[00:00:01] AND I WILL CALL OUR GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE MEETING FOR MONDAY, MARCH 3RD, 2025 TO ORDER. [1. Opening Statement] AND I'LL BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE IS LOCATED IN CHIEF DRYGEESE TERRITORY. FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL, IT HAS BEEN THE TRADITIONAL LAND OF THE YELLOWKNIVES DENE FIRST NATION. WE RESPECT THE HISTORIES, LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF ALL OTHER INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, INCLUDING THE NORTH SLAVE MÉTIS AND ALL FIRST NATIONS, METIS AND INUIT WHOSE PRESENCE CONTINUES TO ENRICH OUR VIBRANT COMMUNITY. [2. Approval of the agenda.] MR. VAN DINE ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD TO THE AGENDA? NOTHING TO ADD, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF. DOES ANY MEMBER HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST BEFORE COUNCIL? SEEING NONE. NEXT, WE HAVE A MEMORANDUM REGARDING WHETHER TO TERMINATE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES AND AURORA COLLEGE [4. A memorandum regarding whether to terminate the Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Northwest Territories and Aurora College regarding the location of the Polytechnic University Yellowknife Campus.] REGARDING THE LOCATION OF THE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, YELLOWKNIFE CAMPUS. MR. VAN DINE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO COUNCIL BE AWARE THAT IN 2019, WE PRODUCED A FEASIBILITY STUDY TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE POLYTECHNICAL INSTITUTE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES AND WITH WITH THE COLLEGE WITH RESPECT TO THAT, REALIZING THAT VISION. AS PART OF THAT STEP, THEY DID HAVE THE AMBITION TO HAVE A CAMPUS ON TIN CAN HILL. AND WE ENTERED INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. AND IN 2022, WITH RESPECT TO POSSIBLY TRANSFERRING OUR LANDS OVER TO THEM FOR A CAMPUS PURPOSE. SINCE THAT TIME, THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN GOVERNANCE. THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE IN PLANNING FROM OUR COLLEAGUES AT AURORA COLLEGE TO SUGGEST THAT THEY'RE NOT LOOKING TO REALIZE THAT VISION FOR THAT PARTICULAR SITE ANY TIME SOON. AND THIS MEMORANDUM IS FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION TO TO CONTEMPLATE WHETHER OR NOT TO CONTINUE TO HOLD ON TO THOSE THOSE LANDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF OF THE COLLEGE AND A CAMPUS AT THAT LOCATION. SINCE WRITING TO THE COLLEGE, I'VE HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND EMPLOYMENT AND WITH WITH THE COLLEGE, AND BOTH PARTIES SEEM TO BE IN AGREEMENT THAT THIS MOU NO LONGER NEEDED FOR THE PURPOSE OF A CAMPUS ON AT THAT LOCATION. SO THIS MEMORANDUM TODAY IS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL TO INVOKE TERMINATION OF THAT MEMORANDUM. BUT I DO HAVE INFORMATION TO SUGGEST THAT THE OTHER TWO PARTIES ARE EQUALLY INTERESTED IN DOING THE SAME. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL. COUNCILLOR COCHRANE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THE ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE ON THIS. I WILL JUST SAY THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE THE AREA FOR THE CAMPUS, I DO ADVOCATE ON TO THE GNWT TO CONSIDER PUTTING THE CAMPUS AND RENOVATING THE CAMPUS CURRENTLY WITHIN THE NORTH SLAVE SOMEWHERE, HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN CORE. THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY THAT WOULD COME WITH THAT ALONE, I THINK IS INCREDIBLY VITAL HERE. AND I THINK THE INVESTMENT THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO GO WITHIN NOT ONLY THAT, BUT ALSO WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN CORE WOULD ALSO BE INCREDIBLE AS WELL. SO I DO HOPE THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS IS STILL CONSIDERING ALL OPTIONS PRIMARILY WITHIN OUR DOWNTOWN SPHERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. I HAVE COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN AND THEN COUNCILLOR FEQUET. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR AND THANKS TO STAFF, THE WORK. JUST WONDERING, JUST GIVEN THE LANGUAGE IN THE MEMO AND THE LETTER, DOES THE CITY HAVE ANY PLANS TO DEVELOP TIN CAN HILL IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE? MR. VAN DINE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. NO, WE DO NOT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR TO RESIDENTS THAT THIS IS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MOU REGARDING THE POLYTECHNIC, AND IN NO WAY IS REZONING OR PREPPING THE LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT AT THIS TIME. AND THEN JUST ONE MORE QUESTION. IS THERE ANYTHING OR LIKE, WHAT IS THE CITY DOING TO ADVOCATE FOR A NEW CAMPUS, YELLOWKNIFE IN ANOTHER LOCATION, OR IS THERE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ADMIN TO COUNCILLORS ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT? MR. VAN DINE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YES, WE'VE BEEN IN REGULAR CONTACT WITH BOTH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND EMPLOYMENT, AS WELL AS AS WELL AS AURORA COLLEGE AROUND THEIR SPACE REQUIREMENTS AND THEIR NEEDS IN THE CAMPUS. AS COUNCILLOR COCHRANE HAD MENTIONED IN SOME OF HIS COMMENTS, WE ARE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY AND AN EXPANSION OF THE CAMPUS THAT A POLYTECHNICAL INSTITUTE COULD BRING FOR THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE. AND SO WE ARE LOOKING TO MAINTAIN AND FOSTER AN ONGOING COMMUNICATION AND DIALOG WITH THEM ON, ON VARIOUS OPTIONS ON HOW TO ACHIEVE THAT. CERTAINLY, THE DOWNTOWN IS AN AREA THAT WE'VE TRIED TO BRING THEIR GAZE FOR CONSIDERATION. AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THEY'VE REGISTERED THAT THAT NOTION, WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO DO WITH THAT IS IN THEIR HANDS. BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY AN ACTIVE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THEM AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO DO THAT. [00:05:03] WITH RESPECT TO TIN CAN HILL ITSELF AS AS HAS BEEN REPORTED AT VARIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS, THERE IS AN AVAILABILITY OF LAND QUESTION WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS WITH RESPECT TO VARIOUS PROPOSALS THAT COME TO THE CITY FROM TIME TO TIME. AND WE ARE NOT IN RECEIPT OF ANY SPECIFIC PROPOSAL RIGHT NOW FOR, FOR TIN CAN HILL, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR RESIDENTS TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE DEMANDS THAT ARE THAT COME TO THE CITY PERIODICALLY AND THE AVAILABILITY OF LAND QUESTION IS SOMETHING THAT COMES UP FIRST AND FOREMOST IN ANY, ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR YELLOWKNIFE TO GROW AND EXPAND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH, I SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION. I THINK THE QUESTION OF DEVELOPMENT OR NOT ON TIN CAN HILL IS A SEPARATE ONE. I'M VERY HOPEFUL WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE A MOVE FOR AURORA COLLEGE CAMPUS IN YELLOWKNIFE. I THINK THAT HAS SUBSTANTIAL BENEFITS, NOT ONLY FOR THE CITY, BUT FOR THE WHOLE TERRITORY. I ENCOURAGE THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND THE GNWT TO WORK WITH US ON MAKING SOMETHING HAPPEN THERE. YEAH. LOOKING FORWARD TO PROGRESS. THANK YOU. I HAVE COUNCILLOR FEQUET THEN COUNCILLOR WARBURTON. THANKS MADAM MAYOR. AND I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF MY TWO COLLEAGUES WHO ALREADY SPOKE. THE LANGUAGE IN THE MOU, THE LAST SENTENCE OF THE RATIONALE WAS WHAT WAS CONFUSING AND WHAT COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN KIND OF RAISED AS WELL THAT RESULTED IN A LOT OF EMAILS AND CONCERN FROM CONSTITUENTS. I AM AWARE, SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHERWISE. I THINK EVERYONE IN THIS CITY IS AWARE OF THE STARK REALITY OF THE LACK OF AVAILABILITY OF DIRT AND LAND TO DEVELOP. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT WHAT HAPPENS WITH TIN CAN HILL IS A DIFFERENT QUESTION. AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE REPLIES FROM ADMIN, BECAUSE THEY ANSWERED A COUPLE OF MY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER WE OR OTHER DEVELOPERS WERE LOOKING TO DEVELOP THAT LAND AT THIS TIME. AND I HEARD THE ANSWER WAS NO. I'D JUST LIKE TO CONFIRM THAT AS FAR AS THE CITY KNOWS AT THIS TIME, THE UPCOMING COMMUNITY PLAN PROCESS, WHERE THERE'LL BE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO ENGAGE AND VOICE THEIR OPINIONS AND THOUGHTS AND IDEAS ABOUT HOW THE ENTIRE CITY HOLISTICALLY SHOULD LOOK. THAT WILL BE THE OPPORTUNITY WHERE ADMIN ENVISIONS DISCUSSING YOU KNOW, THE FATE OF TIN CAN HILL IN THE FUTURE. THAT WASN'T THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMUNITY PLAN DISCUSSIONS. SO HAPPY TO HAVE ADMINISTRATION DISCUSS THAT. MR. VAN DINE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YOU ARE CORRECT. IT'S CERTAINLY WELL, LET ME JUST SAY THAT WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO HEARING IDEAS ON WHERE YELLOWKNIFE SHOULD GROW AND GO. THOSE THAT DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN. THAT THAT PHONE LINE IS ANSWERED ALL THE TIME. AND BUT WITH RESPECT TO THE COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE PROCESS, IT IS AN AVENUE FOR RESIDENTS TO TALK ABOUT THEIR FUTURE OR THEIR IDEAS FOR THE CITY. AND WITH REGARDS TO SPECIFIC SITE SPECIFIC AREAS, THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT THE THE, THE TONE OR THE THE WAY THAT PROCESS IS DESIGNED. IF YELLOWKNIFE AND YELLOWKNIFERS WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF GREEN SPACE, THE IMPORTANCE OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, THE IMPORTANCE OF WHERE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES MAY HAPPEN, AND THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE FOR FOR THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY, THOSE THOSE ARE CERTAINLY THEMES THAT WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY WELCOME RESIDENTS INPUT TOO AND WE'LL HAVE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR RESIDENTS TO DO THAT. BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR SITE SPECIFIC ISSUES AND QUESTIONS THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT PROCESS IS DESIGNED FOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. OKAY. THANKS FOR [INAUDIBLE]. COUNCILLOR WARBURTON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I KNOW THAT GNWT DID QUITE EXTENSIVE WORK. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES. IS IT HAVE WE ASKED OR CAN WE ASK THEM FOR THAT SPECIFIC DATA? LIKE THAT'S VERY USEFUL FOR US. AND THEY SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON IT. SO IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT ASSIGNED OR GIVEN TO US IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY SO WE CAN USE IT? MR. VAN DINE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I BELIEVE WE ALREADY HAVE THAT INFORMATION. SO WE DO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE TO US. AND IT IS CERTAINLY AN UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES TO SHARE SUCH TECHNICAL REPORTS. WE DID PARTICIPATE IN A, IN A MEDIA RELEASE WHEN THE REPORT WAS WAS COMPLETED. WE DID WORK WITH THEM IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING AND TRYING TO ENCOURAGE A LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING TO YELLOWKNIFE RESIDENTS WHAT THAT REPORT WAS SAYING. IT DID REVEAL OBVIOUSLY SOME SOME CONTAMINATION AND OUTLINED WHAT, WHAT REMEDIES OR REMEDIAL ACTION WOULD NEED TO BE TAKEN IN ORDER TO MAKE IT SERVICEABLE AND DEVELOPABLE, DEVELOPABLE. THE BIG TAKEAWAY FROM IT WAS THAT THE LEVEL OF REMEDIATION REQUIRED IS CERTAINLY WITHIN WHAT [00:10:07] IS COULD BE DESCRIBED AS NORMAL PRACTICE FOR SITES THAT HAVE BEEN USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES IN THE PAST THAT DO REQUIRE A LEVEL OF REMEDIATION IN A IN A REDEVELOPMENT SCENARIO. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANKS. YEAH, I SUPPORT THE MOU REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DECIDE TO DO THIS IN THE FUTURE, GREEN SPACE OR WHATEVER LOCKING IT UP MEANS WE CAN'T EVEN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. SO I SUPPORT KIND OF PUSHING THEM TO MAKE A DECISION. AND IF THEY'RE NOT, THEN LET'S JUST REMOVE THIS FROM THEIR OPTIONS. THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? COUNCILLOR OR DEPUTY MAYOR HENDRIKSEN. IT'S OKAY. YEAH. I'M ALSO IN SUPPORT OF RESCINDING THE MOU. I DON'T THINK IT'S A SHOCK TO ANYBODY THAT I AM NOT A PROPONENT OF DEVELOPING TIN CAN HILL, BUT THAT'S A DEBATE FOR ANOTHER DAY. SO I DO THINK, THOUGH, THAT WE NEED TO CONTEMPLATE, AS WE, WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS GOING FORWARD, THAT ONE OF THE REASONS IT'S EVEN BEING TALKED ABOUT IS BECAUSE THE GNWT FOOT DRAGGING ON TRANSFERRING OTHER LANDS AND US ALSO GETTING LAND THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN 2023 BACK TO THE TABLE AND I KNOW THAT'S COMING SOON. BUT WE DO HAVE OTHER CHUNKS OF LAND THAT WE NEED TO TO LOOK AT FIRST AND THAT ARE BEING LOOKED AT FIRST. AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BOTH FOR RESIDENTS BUT ALSO FOR US, THAT WE DON'T JUMP THE GUN ON THE RATIONALE FOR REMOVING THIS, BECAUSE TO ME, THE RATIONALE FOR REMOVING THIS MOU AS WE'RE LOCKING IT UP FOR THE GNWT RIGHT NOW FOR AURORA COLLEGE. THERE CLEARLY HAVEN'T BEEN THAT INTERESTED IN DOING ANYTHING WITH IT, THAT'S THE REMOVAL OF THE MOU. SO I THINK KEEPING THOSE TWO THINGS VERY SEPARATE IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND THEN FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE ARE HERE AND PASSIONATE AND THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, COMING AND SHOWING YOURSELVES AND YOUR PASSION IS THOSE FUTURE DISCUSSIONS. THEY WILL BE HAD AND THEY NEED TO BE HAD. BUT THAT'S AGAIN FOR ANOTHER DAY. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCILLOR ARDEN-SMITH . THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO. I MEAN, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT THAN MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID. I'M VERY PLEASED THAT THIS WILL BE TERMINATED FOR THE TIME BEING. THE DISCUSSION OF DEVELOPING I MEAN, MYSELF, I HAVE BEEN VERY VOCAL IN MY DISLIKE FOR DEVELOPING TIN CAN HILL. I GREW UP ON THERE AND, YOU KNOW, ROAMING AROUND, AND, I MEAN, WE JUST LAST WEEK HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION. SO, I MEAN, IF WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP, LET'S DEVELOP IT IN TERMS OF ACTIVE TRAILS WHERE THAT GREEN GREEN SPACE MAINTAINS. SO I MEAN, THERE'S THERE'S DIFFERENT AVENUES IN WHICH WE CAN REACH. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW INDIVIDUALS HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE AREA. SO BE PASSIONATE ABOUT TALKING TO YOUR MLAS ABOUT THE MOU. BECAUSE WE DO NEED LAND. WITHOUT THIS LAND, WE CAN'T DO ANY DEVELOPMENT, WE CAN'T GROW, WE CAN'T BRING PEOPLE HERE AND KEEP THOSE SPACES, THOSE THOSE MUCH LOVED SPACES GREEN AND FOR OUR USE FOR, YOU KNOW, WALKING OUR DOGS, JUST HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF OUR PEACE IN THAT AREA. SO JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE TIN CAN HILL LOVERS LIKE MYSELF. MERCI. THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR MCGURK. I GUESS I ALSO JUST WANTED TO ASK ADMINISTRATION, MAYBE FOR THE SAKE OF RESIDENTS UNDERSTANDING THE TIMELINES ASSOCIATED WITH POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. IF YOU COULD SPEAK LIKE HIGH LEVEL, IF SOMEBODY WAS INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING IN THIS AREA, A ROUGH TIMELINE OF HOW LONG IT COULD TAKE. I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY YEARS, BUT. BE SUPER HYPOTHETICAL BECAUSE WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO PROPOSALS. SO IT WOULD BE TOUGH TO SAY FROM, IF SOMEBODY CAME FORWARD TO THE CITY AND THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO COME TO COUNCIL, THERE WOULD BE REZONINGS THE THE ASSESSMENT DOES SHOW THAT IT'S CONTAMINATED AND YOU CAN'T USE IT FOR CERTAIN THINGS. SO IT'D BE PRETTY TOUGH TO PEG. AND ALL OF THOSE WOULD BE PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS ABOUT LAND TRANSFERS, REZONING E T CETERA, ET CETERA. SO PRETTY HARD. BUT MR. VAN DINE, IF THERE'S ANY INFORMATION THAT ADMINISTRATION CAN PROVIDE. CERTAINLY NOT SPECIFICALLY TO GENERAL TIMELINES OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT I THINK THAT THE ANY KIND OF MATTER SUCH AS THIS WOULD HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF VISIBILITY AND TRANSPARENCY AND WOULD HAVE A NUMBER OF STEPS ATTACHED TO IT, AND EACH STEP WOULD HAVE A DECISION POINT, AND EACH DECISION POINT WOULD NEED TO BE TAKEN, AND THEN ALTERNATIVES FROM THAT DECISION POINT FACTORED. SO I THINK WE'RE A WAYS AWAY, AND I THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR LOTS OF CONSIDERATION AND PUBLIC INPUT FOR FOR EACH OF THOSE STEPS. YEAH. THANK YOU. I WAS NOT LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC. IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT YOU SORT OF ARTICULATED. I WANTED THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A PRETTY EXTENSIVE PROCESS TO SOMEBODY ACTUALLY GOING, GOING AHEAD AND DEVELOPING THIS, AND IT WILL COME TO COUNCIL AND IT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME. AND THERE ARE LOTS OF FACTORS THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED. [00:15:04] SO IF THERE IS A POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, IT'S IT'S NOT GOING TO COME OUT OF NOWHERE. NO ONE'S GOING TO BE BLINDSIDED. THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO TO DISCUSS IT. THANK YOU. COUNCILLOR PAYNE. THANK YOU. YEAH. I'M IN SUPPORT OF OF CANCELING OF THIS MOU AS WELL. AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE WHOLE PRO DEVELOPMENT GROUP OVER HERE. SO THANKS FOR COMING IN. YEAH. SO RIGHT NOW, I DON'T THINK NOW IS THE TIME TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF TIN CAN HILL. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT TALK RIGHT NOW, BUT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, I CAN'T SEE MUCH HAPPENING UP THERE SO. SO WALK ON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'LL ALSO BE IN FAVOR OF THE THE MOTION FOR ME. IT'S IT ALIGNS WITH OUR CONDITIONS IN OUR LAND PURCHASE AGREEMENTS. AND SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO PURCHASE LAND FROM THE CITY, WE'VE GOT CONDITIONS. THE PURCHASER HAS 12 MONTHS FROM POSSESSION DATE TO OBTAIN AN APPROVED DEVELOPMENT PERMIT AND 24 MONTHS FROM THE POSSESSION DATE TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAND. AND NOW WE'RE GOING ON 2 AND A HALF YEARS AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN ENOUGH PROGRESS IN MY VIEW. SO HAPPY TO END THE MOU AND AND KIND OF RELEASE THAT DISCUSSION. REGARDING THE FUTURE OF TIN CAN HILL THAT'S THERE'S NOTHING BEFORE US. IT'S JUST REMAINS AS IS. SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION AS PRESENTED. SEEING NOTHING FURTHER HEARING ALL IN FAVOR, WE WILL BRING THAT FORWARD TO BE VOTED ON NEXT MONDAY, MARCH 10TH AT 7 P.M.. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A MEMORANDUM REGARDING WHETHER TO PRESENT BYLAW NUMBER XXXX. [5. A memorandum regarding whether to present By‐law No. XXXX, a by‐law to declare a one‐half (1/2) day civic holiday on Friday, April 4, 2025, to enjoy the Yellowknives Dene First Nation Spring Carnival, for adoption.] A BYLAW TO DECLARE A ONE HALF DAY CIVIC HOLIDAY ON FRIDAY, APRIL 4TH, 2025 TO ENJOY THE YELLOWKNIVES DENE FIRST NATION SPRING CARNIVAL FOR ADOPTION. I WILL PAUSE. YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE WHOLE MEETING, OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR LUNCH HOUR, YOU CAN DUCK OUT. YEAH. MR. VAN DINE IF YOU'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. SO THIS IS TO IS IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE YELLOWKNIVES FIRST NATIONS WITH RESPECT TO RECOGNIZING A HALF DAY HOLIDAY TO FOR THEIR SPRING CARNIVAL. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE IN PREVIOUS YEARS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS AND CITY EMPLOYEES TO, TO, TO VISIT, TO PARTAKE AND TO BE PART OF THE THE CARNIVAL EXPERIENCE. AND SO WE'RE BRINGING THIS FORWARD TODAY TO SEEK COUNCIL SUPPORT AT THE REQUEST OF THE YELLOWKNIVES TO SUPPORT THIS, THIS HALF DAY BYLAW DECLARATION. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR MCGURK AND THEN COUNCILLOR COCHRANE. ALWAYS HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION. THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR COCHRANE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION AGAIN. I THINK THIS IS QUICKLY BECOMING ONE OF OUR CULTURAL HIGHLIGHTS WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY AND WITHIN THE YKDFN COMMUNITIES. I THINK IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY NOT ONLY FOR LOCALS TO HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT IS BEING OFFERED ON A CULTURAL VALUE THROUGH [INAUDIBLE] AND THROUGH DATA, BUT ALSO TO OUR TOURISM SECTOR, WHICH IS CONTINUOUSLY GROWING. THE FACT THAT WE HAVE IT AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, RIGHT AT THE SAME TIME AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH SNOW KING 30TH, SHOUT OUT! THIS IS GREAT AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SUPPORT IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILLOR FEQUET. THANKS, MADAM MAYOR. HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT. JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT. JUST BASED ON WHAT HAPPENED LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE THE SCHOOLS DIDN'T FIND OUT RIGHT AWAY, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF SCHOOL BOARD AND PARENTS THAT WERE UPSET OR SCRAMBLING LAST MINUTE FOR CHILDCARE. SO I DON'T REMEMBER IF THIS IS LIKE A SHORTER OR LONGER WINDOW THAN THE TWO LAST PREVIOUS YEARS, BUT JUST WANTED TO FLAG TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THE SCHOOL BOARDS SO THEY'RE AWARE OF THIS JUST SO ALL THE PARENTS AND KIDS CAN BE LOOKED AFTER. THANKS. YEAH. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, LAST YEAR WE NOTIFIED THE SCHOOL BOARDS BEFORE THIS CAME BEFORE COUNCIL. AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN THIS YEAR. THERE IS A LONGER TIME PERIOD IN THAT WE'VE NOTIFIED THEM IN FEBRUARY VERSUS IN MARCH. HOWEVER, JUST TO CLARIFY, WE DID PROVIDE NOTICE TO THEM BEFORE IT CAME TO COUNCIL LAST YEAR, SO. COUNCILLOR ARDEN-SMITH. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE NOTE THAT I HOPE YELLOWKNIFERS FEEL MORE THAN [00:20:04] WELCOME TO GO OUT TO [INAUDIBLE] AND EXPERIENCE ALL THE CULTURAL ACTIVITIES THAT WILL BE HAPPENING. I MEAN, WHETHER OR NOT YOUR YKDFN OR NOT, YOU KNOW, GO ON OUT, ENJOY YOUR TIME. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE YET, BY ALL MEANS GO USE THE ICE ROAD BEFORE YOU KNOW IT'S DONE FOR THE SEASON AND ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER THAT WILL COME UP ON APRIL 4TH. THANK YOU. I'LL ALSO BE SUPPORTING THIS. THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT THE THE YELLOWKNIVES HAVE RAISED WITH US OF IMPORTANCE TO BE ABLE TO TO FOR OUR TWO COMMUNITIES TO BE WORKING MORE AND MORE TOGETHER. AND SO AGAIN TO TO COUNCILLOR ARDEN-SMITH POINT, THE YELLOWKNIVES REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL YELLOWKNIVERS TO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE. SO A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. SEEING NOTHING FURTHER. WE WILL BRING THIS FORWARD TO VOTE ON MONDAY, MARCH 10TH AT 7 P.M.. [6. A presentation regarding the 2025 Workplan Update.] THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A PRESENTATION REGARDING THE 2025 WORK PLAN. MR. VAN DINE IF YOU'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO COUNCIL WOULD HAVE RECEIVED, ADMITTEDLY A LITTLE BIT TARDY A PACKAGE OF MATERIALS WITH RESPECT TO WORK PLANNING. THAT PACKAGE INCLUDED A PRESENTATION, AN UPDATED WORK PLAN DOCUMENT, AND AN APPENDIX. TODAY'S DISCUSSION IS MEANT TO BUILD ON A CONVERSATION THAT WE STARTED THIS PAST NOVEMBER WHERE COUNCIL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON PROGRESS AGAINST A WORK PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED IN MAY. AND FOR US TO ACTUALLY INTRODUCE TWO ADDITIONAL IDEAS OR CONCEPTS FOR COUNCIL TO TO HAVE IN MIND WITH RESPECT TO ALLOCATING TIME AND RESOURCES WITHIN THE CITY. POINT, THE FIRST POINT THAT WAS INTRODUCED, I THINK, LAST NOVEMBER, WAS THE RELATIVE LINKAGE BETWEEN WORK PLAN COMMITMENTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN IN THIS IN PREVIOUS MAY OVER THE COURSE OF THE COUNCIL'S MANDATE AND THE STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS OF COUNCIL. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE TOOK A STEP TO TRY AND BUNDLE SOME OF THOSE ACTIVITIES, IN ADDITION TO TIMELINES, TO HOW THEY WERE MOVING OUT ON THE STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS OF COUNCIL. THE SECOND PIECE THAT WE DID IN NOVEMBER IS WE INTRODUCED THE CONCEPT OF SOME CORE OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT TAKE UP SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OF OUR TIME AND ENERGY TO MAKE SURE THAT YELLOWKNIFERS ARE SAFE AND CONTINUE, CAN RELY ON SERVICES ON A PREDICTABLE MANNER. HAS A NUMBER OF PROJECTS, WORKLOAD PROJECTS THAT ARE LESS VISIBLE TO COUNCIL ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. AND WHAT WE ATTEMPTED TO DO WAS BRING THEM INTO COUNCIL'S RADAR AND PERSPECTIVES IN ORDER TO HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF HOW OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT THE CITY WAS ENGAGED IN ARE ADVANCING COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS TODAY. FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL OF BUDGET 2025 AND IN DECEMBER, AND IN WITH YELLOWKNIFE BEING A DYNAMIC ORGANIZATION AND AND INSTITUTION OF GOVERNANCE WHERE THINGS THAT OF THE UNFORESEEN AND UNANTICIPATED COME AND LAND ON OUR DESKS EVERY DAY AND ON YOUR DESKS. WE WANTED TO TAKE COUNCIL THROUGH AN ENUMERATION OF SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE NOVEMBER, AND THEN ENGAGE YOU IN A BIT OF A DISCUSSION THOUGHT PROCESS ON TRYING TO RECALIBRATE OUR WORK PLAN SO THAT WE HAVE A RELATIVELY ACCURATE PICTURE FOR HOW WE WANT TO SPEND OUR TIME FOR THE BALANCE OF 25. TODAY'S DISCUSSION LAYS OUT SOME INFORMATION THAT LAYS OUT SOME SORTING. IT LAYS OUT SOME RECOMMENDATIONS OF THINGS THAT WE WERE FROM AN ADMINISTRATION PERSPECTIVE, WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO CONSIDER PAUSING. AND IT ALSO INTRODUCES A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT ARE ON OUR RESPECTIVE PRIORITY LISTS AS OPERATIONAL DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS THAT WE BELIEVE COUNCIL SHOULD, SHOULD BE AWARE OF AT, AT LEAST AT A FAIRLY HIGH LEVEL. THE HOPE IS, OR THE AMBITION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT BY THE END OF THIS MONTH THAT WE PROBABLY HAVE A MORE OR LESS ACCURATE PICTURE OF WHAT OUR WORK PLAN IS FOR THE BALANCE OF THE YEAR WE WILL COMMIT, AS WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY, TO QUARTERLY UPDATES. THOSE QUARTERLY UPDATES ARE MEANT TO NOT ONLY HOLD VARIOUS PARTIES, INCLUDING MYSELF, ACCOUNTABLE FOR ACTIVITIES AND PROGRESS AGAINST THOSE AREAS, BUT ALSO GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL TO ADJUST AND COURSE CORRECT AND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ADVICE AT CERTAIN INTERSECTION