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[1. Councillor Payne will read the Opening Statement.]
CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE ARE LOCATED IN CHIEF DRYGEESE TERRITORY.FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL IT HAS BEEN A TRADITIONAL LAND OF THE YELLOWKNIVES DENE FIRST NATION.
WE RESPECT THE HISTORIES, LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF ALL OTHER INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE NORTH SLAVE METIS AND ALL FIRST NATIONS, MÉTIS AND INUIT WHOSE PRESENCE CONTINUES TO ENRICH OUR VIBRANT COMMUNITY.
THERE WERE NO AWARDS CEREMONIES OR PRESENTATIONS FOR THE AGENDA.
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MINUTES OF COUNCIL FOR THE REGULAR MEETING ON MONDAY, JUNE 10TH, 2020 FOR COUNCILOR PAYNE.I MOVE THAT MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF MONDAY, JUNE 10TH, 2024.
ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS? SEEING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
NEXT, WE HAVE DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF.
DOES ANY MEMBER HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST TODAY? SEEING NONE.
THERE WAS NO CORRESPONDENCE, NOR WERE THERE ANY PETITIONS FOR THE AGENDA.
THERE WERE NO STATUTORY PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE AGENDA.
THERE WERE NO DELEGATIONS PERTAINING TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
THERE WERE NO STATEMENTS FOR THE AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY MEMBER STATEMENTS FROM THE FLOOR? THERE WERE NO REPORTS FOR THE AGENDA.
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COUNCILLOR PAYNE. I MOVE THAT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.1 OF ZONING BYLAW NUMBER 5045, AS AMENDED, WILLIAM BADU BE APPOINTED AS A DEVELOPMENT OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE AND TO THE TERM OF APPOINTMENT SHALL EXPIRE UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE. THANK YOU.DO I HAVE A SECONDER? DEPUTY MAYOR COCHRANE.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? SEEING. NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
NEXT WE HAVE ENACTMENT OF BYLAWS.
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BYLAW NUMBER 5078 IS A BYLAW TO REPEAL AND REPLACE LAND ADMINISTRATION.BYLAW NUMBER 54596, AS AMENDED, IS PRESENTED FOR SECOND AND THIRD READING.
COUNCILLOR PAYNE, I MOVE SECOND READING OF BYLAW NUMBER 5078.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECONDER? COUNCILOR ARDEN-SMITH ANY DISCUSSION? FOR MYSELF, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE LAND ADMINISTRATION BYLAW AS PRESENTED IN REGARDS TO THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ON A DISPOSAL BYLAW.
I NOTE THAT AS PER SECTION 3.1 OF THE NEW BYLAW, THAT LAND CAN ONLY BE DISPOSED OF IF IT'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY'S COMMUNITY PLAN, BYLAW AREA DEVELOPMENT PLAN, BYLAWS AND ZONING BYLAWS.
AND THEN WE HAD RESIDENTS WHO WERE INTERESTED IN BUYING LAND FOR EXAMPLE, THE THE SWEDISH SATELLITE STATION THAT APPROACHED US IN SEPTEMBER 2022. BUT WE WERE IN THE MIDST OF AN ELECTION, AND SO WE HAD TO WAIT AND PAUSE.
AND THEN IT WAS ONE OF THE COUNCIL'S FIRST DECISIONS ABOUT ACTUALLY DISPOSING OF THE BYLAW.
AND SO THE THE ADMINISTRATIVE DELAY OF BEING ABLE TO DISPOSE OF LAND COULD HAVE WE COULD HAVE LOST THAT OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GET THOSE SATELLITE FARMS. SO I DO SEE DISPOSAL BYLAWS AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE STEP AND APPRECIATE THE WAY THAT THIS, THIS BYLAW HAS BEEN DRAFTED.
SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE BYLAW AS PRESENTED.
WITH THAT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
TO THIRD READING, COUNCILLOR PAYNE.
I MOVE THIRD READING OF BYLAW NUMBER 5078.
THANK YOU. SECOND BY COUNCILOR ARDEN-SMITH.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
NEXT WE HAVE BYLAW NUMBER 5090.
