERTAIN AREAS.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
BUT THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
UM, AND SO IF WE ARE PLANNING ON DOING THESE FOR ARE WE PLANNING TO DO THEM ALL IN 2024, BUT ACTUALLY HAVING THEM BROKEN OUT IN THE NEXT ITERATION OF THIS WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION, I GUESS WOULD BE TO BREAK DOWN EACH INITIATIVE BY YEAR TO SEE WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO START AND END.
COUNCILLOR FEQUET. YEAH, JUST TO BUILD OFF, MAYOR ALTY'S POINT, WHAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL IS, I MEAN, AS A COUNCILOR, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT STAFF THINK, WHAT'S THE ORDER OF PRIORITY OF ALL OF THESE SEVEN STANDARDS THAT ARE PUT HERE? BECAUSE, I MEAN, I THINK WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S PROBABLY UNLIKELY AND NOT FAIR TO ASSUME AND ASK AND PLAN FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THAT THESE SEVEN ARE ALL GOING TO BE STARTED IN 2024. WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL WHEN WE SEE THE HOLISTIC WORK PLAN THAT COMES BACK IN THE BEGINNING OF 2024, POST BUDGET, IS WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC MILESTONES LIKE MAYOR ALTY SAID. AND ALSO WHAT'S THE ORDER OF PRIORITY AND WORK THAT THAT STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING BASED ON, YOU KNOW, YOUR INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE RIGHT AWAY AND WHAT YOU KNOW IS AFFECTED BY OUR OPERATIONS AND OUR CORE SERVICES AND WHAT ARE KIND OF THE WISH LIST THINGS.
AGAIN, IT WOULD BE TO TO TAKE THOSE FOUR WINTER CITY SNOW REMOVAL DESIGN, BEST PRACTICES, TRAFFIC CALMING, BEST PRACTICES, PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE OPTIONS, ROADS AND SIDEWALKS/MULTI-PURPOSE TRAILS.
AND IN THE NEXT ITERATION, TO HAVE THE START AND END DATE FOR EACH OF THOSE ACTIONS OUTLINED.
SEEING GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THAT.
OKAY. UM, UH, FOR PARKING STANDARDS, I GUESS.
[00:25:01]
MR. GREENCORN, WOULD THOSE THREE BE LOOKING TO BE COMPLETE IN 2024, OR WAS ADMINISTRATION LOOKING JUST TO START ONE AND THEN GO ON TO THE OTHER? JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE PARKING STANDARDS.MS. WHITE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
AND I WILL ASK IF MR. MCLEAN HAS ANYTHING TO ADD AS WELL.
THANK YOU. YEAH, THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PLAN FOR IS KIND OF A GENERATIONAL PLAN ON OUR METERED SPACES.
OUR METERS ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN LIFE EXPECTANCY.
WE DO HAVE AN END DATE FOR THE CURRENT APP THAT WE HAVE.
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS LOOK AT CURRENTLY ANALYZING THE SPACES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DOWNTOWN CORE THE ONE, THE TWO AND THE NINE HOUR METERED SPACES. TAKING A LOOK TO SEE IF THEY'RE APPROPRIATE FOR OUR CURRENT NEEDS I.E.
DO WE NEED LESS TWO HOUR AND MORE ONE HOUR TO TURN OVER PARKING IN THE AREA FOR BUSINESSES? AS WE'VE HEARD FROM SOME BUSINESS OWNERS, ESPECIALLY ON THE BACKS OF THE EVACUATION THAT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO INCENTIVIZE BUSINESS IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE? I GUESS WHEN IT COMES TO TECHNOLOGY, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS AS OUR METERS AND OUR THE BRAINS OF THE OPERATIONS IN THOSE METERED SPACES AND THE USE OF ALL DENOMINATIONS OF COINS, IS THERE A BETTER SYSTEM OUT THERE, I.E.
NOT HAVING INDIVIDUAL METERED SPACES, BUT HAVING DESIGNATED PARKING SPACES WITH A LOCAL KIOSK ON THE CORNER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT'S MORE EFFICIENT AND AND A BETTER WAY FOR IN ADDITION, WITH AN APP, BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE THE CONVENIENCE BUILT IN THERE, BUT THERE IS A MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE WAY THAN HAVING METERED LOCATIONS ON A DAILY BASIS, WHERE WE HAVE STAFF OUT WALKING AROUND AT -40, HAULING 100 POUND CARTS FULL OF CHANGE, AND THEN SPENDING THE TIME AND ENERGY INTO ROLLING THAT CHANGE AND TAKING IT INTO THE BANK.
SO JUST LOOKING FOR EFFICIENCIES IN THE PROCESS OF OUR METERS.
SOUNDS LIKE ONE ACTION OR A THREE COMPONENTS TO ONE ACTION THAT COULD BEGIN IN 2024.
SEEING NOTHING FURTHER ON THIS ONE.
THE NEXT ONE IS PROVIDING PUBLIC TRANSIT THAT MEETS USER NEEDS.
I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE FIRST ONE IS IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TRANSIT SYSTEM REVIEW.
IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO, OR ARE THE LINES AFTER THE ACTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO TAKE? MR. GREENCORN? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FOR THE QUESTION.
SO MAYBE REVIEW SHOULD HAVE A SEMICOLON BEHIND IT.
OKAY, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE JUST A FORMATTING THING THAT WE CAN UPDATE FOR THE NEXT ONE.
ANYTHING FURTHER ON THIS ONE? SEEING NONE.
NEXT, WE HAVE ADVOCATING FOR ENHANCED OUTREACH AND SOCIAL SUPPORTS.
UM, THERE WAS TWO RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADD A SPECIFIC ACTION.
