Apr 20, 2026 Special Governance & Priorities Committee

[1. Opening Statement]

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AND I WILL CALL OUR SPECIAL GOVERNANCE AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE MEETING FOR MONDAY, APRIL 20TH, 2026 TO ORDER. THE CITY OF YELLOWKNIFE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WE ARE LOCATED IN CHIEF DRYGEESE TERRITORY.

FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL, IT HAS BEEN THE TRADITIONAL LAND OF THE YELLOWKNIVES DENE FIRST NATION.

WE RESPECT THE HISTORIES, LANGUAGES AND CULTURES OF ALL OTHER INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, INCLUDING THE NORTH SLAVE MÉTIS AND ALL FIRST NATIONS MÉTIS AND INUIT WHOSE PRESENCE CONTINUES TO ENRICH OUR VIBRANT COMMUNITY. NEXT, WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

MR.. VAN DINE. ANYTHING ELSE? NOTHING TO ADD, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT, WE HAVE DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF. ANY MEMBER HAVE A CONFLICT.

AS EXPECTED, I'M SEEING NOTHING. WE HAVE OUR ONE ITEM FOR THE AGENDA TODAY, WHICH IS A PRESENTATION REGARDING PLANNED NATIONAL DEFENSE,

[4. A presentation regarding planned National Defence / North American Aerospace Defense Command (DND / NORAD) Infrastructure in Yellowknife.]

MR. VAN DINE. I WILL PASS IT OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. I'M PLEASED TO WELCOME AND INTRODUCE FOUR MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AND CANADIAN ARMED FORCES TEAM, WHO ARE HERE TODAY TO UPDATE YOU ON THEIR NEAR, MEDIUM AND LONG TERM PLANS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES ASSOCIATED WITH NORAD MODERNIZATION AND CONTINENTAL DEFENSE AT THE FORWARD OPERATING LOCATION HERE IN YELLOWKNIFE.

WE ARE JOINED BY THE CANADIAN THE ROYAL CANADIAN ARMED FORCES LIEUTENANT COLONEL MATTHEW BAXTER, DEPUTY DIRECTOR CHIEF OF STAFF, NORAD NORTHERN BASIN INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROJECT.

WE ARE ALSO JOINED BY GEORGE SIKET, PROJECT DIRECTOR FOR NNBI AND MISS CAROLYN TELERAC, PROJECT MANAGER FOR NNBI CANADIAN JOINT OPERATIONS COMMAND. AND WE'LL ALSO BE JOINED BY COLONEL LIEUTENANT COLONEL CAITLIN VOSS, SENIOR MANAGER, PROGRAM MANAGER, SUPPORT DELIVERY OF NORTHERN OPERATIONS SUPPORT HUB.

YOU'LL GET A FULL BRIEFING ON ALL THE ACRONYMS BY THE SPECIALISTS AND THE EXPERTISE IN A MOMENT.

IN ADDITION, WE'RE ALSO JOINED BY OUR COLLEAGUES FROM JTFN WHO ARE ALSO IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY, AS WELL AS OUR COLLEAGUES WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES AT THE YELLOWKNIFE AIRPORT. SO VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THEM WITH US. BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL MATTHEW BAXTER, I WANTED TO REMIND.

COUNCIL IN YELLOWKNIFE OF THE RESOLUTION YOU PASSED ON DECEMBER 9TH, 2024, SIGNALING YELLOWKNIFE.

BEING AN IMPORTANT PLACE TO INVEST TO MEET CANADA'S ARCTIC SECURITY AND DEFENSE POLICY OBJECTIVES.

THE RESOLUTION PROVIDED ME AND ADMINISTRATION A MANDATE TO WORK WITH NATIONAL DEFENSE AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES AND THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES TO EXPLORE THIS POTENTIAL. THESE EFFORTS HAVE RESULTED IN RECENT, RECENTLY AND REGULAR WORKING DISCUSSIONS WITH BOTH LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT SIGNED MOU WITH INUVIK, AS WELL AS THE TWO CAPITAL CITIES OF WHITEHORSE AND IQALUIT.

ASSIGNED CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT FOR ENGINEERING WORK FOR WATER AND SEWER LINES TO THE AIRPORT AND TODAY'S PRESENTATION AND A FULL WEEK AGENDA FOR OUR COLLEAGUES AND PARTNERS WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS. I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK MY TEAM ON THE ADMINISTRATION SIDE, CARRIE THISTLE, WHO'S NOT HERE TODAY, WHO'S BEEN LEADING OUR COORDINATION EFFORTS.

DIRECTOR CHELSEA WHITE, ON LAND AND PLANNING MATTERS DIRECTOR KOLE CALJOUW.

ON LEGAL QUESTIONS DOCTOR KAVI PANDOO. ALTHOUGH YOU ARE NOT A DOCTOR, I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT.

ON FINANCES AND A SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR CHRIS GREENCORN AND THE ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES SUBMISSIONS THAT WE'VE MADE TO DATE AND THE REST OF THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR ONGOING SUPPORT AND COOPERATION.

AND WITH THAT, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL BAXTER TO TAKE US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.

WELCOME, LIEUTENANT COLONEL. THE PRESENTATION IS ALL YOURS. AND JUST TO REITERATE, THE CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING, ALL OF YOU TODAY TO COME AND SPEAK WITH COUNCIL AND FOR DOING ALL OF YOUR ENGAGEMENTS THIS WEEK. AND I'LL SEE YOU ON THURSDAY NIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. I THINK AS ALL OF THIS IS BOTH FAMILIAR AND NEW TO YELLOWKNIFE IN SO MANY WAYS.

AND AS MR. VAN DINE SAID, I THINK OURSELVES, BUT ALL YELLOWKNIFE WILL GET A LOT MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE ACRONYMS AND SO MUCH MORE.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE THE FIRST PRESENTATION TO US TODAY.

SO OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, YOUR WORSHIP.

COUNCILLORS. VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE IN IN YELLOWKNIFE.

CAME IN VERY LATE LAST NIGHT. SO IT WAS SPRING WHEN I LEFT OTTAWA AND BACK TO WINTER AGAIN.

BUT I SAID VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE. LIEUTENANT COLONEL MATT BAXTER, DEPUTY DIRECTOR AT NBIN NORTHERN BASIN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE RCAF.

SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH PRESENTATION. AND THEN AS WE GO ALONG, WE'RE GOING TO PASS FROM MYSELF TO THE OTHER EXPERTS THAT WE'VE BROUGHT UP FROM OTTAWA TO GET EVERYONE UP TO SPEED AND START OFF WITH OUR AGENDA.

SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME NORAD MODERNIZATION PLAN, SOME OF THE THREATS, SOVEREIGNTY, EVOLVING SECURITY PICTURE FORWARD OPERATING LOCATION.

YELLOWKNIFE IS OUR FOCUS FOR TODAY. PROJECT DELIVERY CAPITAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE NORTHERN OPERATIONAL SUPPORT HUB AND WE'LL DO A Q&A AT THE END.

NORAD MODERNIZATION. SO NORAD IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, DEFENSE OF NORTH AMERICA BY NATIONAL COMMAND.

IT'S VERY UNIQUE IN THE WORLD SHARED BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.

IT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR AEROSPACE WARNING, AEROSPACE CONTROL, MARITIME WARNING, AND THE DEFENSE OF THE CONTINENT.

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SO THE FOCUS FOR THE MODERNIZATION PLAN IS A RECAPITALIZATION.

SO THAT'S RECAPPING WHAT WE'VE ALREADY GOT BUILT. MODERNIZING REPLACEMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND ADDITION OF NEW CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS CANADA, INCLUDING THE NORTH. SO IT'S NOT JUST HERE. IT'S ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. THREATS, SOVEREIGNTY, AND THE EVOLVING SECURITY PICTURE. SO THE LAST TIME WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON NORAD AND ON THE LOCATIONS, THE FORWARD OPERATING LOCATIONS IN THE NORTH WAS IN THE 80S.

SO IF YOU CAN THINK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN 1985, IT'S DRAMATICALLY CHANGED.

SO WE CANNOT EFFECTIVELY SUPPORT WHAT WE NEED TO DO NOW AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN THE FUTURE.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR US? I MEAN, SIGNIFICANT UPGRADES TO THE SUPPORT OF NORAD, BUT ALSO PART OF THAT IS GOING TO ALSO ASSIST CANADIAN FORCES IN BEING ABLE TO DO OUR JOB FOR DOMESTIC OPERATIONS, LARGE SCALE EXERCISES LIKE OP NANOOK AND OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THE NORTH.

SO IT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO SUPPORT NORAD, BUT ALSO VERY DRAMATICALLY INCREASE OUR ABILITY TO SUPPORT CAF OPERATIONS AND AIR FORCES IN THE NORTH.

THIS INFRASTRUCTURE WILL ALSO ENABLE ACTIVATION IN SUPPORT OF NORAD AND CAF OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES, DOMESTIC RESPONSE, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO YELLOWKNIFE THE FOL HERE, I THINK EVERYONE'S PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THE AIRPORT AND THE LOCATION OF THE CURRENT FOL. AND I THINK THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY AS I AS I CAME ON BOARD THE PROJECT IN SEPTEMBER, THE SCALE REALLY KIND OF, KIND OF KIND OF CAME TO LIGHT OVER TIME, BUT HOW MUCH OF AN INVESTMENT WE'RE MAKING AND HOW BIG IT IS IN EACH OF THESE LOCATIONS.

IT'S GENERATIONAL AND IT'S, IT'S VERY LARGE. SO WHAT YOU'RE USED TO WITH THE FOL AND THE PAB WHICH IS THE ACCOMMODATION BLOCK, THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE, MUCH MORE THAN THAT, INCLUDING HANGARS.

AND SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL GET IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DEPTH, BUT LOGISTICAL SUPPORT AND EVERYTHING THAT KIND OF COMES WITH SERVICING AND SUPPLYING AIRCRAFT TO GO DO MISSIONS. WHO ELSE IS HERE? WELL, IT'S NOT JUST NNBI. SO THAT'S THE NORAD NORTHERN BASIN INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE'RE ALSO THE THE FOL AND THE PAB WHICH SUPPORTS THE QRF, THE QUICK REACTION FORCE OR SORRY, QRA QUICK REACTION ALERT FORCE FOR THE RCAF IS IS GOING TO ALSO FACILITATE THE NEW F-35.