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A BYLAW TO APPOINT STEPHEN VAN DINE AS CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE IS PRESENTED ONLY FOR FIRST AND SECOND, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE FULL COUNCIL TODAY.COUNCILLOR PAYNE FIRST READING I MOVE FIRST READING OF BYLAW NUMBER 5090.
THANK YOU. SECONDER DEPUTY MAYOR COCHRANE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
I MOVE SECOND READING OF BYLAW NUMBER 5090.
THANK YOU. SECONDER COUNCILOR ARDEN-SMITH.
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AND WE'LL BRING A THIRD READING TO OUR LAST MEETING IN JULY.[Items 23 & 24]
BYLAW NUMBER 5088 IS A BYLAW TO SET THE 2024 MUNICIPAL TAX LEVY FOR THIRD READING.COUNCILLOR PAYNE I MOVE THIRD READING OF BYLAW NUMBER 5088.
ALL IN FAVOR? AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY BYLAW NUMBER 5089.
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COUNCILLOR. PAYNE I MOVE THIRD READING OF BYLAW NUMBER 5089.SECONDER, COUNCILOR ARDEN-SMITH.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
THERE WAS NO DEFERRED BUSINESS AND THERE WERE NO TABLED ITEMS FOR THE AGENDA.
IS THERE ANY DEFERRED BUSINESS OR ARE THERE ANY TABLED ITEMS FROM THE FLOOR? THERE WAS NO OLD BUSINESS FOR THE AGENDA.
IS THERE ANY OLD BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR? THERE WERE NO NOTICES OF MOTION FOR THE AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY NOTICES OF MOTION FROM THE FLOOR? DELEGATIONS PERTAINING TO ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
[33. DELEGATIONS PERTAINING TO ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM MR. SPENCER TRACY REGARDING THE FUTURE USE OF HABITAT FOR HUMANITY RESTORE SITE ADJACENT TO THE YELLOWKNIFE LANDFILL.SPENCER, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THE OFFICIAL RULES EXCEPT BE RESPECTFUL.
AND THEN WE WOULD DISCUSS IT AT A FUTURE MEETING.
SO IF YOU JUST WANT TO PUSH THE THE LITTLE TALKING HEAD THERE.
I JUST IF YOU PUSH IT ONE MORE TIME.
THERE WAS A COMMUNICATION OR MISCOMMUNICATION, I GUESS, BETWEEN WHY I'M ACTUALLY HERE.
SO WHAT I HAD PROPOSED TO TO SPEAK ON WAS EXPANDING KIND OF OUR OUTDOOR RINKS IN YELLOWKNIFE AND THE RESTORE LOCATION AS BEING ONE OF THOSE. SO IT WASN'T SPECIFIC TO THE FUTURE USE OF THE RESTORE LOCATION.
SO WHY UPGRADE OUR RINKS? YEAH. SO YELLOWKNIFE, AS WE KNOW, IS A GREAT WINTER CITY LONG HISTORY OF WINTER SPORTS ACTIVITIES.
BUT MANY OF THOSE ACTIVITIES ARE EXPENSIVE.
AND SO THEREFORE OUT OF REACH FOR A LOT OF OUR CITIZENS.
SO WHICH BASICALLY PUTS HOCKEY OUT OF REACH FOR A LOT OF OUR CITIZENS.
BUT STILL, THERE'S BARRIERS, WHETHER IT BE TRANSPORTATION OR OTHER ISSUES.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE NOTICED IN TOWN, THERE'S VOLLEYBALL RIGHT NOW HAPPENING OUTSIDE HERE.
SO THOSE ACTIVITIES I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE GROW AND SPECIFICALLY IN THE WINTER.
AND SO SOME OF YOU KNOW THAT A FEW YEARS AGO WE STARTED WORKING ON A RINK AT LAKE AND IT WAS REALLY AND THIS TO ME, I LEARNED A LOT FROM IT REALLY BECAME VERY POPULAR VERY QUICKLY, SPECIFICALLY THE OVAL AT RAT LAKE.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THE WAY THE WINTER HAS STARTED.
SO WE HAVE NOT HAD THIS RINK FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
SO WHAT MAKES A GOOD OUTDOOR RINK? A COUPLE OF THINGS. YOU NEED BOARDS AND YOU NEED A BACKSTOP.
