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AND SO I WILL NOW CALL OUR GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE MEETING FOR MONDAY, JUNE 16TH, 2025 TO ORDER. AND WE JUST READ THE OPENING STATEMENT.
[2. Approval of the agenda.]
SO NEXT WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. JUST FOR EVERYBODY, I'M GOING TO ADD AN ITEM AS NUMBER SIX ON THE AGENDA AS REQUESTED BY ADMINISTRATION.AND THAT ITEM IS GOING TO BE AN UPDATE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS REGARDING TRIAL BIKE LANES.
ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE CITY MANAGER? MR. CHAIR.
NOTHING TO ADD. HIS MIC ISN'T WORKING. WE'LL GET THAT FIGURED OUT.
[3. Disclosure of conflict of interest and the general nature thereof.]
NEXT WE HAVE DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF.DOES ANY MEMBER HAVE A CONFLICT? COUNCILLOR COCHRANE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. AS THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER FOR PARSONS ON THE GIANT MINE REMEDIATION PROJECT, I AM IN CONFLICT FOR NUMBER FIVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[4. A discussion regarding RCMP Priorities]
NEXT, WE HAVE A DISCUSSION REGARDING RCMP PRIORITIES, AND I WILL INVITE RCMP MEMBER KURTIS PILLIPOW TO THE PODIUM.JUST GO AHEAD AND HIT THE GREEN BUTTON THERE SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN HEAR YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. TAKE IT AWAY.
PLEASE LEAVE IT ON. OH, THERE WE ARE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEW TO THIS TECHNOLOGY? EXCUSE ME. ALL RIGHT.
SO WHAT INITIATED MY INVITATION TO THIS MEETING, I BELIEVE, WAS MY COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY ON IDENTIFYING SOME KEY PRIORITIES AT THE RCMP IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP COULD SETTLE ON, SO THAT WE COULD HELP DIRECT SOME OF OUR PRIORITIES, BUT INITIATIVES TO ACHIEVE THOSE PRIORITIES. AND WHAT I COMMUNICATED WAS, AND READ FROM MY LIST HERE, CRIME REDUCTION AND INTERRUPTION, SPECIFICALLY THE TARGETED ENFORCEMENT RESPONSES TO REDUCE HARM TO THE OVERALL COMMUNITY.
PERFECT. SO FOR JUST, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND THE WORK OF THE RCMP IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE HAD ALL RECEIVED THAT LETTER, AND SO I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO MY COLLEAGUES.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MR. PILLIPOW. AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. COUNCILLOR COCHRANE.
WILL THERE BE AN EMPHASIS UPON PARTICULAR ZONES WITHIN THE CITY FOR THIS AREA? PRIMARILY, I SPEAK OF THE DOWNTOWN CORE, AS LAST WEEK WE DID PASS A MOTION SPECIFICALLY REITERATING STREETS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE PATROLS OR MORE EMPHASIS ON JUST WONDERING IF YOU ARE RECEPTIVE TOWARDS THAT? YES, MOST CERTAINLY. SO WE HAVE AN INTEREST IN SAFER COMMUNITIES AND CERTAINLY ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT IT'S ADOPTED AND PUT INTO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THIS YEAR.
WHEN WE TALK, WHEN I TALK ABOUT HARM REDUCTION TO THE COMMUNITY, IT'S KIND OF FROM DIFFERENT SCALES, WHETHER IT'S WHAT WE SEE, STREET LEVEL KIND OF DISRUPTIONS OF PEOPLE'S BUSINESSES AND DAY TO DAY LIVES UP TO MORE OF THE ORGANIZED CRIME IN TERMS OF, SAY, ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFICKING, FOR EXAMPLE. SO WE DO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE, AND WE ARE COLLABORATING WITH MED FROM THE CITY HERE TO ENHANCE OUR PHYSICAL PRESENCE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. WHETHER IT BE FOOT PATROLS OR BICYCLE PATROLS, WE ARE OFTEN IN THE COMMUNITIES TRAVELING TO AND FROM.
BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS RECOGNIZABLE, PARTICULARLY IF WE'RE IN A POLICE VEHICLE DRIVING FROM POINT A TO POINT B, SO WE DO WANT TO STRIVE TO INCREASE OUR PRESENCE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK YOUR PRESENCE WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL IN ACTING AS A DETERRENCE HERE. I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THE COLLABORATION WITH MED WORKING ON FOOT PATROLS AND BIKE PATROLS. I THINK THAT SHOULD ACT AS THE KIND OF PRESENCE THAT WE NEED.
THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILLOR COCHRANE.
COUNCILLOR FEQUET. I SAW YOUR HAND GO UP. IT'S GONE NOW.
THANKS MR. CHAIR. YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO LET COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN ASK THE QUESTION, SINCE HE'S THERE IN PERSON ABOUT SOME OF THE SPECIFICS. IF HE'S ABLE TO ELABORATE ON ALL THREE OF THOSE PRIORITIES THAT THEY HAVE LISTED IN THEIR LETTER TO US AND WHAT SOME OF THE ACTIONS THAT THEY'LL BE TAKING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR US ON OUR STREETS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. OKAY, SO JUST.
I'LL BE MINDFUL OF THE TIME I HAVE HERE AND I'LL GO THROUGH QUICKLY.
AND IF THERE'S ANY POINTS TO CONFIRM OR CLARIFY, PLEASE BRING ME BACK.
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SO CRIME REDUCTION INTERRUPTION. SO WE WOULD HAVE A FOCUS ON INTELLIGENCE GATHERING MORE FOR THE LARGER SCALE, MORE IMPACTFUL HARM THAT'S DONE TO THE COMMUNITY.AND LOOK AT THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES TO DISRUPT THAT.
AND ON THE SAME STREAM FOCUS ON INITIATIVES THAT ARE THE LOWEST IN TERMS OF RESOURCE INVESTMENT, BUT YET STILL HAVE IMPACT FOR THE GREATER COMMUNITY AND PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY AS I GO THREE THROUGH THE THREE ITEMS, PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE PARAMOUNT FEATURES.
