Mar 17, 2025 Governance & Priorities Committee

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AND I'LL CALL OUR GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE MEETING FOR MONDAY, MARCH 17TH, TO ORDER.

[1. Opening Statement.]

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.

MISS THISTLE, ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD TO THE AGENDA?

[2. Approval of the agenda.]

[3. Disclosure of conflict of interest and the general nature thereof.]

I WILL HAVE TO EXCUSE MYSELF ON ANNEX SEVEN OR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, AS IT IS A PRESENTATION ON THE GIANT MINE REMEDIATION PROJECT.

AND I AM THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER WITH PARSONS ON THE MAIN CONSTRUCTION MANAGER FOR THE GIANT MINE REMEDIATION PROJECT.

MY GOD, THAT'S A LOT OF WORDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ANYTHING FURTHER? SEEING NONE. NEXT, WE HAVE A MEMORANDUM REGARDING WHETHER TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS SET FORTH BY THE GRANT REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR THE AWARDING OF THE 2025 GRANT FUNDING AND

[4. A memorandum regarding whether to adopt the recommendations set forth by the Grant Review Committee for the awarding of the 2025 Grant Funding and consideration for the 2025 ‐ 2027 Multi‐Year Funding Recipients.]

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL? COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUST A COMMENT AS BEING ON THE COMMITTEE FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, THIS YEAR, THERE WAS A DEFINITE SIGNIFICANT UPTICK IN NEW APPLICANTS AND IN ASKS FROM DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.

SO IT WAS A DIFFERENT, MORE CHALLENGING SORT OF TRIAGE SITUATION THIS YEAR FOR SURE.

AND JUST SOMETHING I'D LIKE US TO KEEP IN MIND FOR BUDGET 2026.

THANK YOU. ANYTHING FURTHER? SEEING NONE, WE WILL BRING THAT FORWARD ON MONDAY, MARCH 24TH AT 7 P.M.

NEXT, WE HAVE A MEMORANDUM REGARDING WHETHER TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE'S COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD ON HOMELESSNESS. TO ALLOCATE FUNDING FOR THE 2025

[5. A memorandum regarding whether to approve the recommendations of the City of Yellowknife Community Advisory Board on Homelessness to allocate funding for the 2025‐2026 year.]

I THINK LAST LATE LAST YEAR ALLOCATED THE BULK OF THE FUNDING.

SO THIS IS JUST THE TOP UP OF THE FUNDING. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL? COUNCILLOR COCHRANE.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE APPLICANTS WHO CAME BEFORE US TO SEEK OUT THE TOP UP FUNDING.

THERE WERE SOME VERY INTERESTING PROJECTS THAT WERE BROUGHT BEFORE US, BUT THE FOUR THAT ARE GOING FORWARD HERE, I THINK ARE INCREDIBLY WORTHY OF THE FUNDING AND ARE GOING TO DO SOME VERY INTERESTING THINGS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS OUR OVERALL SOCIAL PROBLEMS THAT WE ARE SEEING, RANGING FROM A NEW YOUTH STREET OUTREACH TO SOME CAPITAL PROJECTS TO THE SALVATION ARMY, TO ADDING A COOK AT THE YELLOWKNIFE WOMEN'S SOCIETY.

SO, I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE DECISIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THIS COMMITTEE, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE END RESULTS OF THESE PROJECTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ANYTHING FURTHER? SEEING NONE, WE WILL BRING THAT FORWARD TO OUR NEXT MEETING.

MONDAY, MARCH 24TH AT 7 P.M. NEXT, WE HAVE A MEMORANDUM REGARDING WHETHER TO AMEND FEES AND CHARGES BYLAW NUMBER 4436,

[6. A memorandum regarding whether to amend Fees and Charges By‐law No. 4436, as amended, by updating references to the Dog By‐law, adding Visitor Information Centre fees, deleting Part 1 and amending Parts 4 and 12.]

MISS THISTLE, ANY COMMENTS FROM ADMINISTRATION? I KNOW NOTHING REALLY TO ADD. WE'VE SEEN WITH OUR VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER UPTAKE IN REQUESTS FOR RENTALS.

SO, WE'VE BASICALLY PUT A FEE IN THE FEES AND CHARGES BYLAW AND BASED IT ON SIMILAR FEES THAT ARE CHARGED BY OTHER CITY FACILITIES.

TO UPDATE THE AQUATIC CENTER FEES, AS WE ARE, YOU KNOW, ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE OPENING OF OUR NEW AQUATIC CENTER IN 2025 AND THE NECESSARY CHANGES TO REFERENCE THE DOG BYLAW.

SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. DISCUSSION. COUNCILLOR FEQUET.

YOU GUYS CAN HEAR ME OKAY. YEP. OKAY. LET ME KNOW IF IT FREEZES.

I'LL TURN THE VIDEO OFF. IT ALL LOOKS GOOD. JUST TO KIND OF QUICK QUESTIONS.

LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. THE MEMO MENTIONS THE FORTHCOMING ONLINE BOOKING SYSTEM DOESN'T ACCOMMODATE OUR NEW AQUATIC CENTER, AND THAT THE BOOKING FOR THAT FACILITY WILL STILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH THE BOOKING CLERK.

JUST FOR MYSELF AND RESIDENTS INFORMATION. WHAT? HOW DOES THAT PROCESS WORK WHEN YOU CALL A BOOKING CLERK? IS THERE EXTRA INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE GETTING? THAT'S WHY THE SYSTEM CAN'T DO THIS. I READ ABOUT OBVIOUSLY THE LIFEGUARD RATIO, BUT WHAT IS IT THAT THE BOOKING CLERK DOES FOR US OVER THE PHONE THAT THE SYSTEM CAN'T DO? JUST SO EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE, MISS THISTLE.

MR. WHITE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WHEN A BOOKING AT THE AQUATIC CENTER OR SORRY AT THE RAMP IS MADE RIGHT NOW.