YOU CANNOT PLAY HOCKEY WITHOUT BOARDS.
YOU JUST SPEND ALL YOUR TIME LOOKING FOR THE PUCK.
IT'S YELLOWKNIFE. YOU'RE TYING YOUR SKATES.
YOU NEED GOOD LIGHTING BECAUSE IT'S DARK, ESPECIALLY IN DECEMBER.
NOVEMBER? IT MUST BE LARGE ENOUGH THAT TEENAGERS AND ADULTS CAN PLAY OR AT LEAST TEENAGERS.
WE NEED PEOPLE COMMITTED TO KEEPING THIS.
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AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, I WOULD SAY A GOOD OUTDOOR RINK IS NOT ON A NATURAL WATER BODY.IT MAKES IT WAY MORE DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN, TO SET UP, THERE'S SAFETY ISSUES.
SO HAVING IT ON LAND MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE.
I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
SO THIS IS IN COLD LAKE AND YOU CAN JUST SEE KIND OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PROPER BOARDS, RINK ZAMBONI, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T SEE, BUT THERE'S LIGHT STANCHIONS THERE, LOTS OF PARKING.
AND HERE THEY ALSO HAVE A REALLY NICE SKATING TRAIL, WHICH IS OFTEN IN THE SAME LOCATION, BECAUSE WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS OFTEN PEOPLE HAVE YOUNGER CHILDREN OR YOU LET CHILDREN PLAY FOR A WHILE, THEN YOU'LL KICK THEM OFF AND PUT THEM ON THE SKATING TRAIL, AND THEN ADULTS WILL PLAY AND VICE VERSA.
AND SO IT'S REALLY NICE TO EITHER HAVE TWO RINKS OR ONE PROPER RINK AND SOMETHING ELSE FOR THE KIDS TO DO, IDEALLY A SKATING OVAL, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAD SET UP AT RAT LAKE AND WE FOUND IT WORKED REALLY WELL.
SO THIS IS DIRECTLY FROM THEIR WEB PAGE.
SO THEY HAVE MULTIPLE I THINK THEY HAVE SEVEN RINKS LIKE THIS IN PEACE RIVER.
THEY'RE ALL BASICALLY THE SAME LIGHTS, BOARDS, ZAMBONI, LINES, NETS AND ALL OFFICIAL SIZE.
HIGH LEVEL, SAME THING, HIGH LEVEL.
YOU CAN SEE THEIR OVAL, THERE'S NOT MUCH TO IT, RIGHT? IT'S SMALL.
IT KIND OF WINDS THROUGH THE WOODS.
IT'S REALLY EASY TO MAINTAIN BECAUSE THE ZAMBONI JUST PASSES TWICE AND IT'S DONE.
BUT, YEAH, IT'S A NICE FEATURE.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THOSE SIGNS WERE MADE BY CITY STAFF.
I LIKE THAT, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S VOLUNTEERS THAT WORK HERE.
AND IT'S JUST WELL DONE, RIGHT? IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE YELLOWKNIFE WITHOUT THE SKATING PATH.
AND ALSO, SO WHITEHORSE HAS 35 OUTDOOR RINKS AND THEY'RE ALL MAINTAINED EXCLUSIVELY BY VOLUNTEERS.
ANOTHER THING WHITEHORSE DOES REALLY WELL, AND SOMETHING I'VE TALKED TO A NUMBER OF CITY STAFF AND COUNCILORS ABOUT, AND SHEILA AS WELL IS WHEN YOU GO TO THE YELLOWKNIFE OR WHITEHORSE WEB PAGE AND YOU GOOGLE KIND OF RINKS, THIS IS WHAT IT TAKES YOU TO.
SO THERE'S A LIST OF 35 RINKS.
THEY GIVE YOU KIND OF THE CONDITION WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK.
IT'S IT'S MAINTAINED OR RESURFACED.
IF YOU WANT TO BUILD A RINK, AND IT'S A VERY CLEAR DOCUMENT THAT TELLS YOU WHAT YOU KNOW, THE CITY EXPECTS FROM YOU AND WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM THE CITY, RIGHT? AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE 35 RINKS.
