Jan 20, 2025 Governance & Priorities Committee

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ALL RIGHT. ALL YOU HAPPY PEOPLE. I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 20TH , 2025 AT 12:05 P.M. TO ORDER. STARTING WITH THE OPENING STATEMENT, THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE ARE LOCATED IN CHIEF

[1. Opening Statement]

WE RESPECT THE HISTORIES, LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF ALL OTHER INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, INCLUDING THE NORTH SLAVE METIS AND ALL FIRST NATIONS METIS AND INUIT, WHOSE PRESENCE CONTINUES TO ENRICH OUR VIBRANT COMMUNITY.

[2. Approval of the agenda.]

MISS WHITE, ANYTHING TO ADD TO THE AGENDA? NOTHING TO ADD THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR BREVITY. MOVING ON TO DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND GENERAL NATURE THEREOF.

ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS BEFORE US TODAY? SEEING NONE.

[4. A presentation from Shane O’Hanlon and Lesley Cabott, representatives from Stantec, regarding the City of Yellowknife Climate Action Plan.]

THE OBJECTIVE IS TO CREATE ANOTHER TEN YEAR PLAN TO SUPPORT THE MUNICIPALITY AND THE COMMUNITY.

THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE DEVELOPED ITS FIRST COMMUNITY ENERGY PLAN BACK IN 2004, WHICH WAS AGAIN A TEN YEAR PLAN.

IN 2015 WAS THE SECOND INSTALLMENT AND CREATED A CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY PLAN FOR THE ENERGY MANAGEMENT, AND THE CURRENT PLAN IDENTIFIES CORPORATE TARGETS, COMMUNITY TARGETS, CHALLENGES, AND OPPORTUNITIES.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER, IN THE FALL OF 2024, WE BROUGHT FORWARD A REPORT AND PRESENTATION ON WHERE THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY WERE AT WITH REGARDS TO THOSE OBJECTIVES.

AS WELL THAT PLAN AND PRESENTATION ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.

SO IN CREATING THE NEW TEN YEAR PLAN, WE'RE EXPANDING INTO A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, WHICH IS GOING TO INCLUDE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION OPPORTUNITIES.

AND IT IS HOPED THAT THIS WILL INFORM COUNCIL DECISION MAKING ON BUDGET, PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SAFETY AND OTHER MUNICIPAL SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.

THE PLAN IS BEING DEVELOPED TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION AND HOPEFULLY IN EFFECT FOR 2026, AS THE CURRENT PLAN WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF 2025.

SO THROUGH YOU, MR. CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK SHANE AND LESLEY TO START THIS VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.

THANK YOU. ACTING CITY MANAGER AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND DEPUTY MAYOR.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. AS I SAID LAST WEEK, I WAS EXCITED TO COME, AND I WAS AND I'M STILL EXCITED TO BE HERE.

I LOVE COMING TO YELLOWKNIFE AND I AND IT'S A IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO BE HERE.

A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO SHANE AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY IN THIS VERY CHAMBER SPACE TO WORK WITH SOME OF SOME OF YOUR COMMUNITY LEADERS AND STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THE TIME AROUND A CONVERSATION ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY ENERGY PLAN AND, YOU KNOW, FOCUSING OR MAKING A LITTLE TURN TOWARDS ADAPTATION.

AND THERE WAS SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION GATHERED THERE.

AND SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ENGAGEMENT PIECE, YOU KNOW, THE DISCUSSION WITH YOU TODAY AND ALSO WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TOMORROW.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE SHANE, WHO IS OUR CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESILIENCY CONSULTANT WITH STANTEC. AND SO SHANE. THANK YOU LESLEY. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.

THANK YOU COUNCILLORS. THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF STAFF, FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. AS LESLEY SAID, VERY EXCITED TO BE TO BE BACK, TO SEE THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND TO BE ABLE TO UPDATE YOU AS TO THIS NEWEST PROJECT TO MAKE SURE [INAUDIBLE].

I'LL DOUBLE CHECK. THAT WAS ME. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

OKAY, SO THE AGENDA FOR TODAY, NOT AN INCREDIBLY LONG PRESENTATION, BUT WE WANT TO ALLOW TIME, OBVIOUSLY, FOR QUESTIONS AND DIALOG. SO I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THIS PROJECT.

SETTING THE STAGE AS WELL WITH SOME CONTEXT ON GHG EMISSIONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE.

MUCH OF THIS IS NOT NEW TO YOU. AND THEN SETTING THE CONTEXT FOR THIS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND THEN LOOKING AT THE PROCESS OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT WE ARE UNDERTAKING WITH THE CITY. SO THE GOAL OF TODAY'S SESSION, AND AGAIN A SESSION TOMORROW WITH THE PUBLIC IS ABOUT HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION. THE FUNCTION OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND THAT TRANSITION FROM COMMUNITY ENERGY PLANS TOWARDS CLIMATE ACTION PLANS AND MORE

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THE BENEFITS OF DEVELOPING CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND SOME OF THE STATUS UPDATES WHERE WE'RE AT, OBVIOUSLY IN THE PROJECT NOW AND CLIMATE ACTION.

AND THEN THE NEXT STEPS. SO PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW.

SO NOT TOO BIG OF A SURPRISE TO ANYONE IN THIS ROOM, BUT THE CLIMATE IS CHANGING.

AND WE KNOW NOW WITH MORE AND MORE SCIENCE. YOU KNOW, HUMAN INDUCED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ARE A HUGE FACTOR IN DRIVING FACTOR IN OUR CHANGING CLIMATE. WE HAVE INFORMATION THAT WE ARE PULLING FROM FOR THIS PROJECT THAT'S BOTH GLOBAL, NATIONAL AND THEN HAS BEEN DOWNSCALED TO BOTH THE TERRITORY AND THEN THE CITY ITSELF.

SO THIS IS JUST SOME HIGH LEVEL INFORMATION TO GIVE YOU A CONTEXT FOR CHANGING CLIMATE IN CANADA.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT CANADA SPECIFICALLY, THE NORTH IS LOOKING AT A RATE OF CHANGING.

THAT'S AT LEAST TWICE THAT OF GLOBAL AVERAGES.

AND I HAVE SOME MORE SPECIFICS ON THAT IN A MOMENT.

ON THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT, YOU'RE ALSO SEEING SO THE MACKENZIE DISTRICT IS A CLIMATE REGION SPECIFICALLY COVERS THE ENTIRETY ESSENTIALLY OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES AND THE TREND BACK FROM MID 20TH CENTURY THROUGH TO TODAY, WE SEE A WARMING TRAJECTORY. SOME SPECIFICS ON THAT.