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SO WE'RE MOVING AWAY FROM THOSE TWO AND JUST HAVING, YOU KNOW, A GROUP OR, SORRY, A, A RENTAL WHERE SOMEBODY CAN WALK EITHER WALK THROUGH THE GATE OR MAKE AN INQUIRY AND HAVE THEIR RENTALS ACCOMMODATED BY EITHER THE TEN PUNCH PASS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE OR WITH THE NOT THE SCHOOL PASS, BUT THE PLAYGROUP PASS THAT'S AVAILABLE IN OUR PUNCH PASS SYSTEM WITH THE AQUATIC CENTER. AS MENTIONED IN THE MEMO, WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS A DIFFERENT RENTAL SYSTEM WHERE THE LANES ARE AVAILABLE FOR RENT RATHER THAN EACH OF THE COMPONENTS. WE ARE TAKING THE APPROACH THAT BASICALLY THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF GOOD FOR THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE BY HAVING THE FACILITY OPEN AS MUCH AS WE CAN FOR DROP IN AT ALL THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS.

YOU KNOW, THE LAZY RIVER, THE SLIDE, THE SPLASH PARK, THE LEISURE POOL AND THOSE COMPONENTS.

SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO RENT A LANE, THEY WILL BE CALLING UP THE BOOKING CLERK AND RENTING ONE, TWO, THREE. HOWEVER MANY LANES ARE DESIGNATED.

AND THEN AT THAT POINT WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THEY WILL HAVE TO IDENTIFY HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY WILL BE BRINGING SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE WITH ENOUGH LIFEGUARDS TO THE 1 TO 35 RATE RATIO WITH THE SIZE OF THE NEW AQUATIC CENTER THERE IS A NEED A LEGISLATIVE NEED TO HAVE MORE GUARDS ON DECK FOR THE AMOUNT OF SPACE THAT'S AVAILABLE.

DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION? GREAT. THANK YOU.

NO, THAT ALL MAKES SENSE. MY OTHER QUESTION WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT THE LIBRARY.

AGAIN, NO, NO ISSUES WITH THE FEES OR ANYTHING.

I WAS MOSTLY JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE COMMENT OR THE STATEMENT IN THERE ABOUT STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO BE DILIGENT TO ENSURE THAT COMPUTERS REMAIN AVAILABLE ON AN EQUITABLE BASIS, AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THOSE GUESTS REQUIRING KEY USES.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF YOU COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE KEY USES ARE.

AND DO WE ADVERTISE THOSE OR POST THOSE ANYWHERE, OR COMMUNICATE THOSE IN ANY WAY TO OUR LIBRARY USERS AND OUR AND OUR RESIDENTS? MISS THISTLE. MR. WHITE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO A KEY USE WOULD BE PATRONS COMING IN AND USING OUR COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR HOMEWORK, FOR RESUME WRITING, FOR JOB SEARCHES. THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES WOULD BE, I GUESS, GIVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE PRIORITY THAN PEOPLE COMING IN TO USE THE SYSTEM FOR GAMING. THANKS. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION ON THE FEES AND CHARGES? SEEING NONE, WE WILL BRING THAT FORWARD TO OUR NEXT MEETING MONDAY, MARCH 24TH AT 7 P.M.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA COUNCILLOR COCHRANE. YOU CAN HEAD OUT.

[7. A presentation from the Giant Mine Remediation Project Team.]

WELL, ACTUALLY. SORRY. WE'LL PAUSE AND SEE. MISS THISTLE, DID ANY COMMENTS FROM ADMINISTRATION BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THE PRESENTATION? NO COMMENT. PERFECT. OVER TO YOU, NATALIE. GREAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. MY NAME IS NATALIE PLATO.

I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE GIANT MINE REMEDIATION PROJECT.

AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE FOR OUR ANNUAL UPDATE TO COUNCIL.

THERE WE GO AGAIN. WE'RE HERE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED.

WE COME EVERY YEAR AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR. MARCH.

WE ALSO DO A PUBLIC UPDATE TO THE COMMUNITIES AS WELL.

WE DID THAT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP YOU INFORMED AS WELL.

AND WE'LL ALSO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE OF THE GIANT MINE REMEDIATION PROJECT.

SORRY, IT DOESN'T LIKE ME. OKAY. OH, YOU CAN SKIP, AND YOU CAN SKIP TO JUST A REMINDER OF WHO WE ARE. THE GIANT MINE REMEDIATION PROJECT IS CO PROPONENTS OF GOVERNMENT OF CANADA AND THE GNWT.

I WON'T GO THROUGH THE INTRODUCTIONS OF EVERYONE HERE.

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THEY DON'T PERFORM ANY WORK, BUT THEY JUST HIRE OUR CONTRACTORS FOR US.

SO THAT IS OUR PROJECT TEAM, AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM A FEW OF US TODAY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. YOU CAN SKIP THE HISTORY. I THINK EVERYONE HERE KNOWS THE HISTORY OF GIANT MINE.

WE HAD TO SEND THIS LAST WEEK, SO WE'LL JUST KEEP GOING, PLEASE.

OKAY, THERE WE ARE. JUST A BRIEF REMINDER OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF THE GIANT MINE REMEDIATION PROJECT.

AS MOST OF YOU KNOW AND ALL KNOW, WE ARE IN ACTIVE REMEDIATION.

REMEDIATION STARTED IN 2021, AND THE CURRENT SCHEDULE HAS US GOING TO 2038.

POST 2038 WILL BE IN PERPETUAL WHAT WE CALL PERPETUAL CARE POST CLOSURE.

AND WE'LL TALK A BIT ABOUT THAT OF WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT BASICALLY WATER MANAGEMENT AND HAVING A PRESENCE ON SITE.

THIS IS A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR PROJECT SCHEDULE.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE A MUCH MORE DETAILED ONE THAT WE WORK BY, BUT IT JUST SORT OF SHOWS THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO ON TAILINGS. WE HAVE OVER 1,000,000M³ OF CONTAMINATED SOILS.

THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. I'LL TALK A BIT MORE DETAIL BECAUSE THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. UPCOMING.

WE HAVE REMEDIATION IN BAKER CREEK. I'LL TALK A BIT ABOUT THE UNDERGROUND TODAY BECAUSE WE ARE DOING THAT CURRENTLY.