SO I REALLY LIKE THAT WHAT THEY'VE DONE HERE, AND IT'S REALLY SIMPLE AND USER FRIENDLY.
SO HERE'S A PICTURE OF OUR RINK.
THIS IS JUST I DIDN'T HAVE A PICTURE.
THIS IS JUST TAKEN FROM THE WEBSITE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME LUSTER THAT, THAT THESE OTHER WINGS HAVE.
AND AGAIN, IT'S SO MUCH MAINTENANCE.
LIKE, I WATCHED THE GUYS OUT THERE THIS WINTER WORKING ON THIS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DAYS OR HOW MANY HOURS OR DOLLARS WERE SPENT, BUT IT WAS A LOT.
RIGHT. AND IT'S BASICALLY BECAUSE IT'S ON A ON A REAL ICE SURFACE.
RIGHT? WE WERE PLAYING HOCKEY IN THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER ON ICE IN YELLOWKNIFE.
RIGHT. SO IT YOU KNOW, WE LOST A LOT OF OUR HOCKEY SEASON AND NO LIGHTS, NO PERMANENT STRUCTURE.
RIGHT. BECAUSE YOU CAN'T IT'S ON A LAKE.
WE JUST GOT TO DO OUR TWO MINUTE EXTENSION MOTION TO EXTEND COUNCILLOR FEQUET AND COUNCILLOR.
ARDEN-SMITH. ANYBODY OPPOSED SEEING NONE.
SO, AND HERE'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE.
SO THIS IS THE RINK THAT'S NEAREST MY HOUSE.
AND THEY'RE ALL KIND OF THE SAME SIZE IN YELLOWKNIFE.
SO IT'S NOT EVEN THE SAME LENGTH AS THE WIDTH OF A TYPICAL RINK, WHICH AGAIN, AS AN ADULT, LIKE YOU CAN'T PLAY HOCKEY ON HERE, YOU SIMPLY EVEN THREE AND THREE, IT'S TOO CONGESTED. AND SO, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M ASKING FOR HERE IS A LARGER RINK, OR AT LEAST A LARGER SPACE WHERE WE COULD BUILD A RINK.
WHY INVEST IN A COMMUNITY RINK? THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE.
I HAVE ALL FIVE OF US IN MY FAMILY PLAY HOCKEY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE I DON'T SEE AT THE RINK, WE'RE AT RAT LAKE, SO IT'S MUCH MORE ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE.
AND LASTLY THEY BUILD UP OUR MARKETING FOR TOURISTS, RIGHT? I MEAN, IF YOU THINK OF THE RIDEAU CANAL, YOU THINK OF WINNIPEG.
THEY HAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL OUTDOOR SKATING AREAS AND A LOT OF THEM CAN'T MAINTAIN THEM.
THE CANAL HAS BEEN CLOSED TWO YEARS IN A ROW.
HOW I PROPOSE WE MOVE FORWARD.
IF THERE WAS MONEY TO BACK THAT UP, YOU KNOW, 5000, $10,000, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
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IF NOT, I THINK WE CAN STILL DO IT.IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOME SEED FUNDING, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD DISCONTINUE THE LAKE.
MAYBE PUT IN AN OVAL IN FEBRUARY OR IN MARCH AND APRIL.
BUT I WOULD NOT PUT AN OUTDOOR RINK THERE.
AND I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO, LIKE RECRUIT AND KIND OF OPEN THE DOORS OF CITY HALL TO VOLUNTEERS.
AND, AND THE WHITE HORSE HAS A REALLY GOOD MODEL FOR THAT.
THE WHITE HORSE. WHITE HORSE? CHALLENGES. WE NEED A WARMING, SHACK WARMING SHACK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK FROM CITIZENS.
IT'S GOING TO BECOME A HAVEN FOR FOR PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, DOING THE VARIOUS THINGS.
SOMEONE. IT'S GOING TO GET TOO BUSY TOO QUICKLY.
GUARANTEED. NEIGHBORS WILL BE UPSET ABOUT NOISE, PARKING.