I JUST WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE ESSENTIALLY THE TOP LINE IN EACH OF THESE, WHAT'S CALLED SSP5 8.5.

THAT'S A SHARED SOCIOECONOMIC PATHWAY AND ESSENTIALLY A PROXY FOR OUR CARBON EMISSIONS.

AND SO THAT'S QUITE CONCERNING WHEN WE CONSIDER THE END OF CENTURY AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR OUR CLIMATE.

SO ON THE LEFT CHART YOU'RE SEEING CARBON DIOXIDE SPECIFICALLY EMISSIONS PER YEAR.

AND ON THE RIGHT YOU'RE SEEING HOW THAT CORRELATES THEN WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGE.

DRAWING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE TABLE AT THE BOTTOM, WHICH OBVIOUSLY MOST WORRISOME THERE IS LOOKING AT RCP 8.5 WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO SSP 8.5. WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT AN 8.4°C WARMING SPECIFICALLY FOR THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES BY THE END OF CENTURY.

SO THERE ARE MANY CLIMATE HAZARDS THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING AS PART OF OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.

AND SO THAT SPECTRUM OF WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING, WE HAVE BOTH EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS.

YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE SHOCKS THAT YOU EXPERIENCE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, WILDFIRES BEING AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.

YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC STORM EVENTS STORMS AND SLOW ONSET EVENTS OF CHRONIC IN NATURE, YOU KNOW, GRADUAL WARMING OF OUR CLIMATE WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF CHANGE TO PERMAFROST, RISING OCEAN LEVELS, YOU KNOW, LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY. THERE ARE VERY FAR RANGING IMPACTS.

AND SO THIS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WILL LOOK AT THE FULL BREADTH OF A CHANGING CLIMATE.

SO, AS I SAID, FROM THE EXTREMES THROUGH TO THE MORE GRADUAL CHANGES, AND BECAUSE THOSE HAVE HUGE IMPACTS, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A SLOWER RATE OF CHANGE IN SOME AREAS, OF COURSE THE LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY HAS HUGE RAMIFICATIONS ACROSS AGRICULTURE, SOCIETY, CULTURES, ETC.. OOPS. SO WHY DEVELOP A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN? SO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS LOOKING AT BOTH THE MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION SIDE OF THE EQUATION.

AND I'LL COME TO A GRAPHIC ON THAT IN A MOMENT.

SO THE ACTION PLAN IS INTENDED TO BOTH REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND LOOK AT GHG EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH CONSUMPTION, AS WELL AS USE IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO THEN ADVANCE EQUITY AND CLIMATE JUSTICE TO MINIMIZE COSTS TO THE CITY IN THE FUTURE AS THEY RESPOND TO EVENTS.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AS A CITY LOOKING AT HOW YOU CAN MAINTAIN A LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT'S APPROPRIATE TO YOUR COMMUNITY.

SO HOW CAN YOU AVOID FOR UNPLANNED INTERRUPTIONS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE? AND SO THE COMMUNITY PLAN IN 2019 DID A GREAT JOB OF IDENTIFYING MANY MITIGATION ADAPTATION OPPORTUNITIES.

AND A KEY OUTPUT OF THAT IS SAYING, OKAY, WE NEED A PROJECT THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS AT HOLISTICALLY ACROSS ALL OF OUR PLANS AND POLICIES AND PROGRAMS, AND WHAT CAN A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN DO TO REALLY BOLSTER AND REINFORCE THAT? BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO AVOID DOING HERE IS, YOU KNOW, CREATING ANOTHER PLAN AND ANOTHER POLICY THAT, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T RESULT IN REAL CHANGE. THAT'S WHY WE'VE HAD AN EXTENSIVE REVIEW OF, YOU KNOW, THE EXISTING WORK THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING ACROSS VARIOUS PLANS AND POLICIES AND LOOKING TO REALLY ELEVATE THOSE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CREATING NEW WORK.

SO THE ACTION PLAN OVERVIEW, YOU'VE HEARD ME USE THE TERMS MITIGATION ADAPTATION A FEW TIMES.

AND SO HISTORICALLY, A LOT OF ENERGY AND CLIMATE ACTION PLANS WERE LOOKING AT JUST THE MITIGATION SIDE OF THE EQUATION.

SO YOU KNOW, RENEWABLE ENERGY, CLEAN ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION AND REDUCING EMISSIONS.

AND ON THE ADAPTATION SIDE, WE'RE CONSIDERING MORE YOU KNOW, A CHANGE IN CLIMATE IS, YOU KNOW, CAUSING PROBLEMS IN HOW WE DELIVER SERVICES, IT'S AFFECTING HEALTH AND SAFETY. IT'S AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR MENTAL HEALTH.

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AND WE'VE GOT THERE ABORIGINAL LAND AND SEA, SO HOW DO WE MANAGE, YOU KNOW, OUR COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND PLANNING FOR ESSENTIALLY A FUTURE CLIMATE BEING DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE WE'RE USED TO.

SO OUR BUILDING CODES AND OUR PLANS HISTORICALLY BEING BASED ON EXISTING DATA.

AND SO THERE ARE SYNERGIES THERE. AND WHAT WOULD BE CALLED THEN LOW CARBON RESILIENCE OFTENTIMES.

SO HOW CAN WE ADAPT TO THE FUTURE IN A WAY THAT IS NOT CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEGRADATION OF THE FUTURE? SO SYNERGIES THERE WOULD BE AROUND LOOKING AT SUSTAINABILITY MEASURES THAT ARE LOW CARBON EMISSIONS BUT CAN HELP ENSURE A SAFER FUTURE.

SO SIMPLE EXAMPLE THERE BEING OKAY WELL JUST BUILDING EVERYTHING WITH CONCRETE IS NOT GOING TO BE IT MIGHT HARDEN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT MIGHT PROVIDE CERTAIN BENEFITS IN TERMS OF ADAPTATION.

BUT ON A MITIGATION SIDE OF THINGS, CARBON AND CONCRETE BEING SO CARBON INTENSIVE, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY ADVANCING AND WHAT WE NEED.

SO THE ACTION PLAN ITSELF WILL HELP TO DETERMINE WHAT'S NECESSARY FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE'LL LOOK AT THE SPECIFICS, THE CLIMATE SCIENCE FOR YELLOWKNIFE AND DEVELOP A PLAN THAT LOOKS TO INTEGRATE ACROSS EXISTING POLICIES.

AND SO THAT PLAN BIT OF THE STRUCTURE THAT IT WILL TAKE.

WE WANT TO HELP SET A VISION FOR YELLOWKNIFE.

THAT VISION WILL BE SUPPORTED BY GOALS. AND THOSE GOALS WITHIN THEM WILL HAVE TARGETS THAT WILL BE MEASURABLE AND THEREFORE SUPPORTED BY AN ACTION PLAN.

BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE THIS AS MEASURABLE AND EASY TO IMPLEMENT AND MONITOR AS POSSIBLE.

THAT ACTION PLANNING HAPPENS AT VARIOUS LEVELS, AND WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT AS A CORPORATION, THE CITY HAS CONTROL OVER CERTAIN ELEMENTS, AND THOSE WOULD BE WITHIN THAT FIRST CIRCLE THERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOUR FLEET, YOUR FACILITIES, YOUR PROCUREMENT PROCESSES, AND THEN RECOGNIZE WHEN YOU MOVE TO THAT SECOND SPHERE, OKAY, THERE ARE SERVICES THAT YOU PROVIDE FOR YOUR FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND YOU HAVE A LEVEL OF INFLUENCE BECAUSE OF HOW THOSE ARE USED.

SO YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SET IT UP WITH, YOU KNOW, A RECREATION CENTER THAT OKAY, WE'VE WE'VE BUILT IT IN A CERTAIN MANNER THAT IS LOW EMISSIONS. BUT HOW PEOPLE USE IT AND, YOU KNOW, THE USE OF THAT SPACE IS DETERMINED BY, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ULTIMATELY ENTER YOU KNOW, NONPROFITS AND SUCH THAT MIGHT MAKE USE OF THAT SPACE.

THE SAME WITH ROADS. YOU MIGHT PROVIDE ROADS FOR COMMUNITY IN TANDEM WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES, BUT YOU CAN'T DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, HOW OFTEN PEOPLE USE THEIR VEHICLES ON THOSE ROADS.

SO YOU CAN SEE THERE THERE'S A FULL SPHERE OF WHAT'S CALLED THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, AND THAT YOU WANT TO CONSIDER HOW YOU CAN ACTUALLY INFLUENCE THOSE THINGS WITHOUT HAVING DIRECT CONTROL. AND THEN THE OUTERMOST SPHERE YOU HAVE THE ADVOCACY.

AND SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THROUGH YOUR RELATIONSHIPS AND MANAGEMENT OF THOSE RELATIONSHIPS YOU CAN INFLUENCE POTENTIALLY AND ADVOCATE FOR CHANGES IN, SAY, BUILDING CODES, CHANGES IN REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS THAT ARE NOT DIRECTLY WITHIN YELLOWKNIFE'S CONTROL.

NEITHER MAY BE WITHIN THE CONTROL OF THE TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT. THEY MAY BE FEDERAL.

SO THE TWO ELEMENTS THAT ARE SUPPORTING THIS PLAN ON THE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION SIDE.

SO WE'RE STARTING ON THE ADAPTATION SIDE. WE HAVE A CLIMATE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT THAT'S UNDERWAY.

SO THAT INCLUDES LOOKING AT CLIMATE DATA AND SPECIFIC VULNERABILITIES FOR THE CITY.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY GHG EMISSIONS INVENTORY, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY IN ITS THIRD CYCLE.

SO THE CLIMATE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT, THE PROCESS FOR LOOKING AT VULNERABILITY IS ONE WHERE YOU ARE ASSESSING ESSENTIALLY ARE YOU EXPOSED TO A HAZARD.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO STICK TO THE EQUATION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN THERE.

ARE YOU EXPOSED TO A HAZARD? YES OR NO? AND HOW SENSITIVE ARE YOU TO THAT HAZARD.

SO THAT'S ON A SCALE OF LOW MEDIUM HIGH LOOKING AT SENSITIVITY.

WE HAVE A MORE NUANCED LOOK AT THAT AND THEN THE ADAPTIVE CAPACITY.

SO YOU KNOW, HOW PREPARED ARE YOU FOR THAT IMPACT DUE TO THAT EXPOSURE.

AND SO THAT ALL HELPS US UNDERSTAND VULNERABILITY ACROSS THE VARIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE AND ASSETS THAT THE CITY CAN CONTROL.

SO THE HAZARDS THAT THE FIRST PASS ON THE CLIMATE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT, THE HAZARDS WE ARE SCREENING AND CONSIDERING AND WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK ON ANYTHING THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO BRING ATTENTION TO RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT EXTREME HEAT AND HEAT WAVES, WHICH OF COURSE HAVE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS IN DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT WILDFIRE. SO BOTH INTERFACE WILDFIRE AS WELL AS AIR QUALITY IMPACTS RELATED TO WILDFIRE AS WELL AS REGIONAL IMPACTS TO INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED TO WILDFIRE, SO YOU MIGHT NOT BE AFFECTED DIRECTLY BY THE AIR QUALITY.

IT MIGHT NOT BE RIGHT ON YOUR DOORSTEP, BUT MAYBE IT IMPACTS UTILITIES OR ACCESS TO COMMUNITY.

LOOKING AT DROUGHT, RIVERINE FLOODING, RAINFALL, SNOWSTORMS AND EXTREME COLD.

THAT'S THE OTHER THING WE'LL SEE YOU KNOW MORE VOLATILITY IN THE FUTURE THOUGH THERE'S A GENERAL WARMING TRAJECTORY THAT ALSO WITH IT BRINGS MORE EXTREMES.

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WE'LL JUST WAIT TILL THE END OF THE PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS THEN. OKAY.

THANK YOU. SO FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE PERSPECTIVE, THE ASSETS THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING AS PART OF OUR CLIMATE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT, CONSIDERING YOUR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, LAND USE, STORM WATER, WASTEWATER TREATMENT AS WELL AS SOLID WASTE.

SO LANDFILL MANAGEMENT AND PARKS RECREATION FACILITIES, ALL CITY OWNED BUILDINGS, AS WELL AS CERTAIN COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE. RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. THE AIRPORT POWER SUPPLY.

SO YEAH. TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.

SO A VERY COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE CARRIED OUT, AS I SAID, THE EARLY STAGE ENGAGEMENT THE NEXT ROUND I'LL GET TO ON A FINAL SLIDE, WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO CITY STAFF, COMING BACK TO VARIOUS ENTITIES AND AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A FULSOME AND COMPREHENSIVE LIST.

INITIAL WORK BASED ON WHAT WE DID TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, AND WHAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED TO HEAR THROUGH OUR CONVERSATIONS.

OF COURSE, IMPACT EXPERIENCE TO DATE INCLUDE FLOODING FROM GREAT SLAVE LAKE AND THE HEALTH IMPACTS RELATED TO BOTH THE INTERFACE, WILDFIRES AND AIR QUALITY ISSUES AND WATER LOSS OF WATER SUPPLY.

YEAH. PRESSURE ON YOUR RESOURCES AND POWER OUTAGES AND HEALTH AND SAFETY, ETC..