AND THAT'S UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE DCFI DEFENSE OF CANADA FIGHTER INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE NORAD ADD SORRY, THE NORTHERN OPERATION SUPPORT HUB NOSH, WHICH IS THE THE NETWORK OF SITES ACROSS THE NORTH TO SUPPORT THE CAF TO OPERATE MORE EFFECTIVELY AND SUPPORT OPERATIONS.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SEE THERE? SO YOU WOULD POTENTIALLY SEE ALL ASPECTS OF THE FLEET OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE.

SO YOU I'M SURE IF YOU'RE UP AROUND THE AIRPORT, YOU SEE THE THE TWIN OTTER ON FAIRLY REGULAR, THERE'S HERCULES AND OTHER OTHER LARGE SCALE AIRCRAFT AND OF COURSE THE HORNETS WHEN THEY COME IN.

BUT YOU COULD POTENTIALLY SEE MOST OF THESE AIRCRAFT UP IN THE LOCATION, IN PARTICULAR IN SUPPORT OF EXERCISES.

AND IF THEY GET CALLED OUT TO, TO REACT TO ANY SORT OF THREATS.

THE BIG INVESTMENT FOR US TOO IS THE F-35, OF COURSE, AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT AIRCRAFT CAN BE SERVICED AND LOOKED AFTER FROM THOSE LOCATIONS.

AND ON THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN OVER TO MR. GEORGE SIKET TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE. GEORGE.

YOUR WORSHIP, COUNCILLORS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

SO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE DEVELOPING AND BEING BUILT OVER TIME.

A FEW WEEKS AGO PRIME MINISTER CARNEY WAS UP HERE, MADE A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT TALKED ABOUT THE, THE MANY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING TO BE INVESTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE IN THE NORTH, WHILE ALL THOSE, YOU KNOW, MEGA BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WE TALKED ABOUT BETWEEN 32 AND 35 BILLION ARE NOT COMING INTO YELLOWKNIFE ONLY.

IT'S GOING TO BE DIVIDED UP INTO FOUR LOCATIONS AND THEN A COUPLE OTHER LOCATIONS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NOSH.

BUT THE PRIMARY LOCATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR NORAD NORTHERN BASING INFRASTRUCTURE ARE INUVIK, YELLOWKNIFE, IQALUIT AND GOOSE BAY. AND THIS IS WHERE OUR BIG INVESTMENT IS GOING TO BE TO THE TUNE OF RIGHT NOW, APPROXIMATELY. SO ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE 32, $33 BILLION SPLIT AMONG THE FOUR LOCATIONS.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SEE THERE? AND IT'S LISTED ON THE THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN.

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SO PLACES THAT INTERNAL PLACES, HANGARS, PARKING LOTS WHERE WE CAN PUT AN AIRCRAFT INTO MULTI-PLATFORM BEING THAT OF THE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF AIRCRAFT YOU SAW IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. WE CANNOT HAVE DEDICATED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR EACH TYPE OF FLEET.

SO WE NEED TO HAVE A LARGE HANGAR WHICH TAKES LARGE AIRCRAFT, MEDIUM SIZED HANGARS FOR THE MEDIUM SIZED FLEETS AND SMALLER ONES FOR SMALLER AIRCRAFT OR A COMBINATION OF. SO WE CANNOT HAVE, YOU KNOW, DEDICATED HANGERS LIKE THEY HAVE DOWN IN THE SOUTH.

SO WE CALL THEM MULTI-PLATFORM HANGERS TO ACCOMMODATE THE MOST TYPES OF AIRCRAFT AT DIFFERENT POINTS OF TIME IF THEY REQUIRE TO BE SHELTERED AN OPERATIONS FACILITY. SO WE NEED A BUILDING WHERE WE CAN CONTROL OPERATIONS FROM WE CAN DIRECT OPERATIONS FROM.

SO THAT'LL BE A UNIQUE CAPABILITY THAT WE DO NOT PRESENTLY HAVE.

AS OPERATIONS AND ISSUES EVOLVE, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THEM, AND WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF IT.

SO AN OPERATIONS FACILITY WILL BE BUILT. AND THEN THE QUICK REACTION ALERT AREA.

WELL, WE HAVE THAT NOW. WE CALL IT THE QRA AT THE FORWARD OPERATING LOCATION.

AND IT HOUSES THE CF18S. HOWEVER, WITH THE EVOLUTION OF THE CF 35 WE MAY NEED EITHER A NEW FACILITY, COMPLETELY NEW HANGAR, OR WE HAVE TO RECAPITALIZE WHAT WE HAVE.

BUT WE DO NEED A MODERN HANGAR FACILITY DEDICATED TO FIGHTER AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS.

WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT WE CALL THE HORIZONTAL TYPE INFRASTRUCTURE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, A RUNWAY EXTENSION, WE'RE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL TAXIWAYS.

AND THESE DISCUSSIONS ARE HAVE PROGRESSED AND THEY'RE MATURE WITH THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY.

SO THESE THINGS ARE UNDERWAY. BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE EXTENDING THE RUNWAY AND WE ARE GOING TO BE ADDING IN SOME SOME ADDITIONAL TAXIWAYS.

APRONS, THAT'S A FANCY WORD FOR A PARKING LOT.

IT'S JUST A BIG PAD. AND AIRCRAFT CAN PARK ON THERE OUTSIDE.

AND THERE ARE LINES ON THEM JUST LIKE IN A PARKING LOT FOR, FOR AIRCRAFT ACCESS ROAD.

SO AS WE BUILD OUT THIS INFRASTRUCTURE, WE NEED MORE ROADS ON THAT PLOT OF LAND FOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC AS WELL.

NAVIGATION AIDS INCREASED LIGHTING, ETC., AND A SECURITY ELEMENT.

SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SECURE AT THE LEVEL THAT'S REQUIRED.

AS WE BUILD THIS, THIS NEW HIGH TECH INFRASTRUCTURE WE'RE GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE POWER GRID AND THE UTILITIES.

SO TO, TO REST, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE'S CONCERNS THIS NEW INFRASTRUCTURE WILL DRAW ADDITIONAL POWER, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT AND WE CANNOT BE A BURDEN ON THE COMMUNITY.

SO PART OF OUR PLAN IS TO SUPPORT POWER GRID INFRASTRUCTURE, ITS MODERNIZATION AND ITS BUILD IN THE SAME WAY WITH, WITH WATER, WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT, ETC.. SO WE, WE CANNOT BE A BURDEN ON THE COMMUNITY.

WE NEED TO SUPPORT THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS AS WELL.

LAND LEASES. SO THAT'S PART OF A LAND ACQUISITION PLAN.

SO AS WE EXPAND AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED WITH THE CITY WITH THE PRIVATE ENTREPRENEURS THAT ARE THERE ASTRIDE THE, THE CURRENT FORWARD OPERATING LOCATION AND THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY GOVERNMENT, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES.

HOW WE CAN ACQUIRE THE LAND REQUIRED TO BUILD OUT AND EXPAND OUR, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

OTHER THINGS, AS LIEUTENANT COLONEL BAXTER MENTIONED YOU KNOW, THE LOGISTICAL SUPPORT.

SO WE'LL NEED TO HAVE WAREHOUSING TO SUPPORT THE NORTHERN OPERATIONAL SUPPORT HUB IF THEY NEED TO PUSH EQUIPMENT FORWARD OR IF THEY NEED TO HAVE IT THERE PRE-POSITIONED.

WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SOME WAREHOUSE SPACE, THE FORCES THAT WOULD COME UP AND USE THE THE FOL THE FORWARD OPERATING LOCATION WHEN ACTIVATED OR THEY NEED TO BE HOUSED. SO WE DO HAVE THE PERSONNEL ACCOMMODATIONS BUILDING THERE.

THAT'S, THAT'S THERE NOW. HOWEVER, WITH INCREASED OPERATIONS, WE NEED TO ENHANCE THAT.

WE NEED TO BUILD OUT MORE. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT.

SO AS WRITTEN AIR DINING AND ACCOMMODATIONS. SO THAT'LL BE FOR THE TIME THAT THE FOL IS ACTIVATED, SOMETHING IS GOING ON. WE HAVE AN INFLUX OF AIRCRAFT, INFLUX OF PERSONNEL.

THEY WILL BE HOUSED ON THAT SITE. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE REST OF THE THINGS THERE.

SO MOBILE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, THAT'S ALL THE GROUND EQUIPMENT THAT'S USED TO SUPPORT AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS ETC.

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ANYTHING MORE SERIOUS WOULD HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, SHIP THEM DOWN TO THE SOUTH OR SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING AVAILABLE IN THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

BUT. SO WE HAVE OUR OWN MEDICAL FACILITIES THERE FOR, FOR URGENT REQUIREMENTS.

THE TIMELINE, AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM, WE HAVE A A TIMELINE STRETCHING OUT TO 2040.

SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD ALL OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE QUICKLY.

EVERYTHING TAKES TIME AND IT'LL BE A PROGRESSIVE RATE OF BUILD OVER OVER THAT TIME.

AS YOU CAN SEE, 2023, WE IDENTIFIED THE REQUIREMENT OF THE PROJECT.

AS LIEUTENANT COLONEL BAXTER MENTIONED NORAD MODERNIZATION WAS ANNOUNCED IN 2022.

AND QUICKLY AFTER THAT, WHILE WE WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE UPGRADES TO THE NORAD NORTH, TO THE TO THE FOLS, THE FOUR SITES THAT YOU SEE ON THE MAP.

SO THAT WORK THERE WAS PRELIMINARY WORK DONE BEFORE THAT BECAUSE WE COULD SEE THE NEED FOR NORAD MODERNIZATION COMING A FEW YEARS BACK.

AND SURVEYS AND ASSESSMENTS WERE DONE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY.

