Jan 26, 2026 Governance & Priorities Committee

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ALL RIGHT. I LIKE TO CALL OUR GOVERNANCE PRIORITIES COMMITTEE MEETING TO ORDER MONDAY, JANUARY 26TH.

[1. Opening Statement]

[2. Approval of the agenda.]

ANY MEMBER IN CONFLICT. ANYTHING ON THE SCHEDULE TODAY? NO. ALL RIGHT. RIGHT INTO IT. PRESENTATION REGARDING COMMUNITY PLAN PHASE 2 UPDATE.

[4. A presentation regarding Community Plan Phase 2 Update.]

TODAY WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD THE PHASE TWO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REPORT FOR THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE'S COMMUNITY PLAN.

THROUGH THIS PHASE, WE'VE CONTINUED OUR WORK WITH INDIGENOUS GOVERNMENT, RESIDENTS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND PARTNERS. THIS HAS BEEN THROUGH IN-PERSON MEETINGS, THROUGH SURVEYS, WORKSHOPS, AND TARGETED ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS.

THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED REFLECTS A WIDE RANGE OF PERSPECTIVES AND HIGHLIGHTS KEY THEMES AROUND LAND USE PLANNING, HOUSING, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AS WELL AS FUTURE GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE.

AS EVERYONE REVIEWS THIS AND THE PREVIOUS CONSULTATION DOCUMENTS, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REMIND PEOPLE TO REMEMBER THAT THE COMMUNITY PLAN IS A LAND USE PLANNING DOCUMENT. SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT ARE HEARD AND REFLECTED IN THESE DOCUMENTS ARE MORE OF A REGULATORY NATURE, AND SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AND REVIEWED THROUGH OTHER BYLAW UPDATES, OR THROUGH THE AUTHORITIES THAT HAVE JURISDICTION.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, AND TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.

I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MOHAMMED TO COME AND INTRODUCE AND PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION AS WELL.

OUR CONSULTANTS ARE HERE TODAY WHO ARE GOING TO RUN THROUGH A SLIDE SHOW AND PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE'RE ALL AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU, MISS WHITE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE UPDATE OF OUR COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE.

IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR, WE PRESENTED PHASE 1 PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT REPORT.

TODAY WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT PHASE 2 PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

THIS PHASE FOCUSED ON POLICY LEVEL DISCUSSIONS AND GENERATED SOME THOUGHTFUL FEEDBACK, WHICH HAS BEEN COMPILED WITH THAT REPORT.

TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS INTENDED TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE COMMITTEE'S ASPIRATIONS, THOUGHTS, PRIORITIES AND SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. WHERE POLICY MAY NEED TO BE UPDATED OR REFINED, OR SOMETIMES INTRODUCED AS NEW POLICIES AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE. THE FEEDBACK COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS.

AS MISS WHITE ALREADY MENTIONED, SOME OF THEM INCLUDES LAND USES.

INTENSIFICATION. WE TALKED ABOUT NEW GROWTH AREAS THAT WE'LL ALSO DISCUSS.

IT ALSO INCLUDES HOUSING, WORK CAMPS, ENVIRONMENT SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION POLICIES.

OUR NEXT STEP WILL BE RETURNING TO THIS COMMITTEE, HOPEFULLY IN APRIL, TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROPOSED POLICY CHANGES AND UPDATES, AND WE'LL DIVE DEEP INTO THE POLICY DISCUSSIONS AT THAT TIME.

PHASE 2 PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WAS COORDINATED BY AND LED BY TAUNT CONSULTING, INC.

AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MISS TARALYN KONOPSKI FROM TAUNT CONSULTING, INC.

AND MISS JESSICA HAM FROM TALKING CIRCLE TO PRESENT THE PHASE 2 PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

AND ALSO FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

SO THE FLOOR IS TO MISS KONOPSKI. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANKS TO THE COMMITTEE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A SNAPSHOT OF OUR LATEST WORK WITH YOU. WE'VE PREPARED A SHORT PRESENTATION TO SHARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR PHASE 2 ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE PROJECT, INCLUDING INSIGHT TO OUR PROCESS AND HIGH LEVEL EMERGING DIRECTIONS.

SO WE'LL TAKE SOME TIME TO WALK THROUGH A FEW SLIDES AND HAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION AS NEEDED FROM THERE.

AS MOHAMMED SAID, I'M [INAUDIBLE] KONOPSKI FROM TAUNT CONSULTING AND I'LL PASS THE FLOOR OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE JESS.

FROM TALKING CIRCLE TO TAKE IT FROM HERE. THANKS SO MUCH, TARALYN, AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILORS AND CHAIR AND STAFF AS WELL. SO WE ARE HERE AT PHASE 2 OF THE YELLOWKNIFE COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE AND JUST GOING THROUGH AS RECAPPED BY

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WE'VE COMPLETED AND PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE ON INFORMING THE VISION AND DRAFT THEMATIC GOALS.

WE'VE CONDUCTED AND COMPLETED PHASE 2 OF ENGAGEMENT INFORMING POLICY AREAS, AND THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE GOVERNANCE PRIORITY COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

AND THEN WE LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING IN IN FUTURE IN THE SPRINGTIME ON PHASE THREE.

REFLECTING ON THE DRAFT COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE.

I'M JUST GOING TO COVER WHAT WE DID IN OUR FOCUS GROUPS IN PHASE 2.

SO FOR EACH OF THESE POLICY AREAS WE HELD SPECIFIC FOCUS GROUPS DOVETAILING FOCUSED DISCUSSIONS.

AND THIS THIS WAS ABOUT HAVING ENGAGEMENT IN A FOCUSED GOAL.

OUR GOAL WAS DIFFERENT FROM PHASE 1, IN THAT WE WERE FOCUSING COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION WITH THE INTENTION TO FACILITATE SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS.

THIS WAS WITH FOLKS WHO HAVE A PERSONAL OR PROFESSIONAL INTEREST IN A GIVEN TOPIC.

AND WHILE PHASE 2 PARTICIPATION WAS NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENTATIVE OF BROAD YELLOWKNIFERS, THE DISCUSSION ALLOWED US TO FOCUS ON 5 KEY POLICY AREAS.

SO LAND USE AND INTENSIFICATION, HOUSING, WORKFORCE ACCOMMODATION ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE, AND FINALLY INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION.

WE ELICITED BROAD BROADLY THROUGH AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST TO HELP US TAILOR THESE ENGAGEMENT METHODS AND THE TIMING THAT EXPRESSION OF INTEREST WAS SHARED WITH ANYONE WHO INDICATED INTEREST DURING PHASE ONE AND WITH THE KEY INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE PROJECT.

NETWORK MAPPING EXERCISE. PARTICIPANTS WERE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO EXPLORE BROAD GUIDELINES AND STRATEGIES, RATHER THAN JUST FOCUSING NARROWLY ON SPECIFIC POLICIES.

AND DISCUSSIONS ELICITED POINTS BEYOND THE COMMUNITY PLAN SCOPE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND COMMUNITY NEEDS THAT MAY BE INTERPRETED FOR ADDRESSING THROUGHOUT POLICY.

OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR NEXT STEPS ARE FOR THE CITY'S PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO TAKE THESE FINDINGS, INTERPRET AND INFORM THE DRAFT COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE.

I'LL JUST RESTATE HERE THAT THIS WAS A WELCOMING PROCESS WITH CONFIDENTIALITY AND DATA DE-IDENTIFICATION WAS EMPHASIZED.

GROUNDING THIS DIALOG IN CULTIVATING SAFER SPACES FOR EVERYONE TO SPEAK FROM THEIR OWN PROFESSIONAL AND LIVED EXPERIENCES.

SO I'LL NEXT PASS THE MIC OVER BACK TO TARALYN TO SPEAK ABOUT THE NEXT 2 THEMES, AND THEN IT'LL RETURN TO ME FOR THE SUBSEQUENT THEMES AND FINDINGS FROM OUR FOCUS GROUPS. THANK YOU JESS. AND BEFORE I DIVE INTO LAND USE AND INTENSIFICATION, JUST A NOTE THAT YOU'LL NOTICE GOING THROUGH THE REPORT. FOR EACH SECTION, WE OUTLINE WHAT WE HEARD AND THEN TO ROUND OUT EACH POLICY AREA, OFFER GUIDING DIRECTIONS FOR POLICY AND PRACTICE.

WE TOOK THIS APPROACH, POLICY AND PRACTICE BECAUSE WE FELT IT IMPORTANT TO REFLECT WHAT WE DID HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY, THOUGH UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT NOT EVERYTHING WE HEARD IS DIRECTLY RELEVANT TO THE COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE, AND PERHAPS MORE VALUABLE FOR CONSIDERATIONS AS IT RELATES TO BROADER CITY PRACTICE.

SO OVER THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, WE'LL SHARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE GUIDING DIRECTIONS FOR POLICY AND PRACTICE WOULD INFORM THEM AND DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO REVIEW THE REPORT FOR THE BROADER CONTEXT AND TO UNDER TO UNDERSTAND THE INSIGHTS FROM WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN DETERMINED.

SO FOR LAND USE AND INTENSIFICATION. PARDON ME.

THE POLICY DIRECTION WE JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS ABOUT ADOPTING A REDEVELOPMENT 1ST APPROACH, PRIORITIZING INFILL REDEVELOPMENT AND ACTIVATION OF UNDERUTILIZED PARCELS WITHIN EXISTING DEVELOPMENT CONTROL AREAS BEFORE RELEASING OR EXPANDING NEW LANDS FOR DEVELOPMENT.

AND YOU'LL FIND THAT FOR OVERARCHING POLICY DIRECTIONS FOR POLICY AND PRACTICE ON PAGE 41 OF THE REPORT.

SO PARTICIPANTS CONSISTENTLY EMPHASIZED INFILL, ADAPTIVE REUSE, AND REDEVELOPMENT OF UNDERUTILIZED PARCELS AS THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO LEVERAGE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, REDUCING SERVICE COSTS AND SUPPORTING MORE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH.

MANY NOTED THAT VACANT PARCELS, AGING BUILDINGS, AND LONG UNUSED SITES IN STRATEGIC LOCATIONS LOCATIONS ALREADY EXIST, AND THEY WANT TO SEE THESE BEING USED MORE TO THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AND ADDRESSING COMMUNITY NEEDS.

THERE WAS ALSO STRONG SUPPORT FOR MORE FLEXIBLE ZONING AND LAND USE POLICIES TO ENABLE HIGHER DENSITY AND MIXED USE REDEVELOPMENT FROM THE OUTSET.

FROM THE OUTSET, PARDON ME. AND AGAIN WHICH WILL BE NO SURPRISE PARTICIPANTS CAUTIONS CAUTIONED AGAINST RELEASING NEW LANDS WITHOUT CLEAR

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SO WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM PRACTICE, THERE'S THIS DEMAND FOR A COORDINATED MIX OF INCENTIVES AND REGULATORY, REGULATORY OR ENFORCEMENT TOOLS TARGETED TAX MEASURES, DEVELOPMENT TIME FRAMES AND LAND RELEASE POLICIES BEING AMONG THEM.

ONTO HOUSING. 1 OF THE KEY THINGS WE HEARD IS THAT THERE IS STRONG SUPPORT, SUPPORT TO EXPAND SUPPLY AND IMPROVE AFFORDABILITY, AND AN EMPHASIS ON CREATING SUPPLY DIRECTLY INFORMED BY LOCAL NEEDS AND DEMAND.

WHETHER IT IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, HOMES FOR SINGLE PERSONS, THERE IS A DESIRE TO SEE THIS DATABASE DECISION MAKING.

1 CONCERN RAISED AS AN EXAMPLE WAS THAT PROSPECTIVE EXPERT WORKFORCE MAY NOT CHOOSE YELLOWKNIFE AS A PLACE TO LIVE AND ESTABLISH A CAREER BECAUSE THERE IS A GAP IN THAT SUITABLE HOUSING FOR LONG TERM PLANNING PARTICULARLY IN REFERENCE TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

THERE WAS A SELECTION OF APPROACHES SUGGESTED TO ADDRESS THIS HOUSING FOR ALL GAP INCLUDING A CALL FOR MORE COLLABORATION WITH NGOS, HOUSING AUTHORITIES LANDLORDS, RESIDENTS, DEVELOPERS.

AND YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT WHAT WE HEARD IN THE HOUSING SESSIONS FROM PAGES 42 TO 51 OF THE REPORT, WITH THE FULL LIST OF HOUSING DIRECTIONS FOR POLICY AND PRACTICE ON PAGE PAGES 52 AND 53, IN OUR HOUSING FOCUS GROUPS AND ALSO IN OUR DEDICATED SESSION ABOUT WORKFORCE ACCOMMODATION.

WE HEARD HOW ADDRESSING THE NEED FOR WORKFORCE ACCOMMODATION IS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO ADDRESSING THE BROADER CONCERN AROUND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND ATTAINABILITY.

SO PARTICIPANTS DESCRIBED HOW A LACK OF TEMPORARY HOUSING MEANS ROTATIONAL AND TEMPORARY WORKERS ARE OFTEN OCCUPYING ACCOMMODATIONS INTENDED FOR PERMANENT RESIDENTS ON ON AN ONGOING BASIS. AND THEY SAID THAT WORKFORCE ACCOMMODATION IS AN IMPORTANT SOLUTION FOR FOR PARDON ME, REDUCING EXISTING HOUSING PRESSURES. THEY SPOKE TO HOW A STRATEGIC, CITY WIDE APPROACH TO PLANNING AND COORDINATION REGARDING THE PLACEMENT AND PHASING OF MULTIPLE WORKFORCE ACCOMMODATION, CAN ALSO CREATE ECONOMIES OF SCALE TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE.

FOR YOUR REFERENCE, WORKFORCE ACCOMMODATIONS BEGINS ON PAGE 54 OF THE REPORT WITH SPECIFIC POLICY AND PRACTICE DIRECTIONS ON PAGE 57.

AND THESE TOUCH ON SOCIOCULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS COMMUNAL, COMMUNAL AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES AND MITIGATING LAND USE CONFLICT AMONG THEM.

AND BACK TO YOU, JESS, TERRY. AND IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE DISCUSSIONS, WE HEARD FROM PARTICIPANTS HOW MUCH THEY VALUE YELLOWKNIFE'S ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES.

I'LL SAY OVERALL, THERE WAS A FOCUS ON PROTECTING THE COMMUNITY'S ENVIRONMENT AS A WHOLE AND NOT JUST SPECIFICALLY ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE AREAS.

THIS THEME EVOLVED INTO CONVERSATIONS, HOW PARTICIPANTS WANTED TO SEE A MANDATED ECOSYSTEM BASED PLANNING APPROACH.

PARTICIPANTS DID NOT WANT TO SEE THE COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE VIEWING GREEN AND BLUE SPACES SOLELY THROUGH A DEVELOPMENT LENS.

RATHER, THEY URGED THE CITY TO SHIFT TOWARDS ECOSYSTEM LEVEL PLANNING THROUGH ESTABLISHING A BASELINE INVENTORY.

SPECIFICALLY, URBAN FORESTRY AND ECOLOGICAL CORRIDORS WERE NAMED THIS CAN SERVE TO UNDERSTAND AND PROTECT YELLOWKNIFE'S NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AS A CONNECTED SYSTEM. PARTICIPANTS WANTED THIS VIEWED AS AN ECOSYSTEM BASED APPROACH AND NOT JUST PIECEMEAL PARKS.

