Feb 26, 2024 Governance & Priorities Committee

[1. Opening Statement]

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AND I'LL CALL OUR GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE MEETING FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH, 2024 TO ORDER, AND I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE IS LOCATED IN CHIEF DRYGEESE TERRITORY.

FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL, IT 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.

[2. Approval of the agenda]

NO, NOTHING ELSE TO ADD.

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.

NEXT, WE HAVE A MEMORANDUM REGARDING WHETHER TO APPROVE THE 2023-2026 COUNCIL STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

[4. A memorandum regarding whether to approve the 2023‐2026 Council Strategic Directions Implementation Plan.]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.

SO COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL RECALL THAT COUNCIL REVIEWED THE DRAFT ACTION PLAN THAT IMPLEMENTS YOUR STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS, MOST RECENTLY IN NOVEMBER 2023, AND GIVEN YOUR SUPPORTIVE INSIGHTS THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK ON ADMINISTRATION'S PLATE AT THAT TIME, YOU WANTED TO SEE THE IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS ALONGSIDE ADMINISTRATION'S 2024 WORK PLAN.

SO TODAY, WE PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE ACTIONS THAT ADVANCE YOUR STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS, ALONG WITH HIGH LEVEL ITEMS ON ADMINISTRATION'S WORK PLAN FOR THE YEAR OF 2024.

YOU WILL NOTE THAT THESE DON'T INCLUDE THE REGULAR, ONGOING CORE WORK OF CITY ADMINISTRATION LIKE FIXING WATER BREAKS, FIREFIGHTING, ISSUING DEVELOPMENT PERMITS, ENSURING RECREATION PROGRAMING, UNDERTAKING SNOW REMOVAL, TAXATION, UTILITY BILLING, AND ALL OF THOSE GREAT, FABULOUS, WONDERFUL SERVICES THAT EVERYBODY ADORES.

I WILL SAY THOUGH, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE TIMELINES FOR THAT WE'VE PUT INTO THE DRAFT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ARE ASPIRATIONAL, AND OF COURSE, IT IS A GIVEN THAT THESE WOULD BE IMPACTED IF THERE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN 2024, LORD FORBID, BUT IF THERE IS A DRY FIRE SEASON, THAT OF COURSE WILL CHANGE OUR TIMELINES.

OTHER THINGS THAT COULD CHANGE OUR TIMELINES INCLUDE AWAITING STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT OR FEEDBACK, AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES WE HAVE WHERE WE ARE DOING JUST THAT, AND AS WELL, GIVEN THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE HERE, ONE LINE FOR THINGS LIKE WATER LICENSE IMPLEMENTATION IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN ONE LINE FOR LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, FOR EXAMPLE.

SO EVERYTHING LOOKS EQUAL ON PAPER, BUT THE SCOPE AND MAGNITUDE OF THESE TASKS OF COURSE, DOES DIFFER.

SO TODAY WE'RE REALLY PLEASED TO PRESENT THE ACTION PLAN AND WORK PLAN AND LOOK FORWARD TO GPC'S DELIBERATIONS ON THIS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

RECOGNIZING WELL, FIRST OFF, THANKS TO ADMIN FOR BRINGING THIS BACK, AND WE COULD GO ALL OVER THE PLACE, SO I'D RECOMMEND WE GO DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT, AND THEN WHATEVER'S DISCUSSED AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL, WE'LL JUST MAKE SURE REFLECTS AT THE CONCLUSION OF IT.

SO IF WE WANT TO START OUT WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? WHILE OTHERS. OKAY.

COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN.

THANKS, I HAD TO JUMP DOWN MY PAGE.

JUST UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE.

IT SAYS FIELD HOUSE REPLACEMENT ENGAGEMENT.

SO I JUST WANT TO ASSUME THAT--I WANT TO ASSUME BUT I WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK WITH ADMIN THAT THIS DOESN'T ACTUALLY MEET LIKE, NEED THE ENGAGEMENT ANYMORE.

THAT'S DONE, AND WE'RE JUST UNDER REPLACEMENT, AND SO THAT CAN BE UPDATED.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

YES, WE'VE COMPLETED THE ENGAGEMENT AND WE HAVE THE RFP HAS BEEN I WILL STOP THERE AND TURN IT TO MR. WHITE, BECAUSE THE LAST I KNEW, THE RFP WAS OUT, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT'S MUCH MORE ADVANCED THAN THAT, MR. WHITE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

YES, THE RFP IS OUT.

IT'S CLOSED, AND I DO BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN AWARDED AND THE WORK WILL COMMENCE AS QUICK AS WE CAN AFTER THE END OF THE SEASON.

THANKS. PERFECT.

THEN IF I COULD JUST GET UPDATED FOR THE FINAL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

THANKS. ALTHOUGH TECHNICALLY IT SAYS JUST JANUARY, SO IT'S COMPLETE BECAUSE NOW WE'RE IN FEBRUARY.

THERE WE GO. YOU CAN MARK IN THE STATUS COMPLETE.

THAT'S ALWAYS A REASSURING FEELING.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILLOR COCHRANE.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

JUST CURIOUS FOR THE RIMP BUILDING ASSESSMENT.

IF THEY COULD ELABORATE UPON THAT AND WHAT THAT PROCESS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS MS. BASSI-KELLETT. WITH PLEASURE.

SO WE KNOW THAT THE ISSUE THAT WE HAD WHEN WE WERE FIRST CONTEMPLATING CONSTRUCTING AN AQUATIC CENTER, THE ISSUE THAT WE HAD WAS THAT THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT FOR THE RUTH INCH MEMORIAL POOL WAS TOO SMALL AND THAT WE WERE REACHING A POINT IN TIME WHERE THE GUTS OF THE BUILDING, THE POOL PARTS WERE NEEDING TO BE, HAVE A SIGNIFICANT OVERHAUL AFTER

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SO THE BUILDING FRAME ITSELF IS IN GOOD SHAPE.

IT'S JUST THE CONTENT THAT, OF COURSE WAS NOT, AND THAT, OF COURSE, THEN NECESSITATED THE CONTEMPLATION AND ULTIMATE APPROVAL BY COUNCIL TO PROCEED WITH THE AQUATIC CENTER.

SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH RUTH INCH WHEN IT IS NO LONGER REQUIRED AS A POOL? AND KNOWING THAT THE BUILDING ITSELF IS IN GOOD SHAPE? WE NEED TO CONSIDER SOME OF OUR OPTIONS AROUND THAT.

SO I'LL ASK MR. WHITE IF HE'D LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING MORE IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR PROCESS WILL LOOK LIKE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE HAD TO DO WAS DETERMINE WHETHER THE BUILDING WAS STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND WHETHER IT COULD WITHHOLD OR WITHSTAND ANY OR ANY AND ALL OF OUR REQUIRED UPGRADES FOR ENERGY RETROFITS.

WE THE AND OR THE STRUCTURAL AND ENGINEERING FIRM CONFIRMED THAT.

SO WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT THE MECHANICAL AND THE ELECTRICAL GETTING SOME FEEDBACK ON WHERE THAT IS IN TERMS OF THE AIR HANDLING UNITS AND WHATNOT WITH THE AS WELL AS THE ELECTRICAL PART OF THE SCOPE OF WORK IS ALSO TO PROVIDE THE CITY WITH OPTIONS.

AFTER LOOKING AROUND AT SOME OF THE OTHER FACILITIES IN, IN WESTERN CANADA AND I GUESS, LIKE ALL OF CANADA, AS TO WHAT OPTIONS OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE TAKEN TO ADDRESS FACILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN BUT ARE STILL VIABLE.

SO WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THOSE LAST THREE ITEMS, AND THEN ONCE WE GET THAT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DETERMINE AND BRING FORWARD THROUGH THE BUDGETING PROCESS.

THANKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I LOOK FORWARD FOR THOSE OPTIONS COMING FORWARD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

COUNCILLOR FEQUET. THANKS, MADAM CHAIR.

SAME TYPE OF QUESTION THAT DEPUTY MAYOR COCHRANE JUST ASKED.

WITH RESPECT TO THE TRC CALLED ACTION 82.

NOTICE THERE'S NOTHING IN THE STATUS COLUMN YET.

I WAS JUST WONDERING IF ADMIN COULD OUTLINE THE STEPS AND THE PROCESS OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF THAT THEY ENVISION TAKING PLACE FOR THAT INITIATIVE.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS QUESTION.

I'M VERY PROUD THAT THE CITY WAS THE ONE THAT WROTE THE LETTER THAT INSTIGATED THE BEGINNING OF THE DISCUSSION ON TRC CALL TO ACTION NUMBER 82, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING THE RECOMMENDATION TO PUT A MONUMENT IN EVERY CAPITAL CITY ACROSS CANADA THAT COMMEMORATES THE EXPERIENCE AND THE RESILIENCE OF RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL ATTENDEES AND STUDENTS.

WE WROTE TO THE GNWT TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS PROJECT, AND THEY HAVE STEPPED UP WITH THE EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK SINCE, GOSH, I BELIEVE 2020 THEY HAVE ENGAGED A TEAM OF AN EXTERNAL COMMITTEE OF SURVIVORS AND INCLUDING THE CITY AS WELL, GIVEN OUR ROLE IN THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BE THAT A.) WE'RE THE CAPITAL CITY, BUT ALSO THAT WE MAY HAVE LAND THAT MIGHT BE SELECTED FOR THE LOCATION OF WHAT A MONUMENT MAY BE.

SO THE DETERMINATION OF THE SCOPE, STYLE AND CONTEXT OF THE MONUMENT IS SOMETHING THAT GNWT IS WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEE OF RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SURVIVORS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO DETERMINE FACTORS LIKE ENSURING THAT THERE ARE INDIGENOUS ARTISTS WHO ARE INVOLVED, THAT THE PROCESS FOR IDENTIFYING WHAT THE MONUMENT SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE FACTORS THAT ARE BEING DRIVEN RIGHT NOW BY THE GNWT.

OUR ROLE IN THIS IS TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE, OF COURSE, TO DISCUSS WITH THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND WITH THE GNWT AS WELL ABOUT POTENTIAL OPTIONS FOR LOCATION AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND IF THERE IS AN INTEREST IN PUTTING THIS LAND ON CITY LAND, THEN WE WOULD WANT TO BE ABLE TO, OF COURSE, GIVE THIS GREAT CONSIDERATION AND STEP UP IF THIS IF IT MAKES SENSE RIGHT NOW, THERE IS INTEREST IN LOOKING AT HAVING THE MONUMENT SOMEWHERE AROUND THE SOMBA K'E AREA OR THE CAPITAL AREA.

WE THINK THAT'S A TERRIFIC IDEA, BUT OF COURSE, NOTHING HAS BEEN DETERMINED YET.

SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS WHERE WE STAY ACTIVELY ENGAGED, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEE AND WITH THE GNWT, WHO IS DRIVING THIS PROCESS AS WE WATCH THIS UNFOLD. THANK YOU.

AWESOME. GREAT TO HEAR THERE'S A COMMITTEE DRIVING THAT WORK.

THANKS. NEXT QUESTION.

IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES WAS JUST ABOUT THE ART AND CULTURE MASTER PLAN.

IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. JUST SEEING THAT'S HOPEFUL AROUND HALLOWEEN.

JUST WONDERING WHAT STEPS, ENGAGEMENT OR OTHERWISE WILL HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

SO WE DO HAVE THE DRAFT OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE MASTER PLAN.

WE'RE WORKING ON LOOKING AT THE ITEMS AND STRATEGIES TO BE ABLE TO ADVANCE AND IMPLEMENT SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS, AND CERTAINLY PART OF THAT WILL INCLUDE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE SOME ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ARTS COMMUNITY, AND IN FACT, THAT IS ONE OF THE ROUNDTABLES THAT COUNCIL HAD REQUESTED BE CONSIDERED IN 2024.

SO WE WILL BE FACTORING THAT INTO THE DISCUSSIONS.

I'LL ASK MR. WHITE IF HE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE, EXCUSE ME, THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

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YES, WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT BY THE THIRD QUARTER WE HAVE THIS IN FRONT OF YOU FOLKS.

RIGHT NOW IT'S SITTING WITH COMMUNITY SERVICES, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY TO I GUESS, GET OUR MINDS WRAPPED AROUND HOW WE'RE GOING TO BRING THIS FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL GET THIS DONE BY CHRISTMAS TIME OR NO, SORRY, IT WAS HALLOWEEN.

THANKS. THANKS.

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOUR COSTUME.

LAST QUESTION.

MOSTLY JUST FOR MY INFORMATION.

COULD YOU MAYBE ELABORATE ON THE COORDINATED ACCESS PROGRAM AGAIN AND WHAT THAT ENTAILS? THAT'D BE GREAT. MS. BASSI-KELLETT. I WILL HAND THE FLOOR OVER TO MR. WHITE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO I'M A HALF A STEP AWAY FROM THIS.

I'VE BEEN AT IT FOR A WHILE, BUT I'LL DO THE BEST I CAN.

SO THE COORDINATED ACCESS IS AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE IF A CLIENT WHO IS MARGINALIZED OR EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS OR EVEN SOMETHING SIMILAR APPROACHES ONE OF THE AGENCIES OR THE NONPROFIT GROUPS THAT IS INVOLVED IN PROVIDING SERVICES.

IT IS A ONE STOP SHOP WHERE IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THEY WHERE THEY GET ACCESS TO OR WHERE THEY GO TO ACCESS A SERVICE, THEY'RE PROVIDED WITH ALL THE THEIR OPTIONS AND ALL THE SERVICES POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THEIR NEEDS MET.

THE COORDINATED ACTS, THE COORDINATED PART OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, RESTS WITH THE NGOS AND THE SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND THE CITY'S ROLE IS LARGELY THROUGH FUNDING AND THROUGH TRAINING.

THANKS, AND JUST TO NOTE, IT'S A REQUIREMENT THROUGH OUR FEDERAL REACHING HOME, AND THEN I KNOW IT'S IN THE GNWT'S HOMELESSNESS ACTION PLAN ABOUT THE COORDINATED ACCESS AND THE GNWT AND THE CITY ARE WORKING ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY COORDINATED, AND THE GNWT DOESN'T GO AND CREATE THEIR OWN COORDINATED ACCESS.

GREAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S PARTLY WHY I WAS ASKING THE OTHER PART OF THAT QUESTION.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS. THE END TIMELINE.

DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.

SOME OF THESE OTHER ONES, I ASSUME THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE THE END OF THE CURRENT COUNCIL'S TERM.

IS THERE A REASON THAT ONE IS ENDING EARLIER? OR WAS IT. YEAH.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT. MR. WHITE. THANK YOU.

SO THIS IS, AS MAYOR ALTY EXPLAINED, THIS IS PART OF OUR REACHING HOME FUNDING, AND AS PART OF OUR REACHING HOME FUNDING AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THAT WE PASS ALONG WHEN WE HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH THE VARIOUS NGOS.

IT'S ONGOING WORK, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE, I GUESS, IT FINALIZED BY 2025, BUT AGAIN IT'S THE CITY, ONE OF THE CITY'S MAJOR ROLE OR ONE OF THE MAJOR ROLES IS TRAINING, AND THE TRAINING IS ONGOING JUST WITH THE TURNOVER OF STAFF WITHIN THE CITY AND OF COURSE, WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT KEEPS ROLLING FORWARD, AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WILL BE TRAINED UP AND FULLY IMPLEMENTED BY THE END OF 2025.

THANKS. WELL, AND I THINK TO FURTHER THAT IT'S THE ONGOING IMPLEMENTATION, BUT THEN COORDINATED ACCESS WOULD THEN HAVE LIKE ITS FEET UNDER IT AND CONTINUE GOING FROM THERE.

COUNCILLOR WARBURTON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

I'M DOING A COMBO QUESTION.

MY QUESTIONS, AND THEN COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN HAS A FEW QUESTIONS.

HE'S NOT HERE, SO I'LL ASK THOSE AFTER.

GOING BACK TO THE RUTH INCH MEMORIAL POOL, I SEE IT'S QUARTER 425.