AND WE KNEW THAT THAT SOMETHING WAS GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE.

SO THAT WAS ABLE THAT ENABLED US TO ACT QUICKLY IN 2023 AND THEN IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF THESE FORWARD OPERATING LOCATIONS. SO WE'RE NOW HEADING INTO WE'RE IN THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE.

AND WE'VE ALREADY, AS I MENTIONED, HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY, WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF NORTHWEST TERRITORIES AND THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY. AND WE HAVE OUR PLANS, WHICH YOU WILL SEE A, A CONCEPT OF AND THEN, YOU KNOW, QUICKLY WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE DESIGN AND SITE PREPARATION.

BY 2027, WE SHOULD START SEEING THINGS EVOLVE AND THEN GO INTO A CONSTRUCTION PHASE BY 28, 29,30. AND AS IT GOES OUT BY 2040, ALL THINGS GO WELL.

AND ACCORDING TO PLAN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FULLY OPERATIONAL SITE.

OH, I GOT A POINT THERE. IS IT THERE WE GO. SO WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO WE EXPECT TO SEE? JUST A COUPLE OF SNAPSHOTS OF THINGS THAT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN.

THE CC-177, THE GLOBEMASTER HAS COME IN AND OUT OF YELLOWKNIFE.

IT GOES UP TO TO INUVIK AS WELL. THAT'S A LARGE TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT BRINGING UP EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL TROOPS.

AND IT NEEDS A LARGE HANGAR. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE, THE SIZE, THE SHEER SCALE OF IT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT LITTLE SOLDIER DIRECTING THE AIRCRAFT HOW BIG THAT AIRCRAFT IS.

IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S A QUITE, QUITE A BIG AIRCRAFT.

IT'S IMPRESSIVE. NEXT TO IT, THE CC-330 HUSKY, WHICH IS AN AIRBUS AIRCRAFT.

IT IS IT IS ANOTHER VERY LARGE AIRCRAFT THAT IS OUR STRATEGIC TANKER AND TRANSPORT CAPABILITY.

SO DEPENDING ON HOW IT'S GOING TO BE CONFIGURED, IT CAN BE CONFIGURED FOR AIR TO AIR REFUELING OR IT COULD BE CONFIGURED TO TRANSPORT PERSONNEL OR EQUIPMENT AND EQUIPMENT. SO A VERY LARGE AIRCRAFT AND YOU MAY SEE IT WHEN WE'RE READY LANDING IN IN YELLOWKNIFE. OOPS. GO BACK ONE. I MENTIONED WAREHOUSING, SO WE NEED TO HAVE WAREHOUSING TO PRE-POSITION EQUIPMENT.

WE NEED TO HAVE SOME WAREHOUSING FOR SPARES. IF AIRCRAFT HAVE SOME PROBLEMS, OF COURSE WE NEED, YOU KNOW, QUICK SPARE PARTS. ALL THESE THINGS WILL BE WAREHOUSED ON SITE IN MINIMUM QUANTITIES OF COURSE THE OPERATION CENTER.

SO A CONTROL ROOM WHERE WE CAN CONTROL OPERATIONS AND HAVE COMMUNICATIONS BACK WITH OUR HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH BAY IN COLORADO SPRINGS, WHEREVER WE'RE DIRECTING NORAD OPERATIONS FROM PERSONNEL ACCOMMODATIONS.

SO A KITCHEN SLEEPING QUARTERS FOR THE THE PERSONNEL.

AND THAT RULE ONE, WHAT WE CALL IT A RULE ONE MEDICAL FACILITY FOR, FOR QUICK LIGHT TYPE MEDICAL ISSUES WILL ALSO BE IN THAT PERSONAL ACCOMMODATIONS BUILDING. THIS IS A CONCEPT.

SO WE'RE BY NO MEANS YOU KNOW, SET ON, ON THIS WHAT YOU SEE HERE.

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AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT IN THE CENTER OF THE SLIDE, THE EXISTING QRA OUR PLAN RIGHT NOW IS TO REUSE THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO RECAPITALIZE IT AND CONVERT THOSE HANGARS INTO OUR WAREHOUSE FACILITY AND THE MOBILE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT FACILITY. A BRAND NEW QUICK, QUICK REACTION ALERT HANGAR FOR THE F-35S WILL BE OFF TO THE SOUTH, AND BEHIND THAT WILL BE A MUNITIONS STORAGE AREA SO WE DO HAVE TO PRE-POSITION MUNITIONS. WHAT WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S PART OF OUR OUR PLAN TO TO START DOING THAT AS WELL.

FUEL STORAGE. SO THAT'S RIGHT NOW VERY CONCEPTUAL.

PROBABLY WON'T GO THERE, BUT THERE'S ALSO THE FUEL STORAGE, WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET ACROSS THE BOULEVARD ASTRIDE FROM THE, THE CURRENT FOL THE, THE CURRENT ACCOMMODATIONS BLOCK WILL BE DEMOLISHED.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BUILD ALL NEW ACCOMMODATIONS, A MULTI-USER FACILITY, WHICH REALLY IS MULTI-USER FOR THE, IN THE MILITARY PURPOSE. SO DIFFERENT UNITS, DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW, THE, THE RANGERS COULD USE THAT, SUPPORT YOU GROUPS CAN USE THAT AND WE DO OUR STAGING FROM THERE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS A MULTI PURPOSE MULTI USER TYPE FACILITY.

AND THEN THE OPERATIONS FACILITY, WHICH CONDUCTS THE OPERATIONS AND DIRECTS OPERATIONS.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CONCEPT FOR HANGARS, LOOKING AT A LARGE MULTI-PLATFORM HANGAR, A MEDIUM MULTI-PLATFORM HANGAR, AND THEN ABOUT THREE SMALL MULTI-PLATFORM HANGARS.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF, OF A LAYOUT NOT ONE NEXT TO EACH OTHER, BUT A LITTLE BIT OF DISTANCE BETWEEN EACH OTHER AND THEN A LARGE APRON IN THE CENTER FOR AIRCRAFT MOVEMENT TO ENABLE AIRCRAFT MOVEMENT.

BY AND LARGE, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR OUR CONCEPT AS WE GO FORWARD, SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

BUT WHAT YOU SEE ON THE ON THE CHART IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT OUR REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE BUILD AT THE FORWARD OPERATING LOCATION. SO A LOT OF LOT OF NEW LOT OF NEW BUILDINGS THAT WILL GO UP OVER TIME.

AND I WILL HAND OFF TO CAROLYN. HELLO. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO THE PROJECT DELIVERY.

SO WE'VE HEARD KIND OF WHY ARE WE DOING THIS PROJECT AND WHAT THAT END RESULT WILL LOOK LIKE.

SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THERE? WHERE ARE WE AT RIGHT NOW AND, AND WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO IN THE FUTURE. SO WE ARE VERY EARLY IN THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROJECT, BUT WE HAVE STARTED WORK, AS GEORGE WAS MENTIONING.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON SOME SITE SPECIFIC STUDIES.

SO TO SEE WHAT IS ON THE LOCATION. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ARCHEOLOGICAL, WE'RE LOOKING AT THREAT RISK ASSESSMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS, SPECIES AT RISK, TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEYS AND GEOTECH STUDIES.

THOSE ARE JUST THE START OF OUR STUDIES. OUR FUTURE STUDIES WILL BE PERFORMED UNDER OUR MAIN CONTRACTOR INCLUDING UTILITY STUDIES AND KIND OF SEEING WHAT WE NEED AND WHAT'S THERE. WE'VE ALSO HAVE A CONTRACT RIGHT NOW FOR CONCEPTUAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

AND THAT'S THE KIND OF SCREEN WE JUST SAW ABOUT WHAT THE THE SITE COULD LOOK LIKE.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW TOO. SO WE'RE EARLY IN THE PROJECT AND WE, WE, WE WANT TO GET A HEAD START AND MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING INTO AND PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. SO THIS IS KIND OF THE LONGER TERM PLAN, OUR PROJECT DELIVERY APPROACH.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT GETTING A, A MODIFIED DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT.

SO THAT'LL BE OUR MAIN CONTRACTOR. THE MAIN CONTRACTOR WILL HAVE SUBCONTRACTS UNDERNEATH IT TO, TO COMPLETE THE WORK. WE'RE LOOKING AT DIVIDING THIS PROJECT INTO ABOUT THREE PHASES.

THE PHASES WON'T BE KIND OF STOP ONE AND START THE OTHER.

THEY'LL BE INTEGRATED BETWEEN THEM. BUT THIS IS KIND OF THE BIG CHUNKS OF WORK WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

SO FIRST, WE'RE LOOKING IN IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE OF THIS PHASE ONE DEVELOPMENT.

AND SOME OF OUR PRIORITY WORKS WITHIN THAT PHASE ONE ARE INDIGENOUS PARTICIPATION PLAN.

WORKING WITH INDIGENOUS GOVERNMENTS AND D&D TO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR THE, FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND MAKING SURE THAT, THAT WE HAVE A GOOD PLAN IN PLACE. WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME MARKET ANALYSIS AND SEE WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESSES AND AND PEOPLE WE HAVE ALREADY TRAINED KIND OF WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF CAPACITY IS THERE TO DELIVER THIS PROJECT?

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WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE SITE CONCEPT DESIGNS, BUT JUST IN THAT PRELIMINARY STAGE, TAKING THESE KIND OF INITIAL IDEAS AND, AND BRINGING THEM TO THE NEXT LEVEL, AND THEN ALSO SOME EARLY WORK DESIGNS.

WE'LL BE CONTINUING SOME MORE STUDIES IN ADDITION, INCLUDING THE UTILITY STUDIES, BUT OTHER ONES AS WELL.

AND WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME COST ESTIMATES SO WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING AND AND TO GET APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD THEN WE DIVE INTO THE PROJECT DEFINITION.

DEFINITION. SO THAT FIRST PHASE IS, IS NOT A SUPER LONG PHASE.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING INTO THE DESIGN PHASE. WITHIN THE DESIGN PHASE WE'LL PRIORITIZE DESIGNING FIRST SOME OF THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE PIECES.