AND THE SECOND IS TO MOVE THE YK STREET OUTREACH REVIEW HERE TO FOLKS WANT TO DEAL WITH BOTH OF THOSE TOGETHER OR SEPARATELY? TOGETHER. OKAY.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE'RE FLYING.
UM, THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO ADD DEVELOP AN ACTION PLAN FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY COUNCIL TO MOVE MED TO A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MODEL IN LIEU OF THE WORDING ABOUT UH MED, MUNICIPAL ENFORCEMENT DIVISION MOVEMENT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MODEL.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS CONCERNS COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN.
NOT A QUESTION OR CONCERN. I JUST, I WAS THE ONE WHO SORT OF PROPOSED THIS ONE.
WE'RE AT THAT STRATEGIC POINT.
[00:30:04]
SO JUST THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON, JUST FOR PEOPLE, IF THEY'RE WONDERING WHY I WAS PROPOSING THAT WORDING.PERFECT, APPRECIATE THE EXTRA CONTEXT.
ANYTHING FURTHER ON THIS ONE? SEEING NONE, NEXT, WE HAVE ADVANCING THE ASSET MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK, INCLUDING SERVICE LEVELS AND LONG TERM FUNDING STRATEGIES.
I HAD A QUESTION ON THIS ONE IN THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PROPOSED FOR 2024.
EVERYTHING IS GOING TO START IN 2025.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF ADMINISTRATION HAS FURTHER INFORMATION ON WHY WE HAVE NO ACTIONS FOR 2024.
MR. GREENCORN. I WOULD SAY THERE'S A NUMBER OF ACTIONS ALREADY OCCURRING.
SO THERE'S CONTINUING WORK IN THIS REGARD THAT WILL FLOW THROUGH.
BUT I'LL ASK MR. PANDOO IF HE HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD FROM THE ASSET MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.
JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, A LOT OF THE PROJECTS HAVE HAVE BEEN DELAYED.
SO, AS MR. GREENCORN DID MENTION, WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO COMPLETE THE FIRST STEP OF THE ASSET MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION, WHICH WILL TOUCH ON THE SERVICE LEVEL.
BUT AT THIS TIME, WE DON'T WANT TO SPECULATE, TO SAY WE'LL BE READY.
THE 2025 IS MORE VERY CONSERVATIVE TIMELINE.
SO BUT BEHIND THE SCENES, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN PUSH IT BEFORE 2025, BUT 2025 IS JUST BEING CONSERVATIVE. THANK YOU.
SO FOR 2024, IS THERE ANY SERVICE LEVEL DISCUSSIONS OR MEMOS THAT WOULD BE PLANNED TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO COUNCIL? MR. GREENHORN.
WE HAVE ALREADY HAVE INITIAL DISCUSSIONS, SO WE ARE JUST TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO MOVE AHEAD, BECAUSE WE WANT THIS CONVERSATION TO BE VERY PRODUCTIVE.
AND INSTEAD OF BRINGING EVERY SERVICE IN DISCUSSION, WE WANT TO PROBABLY BREAK THEM INTO VERY, VERY PALATABLE DISCUSSION.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO KIND OF WORK THROUGH THE WHOLE LIST AND SEE WHAT MAKES MORE SENSE IN TERMS OF EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT 2023 AND THEN THE 2024 AS WELL.
SO MOST PROBABLY MAYBE I'LL GET MY HANDS SLAPPED BY SAYING THAT PROBABLY WE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD CONVERSATION SERVICE LEVEL ON PUBLIC SAFETY FIRST.
WE ARE AT AN ADVANCED STAGE WITH WITH THAT SERVICE.
SO PROBABLY I SHOULD NOT HAVE SAID THAT, BUT I HAVE SAID IT NOW.
NOW I'M THINKING, BUT WE ARE CONFIDENT.
WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL BE BRINGING SOME DISCUSSION IN 2024.
FOR ME, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING ADDED FOR 2024.
IF I ALSO WANT TO BE REALISTIC.
AND ONCE WE PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE, THEN WE'VE GOT TO HOLD IT.
BUT WHEN THIS DOES COME FORWARD TO COUNCIL IN THE NEW YEAR, I HOPE THAT WE COULD HAVE SOME SERVICE LEVEL STANDARD DISCUSSION IN 2024, AT LEAST 1 OR 2, BUT WE'LL SEE HOW MUCH WE CAN ACCOMPLISH.
ANYBODY OPPOSED TO THAT? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE? SEEING NONE.
NEXT, WE HAVE ALIGNING ORGANIZATIONAL SERVICE CAPACITY WITH LEVELS OF SERVICE.
UM, SO THERE WAS NO MOTIONS, BUT THERE, N OBODY HAD ANYTHING FOR ADVOCATING FOR CITY [INAUDIBLE] OR CITY.
PERFECT. NEXT WAS THE ALIGNING ORGANIZATIONAL.
SO JUST A FEW QUESTIONS AGAIN.
THE ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT WOULD BE THE OLD TOWN SUMMER WATER LINES.
IF WE'RE LOOKING TO TO TRY TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION IN 2024 OR LATER.
[00:35:10]
ONE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE? COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN. THANKS.MAYOR ALTY. NOT ABOUT THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY, BUT IT JUST HAS COME UP A COUPLE OF TIMES.
SO I JUST WANT TO THROW IT OUT THERE FOR IS AND IT'S THAT WE PUT IN THE PLAN THAT COMES BACK TO US IN JANUARY, LIKE START YEAR END YEAR, AND NOT BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HIT THE END YEAR, THAT'S A FAILURE.
