Apr 01, 2026 Governance & Priorities Committee

AND I WILL NOW CALL OUR GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE MEETING FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1ST,

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SO I'LL MOVE TO APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. MR. VAN DINE, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE AGENDA TODAY? NOTHING TO ADD,

[2. Approval of the agenda. ]

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

[4. A memorandum regarding whether to amend the 2025-2026 Revised Work Plan.]

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT WILL BE JUST TAKING COUNCIL THROUGH.

SO JUST BY BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION COUNCIL IS AWARE THAT UNLIKE PREVIOUS COUNCILS, THERE HADN'T BEEN A COMPREHENSIVE WORK PLAN CREATED. THIS COUNCIL DID INVEST THE TIME AND ENERGY IN DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE WORK PLAN.

CERTAINLY, AFTER A FAIR AMOUNT OF EFFORT AND EVENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED WITHIN THE COURSE OF THE THE MANDATE OF THIS, OF THIS, OF THIS COUNCIL WE'RE CONTINUING TO LEARN ABOUT WORK PLANNING.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO ADJUST WORK PLANNING. WE'VE DEVELOPED SOME NEW SOFTWARE OR PROCURED SOME NEW SOFTWARE TO HELP US WITH WORK PLANNING TO DO IT BETTER.

AND AS I COMMITTED IN THE BUDGET 2026 DELIBERATIONS, WE'RE GOING TO BRING THE WORK PLAN BACK IN IN THE FIRST QUARTER TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF BUDGET 2026, AS WELL AS THE TIME LEFT IN, IN THE MANDATE.

AND IF I CAN PARAPHRASE FROM A 1960S SOAP OPERA, THESE ARE THE SANDS OF THE HOURGLASS.

AND SO THEY, THEY ARE WE ARE GETTING INTO A POINT IN TIME IN WHICH THERE ARE A SET NUMBER OF MEETINGS LEFT.

WE'VE GOT APPROXIMATELY 14 GPCS LEFT BEFORE THE END OF THIS TERM, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER SEVEN FULL COUNCIL MEETINGS.

AT THIS AT THIS JUNCTURE, WE CAN ALWAYS ADD MORE.

AS YOU'RE AWARE AND WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF WORK PLANNING COMMITMENTS THAT REMAIN OUTSTANDING, BUT WE HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF PROGRESS THAT WE'D LIKE TO TO TALK TO COUNCIL ABOUT TODAY.

OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO AS JUST GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO AS WE'VE AS WE'VE DISCUSSED WE ARE DOING WORK PLANNING IN A, IN A FAIRLY DISCIPLINED MANNER.

WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE BIT BETTER AT IT. WE ARE TRYING TO TRACK ALL THE PROGRESS.

AND AGAIN, AS WE'LL GET TO AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, THERE'S ALWAYS THE UNFORESEEN.

SO WE DON'T, WE DON'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CYBER EVENTS, WE DON'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THINGS THAT MIGHT BE WEATHER OR POWER OUTAGES THAT AFFECT THE CITY. IT DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, THE SEASONALITY OF WATER BREAKS AND OTHER THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ATTENDED TO ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO RESPOND TO THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT CAPTURED FULLY IN ALL THE EFFORT THAT WE DO, BUT WE DO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNING WITH WITH COUNCIL'S DIRECTIONS.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL JUST TO BRING BACK TO COUNCIL'S MEMORY, WHEN THE FIRST ITERATION OF THE WORK PLAN WAS DONE, IT WAS DONE IN A TIME WHERE THERE WAS LOTS THAT NEEDED TO BE FACTORED IN.

BUT THE ALIGNMENT WITH THE STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS OF COUNCIL HADN'T BEEN DONE.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID AFTER THE FIRST ITERATION OF THE WORK PLAN IS WE STARTED TO THEN START SCOPING THINGS UNDER THE STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS OF, OF COUNCIL. AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THIS PRESENTATION WILL, WILL POINT TO.

SO WITH, WITH RESPECT TO PEOPLE'S FIRST, HERE'S YOU'VE READ THE REPORT IN THE MEMO, SO I WON'T GO THROUGH, THROUGH EACH AND EVERY ITEM. BUT I WILL JUST NOTE THAT WE'VE MADE A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF PROGRESS ON THINGS WITH RESPECT TO GETTING IN PLACE. OUR WELL, OUR COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN.

WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND A DOG POUND QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE HAD TO HAD TO ADDRESS.

WE'VE HAD SOME ACCESSIBILITY POINTS. WE'VE HAD SOME ENCOURAGEMENT AROUND BIKE LANE TRIALS AND TRYING TO GET GOING ON THAT FRONT IN ADDITION TO SOME OF THE OTHER LARGER STRATEGIC PIECES. WE'RE NOT QUITE DONE YET.

SO ON SOME OF THE MORE NOTABLE FEATURES THAT ARE STILL COMING AND TO WHICH WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS AND WE ARE COMMITTING TO TO DELIVER WITH YOU, PROVIDED THAT UNFORESEEN EVENTS DO NOT KNOCK US OFF TRACK.

ONE OF THE MORE LARGER ONES IS THE COMMUNITY PLAN.

SO OUR COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY PLAN IS ON TRACK AND UPDATED AND OUR PROGRESS ON THAT.

WE WILL UPDATE THROUGH REGULAR INTERVALS AND PREPARE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS TODAY ON OUR CURRENT CURRENT APPROACH, BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE MORE SIZABLE PIECES THAT THAT WILL BE MOVING FORWARD BEFORE THE END OF END OF YOUR MANDATE.

ADDITIONALLY, ON THE MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WE ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON THAT FRONT.

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WE'RE LOOKING TO ENGAGE COUNCIL SOON ON SOME OF THE, THE LARGER PIECES OF THE MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN BEFORE WE GO TO TRY AND FINALIZE AND BRING IT FORWARD THROUGH FORMAL APPROVALS. AND WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF FRANKLIN AVENUE.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO BE KICKING UP THIS, THIS SUMMER.

AND IN LINE WITH THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH RESPECT TO THE LIFT STATION.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE PIECES THAT THAT ARE HEAVIER ON THE PEOPLE FIRST, THINGS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING A SLIGHT DELAY OR DELAYED AT THIS POINT. AND I'LL DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE THE CITY FACILITIES, STRATEGIC USE STUDY.

WE ARE BRINGING HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD AN RFP THAT HAS BEEN AWARDED RECENTLY.

WE HAVE MET WITH THE CONSULTANT THAT IS HELPING US WITH THE RFP TO LOOK AT OUR FACILITIES MORE STRATEGICALLY.

COUNCIL WILL RECALL THAT ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT THEY PUT ON THE WORK PLAN WAS, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THE RUTH INCH MEMORIAL POOL NOW THAT YOU'VE GOT AN AQUATIC CENTER THAT'S GOING TO BE READY TO GO? WELL, THE AQUATIC CENTER, AS YOU KNOW, IS OPEN.

THE RUTH INCH MEMORIAL POOL CONTINUES TO SIT, AND WE FACTORED THAT INTO A LARGER FACILITIES REVIEW THAT IS NOW GETTING UNDERWAY.

THAT FACILITY'S REVIEW ALSO INCLUDES THE POTENTIAL OF WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE VISITOR CENTER? WHAT DO WE DO WITH CITY HALL RENOVATIONS? AND WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE RUTH INCH MEMORIAL POOL? SO OH, AND AND POTENTIALLY LIBRARY. SO THAT WORK WE WILL HOPE TO BRING TO COUNCIL EARLIER THIS, JUST BEFORE YOU'RE DONE. WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING READY AND SOME OPTIONS READY FOR BUDGET 2027.

SO THAT WE'RE IN A DECISION MAKING SPACE ON THAT FRONT.

THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE NEEDS OF THOSE FACILITIES, WHETHER WE HAVE NEEDS FOR THE VISITOR CENTER, WHETHER WE HAVE NEEDS FOR OTHER NEEDS FROM THE COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT TO THE RUTH INCH MEMORIAL POOL, THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO TO FACTOR IN AND THEN HOPEFULLY BRING FORWARD SOME, SOME PROPOSALS IN TIME FOR BUDGET 2027. WITH RESPECT TO WHAT THE CONSULTANT IS DOING, WE ARE ASKING THE CONSULTANT TO DO SOME ENGAGEMENT FOR THOSE THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY ALREADY WITH ONE PROPOSAL OR ANOTHER FOR THE RUTH INCH MEMORIAL POOL, WE'RE BRINGING THAT INFORMATION TO THE CONSULTANT AND WE'RE ASKING THE CONSULTANT TO FOLLOW UP AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE FACTORING IN ALL OF THE, THE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS THAT MIGHT BE BEHIND THE PROPOSALS.

AND THEY'VE COME IN VARIOUS FORA AND MEANS. AND IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL IDEAS THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE FOR THE RUTH INCH MEMORIAL POOL.

THEY DON'T NEED TO WAIT TO BE CALLED, THEY CAN CONTINUE TO SEND THEM IN TO US AND WE'LL FORWARD THEM ON TO, TO OUR, OUR CONSULTANT3 WITH RESPECT TO SERVICE EXCELLENCE.

SERVICE EXCELLENCE IS A, IS A, ONE OF THE, IS THE SECOND KEY DIRECTION OF THIS COUNCIL.

WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE BEEN MOVING FORWARD.

WE'VE ADDED SOME SINCE COUNCIL HAS DID ITS FIRST VERSION OF THE WORK PLAN.

AND I'LL JUST DO SOME HIGHLIGHTS FOR YOU TODAY.

SO WITH RESPECT TO A NUMBER OF THE REVIEWS AS COUNCIL IS AWARE ONE OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT REVIEWS WE DID WAS WITH RESPECT TO OUR IT AUDIT AND BY BY THE CONSULTING FIRM NMP. WE'RE NOW MOVING INTO WORK PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING ON MOVING FORWARD, INCLUDING SOME GOVERNANCE AND, OTHER ACTIVITIES.

