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[1. Opening Statement]

[00:00:03]

SO I WILL CALL OUR GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE MEETING FOR MONDAY, JUNE 2ND, 2025 TO ORDER.

AND WE HAVE JUST READ THE OPENING STATEMENT AS PART OF OUR SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING.

SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GO TO APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

[2. Approval of the agenda]

MR. VAN DINE, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE AGENDA? NOTHING ELSE TO ADD, MR. CHAIR? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND NEXT WE HAVE DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF FOR THIS AGENDA.

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

IS THERE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST FROM ANY COLLEAGUES? NO. SO NEXT, WE HAVE A MEMORANDUM REGARDING WHETHER TO ADOPT THE 2025 MUNICIPAL TAX LEVY AND 2025 SCHOOL TAX LEVY BYLAWS.

[4. A memorandum regarding whether to adopt the 2025 Municipal Tax Levy and 2025 School Tax Levy by-laws]

MR. VAN DINE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.

THIS IS ONE OF THE ANNUAL JOYS THAT COUNCIL GETS TO DO ON A REGULAR BASIS WITH WHICH TO ALIGN THE BUDGET COMMITMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE PREVIOUS BUDGET OF BUDGET 2025 WITH THE REVENUES REQUIRED IN ORDER TO MEET THE OBLIGATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS OF CITY OPERATIONS.

THIS PROCESS IS LEGISLATED UNDER THIS, UNDER THE UNDER PADA AND UNDER THE CITY, TOWNS AND VILLAGES ACT.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER TODAY SIMPLY IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THE EXPECTED LEVEL OF TAXATION FROM 6.02% DOWN TO 5.86 AS A RESULT OF THE VALUATION THAT HAD BEEN CONDUCTED OVER THIS CURRENT YEAR.

WE ARE ALSO OBLIGATED, AS YOU KNOW, TO BRING FORWARD AT THE SAME TIME, THE MILL RATE FOR THE SCHOOL BOARDS.

SO THAT IS RESPONSIBILITY OF, OF COUNCIL AS WELL.

AND I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE HAVE FOR REPRESENTING DISTRICT ONE LISA VOS ANGELIQUE AND FROM THE YELLOWKNIFE CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOARD, MR. ADAM MURRAY HERE TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS IF COUNCIL HAS, WITH RESPECT TO THE RATES THAT ARE HERE TODAY.

WHAT THE MEMO LAYS OUT NOT VERY PLAINLY, I WOULD SAY, BUT WHAT THE MEMO DOES INDICATE IS THAT THE RELATIVE LEVEL OF GROWTH AND ADJUSTMENT AND INCREASE, BASED ON THE EVALUATION HAS DONE HAS BEEN RELATIVELY MODEST, ALLOWING US TO BE ABLE TO NOT. COME IN WITH ANY SURPRISES.

AND I'M JUST WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF MR. CARVEY AND HIS TEAM, WHO, ON A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE, NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET OUR LEGISLATIVE TIMELINES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN GOOD STANDING AND ARE ABLE TO MEET THE FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY AND ITS 2025 BUDGET PROCESS.

WITH THAT, I WILL INVITE COUNCIL TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS IT MAY HAVE WITH RESPECT TO THE MEMO THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED.

AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY, ANY QUESTIONS THAT ARISE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. VAN DINE. AND THANK YOU TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF BOTH YK1 AND YCS FOR BEING HERE. IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR MY COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR, AND THANKS FOR BEING HERE. IF IT IS POSSIBLE, I WAS JUST GOING TO FLAG SOMETHING, BUT IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION, THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO THE SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES. JUST WANTED TO FLAG OUR, OUR MILL RATE INCREASE OR TAX INCREASE FROM THE CITY'S JUST UNDER 6% IN THE SCHOOLS INCREASE IS 11.5%, PRETTY MUCH DOUBLE. IF YOU'RE ABLE TO ANSWER JUST WHAT IS DRIVING THAT SIGNIFICANT COST INCREASE AND WHAT'S BEING DONE FROM YOUR ASPECT TO CONTROL OR MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE INCREASES? MR. VAN DINE, I'LL PASS IT TO YOU TO INVITE WHOMEVER MAYBE FROM BOTH SCHOOL BOARDS.

TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION FROM COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. PLEASE. GREAT.

ECE FUNDS THE TWO SCHOOL BOARDS TO THE TUNE OF APPROXIMATELY AN 80/20 SPLIT.

THEY FUND 75% OF JK TO GRADE NINE AND 100% OF GRADES TEN THROUGH 12.

THIS YEAR, THE SPLIT CAME OUT TO ABOUT 80.85% TO BE FUNDED BY ECE, LEAVING 19.15% TO BE FUNDED BY CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE CALCULATION OF WHAT ECE IS EXPECTING THAT 19.15 TO BE A TOTAL OF, IT'S 8.1 MILLION, THE ASSESSED VALUE OR THE TAX VALUE, BASED ON THE ASSESSMENT THAT THE CITY WAS GOING TO BE GIVING US AT THE 2.96 MILL RATE WAS 7.2. SO WE'RE 905,000 SHORT OF WHAT ECE EXPECTED FROM OUR 19.15% OF THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION. SO IF THAT'S THE MAIN DRIVER.

SO WITH THE 3.3 MILL RATE INCREASE THAT BRINGS US UP TO 8.038 MILLION.

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WE'RE STILL 69,000 SHORT ON THE YK1 SIDE. I'LL LET ANGELIQUE ADDRESS THE YCS.

SO YCS LOOKS SIMILAR RIGHT NOW. AS OF, LIKE, THE BLENDED RATE, YCS WOULD HAVE, WOULD NEED 4.9 MILLION IN TAX DOLLARS TO MEET THE RATIO, WHICH OUR BLENDED RATE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT TO YK1 DUE TO THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE 4.9 MILLION TO MEET THE RATIO THAT IS SET OUT IN THE SCHOOL FUNDING FRAMEWORK.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD GET ROUGHLY 4.5 MILLION.

SO WE ARE UNDERFUNDED BY AROUND LIKE 400,000 WHEN IT COMES TO THE BLENDED RATE.

SO WITH THE NEW REQUESTED MILL RATE INCREASE TO 3.3, WE WOULD GET UP TO 5 MILLION IN TOTAL TAX REVENUE DOLLARS, WHICH WOULD BRING US A LITTLE OVER THE BLENDED RATE BY LIKE 130,000.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT RESPONSE. ANYTHING FURTHER? COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANKS FOR BEING HERE. YEAH.

JUST TO FLAG THAT THESE ARE COSTS THAT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OF THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE, AND WE NEED TO PASS THROUGH THIS MONEY.

THE YEAH, IT LOOKS TO BE MOVING AROUND THEIR MAC FORMULAS AND GIVING US A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY, BUT ESSENTIALLY NOT BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING TO PASS THROUGH ANOTHER MILLION AND A HALF.

SO ANY ADDITIONAL MONEY WE GET FROM THE NWT IS REALLY JUST DISAPPEARING INSTANTLY.

SO JUST SOMETHING TO FLAG FOR RESIDENTS. AND SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILOR MCLENNAN. COUNCILLOR WARBURTON. SO HAS THE RATIO FOR YOU THE FROM THE GMT FUNDING, HAS IT CHANGED OR HAS YOUR COSTS GONE UP MORE THAN THEY'VE ACCOUNTED FOR OR KIND OF LIKE WHAT DROVE THAT DIFFERENCE? I BELIEVE PART OF THE PROBLEM IN SPEAKING WITH THE FORMER TAX AND BUDGET MANAGER WHO RETIRED OVER A YEAR AGO, THE MILL RATE HASN'T BEEN INCREASED IN CLOSE TO 20 YEARS FROM WHAT SHE HAS TOLD ME.

SO THE ONLY INCREASES THAT WE'VE GOTTEN OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS HAVE BEEN ASSESSMENT GROWTH.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN AN ANALYSIS DONE PRIOR TO ME.

I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE NINE MONTHS. TEN MONTHS, I SHOULD SAY.