SO THAT'S THE PLACE WHERE WE CAN COME BACK FROM ADMIN TO COUNCIL AND COUNCIL TO THE PUBLIC TO GO, THIS HASN'T HAPPENED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WILDFIRES AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE SITTING AS A CITY AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THEN WE REJIG BECAUSE IF ALL OF A SUDDEN IF WE COME IN JANUARY AND WE'VE GOT 25 STRATEGIC ITEMS, WHICH IS A LOT, IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, IN ANOTHER YEAR, WE'RE LIKELY GOING TO HAVE TO SHAVE THAT DOWN BECAUSE REALISTICALLY, SOME THINGS WON'T HAVE HAPPENED, STARTED, YOU KNOW, THE END DATE IS GOING TO GET PUSHED OUT TO POTENTIALLY NEXT COUNCIL.
AND THEN THAT ONGOING REPORTING WHICH TO COUNCIL SO WE CAN REPORT IT TO RESIDENTS IS I THINK WHERE YOU KNOW, THOSE UPDATES HAPPEN OF HERE'S WHY THINGS HAVE CHANGED OR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AHEAD OF THE GAME WHICH SOMETIMES HAPPENS TOO.
SO I JUST THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT I THINK WILL PROVIDE A LOT OF CLARITY, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WHEN I LOOK AT THIS PLAN, I DO SOMETIMES HAVE THE QUESTION OF ARE WE TALKING START DATE OR END DATE? AND I THINK THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT CAN BE REALLY EASILY CLEARED UP.
AND I THINK WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS AT GPC LAST TIME, THERE WASN'T CONSISTENCY ON THAT.
SO MAKING SURE WE'VE GOT THAT COLUMN OF START DATE END DATE.
SO IT'S THAT BIG OF A BODY OF WORK.
SO SEEING NOTHING FURTHER ON THAT ONE.
SO THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION TO STRIKE APPROPRIATELY STAFFED TO MEET SERVICE LEVELS.
NUMBER TWO IS STRIKE STAFF RECOGNITION.
NUMBER THREE, IT LOOKS LIKE STRIKING EVERYTHING.
STRIKING STAFF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS.
SUCCESSION PLANNING, MANAGEMENT TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING.
FOR MYSELF, I WANT TO SEPARATE THAT LAST ONE OUT AND HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRST TWO AS A GROUP.
ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. OKAY WITH THAT.
SO THE FIRST TWO, STRIKE APPROPRIATELY STAFFED TO MEET SERVICE LEVELS AND STRIKE STAFF RECOGNITION.
FOR ME, IT'S NOT THAT WE AREN'T GOING TO APPROPRIATELY STAFF TO MEET SERVICE LEVELS.
HOWEVER, WE HAVEN'T FORMULATED SERVICE LEVELS, SO WE DON'T KNOW THE STAFF CAPACITY YET.
BUT COUNCILLOR FEQUET DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO? SO FOLKS ARE IN GENERAL SUPPORT OF THAT.
OKAY. THE OTHER ONE IS TO STRIKE STAFF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
SUCCESSION PLANNING, MANAGEMENT TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT ONE COUNCILLOR FEQUET ? SO FOR ME, I WANT TO KEEP EVERYTHING ELSE IN HERE BECAUSE THE TALENT MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, THE IMPLEMENTATION IS IMPORTANT.
SO THE OTHER ONES I SEE HAVE HAVE ACTIONS VERSUS THOSE LAST TWO.
JUST. DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO ACHIEVE YET, SO I WANTED TO KEEP EVERYTHING ELSE IN THIS, BUT JUST DELETE THOSE LAST TWO COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN JUST THE OTHER THING SORT OF GETS BACK TO THE START END DATES IDEA, BUT I JUST IF IF SOMETHING'S ONGOING TO ME THAT'S AN OPERATIONAL LEVEL BECAUSE IT'S IN PLACE AND IT'S BECOME PART OF OUR REGULAR BUSINESS.
[00:40:03]
SO JUST IF I AGREE WITH YOU, MAYOR ALTY, IN TERMS OF THE OTHER PIECES, BUT JUST I'D LIKE TO HAVE DATES TIED TO THEM AND NOT AN ONGOING BECAUSE THEY ARE NEW STRATEGIC PIECES AROUND THE TALENT OR THE SORRY LIKE THE RECRUITMENT STRATEGY, BUT SO IT SHOULDN'T BE AN ONGOING.BUT IT'S LIKE AGAIN, CART BEFORE THE HORSE KIND OF THING.
SO WE WILL KEEP EVERYTHING ELSE AND STRIKE THOSE TWO.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO STRIKE BOTH.
THE STRIKING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR COUNCIL, COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO.
I THINK RESOURCES SHOULD BE DEDICATED TO THAT FIRST.
ANYTHING ELSE ON, FOR MYSELF, I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THIS IN.
IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTS, BUT THAT LIKE ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO WORK ON OUR OUR GOVERNANCE SKILLS, I THINK IS AN IMPORTANT ONE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THAT ONE.
BUT I'D STRIKE THE PARTICIPATE IN WTACFCM.
ET CETERA. SINCE THAT'S KIND OF BUSINESS AS USUAL.
AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE LOOKING TO ENHANCE OUR PARTICIPATION THERE.
BUT I COULD ALSO SEE STRIKING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR COUNCIL AND WE'LL JUST CONTINUE DOING IT.
BUT IF IT IS KIND OF LIKE THE THE ANNUAL THING.
AND TO ME I WOULD GO WITH THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR COUNCIL SHOULD BE OPERATIONAL.
I MEAN HONESTLY, YEAH, THE LINES WITH THE PARTICIPATION [INAUDIBLE] IT'S THOSE THINGS THAT SHOULD JUST BE HAPPENING ANYWAY AS PART OF GOOD BUSINESS AND AS PART OF A GOOD BOARD OPERATION. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SO THAT JUST LIKE THE STAFF TRAINING AND ALL THAT, THOSE ARE SORT OF OPERATIONAL PIECES THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE STRATEGICALLY HAVING TO DO.
