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[1. Councillor Warburton will read the Opening Statement.]
COUNCILLOR WARBURTON TO PLEASE READ THE OPENING STATEMENT.THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE ARE LOCATED IN CHIEF DRYGEESE TERRITORY.
FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL, IT HAS BEEN THE TRADITIONAL LAND OF THE YELLOWKNIFE 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.
THANK YOU. THERE WERE NO AWARDS CEREMONIES OR PRESENTATIONS FOR THE AGENDA.
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WE HAVE MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS.ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS? I DID NOTE IT'S COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN I THINK AND NOT MAYOR HENDRICKSEN, BUT WE YEAH YEAH YEAH, YEAH, OR DEMOTION EITHER WAY.
YEAH. BESIDES THAT, ALL IN FAVOR.
NEXT WE HAVE DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF.
[5. Does any Member have a conflict of interest in any matter before Council today?]
DOES ANY MEMBER HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN ANY MATTER BEFORE COUNCIL TODAY? YES. YOU'LL EXCUSE YOURSELF AFTER ITEM.YOU CAN VOICE IT FOR THE RECORD.
I WILL BE EXCUSING MYSELF FOR ITEM NUMBER 15.
NEXT WE HAVE THERE WAS NO CORRESPONDENCE, NOR WERE THERE ANY PETITIONS FOR THE AGENDA.
AND WE HAVE A STATUTORY PUBLIC HEARING.
[7. Statutory Public Hearing regarding By‐law No. 5095, a by‐law to amend Zoning By‐law No. 5045, as amended, to add two new Residential Intensification zones (RI and RI‐ 1) and associated changes.]
STATUTORY PUBLIC HEARING IS REGARDING BYLAW NUMBER 5095.A BYLAW TO AMEND ZONING BYLAW NUMBER 5045, AS AMENDED, TO ADD TWO NEW RESIDENTIAL INTENSIFICATION ZONES, RI AND RI-1 AND ASSOCIATED CHANGES. TO NOTE, WE RECEIVED NO WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS.
SO WITH THAT I WILL CALL THE STATUTORY PUBLIC HEARING TO ORDER.
FIRST, I WILL ASK ANY INDIVIDUALS OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSED BYLAW? ANYBODY OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSED BYLAW? MIKE BURNS IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP TO.
AFTER ANY PERSON HAS SPOKEN, ANY MEMBER OF COUNCIL MAY ASK THE PEOPLE PRESENTING QUESTIONS AND AFTER ALL, PERSONS WHO HAVE SPOKEN THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL MAY ASK QUESTIONS TO CITY ADMINISTRATION.
AND THEN WE CAN RESUME WHERE PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO ANY NEW INFORMATION.
AS ALWAYS, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE SPEAKING RESPECTFULLY, ETC., ETC.
THAT'S FIVE MINUTES LONGER THAN I'M USED TO GETTING.
MY NAME IS MIKE BURN, I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF YELLOWKNIFE.
I'M HERE MOSTLY BECAUSE I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THESE TWO BYLAWS.
THE R-1 OR THE RI AND THE RI-1.
MOSTLY BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN THE INFILL OR THE DENSIFICATION ASPECT AND I'VE READ PART OF THE CMHC THING AND I'VE READ THE STUDY THAT THE PRESENTATION THAT THE STUDY THE HOUSING CONSULTANT MADE AND HE HE HITS HIM CLOSE, NAILS IN THE HEAD THERE WHEN HE POINTED OUT THAT GOVERNMENT INFORMATION,
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PARTICULARLY FEDERAL AND TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION, IS REALLY NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE'RE FACING HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND THAT THEIR DATA IS OUTDATED, IF NOT TOTALLY WRONG.THE OTHER THING THAT HE HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WAS WITH REGARDS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEIR CONSULTANTS PREDICTIONS WITH GROWTH, POPULATION GROWTH IN OUR CITY WAS GOING TO REALLY PAN OUT.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN THE AIR ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.
AND I CAN TELL YOU FOR A FACT THAT THE PROGNOSTICATORS WHO WERE PREDICTING GROWTH WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL, IF THEY HAD BEEN RIGHT, WE'D HAVE 50,000 PEOPLE HERE RIGHT NOW. SO WE CAN SEE HOW JUST TERRIBLY WRONG THEY WERE IN THEIR GUESSING.
SO BACK TO THE DENSIFICATION THING.
AND TO US, THAT'S REALLY NOT WHERE IT SHOULD BE.
IF EVEN IF THERE HAS TO BE A PROCESS AFTER THOSE ARE APPLIED AND WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, IT'S NOT FAIR BALL AS FAR AS MANY OF US.
AND I'M NOT ALONE IN THIS, THEY'RE JUST NOT HERE.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN AMENDMENT TO THIS BUSINESS, THESE TWO BYLAWS WHERE THE DENSIFICATION PART IS ACTUALLY REMOVED.
AND IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU WANT TO DENSIFY, YOU'VE GOT TO JUSTIFY THAT.
YOU JUST CAN'T HAVE THAT HAMMER HANGING OUT THERE OVER US.
ONE, MOSTLY BECAUSE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY ZONED AND THEY VESTED THEMSELVES AT GREAT EXPENSE, THEY'VE WORKED AT DEVELOPING THE CHARACTER OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS ALL OF THAT TO HAVE ALL OF A SUDDEN HAVE THEIR ZONING CHANGED TO MAKE IT MORE DENSE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA IS, QUITE FRANKLY, BETRAYAL OF OF OF THE OF THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THERE.
AND FOR SOME OF US, WE'VE EXPERIENCED A BIT OF THAT WHEN A WHOLE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD IN A FORM OF A THREE STORY BUILDING WAS PLOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF FOUR NEIGHBORHOODS OKAY, SCHOOL DRAW, WILLOW FLATS, PEACE RIVER FLATS, AND THE FOLKS UP ON THE TOP OF THE HILL.
AND WE'RE HAVING WE'RE EXPERIENCING THAT IMPACT, RIGHT? WE'RE JUST HAPPY WE MANAGED TO CUT IT DOWN TO THREE STORIES INSTEAD OF FOUR.
IT JUST WOULD HAVE BEEN THAT MUCH MORE OF AN IMPACT.
THERE IS THAT SOME OF US FEEL THAT WHEN THEY THREW THE BARTAM TRAILER COURT PEOPLE OUT OF THERE, AND I WORKED HARD TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GOT THEIR FAIR VALUE ON THAT ONE, THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ZONED FOR PUBLIC USE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHY THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WAS CLOSED.
THIS BUILDING DOESN'T, AND IF THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF DENSIFICATION, IT'S NOT GOING TO FLY.
WHO'S KEEPING TRACK OF TIME? YOU'RE KEEPING TRACK OF TIME.
I'VE LEARNED TO BE SOMEWHAT SUCCINCT.
AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL THAT WAS MY PLAN.
SO I WILL SAY THAT WE SEE THE NEED FOR MORE HOUSING.
WE SEE PLACES WHERE WE WANT TO TIE IN TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM THE WAY IT IS, BUT WE ALSO SEE A LOT OF OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD COME TO THE FORE WHERE DENSIFICATION WOULDN'T BE NECESSARY, PARTICULARLY IN WELL-ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS WHO ARE USED TO SEEING THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS THE WAY THEY ARE.
THEY'VE BUILT CHARACTER, AND THAT'S WHAT'S ATTRACTING PEOPLE TO WANT TO LIVE IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE SEE A LOT OF LAND AROUND YELLOWKNIFE THAT COULD BE OPENED UP WITH DIFFERENT THINKING WITH REGARDS TO OUTREACH TO OUR INDIGENOUS FRIENDS, BOTH DOWN THE NORTH END OF TOWN AND ACROSS THE BAY WHERE WE COULD PUT FORWARD FORWARD THINKING ABOUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND SO WE SOME OF US FEEL THAT THERE'S, THERE'S SOME POSSIBILITIES IN A DIRECT APPROACH TO,
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TO THOSE FOLKS TO ALLOW SOME DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN.IN ADDITION TO THAT I'M GOING TO QUICKLY HARP ON, ON MY FIRST EXPERIENCE ON COUNCIL WAS A TRIP TO EDMONTON TO GO TO THE WINTER CITIES CONFERENCE, AND WE WERE TOTALLY AMAZED, PARTICULARLY BY THE NORWEGIANS WHO HAD SOME OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE.
AND ONE OF THEM WAS COMPARTMENTALIZED UTILIDORS.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE PIPE BOXES THAT WE'VE SEEN AT THE MINES, OR SOME OF WHAT YOU MIGHT THINK A UTILIDOR IS, BUT THESE WERE MODERN, ALL CONTAINED, EVERYTHING; POWER, WATER, SEWER, EVERYTHING, ALL, ALL IN ONE PIECE AND THEY THEY FIT TOGETHER LIKE LEGOS.
OKAY, SO ONE, ONE PART FAILED.
YOU JUST TOOK THAT ONE PART OUT, TURNED THE TAPS OFF ON EITHER SIDE, TOOK ONE PART OUT, PUT IT BACK.
THIS COMMUNITY, FOR SOME REASON, AND I WON'T GET INTO SOME OF THOSE REASONS.
YOU CAN TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT OFF THE RECORD AFTERWARDS.
SEEMS TO WANT TO DIG HOLES, DRILL, BLAST, CRUSH AND BACKFILL.
I WOULD BEG TO DIFFER, AND I DID, BUT NOBODY WAS DEVELOPING ANY SUBDIVISIONS THAT CREATED A RIGHT OF WAY FOR THESE UTILIDORS, SO NOBODY WAS PREPARED TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.
THE OTHER CONCEPT WAS THE BUSINESS OF CREATING A DIFFERENT MINIMUM SIZE FOR A RESIDENCE ON A 50 BY 100 LOT.
I HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME TO CHECK.
MAYBE SOMEBODY IN LANDS COULD GIVE ME THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF WHAT THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT IS FOR A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING ON A 50 BY 100 LOT, BUT IT'S WAY BIGGER THAN IT NEEDS TO BE.
WE PROPOSED SOME OF US THE CONCEPT OF STARTING REALLY SMALL AND ALLOWING A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL TO BUILD AN ACCOMMODATION FOR HIM OR HERSELF THAT THEY COULD AFFORD, THAT THEN WAS DESIGNED TO ADD ON AS THEIR CAREER AND THEIR FAMILY GREW.
OKAY, SO THERE'S ANOTHER ASPECT.
AND WITH THE ADVENT OF TINY HOMES, THERE'S AN OPENING FOR THAT KIND OF STUFF IN IN THAT CONCEPT.
SO WE THINK THERE'S OTHER WAYS THAT OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY COULD GROW WITHOUT DENSIFICATION.
OKAY. I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT FOR NOW.
OPENING IT UP TO QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESENTER.
THANKS, MAYOR ALTY. JUST FIRST OFF, DO YOU AGREE WITH THE.
AND I AGREE WITH YOU THAT EVEN THE CONSULTANT, YOU KNOW, HEDGED A LOT AROUND A LOT OF THE DATA, BUT AROUND THE GENERAL IDEA THAT WE ARE NEAR ZERO ZERO VACANCY IN THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE RIGHT NOW.
AND THERE WAS, LIKE YOU SAID, A LOT OF HEDGING.
AND SOME OF THE SITUATIONS THAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO.
AND I WAS ACTUALLY REALLY INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU WERE SAYING THERE, MIKE, AROUND, YOU KNOW, YOUR EXPERIENCE OF GOING TO EDMONTON AND, YOU KNOW, SEEING THE EXAMPLES FROM OTHER PLACES, YOU KNOW, IN NORWAY, SCANDINAVIA, AND I'VE BEEN THERE MYSELF.
AND, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH YOU.
IT'S REALLY INNOVATIVE BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
SO YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT TINY HOMES.
THEY'RE SORT OF INNOVATING BUILDING.
THOSE ARE ALL DENSIFICATION LIKE DENSE TYPE BUILDING.
THAT WOULD BE SORT OF WHAT'S LOOKED AT UNDER THESE TYPES OF ZONING.