SO WE ARE WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME FUNDING. THANKS TO COUNCIL IN BUDGET 2026 TO HELP US START, START US DOWN A PATH AND THAT PATH IS UNDERWAY.

YOU'LL NOTE SOME OTHER PIECES WITH RESPECT TO GOVERNANCE.

WE DO, WE DID DO A FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL REVIEW WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OF THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WITH RESPECT TO THE COUNCIL'S SORRY, THE COUNCIL PROCEDURES BYLAW AND THE SHIFTING OF DATES AS ONE OF THE ASPECTS FROM MONDAY TO WEDNESDAY, WE'RE CONTINUING TO TRY THAT OUT. AND WE'VE GOT OTHER UPDATES THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING.

ON ORGANIZATIONAL REVIEW, WE ARE FULLY IMPLEMENTING THE, THE REVIEW THAT I HAD BROUGHT TO, TO COUNCIL THROUGH THROUGH VARIOUS BRIEFINGS.

THOSE MEANS WERE THAT THE REVIEW HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT TARGETED.

NOT NOT VERY RADICAL. THE MAJOR FINDINGS FOR COUNCIL'S BENEFIT WERE THAT ESSENTIALLY THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE CITY WAS BASICALLY SOUND AND COMPARABLE TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS IN THE COUNTRY AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES OF SIMILAR SIZE THAT OUR SHIFT THAT WE UNDERTOOK PRIOR TO

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WE'VE THEN TAKEN SOME OF THOSE IDEAS FURTHER WITH SOME FURTHER SUGGESTIONS, WHICH IS TO GROW MORE OF A CORPORATE CAPACITY WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION AND START, START FOCUSING OUR FINANCE CAPACITY ON FINANCE QUESTIONS, WHETHER IT'S ASSET MANAGEMENT, WHETHER IT'S FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, WHETHER IT'S FINANCIAL BUDGETING, MAKING SURE THAT OUR, OUR CORPORATE FINANCE GROUP, WHICH WAS SEEN AS HAVING BEEN TASKED OVERLY TASKED WITH CERTAIN FUNCTIONS TO TRY AND SHIFT THAT, SHIFT THAT OUT. AND THERE IS SOME OTHER PIECES THAT COUNCIL IS AWARE OF, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT.

COUNCIL IS ALSO BEEN INTERESTED IN SOME OF THE, THE ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES FOR COUNCIL SUCH AS TRAVEL LEAVE AND AND, AND A PROTOCOL WITH, WITH ADMINISTRATION. SO WE'RE PLEASED TO REPORT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THOSE.

WITH THINGS TO COME, WE DO HAVE SOME, SOME PIECES THAT WE'RE PUSHING, PUSHING ALONG ON.

WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN ADVANCING AND HAVE ASKED FOR DOLLARS TO HELP SUPPORT US TO DO THIS ON BUSINESS CONTINUITY.

AND THIS IS TO ROUND OUT OUR WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH RESPECT TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ONGOING WORK TO BE ON A READY POSTURE FOR WHATEVER MAY COME AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE SERVICE DISRUPTION. AND THERE'S SOME OTHER PIECES THAT WE CAN SPEAK TO AT COUNCILS, AS COUNCIL WOULD LIKE. ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE OF THE MORE SLOWED PROCESS.

THERE IS A LIST HERE. WE DO HAVE THINGS THAT WE CAN SPEAK TO ON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE.

ON PARTICULAR NOTE WITH RESPECT TO MILL RATE AND WITH RESPECT TO LAND, UNDERUTILIZED LAND OR DERELICT PROPERTIES, WE ARE LOOKING TO RE ACCELERATE THOSE PIECES AND BRING SOMETHING OVER IN THE NEXT NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WE HOPE TO BE BRINGING FORWARD THINGS FOR, FOR GPC CONSIDERATION. AND AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK TO OTHER ITEMS IN, IN DETAIL AS COUNCIL WOULD WOULD LIKE WITH RESPECT TO SUSTAINABLE FUTURE THE, THE LAST OF OUR STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN HAS BEEN HAS BEEN COMPLETED. A ROBUST PIECE IMPLEMENTATION OBVIOUSLY IS STILL UNDERWAY.

OUR HOTEL LEVY IS IN PLACE AND RUNNING, AND WE'RE NOW LOOKING TO DO OUR OUR NEXT COLLECTION IN THE NEXT LITTLE WHILE.

WE DID MANAGE TO EXPAND OUR LANDFILL. AND WE ARE ON TRACK WITH, WITH, WITH THOSE PIECES.

WE DO HAVE, AS COUNCIL IS AWARE WORK THAT CONTINUES.

AND WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO LAND SOME OF THESE ADDITIONAL PIECES WITH RESPECT TO WATER AND SEWER, WATER MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS UNDERWAY. WE'VE POACHED SOME OF THAT WORK ALREADY TO, TO DO A CHIEF APPLICATION THAT COUNCIL APPROVED SOME WEEKS BACK. AND THE WORK ON LIFT STATION NUMBER ONE IS CONTINUING.

I WILL JUST UNDERSCORE A COUPLE OF THINGS. THE, THE WATER LICENSE.

SORRY. LET ME REPHRASE THAT. THE BUSINESS LICENSE WAY AHEAD, WE ARE LOOKING TO BRING THAT FORWARD TO COUNCIL IN THE NEXT LITTLE WHILE.

WE'RE HOPING BEFORE BEFORE SUMMER GETS UNDERWAY TO GIVE YOU AT LEAST A SNEAK PEEK AS TO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WITH HOPEFULLY THE ABILITY WITH COUNCIL TO PASS A REVISED BYLAW. ON WATER RATE REVIEW, THAT'S ON TRACK.

THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CALCULATIONS AND OTHER PIECES THAT WE NEED TO DO.

AND AGAIN, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ON THAT TODAY OF THE OF THE PIECES THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT DELAYED, WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS IN SOME OF THESE AREAS, BUT WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND OUR ORIGINAL TARGETS.

AND, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE LISTED HERE, THE SNOW REMOVAL STANDARDS.

AND OF COURSE, THE FIRE HALL RENOVATION AND EXPANSION PROJECT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE NOTABLE ONES ON THIS LIST.

THAT THAT PIECE IS, WAS OBVIOUSLY IMPACTED BY THE RFP THAT CAME BACK WAY HIGHER THAN THAN EXPECTED.

AND ON THAT, WE'RE PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THE INTEGRITY OF THE CURRENT BUILDING AND MAKING SURE THAT IT IS OPERATIONAL AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS OF THE BUILDING ARE, ARE BEING ATTENDED TO AND ANY REPLACEMENTS BEFORE WE GET TO A, A NEW SOLUTION ARE DEALT WITH. WE'RE NOT DELAYING MAINTENANCE BECAUSE OF DELAYS IN CONSTRUCTION.

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I WOULD JUST INVITE COUNCIL TO TO DIG INTO IT AND TO AND TO AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE PROGRESS THAT COUNCIL HAS MADE.

THERE'S BEEN SOME HEAVY LIFTING THAT COUNCIL HAS UNDERTAKEN TO ADDRESS SOME ISSUES THAT HAVE FACED PREVIOUS COUNCILS THAT HAVE NOT GOTTEN OVER THE FINISH LINE, YOU HAVE GOTTEN SOME SIGNIFICANT THINGS OF THE HOUSEKEEPING NATURE OVER THE FINISH LINE, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE LARGER CAPITAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE OPENING OF THE AQUATIC CENTER AND OF COURSE, GETTING LIFT STATION NUMBER ONE GOING IN TERMS OF EMERGING PRIORITIES OR ISSUES, THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE ON OUR, OUR WORK LIST THAT ARE NOT FULLY BAKED INTO THE CURRENT WORK PLAN. I'LL JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO TO, TO SPEAK TO THEM.

SOME OF THEM ARE OF A DIFFERENT FLAVOR THAN OTHERS.

WHAT I WANTED TO RAISE WITH RESPECT TO D AND D PREPAREDNESS IS AS COUNCIL IS AWARE WITH THE SIGNING OF THE CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENTS WITH NATIONAL DEFENSE FOR WATER AND SEWER SERVICE OUT TO THE AIRPORT THAT DOES SEND SET INTO MOTION A SERIES OF OTHER CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE NOW HAVING WITH RESPECT TO THE GOVERNMENT, WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES ON LAND ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT READINESS FOR ANTICIPATED GROWTH.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT OBVIOUSLY THIS COUNCIL DID NOT FORESEE WHEN IT WAS FIRST ELECTED.

THESE ARE NOT THINGS THAT AND THEREFORE WE'RE JUST NOTING THAT WE ARE ON THE CORNER OF OUR DESKS DOING WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND THESE RESPONSIBILITIES TO, TO GET YELLOWKNIFE READY.

ON LAND, I WILL NOTE THAT THERE ARE A SERIES OF THINGS THAT ARE HAVE BEEN NOTED BY THIS COUNCIL WHEN IT CAME INTO PLACE THAT THERE WAS A LAND ISSUE WHEN THEY BECAME AND THAT LAND ISSUE DID NOT GET ANY SMALLER WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME.

AND SO IN FACT, IT'S GOTTEN EVEN MORE. NOW, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE NOT WE HAVE NOT MADE PROGRESS IN CERTAIN AREAS.

WE HAVE, BUT IN TERMS OF THE DEMAND AND THE GAP AND THE PRESSURES THAT WE'RE ALL FEELING THEY ARE, THEY REMAIN WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK AND DRAW ATTENTION THROUGH OUR APPLICATIONS WITH RESPECT TO TO LARGER PARCELS, PARTICULARLY ON FRAME LAKE, AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE CAPITAL AREA COMMITTEE AND OTHER MEANS TO DISCUSS THOSE REQUIREMENTS WITH WITH PARTNERS ON RECONCILIATION. COUNCIL IS AWARE THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE RENAMING OF FRANKLIN AVENUE.

THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING IN THAT IN THAT DOMAIN INCLUDING STRENGTHENING SOME OF THE PARTNERSHIPS ON THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT D AND D DOES PROVIDE AS WELL AS OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL WITH WITH THE NORTH SLAVE MÉTIS ALLIANCE, THE THE YELLOWKNIFE FIRST NATIONS AS WELL AS AS WELL AS THE GOVERNMENT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE INTERESTS ALIGNED AND OPPORTUNITIES GAINED FOR OUR SHARED BENEFIT. CANADA WINTER GAMES, SO CANADA WINTER GAMES 2035 IS A QUESTION THAT IS IS BEFORE US AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES ON DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT A FULL BID IS SOMETHING THAT IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY. AND SO THAT WORK CONTINUES.

AGAIN, THAT WASN'T NOTED ON OUR WORK PLAN. NIVEN TRAIL WAS ON OUR WORK PLAN.

AND WHAT I WANTED TO NOTE HERE IS NOT SO MUCH THAT IT WAS NOT ON THE WORK PLAN, BUT I JUST WANTED TO FIND A SPACE ON THIS PRESENTATION TO SAY WE ARE PROCEEDING.

SO THIS IS WHERE IT ENDED UP IN THE PRESENTATION.

BUT WE ARE WORKING FORWARD LOOKING AND PRESSING FORWARD WITH THE TRAIL COMMITMENT.

THAT WAS, CAME UP IN DISCUSSION AND BUDGET 2026.

JUST A GENTLE REMINDER THAT ON EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THE EFFORTS ON THOSE FRONTS.

WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN DOING THE EXERCISES AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO THE TRAINING.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO PREPARE. AND SOME OF THAT PREPARATION INVOLVES WORKING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT THAT WORK CONTINUES. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS NEXT, NEXT WILDFIRE SEASON WILL HAVE FOR US.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT SPRING WILL HAVE FOR US IN TERMS OF ANY KIND OF YOU KNOW, FLOOD POTENTIAL.

WE'RE JUST NOTING IT AS WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON IT.

WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP, KEEP VIGILANT AND STAY IN TOUCH WITH OUR, OUR PARTNERS.

SO THAT SHOULD ANYTHING OCCUR WE WOULD BE AT LEAST HAVE A SENSE OF PREPAREDNESS.

ENCAMPMENTS IS A POLICY PIECE THAT THIS COUNCIL DID NOT ANTICIPATE WHEN IT FIRST BECAME ELECTED INTO THIS MANDATE.

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WE'RE NOW TURNING OUR ATTENTION TO ANOTHER SUMMER SEASON IN WHICH WE CAN REASONABLY PREDICT THAT WE WILL BE FACED WITH AN INFLUX OF POTENTIAL ENCAMPMENTS. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES IN AN ATTEMPT TO COORDINATE EFFORTS AND WE ARE HOPING TO BRING FORWARD A PROPOSAL TO COUNCIL WITHIN THE NEXT NUMBER OF WEEKS ON HOW WE'RE PROPOSING TO PROCEED. SOME OF THAT IS INFORMED BY OUR PAST EXPERIENCE.

BUT IT IS AT MINIMUM, WANTING TO BRING TO COUNCIL A A STATEMENT OR A POLICY DIRECTION ON WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING WITH RESPECT TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AT LEAST TRACKING WITHIN OUR AUTHORITIES AND WITH WITH COUNCIL'S EXPECTATIONS. IT'S IT IS NOT A HEAD IN THE SANDS EXERCISE FOR FOR ADMINISTRATION OR FOR COUNCIL.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CONCLUDE THAT WE'VE GOT THE TEAM HERE TODAY TO RESPOND TO EACH OF THE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN LISTED IN THE WORK PLAN, PLUS THE OTHER ISSUES THAT THAT YOU'VE ARRIVED AS MUCH AS YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR MY MELODIOUS VOICE ON EACH AND EVERY THING EVERY DAY I WILL BE TURNING TO MY COLLEAGUES AND THE TEAM TO ANSWER ANY DETAILED QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

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

AND BEFORE WE GET INTO THE MEAT OF THE DISCUSSION, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO, WE DID NOT HAVE A WORK PLAN LIKE THIS THAT WE COULD CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT WE AS COUNCIL HAVE SAID.

SO WE'LL GET INTO THE MEAT AND THE QUESTIONS, BUT IT'S JUST SO REFRESHING TO BE ABLE TO CHEW OFF AND SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF WORK TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE FROM AN ACCOUNTABILITY PERSPECTIVE.

SO WITH THAT, I FIRST HAVE COUNCILLOR FEQUET AND THEN COUNCILLOR COCHRANE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND YEAH, JUST TO ECHO THAT, I THINK THIS IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE THINGS WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF WITH THIS TERM, WITH THIS COUNCIL THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADVANCE THIS AMONGST MANY OF THE OTHER PRIORITIES.

I KNOW WHEN MINISTER ALTY WAS A BURGEONING CITY COUNCILOR, WE TALKED ABOUT ENVISIO EONS AGO.

SO IT'S A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING. SO IF MY BODY LANGUAGE DOESN'T CONVEY THE ECSTATIC EXCITEMENT THAT I AM FEELING INSIDE RIGHT NOW I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE, WE'RE USING THIS TOOL TO KIND OF PROVIDE THAT LINE OF SIGHT ON ALL OF THE THINGS THAT NOT EVEN ALL THE PUBLIC RECOGNIZES THE CITY IS REALLY WORKING ON IN THE BACKGROUND.

SO THANK YOU. MY QUESTION IS, I REALLY JUST HAVE ONE AT THIS TIME.

SO IN THE PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF THE OLD SCHOOL WORK PLANS, YOU KNOW, WE USED THE TIER ONE, TIER TWO, ETC. TO CONVEY WHAT WOULD BE COMPLETED IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WHAT WOULD BE COMPLETED WITHIN OUR TERM AND WHAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, PUSHED TO THE NEXT COUNCIL. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN THE PRESENTATION FOR THE REALLY HELPFUL SEPARATION OF, YOU KNOW, THOSE THAT ARE COMPLETED, THOSE THAT ARE ON TRACK AND THOSE THAT ARE DELAYED BECAUSE OF COURSE LIFE HAPPENS AND TENDS TO GET IN THE WAY.

IT'S JUST REALITY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS AND THE SIMILAR PRESENTATIONS AND THE KIND OF SUBSEQUENT ONES WE GET ON THIS TOPIC WILL BE BOTH.

IT'S AN UPDATE ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN COMPLETED. BUT REALLY THE MAIN THING IS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK.

ADMINISTRATION IS LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK AS FAR AS WHETHER WHAT'S ON TRACK AND WHAT'S DELAYED MEETS COUNCIL'S DIRECTION AND EXPECTATIONS.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO COURSE CORRECT IF NEED BE.

SO WHEN I LOOK AT AN EXAMPLE OF THE LIVERY LICENSE, FOR EXAMPLE, ON PAGE 12 OF 31 OF THE PDF OF THE MEETING MATERIALS, RECOGNIZING, YOU KNOW, LIFE HAPPENS AND WE HAVEN'T HIT THAT INITIAL TIMELINE OF JANUARY 2026.

IT'S UNCLEAR TO ME THOUGH, IF THAT WILL BE PRIORITIZED OVER THE COMING MONTHS AND WHEN ADMINISTRATION BELIEVES IT WILL BE COMPLETED.

SO MY QUESTION IS, ARE THE INITIATIVES THAT WERE ON PAGE 29 OF 31, THE TABLE THAT WAS PART OF THE PRESENTATION, THE THREE COLUMNS, WERE THOSE WAS THAT ADMINISTRATION'S LIST OF INITIATIVES THAT THEY ARE SUGGESTING WILL BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE END OF THIS COUNCIL'S TERM? MR.. VAN DINE. THE SHORT ANSWER IS WE ARE YES.

WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE BEST EFFORTS IN, IN THAT, ON THE LIVERY LICENSE, BUT THEY'RE NOT ALL OF THE SAME SHAPES AND SIZE AND WEIGHT, RIGHT? SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE HOPING FOR IN TODAY'S CONVERSATION IS TO GET A BIT OF A SIGNAL CHECK FROM YOU AS TO OF THAT LIST,

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BUT WE ARE ON TRACK WITH WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT DURING THIS COUNCIL AND WE ARE HOPING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO SO BEFORE SEPTEMBER 23RD TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNCIL IS IN A POSITION TO PASS ALL THREE READINGS AND UPDATED BYLAW ON THAT PARTICULAR ONE.

COUNCILLOR FEQUET. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO YEAH, SO MAYBE JUST AGAIN, WITH AN EVOLUTION OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD, KNOWING WHAT THOSE ANTICIPATED NEW COMPLETION DATES FOR ANYTHING IN THE DELAYED BUCKET WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE THEN IT JUST LETS ME KNOW IF MAYBE YOU ACTUALLY DO LIKE MAYBE ADMINISTRATION ABSOLUTELY HAS THE EXACT RIGHT PRIORITIES IN MY OPINION, OR MY COLLEAGUE.

SO I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE ESTIMATED COMPLETION TIME.

SO IS THE ADMINISTRATION ABLE TO OFFER ANY CLARITY ON THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE DELAYED BUCKET? ARE THEY DELAYS BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, CIRCUMSTANCES OR ARE THEY LOWER PRIORITY THAN THE THINGS THAT ARE ON TRACK? MR. VAN DINE. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR KALU JUST TO INDICATE HOW WE'RE TRACKING AND HOW WE'RE USING INVISIBLE.

BUT AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL EACH OF THE RESPONSIBILITY CENTERS FOR THESE INITIATIVES ARE THE CUSTODIANS OF DATES AND TIMELINES AND DELAYS.