SO WE HAVE MANY, MANY PIECES OF INFRASTRUCTURE WE'LL BE BUILDING.

SO WE'LL FIRST DESIGN SOME OF THOSE PRIORITY ITEMS. YOU KNOW, THE FIRST FIVE THINGS WE'LL BE CONSTRUCTING, WE'LL BE DOING THOSE DESIGNS.

AND THEN WE'LL ALSO DO SOME DESIGN AND KIND OF SOME EARLY CONSTRUCTION WORKS TO, TO GET READY FOR THE FULL CONSTRUCTION PHASE.

SO THAT'S FROM ABOUT 2027 TO 2030. AND THEN WE, WE GET INTO PHASE THREE.

SO THE PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AND THE CONSTRUCTION. SO KIND OF LOOKING AT A TEN YEAR TIME FRAME FROM ABOUT 2030 TO 2040.

THERE WILL BE CONTINUED DESIGN DESIGNING WORK DURING THAT TIME ON THE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENTS.

AND WE'LL START THAT CONSTRUCTION. SO WE'LL START WITH THOSE FIRST FEW INFRASTRUCTURE ITEMS AND KIND OF STAGGER THE INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY THROUGHOUT THOSE TEN YEARS.

OKAY. PROJECT DELIVERY 2026. SO OUR FIRST PRIORITY IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COMMUNICATING.

WE'RE HERE THIS WEEK. WE'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH, WITH MANY DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS THROUGHOUT OUR WORK.

AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE HEAR WHAT, WHAT'S HAPPENING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT INDIGENOUS GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. SO WE WANT TO KEEP THAT GOING.

WE HAD A BIG KIND OF PART OF OUR PROJECT, THIS, THIS, THIS PAST JANUARY WHERE OUR ADVANCED PROCUREMENT NOTICE WAS POSTED.

SO THAT'S LETTING THE INDUSTRY KNOW THAT A BIG CONTRACT WILL BE COMING OUT FOR BIDDING THIS YEAR.

AND THEN THE RFP IS THE FOLLOW UP AFTER THAT ADVANCED PROCUREMENT NOTICE.

SO IT'S THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. SO THAT'LL BE POSTED THIS FALL TO PUBLICLY TENDER THAT BIG CONTRACT THAT WE'RE CALLING IT THE MDB CONTRACT.

SO THE MAIN CONTRACTOR WILL BE PUBLICLY FUNDED PUBLICLY TENDERED THIS FALL.

AND TO, TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES AND, AND INDUSTRY TO GET READY FOR THESE UPCOMING CONTRACTS AND SUBCONTRACTS.

WE'LL BE HAVING SOME BUSINESS TO BUSINESS EVENTS. SO WE'RE PLANNING TWO IN THE AREA.

THE FIRST ONE WILL BE IN NUNAVIK THE WEEK OF THE ARCTIC EXPO IN JUNE.

AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT COMING TO YELLOWKNIFE IN THE FALL. SO PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION AND DISCUSSIONS FOR, FOR BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRY TO, TO GET, TO GET MORE FAMILIAR WITH HOW THEY CAN BE PREPARED FOR THE PROJECT.

WE WORK WITH DEFENSE CONSTRUCTION CANADA. SO IT'S DCC, THEY'RE THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.

SO THEY'LL BE THE CONDUCTING THE PROCUREMENT OF, OF, OF OUR, OF OUR CONTRACT.

AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE SECURITY PROCESS.

SO THERE'LL BE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SECURITY REQUIRED TO TO COMPLETE THE WORK ON THE SITE.

AND SO ESSENTIALLY SUBCONTRACTS, SOME SUBCONTRACTORS WOULD WORK WITH OUR MAIN CONTRACTOR TO GO THROUGH THE SECURITY PROCESS.

AND SO THEY WOULD GUIDE ANY LOCAL BUSINESSES WHO WANT TO WORK ON THE PROJECT THAT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE HAVE SOME LINKS ON THE SIDE ABOUT THE SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM PROCESS.

SO IT'S UNDER THE CONTRACT SECURITY PROGRAM. BUT AGAIN, A BETTER KIND OF MORE IN DEPTH INFORMATION WILL BE GIVEN AT OUR UPCOMING BUSINESS TO BUSINESS AND REALLY PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET PREPARED AND OPTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THAT FOLKS WHO WANT TO BE INVOLVED CAN BE INVOLVED.

OKAY, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE GEORGE.

SO THE CAPITAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT, WHAT IT, WHAT IT SAYS IN THE TITLE.

SO IT'S A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE THAT CAN POTENTIALLY FUND OFF SITE CAPITAL PROJECTS RELATED TO MILITARY OPERATIONS WITHIN CANADA. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT IT AND IT'S RIGHT THERE RUNWAY EXTENSIONS, TAXIWAY CONSTRUCTION, UTILITIES, EXTENSIONS AND UPGRADES. WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT.

AND WE'RE ENGAGED WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF NORTHWEST TERRITORIES WITH THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE RUNWAY, WHICH IS JUST BELOW THE THE QRA RIGHT NOW, THE FOL AND THEN THE TAXIWAYS THAT ARE GOING TO BE BUILT THERE.

SO WE ARE GOING TO SUPPORT THAT CONSTRUCTION BY PROVIDING FUNDING TO THE AIRPORT TO, TO BUILD THOSE EXTENSIONS AND THOSE,

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WE'VE ALREADY ENGAGED WITH THE CITY, AND WE'LL BE ENGAGING WITH THE POWER CORPORATION TO SEE HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THE FUNDING OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THE CITY, BUT ALSO FOR THE THE FOL THE FORWARD OPERATING LOCATION.

SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS AS A TYPE OF A FUND, A TYPE OF A WAY THAT THAT IS PROVIDES A DUAL BENEFIT TO THE CITY, TO THE CITIZENS AND TO THE MILITARY SO TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE.

SO BY DOING THIS, WE'RE WE'RE HELPING OURSELVES, BUT WE'RE ALSO HELPING YOU WITH NEEDS THAT ARE IMMEDIATE NEEDS FOR, FOR THE TOWN, FOR THE CITY. SO THAT THAT'S THE CAPITAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

CAITLIN. LIEUTENANT COLONEL VOSS. GOOD AFTERNOON.

SO IN 2024, THERE WAS A DEFENSE POLICY UPDATE CALLED OUR NORTH STRONG AND FREE.

AND THERE'S AN IDENTIFIED NEED TO IMPROVE MILITARY READINESS AND REACH INTO THE NORTH.

THERE IS THERE'S 2.7 $2.67 BILLION ALLOCATED OVER 20 YEARS TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL.

TO MEET THAT NEED, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS IMPROVING OPERATIONAL SUSTAINMENT FOR A VARIETY OF CAF OPERATIONS.

WE'LL ACCOMPLISH THAT BY ESTABLISHING NEW INFRASTRUCTURE, EITHER PURPOSE BUILT OR BY RENOVATING WHAT'S ALREADY IN THE LOCATIONS, AND BY ALSO INVESTING IN DUAL USE INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE'LL LOOK AT PRE-POSITIONING EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL SO THAT WE CAN RESPOND FASTER AND SUSTAIN PRESENCE FOR LONGER AND LESSEN OUR IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES. SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT NOSH, IF I COULD OFFER AN ANALOGY, CONSIDER A HUB AND A NODE LIKE AIRPORTS. SO A HUB IS LIKE THE TORONTO AIRPORT.

PEOPLE FLOW IN THERE, REORGANIZED AND SENT OUT.

SOME PEOPLE REMAIN AND MOVE INTO THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

AND IT'S THE SAME WITH MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT.

IT FLOWS INTO THE CENTRAL LOCATION, GETS REORGANIZED, EITHER STAYS OR GETS FLOWED OUT TO SUPPORT.

PEOPLE ARE REQUIRED TO STAFF THE AIRPORT AND THERE'S ALSO THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT.

A NODE IS LIKE A SMALLER AIRPORT. SO A NODE MIGHT BE LIKE THE YELLOWKNIFE AIRPORT.

IT MIGHT HAVE LESS FLIGHTS PER DAY, SLIGHTLY SMALLER AIRCRAFT AND LESS PEOPLE TO FLOW IN AND OUT.

THERE'S SEVEN SITES THAT'S BEEN ANNOUNCED TO DATE FOR THE NORTHERN OPERATIONAL SUPPORT HUBS.

THREE ARE IN CONJUNCTION WITH NBI. THESE WERE ANNOUNCED IN MARCH 2025 IN INUVIK, YELLOWKNIFE IN IQALUIT.

FOUR MORE WERE ANNOUNCED JUST THIS PAST SPRING IN MARCH.

THERE'LL BE A HUB IN WHITEHORSE, A HUB IN RESOLUTE BAY, A NODE IN CAMBRIDGE BAY, AND A NODE IN RANKIN INLET.

HERE IN YELLOWKNIFE. THE NOSH INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE DELIVERED BY MY COLLEAGUES ON THE ADMIE.

SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENT TEAM TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY, COLLABORATIVELY AS D AND D, AND THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO OVERWHELM THE COMMUNITY WITH TOO MANY PROJECTS AT THE SAME TIME.

THAT'S THE BULK OF OUR PRESENTATION TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, AND WE'RE OPEN TO QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO ALL OF YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND COLLEAGUES.

IT'S OVER TO YOU NOW. I'LL START. MAYBE I'LL START AT THE THE RIGHT SIDE WITH DEPUTY MAYOR WARBURTON.

I'LL GO LEFT FROM THERE. SO DEPUTY MAYOR WARBURTON, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOLKS FOR COMING. I KNOW EVERYONE'S BEEN WAITING A VERY LONG TIME TO HEAR SOME MORE DETAILS. SO EXCITED TO SEE THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL, ESPECIALLY AT THIS POINT. I GUESS IT'S A BIT OF A QUESTION.

SO THE CURRENT BUILD OUT BY THE AIRPORT THAT MULTI-USE FACILITY EXCITING TO SEE WELL OVER $100 MILLION, BUT IT'S NOT TOP SECRET. IT DIDN'T REALLY BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY.

