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[4. A presentation regarding the City’s website as it relates to wildfire preparedness.]

[00:04:58]

THAT ROW OF LIVING HERE, GETTING ACTIVE, EXPLORING YELLOWKNIFE THAT STAYS WHEN YOU'RE SCROLLING DOWN.

[00:05:03]

WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDING THE ABILITY TO HAVE A SECOND ONE THAT COULD HELP WITH WHEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE ALERTS.

THERE'S A FEW WAYS TO HAVE THINGS INFORMATION.

THERE'S THE BALANCE OF INFORMATION OVERLOAD.

IF EVERYTHING'S IMPORTANT, NOTHING'S IMPORTANT, BUT THERE IS GOING TO BE A QUICK LINK ON THE FRONT PAGE TO GET TO THIS INFORMATION.

SO THE MAIN WILDFIRE INFORMATION PAGE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE THIS.

THESE ARE THE GENERAL TOPIC AREAS COVERED.

AGAIN THE THE FRONT PAGE WILL HAVE A LINK TO THIS PAGE AND TO THE FIRST BULLET THERE OF CURRENT WILDFIRE STATUS.

AND EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE UNDER THESE, THESE HEADINGS.

WHEN YOU END UP AT THE CURRENT WILDFIRE STATUS.

AS MR. COLINS SAID, WE'RE STILL FINE TOOTH COMBING IN THE THE INFO, BUT I'VE PUT THIS INTO THE BACK END TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE TASTE OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE.

A LITTLE BLURB THERE THAT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ALL THE INFORMATION UP TO DATE ON THIS PAGE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE THE ONE THAT'S KIND OF CHANGING REGULARLY.

AND THEN THE WILDFIRE STATUS PAGE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE THIS WHEN THERE ISN'T SOMETHING EXTREMELY OF NOTE GOING ON. SO YELLOWKNIFE'S NOT UNDER THREAT OF WILDFIRES, BUT UP TO DATE INFORMATION GET YOU RIGHT TO THOSE NWT FIRE SITES THAT WE'RE ALL UNFORTUNATELY VERY FAMILIAR WITH. AND THEN ALSO THE AIR QUALITY LINKING TO THE THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT SITE.

THIS IS JUST ONE OTHER EXAMPLE UNDER THE HEALTH AND SAFETY.

AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT OF A INFO AT THE TOP OF THE GENERAL CONTEXT OF THE PAGE AND THEN MULTIPLE DROP DOWNS.

THE WAY AS YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR, THE WAY OUR WEBSITE WORKS IS HAVING THESE DROP DOWN SUBHEADINGS.

AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING I'LL BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO HERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS UNDER WILDFIRE INFORMATION AGAIN, THOSE THOSE MAIN CATEGORIES ARE THERE SO PEOPLE CAN JUMP AROUND ONCE THEY IF THEY ENDED UP COMING IN ON THE CURRENT WILDFIRE STATUS PAGE THEY'LL BE ABLE TO JUMP TO THE RELEVANT AREA.

AND THIS IS UNDER THE PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECT.

AND YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A GENERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TITLE THERE.

BECAUSE AS YOU'RE AWARE, A LOT OF THIS WORK IS DOING BEING DONE IN RELATION TO WILDFIRES.

BUT AND WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE A ONE STOP SHOP ON WILDFIRES.

HOWEVER, THE INFORMATION IS ALSO RELEVANT TO ALL SORTS OF OTHER EMERGENCIES.

AND SO OVER TIME WE MAY BE ABLE TO HAVE SIMILAR SPECIFIC SITUATION SPECIFIC FOR THE MOST LIKELY EMERGENCIES FACING THE CITY.

SO NEXT STEPS AS I MENTIONED, IN-DEPTH REVIEW OF THE CONTENT.

WE'VE BEEN PUTTING A LOT OF WORK INTO GETTING ALL THE RIGHT SOURCES, BUT IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION GOING UP THERE.

AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ALL CORRECT.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO SOUGHT INPUT FROM THE GNWT MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CONTRADICTING ONE ANOTHER AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT LINKS IS A BIG THING BECAUSE OF ALL THE THE WEB PAGES THAT WILL BE LINKING TO, AS MR. COLIN MENTIONED, THAT THE TRADE SHOW, WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE A COMPUTER, A LAPTOP THERE THAT PEOPLE CAN GO AND LOOK AT IT AND AND SOME HANDOUTS ALONG THE LINES OF MAKE SURE YOU'RE INFORMED AND READY FOR WILDFIRE SEASON JUST TO GET.

AND THEN WE'LL BE PUSHING OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, VARIOUS PLATFORMS TO REALLY HOPEFULLY HAVE RESIDENTS TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK AT THIS STUFF BEFORE SOMETHING IS IMMINENT.

AND SO ALL OF THIS, AS I MENTIONED, IS PART OF THE WILDFIRE EDUCATION PREPAREDNESS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BIGGER THIS IS THE THE CENTRAL POINT OF GETTING THE EDUCATION GOING.