AND SO THE SYSTEM WILL KICK BACK SORT OF A DETERMINATION OF A DELAY OR ON TRACK KIND OF RESIDENTS.

BUT WE ARE, WHILE WE TRY TO TALK AMONGST OURSELVES AS POSSIBLE WHEN THE ENTRY POINT IS DONE, IT'S DONE AT THE AT THE DIRECTOR LEVEL ON THE PARTICULAR INITIATIVE.

SO IF THERE'S A PARTICULAR INITIATIVE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A PARTICULAR LEVEL OF GRANULARITY, I'LL I'LL DIRECT IT TO THAT DIRECTOR, BUT MAYBE MR. KALU CAN GIVE YOU A BETTER SENSE OF THE GLOBAL PICTURE OF WHERE WE ARE ON THE DELAYED CATEGORY, MR. KALU. YEAH. THANK YOU. NOT MUCH MORE TO ADD, ACTUALLY.

THE, THE WAY THAT THE WORK PLAN INITIATIVES WERE INPUT TO, IN, INTO ENVISIO WERE BASED ON THAT TIERED SYSTEM, RIGHT? SO THE TIERED SYSTEM WAS BASED ON DATE OF COMPLETION.

NOW WHEN THEY'RE INPUT INTO IN VISIO, THEY'RE STILL BASED ON DATE OF COMPLETION.

JUST NO LONGER IN THE TIER. AND FRANKLY, THAT'S BECAUSE TIER THREE WAS FOR 2026 ANYWAY.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. BUT YES, CITY MANAGER IS CORRECT.

IT'S UP TO THE, THE DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES OF EACH INITIATIVE AND EACH DIRECTOR TO ADJUST THAT TIMELINE AS THEY SEE FIT.

COUNCILLOR FEQUET. OKAY. YEAH. SO I GUESS JUST TO MAYBE GIVE MY, GIVE A COMMENT AND THEN MY PREFERENCE AND I HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL DO THE SAME.

YEAH. JUST KNOWING THE ANTICIPATED COMPLETION DATE OF DELAYED ITEMS MOVING FORWARD, I THINK WILL HELP THE PRESENTATION. SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE. AND THEN I THINK IF I HAD TO THINK OF LIKE, ALL OF THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT, BUT I THINK TO ME, THERE'S CERTAINLY AT LEAST FOUR THAT I THINK ARE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SO MUCH DURING OUR TERM THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL PROBABLY TO AT LEAST GET OVER THE NEXT SPEED BUMP IN THE PROJECT.

AND FOR ME, THOSE ARE THE THE FIRE HALL RENOVATION AND EXPANSION PROJECT.

WE OBVIOUSLY APPROVED THAT IN OUR FIRST YEAR ON COUNCIL AND THINGS WENT SIDEWAYS, COSTS WENT UP.

SO KIND OF HELPING DETERMINE THE NEXT STEPS. BUT AGAIN, MAYBE THAT'S DEPENDENT ON ALL THIS D&D STUFF AND THAT WILL INFLUENCE THAT.

SO I RECOGNIZE THAT THE WATER INTAKE REPLACEMENT PROJECT, I FEEL LIKE WE ASKED AND RECEIVED THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM ADMIN AND THE GIANT MINE TEAM ABOUT RISKS. AND I FEEL LIKE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL PROBABLY IS IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION SHOULD ADMINISTRATION WANT US TO.

JUST WITH ALL THE HISTORY, IT WOULD BE SAD TO.

I WOULD FEEL BAD FOR THE NEW COUNCIL COMING ON TO HAVE TO LEARN ABOUT ALL OF THAT AGAIN FROM THE BEGINNING AND THE LEVELS OF SERVICE.

I THINK IS THE OTHER BIG ONE FOR ME ABOUT JUST RECOGNIZING THAT WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A LOT OF LEVELS OF SERVICE SOME OF WHICH HAVE MORE RECENTLY BEEN PRESENTED TO COUNCIL IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WE DEFINITELY HAVE SNOW REMOVAL STANDARDS, WHICH IS A LEVEL OF SERVICE, AND WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF LIKE PARK MAINTENANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT JUST GATHERING WHAT WE EVEN HAVE AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TRANSPARENT AND EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THEM AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL AND THE PUBLIC WILL REALLY INFORM OUR BUDGETING PROCESS BECAUSE WE'LL UNDERSTAND THE VALUE PROPOSITION THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF EQUALS THE MONEY BEING ASKED AND WHERE WE MIGHT WANT TO MAKE CHANGES.

SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION, EVEN JUST GATHERING THE EXISTING ONES TO INFORM THE NEXT COUNCIL WHO HAS TO DECIDE ON A BUDGET. SO THOSE ARE THAT'S MY WISH LIST. BUT AGAIN, OBVIOUSLY ALL OF THESE ARE IMPORTANT.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILLOR FEQUET, NEXT WE HAVE COUNCILLOR COCHRANE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CHAIR. I HAVE ABOUT TWO QUESTIONS AND THEN I WILL MOVE INTO THE WISH LIST MYSELF.

I DO WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR COMPLETING 60% OF THE OVERALL WORK PLAN.

THAT IS A VERY GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE USE OF THE TERM MILLENNIAL IN A PROPER STRUCTURED SENTENCE.

THAT WAS ACTUALLY QUITE ENTERTAINING TO HEAR. FIRST QUESTION GOING TO THE TAXI BYLAW, CAN I UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE DELAY? BECAUSE WHEN THAT WAS PRESENTED TOWARDS US ABOUT A YEAR AGO, IT WAS ALMOST A READY MADE BYLAW OUTSIDE OF, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT.

SO WHAT HAS BEEN THE REASON THAT WE HAVE SUCH A HOLD UP TOWARDS THE OVERALL IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS.

MR. VAN DINE. SO YEAH, I THINK THAT'S AN ACCURATE CHARACTERIZATION IN TERMS OF WE'VE GOT A PRODUCT THAT WE'RE FAIRLY COMFORTABLE WITH IN TERMS OF THE DIRECTION THAT COMMUNITY HAS GIVEN US SOME OF THE DOLLARS ATTACHED TO IT.

WE'VE WE NOTED THAT IN BUDGET 2026 THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THAT.

SO WE ARE LOOKING TO COME FORWARD WITH THAT IN THE LIFE OF THIS, OF THIS COUNCIL IN TERMS OF RELATIVE PRIORITY WITH RESPECT TO OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED, I'M NOT SURE THERE'S A SINGLE REASON.

IT'S THERE'S CERTAINLY A TIMING HAS, HAS BEEN AN AGENDA SPACE HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN JUGGLING WITH, WITH COUNCIL ON A, ON A HOST OF INITIATIVES. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S OTHER COMMENTS THAT DIRECTOR THISTLE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ON THIS ONE. GO AHEAD. THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. AND THE REASON YOU SEE THREE DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED IN THIS IS ALSO AS A RESULT OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE. SO MR. KALU NOW HAS LEGAL SERVICES UNDER GOVERNANCE AND LEGAL SERVICES, WHICH IS ALSO CHANGED TODAY TO GOVERNANCE AND CORPORATE SERVICES.

HOWEVER, HAVING SAID THAT THE ENGAGEMENT WAS COMPLETED AND THE BYLAW WAS GENERALLY IN ITS FINAL FORM, BUT THERE WERE TWO SECTIONS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD CLEARLY WORKABLE SOLUTIONS FOR HOW THEY COULD BE IMPLEMENTED SPECIFICALLY WITH RESPECT TO REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCESSIBLE VEHICLES AND SECURITY CAMERAS AND VEHICLES.

SO WHILE WE HAD A BYLAW PREPARED, WE ALSO WERE FULLY RECOGNIZING THAT COST IMPLICATIONS ON COMPANIES COULD BE PROHIBITIVE.

SO WE WERE DOING AN INVESTIGATION AND CONNECTING WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ABOUT HOW THEY'VE IMPLEMENTED SUCH REQUIREMENTS.

SO THAT TOOK SOME TIME FOR BOTH OF THOSE AND ALSO TO FIND MONEY TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, OFFSET SOME OF THOSE COSTS, WHICH WE ACTUALLY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN DOING. AND THEN ALSO THERE WAS A LOT OF STAFF CHANGES.

SO THE PERSON FROM LEGAL SERVICES THAT INITIALLY WAS INVOLVED WITH THE DRAFTING LEFT, WE HAD A NEW MANAGER, MUNICIPAL ENFORCEMENT AND THEN DO THE DEPARTMENTAL CHANGES.

SO THERE'S BEEN A FEW REASONS WHY IT'S BEEN DELAYED, BUT WE ANTICIPATE BRINGING IT FORWARD IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

COUNCILLOR COCHRANE THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THAT VERY WELL THOUGHT TOGETHER ANSWER GIVES A LOT OF UNDERSTANDING OF WHY WE'RE AT WHERE WE'RE AT.

A SECOND TO THE QUESTION OR MY SECOND QUESTION IS FOR THE EMERGING PRIORITIES, IS THERE ANYTHING WITHIN THE EMERGING PRIORITIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT IS GOING TO TURN SOME OF THE CURRENT PROJECTS THAT ARE ON TRACK INTO DELAYED? MR. VAN DINE. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SURE.

SO BUT AT THIS POINT, WE'RE, WE'RE TRACKING WE'RE SURFACING THESE ISSUES TODAY JUST TO TO GIVE COUNCIL SORT OF A WIDER PERSPECTIVE OF, OF WHAT'S, WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA. BUT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ON TRACK, IF I MAY USE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT WITH RESPECT TO COUNCILLOR FEQUET COMMENT WITH THE FOURTH ITEM ON HIS LIST WITH RESPECT TO THE COMMUNITY PLAN, WE ARE VERY MUCH LOOKING TO GET THAT BEFORE AND PASSED BY THIS COUNCIL.