A LOT OF THAT CONTRACTING DIDN'T GO LOCAL. [INAUDIBLE] LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SO I GUESS MAYBE A HOW DO YOU FORESEE NOT REPEATING THAT? I GUESS AS WE GO FORWARD TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS ALL GREAT, EXCITING STUFF.

BUT IF IT DOESN'T REALLY INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT BENEFICIAL DURING CONSTRUCTION.

THANKS. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

AND WE HAVE HEARD, HEARD FROM OUR, OUR COLLEAGUES AND STAKEHOLDERS THAT THIS VERY QUESTION THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE NOW.

WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUING KIND OF STARTING THIS CONVERSATION, LEARNING FROM THE LESSONS FROM DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PLANNING HOLISTICALLY WITH REGARDS TO OUR MARKET ANALYSIS AND KIND OF OUR INDIGENOUS PARTICIPATION PLANS AND HOW WE WRITE OUR STATEMENT OF WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PLANNING, PLANNING FOR SUCCESS.

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AWESOME. NO, THANKS, I APPRECIATE THAT. IT'S YEAH, HAVING SEEN THAT HAPPEN, I KNOW WE APPRECIATE THE THE EFFORT THAT'S GOING TO COME IN HERE.

AND I HAVE HEARD THAT THE ENGAGEMENT HAS BEEN QUITE HIGH WITH INDIGENOUS GOVERNMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS ALREADY, WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD INDICATOR. EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THE BUSINESS TO BUSINESS SESSIONS IN THE FALL. I KNOW THERE'S A MILLION QUESTIONS FROM LOCAL FOLKS.

AND MAYBE THAT'S MORE OF A CONVERSATION FOR THEN, BUT I KNOW THE SECURITY CLEARANCE PROCESS IS ALREADY PROVING OVERWHELMING FOR LOCAL CONTRACTORS. WE'RE VERY TINY. SO JUST A NOTE, ANY HELP THAT YOU CAN DO WITH THAT? ANY BOOTS ON THE GROUND, EVEN TO HELP WITH THAT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED. I THINK THAT'S A HUGE BARRIER TO A LOT OF LOCAL COMPANIES, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY'RE SO SMALL. AND THEN YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND NEXT, IF HE WAS HERE, I'LL JUST GO TO HIM IN CASE HE HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

IF HE WAS HERE, HE'D BE IN THAT SEAT. COUNCILMAN MCLENNAN. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS, EVERYONE FOR COMING.

YEAH. GREAT PRESENTATION. AWESOME. TO GET MORE INFO.

I THINK YEAH, FIRST QUESTION WOULD BE DEFINITELY A LOT OF WORK GOING ON AND A LOT OF WORK TO SEQUENCE.

CURIOUS WHERE FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, THE UTILITY EXPANSION, PARTICULARLY WATER AND SEWER SORT OF FIT INTO THAT SEQUENCING AND DON'T NEED IT TO BE A DETAILED ANSWER, BUT PERHAPS IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SEE HAPPEN NEAR THE BEGINNING OR MEDIUM OR END OF THE DEVELOPMENT? OVER TO YOU. IF YOU COULD JUST HIT THE THERE YOU GO.

NOW YOU'RE LIT UP AND READY TO GO. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

SO WE'VE ALREADY ENGAGED WITH THE CITY. SO WE ARE TALKING WITH MR. CHRIS GREENCORN. AND THOSE DISCUSSIONS HAVE STARTED.

SO AS THE CITY STARTS ITS PLAN AND DEVELOP ITS PLAN WE OUR INTENTION IS TO BE PART OF THAT PLAN, TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN WHAT WE CALL LOCKSTEP WITH THE CITY SO THAT, AS YOU KNOW, THE REQUIREMENTS ARE MADE KNOWN AND OUR REQUIREMENTS ARE KNOWN, THAT WE WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DELIVER A SUITABLE REQUIREMENT THAT, THAT, THAT MEETS EVERYBODY'S NEEDS.

SO THOSE, THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY.

AND MAYBE JUST A REMINDER FOR THOSE THAT WE DID, COUNCIL APPROVED THE SIGNING OF THAT CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT ON THIS WORK, BUT. MR.. VAN DINE DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO THIS AS WELL FROM THE CITY SIDE OF THINGS. I JUST SORT OF OFFER THAT, YES, THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE REGULAR AND ONGOING BETWEEN BETWEEN D AND D AND MR. GREENCORN AND THE AND THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM, THE, THE, THE GENERAL CONCEPT NOW IS MAKING SURE THAT AS THEY CONSTRUCT WHERE OUR CONSTRUCTION IS COINCIDES. SO WE ARE LOOKING TO BE JUST, JUST A WHISKER AHEAD OF D AND D IN TERMS OF THEIR NEEDS, SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SATISFY ANY UPLIFT THAT THEY MAY REQUIRE ONCE THEY GET GOING ON CONSTRUCTION.

SO WE WE'RE PROCEEDING AT THIS AT THIS JUNCTURE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF WHAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING ON SOME OF THE LARGER LIFT THERE, BUT I'LL LEAVE IT TO OUR COLLEAGUES AT D AND D TO ELABORATE IF NECESSARY.

THERE YOU GO. ANYTHING FURTHER ON THIS ONE? NOTHING FURTHER AT THIS TIME. PERFECT. YEAH.

TRYING TO AVOID THE REWORK OF POTENTIALLY TRUCKED WATER AND SEWER GOING OUT AND THEN SEWER LINES, WATER AND SEWER LINES COMING IN AFTER THAT. COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN.

ANYTHING FURTHER? YEAH. YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THEN THE NEXT SORT OF QUESTION IS YEAH, LOTS OF EXCITING WORK.

JUST MAYBE A COMMENT EITHER FROM D AND D OR FROM THE CITY ON, ON DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE OPERATIONAL COST IMPACTS DOWN THE ROAD, TEN, 20, 30 YEARS BIG EXPANSIONS TO WATER AND SEWER.

THE CAPITAL ASSISTANCE IS IS AMAZING. THE OPERATIONAL COST IS WHAT RESIDENTS WILL FEEL.

SO FOR THAT AS WELL, IT COULD HAVE BIG IMPACTS ON OUR GREATER FIREFIGHTING NEEDS.

WE'RE SEEING WATER LICENSE AMENDMENTS MOVING AHEAD BECAUSE WE NEED TO PULL MORE WATER.

PERHAPS THAT WAS NECESSARY EITHER WAY, BUT THIS WILL DEFINITELY HAVE AN IMPACT. SO JUST A QUESTION ON HOW THOSE OPERATIONAL IMPACTS ARE BEING CONSIDERED AND WHAT SORT OF REVENUE SOURCES OR HOW IS THE CITY EXPECTED TO COVER THOSE OPERATIONAL COSTS IN 20 YEARS? MR.. VAN DINE. THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR. SO AS HAS BEEN POINTED OUT, THERE'S, THERE'S LOTS OF CALCULATIONS AND PLANNING HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE AS, AS COUNCIL WILL BE AWARE THAT WE DO HAVE AN ARRANGEMENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES FOR WORKS AND EXPANSIONS AT THE AIRPORT FOR GRANTS IN LIEU OF TAXES. WE ALSO WITH, THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, A LARGER PROGRAM OUTSIDE OF D AND D,

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SO WE'LL BE DOING THE MATH TO, TO DETERMINE WHAT, WHAT REVENUE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO RECOVER THROUGH THOSE PRIMARY TOOLS AS WE, AS WE BUILD OUT AS, AS COUNCIL WILL BE AWARE THAT IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL GROWTH THAT OCCURS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WE'LL CERTAINLY BE LOOKING TO OUTSIDE OF THE AIRPORT, FOR EXAMPLE WE'D BE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR GROWTH CORRESPONDS WITH OUR ABILITY TO PAY AS, AS WE GO, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL BE VERY MINDFUL OF ANY LIABILITIES OR FUTURE COSTS ASSOCIATED AND DO OUR BEST THAT WE CAN TO BRING THAT INFORMATION FORWARD TO COUNCIL AS WE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OTHER CAPITAL UPGRADES.

THANK YOU, MR. VAN DINE. COUNCILLOR MCLENNAN. ANYTHING FURTHER? YEAH, JUST AND HERE JUST SORT OF A COMMENT OR A CALL OUT.

I KNOW THIS IS DOWN THE ROAD. BUT I THINK JUST LOOKING FOR D AND D TO KEEP IN MIND THE IMPACTS A RUNWAY EXTENSION WOULD HAVE TO THE FLIGHT PATH AND RESIDENTS WHO WOULD LIVE UNDER THAT, THAT WOULD BRING PLANES IN LOWER OVER CAM LAKE FOR SURE.

POTENTIALLY BIGGER, LOUDER PLANES AS WELL. SO A COMMUNICATION PIECE THERE ON THOSE EFFECTS AS WELL.

I'M A PILOT WITH CANADIAN NORTH AND COMMUNICATION WITH COMMERCIAL AIRLINES WHO FLY IN THE NORTH AND THE IMPACT OF FACILITIES. I SAW A DEICING PAD ON YOUR DRAWING.

WOULD THAT BE AVAILABLE TO COMMERCIAL OPERATORS? WOULD THAT EXTEND MORE TRUCKS NEEDED FOR THE AIRPORT TO OPERATE DEICING? WOULD THAT HAVE AN IMPACT ON COMMERCIAL OPERATORS? AND THEN IN THE COMMUNITIES AS WELL WE ALREADY SEE SHORTAGES OF FUEL AT CERTAIN TIMES OF YEAR.

I'VE BEEN WAITING IN LINE BEHIND HERCS FOR FUEL, WHICH IS VERY COOL.

BUT THERE'LL BE A LOT OF THOSE IMPACTS ON THE COMMERCIAL OPERATORS THAT ARE THE ONLY WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GET AROUND IN THE NORTH.