POINTS. AGAIN, ALL THIS TO ALLOW YOU HOPEFULLY, BY THE TIME WE GET INTO BUDGET 2026 DISCUSSIONS, TO HAVE A CLEARER PICTURE ON LEVEL OF EFFORT, LEVEL OF AMBITION, AND WHERE WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE SOME GAPS. SO IF YOU'VE GOT A [INAUDIBLE] DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF WE LOADED IT UP ON. WE DO. OKAY, THEN. AM I OKAY TO SIT HERE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL JUST INVITE SAVICA TO HELP ME WORK THROUGH THE PRESENTATION VERY QUICKLY. [00:25:05] I'VE GIVEN YOU THE THE HIGHLIGHTS ON THE FIRST SLIDE. THE SECOND SLIDE IS A BIT OF A TAKING STOCK. SORRY. THE NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. YEAH. THE NEXT SLIDE IS A BIT OF A TAKING STOCK. YOU'LL NOTICE HERE WE'VE GOT RATHER THAN SIX TIERS OF EFFORT OR TIMELINES, WE HAVE ADJUSTED IT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT WE'RE NOW LESS THE NUMBER OF YEARS IN YOUR MANDATE. SO WE'VE RECALIBRATED THE TIME TO TO CORRESPOND WITH THE NUMBER OF TIERS THAT WE HAVE. WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES THAT ARE LISTED HERE. THERE'S STILL AN AMPLE AMOUNT. AND AND IN SUBSEQUENT SLIDES WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW THOSE HOW THOSE GET BROKEN OUT. IN TERMS OF THE STOCK TAKING OR TODAY'S DISCUSSION AND THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE COUNCIL TO TO THINK ABOUT, I'LL JUST INVITE YOU TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, SLAVICA. IS, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY AND I KNOW COUNCIL IS IS VERY ENGAGED WITH, WITH ALL THINGS RELATED TO THE CITY. WORK PLANNING DISCUSSIONS GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO STEP BACK FROM THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT AROUND CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS AND STEP BACK AND SEE HOW ALL OF THOSE PLANNING COMMITMENTS KIND OF LOOK FROM A FROM A PLANNING AND FROM A MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE, HOPEFULLY GIVING YOU A BIT OF DISTANCE AND A BIT OF PERSPECTIVE. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS LOOKING AT THE MATERIAL THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED, ASKING THE QUESTION, IS THERE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN YOUR STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS AND WORK PLAN INITIATIVES AND RELATED BUDGET COMMITMENTS? AGAIN, NOT SOMETHING YOU OFTEN GET A CHANCE TO TAKE A PAUSE, HAVE A LOOK AT THE INFORMATION AND REFLECT. AND WE'RE INVITING YOU TO DO THAT OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO BASED ON THE INFORMATION PRESENTED TODAY. KEEPING IN MIND THAT BUDGET, THAT ELECTION 2026 IS AROUND THE CORNER. AND WE ARE AND I AM VERY HOPEFUL THAT MANY OF YOU WILL OFFER YOURSELVES UP FOR, FOR RECONSIDERATION AT THAT TIME. THAT BEING SAID THERE IS STILL A BUDGET AND ANOTHER BUDGET TO COME, AND THERE ARE ACTIONS AND, AND COMPLETIONS THAT WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE BEFORE THAT DATE. SOME AND I WOULD ARGUE SEVERAL WILL LIKELY FIND THEIR WAY INTO THE NEXT COUNCIL'S MANDATE. BUT WE CAN DISCUSS THAT OVER THE COURSE OF OF YOUR DELIBERATIONS. THE BIG QUESTION IS THERE ANYTHING MISSING? YOU ARE IN CONTACT. YOU ARE THE PRIMARY CONTACTS WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, MEMBERS OF VARIOUS COMMUNITIES WITHIN WITHIN YELLOWKNIFE WHO HAVE AND HAVE A FINGER ON THE PULSE. THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOT CONTEMPLATED THAT HAVE COME TO YOUR ATTENTION SHOULD WE BE CONSIDERING IT AND THEN LET'S HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND SEE HOW IT CAN BE ACCOMMODATED. IF COUNCIL WISHES TO ADD AN INITIATIVE, WE NEED TO BE THINKING A BIT OF A STRUCTURED THOUGHT PROCESS IS WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, COUNCIL DOES HAVE THE ULTIMATE PREROGATIVE TO CHOOSE TO TO ADD AS AS THEY SEE FIT, OF COURSE. BUT HERE IS A HERE IS A BIT OF A RUBRIC THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO TO ASSESS THOSE REQUESTS AGAINST. COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS AND FOCUS AREAS. WHICH AREA OF THE THREE ARE YOU LOOKING TO TO ADVANCE? IS THERE EXISTING RESOURCES ALREADY ALLOCATED OR WILL NEW RESOURCES BE REQUIRED? AND AND GIVEN THAT, I THINK WE HAVE A BIT OF A MATH PROBLEM IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF DAYS, NUMBER OF INITIATIVES, NUMBER OF HOURS IN THE DAY AND BUDGET, WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO LOOK TO COUNCIL TO GET SOME CONSIDERATION AROUND READJUSTMENT, EITHER REMOVING IN A MORE IF IT'S CLEAR AND OBVIOUS THAT THAT IS THE WILL OF COUNCIL, OR TO DEFER OR DELAY. THE NEXT SLIDE SORT OF GIVES YOU A BIT OF A VISUAL AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT YOU DID IN IN THAT TIME YOU INVESTED LAST MAY DUG INTO A NUMBER OF THINGS, AND THIS TRIES TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF A GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION OF THE KIND OF WORK THAT YOU STARTED BACK IN 2024. THERE WAS A QUESTION OF CORE SERVICE DELIVERABLES. THEN THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE ADDED SINCE SINCE MAY 2024, AND WE HAVE VARIOUS DOCUMENTS SUCH AS OUR CAPITAL PLANS THAT SORT OF DESCRIBE. AND THE ICEBERG IS REALLY A SIMPLE METAPHOR TO GIVE COUNCIL, MANY OF YOU, IN FACT, MOST OF YOU, IN FACT, ALL OF YOU, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAYOR ALTY ARE SERVING ON A PART TIME BASIS. AND SO THE WAY THAT MUNICIPAL COUNCILS ARE DESIGNED IS THAT YOUR FULL TIME JOB IS ACTUALLY DOING OTHER THINGS. AND SO WITH THAT, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS AN ADMINISTRATION IS PROVIDE FOCUS FOR YOU TO KEEP YOUR MIND AND ATTENTION ON WHAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST [00:30:03] ESSENTIAL AND MOST URGENT AND WHAT ARE WHAT ARE YOUR YOUR PRIORITIES. AND THAT'S SORT OF THE TOP, TOP OF THE WATERLINE. BELOW THE WATERLINE, WE HAVE GOT A WHOLE HOST OF ACTIVITIES, WHETHER IT'S KEEPING OUR PARKS CLEAN AND SAFE, WHETHER IT'S TAKING CARE OF, OF LICENSING, WHETHER IT'S A, YOU KNOW, GARBAGE REMOVAL, WHETHER THERE'S STREET REPAIRS. THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT WE DO ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. THE ONES THAT ON SERVICE LEVELS, YOU KNOW VERY WELL THAT EVEN ON THOSE CORE CORE ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO OCCASIONALLY, THERE'S AN ISSUE THAT MAY COME UP IN THE DELIVERY OF THOSE SERVICES THAT COMES TO A RESIDENT'S ATTENTION, THAT REQUIRES YOUR ATTENTION, THAT THEN REQUIRES MY ATTENTION AND THE ADMINISTRATION'S ATTENTION, AND WE WILL ALWAYS DO THAT. BUT IN TERMS OF THE DAY TO DAY KINDS OF THINGS, BY AND BY AND LARGE, MOST OF THOSE THINGS ARE THE EXCEPTIONS, THEY'RE NOT THE DAY TO DAY RULE. AND I DON'T BELIEVE COUNCIL WOULD WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN THE DAY TO DAY ON AN ON AN ONGOING BASIS. SO I JUST INVITE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE LISTED HERE IN TERMS OF CORE AND AS WELL AS OPERATIONAL PRIORITIES. SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE ADDED FROM AN ADMINISTRATION PERSPECTIVE THAT REQUIRE OUR ATTENTION, THAT DO REQUIRE US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO BE ABLE TO SERVE YELLOWKNIFE RESIDENTS AND COUNCIL; ARE THINGS THAT ARE MORE CORPORATE IN NATURE. IT'S THE HOW WE DO OUR BUSINESS INSIDE CITY HALL, WHAT SYSTEMS WE'RE USING, WHAT FRONT FACING STRUCTURES WE HAVE WITH RESPECT TO OUR WEBSITE. AND SO WE ARE AND I AM LOOKING TO FIND SPACE ON OUR WORK PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THE ORGANIZATION AND TAKING CARE OF THE BUSINESS PROCESSES TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT YOU IN YOUR IN YOUR BUSINESS. IT ALSO INCLUDES SOME THINGS THAT ARE OF A CORE PROGRAM NATURE THAT ARE EYE CATCHING AND IMPORTANT TO US. WE TALK ABOUT LIFT STATION NUMBER ONE. WE ARE LOOKING AT LOOKING AT THE VARIOUS TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLANS, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE THINGS WITH RESPECT TO OUR LANDFILL. AND WE HAVE SOME ONGOING WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITHIN WITH RESPECT TO OUR LANDFILL. ALL THINGS THAT ARE ARE NECESSARY AND IMPORTANT, BUT THINGS THAT MAY NOT NECESSARILY GAIN THE FULL ATTENTION OF COUNCIL ON ANY GIVEN DAY. JUST JUMPING TO THE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHECK IN TICK TOCK. TIME IS LIMITED. WE ARE LOOKING TO MOBILIZE AND TRYING TO REMAIN FOCUSED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADVANCING COUNCIL'S OBJECTIVES. THERE ARE A LIMITED NUMBER OF MEETINGS LEFT ON THE SCHEDULE. THERE'S LIMITED TIME BETWEEN MEETINGS AND BETWEEN THOSE MEETINGS AND DECISION POINTS WE ARE HOPING TO ADVANCE UP TO A WHOLE A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES WITH RESPECT TO TIER ONE IN 2025, 34 INITIATIVES 0IM TO BE COMPLETED IN IN THIS YEAR. AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING TO TIERS TWO AND THREE IN 2026 BEING A SLIGHTLY SMALLER NUMBER, BUT STILL NEVERTHELESS. WHAT THIS ILLUSTRATION DOESN'T DO, UNFORTUNATELY, AND NOR DOES SOME OF OUR OTHER ACCOUNTING, IS DESCRIBED FOR COUNCIL THE RELATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN INITIATIVES. NOT EVERY INITIATIVE IS IS THE SAME AMOUNT OF EFFORT OR THE SAME AMOUNT OF RESOURCE, BUT NEVERTHELESS WE TRY TO PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF ACCOUNTING FOR THAT. I'LL, I'LL JUST MOVE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPEDITIOUSLY ON THE NEXT SLIDE. HERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO JUST REMIND COUNCIL THAT HAVE COME FORWARD. THAT THAT WE WANT TO CHECK IN ON AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE STILL AS IMPORTANT FOR, FOR YOU AS, AS THEY WERE AT THE TIME THAT THEY WERE INTRODUCED. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE PRESENTED OR HAVE COME FORWARD AS A RESULT OF BUDGET 2025. AND SO THIS WORK PLANNING PROCESS GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A LITTLE QUICK CHECK AS TO AS TO WHETHER OR NOT MORE EFFORT IS NEEDED OR WHETHER WE CAN WE CAN ADJUST. JUST IN TERMS OF THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE PAGE. THERE ARE THINGS WITH RESPECT TO OUR COUNCIL'S REQUEST FOR AROUND POLICY MEASURES. THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT ARE RELATED TO ACTUAL WORKING GROUPS AND OTHER THINGS THAT REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT OF ANALYSIS. ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE LISTED THERE FOR YOUR FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THE NEXT SLIDE REALLY DOES ATTEMPT TO DO SOMETHING THAT HOPEFULLY IS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT DESCRIBING THE ADD ONS, BUT EXCUSE ME. INVITES AND PROVIDES A LITTLE BIT OF A LENS, OR AT LEAST A FRAME, TO ACTUALLY COLLECT A WHOLE NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT COUNCIL HAD IDENTIFIED IN MAY 2024 AS THINGS THAT I WOULD DESCRIBE TODAY AS MODERNIZATION [00:35:08] INITIATIVES, THOSE ARE CORE INITIATIVES ABOUT TUNING UP OUR SYSTEMS. YOU YOURSELVES HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED MANY OF THOSE IN 2024. WHAT I'M LOOKING TO DO HERE THROUGH OUR WORK PLAN PROCESS IS ACTUALLY PULL THEM ALL TOGETHER, BUNDLE THEM AND PUT A BIT OF A CORPORATE FRAME AROUND THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DRIVE PROGRESS IN THOSE AS A, AS A CORPORATE FRAME. AGAIN, WORK PLANNING IS IS EVOLUTIONARY, COUNCIL DID A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK PLANNING IN MAY OF 2024. I WOULD SAY THAT THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS AN EVOLUTION OF THAT EFFORT, AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO TRACK IT AND MAKE IT BETTER AND IMPROVE UPON IT AS WE GO. SO IN TERMS OF THE NEXT, NEXT SLIDE, I THINK WHAT WE'RE IF I'M NOT CONFUSING YOU ALL AND PUTTING YOU TO SLEEP AT THIS POINT, WHAT I WOULD JUST COME BACK TO IS THAT WE DID TAKE THE, THE ORIGINAL SIX TIERS OF THE WORK PLAN OF 2024. WE THEN MAPPED IT THE CROSS, HOW MUCH TIME IS LEFT. AND WE NOW CAME UP WITH A SLIGHTLY NEW CONFIGURATION OF TIERS ONE THROUGH FOUR. WE THEN ENUMERATED THOSE AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WE WERE IN SOME AREAS WE'VE GOT SOME COMPLETE IN SOME OF THESE ACTIVITIES AND IN SOME AREAS THEY'RE SORT OF ONGOING AND IN SOME CASES BEHIND AND SOME THAT ARE OVERDUE. SO THIS IS MEANT TO BE A BIT OF A CHEAT SHEET FOR YOU TO DO, A BIT OF A LOOK INTO WHERE WE ARE BEHIND IN CERTAIN AREAS AND INVITE YOU TO, TO SAY WE NEED TO PICK UP OUR SOCKS OR WHETHER WE NEED TO REALLOCATE EFFORT AND RESOURCES. THE NEXT TWO SLIDES JUST REALLY ARE MEANT TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF PROGRESS. HERE, HERE AND THESE ARE NOT INSIGNIFICANT ACTIONS THAT COUNCIL HAS INVESTED TIME AND ENERGY IN. AND OF COURSE, ADMINISTRATION IN ITS DELIVERY AGAIN. GOING BACK TO NOT ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE NECESSARILY EQUAL IN TERMS OF EFFORT AND BUDGET, BUT THEY ARE IMPORTANT PROGRESS POINTS. WE DID, FOR EXAMPLE, TRANSITION TO A NEW PROGRAM SOFTWARE SUCCESSFULLY. WE DID INTRODUCE OUR NEW TRANSIT SYSTEM SCHEDULE. WE DID INTRODUCE SOME ROUNDTABLES TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC. WE DID UNDER COMPLETE THANK GOODNESS, BUDGET 2025. BUT WE DID NEED SOME NEED SOME WORK AROUND SOME REVIEW AROUND SOME OF OUR CITY POLICIES. AND THAT'S MORE OF AROUND SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. AND FROM A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE PERSPECTIVE. COUNCIL DID TAKE A NUMBER OF DECISIONS AND ADVANCED A NUMBER OF THINGS WITH RESPECT TO BYLAWS, AS WELL AS DECISION POINTS AROUND THE TOURISM STRATEGY AND THE HOME ENERGY FIT. SO THE THE LAST SLIDE IS INVITING COUNCIL TO LOOK AT THE LIST THAT WE'VE PROPOSED. WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THIS LIST. THESE ARE JUST THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE THINGS THAT ARE CERTAINLY NECESSARY, BUT NOT NECESSARILY THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO BE DOING WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR YEAR TIME FRAME. THAT IS A QUESTION FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. BUT THESE ARE JUST OFFERED UP AS, AS SUGGESTIONS. AND OF COURSE, IF COUNCIL HAS OTHER SUGGESTIONS WE'D BE HAPPY TO HEAR THOSE TOO. SO WITH THAT, I'LL JUST CONCLUDE AND THANK COUNCIL FOR THEIR TIME AND INVITE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, HOPING THAT WE WOULD AIM TO COME BACK AT THE END OF END OF MARCH ON A GPC TO BE DETERMINED FOR A RECALIBRATION FOR 2025. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR WARBURTON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YEAH. I APPRECIATE YOU HAVE MORE WORK THAN YOU HAVE TIME. YEAH. YOUR LIST OF PAUSING AND MOST OF THAT I'LL BE OKAY WITH. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER. I KNOW IT'S NOT LOST ON ME THAT ALMOST ALL THOSE INITIATIVES ARE ALL POLICY BASED. SO IT'S IT'S NOT OPERATIONAL. IT'S NOT CONTRACTING ITS POLICIES. SO IS THERE ANY THOUGHT OR CAN WE HAVE SOME THOUGHT IN THE FUTURE AROUND DO WE REQUIRE THAT THAT KIND OF ABILITY WITHIN THE CITY TO WORK ON JUST POLICIES? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE'S WEARING TWO HATS HERE. POLICIES HAVE A SPECIAL SKILL SET. AND WE'RE ASKING KIND OF DIRECTORS AND DIVISIONS TO WEAR TWO HATS. SO I MEAN, JUST SOME THOUGHTS ON KIND OF IF THAT'S COME UP. THAT'S A GOOD POINT BECAUSE WITHOUT THE POLICY, WE TEND TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME DRAFTING NEW PROCESS PLAY, WHACK A MOLE, ETC.. MR. VAN DINE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND SO WHAT IS THE RIGHT MIX, I GUESS, IS WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO. AND I WOULD OFFER THAT I THINK A LOT OF THE WORK AND ISSUES THAT HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED COUNCIL IN MAY OF [00:40:09] 2024 WERE POLICY IN NATURE AND IN PART. AND THIS IS WHERE I'M SPECULATING JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT I THINK IT'S SOMEWHAT INFORMED THAT INEVITABLY THERE ARE PROBABLY ISSUES OR TRANSACTIONS THAT HAVE POPPED UP THAT SORT OF RAISED THE QUESTION THEN WHY WHY IS THIS ISSUE EVEN HERE? SHOULDN'T IT SHOULDN'T IT ACTUALLY BE SOMETHING, WHY IS IT COUNCIL DEALING WITH IT TODAY? AND WHY DO WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT IN THIS MANNER. AND ONE WOULD GO TO, WELL DO WE HAVE A POLICY ON IT. AND SO THE MILL RATE POLICY IS CERTAINLY ONE THAT CAME UP AS AN EXAMPLE. OTHERS HAVE COME UP AND AND ALL I WOULD SAY IS THAT POLICY RULES NEED TO BE UPDATED. I FROM MY LIMITED TIME HERE SO FAR. WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY RESOURCED TO DO THOSE UPDATES ON A SYSTEMATIC BASIS. I WOULD SAY THAT THE OPERATIONAL IMPERATIVES TEND TO WIN THE DAY AND AS THEY SHOULD, WHEN YOU'VE GOT THINGS LIKE BROKEN WATER LINES OR OTHER THINGS THAT REQUIRE OR FIRES AT THE SOLID WASTE FACILITY THAT DIVERT THE GAZE AND ENERGY. SO THAT'S THE MUNICIPAL ENVIRONMENT. I WOULD SAY, THOUGH, THAT THE DESPITE THE VOLUME OF POLICIES THAT ARE THERE, I WOULD I WOULD SAY THAT IT WOULD BE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US JUST GET INTO THE PRACTICE OF GETTING INTO REGULAR UPDATES, FINDING A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE ON OUR ON OUR WORK PLAN TO DO THAT, WORK ON AN ONGOING AND PROACTIVE BASIS, OCCASIONALLY REACTING WHEN REQUIRED. BUT I TAKE YOUR POINT. I TAKE THE COUNCILLOR'S POINT. THIS WORK PLAN IS PROBABLY POLICY HEAVY GIVEN GIVEN WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING THAT IS MORE COULD BE A SYMPTOM. BUT I THINK THAT THIS CONVERSATION IS VALUABLE IN ORDER FOR US TO ADJUST, RECALIBRATE, SHIFT, AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUR EFFORT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. ALL RIGHT. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE'LL TALK ABOUT SPECIFICS ON PAUSING AT A LATER DATE. YEAH. YEAH. MY RECOMMENDATION IS WE DO THAT NEXT MONDAY AT GPC SO FOLKS CAN TAKE ANOTHER WEEK TO CONSIDER AND THEN GET INTO THE WEEDS MORE THEN. OKAY. YEAH. I GUESS IN GENERAL IS IF WE'RE THIS FAR BEHIND ON POLICY AND THIS LIST HAS BEEN GROWING SINCE WE GOT ON COUNCIL TWO YEARS AGO THAT'S INSURMOUNTABLE AMOUNT OF WORK. IT'S HARD TO SAY PAUSE AND DON'T DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S ALL IMPORTANT THINGS. SO, YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE NEXT MONDAY, BUT ALSO WE CAN TURN OUR BRAINS TO, ARE WE GOING TO JUST NOT DO THIS STUFF, OR ARE WE GOING TO THINK ABOUT A CITY THIS SIZE? NOT HAVING PEOPLE A POLICY SHOP IS KIND OF WEIRD. SO YEAH, JUST TO PLANT SOME SEEDS THERE. THANKS. THE EASIEST THING IS TO SAY YES. THE HARDEST THING IS TO SAY NO. COUNCILLOR COCHRANE THEN COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN THEN COUNCILLOR FEQUET THEN COUNCILLOR MCGURK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR THIS. I DO APPRECIATE THE CORPORATE LONG VIEW WITH OUR LEFTOVER TIME. I THINK THE MODERNIZATION AND RESTRUCTURING IS SOMETHING THAT WE FUNDAMENTALLY NEED TO DO AND ARE BEGINNING TO ADDRESS THAT. I WOULD ALSO SAY AND ADVOCATE FOR AND WOULD CERTAINLY SUPPORT AS A POINT THAT HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCILLOR WARBURTON THE CREATION OF A POLICY ANALYST TO FULLY REVIEW ALL OF THESE POSITIONS. THE FACT THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A POLICY SHOP IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE CERTAINLY MISSING, AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A PY PRESENTED IN THE NEXT BUDGET FOR THAT. I HAVE, I THINK, ONE QUESTION AS OF NOW, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE RECOMMENDED INITIATIVES TO PAUSE AND REVIEW, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT WHAT IS THE INSIGHTS TO WHY WE ARE PAUSING THE BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN TIER THREE, AS I THOUGHT THAT WAS ONGOING AND LIVE WORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. VAN DINE. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THAT WELL, IT'S CERTAINLY AN ISSUE FOR DISCUSSION. THE BUSINESS CONTINUITY IS CERTAINLY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SPENDING A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME ON, ON A CITY WIDE BASIS. THE BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN IS CERTAINLY ONE THAT WE NEED TO BE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MINDFUL OF. WE'VE INCORPORATED SOME OF THOSE ASPECTS INTO SOME OF OUR GENERAL PLANNING. BUT IF MR. MCLEAN HAS ANYTHING TO ADD, I'LL GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THAT. THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. YEAH. WHEN LOOKING AT THE OVERALL SCOPE OF BUSINESS CONTINUITY FOR THE YELLOW, THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE, THERE ARE POCKETS OF CONTINUITY PROCESSES THAT EXIST. IT HAS ONE. CORPORATE SERVICES HAS ONE. IRONICALLY ENOUGH, OUR LANDFILL HAS ONE BASED ON THE EMERGENCY WE JUST HAD. SO BUSINESS CONTINUITY FOR THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE IS NOT ABSENT. WHAT THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT WOULD INCLUDE IS BRINGING ALL THOSE PIECES THAT ALREADY EXIST INTO MORE OF A MORE COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE. [00:45:06] BEFORE WE CAN MOVE TO THE OVERALL COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE THERE ARE SOME SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IN PLACE WHICH LEAD INTO A MORE ROBUST PLAN, AND MOST OF THAT LIVES WITHIN OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANNING AND THE DOCUMENTS THAT SUPPORT THAT ASPECT, WHICH THEN LEADS INTO A LARGER HOW DOES EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, HOW DOES THAT PROGRAM SUPPORT THE OVERALL BUSINESS CONTINUITY PROCESS? SO WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS PUT THE PROVERBIAL CART BEFORE THE HORSE AND NOT BE PREPARED TO HAVE A ROBUST BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN WHEN WE HAVE AN ABSENCE OF PROCESSES THAT NEED TO SUPPORT THAT. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE CLARITY. THAT DOES MAKE SENSE AND IS QUITE REASONABLE. I'M NOT AGAINST WITH HOW WE'RE CURRENTLY ADDRESSING. I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHY. OUTSIDE OF THAT, THE ONLY THING I OF COURSE, I WOULD SAY IS THE ARTS AND CULTURE MASTER PLAN. I UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD PAUSE THAT. WE DID HAVE THAT FINALIZED A FEW YEARS AGO. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT EVENTUALLY ADDRESSED, IF NOT IN THE LIFE OF THIS COUNCIL. IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING TO CARRY OVER FOR THE NEXT ONE. AND THE ONLY THING AFTER THAT, I WOULD SAY, WAS TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF A CITY CHARTER. THAT ITSELF IS AN ASPIRATIONAL THING THAT I THINK IS RELATIVELY POLITICAL AND WITHIN OUR PURVIEW THAT I THINK WE CAN TAKE CARE OF WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE AS PART OF THE WORK PLAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND I THINK FOR FOR THAT SLIDE THAT SHOWS STUFF AS TIER FOUR TO NOTE, THAT WAS ALWAYS A WHEN TIME ALLOWS BECAUSE TIER FOUR IS NOW FOUR IT WAS FORMERLY TIER SIX NOW IS TIER FOUR. SO TO KIND OF REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE'RE, WE'RE CONSIDERING IT. COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH. JUST SORT OF A COMMENT OFF THE TOP. I THINK IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGING ONE FOR ME AS A COUNCILLOR DEALING WITH THE WORK PLAN STUFF, JUST WITH THE CITY MANAGER CHANGES LAST YEAR. IT'S CONFUSING. I'M CONFUSED AS TO WHAT WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY AND WHAT WE MAY DISCUSS NEXT WEEK AND WHAT WE MAY DISCUSS AT THE END OF MARCH. SO, YEAH, JUST SORT OF A COMMENT ON GENERAL CONFUSION AROUND THE WORK PLAN AND NOT THAT THAT IS NOT TO BLAME OR POINT ANY FINGERS. IT'S BEEN A TRANSITION AFTER TRANSITION PERIOD. SO THAT IT MAKES IT MAKES SENSE AS TO WHY IT'S CONFUSING. AND JUST A COMMENT ABOUT THE FINAL SLIDE ABOUT PAUSING THINGS. I'M NOT SURE IF I'LL BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE GPC NEXT WEEK, SO I'LL SORT OF MAKE MY THOUGHTS ON THIS CLEAR NOW. I'D ECHO COUNCILLOR COCHRANE COMMENT AROUND THE CITY CHARTER ISSUE. I THINK THAT'S ONE WE CAN HANDLE AS AS ELECTED LEADERS. I WOULD HAVE NO ISSUE WITH WITH PAUSING ANYTHING ELSE IN THE LIST, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE IMPLEMENTING THE AGRICULTURAL STRATEGY. AND I UNDERSTAND HERE FOR SORT OF LIKE IF AND WHEN I THINK THE PARTICULAR ISSUES AROUND THAT, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SORT OF MAINTAIN WITHIN OUR SCOPE AND SOMETHING WE ADDRESS IS TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T WALK AWAY FROM THE TRANSFORM YOUR YARD PROGRAM IS ONE THING, AND THE OTHER HALF OF THAT WOULD BE AS PART OF OUR WATER RATE REVIEW THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE DONE THIS YEAR, THAT WE DISCUSS SUBSIDIES FOR AGRICULTURE AS PART OF THAT. IF THOSE TWO ISSUES ARE MAINTAINED WITHIN THE SCOPE OF OUR DISCUSSIONS, THEN THE REST OF IT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TWO ARE STILL THINGS THAT WE WE DISCUSS AND ADDRESS THOSE THINGS. AND JUST ONE QUESTION JUST ABOUT THE SLIDE THAT HAD TWO COLUMNS ON SORT OF ADDITIONS, AND YOU WERE SORT OF LOOKING FOR A CHECK IN TO SEE IF THAT WAS STILL IMPORTANT TO COUNCIL. I'M JUST LOOKING AT WHEN WHEN TO PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK AND IN WHAT FORM. YEAH, NO. AND I TAKE YOUR POINT ABOUT THE THE WORK PLANNING ASPECT AND BEING CONFUSING AND HOW COUNCIL CAN EFFECTIVELY WEIGH IN. AND I THINK MYSELF AND THE CITY MANAGER WILL CHAT AFTER THIS MEETING ABOUT GETTING THAT CLARIFICATION. BECAUSE THE, THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE KIND OF PRESENTED IN THE SLIDE WOULD BE THE BASIS, I THINK, OF OUR, OUR DISCUSSION NEXT WEEK. BUT WE'LL GET FURTHER CLARITY TO, TO PROVIDE TO COUNCIL ON THAT. MR. VAN DINE DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? NO, MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO JUST IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO ATTEND NEXT WEEK, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AGRICULTURE AND THOSE ELEMENTS OF THE AGRICULTURAL STRATEGY MAINTAINED WITHIN THE WORKPLACE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR FEQUET. THANKS, MADAM CHAIR. [00:50:10] I RECOGNIZE, LIKE MADAM MAYOR JUST SAID IT'S EASY FOR US IT'S HARD TO SAY NO. AND THIS AGENDA ITEM ITSELF IS TELLING BECAUSE THIS IS A FEEDBACK MECHANISM FOR US AS COUNCIL. WE HEAR OUR EMPLOYEE LETTING US KNOW THAT THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY THINGS ON THE TO DO LIST. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO PUT ALL THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER FOR TRYING TO NARROW THE TIERS WHO NEED SIX TO KEEP TRACK OF LET'S JUST KEEP TRACK OF FOUR. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO KEEP DOING. BACK IN NOVEMBER, AS COUNCIL, WE TRIED TO TAKE ANOTHER STEP TO FOCUS OUR STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS, OF WHICH THERE'S NINE TO OUR VERY TOP THREE AND THROUGH LITTLE INTERNAL EMAIL EXERCISE. AND IT WAS HOUSING FOR ALL IT WAS CAPACITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE. THOSE WERE THE TOP THREE THAT COLLECTIVELY COUNCIL DECIDED WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT. NOT THAT NONE OF THE OTHER SIX ARE NOT IMPORTANT, JUST THAT THOSE WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT. SO FOLLOWING UP ON COUNCILLOR WARBURTON COMMENT ABOUT POLICY, I MEAN, CAPACITY IS ABOUT BALANCING SERVICE LEVELS WITH HUMAN AND FISCAL RESOURCES. AND PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY. AND I GUESS THE CONVERSATION TOMORROW, THAT CHECK IN ON THAT LIST IS REALLY ABOUT THAT IS ABOUT SAYING WE CAN'T DO ALL THESE THINGS WITH WHAT WE HAVE. SO WHAT DO YOU WANT US NOT TO DO? AND THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR, THAT'S WHY WE WERE ELECTED. I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE COMMENT THAT AS WE, YOU KNOW, ARE THINKING ABOUT HOW TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF OUR BUDGETING PROCESS LEADING UP TO THIS YEAR, HOPEFULLY THERE CAN BE MORE ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THOSE TOP THREE FOCUS AREAS. IF THERE ISN'T ALREADY, MAYBE THERE IS. I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO THINK OF THE LIST IN THE CONTEXT OF THOSE TOP THREE, AND TO SEE IF ALL OF THE INITIATIVES THAT ARE MOST RELATED TO THOSE TOP THREE FOCUS AREAS THAT COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED ARE THE ONES THAT ARE CONTINUING. THAT'S THE EXERCISE I'LL DO BEFORE GPC NEXT WEEK. BUT I JUST WANTED TO, I GUESS, TRY TO HELP REMIND US THAT THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON. EVERYTHING ELSE WILL FALL IN AS THERE'S RESOURCES AND PEOPLE AND MONEY TO DO IT. BUT YEAH. SO THANK YOU FOR GOING THROUGH THIS EXERCISE STEPHEN, THAT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED WITH YOUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM. AND I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS HARD MOVING FORWARD. AND MY QUESTION, I GUESS, IS THE FIVE EFFICIENCY RECOMMENDATIONS, RECOGNIZING SOME OF THEM REQUIRE SOME POLICY WORK TO FORMALIZE. I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM ARE YOU YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST LOOKING FOR OUR BLESSING OR ANY COMMENTS ON THOSE FIVE AREAS OR IF THOSE SEEM GOOD TO GO AND KIND OF SO THEY CAN BE IMPLEMENTED RIGHT AWAY? MR. VAN DINE. SO THOSE. YEAH. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO THOSE, THOSE AREAS ARE THINGS THAT WE ACTUALLY A LOT OF THEM WE HAVE UNDERWAY. SO AT THE MOMENT. SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR FOR YOUR GAZE IF WE NEED TO SHIFT GEARS THEN WE'RE CERTAINLY ABLE TO DO THAT. SORT OF THE, THE EFFICIENCY SIDE OF THINGS IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY WANT TO INTRODUCE INTO AS AN ONGOING KIND OF QUEST, TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT, TOTAL EFFICIENCY LEAN. THERE'S NEW TECHNOLOGIES POPPING OUT ALL THE TIME. THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN TRY AND IMPROVE UPON. SO I JUST AM INVITING US TO TO START EMBRACING AND WORKING WITH THE TEAM ON HOW DO WE DEPUTIZE EVEN SOME OF OUR MANAGERS AND FRONTLINE STAFF TO BE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS AND SERVICE TO TO THE PUBLIC. THAT'S ONGOING, BUT FOR THIS HERE, ANY PERSPECTIVES THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE ON WHAT WE HAVE INTRODUCED AS AN INITIAL TRANCHE AND ALL, FEEDBACK WOULD BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. SOUNDS GOOD. YEAH. AND JUST TO CLARIFY THAT THE EMAIL FROM GETTING COUNCIL TO IDENTIFY THEIR TOP THREE THAT WAS THEN BROUGHT FORWARD TO A GPC FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION. SO AND THEN FROM THAT THEN WE HAD OUR 2024 WORK PLAN AND NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO TO THIS PHASE. SO KIND OF THAT EVOLUTION OF PRIORITIES AND PLANNING. BUT A WORK IN PROGRESS TO GET IT TO A STATE THAT FOLKS ARE UNDERSTANDING AND AND BEING ABLE TO TO PARTICIPATE FULLY. COUNCILLOR MCGURK THEN DEPUTY MAYOR HENDRIKSEN. YEAH. I REALLY APPRECIATE ADMINISTRATION'S WORK ON THIS. I REALIZED THAT THE CONSTANT NEED TO UPDATE AND REVIEW THE WORK PLAN BECAUSE OF THE LAST YEAR'S EVENTS IS ALSO ADDED TO THE THE WORK THAT YOU NEED TO [00:55:05] ACHIEVE. I, I JUST WANTED TO, I GUESS, FLAG OR NOTE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER MAYBE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION THAT FOR ME, I, I UNDERSTAND AND I THINK IT'S ENTIRELY REASONABLE AND BENEFICIAL TO, TO DEVELOP POLICIES AND AMEND CERTAIN THINGS TO CREATE MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE MEETINGS. I WOULD SAY THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ASK QUESTIONS PUBLICLY IS, IS BECAUSE EVEN IF RESIDENTS DON'T ATTEND MEETINGS. THE MEDIA STILL USES INFORMATION THAT IS SHARED IN OUR MEETINGS TO TO WRITE ARTICLES, WHICH IS HOW A LOT OF PEOPLE RECEIVE THEIR NEWS. SO JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, LET YOU KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WE'RE NOT ASKING QUESTIONS OR IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO STILL, I THINK, MAINTAIN A LEVEL OF PUBLIC FACING. AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO ERODE THE OR INADVERTENTLY, LIKE, INADVERTENTLY AFFECT THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT WE ARE DOING, WHETHER OR NOT WHETHER EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY DOING THAT IN THIS FORUM, WE REALLY ARE. IN TERMS OF WHAT ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING, PAUSING, I WON'T, LIKE, GET VERY INTO DETAILS OVER IT, BUT IN THAT SAME SENSE OF UNDERSTANDING THAT ADMINISTRATION AND, AND OUR ORGANIZATION HAS A LOT OF WORK ON THE TABLE, I THINK NOT FOCUSING ON WORK LIFE BALANCE IS SOMETHING THAT CONCERNS ME, BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT IT IS PART OF BEING ABLE TO PERFORM EFFECTIVELY AND FEEL I GUESS, LESS STRESS AND ANXIETY IN YOUR POSITION AND WHETHER THAT IS TAKEN OFF OR NOT I JUST IT'S IMPORTANT AND I WANT, I WANT, I WANT OUR STAFF TO KNOW THAT THEY THEY SHOULD PRIORITIZE THAT. AND SECONDLY, AGRICULTURE TO ME IS ONE ITEM THAT I BELIEVE THE SOONER THAT WE INVEST IN, THE MORE THE HIGHER THE RETURN THAT WE WILL RECEIVE. IT'S A VERY FORWARD THINKING CONCEPT. I DO THINK IT WILL VARY GREATLY BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY IN THE FUTURE. I WOULD BE SAD TO SEE US PAUSE IT, BUT I UNDERSTAND HOW IT WOULD BE HARD TO PRIORITIZING BECAUSE OF HOW FORWARD THINKING IT IS. YEAH, THAT'S ABOUT IT. THANKS. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR HENDRIKSEN. THANKS, MAYOR ALTY. FIRST, THANKS TO COUNCILLOR WARBURTON. A MAN AFTER MY OWN HEART AROUND POLICY. BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WOULD BE HESITANT TO JUMP TO ANY CONCLUSIONS YET. I MEAN, WE HAVE AN ORGANIZATIONAL REVIEW OUT FOR TENDER RIGHT NOW, IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES THERE, BUT IT'S CLEAR THAT THAT ISN'T AN ISSUE THAT WE HAVE COUNCIL HAVE LOCKED ON TO. AND I THINK FOR GOOD REASON IS IT CREATES THAT LACK OF HAVING THAT KIND OF STRUCTURE CREATES A LACK OF CONSISTENCY THAT RESIDENTS ARE EXPECTING. AND THAT'S BEEN A BIG CHALLENGE FOR RESIDENTS OVER THE YEARS. IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I RAN FOR COUNCIL. SO THERE'S THAT BACKGROUND. I'LL SAVE THE REVIEW FOR THIS WEEK. SO THANKS TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR GETTING THIS TO US. JUST ONE THING I REALLY APPRECIATE IS THAT YOU ACTUALLY COMING TO US WITH THINGS TO DROP, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE SO OFTEN WE GET WE'RE TOO BUSY. AND I DO THIS IN MY OWN JOB SOMETIMES SO THIS ISN'T A CRITIQUE OR A CRITICISM PER SE, BUT WE'RE TOO BUSY. BUT THEN IT'S UP TO US AS PART TIMERS TO GO, WELL, WHAT SHOULD WE DROP? SO I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE CITY MANAGER AND THE LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR ACTUALLY PROPOSING THINGS THAT SHOULD DROP. SO I'LL GET INTO THEM THIS WEEK, BUT I DO APPRECIATE HAVING AN ACTUAL LIST TO CHEW ON AS A STARTING POINT. AND THEN MY LAST SORT OF COMMENT IS, YOU KNOW, THOSE QUESTIONS THAT THE CITY MANAGER ASKED IN THE PRESENTATION IS JUST I WOULD ASK THE SAME THING FOR ADMIN WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT BUDGET 2026 IS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT SOMETHING TO GET ADDED IN THAT DOESN'T ALIGN WITH OUR STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS, THAT THERE WAS A FEW THINGS WE CUT THIS YEAR FROM THE BUDGET THAT, QUITE FRANKLY, WE COULDN'T SEE THOSE ALIGNMENTS. AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS FOR OURSELVES, PLEASE DO IT ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE OF IT TOO. DON'T ADD THINGS IN THAT WE DON'T MATCH ONE OF THESE PIECES OF WORK OR THAT WE HAVEN'T CONTEMPLATED ALREADY BECAUSE IT IS AN EMERGENCY WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH. SO IF IF IT'S NEEDED AND IT'S NOT ALIGNING WITH SOMETHING HERE WE NEED TO HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT AT COUNCIL FIRST BEFORE IT GETS IN THAT BUDGET. THE FIRST TIME WE SEE SOMETHING SHOULDN'T BE WHEN WE CRACK THE BUDGET DOCUMENT OPEN. BUT AGAIN, THANKS FOR THIS WORK SO FAR. I LOOK FORWARD TO READING IT AND I'M NOT ACTUALLY EVEN KIDDING. THANKS. THANK YOU. ANYTHING FURTHER? SEEING NONE, WE WILL CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSION NEXT MONDAY AT GPC, WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET IN A LITTLE FURTHER AND KIND OF ADDRESS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, [01:00:06] THOSE HIGHER QUESTIONS. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS A MEMORANDUM REGARDING PROJECT INITIATION AND WORK PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY PLAN COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE. [7. A memorandum regarding Project Initiation and Work Plan for Community Plan Comprehensive Update.] AND SO THIS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD BY ADMINISTRATION, I BELIEVE IT WAS JANUARY 27TH. COUNCILLOR WARBURTON ASKED TO TO BRING THIS BACK. SO COUNCILLOR WARBURTON I'LL PASS THE FLOOR OVER TO YOU. THANKS. YEAH. I WAS I'M VERY EXCITED TO HEAR THAT WE'RE PROGRESSING ON OUR OUR PLANNING POLICIES AND WORK. MY CONCERNS WERE JUST ABOUT THE SCOPE OF THAT COMMUNITY PLAN. AN UPDATE IS APPARENTLY GOING TO TAKE US LONGER THAN THE LAST PLAN TOOK IN ITS ENTIRETY TO REBUILD IT. SO I'D JUST LIKE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AROUND SCOPE AND SIZE. THIS HALF MONEY IS TIME LIMITED. AND I DON'T SUSPECT WE'LL GET MORE OF IT. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE WE'RE TRULY ALIGNING ON KIND OF WHAT WE WANT TO GET DONE. THANK YOU. SO QUESTION TO ADMINISTRATION ABOUT WHETHER THERE'S A WAY TO REDUCE THE SIZE. YEAH. YEAH. SO BASICALLY I KNOW WE APPLIED UNDER HALF AND THIS IS A REQUIREMENT UNDER HALF TO ADDRESS OUR COMMUNITY PLAN. I'M JUST QUESTION IS, IS THIS SCOPE REQUIRED OR IS THERE A SMALLER SCOPE THAT WE COULD DO, IN THEORY, TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT? SO WE COULD USE THAT RESOURCE IN THAT SKILLED POSITION FOR OTHER THINGS. MR. VAN DINE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO THE PLAN THAT WAS PUT FORWARD IS WE BELIEVE A RESPONSIBLE PLAN IN TERMS OF GETTING A MEETING, THE HALF REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS MEETING THE COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE. I BELIEVE ONE OF THE BENEFITS THAT WE WE DESCRIBED AT THE TIME THAT IT WAS PRESENTED, THAT THIS WOULD ALSO LIKELY SATISFY OUR OUR PERIODIC REVIEW OF THE OF THE COMMUNITY PLAN THAT'S REQUIRED. SO WE ARE ACHIEVING A COUPLE OF GOALS FROM, FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. I BELIEVE THE QUESTION IS SUGGESTS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE DID A LIGHTER TOUCH TO THIS KIND OF UPDATE AND WE'RE AND USE SOME OF OUR HALF RESOURCES TO ACTUALLY MOBILIZE FOR DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATION PROCESSING OR AREA PLANS, DEVELOPMENT PLANS OR THINGS THAT ACTUALLY MAY BE A BIT MORE OF THE FRONT END OF, OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT THAT WHETHER THAT OPPORTUNITY OR THAT ASSESSMENT EXISTS. WE DID UNDERTAKE SORT OF A NUMBER OF THINGS IN ORDER TO ACCELERATE HOUSING, INCLUDING THE WORK THAT COUNCIL IS VERY MUCH FAMILIAR WITH IN TERMS OF THE HOUSING INCENTIVE BYLAWS. SOME OF THE OTHER ZONINGS THAT WAS DONE PRIOR TO THE HALF IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE HALF REQUIREMENTS ON THE SPECIFICS OF WHETHER THIS PARTICULAR COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE COULD BE RESCALED AND RESOURCES MOVED TO OTHER ACTIVITIES. I'LL JUST INVITE DEPUTY WHITE TO SORT OF TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BASKET OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE ON THE GO THAT ARE THIS, PLUS THE OTHER PIECES THAT WE'RE DOING THAT THAT COUNCIL MAY NOT HAVE A LINE OF SIGHT ON WHEN YOU SEE THIS. I'LL USE THE THE RED FLAG IN FRONT OF THE BULL. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ACTUALLY JUST TALKING AND PLANNING AND TALKING AND PLANNING AND NOT DOING THE DOING. WE ARE DOING THE DOING AS WELL AS THE PLANNING. AND I'LL JUST INVITE DIRECTOR WHITE TO, TO SPEAK TO THAT THAT ASPECT. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SO WITH REGARDS TO THE HALF FUNDING THAT WE HAVE, WE'VE MADE, THERE'S TEN COMMITMENTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND THE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE COMMUNITY PLAN IS GOING TO ADDRESS FIVE OF THOSE COMMITMENTS ALL IN ONE. SO IT'S ACTUALLY COMBINING A NUMBER OF PIECES AND TAKING A NUMBER OF BOXES ALL AT THE SAME TIME. IN ADDITION, AT THE DIRECTION OF COUNCIL, WE'VE ADDED THINGS LIKE WORK CAMP POLICY. SO NO, THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DONE. WE WERE ASKED TO DO IT. SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'VE PUT IN THERE THAT WELL NO THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED BY HALF. WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY. LET'S DO IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME, ONE WELL, MAYBE NOT ONE, BUT STATUTORY PUBLIC HEARINGS ALL AT THE SAME TIME AND THE APPROVAL ALL AT THE SAME TIME. SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT. NO, YOU'RE RIGHT. THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE THERE. MY RECOMMENDATION IS WE KEEP THEM OTHERWISE WE'RE YEAH, IT'S HITTING WHAT WE'VE COMMITTED TO DO WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HALF FUNDING, AND YOU WILL SEE COMING BEHIND ONE OF THE OTHER COMMITMENTS, WHICH ISN'T GOING TO BE ADDRESSED BY THIS, IS WE HAVE TO UPDATE THE ZONING BYLAW TOO. SO WE HAVE TO DO THE COMMUNITY PLAN BEFORE WE DO THE ZONING BYLAW THAT WOULD BE NUMBER SIX OF OUR COMMITMENTS. SO THEY KIND OF ALIGN AND SURE, WE COULD SCALE IT BACK, BUT I THINK THE TWO ITEMS COUNCIL ASKED US TO PUT IN ARE ONES WE WANT TO KEEP. BUT I WILL LEAVE THAT TO YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS. AND THEN THE MAYBE IF YOU CAN JUST REFRESH OUR MEMORY ON WHAT THE HALF FUNDING THAT IS GOING TO THE AS THE CITY MANAGER SAID TO THE PROCESS SIDE. [01:05:02] SO TO ACCELERATING THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS, PERMITTING THAT KIND OF THING. MR. VAN DINE. THANK YOU. I'LL, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR WHITE TO ELABORATE, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL HAS BEEN PERHAPS MADE AWARE OF, BUT NOT NECESSARILY FULLY BRIEFED, IS THE PREDEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT WE ARE ADDED INTO THE PROCESS FOR THE PRE-CONSULTATION PRIOR TO MAKING THE APPLICATION IS ONE SUCH ACTIVITY BUT DIRECTOR WHITE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ELABORATE? YEAH. GREAT. THIS IS A GREAT QUESTION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER IT. SO EVEN BEFORE HALF, WHEN WE DID THE LAST UPDATE TO THE ZONING BYLAW, WE ACTUALLY PROBABLY REMOVED ABOUT 30% OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT PERMITS. SO BASICALLY USING OUR ZONING BYLAW IN A DIFFERENT WAY HAS EFFECTIVELY SPED UP THESE PROCESSES ALREADY. AND THE HALF FUNDING IS GOING TOWARDS THINGS LIKE UPDATING OUR ELECTRONIC APPLICATION PROCESS, NOT JUST FOR DEVELOPMENT PERMITS, BUT ALSO FOR BUILDING PERMITS, ALSO FOR LAND APPLICATIONS, LEASES, ALL OF THAT. AND WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE THAT COMPLETED IN 2025. ALSO LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH WE DO OUR INTERNAL PROCESSES. SO NOT JUST CIRCULATING TO THE PUBLIC, BUT WHEN WE CIRCULATE TO SAY, PUBLIC WORKS OR CORPORATE SERVICES AND BUNDLING THAT TOGETHER INTO A MORE EFFECTIVE PROCESS. AS WELL WHEN WE UPDATED THE LAND ADMINISTRATION BYLAW, REMOVING SOME OF THOSE ITEMS THAT USED TO HAVE TO COME TO COUNCIL. SO WE'RE TAKING SOME OF THOSE STEPS AND TIMELINES OUT OF THAT PROCESS. AGAIN, MAKING SURE EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE RECOMMENDED IS ALIGNED WITH THE LEGISLATION THAT'S IN PLACE. BUT WE HAVE TAKEN SOME OF THOSE STEPS, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW THEY PLAY OUT. AND WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY THAT IN THE FUTURE SHOULD WE NEED TO WE STILL HAVE SOME MONEY LEFT IN THE BANK TO MAKE ADDITIONAL CHANGES AS REQUIRED. THANKS. YEAH. THANK YOU. I JUST I THINK IT'S OFTEN MISSED HOW MUCH STUFF WE DON'T GET UPDATES ON. THAT PROJECT WAS PRESENTED, AND I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT WHEN ABC IS NOT HAPPENING? AND BUT CLEARLY ABC IS HAPPENING. YEAH. I ENCOURAGE US IF THERE'S ANY, ANY OF THOSE FUNDS LEFT IN THE TANK, ANYTHING TO FOCUS ON PROCESS. I THINK WE GOT THE POLICY COVERED WITH TWO YEARS OF WORK. ANYTHING TO TO REALLY SAVAGELY ADDRESS OUR PROCESS AND OUR TIMELINES WITH THAT MONEY. BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, I HIGHLY SUSPECT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET IT AGAIN. SO, YOU KNOW, THESE POSITIONS ARE FUNDED BY THAT. SO WE HAVE LIMITED TIME. SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO GET THAT PROCESS AS SLICK AS POSSIBLE. I KNOW I WAS TALKING WITH SOME FOLKS THE OTHER DAY. WE'RE NOT LIKE OTHER PLACES. WE HAVE A VERY, VERY NARROW WINDOW TO BUILD THINGS. SO IT'S LIKE FEAST OR FAMINE YOU PROBABLY SEE THE PERMITS COME IN WAVES. AND IF WE'RE NOT STAFFED AND ABLE TO MEET THAT DEMAND REALLY QUICKLY WHEN THAT WAVE HITS, THAT'S THE NATURE OF BUILDING UP HERE. SO I WOULD LIKE US TO REALLY BE AWARE OF THAT AND USE THAT MONEY REALLY EFFECTIVELY. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. THIS DID JUST COME AS A FOR INFORMATION. SO APPRECIATE IT. AND STAY TUNED FOR FOR MORE UPDATES AND PROCESS POINTS ON THAT ONE. WITH THAT, WE'VE REACHED THE END OF OUR AGENDA. IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOVED BY COUNCILLOR ARDEN-SMITH, WE CAN BE ADJOURNED. WE'LL SEE EVERYBODY NEXT MONDAY AT 12:05 AND THEN AGAIN AT 7 P.M.. HAVE A GOOD WEEK, EVERYONE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.