SO THAT IS THE CURRENT PLAN. IF OTHER THINGS COME TO BEAR THAT KNOCK US OFF TRACK, WE WILL WILL CERTAINLY INFORM COUNCIL OF THAT AS WE GO, BUT WE HAVE A VERY DELIBERATE PROCESS THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THE COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE.

AND IN LIGHT OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THAT WE NOW NEED TO ADDRESS, PERHAPS ON A MORE ACCELERATED FASHION, I THINK THE NEED FOR THE COMMUNITY PLAN IS EVEN HIGHER THAN IT WAS SIX MONTHS AGO.

SO WE'RE WE'RE NOT WANTING TO DELAY. COUNCILLOR COCHRANE.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, AND THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR THAT. THE ONLY THING I WOULD ALSO SAY FOR THE EMERGING PRIORITIES, I WOULDN'T MIND ACTUALLY SEEING THE CANADA WINTER

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AND I GUESS FOR THE FINAL BIT, MY WISH LIST. I'D LIKE TO SEE THE CAN-AM LEAGUE EXPANSION REMAIN, THE TAXI BYLAW FINALIZED, THE [INAUDIBLE] SNOW REMOVAL STANDARDS, THE EMERGING ISSUES RESERVE FUND BEING THAT WE'VE WORKED ON THAT FOR EVER, DEVELOPMENT OF FINANCIAL POLICIES, BOTH THE MED DIRECTORS AND PROCEDURE MODERNIZATION, THE STRATEGIC USE STUDY, AND THE REVIEWS OF LEVELS OF SERVICE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU COUNCILLOR COCHRANE. NEXT WE HAVE DEPUTY MAYOR WARBURTON. THANK YOU.

IN THE DELAY COLUMN WAS THE FACILITY STUDY, JUST SOME KIND OF BACKGROUND ON [INAUDIBLE] REVIEW IS OUT, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT KIND OF WHY IS THAT DELAYED? AND WILL THAT BE IN FRONT OF US BEFORE END OF OUR TERM OR NOT? MR. VAN DINE. WE WILL THE THE DELAY SIMPLY IS ASSOCIATED WITH SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL MAY BE AWARE OF, THAT IS THE RFP PROCESS AFTER BUDGET SOMETIMES TAKES A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN EXPECTED.

WE DID HAVE, WE WERE GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL THAT THERE WAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT WERE QUALIFIED THAT WERE INTERESTED.

WE DID AWARD IT. WE HAVE STARTED AND WE ARE NOW TRYING TO PICK UP SPEED.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS TRY AND REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL ON WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OR THE INDICATIONS ARE PRIOR TO THIS COUNCIL'S CONCLUSION, SO THAT THAT INFORMATION WE'RE HOPING TO GET OUT IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.

IN TERMS OF AN ACTUAL DECISION SET FOR COUNCIL, I'M TRACKING THAT FOR BUDGET 2027.

DEPUTY MAYOR WARBURTON. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

WHAT ELSE WE GOT? FIRE HALL, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, IT WAS DELAYED.

WHAT IS THE, I GUESS, WHAT'S THE CURRENT STATE OF THAT RIGHT NOW? DO WE HAVE THE BUDGET AND THINGS YOU NEED TO KIND OF KEEP IT FUNCTIONING AND KIND OF GIVE AN ANTICIPATED IDEA OF WHEN THAT WILL COME BACK TO US AS A COUNCIL FOR SOME DISCUSSION? SORRY FOR CUTTING YOU OFF THERE. MR. VAN DINE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. SO YES, WE HAVEN'T LOST SIGHT OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FIRE HALL IN TERMS OF WHERE IT FITS INTO THE CAPITAL PLAN, WE ARE NOW SHIFTING THAT INTO THE CAPITAL PLAN DISCUSSION FOR BUDGET 2027, REGRETTABLY, BUT THAT IS, THAT IS THE CASE. THAT BEING SAID WE'RE MAKING SURE WE'RE STAYING VIGILANT ON INSPECTING ALL OF THE KEY ASPECTS OF THE FACILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY CHANGES, MAINTENANCE ADJUSTMENTS, REPLACEMENT IS IS BEING UNDERTAKEN.

AND I'LL JUST INVITE DIRECTOR MCLEAN TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE TO THAT.

THANKS FOR THE QUESTION, MR. VAN DINE NAILED IT.

YES. SO IF THERE'S ANY CURRENT OPERATIONAL DEFICIENCIES IN THE FACILITY, WE ARE SEEKING TO CORRECT THOSE.

FROM A BROADER PERSPECTIVE ON WHERE WE'RE MOVING, YOU MAY RECALL FROM OUR DISCUSSION WITH D AND D AND COUNCILLOR FEQUET JUST SPOKE TO THIS THAT THERE'S AN OPERATIONAL IMPACT REVIEW GOING WHICH INVOLVES ALSO AN IMPACT OF YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY ON OUR PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES AND OTHER SERVICE, BUT ESPECIALLY ON OUR FIRE SERVICES AND FIRE PROTECTION.

THAT'S KIND OF ENVISIONED AS PART OF THIS POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THE D AND D.

SO THAT'S A PIECE WE'VE ALSO TAKEN OR STARTED MORE OR LESS A REVIEW OF THE EXISTING PLAN THAT WAS SENT OUT FOR RFP TO, TO KIND OF SEE WHAT WE COULD EDIT OUT OF IT THAT WOULD STILL ALLOW THE FUNCTION OF THE FACILITY WHILE MAINTAINING THE SERVICE LEVELS THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY TO THAT, WE HAD SOME OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH FINANCE AND MISS THISTLE'S TEAM TO LOOK AT SOME OPTIONAL FINANCING AND FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS TO SEE IF WE COULD COVER OFF A GAP OR COME UP WITH A NEW CREATIVE WAY THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO FUND THAT PROJECT. SO WORK IS HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE MEETING THE INTENT OF IT.

THE MAJOR DISRUPTION REFLECTS THE FACT THAT WE WENT OUT FOR TENDER AND IT CAME IN ALMOST $15,000 OR SORRY $15 MILLION OVER BUDGET. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DEPUTY MAYOR WARBURTON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THEN IN THE DELAYED COLUMN IS CAM LAKE, WHICH I'M ASSUMING IS THE EXPANSION OF CAM LAKE.

I GUESS CAN I GET SOME UPDATE ON THAT DELAY? AND WHAT'S THE NEW ETA FOR THAT? TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC TO BUY? MR.. VAN DINE.

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO A VERY ENTHUSIASTIC DIRECTOR WHITE TO RESPOND TO THAT QUESTION.

DIRECTOR WHITE. I'M NOT SURE HOW ENTHUSIASTIC, BUT SO GOOD NEWS IS YOU WILL BE SEEING FOR THIRD READING COMING ON

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WHILE WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON THAT, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON NOT JUST THE AREA DEVELOPMENT PLAN, BUT THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION. SO THE EIS AND THE GEOTECH.

AND SO ONCE ALL OF THAT IS BROUGHT TOGETHER, IT WILL LIKELY NOT BE BEFORE THE END OF YOUR TERM, BUT IT MAY BE CLOSE. SO IT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT A NEW COUNCIL TAKES A LOOK AT.

THANK YOU. DEPUTY MAYOR WARBURTON. OKAY, SO HOPEFULLY FOR SALE FOR SUMMER OF 27 IS WHAT I'M HEARING.

AND THEN JUST GOING TO THE PRIORITY SLIDE, WE [INAUDIBLE] ESSENTIALLY WHERE WE'VE PARKED ALL THE LAND STUFF.

AND AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, I THINK THIS IS THIS WAS TIGHT AS THE CITY.

MR. VAN DINE REFERRED TO, BUT IT'S FLASHING BRIGHT RED NOW IN OUR TERM, WE'VE BROUGHT SIX NEW LOTS TO MARKET.

SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, IT'S AN EMERGING PRIORITIES.

BUT IT'S NOT IN OUR WORK PLAN. I WOULD ARGUE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CLEARLY ARTICULATED THREE YEARS AGO.

AND A BUNCH OF THIS INFILL STUFF, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A BUNCH OF IT WE OWN, SO IT DOESN'T EVEN NEED I'M NOT WAITING ON GMT FOR A LOT OF IT.

SO MAYBE AN UPDATE ON KIND OF, OR COMMENT ON WHY IT'S AN EMERGING PRIORITIES.

AND YOU KNOW, WHY ISN'T THIS IN OUR WORK PLAN CLEARLY SOMEWHERE? BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE ALL CLEARLY ARTICULATED THIS IS A REALLY HUGE NEED FOR US RIGHT NOW.

MR. VAN DINE. THANK YOU. SO SO THE HEADING OF EMERGING PRIORITIES WAS WAS EDITORIAL.

I MEAN, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNCIL WAS AWARE THAT WE WERE FOCUSING ON ON A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WERE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST.

NIVEN, THE NIVEN TRAIL, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS ON AN EARLIER PLAN.

BUT WE JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE SOME PROGRESS ON THAT IN THE SUMMER OF 2026.

WITH RESPECT TO LAND, WE HAVE A, A NUMBER OF THINGS UNDERWAY AND I'LL I'LL INVITE DIRECTOR WHITE ONCE MORE TO UPDATE US ON THE, ON THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO, TO MOVE FORWARD. AND THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS.

SO I WOULDN'T WANT TO LEAVE WITH COUNCIL THE IMPRESSION THAT WE'VE BEEN PUNTING LAND QUESTIONS.

WE CERTAINLY HAVEN'T. SO DIRECTOR WHITE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO I HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS I'M GOING TO REACH OUT ON HERE.

SO FIRST, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LOT ABOUT THIS OVER THE NEXT TWO GPCS WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT DRAFT POLICIES FOR THE COMMUNITY PLAN.

SO HERE'S MY YET AGAIN, SHAMELESS PLUG. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT INFILL AND THE INTENSIFICATION.

YES, THESE ARE GREAT IDEAS. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SAVE THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE.