SO WITH THOSE COMMENTS, I'LL PASS IT BACK TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR FINAL COMMENTS.

SO MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, THIS WEBSITE WILL BE USEFUL.

BUT IT IS IN TERMS OF INFORMATION.

IT IS A PULL TYPE OF SYSTEM.

THAT IS TO SAY, INDIVIDUALS NEED TO KNOW IT EXISTS, NEEDS TO NEED TO THINK, TO GO TO IT ON ANY GIVEN PAGE AND PULL WHAT THEY WANT.

SO I'VE, I'VE ALREADY DIRECTED THE STAFF TO TAKE A LOOK AT A VERY BASIC, VERY SIMPLE PUSH SYSTEM AS WELL.

AND THE GENERAL IDEA WOULD BE THAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO SO WISH COULD SIGN UP ON A DISTRIBUTION LIST TO RECEIVE MESSAGES FROM US IN ANY EMERGENCY OR IMPORTANT SITUATION.

AND AS YOU EVOLVE THIS, IT COULD INCLUDE WATER MAIN BREAKS, IT COULD INCLUDE ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF WHEREBY IF THEY HAVE SIGNED UP, THEY WILL GET THE THE INFORMATION FROM US IN A PUSH FASHION, AS OPPOSED TO THEM HAVING TO GO AND PULL IT MORE TO FOLLOW ON THAT INITIATIVE.

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BUT SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE AVENUES TO ENHANCE OUR COMMUNICATIONS DURING EMERGENCIES AND IMPORTANT EVENTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CITY MANAGER, AND THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THE PRESENTATION.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS? COUNCILLOR MCGURK, THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.

THIS IS REALLY, REALLY GREAT.

MY MY QUESTION IS AROUND USER EXPERIENCE, AND YOU'VE ALREADY SORT OF ADDRESSED A LOT OF MY JUST BY LOOKING AT IT AND BY DISCUSSING THE PUSH NOTIFICATION SYSTEM. I THINK THAT WHEN WITH THIS INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY USER EXPERIENCE IS REALLY IMPORTANT, THE ABILITY FOR RESIDENTS TO DIGEST THAT INFORMATION.

I GUESS I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY OTHER SORT OF ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT YOU MADE, THE HEADINGS, ICONS.

THAT'S KIND OF LIKE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, BUT MAYBE IS THERE A SOCIAL MEDIA PLAN THAT HAS SORT OF AS GRABBING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS? MR. COLIN.

THROUGH YOU DEPUTY MAYOR TO THE COUNCILLOR.

WHAT WE ARE STILL WORKING ON IN TERMS OF OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PROCEDURES AND THE TRAINING WE'RE GOING ON NOW, IS TO CONTINUALLY IMPROVE ON COMMUNICATIONS.

I'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS IN MY LIFETIME, AND I GUARANTEE YOU THAT EVERY AFTER ACTION REVIEW OF EVERY ONE OF THEM, NO MATTER HOW SUCCESSFUL AN OPERATION IT WAS, I GUARANTEE YOU THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER AT COMMUNICATIONS.

WE ALWAYS CAN.

SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE OF THAT.

AND OVER THE COMING COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE WILL REFINE OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PROCEDURES SUCH THAT WE DO LEVERAGE SOCIAL MEDIA FOR EVERYTHING THAT IT CAN PROVIDE TO US WITHOUT TO TO KEITH'S POINT, WITHOUT MAKING EVERYTHING SOUND IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THEN NOTHING IS.

SO THERE IS A BALANCING ACT IN THERE.

YOU CANNOT SWAMP EVERYBODY WITH INFORMATION, BUT THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE, TO BE SURE.

YEAH, I THAT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU. AND I RECOGNIZE I RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION ASPECT.

I'M WONDERING IF THAT WOULD CHANGE THE WAY, AS I'M NOT SURE HOW OUR COMMS IS DELIVERED, LIKE, DEVELOPED AND DELIVERED.

I'M WONDERING IF IT WOULD CHANGE THE KIND OF WAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING, DELIVERING COMMS. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, SPECIFICALLY, I'M THINKING ON SOCIAL MEDIA WE JUST POST LIKE A PHOTO WITH A DESCRIPTION OFTEN WE DON'T REALLY DO THE IMAGE, LIKE IN IMAGE, TEXT KIND OF THINGS THAT GRAB ATTENTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT IT WILL ADJUST THAT.

MR. COLIN.

SHORT ANSWER IS YES.

IN THE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM, THERE IS A DEDICATED FUNCTION KNOWN AS COMMUNICATIONS.

THAT FUNCTION NEEDS TO BE PUT ON STEROIDS IN MY OPINION, AND REALLY BUILT OUT.

AND YOU DO NEED TO HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THERE WHO CAN LEVERAGE SOCIAL MEDIA FOR WHAT IT TRULY CAN PERFORM, GIVE YOU AND IT'S NOT JUST A PICTURE IT IS MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

AS YOU'VE SUGGESTED SOCIAL MEDIA IS A TOOL, AND IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ONE.