IS THAT FOR THE REPORT, OR IS THAT TO THIS WHOLE PROCESS BE COMPLETED AND HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO USE THAT BUILDING, IF AT ALL? MS. BASSI-KELLETT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MR. WHITE. THANK YOU.

I GUESS JUST TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.

I GUESS I ALREADY EXPLAINED THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.

WE SHOULD HAVE THAT REPORT WRAPPED UP WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND THAT WILL BRING US FORWARD TO THE OR IN TIME FOR THE NEXT BUDGET GO ROUND, AND THEN IT WILL BE IN COUNCIL'S PURVIEW TO DETERMINE WHAT WOULD BE DONE NEXT AND HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD BE SPENT ON IT.

THANKS. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. JUST LOOKING AT THIS SECTION.

NO, I THINK THIS IS ALL THE NEXT SECTIONS FOR COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN'S QUESTIONS, AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS SECTION FOR ME.

THAT'S IT FOR THAT SECTION. OKAY.

FOR MYSELF, JUST MORE THE CAB ALLOCATION.

THERE'S NOTHING CURRENTLY, I THINK, IN THAT ONE.

I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE IN OCTOBER TO JANUARY OF EACH FISCAL YEAR OR EACH YEAR TO DO IT SO THAT WE HAVE THE CALL OUT FOR IDEAS IN OCTOBER, CLOSING

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THEY DELIBERATE IN EARLY JANUARY BECAUSE WE REALLY SHOULD BE WORKING TO HAVE IT.

COUNCIL APPROVED BY THE SECOND MONDAY OF EVERY FEBRUARY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE RFPS OUT.

SO I THINK JUST A BIT OF A ADMINISTRATION PROCESS UPDATE FOR FUTURE YEARS, AND I'LL BE CHATTING WITH THE CHAIR ON THAT ONE TO GET THAT GOING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT ONE. ANYTHING FURTHER FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES.

COUNCILLOR FEQUET, DID YOU WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION? YEAH, SURE. SO JUST FOLLOWING UP FROM ADMINS RESPONSE JUST ON THE RIMP ASSESSMENT.

SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT I HEARD THAT THE REPORT WILL ACTUALLY BE COMING FORWARD TO OUR BUDGET DELIBERATIONS, HOPEFULLY IN DECEMBER 2024? JUST NOTING THAT THE TIMING IS 2025.

SO IT SOUNDED LIKE IT ACTUALLY THE ASSESSMENT OR THE REPORT WILL WILL BE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL LATER THIS YEAR.

THEN POSSIBLY A DECISION WOULD BE IN THE 2025 WITH THAT ONE, SO, MS. BASSI-KELLETT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YES, THAT'S EXACTLY IT.

WE WOULD LOOK TO HAVING THE ASSESSMENT, KNOWING WHAT'S FEASIBLE, WHAT FITS IN WITH OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN.

BECAUSE OF COURSE IF WE'RE ADDING FACILITIES OR YOU KNOW, EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF THE DIFFERENT FACILITIES THAT THE CITY HAS TO UTILIZE AND DEVELOP AND DELIVER PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, THAT'S A COST.

SO THERE'LL BE A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT WILL COME FORWARD WITH THAT ASSESSMENT BEFORE THERE'S A DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT IT BECOMES A WHAT HAVE I HEARD SO FAR? SKATE PARK, INDOOR SKATE PARK, INDOOR BASKETBALL LIBRARY? YEAH. A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS HAVE COME FORWARD THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VERY INTERESTED IN.

SO, MR. WHITE, ANYTHING TO ADD? NO THANK YOU. THAT PRETTY MUCH SUMS IT ALL UP.

ANYTHING FURTHER ON COMMUNITY SERVICES.

SEEING NONE.

NEXT WE HAVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGY.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS SECTION? COUNCILLOR WARBURTON.

THANKS. JUST ONE SECOND TO CATCH UP HERE.

SO I SEE THE VISITOR CENTER GOVERNANCE AND STRUCTURE THAT DOESN'T START UNTIL 2025.

IT SAYS IN PROGRESS? SO HAS THAT BEEN STARTED OR IS THAT JUST KIND OF WHEN YOU THINK IT'LL BE COMPLETED? MS. BASSI-KELLETT? MISS THISTLE? THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.

OUR DEPARTMENT IS DOING THE HOTEL LEVY, WHICH WILL TAKE QUITE A BIT OF TIME AND NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE AT THE SAME TIME OR PRIOR TO THE DMO STRUCTURE, WHICH ALSO HAS TO COME TO GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE.

SO THE REASON FOR SCHEDULING THE VISITOR CENTER GOVERNANCE FOR 2025 IS RECOGNIZING THAT THOSE TWO OTHER PROJECTS WILL BE QUITE TIME CONSUMING AND NEED TO BE DONE MORE URGENTLY.

THE VISITOR CENTER GOVERNANCE WE ARE WORKING ON, BUT AGAIN, OUR MAIN FOCUS IS ON THE LEVY AND THE DMO STRUCTURE. SO THAT WAS THE REASON 2025 WAS CHOSEN.

BECAUSE WITH THE WORKLOAD AND UNSURE OF WHAT THE SUMMER HOLDS FOR US, IT WAS MORE REASONABLE TO SAY THAT WOULD BE FOR SURE DONE IN 2025 THEN BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO PUT MOST OF OUR EFFORTS INTO THE OTHER TWO MORE IMPORTANT TOPICS.

THANK YOU. AWESOME.

THANK YOU, AND THEN THE SUMMER.

SO THOSE HAVE TIMELINES FOR END OF THIS YEAR FOR THE HOTEL LEVY AND QUARTER ONE I GUESS FOR THE DMO, AND I'M IS THAT TO KIND OF HAVE THOSE FOR COUNCIL OR IS THAT TO HAVE THOSE KIND OF FOR COUNCIL BEFORE THAT, AND THEN THAT'S WRAPPING UP.

WE'RE KIND OF IN PLACE BY THAT DATE.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT.

MISS THISTLE.

IT'S OUR GOAL TO HAVE THOSE DONE BY THE DEADLINES IN HERE.

SO NOT JUST BEFORE COUNCIL, BUT FOR EXAMPLE WHEN IT SAYS LEVY BY DECEMBER 31ST 2024, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE BYLAW PASSED BY COUNCIL IN 2024.

THANK YOU. AWESOME.

THANK YOU.

I THINK THAT'S IT FOR ME FOR THIS SECTION.

THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.

COCHRANE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.

I WAS WONDERING IF ADMINISTRATION COULD JUST EXPAND UPON WHAT EXACTLY IS THE PROCESS FOR THE NONCOMMERCIAL ART GALLERY SPACE GOVERNANCE? MS. BASSI-KELLETT? ABSOLUTELY. WE ARE REALLY THRILLED TO HAVE INCLUDED THE NONCOMMERCIAL GALLERY SPACE WITHIN THE VISITORS CENTER.

WE WERE VERY ADAMANT ABOUT WANTING A REASON FOR YELLOWKNIFERS TO BE ABLE TO DROP INTO THE VISITOR CENTER REGULARLY, AND TO ALSO PROVIDE OUR VISITORS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE ART THAT IS NOT JUST COMMERCIAL ART, BUT ART THAT PROVOKES DISCUSSION, THOUGHT AND BASIC DEBATE.

SO WE'VE SET THAT UP IN-HOUSE FOR NOW, BUT OF COURSE, THIS IS TIED TO THE BROADER GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE FOR THE VISITOR CENTER ITSELF.

I'LL ASK MISS THISTLE TO EXPAND.

THANK YOU. YES, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ARCC OUR LOCAL GROUP, AND TO DATE, THEY'VE BEEN THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR CURATING THE EXHIBITS THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN THE

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SO WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM ABOUT WAYS NONCOMMERCIAL GALLERY ART SPACES CAN BE GOVERNED.

SORRY. SO WE'RE DEVELOPING A GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE FOR THAT GALLERY THAT WILL BE MORE SPECIFIC INSTEAD OF THE CURRENT PROCESS WHERE WE JUST HAVE AN ARRANGEMENT WITH ARCC TO CURATE THE EXHIBIT.

SO WE WOULD GET A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC THAN THAT.

SO THAT PROCESS HAS STARTED, BUT IT SHOULD BE FINISHED BY THE END BEFORE THE END OF 2024.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. YOU'VE ALREADY ANSWERED MY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS THROUGH YOUR ANSWER.

MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU.

COUNCILLOR FEQUET. THANKS, MADAM CHAIR.

I THINK THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE FROM COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN.

THE DISTRICT ENERGY POLICY.

OH, YEAH. YEAH. SORRY.

[INAUDIBLE]. YEAH.

HE WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT.

IS THERE A DRAFT OF THIS ALREADY? AND AGAIN, I THINK YOU ALREADY ANSWERED.

YOU'RE HOPING TO HAVE IT COMPLETE BY THE DEADLINE.

THAT'S IN HERE, LIKE, FULLY APPROVED.

THERE WAS JUST A DIFFERENT TIMELINE BETWEEN PAGE 12 AND NINE THAT HE HAD FLAGGED.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD CONFIRM THAT THE TIMELINE THAT YOU GUYS ARE EXPECTING TO HAVE THAT DONE? MS. BASSI-KELLETT.

THANKS VERY MUCH. WE'RE AIMING TO HAVE THIS DONE BY 2024, AND I DO APOLOGIZE.

THERE WERE A COUPLE OF LITTLE TYPOS WHEN IT CAME TO TRANSFERRING OVER THE TIMELINES FROM THE ALL CATEGORY OVER TO THE INDIVIDUALIZED DEPARTMENTS, BUT THIS ONE IS 2024.

THANKS. ALTHOUGH IS IT ALSO IT'S ACTUALLY TWO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

SO 2024 IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM MIGHT BE DONE IN 2024, WITH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM WORKING TO FINISH IT OFF IN 2025.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT WOULD THAT BE PERHAPS THE DIFFERENCE IN TIMING FOR THIS? WELL, LET'S THROW IT OPEN TO THE TEAM, SHALL WE? ALL RIGHT.

KERRY AND THEN CHARLSEY.

THANKS. YEAH.

THIS IS ONE OF A COUPLE THAT SHOW UP ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGY.

WE'RE REALLY WE'RE WORKING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, DISTRICT ENERGY, IT COMMENCED WITH PUBLIC WORKS.

NOW IN THE LAST YEAR WITH SOME CHANGES TO DEPARTMENT.

IT'S PLANNING SIMILAR TO ANIMAL CONTROL BYLAW.

WE'LL BE WORKING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO THERE'S DIFFERENT ASPECTS IN HERE WHERE BECAUSE OF OUR POLICY FUNCTION, WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS.

SO THE DISTRICT ENERGY POLICY IS ONE WE'RE WORKING HAND IN HAND NOW WITH PLANNING, AND MISS WHITE THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, AND YES, I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO MOVE THAT DATE TO THE 2024, AND THAT WOULD BE TO BRING IT TO COUNCIL FOR A DECISION.

JUST HAD A QUESTION.

AGAIN, I APPRECIATE HOTEL LEVY AND DMO BEING A HIGH PRIORITY THIS YEAR.

I THINK THOSE ARE SOME OF THE.

HIGH VALUE ACTIONS THAT WE NEED, AND SO RECOGNIZING THAT THE HOTEL LEVY.

HOTELS ARE WILLING TO, TO PARTICIPATE, BUT THAT IT HAS TO BE THAT FAIR PLAYING FIELD.

AIRBNB, HOTELS, MOTELS, ETC..

SO JUST WONDERING ANY WORK UNDERWAY TO GET AIRBNBS INTO COMPLIANCE AND WHETHER WE'RE WORKING WITH THE PLATFORM TO ACTUALLY JUST HAVE THE HOTEL LEVY CHARGED ON THE PLATFORM VERSUS, YOU KNOW, HAVING TO COLLECT INDIVIDUALLY FROM PEOPLE.

I KNOW THAT'S HOW I'VE SEEN IT IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS, AND SO, YEAH, JUST WHETHER THERE'S ANY PROGRESS WITH THE AIRBNB OR OTHER VACATION RENTAL PLATFORMS. MS. BASSI-KELLETT, THANKS VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR, AND YOU.

ABSOLUTELY. AT ONE POINT BEFORE I HAND IT OVER TO MISS THISTLE, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS SUPPORT TO IMPLEMENT THE HOTEL LEVY BEFORE WE SET UP THE DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION.

SO THERE IS SOME SEQUENCING THERE, BUT I WILL ASK MISS THISTLE BECAUSE SHE AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD ON THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF THE LEVY, WITH ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED. YES, AND SOME OF THE ESSENTIALLY ENGAGEMENT CONSULTATION HAPPENED IN 2018, SO IT'S BEEN QUITE SOME TIME.

SO THERE WILL BE A PROCESS THROUGHOUT 2024 TO REENGAGE WITH HOTELIERS AND ACCOMMODATION PROVIDERS, AND AT THE SAME TIME IN 2018 WE DID ENGAGE WITH AIRBNB AND THEY DID WERE AMENABLE TO THAT PROCESS WHERE THEY CHARGED THE LEVY WHEN THE PERSON BOOKS ONLINE.

SO NOW THAT THROUGHOUT 2024, THAT IS PART OF OUR PROCESS, IS TO ENGAGE WITH THE PLATFORM PROVIDERS TO HOPEFULLY SECURE THEIR THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO DO THIS AND IT IS DONE IN MANY COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WORLD.

THANK YOU. PERFECT.

YEAH. THAT'LL HOTELS WILL APPRECIATE THAT.

COUNCILLOR WARBURTON.

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IS THERE ANY WORK TO DATE ON THIS? I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LONG STANDING ISSUE TO GET WORKED ON AND A LONG STANDING ISSUE FOR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

SO JUST WONDERING WHERE THAT'S AT, AND THE TIMELINE IS A LONG ONE TO 2025.

SO WHAT'S THE PLAN, MISS MS. BASSI-KELLETT? THANKS VERY MUCH.

I'LL ASK MISS THISTLE IF SHE'D LIKE TO RESPOND.

THANK YOU. YES, YOU ARE CORRECT.

THIS ONE HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR WAY LONGER THAN I WOULD LIKE TO SAY.

IT'S BEEN THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK DONE TO DATE, A LOT OF RESEARCH AND REVIEW OF MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS CANADA.

SO THERE HAS BEEN WORK DONE.

THE REASON FOR 2025 IS TRYING TO BE REALISTIC WITH ALL THE OTHER THINGS ON OUR PLATE.

OUR DEPARTMENT HAS ONE AND A HALF PEOPLE DEDICATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE FULL TIME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICER AND THEN A MANAGER AND ME WHO DEFINITELY CAN'T DEDICATE 100% OF OUR TIME RECOGNIZING THAT WE NEED TO GET THE LEVY AND THE DMO STRUCTURE AMONG MANY OTHER THINGS ON THE LIST.

IT WAS BEING REALISTIC ABOUT THE BYLAW REPEAL AND REPLACEMENT.

IT NEEDS A FULL REVIEW AND REPLACEMENT.

IT'S QUITE OLD.

SO IT NEEDS TO BE MODERNIZED.

IF WE CAN GET IT DONE SOONER, WE WILL, BUT AGAIN, THE DATE WAS CHOSEN.

TRYING TO BE REALISTIC, BALANCING ALL THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY ON THE LIST BESIDES THE DAY TO DAY STUFF.

SO YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY, IT MIGHT BE 2025.

IF IT'S SOONER, WE'D BE REALLY HAPPY, BUT THAT'S WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU. COUNCILLOR FEQUET.

THANKS, MADAM CHAIR.

JUST A QUESTION ABOUT ROW 33.

THEY'RE UPDATING AND REDESIGN OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WEBSITE.

SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY GOOD IDEA.

NOTICE THE REALLY URGENT TIMELINES.

JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD ELABORATE ON WHAT THAT IS.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT. WITH PLEASURE.

THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN COLLABORATING ON INTERNALLY BETWEEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS, TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS CLEAR AND COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION FOR RESIDENTS OF YELLOWKNIFE AS WE GO INTO 2024, SO THAT IF WE END UP IN A SITUATION SIMILAR TO WHAT 2023 LOOKED LIKE WITH THE THREAT OF WILDFIRE OR SMOKE OR OTHER EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF RESIDENTS WILL BE VERY TRAUMATIZED BY THAT.

THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF PTSD GOING ON.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT INFORMATION IS AS CRISP AND SUCCINCT AS POSSIBLE.

I'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO MISS THISTLE TO ELABORATE.

YES AND THIS DEADLINE WAS PURPOSELY CHOSEN.

MARCH 30TH, 2024.

THAT IS OUR GOAL.

WE WANT TO HAVE A NEW WEBSITE TO LAUNCH IN APRIL.

THE WRITTEN MATERIALS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT PAST THAT COULD BE APRIL FOR WRITTEN MATERIALS, BUT WE WANT THE WEBSITE TO LAUNCH IN APRIL.

AS MS. BASSI-KELLETT INDICATED, WE WANT TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS SUMMER.

LESSONS LEARNED WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ON THE GROUND LAST YEAR, SO WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS OR CONFUSION WERE TRYING TO ALLEVIATE THAT.

SO WE'RE DOING A COMPLETE REVAMP OF THAT PUBLIC SAFETY WEBSITE REGARDING EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, WORKING WITH MR. MCLEAN'S DEPARTMENT.

SO YES, IT IS AN AMBITIOUS TIMELINE, BUT WE ARE GOING TO MEET IT.

THANK YOU.

SEEING NOTHING FURTHER ON ACTIVE, WE WILL MOVE TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

COUNCILLOR WARBURTON.

IT'S IN THIS SECTION, BUT I GUESS IT HITS EVERY DEPARTMENT.

THE DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS.

IT LISTS LIKE WINTER CITY, TRAFFIC CALMING, PEDESTRIAN BICYCLES, ETC..

ROADS, SIDEWALKS, WHICH I KNOW IS PUBLIC WORKS.

TRAILS AND PARK STANDARDS.

THIS HAS BEEN AGAIN ON HERE FOR A WHILE, AND IT JUST SEEMS TO BE CONTINUOUS FOREVER.

JUST WONDERING KIND OF WHAT THE STEPS ARE TO KIND OF GET TO SOME OF THIS STUFF.

FOR ME, THIS IS KIND OF LAST SUMMER WE HAD THE 50TH STREET PAVING, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT A BIT, AND THAT WAS A BIG MISSED OPPORTUNITY.

SO EVERY YEAR I FEEL WE DON'T HAVE STANDARDS.

THERE'S THESE LOCKED IN THINGS WE'RE DOING FOR DECADES.

SO I'D LIKE TO SOONER OR LATER SO UPDATE MS. BASSI-KELLETT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

SO THESE HAVE BEEN UNDERWAY FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

WE BRIEFED COUNCIL ON THIS IN 2020, AND WORK THEN GOT UNDERWAY TO UPDATE AND ENHANCE ALL OF THE STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING AND PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, AND THOSE ARE CURRENTLY POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.

THE AREA THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON AT THIS POINT IN TIME IS AROUND THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR PARKS, TRAILS AND OUTDOOR SPACES.

SO WE DO KNOW THAT THIS IS A REALLY KEY INTEREST OF COUNCIL, AND SO WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING IS BRINGING FORWARD AN OVERVIEW OF THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AT AN UPCOMING GPC, SO THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO UNPACK THIS FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT IT IS THAT'S CURRENTLY POSTED AND WHAT WORK IS CONTINUING.

THANKS. AWESOME.

THANK YOU, AND THEN ROUGHLY WHEN GPC-WISE WOULD WE SEE THAT?

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WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETIME BEFORE Q2.

THANKS. WITHIN Q2.

AWESOME. NEXT QUESTION COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MODEL JUST WONDERING WHERE THAT'S AT FROM A WORK PERSPECTIVE.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT. I'M SORRY.

WHICH ONE WAS THIS? FORGIVE ME.

MED MOVING TO A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MODEL.

JUST WONDERING WHERE THAT'S AT.

AWESOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

SO WE'VE BEEN REALLY PLEASED WITH THE WORK THAT'S BEEN UNDERWAY.

THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROJECT TO TAKE MED AWAY FROM MORE OF WHAT HAS BEEN A PARAMILITARY MODEL TO SOMETHING THAT IS MORE FOCUSING ON ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY, ENSURING THAT THE CONCEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY IS WHAT'S BEING UPHELD AND MAINTAINED AS PER OUR ENFORCEMENT POLICY, THAT WE HAVE ENGAGEMENT ON THE ON THE COMMUNITY LEVEL BY MED, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S THROUGH BIKE RODEO, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S THROUGH, YOU KNOW, MEETING UP WITH WITH DIFFERENT RESIDENTS WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S SUPPORTING THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON IN CITY FACILITIES ITSELF.

SO IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS, AND I WILL ASK MR. MCLEAN IF HE'D LIKE TO ELABORATE FURTHER.

THANKS. THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.

SO WHEN YOU REFER TO THIS TOPIC, IT ACTUALLY BEGAN WAY BACK IN 2019 WITH SOMETHING CALLED COMMUNITY POLICING. THE APPROACH OF THAT MODEL IS NOT TO APPROACH THE PUBLIC IN A MEANS OF ALWAYS TRYING TO ENFORCE, BUT TO TAKE MORE OF AN EDUCATIONAL AND COLLABORATIVE APPROACH WITH OUR PUBLIC.

THAT IS THE MODEL THAT WE CONTINUE TO APPLY ON A DAILY BASIS ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT BYLAW INFRACTIONS THAT WE DEAL WITH.

OF COURSE, THERE'S SOME CONSIDERATION OF SEVERITY AND FREQUENCY OF THOSE OCCURRENCES WHICH WHICH MAY NOT NECESSARILY ALWAYS LEAD TO A EDUCATIONAL APPROACH.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON THIS.

WE CONTINUE TO DO DOWNTOWN ENGAGEMENT MOSTLY THROUGH FOOT PATROLS WITH OUR OFFICERS IN THE AREA.

WE HAVE HAD SOME LIMITED SUCCESS IN PREVIOUS YEARS ON BICYCLE PATROLS TRAIL PATROLS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

THAT IS ALL NUANCED ON THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT WERE AND COMPLAINTS THAT WE'RE DEALING ON, ON A REGULAR BASIS.

COMPLAINTS ARE UP.

THEY CONTINUE TO BE RISING AT A, I DON'T WANT TO SAY HISTORICAL RATE, BUT DEFINITELY THE FREQUENCY IS INCREASING YEAR TO YEAR AS THOSE COMPLAINTS INCREASES, THE ABILITY FOR US TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY OUTREACH APPROACH HAS TO BE SCALED BACK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AND A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HERE FROM COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN.

WILL THE 2024 COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PREPLAN BE SHARED WITH RESIDENTS? IF SO, WHEN? MS. BASSI-KELLETT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

SO THERE IS A LOT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PREPARING FOR RESIDENTS THAT WILL BE ROLLING OUT SHORTLY, AND SO JUST TO DELIVER A PRE PLAN TO RESIDENTS, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S THE MOST EFFECTIVE THING, BUT WE WANT TO HAVE A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.

WE WILL BE HAVING A PRESENTATION THAT WILL BE JOINED TO GPC BY OURSELVES AND COLLABORATIVELY WITH MACA ON EMERGENCY PLANNING PREPARATIONS TO TAKE FOR THIS SUMMER AND OF COURSE, ON AIR QUALITY AND AIR SAFETY AS WELL.

WE HAVE A PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION THAT'S BEING PLANNED RIGHT NOW BETWEEN OURSELVES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE, WHICH WILL BE FOCUSING ON FIRE SMARTING AND THE ACTIONS THAT PEOPLE CAN TAKE AND HOW THEY CAN TAKE THEIR ORGANIC WASTE FROM FIRE SMARTING AND MAKE SURE THAT'S DEALT WITH SAFELY AND OF COURSE, ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON ON OUR WEBSITE TO MAKE SURE THAT YELLOWKNIFERS HAVE ACCESS TO TIMELY, APPROPRIATE, UP TO DATE, REALISTIC INFORMATION ON ACTIONS THAT THEY CAN TAKE, ACTIONS THAT WE WILL BE TAKING TO SUPPORT THEIR SAFETY AND THE COMMUNITY SAFETY OVERALL.

I'LL ASK MR. MCLEAN IF HE'D LIKE TO ELABORATE.

YEAH. THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.

SO OUR COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PREPLAN WILL BE AN OPERATIONAL GUIDELINE.

CURRENTLY THE CITY DOESN'T POST OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC REVIEW.

WE MAY DO THAT.

THAT'LL BE BASED ON ECC AND OUR CONTRACTOR RECOMMENDATIONS OF BEST PRACTICE FOR THIS FORM OF A DOCUMENT.

I AM AWARE THAT A COUPLE OF COMMUNITIES IN THE GNWT ALREADY HAVE THIS STYLE OF DOCUMENT IN PLACE, AND THEY DO NOT PUBLICLY DISPLAY THAT INFORMATION FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION, BUT ONCE AGAIN, WE'LL TAKE ADVICE FROM OUR CONTRACTOR ECC ON THE BEST APPROACH, AND

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SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT QUESTION IS WHEN WILL BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING START IF IT HASN'T ALREADY? THAT ONE'S ONGOING, BUT MS. BASSI-KELLETT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

THIS IS DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY ONGOING.

SO WE'VE HAD INCARNATIONS OF THIS WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS DEALING WITH COVID THAT WE DEVELOPED IN FEBRUARY OF 2020.

WE'VE HAD BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING AROUND LABOR STRIFE AND LABOR ACTION.

SO THIS IS ONGOING.

WE HAVE DIFFERENT FORMS OF THIS, AND SO OUR RESPONSE TO THIS IS, OF COURSE, TO BE ITERATIVE.

WE DON'T WANT TO JUST TAILOR WHAT WE HAVE TO SPECIFIC INCIDENTS AS THEY ARISE, BUT TO HAVE A MORE OF A BLANKET APPROACH, BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE THAT ESTABLISHES THE FOUNDATION FOR BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING.

MR. MCLEAN.

THANKS FOR THE QUESTION ON BUSINESS CONTINUITY.

YEAH. SO AS MISS MS. BASSI-KELLETT SAID, A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY HAVE THEIR OWN INTERNAL BUSINESS CONTINUITY OR WHAT THEY REFER TO AS A REDUNDANCY PLAN.

SO A LOT OF THE BASES OF THIS WORK'S ALREADY IN PLACE FOR MOST OF THE DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY.

WHAT AN OVER REACHING BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN SEEKS TO DO IS TO TAKE ALL THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS AND PUT THEM TOGETHER IN MORE OF A COHESIVE DOCUMENT WHERE EACH DEPARTMENT'S ACTIONS OR REACTIONS TO IMPACT OR INCIDENTS HAS THE ABILITY TO BE MORE RESILIENT AS WE APPLY MITIGATIONS ON HOW WE CAN RESOLVE THE SITUATION AT HAND.

SO IT'S MORE OF AN INTER-OPERATION RIGHT NOW ON ALL THE EXISTING REDUNDANCY PLANS IN THE CITY ON A MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH.

THANK YOU, AND WE CAN GET THAT LINE UPDATED BEFORE IT COMES TO COUNCIL.

I SEE IT SAYS NOT STARTED BUT WE'LL CHANGE IT TO IN PROGRESS AND PUT A BIT OF A TIMELINE THERE.

PERFECT. SHIFTING GEARS, ONE OF THE ACTIONS TO SUPPORT PARKING STANDARDS REVIEW.

IT SAYS NOT STARTED AND IT HAS NO TIMELINE FOR THAT TO START.

JUST A REFRESHER ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND IF IT'S NOT GOING TO START, WHY IS IT IN OUR LIST? MS. BASSI-KELLETT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

SO PARKING ISSUES GET RAISED TO THE CITY OPERATIONALLY ON A VERY FREQUENT BASIS.

WHETHER OR NOT IT IS, WHY IS PARKING SO CLOSE TO A STOP SIGN? WHY IS THERE PARKING ON MY STREET WHEN SNOW REMOVAL IS GOING ON? WHAT ABOUT PARKING ON STREETS THAT ARE NARROW? AND HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE HAVE EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS IN THE EVENT THAT IT'S NEEDED? SO PARKING IS A BIG ISSUE.

WE'VE HAD ISSUES IN OLD TOWN.

WE'VE HAD ISSUES IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE ARE SMALL STREETS.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS OVERALL.

WE NEED TO MITIGATE THE RISK THAT THE COMMUNITY FACES IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT PARKING IS DONE IN A WAY THAT IS NOT JEOPARDIZING THE ACCESS OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES, SHOULD IT BE NEEDED.

SO IT IS A PRIORITY FOR US TO DEAL WITH.

WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF STUDIES DONE OVER THE YEARS, CERTAINLY IN OLD TOWN NOT NECESSARILY IN OTHER AREAS AROUND, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THIS CONSTANTLY GETS RAISED TO US, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IN A WAY THAT THE SERVICE LEVEL STANDARD IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL SEES, APPROVES AND UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS IS WHAT OUR REALITY IS GIVEN THE ROADS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN BUILT AND THERE ARE ALREADY THE SIZE THAT THEY ARE, AND THESE ARE THE STEPS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE IN ORDER TO KEEP COMMUNITIES OR NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.

I'LL SEE IF MR. MCLEAN OR MR. GREENCORN HAVE ANYTHING THEY'D LIKE TO ADD.

I'LL JUMP IN FIRST.

I'LL JUST SAY THAT PARKING COMPLAINTS THAT COME IN TO MUNICIPAL ENFORCEMENT HAVE, AGAIN, COMPLAINTS THEY'VE INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY THIS YEAR. I THINK THE APPROACH OF THIS LINE ITEM WAS IN PARTICULAR, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY IN WHOLE AND HOW WE APPLY PARKING ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE OF OUR MUNICIPALITY.

WE'VE PIECEMEALED THIS OUT OVER THE YEARS BY LOOKING AT SPECIFIC AREAS, BUT WE'VE NEVER APPLIED.

ONCE AGAIN, A HOLISTIC APPROACH OVER ALL ROAD SURFACES AND PARKING AREAS IN OUR MUNICIPALITY.

THAT WAS THE INTENT OF THIS.

YEAH. MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT HAVING A START DATE ON IT.

I THINK THIS WAS JUST A MATTER OF THIS WOULDN'T BE SPECIFICALLY PUBLIC SAFETY BEING THE ONLY AGENCY INVOLVED IN THIS, THERE NEEDS TO BE A LARGER CORPORATE INVOLVEMENT IN THAT.

THANK YOU. MS. BASSI-KELLETT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO GET THAT ONE UPDATED BEFORE IT COMES TO COUNCIL SO WE CAN HAVE A START AND END.

IT HAS AN END DATE OF 2026.

SO IS IT GOING TO TAKE THREE YEARS TO DO ONE YEAR OR TWO YEARS? SO IF WE CAN JUST GET A START DATE FOR THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT.

TERRIFIC. ABSOLUTELY, WE'D BE LOOKING CERTAINLY NOT AT 2024.

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THANK YOU.

COUNCILLOR FEQUET DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR? NO. YOU DIDN'T PUT YOUR HAND UP? NO, I DID. OH, OKAY.

COUNCILLOR FEQUET. THANKS, MADAM CHAIR.

YEAH, SORRY, JUST FOLLOWING UP ON THE PARKING STANDARDS.

SO DOES ADMIN KIND OF CONSIDER THIS PARKING STANDARDS REVIEW AS, LIKE, A SERVICE LEVEL STANDARD? I HEARD THOSE WORDS. I THINK IN THE RESPONSE, I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE WE HAVE SOME SERVICE LEVEL STANDARDS WE DON'T IN OTHER AREAS, AND OBVIOUSLY THE PLAN IS TO TRY TO TACKLE AT LEAST TWO A YEAR.

SO IS IS THIS BASED ON THINGS LIKE COMPLAINTS AND THE TIME IT'S TAKING UP FROM, FROM ADMIN, ONE OF THE TWO PRIORITY SERVICE LEVEL STANDARDS? BECAUSE I ALSO I THINK HEARD I THINK IT MIGHT BE MORE OF A DESIGN STANDARD.