OBVIOUSLY, AND PERMAFROST MELT AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR SOIL SUBSIDENCE AND BUILDING THE COMMUNITY AND ROADS.

THE EXISTING SOME OF THE EXISTING ACTIONS WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE UNDERTAKING, SO FIRE SMARTING.

THAT'S A TOPIC WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO WITH A QUESTION.

THE DEVELOPMENT. WHAT DEVELOPMENT LOOKS LIKE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, RECOGNIZING WITH PERMAFROST DEGRADATION THAT POSES A LOT OF ISSUES FOR FOUNDATIONS AND SUCH. LOOKING AT YOUR DENSITY ACROSS THE COMMUNITY AND HOW THAT CAN BE DISTRIBUTED.

YEAH. CONCENTRATED OR DISTRIBUTED BASED ON SERVICES AND EFFICIENCIES.

LOOKING AT YOUR HOMEOWNER ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRANTS.

SO THERE'S A LOT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE. WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY COMMENDABLE. WHEN WE STARTED IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THIS PROJECT, LOOKING AT THE EXISTING WORK THAT YELLOWKNIFE IS DOING, THERE IS, YOU'VE MADE IT EASY FOR US, EASIER FOR US. THERE'S A VERY LONG LIST OF OF WORK, AND THAT'S GOING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU IN THE LONG RUN IN TERMS OF HAVING THIS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN SPEAK TO EACH OF THOSE RELATIVE PLANS AND POLICIES AS OPPOSED TO GENERATING NEW WORK.

ON THE PIECE OF THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, THE ENERGY AND EMISSIONS PIECE.

SO RECOGNIZING THAT INCREASING EMISSIONS MEANS WE ARE INCREASING THE CAUSE AND EFFECT, ESSENTIALLY AS IT RELATES TO A WARMING CLIMATE.

I JUST WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO SO THE CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY GHG EMISSIONS WITH THE CURRENT PLAN THAT FINISHES AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, THE TARGET WAS TO BE AS A COMMUNITY, 30% BELOW THE 2009 LEVELS BY 2025.

AND AS A CORPORATION, WHAT YOU'RE DIRECTLY IN CONTROL OF TO BE 50% BELOW JUST LAST WEEK.

SO COMING IN FRESH, WE HAVE OUR DRAFT LOOK AT THE, KIND OF BUSINESS AS USUAL EMISSIONS.

SO HOW YOU HAVE TRACKED RELATIVE TO THAT. SO OVERALL INCLUDING CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY, YOU HAVE A 43% REDUCTION FROM 2009.

ON THE COMMUNITY SIDE IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE EXCEEDED YOUR 30%.

IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE AT 49% REDUCTION. PART OF THAT IS RELATED TO SO THE GRID INTENSITY ESSENTIALLY CHANGE IN THE FUEL SOURCE FOR THE GRID. PART OF IT MAY ALSO BE AND SO I'M SAYING THESE ARE DRAFT RESULTS.

BUT LOOKING AT THE TRAVEL DATA SO TRANSPORTATION IS THE LARGEST EMISSIONS FACTOR FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR CITY.

AND SO THE REFERENCE POINT FOR DATA, IT WAS 2021 TO 2023.

SO COMPARING BACK TO 2009. AND SO OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS A, YOU KNOW, WITH PANDEMIC AND TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS THAT SAW A HUGE CHANGE IN FLIGHTS AND SUCH. SO THAT'S JUST INTERESTING TO NOTE. ON THE CORPORATE EMISSIONS EMISSION SIDE.

SO 50% TARGET CONTEXT. THERE'S CHANGES HAPPENING IN HOW KIND OF THE INVENTORY OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ARE MANAGED. SO YOU SAW 166% INCREASE HAD THAT IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE NOW STARTED TO OR AS A RECOMMENDATION AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, THAT YOU NOW CONSIDER WHAT'S CALLED FUGITIVE LANDFILL EMISSIONS.

SO REPORTING FOR YOUR PREVIOUS GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES LOOKED AT THE LANDFILL AND THE AMOUNT OF WASTE GOING INTO THAT LANDFILL EACH YEAR,

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SO TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT, THEN YOUR TARGET WAS 50%.

IF YOU TRACK RELATIVE TO AND USING KIND OF THE OLD SYSTEM BEFORE FUGITIVE EMISSIONS WERE FACTORED IN, YOU SAW OR WOULD HAVE SEEN ABOUT A 37% REDUCTION.

SO YOU'RE 37, NOT 50, BECAUSE OF THE OF THE FACT THAT BEST PRACTICES NOW CONSIDER EMISSIONS FUGITIVE EMISSIONS ARE ABOUT 166.

BUT ALL THAT TO SAY, YOUR OVERALL EMISSIONS REDUCTION IS AT 43% BECAUSE LOOKING AT THIS CHART, YOUR CORPORATE EMISSIONS ARE FAR SMALLER PART OF THE PIE.

YOUR CORPORATE EMISSIONS ARE ABOUT 12%. YOUR COMMUNITY EMISSIONS ARE 88%.

SO THAT'S A HUGE SUCCESS ON THAT SIDE.

SORRY. SECOND LAST SLIDE. SO FROM A PROCESS PERSPECTIVE WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THIS PROJECT, WE STARTED IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER WITH CARRYING OUT THIS EMISSIONS INVENTORY.

SO EVALUATING ESSENTIALLY AND AUDITING PREVIOUS DATA FOR THOSE EMISSIONS.

THAT'S WHEN WE NOTICED THE LANDFILL FUGITIVE EMISSIONS AND HOW THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED.

STARTED WITH THE EARLY STAGES OF THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT UNDERSTANDING YOUR ASSETS AND WHAT ARE THE APPLICABLE HAZARDS.

AND TODAY WE HAVE A SESSION WITH COUNCIL. TOMORROW WE HAVE A SESSION WITH THE PUBLIC, SO A ROUNDTABLE EVENT FOR TWO HOURS.

WE ALSO JUST LAUNCHED LAST WEEK A SURVEY WHICH ALREADY HAS 90 RESPONSES.

AND MOVING FORWARD, THEN WE HAVE ENGAGEMENTS SET UP ALREADY WITH THE CEO FROM THE YELLOWKNIVES DENE FIRST NATION.

IT'S HAPPENING IN TWO WEEKS. AND THEN WE START TO LOCK IN THE NEXT ROUND OF ENGAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES, AS I SAID, MEMBERS OF CITY STAFF BUSINESS GROUPS AND YEAH, NON-PROFITS.

AND THEN WE'LL GET ACTUALLY INTO THE MEAT OF IT, WHICH IS THE CLIMATE ACTION PLANNING.