USED TO BE HERE. SO COSTS ARE NOT COSTS ARE NOT BEING KEPT UP AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT IN IN RELATION TO INCREASES ARE OPERATING PORTION OF OUR BUDGET, WHICH IS ONLY ABOUT 17%.

ISN'T KEEPING THE FUNDING ISN'T KEEPING PACE WITH INFLATION.

AS YOU KNOW, YOU'RE STRUGGLING AS WELL FOR YOUR OPERATING COSTS.

SO HEATING, ELECTRICITY, THOSE ARE ALL GOING UP.

BUT OUR BUDGET HASN'T GONE UP IN YEARS ON THAT ONE.

SO THERE'S A BUNCH THERE'S A MIXTURE OF PRESSURES ON THE SCHOOL BOARDS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. COUNCILLOR WARBURTON.

YEAH. THANKS. SO THE FORM IS NOT SHIFTING. SO THE IT'S SHIFTING ONTO THE TAX BASE OF YELLOWKNIFE ESSENTIALLY IS, THAT? WELL, ACCORDING TO THE SCHOOL FUNDING FRAMEWORK, IT SHOULD BE LIKE AROUND 80%.

BUT WE HAVEN'T MET THAT 80, 8020 RATIO IN A LONG TIME.

SO WE ARE JUST ADJUSTING IT TO THAT NOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY AND FOR COMMUNICATING THIS THROUGH THIS PLATFORM.

AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE CHANCE TO COMMUNICATE THIS INFORMATION TO YELLOWKNIFER. SO THANKS FOR BEING HERE. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANKS VERY MUCH. SO WITH THAT,

[5. A memorandum regarding whether to approve recommended Strategic Priorities for the Municipal Enforcement Division (MED) for 2025/26]

WE HAVE OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS A MEMO REGARDING WHETHER TO APPROVE RECOMMENDED STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FOR THE MUNICIPAL ENFORCEMENT DIVISION FOR 2025 2026. SO I'LL PASS THIS OVER TO MR. VAN DINE IF THERE'S ANY UPDATES FROM THE ADMIN SIDE OF THINGS.

BUT THEN WHEN WE GET INTO IT, I'LL START BY GIVING ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES A SORT OF WHERE THE STATUS QUO IS FROM OUR CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD STARTED LAST WEEK, AND THEN WE CAN SORT OF KICK IT OFF FROM THERE. SO WITH THAT, THOUGH, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO MR. VAN DINE FIRST. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO INDICATE THAT WE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH THE LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT THAT COUNCIL PROVIDED WHEN THIS ITEM WAS FIRST PRESENTED, AND THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED HAS RESULTED IN A SHARPENING OF THE PRIORITIES AND POTENTIAL LANGUAGE AROUND WHAT THOSE PRIORITIES COULD BE.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO COUNCIL'S ONGOING DELIBERATIONS ON THIS TODAY AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE.

AND I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. PERFECT. THANKS VERY MUCH. SO I'LL WALK EVERYBODY THROUGH SORT OF A SUMMARY OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE ALL HAD LAST WEEK.

AND THEN I'LL GIVE ADMIN A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO SORT OF WHAT THAT CONVERSATION HAS BEEN TO DATE, AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE ANY CONVERSATION THAT STILL MAY EXIST IF THERE IS ANY AT THAT POINT.

SO JUST GOING BACK TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ADMIN, YOU CAN SEE THEM IN THE MEMO.

AND SO WHERE WE HAD ALL SETTLED SORT OF AT THE END OF LAST WEEK WAS AROUND AMENDING THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION OR THE FIRST POINT TO SAY TO REMOVE THE PIECE. SO SORT OF DO A HARD STOP AFTER HIGHWAY TRAFFIC BYLAW.

[00:10:01]

SO REMOVING THAT BIT ABOUT AS WELL AS PREPARING FOR THE ADDITION OF BIKE LANES TO THE CITY.

AND THEN ALSO ADDING IN FOCUSING ON PEDESTRIAN INTERSECTION SAFETY IN SCHOOL ZONES SPECIFICALLY.