SO YEAH.

SO DOES THIS COUNT AS ONE OF YOUR TWO SERVICE LEVEL STANDARDS OR NOT? MS. BASSI-KELLETT. THANKS VERY MUCH.

NO IT DOESN'T, AND WHERE THIS IS GOING IS THAT IF THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION MADE TO COUNCIL, AND IF COUNCIL WERE TO APPROVE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THERE BE NO PARKING NO.

ON STREET PARKING IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE ARE NARROW ROADS, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT, OF COURSE, WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE PUBLIC BUT AGAIN, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT ENABLING AND ENSURING EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS, THIS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT DOES WARRANT THE DELIBERATION OF COUNCIL AND A DECISION TO BE MADE.

THANKS. THANKS.

SWITCHING GEARS BACK TO MED JUST A QUESTION ON WHEN THE PRIORITIES ARE GOING TO BE COMING.

THE MED PRIORITY IS GOING TO BE COMING TO COUNCIL THIS YEAR, AND NOTING THAT THE STATUS OF THE MOVING TO A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MODEL SAYS THAT THERE'S A DRAFT LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WAS DONE IN JANUARY 2024.

WOULD ADOPTION OF WHATEVER THOSE PRIORITIES LOOK LIKE AFFECT THIS DRAFT LEVEL OF SERVICE, OR ARE YOU WAITING TO IMPLEMENT IT UNTIL YOU HAVE THE NEW PRIORITIES? MS. BASSI-KELLETT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE TYPICALLY BRING FORWARD THE PRIORITIES, THE OVERALL FLAVOR THAT COUNCIL CAN DIRECT MED TAKE.

ANNUALLY. WE BRING THEM FORWARD IN THE SPRING, WHICH ALIGNS WITH WHEN THE RCMP SEEK COUNCIL'S ENGAGEMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW PRIORITIES WILL BE SET FOR THE RCMP IN YELLOWKNIFE IN ANY GIVEN YEAR.

SO TYPICALLY THESE LINE UP, BUT OF COURSE, THESE DO COME UNDER THE ENFORCEMENT POLICY, WHICH RIGHT NOW LAYS OUT THAT THE KEY PRIORITY, THE TOP PRIORITY THAT WILL BE PROACTIVE IN TERMS OF ANY OF THE WORK OF MUNICIPAL ENFORCEMENT, IS FOCUSING ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND OTHERWISE OTHER THINGS WILL BE DONE ON A REACTIVE BASIS ON A COMPLAINTS BASED MODEL.

SO TYPICALLY COUNCIL HAS THEN ADDED YOU KNOW, CERTAIN PRIORITIES IN TERMS OF, HEY, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT PARKING IS LOOKED AT.

LET'S MAKE SURE THAT RECONCILIATION BECOMES A PRIORITY.

LET'S MAKE SURE THAT HIGHWAY BYLAW ENFORCEMENT IS PRIORITY.

SO DIFFERENT FLAVORS COME AT DIFFERENT TIMES, AND THIS WILL BE CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT AS WE HAVE THOSE SERVICE LEVEL STANDARDS BROUGHT FORWARD, THEY WILL BE SOMETHING THEN THAT WILL INFORM AND PERHAPS REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO THE ENFORCEMENT POLICY ITSELF.

I'LL ASK MR. MCLEAN IF HE'D LIKE TO ELABORATE.

SO JUST TO CONFIRM, YES, UNDER ASSET MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK I THINK BELIEVE CORPORATELY WE'RE SEEKING TO ESTABLISH LEVELS OF SERVICE ACROSS ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS.

WE DO HAVE A DRAFT RECEIVED WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW, HOW THAT COMES INTO EFFECT OR HOW THE ANNUAL PRIORITIES SET BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL [INAUDIBLE] LEVEL OF SERVICE IS STILL IN QUESTION. IF WE ESTABLISH A LEVEL OF SERVICE AND HAVE CLEAR DIRECTION ON WHAT WE'RE DELIVERING AND PROVIDING TO THE CITIZENS OF YELLOWKNIFE, IF THAT DOCUMENT IS IN PLACE, THE QUESTION THEN BECOMES, IS THERE FLEXIBILITY EACH YEAR TO CHANGE OUR DIRECTION BASED ON THE DESIRE OF THE DAY? SO A LITTLE BIT OF NUANCED IN THAT, IN THAT DOCUMENT WE'RE SEEKING TO ESTABLISH A LEVEL OF SERVICE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, ONCE THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE IS DEVELOPED, THAT WILL BE OUR MORE OR LESS OUR DIRECTION MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

THANKS FOR THAT. THAT'S KIND OF WHY I WAS ASKING, BECAUSE.

YEAH, IN MY MIND, HAVING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE CLEAR IS, IS GREAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY WOULD NEGATE THE NEED TO ANNUALLY GET DIRECTION ON MED PRIORITIES BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE A LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT'S APPROVED, AND IF PEOPLE WANTED TO CHANGE THAT LEVEL OF SERVICE, YOU HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

SO I WAS REALLY JUST ASKING ABOUT THE TIMING FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR, KNOWING THAT THERE IS A DRAFT LEVEL OF SERVICE IN JANUARY, AND I THINK YOU ANSWERED THAT.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN. THANKS VERY MUCH.

SO JUST A FEW THINGS.

ONE IS JUST A COMMENT THAT JUST AS WE TALK ABOUT PARKING STANDARDS, TO PLEASE TIE THOSE INTO DISCUSSIONS ABOUT DESIGN STANDARDS, I KNOW ROAD DESIGN STANDARDS ARE SORT OF

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SO JUST PLEASE HAVE THOSE THOUGHTS IN MIND WHEN IT COMES TO THE PARKING METER STANDARDS, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM WITH HIM, AND THIS IS JUST THE REVIEW OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, ESSENTIALLY, RIGHT? MS. BASSI-KELLETT.

THAT'S CORRECT. PERFECT.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THAT WAS.

JUST AROUND DEVELOPING AN ACTION PLAN FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY COUNCIL TO MOVE TO THE MED TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MODEL.

THIS NOT A QUESTION SO MUCH IS I JUST THINK THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT AND SHOULD ACTUALLY BE UP IN THE STRATEGIC AS OPPOSED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION.

SO I WANTED TO RECOMMEND THAT WE ACTUALLY BUMP IT UP.

UNDER AND PUT IT UNDER INITIATIVE, WORKING WITH ALL PARTNERS TOWARDS A SAFE, SUPPORTIVE AND COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY FOR ALL UNDER THE PEOPLE FIRST SECTION, THAT IT'S A STRATEGIC ITEM, NOT JUST AN ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM, BUT THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION.

MY COLLEAGUES, IF I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ALL IN SUPPORT OR NOT, WE COULD MAKE THAT MOVE FOR BEFORE IT COMES TO COUNCIL.

THE OTHER ONE, THE OTHER BIG ONE THAT I HAVE IS AT BUDGET.

I BROUGHT UP THE PRIORITIZATION OF THE LIVERY LICENSE BYLAW.

SO I WANT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU ALL NOW I'M SORT OF AGNOSTIC MYSELF, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE IF WE HAVE SOMETHING ON A MOTION OF COUNCIL GOING BACK TO NOVEMBER 2015, WE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T CONTINUE TO HAVE IT BEING BUMPED.

IT'S EITHER A PRIORITY OF US TO GET DONE OR IT'S NOT, AND THAT'S NOT ON ADMIN.

THAT'S TO ME THAT'S A COUNCIL PRIORITIZATION OF WORK.

SO I GUESS I WANTED TO PROPOSE IT TO YOURSELVES.

DO WE BELIEVE THIS WORK IS PRIORITY ENOUGH TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE THIS FORWARD IN TERMS OF, AND MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ADMIN MIGHT HAVE TO COME BACK TO US IN THE, YOU KNOW, IN EITHER LATER TODAY OR BEFORE COUNCIL WHEN WE APPROVE IT, AND THEY COULD PITCH SOMETHING TO US AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT FURTHER AT THE COUNCIL MEETING WHEN WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING ELSE BUT I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE EITHER NEED TO GIVE ADMIN THE TIME TO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK AND DEPRIORITIZE SOMETHING ELSE, OR SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS ISN'T REALLY A PRIORITY OF OURS, AND THIS ISN'T SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO DO, AND I DON'T KNOW THE PROCEDURE TO MAYOR ALTY, BUT WHETHER IT WOULD BE A MOTION TO, TO REMOVE THE OLD MOTION OR A MOTION TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS ISN'T A PRIORITY OF COUNCIL OR WHATEVER, BUT I THINK.

IT'S NOT USEFUL FOR US AS COUNCIL OR ADMIN TO CONSTANTLY ADD MOTIONS AND WORK WITHOUT HAVING THE REALISTIC BE ABLE TO REALISTICALLY ACHIEVE SOMETHING.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, A YEAR OR TWO.

FAIR ENOUGH. TEN YEARS IS A BIT MUCH.

ANYWAY, THAT'S MY THOUGHTS ON THAT.

SO AGAIN, OPEN TO COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHETHER OR NOT TODAY OR AT THE COUNCIL MEETING, BUT I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT ONE BACK OUT THERE.

THANKS. MS. BASSI-KELLETT. I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE LIVERY LICENSE, ONE, IN THE FACT THAT IT'S PROPOSING TO TAKE THREE YEARS TO DRAFT. IS IT GOING TO TAKE THE FULL THREE YEARS? IS IT ACTUALLY GOING TO START IN 2025? JUST WONDERING IF ADMIN CAN PROVIDE A BIT MORE INFORMATION ON I KNOW IT'S A PRETTY POPULAR BYLAW FOR SELECT STAKEHOLDERS.

SO I CAN APPRECIATE THAT IT IS A LOT OF TIME, LOTS OF ENGAGEMENT, BUT YEAH, JUST LOOKING FOR AN UPDATE ON THAT ONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND WE APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GIVING TO THE LIVERY LICENSE BYLAW.

SO WHAT WOULD BE ENTAILED IN DOING THE UPDATE, OF COURSE, IS THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE OF OUR MUNICIPAL ENFORCEMENT STAFF WHO ARE INVOLVED DAY IN AND DAY OUT WITH MEMBERS OF THE TAXI INDUSTRY IN YELLOWKNIFE.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE A ROLE IN REGULATING THAT.

IF THERE'S ANY CONCERNS WE HEAR FROM THE TAXI COMPANIES OR DRIVERS, THEY COME TO US.

WE HEAR CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS AS WELL, IF THERE ARE CONCERNS, AND SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE AND THE INFORMATION HOLDERS ARE OUR MUNICIPAL ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF.

THEY ARE THE ONES THAT KNOW WHAT THE ISSUES ARE.

THEY WILL WORK WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGY WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THEN THE DRAFTING, LOOK AT RESEARCHING THE BEST PRACTICES THAT ARE EXISTING ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY AND WHAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE DOING, CONFIRMING THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT THAT WOULD HAPPEN.

SO THIS WILL BE A LENGTHY PROCESS FOR US TO DO, AND HONESTLY, THIS HAS BEEN ON OUR RADAR FOR A WHILE, BUT BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN HIJACKED BY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT INITIATIVES EVER SINCE 2018, OR ISSUES, I SHOULD SAY UP TO AND INCLUDING COVID AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN FURTHER ADVANCED ON THIS.

SO IT DOES REQUIRE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE OF OUR MUNICIPAL ENFORCEMENT STAFF.

IT REQUIRES THE ATTENTION OF OUR LEGAL TEAM TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THAT POLICY ANALYSIS AND BYLAW ANALYSIS OF LOOKING AT BEST PRACTICES.

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ALASKA. SO OVER A THREE YEAR TIME FRAME IN MY MIND IS REALISTIC TO GET THIS DONE, BUT I WILL ASK MR. MCLEAN AND MISS THISTLE IF THEY'D LIKE TO WEIGH IN.

THANKS. THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.

YES. LIVERY LICENSE IS IMPORTANT TO US.

WE DO RECEIVE.

COMPLAINTS REGARDING OUR TAXI SERVICE ON A REGULAR BASIS, WHICH WE INVESTIGATE AND FOLLOW THROUGH ON EACH AND EVERY ONE.

SOME OF THE ANTIQUATED WORDING IN THOSE DOCUMENTS LIMITS OUR ABILITY TO AFFECT CHANGE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THIS.

NOW, THAT BEING SAID, WE'VE GOT FROM OUR WORK PLAN, WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW DEMANDS, AND AS YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY, AT LEAST THREE TIMES TODAY, THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FOR MED KEEPS RISING ON A DAILY BASIS.

SO TO HAVE THE FOCUS OF OUR TEAM TAKE ON THIS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL THIS FALL.

IT ALSO INVOLVES ME BEING INVOLVED IN IT.

I AM ONE DEEP AS THE EMERGENCY MANAGER WHO, AS YOU CAN AWARE, I HAVE A LOT OF WORK GOING ON PRIOR TO SUMMER 2024.

SO IMPORTANT.

YES, WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE.

WE'RE TRYING TO EQUATE THE IMPORTANCE BY ALLOCATING THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO DO IT.

THANK YOU, AND THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT THE PROCESS ITSELF WILL BE TIME CONSUMING.

THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF ENGAGEMENT NECESSARY FOR THIS, AND IT'LL TAKE AT LEAST ONE GPC MEETING AND PROBABLY MORE.

THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT TYPICALLY COME UP THAT GPC WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS LIMITING TAXI LICENSES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

NOT SAYING THAT'S SOMETHING ADMINISTRATION RAISES, BUT IT OFTEN GETS RAISED BY THE INDUSTRY.

SO THERE IT'S NOT APPLES TO APPLES.

SO WE CAN'T JUST TAKE A BYLAW FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE AND COPY AND PASTE IT BECAUSE WE DON'T LIMIT, AND THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE. SO IT IS A BIG UNDERTAKING, EVEN IF WE HAD THE RESOURCES TO PUT TOWARDS IT FROM START TO FINISH AND KIND OF FOCUS ON IT, IT PROBABLY IS LIKE A 8 TO 12 MONTH PERIOD TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL THAT APPROPRIATELY, AND AS MS. BASSI-KELLETT INDICATED, IT'S REALLY THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS NEED TO WORK WITH THE POLICY LEGAL TEAM TO DEVELOP THAT.

SO IT'S KIND OF ONE ONE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS HAVE THE TIME TO BE ABLE TO DEVOTE TO THAT.

SO YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY A LONGER PROCESS BECAUSE IT'S SO POPULAR AND PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED AND IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT WE GET SO MUCH FEEDBACK AND ENGAGEMENT, BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, IT DOES TAKE A BIT LONGER AND ALTHOUGH LIVERY LICENSED TAXI BYLAW, WHATEVER WE CALL IT, BECAUSE THEY AGAIN, ARE CALLED DIFFERENT THINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY IT'S IMPORTANT AND IT'S SERIOUS AND IT'S PEOPLE'S PROFESSION, AND SAFETY IS CONCERN FOR RIDERS AND THE PEOPLE DRIVING.

SO IT IS A BIG UNDERTAKING THAT WE DO NEED TO DEVOTE THE APPROPRIATE ATTENTION SHOULD GET DONE.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN SAY WE'D LIKE TO DO IT SOONER, BUT I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO BE REALLY REALISTIC IN THIS DOCUMENT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO UNDERPERFORM.

WE DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, OVER-PROMISE AND THEN UNDER-DELIVER, AND WE ALL ARE A LITTLE BIT RESTRAINED NOT KNOWING WHAT THE SUMMER'S GOING TO HOLD FOR US, BECAUSE IN 2023, FOR MANY REASONS, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T DEVOTE AS MUCH TIME AS WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO.

SOME OF THE THINGS ON THE WORK PLAN, LIKE THE LIVERY LICENSE.

THANK YOU. YEAH, AND I THINK ON THAT POINT, THOUGH JUST FOR COUNCIL STAFF PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS, I WOULD RECOMMEND UPDATING THE LIVERY LICENSE BYLAWS SO THAT IT'S NOT STARTING JANUARY 1ST, BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALISTIC TO ALL THE POINTS THAT YOU JUST RAISED.