HOWEVER, WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, NOT EVERYBODY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT COMMUNICATIONS TO ENSURE WE HAVE ENOUGH REDUNDANCY SO THAT WE CAN GET THE WORD OUT TO EVERYBODY, AND NOT JUST THOSE WHO HAPPEN TO HAVE A CELL PHONE AND ACCESS TO THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR MCGURK.

COUNCILLOR FEQUET. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANKS TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE UPDATE REGARDING THAT INTERIM REPORT.

FROM THE AFTER ACTION ASSESSMENT AT OUR MAY 13TH MEETING.

LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THAT'S GREAT.

AND THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY ANSWERED A COUPLE OF MY QUESTIONS ABOUT, ARE WE STILL GOING TO USE FACEBOOK, WHICH SEEMS LIKE, YES.

THAT'S GREAT. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE STAFF IS GETTING TRAINED IN ICS.

I KNOW THAT OUR MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY JUST COMPLETED THE 400 LEVEL ICS TRAINING, WHICH IS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS SPECIFICALLY.

THE GIST, IN CASE ANYBODY'S CURIOUS, IS GET OUT OF THE WAY AND CONVEY INFORMATION ACCURATELY.

I DIDN'T SEE THE COMPETITION FOR THE CITY'S POSITION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ON OUR WEBSITE.

CAN YOU JUST REFRESH MY MEMORY? IF IT WAS ALREADY COMPLETED AND IT'S OFF THE WEBSITE, OR WHEN WILL IT WHEN IS IT PLANNED TO START? MR. COLINS, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.

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MIC] I WASN'T ASKING ABOUT THE UNIFIED COMMAND AMONGST OUR CITY.

I WAS ACTUALLY ASKING ABOUT BETWEEN THE GNWT AND THE CITY AND JUST RECOGNIZING THAT MIGHT BE VERY VALUABLE.

SO JUST CURIOUS ON OUR THOUGHTS OR PLANS ABOUT TAKING UP MACA ON THE KIND OF THE JOINT TABLETOP EXERCISES.

MR. COLIN. FIRST OF ALL, I DO WISH TO CORRECT THE DATE FOR THE TRADE SHOW I MENTIONED MAY 10TH.

IT'S ACTUALLY MAY 11TH, IT'S THE SATURDAY.

SO JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION THERE.

ON THE SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT JOINT EXERCISES OR UNIFIED EXERCISES WE SHOULD STRIVE FOR THAT AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY.

MACA, LIKE MOST ORGANIZATIONS, ARE RESOURCE CONSTRAINED.

WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER THE PLAN FOR OUR ONE DAY STAND UP EXERCISE, IF POSSIBLE, THAT WILL BE A JOINT EXERCISE.

BUT OF COURSE, WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT MACA WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE OR NOT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU COUNCILLOR FEQUET.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE? SEEING NO FURTHER.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO TOPIC NUMBER FIVE.

[5. A memorandum regarding whether to acquire and dispose of fee simple interest in Lot 77, Block 308, Plan 4204 (2 Findlay Point).]

MEMORANDUM REGARDING WHETHER TO ACQUIRE AND DISPOSE OF THE FEE SIMPLE INTEREST LOT 77, BLOCK 308.

PLAN 4204 TO FINLEY POINT, MR. COLIN. DEPUTY CHAIR, MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE.

YOU WILL RECALL THAT BY LEGISLATION FOR THE CITY TO EITHER PURCHASE OR DISPOSE OF LAND, IT MUST BE DONE THROUGH BYLAW.

THE SITUATION AT HAND IS THERE WAS A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT FOR A PIECE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY, WHICH HAD A DEVELOPMENT DATE REQUIREMENT THAT DEVELOPMENT DATE REQUIREMENT WAS NOT MET AND THEREFORE THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT IS NULL AND VOID.

THE BYLAWS THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY WILL, IN THE FIRST INSTANCE, ALLOW US TO RETURN THE THE THE LOT IN QUESTION TO CITY OWNED ASSETS. AND THEN THE SECOND BYLAW WILL ALLOW US THEN TO TURN AROUND AND SELL IT TO ANY FUTURE DEVELOPER WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO MEET OUR DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS.

THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE? SEEING NONE.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, THE NEXT TOPIC WILL BE IN CAMERA.

[Additional Item]

CAN I GET A MOTION TO GO IN CAMERA? COUNCILLOR MCGURK, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR ARDEN SMITH.

SEEING NO OPPOSITION, WE WILL GO IN CAMERA.

AND WE'RE BACK.

NO BUSINESS ARISING FROM IN-CAMERA.

WITH THAT, COULD I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTIONED BY COUNCILLOR ARDEN SMITH, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR MCGURK.

ALL IN FAVOR? WE'RE GOOD SWEET WE'RE GONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. SEE YOU GUYS AT COUNCIL TONIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.