THEY ALSO EMPHASIZED THAT PROTECTION OF GREEN AND BLUE SPACES IS PARAMOUNT.

THERE WAS OPPOSITION TO BUILDING ON ANY EXISTING OR POTENTIAL GREEN SPACES.

STRONG OPPOSITION BEFORE UTILIZING VACANT OR INFILL LOTS.

PARTICIPANTS WERE ADVOCATING FOR NO DEVELOPMENT ZONES AND ROBUST BUFFER ZONES, ESPECIALLY AROUND RIPARIAN PROTECTION AROUND ALL WATERWAYS, WETLANDS, AND SLOPES. AS WELL AS MANDATORY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT NEAR SENSITIVE LANDS.

I'LL MOVE US INTO THE FINAL FOCUS GROUP THEME, WHICH WAS INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION, AND ALSO FOR THIS SECTION REFERRING TO THE POLICY AND PRACTICE SECTIONS OF THE REPORT, PAGE 66 TO 67.

2 KEY INSIGHTS HERE ARE HIGHLIGHTED. THE DISCUSSIONS AROUND WATER SUPPLY AND WASTEWATER.

ELICITED DISCUSSION ON IMPROVING THIS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SERVES DRINKING WATER AND WASTEWATER.

THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY FROM PARTICIPANTS TO ADOPT A SERVICING DECISION FRAMEWORK TO COMPARE TRUCKED AND PIPED WATER SERVICES, AS WELL AS PIPED IN ABOVE GROUND WATER SERVICING AGAINST A SET OF CRITERIA SUCH AS LIFE CYCLE COST GREENHOUSE GAS

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AND THE SECOND TO LAST BULLET HERE IDENTIFIES THE HIGHLIGHTS IN THE POLICIES AND PRACTICES AROUND CITY WIDE CONNECTIVITY OF TRAILS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. THESE ARE CONNECTIVITY ADDRESSING CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS AND BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS IN DOWNTOWN CORE, AS WELL AS OTHER KEY DESTINATIONS, WHERE PARTICIPANTS DESCRIBED DESIRING A SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE SET OF CONNECTIONS TO CONNECT PEDESTRIAN ACCESS AND CYCLING CONNECTIONS TO FURTHER REDUCE CAR DEPENDANCE.

AND IN SUMMARY, HERE ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION DISCUSSIONS SOLICITED IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE SUGGESTED TO EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS THE ANIMATION OF PUBLIC SPACES, WHICH ARE SEEN AS KEY STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE PERCEPTIONS OF SAFETY AND EXTEND THROUGHOUT THE CITY ACROSS ALL SEASONS.

PARTICIPANTS HIGHLIGHTED SUGGESTIONS FOR EVOLVING YELLOWKNIFE'S TRANSPORTATION NETWORK TO BE MORE ACCESSIBLE, TO BE SAFER, EQUITABLE, AND SUSTAINABLE, SUPPORTING RESIDENTS IN THEIR MOBILITY DECISIONS THAT EXPLICITLY ALIGN WITH CLIMATE ACTION GOALS.

THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR SUMMARY OF THIS PHASE OF ENGAGEMENT.

AND SO WE'LL JUST SAY. MARCY. THANK YOU. AND MEEGWETCH AND TURN IT BACK TO CITY STAFF AS WELL.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD, MISS WHITE? OR CAN WE MOVE TO QUESTIONS? GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, FOLKS. I'M SURE THERE'S LOTS OF QUESTIONS. SO STARTING WITH COUNCILLOR GARRET.

SORRY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

QUITE INTERESTING. OUT OF THE 67 INDIVIDUALS IN TOTAL ENGAGED, HOW MANY PARTICIPANTS WERE IN MULTIPLE ENGAGEMENTS? REPEATEDLY, MISS WHITE. I'LL PASS THAT TO THE CONSULTANT.

THANK YOU. THERE WERE A FEW, I WOULD SAY, THAT ATTENDED ALMOST ALL SESSIONS.

I WOULD SAY THAT WE SAW PROBABLY AT LEAST 25% FROM SESSION TO SESSION.

THANK YOU. THAT'S QUITE A PATTERN. IF WE STARTED WHEN WE STARTED TO SEE THIS PATTERN OF REPETITION, WHY DIDN'T WE PIVOT TO OTHER FORMS OF DIRECT ENGAGEMENT, SUCH AS UTILIZING COMMUNITY ACTIVISM ACTIVATORS TO SOLICIT KEY NEIGHBORHOODS AND AREAS TO PROVIDE A BROADER AND MORE DIVERSE RANGE OF OPINIONS IN THIS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT SUBJECT MATTER.

MISS WHITE. I'LL PASS THAT TO TARALYN. THANK YOU.

SURE. SO THE THE GOAL OF PHASE ONE WAS, OF COURSE, THAT BROAD COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PHASE 2 AS WE MENTIONED, WAS REALLY MEANT TO BE FOCUSED ON SMALLER GROUPS FOCUS GROUPS, WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH PROFESSIONAL OR LIVED EXPERIENCE THAT SPOKE DIRECTLY TO THE POLICY AREAS. SO SMALL GROUPS WAS INTENTIONAL. WE HAD CIRCULATED THE OPPORTUNITY PRETTY BROADLY FIRST VIA THE EXPRESSION OF INTEREST THAT JESS HAD MENTIONED ORIGINALLY, AND THEN ALSO EVEN THOSE WHO DIDN'T RESPOND TO THE EXPRESS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST, THEY WERE INVITED TO THE SESSIONS. SO WE FELT THAT THERE WAS A VERY ENGAGED SET OF THE POPULATION AND OF THE REPRESENTATIVES WITH THAT LIVED IN PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT DID ATTEND.

JESS, I'LL PASS IT TO YOU IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD.

AND I CERTAINLY THANKS, TARALYN. THIS WAS ALSO SHARED BACK THROUGH A VALIDATION EXERCISE WITH PARTICIPANTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY ADVISORY TEAM DRAFT OF THE WHAT WE HEARD SUMMARY OF THIS PHASE 2 ENGAGEMENT REPORT, AS WELL AS VALIDATION THROUGH ALL PARTICIPANTS WHO WERE ABLE TO ATTEND, AND THUS THE REPORT THAT YOU HAVE AS AS COUNCILORS AND MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE HAS AS WELL.

ADDITIONAL INSIGHTS THAT WERE SHARED AFTERWARDS IN THOUGHTS AND IDEAS AND PERSPECTIVES GAINED THROUGH THE VALIDATION PERIOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS LATER ON, BUT THAT'S ALL FOR NOW. THANK YOU.

COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN. THANKS VERY MUCH. YEAH. THANKS FOR THE WORK.

SO A FEW QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. FIRST 1 FOR ADMIN FROM PAGE A FEW DIFFERENT PAGES OF THE REPORT.

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COULD WE GET A QUICK UPDATE FROM YOU ON THE STATUS OF OUR MOTION IN NOVEMBER REGARDING WORK ON TAX CLASSES OR BYLAWS, WHICH RELATED TO VACANT LAND OR BUILDINGS, AND IS SOME OR ALL THAT WORK ON TRACK FOR COUNCIL TO DISCUSS AS PART OF OUR MILL RATE WORK.

MISS WHITE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

SO SOME OF THIS WORK WILL COME UP AS WE HAVE A DISCUSSION, I BELIEVE, AND I'LL DEFER TO MR. VAN DINE ON A WORK PLAN AND HOW THAT FALLS UNDER THE PRIORITIES THAT ARE SET THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SORRY. MR. VAN DINE WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT.

THAT'S ACCURATE. SO WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL BEFORE THE END OF Q1 WITH A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE.

TO MAP YOUR PATH BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

THAT WORK WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YEAH, I'LL JUST SAY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WORK DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

IT IS REITERATED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HERE THAT RESIDENTS ALSO FEEL THAT WAY.

SECOND, REGARDING THE CONCERN RAISED AROUND LAND AVAILABILITY, LAND AVAILABILITY FOR FUTURE GROWTH I JUST WANTED TO APPLAUD THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF FOR ALL THEIR WORK ON THIS CRUCIAL ASPECT OF CITY PLANNING.

I UNDERSTAND AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE FRUSTRATION FROM RESIDENTS AND THE LACK OF LAND ABILITY, HOW IT'S CONSTRAINING PRIVATE AND MUNICIPAL DECISION MAKING.

CITY STAFF, ALONG WITH THE MAYOR AND FELLOW COUNCILORS, ARE WORKING RELENTLESSLY TO ADVOCATE FOR MORE TIMELY LAND TRANSFERS FROM THE ANY.

LACK OF PROGRESS IS CERTAINLY NOT ON LACK OF EFFORT FROM THE CITY'S PART.

AND IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT WHO'S LISTENING OR READING ANY STORIES ABOUT THIS AND WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK OF LAND AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT, I'D STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTACT YOUR MLA AND EXPRESS THIS CONCERN.

THE MORE VOICES COMMUNICATING THE CRITICAL NEED, THE BETTER.

NEXT QUESTION FOR ADMIN ON PAGE 25 OF THE PACKAGE.

ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT'S COME UP REPEATEDLY DURING OUR TERM IS A MISALIGNMENT.

REPEATED MISALIGNMENTS BETWEEN RECREATION AND GREEN SPACE, THE EXPECTATIONS RESIDENTS HAVE THAT COME OUT OF AREA DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND WHAT IS ACTUALLY ENDED UP BEING BUILT RECREATION AND GREEN SPACE AREAS HAVE BEEN TREATED AS THE LOWEST PRIORITY DURING DEVELOPMENTS, AND WHAT IS BUILT IN THE END HAS HAD TO BE ALTERED BASED ON CONSTRAINTS IMPOSED BY OTHER PHASES OF THE BUILD OUT.

WHILE THIS IS UNDERSTANDABLE GIVEN THE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTH, ALONG WITH THE PRESSING NEED TO GET HOUSING DONE, THIS ENGAGEMENT REINFORCES RESIDENTS DESIRE FOR RECREATION AND GREEN SPACES TO BE GIVEN HIGHER PRIORITY DURING DEVELOPMENT.

HOW DO WE PLAN ON BALANCING COMPETING DEMANDS OF HELPING TO FACILITATE THE FINANCIAL AND PROCESS ASPECTS OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME BETTER COORDINATING RESIDENTS EXPECTATIONS AND THE FINAL PRODUCT? MISS WHITE. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO DO 2 THINGS WHEN WE'RE DEVELOPING.

FIRST, IDENTIFY AND PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT IS PART OF A DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND WHAT IS NOT PART OF AN AREA DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

AND THE 2ND IS TO PRIORITIZE THE COMPLETION OF PLANNED INFRASTRUCTURE, RECREATION SPACES AND DEVELOPMENTS.

MOST DEVELOPMENTS ARE DONE IN PHASES THROUGH THE PLAN OF SUBDIVISION AND RECREATION IS INCLUDED AT THE BEGINNING OF THOSE DESIGN AND PLANNING STAGES.

PARKS, COMMUNITY GARDENS, TRAILS ARE INCLUDED AND CONTEMPLATED FOR FINALIZATION AT THE END.

SO WE CREATE THE LOTS. AND THEN WHAT USUALLY HAPPENS NEXT IS INFRASTRUCTURE GOES IN THROUGH THE PHASE.

AND MR. GREENCORN CAN CORRECT ME, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE WE NEED ABOUT 90% BUILD OUT BEFORE WE EVEN FINALIZE PAVING OF ROADS AND, YOU KNOW, COMPLETING THAT SOME OF THAT. SO THINKING OF A COMMUNITY GARDEN INCLUDES WATER.

AND SO WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S IN PLACE BEFORE WE THEN ESTABLISH.

SO, SO THERE'S A SERIES AND A PROCESS THAT IS FOLLOWED.

AND I THINK IT'S UPON US TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S BETTER COMMUNICATED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. I THINK THE THE BITS IN AREA DEVELOPMENT PLANS DESCRIBING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES HAVE BEEN SORT OF ONE SENTENCE AND CAN BE INTERPRETED A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT WAYS. SO JUST ENCOURAGING US TO THINK ABOUT BEING MORE SPECIFIC SO THAT EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PAGE.

ON PAGE 26, THE PACKAGE QUESTION FOR THE CONSULTANTS HOW WAS THIS REPORT COMPILED? LIKE HOW WAS ALL THE FEEDBACK COMPILED INTO THIS REPORT? WAS THIS DONE BY A PERSON OR WAS THIS DONE BY AI? I ASKED JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A REALLY ODD MISSPELLING OF TAYLOR ROAD AT THE END OF SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES FOR FUTURE LAND USE SECTION.

THIS SORT OF ALARM BELL TO ME THAT THIS WAS DONE BY AI AND JUST LOOKING TO CHECK AND SEE WHAT IF THAT WAS THE CASE?

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THE THE SAME CONSULTANTS, THE GROUP OF US THAT DID THE ENGAGEMENT.

WE ARE THE ONES WHO SIFTED THROUGH ALL OF THE FINDINGS HAD MANY, MANY LONG MEETINGS, HAD THE POST-IT NOTES AND THE MAPS THAT WE HAD AT THE FOCUS GROUP SESSIONS IDENTIFYING THOSE THEMES AND THOSE REPEATED THOSE REPEATED IDEAS.

SO NO AI IT WAS WHOLLY HUMAN POWERED. SO IF THERE IS A MISSPELLING WE'LL TAKE NOTE AND SEND AN UPDATED VERSION WITH THAT CORRECTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD TO KNOW. AND JUST A NOTE IF THERE ARE ANY REPORTS THAT COME TO COUNCIL THAT WERE COMPILED BY AI ADMIN AND STAFF COULD JUST FLAG THAT AS IT'S USEFUL KNOWLEDGE. AND THEN QUESTION FOR ADMIN ON THE SAME PAGE.

JUST LOOKING FOR ADMIN IF THEY'D LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO THE CONCERNS RAISED BY PARTICIPANTS REGARDING THE FRAME LAKE NORTH AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT.

AND HOW WOULD WE INCORPORATE THAT FEEDBACK? MISS WHITE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NOT SPECIFICALLY. NO THIS AREA IS STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION, BUT I THINK WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE INTENSIFICATION 1ST AS A PLAN, AND EVEN THOUGH WE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW TO REDEVELOP UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTIES. IT IS NOT ENOUGH AND WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

WE BEING ADMINISTRATION AND COUNCIL, FOLLOWING YOUR DIRECTION ABOUT WHERE WE DO LOOK TO GROW.

THANK YOU. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. AND DOES ADMIN WANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THE ALTERNATIVE AREAS PROPOSED FOR DEVELOPMENT, SUCH AS OLD AIRPORT ROAD, RESIDENTIAL THERE OR THE WEST AND SOUTH OF THE WEST RESIDENTIAL AREA? MISS WHITE? SURE, SURE. THANKS. SO. LANDS NEEDS ANALYSIS AND POPULATION PROJECTIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AT THE INITIATION OF THIS COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE. AND WE HAVE LOOKED WHERE INFILL CAN PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT.

AND WE ALSO KNOW WE HAVE TO CONSIDER OTHER OPTIONS.

I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE DETAILS OF EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THOSE MAPS BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME STICKY NOTES AND THEN THEY TIE TO THE COMMENTS THAT CAME IN FROM THE PUBLIC, BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT IT'S NOT. THESE AREAS AREN'T AREAS OVERLOOKED BY THE CITY.