SO IF IT'S STARTING Q4 OF 2024, IF IT'S STARTING Q1 OF OR Q2 OF 2025 LET'S JUST ALL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING REALISTIC, AND JUST TO NOTE, THE 2015 MOTION IS ONLY AMENDING THE LIVERY LICENSE BYLAW.

IT'S NOT AN OVERHAUL, AND BUT I THINK WE ALL RECOGNIZE BETWEEN 2015 AND NOW THERE'S A NEED TO ACTUALLY DO AN OVERHAUL.

SO THERE IS THE SLIGHT DIFFERENCE OF ONCE YOU START TWEAK, JUST LIKE THE BUSINESS LICENSE YOU COULD.

THERE'S NEED FOR AN AMENDMENT, BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY A NEED FOR AN OVERHAUL, WHICH IS DIFFERENT TIME CONSTRAINTS.

SO COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN, I MEAN, YOU BASICALLY SUMMARIZE EVERYTHING I JUST TO STAFF, I JUST REALLY WANT TO SAY I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HONESTY THAT YOU GIVE IN YOUR RESPONSES THERE ABOUT THE COMMITMENTS THAT YOU HAVE TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES AROUND TO MID-YEAR AND SORT OF THE LONGER TERM, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND, TOO IN TERMS OF THE SCOPE OF WORK, AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU JUST MADE, MAYOR ALTY, WAS JUST TO BE MORE REALISTIC IN THE DOCUMENT ITSELF THEN, SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT THIS TYPE OF REPORTING, THEY DON'T GO, WELL, YOU SAID IT WAS GOING TO ALREADY START, AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, WE HAVEN'T.

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SO IF IT'S GOING TO BE Q4 OF 2024, I'D BE HAPPIER JUST SEEING THAT OR Q1 OF 2025, BUT AGAIN, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THE CONTEXT AND THE COMMITMENT, AND I THINK IT KEEPS US IN CHECK, TOO.

WHEN WE HAVE A DOCUMENT LIKE THIS STARING US IN THE FACE, WHEN WE START THINKING ABOUT ADDITIONAL MOTIONS AND ADDITIONAL WORKLOADS.

SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

THANKS. YEAH, AND THAT'S WHERE I WOULD TIGHTEN THE LIVERY LICENSE ONE UP, BECAUSE THEN YOU WON'T HAVE COUNCIL ASKING IN OCTOBER WHAT'S THE UPDATE SINCE YOU STARTED THIS IN JANUARY 1ST? SO I THINK BEFORE IT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT IF THAT ONE CAN BE UPDATED.

COUNCILLOR FEQUET? SURE, ONE COMMENT TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, AND THEN JUST ONE NEW QUESTION.

SO YEAH, I MEAN, MY INTERPRETATION OF THIS WORK PLAN TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN WANTING TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH US IS IT'S IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO MAKE THE LIST, BUT NOT IMPORTANT TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE AN END DATE THAT'S ANY LATER OR EARLIER THAN THE END OF OUR TERM.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS IT'S IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO MAKE THE LIST, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE MORE IMPORTANT ON THIS LIST.

SO I AGREE WITH THAT APPROACH, AND THE SUGGESTION THAT YOU GUYS JUST MADE.

SO I LIKE NOT LOSING IT.

I DO RECOGNIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE BUDGETING PROCESS, THERE WERE SOME THINGS WE 100% CHOPPED AND WE SHOULD DEFINITELY CONTINUE TO DO THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE IF WE ARE EVER ADDING ANYTHING, BUT I MEAN, I LIKE KEEPING A RECORD OF IT FOR BOTH THE PUBLIC AND FOR US TO KNOW AND STAFF TO KNOW THAT WE STILL CARE ABOUT THIS THING WHEN THERE'S TIME AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS HIGHER PRIORITY, BUT MY QUESTION KIND OF ON A SIMILAR VEIN, WAS ACTUALLY JUST ABOUT THE ONE ABOVE IT, THE [INAUDIBLE] IMPLEMENTATION, NOTICING THAT IT'S I THINK IT'S MAYBE TIED TO SOME FUNDING AND SOME OTHER ONGOING CONVERSATIONS AND JUST RECOGNIZING THE END DATE IS END OF 2026.

SO TO ME, JUST A MY INITIAL THOUGHT IS IT SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT NEED TO BE HIGHER PRIORITY THAN THAT, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO JUST.

YEAH, UNDERSTAND THAT A BIT BETTER.

FROM ADMIN. MS. BASSI-KELLETT, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THE OBSERVATION THAT WE ARE DEFINITELY STARTING ON THIS IN 2024, BUT RECOGNIZING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR ONGOING HOW THIS IMPLEMENTATION GOES, PROVIDING THE SUPPORT TO OUR STAFF AS THEY TRANSITION TO THIS.

THERE HAS BEEN THIS SENSE OF WE'LL IMPLEMENT AND THEN THERE'S THE MONITORING FOR THE INTERFACE WITH NWT 911.

I'LL ASK MR. MCLEAN IF HE'D LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING.

YEAH. GREAT QUESTION.

THANK YOU. SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF CHANGE MANAGEMENT THAT GOES INTO THIS PROCESS AS YOU CAN APPRECIATE OPERATIONALLY.

SO WE HAVE BEGUN THE PROCESS.

WE'VE RECEIVED UPDATED INFORMATIONS FROM THE SERVICE PROVIDER.

WE'RE CURRENTLY BUILDING OUR STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH THE TRAINING WHILE STILL MAINTAINING CURRENT OPERATIONS. HOW WE WILL WORK WITH THE GNWT/NWT 911 FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE ON POTENTIALLY THE CROSSOVERS THAT WE COULD SEE THERE AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE THAT PLAN EXCUSE ME PLAN IN PLACE, THEN WE'LL SEEK TO ALIGN WITH NWT 911.

WE'LL IMPLEMENT THE TRAINING, WE'LL ROLL OUT THE PROCESSES, AND THEN FROM THERE IT BECOMES A QUALITY ASSURANCE, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROCESS.

THE REASON THE 26 END DATE WAS PROVIDED WAS TO ALLOW TIME BASED ON WHAT PERHAPS COULD HAPPEN THIS SEASON AND ANY UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT COULD ARISE DURING THE PROCESS.

THANK YOU. JUST HAD ONE QUESTION WOULD BE PARKING METER STANDARDS, THE REVIEW OF METER INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAINTAIN OPERATIONS AGAIN A THREE YEAR WINDOW.

ARE WE LOOKING TO TAKE THE FULL THREE YEARS OR COULD THAT ONE BE TIGHTENED UP? MS. BASSI-KELLETT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OUR CURRENT PARKING METERS ARE SLOWLY BUT SURELY ERODING IN THEIR CAPACITY.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE DO NEED TO TURN OUR MINDS TO.

I'LL ASK MR. MCLEAN TO ELABORATE.

THANKS FOR THE QUESTION AGAIN.

THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS IS ACTUALLY TO REVIEW THE CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE DO HAVE, AS YOU KNOW, QUITE A FEW METERED SPACES, I BELIEVE, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, 600 SOME IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

SOME OF THOSE ARE NEWER, SOME ARE OLDER.

SOME OF THE MECHANISMS WE HAVE, THE BRAINS OF THE METERS THEMSELVES AREN'T THE SAME.

SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT PIECES, MORE OR LESS IN DIFFERENT PLACES, WHICH REQUIRES A LOT MORE TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS TO KEEP EACH INDIVIDUAL ONE WORKING.

SO WE SEEK TO TAKE A HOLISTIC APPROACH ON THE NEWER ONES, I GUESS, AND TRY TO DETERMINE HOW WE CAN COME WITH AN APPROACH OF EITHER MAINTAINING THE CURRENT METER STANDARDS IN THE CITY, OR IS THERE A MORE

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KIND OF LIKE TRAFFIC LIGHTS KIND OF PHASING THROUGH IT.

OKAY. SEEING NOTHING FURTHER ON PUBLIC SAFETY.

THE NUMBER ONE, THE NEXT ONE, SORRY, IS PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING.

ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILLOR PAYNE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

JUST WITH THE WATER SUBMARINE LINE PROJECT MILESTONES, WE GOT AN END DATE OF MARCH 31ST, '32.

SO IS THAT ARE WE LOOKING AT AN EIGHT YEAR PLAN TO GET THIS DONE? OR WHAT'S THE WHAT IS THE PLAN? MS. BASSI-KELLETT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

COUNCILLORS MAY RECALL THAT WE RECEIVED FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE REPLACEMENT OF THE WATER SUBMARINE LINE UNTIL 2028. THEY DID RECENTLY EXTEND IT TO 2032, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME HEAVY THINKING TO DO ON THIS PROJECT.

I'LL ASK MR. GREENCORN TO ELABORATE.

THAT KIND OF SUMS IT UP IN A NUTSHELL.

WE'RE CURRENTLY QUITE A BIT SHORT.

SO THIS THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED ITSELF TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE, WHICH WE HAPPILY TOOK TO GIVE US SOME MORE BREATHING ROOM TO BOTH MEET DMAF REQUIREMENTS AND TO SEE IF THERE'S I GUESS DIFFERENT FUNDING AVENUES OR OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO US, WHICH WE'RE WORKING THROUGH NOW, AND WE'LL BE BRINGING SOMETHING BACK TO COUNCIL, HOPEFULLY IN IN THE NEXT 3 TO 6 MONTHS, BUT THIS IS THE REALISTIC PROJECT MILESTONE. NOW BASED ON OUR APPLICATION TO DMAF AND EXTENDING IT FROM '28 TO '32.

OKAY. GOOD. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COUNCILLOR FEQUET.

SAME ONE. THANKS FOR THAT EXPLANATION.

I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO SUGGEST, BASED ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID, I GUESS ADDING A SECOND ONE.

THEN UNDERSTANDING THAT'S THE LARGER SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, JUST FOR THE KEY MILESTONE THAT I KNOW WE'RE ALL EAGER TO DISCUSS THIS YEAR, WHICH IS THE REVISED MATRIX AND THAT DECISION.

SO HAPPY TO KEEP THIS AS IT IS UNDERSTANDING THAT'S THE BIGGER PROJECT, BUT HAVING THAT SPECIFIC STEP, SINCE THAT'S IN OUR NEAR FUTURE IN HERE WOULD BE WOULD BE GREAT, AND I JUST HEARD YOUR SUGGESTED TIMING IN 3 TO 6 MONTHS WHENEVER, SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT, BUT I THINK IT'D BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US AND ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT IS THE NEXT STEP IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT. IS THAT AN OPTION? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD TO COUNCIL.

I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT ADDING THIS AS A STANDALONE STRATEGIC ACTION, GIVEN WE COULD ELABORATE ON EVERY ONE OF THOSE STANDALONE STRATEGIC ACTIONS WITH SOME OF THE SEQUENCING AND THE PIECES IN THE PUZZLE THE PIECES THAT GO TOWARDS THIS.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IT WILL BE COMING FORWARD IN 2024, AND SO IT IS PART OF THAT OVERALL PROJECT MILESTONE.

SO I AM CURIOUS IF THERE IS AN INTEREST IN BREAKING IT DOWN.

WE WOULD BE BREAKING DOWN PRETTY MUCH EVERY ONE OF THESE ITEMS WITH SOME OF THE SEQUENCING.

SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S ACCOMPLISHING THE END GOAL OF HAVING A HIGH LEVEL PLAN.

THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THAT.

YEAH, MAYBE THE OTHER OPTION IS JUST IN THAT STATUS COLUMN NOTING WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS AND WHEN THE TIMING OF THAT STEP IS COMING, JUST TO BE A LITTLE MORE ACCOUNTABLE FOR OURSELVES AND TO THE PUBLIC, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER OPTION, BUT YEAH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NEXT STEP IS REFLECTED SOMEHOW IN HERE.

I'M HAPPY TO LEAVE IT TO ADMIN TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO, TO DO THAT.

OKAY. YEAH, I'D HOLD OFF ON MAYBE.

YEAH. WE SHOULD ALSO TALK ABOUT [INAUDIBLE].

NOT NECESSARILY FROM A COUNCIL PERSPECTIVE, BUT FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE PERSPECTIVE ON HOW WE USE STATUS ABOUT WHETHER IT'S NOVELLAS OR WHETHER IT'S ONGOING, IN PROGRESS, COMPLETE.

JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE HAVING A CONSISTENT DOCUMENT, AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD START, AND WE JUST WANT TO FORMALIZE THIS FOR THE FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL, TOO.

DEPUTY MAYOR COCHRANE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR, AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE REFERENCE TO NOVELLAS.

THAT WAS QUITE ENTERTAINING.

COULD THE ADMINISTRATION EXPAND UPON WHAT REBRANDING OF THE TRANSIT SERVICE WILL LOOK LIKE ONCE THE ACCESSIBILITY IS IMPLEMENTED? MS. BASSI-KELLETT.

MR. GREENCORN.

THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. REBRANDING OF TRANSIT.

I CAN'T I GUESS IT'S KIND OF AN ALL ENCOMPASSING TERM.

SO IT MEANS THE REVISION OF ROUTES.

IT REMAINS THE REVISION OF PRINTED MATERIALS, SCHEDULES EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

BECAUSE WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW ROUTES, THE TIMINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE.

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I'M NOT A VERY ARTISTIC PERSON, SO I'VE LEFT THAT WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

JUST GIVING IT A DIFFERENT LOOK, I GUESS.

SOMEONE DESCRIBED OUR CURRENT LOGO AS CARTOONY, SO WHATEVER THAT MEANS.

SO IT'S KIND OF ALL ENCOMPASSING UNDER A REBRAND OR REFRESH, WHATEVER OUR WORD YOU WANT TO PUT IN FRONT OF THAT.

SO IT'S ALL OF THOSE THINGS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.

THANKS, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS? SEEING NONE, NEXT WE COME TO ADMIN.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE ADMIN ONE? COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN.

NOT A QUESTION SO MUCH AS [INAUDIBLE] I'M DOING THIS MYSELF, EVEN THOUGH I SAID WE SHOULD WATCH ADDING WORK, BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.

A REVIEW OF TERMS OF REFERENCES IN 2025.

WE'VE SORT OF TALKED ABOUT THAT AT BUDGET TIME IN PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PROPOSE THAT FOR 2025, WE JUST ADD A REVIEW OF ALL COUNCIL COMMITTEE TERMS OF REFERENCES.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT, WOULD THAT BE A POSSIBILITY TO ADD? THE COMMITTEE TERMS OF REFERENCE REVIEW IN 2025.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.

IF THERE'S A MOTION OF COUNCIL TO DO SO, WE WILL CERTAINLY TAKE THAT.

WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING HAS BEEN AD HOC SO FAR AS COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN NEEDING IT.

FOR EXAMPLE, MAYOR'S TASK FORCE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

TERMS OF REFERENCE.

CAB, BASED ON SOME OF THE EXTERNAL IMPACTS ON THE ROLE OF THAT COMMITTEE.

SO WE HAVE BEEN AD HOC AROUND THIS AND WOULD WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH CONTINUING TO DO SO, BUT OF COURSE, WE'LL LEAVE IT TO COUNCIL TO DETERMINE IF THERE NEEDS TO BE A ONE SHOT OVERHAUL OF ALL.

THANK YOU. NO, THAT'S APPRECIATE THE PROCEDURAL COMMENT THERE FROM THE CITY MANAGER.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'LL TALK TO THE MAYOR ABOUT IN THE FUTURE.

THANKS. THANK YOU.

COUNCILLOR FEQUET.

JUST FOLLOWING UP ON THAT ONE. THANKS, MADAM CHAIR.

I SEE THAT IN THE COMMITTEE UPDATES.

IT DOES HAVE THREE SPECIFIC ONES LISTED.

I WASN'T CLEAR IF THAT WAS E.G.

EXAMPLES OR IF THOSE WERE I.E.

THOSE WERE THE ONES THAT ADMINISTRATION UNDERSTANDS OR BELIEVES THAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT, EITHER BECAUSE COUNCIL HAS ASKED FOR THEM OR THERE'S INTERNAL REASONS WHY THE IN CASE YOU DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU, THE HRCC THE ORIENTATION MANUAL REVIEW AND THE COUNCIL REMUNERATION POLICY REVIEW.

SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF ADMINISTRATION SEES THOSE AS HIGHER THAN KIND OF A FULSOME UPDATE TO THE TERMS OF REFERENCE.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

SO CERTAINLY THE HRCC, SHOULD IT BE APPROVED? CERTAINLY NEXT UP FOR DISCUSSION, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE DONE, AND THEN OF COURSE COUNCIL CAN SEE HOW THAT IS IMPLEMENTED IF THERE ARE ANY TWEAKS THAT NEED TO BE MADE. WE KNOW THE ORIENTATION MANUAL FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, NOT JUST COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS DOES NEED AN UPDATE SO THAT WHEN THERE IS A NEWLY APPOINTED MEMBER ON THE COMMITTEE THAT THERE IS CLEAR, CONCISE INFORMATION THAT THEY UNDERSTAND, NOT JUST THE ROLE OF THE SUBJECT MATTER THAT THEY'RE SPEAKING ON WHEN THEY'RE PART OF A COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE CORE THINGS AROUND HOW THEY OPERATE WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THE CITY AND COUNCIL'S MANDATE OVERALL, AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE WORK ON COUNCIL REMUNERATION.

WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME COMMITTEES THAT ARE PAID, SOME THAT ARE NOT SOME THAT ARE PAID PEANUTS FOR THE KINDS OF WORK AND CALIBER OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT WE SEEK OUT.

SO THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAD ON OUR RADAR.

I'LL ASK OUR CITY CLERK, MR. [INAUDIBLE], IF HE HAS ANYTHING HE'D LIKE TO ADD.

THANK YOU. NOTHING TO ADD.

THANK YOU, BUT BUT I WILL COMMENT THAT IN TERMS OF PRIORITY.

NO, WE DEFER TO COUNCIL'S DIRECTION ON THAT.

ANYTHING FURTHER ON ADMINISTRATION.

SEEING NONE.

NEXT WE HAVE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.

ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILLOR WARBURTON.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SEEING THAT IN THAT SECTION, INFO WORK IS IN QUARTER THREE.

I'M ASSUMING THIS HAS STARTED ALREADY, OR IS THAT WHEN WE'RE STARTING IS QUARTER THREE? MS. BASSI-KELLETT. MISS WHITE.

THANK YOU. SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED.

WE STARTED LAST YEAR.

WHAT THIS IS, IS INDICATING WHEN WE'RE BRINGING IT TO, WHEN WE THINK WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO BRING IT TO COUNCIL FOR YOUR DECISION POINTS, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE. SO YES, WE BEGAN THIS LAST YEAR, BUT THIS IS KIND OF THE COUNCIL PROCESS, WHICH IS MAYBE DIFFERENT THAN OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHERE ALMOST EVERYTHING WE DO, WE BRING FORWARD IN THAT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OF A WAY.

THANK YOU, AND THEN I SEE KAM LAKE 2.0 IS QUARTER FOUR, 2025.

IS THAT JUST TAKE THAT LONG, OR IS THAT BECAUSE IT'S A LOWER PRIORITY THAN OTHER THINGS ON YOUR WORK PLAN? MS. BASSI-KELLETT MISS WHITE, THANK YOU.

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THIS IS THE PUTTING TOGETHER OF AN AREA DEVELOPMENT PLAN, ZONING SUBDIVISION, AND WE ALSO HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT THIS IS A PROCESS THAT COULD BE APPEALED. SO PUTTING ALL OF THAT TOGETHER, THIS WOULD BE THE END POINT OF COUNCIL DECISION PROCESS, WITH THE HOPE THAT THIS WOULD BE WHERE WE COULD THEN HAVE HOPEFULLY ALREADY GONE OUT FOR RFP, AND THE NEXT SPRING WOULD BE THE BEGINNING OF CONSTRUCTION.

FINGERS CROSSED. SO WE KIND OF LOOKED AT WHAT THAT AVERAGE TIMELINE IS, AND THAT'S WHERE IT KIND OF LANDED.

SO FINGERS CROSSED, IT'S EARLIER THAN THAT.

THANK YOU. COULD I JUMP IN FOR CLARIFICATION? KAM LAKE 2.0.

THEN WE ANTICIPATE THE START OF CREATING THOSE PLANNING DOCUMENTS IN APRIL.

OR THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME THAT SOME OF THOSE PLANNING DOCUMENTS COME TO COUNCIL.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT MISS WHITE, I WILL BE DOING A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL IN APRIL.

THANK YOU. COUNCILLOR WARBURTON.

THANK YOU. JUMPING BETWEEN SCREENS HERE.

DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE BYLAW.

YOU HAVE FOR QUARTER THREE/FOUR.

SO IS THAT WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED OR ARE WE GOING TO SEE AS COUNCIL BEFORE THEN? MS. BASSI-KELLETT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WILL ASK I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE OF DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS BETWEEN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGY.

SO I'LL TURN THIS TO MISS WHITE, AND MISS THISTLE MAY WEIGH IN AS WELL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING FORWARD KIND OF A LIST.

I'M CALLING IT A MENU BECAUSE IT IS AN IDENTIFICATION OF ALL THE THINGS WE POTENTIALLY COULD DO.

WE TOOK A LOOK AT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, NOT JUST HERE BUT IN OTHER COUNTRIES TO SEE WHAT THEY DO, AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE KIND OF A COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT AS YOU WOULD AT A RESTAURANT. SO OPTIONS BUDGET, AND WE'LL BE PUTTING IT TO COUNCIL TO GIVE US DIRECTION ON WHERE TO FOCUS.

THEN WE'LL BE PUTTING THAT DIRECTION TOGETHER INTO AN ACTUAL BYLAW FOR YOUR REVIEW.

KERRY, IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

THANKS. NO, NOTHING TO ADD.

WE'RE JUST WORKING TOGETHER.

THANKS. THANKS ON THAT.

THIS IS ONE OF COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN'S QUESTIONS.

WHY IS THE LACK ENERGY RETROFITS PROGRAM NOT SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED UNTIL THE END OF 2025.

AT BUDGET, WE HEARD THERE WAS A DRAFT OF THIS.

THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PAGE 19 AND IT SAYS PAGE 19 SAYS DONE IN 2024.

SO JUST CLARITY ON THAT.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS IS A VERY COMPLICATED PROJECT THAT INVOLVES NOT JUST PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT INVOLVES CORPORATE SERVICES.

THERE'S A FINANCIAL COMPONENT, A LEGAL COMPONENT, MANY, MANY MOVING PIECES TO THIS ONE.

I'LL ASK MISS WHITE IF SHE'D LIKE TO ELABORATE.

THANK YOU. SO THE IDEA IS 2024 WOULD BE WHEN WE WOULD BRING SOMETHING TO COUNCIL FOR A DECISION POINT UNDERSTANDING.

WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT, AND WE HAVE A MEETING ACTUALLY THIS WEEK WITH THEM.

SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

THANK YOU, AND I GUESS I'M KIND OF TRYING TO READ THROUGH THE WORK PLAN, BUT JUST FOR CLARITY, THE EARLIEST LAND WE'D HAVE TO MARKET EVERYTHING GOES GREAT IS SPRING 25 MS. BASSI-KELLETT. MISS WHITE.

IF I COULD ASK FOR CLARIFICATION.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, LAND FOR MARKET? THANK YOU.

KAM LAKE 2.0 OR INFILL LOTS OR ANY KIND OF LAND FOR SALE, I GUESS.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT, MISS WHITE.

SO WE ARE UNDERTAKING PLANNING PROCESS ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FRONTS AT THIS POINT IN TIME SPECIFICALLY WITH INFILL AND THEN, OF COURSE WITH THE KAM LAKE 2.0.

SO TO HAVE LAND TO MARKET, WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING TO HAVE SOME LAND WILL BE COMING THIS YEAR.

LARGER DEVELOPMENTS WILL BE COMING.

PLANNING PROCESS GOES WELL.

2025. YEAH.

WOULD BE THE EARLIEST THAT YOU WOULD SEE SOME ACTUALLY ON THE MARKET FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME SMALLER PIECES THAT WE'RE HOPING WE CAN GET FORWARD LATER THIS YEAR. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I CAN'T TELL HOW MUCH EXCITEMENT THAT BRINGS ME TO HEAR SOME LAND POTENTIALLY THIS YEAR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT? SEEING NONE.

WE WILL GET TO YEAH, AGAIN, WE'LL UPDATE THE DEPARTMENTS AND THE ALL SO THEY ALL ALIGN BY THE TIME IT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, CORPORATE SERVICES.

COUNCILLOR FEQUET. THANKS, MADAM CHAIR.

JUST CURIOUS.

THE SERVICE REGISTRY DEFINING THE SERVICE LEVEL IS TWO PER YEAR.

WHAT DOES ADMIN HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THOSE TWO SERVICE LEVELS THAT THEY'RE TARGETING FOR 2024 WOULD BE? MS. BASSI-KELLETT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION, AND WE KNOW THAT COUNCIL IS REALLY, REALLY EAGER TO SEE THESE, AND SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE ON THESE.

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BEFORE I WOULD COMMIT TO THEM, I'D WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THIS CEMENTED DOWN.

SO AT THIS POINT, PLEASE KNOW THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TO BRING FORWARD, BUT PLEASE STAY TUNED.

THANK YOU, AND THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

OKAY, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, I NOTICED THE START DATE IS 2025, AND I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM JUST WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US.

IS THAT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PLANNING ON TACKLING TWO IN 2024 AND WE'LL BE DOING THIS.

NEXT YEAR. MS. BASSI-KELLETT.

I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY SPREADSHEET RIGHT NOW, SO BEAR WITH ME ON THAT ONE AS I TRY TO READ THE SCREEN.

PERHAPS I'LL ASK MR. PANDA IF HE'D LIKE TO WEIGH ON THIS WITH HIS TEAM THAT IS WORKING ON THE ASSET MANAGEMENT FRONT.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

I MEAN, THE SERVICE REGISTRY, WE DO HAVE THE SPINE BUILT, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE TO THAT TO YOU KNOW, WE DO NEED TO DO CONDITIONS, ASSESSMENTS, REVIEW AND FINE TUNE THE NUMBERS THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE SERVICE REGISTRY AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

SO WE HAVE AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE IT IS THIS PROCESS IS INVOLVES A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS, AND WE ARE HAVING TO WORK WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE DIFFERENT AND COMPETING PRIORITIES AT THE SAME TIME.

THAT'S WHY WE JUST KEPT IT 2025.

HOWEVER, THERE'S A LOT OF PROGRESS BEING DONE.

WE DON'T WANT TO COMMIT TO SOMETHING AND THEN 2024 DOESN'T GO AS PLANNED, AND GOING BACK TO WHAT COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN SAID, YOU SAID THE STATE AND IT'S NOT THERE. WE'D RATHER PUT 2025.

BEING CONSERVATIVE AND BRING SOMETHING FORWARD BY Q3 OR Q4 IN 2024, THAT'S WHY THE DATES ARE LIKE THAT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANKS. SO JUST TO CONFIRM WHAT I HEARD, THE START DATE THERE IS KIND OF ON OR BEFORE THAT DATE WE'LL ACTUALLY SEE COUPLE SERVICE.

THE FIRST, THE FIRST TWO THAT WILL BE PROPOSED, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS THEREAFTER.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'RE WORKING ON THESE RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE WORKING ON THE OVERALL STRUCTURE OF HOW WE'RE PULLING THESE TOGETHER, AND SO AS MR. PANDOO HAS SAID, COUNCIL WILL SEE THESE IN 2025 FOR SURE, AND POSSIBLY BEFORE, BUT 2025 YOU CAN TAKE TO THE BANK.

THANKS. COUNCILLOR WARBURTON, THEN DEPUTY MAYOR.

COCHRANE. JUST ON THE ITEM REVIEW AND IMPROVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS SERVICES.

THAT'S OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

JUST SOME DETAILS ON WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPROVE.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT. THANK YOU.

BEFORE I HAND IT OVER TO MR. PANDOO, I WILL SAY THAT IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST MIRACULOUS PIECES OF FORESIGHT THAT THE CITY HAD, THAT WE HAD GONE TO AN ONLINE PROCUREMENT SYSTEM IN FEBRUARY OF 2020, OF ALL TIMES JUST BEFORE COVID HIT, AND WE THANK OUR LUCKY STARS EVERY DAY FOR THAT.

HAVING SAID THAT, THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT THOUGH, SO I WILL TURN THINGS OVER TO MR. PANDOO TO ELABORATE.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE COMING IN, I'M LOOKING AT EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM AS WELL.

AS MS. BASSI-KELLETT SAID, IT'S EVERYTHING FROM A LENS OF IMPROVEMENT.

SO CURRENTLY REGARDING PROCUREMENT, WE ARE TRYING TO STANDARDIZE TO BRING SOME KIND OF CONSISTENCY IN THE FORMS AND THE WAY WE SET OUT OUR CITY CONTRACTS.

SO IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS.

WE WOULD LIKE TO I DON'T BELIEVE IN BRINGING IN HALF BAKED CAKES.

WE'D LIKE TO RATHER TAKE OUR TIME DOING THE RESEARCH, AND WHAT'S THE YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE BEST PRACTICES OUT THERE SO THAT WE CAN PUT A VERY GOOD QUALITY PRODUCT OUT? SO THAT'S WHY THE TIMELINE THAT SPEAKS TO.

IT'S ONGOING. IT'S TWO YEARS, BUT NOT TO SAY WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC AS TO HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE APART FROM IT'S GOING TO BE AN IMPROVED PROCESS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.

COCHRANE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.

IF ADMINISTRATION COULD JUST EXPAND UPON THIS EXTERNAL AUDIT ON CITY'S IT INFRASTRUCTURE, IT NETWORK AND DATA STORAGE CAPACITY, AND FROM THE OUTCOMES FROM SAID AUDIT, WILL THERE BE DECISIONS COMING FORWARD TOWARDS COUNCIL AN EXCITING AUDIT.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

WE KNOW THAT WE LIVE IN AN AGE WHERE WE ARE ABSOLUTELY SLAMMED REGULARLY BY ATTEMPTS ON THE INTEGRITY OF OUR IT SYSTEM.

I HAVE AN OLD CITY LAPTOP AT HOME, AND JUST AS AN ASIDE, AND THERE WERE 44,000 HITS ON IT BETWEEN LAST SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNING IN ATTEMPTS TO GET INTO THE FIREWALL AND BE ON THE FIREWALL OF THE CITY.

SO LOTS OF RISK OUT THERE, LOTS OF MORE AND MORE SOPHISTICATED ATTEMPTS TO BE ABLE TO INFILTRATE SYSTEMS, AND SO WE DO NEED TO BE EVER VIGILANT ON THAT.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR AUDITORS HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT WE UNDERTAKE, AND WE TAKE THEIR ADVICE VERY SERIOUSLY.

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THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD.

YES YOU'RE CORRECT.

WHAT CURRENTLY 2024.

WE'RE GOING TO USE IT TO BRING THE SCOPE OF WORK TOGETHER, HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK INTO BASICALLY IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES IN THE IT INFRASTRUCTURE, I.T.

NETWORK, DATA STORAGE, AND LOOK AT ANY POTENTIAL GAP FROM THE SECURITY PERSPECTIVE FROM A EVERYTHING FROM A RISK MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE AS WELL, AND SO 2024 WILL WILL TRY TO PUT OUT THE RFP AND TRY TO SEE AND SEEK AS TO WHAT ARE THE COSTS INVOLVED IN DOING SUCH TOP DOWN AND TOP TO BOTTOM AUDIT, AND THEN IF ANYTHING, WE WILL BRING IT FOR BUDGET DELIBERATION FOR BUDGET 2025.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I WAS JUST WONDERING IF MAYBE THEN WE SHOULD EXPAND UPON THE TIMELINE OF THAT, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE ORDER WILL BE IMPLEMENTED, OBVIOUSLY THE OUTCOMES WILL BE A PART OF THAT WITHIN THE UPCOMING WORK PLAN AS WELL.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT THE ADVISABILITY OF EXPANDING THAT ONE.