SO IS THE ISSUE THAT YOU HAVE AROUND THESE SPECIFIC TYPES OF, YOU KNOW, ZONING OPTIONS THAT WOULD BE PUT INTO THE ZONING BYLAW, OR IS IT MORE ABOUT AFFECTING THE PLACE WHERE YOU LIVE IN YOUR SPACE RIGHT NOW? AND I'M NOT TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, GO THE NIMBY, NIMBY THING.
IT'S GENUINELY LIKE, FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, IS IT THAT YOU DON'T SEE THIS TYPE OF BUILDING HAVING ANY PLACE IN YELLOWKNIFE AT ALL? OR IS IT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE A LEAP TOWARDS AFFECTING YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFICALLY RIGHT NOW.
A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH COUNCILLOR.
CERTAINLY I CAN SEE THERE COULD EASILY IMPACT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS YET AGAIN IN ADDITION TO THAT THREE STORY THAT GOT SHOVED DOWN EVERYBODY'S THROAT THERE. BUT I ALSO SEE AROUND THE CITY WHERE THERE ARE ALREADY VACANT LOTS THAT ARE ZONED MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND ARE WAITING FOR THE STIMULUS TO HAVE A BUILDING BUILT ON IT THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.
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SO, FOR INSTANCE POLAR DEVELOPMENTS NEXT DOOR TO THE WATERMARK OR THE OLD ONE ON THE CORNER ACROSS FROM SIR JOHN THAT BURNT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. I MEAN, THOSE ARE READY AND WAITING.HOW MANY UNITS IS THAT GOING TO PROVIDE? QUITE A FEW. AND WE THINK THAT THAT WOULD SATISFY THE MARKET TO A LARGE DEGREE FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR CONDOS OR APARTMENTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE IS A RESIDENTIAL STICK BUILT FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD, HAVE ALL OF A SUDDEN SOME ZONING CHANGE ON ITS FRINGE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, A ROW OF DOUBLE TOWNHOUSES, DOUBLE STORY TOWNHOUSES OR TWO ON TOP.
WE UNDERSTAND, OF COURSE, THAT THERE ARE MECHANISMS WHERE THERE WOULD BE OPPORTUNITY FOR INPUT AND CONCERN EXPRESSED, BUT WHETHER THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE CARRIED, WE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FAITH AT THIS POINT.
SO WE WOULD RATHER SEE THAT PORTION OF THESE BYLAWS REMOVED.
AND THEN WHEN YOU FIND A PIECE OF PROPERTY WHERE YOU THINK THAT THE ZONING SHOULD BE OR COULD BE CHANGED TO CREATE SOME ADDITIONAL DENSITY THAT MIGHT BE COMPLEMENTARY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'D CERTAINLY BE OPEN TO THAT.
THANKS FOR YOUR ANSWERS, MIKE.
BUT I'VE GOT COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN THEN COUNCILLOR WARBURTON THEN COUNCILLOR FEQUET.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION FOR COMING DOWN.
LIKE, WHAT IMPACTS HAVE YOU SEEN SINCE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LIVING THERE? DO YOU WANT ME TO COMPARE IT TO THE BARTAM TRAILER COURT THAT WAS THERE THAT I USED TO LIVE IN AT THE END, OR DO YOU WANT ME TO COMPARE IT TO WHAT WE'VE ENJOYED FOR QUITE SOME TIME, WHICH WAS JUST THAT BIG BLANK WHITE WALL THAT WAS JUST WAITING FOR SOME GRAFFITI.
THE MOST NOISE WE HEARD WAS THE FOXES BARKING.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT TRAFFIC, LIGHT POLLUTION, MOSTLY TRAFFIC NOISE.
AND WE'VE YET TO SEE WHAT THE WINTER IS GOING TO BE LIKE.
SO WE, WE EXPECT THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A HIGHER USAGE OF ALL THE AMENITIES IN THE AREA, INCLUDING THE PARK ACROSS THE ROAD ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO IT'S NOT WITHOUT ITS IMPACTS.
AND I HAD A TOUGH CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF THE FELLOWS FROM THE LANDS DEPARTMENT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THAT BUILDING, AND HE ACCUSED US ALL OF BEING NIMBYS, OF COURSE.
RIGHT. AND I SAID, WELL, IT IS OUR BACKYARD.
IT'S NOT YOURS. SO WHAT DO YOU CARE? RIGHT. WE CARE.
THE THING IS, IS, IS SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE HISTORY THAT WENT BEFORE THAT, WHERE THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN EVEN ZONED FOR WHAT IT WAS BECAUSE IT IT WAS AT ONE POINT THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD WAS TAKEN AWAY TO CREATE A PUBLIC USE AREA.
SO IT COULD HAVE STAYED PUBLIC AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY COMPLIMENTARY TO THE ROTARY PARK.
IT WAS THERE WITH PAVED DRIVEWAYS AND SEWER AND WATER HOOKUPS AND THE WHOLE NINE YARDS.
BUT THERE WAS PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO SEE THE CASH ROLLING INTO THE LAND FUND FOR THAT.
SO THERE IS THERE IS AN IMPACT.
JUST CURIOUS TO GET YOUR OPINION ON WOULD THERE BE ANY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH THERE OR NOT? I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND AND THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS IN PEACE RIVER FLATS WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH ANYTHING THERE.
IT'S ZONED PARKS AND RECREATION RIGHT NOW.
AND WE SEE ONE OF THESE BLUDGEONS AS BEING A MECHANISM BY WHICH THAT COULD CHANGE AND SOMETHING GET BUILT THERE. SOME OF US REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY WHEN THERE WAS A COUPLE OF BUILDINGS THERE, AND FORTUNATELY THERE WAS A FIRE AND A FELLA DIED AND WHATNOT, BUT THOSE
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BUILDINGS WENT AWAY.AND IT'S SITTING THERE RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S JUST THAT LITTLE BIT OF BUFFER THAT WE ALL NEED.
AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S USING THAT PATH THAT CROSSES THE BRIDGE TO GO INTO ROTARY PARK AND I REALIZED THAT EVERYTHING BETWEEN THE PATH AND THE LAKE, BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING, HAS DIED AND IS CAUSING NOW A FIRE HAZARD, WHICH NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
BUT I THINK YOU WOULD GET A LOT OF RESISTANCE THERE.
THANK YOU COUNCILLOR WARBURTON.
AWESOME. THANKS, MIKE, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
YOU CAN BUILD A SIX PLEX ANYWHERE, INCLUDING YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'RE AWARE, BUT WE'RE NOT SEEING THEM.
THE MOST WE'VE SEEN SO FAR IS IS IS ONE DUPLEX.
AND I THINK THERE'S REASONS FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST NOT COMPLEMENTARY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YEAH. SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS WE INCREASED DENSITY AND INFILL AND NOT A MASSIVE IMPACT.
YOU'RE SEEING A SLOW INCREMENTAL IMPACT ON YOUR COMMUNITY.
SORRY. SO YOU HAVEN'T SEEN MASSIVE CHANGES IN TWO YEARS, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING YOU'VE SEEN IS YOU'VE SEEN A SMALL INCREMENTAL CHANGE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OVER TIME, RIGHT? NOT NECESSARILY, SO NO.
NO ONE'S BUILT A SIX PLEX IN EVERY LOT AROUND YOU.
CORRECT. I COULD BUILD A SIX PLEX ON MY LOT, BUT I WOULDN'T DO THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD TOTALLY TAKE AWAY FROM THE CHARACTER AND THE INTEGRITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WHY WOULD WE DO THAT? WELL, MAYBE WE SHOULD MOUNT AN EFFORT THEN TO CHANGE THE ZONING IN WILLOW FLATS AND PEACE RIVER FLATS SO THAT THAT CAN'T HAPPEN.
SO I'M JUST NOT QUITE UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SEEING IT SO.
DIFFERENT QUESTION. SO THAT SCHOOLS APARTMENT ACROSS FROM YOU THROUGH AN APPEAL WHICH GOT ONE WE LOST 21 HOUSING UNITS. SO IN WHAT WAYS DOES THAT BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY TO LOSE THAT MANY HOUSING UNITS DURING OUR HOUSING CRISIS? HOW IS THAT BENEFICIAL? TO KEEP IT ZONED PARKS AND RECREATION AND NOT PUT ANY DEVELOPMENT ON THAT ONE AREA, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? THE APARTMENT BUILDING, WHICH YOU'RE SAYING YOU APPEALED, AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF FLOORS THAT CAME OFF THERE THAT ONE. THERE SEEM TO HAVE BEEN AT THE TIME, NOT A LOT THAT WE COULD DO TO FIGHT THAT OTHER THAN AT LEAST KEEP THE SIZE MARGINAL.
SO IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE AFFECTED BY THAT USAGE AND WE'RE SEEING AND EXPERIENCING THE EFFECTS OF THAT. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE THIS TIME, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT FOLKS ARE GOING TO LISTEN.
THANKS. I GUESS MY QUESTION WAS, HOW IS HAVING 21 LESS HOUSING UNITS DURING A HOUSING CRISIS BENEFICIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT PROCESS? IT LESSENED THE HOUSING CRISIS.
SO WE ARE SHORT 21 UNITS NOW VERSUS BEFORE THAT PROCESS STARTED.
SO HOW IS THAT BENEFICIAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY? NOT YOUR PARTICULAR PART OF THE CITY.
AND WE THINK THAT, QUITE FRANKLY, THOSE 21 MISSING HOUSING UNITS COULD BE EASILY MADE UP SOMEWHERE ELSE IF DEVELOPERS THAT ALREADY HAVE MULTIFAMILY VACANT LOTS WERE GIVEN THE RIGHT INCENTIVES TO BUILD WAY MORE THAN 21.
THAT'S GREAT. WE HAVE INCENTIVES COMING.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE DRIVING AT? WHEN A COMMUNITY ZONES FOR RESIDENTIAL AREAS, NOT MIXED USE OR MULTI-USE OR WHATEVER OR DOWNTOWN OR WHATEVER, BUT IN AN ESTABLISHED AREA, THERE'S AN EXPECTATION THAT THE STATUS QUO WILL REMAIN AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE CHARACTER THAT'S THAT'S GROWN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
OKAY. YOU MIGHT RECALL AND MAYBE MAYOR ALTY YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THIS.
IT WAS AN AREA OUT IN THE BURBS, OUT THERE IN FRAME LAKE.
AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAME TOGETHER AND SAID, THAT'S NOT GOOD.
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THE IMPACT OF THAT WILL HAVE A DETRIMENTAL IMPACT ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.SO THAT'S THE VERACITY OF THE FEELINGS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN LONG ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS IN THIS TOWN, OF WHICH THE OLD TOWN IS THE LONGEST RIGHT, AND HAS SOME OF THE MOST CHARACTER AND SOME OF THE MOST CHARACTERS IN IT, I THINK.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, IN FACT IT'S DEMONSTRABLE IN THAT CASE OUT THERE AS TO THE WAY PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOW THERE SHOULD BE SOME PRESERVATION OF THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT ATTRACTS PEOPLE TO COME AND LIVE IN THERE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? WHY PEOPLE, WHEN THEY PUT THEIR HOUSE IN THE MARKET IN THE OLD TOWN, WHETHER IT'S LATHAM OR WILLOW FLATS OR PEACE RIVER FLATS, IT'S GONE LIKE THAT, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S THEY GO FASTER THAN TICKETS TO WHAT'S HER FACE THERE THAT'S ALWAYS DANCING OUT THERE AND SELLING OUT OUR CONFERENCES OR CONCERTS, HER MUSICAL STUFF.
SO THE THING IS, IS, IS WE'RE WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR PRESERVATION AND THEIR INTEGRITY AND THEIR CHARACTER, AND WE'D LIKE TO SEE SOME MEASURE OF RESTRAINT HERE.
WE JUST THINK IT'S TOTALLY UNNECESSARY TO HAVE THE OTHER ONE JUST KIND OF HANGING OVER THE HEAD OF EVERY, EVERY ZONING THAT MIGHT HAPPEN OUT THERE THAT COULD CHANGE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, ROB.
WE LOST 48 OTHER HOUSING UNITS BY DENYING BARTESKO, SO.
COUNCILLOR FEQUET AND THEN COUNCILLOR MCGURK.