SO THERE IS A REASON WHY WE HAVE NOT INCLUDED THAT AS AN AREA FOR POTENTIAL EXPANSION.

IT MIGHT BE SERVICING, IT MIGHT BE FEDERAL REGULATIONS SPECIFICALLY.

IF YOU LOOK AT ONE, IT'S RIGHT BESIDE THE AIRPORT.

SO THERE ARE REGULATIONS ON HOW FAR YOU HAVE TO BE BACK FROM THE AIRPORT AS AN EXAMPLE.

SO THERE'S OVERLAYING LEGISLATION WE HAVE TO CONSIDER BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO A NUMBER OF THOSE ITEMS, WE'VE LOOKED AT THEM AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY'RE NOT AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO.

THE ONE AREA THAT I WILL NOTE IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE OLD AIRPORT ROAD.

SO IF YOU KNOW WHERE CANADIAN TIRE IS, IF YOU GO IN BEHIND THERE.

SO THAT IS AN AREA WE ARE CONSIDERING FOR THAT MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.

AND YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THAT REFLECTED IN OUR PROPOSAL FOR LAND USE UPDATES AND DESIGNATIONS IN THE DRAFT PLAN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ON PAGE 52. WELL, THROUGHOUT LIKE, HOUSING AFFORDABILITY COMES UP MANY TIMES IN THE DOCUMENT, AS DOES DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO ACHIEVING IT.

JUST LOOKING FOR SORT OF A HIGH LEVEL OPINION, LIKE WHAT DO WE AS A CITY BELIEVE WE CAN ACHIEVE IN TERMS OF HOUSING AFFORDABILITY? WHAT IS BEYOND OR SHOULD BE BEYOND OUR CONTROL AND SORT OF WHAT MECHANISMS ARE WE CONSIDERING TO PRODUCE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING? FIXED PERCENTAGES FOR DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES, FREE LAND FOR NON-MARKET CO-OP, NONPROFIT HOUSING PROJECTS.

MAYBE THAT'S IN A MORE OPERATIONAL DOCUMENT. BUT JUST TO COMMENT ON WHAT THE CITY CAN DO HOUSING AFFORDABILITY WISE.

MISS WHITE. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SO I, OF COURSE, COULD TALK FOR HOURS ON THIS.

I WILL TRY TO KEEP IT TO, LIKE, REALLY SHORT ANSWER.

THE COMMUNITY PLAN, IT CAN ONLY ADDRESS SOME OF THIS IN PART.

COUNCIL. AND OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, PLUS THE PRIVATE SECTOR WILL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO KIND OF WEAVE THESE SUPPORTS INTO A SYSTEM THAT WORKS SPECIFIC FOR THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE. RIGHT? WE'RE NOT TORONTO. WE'RE NOT EVEN EDMONTON.

IT HAS TO BE KIND OF TAILORED FOR US. THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE CONSIDERING WE BEING THE TEAM THAT'S DRAFTING THE COMMUNITY PLAN, FIXED REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT TO HAVE SPECIFIC PROPORTIONS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS PER OUR METRIC THAT WAS DEFINED THROUGH THROUGH GPC AND COUNCIL, AND THAT'S FOR WITHIN NEW DEVELOPMENTS. AND THEN ALSO KEEPING OR HAVING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT INCREASING INCENTIVES AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES.

SO MAYBE IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WERE LISTENING AND THEY HAD SOME EXTRA MONEY TO ADD TO A CONTINUATION OF HALF, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. AND NEXT MONTH, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A REPORT FORWARD FROM ME TO SHOW WHAT KIND OF SUCCESS WE'RE ACTUALLY SEEING WITH THOSE AS AN ENCOURAGEMENT FOR SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONSIDER GOING FORWARD.

THE OTHER SUGGESTIONS THAT ARE IN THE CONSULTATION DOCUMENT REALLY WOULD FALL TO OTHER BYLAWS.

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SO ADVOCACY FROM COUNCIL WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TO PROMOTE SOME MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSION ON THE FIXED PERCENTAGES, AND HOPE WE GET A BROAD RANGE OF SORT OF FEEDBACK ON WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS OR POTENTIAL FOR THAT COULD BE.

AND THEN ONE MORE ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. THERE'S A REPORT IN 2009 CREATING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY FOR YELLOWKNIFE.

THAT TALKED A LOT ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE REALLY TALKING AND TRYING TO IMPLEMENT.

NOW AS PART OF THE UPDATE, IS THE CITY EXPLORING THE IDEA OF CREATING AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING ORGANIZATION THAT MIGHT RUN OUR OWN HOUSING IN THE CITY.

MISS WHITE. SO AT THIS POINT, I CAN SAY FROM MY DEPARTMENT AND CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD NO BUT THAT'S ONLY FOR FROM PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. I HAVEN'T SPECIFICALLY SPOKEN TO ANYBODY ELSE ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. AND THEN JUST A COMMENT TO WRAP UP.

YEAH. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PROCESS AS IT CONTINUES AND PART OF THE DISCUSSION.

THANKS FOR EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED. THE ENGAGEMENT PROPOSES THE CITY TAKE ON AN ADDITIONAL WIDE ARRAY OF HOUSING AND SOCIAL SERVICE ROLES.

SUCH AS GATHERING, HOUSING AND POPULATION GROWTH DATA, OWNING AND MANAGING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EDUCATING INDUSTRY AND HOMEOWNERS REGARDING THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF ACCESSIBILITY UPGRADES.

MANAGE OR INVEST IN HOUSING AND OR SOCIAL PILOT PROJECTS.

PROVIDING TOOLS FOR BUILDERS AND HOMEOWNERS TO CALCULATE LIFE CYCLE COSTS OF DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION METHODS.

UNDERSTAND AND MAP ECOLOGICAL COMPOSITION OF THE CITY.

MANAGE FLEXIBLE ZONING RULES THAT APPLY DIFFERENTLY IN EACH CONTEXT, ALONG WITH BEING THE CONVENER TO BRING TOGETHER ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND NGOS. THESE ARE ALL GREAT IDEAS.

LOVE THEM ALL. HOWEVER I WANT TO MAKE VERY CLEAR THAT THE CITY IS THE MOST JUNIOR AND LEAST RESOURCED LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT.

IT'S SIMPLY NOT POSSIBLE FOR THE CITY TO TAKE ON ALL OR EVEN SOME OF THESE FUNCTIONS.

THIS IS ESPECIALLY THE CASE WHEN SENIOR AND MORE RESOURCED LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT INSIST CITY STAFF SPEND SIGNIFICANT TIME MANAGING FUNDING PROGRAMS AND APPLICATIONS, AND ADVOCATING FOR THE MOST BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, SUCH AS ACQUIRING LAND WITHIN OUR OWN BOUNDARIES.

I WANT TO THANK PARTICIPANTS FOR THEIR TIME AND EXCELLENT IDEAS. I ALSO WANT TO ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS HAVE REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT THE CITY CAN TAKE ON AND ACCOMPLISH.

THIS MAY BE TAKING ON 1 OR 2 OF THESE IDEAS, BUT EVEN THAT WOULD MEAN DROPPING OTHER WORK, RAISING TAXES, OR BOTH. SO JUST TRYING TO ALIGN THE EXPECTATIONS WITH WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY DO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN, I HAVE COUNCILLOR PAYNE.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I KNOW A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO IT. GARRETT HAD HIT HIT ONE OF MY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE 67 PEOPLE OVER 7 TOPICS, AND I DID WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY WERE THE SAME.

SO 25%. SO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT LIKE 25% OF THE 6? 25% OF THE FOR LIKE OR OVERALL 25%. MISS WHITE.

OH. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. CAROLYN. I'M SO SORRY.

THIS IS MY 1ST COUNCIL MEETING BACK AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, AND I GUESS I'M STILL FIGURING OUT TO REMINDING MYSELF OF THE PROCESS.

I'M SO SORRY ABOUT THAT. YEAH, I WOULD SAY 25% OVERALL.

AND JUST TO EMPHASIZE AS WELL, LIKE FOR THE FOR THE MOST PART, THEY WERE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION REPRESENTATIVES WHO HAD INTERESTS IN VARIOUS COMPONENTS.

SO LIKE AN ORGANIZATION WHOSE INTERESTS LAY IN LAND USE AND POTENTIALLY ALSO HOUSING, AND THEN WITH THE INTERSECTIONS OF PERHAPS INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENT ON TOP OF, ON TOP OF THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT OFFERS ANY VALUABLE CONTEXT, BUT YEAH, 25% OVERALL, WE CAN COME BACK TO WITH A, WITH A MORE SPECIFIC NUMBER FOR YOU.

IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN KNOWING. EXACTLY.

YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. I MEAN, THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE WERE ENGAGED ON THIS IS LIKE SKEWED OPINIONS.

AND, I MEAN, WE'RE A TOWN OF 22,000 PEOPLE, AND I'M SURE THAT 67 PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE MAKING, YOU KNOW, GIVING DIRECTION FOR A WHOLE CITY, EVEN THOUGH THIS COULD BE THEIR, THEIR EXPERTISE.

I SEE THAT YOU SAID DEVELOPMENT FIRST. I TALKED TO A TON OF PEOPLE AND EVERYBODY.

THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF DISPLEASURE WITH THIS PLAN IN IN THE WAY THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE FEELING THAT IT'S IT'S THE WRONG DIRECTION. IT'S ALMOST LIKE FORCED DEVELOPMENT.

WHEN IT COMES TO REDEVELOPMENT FIRST. I DON'T THINK WHAT EVERYBODY I'VE TALKED TO, REDEVELOPMENT FIRST HAS NEVER BEEN THE FIRST THING THAT'S COMING TO

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WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME OUTSIDE UP HERE. PEOPLE WANT THEIR OWN PIECE OF LAND.

THEY WANT THEIR, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, THAT URBAN SPRAWL.

LIKE, THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT EVIDENCE BASED, EVIDENCE BASED RESEARCH, THERE'S 2 TIMES THIS YEAR THAT WE HAD SOME LOTS COMING UP FOR FOR A BALLOT DRAW, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY WERE UP AT GRACE LAKE.

WAS THERE 7 OR 8. THIS FOR CHELSEA? THERE WAS 8 LOTS AT THE BALLOT, 8 LOTS.

AND THERE WAS 90 PEOPLE, ROUGHLY.

54 TOTAL PUT IN BALLOTS. AND WE HAD 8 LOTS ACROSS THE CITY, NOT JUST GRACE LAKE.

OKAY. SO THAT'S A NEED LIKE 8 LOTS, 54 PEOPLE.

WE HAD 46 PEOPLE GOING HOME UPSET. IF AND I DON'T THINK THAT THESE PEOPLE WANT TO BE LIVING IN A REDEVELOPMENT BUILDING DOWNTOWN.

RIGHT. THIS IS IT'S JUST I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS THE YELLOWKNIFE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT.

OKAY, JUST ONE SECOND HERE. EVIDENCE OF WORKFORCE, WORKFORCE, HOUSING.

WE GET EMAILS ALL THE TIME FROM INDUSTRY STATING THAT THEY WANT WORKFORCE ACCOMMODATIONS, THEY WANT WORKER ACCOMMODATIONS.

AND WE REALLY HAVEN'T DONE A WHOLE LOT TO COME UP TO MEET, MEET THAT DEMAND.

AND WE HAVE GIANT MINE THAT'S ABOUT TO GO YOU KNOW, INTO BIGGER OR BIGGER, NOT PRODUCTION, BUT FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, PRODUCTION AS WELL.

SO I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO. NOT TAKE THIS FOR INFORMATION RIGHT NOW.

I THINK WE I THINK THERE'S STILL WORK TO DO. I THINK WE NEED TO ENGAGE MORE PEOPLE.

I CAN I CAN GUARANTEE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE SEEING THIS NOW, THAT ARE GOING TO GOING TO BE SENDING US EMAILS AND FACEBOOK MESSAGES AND TALKING TO US AT THE GROCERY STORES. THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF OPINIONS AFTER THIS, AND MAYBE SOMETIMES THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.

MAYBE THIS SHOULD BE A PART OF THE ENGAGEMENT TO, YOU KNOW, PUT IT OUT THERE, YOU KNOW AS A FAKE.

FAKE IT TO PEOPLE. AND THEN WE GET SOME REAL, REAL OPINIONS ON STUFF.

BUT YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE REPEAT OUT OF THOSE SEVEN, SEVEN TOPICS THAT WERE DISCUSSED. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW EXACTLY THE NUMBERS.

IF YOU CAN GET THAT FOR ME, THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU. AND COUNCILLOR PAYNE AND THERE WAS A FEW QUESTIONS IN THERE.

DOES MISS MISS WHITE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND TO THOSE? THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND MAYBE JUST A CLARIFICATION.

NOT REALLY AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION YES. IN THIS CONSULTATION DOCUMENT, AS WELL AS THERE WAS THE PREVIOUS, WHICH HAD A MUCH BROADER AREA AND SECTIONS OF DIFFERENT PIECES OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

BUT THIS ONE, YES, THERE IS A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT NOT JUST WANTING TO MOVE FORWARD AND CONTINUING WITH THAT INTENSIFICATION FIRST, BUT THERE WERE COMMENTS ABOUT WANTING NEW I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT URBAN SPRAWL, BUT NEW DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH AREAS.

AND AS I SAID EARLIER, AND I WILL SAY IT AGAIN, IT PEOPLE MAY OR MAY NOT AGREE, BUT IT IS THE DIRECTION WE HAVE TO GO, WHICH IS OUR REDEVELOPMENT AND INTENSIFICATION IS NOT GOING TO MEET THE DEVELOPMENT DEMANDS.

AND WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING HOUSING. WE'VE DONE THE MARKET ANALYSIS, WE'VE DONE THE LAND ANALYSIS FOR BOTH COMMERCIAL, LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL CANNOT BE MET WITH THE LANDS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, EVEN IF WE DEVELOPED EVERY SINGLE PARKING LOT IN THE DOWNTOWN.

SO THAT IS A CONVERSATION WE WILL BE BRINGING AS PART OF THIS, A PROPOSAL TO COUNCIL FOR YOUR DIRECTION AND SUPPORT FOR NEW AREAS TO GROW.

AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE, SORRY, WORK CAMPS. WE'RE LOOKING AT WORKER ACCOMMODATION IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. NOW WE ARE GOING TO BE INCLUDING POLICIES.

AS PART OF THAT CONSULTATION. IT WAS ACTUALLY A REALLY INTERESTING MEETING.

AND I KNOW THERE'S CONCERN THAT MAYBE ONLY A FEW PEOPLE PARTICIPATED VERSUS THE POPULATION, BUT THERE REALLY ARE ONLY A FEW PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE WORKER ACCOMMODATION BUSINESS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

THEY WERE AT THAT TABLE. THEY DID ENGAGE IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS, AND THEY ALSO WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE US SOME REALLY GOOD BACKGROUND AS TO HOW THEY WORK, WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR THEM TO SET UP. SO WE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION AND SOME REALLY GOOD SUGGESTIONS THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING TO INCORPORATE.

SO BOTH OF THOSE ISSUES AS IDENTIFIED BY COUNCILOR PAYNE, WE, WE HEAR, WE UNDERSTAND AND WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING FORWARD WITH THAT.