THOSE ARE JUST THINGS THAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING.
OKAY. UM, COUNCILOR PAQUETTE SO JUST LOOKING FOR CONFIRMATION.
SO IF WE REMOVE IT FROM THIS TABLE, IT'S STILL GOING TO HAPPEN.
YES. HOWEVER, IT COULD BE THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, ISN'T AS BIG OF A PRIORITY AS AS OTHER POINTS, BUT.
THERE'S ALSO BUDGET DELIBERATIONS.
YEAH. FOR SURE. COUNCILLOR COCHRANE.
THANKS, CHRIS. I MEAN, THANKS, CHAIR.
AND THANKS, CHRIS. THAT ADDS MORE INSIGHT TO THIS WHOLE THING.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF US COULD DENY THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS COUNCIL, ESPECIALLY WITHIN GOVERNANCE AND TEAM BUILDING, IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR THAT WE NEED TO FACE HERE. SO I'M COMPLETELY FINE WITH KEEPING IT IN.
KIT. SOUNDING A BIT MIXED, BUT COUNCILLOR MCGURK.
SOUNDS GOOD. DEPUTY MAYOR ARDEN-SMITH.
I CONCUR. OKAY, SO WE'LL KEEP IT IN.
SO. UM, SEEING NOTHING FURTHER.
THE NEXT ONE IS ADVANCING ENERGY INITIATIVES, INCLUDING DISTRICT ENERGY OPTIONS.
SO THERE'S TWO RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND NUMBER TWO IS TO ADD THE LOCAL IMPROVEMENT ENERGY RETROFITS PROGRAM.
SO, MISTER GREENCORN, I KNOW THERE WAS DISCUSSION LAST TIME ABOUT BIOMASS.
IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER THAT ADMINISTRATION IS LOOKING TO DO? WHAT EXACTLY WOULD THAT ACTION BE FOR THIS ONE? I'LL JUST ADD THAT I BELIEVE BIOMASS COULD BE ACCOMMODATED IN A COUPLE OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES AND NOT BEING A STANDALONE ITEM, BUT I'LL ASK MS. WHITE TO ELABORATE ON HER THOUGHTS ON IT.
I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THERE BE TWO PIECES TO THIS.
THE FIRST IS THE CURRENT PLAN THAT WE HAVE IS SET TO EXPIRE SOON.
SO IT SHOULD BE ADMINISTRATION REPORTING OUT TO COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY ON THAT PLAN.
WHAT WAS ACHIEVED WAS ACCOMPLISHED.
[00:45:02]
FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE CORPORATION.SO I THINK, AGAIN, BIOMASS COULD BE UNDER BOTH.
WHAT DID WE DO IN THE LAST ONE, AND WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TO DO IN THE FUTURE? AND SAME WITH THE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED HERE AS WELL AS THE LIC.
AND THEN WE HAVE AN ACTION ABOUT RENEWING IT.
SO I AM OKAY WITH STRIKING IT.
OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTING THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN.
SO THERE IS OH THE STRATEGIC WASTE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION TO CHANGE IT FROM ONGOING TO 2025, SINCE THAT WOULD BE THE MIDWAY MARK OF IF WE ARE LOOKING TO UPDATE IT.
ANY CONCERNS WITH THAT? AGAIN, ALL OF THIS WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE START AND END DATES.
ANYTHING FURTHER ON THIS ONE? SEEING NONE. NEXT WE HAVE ADVOCATING FOR THE TRANSFER OF VACANT COMMISSIONERS LAND FOR GROWTH.
ANYTHING FURTHER ON THIS ONE? SEEING NONE. NEXT, WE HAVE COMPLETING LAND DEVELOPMENT TOOLS AND STRATEGIES THAT SUPPORT GROWTH READINESS.
THIS ONE'S PROBABLY KIND OF MOOT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A START AND END DATE DISCUSSION.
BUT THAT WOULD BE A MOOT POINT.
SO ANYTHING FURTHER ON THIS ONE? SEEING NONE.
NEXT WE HAVE SUSTAINING INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY FOR FUTURE GROWTH.
SO WE HAVE ONE STRIKE LIFT STATION NUMBER ONE.
UM TWO, IS TO STRIKE WATER SUBMARINE LINE ITEMS BUT ADD WATER SUBMARINE LINE.
REVISIT THE EVALUATION MATRIX COMPLETED IN 2018 WITH CURRENT DATA.
THAT'S BASED ON OUR DISCUSSION BACK IN MAY.
THERE'S IMPLEMENTATION OF ANNUAL CAPITAL PLAN, HOWEVER THAT'S OPERATIONAL.
SO UNLESS WE ARE LOOKING TO CHANGE OUR CAPITAL PLANNING PROCESS, IS THAT WAS THAT THE INTENTION OF IMPLEMENTATION OF ANNUAL CAPITAL PLAN OR MORE JUST ABOUT IMPLEMENTING CAPITAL PLAN.
MR. GREENCORN. I BELIEVE IT'S JUST THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ANNUAL CAPITAL PLAN.
MR. PANDOO, DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENT? OKAY, SO WE'LL STRIKE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANNUAL CAPITAL PLAN.
UM. OH, SORRY. AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE.
ADD HOST A PUBLIC INFORMATION/EDUCATION SESSION IN THE SPRING ON EVACUATION PREPAREDNESS.
COUNCIL OKAY WITH DOING THAT ALL AS BULK.
ANY COMMENTS, CONCERNS, OBJECTIONS? COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN.
MY ONE QUESTION, I'M SURE YOU'LL VERY QUICKLY ANSWER IT.
BUT THE ONE QUESTION I DO HAVE IS LIFT STATION NUMBER ONE TO ME IS COMPLETELY OPERATIONAL.