SO LOOKING AT WHERE YOU'VE COME FROM, STARTING TO MAP TARGETS AND SEE HOW MUCH THEY WILL, YOU KNOW, IMPROVE YOUR TRAJECTORY FOR EMISSIONS REDUCTION AS WELL AS CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND ALL OF THAT, WITH THE INTENT TO FINALIZE A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN BY AUGUST.

AND. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO THE SURVEY OPENED LAST WEEK AND WILL RUN FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS.

AND WE HAVE A VIRTUAL ACTION PLANNING WORKSHOP HAPPENING SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY.

SO THAT'S IT FROM MY SIDE. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, SHANE AND LESLEY, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

VERY INTERESTING RESULTS AND FUTURE PLANNING COMING ON, INCLUDING THESE NEXT EVENTS.

MOVING ON TO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES, STARTING WITH COUNCILLOR HENDRIKSEN .

THANKS, DEPUTY MAYOR COCHRANE. YEAH, THANKS. THANKS FOR THAT, SHANE.

JUST ON SLIDE 14, WHICH HAD THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ASSETS SLIDE, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM BECAUSE WHEN I READ THIS IN ADVANCE OF TODAY'S MEETING, I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS ON THAT RIGHT HAND SIDE THAT ARE MUCH, VERY OUTSIDE THE CITY'S CONTROL.

SO BUT JUST TO CONFIRM, I THINK YOU SAID DURING THIS THAT THIS IS MORE ABOUT YOUR ASSESSMENT AS PART OF THE PLAN AS OPPOSED TO LIKE THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TRYING TO TARGET TO CHANGE TO YOU, SHANE. THANK YOU COUNCILLOR HENDRIKSEN.

CORRECT. SO RECOGNIZING YEAH WE KIND OF NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WITHIN THE CONTROL INFLUENCE VERSUS ADVOCATE.

AND THIS WILL LOOK SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT FOR THE EMISSIONS REDUCTION SIDE AND THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT.

SO RECOGNIZING THAT YOU CAN'T REDUCE EMISSIONS FOR WHAT YOU DON'T CONTROL, BUT HOW YOU WORK WITH AND UNDERSTAND YOUR VULNERABILITIES THERE BECAUSE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE ROLE IT PLAYS. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

I GUESS MY ONLY OTHER COMMENT GENERALLY WOULD JUST BE, AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THIS WORK FOR MYSELF ANYWAY TO FOCUS IN, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE MEASUREMENTS OF THE PLAN TO FOCUS IN ON THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DIRECT INFLUENCE ON.

EITHER LIKE AS A CITY, EITHER BECAUSE IT'S OUR INFRASTRUCTURE OR WE'RE TRYING TO INFLUENCE THE COMMUNITY'S ACTIONS.

THOSE ADVOCACY PIECES I REALLY STRUGGLE WITH IN TERMS OF FROM A MEASUREMENT PERSPECTIVE, I'M NOT SAYING NECESSARILY THAT WE DON'T HAVE THEM INCLUDED, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY STRUGGLE WITH, WITH THE CURRENT PLAN AND PLANS GENERALLY THAT GET INTO THAT KIND OF STUFF, IS WE START TRYING TO DING OURSELVES FOR NOT ACHIEVING SOMETHING WE HAVE ZERO CONTROL OVER.

SO UNLESS IT'S A VERY CLEAR ADVOCACY PIECE THAT WE'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND THE MEASUREMENT IS DID WE EVEN DO ADVOCACY ON IT? I WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM THAT KIND OF STUFF AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE IT'S HARD FOR THEN FOR THE CITY TO JUSTIFY TO THE COMMUNITY.

HAVE WE ACHIEVED SOMETHING? SO I'D RATHER US FOCUS IN ON WHAT IS OUR CORPORATE STRUCTURES THAT WE HAVE CONTROL OVER AND WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN INFLUENCE OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LIKE HOW WE HOW WE BUILD OUT OUR HOUSING, OUR, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE DECIDE TO PLAN, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORHOODS, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. AS OPPOSED TO THE, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATING TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR SOME SORT OF GRANDER LEGISLATIVE CHANGE

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THANKS, DEPUTY MAYOR. I'M GOOD. THANK YOU COUNCILLO HENDRIKSEN VERY WELL MADE POINT, AS ALWAYS.

COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. AND THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. JUST FIRST ONE QUICK NOTE.

I THINK IT'S ON THE NEXT SLIDE OR THE PLANNED AND UNDERWAY ACTIVITIES.

THERE WAS THE HOMEOWNER ENERGY RETROFIT PROGRAM, BUT COUNCIL DID NOT GO AHEAD WITH THAT.

SO JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT THAT IS NOT A EXISTING ACTION.

AND THAT WILL ALSO HAVE EFFECTS ON THE REDUCTION IN EMISSIONS IN THE COMMUNITY.

THAT PROGRAM WAS A PART OF THOSE REDUCTIONS. SO CURIOUS TO SEE WITH THE UPDATED CALCULATION WHAT THE ACTUAL OR ESTIMATED REDUCTION IS. AND THEN A QUESTION. YEAH. JUST SORT OF TO FOLLOW ON COUNCILLOR HENDRICKSON'S POINT ABOUT WHAT MEASUREMENT AND WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO. WHAT IS YOUR SORT OF PLAN TO COME UP WITH REAL MEASURABLE TARGETS THAT WE CAN CHECK OURSELVES AGAINST AND HOW TO MEASURE THOSE? THANK YOU COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN.

IS THAT A QUESTION TO ADMINISTRATION OR IS THAT A QUESTION TO THE CONSULTANT? THE CONSULTANT.

TO YOU SHANE. THANK YOU COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN. AS IT RELATES TO YES SPECIFIC TARGETS AND METRICS THAT WE CAN USE, WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY A HOST OF OTHER PLANS WITH COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE UNDERTAKEN.

AND SO THE IDEA WOULD BE TO PRESENT WHAT HAS WORKED IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AND REVIEW WITH YOUR STAFF TO GO, IS THAT DATA THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO TRACK? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S USABLE? AND BACK TO THE POINT OF COUNCILLOR HENDRIKSEN YEAH MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSED IN WHAT IS WITHIN THE CONTROL RECOGNIZING THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY CREATE A SUCCESSFUL PLAN.

BUT WE HAVE A LONG LIST OF, I'D SAY, METRICS THAT WE USE FROM OUR PLANS AND OTHERS THAT WE CAN START TO REVIEW WITH STAFF TO SEE WHAT'S ACTUALLY FEASIBLE IN TERMS OF GENERATING DATA, BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE RECOGNIZE THAT, YEAH, IF WE CREATE A NEW SOURCE, A NEW REQUIREMENT AROUND A METRIC THAT THEN THAT CAN BECOME PROBLEMATIC. AND IF IT'S NOT CURRENTLY PART OF, YOU KNOW, TRACK DATA AND CREATES NEW CHALLENGES, AND WE DEFINITELY WANT TO AVOID THAT. AWESOME.