JUST BECAUSE OFFICER PRESENCE CAN DO SO MUCH TO DETER AND DISRUPT CRIME AT MANY LEVELS.
SO RECONCILIATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPECIFICALLY WITH LEADERSHIP.
I'VE BEEN DOING THAT ALREADY. WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT ALREADY, AS A COLLECTIVE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION AND CAN HAVE, I THINK AT TIMES, FORMAL AND INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS SO THAT WE CAN SHARE MESSAGES, SHARE INFORMATION AND JUST SPEAK FREELY WITH EACH OTHER.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO DOING THAT, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF OF IDENTIFYING MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL EFFORTS THAT WE CAN COLLABORATE ON AND AGAIN, ENHANCE POLICE PRESENCE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, AS WELL AS DIFFERENT VENUES LIKE COMMUNITY EVENTS AND EVENTS JUST LIKE THIS AND ENHANCING ROAD SAFETY. SELF-EXPLANATORY. WE HAVE COLLABORATED, RCMP HAVE COLLABORATED WITH CITY MED ALREADY ON ROAD SAFETY INITIATIVE, AND WE PLAN ON CONTINUING TO DO JUST THAT, AND I'LL COME BACK TO YOU IN ENHANCED PRESENCE ON THE ROADWAY.
AND WE DO HAVE NEWLY FORMED, WELL, POSITIONS FILLED IN THIS DIVISION'S TRAFFIC SERVICES UNIT.
SO WE CAN APPRECIATE THAT THERE WILL BE IMPACT FROM THAT, JUST HAVING THE PRESENCE ON THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR DETACHMENT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR TRAFFIC SECTION.
AND THAT WOULD BE MY NEXT POINT. ONE OF THE INITIATIVES WOULD BE JUST LEVERAGING EXISTING RESOURCES TO ENHANCE OUR CAPACITY TO SPEARHEAD ROAD SAFETY INITIATIVES. SO COLLABORATION WITH YKMED AS WELL AS OUR TRAFFIC SERVICES SECTION.
AND THEN THIRDLY WE WOULD NOT ONLY INSTITUTE BUT PROMOTE SPECIFIC ROAD SAFETY INITIATIVES BEYOND WHAT W E WOULD BE MANDATED TO DO NATIONALLY, LIKE IMPAIRED DRIVING INITIATIVES OVER THE HOLIDAY SEASONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. COUNCILLOR FEQUET ANYTHING FURTHER? YES, MR. CHAIR. THANKS. THANKS FOR THAT RESPONSE. AND IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THE RCMP IS GETTING MORE CAPACITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE ROAD SAFETY DIVISION. OR TEAM.
I ASSUME YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE TWO RECENT PRIORITIES THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED FOR OUR MUNICIPAL ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, AND IT'S REALLY GREAT TO HEAR THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL ABOUT PRESENCE DOWNTOWN, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE TWO PRIORITIES THAT COUNCIL IDENTIFIED RECENTLY, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. THE OTHER REASON I WAS ASKING ABOUT ROAD SAFETY IN PARTICULAR IS BECAUSE COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THAT MED AND THE RCMP SIMILARLY HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THEY ARE ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR, BUT NOT ENOUGH TIME AND PEOPLE AND RESOURCES TO NECESSARILY TACKLE THEM ALL AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE FOR THE CITY. THE SECOND PRIORITY THAT WAS IDENTIFIED FOR THE MUNICIPAL ENFORCEMENT DIVISION WAS YOU KNOW, SCHOOLS, RIGHT? MAKING SURE THAT OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION KIDS IN THOSE AREAS, THERE'S EXTRA EYES, EXTRA PRESENCE IN THOSE SPACES. SO I GUESS I WAS JUST CURIOUS.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REFLECT ON OR COLLABORATE ON WITH MED ABOUT HOW TO EITHER SUPPORT OR COMPLEMENT MED IN THAT SPACE OR LET THEM FOCUS ON THAT AS ONE OF THEIR TOP PRIORITIES AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, LOOK AFTER MANY OF THE OTHER ROAD SAFETY ELEMENTS.
YEAH, CERTAINLY. SO I DID REFLECT, ALTHOUGH THAT WAS A SHORT PERIOD OF REFLECTION BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY LEADERSHIP ON THOSE PARTICULAR ITEMS ANYWAY, BEFORE THEY ARE FORMALIZED AS MED PRIORITIES.
SO YES, I MEAN, THESE ARE VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH WHAT THE RCMP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REGARDLESS.
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COUNCILLOR FEQUET. COOL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.THAT'S IT MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYTHING ELSE FROM COLLEAGUES? COUNCILLOR WARBURTON. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE THERE.
YOU DID MENTION SOME STAFFING KIND OF IMPROVING.
JUST A GENERAL IS THE STAFFING ACROSS THE DETACHMENT.
ARE YOU FULLY STAFFED OR DO YOU ANTICIPATE FULLY STAFFED OR HOW IS THAT GOING? I GUESS WE ARE NOT FULLY STAFFED. AND OUR STAFFING PERSONNEL ARE I BELIEVE, MAKING EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS TO ENHANCE STAFFING LEVELS NOT JUST AT OUR DETACHMENT, BUT ACROSS THE DIVISION.
WE DO HAVE SOME HUMAN RESOURCE PRESSURES AND WILL CONTINUE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, ALTHOUGH WE WE FORTUNATELY BENEFIT FROM, OR I BENEFIT FROM BEING IN A TOWN WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO BE, PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE IN COMMUNITY HERE.
SO WE DO CERTAINLY HAVE SOME INCOMING AND YOU KNOW, TO MITIGATE THE SHORTFALLS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE CERTAINLY JUST COLLABORATING WITH OUR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS TO PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICE THAT WE CAN.
AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYTHING ELSE? NO. THEN WITH THAT ONE, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE TO YELLOWKNIFE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO.
BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF ONE FOR COMING HERE AND PRESENTING TO COUNCIL TODAY AND, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING YOUR PRIORITIES FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, HOW THEY TIE INTO MED PRIORITIES.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO IN OUR CITY. OKAY, SURE.