SO JUST ENCOURAGING YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE COLLABORATION COMMUNICATION BOTH THE RESIDENTS AND CAM LAKE AND COMMERCIAL AIRLINE OPERATORS AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING. AND YEAH, GREAT PRESENTATION.

DULY NOTED. AND GO AHEAD AND TO RESPOND. NO, THANK, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND ALL THESE THINGS ARE BEING ASSESSED AND ARE BEING LOOKED AT VERY SERIOUSLY IN TERMS OF FUEL REQUIREMENTS.

SO WE NEED TO DO A FULL FUEL REQUIREMENTS ASSESSMENT.

AND ALSO WHEN WE LOOK AT, AT DEICING, IT'S NOT JUST HAVING A DEICING PAD THAT'S AVAILABLE OR THE TRUCKS TO, TO DO IT, BUT IT'S THE GLYCOL, IT'S THE, THE, THE LIQUIDS THAT ARE NEEDED TO DO THAT.

SO ALL THESE THINGS ARE BEING ASSESSED AND WE, IT IS IN OUR FULL INTENTION TO BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN OURSELVES AND TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

THESE THINGS ARE BEING CONSIDERED. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILLOR COCHRANE. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CHAIR, AND THANK YOU TO THE PRESENTERS AND THE PRESENTATION AS A WHOLE, INCREDIBLY INTERESTING STUFF THAT WILL DETERMINE VERY MUCH THE FUTURE OF THIS COMMUNITY. FIRST QUESTION, WILL THE INDIGENOUS PARTICIPATION PLAN NOT ONLY LEAD TO SOCIO ECONOMIC BENEFITS, BUT ALSO LEVELS OF PROCUREMENT PRIORITIZATION SIMILAR TO OTHER LARGE FEDERAL PROJECTS IN THE AREA? GO AHEAD. WITHIN THE INDIGENOUS PARTICIPATION PLAN, I THINK RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'LL BE THREE ELEMENTS LOOKING AT KIND OF TRAINING EMPLOYMENT AND THEN SUBCONTRACTING AND KIND OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

WE AREN'T IN THE DETAILS. WE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS OF, OF WHAT EACH OF THOSE SECTIONS WILL LOOK LIKE, AND WE'LL BE DEVELOPING THOSE OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF.

COUNCILLOR COCHRANE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CHAIR. SO VERY SIMILAR TO THE INDIGENOUS OPPORTUNITIES CONSIDERATION BEING CONDUCTED OUT OF [INAUDIBLE] CURRENTLY. INTERESTING. FOR THE PAB AND I KNOW IT'S EARLY DAYS. DO WE HAVE AN ASSESSMENT ON WHAT LEVELS OF POPULATION WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE IT? SO IN TERMS OF THE, THE THE PAB, SO THE PERSONNEL ACCOMMODATIONS BUILDING RIGHT NOW THE ONE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WAS BUILT TO ACCOMMODATE 200 PEOPLE, 200 MILITARY PERSONNEL. AS WE GO FORWARD, WE'RE LOOKING AT BEING ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE UP TO 500.

SO THAT'S WHY WE NEED, AND WE NEED TO MODERNIZE IT.

AS IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS PARTICULAR BIT OF INFRASTRUCTURE WAS BUILT FROM IN THE 1985 TIME FRAME.

AND IT'S SHOWING ITS AGE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT BUILDING NEW TO ACCOMMODATE UP TO 500 PEOPLE.

SOLDIERS. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PAB POPULATION WOULD BE USED IF NECESSARY.

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SO THE CONCEPT OF THE FORWARD OPERATING LOCATION ISN'T GOING TO CHANGE FROM WHAT IT IS TODAY.

SO IT'S ON A NEEDED REQUIREMENT AS NEEDED. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO COME UP HERE TO INTERDICT AS YOU'VE YOU KNOW, YOU VERY WELL KNOW RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT THAT COME INTO THE AEROSPACE AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE'LL MOVE UP AND WE'LL ACTIVATE THE FORWARD OPERATING LOCATION. AND THEN ONCE IT'S DONE, WE GO BACK, YOU KNOW, TO, TO COLD LAKE OR WHATEVER.

SO IT'S NOT A PERMANENT PRESENCE AT THE FORWARD OPERATING LOCATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ONE FURTHER QUESTION. ARE WE PLANNING TO USE THE OPERATIONS FACILITY AS A REPLACEMENT FOR JTF AND HQ, OR WILL IT PURELY BE USED FOR NORAD PURPOSES? IT'LL BE PURELY USED FOR NORAD PURPOSES OR OTHER CANADIAN ARMED FORCES OPERATIONS, BUT IT'S REALLY FOR NORAD PURPOSES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILLOR MCGURK.

THANKS FOR COMING OUT. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A HUGE IT'S A HUGE IMPLICATIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR FUTURE.

AND SOME COUNCILORS HAVE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, BUT I'M CURIOUS IF YOU COULD SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT POWER AND INVESTMENT IN POWER.

YOU'VE MENTIONED THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A DRAIN ON RESOURCES.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE NEED ENOUGH TO SUPPLY FACILITIES SUCH AS YOURS.

I SAW THAT THERE'S A GENERATOR FARM, AND YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WERE TALKING WITH POWER CORP, BUT I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD SPEAK AT ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING OR WAYS THAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO FACILITATE THAT.

I THINK ALSO, PARTICULARLY WITH WHEN I, WHEN I SAY THAT I'M THINKING OF THE NORTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE AND HOW WE HAVE SEEN THE IMPACTS A LOT SOONER THAN A LOT OF OTHER PLACES, AND THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE LIFETIME INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU ARE INSTALLING.

SO THANKS. MR. SCOTT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION.

SO JUST TO QUICKLY ADDRESS THE GENERATOR FARM.

SO THAT'S FOR BACKUP POWER. SO YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE ENGAGED IN SOME SORT OF OPERATIONS, WE CANNOT HAVE YOU KNOW, A POWER OUTAGE THAT WOULD IMPACT THE, THE HANGAR OPERATIONS, THE OPERATIONS CENTER OPERATIONS, ETC.. SO WE DO NEED A CERTAIN FORM OF, OF BACKUP POWER.

WE PUT THAT ON THE DESIGN JUST SO WE KNOW THAT WE NEED IT NOW, HOW IT'S GOING TO BE LAID OUT YOU KNOW, IS RIGHT NOW VERY CONCEPTUAL, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE THERE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BACKUP POWER. IN TERMS OF OTHER POWER REQUIREMENTS.

AGAIN, IT'S EARLY DAYS FOR US AS WE, WE LOOK AT THIS, BUT WE, WE DO PLAN ON TAPPING INTO THE GRID.

BUT OUR PLAN THROUGH THE CAPITAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS TO SUPPORT THAT DEVELOPMENT.

NOW, WHERE THE ELECTRICITY COMES FROM AND HOW IT'S GENERATED, THERE'S A NUMBER OF PROJECTS HERE IN THE IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES THAT WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT AND ENABLE IT. AND THEN IT'LL BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH YOUR POWER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY HERE LOCALLY TO US WHEN, WHEN WE, WE NEED TO DRAW ON IT. SO AGAIN, WE DO NOT WANT TO BE A BURDEN.

WE WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF POWER IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES THAT WILL SUPPORT US AND WILL ALSO BE SUPPORTING YOU.

COUNCILLOR MCGURK. GREAT. YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE.

AND THEN I GUESS THE ONE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS THAT THE ONLY ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES LISTED IN YOUR PRELIMINARY WORK DON'T CONSIDER TO INCLUDE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS AND OR EMISSION CONSIDERATIONS. IS THERE A PLAN TO INCLUDE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHEN YOU'RE DOING YOUR OTHER PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

SO FOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE WE DO SUPPORT ALL CLIMATE.

SO WE HAVE VERY STRICT RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT WE NEED TO ABIDE BY WHEN WE BUILD OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO IT IS THE, I GUESS THE GOLD STANDARD IN TERMS OF, OF OF GREENING OF OUR, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE WAY WE OPERATE. SO WE, WE ABIDE BY THE STRICTEST RULES THAT ARE GIVEN TO US BY THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE. YEAH. GREAT. THANKS SO MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILLOR MCGURK. JUST LIKE WHEN COUNCILMAN MCLENNAN CAME TO HIM, IF COUNCILLOR FEQUET WAS HERE, HE'D BE NEXT. SO, COUNCILLOR FEQUET, OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR THE PRESENTATION. THAT WAS GREAT. LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER COUNCILLORS HAVE SAID, WE'VE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME TO GET SOME DETAILS AND BE ABLE TO SHARE ALL THIS AND ENSURE RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO THIS IS PRETTY EXCITING. I JUST HAVE THREE QUESTIONS.

THEY'VE BEEN PARTIALLY TOUCHED ON ALREADY. ONE IS ON THE TOPIC OF POWER AND ELECTRICITY.

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SO TWO QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS ABOUT ARE YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS RELIANT IN ANY WAY ON THE TALTSON PROJECT? AND SECOND, ARE THERE COMMITMENTS AS A RESULT OF THESE INVESTMENTS TO UPGRADE ANY OF THE POWER INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE CITY? BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF OUR BIG DEFICITS AT THE MOMENT.

THAT I KNOW OUR SUPPLIERS AND PROVIDERS ARE WORKING, WORKING TO REMEDY.

BUT I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU'RE RELYING ON TUNGSTEN AND IF THERE'S ANY COMMITMENTS RELATED TO UPGRADING POWER AND ELECTRICITY GRID AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

MR. SCOTT. GREAT QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AS FAR AS WHO WE'RE GOING TO BE RELYING ON TO GENERATE THAT POWER THOSE ARE EARLY DAYS.

TALTSON COULD BE ONE OPTION, I UNDERSTAND. THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS THAT THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR THE POWER GENERATION.

AND THEN WE DO KNOW THAT THAT IT'S NOT A POWER THAT, THAT IS THE, THE DELIVER, THEY DELIVER THE POWER IN YOUR, YOUR, THE DISTRIBUTION HUB. SO HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.