THANK YOU. YEAH, ENCOURAGED BY SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS AROUND THAT.

AND I WOULD ECHO COUNCILLOR HENDRIKSENS' COMMENTS.

THE LAST THING WE NEED IS ANOTHER PLAN ON PAPER THAT THAT DOESN'T ACTUALLY HAVE ANY ACTION OR ACTIONS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO AND HAVE AN IMPACT ON.

AND JUST A COMMENT TO COUNCIL TO SAY THAT PAYING FOR A PLAN FEELS LIKE PROGRESS, BUT REAL PROGRESS IS, IS FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THE ACTIONS, AND THAT REQUIRES RESOURCES. SO JUST A REMINDER THAT WE CAN FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS, BUT REALLY, WE NEED TO FEEL GOOD WHEN WE PUT DOLLARS BEHIND THESE ACTIONS.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE SENTIMENT EXPRESSED THERE.

COUNCILLOR WARBURTON. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

MORE GENERAL. I NOTICED IN THE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PLANNED ACTIONS AND NICE TO HEAR SOME LIKE, DETAILED AND KIND OF WHAT WE CAN DO. WE'VE HAD PLANS BEFORE WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE, WASTE DIVERSION WAS A RECYCLING PROGRAM, AND THEN THE RECYCLING MARKET COLLAPSES AND NOW WE'RE THROWING AT THE DUMP. SO SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING FORWARD, OTHER PLACES, ARE WE SEEING MORE KIND OF ADAPTABLE, KIND OF MORE DYNAMIC RESPONSES HERE BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE MAKE A PLAN BEFORE LOCK IT IN, AND THEN THE WORLD SHIFTS, AND WE HAVEN'T BUILT A PLAN THAT CAN ADAPT TO THOSE THINGS.

SO MAYBE JUST SPEAK TO KIND OF OTHER PLACES AND KIND OF HOW THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE CHANGING IF THEY ARE. TO YOU SHANE.

THANK YOU COUNCILLOR WARBURTON. YEAH, WE HAVE IN SHORT, THIS IS A CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING, EVEN HAVING EVEN BEFORE THIS MEETING, RECOGNIZING, OF COURSE, THAT FOR THESE PLANS TO SUCCEED IT NEEDS TO NOT CREATE NEW WORK, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF FUNDING AVAILABLE CURRENTLY AND CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, CHANGING POLITICAL LANDSCAPE WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE AT VARIOUS LEVELS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS DEFINITELY EMBEDDED IN OUR CONSIDERATION. HERE IS A PLAN THAT IS OR TRIES TO BE AGNOSTIC OF THOSE POLITICS AND RECOGNIZES THAT, YOU KNOW, ALIGNING WITH WITH FUNDING STREAMS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF FUNDING CURRENTLY THAT CAN HELP WITH THESE PROJECTS.

SO THAT'S OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO US. AND THEN, YES, GIVEN THE HOST OF PLANS THAT WE HAVE WORKED ON AND YOU KNOW, THAT WE GET TO SEE FROM OTHER CONSULTANTS AND GLOBALLY HOW THOSE HAVE SUCCEEDED.

SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SUCH A IF I GO BACK TO OUR ENGAGEMENT PROCESS PROCESS A DETAILED PROCESS OF ENGAGEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING BY THE COMMUNITY, BY CITY, BY THOSE WHO WILL BE INVOLVED AND HAVE TO ESSENTIALLY RUN WITH IT, THAT IT IS BOTH DETAILED ENOUGH THAT IT CAN GIVE THE INSTRUCTIONS NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS AND HAS THE ROOM TO BREATHE, TO CHANGE, YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH THE CHANGING ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL LANDSCAPE.

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MITIGATION IS OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT, BUT THE REALITY IS THE CITY IS GOING TO DEAL WITH THINGS WE HAVE TO ADAPT TO.

SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THOSE CONCRETE ADAPTATION RECOMMENDATIONS IN THERE.

BECAUSE THOSE ARE COMING REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO WITH OUR GHG IN THE NEXT 10, 20 YEARS.

AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE A PLAN FOR RESIDENTS SO WE CAN FIX THOSE.

AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCILLOR WARBURTON.

COUNCILLOR MCGURK. IT'S LITERALLY JUST WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO SAY.

BECAUSE IT'S MORE, I GUESS MAYBE A BIT OF A COMMENT IS THAT I'M HAPPY TO SEE THE EMPHASIS ON FUTURE PLANNING AND VULNERABILITIES.

I'M SURE YOU'RE WELL AWARE IN YOUR RESEARCH THAT WHILE WE MAY HAVE A HIGHER CARBON FOOTPRINT THAN AS NORTHERNERS, BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF OUR LIFESTYLE, WE STILL CONTRIBUTE A VERY, VERY SMALL AMOUNT TO THE GLOBAL EMISSIONS.

AND SO IF EVEN IF WE TRY REALLY HARD TO, TO MITIGATE OUR, OUR EMISSIONS, WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE MUCH OF A DROP IN THE BUCKET.

SO OUR I THINK OUR BEST SORT OF STRATEGY IS TO FOCUS ON ADAPTATION.

I GUESS IN WITH THAT IN MIND, I IMAGINE THAT ADAPTING BUILDING STANDARDS OR REVIEWING BUILDING STANDARDS AND FUTURE VULNERABILITIES IS PROBABLY PART OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT AND I'M WONDERING WHAT, I GUESS, WHERE WE CAN WHERE WE CAN WORK TOWARDS THAT.

AND I THINK THIS IS A LEADING QUESTION, BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO SAY THAT WE SHOULD ADVOCATE FOR BUILDING ACT AGAIN. TO YOU, SHANE. THANK YOU COUNCILLOR MCGURK. I GUESS IN THE QUESTION SLASH LEADING QUESTION. YEAH. BUILDINGS ARE OBVIOUSLY A HUGE PART OF THE PUZZLE THERE.

AND RECOGNIZING, AS YOU SAID, AND IT'S WHAT WE HEARD TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, IT'S WHAT WE HEAR ACROSS THE BOARD WHEN WE WORK WITH NORTHERN COMMUNITIES.

IT'S A DISPROPORTIONATE AND IT'S UNJUST IN TERMS OF THE EFFECTS THAT WILL BE AN IMPACTS THAT THIS COMMUNITY WILL FEEL RELATIVE TO, YOU KNOW, THEIR CONTRIBUTION IN TERMS OF GHG EMISSIONS.