YEP. YEAH, WE CAN SEE YOU, TOO.
HI, MIKE. I CAN'T, I CAN'T SEE YOU, BUT I'M SURE YOUR MUSTACHE LOOKS AMAZING AS ALWAYS.
THANK YOU FOR THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS.
I THINK I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION.
I MEAN, I RECOGNIZE THAT THE CITY HAS LOTS OF TOOLS, LOTS OF DIFFERENT ZONES, AND A LOT OF WHAT YOU SAID IS TRUE ABOUT THE CONSIDERATIONS WHEN APPLYING THOSE ZONES IN DIFFERENT AREAS. AND CERTAINLY THE INFILL CONVERSATION GENERALLY IS COMPLEX AND CONTENTIOUS TO SOME DEGREE.
I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IN GENERAL, THOUGH, RECOGNIZING THE VERY LOW AVAILABILITY OF HOUSING.
DO YOU SUPPORT DENSIFICATION IN PRINCIPLE, AS LONG AS IT'S IN THE RIGHT AREAS, OR IS THAT SOMETHING FOR YOU THAT'S JUST COMPLETELY OFF THE TABLE? THAT'S A TOUGH QUESTION BECAUSE OF THE THE FACT THAT WE ARE IN A HOUSING CRUNCH.
DENSIFICATION, HOW DO WE HOW DO WE WRAP OUR MINDS AROUND DENSIFICATION? OKAY. SO IF YOU THINK OF THE CONCEPT AS CHANGING ZONING AND PUTTING SOMETHING THAT'S HUGE WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN AN AREA OR ON THE EDGE OF AN AREA THAT IS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE AREA, THAT'S THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE.
IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CREATING A NEW AREA AND INSTEAD OF PUTTING IN 50 BY 100 LOTS OR 60 BY 80 LOTS FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, AND INSTEAD YOU'RE PUTTING IN 3 OR 4 ROWS, TEN LONG OF TWO STORY, TWO STORY TOWNHOUSES, THEN THEN THAT'S FINE, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE BUYING AND MOVING INTO THOSE, OR BUYING AND RENTING THEM OUT TO OTHERS, KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING.
AND SO WOULD ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT AROUND THAT, IF THE WHOLE AREA WAS ZONED.
AND I THINK WHAT COMES TO MIND, RYAN, IS I'M SORRY, COUNCILLOR FEQUET I'LL GET THAT YET.
IS THE BUSINESS OF HOW WE FACED A SIMILAR SITUATION WAY BACK IN THE DAY, AND THE CITY HAD A LARGE PARCEL OF LAND WHICH IS NOW FRAME LAKE SOUTH AND RANGE LAKE, AND WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT WORK, AND THE CITY WAS THE DEVELOPER.
AND WE WE'RE HAVING A HECK OF A TIME TRYING TO SELL OUR PROPERTIES.
SO WE SAT DOWN, WRAPPED OUR MINDS AROUND IT, AND TALKED TO SOME OF THE DEVELOPERS OF THE DAY, AND WE CAME UP WITH THE CONCEPT THAT WE WOULD TAKE ALL OF OR MOST OF FRAME LAKE SOUTH, AND WE WOULD PORTION IT OUT INTO DIFFERENT ZONES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LIKE STUFF.
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OKAY, SO THERE WAS GOING TO BE A MOBILE HOME AREA.THERE WAS GOING TO BE YOU KNOW MIXED APARTMENTS.
AND WE LET THE DEVELOPERS COME FORWARD WITH PROPOSALS.
THE THING IS, IS YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THE LAND FIRST, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND ONE MORE LITTLE HINT, RYAN, ABOUT BEING OUT THERE WAS THE NORWEGIANS HAD THIS CONCEPT OF A SEMI-RURAL SORT OF EDGE OF THE COMMUNITY TYPE OF MINI COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYTHING WAS, WAS TRUCKED OR UTILIDOR IN.
BUT IT WAS A COMMON AFFAIR, AND IT WAS A SQUARE OR A CIRCLE OR WHATEVER SHAPE YOU KIND OF WANTED IT, BUT EVERYBODY PIPED WATER FROM THE SAME TANK WENT TO THEM.
SO THEY WERE BASICALLY SELF-SUSTAINING OR AT LEAST STANDALONE.
NOW THEY WERE SERVICED BY EITHER UTILIDOR OR TRUCK SERVICES.
I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO WORK MORE CLOSELY WITH, WITH, AS A CITY WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND HELP THEM HELP US IN TERMS OF GETTING ACCESS TO MORE LAND.
THANKS. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION COUNCILLOR FEQUET? YEAH. THANKS, MIKE. I NOT TO DISMISS ALL THE IMPORTANT THINGS YOU SAID, BUT I THINK I DID HEAR THE ANSWER IN THERE THAT AS LONG AS IT'S IN THE RIGHT SPACE, YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MENTIONED NEW LAND THAT MIGHT BE COMING ABOUT, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU'D SUPPORT.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILLOR MCGURK.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO LOOKING INTO SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS.
CAN YOU SPEAK UP, PLEASE? SORRY. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO LOOKING INTO SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WOULD WOULD MORE DENSE HOUSING BE MORE AMENABLE IF IT WERE REFLECTIVE OF THE CHARACTER OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IF IT FIT INTO THAT? OR IS PART OF THE SORT OF MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY, ALSO MAINTAINING A QUIETER, LESS LIKE, MORE SPARSELY.
MORE SPARSE NEIGHBORHOOD? YEAH. POPULATION. THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILLOR MCGURK, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO DO ANY KIND OF DENSIFICATION OF ANY SORT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS ALREADY ATTRIBUTED TO IT.
IT'S PRETTY QUIET DOWN IN THE FLATS, PRETTY SKINNY DIRT ROADS, ALL PACKED WITH A BUNCH OF CARS.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S VERY NICE, ACTUALLY.
AND IF WE DID WHAT MR. WARBURTON SAID WE COULD, AND THERE WAS SIX PLEXES POPPING UP IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, WE THINK WE WOULD PROBABLY SEE A DETRIMENTAL IMPACT.
AND I THINK PEOPLE WOULD REACH OUT AND RESIST STRONGLY.
IF YOU COULD SUGGEST A DENSIFICATION CONCEPT THAT MIGHT BE COMPLEMENTARY, WE MIGHT LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, YEAH, THAT THAT KIND OF FITS AND MAYBE COLLECTIVELY GIVE IT A NOD.
AND AN EXAMPLE FOR THAT IS, FOR INSTANCE, WHEN MY GOOD FRIEND LESTER LES ROZIER, WE ALL WONDERED WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO WITH THAT LITTLE SPUR OF LAND AT THE END OF BRYSON, AND HE COULD HAVE DONE A LOT WITH IT.
HE COULD HAVE BUILT HIMSELF QUITE SOMETHING THERE, AND IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE FIT THE ZONING.
BUT HE CAME UP WITH A DIFFERENT CONCEPT THAT ACTUALLY FIT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL THE CABINS.
RIGHT. SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF MAYBE WHERE WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT COULD WORK.
AND SO I SUPPOSE JUST BECAUSE DENSITY IS KIND OF OUR DENSIFICATION IS, IS A LOT OF OUR ANSWER TO MAINTAINING LOWER INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICE COSTS.
AS OUR LOVELY MR. PANDOO IS GOING TO EXPLAIN OVER THE COMING WEEKS.
COSTS OF SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE EXPENSIVE.
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I THINK WHAT THAT WILL MEAN IS THAT IF WE ARE LOOKING TOWARDS GREENFIELD EXPANSION, WHICH YOU HAD MENTIONED OR INCLUDED AS AN OPTION, AS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED HERE, IT WOULD POTENTIALLY INCREASE OR LIKELY INCREASE OUR GENERAL TAX NEEDS. AND SO IF WE WERE TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE ARE HAVING TO LIKE, PAY FOR INCREASED TAXES BECAUSE WE WERE DOING GREENFIELD EXPANSION, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH INCREASING YOUR PROPERTY TAXES IN ORDER TO PROTECT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? MY GOODNESS, THAT'S, YOU SURE YOU WANT TO OPEN THAT CAN OF WORMS? WE COULD BE HERE FOR A LONG TIME, AND I THINK WE NEED TO SHORTEN THAT ONE UP.I THINK THAT EVERYBODY IS CONCERNED ABOUT COSTS, PARTICULARLY RELATED TO INFRASTRUCTURE, AND HOW IT RELATES TO THEIR TAX BILL AT THE END OF THE YEAR OR WHATEVER.
AND WE'RE ALL LOOKING FOR CREATIVE SOLUTIONS FROM EVERYBODY THAT'S SITTING HERE AND SITTING HERE TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THINGS WITHIN WHAT WE THINK IS KEEPING WITHIN OUR COST OF LIVING AND WHAT WE CAN AFFORD.
SO IF WE'RE ABLE TO AFFORD MORE TAXES, TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S RELATED FOR THE KIND OF STUFF THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, LIKE OUTLIERS IN THE COMMUNITY OR NEW DEVELOPMENT AREAS.
AND WE'RE ALL ON BOARD WITH PROSPERITY AND INCREASES IN THE POPULATION TO OUR TOWN AND GROWTH AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, THEN, YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO GRIPE AND COMPLAIN STILL, BUT WE'LL STILL PAY OUR BILLS.
AND THAT WOULD BE WOULD THAT BE A DEFENSE OF THE CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD? THAT ALMOST THREATENING THAT IF WE IF WE DON'T, IF WE IF WE DON'T PAY OUR TAXES, YOU'RE GOING TO COME IN AND DENSIFY US.
SO WE'RE WE'RE NOT THERE AT THIS POINT.
IN FACT, WE'RE QUITE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT OR ARGUE THAT IT'S NOT THAT WE WOULD BE TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM YOU IF YOU DON'T PAY YOUR TAXES SORT OF THING. IT'S IT'S JUST A REALITY THAT MORE DENSE NEIGHBORHOODS TEND TO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT THEY LIVE IN AND OCCUPY, AND THE AMOUNT OF SERVICES THAT THEY USE PAY MORE IN TAXES THAN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
AND WE JUST HAD A PRESENTATION TODAY WHERE WHERE THE CONSULTANT TOLD US THAT 70% OF HOMES IN YELLOWKNIFE ARE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED OR SEMI-DETACHED HOMES, WHICH TAKES UP A LOT OF SPACE AND AND AND TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT IS AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE SO SPARSELY POPULATED WILL RESULT IN, IN EFFICIENCIES AND IN TAX SPENDING.
AND SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND AND CONSIDER IS, IS THAT WHEN WHEN WE MAINTAIN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THEY USE UP MORE RESOURCES. YEAH.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESENTER.
SEEING NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MIKE.
OKAY, I DON'T GET TO REBUT THAT LAST ONE.
YOU DO HAVE TWO MINUTES AT THE END FOR ANY IF THERE'S ANY OTHER SPEAKERS.
AT THE END OF THE STATUTORY PUBLIC HEARING.
SHOULD I ACTUALLY GO AND SIT DOWN? ANYONE ELSE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS OR NO? ANY FURTHER PRESENTATIONS? IF YOU JUST WANT TO TAKE ONE SEAT THERE, MIKE, JUST SO I CAN SEE EVERYBODY.
ANYBODY WHO'S LOOKING TO SPEAK OPPOSE TO THE BYLAW? ANY FURTHER SPEAKERS OPPOSED TO THE BYLAW? ANY SPEAKERS IN FAVOR OF THE BYLAW? ANY SPEAKERS IN FAVOR OF THE BYLAW? SEEING NONE, WE DO HAVE NOW, COUNCIL CAN ASK ADMINISTRATION ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS TOPIC.
YOU ALSO CAN DO THAT AT SECOND READING, BUT COUNCILLOR WARBURTON.
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THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.FOR ADMIN, SO THE WHEN THIS WAS INITIALLY IT WAS VERY CLEAR ARTICULATED TO US THAT THIS WAS NOT GOING TO BE USED ON EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS, IT WAS ONLY ON NEW NEIGHBORHOODS. IS THAT STILL THE PLAN? MRS. VAN DINE.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ADMINISTRATION? SEEING NONE WITH THAT, WE GO AROUND TO THE FINAL CLOSING.