AND FROM THIS, CAN I MAKE THE REASONABLE PRESUMPTION THAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE IN LINE WITH WHAT THE CITY FEELS SHOULD BE OUR PRIORITIES? YES. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH INSPECTOR PILLIPOW. AND NEXT UP WE HAVE A PRESENTATION.
[5. A presentation from Giant Mine Remediation Project Team.]
AND I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE SURE I GET THE WORDING ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, SO BEAR WITH ME.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM GIANT MINE REMEDIATION PROJECT TEAM.
SO I'LL INVITE UP NATALIE AND COUNCILLOR COCHRANE.
YOU CAN EXCUSE YOURSELF. JUST WAIT TILL COUNCILLOR COCHRANE IS OUT OF THE ROOM.
I WOULD DO THAT. AND THEN TAKE IT AWAY. GREAT.
WELL. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.
I'M NATALIE PLATO WITH DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE GIANT MINE REMEDIATION PROJECT.
I DO HAVE A FEW COLLEAGUES HERE TO HELP ME IN CASE I GET STUMPED.
I HAVE CANDACE ROSS, WHO IS OUR REGULATORY MANAGER.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN ALL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. SORRY.
THERE WE GO. I ALWAYS HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS.
THANK YOU. DO YOU MIND DOING THAT FOR ME, DEBBIE? THANK YOU.
OKAY. SO WE WERE INVITED HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS SPECIFICALLY GIANT MINE REMEDIATION PROJECT AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE WATER SOURCE STUDY COMPLETED IN 2024. THERE WERE TWO UPSET CONDITIONS THAT SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO GIANT MINE.
CERTAINLY, I DON'T THINK I'LL ANSWER ALL OF THEM, BUT HAPPY TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION GOING FORWARD. SO TO START WITH, I'D JUST LIKE TO TO SAY THAT OUR PROJECT, ONE OF OUR MAIN GOALS IS TO PREVENT UNCONTROLLED FLOODING OF THE MINE AT GIANT.
SO THE TWO UPSET CONDITIONS THAT YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WERE THAT OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANT FAILS FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE MINE WATER LEVEL RISES AND WE HAVE CONTAMINANTS RELEASING INTO THE BAY.
SO THAT'S THE ONE I'M PREDOMINANTLY GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TODAY, BECAUSE THE UPSET CONDITION NUMBER TWO IS WHERE WE RELEASE EFFLUENT THAT IS ABOVE OUR TARGETS, WHICH WE ARE NOT PERMITTED TO DO. SO THAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN.
SO THAT WOULD ACTUALLY FLIP BACK TO UPSET CONDITION NUMBER ONE.
SO THAT'S THE ONE I'VE PREDOMINANTLY FOCUSED ON TODAY.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO I THOUGHT I WOULD START WITH JUST GIVING A LITTLE UPDATE JUST SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS HOW WATER AND GIANT MINE, WHAT THE STATUS IS. SO THIS THIS SLIDE SHOWS A CROSS SECTION OF GIANT MINE.
ON THE FAR LEFT IS A2 PIT DOWN BY THE TOWN SIDE AREA, AND THE FAR RIGHT IS THE NORTHWEST, WHERE YOU SEE THE HEADFRAME. SO THAT'S ABOUT EIGHT KILOMETERS ALONG THE STRIKE.
SO WHAT YOU CAN SEE HOPEFULLY ON THIS DIAGRAM IS THE CROSS SECTION.
YOU CAN SEE THE MINE WATER POOL, IT'S THAT BLUISH SHADED AND IT'S MARKED BY THE 750 LEVEL.
AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT IN A MINUTE. BUT THAT'S WHERE WE KEEP THE WATER LEVEL AT GIANT MINE RIGHT NOW.
ALL THE WHITE ZIGZAG LINES ARE WHERE THEY MINED THE TUNNELS AND THE STOPES.
THEY'RE VERY CLOSE TO THE SURFACE AT GIANT, ABOUT GENERALLY 100 TO 200FT BELOW SURFACE.
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THERE'S 14 OF THEM RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THERE'S SOME PITS THAT THEY MINED OUT CLOSE TO THE SURFACE.SO WE KEEP THE MINE WATER AT GIANT FAR BELOW GREAT SLAVE LAKE WATER LEVEL.
SO RIGHT NOW HOW WE MANAGE WATER IS HOW IT'S BEEN MANAGED FOR DECADES.
WE PUMP WATER FROM THE UNDERGROUND UP INTO THE NORTHWEST POND, WHICH I CAN'T POINT, BUT YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING'S LABELED THERE, AND WE STORE THAT WATER. ALL WATER FROM SITE IS COLLECTED AND STORED AT THE NORTHWEST POND.
AND WE TREAT IT, AND THEN WE DISCHARGE IT INTO THE SETTLING AND POLISHING PONDS.
WAIT TILL IT MEETS OUR EFFLUENT CRITERIA, AND IT'S DISCHARGED TO BAKER POND AND BAKER CREEK.
SO THAT'S THE WAY MY WATER HAS BEEN MANAGED FOR DECADES, AND IT'S STILL HAPPENING TODAY.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS A SIMPLISTIC DIAGRAM SHOWS THE EXACT SAME THING.
THE MINE WATER COMES FROM THE POOL. IT'S STORED IN THE NORTHWEST POND.
SO THAT'S HOW WE DO IT TODAY, AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IT THIS YEAR. WE GENERALLY DISCHARGE DISCHARGED SEASONALLY. WE STORE THE WATER YEAR ROUND AND THEN USUALLY STARTING JULY 1ST, WE PUMP IT OVER TO THE TREATMENT PLANT, TREAT IT AND DISCHARGE IT.
SO IT'S A SEASONAL OPERATION WE TREAT DEPENDING ON HOW WET OR DRY THE YEAR IS, WE TREAT THROUGH JULY, AUGUST. SOMETIMES WE SHUT DOWN AND START AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER IF WE HAVE A BIT MORE TO TREAT, BUT IT'S USUALLY A, YOU KNOW, AN 8 TO 12 WEEK PROCESS.