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF BUILDINGS AND THE ENTIRE PORTFOLIO I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT STAGE.

AND IF THERE IS, YEAH, MOMENTUM AND INTEREST FROM COUNCIL IN LOOKING AT A BUILDINGS ACT, IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT COMES UP THROUGH OUR ENGAGEMENT AND IS FURTHER HEIGHTENED THROUGH ANY OF THE SURVEY OR SORRY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS THAT WE HAVE, THEN THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO SHOW UP IN THE FINAL PLAN.

THANK YOU. ALSO ADMINISTRATION WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS TOPIC, MISS WHITE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO YES, I AGREE, EVEN IF THERE IS AS MUCH ADVOCACY AS POSSIBLE, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT ADAPTATION LOOKS LIKE, NOT JUST WITH REGARDS TO OUR BUILDING BYLAW, BUT ANY OTHER STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

SO WHETHER THAT'S INFRASTRUCTURE, ROADS WHAT IS GOING ON ELSEWHERE IS PEOPLE.

AND I'M JUST GONNA USE THIS AS AN EXAMPLE. THEY'VE BEEN FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS BUILDING TO THE, YOU KNOW, 100 YEAR FLOOD. NOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT 150 TO 200 YEARS.

SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR US? SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PERMAFROST MELT, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE WERE STARTING TO, LET'S SAY, DO A PIECE OF ROAD WORK, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR WHAT'S UNDER THE ROAD? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR THE ROAD? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR WHAT WE BUILD BESIDE THE ROAD? SO ALL OF THAT TOGETHER AS THAT ADAPTATION PIECE.

SO WHILE THE PREVIOUS PLANS HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON ENERGY GHGS, WE'RE NOT GETTING RID OF THAT.

WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE THAT. BUT THE NEXT PIECE WILL BE MEASURING WHAT ARE WE ABLE TO HAVE EFFECTIVE CHANGE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY ON FOR THAT ADAPTATION PIECE.

BECAUSE THAT'S THAT MAY NOT BE AS MEASURABLE, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WILL NOT JUST HELP THE CORPORATION, BUT ALL OF THE RESIDENTS AS THEY BUILD THINGS AS WELL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS WHITE, AND THANK YOU COUNCILLOR MCGURK ANYTHING FURTHER FROM MY COLLEAGUES? GOING ONCE. GONE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH SHANE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LESLEY. THIS WAS A VERY INTERESTING PRESENTATION, AND I WISH YOU LUCK ON YOUR FURTHER ENGAGEMENT ON THIS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TOPIC.

IF YOU'D LIKE, YOU CAN OF COURSE, STAY HERE AND CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN GPC AND WATCH OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AT HAND.

BUT IF NOT, I FULLY UNDERSTAND. MOVING ON TO ITEM FIVE, A MEMORANDUM REGARDING WHETHER TO APPROVE RECOMMENDATION TO ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL REACHING

[5. A memorandum regarding whether to approve recommendations to allocate additional Reaching Home funding for the 2024 ‐ 2025 fiscal year.]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO REACHING HOME IS CANADA'S FEDERAL STRATEGY TO END HOMELESSNESS, AND IT PROVIDES DIRECT SUPPORT AND FUNDING TO DESIGNATED COMMUNITIES.

THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE HAS A FOUR YEAR FUNDING AGREEMENT, AND THIS RECOMMENDATION IS PRESENTED FOR REACHING HOME FUNDING ALLOCATIONS.

AS YOU SAID FOR 2024-25. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS WHITE.

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I'M ACTUALLY ON THE BOARD OF HOME BASE, SO I'LL STEP OUT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCILLOR PAYNE. WE WILL JUST PAUSE FOR A MOMENT AS COUNCILLOR PAYNE MOSES OUT INTO THE LOBBY.

ALL RIGHT. BACK AT IT. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUST A QUESTION FOR ADMIN AS TO WHETHER I KNOW WHAT BUDGET WE TALKED ABOUT USING SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE MONEY FOR STREET OUTREACH GOVERNANCE IS THAT OUT OF THIS ALLOCATION OF MONEY, OR IS THAT WILL THAT BE 25-26? MISS WHITE, I'LL ASK MR. WHITE IF HE'S ABLE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NO, THAT'S NOT OUT OF THIS BIT.

THAT'S THE OTHER FUNDING. FOR ADMINISTRATION THERE'S THE $95,000, SORRY, $94,000, ALMOST $95,000 THAT'S USED FOR, YOU KNOW, WAGES AND TRAINING AND TRAVEL AND THAT SORT OF THING.

THANKS. OKAY. SO THE THAT OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING IS A TOTALLY SEPARATE FUND.

MISS WHITE. MR. WHITE. THAT'S CORRECT. THANKS.

OKAY. AND DOES COUNCIL HAVE TO APPROVE THAT DISBURSEMENT AS WELL, OR IS THAT THROUGH CAB OR NO? MISS WHITE? MR. WHITE. I'M SORRY I'VE LOST THE PLOT ON THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT FORWARD YET OR NOT.

PERHAPS THE CHAIR COULD COULD WEIGH IN A LITTLE BIT.

THANKS. COUNCILLOR HENDRIKSEN. I FEEL A LITTLE OUT OF MY DEPTH, BUT I THINK ACTUALLY I HAVE THIS.

SO FOR COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN, BASICALLY THIS ADDITIONAL MONEY CAME JUST TO GIVE SOME BACKSTORY FOR EVERYBODY.

THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING CAME TO CAB THROUGH SOME ADDITIONAL REACHING HOME FUNDING THAT THE FEDS TOPPED UP THIS YEAR.

SO PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION HERE OR THE FULL RECOMMENDATION IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN GET OUT THE DOOR FASTER.

SO FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE PIECE, THAT'S FOR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, IT'S 15% OF THE ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT WAS PROVIDED TO CAB.

THAT'S JUST SORT OF THE FLAT EXPECTED RATE THAT THE FEDS USE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES.

SO THE PIECE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THOUGH, COUNCIL AND CAB HAVE TALKED ABOUT FOR COMING OUT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED FOR THE NEXT YEAR. SO FOR THE 2025 -2026 FUNDING ALLOCATION, AS OPPOSED TO THIS IS STILL A FINAL SORT OF PUSH ON THE 2024- 2025. SO IT WOULD COME OUT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PIECE, JUST NOT THIS ADMINISTRATIVE PIECE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. AND IT DOES. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? SEEING NONE, WOULD WE BRING COUNCILLOR PAYNE BACK IN, PLEASE? WELCOME BACK COUNCILLOR PAYNE. THAT PIECE WILL MOVE FORWARD AT A FUTURE COUNCIL.