AND WHO WILL PAY FOR IT? ALTHOUGH I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO COST MUCH.
QUESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ASK ME QUESTIONS, I ASK YOU QUESTIONS.
WE WE OPEN IT UP TO COUNCIL TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN. THANKS VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR, AND THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
IS THERE A ONE SPECIFIC SPOT THAT YOU WOULD HAVE IN MIND IF YOU GOT TO PICK? I THANKS COUNCILLOR FOR THE QUESTION.
SO I HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS.
SO THAT'S THERE'S LOTS OF PARKING THERE.
BUT I WOULD THINK EVEN ADJACENT TO THAT SPOT.
SO THAT'S AGAIN THE TENNIS COURT BESIDE THE NEW POOL.
I THINK THE MULTIPLEX OR THE FIELD HOUSE PARKING LOT.
I DO THINK THE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY RESTORE SITE.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THAT.
THERE'S THERE'S A NUMBER OF SPACES, RIGHT.
AND YOU KNOW THAT I LIKE THAT ONE.
IT'S CLOSE TO MY HOUSE. BUT TO BE HONEST, I THINK WE JUST BUILD ONE SOMEWHERE IN YELLOWKNIFE.
SO THOSE ARE A FEW OF THE SPOTS.
YEAH, IT'D BE AN INTERESTING TOPIC OF CONVERSATION.
I KNOW THIS CAME UP AT THE LAST BUDGET DELIBERATIONS, BUT MORE FOR SORT OF SUMMER USE.
SO YEAH, IT'D BE AN INTERESTING TOPIC FOR BUDGET 2025.
THANK YOU, COUNCILOR PAQUETTE.
THANKS FOR KILLING THE LOCATION QUESTION.
YEAH. SO I GUESS IN YOUR IN YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY STAFF SO FAR SPENCER, HAVE YOU IS THERE ANY OTHER CHALLENGES OR ANYTHING FROM CITY STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE THAT THEY'VE SHARED THAT WOULD PROHIBIT US FROM, FROM TAKING A CRACK AT A RINK SOMEWHERE? I THINK THAT QUESTION WOULD BE BEST FOR CITY STAFF.
THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE. IF COUNCIL WANTS TO PROCEED WITH THIS, THEN WE DIRECT STAFF TO COME FORWARD WITH IMPLICATIONS LIKE BUDGET AND LIABILITY AND ALL THOSE FUN CONSIDERATIONS.
YEAH. MS. BASSI-KELLETT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATED BEING ABLE TO SIT DOWN WITH SPENCER AND TALK THESE THINGS THROUGH.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS WITH IT.
SERVICE LEVELS ARE ONE, OF COURSE.
HAVING HAD ANECDOTALLY, HAVING HAD A RINK RIGHT ON MY STREET IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THERE ARE MANY PIECES OF THIS WE'D NEED TO LOOK AT.
I'LL SEE IF MR. WHITE HAS ANY OTHER THOUGHTS HE'D LIKE TO SHARE.
YES. THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
NOT NECESSARILY NEED A CAR, BUT BE ABLE TO WALK TO.
AND THEN WE'D BE LOOKING AT ON A REGIONAL BASIS.
WOULD THERE BE ONE IN FRAME LAKE, ONE DOWNTOWN, ONE IN OLD TOWN? WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT FAIRNESS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY IS SOMETHING THAT WE KEEP IN THE FOREFRONT AS WELL.
THANKS. CAN I SPEAK TO THAT OR AM I ALLOWED TO SPEAK AGAIN? WELL, I THINK FOR US IT'S IT'S HEARING ABOUT IT.
AND SO NOW IT'S UP TO US TO, TO DIRECT STAFF TO DO FURTHER WORK ON IT.
LIKE, IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF THESE RINKS ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED CURRENTLY.
MY KIDS SKATED ON IT A FEW YEARS AGO.
SO THERE ARE RINKS BEING BUILT CURRENTLY BY VOLUNTEERS WITHIN CITY LIMITS.
SO IF YOU MENTIONED THAT LIKE, CASH, YOU KNOW, IS PROBABLY SOMETHING YOU COULD FIGURE OUT.