HOWEVER, IT IS LIKE THIS HAS TO HAPPEN.
SO I'M TORN ON THIS ONE BECAUSE I'M LIKE, YES, IT'S COMPLETELY OPERATIONAL.
WE KNOW THAT THE WORK IS HAPPENING.
WE KNOW PUBLIC WORKS IS ON IT.
BUT LIKE, SHOULD WE MOVE IT TO LIKE STRATEGIC ON THIS ONE BECAUSE THIS IS CRITICAL FOR US TO HAPPEN.
BUT MAYBE I ANSWERED MY OWN QUESTION LIKE COUNCIL FEQUET.
FOR ME, THE WAY I WAS ALSO WEIGHING IT WAS OPERATIONAL VERSUS STRATEGIC, BUT IT WAS ALSO LIKE BASED ON COUNCIL'S PARTICIPATION AND LIFT STATION NUMBER ONE IS LIKE, HERE'S THE BUDGET, GO DO IT.
RECOGNIZING IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
PUBLIC WORKS IS GOING TO SPEND OODLES AND OODLES OF TIME, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO THEN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS HOLISTIC PLAN AND BE LIKE, AND PUBLIC WORKS IS GOING TO DO NOTHING BUT LIFT STATION NUMBER ONE.
SO THAT WOULD BE, THAT WAS MY REASONING OF STRIKING IT.
YEAH. THANK YOU. I HAD SORT OF QUESTIONED THAT BUT THEN CHOSE NOT TO BRING IT UP.
YEAH. IF IF IT'S LIKE FOR LIKE REPLACEMENT THEN IT FEELS OPERATIONAL TO ME.
[00:50:01]
SAME THING IF WE'RE PUTTING IN MORE INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO BUILD MORE HOUSING, THEN THAT SEEMS STRATEGIC TO ME.IF. YEAH, AGREE WITH COUNCILLOR FEQUET IF WE STRIKE IT, IT STILL HAPPENING, GOOD BY ME.
OKAY, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT THEN.
COUNCILLOR COCHRANE. ALTHOUGH I GUESS I WOULD SAY LIKE IT IS REQUIRED FOR MORE HOUSING.
HOWEVER, A LOT OF CAPITAL IS REQUIRED FOR FOR MORE HOUSING.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
IS THERE A REASON WE WANT IT IN THIS? THIS IS FOR APPROPRIATIONS SIMILAR FOR BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS THAT YOU WANTED IT IN THIS? MISTER GREENCORN. NO, I BELIEVE IT WOULD FALL UNDER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ANNUAL CAPITAL PLAN, WHICH ADVANCES COUNCIL'S SUSTAINABLE GROWTH OBJECTIVES.
SO IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT ALL SPECIFIC PROJECT INFORMATION COULD BE REMOVED FROM THIS.
AND WE REFER BACK TO THE CAPITAL PLAN AS IMPLEMENTING THAT OBJECTIVE.
BECAUSE THAT IS KIND OF THE ALL OF A SUDDEN WE COULD GET INTO ADDING EVERY CAPITAL PLAN INTO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH KIND OF NEGATES THE PRIORITIES. SO COUNCILLOR COCHRANE.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. NO, THAT FULLY ANSWERS IT.
AND THEN WE'LL ADD LOTS TO THE BUDGET ON IT.
UM, WITH THAT SEEING GENERAL SUPPORT, THE NEXT ONE IS SUPPORTING ALL ASPECTS OF TOURISM VISITOR SERVICES, INCLUDING THE ACCOMMODATION LEVY AND CREATION OF THE DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION.
OKAY, AND CHANGE THE TIMELINE TO 2024.
TWO IS STRIKE LOBBY GNWT TO REBRAND AIRPORT.
THREE IS MODIFIED TIMELINE OF TOURISM EXPERIENCE OF TOMORROW.
AND FOUR IS CHANGE FROM HOTEL LEVY TO ACCOMMODATION LEVY.
SO KIND OF A SEMANTICS ON THAT LAST ONE.
BUT ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THE OTHER ONE OR THE OTHER ONES.
COUNCILLOR WARBURTON. SO IF IT'S IN THE STRAT PLAN AND WE DON'T FUND IT IN BUDGET, THEN IT'S MUTE CORRECT? CORRECT. SEEING NOTHING FURTHER, NEXT IS IMPLEMENTING AND RENEWING THE STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION OPTIONS.
MOVE IT FROM 2024 TO EITHER 2025 OR 2026 AND TWO IS ADD DEVELOP INVESTMENT ATTRACTION PACKAGE.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, COUNCILLOR MCGURK.
YEAH, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THE REASONING OR WHAT THE IDEA IS AROUND PUSHING THE ESTABLISH A BUSINESS ACCELERATOR INCUBATOR. IF WE HAD INTENTIONS TO BE WORKING WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT ALREADY HAS STARTED TO IMPLEMENT THIS, IT SEEMS LIKE AN ACHIEVABLE WITHIN OR LIKE EASY TO START WITHIN THE YEAR GOAL SO.
SO MAYBE COUNCIL WILL MAKE A MODIFICATION TO THAT.
BUT IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT THAT BE PUSHED TO A FUTURE YEAR.
COUNCIL MCLENNAN. YEAH, I'LL JUST COMMENT ON.
I PUT THE DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT ATTRACTION PACKAGE IN THERE AND THIS IS JUST TO PULL IT OUT OF.
SO DEVELOP INTEGRATED TOURISM INVESTMENT WORKER AND RESIDENT ATTRACTION STRATEGY.
I JUST WANTED TO PULL OUT THE INVESTMENT PART AND MOVE THAT UP.
ALL OF THIS IS IMPORTANT AND THEY SHOULD WORK TOGETHER.