WELL, WE REALLY APPRECIATE WHEN COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS THAT THESE ARE BIG PROJECTS.

SO THANKS A LOT FOR THAT ONE.

I'LL ASK MR. PANDOO IF HE HAS ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT.

WE CAN ABSOLUTELY EXPAND WITH IT.

THE IDEA WAS TO WHEN WE WERE DRAFTING THE TIMELINE, IT WAS SPECIFIC TO THE IT, NOT THE AUDIT ITSELF, BUT DRAFTING ALL THE OTHER FOUNDATIONAL PIECES THAT GONNA LEADING UP TO THE RFP AND FOR IT TO GO OUT.

SO IT WASN'T LIKE THAT'S WHY WE HAD THE TIMELINE THAT WAY 2024, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY EXPAND IT TO 2026.

SO FOR ANY AUDIT WORK, ANY RECOMMENDATION, IT CAN GO TO UP TO 2026 AS WELL.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I WAS MORE GETTING AT WAS WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS PORTION OF THAT BECAUSE ABSOLUTELY THE AUDIT WILL GO THROUGH WITH THIS YEAR, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL TAKE A LITTLE LONGER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CORPORATE SERVICES? SEEING NONE.

WHAT? SO, ADMIN WILL YEAH DO SOME UPDATES.

WE'LL CLEAN THIS UP A LITTLE BIT.

IT'LL COME FORWARD TO COUNCIL MARCH 11TH AT 7 P.M, AND YEAH, ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD RECOMMEND WOULD BE IN THE STATUS PERSPECTIVE JUST TO HAVE A CONSISTENT.

PROTOCOL, WHETHER IT IS THE NOT STARTED IN PROGRESS CURRENT, THERE IS IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THE COMMITMENT FOR THAT BIANNUAL REVIEW.

SO I THINK IF IT'S SIMPLE TO UPDATE AND THE STATUS CAN THEN BE GREEN, YELLOW, RED WITHOUT ANY NEED FOR ADMIN TO ACTUALLY WRITE OUT AN EXPLANATION ON WHY IT'S YELLOW OR WHY IT'S RED, IT MIGHT ENSURE THAT WE'RE ACHIEVING THAT BIANNUAL UPDATE COMMITMENT AS PER OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

ANYTHING FURTHER FROM COUNCIL? ANY CLOSING? YEAH, SEEING NONE.

WE WILL BRING THAT FORWARD TO COUNCIL MARCH 11TH AT 7 P.M..

SINCE WE ARE TWO MINUTES AWAY FROM OUR BREAK, WE WILL TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK, AND JUST TO BE CONSISTENT, WE'LL COME BACK AT 1:40 P.M., AND WE WILL RECONVENE.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A MEMORANDUM REGARDING WHETHER TO ESTABLISH A HUMAN RESOURCE AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL.

[5. A memorandum regarding whether to establish a Human Resource and Compensation Committee of Council.]

SO IN JANUARY OF 2024, COUNCIL DIRECTED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMITTEE TO FORMALIZE COUNCIL'S OVERSIGHT OF YOUR SOLE EMPLOYEE, THE CITY MANAGER.

FROM RECRUITMENT TO PERFORMANCE REVIEW TO COMPENSATION, THIS THIS COMMITTEE CAN CONSIDER ISSUES AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL ON THE PATH FORWARD.

THIS PROVIDES A MORE STRUCTURED PROCESS TO SUPPORT COUNCIL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CITY MANAGER THAN HAS BEEN THE PRACTICE HERETOFORE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL ON THIS? COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN.

THANKS, MAYOR ALTY.

FIRST OFF TO ADMIN, THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AS A GOVERNANCE NERD.

I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED READING THIS ONE.

COUNCILLOR WARBURTON HAS ALL OF HIS LAND ADMINISTRATIVE BYLAWS.

THIS IS MY KIND OF JAM.

ONE FEW THOUGHTS THAT I HAD TO REALLY MAKE THIS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WILL BE REALLY EFFECTIVE.

ONE IS AROUND CLAUSE FOUR.

RECOMMENDATION TO COLLEAGUES TO CHANGE THIS FROM THE MAYOR BEING THE CHAIR TO A MEMBER OF COUNCIL BEING THE CHAIR.

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REALLY SHOULD BE NOT SORT OF THE MAYOR OR CHAIRPERSON AND THE CEO OR CITY MANAGER IN THIS CASE, BEING THE ONES THAT ARE SORT OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF A COMMITTEE LIKE THIS AND THEN THE CEO OR CITY MANAGER, BECAUSE YOU WANT SORT OF THAT HEALTHY TENSION AMONGST THE PEOPLE AND BY DESIGN CHAIRPERSONS AND OR IN THIS CASE, THE MAYOR AND CEOS, OR IN THIS CASE THE CITY MANAGER ARE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER REALLY CLOSELY.

SO THERE'S THAT NATURAL WORKING RELATIONSHIP THAT HAS TO DEVELOP, AND I THINK IT REALLY FOR A COMMITTEE LIKE OF THIS NATURE TO HAVE THAT MORE GREATER TENSION.

POSITIVE TENSION.

YOU SHOULD HAVE A COUNCILLOR WHO CHAIRS THIS WITH THE MAYOR STILL BEING ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT AS A REGULAR MEMBER ALONGSIDE THE OTHER COUNCILLOR WHO'S ON THE COMMITTEE.

SO THAT WAS ONE RECOMMENDATION THAT I WANTED TO PUT OUT.

MAYBE I'LL STOP THERE BEFORE I GO ON TO ANYTHING ELSE.

YEAH, I DEFINITELY HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON IT.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT.

ANY COMMENTS FROM ADMINISTRATION? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

IT'S AN INTERESTING POINT THAT COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN IS FLAGGING HERE.

YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY IN THE, IN THE MODEL OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE THAT WE HAVE IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CERTAINLY UNDER THE CITIES, TOWNS AND VILLAGES ACT, THERE IS THIS NOTION THAT THE MAYOR IS THE FIRST AMONG EQUALS.

SO NOT NOT ABLE TO DO ANY OF THE DECISIONS THAT PERHAPS MAYORS IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES IN ONTARIO CAN, UNDER STRONG MAYOR LEGISLATION OR STRONG MAYOR PARAMETERS, BUT CERTAINLY HAS A LEAD ROLE IN TERMS OF COORDINATING WITH THE POINT OF CONTACT OF ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS THE CITY MANAGER.

SO I WOULD QUESTION THE ROLE OF ANOTHER COUNCILLOR HAVING THAT.

I DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS NECESSARILY A COZY RELATIONSHIP THAT GETS STRUCK, THAT IS PERSONAL.

I THINK IT IS A WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MAYOR AS THAT FIRST AMONG EQUALS THAT HAS THAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY MANAGER.

SO I QUESTION ANOTHER MEMBER OF COUNCIL BEING IN THAT CHAIR ROLE.

I THINK IT WOULD BE MOST APPROPRIATE FOR THE MAYOR TO BE IN THAT ROLE, GIVEN THAT FIRST AMONG EQUALS ROLE.

THANK YOU, AND THE OTHER THING I WOULD NOTE IS THE ROLE OF THE CHAIR IS TO REPRESENT THE HRCC WHEN PRESENTING RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL AND IS OVERSEEING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROCEDURE, INCLUDING PROVIDING ONGOING INFORMAL PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK TO THE CITY MANAGER.

SO I COULD SEE IT GETTING CONFUSING, BECAUSE THE ROLE OF THIS COMMITTEE IS ALSO ABOUT PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT ISSUES AND TERMINATION OF THE CITY MANAGER.

SO ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS GOING TO THE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE WHEN THEY HAVE CONCERNS, OR ARE THEY GOING TO THE MAYOR? AND IS IT THE CHAIR THAT'S NOW HAVING INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY MANAGER ON PERFORMANCE, OR IS IT THE MAYOR? SO I SEE POSSIBLE CONFUSION HAPPENING AND SO BACK TO YOU, COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN.

SO THAT ACTUALLY GETS ME TO MY SECOND RECOMMENDATION WAS GOING TO BE REMOVE THE SLASH INFORMAL FROM SECTION E OR SECTION E OF CLAUSE 14.

BECAUSE TO ME, THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE IS TO HAVE FORMAL DISCUSSIONS AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CITY MANAGER, NOT TO HAVE INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS AND ENGAGEMENT.

THE INFORMAL I AGREE WITH YOU 100%, IS THAT RELATION BETWEEN A MAYOR AND A CITY MANAGER FROM AN OPERATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, BUT TO ME, THIS COMMITTEE IS A VERY FORMAL STRUCTURE AROUND AROUND HIRING, AROUND COMPENSATION, AROUND HUMAN RESOURCES ISSUES.

TO ME, NO MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE OR COUNCIL SHOULD BE MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THEIR PERFORMANCE OUTSIDE OF THIS COMMITTEE OR AS A COUNCIL TOGETHER, OTHER THAN THE MAYOR AND AN INFORMAL STRUCTURE, SO THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY SECOND RECOMMENDATION WAS THE CHAIR IS A MEMBER OF COUNCIL, AND YOU REMOVE THAT SLASH INFORMAL BECAUSE AGAIN, TO ME, THIS SHOULD NOT BE AN INFORMAL CONVERSATION FROM A COMMITTEE PERSPECTIVE AT ALL BECAUSE THAT INFORMAL RELATIONSHIP IS THAT OPERATIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY MANAGER AND THE MAYOR, BUT THAT'S WHERE THAT'S JUST WHERE MY MIND COMES FROM ON THIS.

I APPRECIATE THE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, BUT AGAIN, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO OTHER COLLEAGUES ON THAT.

I GUESS PERHAPS THERE'S ALSO SO THE SCOPE, THE PURPOSE OF THE HRCC IS TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL RELATED TO THIS, TO THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT ISSUES, AND SO I GUESS THE CHAIR IS GOING TO PRESENT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION, AND THEN.

THE COMMITTEE MIGHT RECOMMEND THE MAYOR IMPLEMENTS THE RECOMMENDATION.

I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE SCOPE, THE PURPOSE, THE CHAIR, EVERYTHING'S CLEAR.

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THAT MAKES SENSE, THOUGH. AS THE CITY MANAGER JUST INDICATED, THE MAYOR IS THE FIRST AMONGST EQUALS.

SO THE MAYOR SHOULD BE DOING SHOULDN'T BE DOING ANYTHING THAT THE REST OF COUNCIL ISN'T ON BOARD WITH OR THE COMMITTEE ISN'T ON BOARD WITH ANYWAY.

SO, YOU KNOW, HAVING A CHAIR AND THE REST OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF THIS COMMITTEE, WHICH INCLUDES THE MAYOR AS WELL AS ANOTHER COUNCILLOR, BE THE ONES WHO ENGAGE WITH THE REST OF COUNCIL.

YES, THROUGH THE VOICE OF THE CHAIRPERSON, BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S, YOU KNOW, NO MEETINGS IN MY MIND SHOULD BE HAPPENING BETWEEN THIS COMMITTEE, JUST THE CHAIRPERSON AND THE CITY MANAGER. IT SHOULD ALWAYS BE ENGAGING WITH THE CITY MANAGER AS A COLLECTIVE COMMITTEE.

THAT'S AGAIN, TO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND SORT OF MY KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN THESE, THIS, THESE SORT OF STRUCTURES, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S JUST WHERE I'M COMING FROM. I'M HAPPY TO BE IN THE MINORITY IF THAT'S THE CASE, BUT THAT'S JUST WHERE I COME DOWN ON THIS ISSUE.

COUNCILLOR FEQUET. THANKS, MADAM CHAIR.

YEAH. SO YEAH, I REMEMBER WHEN THESE TERMS OF REFERENCE WERE INITIALLY DRAFTED LAST APRIL.

COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN, MADAM MAYOR AND MYSELF.

A COUPLE, COUPLE IMPORTANT POINTS.

ONE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, BEST PRACTICES FOR THIS TYPE OF COMMITTEE, WHETHER IT'S CORPORATE, NOT FOR PROFIT, MUNICIPAL IS IT REMOVES ANY REAL OR PERCEIVED PERCEPTION FROM THE PUBLIC THAT THE DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIP THAT THE MAYOR AND A CITY MANAGER WOULD HAVE IN ANY WAY IS AFFECTING WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON AS FAR AS THE EVALUATION OF PROGRESS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? THAT'S ONE OF THE IMPORTANT REASONS THAT THE INSTITUTE OF CORPORATE DIRECTORS AND OTHER EXAMPLES USUALLY SEPARATE THE PRESIDENT OR THE MAYOR OF A BOARD OR A COUNCIL FROM THAT CHAIR ROLE.

MORE IMPORTANT TO ME IS THE SECOND POINT ABOUT THE COMMITTEE AS A COLLECTIVE IS THE ONE DELIVERING THE FEEDBACK.

I'VE SEEN THIS FIRSTHAND WHERE I'VE BEEN PART OF AN ORGANIZATION WHERE THE PRESIDENT AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WERE FRIENDS FOR SEVERAL DECADES, AND THE PROBLEM WAS THAT YOU KNOW, THAT RELATIONSHIP MADE GIVING HARD FEEDBACK NOT A REALITY.

WHETHER THAT'S TRUE OF ALL PEOPLE IN ALL SITUATIONS, I'M SURE NOT, BUT SO AS PER 14E, I MEAN, THAT NEEDS TO BE THAT SECOND PART ABOUT PROVIDING THE FORMAL FEEDBACK THAT, IN MY OPINION, NEEDS TO BE UNDER 15, THAT'S THE COMMITTEE'S RESPONSIBILITY.

OBVIOUSLY THE OVERSEEING THE IMPLEMENTATION JUST MEANS THE CITY MANAGER AND THE MAYOR IN THIS CASE HAVE A OPERATIONAL RELATIONSHIP WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR'S JOB IS TO OVERSEE THE WILL OF COUNCIL BEING IMPLEMENTED AND ADVOCATING ON OUR BEHALF AND THE CITY MANAGER'S JOB IS TO ACTUALLY EXECUTE THE DECISIONS, BUT SO I CAN SEE THE OVERSEEING PIECE BEING KIND OF THAT DAILY RELATIONSHIP, BUT THE PROVIDING THE FORMAL FEEDBACK DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE THAT'S PURPOSE.

THAT'S ONE OF THE MANY PURPOSES OF THIS COMMITTEE.

SO THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION THAT SECOND HALF OF 14E JUST BE MOVED DOWN TO 15.

I GUESS I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY NOT THE COMMITTEES.

THE COMMITTEE IS NOT GETTING AUTHORITY TO DO THE PERFORMANCE REVIEW BY THEMSELVES.

THEY'RE ONLY MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL.

SO COUNCIL SO THE COMMITTEE MAY RECOMMEND THAT THEY'RE THE ONES THAT PROVIDE FEED, DO THE PERFORMANCE REVIEW WITH THE CITY MANAGER.

HOWEVER, COUNCIL COULD REJECT THAT RECOMMENDATION AND SAY THAT THEY WANT COUNCIL TO DO THE PERFORMANCE REVIEW WITH THE CITY MANAGER, AND SO THEN 14E IS OVERSEEING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROCEDURE, AND THAT'S WHERE I SEE IT WOULD MAKE SENSE THAT IT'S THE MAYOR OVERSEEING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROCEDURE THAT COUNCIL HAS APPROVED, BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THIS COMMITTEE, AND THE OTHER THING TO NOTE IS THE RESPECTFUL WORKPLACE AND ANTI-HARASSMENT POLICY STATES THAT COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE CITY MANAGER ARE HANDLED BY THE MAYOR AND EXTERNAL COUNCILS. SO, THERE'S ALSO SOME OTHER ASPECTS WHERE IT IS THE MAYOR THAT'S DOING THAT, AND SO I DO WORRY ABOUT A DISCONNECT. IF THE CHAIR IF COUNCILLORS ARE GOING TO THE CHAIR TO TRY TO GET.

DISCIPLINARY BECAUSE THIS THIS COMMITTEE WOULD BE PROVIDING A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL ON PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT ISSUES OR TERMINATION OF THE CITY MANAGER, AND SO IF THE MAYOR AND THE CHAIR ARE TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE, I CAN SEE SOME SOME CONFLICTS THERE, BUT MS. BASSI-KELLETT ANYTHING FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE PERSPECTIVE.