DEMO AND DEBRIS I'LL TALK ABOUT TODAY. BUT COMING UP IN THE FUTURE YEARS, YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE OPEN PITS, THE FREEZE AND OF COURSE ONGOING SITE SERVICES IS JUST OUR CARE MAINTENANCE CONTINUALLY ONGOING.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I THINK YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH WHERE GIANT IS.

IT'S JUST NORTH OF THE CITY HERE. YOU ALL DRIVE BY IT.

SO WE'LL SKIP THIS ONE AS WELL. SO WE USUALLY TALK QUITE A BIT ABOUT REGULATORY.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT REGULATORY TODAY BECAUSE WE'RE WELL INTO OUR WATER LICENSE AND LAND USE. IT'S AN ONGOING SYSTEM WHERE WE'RE SUBMITTING OUR ANNUAL WATER LICENSE REPORT AND DESIGN PLANS, BUT IT IS A PUBLIC PROCESS.

THERE IS AN ONLINE REVIEW SYSTEM. IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO CHECK UP ON US OR SEE OUR DOCUMENTS, THEY CAN GO TO THE MACKENZIE VALLEY LAND AND WATER BOARD AND THERE'S THE WEB LINK THERE AS WELL.

SO I'LL HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THAT WE COMPLETED IN THE LAST SINCE WE WERE LAST YEAR, AND THE WORK THAT WILL BE COMING UP.

THIS IS A NICE TABLE THAT JUST KEEPS TRACK OF THE WORK WE'VE COMPLETED IN THE PAST.

SO ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE WORK THAT WE'VE COMPLETED, WHAT'S UNDERWAY AND WHAT'S UPCOMING.

IN A MATTER OF KEEPING THIS SHORT FOR YOU TODAY, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE, BUT IT'S AS AS WE COME BACK.

EVERY YEAR, THE COLUMN ON THE LEFT SHOULD GROW AND THE COLUMN ON THE RIGHT SHOULD DIMINISH IF WE'RE DOING OUR JOB CORRECTLY.

SO THE BIG ITEM ON SITE RIGHT NOW IS THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

IN 2024, WE REMOVED THE CONTAMINATED SOIL. BEFORE WE BEGAN CONSTRUCTION, THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF CONTAMINATED SOIL TO REMOVE.

WE HAD TO DO SOME BLASTING. YOU CAN SEE THE ROCK OUTCROP ON THE TOP RIGHT PHOTO.

WE HAD TO CLEAR THAT OUT TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS INSTALLED THE INTAKE WELLS.

WE HAD TO DRILL NEW WELLS BECAUSE THE WATER WILL PUMP RIGHT FROM THE UNDERGROUND, RIGHT INTO THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, AND THEN ALSO START CONSTRUCTING.

SO THE PHOTOS YOU SEE THERE, THE TOP RIGHT IS THE FOUNDATION LIGHT.

AND THEN THE BOTTOM THE BOTTOM RIGHT, WELL IT'S BOTTOM CENTER SHOWS ONE OF THE BIOMASS BUILDING COMPLETE ON THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HEAT OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

YOU CAN SEE THE FOUNDATION AND ON THE FAR LEFT THE ONGOING CONSTRUCTION.

SO, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT. I THINK THAT THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT THERE WAS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.

SO, ALL THE WALLS HAVE BEEN FRAMED IN THE ROOF IS IN PRETTY MUCH THE STRUCTURE IS THERE AND THEY'RE NOW BEGINNING TO WORK ON THE INTERIOR STRUCTURES, THE PROCESSES. AND THAT WILL TAKE PLACE OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR AND INTO NEXT YEAR.

AND OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE COMMISSIONING IN THE SUMMER OF 2026.

ALSO, YOU PROBABLY SAW SOME OF THIS WORK OR HEARD OF SOME OF THIS.

TO DISCHARGE OUR WATER FROM THAT WATER TREATMENT PLANT, WE HAD TO BUILD AN OUTFALL PIPE.

THE ROAD THAT YOU SEE ON THE PHOTO IS THE OLD ROAD THAT WENT FROM THE TOWN SITE UP TO SITE, AND THAT'S THE ROUTE THAT THE OUTFALL PIPE HAS FOLLOWED.

SO THAT WAS US JUST DEVELOPING THAT ROAD. THE PIPES NOT SHOWN IN THIS PHOTO, BUT THE PIPELINE COMES DOWN THE ROAD AND DISCHARGES JUST AT THE BOTTOM CENTER OF THAT PHOTO, JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE PUBLIC DOCK, BUT STILL WITHIN OUR CURRENT FENCED AREA.

WE WILL HAVE TO GO BACK A LITTLE BIT THIS SUMMER AND TWEAK THAT.

IT DIDN'T LAND UP IN THE EXACT RIGHT POSITION, SO YOU WILL SEE A BIT OF WORK IN THE IN THE BAY THERE, BUT IT WILL BE A LOT SHORTER THAN IT WAS FROM LAST YEAR.

WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON SOME REVEGETATION TEST PLOTS.

WE ARE NOT REVEGETATING THE SITE. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A COMMITMENT TO LEAVE IT GRAY AND UGLY, ACCORDING TO THE YELLOWKNIFE'S DENNY. BUT WE DO HAVE A REQUIREMENT FOR SELECTIVE REVEGETATION.

BAKER CREEK, FOR INSTANCE, ACCORDING TO OUR FISHERIES ACT, WE HAVE TO RESTORE FISH HABITAT.

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SO WE HAVE DONE QUITE A BIT OF TEST PLOTS. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TOPSOIL HERE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE GROWTH MEDIA TO SEE WHAT THE BEST GROWTH MEDIA WILL BE.

WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE SPECIES WE'VE COMMITTED TO USING LOCAL SPECIES.

SO ANYWAY, WE HAVE A BIG AREA OFF THE LAKE ROAD, YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED ANYWAY, THAT'S DOING WORK ON THE TEST PLOTS.

SO THOSE WERE CONSTRUCTED LAST YEAR, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THEM FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO FIND THE OPTIMAL GROWTH MEDIA.

THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT THERE IS THE MILL. MOST OF YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT WE AWARDED THE CONTRACT FOR THE, WE CALL IT THE CORE AREA DEMOLITION, WHICH IS MOST OF THE BIG REMAINING STRUCTURES, THE MILL, THOSE ARE REPROCESSING PLANTS YOU SEE FROM THE HIGHWAY, MOST OF THE BIG BUILDINGS THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED.