SO GOING FORWARD NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. HOW ARE WE GOING TO MANAGE WATER? SO ON THAT DIAGRAM WHERE THERE'S THE BIG YELLOW STAR IS THE NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT WHICH WE'RE CURRENTLY BUILDING.
THAT PHOTO IS PROBABLY SIX MONTHS OLD. SO THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT IS COMPLETELY CLOSED IN.
SO WE'RE ABOUT A YEAR PLUS AWAY FROM THIS WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND THIS SYSTEM COMING INTO EFFECT.
SO THE ONE I JUST EXPLAINED WAS, YOU KNOW, DECADES AND IT SHOULD END NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN GOING FORWARD, THIS IS HOW WATER WILL BE MANAGED AT SITE.
WE'RE GOING TO PUMP WATER DIRECTLY FROM THE UNDERGROUND, THROUGH TWO WELLS DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE AND OVER TO THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT WHERE IT WILL BE TREATED, AND IT WILL BE DISCHARGED THROUGH AN OUTFALL PIPE, WHICH IS THE BLUE LINE ON THIS DIAGRAM.
THAT OUTFALL PIPE SNAKES AROUND THE OLD WE CALL IT THE OUTFALL ROAD.
SO WE'LL NO LONGER BE STORING WATER ON THE SURFACE.
WE'LL BE PUMPING CONTINUALLY, AND WE'LL ALSO BE TREATING 365 DAYS A YEAR.
SO AGAIN, THE MINE POOL WILL BE TREATED DIRECTLY TO THE NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
THE MILL POND IS SORT OF SORT OF ANY SURFACE WATER WE COLLECT ON SITE, RUN OFF WATER, OR WHAT WE CALL CONTACT WATER THAT COMES INTO CONTACT WITH CONTAMINATED AREAS WILL BE PUMPED INTO THE MINE POOL AND THEN UP TO THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
WE WILL TREAT THE WATER AND DISCHARGE DIRECTLY TO YELLOWKNIFE BAY.
SO THAT IS HOW WE MANAGE WATER CURRENTLY AND WILL BE SWITCHING NEXT YEAR TO THIS NEW SYSTEM.
AND THIS NEW SYSTEM WILL BE INTO THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. THERE IS NO END DATE FOR WATER TREATMENT.
SO ON OUR PROPERTY WE DO MANAGE RISK. WE TALK ABOUT RISK ALL THE TIME.
WE USE AN INTEGRATED RISK MANAGEMENT PROCEDURE.
SO THIS JUST GIVES YOU THE THE ISO 31,000 THAT THE PROJECT HAS ADOPTED IN TERMS OF ITS RISK MANAGEMENT, BECAUSE THAT WILL GET INTO HOW WE'RE GOING TO MANAGE RISK. ON THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, DEBBIE. SO HOW ARE WE MANAGING RISK AND ACTUALLY REDUCING THE RISK.
SO I THINK THIS IS GETTING TO THE MEAT OF WHAT YOU GUYS WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
SO AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE ARSENIC TRIOXIDE CHAMBERS ON SITE.
AND THEY EXTRACT THE HEAT FROM THE GROUND AND FREEZE IT.
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THAT'S OUR GOAL. THAT'S OUR CLOSURE CRITERIA.SO THE WATER IS BELOW THE ARSENIC CHAMBERS WHERE IT HAS BEEN FOR DECADES, AND IT WILL STAY THERE.
ONCE IT'S FROZEN WATER. CAN'T GET IN, WATER CAN'T GET OUT.
THAT IS THE INTENT. SEE, THE CHAMBERS WILL BE FROZEN OVER THE COURSE OF THE REMEDIATION PROJECT, WITH THE NEXT SERIES STARTING NEXT YEAR WITH THE THERMOSYPHON INSTALLATION, AND THE FINAL AREA OF THERMOSYPHON INSTALLATION WILL BE COMPLETE BY 2035.
SO ANOTHER CONCERN WITH THE FLOODING OF THE UNDERGROUND OR THE MANAGING THE MINE WATER IS IF WE HAD AN UNCONTROLLED INPUT INTO THE MINE AND ONE OF THOSE THAT HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED AS BAKER CREEK ON SITE, IF IT MANAGED TO GET INTO ONE OF OUR PITS, WHICH HAVE CONNECTIONS TO THE UNDERGROUND, COULD CAUSE A SURGE OF WATER INTO THE UNDERGROUND AND CAUSE THE UNDERGROUND TO FLOOD.
SO HOW WE'RE MANAGING THAT RISK, WE'RE GOING TO REALIGN BAKER CREEK.
WE'RE GOING TO WIDEN IT, SO IT HAS A FLOODPLAIN, A VERY LARGE FLOODPLAIN DETERMINED BY THE PROBABLE MAXIMUM FLOOD, SO IT'S A VERY WIDE FLOODPLAIN. WE'RE GOING TO REROUTE IT, SO IT'S NOT NEAR ANY OF THE PITS, BECAUSE IF IT GOT INTO A PIT, THAT WOULD BE A DIRECT ACCESS TO THE UNDERGROUND.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO FILL THE PITS TO PREVENT THAT.
THANK YOU. SO THIS IS A GRAPH SHOWING THE WATER LEVELS AT GIANT. I APOLOGIZE. ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE SCALE IS IN FEET AND ON THE LEFT HAND IT'S IN METERS.
AND THERE'S A VERY GOOD REASON FOR THAT. WHEN THE MINE STARTED OPERATIONAL, WE DIDN'T HAVE METRIC.
BACK IN THE 40S, IT WAS IMPERIAL, AND MINERS REFERENCE EVERYTHING FROM GROUND LEVEL.
SO THE SCALE ON THE RIGHT IS BELOW GROUND LEVEL.
SO WHEN I SAY 750, IT'S 750FT BELOW LEVEL. THAT'S WHERE WE MANAGE THE WATER.
BUT THEN WE'VE GOT THE THE GEOSCIENTISTS, THE ENGINEERS AND THE SCIENTISTS.