SO THAT WAS SORT OF THE DIRECTION THAT COUNCIL WAS TAKING OUT OF THE CONVERSATION LAST WEEK IS FOCUSING ON SCHOOL ZONES AND THEN STRATEGIC ENFORCEMENT OF THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC BYLAW, SORT OF AS A, AS A TOTALITY, NOT SORT OF WHITTLING IT DOWN ANY FURTHER.

AND THE LOGIC THAT WE HAD AS A REMINDER FOR EVERYBODY IS THE FACT THAT ENFORCEMENT OF THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC BYLAW AS A BYLAW IN TOTALITY IS GOOD FOR ROAD SAFETY GENERALLY. WE CAN DEBATE WHETHER THAT IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN GO BACK TO THAT.

BUT THAT'S WHERE WE WERE SITTING LAST WEEK. WE ALSO PROPOSED STRIKING ITEMS TWO AND FOUR.

ALL OF US, WHOEVER SPOKE ON THOSE ITEMS, IF YOU HAD THE RATIONALE WAS NOT THAT THEY'RE NOT IMPORTANT, BUT JUST THEY'RE NOT PRIORITIES PER SE. THERE ARE MORE THINGS THAT ARE OPERATIONAL.

SO AROUND PARKING ENFORCEMENT, IT WAS SEEN AS MORE OF AN OPERATIONAL PIECE AND SOMETHING THAT'S JUST NOT A PRIORITY FOR COUNCIL.

AND SAME WITH AROUND THE BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS. IT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT IMPORTANT, BUT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF OUR LONG TERM OPERATIONAL PIECE, NOT A STRATEGIC PRIORITY. AND THEN THE THIRD ITEM WE HAD ACTUALLY LEFT ALONE BASED LARGELY BASED OFF OF DIFFERENT OPINIONS, THERE WAS SOME SUGGESTIONS TO MAYBE JUST HONE IT BACK TO NOT SAYING SPECIFIC ACTIONS.

BUT OTHERS DISAGREED WITH THAT. SO RECOMMENDATION SORT OF OVERALL WAS TO LEAVE IT ALONE.

RECOGNIZING THAT THERE'S OTHER SPECIFIC AUTHORITIES OUTSIDE OF MED, SUCH AS THE RCMP AND THEN ALSO THE NEW STREET OUTREACH.

NOT AN AUTHORITY, BUT STREET OUTREACH IN TERMS OF OTHER WAYS TO WORK WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE EVERYBODY THAT SORT OF OVERALL, I HAD EMAILED THIS TO YOU IN ADVANCE AS WELL, BUT THAT OVERALL SORT OF PIECE. SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, PERHAPS IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, YOU CAN FEEDBACK ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM COUNSEL'S CONVERSATION LAST WEEK AND THIS HONING IN ON THESE POTENTIAL PRIORITIES. DO YOU AGREE, DO YOU DISAGREE? DO YOU HAVE CONCERNS? FROM THERE AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION.

SO I'LL PASS IT OVER TO MR. VAN DINE TO TAKE US THROUGH THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. AND I'LL INVITE MR. MCLEAN TO RESPOND. IN ADDITION, IN A MOMENT JUST TO REMIND COUNCIL THAT THE BENEFIT OF PROVIDING THESE PRIORITIES TO COUNCIL AND GETTING COUNCIL'S ENGAGEMENT ON IT, IT REALLY DOES HELP US MANAGE A SERIES OF RISKS, I GUESS, WITHIN THE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY BASED ON THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED. AND SO WITH THE DIRECTION THAT WE GET FROM COUNCIL ON THIS, THIS IS HOW WE WILL BE TAKING THE RESOURCES THAT COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED US TO ADVANCE THOSE THE I THINK THE LANGUAGE I USED EARLIER, THE SHARPENING OF THE FOCUS IN THESE AREAS WILL HELP US DISCHARGE THOSE RESOURCES HOPEFULLY WITH, WITH SOME IMPACT. I WOULD ALSO REITERATE THAT DURING BUDGET 2026 PROCESSES, WE WILL TRY TO THE EXTENT THAT WE ARE BETWEEN NOW AND THOSE THAT PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF UPDATE ON HOW WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING THE PRIORITIES FROM THIS POINT FORWARD TO THAT TIME WITH THAT MR. MCLEAN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE PRIORITIES? I HAVE NO FURTHER INPUT TO OFFER. NO. THANK YOU.