ANDRE WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF UPDATE ON WHO WON THAT CONTRACT.

BUT STARTING THIS YEAR, THE MILL IS GOING TO COME DOWN.

IT IS PROBABLY OUR MOST COMPLICATED STRUCTURE ON SITE NOW THAT THE ROASTER HAS COME DOWN, BUT THAT WILL COME DOWN AND THEN CONTINUE INTO 2026.

AND ANOTHER MILESTONE FOR THE PROJECT WAS WE SHUT THE UNDERGROUND THIS YEAR.

WE WERE COMPLETED ALL THE WORK WE NEEDED TO COMPLETE IN THE UNDERGROUND, SO WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SEAL OFF ALL THE ENTRANCES AND ENTRANCES, SHUT OFF THE HEATING, SHUT OFF THE VENTILATION. SO WE CALL THAT CLOSURE OF THE UNDERGROUND.

SO YOU'VE HEARD ME IN THE PAST MANY YEARS TALK ABOUT UNDERGROUND STABILIZATION.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR TEN YEARS, STABILIZING THE BULK BULKHEADS AND THE STOPES AND THE AREAS AROUND THE ARSENIC TRIOXIDE CHAMBER SO THEY CAN BE FROZEN.

WE COMPLETED THAT WORK THIS YEAR SO THAT FOR US, THAT WAS A VERY BIG MILESTONE.

AND WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE UNDERGROUND ANYMORE.

EVERYTHING CAN BE DONE FROM THE SURFACE. WE CAN SAMPLE FROM THE SURFACE.

WE CAN DRILL FROM THE SURFACE. EVERYTHING WE NEED TO DO CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED FROM THE SURFACE.

AND THAT'S A REALLY QUICK SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'VE DONE ON SITE.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO ERICA TO TALK ABOUT THE TOWN SITE AND THE BOAT LAUNCH. AND I'LL LET HER INTRODUCE HERSELF.

THAT WASN'T WORKING FOR ME. SO. OKAY. HI, EVERYBODY.

MY NAME IS ERICA NOUSIAINEN. I AM THE SENIOR ADVISOR WORKING ON THE GIANT PROJECT ON BEHALF OF GENE AND GENE AUTRY'S LEAD DEPARTMENT IS ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE, WHO I WORK FOR. SO THIS IS THIS IS ME WEARING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE GENE T-HAT ON.

WHEN I WALK YOU THROUGH THESE SLIDES. THE TOWN SITE AND PUBLIC BOAT LAUNCHES THAT PUBLIC USE AREA THERE.

GENE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. WE ARE THE LANDLORD.

THE CITY NO LONGER HOLDS THE LEASE, SO WE ARE ACTIVELY MANAGING THE LEASES WITH THE SAILING CLUB AND THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

SO YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN THIS LAST YEAR AND THE YEARS BEFORE.

THIS IS JUST A RECAP AND A REMINDER OF HOW WE ARE ACCOMMODATING PUBLIC USE IN THE AREA AND HOW WE'RE DOING.

THIS IS STAGGERING. OUR SCHEDULE AND ALSO BUILDING A NEW BOAT LAUNCH.

SO ON THIS SLIDE YOU'LL SEE THE ORANGE AREAS.

THIS IS THE CONSTRUCTION. THIS IS WHERE ACTIVE REMEDIATION WILL HAPPEN.

DURING THIS TIME THE SOILS WILL BE EXCAVATED.

WE'LL BE INSTALLING RIPRAP COVER IN THE IN THE LAKE AND REMEDIATING SOME OF THE SEDIMENT THERE THAT'S CONTAMINATED.

ONCE THE SOIL IS REMOVED, WE WILL BE PLACING IT WITH CLEAN FILL, AND THEY'LL LIKELY BE SOME LAY DOWN FLAT AREAS WHERE WE CAN ACCOMMODATE PARKING AND BY WE MEANING GMB RESPONSIBILITY OF MAKING SURE THAT IT'S SUITABLE FOR PUBLIC USE WHEN WE SWITCH OVER.

SO RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING WILL STAY STATUS QUO UNTIL 2029.

SO THAT'S AT THAT POINT. THINGS WILL START TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE BUSIER, AND WE'LL BE THERE FOR TWO YEARS.

AGAIN, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE, NOT EARLIER BUT LIKELY LATER.

SO FROM LAST YEAR THIS STARTED AT 2028. NOW WE'RE SAYING 2029.

SO STAY TUNED. SO THIS IS JUST A QUICK ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF RENDERED DRAWING OF THE NEW BOAT LAUNCH. AGAIN, THIS IS AT THE SAILING CLUB AREA.

THE PROJECT HAS COMMITTED TO BUILDING THIS COMPARABLE TO THE EXISTING BOAT LAUNCH THAT EXISTS OUT THERE.

AND WE'RE AWARE THAT ALL THE BOATS ARE ABLE TO GET IN THERE.

SO IF WE MAKE IT THE SAME, WE WON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES.

ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS A BIT MORE OF A MORE DETAILED RENDERED DRAWING.

AND AGAIN, THOSE SAILBOATS ARE THERE JUST TO SHOW SORT OF THE AREA.

BUT THESE SAILBOATS WON'T BE STORED THERE. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO ACCOMMODATE BACKING IN OF TRAILERS AND PEOPLE MOVING AROUND THERE.

ALL RIGHT. SO LIKE I SAID, FROM 2029 TO 2031 WE'LL BE USING THE OTHER ONE.

APOLOGIES. THIS SHOULD BE BUMPED UP A YEAR. SO, STARTING 2031 WILL BE IN THIS ORANGE AREA WHICH IS LIKE THE PUBLIC USE AREA RIGHT NOW.

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SO BAKER CREEK WILL BE WORKING ON THAT. REMOVING THE SEDIMENT ALSO WILL BE BUILDING A BRIDGE.

BUT THEN ALSO THIS BOAT LAUNCH AREA WILL HAVE SOME SOILS AROUND THERE THAT NEED TO BE CLEANED UP.