THEY USE METERS NOW AND THEIR REFERENCE IS SEA LEVEL.
SO THAT'S THE SCALE ON THE RIGHT. IT'S NOT CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE SCALE.
IT'S JUST THE RELATIVE REFERENCE, THE RELATIVE DISTANCES.
SO THE BLUE LINE AT THE VERY BOTTOM IS WHERE THE WATER LEVEL IS CURRENTLY AND WHERE WE KEEP IT.
THAT'S OUR OPERATING RANGE. IT FLUCTUATES A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY DURING FOURCHETTE WE HAVE A BIT MORE INFLUENCE OR INFLUX, YOU KNOW, DRIER YEARS. IT MIGHT GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE KEEP THE WATER LEVEL. SO YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT A FEW SPOTS MARKED OUT ON THIS GRAPH. THE TOP YELLOW STAR IS GREAT SLAVE LAKE ELEVATION.
SO THAT'S THE LOWEST ARSENIC TRIOXIDE CONTAINING STOPE.
AND THEN THE BLUE STAR IS THE DEEPEST STOPE THAT WE DID WORK ON, THAT WE STABILIZED OVER THE LAST 5 OR 6 YEARS, TEN YEARS TO STABILIZE THE UNDERGROUND. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE KEEP THE WATER QUITE A BIT LOWER THAN ALL OF THESE ELEVATIONS.
IN OUR WATER LICENSE AND OUR PERMITS, WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE ACTION LEVELS.
WE HAVE A LOW ACTION LEVEL AND THEN WE HAVE MODERATE AND HIGH ACTION LEVELS.
AND THOSE TELL US, IF WE HIT THOSE, THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR WATER MANAGEMENT, IT'S NOT PERFORMING AS IT SHOULD BE, AND WE EITHER NEED TO TAKE ACTION OR, YOU KNOW, HAVE A PLAN, FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING WRONG, WHY WE'VE HIT THOSE ACTION LEVELS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
WHAT IF WE'RE WRONG? WHAT IF THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT FAILS? SO WE DID RUN A MODEL LOOKING AT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.
HOW MUCH TIME WE WOULD HAVE. SO THIS IS A MODEL WE RAN ASSUMING POST-CLOSURE CONDITIONS.
AND WHAT THIS SHOWED US, SO THE YEARS ARE JUST RELATIVE, SO IF OUR PUMPS FAILED OR SOMETHING FAILED IN THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AT 2034, WE WOULD SLOW. THIS IS HOW THE WATER LEVEL WOULD RISE OVER TIME.
SO WE WOULD HAVE ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO EIGHT MONTHS TO HIT THE LOW ACTION LEVEL.
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AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE APPROXIMATELY FOUR YEARS TO HIT THE LOWEST ARSENIC TRIOXIDE STOPE AND EIGHT YEARS TO REACH THE SURFACE OR THE GREAT SLAVE LAKE WATER LEVEL WHERE WE WOULD START SPILLING OUT. BUT AGAIN, AT THIS POINT, THE ARSENIC TRIOXIDE CHAMBERS WOULD BE FROZEN.SO THE RISK SHOULD BE QUITE A BIT LOWER, IF NOT NOTHING.
BUT THAT'S, SO WE HAVE 4 TO 8 YEARS TO REACT.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO INCREASE OUR PUMPING AND TREATING CAPACITY IN THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT STORING WATER ELSEWHERE, PERHAPS LOOKING AT SURFACE WATER STORAGE, BRINGING IN SOME KIND OF SYSTEM, LOOKING AT GETTING ANOTHER PUMP IN, PUTTING ANOTHER WELL IN.
BECAUSE AGAIN, DON'T FORGET WE HAVE 4 TO 8 YEARS OF TIME.
SO THESE JUST OUTLINE ALL OF OUR ACTIONS THAT WE WILL TAKE.
I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT THE THE REFERENCE LEVELS.
YOU SAW THOSE IN THE LAST DIAGRAM. SO TEMPORARY SURFACE WATER STORAGE IS SOMETHING WE HAVE.
WE CAN INCREASE OUR TREATING AND WE CAN BRING IN A SPARE PUMP.
I GUESS ULTIMATELY WE HAVE TO INVESTIGATE TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS THE CAUSE.
WHY IS THE WATER LEVEL RISING AND WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING THE LEVEL AT APPROXIMATELY THE 750 LEVEL.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO FLOOD THE MINE. WE ARE NOT PERMITTED TO FLOOD THE MINE.
WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO KEEP IT THERE INTO THE DISTANT FUTURE.
SO THAT'S A QUICK OVERVIEW AND I HOPE THAT ANSWERS MOST OF YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT I'M SURE YOU HAVE PLENTY MORE. SO WITH THAT, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AH, COLLEAGUE. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING BACK.
I KNOW AFTER THE LAST TIME WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING BACK. NO PROBLEM. YOU KNOW, PROVIDING THIS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO COUNCIL, BUT ALSO RESIDENTS OF YELLOWKNIFE. SO WITH THAT, I SEE COUNCILLOR FOR FEQUETS HAND IS ALREADY FIRED UP THERE, SO I'LL PASS IT OFF TO HIM AND THE OTHER COLLEAGUES LET ME KNOW.
COUNCILLOR FAQUET. THANKS, MR. CHAIR. AND THANKS, NATALIE, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND DEFINITELY A BIG THANK YOU TO WHOEVER PUT THE POWERPOINT DECK TOGETHER, YOU AND THE TEAM, BECAUSE AS I WAS GOING THROUGH IT AND COMING UP WITH QUESTIONS, THE NEXT SLIDE, OR OFTEN, A COUPLE SLIDES LATER WOULD OFTEN ANSWER MOST OF THEM. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING SO HELPFUL IN ALL OF THAT AND FOR SHARING ALL THAT INFORMATION.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A YEAR AND A HALF AWAY FROM NOW.
AND WHILE WE HOPE THAT'S TRUE, YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN.