AND THEN THE LAST PIECE IS IF PEOPLE AFTER READING THIS HAVE COMMENTS AND CONVERSATIONS, I WOULD PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO COPY OUR MANAGER,

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SO IT'S PART OF OUR OUR RECORD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU MISS WHITE. NEXT I HAVE COUNCILLOR FOOTE.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

VERY VALUABLE. MOST OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED, SO I THINK I JUST HAVE ONE SMALL ONE HERE WITH REGARDS TO HOUSING, HOW HOW DOES THE CITY PLAN TO SUPPORT NON-MARKET PROVIDERS LIKE CO-OPS, NGOS, INDIGENOUS LED HOUSING IN PRACTICE, AND NOT JUST IN PRINCIPLE? AND SIMILARLY, IS THERE A PLAN FOR INTEGRATING HOUSING WITH SUPPORT SERVICES, JUST SO IT'S NOT AS CONTENTIOUS AS SOME RECENT APPLICATIONS FOR ZONING HAVE BEEN? MISS WHITE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UNFORTUNATELY, AS I'VE STATED BEFORE, THE CITY HAS NO AUTHORITY OVER THE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE OF HOUSING.

SO WE LOOK AT MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS AVAILABILITY FOR ANYONE TO DEVELOP.

SO WHETHER THAT'S A CO-OP, WHETHER THAT'S AN NGO.

AND THEN THROUGH OUR INCENTIVES, THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE WE'LL CALL ADDITIONAL AND SPECIALIZED SUPPORTS FOR NGOS.

HAPPY TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH COUNCIL ABOUT MAYBE EXPANDING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

BUT THE GOAL OF THE COMMUNITY PLAN, IN AND OF ITSELF IS TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S LAND PREDESIGNATED SO THAT SAY YOU COUNCILLOR FOOTE WANTED TO PURCHASE A PROPERTY AND WANTED TO PUT A CO-OP THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH A COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT AND THEN A REZONING AND THEN LIKE SO REMOVING SOME OF THOSE BARRIERS BY DESIGNATING IS ONE OF THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THIS.

I KNOW IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A BIG THING, BUT 6 MONTHS TO POTENTIALLY A YEAR OFF OF YOUR TIMELINE TO DEVELOP.

IS IS MONEY RIGHT? BECAUSE TIME IS MONEY. SO HEARD UNDERSTOOD WITHIN OUR AUTHORITIES? YES. WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE MATTERS. THANK YOU.

YEAH, THANKS FOR THAT. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR IS JUST THAT SOME OF THE BARRIERS WILL BE REMOVED JUST BECAUSE THE TIMELINE IS TOO LONG.

THANKS AGAIN. THANK YOU. AMIR HENDRICKSEN NEXT.

MAYOR. YOUR MIC IS MUTED. WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. ALL RIGHT, I WILL MOVE ON TO COUNCILLOR FEQUET AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET THE MAYOR BACK AFTER. YOU GUYS, YOU CAN HEAR ME, OKAY? YEP. THANKS, JESS, FOR NODDING.

THAT'S WHO I SEE ON MY SCREEN. OKAY, A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION, GUYS. THANKS FOR THE REPORT. THAT WAS PRETTY DAUNTING. THANKS FOR ALL THE ENGAGEMENT YOU GUYS HAVE CARRIED OUT. I GUESS THIS FIRST ONE IS JUST A QUESTION FOR MIN. CAN YOU CLARIFY? REMIND ME IF THE VARIOUS POLICIES THAT WE THAT WE HEARD ABOUT THE WHOLE SUITE OF THE DIFFERENT POLICY AREAS ARE ANTICIPATED TO FORM PART OF THE COMMUNITY PLAN, OR WILL THERE BE ANY SEPARATE POLICIES THAT ARE COMING TO COUNCIL SEPARATELY FOR ANY PARTICULAR DIRECTION? AND IS NOW THAT POINT, OR ARE WE WAITING TILL WE SEE THE INITIAL DRAFT OF THE COMMUNITY PLAN? MISS WHITE? THANK YOU. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

SO I'LL TRY TO ANSWER THIS IN 2 PARTS. AND IF I DON'T ANSWER, COME BACK.

SO THE FIRST PIECE IS THESE SPECIFIC WORKSHOPS AND AREAS OF POLICY THAT WE WENT TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH WERE IDENTIFIED AHEAD OF TIME BECAUSE WE'RE THEY WERE EITHER POINTS WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY POLICIES.

SO LET'S THINK ABOUT, SAY, WORKER ACCOMMODATION HOUSING SPECIFICALLY.

RIGHT. SO WE WANTED TO ADD THOSE INTO THE COMMUNITY PLAN AND THEN GOING FORWARD THROUGH CONSULTATION, WE'VE HEARD OF OTHER AREAS THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING.

SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK TO DRAFT THEM AND BRING THEM PART AS PART OF THE PLAN FOR COUNCIL TO GIVE US DIRECTION.

AND SPECIFICALLY, I'M GOING TO THROW AGRICULTURE ON THAT ONE.

SO IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE COMMENTS, THERE'S SOME COMMENTS THERE, KIND OF SOMETHING WE KNEW ANECDOTALLY, BUT REALLY CAME OUT IN IN SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT THE PUBLIC GAVE US.

SO ARE THEY GOING TO BE BROUGHT SEPARATELY? KNOW WHAT OUR PLAN IS? IS AS MUHAMMED IDENTIFIED IN APRIL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO SESSIONS VERY SPECIFICALLY BREAKING APART SOME OF THESE DRAFT NEW POLICIES.

SO POLICIES THAT WERE NOT TOUCHING, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, BUT POLICIES WERE EITHER UPDATING OR BRAND NEW POLICIES LIKE THE HOUSING POLICY WE'RE GOING TO BRING TO COUNCIL. WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF SAY, OKAY, THIS IS THE BEST LAND USE PRACTICE.

THIS IS HOW IT IS KIND OF YELLOWKNIFE FOCUSED.

HERE'S WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC. HERE'S OUR A RECOMMENDATION, AND WE'LL HOPEFULLY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH GPC BEFORE WE FINALIZE THE DRAFT.

THE NICE THING ABOUT THIS, IT'S THEN GOING TO BE ALSO IN THE PUBLIC REALM.

SO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED, MAYBE PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T PARTICIPATED.

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SO IT'S KIND OF A 2 PART ANSWER, BUT REALLY IT'S A YES.

WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT TO YOU. NOT SEPARATELY THOUGH.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THAT. NEXT QUESTION IS HOW WILL RESIDENTS AND HOW WILL COUNCIL KNOW HOW ALL THE FEEDBACK GATHERED HAS BEEN CONSIDERED IN THE INITIAL DRAFT OF THE COMMUNITY PLAN? MISS WHITE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO SOME OF THAT IS STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO KIND OF DO A FILTER.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAN BE THIS IS ACTUALLY POLICY RELATED.

OH, THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD SAVE FOR WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR REGULATION UPDATES.

WHETHER THAT'S THE ZONING BYLAW, WHETHER THAT'S LAND ADMIN BYLAW, WHETHER THAT'S DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE BYLAW. SO HOW WE PRESENT THAT WE HAVEN'T LANDED ON YET. BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS REFLECTED IN THE POLICIES THAT WE ARE CREATING TO BRING FORWARD, AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

BUT AGAIN, REMINDER, IT'S A POLICY DOCUMENT. SO SOME PEOPLE AS WAS MENTIONED BY OTHER MEMBERS OF GPC TODAY, MAY NOT SEE WHAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDING AT ALL BECAUSE MAYBE WE'RE NOT THE AUTHORITY AND MAYBE BECAUSE IT IS PART OF A DIFFERENT PROCESS.

SO HOW WE TEASE THAT OUT TO BE DETERMINED. AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T STARTED DRAFTING ANYTHING YET.

SO THIS IS JUST TAKING IN THE CONSULTATION. AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD WE WILL KEEP YOU GUYS INFORMED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND MAYBE I'LL JUST OFFER A SUGGESTION IN RESPONSE TO THAT, JUST SIMILAR TO THE VERY HELPFUL, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEETING MATERIALS THAT WE RECEIVE IN VARIOUS TOPICS WHEN THERE'S ENGAGEMENT AND SIMILAR TO A LOT OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, WHAT THEY CONSIDER BEST PRACTICES WHEN THERE'S HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS OF COMMENTS THAT COME IN.

HAVING THAT TABLE THAT SHOWS IF IT'S NOT WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION OR IF IT'S BEEN INCORPORATED INTO CHAPTER FOUR OR, OR IF IT'S YOU KNOW, IF IT HASN'T AND WHY, I THINK THAT'S REALLY TRANSPARENT AND IMPORTANT.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE US STRONGLY TO DO THAT. I WILL CERTAINLY BE ASKING FOR THAT INFORMATION.

THANK YOU, MISS WHITE. ANY RESPONSE? ARE YOU GOOD POLICY DECISION AND DOCUMENT THAT WILL THAT WILL GUIDE US.

MAYBE I FROZE. SORRY. YOU DID FREEZE. YES. ALL RIGHT.

I'LL TRY LOOKING BACK TO THE MAYOR IF IT WORKS THIS TIME.

ANY LUCK? YES, I CAN HEAR YOU, BEN. PERFECT. WONDERFUL.

THOSE MOMENTS WHERE TECH HAPPENS AND SO, YOU KNOW, COUNCILLOR FEQUET.

AT LEAST WHEN YOU FROZE, THERE WAS NO WEIRD FROZEN FACE.

SO THAT'S ALWAYS A POSITIVE. JUST SOMETHING I WANT TO NOTE, TOO.

I KNOW COUNCILLOR PAYNE HAD MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE HE TALKED TO TALK ABOUT WANTING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

I THINK THIS IS WHERE THE BEAUTY OF A COUNCIL IS.

WE ALL TALK TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE POPULATION, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO I TALK TO WANTED THE EXACT OPPOSITE.

AND LIKE MOST THINGS, MOST PEOPLE I TALK TO ARE WANT THE SQUISHY MIDDLE.

THEY WANT THE WHOLE SPECTRUM OF HOUSING. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU KNOW.

THERE WAS A RECENT WORKSHOP AT MAKERSPACE A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND WE HAD EVERYTHING FROM PEOPLE LOOKING TO BUILD SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO TOWNHOUSES TO SENIORS WANTING TO BUILD SORT OF, YOU KNOW, SMALLER HOMES THAT THEY CAN LIVE TOGETHER CLOSE BY SHARING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND ALL THAT.

I THINK THAT'S THE THING THAT I HEAR MOST OFTEN, IS WE NEED THE FULL CONTINUUM OF HOUSING OPTIONS.

SO WITH THAT, THOUGH, INTO MY QUESTIONS. I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION IS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF BOTH YOURSELF AND JESSICA.

WHAT ARE SOME LIKE THE THREE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL SHIFTS IN POLICY DIRECTION YOU SEE COMING OUT OF PHASE TWO THAT MAY IMPACT OUR FUTURE COMMUNITY PLAN? THANK YOU. JESSICA OR DYLAN. WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT EACH OTHER LIKE, WHO'S GOING TO TAKE THIS ONE? I'LL SAY OUR JOB IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

LIKE, OUR JOB HERE IS NOT NECESSARILY THE POLICY COMPONENT.

SO I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE MAKING A DEDUCTION.

THAT'S FAIR. YEAH. YOU KNOW, TAKING WHAT THE COMMUNITY SHARED WITH US AND.

GOOD IN GOOD FAITH. JUST IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO OFFER ON TOP OF THAT.

I THINK YOU PUT IT VERY WELL. AND IT'S NOT AVOIDING THE DIRECT QUESTION, MR. CHAIR. MAYOR HENDRICKSEN. RATHER, IT IS AN ALIGNMENT OF OUR OUR GOALS AND OUR RESPONSIBILITIES TO INFORM THE THE WRITERS OF THE COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE TO MAKE THOSE DEDUCTIONS.

WITH THE KNOWN LIMITATIONS THAT THIS WAS A FOCUSED GROUP DISCUSSION ON VERY SPECIFIC TOPICS.

AND SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN OUR PRESENTATION WAS TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT WE FELT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES TO BRING TO YOU GOVERNANCE PRIORITY COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN THIS

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AND THOSE MIGHT BE THE AREAS IN THE POLICY AND PRACTICE SUGGESTIONS TO, TO FOCUS IN ON AS A STARTING POINT.

YEAH. NO, I RESPECT YOU CHECKING ME ON YOUR ROLE IN THE PROCESS.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I DO I DO BELIEVE MISS WHITE HAS A COMMENT TOO.

OH, YEAH. I WAS GOING TO COME TO DIRECTOR WHITE IN A SECOND. BECAUSE DIRECTOR WHITE, I THINK IT'S SORT OF SAME QUESTION TO YOURSELF, BUT ALSO MAYBE JUST TYING INTO THAT IS ARE THERE IS THERE ANYTHING FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE PERSPECTIVE SO FAR THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK THAT YOU'VE HEARD BUT ISN'T YOU DON'T SEE POTENTIALLY BEING WORKABLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY PLANNING PROCESS.

SO I GUESS NOW I'LL PASS IT BACK TO YOU, MR. CHAIR, TO FOR DIRECTOR WHITE.

MISS WHITE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO TO THE FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION I THINK THE NOT JUST FROM THIS PHASE, BUT FROM ALL THE CONSULTATION AND THE ITEMS THAT HAVE COME FORWARD, WRITTEN COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

I FEEL THAT IT HAS VALIDATED A NUMBER OF THE AREAS THAT WE IDENTIFIED AS BEING ISSUES OR NOT BEING ENOUGH.

I GUESS I'LL SAY AS A POLICY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY PLAN.

SO AS WE'VE MENTIONED NUMEROUS TIMES, HOUSING COMMUNITY PLANS SHOULD HAVE A HOUSING POLICY WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WHOLE SPECTRUM OR BREAKING IT OUT FOR EACH SECTION WITHIN THAT SPECTRUM, THAT SHOULD BE IN THE COMMUNITY PLAN. THERE SHOULD BE TARGETS, THERE SHOULD BE.

SO WE HAVE OUR HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT. WE NEED TO BE TRANSITIONING THAT INTO TARGETS THAT WE ARE MEASURING THROUGH TIME.

SO WE KNOW HOW MANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS ARE WE ACTUALLY HITTING? HOW MANY MULTI-UNIT? HOW MANY SINGLE FAMILY? HOW MANY TOWNS? SO WHILE WE TRACK THAT WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT AND I SHARE IT WITH YOU ONCE A YEAR, THERE SHOULD BE SOME WAY FOR EVERYBODY TO GET A HOLD OF THAT THROUGH THROUGH TIME. ANOTHER SECTION AREA THAT OUR POLICY SECTION THAT WILL BE INTERESTING IS THE WHAT I'LL CALL NATURAL HERITAGE AND THE IDENTIFICATION POLICIES TO PROTECT. SO PUTTING THAT FORMALLY, RATHER THAN JUST A LITTLE BIT OF SPORADICALLY THROUGHOUT THE PLAN WILL BE INTERESTING.

AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, POTENTIALLY SOME SUPPORT FOR AGRICULTURAL AREAS.

SO THOSE WOULD BE THE, THE WHAT DO YOU CALL THEM, CONSEQUENTIAL SHIFTS IN POLICY.