SO FOR CLARITY, DOES THAT MEAN PUBLIC SAFETY IS OKAY WITH WHAT THAT PROPOSAL IS JUST FOR CONFIRMATION? YES. PERFECT. JUST WANT. I TOOK IT THAT WAY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

SO WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES? OTHERWISE, THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'LL GO FORWARD TO COUNCIL.

SEEING, OH COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN, SEE I GAVE TOO MUCH TIME THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YEAH. AGREED WITH THE PROPOSALS AS PRESENTED AND PARTICULARLY JUST KEEPING IN MIND SETTING EXPECTATIONS OF THE PUBLIC.

JUST ANOTHER REMINDER THAT MUNICIPAL ENFORCEMENT CANNOT ENFORCE THINGS LIKE PUBLIC DRINKING OR A LOT OF THE SORT OF CRIMINAL ASPECTS THAT PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WITH SAFETY DOWNTOWN. SO I APPRECIATE THAT THESE SET A REALISTIC EXPECTATION OF WHAT MED CAN ENFORCE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILLOR WARBURTON.

YEAH. I SUPPORT ALL THESE PRIORITIES. I WAS HERE LAST WEEK FOR THAT VERY DETAILED DISCUSSION AT LENGTH, WHICH I WATCHED. I DO PARTICULARLY LIKE THE FOCUS ON SCHOOL ZONES, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

RCP DOES HAVE A TRAFFIC MANDATE, SO THEY DO HANDLE TRAFFIC.

I REALIZE THAT WELL, WE'RE FOCUSING ON SCHOOL ZONES WILL KIND OF NOT FOCUS ON OTHER AREAS, BUT I'M IN SUPPORT OF THAT. I WANT TO FOCUS USE OF OUR TIME, NOT CITYWIDE.

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THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BEFORE WE FINISH WITH THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM AND SPECIFICALLY THE MED MANAGER FOR, FOR WORKING THROUGH AND CLEARLY LISTENING TO COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, AND YOU'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR THREE MONTHS, BUT YOU CLEARLY WENT BACK AND WORKED WITH YOUR DIRECTOR TO, TO HEAR COUNCIL OVER THE LAST WHILE. SO MUCH APPRECIATED, BOTH OF YOU.

SO WITH THAT, WE WILL BRING FORWARD THOSE REVISED RECOMMENDATIONS TO OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEEK.

SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS A MEMORANDUM REGARDING WHETHER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE NORTHWEST

[6. A memorandum regarding whether to enter into an Agreement with the Northwest Territories Association of Communities to receive the City's allocation of federal DMAF funding for NWT communities for wildland fire resiliency]

TERRITORIES ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITIES TO RECEIVE THE CITY'S ALLOCATION OF FEDERAL FUNDING FOR NWT COMMUNITIES FOR WILDLIFE FIRE RESILIENCY.

AND OVER TO MR. VAN DINE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

SO AS COUNCIL IS AWARE, WE WE PRESENTED OUR COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN A FEW WEEKS BACK AND IN THAT PRESENTATION MR. MCLEAN LAID OUT THE LEVEL OF AMBITION AND PLANS FOR ACCESSING RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT THAT PLAN.

THE NWT ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITIES IS THE ENTITY THAT IS HOLDING ON TO THE DOLLARS THAT WE ARE NEEDING TO ACCESS AND THE MEMO THAT'S PRESENTED HERE TODAY REINFORCES THE PLANS THAT WE HAD PRESENTED AT THAT TIME AND ARE LOOKING FOR COUNCIL'S SUPPORT TO MOVE FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND IMPLEMENT THE PLAN AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO THE RECOMMENDATION IN THE MEMO? COUNCILLOR COCHRANE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. ONLY COMMENT TO SAY IS YES, ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THIS, LET'S GET THAT FUNDING. SUCCINCT AND WELL SAID.

COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH.

ALSO IN SUPPORT, I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF THERE'S ANY SCHEDULE OR FORECAST.