AND SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF YOU GUYS KNEW OFFHAND, THE VOLUME AND RETENTION TIME OF THE NORTHWEST POND TCA AND THE SETTLING IN THE POLISHING PONDS THAT YOU KNOW YOU'VE USED IN THE MODELS AND THE ESTIMATION? SURE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, RYAN.
SO, YEAH, WE HAVE TWO MORE YEARS, IF EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT.
OF THE EXISTING TREATMENT. SO. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
THINGS COULD CHANGE OR GO WRONG. SO THE VOLUME, THE STORAGE VOLUME OF THE NORTHWEST POND IS JUST SLIGHTLY BELOW 1,000,000M³, DEPENDING ON THE YEAR. LIKE, I WAS JUST OUT THERE RECENTLY AND THE PONDS PRETTY MUCH DRY AND, YOU KNOW, SO IT DEPENDS ON THE YEAR, BUT WE CAN HOLD APPROXIMATELY 1,000,000M³.
I THINK IT WAS 2022, THE SUPER WET YEAR WE HAD.
WE DID APPROACH OUR LIMIT OF STORAGE ON THE POND.
SO WE CERTAINLY HAD A LOT OF TALKS ABOUT RISK MANAGEMENT.
IN TERMS OF RETENTION TIME, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T MONITOR THAT.
SO THE WATER COULD BE THERE FOR 12 MONTHS. THE POLISHING POND, WHEN WE'RE TREATING, WE'RE PUMPING,
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AND THEN WE PUMP OVER TO THE POLISHING POND AND WE SAMPLE AND THEN DISCHARGE IF IT MEETS CRITERIA.SO IT'S NOT ABOUT RETENTION TIME, IT'S ABOUT MEETING CRITERIA.
[INAUDIBLE] SORRY, I WAS JUST LOOKING TO CANDACE, WHO IS THE EXPERT ON THIS, TO SEE IF SHE HAD ANYTHING MORE TO ADD. YEAH. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A RETENTION TIME ON THE POLISHING POND, IT'S SEASONAL. I HOPE THAT HELPS.
COUNCILLOR FEQUET, YOU'RE ON MUTE. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YEAH. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR UNDERSTANDING AND ALSO FOR RESIDENTS BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW VERY WELL, REAL AND PERCEIVED RISKS ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER IN FUTURE DECISIONS THAT WE WILL LIKELY HAVE TO MAKE REGARDING, YOU KNOW, OUR WATER SOURCES. SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO HEAR ALL OF THE REAL RISKS, THE PERCEIVED RISKS, THE POTENTIAL SCENARIOS.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. MY NEXT QUESTION WAS JUST, AND I UNDERSTAND WE MAY NEED TO GET BACK TO THIS ONE, BUT IF YOU KNEW HOW THE SURFACE RUNOFF CRITERIA THAT ARE BEING USED COMPARED TO THE CITY'S WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND WHAT IT'S TREATING FOR AND KIND OF THAT OVERLAP OR, YOU KNOW, FROM A FROM RESIDENTS PERSPECTIVE, IS THERE ANYTHING WE'RE MISSING? OR LIKE, HOW BIG IS THAT RISK OF THE PARAMETERS THAT YOU GUYS ARE TESTING AND TREATING FOR AND MONITORING AND WHAT THE CD IS ACTUALLY TREATING FOR AND MONITORING? GREAT. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO CALL ON CANDACE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, IF SHE CAN [LAUGHTER] THANKS.
SO THE SURFACE RUNOFF CRITERIA FOR THE PROJECT WERE DEVELOPED TO LOOK AT THE RUNOFF WATER QUALITY OFF OF OUR TAILINGS, PONDS AND COVERS. SO IT'S ACTUALLY A REFLECTION OF PARAMETERS OF POTENTIAL CONCERN THAT ARE IN THE BOROUGH MATERIAL WE'RE GOING TO USE.
WE DO LOOK AT METALS, TSS, PH, NITRATES AND AMMONIA.
BUT I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY. I TRIED TO LOOK UP QUICKLY.
BUT THEN WE ALSO DO A LOT OF OPERATIONAL SAMPLING THAT DOES LOOK AT ALL OF THE METALS.
SO WE ARE CHECKING YOU KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE UNDER OUR COMPLIANCE MONITORING, IF THAT HELPS. BUT YES, LIKELY THE METALS ARE BEING CHECKED IN BOTH PLACES.
COOL, THANK YOU. JUST FOR THOSE LESS FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECT, COULD YOU REFRESH OUR MEMORIES ON THE LOCATIONS AND THE FREQUENCIES OF MONITORING THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE? IN THE RECEIVING ENVIRONMENT, YELLOWKNIFE BAY OR OR ELSEWHERE? ONCE THE WATER TREATMENT PLAN IS UP. SO FOR COMPLIANCE MONITORING FOR OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANT WILL ACTUALLY BE SAMPLING BEFORE IT ENTERS THE OUTFALL.
SO RIGHT IN THE PLANT ITSELF BEFORE THE WATER IS RELEASED.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT COMPLIANCE MONITORING AT THE EDGE OF BAKER CREEK.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT SEASONALLY. AND WE ALSO HAVE SORRY, THE THE EFFLUENT MONITORING THAT WE'RE DOING IS ACTUALLY A WEEKLY COMPLIANCE POINT, BUT WE DO DAILY MONITORING.
GREAT. THANK YOU. GETTING NEAR THE END HERE OF MY LIST.
SO ONCE THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT IS UP AND RUNNING, JUST TO AGAIN, I GUESS, LIKE, SPEAK TO THE RISK OF THAT, THAT UPSET CONDITION, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT ACTUALLY FAILS. UNDERSTANDING THAT ISN'T SO LIKELY, BUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER REDUNDANCIES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE? AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT WITH RESPECT TO, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT COULD AFFECT IT, LIKE THE STAFFING, THE PROCUREMENT, THE OPERATIONS OF IT. I MEAN, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE DIAMOND WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL THE REDUNDANCIES THERE.
GREAT. THANK YOU. I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE REDUNDANCIES.
WE HAVEN'T GOT TO THAT YET. WE ARE JUST BUILDING IT.