JUST PULLING THE INVESTMENT FORWARD FOR ME SEEMS TO GET AHEAD, DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT AND GET THAT PROCESS STARTED NOW WHILE DIVOCK IS STILL OPERATING JUST BEFORE THOSE CLOSE, IF THIS STARTS IN 2025, THAT WILL BE RIGHT ABOUT THE SAME TIME.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GET A HEAD START ON THAT INVESTMENT PIECE.
AND YOU WANT TO ADD THAT TO 2024 OR.
IT ISN'T AN ACTION THAT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR TONIGHT EITHER.
IT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR FUTURE YEARS.
SO SOMETHING FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A MODIFICATION TONIGHT.
IF YOU DO WANT TO ADD THIS TO 2024'S WORK PLAN.
ANYTHING FURTHER ON THIS ONE? SEEING NONE.
NEXT IS ALIGNING WITH REGIONAL AND TERRITORIAL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES.
SO ONE IS TO STRIKE, CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE NWT AND NUNAVUT CHAMBER OF MINES.
[00:55:04]
TWO IS TO STRIKE, DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS WITH KEY ECONOMIC SECTORS UNLESS WE HAVE A SPECIFIC PLAN OR TARGET.AND FIVE, IS STRIKE THE JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OR ADD ACTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE? RECOGNIZING THAT AGAIN, WE'RE NOT FOR THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING, NOT STRIKING, THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO WORK WITH THE CHAMBER OF MINES, IT'S THAT IT'S KIND OF OPERATIONAL.
THE MOU HAS BEEN IN PLACE AND NOW WORK IS UNDERWAY.
NEXT IS, HOLY [INAUDIBLE] WE MIGHT BE HERE TILL THREE.
UM, IMPLEMENTING THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE STUDY.
SO THERE IS ONE STRIKE, ALL OF THE AGRICULTURAL ACTIONS THAT ARE ONGOING.
IF THEY ARE CORE ACTIONS, THEN GIVE THEM A START AND END DATE.
TWO, IS MODIFY SUPPORT FARMERS MARKETS IN PUBLIC SPACES YEAR AND YEAR ROUND TO SUPPORT FARMER MARKETS AND FOOD PRODUCTION IN PUBLIC SPACES YEAR ROUND.
THE NEXT POINT IS MOVE, DEVELOP A FOOD AND AGRICULTURE FAQ GUIDE TO 2024.
AND THEN THERE'S ONE ABOUT CHANGE.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN.
YEAH, I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT STRIKING THE AGRI ACTIONS.
LIKE THIS IS AGAIN, WHAT IMPACT WOULD STRIKING THAT FROM THIS PLAN HAVE ON, SAY, THE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM OR ANY OTHER SORT OF ONGOING CITY ASSISTED PROGRAMS? IT WOULD BE SOMETHING FOR THE FOR THAT HOLISTIC PLAN THAT IF IT IS AN ACTION THAT'S REQUIRED IN THE THAT THEY'RE OPERATIONALLY GOING TO BE WORKING ON IN 2024 TO SHOW HOW MUCH TIME IS.
BUT MY REASONING FOR STRIKING ANYTHING THAT'S ONGOING IS THAT IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL, ONGOING, VERSUS A SPECIFIC ACTION THAT COUNCIL'S LOOKING TO TAKE.
SO IF YOU THINK ANY OF THE ONGOING ARE HIGH PRIORITY AND SHOULD REMAIN IN THIS, THEN I WOULD SUGGEST WE LEAVE IT IN. BUT OTHERWISE I WAS STRIKING STUFF THAT'S ONGOING.
BUT YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.
IT'S ABOUT IF IT'S BUSINESS, IF IT'S OPERATIONAL, WE SUPPORT IT.
WE WANT STAFF TO KNOW WE SUPPORT IT.
IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING EXTRA WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO OR TO BUDGET FOR.
THERE'S NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT THAT THE CITY DO THAT.
SO IT'S ALSO NOT TO SAY THAT YOU CAN YOU CAN'T RE-ADD STUFF WHEN IT COMES BACK, BUT IT DOES PUT IT DOWN THE PRIORITY LIST IF ADMINISTRATION IS TRYING TO GRAPPLE BETWEEN STUFF THAT COUNCIL HAS IDENTIFIED AS PRIORITIES, WHICH IS IMPLEMENTING A HOTEL LEVY OR WORKING ON LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO IT'S HARD FOR US TO IDENTIFY A PRIORITY BECAUSE CORE SERVICES MIGHT INFLUENCE OUR DECISION WHETHER WE WANTED THIS TO BE A PRIORITY OR JUST SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS WHEN IT CAN HAPPEN.
SO THAT'S WHY THIS CONVERSATION IS KIND OF DIFFICULT TO HAVE.
[01:00:05]
I WOULD KEEP IT IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN.IF IT SLIDES OFF THE RADAR, THEN YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT GOING TODAY.
THANKS, MAYOR ALTY. AND I THINK, JUST LIKE I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH YOUR PROPOSAL ON REMOVING SOME OF THESE ONGOING ONES, AND THE REASON I AM IS SOME OF THEM ARE CAPTURED WITHIN THE GROWTH STRATEGY, WHICH IS A STRATEGY COUNCIL HAS ALREADY SUPPORTED.
SO THEREFORE IT DOESN'T NEED TO HAVE ITS OWN STRATEGIC ITEM.
AND AS WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE, NOT REALLY BUDGETING APPROPRIATELY TO IMPLEMENT THAT STRATEGY.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, OUR TASK.
BUT THAT'S WHERE I'VE KIND OF COME AT IT TOO, IS IT'S OUR WE HAVE THE OPERATIONAL STUFF.
AND THIS IS THE OKAY COUNCIL, WE GOT ELECTED.