RIGHT NOW, IT'S STILL EARLY DAYS TO DETERMINE WHO IS GOING TO SUPPLY THE POWER AND THEN HOW IT'S GOING TO BE DELIVERED, BUT THROUGH OUR CAPITAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. IT IS OUR INTENT TO SUPPORT THE POWER GRID AS IT EVOLVES AND IS MODERNIZED.

COUNCILLOR FEQUET. THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU'RE WELCOME.

YEAH. LOOK FORWARD TO LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO SHOO THE RAVENS AWAY.

MY SECOND QUESTION OR SECOND TOPIC WAS I THINK THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A REALLY POTENTIALLY POSITIVE INVESTMENT.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EXCITED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE END OF MINING AND START OF SOMETHING ELSE.

AND I THINK EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE THIS GO AHEAD. SO KIND OF IN THE INTEREST OF JUST BEING FULLY TRANSPARENT THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, PARTICULARLY THE MACKENZIE VALLEY, IS A VERY UNIQUE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT.

I'M SURE, AS YOU KNOW, FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND THE INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVE.

AND I HEARD YOUR RESPONSE TO MY COLLEAGUE'S QUESTION ABOUT THE INDIGENOUS PARTICIPATION PLAN TAKING PLACE IN DISCUSSIONS OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF, ALTHOUGH A LOT OF THE PROCUREMENT IS HAPPENING THIS FALL.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS DIFFERENT IN THE NORTH THAT YOU'RE HOPEFULLY AWARE OF IS THAT CERTAIN INDIGENOUS GOVERNMENTS ACTUALLY HAVE PRIORITY REGARDING PROCUREMENT AND RECOGNIZING MY OTHER COLLEAGUES COMMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, WE DON'T HAVE MEGA MEGA COMPANIES UP HERE.

BUT WE DO HAVE INDIGENOUS GOVERNMENTS AND COMPANIES AND BUSINESSES THAT PARTNER WITH MEGA COMPANIES FROM THE SOUTH TO MAKE MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS HAPPEN.

SO JUST IN THE INTEREST OF MAKING SURE THERE'S NO TRIP UPS LEGAL ACTION PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ANGRY DOWN THE ROAD JUST WANTED TO FLAG FOR YOU GUYS THAT THERE IS VERY INTERESTING AND UNIQUE LAND CLAIM PROVISIONS THAT ARE CAPTURED IN MODERN TREATIES REGARDING MILITARY PROCUREMENT AND FEDERAL DOLLARS BEING SPENT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT FOR YOU. AND MAYBE JUST ANOTHER COMMENT WHICH COUNCILMAN MCLENNAN COVERED, BUT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY POTENTIALLY GOOD NEWS. AND LIKE OUR CITY MANAGER SAID, AS LONG AS OUR GROWTH KEEPS UP TO THE O AND M COSTS.

SO SOMETHING THAT I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT THIS AND THE NEXT COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO KEEP A VERY CLOSE EYE ON IS THAT ALL THE THE RIGHT FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS AND MECHANISMS AND TOOLS ARE BEING USED AND MAXIMIZED TO MAKE SURE THAT YELLOWKNIFE AREN'T GETTING STUCK WITH O&M COSTS OF INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER AND SEWER THAT WE CAN'T PAY FOR 500 EXTRA PEOPLE FOR BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF INFRASTRUCTURE, PROBABLY DOESN'T. THE MATH DOESN'T WORK THERE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S THE RIGHT THINGS IN PLACE. SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE KEEPING A VERY CLOSE EYE ON THAT AND HOPE TO RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION AS THOSE DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FEQUET.

I KNOW THERE'S A COMMENT HERE, AT LEAST YOUR FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION.

SO OVER TO YOU. EXACTLY. JUST DIVING INTO THE FIRST THE FIRST PART.

SO NOT WE'RE NOT JUST WORKING ON THE INDIGENOUS PARTICIPATION PLAN.

WE'VE BEEN MEETING SINCE THE START OF THE EARLY DAYS OF THIS PROJECT WITH THE LOCAL INDIGENOUS GOVERNMENTS.

WE HAVE SOME MEETINGS AGAIN THIS WEEK AND CONTINUED ONGOING DISCUSSIONS.

SO IT IS A PRIORITY FOR US AND WE ARE WORKING IN COLLABORATION TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ALIGNED ON, ON THE NEXT STEPS. SO THE FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION.

THANK YOU. PERFECT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR ARDEN-SMITH, OVER TO YOU. IF IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU DON'T IT'S NOT A COMMAND PERFORMANCE, BUT I FEEL I MUST AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU. I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

LIKE ALL MY OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

I DO APPRECIATE THE RESPONSE ON THE INDIGENOUS PARTICIPATION AS I AM INDIGENOUS.

IT DIRECTLY AFFECTS ME AND MANY OF MY RELATIONS HERE IN THE NORTH.

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SO I DO HAVE HOPE FOR THAT. THE ONE THING I DO WANT, AND IT'S NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION AS IT IS A COMMENT NOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE LARGER PRESENCE OF MILITARY HERE IN THE NORTH, I REALLY DO HOPE THAT THERE'LL BE INCREASED PARTICIPATION FOR YOUTH TO WANT TO PARTAKE IN AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM. I DO HAVE CHILDREN THAT ARE IN CADETS AND VERY MUCH LOVE IT, AND THEY CAN NAME OFF EVERY KIND OF AIRPLANE THAT YOU HAVE JUST BY HEARING IT IN THE AIR.

SO I KNOW WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW YOUTH THAT WILL DEFINITELY BENEFIT FROM CADETS.

AND I KNOW THAT JTF DOES A REALLY GREAT JOB IN SUPPORTING THAT AS WELL.

SO I DO HOPE TO SEE A LOT MORE PARTICIPATION FROM OUR YOUTH AS WELL AS THE MILITARY PRESENCE.

SO THANK YOU. COUNCILLOR ARDEN-SMITH. YEP. LIEUTENANT COLONEL BAXTER.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK FROM THE PERSPECTIVE, OF COURSE, CADETS, AS A PROGRAM, IT'S VERY VALUABLE AND IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO ENGAGE. FURTHER TO THAT, THERE'S PROGRAMS BLACK BEAR AND GRAY WOLF, WHICH ARE FOR INDIGENOUS YOUNG PEOPLE TO COME AND EXPERIENCE THE LIFE IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES.

MOST OF THOSE ARE DOWN SOUTH, BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE. AND THEN FOR FOR PEOPLE IN GENERAL WE'RE HIRING, THERE'S, THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY. ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND SO LIKE, WE ARE LOOKING FOR ME PERSONALLY IT'S BEEN A GREAT, WONDERFUL CAREER AND IT'S REALLY EXPANDED MY HORIZONS AND, AND A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES, I'M SURE, WOULD ECHO THE SAME THING THAT THERE'S, THERE'S GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.

SOMETIMES THEY'LL TAKE YOU AWAY FROM YOUR HOME COMMUNITY AND, BUT QUITE OFTEN YOU'LL COME BACK AT THE OTHER END.

SO, YOU KNOW, HAPPY TO HAPPY TO ENGAGE THERE.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OF COURSE, THE RANGERS, THE, THE FOOTPRINT ACROSS CANADA FOR THE THE RANGER PATROL GROUPS IS, IS INCREDIBLE. AND THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY I'M AN ARMY OFFICER.

AND FROM FROM THE ARMY PERSPECTIVE THAT'S ONE OF OUR, OUR, OUR GREATEST TOUCHPOINTS WITH COMMUNITIES AND HELPING PEOPLE TO, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CAF AND PARTICIPATE. SO HAPPY TO, TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THOSE PROGRAMS FOR SURE.

THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILLOR FOOTE.

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

ONE OF THE BAD THINGS ABOUT SITTING WAY DOWN HERE IS ALL THE MEAT USUALLY GETS CAPTURED BEFORE WE GET THIS FAR.

SO JUST JUST JUST A COMMENT. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO WEED OUT SOME OF THE NUANCE AND THE, THE GRANULARITY ABOUT OPERATING IN A REGION THAT'S VERY REMOTE AND SPARSE AND HEAVY INDIGENOUS PARTICIPATION.

SO THAT'S MUCH APPRECIATED ON MY END. AND THANKS AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILLOR FOOTE. AND IF YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT IT BAD, I ALWAYS HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE VERY END. SO IT'S A COUNCILLOR PAYNE.

OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING AND DOING THIS PRESENTATION.

30 YEARS AGO, WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO YELLOWKNIFE, I WORKED WITH A SECURITY COMPANY AND I USED TO DO MIDNIGHT PATROLS AT THE FOL.

SO IT'S A SCARY PLACE AT NIGHT. AND I'D BRING MY WIFE ALONG WITH ME.

I WAS ONLY A PUP THEN, BUT JUST A QUESTION. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE, LIKE THE THE ACCOMMODATIONS UP THERE WHEN YOU NEED IT, BUT DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF HOW MANY BOOTS ARE GOING TO BE SETTLED ON THE GROUND UP HERE? AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING THIS PRESENTATION FOR NORAD, BUT I'VE BEEN HEARING WHISPERS OF JTF, AN INCREASING NUMBERS, CANADIAN FORCES, INCREASING NUMBERS.

SO DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE ON HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL PROBABLY SETTLE HERE? GREAT QUESTION. COUNCILLOR PAYNE. SO NOT YET IS MY ANSWER.

THE, CURRENTLY WE'RE WORKING AT THE RCAF. SO ON THE NORAD MODERNIZATION SIDE, WE'RE DOING THE REQUIREMENTS.

SO WE'RE DOING AN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT AIRCRAFT WILL BE USED.

HOW DO YOU SUPPORT THOSE AIRCRAFT? HOW DO YOU PROVIDE THE LOGISTICS FOR ALL THOSE AIRCRAFT TO OPERATE.

SO THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN PERSONNEL OVER TIME.

BUT I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE AS OF YET.