WE WILL BE CONTRACTING FOR THE OPERATION SHORTLY.
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SO I SUPPOSE WE'LL HAVE TO WE'LL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT.I DON'T THINK WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THE RISK OF NOT HAVING STAFF YET, BUT ONCE WE HAVE OUR CONTRACTOR, I THINK WE CAN WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE APPROPRIATE TRAINED STAFF AND BACKUP.
THE OTHER ONE, WE. I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
THANKS. THANKS, NATALIE. AND LAST ONE, JUST IN THE PRESENTATION THERE, IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO TALK ABOUT THAT QUANTITATIVE RISK ASSESSMENT THAT YOU GUYS DO AND HOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT USES THAT FRAMEWORK.
IS THERE EITHER A REGULATORY REQUIREMENT IN YOUR WATER LICENSE OR A PLAN INTERNALLY TO UPDATE THAT RISK ASSESSMENT AT SOME KEY REMEDIATION MILESTONE? YEAH, THAT WAS THE QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ANSWER BEFORE YOU ASKED. SO YES WITHIN OUR QRA, WE MADE A COMMITMENT TO UPDATE IT AT THE, APPROXIMATELY LIKE END OF REMEDIATION.
SO AROUND 2038 IS OUR COMMITMENT TO UPDATE IT.
AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANKS AGAIN. LIKE MR. MAYOR SAID FOR COMING BACK AND TALKING ABOUT RISK WITH US.
REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. NO PROBLEM.
AND CAN I JUST ADD BACK TO THE FIRST QUESTION YOU ASKED? I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT YOU ASKED ABOUT THE RISK OF THE CURRENT ETP OPERATING FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS.
JUST JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE IT'S BEEN OPERATING FOR DECADES.
THIS SYSTEM IS NOT NEW, IT'S BEEN DECADES LONG.
SO I THINK TWO MORE YEARS IS COMPLETELY REASONABLE.
THANKS. AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
NEXT WE HAVE COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING AND THE GREAT PRESENTATION.
LOTS OF AWESOME INFO IN THERE THAT I DIDN'T KNOW.
AND PARTICULARLY THE 4 TO 8 YEAR TIMELINE IS AWESOME NUMBERS.
SO JUST FOR SOMEONE WHO'S NAIVE ABOUT THIS SORT OF THING THE THERMOSYPHONS, WHAT SORT OF RISKS ARE THERE ABOUT THEM FAILING? DO THEY REQUIRE POWER? DO THEY REQUIRE STAFF? YEAH. GREAT. SO THERMOSYPHONS ARE, YOU KNOW, QUITE A PROVEN TECHNOLOGY AROUND TOWN.
I THINK THERE'S SOME AT THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY HERE.
THEY'RE BASICALLY. I'M GOING TO SIMPLIFY IT, BUT TUBES FILLED WITH CARBON DIOXIDE, AND THEY OPERATE BASED ON THE AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE. WHEN THEY'RE COLD, THE GAS TURNS TO A LIQUID AND IT DROPS DOWN.
WE HAVE THERMOSYPHONS IN THE FREEZE, THE ONE CHAMBER WE FROZE IN THE FREEZE OPTIMIZATION STUDY BACK IN 2009, I BELIEVE. SO THOSE ONES HAVE NOT FAILED. THEY'RE STILL IN PLACE, BUT WE CHECKED THEM.
WE WILL HAVE A PRESENCE ON SITE. DON'T FORGET WE WILL BE ON SITE.
WE HAVE MONITORING AND POST-CLOSURE MONITORING MAINTENANCE PLANS THAT WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING.
SO WE CERTAINLY WILL HAVE A PLAN FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE THERMOSYPHONS.
THERE WILL BE OVER 800 OF THEM, SO WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAINTAIN AND MONITOR THEM, BUT THEY'RE AS FAR AS SYSTEMS GO, THEY'RE PRETTY, PRETTY LOW MAINTENANCE.
SO WE WERE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE PRIME CONSIDERATIONS FOR CHOOSING THE THERMOSYPHONS.
AWESOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFO. AND THANKS AGAIN FOR COMING. THANK YOU.
COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN. COUNCILLOR MCGURK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE DETAILS. IT IS VERY HELPFUL.
I THINK ALSO FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC. GREAT TO HEAR.
TOM SORT OF ASKED HALF MY QUESTION. IS VERY COOL THAT THE SYPHONS ARE NOT REQUIRING POWER.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU'RE AWARE OF THE LIFESPAN OR THE AVERAGE LIFESPAN OF THE SYPHONS, OR, I KNOW YOU'LL BE MONITORING THEM, BUT. I THINK WHEN WE DESIGN THEM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO PICK, WE HAVE TO SET A DESIGN LIFE. AND I THINK WE HAVE A 50 YEAR DESIGN LIFE ON OUR DESIGN WITH THEM.
THAT BEING SAID, SOME COULD PROBABLY LAST LONGER, SOME EARLIER. RIGHT? THAT'S GREAT.
THANK YOU. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. Y OU MENTIONED THAT THE HIGH WATER YEAR YOU ALMOST MET OR REACHED CAPACITY. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A RISK CLIMATE CHANGE COULD INCREASE WATER LEVELS SUBSTANTIALLY OVER THE COMING YEARS AND MAYBE IT'S DECADES OUT. BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU ARE THINKING DECADES OUT, AND WE ALL SHOULD BE.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO. I ASSUME YOU'VE BROUGHT THAT INTO CONSIDERATION IN THIS, BUT I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT. CERTAINLY.
WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE CLIMATE CHANGE PREDICTIONS. WE JUST UPDATED OUR MODEL WITH THE LATEST AR6, ASSESSMENT REPORT SIX FROM THE IPCC INTERNATIONAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE.