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I CLEARLY WON'T BE LIVING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU CANDIDLY THAT I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE I HAD TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

HAVING THE MAYOR AS THE REGULAR POINT OF CONTACT, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE IS ARTICULATED IN LEGISLATION IN TERMS OF THE ROLE OF THE SAO.

MAKES INFINITE SENSE WHEN WE HAVE IN THE CITY SET UP HERE, WHEN THE MAYOR IS A FULL TIME MAYOR THAT SPENDS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME IN CITY HALL, THAT'S WHERE THE CONNECTION HAPPENS, AND IT'S NOT A CONNECTION THAT'S NEFARIOUS IN ANY WAY.

OR SORRY, THAT'S THE WRONG WORD, NOT A CONNECTION.

THAT'S HEY, LET'S GO FOR COFFEE AND HANG OUT AND TALK ABOUT THINGS.

YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF WORK.

IT'S A MATTER OF THE CONNECTION ON THE ISSUES.

IT'S THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER THAT ARE OFTEN GOING TO MEETINGS WITH EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.

IT'S THAT CONNECTION IS THERE IN TERMS OF WORKLOAD, AND SO THAT'S WHERE I SEE THE REAL CONNECTION HAPPENING THAT BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE WITH COUNCILLORS WHO HAVE FULL TIME JOBS, THAT ARE DOING A LOT OF WORK FOR THE CITY, BUT ARE DOING IT ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS WITH A VERY RUDIMENTARY LEVEL OF COMPENSATION.

IT'S VERY HARD TO SEE THE INS AND OUTS OF WHAT'S GOING ON DAY TO DAY.

SO I WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE IS THE ONE THAT OVERSEES THE PROCESS, IS THE CONDUIT THAT HAS THAT REGULAR WORKING RELATIONSHIP, AND IS ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT ONE POINT OF CONTACT FOR FROM COUNCIL TO ADMINISTRATION, FOR THE GOOD AND THE BAD, TO BE ABLE TO SAY, LOOK, WE NEED YOU TO PICK UP ON THIS AREA.

WE NEED YOU TO PUT MORE EMPHASIS HERE.

YOU HAVEN'T DONE THIS.

THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. IF THAT'S COMING FROM ONE PERSON, AS OPPOSED TO A MAYOR SAYING, HEY, I SEE YOUR DAY TO DAY STUFF.

YOU'RE DOING GREAT.

A CHAIR OF A COMMITTEE. THEN COMING FORWARD AND SAYING, WE'RE NOT SEEING ENOUGH, YOU NEED TO PULL UP YOUR SOCKS.

IT COULD CREATE A LOT OF CONFLICT AND A LOT OF CONFUSION, AND CERTAINLY NOT SOMETHING THAT COMES TO IS A GREAT THING TO THINK ABOUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT RETENTION AT THE TOP.

THANK YOU. YEAH, AND THE SAO BYLAW SAYS POINT EIGHT, THE MAYOR, IN CONJUNCTION WITH COUNCIL, SHALL PROVIDE THE CITY MANAGER WITH AN ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL. SO IF WE'RE CHANGING IT THAT IT'S NOW A COUNCILLOR, WE SHOULD BE UPDATING OUR SAO BYLAW, AND SO, COUNCILLOR FEQUET . YEAH SO THAT'S NOT THE CHANGE THAT THIS IS, THAT I THINK IS BEING DISCUSSED.

JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE THING WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT AGAINST WHY THESE COMMITTEES EXIST, ONE OF THE PURPOSES IS TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S A COLLECTIVE DELIVERING FORMAL PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK. RIGHT.

SO THIS ISN'T DAY TO DAY.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS WHEN THERE IS A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROCESS THAT IS IN PLACE AND BEING CARRIED OUT AND IT MAY BE ONCE A YEAR OR MAYBE TWICE A YEAR THAT YOU'RE CHECKING IN TO BE DETERMINED, BUT THE POINT IS THAT THE FEEDBACK IS DELIVERED FORMALLY.

SO YOU SPOKE TO THE FIRST HALF OF 14E.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

THAT SHOULD STAY WHERE IT IS.

THAT'S FINE. I THINK I'M TRYING TO BE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN SUGGESTION ABOUT 14E THE LAST PART SHOULD BE FORMAL PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK DELIVERED TO THE CITY MANAGER BY THE COMMITTEE.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND I GUESS WHAT I WAS SAYING IS THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY WHAT THIS COMMITTEE IS DOING.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S SAYING THAT.

IT'S THE COMMITTEE THAT'S GOING TO BE DOING THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROCESS.

IT'S GOING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL, AND SO IF YOU WANT TO DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO THIS COMMITTEE TO DO THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROCESS, THAT WOULD NEED TO BE AN UPDATE TO THESE TERMS OF REFERENCE, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. YES, AND THAT'S THE TRICKY PART ABOUT TRYING TO RECONCILE WHAT WE HAD INITIALLY DRAFTED, BECAUSE THE SCOPE DID CHANGE, AND SO SOME OF THE PIECES BELOW ARE NOW.

YEAH, WE NEED TO BE VERY PRECISE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE INTENDING HERE.

SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE SAME EXPECTATIONS, BUT YEAH, I THINK THE POINT TO YOUR LAST POINT, THE THING THE ELEMENT THAT WE HAD INITIALLY ENVISIONED THIS [INAUDIBLE] DELEGATING WAS THE DELIVERY OF FEEDBACK SHOULD BE PART OF SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL DOES DELEGATE TO THIS THIS COMMITTEE.

SO THIS ISN'T JUST TO BE CLEAR.

THIS IS NOT CONDUCTING THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION.

THAT'S SOMETHING ALL OF COUNCIL SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN.

IT'S THE DELIVERY PIECE OF THE PERFORMANCE [INAUDIBLE] REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT HAPPENS ONCE OR TWICE OR NUMEROUS TIMES A YEAR, THAT I THINK THE INITIAL DRAFT OF THIS POLICY WAS SUGGESTING THAT WE DO DELEGATE THAT TO THIS COMMITTEE TO TAKE THE WORK OFF, BUT ALSO JUST MAKE SURE THERE'S A SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT WILL LAST LONGER THAN ANY OF US. YEAH, I WOULDN'T BE IN SUPPORT OF THAT RECOMMENDATION, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO PUT FORWARD AN AMENDMENT TO THIS TERMS OF REFERENCE, WE CAN WE CAN DO THAT AND IT DOES CHANGE THE SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF THIS BECAUSE COMMITTEES ARE ABOUT PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL.

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SO IF WE'RE CHANGING THIS TO COMMITTEE, THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND DO WORK THAT DOES CHANGE THE PURPOSE.

SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AN AMENDMENT TO THIS COUNCILLOR OR SORRY, DEPUTY MAYOR COCHRANE, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR, AND I THINK YOU HIT THE POINT RIGHT THERE. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A STANDING COMMITTEE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL.

SO ALL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL ONLY GO BEFORE COUNCIL, BEFORE DECISION.

I ALSO SEE SOME CONTRADICTORY WHEN WE'RE HAVING WITHIN THIS AND HAVING TO CHANGE WITHIN NOT ONLY THE BYLAWS BUT ALSO BEING WITHIN LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS OF THE CTV.

I'M FINE WITH KEEPING THE CHAIR WITHIN THE MAYOR POSITION, AS IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY ADMINISTRATION HERE BECAUSE IT JUST SOUNDS AGAIN, WE'RE KEEPING WITHIN THE MINDSET OF THIS IS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, NOT A STANDING COMMITTEE.

I WILL BE FINE IF WE CHANGE THE WORDING IN 14E FROM INCLUDING PROVIDING ONGOING INFORMAL TO JUST INCLUDING PROVIDING ONGOING PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK TO THE CITY MANAGER.

INSTEAD, I'M JUST ENTIRELY REMOVING THE INFORMAL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

IN THE CHAIR ROLL.

THIS GROUP, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, ARE WE TRYING TO BE VERY, VERY PROACTIVE BECAUSE WE SEEM TO BE THE MOST PROACTIVE COUNCIL WE'VE EVER HAD, CREATING FIXES FOR PROBLEMS THAT DON'T EVEN EXIST YET.

SO I'M NOT IN SUPPORT OF WHAT COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN HAS BROUGHT UP.

YEAH IF IT'S NOT BROKE, DON'T FIX IT, AND THERE'S NO PROBLEM YET.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANY FURTHER.

SO, YEAH, TO OVERSEE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROCEDURE, INCLUDING PROVIDING ONGOING PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK TO THE CITY MANAGER, I THINK IS RELATIVELY.

EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE NODDING AND SHAKING HEADS.

[INAUDIBLE] COUNCILLOR FEQUET.

YEAH SO JUST TO CLARIFY BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE, LIKE, I'M NOT CLEAR WITH WHAT'S IN HERE.

THERE'S ALSO THIS 15C THAT SAYS SCHEDULE A PERFORMANCE REVIEW MEETINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PROCEDURE IS YOUR INTERPRETATION THAT THOSE PERFORMANCE REVIEW MEETINGS ARE ONLY LINKED TO THE ANNUAL OR BI-ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW, OR IS THAT ONGOING? 15C? YEAH.

THAT WOULD BE, I WOULD SAY THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT, DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.

I THINK IT WOULD BE THE ANNUAL, BUT THERE MAY BE INSTANCES WHERE PERHAPS THE PERFORMANCE IS LACKING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND WHERE PERHAPS THERE MAY BE A ROLE FOR THE COMMITTEE, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE TO BE DETERMINED.

SO DEFINITELY THE COMMITTEE WOULD HAVE A ROLE IN THE ANNUAL REVIEW, BUT IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT WARRANTED SPECIAL ATTENTION, I'M SURE THAT THE CHAIR WOULD WANT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO BE A PART OF THAT AS WELL.

THANK YOU. OKAY, SO JUST TO CONFIRM, IS THERE, UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE CITY MANAGER JUST SAID.

CAN I MEAN CAN ARE PEOPLE COMFORTABLE TAKING OUT THE LAST PART OF 14E THE SECOND PART OF THE SENTENCE? YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT TO 14E BE OVERSEE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROCEDURE PERIOD.

YEAH, JUST I THINK THAT'S CLEAR WITH THAT OTHER ONE THAT'S BELOW.

JUST THERE'S NO CONFUSION.

I MEAN, I THINK THAT IT SOLVES A PROBLEM THAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT, AND I APPRECIATE COUNCILLOR PAYNE'S COMMENT, BUT I MEAN, WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID PROBLEMS TOO, ALSO.

SO YEAH, SO I WOULD BE MOST COMFORTABLE IF WE COULD JUST END STOP AFTER PROCEDURE.

WE CAN.

THE MAYOR IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE ONGOING PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK TO THE MAYOR, TO THE CITY MANAGER.

SO WE CAN DELETE IT.

WE CAN KEEP IT IN, BUT IF FOLKS ARE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH PROCEDURE POINT, WE CAN UPDATE THAT.

I'M SEEING SHAKING HEADS.

WE CAN DO PROCEDURE PERIOD.

JUST A QUESTION FOR ADMIN.

JUST LOOKING BACK AT SEVERAL OF THE COMMITTEES IN 2021 THAT WERE UPDATED, THEIR TERMS OF REFERENCE WERE UPDATED.

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I THINK THEY WERE REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS, COMMUNICATIONS AND REMUNERATION.

SO I'M JUST ASSUMING THAT WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM THOSE SECTIONS AND THE RELEVANT CONTENT HAS BEEN CAPTURED AND THAT WASN'T JUST AN ACCIDENT, AND I JUST WANTED TO GET CONFIRMATION.

I THINK THAT'S BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY COMMITTEE THAT'S ALL OF COUNCIL.

SO THEY'RE NOT RELEVANT TO THIS ONE.

MS. BASSI-KELLETT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S CORRECT. SO REMUNERATION DOESN'T HAPPEN FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS OR FOR THERE OTHER COMMITTEES THAT DON'T AS WELL, BUT WHERE THERE ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEY'RE NOT PAID FOR ANY OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO ON COMMITTEES.

COMMUNICATION. MANY, MUCH OF THIS, THE MAJORITY OF THE DISCUSSION AROUND THIS WOULD BE IN CAMERA, GIVEN IT'S AROUND AN INDIVIDUAL'S PERSONAL INFORMATION, THEIR PERFORMANCE.

I MEAN, IF THERE'S CHANGES TO AN SAO BYLAW OR BROAD TASKS, THAT OF COURSE WOULDN'T BE, BUT THERE'S VERY LIMITED COMMUNICATION THAT WOULD COME FROM THIS, AND I FORGOT THE LAST SECTION COMMUNICATION, THE REMUNERATION AND THE REPORTING RELATIONSHIP, BECAUSE IT IS A COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL THAT THIS COMMITTEE WOULD BE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL. SO NO OTHER REPORTING RELATIONSHIP TO SHARE.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANKS I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS INTENTIONAL.

SEEING NOTHING FURTHER.

SEEING GENERAL SUPPORT FOR AS IS MINUS 14E.

WE WILL UPDATE.

SO THAT WILL COME FORWARD ON MARCH 11TH.

IS THERE A DESIRE FROM COUNCIL TO APPOINT TWO MEMBERS? AT THE COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 11TH, OR WAIT FOR THIS TO PASS AND THEN BRING FORWARD A DISCUSSION TO GPC? ANY GET IT OUT OF THE WAY.

SO COUNCILLOR PAYNE AND COUNCILLOR FEQUET HAD EXPRESSED INTEREST IN JANUARY SEEING NODDING HEADS.

THAT'S STILL THE CASE.

OKAY, SO WE WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPOINT COUNCILLOR PAYNE AND COUNCILLOR FEQUET TO THIS.

WITH THAT, THE LAST ITEM IS A MEMORANDUM REGARDING WHETHER TO ACQUIRE AND DISPOSE OF FEE SIMPLE INTEREST IN LOT 80, BLOCK 308, PLAN

[6. A memorandum regarding whether to acquire and dispose of fee simple interest in Lot 80, Block 308, Plan 4204; Lot 32, Block 309, Plan 4204; and Lot 31, Block 569, Plan 4690, “residential lots”.]

PLAN 4204 AND LOT 31, BLOCK 569.

PLAN 4690 RESIDENTIAL LOTS MS. BASSI-KELLETT ANYTHING. WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.

ABSOLUTELY. PROCESSES SEEM TO HAVE CHANGED AT THE LAND TITLES OFFICE, AND SO THEY NOW ARE REQUIRING THE CITY TO PASS BYLAWS WHEN WE ARE TAKING BACK LANDS THAT HAVE BEEN SOLD TO PURCHASERS WHO ARE UNABLE TO MEET THE TERMS OF THEIR PURCHASE AGREEMENT.

PREVIOUSLY, IMPLEMENTING THE TERMS OF THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT WERE DEEMED ACCEPTABLE FOR THE TRANSFER OF LANDS BACK TO THE CITY AND FOR LAND TITLES.

WHILE WE CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THIS CHANGE WITH LAND TITLES SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS, HOPEFULLY THERE ARE PURCHASERS WHO ARE FOREGOING THEIR LANDS, OWNERSHIP AND WHO NEED TITLE TO BE TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE CITY SO THAT THE CITY CAN RETURN THEIR MONEY TO THEM IN A PROMPT MANNER.

SO WE'RE ASKING GPC'S CONSIDERATION OF THIS ISSUE TODAY AND WITH POTENTIAL TO REVIEW FOR FIRST READING AT THIS EVENING'S COUNCIL MEETING SO THAT WE CAN EXPEDITE THIS PROCESS, GIVEN THIS CHANGE IN APPROACH FROM THE LAND TITLES OFFICE.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? DISCUSSION.

SEEING NONE.

WE WILL BRING FIRST READING TONIGHT AT 7 P.M..

WITH THAT, WE'VE COME TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA.

IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN, MOVE BY COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR FEQUET.

ANYBODY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE. WE WILL SEE EVERYBODY AT 7 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.