SO FOR THIS PERIOD OF TIME EVERYBODY WILL BE USING THE NEW BOAT LAUNCH AT THE GREAT SLAVE SAILING CLUB.

AND AGAIN, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY GET SOME QUESTIONS FROM BOATERS OR SAILORS LIKE HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE ACCOMMODATED? THAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GMW. AND I'M WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR LANDS ADMIN FOLKS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PLAN ACCORDINGLY AND MAKE IT LESS HECTIC THAN IT NEEDS TO BE. AND WITH. AND THEN THIS SLIDE IS JUST TO RECAP THE WORK THAT GNWT AS THE LANDOWNER, WHAT WE'VE DONE OUT THERE. WE'VE INSTALLED SOME NEW SIGNAGE.

WE HAVE DONE SOME REPAIRS AT THE BOAT LAUNCH.

LAST YEAR WAS A LOW WATER YEAR. WE HAD SOME BIG SOME RUTTING HAPPENING, A BIG DROP OFF.

WE'VE MADE REPAIRS THERE, LOWERING AND RAISING THOSE TIRES TO ACCOMMODATE WATER LEVEL.

WE'VE TRIED TO CREATE A BIT MORE SPACE IN THAT PARKING LOT.

AND SO, THIS SUMMER HOPEFULLY WE CAN IMPROVE SOME OF THE FLOW THERE.

AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE IS JUST OVERALL, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS HOW IT WILL LOOK.

AND HOPEFULLY FOLKS ARE FEELING GOOD. AND WE WENT THROUGH THOSE BUSY YEARS SMOOTHLY TOGETHER.

SO, WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO ANDRE. THANKS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. ANDRE TURIANSKY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER WITH THE PROJECT.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO, JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW.

WE HAVE A FIVE YEAR STRATEGY SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON SOCIOECONOMICS AND ORGANIZED INTO THOSE THREE CATEGORIES YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU.

IT'S COMPLEMENTED BY AN ACTION PLAN. AND THEN WE HAVE TWO COMMITTEES DEDICATED TO SOCIOECONOMICS ON THE PROJECT.

THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE IS REPRESENTED BY STEVE KEEN AT THE WORKING GROUP AND STEVEN VAN DINE AND ADVISORY BODY.

NEXT PLEASE. THANK YOU. KEEP THIS. KEEP THIS AREA.

THE CONTRACT MAP, VISUAL MEMORY OF IT. I'LL BE REFERRING BACK TO IT A COUPLE OF TIMES.

BUT SPECIFICALLY, WE USE THIS MAP FOR TWO REASONS FOR OUR INDIGENOUS OPPORTUNITY CONSIDERATIONS COMMITMENTS AS WELL AS REGIONAL PROCUREMENT.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS JUST TO INTRODUCE ONE OF THE HANDOUTS THAT WE DEVELOPED LAST YEAR.

IT SPECIFICALLY TALKS ABOUT IN DETAIL ABOUT OUR IAC PROCESS.

YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RECENTLY CHANGED THIS TO INDIGENOUS PARTICIPATION PLAN.

YP FEDERAL GIANT MINE IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO USE OUR VERSION OF IAC.

IT SLIGHTLY DIFFERS FROM FEDERAL YP BECAUSE WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGER PARSONS.

TO HAVE THAT WORKING THROUGH THEM GIVES US MORE FLEXIBILITY ON THIS.

SO THIS IS JUST TO INTRODUCE THIS DIFFERENT STEPS THAT'S INVOLVED IN WHO'S INVOLVED INTO EACH ONE OF THEM.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS IS OUR JUST OVERALL CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENTS FUNDING THAT WAS ISSUED IN 2324 FISCAL YEAR.

SO JUST OVER 3 MILLION. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HERE THE RECIPIENTS AND TYPE OF WHAT THE FUNDING WENT TOWARDS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE DID MEET OUR APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING TARGET.

WE SUPPORTED ONE APPRENTICE AND ELECTRICAL APPRENTICE ON SITE UNDER THEIR CARE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HERE A SUM OF $25,000 WAS ISSUED SPREAD OUT BETWEEN SEVEN SCHOLARSHIPS.

THERE WAS A NUMBER ISSUED BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENTS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.

AND OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, PARSONS, ISSUED FIVE SCHOLARSHIPS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS JUST AN OVERALL TREND LINE FIVE YEAR TREND LINE OF OUR EMPLOYMENT ON SITE.

YOU CAN SEE HERE IN 2324 TOTAL MEASURED IN FULL TIME EQUIVALENCY WAS JUST 259.

WE CAN SEE HERE THAT IT IS REFLECTIVE OF INCREASED ACTIVITIES ON SITE AND ALSO FOR OUR NORTHERN EMPLOYMENT OVERALL IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, IT HASN'T SHIFTED TOO MUCH. IT'S BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT.

HOWEVER, YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT IS NOT INCREASING AS THE DEMAND FOR SELF-EMPLOYED EMPLOYEES IS INCREASING DUE TO NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES ON SITE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT MIGHT BE THE REALITY OF US CAPPING OUT ON EXISTING LABOR.

HOWEVER, WE ARE MAKING ALL THE EFFORTS POSSIBLE TO INCREASE IT GOING FORWARD.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. YOU CAN SEE HERE THIS WERE THE CONTRACTS THAT WERE AWARDED IN 2024 THE ONES THAT ARE MARKED WITH A STAR WENT TO NORTHERN INDIGENOUS BUSINESSES. I MENTIONED THAT CONTRACT AREA MAP EARLIER.

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THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT THERE'S INCREASED CAPACITY IN THE REGION TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT KIND OF WORK.

AND IT WAS AWARDED TO TRUE NORTH ENVIRONMENTAL, WHICH IS A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN KBL AND DET'ON CHO.

SO YELLOWKNIVES DENE AND FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT CORP.

AND YOU CAN SEE HERE A COUPLE OF OTHER ONES. WE HAD ONE FOR THE POWER SUPPLY LINE, WHICH WENT TO A NUMBER OF COMPANIES, INCLUDING CALICO, TIC AND NEDCOR AND NORTH SLAVE MÉTIS ALLIANCE.