SO WHILE WE'VE HAD SIX LOTS COME TO MARKET FROM NEWLY CREATED, WE HAVE BEEN CONTINUING TO SELL LOTS THAT WE HAD EXISTING BOTH IN THE SPENCER ROAD AREA, GRACE LAKE, SOME UP IN NIVEN WHERE WE'VE RUN INTO SOME, WE'LL CALL THEM DESIGN CHALLENGES IS WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR SOME PARCELS FROM OUR FRIENDS AT GNWT ECC LANDS. THAT'S IN REGARDS TO TAYLOR ROAD AREA AND IN THE REMAINING PART OF NIVEN.

SO THERE IS COORDINATION THAT IS GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES THAT WE ARE WORKING ON.

WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BURWASH AND KHAN PROPERTY, SO THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN APPROACHED BY A THIRD PARTY.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE THE DEVELOPER.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN FACILITATE SOMEONE ELSE TO BE THE DEVELOPER IN THIS CASE.

WE HAVE ALSO SOLD AND DISPOSED OF THE LANDS ALONG SCHOOL DRAW.

WHILE WE HAD ORIGINALLY PROPOSED THAT THAT BE MULTIPLE LOTS, AGAIN, A THIRD PARTY CAME IN WITH A DIFFERENT PROPOSAL, WHICH ACTUALLY RESULTED IN MORE OVERALL UNITS SHOULD THAT DEVELOPMENT BE COMPLETED.

SO THERE THROUGH THE IN THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT I WOULD SEE AS DEFINITELY A WIN. AND ULTIMATELY OUR ASK OF THE GNWT IS REALLY TO SUPPORT US WITH NEW LAND WITHIN A SERVICEABLE AREA FOR US TO BUILD OUT MORE. WE NEED MORE THAN WHAT OUR INFILL CAN GIVE US.

AND I THINK WE'RE HEARING AS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY PLAN THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS MORE THAN JUST INFILL DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO THAT HAS BECOME AN EMERGING PRIORITY AND SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.

AND I THINK WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME SUCCESS ON THAT.

FINGERS CROSSED. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR WARBURTON.

THANK YOU. YEAH, I, I, I APPRECIATE THAT THAT WE'RE JUST WAITING ON SOME THINGS.

I JUST DON'T THINK WE CAN WAIT ANYMORE. WE HAVE LAND WE OWN THAT WE COULD SUBDIVIDE AND SELL IN MONTHS IF IT WAS PRIVATELY OWNED.

SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO FIND A WAY TO GET SOMETHING OUT THE DOOR AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

IT IS, IT IS GETTING REALLY, REALLY BAD OUT THERE.

WE'RE TURNING AWAY EMPLOYMENT. WE ARE TURNING AWAY MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF INVESTMENT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE'S NO LAND AVAILABLE. SO IF THESE LANDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE, LET'S GET THEM ON THAT WEBSITE. SO THERE'S A NUMBER. SO IT'S NOT JUST AD HOC PEOPLE COMING IN.

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IF I THINK LONG TERM WE NEED TO GET OUT OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS COMPLETELY, THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. SO YEAH, I, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SOME OPTION FOR SOMEONE TO START BUYING SOME OF THIS STUFF.

BECAUSE I APPRECIATE INFILL IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEM, BUT IT'S WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. IT'S WHAT WE OWN. SO LET'S, LET'S GET IT MOVING. THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT WE HAVE COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YEAH. THANKS TO STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK AND YEAH, BEING ABLE TO READ THROUGH THIS SECOND IF THERE ARE DELAYS, SORT OF AN ESTIMATE OF THE UPDATED COMPLETION DATE WOULD BE QUITE HANDY.

AND YEAH, GREAT TO HEAR ABOUT THE MILL RATE, VACANT LAND STUFF COMING UP SOON.

WOULD SECOND SORT OF YEAH, TRYING TO GET SOME OF THAT THE FIVE SORT OF AREAS WE APPROVED IN JANUARY 2023 FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD BEFORE WE'RE DONE. AND I THINK I'LL BRING UP MY PRIORITIES WOULD BE THAT FACILITY, STRATEGIC USE STUDY, EVEN IF IT'S JUST SORT OF AN INTERIM REPORT BEFORE THE ELECTION.

I THINK THAT TALKING ABOUT CITY FACILITIES, PEOPLE ARE QUITE PASSIONATE AND I THINK THE ELECTION COULD TURN INTO QUITE A SORT OF LIKE DREAMING ABOUT ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS WE COULD DO.

SO WITHOUT SOME CONCRETE DIRECTION OR CONTEXT FOR THAT DISCUSSION.

I THINK THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE MOST PRODUCTIVE.

UNDERSTAND DECISION POINTS WOULD BE FOR BUDGET 2027 AND BEYOND, BUT TO HAVE SOMETHING CONCRETE COME OUT BEFORE THE END OF THE SUMMER, SORT OF SO THAT PEOPLE CAN CONSIDER IT THROUGH SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AS THAT ELECTION HAPPENS AND MAKE THEIR SORT OF APPROACH TO THAT CONCRETE CONTEXT CLEAR. ANOTHER ONE, YEAH, I WOULD SECOND THE LEVELS OF SERVICE IF, EVEN IF IT'S JUST, YEAH, COMPILING WHAT WE HAVE, THAT WOULD BE AMAZING.

THE DRAWING A CONCLUSION AROUND THE WATER INTAKE REPLACEMENT DEFINITELY MAKES SENSE TO ME.

AND ONE TO DEPRIORITIZE FOR ME, THE CANADA WINTER GAMES SAID THIS SORT OF AT THE START, BUT I DON'T WANT ANY TIME TAKEN AWAY FROM WHAT'S ALREADY ON OUR PLATE TO CHASE THAT. SO THAT'S ONE THAT I WOULD SAY GARDEN PLOT OR BELOW FOR ME.

SO THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL THE WORK AND FOR BEING ABLE TO READ THROUGH THIS AND ALL THE ANSWERS PREVIOUSLY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN MCLENNAN.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM OTHER COLLEAGUES? OH, MR..

COUNCILLOR FOOTE. THANKS, MR. CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO THANK ADMINISTRATION AND THE CITY MANAGER FOR ALL THE WORK PUT INTO THIS.

I WASN'T HERE AT THE BEGINNING, SO IT'S NICE TO HEAR THAT.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PROGRESS ALREADY AND 60% IS PRETTY GOOD.

JUST WANTED TO PUT MY WISH LIST OUT THERE SINCE I WASN'T AROUND TO REALLY HELP DRAFT THIS, BUT PROCUREMENT STANDARDS, ERP, SNOW REMOVAL STANDARDS, THAT'S WHERE WHERE I'M SITTING RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCILLOR FOOTE.

COUNCILLOR PAYNE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

WE HAVE BEEN PRETTY BUSY OVER THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS AND YOU KNOW, IT'S APPRECIATED.

YOU HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT WORKING OFF THE CORNER OF YOUR DESKS FOR A FEW OF THESE THINGS AND EMERGENCY PRIORITIES.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAYBE ADD SOME OTHER STUFF TO THE CORNER DESK AND PUT THIS STUFF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESK LIKE THIS.

D AND D PREPAREDNESS. SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING FOR US MOVING FORWARD.

AND I KNOW EVERYBODY HERE HAS THE SAME PRIORITY.

LIKE THIS IS THIS IS OUR FUTURE. SPEAKING ABOUT WHAT ROB WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH LAND, BIG PRIORITY, YOU KNOW, CANADA WINTER GAMES, I'D PUT IT SLIGHTLY ABOVE GARDEN PLOTS, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH FURTHER ABOVE GARDEN PLOTS.

IT WOULD BE KIND OF COOL TO HAVE THE RAVINE TRAIL, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR, FOR QUITE A WHILE, BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE IT IN PRIORITIES.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ME PERSONALLY, I'M SURE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVING IN NIVEN RIGHT NOW THAT ARE SHAKING THEIR FIST AND NOT WANTING TO VOTE ME IN NEXT TERM, WHICH IS FINE AS WELL. BUT YEAH, I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE.

SNOW REMOVAL STANDARDS. I THINK WE HAVE PRETTY GOOD SNOW REMOVAL STANDARDS.

I'M PRETTY HAPPY WITH THE WAY THINGS GO. IT ALWAYS COMES UP WHEN WE HAVE A YEAR WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF SNOW UNEXPECTEDLY EARLY ON.

BUT I THINK OUR CREWS DO A GREAT JOB, BUT, YOU KNOW YEAH, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY DOUBT THAT WE HAVE A VERY HARD WORKING CITY HERE AND VERY HAPPY TO BE A SMALL PART OF BRINGING THE CITY UP TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

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FOR MYSELF, MUCH LIKE A LOT OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES, IT'S A CHALLENGE TO SORT OF GRAPPLE WITH THE PIECES THAT SHOW IS DELAYED OR MAJORLY DELAYED, AND NOT REALLY FULLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT EXACTLY HAPPEN.

SO WHAT I'D ACTUALLY, RATHER THAN AND I'M NOT GOING TO SHOW ALL MY CARDS THERE FOR ON WHAT I PRIORITIZE, DON'T DISAGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES REALLY ON ANY OF THE ONES THEY'VE MENTIONED. I'D RATHER AT THIS POINT YOU HAVEN'T FLAGGED ANYTHING THAT'S A DEFINITE NO, OTHER THAN MAYBE THE FIRE HALL RENOVATION AND EXPANSION PROJECT FOR THIS YEAR AS PART OF 2027 AND MAYBE A FEW OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED FOR 2027.

BUT I'D RATHER GO WITH THE MENTALITY OF, I HAVE TO ASSUME THAT IF SOMETHING'S MAYBE NOT MAJORLY DELAYED, BUT IN THE DELAYED COLUMN THAT I'M STILL EXPECTING TO SEE IT THIS YEAR. SO IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE IT THIS YEAR, THAT ADMIN ACTUALLY COMES BACK TO US AND FLAGS THAT IT'S NOT COMING THIS YEAR.