THOSE WILL BE INTERESTING AREAS TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN'T BE INCLUDED? I THINK, JUST AS I SAID BEFORE, THINGS THAT ARE JUST NOT WITHIN OUR AUTHORITY, AND WE WILL BE IDENTIFYING THAT HOW WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY THAT.

I DON'T KNOW YET, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED THAT WE JUST DON'T CONTROL, WHETHER THAT'S WHETHER THAT'S THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WILL WILL BE CLEAR WHAT THOSE ARE.

THANK YOU. YEAH, THANKS FOR THAT. YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, AND I NOTED THE CONSEQUENTIAL SHIFTS BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE OFTEN LOOK OUT FOR IS WHAT'S WHAT'S BIG THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE. RIGHT. SO IT'S TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THOSE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SO OURSELVES AND OTHER RESIDENTS CAN START TO FACTOR THOSE IN.

THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE IS I GUESS JUST, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE DO PROCESSES LIKE THIS, OFTEN YOU FIND SOMETHING THAT SURPRISES YOU.

WAS THERE ANYTHING, I SUPPOSE, FROM THE THE WHAT WE HEARD SIDE OF IT? JESSICA AND TARALYN, THAT SURPRISED YOU IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU HAD HEARD OR WAS EVERYTHING KIND OF, YOU KNOW, FROM PHASE 1, IT SORT OF WAS A CONTINUATION OF THAT DISCUSSION.

JALEN OR JESSICA? SURE. I WOULD SAY THERE WAS A A PRETTY CONSISTENT BUILD UPON THE PHASE 1 FINDINGS.

FOR EXAMPLE, NO MATTER THE SESSION, HOUSING, LAND USE, ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORTATION THAT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION COMPONENT AND THAT SORT OF EMPHASIS ON THE VALUE OF THE NATURAL SPACES AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO THE TO THE LOCAL QUALITY OF LIFE AND SOCIAL CONNECTION THAT WAS ON REPEAT. NO MATTER THE SESSION AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, WE WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT COMMUNITY CARE IN PHASE ONE.

AND SO I THINK WE GOT INTO THE WEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH THAT IN PHASE TWO, TALKING ABOUT POLICY FOR HOUSING AND LAND USE.

SO I WOULDN'T SAY I WAS SURPRISED BY TOO MUCH.

AND IT WAS, IT WAS A NATURAL SORT OF PROGRESSION FROM THE PHASE 1 FINDINGS.

I'LL HAND IT TO YOU, JESS, IN CASE YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD THERE. I THINK WHAT WAS WAS MOST COMING TO LIGHT AS AN EXTENSION ON THAT PHASE ONE.

IN ADDITION TO WHAT TERRY LYNN SPOKEN ABOUT IS THIS IS THIS DEDICATION OF RESIDENTS WHO DO SHOW UP AND CONTINUE TO SHOW UP ACROSS MULTIPLE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ENGAGEMENT THAT THE CITY STAFF ARE DOING? THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE HAVE WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH CITY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF TO AVOID ENGAGEMENT FATIGUE.

THAT'S BEEN OUR OUR MAIN TAKEAWAY FROM EARLY ENGAGEMENT DESIGN IS THAT YOUR RESIDENTS ARE BEING ASKED QUITE A LOT OF THEM,

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THEY ARE COMING INFORMED AND THEY ARE COMING WITH OPINIONS. AND SO AS, AS OUR JOB IS TO ENSURE THAT WE COVER THE BREADTH AND THE DEPTH OF THOSE FINDINGS. SO YOU HAVE VERY DEDICATED RESIDENTS WHO ARE WELL INFORMED, AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF OPINIONS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES AFFORDED, OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO PHASE 3.

YEAH, YEAH. NO, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE CONSCIOUS OF THE THE FATIGUE THAT CAN COME AND MAYBE DIFFERENT WAYS IN THE FUTURE THAT WE CAN DO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND YOU KNOW, TACKLE ISSUES LIKE THIS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THE NEXT ONE I ASK NOT TO IMPLY ANY BIAS ANYWHERE IN THE PROCESS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, COUNCILLOR PAYNE WAS TALKING ABOUT IT THERE. COUNCILLOR COCHRANE BROUGHT IT UP. I KNOW I'VE HEARD IT FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IS ALWAYS THAT CONCERN OF IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THIS ALREADY.

PRE-BAKED. SO WHETHER YOURSELVES, TARALYN AND JESSICA AND THEN DIRECTOR WHITE ALSO, CAN YOU ALL TALK A BIT ABOUT HOW YOU, THROUGH YOUR WORK HAVE DRAFTED THIS WHAT WE HEARD REPORT PRECEDING TO NEXT PHASES IN TERMS OF CAPTURING WHAT YOU HEARD, HOW YOU WERE CHECKING, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL PROFESSIONAL BIASES YOU MAY HAVE.

AND THEN ALSO, I THINK GOING BACK TO WHAT COUNCILLOR PAYNE COUNCILLOR COCHRANE WERE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE FACT THAT IT WAS A SMALLER COHORT OF PEOPLE.

MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU DID TALK TO IN PHASE TWO.

YOU KNOW HOW YOU'RE WAITING, WHO YOU HEARD FROM, WITH WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD IN PHASE 1 OR WHAT OTHER.

YOU KNOW, CONVERSATIONS ARE PROBABLY HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I DON'T KNOW. MR. CHAIR, I'LL LET YOU DECIDE WHERE TO GO FIRST, WHETHER IT'S TARALYN AND JESSICA OR TO DIRECTOR WHITE.

I WILL GO TARALYN AND JESSICA FIRST. SURE. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

AND THROUGH YOU, MR. CHAIR. YES. I THINK, I MEAN, WE CAN ONLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ONLY HUMAN.

OF COURSE. AND SO NATURALLY, THAT IS THERE IS BIAS THAT COMES WITH THAT.

HOWEVER, WE DO OUR BEST TO REMAIN AS NEUTRAL AS POSSIBLE IN THE ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION OF THE INFORMATION IN THE REPORT.

SO ONE THING THAT WE DID AND JESS, JESS MENTIONED IT EARLIER, BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH GIVING IT A LITTLE BIT MORE AIR.

WE WENT THROUGH A VALIDATION PROCESS, SO WE DEVELOPED A DRAFT OF THE REPORT.

AND THEN WE SHARED IT WITH OUR COMMUNITY ADVISORY TEAM, AS WELL AS THE PARTICIPANTS FROM ALL OF THE FOCUS GROUPS AND ASK THEM TO READ WHETHER THEIR SECTION, WHETHER THE WHOLE THING, WHATEVER THEY WERE INTERESTED IN DOING AND SAYING. AND WE ASKED THEM, DID WE ADEQUATELY AND ACCURATELY CAPTURE WHAT YOU SHARED WITH US? AND FROM THERE WE HAD A SESSION WITH THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY TABLE, AS WELL AS AN OPEN LIKE A DROP IN VIRTUAL SESSION WHERE PARTICIPANTS COULD COME AND LEAVE THEIR THOUGHTS.

AND FINALLY, WE ALSO HAD AN ONLINE FORUM WHERE PEOPLE COULD PROVIDE FEEDBACK.

WE ALSO ACCEPTED SOME FEEDBACK VIA EMAIL AS WELL.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP WAS THERE WAS THERE ONE OF THE PIECES WE HEARD WAS THAT THE EMPHASIS ON SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING IN THIS NEED WAS WAS MISSING.

AND SO WE WENT BACK AND MADE REVISIONS TO THE REPORT TO BALANCE OUT THAT NARRATIVE.

I THINK THAT NATURALLY, THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE WHO SPOKE TO ONE AREA RATHER THAN ANOTHER.

AND SO THAT GOT LOST IN THE INITIAL DRAFT. AND SO TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS MORE BALANCE IN THE REPORT WE GAVE TO YOU, WE MADE REVISIONS. AND THAT'S THE DRAFT THAT YOU THAT YOU HAVE NOW.

SO THAT THAT FEEDBACK LOOP IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND THEN WE SEE PHASE 3 ENGAGEMENT AS SORT OF THAT, LIKE ANOTHER VALIDATION PROCESS FROM THE PHASE 2 FINDINGS.

SO WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE. REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUGGESTION ABOUT HAVING THAT TABLE AND BEING ABLE TO INDICATE TO COMMUNITY, BE VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT HERE'S WHAT WE USED, HERE'S WHAT WE COULDN'T. HERE'S WHY.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL ALL BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION AS WE LOOK TO PLANNING WHAT THAT PHASE THREE LOOKS LIKE.

FROM AN ENGAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE. I FEEL LIKE I MAY BE MISSING PARTS OF YOUR QUESTION.

NO, I THINK YOU HIT THEM ALL FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.

THANKS, JESS. ANYTHING TO ADD? THANKS. MISS WHITE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

FOR LARGE PROJECTS LIKE THIS. 1 OF THE, I GUESS, INITIAL WAYS THAT WE ARE AWARE AND TRY TO AVOID HAVING THAT BIAS IS BY HAVING CONSULTANTS WHO DO, WHO DO THE WORK AND ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT REALLY DOES REMOVE US A LITTLE BIT, US BEING PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT STAFF WHO ARE DRAFTING THESE POLICIES.

FROM THAT CONSULTATION PIECE NOW, TEAM MEMBERS WERE THERE, THEY WERE AVAILABLE.

BUT IT'S REALLY THE CONSULTANT WHO'S, WHO'S DRIVING THAT AS WELL AS HAVING CLEAR OBJECTIVES AND HAVING THOSE DETERMINED BEFOREHAND.

SO YOU KNOW, WHAT THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ARE OF THE CONSULTATION, COMMUNICATING THAT WITH THE CONSULTANT AND MOVING FORWARD ON THAT BASIS,

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SO WHILE 8 PEOPLE MAY HAVE SAID ONE THING AND IT ONLY SHOWS UP ONCE, WE HAVE THE RECORD THAT SHOWS THAT EIGHT PEOPLE SAID THAT THING IN EIGHT DIFFERENT WAYS.

SO THAT INFORMATION IS THERE AS WELL. AND THEN AGAIN, TO AVOID OTHER TYPES OF BIAS, I MEAN, IT IS COMMON AND BEST PRACTICE TO ENSURE THAT WHEN YOU'RE COMPILING THINGS COMMENTS AND REVIEWING THEM, THAT YOU'RE REMOVING THINGS YOU'RE NOT INCLUDING PEOPLE'S NAMES, YOU'RE NOT INCLUDING THEIR AGE YOU'RE NOT INCLUDING GENDER OR INCOME STATUS OR ANY OF THAT. SO THAT KIND OF IS PART OF THE FILTER THAT COMES TO US WHEN WE GET THIS INFORMATION.

AND WE ARE AWARE OF IT AS WE DO THIS. SO AND I GUESS THE LAST PIECE IS AND THE CONSULTANTS, I THINK, IN MY OPINION, DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF THIS, THE VARIOUS WAYS IN WHICH THEY WORKED TO CONSULT.

SO NOT JUST ONE ON ONE MEETINGS, NOT JUST SESSIONS AT PUBLIC VENUES, BUT ALSO OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO SHARE 18 PAGES OF INFORMATION, OR TWO LINES OF INFORMATION IN THE WAY THAT MAKES THEM COMFORTABLE.

SO HAVING VARIOUS WAYS TO PARTICIPATE ALSO HELPS REDUCE THAT QUOTE UNQUOTE BIAS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. JUST I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN HEAR IN ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS LIKE THIS IS ARE THINGS PRE-BAKED. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU FOR YOURSELVES TO SHARE THE PROCESS OF HOW THESE THINGS COME ABOUT.

I THINK THIS THE NEXT QUESTION FOR DIRECTOR WHITE PROBABLY IS WHERE THERE ARE POTENTIAL TENSIONS BETWEEN OUR CURRENT POLICY OR FINANCIAL REALITIES. AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT MIGHT COME IN THE NEXT DRAFT OF THE COMMUNITY PLAN? HOW WILL WE, AS COUNCIL BE HAVE THAT INFORMATION SHARED WITH US IN THE PUBLIC? AND I THINK SPECIFICALLY AROUND THINGS THAT I CARE ABOUT, TOO, IN TERMS OF INFILL AND USING, YOU KNOW LAND THAT'S SITTING FALLOW IN OUR IN OUR MUNICIPALITY, BUT WHICH MIGHT POTENTIALLY BE OWNED BY PRIVATE LANDOWNERS.

SO THE CITY ACTUALLY HAS VERY FEW POLICY TOOLS AT OUR DISPOSAL.

SO LIKE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO COMMUNICATE THAT AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY PLANNING PROCESS AND, YOU KNOW, UPDATE IN TERMS OF WHAT THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, AS COUNCIL MCLENNAN REFERENCED EARLIER WITH WHAT IS IN OUR TOOLKIT AND WHAT OUR, YOU KNOW, LONG TERM GOALS ARE. HOW IS PLANNING HOW IS THE CITY LOOKING AT MOVING FORWARD ON THOSE COMMUNICATION ELEMENTS? MISS WHITE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I WILL SAY IT WILL VARY DEPENDING ON WHAT THE TOPIC IS THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING.

ADMINISTRATION. WE WILL WORK VERY HARD TO CLEARLY IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS THAT ARE NOT WITHIN OUR AUTHORITY.

SO THEY'RE KIND OF UP FRONT OUT OF THE WAY. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WE JUST CAN'T DO AT THIS TIME OR THAT YOU AS COUNCIL CAN ADVOCATE FOR WHERE ITEMS MAY BE A DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL. WE WILL IDENTIFY THAT AS WELL.

AND THESE ARE GOING TO BE BIG CONVERSATIONS. THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE ASKS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WE JUST CAN'T DELIVER ON.

WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY. OR WE CAN SAY, LISTEN, THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO, BUT IT'S GOING TO COST THIS IN CAPITAL AND THIS IN O&M.

THAT IS THEN FOR COUNCIL TO GIVE US THE DIRECTION.

DO YOU WANT US TO GO AHEAD? DO YOU NOT? OUR JOB AS ADMINISTRATION IS TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE OPTIONS IN FRONT OF YOU TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AND GIVE US THOSE DIRECTIONS THAT WILL HELP FORM THAT FINAL VERSION OF THAT DRAFT COMMUNITY PLAN.

THANK YOU. PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANOTHER THING THAT CAME UP OFTEN AS I WAS, YOU KNOW, REVIEWING THE REPORT AND I CAN GO OVER THIS MANY MORE TIMES WITH 200 SOME ODD PAGE REPORT.

BUT IN MY FIRST CUT IS THE ISSUE OF POPULATION PROJECTIONS AND SORT OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF THE FUTURE AND THE FUTURE COMMUNITY PLAN.

AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF WHAT I SORT OF PICKED UP ON WAS PEOPLE SORT OF SAYING, GO FIRST ON INFILL AND GO FIRST ON REUSING BEFORE GOING FOR NEW GREENFIELD AND POPULATION PROJECTIONS. SO I GUESS, HOW ARE THOSE PROJECTIONS BEING CONSIDERED WHEN PLACED AGAINST, YOU KNOW, THE PARTICIPANT CONCERNS ABOUT OVER ALLOCATING LAND? AND I KNOW THE NUMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATED IN THE PAST, LIKE WE NEED 65 HECTARES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT MAYBE, DIRECTOR, WHAT YOU CAN RECONFIRM FOR ME WHAT THAT EXACT NUMBER IS IN THE MOMENT, BUT JUST TRYING TO BALANCE OUT THOSE NEEDS VERSUS THE WANTS OF PEOPLE AND YOU KNOW, THEN IT GETS BACK TO THE WORK WE AS COUNCIL NEED TO DO TO BRING THE PUBLIC ALONG AND TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. BUT IF YOU CAN REMIND ON THOSE POPULATION PROJECTION PIECES, MISS WHITE.