AND THAT'S WHERE I'VE COME AT THIS AS WELL.
SO I'M OKAY REMOVING THOSE ONGOINGS.
AND CLEARLY I AM BECAUSE I'VE MENTIONED A FEW TIMES, LIKE TO ME, ANYTHING HERE SHOULD REALLY HAVE A START AND A PROPOSED END DATE OF LIKE WHEN THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN OUR TERM. SO THANKS.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT YOU'D WANT TO KEEP ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO SHOW UP ON THE LIST, AND YOU'RE GOING TO THEN ASK ADMINISTRATION FOR REGULAR UPDATES VERSUS SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF THAT MAY NOT BE AS BIG OF A PRIORITY. SO COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN.
THANK YOU. YEAH, I'M CONFUSED QUITE FRANKLY, AS TO HOW THIS WORKS.
BUT SO I GUESS IF WE STRIKE SUPPORT, SO THE ALTERED SUPPORT FARMERS MARKETS ONE AND THE PURSUE GRANT FUNDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF GROWTH STRATEGIES.
IF WE STRIKE THOSE AS ONGOING THINGS, WILL THOSE STILL HAPPEN? AND.
BUT IF ADMINISTRATION HAS TO PICK BETWEEN REVIEWING AND REPLACING THE BUSINESS LICENSE BYLAW THAT COUNCIL IS EXPECTING TO COME IN 2024 AND SEEKING GRANT FUNDING, THEY WOULD GO WITH REVIEWING AND REPLACING THE BUSINESS LICENSE BYLAW.
AND IF YOU THINK ARE, BOTH ARE IMPORTANT I'D KEEP BOTH IN THE PLAN.
BUT THAT'S HOW I'M APPROACHING IT.
WHICH ONES ARE ONGOING? ONGOING IS CREATE COMMUNITY GATHERING AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, SUPPORT FARMERS MARKET IN PUBLIC SPACES.
COORDINATE IMPLEMENTING, GROW AND MONITOR PROGRESS.
PURSUE GRANT FUNDING FOR IMPLEMENTING GROWTH STRATEGIES.
COUNCILLOR COCHRANE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THERE WILL BE BIANNUAL REVIEWS OF THIS DOCUMENT.
THANK YOU. OKAY, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, YOU WERE OKAY WITH REMOVING THE ONGOING ONES.
OKAY. COUNCILLOR WARBURTON TWO, COUNCIL DEPUTY MAYOR ARDEN-SMITH.
SO SEEING GENERAL COUNCILLOR MCGURK.
YEAH, I JUST I THINK THAT SPECIFICALLY THE ITEM SUPPORTING THE AMENDED, WHICH WOULD BE SUPPORTING FARMERS MARKETS AND GROWING IN PUBLIC SPACES, I THINK ESPECIALLY THE ITEM ON SUPPORTING, GROWING AND DEVELOPING.
UM. MY BRAIN'S NOT WORKING AGRICULTURAL OPTIONS IN PUBLIC SPACES.
THAT'S NOT LIKE I THINK THAT THAT'S THAT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE MAINTAIN EMPHASIS ON THAT.
AND SO I REALLY DON'T WANT TO STRIKE THAT SPECIFIC ITEM ESPECIALLY.
[01:05:01]
TO THE EXTENT THAT I KNOW THIS GROUP HAS TALKED ABOUT MAYBE WANTING TO DO.AND I THINK I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S THE DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE BYLAW THAT'S COMING FORWARD.
THERE'S NEW FIRE THAT WERE JUST CONSTRUCTED.
SO I THINK IF WE ARE TRYING TO GIVE ADMINISTRATION DIRECTION AS FAR AS HOW THEY'RE GOING TO PREPARE THIS HOLISTIC WORK PLAN AND THE BUDGET THAT'S OBVIOUSLY COMING IN JANUARY, THERE MIGHT BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW THINGS, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, THROUGH BYLAWS OR THE INCENTIVES, LIKE WHATEVER IT IS. SO, I MEAN, IF IF THE GOAL IS TO HELP INSTRUCT OR DIRECT STAFF TO THINK ABOUT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE UPCOMING WORK PLAN AND BUDGET PROCESS, I WOULD I WOULD PREFER TO KEEP THIS ONE IN BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING NEW TO ME, AT LEAST AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND IT EXISTING IN THIS LIST.
STILL SEEING GENERAL SUPPORT THOUGH FOR STRIKING ALL THE ONGOING 345K.
BUT. WELL, THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE'VE GOT TO ADD IT TO THE ACTIVE ACTIONS FOR TONIGHT THEN. IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO WORK ON, RECOMMENDATION IS WE ADD IT THEN TONIGHT SO THAT WE'RE WE'RE GIVING THEM THE WHOLE SUITE OF 2024 PRIORITIES.
SO THIS IS AND THEN IF IT GETS ADDED TONIGHT THEN IT GETS ADDED TO THE WORK PLAN FOR 2024.
SO. SOMETHING TO CONSIDER ON THAT ONE.
THE ONE THAT I FOR THE DEVELOP A FOOD AND AGRICULTURE FAQ GUIDE.
I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT IN 2026 AND NOT MOVE IT TO 2024.
AGAIN, I REALLY WANT US TO DEVELOP THE HOTEL LEVY TO GET THE DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION.
AND IF IT, THAT TAKES A LONG TIME, AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
AND THEN I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE THIS OTHER STUFF.
SO FOR ME, I'M NOT IN SUPPORT OF MOVING IT TO 2024.
I'M IN SUPPORT OF MOVING IT TO 2024.
I THINK IT'S LOW HANGING FRUIT.
AND WE SAW DURING THE EVACUATION IN THE SUMMER JUST THE FRAGILITY OF OUR SUPPLY CHAINS AND GETTING MORE INFORMATION OUT TO MORE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GROW FOOD EFFECTIVELY HERE IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
ARE WE, MAYBE A QUESTION FOR ADMIN.