AND THEN WE CAN NOTE IS THAT ACTUALLY ONE OF THESE PRIORITY PIECES THAT ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED.

OR IF IT'S NOT, MAYBE THAT'S WHAT WE DROP OR IF IT IS ONE OF THOSE PRIORITY PIECES, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST WE'RE DOING IT WITH CLEAR EYES. WHEREAS RIGHT NOW, JUST FOR THOSE DELAYED ITEMS, I MEAN, THE ON TRACK, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THERE'S A PART OF ME THAT GOES, IF SOMETHING'S IN THE DELAYED AND NOT NOTICE IS ON TRACK.

IS THAT JUST BECAUSE THE DATES HAVE BEEN UPDATED, I CAN'T.

I DID MY BEST TO GO BACK TO OUR LAST WORK PLAN VERSION, BUT THAT'S WHERE MY THING WOULD BE.

SO JUST FOR ME, IT WOULD BE MAKING SURE THAT IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OR YOU'RE AFRAID IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN FROM AN ADMIN PERSPECTIVE TO JUST LET US KNOW. AND I GUESS TWO THINGS JUST GOING INTO THE EMERGING PRIORITIES SLIDE.

IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO MR. VAN DINE BOTH WON THE WORK THAT IS GOING WORK THAT HAS HAPPENED AND IS HAPPENING WITH THE NWT RELATED TO CANADA WINTER GAMES AND SORT OF GIVE A BIT OF A FLAVOR FOR THE LEVEL OF TIME AND ENERGY IT HAS TAKEN TO DATE, BIG OR SMALL. AND THEN ALSO ON THE D AND D PREPAREDNESS, SORT OF RIFFING OFF OF WHAT COUNCILLOR PAYNE WAS TALKING ABOUT THERE AND HOW IT REALLY IS A BACKBONE TO A LOT OF THE FUTURE WORK THAT'S POTENTIAL.

TALKING TO, YOU KNOW, I'D ARGUE BEING AROUND CITY HALL DAY TO DAY, IT'S MORE THAN JUST CORNER OF THE DESK.

IT SORT OF IS A FLAVOR FOR EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT MAYBE TALKING TO HOW THAT'S WORKING INTO AND SUPPORTING THE OTHER PIECES OF WORK.

SO IF YOU COULD GIVE A BIT OF CONTEXT FOR BOTH OF THOSE, THE CANADA WINTER GAMES WORKLOAD AND THEN HOW THE D AND D IS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, FITTING IN AND SLOTTING IN, BUT ALSO SUPPORTING AND INCENTIVIZING A LOT OF THAT OTHER WORK.

MR. VAN DINE. THANK YOU. AND MAYBE I'LL START WITH D AND D AND THEN GO TO CANADA WINTER GAMES, IF THAT'S OKAY. SO WITH RESPECT TO TO D AND D READINESS, IT IS TAKING LARGER THAN A CORNER OF THE DESK. BUT IT IS NEW AND IT WASN'T A PART OF THE WORK PLAN.

SO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS LOOKING AT PARTS OF THE WORK PLAN THAT COULD BE IMPACTED BY D AND D.

SO. SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THAT INCLUDES IS CERTAINLY THE COMMUNITY PLAN.

AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY DIRECTOR WHITE AND, AND HER TEAM ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO TRY AND ONBOARD AS MUCH OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE NOW IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT COGENT POLICY IDEAS FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER PRIOR TO THE THE END OF THIS COUNCIL PERIOD SO THAT WE CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN ON A WHOLE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS HAD TO DEAL WITH BASED ON THE LIMITATIONS OF THE CURRENT PLAN, THINGS LIKE WORKER ACCOMMODATION, WHETHER D AND D HAPPENS, AND WE KNOW IT IS, BUT WHETHER IT HAD APPEARED ON OUR ON OUR RADAR OR NOT, WE STILL HAVE A QUESTION WITH RESPECT TO ABOUT $1 BILLION WORTH OF WORK THAT WAS GOING TO BE HAPPENING AT THE GIANT MINE REMEDIATION PROJECT, SO THAT THAT WAS ACTUALLY WORK COMING, THAT WE NEEDED TO CONSIDER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS FOR.

SO SO JUST TO, JUST TO NOTE THAT WE ARE AND SIMILARLY WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN WE ARE LOOKING TO TRY AND TAKE TAKE THIS ON BOARD. WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO THINK AHEAD WITH RESPECT TO D AND D AND D AND D IS AS WE'VE RECENTLY SIGNED A CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT FOR WATER AND SEWER OUT TO THE AIRPORT.

WE ARE NOW CONSIDERING THE NEXT LEVEL OF STUDIES REQUIRED TO DETERMINE THE IMPACTS ON THE,

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SO WORK AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT COULD GO INTO THOSE STUDIES IN ORDER TO HAVE THEM INFORM FUTURE DECISIONS OF COUNCIL IS IS UNDERWAY.

LAND DISCUSSIONS ARE CERTAINLY TOP OF MIND WITH RESPECT TO THE D AND D QUESTION AND CERTAINLY THE, THE WORK THAT WE HAD STARTED WITH THE CAPITAL AREA COMMITTEE AND WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES UNDER A MEMORANDUM OF COLLABORATION WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION, WE ARE HAVE BEEN IN REGULAR DIALOG ON JUST REALLY PINPOINTING WHICH OF OUR HUNDREDS OF APPLICATIONS THAT WE'VE GOT IN FRONT OF THE GNWT FOR A LITTLE BIT PIECES OF RIGHT OF WAYS AND ROADS AND OTHER THINGS, AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEIR FOCUS AND THEIR CAPACITY IS FOCUSED ON THE, THE LARGER, BIGGER QUESTIONS TO GET US OVER THE LINE ON TAYLOR ROAD, TO GET US OVER THE HUMP ON FRAME LAKE, TO GET US OVER THE HUMP ON, ON SOME OF THESE OTHER PIECES THAT THAT HAVE BEEN DONE.

SO D AND D HAS BEEN CERTAINLY AN ACCELERATOR OR AT LEAST AN ADDITIONAL OOMPH ON, ON SOME EXISTING PIECES OF WORK.

THE AND WE, WE WILL BE ALSO BEEN TALKING TO BOTH OUR COLLEAGUES AT IN INUVIK ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN TERMS OF READINESS FOR D AND D, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO IQALUIT WITH RESPECT TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH RESPECT TO D AND D, WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO WHITEHORSE ON SOME OF THE, THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THEM IN LIGHT OF BEING RECENTLY NAMED A NORTHERN OPERATIONS SUPPORT HUB LOCATION THAT WORK CONTINUES. AND OUR WORK WITH D AND D DIRECTLY CONTINUES.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COUNCIL WILL BE AWARE OF IS THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY INTERESTED IN HAVING D AND D COME AND TELL THEIR STORY DIRECTLY TO YELLOWKNIFE ABOUT WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE.

AND SO WE'RE WE'RE PRETTY DARN CLOSE IN BEING ABLE TO TO BE ABLE TO UNVEIL WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE IN THE NEXT, NEXT SHORT WHILE. AND WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF COOPERATION AND INTEREST FROM D AND D TO WANT TO BE ABLE TO TELL THEIR STORY.

AND THEY'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE CITY SPENDING TIME WITH THEM ON GETTING THAT SET UP.

SO MORE MORE ON THAT TO COME VERY SOON ON CANADA WINTER GAMES.

I'LL, I'LL INVITE DIRECTOR WHITE TO, TO RESPOND IN A MOMENT.

BUT WHAT I WILL SAY AND REMIND COUNCIL OF IS WHEN WE FIRST BROUGHT THIS TO COUNCIL, AT THE END OF OUR DISCUSSION OF BUDGET 2026 IN DECEMBER THERE WE HAD GIVEN TO COUNCIL THIS NOTION THAT WE WOULD BE BUILDING A FAIRLY LARGE EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE SIMILAR TO THE COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE THAT COUNCIL WOULD HAVE SEEN A FEW YEARS AGO, OR THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL RATHER A FEW YEARS AGO ON THE QUESTION.

WE THEN CAME BACK TO COUNCIL IN EARLY IN THE NEW YEAR, IF NOT EARLY FEBRUARY WITH A REVISED PROPOSAL, WHICH WAS A MUCH MORE TIGHTER STRUCTURE TO EXPLORE THIS AND TO, TO ADDRESS IN PART MR. MCLENNAN COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN'S VIEW WITH RESPECT TO OVER TAXING THE CITY AND OUR RESOURCES.

AND SO WHAT WE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL BACK THEN WAS RATHER THAN ESTABLISH OUR OWN COMMITTEE AND SUPPORTING A VERY LARGE ONE, WE WOULD ACTUALLY JOIN FORCES WITH THE COMMITTEE BEING RUN OUT OF MUNICIPAL AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND WE HAVE DONE THAT.

DIRECTOR WHITE SITS ON THAT WORKING GROUP FOR US AND IS IN REGULAR CONTACT ON ON THAT EFFORT.

AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS BASICALLY DUSTING OFF THE LAST REPORT THAT WE DID ON THE QUESTION OF CANADA WINTER GAMES AND UPDATING IT. SO WE'RE NOT STARTING FROM SCRATCH.

WE'RE USING A LOT OF THE EXISTING INFORMATION AND UPDATING IT WITH CURRENT INFORMATION, WHICH IS CERTAINLY MAKING THE TASK THAT MUCH MORE MANAGEABLE. AND AND WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT INFORMATION FORWARD TO COUNCIL.

AND WE'RE HOPING TO GIVE COUNCIL AN UPDATE IN JUNE AS TO WHERE WE ARE ON ON CANADA WINTER GAMES PREPARATIONS.