AND SO, MIKE, YOU'LL GET FINAL TWO MINUTES AND THEN THE STATUTORY PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CONCLUDED.
COUNCILLOR MCGURK, IN RESPONSE TO YOUR LAST COMMENT, ALL THOSE 75% OF SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS IN THIS TOWN ALL LOVE THAT SPACE. AND IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE HERE AND WHY WE WANT TO STAY.
AND IT'S A REASON WHY A WHOLE LOT MORE PEOPLE WANT TO COME HERE AND WANT TO STAY.
TO FILL THE GAP UNTIL FOLKS CAN, WHEN THEY ARRIVE BUILD THEMSELVES, ESTABLISH THEMSELVES AND GET GET GOING AND MAYBE HAVE A CRACK AT BEING ONE OF THAT 75%.
WE OBVIOUSLY NEED TO FILL THAT GAP, AND WE NEED TO FILL IT WHATEVER WAY WE CAN WITHIN REASON.
THE POINT BEING IS THAT THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU DESCRIBED, WHERE THERE IS A DENSIFIED AREA WHERE THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE USING WHAT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO BE UPGRADED SERVICES IF IT'S DENSE ENOUGH.
OKAY. AND THERE'S A COST TO THAT.
THAT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD MIGHT APPEAL TO SOME PEOPLE.
OKAY. IF PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE IN THAT KIND OF AN ENVIRONMENT, THEN FILL YOUR BOOTS, BUY A CONDO, LIVE IN AN APARTMENT, RENT ONE, BUY ONE, WHATEVER YOU CAN DO AND LIVE IN THAT DENSIFIED THING.
AND I THINK THERE'S DEVELOPERS IN THIS TOWN RIGHT NOW AND THE BELLANCA BUILDING THAT ARE HOPING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMFORTABLE IN THAT KIND OF AN ENVIRONMENT. MANY OF US PREFER NOT TO LIVE IN THAT KIND OF AN ENVIRONMENT.
OKAY. SO IF WE HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO MANAGE OUR OUR INCOME, MANAGE OUR TAXATION AND MANAGE OUR POPULATION AND ITS HOUSING, THEN WE'RE LOOKING TO YOU GUYS TO BE CREATIVE IN THAT REGARD AND JUST GIVE SOME CONSIDERATION TO KEEPING THE INTEGRITY OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING AND WHO HAVE DEVELOPED UNIQUE CHARACTER AND MAKE THEM ATTRACTIVE TO THE FAMILIES THAT ARE LIVING IN THEM.
THANKS, MAYOR ALTY. THANK YOU.
MIKE, IF YOU'D JUST ABLE TO TURN OFF THE MIC.
THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I WILL DECLARE THE STATUTORY PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED.
WE DID RECEIVE ONE SUBMISSION IN OPPOSITION.
SO WITH THAT, COUNCIL CAN CHOOSE TO DEFER THIS, THE SECOND AND THIRD READING TO OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH.
OR WE CAN CONTINUE ON WITH SECOND AND THIRD READING TODAY.
WE CAN REFER THE MATTER BACK TO ADMINISTRATION AND ASK FOR A SUMMATION OF POINTS RAISED TODAY.
OR WE CAN REFER THE BYLAW BACK TO ADMINISTRATION FOR FURTHER WORK.
WHAT IS THE WILL OF COUNCIL? THOSE IN FAVOR OF SECOND AND THIRD READING TONIGHT.
OKAY, SO WE WILL ADVANCE TO SECOND AND THIRD READING TONIGHT.
IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO MOVE.
MOVED BY COUNCILLOR PAYNE SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR.
ARDEN-SMITH. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ADVISABILITY OF DEBATING IT? SEEING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MOVING TO SECOND AND THIRD READING TONIGHT.
SO WE WILL MOVE TO SECOND AND THIRD READING FURTHER ON IN THE AGENDA.
WITH THAT, WE MOVE TO DELEGATIONS PERTAINING TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
[8. Public presentations regarding the 2025 Budget:]
WE HAVE SEVEN PRESENTATIONS.SO ALL DELEGATIONS SHALL BE AFFORDED FIVE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR PRESENTATIONS.
YOU MAY RECEIVE AN EXTENSION OF UP TO TWO MINUTES IF THERE'S A SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF COUNCIL PASSED.
AFTER EACH PERSON HAS SPOKEN, A MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER.
MAY THROUGH MYSELF ASK THE PERSON OR THE CITY MANAGER ANY RELEVANT QUESTIONS.
NO DEBATE SHALL BE PERMITTED BETWEEN THE DELEGATION AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER.
WHEN MAKING A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL, PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL.
DON'T MAKE PERSONAL REMARKS ABOUT ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, PUBLIC OR EMPLOYEES.
DON'T REFLECT UPON THE MOTIVES OF MEMBERS WHO MAY HAVE VOTED FOR A PARTICULAR MOTION.
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DON'T REFLECT UPON THE MOTIVES OF ADVICE GIVEN TO COUNCIL BY ADMINISTRATION, AND YOU MUST COMPLY WITH THE DECISION OF MYSELF, THE PRESIDING OFFICER, REGARDING ANY INTERPRETATION OF THIS BYLAW. SO WITH THAT, WE WILL CALL UP OUR FIRST PRESENTER, WHICH IS AINSLEY DEMPSEY, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE YELLOWKNIFE TENNIS CLUB, REGARDING COURT RESURFACING.AINSLEY, ARE YOU HERE? I LOVE THE ENERGY THOUGH.
WITH THAT NUMBER TWO BECCA DENLEY, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NWT RECREATION AND PARKS REGARDING BIKE SIGNAGE PROGRAM, INSTALLATION OF THREE BIKE COUNTERS, TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES ON RANGE LAKE ROAD AND ART CROSSWALKS.
WITH THAT, I WILL PASS THE FLOOR OVER TO YOU.
HONORABLE MAYOR ALTY, CITY COUNCILLORS, CITY MANAGER, ADMINISTRATION, AND MY FELLOW YELLOWKNIFERS.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY.
AND ON APRIL 22ND THIS YEAR, I PRESENTED TO YOU ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF DESIGNING OUR STREETS SO THAT ALL ROAD USERS CAN FEEL WELCOME IN HOW THEY CHOOSE TO GET AROUND NO MATTER THE SEASON, HENCE THE PHOTO.
THEN I WAS INFORMED THAT I NEEDED TO SUBMIT BUDGETARY REQUESTS ONLINE THIS PAST SUMMER.
PLEASE, I WANT YOU TO KEEP IN MIND AS I READ THIS, BECAUSE I READ I'M NOT I DON'T HAVE IT OFF MY HEART THAT 20 TO 40% OF OUR POPULATION CAN'T, WON'T OR SHOULDN'T BE DRIVING VEHICLES.
SO WHY THEN, CAN'T WE SHOW THAT IN HOW WE DESIGN OUR STREETS? I'LL START WITH THE ART WALKS PROJECT.
OH, I MISSED A SLIDE, BUT YOU'LL GET TO THAT LATER.
WE NOW HAVE LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM EIGHT OF OUR TEN SCHOOLS IN YELLOWKNIFE.
I AM ASKING THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE TO GIVE PERMISSION FOR OUR TEAM TO PROCEED WITH OUR PROJECT TO PROVIDE SOME CITY WORKERS TO HELP CLEAN, PREPARE THE CROSSWALKS IN THE SPRING, TO LEND OUT SAFETY BARRIERS DURING THE PROJECT, AND TO PROVIDE FUNDING TOWARDS EQUIPMENT AND PAINTING SUPPLIES, WHICH IS ESTIMATED AT $12,100.
ONCE WE HAVE THE GO AHEAD, ARTISTS WILL START DESIGNING THE CROSSWALKS.
SCHOOL PROGRAM WILL START IN APRIL AND WE EXPECT TO PAINT IN MAY 2025.
NEXT, I SUBMITTED A BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE RANGE LAKE ROAD, WHICH IS 14 TO 15M WIDE.
IT'S TOO WIDE AND ENCOURAGES FAST DRIVING DESPITE TWO SCHOOLS LOCATED ON IT.
SO WHAT A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE AN INTERVENTION IN RESEARCHING BUDGETS.
A TEMPORARY INSTALLATION OF PLANTERS, PAINTS AND BOLLARDS MIGHT RUN ABOUT 10 TO $15,000 AND COULD BE INSTALLED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH THE HELP OF CITY WORKERS. ANOTHER TYPE OF TEMPORARY INSTALLATION COULD BE CONCRETE BARRIERS WITH BOLLARDS BASED ON SIMILAR PROJECTS.
AND THAT COULD RUN ABOUT $450,000.
ALTERNATIVELY, A MORE PERMANENT INSTALLATION COULD BE DESIRED.
I THINK THAT INCREASING MULTI-USE PATHS AROUND YELLOWKNIFE IS IMPORTANT, THEY NEED TO CONNECT TO ONE ANOTHER SO THAT MORE PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO THEM AND CAN GET FROM PLACE TO PLACE.
THEN I SUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR CITY TO INVEST IN BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN COUNTER.
THAT'S NOT IT. THAT'S THE ONE.
AND THEN I GO RIGHT TO SIGNAGE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY TIME IS.
THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN.
ACTUALLY, GITSEL AT FRANKLIN IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
THERE IS A HISTORY OF UNFORTUNATE COLLISIONS WITH BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS THERE.
I THEREFORE RECOMMEND THAT GITSEL AT FRANKLIN BECOME A NO RIGHT ON RED INTERSECTION.
THERE MAY BE OTHER INTERSECTIONS IN YELLOWKNIFE AS WELL.
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PLEASE DETERMINE NOW IF YOU NEED TO UPDATE THE INTERSECTION OR TWO.NOW I GO BACK BECAUSE, OH, BIKE COUNTERS.
I ALSO SUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR CITY TO INVEST IN A PEDESTRIAN BIKE COUNTER, I RECEIVED A QUOTE FROM ECHO COUNTER AND FOUND OUT THAT THEY COST AROUND $5,000 A PIECE.
THESE MIGHT BE INSTALLED AT PLACES SUCH AS FRAME LAKE TRAIL, FRANKLIN INTO OLD TOWN AND TAYLOR ROAD, COLLECTING DATA WILL NOT ONLY HELP THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE WITH THEIR UPCOMING MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN IF THEY DO IT, BUT IT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE VALUABLE DATA FOR NUMEROUS RESEARCHERS THAT NEED THIS INFORMATION FOR STUDIES ON ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IN THE NORTH.
SO I ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO REVIEW THESE BUDGET ITEMS. SERIOUSLY. THESE ARE SMALL INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE A GREAT, GREAT RETURN.
THE GREATEST RETURNS, SUCH AS SAFER AND MORE AUTONOMOUS CHILDREN, HEALTHIER.
ANYBODY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE. YOU CAN BE CONTINUED.
SO YES, THESE ARE SMALL INVESTMENTS THAT HAVE THE GREATEST RETURNS, SUCH AS SAFER AND MORE AUTONOMOUS CHILDREN, HEALTHIER CITY CITIZENS, A STRONGER, MORE CONNECTED COMMUNITY.
OH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS AS WELL.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESENTER? NO QUESTIONS. SEEING NONE, LET ME JUST DOUBLE CHECK ONLINE.
YEP. ALL GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BECCA, FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE SUBMISSIONS.
NEXT WE HAVE ADAM DENLEY REGARDING TRANSPORTATION.
ADAM, IF YOU WANT TO COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM.
BECCA'S WAY MORE ORGANIZED THAN ME.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK THIS EVENING.
THERE ARE MANY REASONS THAT IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE BECOME LESS CAR DEPENDENT.
ONE OF THEM IS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ESSENTIAL IF WE'RE GOING TO ENGAGE IN MORE DENSIFICATION.
AND I THINK THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT IS BY MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO GET AROUND THE CITY THAT ARE EFFICIENT, SAFE, COMFORTABLE TO USE AND COMPLETE A COMPLETE NETWORK.
SO I SUBMITTED A FEW BUDGET PROPOSALS THAT CAN BE PART OF THE SOLUTION.