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SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE POPULATION PROJECTIONS ANALYSIS AS WELL AS THE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT, ALL OF THOSE PIECES ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER. AND THAT'S WHERE WE GOT THE LAND NEED ANALYSIS.

RIGHT. AND SO THOSE PIECES ARE WHAT INFORMS WHAT WE NEED AND HOW WE NEED IT.

AND THEN THE OTHER CONVERSATION AND UNFORTUNATELY, MAYOR HENDRICKSEN, I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO ASK ME THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT JUMPED OUT.

MORE SURPRISING. SO I'M GOING TO ANSWER IT ANYWAYS, IS PEOPLE ACTUALLY AND GOOD ON THEM BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING I ENJOY TALKING ABOUT, AS I'M SURE MR. GREENCORN DOES IS THE HIERARCHY OF SERVICING AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW THAT YOU'RE LAUGHING.

IT'S TRUE. IT'S A VERY EXCITING TOPIC. AND HOW DOES THAT ALIGN WITH NOT JUST COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL, BUT HOW DOES IT ALL WORK AS A SYSTEM? HOW DO WE GROW THAT SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S COST EFFECTIVE, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, ETC.? SO ALL OF THAT DOES FEED INTO THE SYSTEM. AND IF MAYBE THERE'S ANOTHER QUESTION THAT YOU COULD SLOWLY ASK WHILE I TRY TO LOOK INTO THEM, THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THE ANSWER, OR I'LL GET IT BACK TO YOU AT SOME POINT IN THIS MEETING.

THANK YOU. KNOW, I YEAH. AND EVEN AFTER THE FACT TOO, IS, I THINK JUST AS PART OF THE THE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO IN OUR COMMUNITY PLANNING WORK AND COMING OUT OF THE COMMUNITY PLAN AND FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL HAVING IT CLEAR FOR RESIDENTS THE THE BALANCE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING, LIKE VACANT LAND REVIEWING AND WHAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO TACKLE THERE WHILE ALSO HAVING TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE DO NEED NEW GREENFIELD, THAT WE NEED ALL TYPES OF HOUSING OPTIONS AVAILABLE, AND THAT IT CAN'T JUST BE ONE OR THE OTHER ON ANY OF THESE.

IT IS THE FULL SPECTRUM AND THE DATA TO TO SHOW THAT REGULARLY.

I'M COLLEAGUES, I PROMISE I'M COMING TO THE CLOSE OF MY QUESTIONS.

BUT ANOTHER ONE THAT COMES UP AND TARALYN AND JESSICA, YOU ALREADY REFERENCED IT TOO IS AROUND TRANSPORTATION INTERLINKAGES AND HOW WE PLAN THE CITY. SO I GUESS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ISN'T A QUESTION FOR YOURSELVES, MORE FOR ADMIN, BUT HOW IS THE WORK ON ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PLAN WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, AS WELL AS OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN WORK WE'RE DOING.

HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DUPLICATING EFFORTS AND AVOIDING CONFLICTS, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE KNOW WE DON'T POTENTIALLY END UP WITH ONE PLAN SAYING ONE THING AND ANOTHER PLAN SAYING ANOTHER THING. I'LL GO TO MISS WHITE AND MAYBE MR. GREENCORN, DEPENDING HOW THIS GOES, IT'S GOING TO GO GREAT.

SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE MULTITUDE OF PLANS, BECAUSE WE NOT JUST HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WE HAVE THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AS WELL. SO THE I GUESS WE'LL SAY HIERARCHY AGAIN OF DOCUMENTS IS THE COMMUNITY PLAN IS A LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENT.

WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE IT AND IT IS REQUIRED TO DO A NUMBER OF THINGS.

AND THOSE ARE ALL OUTLINED. AND WE'LL HIT THOSE.

YOU CAN ADD TO THAT AND INCLUDE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE COMMUNITY SPECIFIC.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AS WELL. SOME OF THOSE INCLUDE THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

SOME INCLUDE THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. THEY SO THE OVERARCHING POLICY IS THE COMMUNITY PLAN, WHICH GIVES THAT HIGH LEVEL LAND USE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTION.

IT IS GOING TO REFERENCE AND TIE INTO THOSE OTHER PLANS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.

WE HAVE OTHER DOCUMENTS ALREADY COMPLETED. SO THOSE ARE BEING LOOKED AT TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR POLICIES.

WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS THE GROUPS OF CONSULTANTS AND ADMINISTRATION ARE TALKING AND WORKING TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS AN ALIGNMENT. SO THAT ONE ISN'T SAYING WE'RE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, A MONORAIL THROUGH DOWNTOWN WHILE THE OTHER ONE IS SAYING, NO, WE WANT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION. SO THAT ALIGNMENT IS THERE, AND I AND I WILL ASK MR. GREENCORN IF HE WANTS TO SPEAK TO IT. THERE ARE MEETINGS COMING UP. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WHEN THE POLICIES ARE DRAFTED, THOUGH OF THE COMMUNITY PLAN WILL ALSO BE FLIPPING IT TO THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, THAT AND THEIR CONSULTANTS THAT HAVE AN INTEREST IN THOSE AS WELL.

AGAIN, BACK TO THAT VALIDATION. MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SAYING AND ENSURING THAT THERE'S AN ALIGNMENT ACROSS THE BOARD.

MR.. GREENCORN, I KNOW I GUESS THE OTHER THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT THERE IS A HIERARCHY AND WE SEE THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS REALLY UNDERNEATH, NOT UNDERNEATH, BUT SUBSERVIENT TO THE COMMUNITY PLAN, AS MISS WHITE SAID.

AND THERE THERE ARE OTHER ALIGNMENTS AS WELL.

THERE ARE THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN THAT TIE DIRECTLY TO TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

SO WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO NOT HAVE TUNNEL VISION ON THESE PLANS AS THEY HAD IN THE PAST.

AND THERE WAS SOME LEGITIMATE CRITICISM OF THEM, AND THEY STOOD ALONE AND SAT ON SHELVES.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO LINK THEM ALL TOGETHER SO THAT THEY'RE NOT SO EASILY SWEPT AWAY, SO TO SPEAK.

SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF ALIGNMENT. THANKS. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND YEAH, NO MONORAIL THROUGH DOWNTOWN. WE DON'T NEED TO BE A SIMPSONS EPISODE DIRECTOR.

WHITE. I GUESS MY FINAL QUESTION WOULD JUST BE OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, SHARING THIS WHAT WE HEARD REPORT GIVING US THE CHANCE TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS FROM AN ADMIN PERSPECTIVE WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU SEEKING FROM US NOW?

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AND THERE'S GOING INTO PHASE THREE. BUT I GUESS I JUST YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US AT THIS JUNCTURE AS PART OF THIS WORK? AND IF WE MOVE FORWARD INTO NEXT STEPS, YOU KNOW, WILL WE BE PIGEONHOLED IF SOMETHING POPS UP LATER? I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A IT'S AN INFORMATION SHARING SESSION IN MANY WAYS.

BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THIS IS PART OF A DECISION MAKING PROCESS.

SO I'M JUST TRYING TO REALLY GRAPPLE WITH WHERE WE ARE NEXT STEPS, ALL OF THAT.

IF YOU COULD LAY THAT OUT AS CLEARLY AS POSSIBLE FOR ME AND MY COLLEAGUES.

THANKS, MISS WHITE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND BEFORE I ANSWER THAT, I WILL GIVE YOU THE STATISTICS YOU WERE LOOKING FOR.

SO RESIDENTIAL LANDS, 65 HECTARES, COMMERCIAL LANDS 17 TO 21 HECTARES.

AND I KNOW YOU SAID ACRES, BUT IT'S HECTARES.

AND INDUSTRIAL LANDS IS COULD BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 39 TO 89 HECTARES.

SO THAT'S A LOT OF LAND INFILL INTENSIFICATION WILL NOT MEET THAT DEMAND.

AND JUST SO EVERYONE AS WELL I KNOW IT'S A DETAIL, BUT IT'S NOT MINOR.

WE HAVE A HEIGHT LIMITATION WITHIN THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE DUE TO THE FLIGHT PATHS THAT GO OVERHEAD.

SO WE ARE ALSO LIMITED IN HOW HIGH WE CAN GO IN DOWNTOWN.

SO THERE'S WHAT? OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. YOU SEE.

MULTI-STORY SKYSCRAPERS THAT WILL NEVER BE YELLOWKNIFE.

SO JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE. SO WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? AND I MAY ALSO ASK MOHAMMED TO COME UP BECAUSE I KNOW HE'S REALLY THE ONE WHO IS MOVING THIS ITEM FORWARD.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE WANT YOU TO TAKE THE DOCUMENT NOT JUST THIS ONE, BUT ALL OF THE OTHER PIECES JUST KIND OF WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND IT.

THERE'S ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF BEFORE WE COME BACK TO HAVE THESE DRAFT POLICY CONVERSATIONS.

IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU TAKE THIS INFORMATION, ALL OF IT FROM THE PUBLIC, FROM THE CONSULTANTS WHO GOT THOSE WHETHER WELL, THAT'S A POPULATION STUDY.

MARKET STUDIES. ALL THE LAND ANALYSIS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

AND I THINK THE OTHER THING IS TO UNDERSTAND WHICH IS THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY, YOU ARE ALL GOING TO HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION AND IDEA ON WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE GOING FORWARD.

NONE OF YOU ARE WRONG. OKAY. IT'S HOW DO WE MAKE A DOCUMENT THAT IS GOING TO BEST SERVE THIS COMMUNITY, NOT JUST TOMORROW, BUT FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS, AND KEEP THAT IN MIND.

SO IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND AGAIN, JUST GOING TO THE SERVICING, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EXTENDING PIPE SERVICES, IT'S NOT JUST IS THAT A GOOD IDEA BUT IS IT CAN WE AFFORD IT.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT COUNCIL NOT JUST YOU, BUT THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, 5 OR 6 COUNCILS WILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE O&M TO PAY FOR IT. SO IT'S THE BIGGER CONVERSATION THAN JUST WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE NOW.

AND CAN WE AS A COMMUNITY MAINTAIN IT? THE NICE THING IS WE'RE PLANNING FOR GROWTH.

SO SOME OF THAT GROWTH IS GOING TO HELP PAY FOR THAT.

SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KEEP IN MIND AT THIS POINT.

BUT I WILL ASK MUHAMED IF HE HAS ANYTHING MORE STEP BY STEP TO GO THROUGH.

THANK YOU. THROUGH YOU, MR. CHAIR. SO WE WE WENT THROUGH 3 PHASES, ACTUALLY, THE.

TWO PHASES, PHASE 1 PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND PHASE 2 PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

WE ALSO HAD A BACKGROUND STUDY OF ALL THE POLICIES THAT WE ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW, INCLUDING WE HAVE SOME STUDY DONE FOR THE POPULATION PROJECTIONS AND HOUSING ASSESSMENT IS ONE OF THE REPORT THAT WE ALSO PROVIDE.

THESE ARE ALL THE BACKGROUND WORKS THAT WAS NEEDED TO GET OURSELVES READY TO SEE WHERE THE CHANGES ARE COMING.

WHAT ARE THE UPDATES REQUIRED FOR ALL THOSE POLICIES.

SO OUR NEXT STEP IS TO DRAFTING THE POLICIES BASED ON THE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED THROUGH THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

WITH ALL THE REPORTS THAT WE DID IN THE LAST 1 YEAR WE ALREADY STARTED OUR DRAFT POLICIES.

SOME OF THE POLICIES ARE WORK IN PROGRESS. MOST OF THEM ARE PENDING.

FOR THE NEXT 2 AND 3 MONTHS WOULD BE EXTENSIVE POLICY WORKS.

SO WE'LL GO BACK TO ALL THESE FEEDBACKS AND REPORTS AND TECHNICAL STUDIES, AND WE'LL IDENTIFY THE AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE SOME UPDATES ON OUR EXISTING COMMUNITY PLAN. THERE WILL BE SOME AREAS, AS MR. WHITE MENTIONED, THAT WILL HAVE SOME NEW POLICIES, INCLUDING HOUSING POLICIES, WORK CAMP POLICIES.

ENVIRONMENT IS 1 OF THEM. SO THESE ARE THE NEW POLICIES WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED AND HOPEFULLY BY NEXT 2 OR 3 MONTHS.

OUR PLAN IS TO COME BACK TO YOU ON APRIL. IN APRIL, WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST 2 SESSIONS TO GO THROUGH EACH AND EVERY POLICIES THAT WE ARE UPDATING, CHANGING OR INCORPORATING AS NEW POLICIES.

AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION ABOUT ALL THE POLICIES THAT WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW.

ONCE THESE DISCUSSIONS ARE DONE WE'LL ALSO GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AGAIN, AS WE DISCUSSED THAT, HOW WE ARE GETTING MORE FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.

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THAT WILL BE OUR PHASE THREE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. WILL WORK ON THAT AT THAT TIME.

ONCE WE HAVE THAT DRAFT POLICY DONE AND ALL THE FEEDBACKS WILL BE COME BACK TO US AGAIN.

AND AFTER THAT, WE'LL START OUR MEETINGS FOR THE DRAFT COMMUNITY PLAN BASED ON HOW MANY NUMBER OF MEETINGS WE REQUIRED. ONCE WE IDENTIFIED AND GET THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTIONS, WE'LL THEN FINALIZE OUR COMMUNITY PLAN.

AND HOPEFULLY WE ARE HOPING THAT IT WOULD BE BY MID TO Q2 TO Q3 WHEN PROBABLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO FINALIZE OUR COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE ANSWER. DIRECTOR WHITE AND MANAGER ALLEN.

MR. CHAIR. I'M DONE. MY QUESTIONS. THANKS. THANK YOU.

AND FOR ROUND 2, I HAVE A FEW THINGS. SO THE PHRASE WORK CAMPS, WORKER ACCOMMODATION WORKER WORK HOUSING, WORKFORCE HOUSING, THEY'RE KIND OF USED THROUGHOUT THE REPORT AND OUR CURRENT ZONING. SO JUST WANT SOME CLARIFICATION BECAUSE CURRENTLY THOSE ARE VERY DIFFERENT THINGS. A WORK CAMP AND WORKFORCE HOUSING IN OUR CURRENT BYLAW ARE VERY DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO SOME CLARITY GOING FORWARD. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT BOTH THINGS? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WORK CAMPS LIKE JUST VERY SPECIFIC ON WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO INCLUDE IN THE COMMUNITY PLAN GOING FORWARD? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. SO AND THERE WAS ANOTHER ITEM IN TERM USED AS WELL WHEN WE WERE HAVING THE CONSULTATION.

SO THE IDEA IS THAT THE COMMUNITY PLAN IS GOING TO INCLUDE A POLICY THAT WILL ENCOMPASS THE NEEDS THAT WHETHER IT'S A LARGE COMPANY COMING HERE OR LOCAL WORKERS ARE REQUIRING THAT IT ADDRESSES THAT REGULATION WILL THEN COME THROUGH THE ZONING BYLAW BECAUSE THE ZONING BYLAW IS TO CONFORM WITH THE COMMUNITY PLAN.