WE HAD OFFSIDE BALL WENT TO NAHANEE AS WELL AND A COUPLE OF OTHER ONES.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THEN THESE ARE JUST SOME SIGNIFICANT CONTRACTS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE FUTURE THAT WILL BE TENDERING THIS YEAR.

YOU CAN SEE HERE EARTHWORKS AND CORKSCREWING BURROW ARE BOTH TEN YEAR PLUS CONTRACTS.

WE HAVE BEEN REQUESTED IN THE PAST BY THE LOCAL INDUSTRY TO TRY TO DO A MIX OF SHORT TERM, MID-TERM AND LONG TERM CONTRACTS. THESE ARE THE FIRST TWO REALLY LONG TERM CONTRACTS, AS WELL AS THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATIONS, WHICH WILL BEGIN WITH A FIVE YEAR CURRENT INITIAL PHASE AND THEN EXTENSIONS AFTERWARDS.

AND THE HIGHLY ARSENIC CONTAMINATED SOIL WASHING IS ON MERCK'S RIGHT NOW, AND THERE IS A MANDATORY VIRTUAL MEETING PRE-BID MEETING THAT'S THAT IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING TOMORROW. SO IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED, ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THESE CONTRACTS ARE ON PARSONS GIANT MINE.

OUR PCA WEBSITE WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT THE INDUSTRY DAY LAST NOVEMBER.

LAST NOVEMBER, THEY TALKED ABOUT EACH OF THESE CONTRACTS IN DETAIL.

SO THE PRESENTATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED.

AND NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE I SPOKE ABOUT THE CONTRACT IN OUR INDIGENOUS OPPORTUNITY CONSIDERATIONS PROCESS.

ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT IS CONTRACTORS PUT FORWARD COMMITMENTS.

AND IF THEY MEET THOSE COMMITMENTS AND EXCEED THEM, THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR A BONUS.

IF THEY DON'T, THERE'S A DEDUCTION THAT'S APPLIED.

YOU CAN SEE HERE SUMMARY FOR 23-24 FISCAL YEAR IN TERMS OF BONUSES VERSUS DEDUCTIONS.

STARTING IN 2420, SORRY, IN 25-26 FISCAL YEAR, THE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE TRYING OR WILL BE CLOSING THE LOOP ON THE IOC PROCESS, MEANING THOSE DEDUCTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN APPLIED WILL THEN BE ISSUED OUT AS PROPOSALS TO INDIGENOUS GROUPS IN THE AREA OF THE CONTRACT TO PUT FORWARD CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS. AND SO, WE'LL BE SEEKING THOSE IN THE COMING MONTHS.

AND THE TOTAL FUNDING IS JUST AROUND 300,000, INCLUDING THIS, PLUS THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THIS INFORMATION FOR. AND NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THEN THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF OUR KEY TAKEAWAYS FOR 23-24.

YOU CAN SEE HERE ABOUT 50% OF EXPENDITURES WENT TO NORTHERN BUSINESSES 31% WENT TO NORTHERN NORTHERNERS.

WHEN IT COMES TO EMPLOYMENT. SOME SUMMARY OF TRAINING.

AND JUST ONE OTHER THING TO NOTE IS THAT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIANT MINE AND THE GIANT MINE TEAM, AS WELL AS ECC, ERICA'S DEPARTMENT, ARE WORKING WITH HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO DEVELOP A PUBLIC REPORT SIMILAR TO HOW THEY DO WITH COMMUNITY WELLNESS REPORTS FOR THE FOR THE MINES. THEY'RE GOING TO WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO DEVELOP ONE SIMILAR FOR THE YELLOWKNIFE REGION.

IT'S NOT EXCLUSIVE TO JUST GIANT MINE. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO PICK OUT GIANT OR COME UP WITH A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GIANT MINE AND THE CITY JUST BECAUSE OF PROXIMITY. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE INCLUDING THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE AND TALKING ABOUT A VARIETY OF NUMBER OF INDICATORS WHEN IT COMES TO SOCIAL AND WEALTH WELLNESS.

THANK YOU. THAT'S IT FOR US. ACTUALLY, SORRY.

I'LL PASS IT OVER TO GENEVA FOR A PERPETUAL CARE PLAN.

HI, I'M GENEVA IRWIN, ENGAGEMENT MANAGER FOR CIRNAC.

I'LL JUST TOUCH ON THE PERPETUAL CARE PLAN VERY BRIEFLY.

I KNOW WE'VE PROBABLY GONE OVER TIME ALREADY.

SORRY. NEXT SLIDE. SO THE PROJECT IS JUST BEGINNING THE WORK ON THE PERPETUAL CARE PLAN.

SO WHAT THIS IS, IS BASICALLY AN OWNER'S MANUAL FOR WHAT WILL HAPPEN ON THE SITE ONCE REMEDIATION IS COMPLETE.

GO AHEAD TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO WE'VE DONE A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH RIGHTS HOLDERS AND STAKEHOLDERS TO DETERMINE WHAT THE PERPETUAL CARE PLAN SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT ENGAGEMENT WAS BASICALLY THIS ALL OF THESE TOPICS WILL BE COVERED IN THE PERPETUAL CARE PLAN, AND IT WAS AGREED THAT THIS MANUAL WILL BE AVAILABLE IN MANY DIFFERENT FORMS IN ORDER TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE FUTURE GENERATIONS.

GO AHEAD. SO WE'VE JUST COMPLETED PHASE ONE OF THE PERPETUAL CARE PLAN, WHICH WAS BASICALLY ONBOARDING OF URM, WHO HAS WON THE CONTRACT. WE'RE GOING INTO PHASE TWO, WHICH WILL HAVE EXPERT INTERVIEWS.

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NEXT SLIDE. SO WE'RE GOING INTO PHASE THREE. WILL BE THE DRAFT OF THE PERPETUAL CARE PLAN.

AND AGAIN, WE'LL BE DOING A LOT OF STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT.

SO REGULAR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN THE CREATION OF THIS PLAN.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN THIS IS JUST A CONTACT US SLIDE.

REGULAR UPDATES. I THINK THAT THE CITY IS ALREADY ON OUR CONTACT DISTRIBUTION LIST.