THE FIRST IS THE 52ND STREET BIKE PATH.
RIGHT NOW, THE PROBLEM WITH IT IS THAT YOU'RE ON THE BIKE PATH.
SO YOU HAVE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO END UP IN CONFLICT WITH CARS.
BUT I THINK THE SOLUTION HERE IS RELATIVELY STRAIGHTFORWARD FOR MOST OF THE WAY.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS YOU CAN SEE MY BIGGER RED RECTANGLE AT THE BOTTOM.
JUST FILL IN THE BIKE LANE SO THAT IT CONTINUES UP ONTO THE CURB BUMP OUT.
AND THEN WHERE IT MEETS THE INTERSECTION, CUT A CURB CUT PARALLEL TO THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING SO THAT BIKES CAN GO ACROSS AT THE SAME PLACE, OR JUST BESIDE WHERE THE PEDESTRIANS WILL CROSS AS WELL.
NEXT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT RAISED CROSSWALKS.
THEY'RE THEY'RE EXCELLENT FOR ACCESSIBILITY WHICH IS A PROBLEM IN A LOT OF AREAS IN THE CITY.
BUT THEY'RE ALSO REALLY, REALLY GOOD FOR SPEED CONTROL.
AND SPEED CONTROL IS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF ROAD SAFETY.
SO I HAD KIND OF TWO EXAMPLES HERE, SORT OF FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE'S NO SIDEWALK, THERE'S NO CROSSWALK.
SO YOU'VE GOT LIMITED SIGHT LINES AND PEOPLE OFTEN DRIVING, I DON'T KNOW, RELATIVELY QUICKLY.
SO IT'S A IT BECOMES KIND OF HAZARDOUS TO GET TO THAT BUS STOP.
SO HAVING A RAISED CROSSWALK RIGHT THERE, FIRST OF ALL, MAKES IT WAY MORE ACCESSIBLE TO GET THERE.
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THAT'S THE EXAMPLE ON THE RIGHT ON THE LEFT THERE, THAT'S FINLAYSON DRIVE AT TEES COURT.THE CROSSWALK THERE I'VE NOTICED THAT WHEN YOU DRIVE ON THAT ROAD, IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY NOT SUPER OBVIOUS WHEN SOMEONE IS WAITING TO CROSS, THEY'RE JUST NOT OBVIOUSLY IN YOUR SIGHT LINES. SO HAVING A RAISED CROSSWALK THERE WOULD AGAIN ALLOW DRIVERS TO SLOW DOWN SO THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE WAITING TO CROSS.
BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S YOUR CITY, MAN, YOU DECIDE.
THE VEHICLE CAN STOP AND ALLOW THEM TO PASS BEFORE THEY END UP IN CONFLICT.
THE LAST THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS THE FRAME LAKE TRAIL EXTENSION.
I SAW ON THE AGENDA THAT SOMEBODY ELSE IS GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS, PROBABLY MORE EXPANSIVELY.
SO I WON'T SAY MUCH OTHER THAN IT'S OBVIOUSLY A GOOD IDEA.
AND THERE'S FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AROUND, ESPECIALLY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THERE'S LOTS OF POOLS OF MONEY AVAILABLE FOR THINGS LIKE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND DECARBONIZATION.
SO IT FEELS LIKE THE TIMING IS RIGHT FOR THAT KIND OF AN INTERVENTION.
AND I THINK THE WAY WE DO THAT IS NOT BY PENALIZING DRIVERS, BUT BY MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS ANOTHER SUITABLE AND ENJOYABLE AND SAFE AND EFFICIENT WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN NAVIGATE THROUGH THE CITY. AND YELLOWKNIFE IS A SMALL ENOUGH CITY THAT REALLY IT SHOULD BE EASY.
I CAME IN UNDER TIME, 10 SECONDS LEFT.
WITH THAT QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESENTER? SEEING NONE.
THANK YOU AGAIN, ADAM, FOR YOUR SUBMISSIONS.
NEXT I HAVE AIDA NCIRI REGARDING CLIMATE CHANGE AND CYCLING AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE.
OVER TO YOU, AIDA. I JUST SET MY TIMER.
WELL THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.
AND SO I'M HERE TO PRESENT MY PERSPECTIVE ON THE BUDGET.
LIKE I ENJOY A LOT THE LIBRARY FOR MYSELF WITH MY LITTLE ONE.
SO THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THOSE SERVICES AND ALSO FOR THE EFFORT YOU'RE DOING TO TRY TO IDENTIFY IN ALREADY DEVELOPED AREAS TO CONTAIN URBAN SPRAWL AND COST. BUT I COME WITH SPECIFIC ASK AROUND LIKE INCREASING BIKING INFRASTRUCTURES AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURES. SO I BIKE MYSELF NOT IN WINTERS BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL SAFE AT ALL.
MY LITTLE ONE HERE ALSO DRIVE TO SCHOOL OR TO THE LIBRARY.
AND I LIVE ON RYCON DRIVE, AND THERE IS ONLY ONE SIDEWALK, AND THERE IS A BEND HERE, AND THIS STREET IS REPRESENTATIVE OF MANY OTHER SIDEWALK OR ROADS IN THE IN YELLOWKNIFE RESIDENTIAL.
IT'S SAFER FOR EVERYONE, FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BIKERS.
THEN I WOULD LIKE ALSO TO ASK TO HAVE MORE PROTECTED BIKE LINE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THOSE TWO OPTIONS.
I DO FEEL LIKE A SEGREGATED BIKE LANES IS SAFER AND ALSO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO BIKE.
MANY PEOPLE DON'T DARE TO BIKE AND RELY ON THEIR CARS BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE.
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GASOLINE. SO ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO TAKE BIKE, MAYBE ALSO A WAY TO FOSTER, LIKE A SUSTAINABLE LIKE TO REDUCE THE COST BASICALLY OF TRANSPORTATION.AND THIS WILL REQUIRE ALSO LIKE, MORE CONNECTION WITH UPTOWN.
RIGHT NOW, I CANNOT DRIVE SAFELY TO UPTOWN LIKE FROM DOWNTOWN OR OTHER.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAPPENS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE 52ND STREET LIKE BIKE IS NOT A REAL LIKE BIKE LINE, AS ADAM SAID.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT THAT COULD BE DONE.
AND IT'S REALLY LESS COSTLY TO INVEST IN BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE THAN CAR INFRASTRUCTURES.
SO THERE IS A GREAT PRESENTATION THAT HAS BEEN DONE.
I ALSO WAS MADE AWARE THAT COMMUNITY IN MOTION PROVIDING SOME MEMO TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATION, CITY ON WHAT ARE SOME OPTIONS IN TERMS OF HOW TO IMPROVE THOSE BIKING INFRASTRUCTURE, SO I HOPE THEY WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN DEVELOPING THIS BUDGET.
AND SO STARTING HERE, IT'S IT'S IT'S A LOT ALREADY.
SO I REALLY HOPE THAT MAYBE IN NEXT SPRING OR LIKE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, MY LITTLE ONE WILL BE ABLE TO BIKE SAFELY, THAT I WILL START HOPEFULLY BIKING IN WINTER BECAUSE I WILL FEEL MORE CONFIDENT IN BEING SAFE THERE, AND THAT MORE PEOPLE AND NEIGHBORS WILL ALSO LIKE BIKE BECAUSE THEY WILL FEEL LIKE, YEAH, WE CAN USE THIS SAFELY AND WE CAN GO AROUND AND THEY WILL SEE ALSO THEIR COST OF TRANSPORTATION BEING REDUCED.
AND THEN MAYBE I JUST WANTED TO SAY ON ANOTHER WORD ON THE VERY QUICKLY.
AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS CLIMATE CHANGE IS IMPACTING OUR SUPPLY CHAIN.
WE'VE SEEN THAT WITH EVACUATION.
I REALLY DO FEEL THAT INCREASING LOCAL FOOD PRODUCTION IS A WAY TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, BUT ALSO TO INCREASE FOOD SECURITY IN A REALLY LIKE A TIME WHERE FOOD IS COST IS INCREASING AND THERE IS LESS AND LESS RELIABLE SUPPLY CHAIN.
AND SO THIS CAN BE ALSO ANOTHER ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESENTER? COUNCILLOR HENDRIKSEN.
THANKS. AS OPPOSED TO ADAM AND BECCA, WHO HAD, YOU KNOW, MADE SUBMISSIONS BEFOREHAND.
SO WE SAW THEM IN ADVANCE LAST WEEK.
YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER NOT BEING ABLE TO RIDE TO SCHOOL WHEN YOU WERE A KID, DID YOU RIDE TO SCHOOL AROUND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? DID YOU FEEL SAFE? SO I WAS BORN IN AN URBAN AREA BACK IN FRANCE, SO I WAS WALKING MOST OF THE TIME AND WALKING INFRASTRUCTURES WERE GREAT, SO I WAS I WAS GOOD WHEN THERE.
BUT RIGHT NOW, LIKE WITH MY LITTLE ONE, I'M SHE WANTS TO GO ON HER OWN.
AND SHE TOLD ME SOMETIMES HOW EVEN IF SHE'S PATIENTLY WAITING ON THE ON THE CROSSWALK, SHE SOME CARS DON'T SEE HER BECAUSE SHE'S A SHE'S SMALL OR THEY DON'T REALLY PAY ATTENTION OR SHE'S JUST.
SO I JUST FEEL LIKE IT HAS BEEN SAID BEFORE, LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE DON'T OWN A CAR IN THE CITIES AND NOT ONLY LIKE KIDS ARE IN TEENS, AND SO IT'S ALREADY A CHEAP WAY TO MOVE AROUND THE CITY. SO IT WILL MAKE ALSO MORE INCLUSIVE YELLOWKNIFE.
YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT THE WEATHER AND THAT YOU DON'T BIKE IN THE WINTER.
AND SO IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT A WEATHER THING FOR YOU.
IT'S AN INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THE WEATHER THING.
RIGHT? YES, I CONFESS -40 YOU WON'T SEE ME BIKING BUT LIKE -10 -15 I CAN HANDLE THAT.
IT'S JUST LIKE THE THE ROADS ARE NARROWER.
AND SO WHEN THERE IS A BIG SUV THAT'S ALREADY CLOSE, LIKE, I'M NOT CONFIDENT I DON'T HAVE GOOD BALANCE MAYBE OR I'M JUST LIKE MANY PEOPLE DON'T DARE TO TO DO THAT. SO MY PARTNER STILL DRIVE IN LIKE BIKE IN WINTER.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING AND PRESENTING.
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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.THANKS. I GUESS YOU PROBABLY NOTICED A THEME TONIGHT ON TRANSPORTATION.
IN, IN MY OPINION, AND I'VE BEEN KIND OF TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR, FOR OVER 20 YEARS, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY.
AND, AND IT'S IT'S KIND OF THE KEY COMPONENT OF OF INTRODUCING ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION TO THE COMMUNITY, THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF RANCH LAKE AND BORDEN DRIVE WHO AREN'T REALLY CONNECTED TO TO AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE CURRENTLY.
THIS WAS IN THE WAY TO GO REPORT IN 2017.
THE SMART GROWTH PLAN HAD A BIG SECTION ON TRAIL CONNECTION AND FRAME LAKE TRAIL WAS PART OF THAT.
IN THE 2018 TRAIL ENHANCEMENT AND CONNECTIVITY STUDY CALLED THE FRAME LAKE TRAIL EXTENSION, A FOUNDATIONAL PIECE OF THE COMMUTING, TOURISM, AND ACTIVE RECREATIONAL TRAIL SYSTEM IN THE CITY.
AND YOU PROBABLY ALL KNOW IN 2019 IT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE BUDGET.
AND IT WAS CUT AS PART OF THE BUDGET CUTTING PROCESS AT THE VERY END.
SO IT'S STILL IT HASN'T MADE IT BACK ONTO THE BUDGET.
AND AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND IT'S IT'S, YOU KNOW, A TOUGH TIME TO GET NEW INFRASTRUCTURE PUT IN. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT YOU KNOW, OVER 25% OF THE PEOPLE WALK AND BIKE AND OR BIKE TO, TO WORK OR SCHOOL IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I KNOW OUR I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR PAVING BUDGET IS THIS YEAR FOR STREETS, BUT I THINK IT'S PROBABLY CLOSE TO $10 MILLION AND A $300,000 TRAIL CONNECTION FOR A KEY PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THAT 25% DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT OF MONEY.
BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THAT ROUTE, YOU HAVE TO GO UP IN FRONT OF THE HOSPITAL, YOU HAVE TO GO OVER TO EITHER ONTO THE VERY BUSY STREET, WHICH ISN'T ACTUALLY A MULTI-USE TRAIL, OR YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A TINY LITTLE BOARDWALK THAT YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY PASS ANYBODY.
AND IF YOU TRY TO DO IT WITH THE BIKE, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TRY PASSING SOMEONE ON THERE ON A WHEELCHAIR, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, HAPPENS BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT BY THE HOSPITAL AND THEN YOU GO BEHIND A MALL.
AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T REALLY FIT THE CAPITAL CITY LIKE YELLOWKNIFE.
SO I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN EXTEND THE FRAME LAKE TRAIL EXTENSION.
IT'S ONLY A FEW HUNDRED METERS, AND THERE ARE LOTS OF PARTNERS WHO ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU.
I KNOW ROTARY HAS DONE WORK IN THE PAST AND HAS MADE OFFERS TO TO TO DO TRAIL EXTENSIONS JOINT TASK FORCE NORTH DID THE NIVEN EXTENSION. AND YOU KNOW, 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO AT I THINK NO COST TO THE CITY, I COULD BE MISTAKEN ABOUT THE COST.
BUT THAT WOULD HAPPEN VERY QUICKLY AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD BE DONE WITH PARTNERS.
AND THERE ARE PARTNER GROUPS LIKE COMMUNITIES IN MOTION WHO ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE, THE CITY IN TERMS OF VOLUNTEER WORK AND FUNDRAISING AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO, YEAH, I GUESS IN CLOSING, I JUST WANT TO SUGGEST THAT YOU KNOW, THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY CAN'T REALLY AFFORD TO TO, TO KEEP PUTTING OFF.
AND WE CAN'T REALLY WAIT FOR ANOTHER MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
WE'VE HAD LOTS OF TRANSPORTATION PLANS AND THEY ALL SAY THE SAME THING.
SO LET'S ACTUALLY TRY TO PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE AND DO THEM.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESENTER? SEEING NONE.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCILLORS.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
AND ALSO, JEEZ, EVERYONE'S REALLY SAID EVERYTHING I HAD TO SAY.
I WAS COMING HERE TO TALK ABOUT MOBILITY AND SPECIFICALLY BIKING AND BIKING HERE FOR 19 YEARS.
BUT I DO HAVE A DAUGHTER NOW, AND SHE'S ACTUALLY BEEN PESTERING ME TONIGHT.
I GOT A SET OF TIRES FOR HER BIKE.
SHE'S SEVEN YEARS OLD AND SHE WANTS TO BIKE TO SCHOOL.
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SHE LEARNED HOW TO BIKE ON GREAT SLAVE LAKE IN FRONT OF THE HOUSEBOAT WHEN SHE WAS THREE.THE SAFEST PLACE IS REMARKABLY ON THE ICE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT MANY CARS.
YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WHAT IS COUNCIL DOING TO SUPPORT AN EVER GROWING POPULATION OF PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, THEY WALK? I MEAN, I'VE ALSO JUST SEEN PEOPLE PUSHING THEIR STROLLERS AND THEY CANNOT LIKE, LITERALLY CANNOT GET UP FRANKLIN SOMETIMES BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN PLOWED OR IN FRONT OF ADAM DENTAL.
HE WON'T PLOW OR HE HIT THE ROADS AND IT'S JUST A HUGE MESS.
SO JUST LOOKING TO SEE LIKE, HOW ARE YOU SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO WALK OR NEED TO GET THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL OR WHO WANT TO BIKE? IT'S BEEN AN ISSUE I'VE SEEN.
IT'S JUST BEEN ONGOING AND I CAN MANAGE IT.
MY PARTNER, YOU KNOW, SHE BIKES TOO, AND SHE'S MUCH TINIER THAN ME, AND SHE MANAGES IT AS WELL.
BUT IT IS QUITE DIFFICULT AND IT'S QUITE HARD.
IT IS GROWING. THERE'S MORE AND MORE PARENTS PULLING THEIR STROLLERS BEHIND THEIR BIKE.
E-BIKES HAVE PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN THAT.
MY INSURANCE HALVED IN PRICE BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T USE THE CAR ANYMORE.
I MEAN, THIS IS A WAY THAT THE CITY CAN SAVE MONEY AND MAKE IT A MUCH MORE LIVABLE CITY.
AND JUDGING BY EVERYTHING ELSE I'VE ALREADY HEARD, I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT.
OH COUNCILLOR FEQUET, YOU HAD A QUESTION.
NO. IT'S OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, SIMON.
PRESENTER NUMBER SEVEN, TERESA HOROSKO.
IF YOU JUST WANT TO TURN ON THE MIC AND THEN, FIRST AND LAST NAMES.
YEP. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS MAIA LEPAGE, AND I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE FOLK ON THE ROCK SOCIETY.
AND WITH ME TONIGHT IS KAYLA COOPER, FOLK ON THE ROCKS BOARD PRESIDENT.
I'M PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY ON BEHALF OF FOLK ON THE ROCKS AND HOPE THAT YOU WILL ACCEPT OUR REQUEST FOR LOAN FORGIVENESS OF THE REMAINING REMAINING $60,000 OF THE $100,000 LOAN USED FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE MAIN STAGE AT FOLK ROCK SITE.
NEXT ONE. THE SLIDES YOU SEE ON SCREEN ARE THE DRAFT SCHEMATIC DESIGNS FOR THE MAJOR RENOVATION FOLK ON THE ROCKS PLANS TO CREATE LONG TERM, LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF THE STRUCTURE AND IMPROVE THE SAFETY, ACCESSIBILITY AND FUNCTIONALITY FOR ALL THOSE WHO USE THE SITE.
THE PROJECT WILL BRING THE STAGE UP TO BUILDING CODE SAFETY STANDARDS, IMPROVE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE STAGE BY ADDING ACCESSIBILITY SUPPORTS SUCH AS RAISED VIEWING PLATFORMS, MOBILITY PATHWAYS AND BETTER ACCESS TO BARRIER FREE TOILETS.
INCREASE THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE STAGE DURING THE EVENTS.
WE'RE GOING TO SALVAGE THE MATERIALS THAT CAN BE REUSED FROM THE EXISTING STAGE, AND THEN IMPROVE THE OVERALL SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE FOLK ON THE ROCK SITE BY BUILDING THE STAGE TO BE BETTER, WITHSTAND WINTER WEATHER, AND INCREASE THE LONGEVITY OF THE STRUCTURE SO THAT NO MAJOR CONSTRUCTION SHOULD HAVE TO BE DONE ON IT FOR A MINIMUM OF 20 YEARS.
THE DESIGNS PRESENTED ARE THE RESULT OF THE FOLK ON THE ROCKS COMMITMENT TO FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF A STRUCTURAL CONDITION ASSESSMENT DONE BY STANTEC IN 2018, AS ORDERED BY THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE.
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THE ROOF WAS ASSESSED AS NOT UP TO CODE FOR LOAD BEARING, MAINLY FOR WINTER SNOW LOADS, AND SEVERAL OTHER SUPPORTS AND UPDATES WERE REQUIRED AS PER THE BUILDING CODE, TO BRING THE STAGE UP TO SAFETY STANDARDS.FOLK ON THE ROCKS HAS SINCE MADE MINOR REPAIRS TO REMOVE THE ROOF SHEATHING FROM THE STAGE, BUT THIS IS ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX, LEAVING THE STRUCTURE MORE VULNERABLE TO THE ELEMENTS. NO UPDATES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE FOUNDATION, WHICH CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE.
NEXT SLIDE. THE OUTSTANDING BALANCE OF $60,000 ON THE ORIGINAL $100,000 LOAN PRESENTS A CONCERN TO MAINTAINING OPERATIONS, DELIVERING A HIGH QUALITY FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE AND COMPLETING THE NECESSARY SAFETY AND FUNCTIONALITY RENOVATIONS TO ONE OF THE BUSIEST STAGES OF THE FOLK ON THE ROCKS SITE.
FORGIVING THE $60,000 LOAN ALLEVIATES FINANCIAL PRESSURE ON FOLK ON THE ROCKS, ALLOWING DIRECT INVESTMENT INTO THE BEER GARDEN STAGE, A REVENUE GENERATING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR BOTH FOLK ON THE ROCKS AND THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE.
WHILE THE CITY SUPPORT IS VITAL TO THE SURVIVAL OF THE BEER GARDEN, STAGE FOLK ON THE ROCKS IS NOT ASKING THE CITY TO COVER THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RENOVATION PROJECT OUTSIDE OF THE DEBT FORGIVENESS.
FOLK ON THE ROCKS FULLY EXPECTS AND IS COMMITTED TO FUNDING THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS THROUGH FESTIVAL REVENUES, CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES WITH OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND FUNDING BODIES.
THE REQUEST FOR LOAN FORGIVENESS IS A STRATEGIC STEP THAT WILL ENABLE FOLK ON THE ROCKS TO ENHANCE THE BEER GARDEN STAGE, ENSURING ITS LONGEVITY AND USABILITY FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. RENOVATING THE BEER GARDEN STAGE WILL HAVE BROAD COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS, INCLUDING INCREASED ACCESSIBILITY, INVESTMENT IN CITY RENTAL FACILITIES, AND ECONOMIC STIMULATION.
WITH THIS CRITICAL RENOVATION, THE BEER GARDEN STAGE WILL BE ABLE TO OFFER THE RENTALS ENHANCED INFRASTRUCTURE, ALLOWING MORE RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY EVENTS HOSTED AT THE FOLK ON THE ROCK SITE.
IMPROVING THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE STAGE FOR EVERYONE PRESENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE SITE RENTALS FOR MORE COMMUNITY EVENTS AND EXPAND THE AUDIENCE AND CAPACITY OF EXISTING EVENT RENTALS. THE PROPOSED RENOVATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO NOT ONLY IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY, FUNCTIONALITY AND SAFETY, BUT ALSO ENHANCE THE OVERALL FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE.
A SUCCESSFUL FESTIVAL CAN LEAD TO INCREASED SPENDING IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY, BENEFITING NEARBY BUSINESSES AND CONTRIBUTING TO A MORE ROBUST FINANCIAL POSITION FOR FOLK ON THE ROCKS AND THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE.
FOLK ON THE ROCKS APPRECIATES THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION OF THIS REQUEST, AND LOOKS FORWARD TO THE CONTINUING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE TO ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY SERVICES AND CULTURAL OFFERINGS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PRESENTER? COUNCILLOR WARBURTON.
THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
SO WHAT IS THE TOTAL ANTICIPATED SPEND TO DO THAT WHOLE PROJECT AND NOT JUST THE $60 K THAT THAT WE'RE BEING ASKED FOR? YEAH. SO FOLK ON THE ROCKS ANTICIPATES THAT THE LIKE THE RENOVATION, CONSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $250,000 ON TOP OF THE ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES, WHICH ARE AROUND $60,000.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
DOES FOLK ON THE ROCKS CARRY OUT ANY COSTS RELATED TO THE MAINTENANCE AT THE SITE, OR IS THAT REST WITH THE CITY? IT'S PART OF OUR BUDGET.
DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING FROM ADMINISTRATION? SURE. I'LL INVITE MR. WHITE TO COMMENT. THANK YOU.
SO THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE AND FOLK ON THE ROCKS HAVE HAD A LONG STANDING AGREEMENT WHERE BY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY THE FESTIVAL HAS ACCESS TO THE FACILITIES TO DO ALL THE UPGRADES AND ANY CHANGES THAT THEY REQUIRE FOR A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
THANKS. DOES FOLK ON THE ROCKS COLLECT ANY REVENUES FROM ANY OF THE OTHER RENTALS THAT HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF THE EXCLUSIVE USE TIME PERIOD THAT FOLK HAS THE SITE? THE CITY WOULD MAINTAIN THOSE REVENUES AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT.