I'M JUST CURIOUS IF [INAUDIBLE] CAN SPEAK TO THE ACHIEVABILITY OF THIS CURRENT LIST AS IT STANDS.
MR. SELTZER, CAN YOU ELABORATE? I'M NOT ABLE TO GIVE TOO MANY SPECIFICS ABOUT THE EVERYTHING ON THIS LIST.
I DO KNOW THAT, AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, PRIORITIES OF THEM IS GOING TO BE KEY ON ALL OF THEM.
BUT INSIGHTS ON PRIORITIES WOULD BE KEY FOR THIS.
COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN. I'M SORRY, I FEEL LIKE I STOLE THAT FROM UNDER YOU COUNCILLOR FEQUET.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD JUST SAY ON THIS TOO IS LIKE FOR ME, I GO BACK TO WHAT'S THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF WHAT A CITY AND MUNICIPALITY IS HERE FOR? AND LIKE AN FAQ GUIDE I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND WHAT WE STAND FOR IS AMPLIFYING OTHERS.
AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES OF PLACES WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN THE GROWTH STRATEGY.
WE COULD WORK WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO ACTUALLY HAVE EXPERTISE IN THIS, AS OPPOSED TO ASKING OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO SPEND TIME AND RESOURCES DEVELOPING SOMETHING THAT IS NOT IN THEIR WHEELHOUSE.
AND IF THERE'S COMMUNITY PARTNERS OUT THERE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE WHO AND I KNOW THERE ARE.
SO THAT WAS A RHETORICAL STATEMENT.
[01:10:05]
BUT FOR US TO SPEND STAFF TIME ON SOMETHING THAT IS NOT IN OUR WHEELHOUSE WHEN WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER THINGS IF YOU DESCRIBE MAYOR ALTY, I JUST WOULDN'T PUT IT IN THERE MYSELF.BEFORE UM NOTHING FURTHER COUNCIL MCLENNAN.
I SHOULD HAVE CLARIFIED THE INTENTION HERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOT TO HAVE STAFF DEVELOP THIS.
I IN HERE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN PROPOSALS PUT BY LOCAL EXPERTS FOR AROUND THAT PRICE TAG THAT SAY, I CAN DO THIS WORK IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
SO MAYBE THAT'S A BUDGET DISCUSSION.
BUT YEAH, THE INTENTION WAS NOT AT ALL TO HAVE STAFF DEVELOP ONE, BUT SIMPLY USE THE LOCAL KNOWLEDGE THAT EXISTS AND KEEPING IT IN HERE FELT LIKE A GOOD WAY TO JUST CHECK THAT OFF THE LIST. LOW HANGING FRUIT, LIKE I SAID.
YEAH. THE SEEING NOTHING FURTHER ON THIS ONE. THE NEXT IS JUST KIND OF THE FINAL CONCLUDING MOTION WOULD BE THAT WE REFER THIS BACK TO ADMINISTRATION NOW TO BE UPDATED AND INCORPORATED INTO THE 2024 WORK PLAN, AND THEN BE BROUGHT BACK TO GPC IN EARLY 2024 TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND STRATEGIC ACTIONS TOGETHER.
SO ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER RE-ADD STUFF THAT MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN CUT TODAY OR AN OPPORTUNITY TO CUT FURTHER, BECAUSE WE'LL SEE HOW MUCH WORK IS ON THAT PLAN AND MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO BE ACHIEVED.
SO, SEEING GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THAT PROCESS.
COUNCILLOR FEQUET. ABSOLUTELY.
AND I JUST WANTED TO ECHO TO STAFF, AND I GUESS ANYONE LISTENING WHO MAYBE CHIMED IN AT THE WRONG MOMENT, WE WEREN'T CUTTING 100 THINGS AND NOT DOING THEM OR JUST TRYING TO REMOVE THEM FROM THIS LIST SO THAT OUR PRIORITY LIST IS A LOT SHORTER FOR STAFF WHEN THEY'RE CONSIDERING THEIR THEIR WORK PLAN IN THE FUTURE.
AND I MEAN, I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF, BUT I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO PRIORITIZE ALL OF THIS WORK BECAUSE YOU GUYS KNOW BEST WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE.
WE DON'T WANT TO ASK TOO MUCH.
AND SO IF WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE ASKING TOO MUCH, THAT'S NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE.
SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT HOLISTIC WORK PLAN IN THE NEW YEAR.
ANYTHING FURTHER ON THIS ONE? RECOGNIZE, WE'LL HAVE A JUICY DISCUSSION IN THE NEW YEAR.
CAN WE SPELL IT OUT IN FULL AND PUT IN BRACKETS THE ACRONYM? IT'S A KILLER FOR ME EVERYWHERE, BUT I KNOW RESIDENTS DO READ THIS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ASKED ABOUT THESE DURING THE ELECTION LAST YEAR AND IN PAST YEARS ABOUT LIKE, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS? SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT RESIDENTS READ THIS AND THEY'RE NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH THESE ACRONYMS AS ALL OF US ARE.
YEAH. WE'LL WORK ON SOME FORMATTING TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT IT.
AND THEN WE WILL BRING FORWARD IN EARLY NEW YEAR.
WITH THAT, THE NEXT ITEM IS IN CAMERA.
[IN CAMERA]
IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO MOVE IN CAMERA, MOVE BY DEPUTY MAYOR ARDEN-SMITH SECONDED BY COUNCILOR FEQUET.ANYBODY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE. WE CAN MOVE IN CAMERA.
[6. Business arising from In Camera Session.]
APPOINTMENT TONIGHT AT 7 P.M.ANYBODY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE. WE CAN BE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.