AND THEN WE DO HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS FOR BOAT LAUNCH AND PARKING AS WELL.

THANKS. THANKS. I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING WE HAVE.

YOU DO HAVE A PACKAGE AS WELL THAT HAS ALL THE STATS OR ANYTHING ON THE SOCIAL.

JUST BECAUSE WE THREW A LOT OF INFORMATION AT YOU. SO PLEASE, IF YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, IT'S ALL IN YOUR PACKAGE. THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU.

OPENING IT UP TO QUESTIONS. COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN.

THANKS FOR COMING AND THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. YEAH, JUST SOME QUESTIONS, MOSTLY AROUND I GUESS FIRST OFF, LIKE, SO WE GOT A PRESENTATION AND SORT OF REEVALUATION OF THE SUBMARINE WATER LINE AND THE CONSIDERATIONS AROUND THAT, AND THEY GAVE US A COUPLE DIFFERENT UPSET CONDITIONS.

ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH SORT OF THE UPSET CONDITIONS THEY USED? I THINK SO. I KNOW WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE ONE OF THEM, DEFINITELY, BUT MAYBE NOT ALL OF THEM.

THE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF OUR NORTHWEST TAILINGS PONDS, I THINK, IS THE ONE I'M FAMILIAR WITH.

YES. YEAH. SO JUST TO COMMENT ON UNDERSTANDING.

SO LIKE AFTER 2038, DOES THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT NEED TO RUN CONTINUOUSLY AND SORT OF WHAT LEVEL OF OPERATION IS REQUIRED AND SORT OF HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE LIKE THE RISK LEVEL AROUND THAT SORT OF CATASTROPHIC WATER TREATMENT PLANT FAILS FOR MONTHS? POTENTIAL? GREAT. I GUESS FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO PUT OUT THERE THAT WE CAN COME AND PROBABLY GIVE A MORE FULSOME RISK DISCUSSION.

WE DON'T WE DIDN'T PREPARE THAT TODAY. THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT WILL BEGIN FULL OPERATION OF 24/7, 365 DAYS A YEAR, COMMISSIONING IN 2026. AND THAT WILL GO INDEFINITELY INTO PERPETUITY OR UNTIL IT'S NO LONGER NEEDED.

AND THE WATER DOESN'T NEED TREATMENT, BUT WE WILL BE TREATING THE WATER FROM THE UNDERGROUND AT GIANT, MAINTAINING A LEVEL AROUND APPROXIMATELY 750FT BELOW SURFACE, SO WELL BELOW THE ARSENIC CHAMBERS.

THAT WAS A COMMITMENT WE MADE IN OUR WATER LICENSING PROCESS, SO THAT WATER LEVEL WILL BE MAINTAINED INTO THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

AND I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? WHEN WILL IT STOP WORKING? RIGHT NOW, IT'S GOING TO BE GOING AS LONG AS NEEDED.

AND THEN YEAH. SO I THINK LIKE A STRUGGLE AS A, AS A NON-ENGINEER TO GRASP THE RISK LEVEL HERE.

SO I THINK IF THERE WAS SOME WAY TO HAVE A RISK PRESENTATION FROM YOU GUYS TO SORT OF RELATE THAT TO THE SUBMARINE SORT OF PRESENTATION, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. YEAH, WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PREPARE SOMETHING WE, YOU KNOW, TO LOOKING WE'VE DONE A LOT OF RISK WORK. WE'VE DONE OUR QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT. WE'VE DONE HUMAN HEALTH RISK. WE HAVE A LOT OF RISK INFORMATION. SO TARGETING THAT TO THE CITY AND WITH THE WITH THE WATER ISSUE WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST AVENUE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, YEAH, WE'LL COME BACK WITH THAT.

YEAH. AND SPECIFICALLY, TO LIKE THE, THE LIKELIHOOD OF THAT SORT OF UPSET CONDITION NUMBER TWO CONTINUED FAILURE OF WATER TREATMENT PLANT FOR MONTHS.

THAT LEADS TO CONTAMINATION OF THE BAY. YOU KNOW, JUST UNDERSTANDING SORT OF THE LIKELIHOOD AND IMPLICATIONS OF THAT. YEAH, WE'LL DEFINITELY DO THAT. YEAH, I THINK THE LIKELIHOOD IN ALL THE MITIGATION MEASURES YOU'VE GOT IN PLACE AND, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A FAILURE, WE'VE GOT X, Y AND Z AS A, AS A MITIGATION.

SO YEAH, THAT'D BE HELPFUL FOR COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC TO YOU KNOW, THERE'S $1 BILLION PLUS OF WORK GOING ON.

DOES THE CITY NEED TO DO $108 MILLION WORTH OF RISK MITIGATION, OR CAN WE OR IS GIANT ALREADY DOING X, Y AND Z? YEAH, YEAH. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. COUNCILLOR FEQUET.

THANKS, MADAM CHAIR. MAYBE JUST TO BUILD OFF COUNCILOR MCCLENNAN'S QUESTION.

THAT'S GREAT. I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN THAT. THAT RISK PRESENTATION. THANKS FOR THAT OFFER.

I COULDN'T TELL FROM THE GANTT CHART, BUT WHEN ARE WHEN IS ALL THE SURFACE WATER PONDS EXPECTED TO BE DRAWN DOWN? KNOWING THAT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT IS TREATING LIKE ALL THE UNDERGROUND WATER? I WASN'T SURE I REMEMBER, LIKE, A TWO YEAR TIMELINE OR SOMETHING.

COULD YOU CONFIRM? YEAH. SO, WE CURRENTLY STORE.

I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE WATER WE STORE IN THE NORTHWEST POND WHERE WE PUMP ALL THE WATER AND TREAT IT. SO 2026 WOULD BE THE LAST YEAR WE WILL BE USING THE NORTHWEST

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SO WE BELIEVE WE'LL PROBABLY STILL HAVE TO DO THE NORTHWEST POND WILL STILL BE PUMPED TO OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR AND INTO 2026.

AND THEN ONCE THE NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT IS COMMISSIONED, WE WILL STOP PUMPING TO THE NORTHWEST POND IN 2026.