OKAY. MADAM CHAIR, CAN I ASK A QUESTION OF ADMIN RIGHT NOW, OR ARE WE JUST ON PRESENTERS? NO ADMIN AND PRESENTATION.
OKAY. I'M JUST CURIOUS IF I'M RECOGNIZING THIS AS KIND OF A UNIQUE ARRANGEMENT.
THE CURLING CLUB IS A UNIQUE ARRANGEMENT.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT FACILITIES THAT HAVE DIFFERENT AGREEMENTS IN PLACE.
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IN MAINTENANCE MONIES OR INTO OUR BUDGET, OR DO WE? DO WE CONTRIBUTE SOME SOME MAINTENANCE FUNDS TOWARDS THE SITE? MR. VAN DINE.I BELIEVE THE CENTRAL QUESTION IS, ARE WE PAYING ANY MAINTENANCE AT ALL ON THE SITE? YES. AND THEN IS THIS THE ONLY ARRANGEMENT WHERE LIKE WHERE WE OWN THE FACILITY, BUT THE USER IS COVERING ALL THE MAINTENANCE COSTS.
IS THAT UNIQUE TO FOLK OR IS THAT COMMON ACROSS OUR OTHER FACILITIES? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'LL INVITE MR. WHITE TO COMMENT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I DIDN'T I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC DETAILS OVER THE YEARS, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN VARIOUS INSTANCES WHERE THE CITY AND THE FESTIVAL HAVE COST SHARED ON SOME OF THE ARRANGEMENTS.
THE STAGE UPGRADE, THE MOST RECENT ONE IS A PRIME EXAMPLE AND I KNOW OVER THE YEARS THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL OTHER SMALLER PROJECTS, OUTHOUSES, THAT SORT OF THING.
IN TERMS OF THE UNIQUENESS I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS ONE FACILITY WHERE I GUESS FOR 11 MONTHS OF THE YEAR, THE CITY IS ABLE TO COLLECT A REVENUE.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYTHING SIMILAR TO THAT WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OR FACILITIES.
DO YOU DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DETAILS ON THE IMPETUS FOR THE FOR THE CITY'S REQUEST TO COMPLETE THE STRUCTURAL CONDITION ASSESSMENT? LIKE, WHAT WAS THE IMPETUS? WAS THERE A SAFETY CONCERN? WAS IT INSPECTOR, MAYBE OUT THERE AND NOTICED WASN'T UP TO CODE OR, LIKE, WHAT WAS? YEAH. IF YOU COULD JUST ELABORATE ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.
YEAH. IT WAS A BIT BEFORE MY TIME.
I'VE JUST BEEN WITH FOLK ON THE ROCKS SINCE JUNE.
I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK OUT OF TURN.
MAYBE THAT'S A QUESTION FOR ADMINISTRATION, TOO IF SOMEONE KNOWS.
MR. VAN DINE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I'LL ASK MR. WHITE TO RESPOND.
AGAIN, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I COULD DO A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH OVER THE NEXT LITTLE WHILE, BUT THERE WERE SOME OBSERVATIONS MADE BY KEY FOLKS WHO WHO HAD A KEEN EYE FOR I GUESS SOME OF THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY ISSUES THAT WERE REPORTED TO THE CITY.
AND THAT PROMPTED THE STANTEC REVIEW AND DID A THOROUGH ASSESSMENT OF, OF SEVERAL OR SEVERAL PORTIONS OF THE FACILITY AND CAME UP WITH A, I GUESS, A MAINTENANCE PLAN AND A DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT HAD TO BE IMPLEMENTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FACILITY MAINTAINED HIGH SAFETY STANDARD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SO JUST OUTSIDE OF THIS KIND OF PROPOSAL FROM FROM THE FOLK ON THE ROCKS CREW DOES THE CITY HAVE ANY PLANS TO DO ANY MAINTENANCE OR RENOVATIONS IN THIS AREA, GIVEN THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ENGINEERS ON THE STRUCTURAL CONDITION ASSESSMENT I.E.
IF FOLK DOESN'T GO AHEAD WITH THIS AS THE CITY GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, OR DO WE HAVE PLANS TO? MR. VAN DINE.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'LL INVITE MR. WHITE TO RESPOND. THANK YOU.
AS A RESULT OF THE THE STANTEC STUDY, FOLK ON THE ROCKS MADE A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL.
I DO BELIEVE IT WAS AT BUDGET TIME.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE $200,000.
I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S $200,000 AT THE TIME.
THE FESTIVAL COVERED $100,000, AND THE CITY WOULD PROVIDE THE $100,000 INTEREST FREE LOAN.
OTHER THAN THAT, THERE'S NO SPECIFIC WORK THAT IS BEING PLANNED BY THE CITY.
I THINK THAT'S IT FOR ME, MADAM CHAIR.
COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN. ACTUALLY COUNCILLOR MCGURK FIRST.
I'VE ACTUALLY REPAIRED THAT STAGE MULTIPLE TIMES.
I'LL JUST INVITE MR. WHITE TO RESPOND.
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THANKS. OKAY.THANK YOU. AND ANOTHER QUESTION FOR ADMINISTRATION.
I REMEMBER WHEN WE THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT FOLKS COME TO US WITH THIS REQUEST.
I THINK THIS IT WAS BEFORE MR. PANDOO WAS WITH US.
BUT AT THE TIME WE WERE GIVEN A SORT OF OR SOMEONE HAD ASKED IF THERE'S ANY REASON WHY OR HOW THIS MIGHT IMPACT NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE BUDGET PROCESS, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER.
MR. VAN DINE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
AND SO THAT IS A LARGER QUESTION THAT I'M NOT SURE WE TURNED OUR MIND TO AT THIS POINT, BUT I WOULD ASK THAT WE CAN POTENTIALLY COME BACK TO COUNCIL DURING THE LATER BUDGET DELIBERATION STEPS WITH MORE INFORMATION ON THAT QUESTION.
A FINAL QUESTION FOR THE PRESENTERS.
ARE YOU TAKING VOLUNTEERS TO HELP IF WE SAY YES? WE WON'T SAY NO TO THAT.
THANK YOU. COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN.
I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS FOR THE PRESENTERS OR FOR ADMIN, BUT JUST LOOKING FOR SORT OF LIKE A PROGNOSIS ON THIS STAGE, LIKE, ARE WE A YEAR OR TWO YEARS OUT FROM JUST HAVING TO SHUT IT DOWN OR BULLDOZE IT, OR ARE WE IS THERE ANY SORT OF PLAN IN THAT REGARD? MR. VAN DINE. I'LL DEFER TO MR. WHITE IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT WE ARE NOT UNDER ANY IMPRESSION, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT WE'RE UNDER ANY IMMINENT DANGER.
BUT I'LL INVITE MR. WHITE TO COMMENT FURTHER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NO, THERE WAS NOTHING THAT WAS THAT WOULD INDICATE THEY WOULD HAVE TO DEMOLISH THE FACILITY, JUST THE RENOVATIONS AND THE RETROFITS THAT WERE INDICATED IN THE IN THE REPORT.
THANKS. CAN I SPEAK TO IT AS WELL? WITH THE THE CHANGES THAT WE DID MAKE TO THE ROOF STRUCTURE, WE WE DID TAKE OFF THE SHEATHING, WHICH IS LEAVING IT MORE EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS NOW.
SO THAT THAT COULD POSE A PROBLEM WITH THE WINTER WEATHERING FASTER THAN WHEN THE ORIGINAL REPORT HAD COME OUT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH THE FOUNDATION.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE.
SORRY. JUST THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
ONE LAST ONE TO FOLK ON THE ROCKS, I THINK.
I THINK I RECALL THAT THE BEER GARDEN REVENUES IS IS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL.
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR ANNUAL REVENUE DOES THAT MAKE UP? AND THE REASON I'M ASKING IS I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS ASSESSMENT.
AND IF THE BEER GARDEN STAGE BECOMES UNUSABLE AND, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR OR NEXT.
WHAT KIND OF IMPACT WOULD THAT HAVE FINANCIALLY TO THE, THE FESTIVAL, THE ORGANIZATION? IT WOULD BE SUBSTANTIAL.
I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME.
BUT YEAH, ASIDE FROM TICKET SALES, OUR BEER GARDEN REVENUE IS IS WHERE WE MAKE UP A LOT OF OUR PROFITS AND WHERE WE CAN AFFORD TO, TO PAY THE BANDS AND DO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO.
SO IF IF THAT PART OF THE SITE BECOMES UNUSABLE IT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE FESTIVAL.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR FOR COMING.
WE'VE REACHED THE END OF OUR ARE REQUESTED PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS ON THE BUDGET.
I DID JUST WANT TO FLAG A FEW POINTS ABOUT BUDGET.
SO FIRST, THE DRAFT BUDGET WILL BE RELEASED NOVEMBER 12TH AT 12:05 P.M..
SO YOU CAN COME AND YOU'LL SEE THE DOCUMENT.
THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR AGAINST WHAT YOU'RE SEEING.
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WE GO TILL ABOUT 10:00 AT NIGHT, AND THEN WE RESUME THE NEXT DAY AT 5:30, AND WE REPEAT AGAIN TILL THE WEEK'S UP.AND THEN WE WOULD CONCLUDE THAT WITH A VOTE DECEMBER 9TH AT 7:00, WHICH AGAIN DELEGATIONS PERTAINING TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, WHICH WOULD BE THE BUDGET, YOU'D BE ABLE TO COME AND SPEAK AGAIN IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THE BUDGET.
SO A FEW MORE PUBLIC SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES IF YOU WOULD LIKE, OR YOU CAN EMAIL IN YOUR COMMENTS.
WITH THAT, WE HAVE REACHED THE 90 MINUTE MARK.
SO LET'S TAKE A 10 MINUTE BREAK AND WE WILL COME BACK.
WE'LL TAKE A 9.5 MINUTE BREAK AND COME BACK AT 8:40 P.M..
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HERE. EVERYBODY CAN GRAB YOUR SEATS.OKAY, WE WILL CALL OUR MEETING BACK TO ORDER.
STATEMENTS, IF FOLKS DID WANT TO HAVE A MOTION ABOUT SOMETHING THEY HEARD AND THEY WANT IT TO BE IN THE DRAFT BUDGET, WE COULD ENTERTAIN IT NOW.
DECEMBER 2ND, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF MORE HOLISTICALLY REVIEW IT AT THAT TIME.
SEEING KIND OF NODDING HEADS FOR THAT BUT COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN.
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YEAH, JUST WANT TO SAY I'LL HAVE A COUPLE TO ADD THINGS, BUT WE'LL DO THAT ON THE SECOND.SO AGAIN, A BIG THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC FOR SENDING IN YOUR FEEDBACK.
A NUMBER OF ENGAGEMENT POINTS COMING UP.
PLEASE DO REACH OUT COUNCIL AT YELLOWKNIFE.CA THAT GOES TO EVERYBODY HERE.
WITH THAT THERE WERE NO STATEMENTS FOR THE AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY MEMBER STATEMENTS FROM THE FLOOR? THERE WAS NO BUSINESS ARISING FROM OUR MEETING ON OCTOBER 15TH.
OCTOBER 21ST COUNCILLOR WARBURTON.
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THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.THANK YOU. AND I WILL SEND OUT THE TEMPLATE TOMORROW IF EVERYBODY APPROVES THIS.
SECONDE COUNCILLOR PAYNE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.
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A MEMORANDUM REGARDING THE INTEGRITY COMMISSIONER INVESTIGATION REPORT DATED OCTOBER 10TH, 2024.COUNCILLOR MCGURK, IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT.
I'M JUST GOING TO READ FROM THIS BECAUSE OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, IT'S TOUGH, TOUGH THING.
I OVERLOOKED THINGS THAT I SHOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD TO BE IMPORTANT, AND THAT'S NOT AN EXCUSE.
IT'S A FACT. I WAS INDIGNANT IN MY CERTAINTY THAT I WAS ACTING APPROPRIATELY.
WHILE LAST YEAR'S EVENTS MAY HAVE INFORMED MY CONDUCT, THEY DO NOT JUSTIFY IT.