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BUT FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, I'M GOING TO CALL IT THAT INTO OUR DESIGN TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ACCOMMODATING THAT.SO CERTAINLY THE WATER PREDICTIONS AND THE SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS, WE BELIEVE THAT WE'VE MORE THAN MET THOSE IN TERMS OF THAT'S WHAT WE USE FOR OUR DESIGN CAPACITY OF THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. OKAY. GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COLLEAGUES? NO. THEN JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
IT'S REALLY HELPFUL, ESPECIALLY AS WE HAVE OUR, YOU KNOW, DECISIONS TO MAKE AROUND OUR OWN, YOU KNOW, WATER SOURCES IN THE FUTURE. SO THIS IS ALL REALLY GOOD INFORMATION FOR US AS COUNCIL BUT FOR YELLOWKNIFERS GENERALLY.
HE'S, GIVE HIM A SECOND TO COME BACK. IF SOMEBODY CAN GO GRAB HIM AND BRING HIM BACK IN.
GIANT MINE TEAM. YEAH. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HANG AROUND ANYMORE. YOU CAN ESCAPE BEFORE WE CONTINUE.
WELCOME BACK. COUNCILLOR COCHRANE AN UPDATE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS REGARDING TRIAL BIKE LANES. BUT I'LL FLIP IT OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER FIRST. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. SO THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE TO COUNCIL.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR SIGNALS CHECK AND CONFIRMATION.
WE'VE BEEN DOING ANALYSIS TO IMPLEMENT THAT IN THE 2025 SEASON.
WE'VE COME UP WITH SOME DESIGN QUESTIONS THAT SORT OF POPPED UP THAT CAUSED US TO PAUSE, AS WELL AS SOME BUDGET QUESTIONS, AND I'LL JUST TURN IT OVER TO MR. GREENCORN JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE TODAY AND LAY OUT THE PLAN THAT WE PROPOSE GOING FORWARD.
SO RANGE LAKE ROAD, FOREST DRIVE, 52ND STREET AND 47TH STREET.
JUST FOR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, LINE PAINTING OCCURS WHEN THE WEATHER IS COOPERATIVE WITH US AND THE MAJORITY OF WINTER SANDING IS REMOVED FROM THE STREETS AND NON FREEZING TEMPERATURES AT NIGHT. SO THAT OBVIOUSLY THE LINE PAINTING INTEGRITY STAYS INTACT.
TO DATE, I WOULD SAY WE'RE A 75% OF LINE MARKINGS IN TOWN ARE DONE AND 25% OF CROSSWALKS AND STOP BARS ARE DONE, AND WE'LL BE INCORPORATING THE WORK WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HERE IN AS WELL.
AS MR. VAN DINE SAID, SOME QUESTIONS AROSE WHEN WE APPROACHED THE INSTALLATION OF BIKE LANES, SUCH AS, ARE WE REMOVING ON STREET PARKING? ARE WE BAGGING METERS? ARE WE LOSING METER REVENUE? ARE WE ALTERING ANY OTHER FORMS OF TRAFFIC MOVEMENT ON THE ROAD? AND WE GAINED SOME CLARITY ON THAT. AND OUR, OUR CURRENT APPROACH IS TO TAKE A NONINVASIVE APPROACH TO BASICALLY GET THE BIKE LANES INSTALLED, TO RAISE AWARENESS, TO NUDGE PEOPLE INTO MOVING MORE TOWARDS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MODES AND TO WORK WITHIN EXISTING ROAD ALLOWANCES BARRING CITYWIDE ACCEPTED STANDARD.
SO WE'LL WORK WITHIN THE BUDGETS AND THE MEANS PROVIDED WITHIN BUDGET.
THOUGH WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MINIMAL IMPACTS ON STREET PARKING AND COMPLETE AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITHIN THE ALLOCATED BUDGET. SO CURRENTLY WE EXPECT THAT TO BE RANGE LAKE ROAD, FOREST DRIVE.
AND WE'D LIKE TO ALTER 52ND STREET TO 53RD STREET FOR NUMEROUS REASONS OF LESS CONFLICT, EASIER TO ADMINISTER ON STREET. AND WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S BUDGET REMAINING TO WORK ON 47TH STREET.
SO THAT'S THE CURRENT APPROACH. ANOTHER UPDATE IS THAT WE CURRENTLY REVIEWED AND EVALUATED EIGHT SUBMISSIONS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN THAT OCCURRED ON FRIDAY. WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE AWARD OF THAT IN THE COMING WEEK.
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IN TERMS OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN.SO HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON IT. BUT THAT'S THE APPROACH THAT ADMINISTRATION HAS ADOPTED OR ADOPTED MOVING FORWARD WITHIN THE PARAMETERS PROVIDED DURING BUDGET 2025. THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE CITY MANAGER AND DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, JUST FOR SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT.
AND THANK YOU TO BOTH OF THEM FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
BASICALLY, THE RECOMMENDATION NOW IS TO DO IT 53RD STREET SO THAT THERE'S LESS IMPACT ON PARKING ON, YOU KNOW, BUT STILL GETS PEOPLE TO THE SAME DIRECTION. IF YOU THINK OF 52ND STREET PAST JAVAROMA ON ONE SIDE OR 53RD STREET, SORT OF JAVAROMA ON THE OTHER SIDE, BOTH GET YOU FROM 52ND AVE TOWARDS CITY HALL.
SO BASICALLY WHAT ADMIN NEEDS IS JUST A SIGNALS CHECK.
SO DOES ANYBODY OBJECT TO THAT OR ARE WE ALL GOOD? I WOULD ASSUME WE'RE ALL GOOD. BUT THAT'S RATHER THAN GOING THROUGH A WHOLE COUNCIL MOTION AND REPHRASING IT. THIS WAS THE PURPOSE.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. THANK YOU TO ADMIN FOR THAT.
AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ALL.
I'M HAPPY TO WORK AS THE ONE WHO PROPOSED THIS AT BUDGET 2025.
I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH ADMIN ON MAKING SURE THAT WE COMMUNICATE THAT OUT.
SO NOTHING ELSE FROM MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU ADMIN.
GO FORTH FOR GOOD WORK. THANK YOU. AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN.
THEY'RE MEANT TO PROVIDE SOME, SOME CAPACITY AND INFORMATION AS WE DO THAT BIT OF WORK.
SO WE'LL FINISH OUR GPC MEETING THERE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.