MOVING ON TO ITEM SIX FOR INFORMATION ONLY, A MEMORANDUM REGARDING MINUTES OF COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD ON HOMELESSNESS MEETING OF DECEMBER 12TH,

[6. A memorandum regarding minutes of the Community Advisory Board on Homelessness meeting of December 12, 2024.]

[7. A memorandum regarding whether to adopt the recommendations set forth by the Human Resource Compensation Committee for the 2025 City Manager’s performance evaluation process.]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS WHITE. ANY? COUNCILLOR HENDRIKSEN.

THANKS. ONE, I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AS CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE, FOR DEALING WITH ME OVER THE WEEKEND AND EXPLAINING SOME OF THE BACKGROUND AND LOGIC TO IT. SO THANK YOU MAYOR ALTY. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR YOUR WORK ON PUTTING THIS TOGETHER,

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BUT I JUST WANT TO FLAG AS THE COMMITTEE IS GOING FORWARD WITH THIS WORK AND AN RFP GOES OUT FOR AN INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT FOR 2026, JUST BEING CONSCIOUS OF A NEW COUNCIL WHO WILL BE GOING THROUGH, IF THERE'S IF THEY'RE LIKE US, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 6 OR 7 PEOPLE GOING THROUGH AN ORIENTATION.

THEY'LL BE DROPPED WITH THEIR FIRST BUDGET AND THEN BE HAVING TO PARTICIPATE IN AN EVALUATION OF A CITY MANAGER THEY WILL HAVE WORKED WITH FOR A FEW WEEKS.

SO JUST BEING REALLY CLEAR IN THAT PROCESS OF WHAT NEW COUNCILLORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR, SORT OF ENGAGING ON IN THE PROCESS.

SO JUST FROM AN OVERWHELMED PERSPECTIVE FOR SOMEBODY NEW, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING ASKED TO SORT OF EVALUATE SOMEBODY ON THEIR WHOLE WORK WHEN THEY'VE WORKED WITH THEM FOR A FEW WEEKS. SO AGAIN, NOT PROPOSING ANYTHING DIFFERENT, JUST SORT OF PUTTING SOME SCOPE ON WHEN THIS WORK PROCEEDS THAT WE HAVE THAT SORT OF IN, IN LINE AND AGAIN, THANKS MAYOR ALTY FOR WALKING THROUGH ME ON EMAILS WITH ALL THAT STUFF OVER THE WEEKEND.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU COUNCILLOR HENDRIKSEN I'M GOING TO THROW THIS OVER TO THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE FOR SOME COMMENTS.

YEAH, THANKS AND APPRECIATE COUNCILLOR HENDRIKSEN RAISING THE QUESTIONS AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE, WE GRAPPLED WITH WHEN COMING FORWARD WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION.

AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION IT IS FOR 2026. AND IT IS ABOUT HAVING THAT THIRD PARTY INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT DOING THAT 3 60 REVIEW OF THE CITY MANAGER VERSUS THE 2025, WHICH IS JUST THIS COUNCIL DOING THE PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF THE CITY MANAGER.

AND SO THE REASON THAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE THAT 3RD PARTY INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT WAS TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF DRAW THAT, THAT THREAD THROUGH TO COUNCILS. AND SO THIS COUNCIL WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT EVALUATION OF THE CITY MANAGER FROM JANUARY TO OCTOBER.

AND NEW COUNCIL WILL BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN FOR OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER.

WITH THAT IS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF ONE OF THE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OBJECTIVES FOR THE CITY MANAGER IN 2026 WILL PROBABLY BE ONBOARDING AND ORIENTATION OF THE NEW COUNCIL. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT CAN CAN EVALUATE THAT WILL BE THE NEW COUNCIL.

AND SO HAVING THAT THIRD PARTY TALK TO BOTH COUNCILS AS WELL AS SENIOR LEADERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF PRESENT A FINAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROCESS FOR THE NEW COUNCIL TO CONSIDER DELIVERING TO TO THE CITY MANAGER.

SO THAT WAS A BIT OF OUR THINKING IN WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THIRD PARTY AND IN 2026 AND TYING BOTH COUNCILS TO TO THE PROCESS. AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, OUR COUNCIL WILL PROBABLY HAVE A BIT MORE TO SAY SINCE WE'VE WORKED WITH THE PERSON FOR TEN MONTHS VERSUS THE NEW COUNCIL, WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE MORE THAN TWO MONTHS, BUT IT'S ALSO A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW COUNCIL TO COME IN EXPRESS THEIR EXPECTATIONS AND, AND KIND OF DELIVER SOME INITIAL FEEDBACK TO, TO THEIR THEIR NEW SOLE EMPLOYEE.

SO THOSE NEW BOSSES WILL WILL FINISH THE PROCESS FOR 2026.

BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IF FOLKS HAVE THEM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, YOUR WORSHIP. ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM OUR COLLEAGUES? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU AGAIN, MADAM CHAIR. MOVING ON TO ITEM EIGHT, A MEMORANDUM REGARDING A REPORT REGARDING COUNCILLOR ME,

[8. A memorandum regarding a report regarding Councillor Garett Cochrane’s travel to Ottawa, ON to attend the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness Conference from October 28 ‐ 31, 2024.]

IT IS INCREDIBLY HEARTENING TO SEE ALL THE WORK THAT IS HAPPENING ACROSS THIS GREAT COUNTRY TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS ONGOING CRISIS.

I WILL SAY, OF COURSE, IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO READ ALL THE THINGS I WROTE DOWN, A LOT OF LOT OF STUFF IS NOT REALLY WITHIN OUR JURISDICTIONAL MANDATE OR ABILITY TO ADDRESS. BUT IF MACA HAS A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO READ SOME OF THIS AND SEE SOME OF THAT, I THINK THERE'S SOME GOOD IDEAS THERE THAT THEY COULD MAYBE BRING FORWARD IN THE LIFE OF THIS ASSEMBLY. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE.

OKAY, COOL. MOVING ON TO ADJOURNMENT. AND I GUESS I JUMPED THE SHARK LAST WEEK.

AND THIS IS ACTUALLY MY FINAL MEETING I AM CHAIRING AS YOUR DEPUTY MAYOR.

AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT HAS BEEN THE HONOR OF A LIFETIME TO DO THIS JOB.

IT'S INTERESTING, IT'S FUN, AND IT'S NEVER BORING.

AND I GUESS BEFORE THAT, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, GET YOUR CATS AND DOGS SPAYED AND NEUTERED.

MOVING ON TO A MOTION TO ADJOURN. COUNCILLOR ARDEN-SMITH SEEING NO OPPOSITION, WE ARE ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.