AND WHILE THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF THE REPORT I STRUGGLE WITH, I DO UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPLE.
I WAS NOT ACTING IN ANY FORMAL CAPACITY DURING LAST YEAR'S FIRE.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE EXPLICIT POLICIES AND BYLAWS TO MAINTAIN ACCOUNTABILITY.
I HAD ALREADY ACTED INAPPROPRIATELY AND THE COMPLAINT HAD BEEN FILED.
WHILE I'M GRATEFUL TO HAVE FOUND THE SENSE TO HALT WHAT I WAS DOING, THE REFLECTION STOPPED THERE AND I CONTINUED TO BELIEVE MY ACTIONS WERE JUSTIFIED UNTIL I RECEIVED THE REPORT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WAS IN ANY WAY A PRIVATE MATTER.
I'VE PUT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CONSIDERATION THROUGH THIS, PUT IN A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF PUT IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CONSIDERATION THROUGHOUT THIS EXPERIENCE, I'VE COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT I WAS NOT ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY PARTY, BUT MYSELF.
RESPONSIBILITIES I COMMITTED TO UPHOLDING FOR THE LENGTH OF MY TERM WHEN I WAS SWORN IN.
MY ONLY HOPE IS THAT IT IS UNDERSTOOD, THROUGH MY FULSOME COOPERATION WITH THIS PROCESS, THAT I HAVE MAINTAINED TRANSPARENCY OF MY BEHAVIOR, AND I AM INVESTED IN DUE PROCESS AND SERIOUS ABOUT UPHOLDING MY DUTY.
IN SHORT, I'M WILLING TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS CONTRAVENTION AND AM DEEPLY SORRY TO MY CONSTITUENTS AND FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO WHOM I OWE MY POSITION AND THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING IN THIS ROLE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCILLOR MCGURK.
WE'LL JUST LEAVE YOU A MOMENT TO RECUSE YOURSELF.
SO JUST A FEW PROCEDURAL POINTS.
SO TODAY IS WE'RE RECEIVING THE REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE CODE OF ETHICS BYLAW.
WE NOW HAVE 90 DAYS TO CONSIDER THE REPORT AND ITS RECOMMENDATIONS.
FOR NEXT STEPS, WE COULD MOVE ON AND MOVE RIGHT TO DISCUSSING A MOTION.
WE COULD DO A MOTION, A MOTION TO RECEIVE THE REPORT AS PRESENTED AND NOT IMPOSE A PENALTY.
WE COULD DO A MOTION TO CENSURE.
WE COULD DO A MOTION TO REMOVE THE MEMBER FROM ONE MEETING.
WE COULD DO A MOTION TO CENSURE AND REMOVE THE MEMBER FROM ONE MEETING.
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DISCUSS FURTHER, OR WE COULD DO A MOTION TO REFER THIS TO A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING FOR DISCUSSION.WHETHER IT'S AT GPC, THAT WOULD BE THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE COULD HAVE A BIT MORE OF AN INFORMAL CRAFT, THE MOTION, AND THEN IT WOULD COME FORWARD TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, OR WE COULD AGAIN JUST MOVE RIGHT TO A COUNCIL MEETING WHERE WE WOULD CRAFT THE MOTION AND DO THE DISCUSSION THERE.
SO JUST SEEING WHAT THE THE WILL OF COUNCIL IS IN THIS REGARD.
THANKS, MADAM CHAIR. YEAH, THANKS FOR OUTLINING THE OPTIONS.
JUST A, I GUESS A QUESTION OF PROCEDURE, I THINK.
CERTAINLY. OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL WANT TO DISCUSS THIS AS A COLLECTIVE AFTER WE GIVE IT SOME TIME.
AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, DOES IT I SEEMS MORE EFFICIENT TO DISCUSS IT AT A GPC AND THEN CRAFT THE MOTION AND GO TO COUNCIL? ARE WE ABLE TO CRAFT A MOTION ON THE FLY AT A COUNCIL MEETING AND CONSIDER IT AT THAT MEETING, OR OR NOT? WE COULD, BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO CIRCULATE THE MOTION IN WRITING SO IT, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IT THOUGHT UP AHEAD OF TIME AND CIRCULATED TO THE REST OF COUNCILLOR BUT TO COUNCIL.
SORRY. MR. VAN DINE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD TO THE ITEM? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I'D JUST SIMPLY OFFER THAT SUCH A CRAFTING OF THE MOTION COULD BE DONE OUTSIDE OF GPC PROCESS AS WELL, AND CIRCULATED, SO YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HOLD YOURSELF TO A GPC. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
ANYTHING FURTHER COUNCILLOR FEQUET? I DON'T THINK SO I'M JUST CURIOUS TO HEAR WHAT OTHERS PREFERENCES ARE.
THANK YOU. COUNCILLOR WARBURTON.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. YEAH, I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF SENDING IT TO A GPC.
WE JUST GOT THIS ON FRIDAY, AND COUNCILLOR MCGURK RESPONSE RECENTLY, SO HAVING SOME TIME TO DIGEST THAT AND TALK TO FOLKS AND THEN COME UP WITH A COURSE OF ACTION WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE.
WE COULD ADD IT TO GPC ON NOVEMBER 12TH.
AND THEN FROM THERE THE MOTION WOULD COME FORWARD ON NOVEMBER 25TH.
THANKS VERY MUCH. YEAH, DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND IF GROUP WANTS TO TAKE MORE TIME.
JUST READING THROUGH THE REPORT, SECTION 118 BASICALLY SAYS THAT IF COUNCILLOR MCGURK WERE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCEPT THE CONCLUSION OF THE REPORT, THEN BASICALLY SAYS THAT CENSURE WOULD NOT BE AN APPROPRIATE PENALTY.
SO FOR ME, YOUR STATEMENT TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR HER ACTIONS.
SO I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE JUST MOVING ON.
GIVEN THAT SHE HAS TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY.
I'M NOT A PROCESS WIZARD, SO I UNDERSTAND IF PEOPLE NEED MORE TIME AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING THE MAJORITY ARE IN FAVOR, WE WILL ADD THIS TO THE AGENDA AT GPC ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH AT 12:05 AND WE'LL DISCUSS NEXT STEPS AT THAT TIME.
WITH THAT, IF SOMEBODY WOULD BE ABLE TO GET COUNCILLOR MCGURK.
WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY NEW BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR? SEEING NONE ENACTMENT OF BYLAWS.
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WE HAVE BYLAW NUMBER 5095 BYLAW TO AMEND ZONING BYLAW NUMBER 5045, AS AMENDED, TO ADD TWO NEW RESIDENTIAL INTENSIFICATION ZONES, RI AND RI-1 AND ASSOCIATED CHANGES AS PRESENTED FOR SECOND AND THIRD READING.COUNCILLOR WARBURTON. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
I MOVE THIRD READING OF BYLAW.
SORRY. SECOND READING OF BYLAW NUMBER 5095.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECONDER? COUNCILLOR MCGURK.
I'M GOING TO BE IN SUPPORT OF MOVING THIS FORWARD.
I, I THINK WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF REALLY KIND OF EDUCATING RESIDENTS ON THE NEED FOR THIS.
I DON'T WANT THIS BECAUSE OF SOME GRAND PLAN TO REINVENT MY CITY.
IT'S FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE FOR ME TO SPRAWL THE CITY WHEN I KNOW THAT'S A MASSIVE LOSS FOR US.
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THE TAXES OF THOSE SPRAWL SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES DO NOT COVER THE COST.INFILL TO ME IS INCREMENTAL AND SUBTLE.
AND I UNDERSTAND CHANGE IS NOT EASY FOR FOLKS, BUT THIS IS THE ONLY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE PATH I SEE FORWARD FOR THE CITY TO NOT BURDEN US WITH MASSIVE DEBT ON ON INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE FUTURE.
COUNCILLOR FEQUET. THANKS, MADAM CHAIR.
YEAH. I WILL BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS TOO.
I JUST WANTED TO CONVEY THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT WE LIKE ANY DECISION THAT WE MAKE WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE INPUT OF THE PUBLIC AND ALL THE FACTORS AND THE DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS. AND SO WHERE TO PUT THIS ZONE IS A IS A QUESTION FOR ANOTHER TIME.
BUT IF WE DON'T ADD THESE THEN WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER TOOL IN OUR TOOLBOX TO HELP US MOVE TOWARDS.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCILLOR WARBURTON JUST SAID.
A COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE CAN AFFORD HOUSING AND PEOPLE HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE.
SO YEAH, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS AS WELL.
ANYTHING FURTHER? COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSEN.
I AS WELL AM IN SUPPORT OF THESE ZONES.
AND WHILE I APPRECIATE YOUR POINTS AS THE PRESENTER ABOUT THE FEELINGS OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, I THINK THERE'S TOO MUCH POTENTIAL NEED ACROSS OUR CITY FOR THE HOUSING THAT WE CAN'T NOT HAVE ZONING OPTIONS IN OUR TOOLBOX BECAUSE OF CONCERNS OF SOME AREAS OF OUR TOWN.
AS COUNCILLOR WARBURTON JUST SAID, WE'RE IN A HOUSING CRISIS AND WE CAN'T KEEP SPRAWLING.
AND SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF THESE THINGS.
COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
EVERYONE SORT OF SAID WHAT I WOULD HAVE SAID.
YEAH. I THINK WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT AS WE PICK THE PLACES FOR THESE ZONES AS TO WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE AND FIND WAYS TO MITIGATE IT, BUT YEAH, WE'RE JUST WE UNFORTUNATELY, WE JUST DON'T LIVE IN A WORLD THESE DAYS WITH A TON OF RESOURCES, AND WE JUST WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO SPRAWL.
YEAH. AND AS AGREED, THE REASONS MENTIONED BY COLLEAGUES, I'M IN SUPPORT.
I'M ALSO IN SUPPORT OF WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED.
SO YOU COULD DO THAT, THAT MICRO DUPLEX AND THEN ADD ON TO IT FROM THERE.
SO IT IS ABOUT DETACHED SECONDARIES.
AND IN WE DO HAVE A LOT OF THOSE SINGLE, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES FOR AND WHAT WE ARE MISSING IS THOSE THOSE TOWNHOUSES, THOSE DETACHED OR SECONDARIES, THOSE DUPLEXES.
AND WE HAVE AN AGING POPULATION AND WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING ALONE IN THAT FIVE BEDROOM HOUSE NOW WITH NOWHERE ELSE TO WELL, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'D LIKE TO DOWNSIZE, BUT THEY THEY DON'T SEE WHERE THAT COULD GO.
SO I DO THINK THIS IS YOU KNOW, IT IS THE QUOTE UNQUOTE MISSING MIDDLE.
AND IT'S A GOOD WAY THAT WE CAN ADD IT TO OUR TOWN.
AND AGAIN, IT'S IT'S NOT SAYING WHAT THE NEXT LOT IS GOING TO BE.
THIS IS JUST NOW GIVING US ANOTHER TOOL IN OUR TOOLBOX.
FOR ROUND TWO COUNCILLOR WARBURTON.
I'M NOT NAIVE ENOUGH TO THINK THAT IT'S ALL INFO ALL THE TIME THAT'S ALL IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
THINGS WILL EXPAND AS OUR CITY GROWS LIKE THAT IS REAL AS WELL.
IT'S JUST THAT WE NEED THIS TOOL TO MAKE SURE WE CAN DO ALL THESE THINGS.
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SO AGAIN LOTS OF DIFFERENT TOOL BOXES.WITH THAT SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF SECOND READING.
COUNCILLOR WARBURTON TO THIRD READING.
I MOVE THIRD READING OF BYLAW NUMBER 5095.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AND THAT CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
NEXT. 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? THERE WERE NO DELEGATIONS PERTAINING TO ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
THERE WERE NO ADMINISTRATIVE INQUIRIES FOR THE AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY ADMINISTRATIVE INQUIRIES FROM THE FLOOR? WITH THAT, IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN, MOVED BY COUNCILLOR ARDEN-SMITH, WE CAN BE ADJOURNED.
AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH AT 12:05 P.M..
SO FOLKS HAVE THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER OFF.
ENJOY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.