SO THE IDEA IS COMMUNITY PLAN HAS THAT OVERARCHING POLICY TO ADDRESS THE WHOLE OF THE ISSUE, AND THEN WE'LL REGULATE IT THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS.

THANK YOU. OKAY. AND I DID MENTION POTENTIALLY DESIGNATED AREAS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS WITH THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL.

BE IN THE COMMUNITY PLAN. YES. SO SPECIFIC DESIGNATIONS WILL BE INCLUDING THE ALLOWANCE FOR WORK, WORK, WORKFORCE ACCOMMODATIONS, WHATEVER TERM WE LAND ON.

THERE'LL BE SPECIFIC DESIGNATIONS FOR THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ON PAGE 41, WE TALK ABOUT PRIORITIZING LAND FLEXIBILITY.

AND IT IS MENTIONED THERE REPLACING PERMANENT USES WITH SOME OTHER KIND OF CONTEXT SENSITIVE, MULTIFUNCTIONAL. CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THAT MEANS? I. I'LL GIVE MISS WHITE MAYBE FIRST CRACK AT THAT.

SURE. AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO PUT FORWARD THESE IDEAS, BUT I THINK THE IDEA IS AND AND I SOMEWHAT AGREE WITH IT, IS INSTEAD OF OUTLINING AND DEFINING VERY SPECIFIC THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY PLAN THAT BE LEFT FOR THOSE REGULATION DOCUMENTS, THE COMMUNITY PLAN WOULD BE OVERARCHING USES.

SO JUST BECAUSE IT'S SIMPLE, AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE AGRICULTURE.

IN THE OTHER DOCUMENTS, THAT COULD BE EVERYTHING FROM HAVING GARDENS TO HAVING LIVESTOCK TO HAVING CHICKEN FARMS. AND ALL OF THOSE REGULATIONS WOULD BE BROKEN OUT SEPARATELY.

BUT THE OVERARCHING POLICY WOULD BE TO SUPPORT AGRICULTURE.

SO I THINK AND THAT IS MY INTERPRETATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT MEANS.

BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME AREAS IN OUR CURRENT COMMUNITY PLAN THAT JUST KIND OF GO A LITTLE TOO DEEP.

WE NEED TO BRING IT BACK UP SO THAT PEOPLE BECAUSE WHAT WHAT WE WANT THIS TO BE IS YOU AS THE DEVELOPER, WHEN YOU COME IN AND WANT TO DO SOMETHING IN THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE, THIS TELLS YOU WHAT TO DO AND WHERE TO GO TO FIND THE INFORMATION SO THAT YOU CAN DO YOUR DEVELOPMENT. AND I THINK IT GOES BACK TO COUNCILLOR FOOTE COMMENT OF HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS? AND I THINK THIS IS PART OF THAT PROCESS. SO YOU'RE NOT HAVING SOMETHING IN A COMMUNITY PLAN THAT THEN CONFLICTS WITH THE ZONING BYLAW, THEN CONFLICTS WITH THE BUILDING BYLAW. IT ALL HAS TO BE MANAGEABLE AND THERE HAS TO BE ALTERNATIVES BUILT INTO THAT PROCESS.

AND SO, BY THE WAY, THAT WE WORD OUR POLICY, WE'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE THAT.

AND I HOPE THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YES. YEAH. THERE'S I'VE RECEIVED LOTS OF FEEDBACK ABOUT THE COMMUNITY PLAN BEING TOO PRESCRIPTIVE.

MAKES IT VERY HARD TO DO A ZONING BYLAW WHEN IT'S LIMITED AT THAT HIGH LEVEL.

SO THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING HIGHER AS A POLICY DOCUMENT. AND THEN DETAILS IN THE ZONING DOES MENTION A NUMBER OF SPOTS IN THE REPORT ABOUT A NAVIGATOR ASSISTING SMALL LOCAL FOLKS WHO WANT TO BUILD SMALL THINGS.

MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, THAT'S NOT A LOCATION, BUT WHERE WOULD THAT POTENTIALLY BE INCORPORATED? I GUESS AT THE CITY LEVEL. THANK YOU. AND I THINK IT WAS 2 BUDGETS AGO.

WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION. AND SOMEONE CAN CORRECT ME AT THIS POINT, IT'S NOT NO, IT'S NOT A COMMUNITY PLAN POLICY.

WHAT IT WOULD BE IS A CONVERSATION ABOUT STAFFING AND HOW DIFFERENT POSITIONS ARE ADDED TO,

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NOT JUST THE PLANNERS, BUT SAME WITH THE BUILDING INSPECTORS. THOSE ARE NOT THE RULES THAT WE CURRENTLY TAKE ON BECAUSE IT CREATES A CONFLICT.

AND SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT AS THE APPROVAL AUTHORITY, WE CANNOT CREATE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE APPROVING.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. AND THEN GOES TO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS BEFORE ABOUT NON MARKET.

IT DOES TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW WORKING WITH NON-PROFITS OR CO-OPS.

SO IF WE SAY IF WE DECIDE OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME KIND OF LAND INCENTIVE FOR A NONPROFIT OR CO-OP TO KIND OF REMOVE THOSE FINANCIAL BARRIERS.

IS THAT A COMMUNITY PLAN LEVEL JUST POLICY OR PROCESS, OR IS THAT SOMETHING ELSE, LIKE WHERE WOULD THAT FIT IF COUNCIL SAID.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I KNOW THE ONLY ONE IS WHAT'S THE NONPROFIT THAT WE GIVE HOUSING LAND TO RIGHT NOW? HABITAT FOR HABITAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY NAMED. SO IF THAT WAS TO BE BIGGER POLICY.

SO, SO A NONPROFIT COULD COME AND ASK US FOR LAND IS A COMMUNITY PLAN LEVEL POLICY DISCUSSION OR IS IT AGAIN SOMEWHERE ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO IT IS AGAIN SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND UNDER PREVIOUS BYLAWS, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE LAND ADMINISTRATION BYLAW IS WHERE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WAS SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED.

WE NO LONGER IDENTIFY ONE SPECIFIC AGENCY OR ORGANIZATION BECAUSE ALL SHOULD HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY.

COUNCIL, YOU MADE THAT CHANGE ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO.

AND THEN LAST YEAR WHEN WE UPDATED THE DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES, WE ALSO REMOVED THE REQUIREMENT AND NAMING OF A SPECIFIC NGO.

AND NOW IT IS ANY SO PEOPLE CAN WORK WITH MR. FOOTE VERSUS MR. WARBURTON WHATEVER WORKS BEST WITH THE PLANS THAT THEY ARE DOING.

WE'RE NO LONGER SINGLING INDIVIDUAL NGOS OUT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I GUESS NOT SO GOOD QUESTIONS, BUT THE QUESTION YOU GET ASKED BY THE MAYOR BEFORE AROUND LIKE, BIG POLICY SHIFTS. AND IT'S BEEN MENTIONED ONCE BRIEFLY HERE AND ALSO IN THE DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE TOWARDS A FIXED METRIC FOR AFFORDABILITY WITHIN KIND OF GOING FORWARD. THAT IS A MASSIVE SHIFT FOR WHAT WE DO RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT NOW, IT'S IF YOU WANT AN INCENTIVE, YOU CAN DO AFFORDABILITY IN YOUR BUILDING OR WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING.

BUT IF WE MANDATE THAT THAT IS NOT A SUBTLE SHIFT, THAT IS A MASSIVE SHIFT IN POLICY.

AND THAT MAKES ME NERVOUS, FRANKLY. BECAUSE I, I THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO BUILD MARKET, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND IF WE START MANDATING THINGS, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE NOTHING GET BUILT, FRANKLY. SO THAT'S A DISCUSSION FOR ANOTHER DAY.

BUT I'M ALL FOR AFFORDABILITY METRICS, BUT TO TO MANDATE THEM INTO DEVELOPMENT, I THINK IS YOU'RE ASKING THE MARKET TO DO NON-MARKET THINGS.

SO I THINK THAT IS A IT'S A SCARY PRECEDENT, I THINK, TO SET.

WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE? AND THEN JUST A COMMENT AROUND I'M EXCITED TO HEAR WE TALK ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLANS.

I LOVE HOW THERE'S A LOT OF FOCUS ON KIND OF ROAD AND DENSIFICATION.

BUT I JUST WANTED MORE OF A PUBLIC REMINDER. WE DON'T CONTROL PRIVATE LAND.

THE CITY HAS VERY FEW LEVERS CURRENTLY TO MAKE SOMEONE DO SOMETHING WITH THEIR PRIVATE LAND.

FOR VERY GOOD REASONS. AND A GOOD EXAMPLE IS OLD AIRPORT ROAD HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOR INFILL AND DENSITY FOR OVER A DECADE.

AND IT'S NOT HAPPENING BECAUSE THERE'S NO WATER AND SEWER THERE. SO THAT IS LIKE THERE'S SOME BASIC THINGS THAT WE JUST GOT TO BE REAL ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REDEVELOPMENT AND INFILL OF PLACES IS SOME JUST DON'T HAVE THE BASIC BITS TO DO THAT.

SO THAT'S MORE OF A COMMENT AND FEEDBACK FOR THE PUBLIC TO MAKE SURE EXPECTATIONS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

SO BEFORE WE GO TO ROUND 2. WE ARE AT AN HOUR AND 30 MINUTES HERE.

SO LET'S TAKE A TEN MINUTE BREAK, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK AT 140 FOR ROUND 2.

QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. AND WE'RE BACK.

SO WE'LL START WITH ROUND 2 FOR QUESTIONS. WHO WAS 1ST ON THE LIST? COUNCILLOR COCHRANE FOR ROUND TWO. QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. UNDERSTANDING THAT AT THE VERY BASE OF THIS DOCUMENT, IT IS ASPIRATIONAL IN NATURE.

BUT CAN YOU ELABORATE UPON EXACTLY WHAT A CENTRAL PEDESTRIAN PLAZA CONCEPT IS? IS THIS BECOMING A COMMON PLANNING TACTIC ACROSS MUNICIPALITIES, AS THIS SEEMS LIKE QUITE THE BOLD INITIATIVE, BUT ALSO A QUITE COSTLY INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT I DON'T SEE WILL BE UTILIZED FOR THE INTENDED USE.

I WILL LET MS. WHITE TAKE THIS 1ST. THANK YOU.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC WHEN WE ASK FOR THEIR SUGGESTIONS.

THIS IS SOMETIMES WHAT WE GET. AND IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT IT HAS TO BE EXACTLY AS ENVISIONED HERE.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND MULTIMODAL FORMS THERE CAN BE A CONNECTIVITY THAT DOES CREATE KIND OF A LOOP AROUND DOWNTOWNS.

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BUT IT IS A CONCEPT THAT COULD BE REALIZED IF COUNCIL WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION.

WE ALREADY HAVE SOME OF THESE NETWORKS IN PLACE, AND IT WOULD JUST BE A MATTER OF CONNECTING THEM AND SIGNING THEM APPROPRIATELY.

WOULD IT BE EXACTLY AS ENVISIONED HERE? NO. WOULD IT BE A YELLOWKNIFE VERSION? SURE, IT COULD BE. LET'S SEE WHAT COMES FROM THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

IF THESE SAME PROPOSALS WERE MADE AND ANY ADVICE OR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME FROM THAT.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU. IT WAS LESS TO DO WITH THE ACTUAL TRANSPORTATION ASPECT, WHICH I FULLY UNDERSTAND, EVEN THOUGH IT DOES ENTAIL THE ENTIRE DOWNTOWN ZONE AND MORE CAME INTO THE INVESTMENTS INTO HEATING SYSTEMS, PARTIAL COVERINGS, ALL OF THAT. WHICH SOUNDS REALLY COOL IN CONCEPT, BUT WE'LL AGAIN, MOST LIKELY NOT BE UTILIZED BEFORE THE INTENDED USE.

BUT TO THE NEXT PART. AND I THANK YOU FOR THE CLARITY ON THAT.

JUST TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS ON PAGE 20 AROUND THE CON REDEVELOPMENT AREA, CAN WE GET SOME INSIGHT INTO ITS FUTURE? WHEN WILL REMEDIATION BE FINALIZED? AND IS THAT LAND INTENDED TO BE TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE CITY? BECAUSE I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT WE EVEN PUT THE DISCLAIMER IN THERE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE BASED UPON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AT THE TIME, BUT I DON'T WANT A LARGE AMOUNT OF OUR RESIDENTS TO THINK THIS COULD BE JUST A GIANT PIECE OF OUR FUTURE WHEN THERE ARE BUSINESS INTERESTS IN THAT AREA.

NOT TO MENTION, YOU KNOW, THE FULL ACTUAL REMEDIATION ASPECT, MISS WHITE, THANK YOU.

AND SO MINE IS A RECLAMATION WHICH IS EVEN DEEPER THAN A REMEDIATION.

SO IT'S A DIFFERENT PROCESS. SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT.

AND SO RIGHT NOW IT IS CURRENTLY COMMISSIONERS LAND AND IT IS UNDER LEASE TO A THIRD PARTY, NOT JUST THE MINE, BUT LANDS IN AND AROUND IT.

SO THE CITY HAS ASKED FOR LANDS ADJACENT TO IT, WHICH IS ALSO COMMISSIONERS LAND, WHICH WE CURRENTLY DO NOT OWN.

THAT WILL HELP COMPLETE OUR PROPOSAL FOR TAYLOR ROAD, WHICH IS OUR FOCUS RIGHT NOW.

CON. IS NOT A FOCUS OF THE CITY AT THIS POINT IN TIME, AS THERE ARE OTHER AGREEMENTS AND JUST ONGOING AT THAT PROPERTY PROPERTIES. THERE'S MORE THAN ONE PROPERTY THERE.

REALLY, THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR ANY UPDATE IN CASE THE MEDIA DID WANT TO KNOW TO CONTACT THE SEC LANDS DEPARTMENT AND OR CON CON MINE.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S ALL FOR ME.

THANK YOU. COUNCILOR FEQUET, I HAVE NEXT. HEY, GUYS, YOU CAN HEAR ME, OKAY? YEAH, I CAN HEAR YOU. I CAN'T SEE YOU. YEAH, I'M JUST KEEPING MY VIDEO OFF.

THE INTERNET KEEPS FREEZING. BUT TRY IT AND LET ME KNOW IF IT FREEZES LIKE LAST TIME.

OKAY. SORRY THAT I GOT CUT OFF LAST TIME. YEAH.

THE REASON I HAD ASKED THAT EARLIER QUESTION ABOUT IF THE DRAFT POLICIES ARE COMING AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY PLAN, I HEARD APRIL IN ONE OF THE RESPONSES OR NOT, IS BECAUSE I'M INTERESTED.

I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN KNOWING LIKE, WHEN IS THE BEST TIME FOR COUNCIL TO HAVE THOSE SPECIFIC POLICY DISCUSSIONS? IS IT WHEN WE RECEIVE THAT FIRST INITIAL DRAFT COMMUNITY PLAN AND THOSE DRAFT POLICIES? DEPUTY MAYOR WARBURTON RAISED THE TOPIC OF WORKER ACCOMMODATIONS AND TWO OTHER BIG ONES FOR ME THAT IT SEEMS LIKE, MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT AND GIVE GENERAL DIRECTION TO STAFF ON INCLUDE THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WATERFRONT AREA SHOULD REMAIN ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AND WHETHER DENSIFICATION IS APPROPRIATE IN GREEN SPACES.