WE'RE STILL VERY EARLY ON IN THE PROJECT. SO WE'RE IDENTIFYING WE SAY IDENTIFYING THE REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN WE TAKE OUR BIG LONG LAUNDRY LIST OF REQUIREMENTS TO THE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, BUT ALSO TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BUILD THEM FOR US. AND THEN WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A REALITY CHECK, AND THEN WE START THE CORPORATE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, WILL START DOING AN ASSESSMENT OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL NEED TO SUPPORT THOSE REQUIREMENTS OVER TIME. SO YOU'LL DEFINITELY SEE AN INCREASE IN PERSONNEL.

BUT THOSE NUMBERS WERE NOT THERE YET. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND THE MAIN REASON WHY I ASK IS, IS WE HAVE A BIT OF A LAND DEFICIT UP HERE NOW WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING.

SO, YOU KNOW, ANY INFORMATION THAT WE CAN GET ON THAT, IT SORT OF LETS US GET AHEAD OF IT.

AND I KNOW THAT OUR OUR FOLKS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT A LOT TO, TO BE ABLE TO GET MORE LAND AND GET THAT LAND TO MARKET.

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LIKE HERE'S A NICE LITTLE TIED UP PACKAGE. HERE YOU GO.

JUST DON'T SHOOT US. BUT I, I DON'T LOOK AT THIS AS POTENTIAL GOOD NEWS.

LIKE I'VE HEARD THAT BEING THROWN AROUND. I LOOK AT THIS AS, THIS IS GREAT NEWS NOW.

AND THERE'S A LEVEL OF EXCITEMENT AROUND THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'M SEEING AFTER BEING HERE FOR 30 YEARS THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN SINCE THE DIAMOND MINES WERE COMING ONLINE. SO I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE BEEN GIVING RIGHT NOW, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE BETWEEN NOW AND 2040.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND TWO THINGS CULTURALLY YOU'LL HAVE TO GET USED TO IS ONE, COUNCILLOR PAYNE DARK SENSE OF HUMOR. AND THE OTHER REFERENCE COUNCILLOR FEQUET, MADE EARLIER TO THE RAVENS AND THE POWER.

WELL, THAT'S FOR ANOTHER TIME. I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION THAT I HAD LEFT OUTSTANDING AFTER MY COLLEAGUES WAS HOW DOES YOUR PLAN INTERPLAY WITH THE PLANS THAT THE GNWT HAS RELATED TO A FUTURE TERMINAL FOR PASSENGER TRAVEL? HOW DO HOW ARE THOSE CONVERSATIONS GOING AND INTERPLAYING WITH ONE ANOTHER? SO THAT THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

AND AS I MENTIONED, WE, WE'VE BEEN ALREADY IN CONTACT WITH THE GNWT AND THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY.

SO YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT I ENGAGE WITH IS MR. RANDY STRAKER AT THE AIRPORT. AND THEN WE HAD A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT THE AIRPORT PLAN IS.

SO FOR THE THE NORTHERN WHAT IS IT? THE NORTHERN GATE GATEWAY GATEWAY TO THE NORTH.

AND HE SHARED WITH ME THE EARLY CONCEPTS THAT THEY HAD FROM THE DESIGNS FROM 2019, 2020, PRE-COVID, AND THEN THE MOST LATEST ONES. SO I HAD A, YOU KNOW, A PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THEIR DRAFT CONCEPT BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY RELEASED IT.

SO WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO, TO, TO LAND ON THAT PLOT OF LAND, THAT 72 HECTARES GOING TO THE NORTH OF THE THE CURRENT FOL FORWARD OPERATING LOCATION BOUNDED BY THE ROAD AND THE, AND THE RUNWAY. SO THESE DISCUSSIONS ALREADY OCCURRED.

AND NOW, YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN ACQUIRE THAT LAND THROUGH LEASE OR OTHER TYPES OF MECHANISM.

SO THOSE THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE QUITE HAVE QUITE EVOLVED QUITE A BIT.

AND I'M, YOU KNOW, VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE IN A VERY GOOD PLACE.

AS WITH THE CITY AS WE ARE WITH THE GNWT WITH THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY.

PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY YET BURNING QUESTIONS LEFT DEPUTY MAYOR WARBURTON? NO MORE QUESTIONS JUST COMMENTS. SO GIANT MINE IS A MASSIVE PROJECT HAPPENING IN OUR CITY.

THERE'S LESSONS LEARNED ON THAT PROJECT FOR SURE. PART OF THAT PROJECT WAS THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO PUT CAMPS ON SITE, WHICH WAS FINE, BUT THE UNINTENDED IMPACT ON THAT WAS CAMPS WEREN'T ALLOWED ANYWHERE IN OUR CITY.

AND THOSE WORKER ACCOMMODATIONS HAVE JUST DESTROYED OUR HOUSING MARKET FOR YEARS. SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PROCURING WITH YOUR BIG GENERAL CONTRACTOR WE REALLY NEED YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHERE ALL THOSE WORKERS ARE GOING TO STAY. BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, IT'S NOT PART OF THE PLAN OR NOT PART OF THE CONVERSATION, THEN THEY'LL JUST SUCK UP HOUSING UNITS WE DON'T HAVE.

SO I GUESS, YEAH. MORE QUESTION IS THAT KIND OF IN YOUR IN YOUR WHEELHOUSE RIGHT NOW? GO AHEAD. SO THE, THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES YOU KNOW, HAS THIS CONCEPT CALLED LESSONS LEARNED AND, YOU KNOW, OR AFTER ACTION REPORTS AND AFTER EVERY EXERCISE TRAINING EVENT, WE GO THROUGH LESSONS LEARNED AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE TRY TO INCORPORATE IT INTO, YOU KNOW, OUR PLANS AS WE GO FORWARD. SO IT'S A GREAT SEGUE TO OUR MEETING THIS AFTERNOON, BECAUSE THIS AFTERNOON WE'RE MEETING WITH CERNAK AND WE'RE MEETING WITH THE FOLKS WHO ARE ON THE GIANT MINES CONTRACT.

AND OUR PLAN IS TO, TO, TO, TO DRAW OUT THEIR LESSONS LEARNED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WE DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES IF THEY MADE ANY MISTAKES. AND THEN WE ALSO LEARN FROM THEIR SUCCESSES.

WHAT DID THEY DO WELL? AND HOW CAN WE TAKE THOSE LESSONS AND APPLY THEM TO OUR PROJECT? SO, SO YES, WE ARE ENGAGING WITH WITH CERNAK AND, AND WITH GIANT MINES.

IT'S A PERFECT QUESTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND CAN I JUST ADD. YES.

OF COURSE. IN ADDITION TO MEETING WITH CERNAK AND USING THE LESSONS LEARNED, WE'LL CONTINUE MEETING WITH THE CITY AND KIND OF PLANNING WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHERE THESE PEOPLE ARE HOUSED THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION. SO WE'LL CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATIONS AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A STRATEGY THAT'S, THAT'S WORKING FOR THE CITY AND WHERE THOSE PEOPLE WILL BE. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH THEN.

YEAH. DEPUTY MAYOR WARBURTON AND THEN COUNCILLOR COCHRANE. GO AHEAD. LAST COMMENT.

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I WAS AMAZING TO SEE. IT WAS ALSO REALLY NICE TO SEE HOW OPEN FOLKS WERE TO LESSONS.

A LOT OF STUFF WAS BREAKING. COLD DOESN'T LIKE A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU FOLKS BROUGHT UP.

RADIOS DIDN'T WORK, THOSE KIND OF THINGS. SO WHICH SEGUES INTO LOCAL KNOWLEDGE PART.

SO COMPANIES HERE ARE SMALL AND TINY BUT WE'VE BROKE EVERYTHING TEN TIMES.

SO, IT'S A CLICHÉ UP HERE. AND A SOUTHERN COMPANY COMES UP WITH A CONTRACT.

THEY COME IN, THEY DO IT WRONG, AND THEN THEY END UP HIRING SOMEONE LOCAL TO FIX IT.

SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, FROM THE EARLY DAYS, EVEN IF THE COMPANIES OR LOCALS AREN'T OF SCALE TO DO THE PROJECT, YOU NEED THAT THEY'RE INCLUDED BECAUSE THAT KNOWLEDGE IS GOING TO SAVE YOU SO MUCH MONEY AND SO MUCH TIME.

RATHER THAN BREAKING IT YOURSELF FIRST. SO THANKS.

WELL STATED COUNCILLOR COCHRANE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

THAT'S GREAT INFORMATION AND WE'RE INTO LEARNING EVERYTHING THAT'S GOOD.

WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY RUN INTO THE MIC TO SAY THANK YOU, THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD. THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD PIECE OF INFO. COUNCILLOR COCHRANE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CHAIR. I GUESS THE ONE FURTHER QUESTION, AS IT WAS BROUGHT UP EARLIER WITH THE BREAKDOWN FOR FOUR QUADRANTS OF THE 35 BILLION, DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATED TOTAL PROJECT COST FOR THIS PARTICULAR SEGMENT? MR. SIKET. RIGHT. RIGHT NOW, OUR ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE COULD BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 5 AND $8 BILLION.

SO IT'S A SLICE OF THE PIE. AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, EACH OF THE FOUR LOCATIONS THAT WERE DEVELOPING AND WE'RE BUILDING UP ARE EQUALLY SUPPORTED. SO ROUGH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE RIGHT NOW, SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT IS A VERY BIG PIECE OF THE PIE. SO VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TODAY. I KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST, FIRST PUBLIC OF MANY CONVERSATIONS.

AND YOU KNOW, I'LL BE THERE THURSDAY NIGHT AND I'M SURE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL BE TOO, WHEN YOU HAVE THE COMMUNITY PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMMITTING TO THAT. AND I KNOW SPEAKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING THIS, AS, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE BALL ROLLING ON THESE PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS AND HAVING THE COMMUNITIES UNDERSTAND AND, YOU KNOW, COME ALONG WITH YOU ON THIS JOURNEY IS, IS AN IMPORTANT STEP.

SO THANKS FOR COMING OUT TODAY. WITH THAT, IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

COUNCILLOR ARDEN-SMITH. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN MCGURK. EVERYBODY HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANKS.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.