ON ANY PRESCRIBED BURNING AS PER THE WILDFIRE PLAN.

MR. VAN DINE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. MCLEAN IN A MOMENT. THE COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN THAT WE HAD PRESENTED TO COUNCIL INDICATED THE SITES THAT WE HAD PLANNED ON ADDRESSING THROUGH SUCH TECHNIQUES. AND FOR COUNCIL'S REFERENCE THAT WAS INDICATED VISUALLY ON PAGE 14 THAT OUTLINED OUR TREATMENT PRIORITIES AND TYPES OF ACTION IN TERMS OF SCHEDULING.

I BELIEVE AT THAT TIME WE HAD INDICATED THAT WE WOULD BE WORKING WITH ECC ON THAT SCHEDULE AND THAT WE WERE AIMING FOR FALL.

SO NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER, BUT WE WERE AIMING FOR FALL.

THAT IS ALL ALWAYS WEATHER AND CONDITION DEPENDENT.

AND WE WILL KEEP COUNCIL APPRIZED EITHER FORMALLY OR INFORMALLY AS TO WHEN THAT WILL OCCUR.

BUT MR. MCLEAN WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING WITH RESPECT TO PLANS FOR THIS THIS COMING YEAR.

THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. SO AS THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN THIS TYPE OF PRESCRIPTION WITH PRESCRIBED BURNING, WE DO RELY ON ECC FOREST MANAGEMENT AS A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ON THIS.

THEY WERE GOING TO OR THEY HAD ANTICIPATED COMING UP WITH A PRESCRIBED TREATMENT PLAN ON A ONE HECTARE, SQUARE HECTARE BASIS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WILL NEED TO DO IS THEY NEED TO KIND OF GO IN AND DO A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE AREA TO SEE HOW DENSE THE VEGETATION IS. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE TERRAIN FEATURES IN THERE IF THERE'S ANY WETLANDS, THINGS LIKE THAT ALL THAT WILL AFFECT AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE CONDITIONS IN THOSE AREAS, ALL THAT WILL AFFECT THE PRESCRIPTION TREATMENT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO APPROACH.

THAT COULD BE ANYTHING FROM TO MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY'VE SAID TO COMPLETELY BURNING OUT AN AREA JUST TO, YOU KNOW, BURNING OUT THE GROUND FUELS OR LADDER FUELS THAT THAT ALLOWS THE FIRE TO, TO PROGRESS INTO LIKE A CROWN FIRE.

SO BEST CASE SCENARIO, BASED ON WHAT OCCURS THIS SUMMER AND WHAT MOTHER NATURE DECIDES, THE ENVIRONMENT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL. WE'LL GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO DETERMINE IF, IF THAT'S A REASONABLE TIME FRAME IS IN THE FALL, TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THIS WORK. I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THEY WILL DO IT ALL AT ONCE.

THE OTHER PIECE WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF IS THE COMMUNITIES.

I GUESS UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE WILL HAVE TO BE SOME, SOME VERY STRONG WELL WORDED COMMUNICATION GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

THESE EVENTS OFTEN CREATE A LOT OF SMOKE, OF COURSE, AND ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE CITY.

AND THAT CAN BE TRIGGERING FOR SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS.

SO WE NEED TO BE EMPATHETIC AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE COGNIZANT OF THOSE EFFECTS AS WELL.

SO WE WOULD WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN WELL IN ADVANCE OF ANY OF THIS WORK.

THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE UPDATE AND ALL THE WORK.

THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM?

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NOPE. THEN WE WILL BRING THAT FORWARD TO OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AS WELL WITH THE RECOMMENDATION.

SO WITH THAT, OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS AN IN-CAMERA ITEM.

[7. A legal matter]

SO CAN I GET A MOTION TO MOVE IN-CAMERA? COUNCILLOR COCHRANE, SECONDED BY COUNCILOR WARBURTON. WE WILL GO IN CAMERA.

AND THERE WAS NO BUSINESS ARISING FROM IN-CAMERA.

SO WITH THAT CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOVE BY COUNCIL MCGURK SECONDED BY COUNCILOR WARBURTON.

EVERYBODY HAVE A LOVELY AFTERNOON.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.