SO THOSE SEEM LIKE THEY WOULD INFLUENCE THE POLICIES THAT WOULD BE WRITTEN.

AND I'M JUST WONDERING, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, GIVEN OUR CURRENT TO DO LIST, THAT THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS HAVE ADMIN DRAFTING POLICIES THAT DON'T YET HAVE THAT HELPFUL DIRECTION OF COUNCIL AND RESULT IN UNNECESSARY REWORK.

SO MOSTLY I JUST WRITE AT THIS STAGE LOOKING FOR CLARIFICATION THAT YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ANYTHING TODAY.

YOU'LL DO YOUR BEST TO REFLECT WHAT WAS HEARD SO FAR FROM THE PUBLIC AND FROM WHAT COUNCIL HAS SAID OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR CURRENT TERM.

AND WHEN WE RECEIVE THE INITIAL DRAFT COMMUNITY PLAN AND POLICIES, THAT WILL BE THE TIME WHERE YOU WE'VE SET ASIDE PROBABLY SIGNIFICANT TIME TO HAVE THESE BIGGER POLICY CONVERSATIONS. MISS WHITE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO WE ARE WORKING BACK FROM SEPTEMBER TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS ENOUGH TIME FOR FIRST STATUTORY PUBLIC HEARING AND SECOND READING SO THAT THIS CAN GET TO THE MINISTER BEFORE YOU ENTER 2026 ELECTION.

SO WE'VE WORKED BACK FROM THERE. THE 2 LARGE CONVERSATIONS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ARE EXACTLY THAT COUNCILLOR FEQUET IN APRIL, WHERE WE CAN HAVE THOSE. OKAY, HERE'S WHAT WE HEARD.

HERE'S THE, YOU KNOW, OUR BEST ADVICE. ARE YOU ALIGNED OR NOT ALIGNED? AND WHAT IS THE DIRECTION OF COUNCIL? OKAY. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD ARE THIS IS THE LAW AND WE MUST FOLLOW IT.

BUT THERE ARE GOING TO BE SO MANY PIECES THAT ARE THESE ARE POLICIES THAT YOU, AS COUNCIL ARE GOING TO BE ASKED TO SET FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS.

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AND THEN HOPEFULLY HAVE THAT BACK AND FORTH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT WAS HELPFUL. JUST A QUESTION TO OUR CONSULTANTS ONLINE THAT ARE HELPING US WITH THE ENGAGEMENT.

AND OBVIOUSLY PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IS A SUPER IMPORTANT, ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS PROJECT AND UPDATING THIS TYPE OF POLICY FOR THE COMMUNITY.

I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM IF THERE'S BEEN ANY TARGETED ENGAGEMENT WITH ANY OF THE THREE INDIGENOUS GOVERNMENTS WHOSE TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES INCLUDE YELLOWKNIFE, OR IS THERE A PLAN TO AT SOME POINT? AND OF COURSE, WHETHER IT'S THEM OR THE CITY IS DOING THAT AT A LEADERSHIP LEVEL, AND IF NOT, IT WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND THAT RATIONALE.

JESSICA. I ACTUALLY I WOULD PASS THAT BACK TO CHELSEA.

MISS WHITE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO FROM THE BEGINNING, THE ANSWER IS YES.

THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, THE ANSWER IS YES. AND I KNOW NOT ONLY HAVE WE, YOU KNOW, DONE THE TRADITIONAL REACH OUT SEND LETTERS, IDENTIFY WHAT WE ARE DOING. I KNOW THE MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER AND MUHAMED HAVE EVEN GONE AND MET WITH COUNCILS OF OUR INDIGENOUS GOVERNMENTS BOTH HERE IN YELLOWKNIFE AND I BELIEVE YOU WENT TO LUTSEL K'E.

SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING. OUR LISTENING IS ONGOING SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ARE.

BECAUSE THERE ARE INTERESTS IN THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REFLECTING THAT GOING FORWARD.

AND AS THINGS ARE DRAFTED, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION AND PROVIDE WHETHER THAT'S MAPPING DRAFT POLICIES AND CONCEPTS, WE'LL BE PROVIDING THAT TO THEM AS, AS PARTNERS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE THE MAYOR WANTS TO ADD TO THAT AT ALL.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO I CAN READ MY MIND. YEAH.

NO, JUST THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. IT'S AS PART OF THIS PROCESS ADMINISTRATION SENT OUT LETTERS TO ALL OF OUR INDIGENOUS NEIGHBORS.

AND SO THE OFFER HAS BEEN THERE THROUGHOUT. SOME CONVERSATIONS HAVE HAPPENED MORE FORMALLY AND MORE INFORMALLY.

BUT AS SHE DID MENTION TO THE EXTENT THAT A LETTER THAT WENT TO THE CHIEF AND COUNCIL.

THEY ACCEPTED OUR OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE. AND SO MYSELF, THE CITY MANAGER AND MR. ALLUM WENT TO TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. SO THAT'S SORT OF THE EXTENT THAT WE'VE BEEN MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ENGAGING AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES WHO, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT RIGHT NEXT DOOR, DEPEND ON YELLOWKNIFE AS THAT, YOU KNOW, CENTRAL HUB THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WE'RE REACHING OUT AND WE'RE HEARING FROM THEM AND INCORPORATING THAT INTO THIS WORK.

SORRY IF I IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE MORE THING THAT WE'VE ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS WITH THE NORTH SLAVE MÉTIS ALLIANCE AS WELL.

THANK YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU. JUST A QUESTION OF CLARIFICATION.

THE TOP OF PAGE 14. IT TALKS ABOUT THE INTERNAL DRAFT POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT WAS SHARED WITH THE EXISTING CURRENT COMMUNITY PLAN.

DURING THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM. I ASSUME THAT'S THE THE PREVIOUS POLICY KIND OF LIST THAT WE GOT PRESENTED TO THAT CAME TO COUNCIL EARLIER THIS YEAR OR LAST YEAR, I GUESS, WITH THE VARIOUS TYPES OF POLICIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAVING TO BE DRAFTED.

THAT'S WHAT THAT INTERNAL DRAFT POLICY FRAMEWORK IS REFERRING TO.

OR IS IT MEANING SOMETHING ELSE? MISS WHITE. AT THE TOP OF PAGE 14.

[INAUDIBLE] MISS WHITE IS LOOKING FOR PAGE 14.

OH, IS IT USED FOR CLARIFIER IN THESE INSTANCES? COUNCILLOR FEQUET IS IT PAGE 14 OF THE PDF OR OF THE DOCUMENT? WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. THE PDF. THERE WE GO.

YEAH, JUST IT JUST TALKS ABOUT THE EXISTING COMMUNITY PLAN AND INTERNAL DRAFT POLICY FRAMEWORK WAS PROVIDED FOR EACH AREA.

SO I ASSUME THAT'S JUST WHAT WE WERE PROVIDED AS COUNCIL.

BUT THE REASON I'M ASKING IS IF IT IS SOMETHING NEW OR ADDITIONAL THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED KIND OF SINCE PHASE ONE.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD IT IN OUR HANDS, THAT'S ALL.

IF I MAY WELL ADMIT OUR SEEKING THAT PAGE NUMBER.

AS THE COAUTHORS OF THE REPORT, WE INTENDED THIS TO BE A LOWERCASE.

IT'S A A LIST OF DRAFT POLICIES. YOUR FIRST ASSUMPTION, COUNCILLOR FEQUET, IS CORRECT, THAT WE REFER TO A LIST OF DRAFT

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SO I CAN'T FIND AN ACTUAL LIST. SO I WILL GET BACK TO YOU.

BECAUSE. IS IT A SPECIFIC LIST? COUNCILLOR FEQUET.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE. THE REFERENCE IN PAGE 14 IS JUST TO THE.

IT'S CALLED INTERNAL DRAFT POLICY FRAMEWORK. AND I WAS JUST ASKING FOR CONFIRMATION THAT I ASSUMED THAT WAS THE LIST OF POTENTIAL POLICIES THAT CAME TO COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT LIKELY IS. SO THAT'S THAT'S COOL.

I'M GOOD ON THAT ONE. I HAVE A BUNCH OF OTHER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK THEY'RE PROBABLY MORE APPROPRIATE TO SAY FOR APRIL.

I THINK MAYBE JUST THE ONE FINAL QUESTION I HAVE IS AND, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF INPUT, A LOT OF FEEDBACK, A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE, ALL, YOU KNOW, WEAVED TOGETHER TO CREATE THIS DRAFT COMMUNITY PLAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IN APRIL ALONGSIDE A WHOLE BUNCH OF POLICIES WITH SOME BIG POLICY DISCUSSIONS.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT ADMIN IS ABLE TO SHARE IN THIS SPACE OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO WEIGH ALL OF THAT INPUT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW THAT NOT EVERYONE HAS THE SAME OPINIONS ACROSS COUNCIL, ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.

AND JUST THERE'S AND THERE'S OBVIOUSLY LOTS OF EXAMPLES WHERE THERE'S CONFLICTING OR CONTRADICTING OPINIONS.

SO YEAH. IS THERE ANY IS THERE ANY KIND OF LIKE OBJECTIVE OR SYSTEMATIC APPROACH THAT, THAT WE'RE THINKING OF WHEN, WHEN WEAVING THIS PLAN TOGETHER? AND THIS IS MORE JUST ASKING THIS QUESTION.

SO WHEN WE SEE IT IN APRIL, WE'LL UNDERSTAND.

AND I SEE STEVEN HAD HIS HAND UP FIRST. MR. VAN DINE.

YEAH. NO, THANK YOU. AND I AND I'LL INVITE CHELSEA TO ADD, BUT I THINK IT'S AT THIS POINT, I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND COUNCIL THAT COUNCIL HAS THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY OVER THE PLAN.

THE THE WORK THAT THE CONSULTANTS ARE DOING IS IS VERY PROFESSIONAL.

THE WORK THAT MY TEAM IS DOING IS IS VERY PROFESSIONAL AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND MAKE IT AS OBJECTIVE AS POSSIBLE.

WHAT IS THE UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH IS THAT LAND USE BRINGS IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT, CONFLICTING VALUES.

AND COUNCIL IS IN THE ENVIABLE OR UNENVIABLE POSITION OF WEIGHING THE COMMUNITY'S VIEWS ON THOSE VALUES.

SO WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S AS MUCH PRECISION AROUND THE INFORMATION RECEIVED.

THE ANALYSIS CONDUCTED, THE AREAS OF POTENTIAL CONFLICT.

BUT ULTIMATELY COUNCIL IS, IS IS IS THERE TO LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY, TALK TO YOUR TALK TO YOUR AND BE AND, AND LISTEN TO INPUTS FROM OTHERS. AND THEN IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, HOPEFULLY YOU'LL HAVE A PACKAGE THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT YOU CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, HERE'S, HERE'S HERE'S A, HERE'S A PLAN AS PRESENTED, HERE'S A PLAN AS AMENDED, MAYBE IN THIS WAY.

AND HERE'S A HERE'S A PLAN AND MAYBE, PERHAPS AMENDED IN ANOTHER WAY, BUT ULTIMATELY IT WILL BE A SET OF DECISIONS AND POTENTIALLY TRADE OFFS THAT COUNCIL WILL WILL NEED TO TAKE AND HOPEFULLY YOU FEEL WELL SUPPORTED IN, IN YOUR DETERMINATION OF THOSE TRADE OFFS.

MISS WHITE, ANYTHING TO ADD? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

YEAH. JUST QUICKLY, WE WILL IDENTIFY TO YOU THE ITEMS THAT YOU MUST HAVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY PLAN.

IF YOU ARE KEEN, YOU CAN GO TO THE COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT. IT'S LISTED THERE. IT'LL TELL YOU EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE.

AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY NICE TO HAVE, BUT THE REALLY GOOD PLANNING ITEMS TO HAVE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AS WE GROW FORWARD.

SO THOSE WILL BE SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS IS BEST PLANNING PRACTICE.

THIS IS WHAT WE CAN AFFORD. HOW CAN WE, YOU KNOW, MEASURE THE 2 AND COME AND HAVE COUNCIL COME TO THAT DECISION BECAUSE THE CITY MANAGER IS RIGHT. IT IS YOUR ULTIMATE DECISION AND DIRECTION ON SOME OF THOSE ITEMS, NOT THE LEGISLATED ONES, BUT THE OTHER ONES. WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY THEM FOR YOU AND WE WILL SUPPORT YOU THROUGH THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

THANK YOU. COUNCILOR PAQUETTE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO THANK YOU. THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL AND I LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING ALL OF THAT INFORMATION TO YEAH, HAVE THOSE IMPORTANT POLICY AND TRADE OFF DISCUSSIONS.

ALL RIGHT. IS ANYONE ELSE ROUND 2 QUESTIONS. COUNCILLOR FOOTE.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. JUST TO CIRCLE BACK TO AFFORDABLE MARKET HOUSING, HOW DOES AN ADMINISTRATION ENVISION MANDATORY AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS OR

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AND SO AGAIN, THESE ARE REFLECTIONS OF WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR AND LOOKING TO PROPOSE ISN'T MANDATED.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS TARGET. AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

SO THROUGH OUR HOUSING ACCELERATOR FUND, THE AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS FOR 6.37% OF ALL NEW UNITS TO BE AFFORDABLE.

AND THAT IS DEFINED WITHIN THE BYLAW JUST THROUGH THREE APPLICATIONS.

WE'VE EXCEEDED THAT. OKAY. SO WHEN PEOPLE SAY IT'S NOT REASONABLE, IT IS WHEN THERE ARE THOSE INCENTIVES BEHIND IT.

AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT TO THE END OF 2027.

SO THE CONVERSATION WILL BE, DO WE CONTINUE THOSE INCENTIVES BECAUSE THAT IS HOW YOU GET IT TO MARKET, AND ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ALIGN INCENTIVES WITH THOSE TARGETS? SO IT'S NOT THAT EVERY SINGLE DEVELOPMENT HAS TO HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

IT'S THAT WHERE IT MAKES SENSE. WE AS THE CITY ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT, TO MEET TARGETS OVERALL FOR ALL OF THE HOUSING, WE KNOW HOW MUCH HOUSING WE NEED. THEREFORE WE'RE GOING TO ASSIGN HOW MUCH OF THAT IS TO BE AFFORDABLE, BECAUSE SOMEONE COULD DO ALL OF THEM AS AFFORDABLE DEPENDING ON THE CMHC PROGRAM THEY GET.

OR MAYBE THEY'RE SUPPORTED BY THE GWT THERE'S MANY OTHER WAYS THAT THE DIFFERENT SPECTRUMS OF THE HOUSING CONTINUUM COME TO THE MARKET.

AND ALL OF THAT IS RECORDED, AND IT'S NOT ENTIRELY BY THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ASKING THE QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR THE ANSWER.

ANYONE ELSE NOT SEEING ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE CONSULTANTS FOR YOUR TIME.

AND TAKING ALL THOSE QUESTIONS AND THEN FOR WRANGLING IT ALL TOGETHER.

THAT IS IT, I DO BELIEVE. CHECK. YES. ANYTHING ELSE THEN? YES. WE'LL SEE THIS EVENING AT 7:00. OH. MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SORRY. COUNCILLOR COCHRANE. SECONDED BY COUNCILOR MCLENNAN.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.