I'LL PAUSE THERE AND INVITE DIRECTOR WHITE TO ADD ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTIVITY AND EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE UNDERWAY WITH RESPECT TO CANADA WINTER GAMES.

GO AHEAD, DIRECTOR WHITE. THANK YOU, MR. VAN DINE AND MR. MAYOR. SO THIS IS THE OTHER DIRECTOR WHITE. I GUESS I'LL JUST ADD THAT AS MR.

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WE HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS THAT ARE WEEKLY. USUALLY ABOUT I THINK THE QUESTION WAS WHAT IS THE WORKLOAD? RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT 4 TO 6 HOURS A WEEK. IT WILL START TO RAMP UP HERE ONCE WE GET THE CONSULTANT'S REPORT AND THE ADDED WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO GET THE FINISHING TOUCHES TO THAT. I WILL ALSO ADD THAT DIRECTOR THISTLE IS ALSO INVOLVED.

SHE IS I'LL DO A QUICK SYNOPSIS AND MAYBE ASK HER TO, TO FILL IN SOME OF THE DETAILS.

BUT ONE OF THE AREAS THAT THE CONSULTANT TEAM IS NOT REALLY LOOKING AT IS THE EFFECT ON THE DIRECT EFFECT ON SOME OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES.

SO MISS THISTLE IS ENGAGING WITH THAT. AS WELL AS YOU'LL START TO SEE SOME MORE COMMUNICATIONS COMING OUT.

AND OF COURSE THAT'S IN HER BAILIWICK AS WELL.

I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT AND WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT'S IN MY SIDE OF THINGS. ANYBODY FOR ROUND TWO? COUNCILLOR FEQUET. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. JUST TWO THINGS.

JUST MAYBE TO ASK THE MAYOR'S QUESTION IN A IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

OFF THE CUFF, JUST FROM WHAT YOU'VE HEARD TODAY, ARE ANY OF THE VARIOUS WISH LIST ITEMS MENTIONED BY COUNCIL TODAY IN THE CATEGORY OF ADMINISTRATION WHERE IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO COME BACK TO THIS COUNCIL? YOU'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THE FIRE HHALL. SO OTHER THAN THE FIRE HALL. BUT IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE LISTED TODAY THAT ANYBODY HAS ON THEIR WISH LIST THAT KIND OF IS LIKE THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY NOT COMING ALSO, AND IT'S OKAY IF YOU WANT TO TAKE TIME AND GET BACK TO US, BUT JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE THAT STRUCK YOU AS LIKELY NOT GOING TO MAKE IT? THERE YOU GO, MR. VAN DINE. YOU CAN ANSWER THAT NOW. AND AS COUNCILLOR FEQUET, HE GAVE YOU THE FREEBIE OUT IF YOU NEED IT, AND YOU CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO COUNCIL IN THE NEXT WEEK WITH A RESPONSE TOO. BUT OVER TO YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I THINK WHAT I WHAT I WILL DO IS, BECAUSE THERE IS A LONG LIST IN THAT DELAYED COLUMN IS IS COMMIT TO COMING BACK TO COUNCIL WITH A WITH A WRITTEN MEMO JUST ON, ON WHERE WE STAND TO, TO BE ON THOSE THINGS, AT LEAST AT A, AT A REASONABLE APPROXIMATION OF TIME OF DELIVERY.

CERTAINLY ON 1 OR 2 OF THOSE ITEMS WITH RESPECT TO THE WATER INTAKE QUESTION.

I KNOW THAT THAT'S TOP OF MIND FOR, FOR COUNCIL BASED ON THE SENSITIVITY OF THE ISSUE TO THE, TO THE COMMITTEE ON, ON THAT QUESTION. AND IT'S A FAIR POINT TO, TO, TO, ON WHAT MIGHT BE A SHARP LEARNING CURVE FOR A NEW COUNCIL TO UNDERTAKE THAT ISSUE. SO I'LL, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT TODAY OTHER THAN REMIND COUNCIL THAT WE DID COME BACK WITH AN UPDATE ON SOME REPRIORITIZING OF DOLLARS TO, TO MAKE SURE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS AROUND THAT QUESTION.

WE'RE GETTING ADDRESSED. SO WE ARE. WE ARE PICKING AWAY AT IT. BUT IN TERMS OF A DETERMINATION AS TO WHAT WE CAN BRING BACK BEFORE COUNCIL, I'LL ENDEAVOR TO HAVE A MEMO PREPARED AND BACK TO BACK TO GPC FOR YOUR FOR YOUR REVIEW.

THANKS FOR THAT. YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT HAS THE COMPLETED ON TRACKS.

WE'RE GOOD. THAT GETS INTO THOSE, THOSE DELAYS OR IN THE, THE LARGER CHART ABOVE EVERYTHING WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOME DISRUPTION THAT YELLOW AREA. IT'S THE SOME DISRUPTION ONES ARE REALLY THE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE ONES THAT STILL HAVE AN END DATE IN OUR TERM? ARE THEY, YOU KNOW, SORT OF JUST A HICCUP IN BETWEEN, BUT WE'RE STILL EXPECTING THEM OR ARE THEY MORE OF THAT MAJOR DISRUPTION.

WE'RE NOT EXPECTED TO SEE THEM I THINK IS REALLY THE KEY THING.

SO THANKS FOR THAT. COUNCILLOR FEQUET. THANKS, MR. CHAIR. YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. JUST TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT WITH ALL THOSE DELAYED ITEMS. YEAH, AND I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION IS I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME ADMINISTRATION IS TAKING AND PUTTING TOWARDS LOOKING AROUND THE CORNER AND LOOKING AHEAD AT ALL THESE THINGS COMING AND ALL OF THE OTHER IMPACTS THAT WE MAY NOT EVEN KNOW TODAY.

SO THERE IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF UNCERTAINTY, BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS CERTAIN, I GUESS, IS THAT THERE'S A VOLUME AND PACE OF WORK THAT WE HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED TO DATE.

THAT IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER OR MAYBE IT'S ALREADY HERE.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT ADDING SOME HORSEPOWER KIND OF IMMEDIATELY TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS THE, THE CAPACITY IT NEEDS TO DO OUR CORE BUSINESS AND ALL OF THESE EXCITING EMERGING IMPORTANT INITIATIVES.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY UPDATE ON THE STATUS AND OR TIMING OF THAT WORK OF GETTING THAT EXTRA HORSEPOWER FOR THE D AND D READINESS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BECAUSE IDEALLY WE RECOGNIZE THAT WOULD BE IN PLACE BEFORE WE KEEP ADDING TO ADMINISTRATION'S WORKLOAD UNTIL WE DON'T WANT IT TO EXPLODE. VERY GOOD. COUNCILLOR FEQUET.

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WE'RE, YOU KNOW WATER AND SEWER DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE MANY BREAKS HAPPENING THE TEAM'S ON IT AND WE'RE FIXING THEM AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN GO AND THE LIGHTS ARE STAYING ON FOR THE MOMENT. SO WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

AND GARBAGE CONTINUES TO GET PICKED UP. SO CITY SERVICES ARE RUNNING REASONABLY WELL AT THE MOMENT.

IN TERMS OF THE THE ADDITIONAL HORSEPOWER WE HAVE TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY ESTIMATED WHAT THE INCREMENTAL IMPACTS WOULD BE ON THE VARIOUS PHASES OF PROJECTS THAT WE WILL HAVE WITH D AND D AND BUILDING THOSE COSTS INTO OUR ESTIMATES.

AND THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD WITH D AND D IS THAT ALL REASONABLE COSTS WILL BE ENTERTAINED.

AND SO WE DID. WE HAVE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT WORK RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF BUMS AND SEATS.

AS WE, WE HAVE, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY NEW BUMS IN ANY NEW SEATS AT THE MOMENT.

BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT THAT MIGHT MEAN IN THE NEXT SHORT WHILE RECOGNIZING THAT THERE IS NOW SOME WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE IN A, IN A STAGED WAY WITH RESPECT TO HOW WE PROCURE SERVICES AND THEN WHAT WORK HAPPENS AFTER THAT STEP AND THE WORK THAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT STEP AND THE WORK THAT HAPPENS AFTER THE STEP AFTER THAT. SO IN TERMS OF TIMING AND, AND PERSONNEL WE ARE LOOKING AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT MEANS TO, TO ACCOMMODATE THAT NEED. AND WE'LL KEEP COUNCIL APPRIZED OF THAT AND WE'LL DEFINITELY BE GIVING COUNCIL A LINE OF SIGHT ON THAT WITH RESPECT TO BUDGET 2027 PREPARATIONS. COUNCILLOR FEQUET. ANYTHING FURTHER? NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYTHING FURTHER FROM COLLEAGUES? SEEING NONE, MR. VAN DINE, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO FINISH WITH. BUT I'M GOING TO ASSUME NOT. OH, YOU DO. LOOK AT THAT. GO FOR IT. BUT NO, I JUST JUST TO, TO REITERATE THAT SO THERE WERE A NUMBER OF COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS THAT WERE SIGNED UNDER THE COURSE OF THIS THIS TERM OF COUNCIL, WE'RE NOT QUITE FINISHED ALL OF THE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT PROCESSES.

BUT I AM PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED A NUMBER OF AGREEMENTS SO FAR, AND WE CONTINUE TO MAKE HOPEFULLY MAKE SOME PROGRESS AND JUST WANTED TO THANK COUNCIL FOR THE SUPPORT IN ALLOWING US TO DO THAT.

AND CERTAINLY TO ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE WHO ARE WORKING HARD TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY ON TRACK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. VAN DINE, AND THANK YOU, EVERYBODY AND ALL OF YOUR TEAMS FOR BRINGING THIS UPDATE TO COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS, EVERYBODY. THAT IS THE END OF OUR MEETING. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? DEPUTY MAYOR WARBURTON, SECONDED BY COUNCILOR MCLENNAN. EVERYBODY HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANKS.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.