SO IS IT REALLY JUST THE PERMISSION AND THE FORMALITY OF FROM THE CITY THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? EXACTLY.
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SO I MY HOPE WAS ORIGINALLY WHEN I MOVED TO FOREST NEIGHBORHOOD WAS TO KIND OF BUTTRESS OR LIKE BUILD UP ONE OF THE EXISTING RINKS.AND I DID MEET WITH THE CITY AND I WAS TOLD I WASN'T PERMITTED TO DO THAT.
SO I WANTED TO PUT BOARDS AND PUT BETTER LIGHTS AND BENCHES.
BUT THEN WE MOVED TO RAT LAKE, AND I THINK THE LAKE KIND OF GAVE US THAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, FREEDOM TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PUT IN A WARMING SHACK AND PUT UP BOARDS AND PUT UP LIGHTS WITHOUT CITY WITH ON CITY LAND, I WAS TOLD I WAS NOT ALLOWED.
YOU KNOW, I SHOULD NOT DO THAT WITHOUT PERMISSION.
DEPUTY MAYOR COCHRANE, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
SPENCER, ESPECIALLY THE IRONY OF TALKING ABOUT HOCKEY RINKS DURING THIS WHOLE SITUATION.
I WILL JUST MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS.
I WILL SUPPORT HAVING THIS AS A FUTURE CONVERSATION.
I WANT TO SEE THE BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS, THE LIABILITY AND THE LOGISTICS THAT WOULD BE AROUND THIS.
I DON'T SUPPORT TAKING AWAY THE FRAME LAKE RINK.
WITH THAT, WE WILL ADD IT TO A FUTURE GPC.
JULY 8TH IS A LITTLE BOOKED, BUT WE'LL WE'LL CHAT ABOUT A FUTURE ONE.
SO IN YOUR RESEARCH, DID YOU LOOK AT ANY OF THE BUDGETS WITH ANY OF THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT? AND IS THE BUDGET OF A DONATION OF 5 TO $10,000? WAS THAT FOR ONE RINK OR WAS THAT FOR MULTIPLE RINKS? SO THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.
SOME COMMUNITIES JUST TRY AND DO IT ALL THEMSELVES.
SO ESPECIALLY KIND OF MORE SOUTHERN LIKE I'M FROM ONTARIO ORIGINALLY AND WHEREAS IF YOU LOOK AT THE WHITEHORSE MODEL, THEY DON'T REALLY PROVIDE ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR FLOODING. SO THAT'S IT.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOUSEBOAT BAY RINK IS NEVER FLOODED.
RIGHT? IT'S JUST IT JUST THE EXISTING ICE GETS USED OVER AND OVER.
AND SO IT'S KIND OF A SLIDING SCALE.
SO I THINK I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE COULD DO IT HERE WITH ZERO FUNDING FROM THE CITY.
SO NOTHING EXCEPT FOR PERMISSION TO DEVELOP A LOT.
BECAUSE I'VE DONE IT ON RAT LAKE, RIGHT? I HAD NO EXTERIOR, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT NORTH WANTED TO FUND ME, AND I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE IT ON BECAUSE AND SO I JUST DID IT OUT OF POCKET AND IT WAS NOT VERY MUCH MONEY.
SO THE BOARDS THE LIGHTS, BECAUSE THAT BECOMES VERY LABOR INTENSIVE.
AND THEN YOU NEED TO STORE THAT MATERIAL IN THE OFF SEASON.
OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YEAH, I'D DEFINITELY BE CURIOUS TO HEAR WHAT STAFF WOULD TAKE OFF IF THIS WERE GOING TO GO ON.
AND THEN YOU'D BE FREE TO COME AND SPEAK AGAIN OR COME HEAR THE DISCUSSION.
SO WHAT? WHAT WOULD THE TIMELINE LIKE THAT WOULD BE LIKE A MONTH OR POSSIBLY END OF JULY OR END OF AUGUST.
THANKS. YEAH. THANK YOU EVERYONE.
WITH THAT, THERE WERE NO ADMINISTRATIVE INQUIRIES FOR THE AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE INQUIRIES FROM THE FLOOR? SEEING NONE.
WE CAN BE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.