SO THEN WE WILL PUMP THAT DOWN AND THEN IT WILL HAVE TO DRY OUT.

SO NEXT YEAR. OKAY. IS THE SHORT ANSWER. OKAY.

GREAT. AND THAT'S AND THAT'S ALL THE DIFFERENT SURFACE WATER THAT'S ON SITE.

WELL, THAT'S THE NORTHWEST POND THAT WE STORE THE, THE CONTAMINATED WATER IN PRIOR TO TREATMENT.

THERE'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A MILL POND AS WELL.

THAT'S A VERY SMALL POND ON SITE. I'M NOT SURE OF THE EXACT DATES OF THE MILL POND, BUT THE BIG ONE IS THE NORTHWEST POND.

THAT'S THE ONE WHERE WE ACTIVELY PUMP WATER INTO IT.

THAT WILL STOP NEXT YEAR. AND I THINK I RECALL FROM THE FIRST RISK ASSESSMENT THAT WAS THE BIGGEST RISK TO THE WATER SUPPLY IN YELLOWKNIFE BAY WAS THE NORTHWEST POND. SO THAT WILL DEFINITELY CEASE IN 2026. OKAY.

GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I HAD A QUESTION JUST ON THE COLLABORATION THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING WITH THE HDFS.

THAT'S REALLY GREAT. THE SOCIAL IMPACT MANAGEMENT. AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THE REPORT WOULD BE PROBABLY BIGGER THAN GIANT MINE AND KIND OF INCLUDE YELLOWKNIFE, SIMILAR TO MAYBE HOW SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNITY WELLNESS REPORTS ARE DONE. IT SOUNDED LIKE THAT WASN'T OUT YET.

IF THAT'S TRUE, WHEN WOULD WE BE ABLE TO ANTICIPATE SEEING THE FIRST ONE OR THE NEXT ONE? GREAT. THANKS, MADAM CHAIR. ANDRE OR. SORRY, ERICA.

NOT ME. HI. WE ALL WANT TO TALK TO YOU. WE'RE UP HERE.

SO, WE'VE JUST LEARNED OF SOME STAFFING CHANGES AND AT HHS, AND EVERYONE'S BEEN REALLY BUSY, THEY'RE WORKING ON THE HIGHWAY PROJECT THAT'S IN E.

SO RIGHT NOW, I CAN'T TELL YOU AN ANSWER, BUT THEY SAID, DON'T WORRY, WE'RE STILL ON THIS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHO THE NEW STAFF MEMBER IS THAT WILL BE ON THAT FILE.

BUT WE'VE GOTTEN IT TO A POINT OF LIKE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

THEY YOU KNOW, THOSE INDICATORS ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.

SO, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF LIKE DIGGING INTO THE DATA AND STARTING TO PULL A DRAFT TOGETHER.

AWESOME. THANKS. I WAS JUST CURIOUS. THAT'S GREAT.

OKAY, MY LAST QUESTION IS WITH RESPECT TO SLIDE 37.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT INFORMATION IN YOUR SLIDE DECK.

THAT'S I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY THAT SHOWS THE BONUSES AND THE DEDUCTIONS.

AND AS A PROJECT MANAGER, I LOVE TO SEE THAT INFORMATION MYSELF.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF YOU'RE ABLE TO SHARE FOR THE DEDUCTIONS AMOUNT, WHICH IS PRETTY BIG.

WERE ANY OF THOSE COMMITMENTS NOT RELATED TO LIKE CHANGE ORDERS AND GOING OVER BUDGET, WERE THEY? HEATHER. WAS THERE OTHER CATEGORIES OF COMMITMENTS THAT RESULTED IN THOSE DEDUCTIONS? AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT NOW, WE CAN SINCE YOU'RE DOING ANOTHER PRESENTATION, WE CAN ALWAYS I CAN CIRCLE BACK LATER, TOO, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S PRETTY SPECIFIC, RIGHT? I CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE CHANGE ORDER ELEMENT, BUT I CAN TALK ABOUT LIKE, THE COMMITMENTS IN GENERAL.

MOST OF THEM, I THINK IT'S FROM 22 GOING BACK TO 2020.

SORRY. SO IT'S A NUMBER OF YEARS AND THERE WERE SOME SIGNIFICANT CONTRACTS THAT CONTRIBUTED, FOR THE MOST PART, IS WHAT I THINK 80,000 FROM ONE CONTRACT AND THE COMMITMENTS WERE FOR TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND PROCUREMENT. I CAN SAY THAT PROCUREMENT GENERALLY IS MET AND THEN IT'S TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT ARE THE DIFFICULT ONES TO MEET.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S ALL FOR ME, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, I APPRECIATE IT.

I THINK WE'LL GET INTO MORE IN THE RISK DISCUSSION AND YEAH, APPRECIATE THAT INFORMATION ON THE DEDUCTIONS AND SEEING THE, YOU KNOW, THE GROWTH AND EMPLOYMENT BUT NOT MUCH OF A GROWTH IN THE NORTHERN.

BUT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW HAVING 300K TO DO A BIT OF THAT CAPACITY DEVELOPING, HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEE SOME GROWTH IN THE FUTURE.

SO APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. AND WITH THAT, IF WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WE'VE GOT YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION.

AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WITH THAT, WE CAN GET COUNCILLOR COCHRANE BACK.

AND OUR FINAL ITEM IS IN CAMERA, I BELIEVE. YES, WE'VE GOT AN IN-CAMERA REGARDING THE

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IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO MOVE IN CAMERA MOVE BY COUNCILOR ARDEN-SMITH, SECONDED BY COUNCILOR FEQUET.

ANYBODY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE, WE CAN GO IN CAMERA.

THANKS, EVERYBODY. AND BUSINESS ARISING FROM IN-CAMERA

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WE WILL BRING THAT FORWARD NEXT MONDAY, MARCH 24TH AT 2025.

WITH THAT, WE'VE REACHED THE END OF OUR AGENDA.

IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOVED BY COUNCILOR ARDEN-SMITH, WE CAN BE ADJOURNED.

WE'LL SEE EVERYBODY NEXT MONDAY, MARCH 24TH AT 12:05 P.M.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.